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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 president floats, i don't know if it's real or not. ...

The bills soon and the pressure increases. se kupp, gloria borger, thank you so much. we are standing by for the president to speak after this face-to-face meeting on the shut down with democrats and top republicans. we will see what he said about whether progress was made. this shut down is dragging on. federal workers are fearing for their lives without their paychecks. i'm going to speak with one contract worker that someone who is not getting back pay who said she will not already be able to pay her bills. i am not for colds. i am not for just treating my symptoms... (ah-choo) i am for sho...

They've been told sort of ways to alert creditors to try to reason with them. i wonder in your case as a contract worker, has your employer told you anything about how to get through this time period? >> well, i did call my creditor as far as my car is concerned. they gave me a little extension. but when i pay one, the other one has already done came in so i have to pay another one. so, like i say, everything, even though they give me a little extension, that's not going to help me because it's doubling up on me. so i'm just going -- i mean, i'm going deeper in the hole by extending these bill...

Particularly well. this is not the way she wanted to start her time as speaker in a shut down. these are very tense and difficult times. there plenty of ways to do that. we need to talk about that. we just detailed all of the very real ways that this is affecting americans. there are contract worker who is depend on the government and they do work for the government. a lot of things that people don't realize that they care about that might affect their neighbor or them. they are real things and there seems like there is no urgency. why is that? no will? >> for one, president trump has not been...

$5 billion. the democrats have no reason to build a wall. unlike other shutdowns, we actually led to a balanced budget. because the american people were on the side of the balanced budget. >> this actually affects human beings, right, who are not sitting behind this desk or on the -- federal employees, right? there's how many federal workers are sort of freaking out as "the new york times" puts it. julie, works at the department of transportation, in kansas city. she's a single mom. she's a contract worker which means she is not getting paid while the government shut down. says if this goes on...