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The president of the air line pilots association writing a letter saying because of the shutdown, there are fewer safety inspectors at the faa and that adversely affects the air traffic control system. on friday cnn reported hundreds of tsa screeners and officers called out sick last week from at least four major airports. tsa spokesman says that the agency is closely monitoring that situation. an advocacy group asking congress to provide back pay to court tor contractors. regular federal employees get back pay for the time they were furloughed or worked unpaid, but that is not the case for ...

What the american people. that is not true. the democrats are at the table. they're trying to stop all this hardship. they're not only furloughed federal workers. they're contract workers who will never get back pay. they're trying to end this before they talk to them about the wall. the white house has not offered them legalization for the dreamers. they have not offered compromise for the wall. once again they're trying to shift the blame and democrats have to keep resisting it loudly. >> you have teed us up for the conversation after the break. i want to thank julia for the helpful break do...

Demographic data, but we have been getting anecdotal information about the fact that they are suffering. what are the things you want our viewer to know about what the contractors suffer in an extended government shut down in which they will not likely collect back pay? >> that's the whole point. many have been put into alternative work locations and some have been reassigned or asked to take leave or training. all of them have been denied the ability to do the work they were hired to do. we are trying to seek equity for them and the contractor employees that they work for. >> let these people...

$9 billion in debt. i mean, this is -- they're not going to adjust. they're working class americans who are going to be struggling through this and, you know what? as steve told us, it's going to cost other working class americans a lot of money, too. these shutdowns always cost americans a lot of money. >> so while president trump claims he can relate to the thousands of government employees who are facing work with no paycheck, our next guest is looking to guarantee low wage federal contract workers receive back pay. democratic senator tina smith of minnesota joins us now. welcome. good to h...

Ocacio-cortez's fodder is on the campaign trail. another week of uncertainty and anxiety for 800,000 employees who are furloughed or working without pay, and thousands and thousands more contract workers. the white house says the president will visit the u.s.-mexican border on thursday, and the trip comes as his definition of a border wall changes again. he now says the wall would be a steel rather than a concrete barrier, and he says he may declare a national emergency to build the wall. and he submitted a $5.7 billion budget justification for the wall. cnn senior white house correspondent ...