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Regulating themselves. everyday that goes on, the aerospace is getting more dangerous. >> reporter: you know when we talk about this, a lot of people say this is a governments job. curtis tells me this is a calling saying that even though hes not getting paid and sitting at home, he would rather be here and not getting paid and working because he would have peace of mind that this job is adequately done. to make matter worse, he and his partner supposed to close on a house this week. now they ma...

Of millions of d.r.e.a.m.ers for a big, long border wall across the border with mexico. of course, we want to listen to what they have to offer, but im not inclined to make that trade right now. >> do you worry at a certain point that people who are really feeling the financial strain of this, federal workers, contract workers, that eventually they are going to turn on democrats? you know, theyre going to turn on government in general and just be very upset that the shutdown isnt resolved? democ...

There by himself, has no radio signal. hell tell you the cartels have operational control of the border. hell tell you he doesnt have the ability to communicate, that the cane is too thick to operate and he cant even see the river to do his job or navigate along theorio grand in order to stop the 72 mile sector in laredo. the time is now to end this crisis and secure our border like any sovereign nation has done and by doing that, will get control of the illegal drugs coming across that are kill...

Spoken about is that early on he said these people, these government workers didnt vote for me. theyre not my supporters. you heard him say that. >> he still believes that. >> he still believes that. so he thinks its the deep state washington federal government people. not all of the 800,000 and the ripple effect as anna was talking about earlier. the people that serve them, the contract workers, et cetera, et cetera. >> and by the way, it doesnt matter. hes president of the united states of ame...

Government workers didnt vote for me. theyre not my supporters. you heard him say that. >> he still believes that. >> he still believes that. so he thinks its the deep state washington federal government people. not all of the 800,000 and the ripple effect as anna was talking about earlier. the people that serve them, the contract workers, et cetera, et cetera. >> and by the way, it doesnt matter. hes president of the united states of america. not president of my base. >> but no. >> exactly. and...

The president of the air line pilots association writing a letter saying because of the shutdown, there are fewer safety inspectors at the faa and that adversely affects the air traffic control system. on friday cnn reported hundreds of tsa screeners and officers called out sick last week from at least four major airports. tsa spokesman says that the agency is closely monitoring that situation. an advocacy group asking congress to provide back pay to court tor contractors. regular federal empl...

What the american people. that is not true. the democrats are at the table. theyre trying to stop all this hardship. theyre not only furloughed federal workers. theyre contract workers who will never get back pay. theyre trying to end this before they talk to them about the wall. the white house has not offered them legalization for the dreamers. they have not offered compromise for the wall. once again theyre trying to shift the blame and democrats have to keep resisting it loudly. >> you have ...

Demographic data, but we have been getting anecdotal information about the fact that they are suffering. what are the things you want our viewer to know about what the contractors suffer in an extended government shut down in which they will not likely collect back pay? >> thats the whole point. many have been put into alternative work locations and some have been reassigned or asked to take leave or training. all of them have been denied the ability to do the work they were hired to do. we are ...

$9 billion in debt. i mean, this is -- theyre not going to adjust. theyre working class americans who are going to be struggling through this and, you know what? as steve told us, its going to cost other working class americans a lot of money, too. these shutdowns always cost americans a lot of money. >> so while president trump claims he can relate to the thousands of government employees who are facing work with no paycheck, our next guest is looking to guarantee low wage federal contract work...

Ocacio-cortezs fodder is on the campaign trail. another week of uncertainty and anxiety for 800,000 employees who are furloughed or working without pay, and thousands and thousands more contract workers. the white house says the president will visit the u.s.-mexican border on thursday, and the trip comes as his definition of a border wall changes again. he now says the wall would be a steel rather than a concrete barrier, and he says he may declare a national emergency to build the wall. and h...