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Lawsuits will abound. meanwhile, back in the mainland, on main street, rather, i should say, over 800,000 federal employees, we know that we have contract workers who are impacted by this. fred, people are in a real crisis right now. we know that the great deal of the majority of folks who even consider themselves in the middle class, people live paycheck by paycheck. i believe the last stat i saw was 80% of americans in this country live paycheck to paycheck. so while america is talking about let's open it up for another three weeks, if that is going to cause them to shut it down all over aga...

Hurricane and wildfire victims. i want to get mark sczandy here. 21 full days of this government shutdown, now day 22. 800,000 american men and women, federal employees have not received paychecks, this is no longer just a blip caused by a president and the congress locking horns over budget and policy, it's now hitting home. tell us how concerned you are today about the greater impact on the economy as this shutdown continues with no end in sight. >> there are hundreds of thousands of other workers, contract workers that rely on government money and they're not working, they're not getting ...

Government contractors. people would work for companies hired by the u.s. government, and while it's not clear how many of those are impacted by the shutdown, contract workers are less likely to get back pay or work at all. not included in that number, their family members, including their kids. that's millions and millions of people. families who won't have money to buy groceries, medicine or make their mortgage and car payments or pay their rent. the bills are piling up. and most of them missed their first paychecks yesterday. joining me right now is andre white, a researcher for the departm...

You that the new majority in the house of representatives will insist on seeing the report. obviously there may be some confidential provisions regarding grand jury testimony or classified information. but on the whole, the president -- excuse me, the public is entitled to see what's in this report. >> i want to turn to the shutdown now. we've just learned that the senate is officially adjourned until monday despite the fact that federal workers, contract workers, they are not being paid -- well, the federal workers starting today. contract workers have been out of the paycheck for some time n...

Rippling. >> important point. 800,000 federal workers in this position, contract workers, and all of them live and pay other people for their services. so when the back pay comes, you've missed out on paying a bunch of people once that actually is a real hit to the economy. tom, thank you for your great reporting on this. >> it's not like they're staying home. they are going to work and doing their job and not getting paid any money to do t. >> joining us now is the man i mentioned the president of the air traffic controllers association. paul rinaldi. paul, first, you are not people who get t...