president trump has scheduled a trip to the southern border on thursday with the full expectation and probably the desire that the shutdown is still a shutdown, but the big problem looming for president trump and republicans in congress if they do set a record with this shutdown is that 800,000 federal workers will miss their first payday on friday. federal workers get their paychecks twice a month and friday is their first payday of the shutdown. in government shutdowns, nonessential workers are not allowed to report for work because it is illegal for the government to force them to work for no pay, but the government is forcing tsa agents to do that because their work is considered essential. there have been multiple reports of tsa agents calling in sick, in effect refusing to work for no pay. joining our discussion now, the senior editor for the atlantic, and jason johnson is back with us. david, this shutdown as it approaches the first missing
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