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Whatever, the first thing that came to my mind was not being able to get a paycheck. my biggest concern is my mortgage because ive had a home for four years, but to lie awake every day knowing that can be snatched from me is devastating. i havent had my medicine for nearly a week, and thats because i cant afford to pay the monthly premium. im not able to pay a $30 co-pay and im not able to get my medicine. >> how are you feeling? >> ive still got good spirits, but my body is probably wondering w...

Executive branch and legislative branch, how will that make you feel? >> still frustrated. you know, he is the leader of our country, i expect him to lead, i think many other americans feel the same way. >> so you are a contract worker which means you are not going to get paid as long as the government is shutdown. theres no telling when government will be up and running again. long term, what are your thoughts or concerns about contract work for the government? >> well, im actually going to hav...

>> so charlie, you know, i spoke with a contract worker who has not been working for the past month like a lot of contractors and federal workers and without a paycheck. earlier, she said, shes going to be watching this scheduled announcement from the president but all she wants to hear is when is government going to be open. and based on what were hearing so far in terms of the sign posting of, you know, his demands on border wall funding, do you have any confidence that the president is going ...

Another member was here in new york today, we had a meeting with her. >> theres her picture here. this is courtesy of the union. shes a security guard at the smithsonian, earning slightly more than minimum wage. a contract worker. applying for food stamps, and is applying for medicaid. >> she cannot pay for her blood pressure medicine. she has been active as a leader. she had to stop taking the meds. >> her doctor said, you cant go on without your medicines. >> you spoke with her today. what did...

2-year-old and a 4-year-old child in day care here at the kennedy space center. theyre obviously not going to day care because of shutdown and they tell me every single day their 4-year-old daughter gets up and says, mommy, am i going to school today? and every single day they have to tell her no, youre not going to school today. so their entire family is impacted by this shutdown. >> its remarkable. tammy, thank you very much. tammy litner in florida. joining us now is personal finance reporter...

To -- i think a lot of people view this as very good news for our policy. >> david and gloria, i know we could talk for hours on this. its so important, too. thank you very much to both of you. president trump is saying hell declare a national emergency for the wall he wants the government to pay for. but now will federal workers see a paycheck? im going to talk to one contract worker. appearing as frank underwood in a christmas video, actor kevin spacey appearing in court on sexual assault ...

Another $5 billion. we have a huge defer sit and we throw it at a time when people are saying we merged from chaos to chaos i think there starts to be political pain who have to defend why they agreed with the president. >> and take a listen. somebody asked president trump the federal workers will be paid at least the back pay about the pain that they feel because of the shutdown. can the president relate? here is what he said. >> i can relate. im sure that the people that are on the receiving e...

Assistant at the admin pool for the region department of transportation in kansas city. >> youre a contract worker. you are not a federal employee who is on furlough. you will not get back pay for the hours youre not able to work. but you are not getting paid for a lot of hours you have already worked, but you are not able to submit your time sheet for. >> yes, thats correct. the pay period of the 16th through the 31st, i had 63 hours that we did work before the shutdown, and i have not been abl...

And we know what to do. we have a solution for getting us out of this mess. and i think that is so important for the president to understand that the people that are impacted most directly by this right now are -- theyre not retreating behind their ten foot walls and living the life of riley. these are people that live, somebody said this woman who is a federal contract worker, 71 years old, a grandmother, she says if i dont get paid i dont pay my bills. the impact that that has on peoples lives...

We have a solution for getting us out of this mess. and i think that is so important for the president to understand that the people that are impacted most directly by this right now are -- theyre not retreating behind their ten foot walls and living the life of riley. these are people that live, somebody said this woman who is a federal contract worker, 71 years old, a grandmother, she says if i dont get paid i dont pay my bills. the impact that that has on peoples lives is immediate and a big ...