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But still no immediate back pay for the month of work they lost, and all of this stress and hardship for federal workers is over the funding for a wall. we have gloria borger here. the president, gloria, as you note in a granite gram, they note that it stopped people from getting over the border illegally. you say it had more to do with him. >> yes, i have a little bit of a different take. heres something he said on august 12, 2018. >> its going to be so beautiful, because someday they may call ...

Presumably shes talking to some of the folks that have been impacted by the shutdown which dr drags into its 32nd day. there are report, congressman, that the speaker has not reached out to the president. i want to talk to you about that in just a moment. lets listen in to speaker pelosi. >> thank you for what youre doing. its very important. >> it is. you cant furlough a babys needs. babies, families have needs that are not going to be helped by back pay. >> it is needed. >> cant have that happ...

Like this man we spoke with who works at a prison in the united states. listen to his story. >> now, i get it. a lot of people say, you know, youre going to get backpay, youre going to get the pay later. but at this point, you know, thats not what we signed up for. you know, we signed up for to protect the american public and to keep the inmates safe and keep staff safe. and to keep delaying our checks, you know, and having us in the middle of this, its not right. >> that is an opinion in west v...

Kicking her out, she cant take time out -- shes working at dennys till til midnight. maria: you just said we have to have a conversation, isnt that what were doing? >> you and i are. maria: no, no, thats a why the president put something on the table yesterday, this is what theyre doing, right? theyre having a conversation, and a moment ago you said the president hasnt spoken about the thousands of people who are not getting paid. the president signed a bill that will provide hundreds of thousan...

Deemed an essential service employee. she doesnt have, hasnt been paid in a month, cant pay for her childs daycare, daycares kicking her out, she cant take time out -- shes working at dennys till til midnight. maria: you just said we have to have a conversation, isnt that what were doing? >> you and i are. maria: no, no, thats a why the president put something on the table yesterday, this is what theyre doing, right? theyre having a conversation, and a moment ago you said the president hasnt spo...

To try to take these hotspots down there and make it more difficult to enter illegally. 51,000 more -- that started in october. october, november, december, 51,000 of illegal border crossings. neil: to avoid a situation we are on, you have come up with legislation to prevent that in the future. what does it involve? >> i am a cosponsor of a proposal that is beginning in 2021, we cant do anything to affect are paying this time. go, we have to wait until after the next election for what we are pro...

And sherry kenard and fran orlana. kate, what sort of impact is it having on your family? >> this has gotten really hard especially this last week. people are starting to say to us, well youre going to get your back pay so this doesnt really matter and that is so hard to know what to do with. i want to say to them, i dont know, can i break your arm because itll heal and it doesnt really matter, right? thats not even a good analogy, though. our sons 10th birthdays coming up. weve been planning to...

Want to give the state of the union, it would be enough to get him to open the government. its also inappropriate to be doing this when people arent getting paid. im sorry. this is outrageous. >> i think thats the real issue here. >> asking them to come in and work for free. >> can we start adding to our reporting that the president signed a bill today to give everyone back pay. when we say people arent getting paid, theyre not getting their paychecks and its difficult but they will get their --...

Have a more negative feeling about the president because of the government shutdown. is he -- i dont know. >> well, so two things. first of all, the economy. i think the little threat here that we have is temporary in nature because once the shutdown is over, that money is going to flood right back in. theyre going to get their normal pay. theyre going to get their back pay. >> not everybody. >> most people will, and i think most things will get back on track. but as far as the wall goes, thats ...

>> reporter: the effects could be even more widespread. cnn has learned an estimated 2 million contractors could be losing their paychecks as well. and they would not be eligible for government back pay. this is unpaid time off for me. >> reporter: feeding some of the unpaid federal employees who are turning to charities for help. >> well, i dont have any money going almost two pays not having any money, so why not take advantage of getting a free meal? >> reporter: and then theres the coast gua...