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Good morning it's friday, january 11th. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside burg. it's friday and a missed payday for federal workers or contractors who are furloughed or not being paid. a standoff that entered today 21 and joins the december 1995 shutdown as the longest in history. yesterday saw protests around the country including washington, chicago, detroit, new york, kentucky, dallas and ogden, utah where the irs is one of the area's largest employers and three quarters of the workforce is furloughed. yesterday the head of the fbi agents association said nearly 5,000 special agents, intelli...

Ogden, utah where the internal revenue service is one of the largest employers in that area and three quarters of the workforce is furloughed. the head of the fbi agents association said nearly 5,000 special agents, intelligence analyst, attorneys and professional staff are currently furloughed, results in reduced staffing for what they call critical functions that support field operations. there were a few more republican defections as the house approved two appropriations bill thursday. 12 republicans vote with the democrats to reopen the transportation department and housing and urban devel...