we need to address our problems. >> thank you to mack mclarty. federal workers were not the only americans affected. small businesses and communities where federal workers live suffered as well. >> heidi zhou-castro visited a houston diner that welcomed back nasa workers. >> people in clear lake city is happy that the shutdown is over. the community sprung up to support nasa. the furlough was tough on the community. finally at frenchies, a local restaurant talked away from johnson space center - business is up. you can see from the walls how important nasa is to supporting the restaurant. and how important the nasa employees are, and that brings us to bridget. thank you for joining us. you work in the payroll department at nasa. you are back to work today after 16 days. how does that feel? >> it feels great to be back at work. that's all we wanted, to go back to work to serve the american people. >> i imagine the last two weeks though must have been hard on you and your family. how did you get through it? >> i went to the bank wednesday. i didn't