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800,000 federal workers have become pawns in an unrelated policy fight for congress. immigration is not the issue when you're talking about government funding. it's simply to keep the lights on, to keep government functioning. what's happening now, about half of these 800,000 federal workers are going to continue to have to work, not getting paid for the duration of the shutdown. but your previous guest was right, it's going to take the rest of the american public feeling the negative impacts of the shutdown before, i think, the pressure mounts on the white house to, i think, back down from th...

Pay. you are a federal contractcontr you don't work, you don't eat. they will never recover. you have private companies that contract with the government. they may have to lay off people. the cascade affect on ordinary people on this is extraordinary. i want to say this. we call it the government. the government. this is america's government. we are not talking about the government on the moon or some other country. he won't keep america's government functioning. i don't know how you say you make america great again and you won't keep america's government open for business. >> ken, you hear ac...

Tone-deaf and zis connedisconne. it's not just the coast guard. the federal workers not being paid. they are begging not to cut off my heat. and the federal contractors -- you're a federal employee. you might get back pay. you're a contractor, you don't work, you don't eat. they're never going to recover. the private companies that contract with the federal government, they are not getting paid. they have to lay off people. the cascade effect on ordinary people is extraordinary. we keep calling it the government. the government. this is america's government. let's be -- we're not talking about...

Welcome back. today is the day that house democrats have been waiting for for a long time. they are soon, in a matter of hours, in control of congress, ready to take on the trump administration. let's talk to one of them. joining me now is the democratic congressman from vermont who serves as the chief whip. it is a new congress. it is a new day. history has been made. what is your number one priority this congress? >> well, it is turning the lights back on. we've got to get government functioning. it is very exciting. and we have renewal of the american voters sending new members to congress,...

Friday at midnight, parts of the government shut down. the president wants $5 billion to fund his border wall. democrats say that is a nonstarter. what happens next? joining us now is democratic-elect. last month she made history when she became money of the first muslim women elected to congress. thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me. >> you will show up as your first official day as a member of congress. it is likely that part of the government will be shut down. how does that feel? >> it's terrifying. but i'm hopeful that we will be able to negotiate it. i thi...