tonight. as much as the president would like you to fox on the wall and nothing else, this is about the shutdown. the clock is ticking. there isn't a deal -- if there is a isn't a deal by midnight, and let's face it, the chances are slim to none that the government won't be acble to make their net payroll, and 800,000 federal workers will find themselves running out of money to pay their rent, to buy food, to do all the things that a lot of us take for granted. and despite what the president may think, they're not all a bunch of washington bureaucrats. outside the d.c. area, the states where workers were affected by the shutdown are most concentrated are alaska, montana, and idaho. not d.c. insiders and bureaucrats. half of the affected workers do not have college degrees.