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You said in a conversation with people, and im paraphrasing here, you know getting back to work and the back pay is not going to make people whole, because theyve given up, in some ways, tangible things to get by over the last five weeks. >> yeah, thats the crazy thing about it. you know, sometimes, we forget this, right? these families have gone what four or five weeks now without pay, even though theyre going to get back pay, apparently, im not sure how thats going to work out. i can tell you ...

Years. when you take a look at the after effect of the shutdown, its really good to do a pact analysis on three categories, people, process and technology. if im to look at the effects of the people, we know its been widely reported. 800,000 federal workers have been affected. theyre going to get their pay. unfortunately, the federal contractors who quite frankly do the yeomans work for the federal government, theyre not getting any back pay. their increased personal debt, their credit issues co...

Weeks. how do you feel this morning? >> we feel good you know that were going to be getting a paycheck, but thats just you know three weeks away it could change and go back to, back to not having a paycheck. so its kind of unsettling not knowing where this is going to go. >> do you know when you will get the back pay? >> we are unsure when we will get the back pay. i did see while searching a white house representative said there is going to be an urgency in receiving our back pay so that will b...

Images of chaos at airports around the country, which were starting to pour in even more on friday, were going to push some of those wobbly republicans into democrats arms. so even though the white house is still holding a national emergency declaration now as an option, theyre hoping by the end of the three weeks they can get bay partisan deal, fred. >> sara westwood, thank you. as thousands of federal workers wait to receive those -- the back pay and paychecks, many are still struggling to put...

We know that is just a temporary solution. we know there are reasons for us all to be wary of how negotiations play out from here, as we just heard boris sanchez explain. so in the meantime, federal employees, they are telling us that they will be cautious about how they will spend their money. and some now in situations where irreparable damage has already been done. remember, the government shutdown was particularly hard on contract employees, including many who work low wage jobs like janitor...

Not as safe to fly today as it was over a month ago well joining me now is one of those many government workers whove been working without pay during the shutdown michele belle is a t.s.a. security officer at the hartsfield jackson international airport in atlanta thank you very much for joining us michelle as we just heard president trump hes announced a temporary halt now to this government shutdown first of all whats your reaction thank you well now im just curious to know how long it will ta...

Coast guard members? kristin fisher, free doubleheader, following how does this work when the funds are turned back on. >> it doesnt happen instantaneously. the big question for the federal employees who have been hit, now that the government is back open, when will i get paid. unfortunately, most of those details are being hashed out. varies from one agency to the next. the president did prom this when he announced the shutdown was over. >> i will make sure all employees receive their back pay ...

Witch hunt in the history of our country, no collusion. >> the president has one point there that he made, its been 20 months of the mueller investigation and they have yet to publicly allege any collusion between the russian government and the trump campaign. moment worthy, the mueller grand jury has just received a six-month extension to continue their work. >> shannon: we stand by to see what they will actually say. theyve been good at preventing likes, and when they need to correcting inform...

President tweet, greatest witchhunt in the history of our country, no collusion. >> the president has one point he made, in 20 months of the mueller investigation they have yet to publicly allege any collusion between the russian government and the trump campaign, noteworthy, the mueller grand jury just received a 6-month extension to continue their work. >> we stand by to see what they will actually say. theyve been pretty good at presenting leaks and correcting misinformation. neck sandman, th...

For more details on that agreement, we are joined tonight by trace gallagher. hey, trace. >> hi, tucker. for now, things are running olsmoothly on capitol hill. the senate made a voice vote to reopen the government. the house then agreed to the same measure and its now waiting for the presidents signature on his desk. the continuing resolution, as you noted, will ensure federal workers get their back pay and keep the governmentir open until february 15th. the president says a bipartisan congress...