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To -- i think a lot of people view this as very good news for our policy. >> david and gloria, i know we could talk for hours on this. it's so important, too. thank you very much to both of you. president trump is saying he'll declare a national emergency for the wall he wants the government to pay for. but now will federal workers see a paycheck? i'm going to talk to one contract worker. appearing as frank underwood in a christmas video, actor kevin spacey appearing in court on sexual assault charges. we'll see what happened. hi i'm joan lunden.

Another $5 billion. we have a huge defer sit and we throw it at a time when people are saying we merged from chaos to chaos i think there starts to be political pain who have to defend why they agreed with the president. >> and take a listen. somebody asked president trump the federal workers will be paid at least the back pay about the pain that they feel because of the shutdown. can the president relate? here is what he said. >> i can relate. i'm sure that the people that are on the receiving end will make adjustment. they always do. and they will make adjustment. people understand exactly w...

Assistant at the admin pool for the region department of transportation in kansas city. >> you're a contract worker. you are not a federal employee who is on furlough. you will not get back pay for the hours you're not able to work. but you are not getting paid for a lot of hours you have already worked, but you are not able to submit your time sheet for. >> yes, that's correct. the pay period of the 16th through the 31st, i had 63 hours that we did work before the shutdown, and i have not been able to submit my time sheet that i know of because there is no one to approve it in the office wher...

And we know what to do. we have a solution for getting us out of this mess. and i think that is so important for the president to understand that the people that are impacted most directly by this right now are -- they're not retreating behind their ten foot walls and living the life of riley. these are people that live, somebody said this woman who is a federal contract worker, 71 years old, a grandmother, she says if i don't get paid i don't pay my bills. the impact that that has on people's lives is immediate and a big deal. >> the president had this to say. he's been floating this idea. it...

We have a solution for getting us out of this mess. and i think that is so important for the president to understand that the people that are impacted most directly by this right now are -- they're not retreating behind their ten foot walls and living the life of riley. these are people that live, somebody said this woman who is a federal contract worker, 71 years old, a grandmother, she says if i don't get paid i don't pay my bills. the impact that that has on people's lives is immediate and a big deal. >> the president had this to say. he's been floating this idea. it's like many things the ...