making news in america this morning, president trump travels to the border today as the government shutdown enters day 20. trump calling his meeting with the democrats a waste of time. >> again, we saw a temper tantrum because he couldn't get his way. >> this morning, how the shutdown is affecting food inspections and the federal workers being urged to hold yard sales and baby-sit to make ends meet. we take you to the border as this family makes it across. >> the other person who was videoing, that is to prove to the smuggling organization that they actually took them across the river. >> the biggest problem according to the border official briefing the president today. new trouble for singer r. kelly. the number of new women coming forward as allegations of sexual

misconduct swirl around the music mogul. hear from one woman's father who claims r. kelly is running a cult. plus, the man accused of stealing his roommate's $10 million lottery ticket and the big surprise he got. the travel deals of the year are here. why experts say you should book travel now and the destinations to consider. and later, forget folding the laundry, the new device that does it for you. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with president trump and the battle over the border wall. >> the president heads to the southern border today as the government shutdown enters day 20. it follows his contentious meeting with democrats at the ca atetierat l ch he there's word this morning that some moderate republicans are crafting a possible compromise that would include money for the border wall along with protections for daca

recipients who arrived in the u.s. as children. meanwhile, the economic realities of the shutdown are starting to hit home for federal workers. abc's serena marshall has the latest from washington. serena, good morning. >> reporter: janai, kenneth, good morning to you. it is day 20, and the president is heading to the southern border but come friday this shutdown will tie with 1995 for the longest spending lapse ever. it was a mere 14-minute meeting and its conclusion couldn't be clearer. >> he asked speaker pelosi, will you agree to my wall? she said no. and he just got up and said then we have nothing to discuss and he just walked out. >> they demanded once again that before any negotiations could begin, that we would have to agree to re-open the government. >> reporter: the shutdown stretching into one of the longest ever. come friday federal workers face the reality of not receiving a paycheck. the president insists they still support him. >> a lot of them agree with what i'm doing. >> reporter: democrats say otherwise. >> what that means in their

lives is tragic in terms of their credit rating, paying their mortgage, paying their rent. he thinks maybe they could just ask their father for more money but they can't. >> reporter: 85% of the federal workplace exists outside of the capital region from airline security to prison guards and food inspectors. the government sending a letter to members of the u.s. coast guard according to the "washington post" suggesting they supplement income with garage sales, baby-sitting or dog walking, even mystery shopping. mer e republicans, meeting behind closed doors for more than 90 minutes. >> to see if we can't offer up some helpful suggestions. >> hoping to find a solution that can bring everyone together. >> reporter: and some agencies are recalling workers unpaid. the fda director plans to recall domestic food inspectors suspended since the start of the shutdown. janai, kenneth. >> serena, before you go,

you mentioned those coast guard members. i believe 44,000 members are being encouraged to supplement their income. what else are government workers doing to get by? >> reporter: domestic federal employees are needing to supplement their income because they are not getting paid during the shutdown. weeard accordi "washington post" of a diplomat who is writing eyeliner reviews and we've heard people selling things on craigslist including skills. a mother in upper maryland saying she was selling her kids' toys for $2 in order to help pay the bills. so it's really starting to hit home for these federal employees. kenneth. janai. >> serena marshall, tough time for those hundreds of thousands of federal workers. thank you, serena. as the president prepares to travel to texas, we got a firsthand look at what's happening at the busiest where our cameras found two families crossing. abc's matt gutman was there and spoke with a border official who will meet with the president today. >> reporter: these are two families that have just been taken across the border. they were dumped out in the

middle of the river. you can see the pants are wet so they've been forced to walk. right now border patrol agents are processing them. most people are not allowed by the smugglers to take anything, so this little girl, all she took is her barbie. her mother took a couple of diapers and this is jessica from nicaragua and her three children who are he. she says she's been traveling for three months. this is something that the border patrol agents and the happens every day. we didn't come here based on any intel. right? >> no. >> reporter: you said this happens to be the busiest landing in the entire border with mexico 2,000 miles. and within about 30 seconds of arriving people started pouring across. two pakistanis, four indians. >> and three different family groups from honduras and nicaragua were able to cross within, you know, four, five minutes. >> reporter: so most of what the chief and his border patrol officers are dealing with are these kinds of asylum seekers who are not trying to run away

