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Normally they have about 40 tsa agents call in sick and because now they're experiencing abou e le 80 of them calling in sick, that's why they closed g, send all of the agents to the other inspection points that are busier. we won't see any of the g gates in the flight information panels here. because all of those were moved. now, the other important point is not only are federal workers impacted. also nonfederal worker. whenever you come to the airport, you go through security, go to your gate, you can stop by, get a little bite to eat. perhaps if you forgot a souvenir for a friend, there's a...

Concourses. i want you to walk with me. i want to show you exactly what this means. miami international airport is a very big airport. six concourses. g is the one that is closed. tsa tells us normally they have about 40 people call in sick and right now they're seeing those numbers increase to 80. all of those flights, because of that, have been reassigned and you don't see any g flights leaving from the g concourse in this flight information center here. and what we've learned, ana, is not only is this partial government shutdown impacting federal workers, it is also impacting nonfederal wor...

What's this about, renee? >> well, alisyn, i can tell you that this shutdown has been particularly hard for federal employees, especially tsa employees. but today hurts particularly bad because, as you know, this is the first friday they will actually miss their paychecks. i want you to take a look at this image that we have here. this is what many federal workers are going to see on their pay stubs when they get them. $0 for the work that they have done the last two weeks. and in speaking to several tsa, employees, for some of them the breaking point is right now. for some of them they say th...