negotiations will resume at the white houser this morning. but it's almost guaranteed the stalemate will stretch into next week, maybe longer. >> he said he'd keep the government closed for a very long period o time. months or even years. >> absolutely, i said that. congressional leaders spent roughly two hours at the white house yesterday. democrats want a stopgap deal to open the government immediately. president trump remains firm,g demandinat $5 billion for a border wall with mexico. if democrats won't give it to him, the president saysgo he cod nother route. >> we could call a national emergency and build it very quickly, and it's another doing it, but if we can do it through a negotiated process, we're giving that a shot. >> we recognize on the democratic side that we really cannot resolve this until we open up government. >> vice president mike pence invited congressional staffers to come back to the negotiatingn table this g at 11:00. >>> here's a look at how the shutdown is impacting d.c. residents. the mayor plans to send the feds a

. >>> back now with country music star randy houser.and now he's going to sing "no stone unturned." randy houser, take it away. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ well i made it up to nashville, played the part ♪ ♪ i took a broken guitar through the heart ♪ ♪ and i chased a girl to new orleans she lit me uonou ♪ so i headed up to memphis on a train got side tracked in the mississippi rain ♪ ♪ picked up a case of delta blues then i washed it down with tennessee booze ♪ ♪ there ain't no grass gonna grow up under my feet no tellin' where i might be ♪ ♪ i can always find one hell of a time while i'm out here lookin' for me ♪ ♪ no stone unturned no turn unstoned ♪ ♪ well, colad clouds i still don't think my feet have touched the ground ♪ ♪ and i sat the night on fire out in l.a., hell, i'm just glad nobody knew my name ♪ ♪ yeah but there ain't no grass gonna grow up under my feet no tellin' where i might be ♪ ♪ i can always find one hell of a time while i'm out here lookin' for me ♪ ♪ no stone unturned no turn unstoned ♪ ♪ ♪ well, i'm drawn to the ch

hoping unity will bring people together we've got jeff houser with us now executive director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research which aims to ensure political appointees serve the public interest you could say that's not happening. right now let's look at it on the level of the federal workers the fact that eight hundred thousand people have been out of work for a month now and the president seems to be all right with that. how how can that go on how has that been allowed in the first place. well it should never have been allowed to her in the first place it's a catastrophe for the workers it's particularly a catastrophe for workers for contractors who don't work directly work for the federal government or work on federal programs because those people are not even going to be guaranteed back pay and any point in time these are just lost hours it's going to undermine the morale of the federal workplace it's going to make people reconsider whether or not they want to work for government because often they're taking lower pay to work in the public intere

americans are wondering how this ends with no answer insight pedicle al-jazeera washington well jeff houser is director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research and he says the shutdown will make people reconsider working for the government. well it should never been allowed to occur in the first place it's a catastrophe for the workers it's particularly catastrophe for workers for contractors who don't work directly work for the federal government but work on federal programs because those people are not even going to be guaranteed back pay at any point in time these are just lost hours it's going to undermine the morale of the federal workplace it's going to make people reconsider whether or not they want to work for government because often they're taking lower pay to work in the public interest in the federal government but in return they're supposed to receive a certain consistency of employment which obviously has been blown up in their face and i think that problems are only going to get worse because i don't even know after this shutdown ends what

. >> plus a teenage boy helped save his family during a houser fi. what he was doing at the time that helped save lives. wlauren. >> a have rain on the way but no rain out there for that morning commute, but it is chilly. those temperatures are upper 30s right now. heading to a rightund 50 degrees once again today. we'll time-out the rain cnences in youhborhood, that's coming up after this. look. it's over. i love you, but i'm not in love with you. she says i can't see you anymore. find furniture you'll love at... ...havertys year end sale. -now held over! f get francing for 5 years. hurry in before it's over! these deals are break-up worthy. havertys. life looks goo z339qz z16fz y339qy y16fy a >> he wase to wake up his mother and get out of the house just in time. >> i saw smoke in the hallway and saw the fi. i started yelling for my mom. she was asleep at the time. >> if he wasn't on the tv, if he was not awake, i wouldn't know the outcome. he didn't get grounded this time. >> he gets a pass. >> the family lost everything. the pets were lost as wel

. >> reporter: but just today signs that some housere republicans bending. >> if this is indeed a crisis, the people that are dealing the crisis should get paid. >> the white house seems to move the goal post eveime they come with a proposal. if we can come to some agreement we want it in writing so the public can see it so it doesn't change. >> reporter: the political pressure on both sides will likely ramp up friday. that's when thousands of federal employees wil miss their first paycheck. >> we are the faces behind this shutdown. stop playing chicken with our lives. >> reporter: but from president trump -- >> how long are you willing to let the shutdn last, mr. president? >> whenever it's fixed. > reporter: no signs this shutdown on day 19 will end anytime soon. and today the house again voting on measures that would reopen parts of the government. but remember those are going noere in the senate without support from president trump. leon and erika. okay, we'll see what plays out later on. thanks. see you on. >> the longer this drags on the more concern about the ripple fect of the sh