from them but are literally presenting themselves to them so they could be taken to the border patrol. you know, we've asked some of them in the central processing facility why they came now and a bunch of them know that the reason is that if they seek asylum, step foot in the u.s. and they have a child with them, they will most likely be released on their own recognizance. again, i'm matt gutman and we are here along the mexico/u.s. border just south of mcallen, texas. fr t hali t>>nes. nk one of the issues surrounding the border wall other than just funding it is a nearly 100-year-old treaty with mexico. that treaty would require mexico to approve engineering plans for the wall if it's built within the flood plane of the rio grande. the treaty gives mexico such power because of the concern about construction projects affecting flooding on the mexican side of the river. now to potentially new trouble for r. kelly. at least two more women have contacted authorities in illinois with new allegations

against the singer. a recent cable tv documentary series detailed alleged sexual abuse stretching back years. kelly's attorney calls the charges ridiculous. the music mogul has homes in chicago and near atlanta. some families claim he's keeping their daughters as sex slaves. >> i hope that this documentary definitely brings my daughter home, but what i think i want on the same level is nobody else's child to never have to feel like a monster has more power than the rest of the world. >> lady gaga is now the latest star to distance herself from r. kelly. she tweeted an apology for working with him and has pulled a 2013 collaboration from itunes and other streaming site two dallas radio stations have also stopped streaming his music. the fbi has now join ishe t san antonio.

8-month-old king jay davila has not been seen in nearly a week. surveillance images show his father and cousin staging a kidnapping to cover up what they believe is foul play. the father is now under arrest. his cousin is in custody in a separate case. police are hoping she'll provide information on the baby's whereabouts. a significant snowstorm could hit parts of the midwest and the not this weekend. let's take a closer look at yous forecasthe. we're looking for blustery conditions throughout the entire northeast with snow showers pushing throughout the northeast. we could get as much as even 12 inches in some areas. particularly as you go further north towards quebec city. now, this is the big concern for friday going into saturday. there's going to be a monster of a storm bringing heavy snow friday night going into saturday for st. louis over towards indianapolis and that storm will blossom into a monster that will cover the ohio valley region and then swing tothngs rdhortwenoe rs and a mi the south. well, coming up, saving big

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mcdonald's. >> brooks came to the mcdonald's to grab breakfast when everything went wrong. >> i'm standing at the counter and the guy comes up and he's going help, help. >> he and other customers were stunned to see what the man calling for help was holding. >> i didn't know the raccoon was really dead or alive. my thing was to get out the way. >> he ran off taking this video to the window. watch as someone in the restaurant removes the bloody animal dumping it in a trash can outside. >> y'all need to call the health department. the department of environmental health says the restaurant closed for five hours sunday to disinfect the dining room. health inspectors say it's now safe. >> i would like to sure the public that mcdonald's addressed the problem appropriately. they cleaned it and sanitized it, which is the main thing for us. >> how would you do that? >> suspected homeless man on why he brought the raccoon into

mcdonald's. as for his favorite breakfast spot, brooks is not loving it anymore. >> never. never. >> never going to eat there again? >> never. >> health officials say this restaurant is safe. police responded and gave the man in question a mental health evaluation to determine that he did not need to be detained. animal control staff removed the raccoon from the property. in san francisco, cornell barna barnard, abc 7 news. nope. it's a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit, right? not a raccoon, egg and cheese biscuit. >> mayor mccheese and all of them are disappointed this morning. >> yuck. if you're just joining us, good morning. here's a quick update on weather and traffic. we start with mike nicco. >> nothing like that in the weather department this morning. we're going to keep it clean if we can. look at the visibility, though. it is thick the fog from novato to cirrus point, towards c