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Now, dan mccabe, with the air traffic controllers association. dan, let's start here, your group said the federal government unlawfully deprescribed your members without due process. what's your case? >> we did file the case yesterday in washington, d.c., three fair labor standard act violations, one our membership that's working is not working for minimum wage. the other is overtime has not been paid promptly, and the one you just addressed which is actually a fifth amendment violation saying they're deprived of their wages without due process to go get them. >> essentially this is on behalf ...

We're working on, essentially text messages between the air traffic controllers and the pilots. that's stopped. we were in the process of implementing it. supposed to go live in march. we will now have to retrain the entire facility on it which means more overtime. more people off the operation. more people working six-day work weeks. >> the president says the people who are not being paid support him and say that what he's doing is the right thing. now, the white house has not been able to provide any evidence for that. what's your message to the president? >> end the shutdown immediately. it...

Them still have to show up at work. dan mccabe is an air traffic controller in suburban atlanta who's working for free tonight. >> my worry now is -- we're standing in it. >> reporter: how to keep it. >> how to keep it. >> reporter: he and his wife heather, a schoolteacher, worried they could lose their home if the shutdown lasts. the government has suggested they call their lender to make a deal, which they did. >> they said, well, we're really sorry that you're going through this, but you have 30 days to get your payment in full, and after 30 days, we report you to the creditors. >> i mean, ...

Over the holiday period and have increased but are causing minimal impact. security effectiveness won't be compromised, performance standards will not change. wait times may be affected depending on the number of call outs. there will be less security lines, tsa will have to do more with less with some officers not showing up to work. that's how people could potentially be impacted next time they head to the airport. >> all right. polo sandoval, we appreciate it. thank you so much. we spoke with dan mccabe earlier, a representative with the national air traffic controllers association. here'...

We can't train the work force in the building i represent because there's no one to send the computer-based training to explain what processes have been put in place. we can't even test the processes they want to put in place because the meetings have been scrapped. >> if this goes through february 3rd, that -- that frame, that week could be chaotic. >> it could be absolutely chaotic. >> okay. dan mccabe, thank you very much helping us understand the -- very much for helping us understand the gravity beyond washington. often we talk in a d.c. metro framework, beyond washington, what this means...