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I am in the white house waiting for you. now, some key things have happened, kristin, over the past 24 hours. yesterday by a vote of 411-7, the house passed a bill to approve back pay for federal workers. those same federal workers that missed that i remember first paycheck yesterday. you mentioned some 800,000 are going to receive back pay as we continue to government shutdown stalemate. california house democrat john garamendi was on with neil cavuto in the last hour. take a listen. >> we real...

The shutdown in the bank accounts. many federal employees did not get paid it yesterday and the lack of compromise between congress and the white house has become very real for hundreds of thousands of people. on friday the house passed a bill to approve backpay for federal workers. they pass the measure on thursday. and now goes to president trumps desk. he will sign it but as far as making any real progress is concerned democrats and republicans are still on totally opposite pages. even to mis...

No deal is in sight right now on the funding for the wall and other issues. meanwhile, congress did approve back pay for about 800,000 of the federal workers who missed pay for the first time in the paycheck yesterday. but they will only get that money after the government reopens. >> in the house, we have put on the floor the legislation that had already been passed by the senate. the republican senate initiative that passed 92-6 in the senate, were putting on the floor here, sending it back to...

Small businesses or all the pieces at the federal work force and in a district like mine thats focussed on ero space, you see all of that trickle down. thats something that will take our community a long time to recover from. what i keep saying is the reason i said political terrorism is this is being used as a tool thats not acceptable. lets have the debate around border security and immigration. we have to end this shutdown first. its about this wall that is a vanity wall. republican and democ...

And choose what bills i decide to pay at this point. >> youre a government contractor, which i believe means where federal workers, some federal workers are likely to get back pay, as a federal contractor, you may not. what are you hearing about that? >> as of right now, we are more than likely not going to be able to have the privilege of receiving the funds on the back end. so another unfortunate thing going on with us. >> to say the very least. how does that make you feel? >> im actually disg...

Thought it was really telling that the administration was taking steps to ease the pain on some of its own constituencies. thats telling you that pain is something they felt they need to do avoid. farmers who were getting transfer payments to help them because they were suffering as a result of the presidents trade war, right? that program got locked up. they ended up extending the deadline to apply for it. so the reason the white house is moving to ease the pain on their own constituency tells ...

Welcome back. as we went to break, the house passing an additional piece of information, this to make sure the furloughed government workers will get their back pay. it just passed in the house 11-7. now it will go to the president for his signature. the president fighting an administration case in the fight. the president hosts another round of border security. the bet on capitol hill is the next big move is for the president to declare a national emergency to pay for his wall. the administra...

I know the president pretty well. i think he is going to stand firm as long as the senate does. mitch mcconnell is standing strong. lindsey graham is standing strong. you are standing with the president. >> we will stand strong. i think once nancy pelosi t and chuck schumers caucus starts to hear from theirg constituents who are having trouble paying their bills and putting food on the table, i think they will crater. >> i will say, look, to furloughed federal employees they are going to receive...

Point. theyre stuck in their corners, shep. >> shepard: there was action in the house? >> lawmakers passed a senate passed measure that would give the furloughed workers back pay once the shut down is over. heres part of the pitch. >> what theyre saying over and over again, is government do not hurt us. help us. do not hurt us, help us. so promising they will receive back pay is the least that we can do. >> thats one area that both members of the parties agree, that theres real people being hurt...

Lose there too and hopefully win in the supreme court. but thats what happens. you can take the most perfectly worded document as we have in this case and they will always bring to it the ninth circuit. you never know what will come out of the ninth circuit. you never know what will come out on appeal. fortunately we have the supreme court that has treated us very fairly. >> historically it has been proven the ninth circuit court of appeals hes a never been kind to the president. the supreme cou...