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>> well, absolutely there are critical functions that happen behind the people who are determined to be essential people like dan. and all of the work that happens behind those people preps them to be able to have the intelligence that they need to make good decisions about how to carry out their job. so safety inspectors, for example, were on furlough. and other six service people that we count on for the layers of security that matter. the other thing that was a problem was that the training facilities were down. the planning programs were down. new initiatives, new technology that was being...

Shutdown it's dhaerng you donha don't have all the programs in place that help with this. >> were you hearing that they were seeing actual specific things, problems, that were causing them safety concerns? >> flight attendants were very concerned because we know it takes layers of security. and the biggest thing that they were concerned about is our air traffic controllers who were going to work every single day making sure that we were safe but not having a paycheck in a high-stress job. anyone can understand that that say threat to safety in and of itself for highly trained, highly certified...

All of this comes, day 34 of a shutdown. more than a month. we have never seen this in our country before. as the political battles play out, the real pain for families across the country. many of the families sending the messages to "world news tonight." some rationing medicine and others pleading with banks for their mortgage. steve osunsami continues his reporting. this isn't politics. these are people's lives. >> reporter: the air traffic controllers union tell us tonight that their members are at a breaking point. that the stress of the job and no paycheck are just too much, and that "mis...

It is unreasonable to make people work without a paycheck for 31 days, especially people tasked with keeping us safe, including the tsa and the coast guard. the president said he wanted to run the country like his businesses. so who is going to stick up for the federal employees who are the victims of the longest government shutdown in our history? because it doesn't seem like it is going to be the person who said that he would take credit for shutting down the government in the first place. >> i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. i'm not going to blame you for it. >> and...

The government is back open, and then they can do whatever politics they do in washington. but this is affecting people's lives. i've got to ask you, dan, air traffic controllers have to work without pay. you fear they could quit or retire. is there a backup plan? >> it's not a fear. it's a guarantee. and there's no backup plan. >> what do you mean it's a guarantee that they're going to -- >> if this stretches on, everyone has a breaking point. is it one check, two checks, three checks, four checks? everybody's got a different story. but at some point -- and it's happening now -- they will res...