Episode 307

Overview

Scout Koolmees begins. Coalition scout Wouter Koolmees has started his search for a coalition. He met with party leaders from D66, PVV, VVD, GroenLinks–PvdA, CDA, JA21, and BBB. * Longest shutdown ever. On October 1, the U.S. government went into shutdown because the Senate failed to reach an agreement on government spending. The shutdown has now lasted 36 days. What are the consequences? We ask correspondent Rudy Bouma. * Drones near Belgian airports. Air traffic in Brussels was halted following reports of drone sightings. * Court case of the Vlaardingen foster girl. We speak with Nicolien van den Berg from Youth Care Netherlands.