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The partisan blame game is in full swing in washington as the longest u.s. shutdown in history drags on. caught in the middle. 800,000 federal workers. if you think you won't p affected because you're not among them, think again. this was the scene this morning in atlanta. security lines at the world's busiest airport stretched to baggage claim. one of those passengers told cnn he had been waiting if an hour and had another half hour to go. they say tsa is struggling with staff shortages because of the shutdown. it's similar in miami and houston which have temporarily closed some check points....

Between christmas and new year's and then we have a shutdown. and so they can't go to work and so then they have the vacation. but they don't have to use their vacation days then they come back then get their back pay then in some sense, they're better off. >> huh? yeah. he actually said that. and while the president says he can relate, i'm guessing he can't possibly comprehend things like this. workers who now have to go to food banks like this. for the very first time. a different one in the washington metro area says it has opened five pop up centers just to help government workers. on satu...

Democrat not want to spend money in the federal government. they won't spend $5.7 billion because this is the president's priority. if we open up -- if we pay these people, if we fund the central parts of government that will take the monkey off republicans back and put pressure on democrats. maybe they will -- >> neil: do you have any democrats interested in this, senator, beyond the republicans? >> we just completed the legislation, the language over the weekend. we're introducing it. just introduced it today. hopefully when they hear about a very common sense approach, a fair approach to pa...

Pick the cheapest days to fly, and if you do those things, you'll always save money on your air travel. the next perfect time to shop will be in the may timeframe for late summer travel. >> reporter: so the advice? buy now before spring break, and hope that the government shutdown ends, so you can get through security lines without a problem. tom. >> david kerley for us tonight. david, thank you. and new trouble tonight for r. kelly. when we come back, the headline out of his home state tonight. what happened?

Building a wall on the southern border. meanwhile homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen is thanking dhs workers who are on the job while confirming nearly 75% of those employees are not getting a paycheck. at one of the nation's busiest airports, they're starting to feel the impact. there at the security lines, we're talking about miami international, where we have rosa flores this afternoon, rosa, part of that airport is closed this weekend. tell us why. >> reporter: well, there are not enough tsa workers to operate all of the 11 checkpoints at this airport. so they've closed partially...