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Be -- if the democrats want to try to claim that back from him, they're going to have to try to find a way to turn this into something about the workers and not back and forth with the president. >> maggie haberman, thank you. admiral, thank you as well. the washington shutdown is the real story. 800,000 americans not getting paid and the ripple effect that has. we're trying to keep our focus on them in all of this. last night on the program we spoke to a woman named mallory lorge who works for the u.s. fish and wildlife service. she was already having bad luck. she was on medical leave but ...

And, lily.... lily gets anything she wants. ed knows he could just have us deliver his prescriptions. but what's the fun in that? switch to cvs pharmacy. well, as you no doubt know, the government shutdown has been going on for almost a month now. it's the longest in american history. and the legislation signed today to provide back pay when this is over, which we should also point out, is the norm, that said, 800,000 federal workers have seen their lives disrupted, sometimes with dire implications. mallory lorji was already having a stretch of bad luck. she was on medical leave and still be...

Delays and distractions. mark is worried about passenger safety and how his fellow air traffic controllers will handle the stress of not getting paid. >> the last thing i want is my air traffic controller worrying about where is the next check coming from. >> reporter: at mark's house, the shutdown hit twice as hard. mark's wife isn't getting paid either. >> you're both air traffic controllers. how did it feel to lose both your paychecks like that? >> reporter: it was terrifying. i don't have a plan b. i have my savings account and after that, i have no idea what we're going to do. >> congress...

This shutdown, there could be massive delays nationwide. >> delays and distractions. mark is worried about passenger safety and how his fellow air traffic controllers will handle the stress of not getting paid. >> the last thing i want is my air traffic controller worrying about where his next check is coming from. >> at mark's house the shutdown hit twice as hard. >> you and where are wife are both air traffic controllers. how did it feel to lose both of your paychecks like that? >> it was terrifying. i don't have a plan b. i have my savings account, and then after that i have no idea what we...

If they retire early because of this shutdown, there could be massive delays nationwide. >> delays and distractions. mark is worried about passenger safety and how his fellow air traffic controllers will handle the stress of not getting paid. >> the last thing i want is my air traffic controller worrying about where his next check is coming from. >> at mark's house the shutdown hit twice as hard. his wife isn't getting paid either. >> you and where are wife are both air traffic controllers. how did it feel to lose both of your paychecks like that? >> it was terrifying. i don't have a plan b. i...