we are talking with everett kelley this morning. we have the special line for federal ploy use. michael is on that line out of maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. can you hear me? i wanted to bring some light to the shutdown, a part that i did not know affected us. both of my kids go to daycare on two bases that are close by. if the government shutdown, we still have to pay for the childcare, but the kids are home with us because on the base everybody is furloughed. i do not know if other people are experiencing that, people who send kids to federal day cares and still have to pay for that. it is about $900 for our daughter and about $1500 for my son. host: mr. kelley? guest: that is the point. thank you for calling. the point is that so many areas are affected by the shutdown that the average person is not aware of. thank you for bringing that to the attention of the american public. they will be affected in so many ways. host: in washington, d.c., this is mary come alive for democrats. -- mary, live for to mcgrath's. -- democrats. caller: i am a retired federal worke

then the national president of the american federation of government employees, everett kelley, on a possible government shutdown and the impact on federal workers. freshman new york republican congressman anthony d'esposito talks about the government funding deadline and aid to ukraine. washington journal starts now. ♪ host: good morning. it is wednesday, september 27. the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we are with you for just two hours on the washington journal. we are less than four days from a potential government shutdown and the legislative path forward still unclear this morning. we will take you through the latest. with the clock ticking and the likelihood of a shutdown increasing, we want to know what you think. we are doing so on phone lines split by political party. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. and a special line this morning for federal workers who could be impacted by a shutdown, (202) 748-8003. that is also the number you can send us a text. if you do, please include your name and where you are from. other

this is everett kelley, head of the union representing federal workers. >> it is a detriment to our economyiment to our communities, and to the workforce. we need to be stable. we need to know that we have a job and that we can provide for our famili. amy: the government will shut at midnight on saturday if no deal is reached. far right republican marjorie taylor greene passed an amendment to the defense bill to produce u.s. secretary lloyd austin's salary to one dollar. the president of the self-declared nagorno-karabakh republic says the government of the contested region will dissolve itself by jan. 1st. the announcement comes just days after azerbaijan carried out a military blitz to seize the territory which is mostly made up of ethnic armenians. over 30,000 people in nagorno-karabakh have fled to armenia in recent days, that's more than half of the region's population. on wednesday, azerbaijan arrested the former head of the nagorno-karabakh government as he was trying to cross into armenia. burkina faso's military rulers leaders say the country's security and intelligence services th