More than 690,000 Tennesseans are at risk of losing food assistance due to the ongoing government shutdown. Local 3 spoke to Sen. Bo Watson about the situation Sunday at his annual event.

More than 350 people were in attendance for the fourth annual Bo's All American Bash Sunday evening. Tennessee Sen. Watson says now is the time to get together with other lawmakers and talk about key issues.

"Well, really, this is a way to say thank you to all the republicans, who do so many different things, grassroots folk, who work so hard to get republicans elected,” said Sen. Watson.

One of those issues is the ongoing government shutdown, including its impacts on supplemental food assistance programs, like SNAP and WIC.

For many across the nation, those benefits could be coming to a halt as early

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