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Volunteer thing we could do tomorrow morning if youre interested. >> thursday, ryan spent three hours getting blood platelets, friday, hell pick up trash at the national mall. while hes being productive with his newfound freedom, he says he still feels held hostage by the shutdown. >> let us work without having anxiety over our next grocery bill, for those who are working out bill right now and whose leave was canceled over the holidays. >> andrea is one of those with a choice between groceries ...

>> thursday ryan spent hours giving blood platelets, and while he is being productive with his newfound freedom, he feels hostage to the shutdown. >> let us work and have no anxiety over our grocery bill. >> andrea is one of those with a choice between utilities and groceries. >> when something like this happens and you are not going to get your next check, you are, like, what do i do? >> over all, 380,000 workers are lure load and another 420,000 working without pay. traditionally, congress giv...

Workers are behind the presidents demands for a wall along the u.s./mexico border. its striking, in fact, that the president, when talking about the impact on federal workers, spoke within the terms of winning or losing. and whether this is something that is working for him politically. when, in fact, you have 400,000 federal workers that have been furloughed and another 400,000 working without pay. many of those workers have filed for unemployment benefits. you have some who ive heard from who ...

Renewal for the immigrants coknown as the dreamers in exchange for that number. the proposals like that have been float and failed on capitol hill before. they there is not a lot of clarity about what kind of deal the president would accept. >> very unclear. sarah westwood, thank you nar. the president and dem the kocra no surprise pointing fingers about this. there employees on furlough and 420,000 working without pay. i want to get perspective on the shut down blame game from a retiring lawmak...

Viqueira, thank you for joining us. many of those workers have said to me, communicated, stay out until you get the funding for the wall. these federal workers want the wall. >> joining me now, basil smikle, and kimberly atkins. basil, lets start with you. lets get a breakdown now of the government workers affected by the shutdown. we have 420,000 working without pay, 380,000 on unpaid leave. trump says they are more concerned with this wall, basil. who is buying it? >> i cant believe that tha...

I want to get to a couple of topics, the shutdown and also the general mattis, secretary mattis and his resignation. is there a carry over, crossover between what were seeing on capitol hill and some of the i dont want to say resentment but disagreement from members of the senate and having to deal with the shutdown. >> i think there is. what youre seeing is a buildup of resentment on both sides of the aisle about president trumps negotiating style, the way he deals with people and congress, you...

400,000 working without pay. another 400,000 not working in the christmas season. lets assume all of the vital national security functions are still staffed, do you want to go to the airport on your holiday travel and meet and be checked by an agent not paid in two weeks? that person is not going to be happy either. the irony is we all know how this will end. theyre going to make a deal. it wont be much different from the deal they made and the president reneglected on. >> may get to the continu...

The presidents syria decision. and the drone mystery that shed down one of britains busiest airports, and it might not be over yet. weve got a live report ahead. but first, the government partially shut down at midnight, so were headed into our eighth hour. negotiations set to resume in the coming hours. the white house unable to find a compromise last night on a spending bill. the stalemate over the presidents $5 billion to fulfill a signature campaign promise of building a border wall. the...

Terrific people, and it is totally unfair that they are being made pawns in this. now, yes, they may get their money back later in a lump sum. but, you know, most people live paycheck to paycheck. and it is simply outrageous that these people are hostages to the political game thats going on. >> and you make an excellent point. ill put up a graphic and show our viewers some 800,000, if you add the 420,000 working without pay. law enforcement types, border patrol types. 420,000. they will have to...