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>> never thought you would be here. >> never thought. this morning i prayed for compassion, that there would be some compassion from the federal government the politicians, have some compassion for us. send us back to work. >> previous shutdowns we talked so many times about the impact on tourism, the parks and such. this is having impact on people's lives. and as the shutdown drags into its 30th day, "the new york times" estimates unpaid federal workers have collectively missed about $200 million in wages. a variety of things we should note from tax refunds to the snap program often called fo...

His life back in order. he's working hard right now to keep all of us safe. so,s, you know, it is hard for me, as a parent, father, to not just really have my heart go out to these folks who are still working. >> so what is your most urgent need? and are you confident that you can sustain this for a while? because just coming off the holidays and people think, i've donated. i don't need to do anything right now. >> so, we're well prepared right now to respond to some of that need, but longer this goes, we're really in incharted territory. we're trying to prepare for this as though it's a natur...

Is on food stamps, it returns $1.73. our snap program is also threatened. you know, when people hear about government workers not paid, that's just a symptom of the larger issue. that means government services are not occurring. right now the most vulnerable people are now, just got a note from the mayor's office, that people will be receiving their food stamps that they were supposed to get for february now, and that money is supposed to stretch them through end of february, top of march. >> and the alert is that once you get to the end of february, they don't know if they'll have money to gi...

Air, some tsa workers who are not being paid reportedly are calling in sick. air traffic controllers are working without pay, many of them. faa safety inspectors aren't working. that means fewer plane inspections and pilot certifications. food safety. the fda curtailing inspections of food processing plants. food stamps. the s.n.a.p. program funded through february. not clear what happens after that, though. the environment. u.s. scientists will miss a major climate change summit in canada this month. coast guard, my brother, brother-in-law i should say, coast guard, active duty members, not g...

Imagine if it was your child, your husband, or your wife whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken. every member pass a bill that ends this crisis. brian: right now, there is not only -- there is a crisis at the border even though some democrats don't feel that way. the stats back it up. but, there is also a sense that with the shutdown happening it's going to begin to take a toll on a portion of the maybe hundreds of thousands of people that depend on a federal paycheck. so you have to wonder even though the president is going to have his way the irs is going to be funded. the re...