this fight as it moves into its third week. over on the democratic side, they have made clear their position and also that they want to move on their own efforts to re-open the government. the house, house democratic speaker nancy pelosi is going to start moving individual funding bills for the shuttered agencies. in the senate, senate democrats are considering not voting to move forward on any legislation until legislation to address the shutdown is considered. what that all means right now, basically, gridlock. nobody's moving forward. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has made clear he will not bring any proposals to the floor until the president signs off. the president has not been willing to sign off on anything democrats have put on the table. wolf, one of the most interesting elements of this moment as both sides seem to shore up their own bases is the pain of the federal government shutdown is going to start to bite in a major way. starting on friday, more than 800,000 federal workers will miss their first fullseeing an throughout the federal government, the bite will start to occur. all that in mind, i'm talking with republicans communicating with the white house here on