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It tells me this is politics. >> reporter: it maybe day 17, both sides are divided. >> shepard: volunteers are pitching in to keep the national parks open during the shutdown. plus how long would you stay on the job if you weren't getting a paycheck? think of it this way, if you were a contractor worker many no--you weren't getting paid? how long could you go before the rent had to be missed or medicine to be missed or couldn't put gas in the car. could you wait couple of months? we'll look at the workers who having no idea the paychecks will come. the supreme court justifies ruth bader ginsbu...

Paralegal at the department of justice who lives in texas. she is a contractor worker. she is not getting paid right now. she's actually applying for unemployment. that will give you half her normal paycheck. she won't see that money for a long time. she says i think that will get us through but it's going to be tight. i'm not going to lie. >> republicans underestimated the impact it will have, particularly on contractors who don't get paid and don't get retroactive pay once the shutdown ends but also people who will. even if we have not made it through a full pay scale yet. >> early january. ...

For work but i heavily use these for work outside of normal working hours. >> probably sdenlt have a designated home office. that raises a red flag with the i.r.s. often does end up in an audit, unfortunately, yes. here's the thing. if he's a contractor worker or freelancer as so many of us are, he's using the internet for his business, he can write off a portion of those expenses. you just don't want to go overboard. a lot of people who are self-employed tend to get a little aggressive here taking too many deductions, more they're entitled to or they merge their personal and business expenses...

In fact forecasters at the national weather service in new orleans tell us its breaking up a little bit. winds 30 miles an hour. you can see a live satellite image to your -- that shows you it's a significant storm. it's expected to hit around midnight and mainly a rain event with 3 to 5 inches or more dumped along the coast. >> shepard: you know i hear officials are shutting down all the cleanup work and that has people wigged out. >> it's not just the relief well, they cleared out the workers and ships involved with the cleanup operationers, skimmers packed up and moved to safe harbor. the c...