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>> in the shutdown, the government takes pride in it and says months or years. that's not the action of a responsible president. of the united states. >> shepard: right now, hundreds of thousands of americans are working even though they may not get paychecks tomorrow. others are taking forced furloughs. you can see, some are protesting in washington, and elsewhere today. but this showdown affects more than government workers. trash is piling up in national parks. security lines are getting longer at airports. and food safety inspections are, reportedly, falling behind. all because parts of th...

Laguardia airport. >> travelers expect a long security lines at laguardia airport found this instead, no line. no waiting. there were reports over the weekend of excessive checkpoint delays, and the tsa confirmed a slight uptick in unscheduled absences of agents, prompting some democratic lawmakers to warn that the partial government shutdown was creating safety risks. >> i worry about the security questions. you see a growing number of tsa agents who haven't been showing up to work appear to speak about so far the effect has been minimal, according to tsa public affairs. 5% of the 51,000 work...

Workers are00 impacted. washington, d.c., maryland, virginia, california and texas. in colorado forest service workers are furloughed. no paycheck. >> the uncertainty is hard. because you have to be strong for your kids.yo it's tough to wake up and have your wife reassure you that everything is y going to be all right. >> reporter: if the government remains shut down 51,000 tsa employees will not get paid on n friday. already some have called out sick in protest. but brian turner is still showing up for work. >> it shouldn't be allowed to happen because we work for our money just like everybod...

Republicans up for re-election, we talked about susan collins tillis, corey gardner, they're thinking about that and that may be what breaks the camel's back. and not all in d.c., most are around across the country. many of them are trump supporters and that's going to be, i think, the pressure point on donald trump. >> dysfunction in the airports. >> i was about to say, i was watching local news last night and the local news coverage of our local airports here was galling. and everybody's got one, a local airport with long security lines. >> and that's going to start to affect commercial flig...

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'...