J.D. Durkin joins us live from D.C. with the latest on the looming government shutdown, and President Trump's efforts to take credit for advances in the aviation industry. Taylor Swift is getting a bad reputation with her fans. The star is catching flack for markups and gimmicks used in marketing her upcoming world tour. Not a single of swift's 33 North American dates have sold out since going on sale on December 13th. Fans blame Ticketmaster's Verified Fans program for their frustration. The program required fans to pre-register, and gave ticket-buyers the chance to improve their spot in line by buying merchandise. Snapchat may soon follow YouTube's ad strategy after the company's ad sales team found that users often skip an ad within the first one second of its stream. The social media platform may start implementing a mandatory three-seconds of commercial space before users can 'skip' ahead of content.

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