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House democrats forging ahead meanwhile passing two spending bills, 12 republicans joining them. it passed the first measure which would reopen the transportation department and housing and urban development or hud. but as phil mattingly reports, it may all be for nothing. >> reporter: for a brief moment, there was hope,

Workers by surprise and it is lasting longer than most expected. thats left furloughed employees stuck at home seeping through garages and possessions and personal treasures to sell. nine federal departments have been impacted. the list includes agencies who services you may rely onto keep you safe. right now luggage and aircraft inspections are delayed because of employees are either furloughed or working without pay. the fbi were an estimated 5,000 agen agents, analysts and lawyers in charge o...

Tests medications at an fda lab in detroit. she tells cnn the agency is doing the best they can with a skeleton skew but she said its terrifying. what if theres an outbreak and they dont have the staff to handle it. in an emergency, the fda can call staffers work from furlough for as long as the emergency lasts. but, of course, the point of the federal government is to be in place and ready to roll before an emergency. hundreds of low-income families facing possible eviction this morning becau...

Security who will not be paid on friday. some fda employees are worried the shutdown is risking the safety and health of the american people. about 40% are off the job and rest are working without pay. jeannine harks is a chemist, she tests medications for a lab in detroit. she tells cnn the agency is doing the best they can with a skeleton skew but she said its terrifying. what if theres an outbreak and they dont have the staff to handle it. the fda can call workers back from the furlough for a...

Employees concerns, i understands that the agency is responding at a lower level. its not business as usual. but did he say if there is an outbreak, that they would be able to bring people back to the fda to work but, as you know, they would not be paid. john, back to you. >> lets hope thats the case. this hits people right where it counts, in their kitchen and on their meal tables. thanks so much. some of americas most vulnerable families stand ton lose their homes if the shutdown drags on. tha...

We can to protect those people who, like i used to do when i was a public school teacher, i always claimed zero every year and looked forward to getting a return on my tax investment. of course we want to protect that. so were going to put up a bill today so people can get their tax returns. then we are going to visit agriculture. we are going to visit transportation and hud and then well look at the resources to open up. i believe if we continue with this and send these bills to the senate, i t...

Have any tenants been evicted because of a lapse in funding like this. remember a lot of these tenants are elderly, mr. disabled. hud has asked effected landlords to dip into their reserves for now to cover the shortfall, but whats not clear is whether these landlords and how many of these landlords have sufficient reserve funds. there are also other examples, housing advocate in hartford, connecticut, told us about a man whos been homeless since an apartment fire, a fire at his apartment in jun...

Safety warnings from major flight attendant and tsa employees. christine and dave. >> rene marsh, thanks. about 41% of the fda staff are off the job and the rest are working without pay. jeannette parks is a chemist who tests medications at an fda lab in detroit. she tells cnn, the agency is doing the best it can with the skeleton crew but he says, quote, its terrifying. what if theres an outbreak? what would the agency do if something happened and they dont have the staff to handle it? well, ...

Dealing with uninhabitable apartments, water leaks, pieces of ceiling falling down. theres a homeless shelter for youth that got a hud grant but cant access it so they had to take out a bank loan to keep operating the these are some of the zblexs its so important to keep reminding everyone that this isnt just government shutdown, partial shutdown, it affects real people in these ways. thank you very much. all right. so what did comedians think of the presidents prime time speech? late night la...

Housing. under the way the program works, residents pay no more than 30% of their income for rent and then the federal government is supposed to make up the difference with rental assistance. the annual contracts that get renewed between hud and the owner every year. this is where were p rrunning o a problem. >> some are up in january, some are up in february, whenever it began, right? >> we know that congress understands how important it is and has consistently provided full funding for project...