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>> i'm going to say about our elected leaders in washington who we vote for and put confidence and faith in to run our government. it's because of their actions that we are not able to work. it's holding the federal employees hostage and the american public host alk because we serve the american public. >> gary, let me tell people how you serve here. you help to oversee the underground storage tanks and that's pretty important because you have half a million of them. they need to be inspected and kept from any sort of hazardous substances. once those things, if they get compromised, that attac...

Let's take a look at the real life impact of the government shutdown. the environmental protection agency is to remain open this week amid-the shutdown, but it has just enough resources to operate this one week only. now the agency estimates nearly 14,500 employees will be furloughed if the standoff continues past this week. let's bring in an environmental protection specialist with the agent i is ask president of the local chapter in philadelphia. gary big, welcome to you. i know you have come head to head here with the trump administration call iing forrin budget cuts for the epa. how about ...

To inform the public. you can get that information on savetheusepa.org. we can tell the people how wo workers want to protect the environment, want to serve the american citizens, but aren't being allowed. >> gary, you're hearing anything from epa add minimum administrator so you can continue your work? >> no, we have not heard. the only thing we did hear is we would have funding until february. but i'm very concerned because also environment regulations are being repealed. the american public needs to be protected. our job is to protect human health and the environment, and when you repeal ou...