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>> in the shutdown, the government takes pride in it and says months or years. thats not the action of a responsible president. of the united states. >> shepard: right now, hundreds of thousands of americans are working even though they may not get paychecks tomorrow. others are taking forced furloughs. you can see, some are protesting in washington, and elsewhere today. but this showdown affects more than government workers. trash is piling up in national parks. security lines are getting longe...

Laguardia airport. >> travelers expect a long security lines at laguardia airport found this instead, no line. no waiting. there were reports over the weekend of excessive checkpoint delays, and the tsa confirmed a slight uptick in unscheduled absences of agents, prompting some democratic lawmakers to warn that the partial government shutdown was creating safety risks. >> i worry about the security questions. you see a growing number of tsa agents who havent been showing up to work appear to spe...

Workers are00 impacted. washington, d.c., maryland, virginia, california and texas. in colorado forest service workers are furloughed. no paycheck. >> the uncertainty is hard. because you have to be strong for your kids.yo its tough to wake up and have your wife reassure you that everything is y going to be all right. >> reporter: if the government remains shut down 51,000 tsa employees will not get paid on n friday. already some have called out sick in protest. but brian turner is still showing...

Republicans up for re-election, we talked about susan collins tillis, corey gardner, theyre thinking about that and that may be what breaks the camels back. and not all in d.c., most are around across the country. many of them are trump supporters and thats going to be, i think, the pressure point on donald trump. >> dysfunction in the airports. >> i was about to say, i was watching local news last night and the local news coverage of our local airports here was galling. and everybodys got one, ...

Over the holiday period and have increased but are causing minimal impact. security effectiveness wont be compromised, performance standards will not change. wait times may be affected depending on the number of call outs. there will be less security lines, tsa will have to do more with less with some officers not showing up to work. thats how people could potentially be impacted next time they head to the airport. >> all right. polo sandoval, we appreciate it. thank you so much. we spoke with...

That are scanning through comes the likely added stress of being caught up in the middle of this shutdown. so i spoke with some travelers who came in this morning from dallas. they said they could independent could of tell that something was off as they were traveling through the security lines. take a look. the government shutdown is on the minds of a lot of people. you have already had to deal with tsa agents this morning. talk about what you noticed as you were going flew the line. >> you can...

As the crown jewel target in their world. >> reporter: every day the tsa screens 5 million carry-ons, even more alarming, 4000 firearms were found in checkpoints across the country last year, sitting a record average of ten firearms found her day. this does not list specific airports that could be affected but would likely impact 10,000 passengers every day. jillian: did you say rob? >> reporter: wishful thinking. todd: going for security. jillian: we have all been part of this, trying to wade t...

Feeling it. to handle the anticipated spike in the sky, airlines have added 116,000 extra seats to their summer schedules. some of those folks flying out today shared their tips for surviving the busy summer travel season. >> give yourself enough time, relax. know that youre going to be enjoying when you get through this. >> shepard: dont sleep late. >> shepard: at for the long security lines, tsa is telling passengers that any bulky items like books, chocolate bars and powder like substances li...

Strategist steve bannon. he explained why he didnt think the u.s. was trying to go it alone around the world. have a listen. >> what hes doing, whether its in the northwest with japan or korea, right, hes engaging his allies to say look, this has to work for america overall. so korea, im going to renegotiate our trade deal. at the same time, we talked about the security lines. at the same time we talk about the thad system. at the same time we talk about you paying for the thaad system. by the w...

Thats the first thing we should do. again, im not blaming democrats but i do think its irresponsible to try to put daca on the spending thing when it should be alone separate with the republicans that want border security and more disincentives to have this happen again. i dont think its responsible to have that in a spending bill. >> its not -- this new proposal by your leadership, its not on that proposal. its -- its not on that proposal. >> thats correct, but democrats are trying to force it ...