joining me our ali bertali and tammy leitner in florida. guys, we want to talk to people who are affected by this. ali, what are you hearing? >> reporter: katy, we keep on talking about the 800,000 furloughed workers. as they consider what this shutdown means to them, i spent talking to daryl floyd and his wife isn't cynthia. i am going to let daryl explain to you. take a listen. >> if you don't have a job, you are not going to get along. then that's going to put pile-ups and expenses on each other. >> you know if you can't pay the bills then you will have financial charges and you know credito creditors, they may not accept it. so what's going on? especially with me and my wife sometimes trying to work in that situation. >> what's your situation? >> she has cancer. so -- >> so that puts extra strain on an already tough situation. >> one income, you really don't have income and you are hoping the shutdown ends. >> reporter: and katy, we talked to daryl and cynthia last night at here home in wood bridge, this morning they left for arkansas w

tammy leitner, nbc news. >>> for the third january in a row, peaceful protesters took to the streetshundreds of cities across the country. the women and men marched in support of women's rights and other progressive causes. in new york city two marches took place, the second organized by marchers concerned about allegations of anti-semitism against the organizers of the original march. >>> still ahead tonight, a fresh look at the empire of mexican drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman through the eyes of his mistress. >>> the latest move by a tennis superstar. a heartwarming moment at the australian open. >>> a new turn in one of the most-watched in the country. this week, the mexican drug lord known as el chapo sat in a federal courtroom in brooklyn as his former mistress took the stand against him at his drug trial. her testimony giving new insight into the man behind a billion dollar narcotics empire. more on the family drama playing out in open court. >> reporter: his stories have become almost mythic, eluding authorities through tunnels bir drug cartel. this week, his story was ov

tammy leitner has more. >> reporr: it was meant to be a time for indigenous people to be seen and heard. but this viral video taken during friday's rally in washington has sparked outrane d confusion. the video appears to show dozens ofutes wearing mmerica great again hats mocking nathan phillips. many jeering and others looking on. >> they're singing and i heard them saying ild that wall, build that wall. you know, thi is indigenous land. we're not supposed to ve walls here, we never did, for a millennium. >> reporter: some of the utes may be from covington catholic, an all malel high sch in kentucky. the diocese of covington saying in a statement,he matter is being investigated and we will take appropriate action, u and including expulsion. it's unclear how the event started. tonight some wondering fuhow this pea rally became a sad display of disrespect. tammy leitner, nbc news. >>> for the third w, nuary in a peaceful protesters took to the streets in hundreds of cities across the country. the women and men omarched in support women's rights and other progressive causes. in new york

tammy leitner >> reporter: federal workers' frustrations are now bubbling over with recent protests in bostonc.nd d. >> i'm concorned. >> repr: border patrol agent jorge yas is working, but without pay. and as a last-ditch effort, now heading to court. >> evebody is frustrated. a lot of the employees work double shifts and with no paycheck. so, that's a slap in the>> face eporter: one of nearly 30,000 federal employees in a lawsuit brought by their union. 800,000 federal workers aren't getting paid. u.s. ngest shutdown in omstory has a trickle-down effect on cmunities around the country, too. me fda food inspections have stopped. miami's airport forced to close one terminal because of a shortage of tsa agents. in the arc. , furloughed employees are turning to food banks for the basics. leroy smith's wife, judy, didn't fill an expen ve prescription for seizure. >> he doesn't like having to say i ifn't get my medicine. >> it's childish that you shut down the bovernment justecause you can't come to an agreement. >> reporter: americans are now being forced to confront an uncomfortable and

nbc's tammy leitner has the latest on the impasse and its impact. >> reporter: federal workers frustrations are now bubbling over. with recent protest in boston and d.c. >> i'm concerned. >> reporter: border patrol agent jorge yanos is working, but without pay. and as a last ditch effort, now heading to court. >> everybody is stressful. a lot of the employees work double shifts, and with no paycheck. so that's a slap in the face. >> reporter: yanos is nearly one of 30,000 federal employees in a lawsuit brought by their union. 800,000 federal workers aren't getting paid. the longest shutdown in u.s. history has a trickle-down effect on communities around the country, too. some fda food inspections have stopped. miami's airport forced to close one terminal because of a shortage of tsa agents. in the d.c. area, furloughed employees are turning to food banks for the basics. kennedy space center contractor leroy smith's wife judy didn't fill an expensive prescription for seizures. >>e medicine. >> it's childish that you shut down the government just because you can't come to an agreement. >> rep

tammy leitner, nbc news. >> meanwhile, flared tempers led to an extreme case of road rage, and it was all caught on camera. one man clinging to the hood of a car while the driver hit speeds of up to 70 miles an hour. it was all over a sideswipe. police have arrested both men. they're scheduled to appear in court today. and nbc's kathy park has more. >> get off my car! >> reporter: it's not a movie scene, but real life road rage after a fender-bender, 65-year-old richard kemrauski jumped on the hood ofscene. ghe driver speedin massachusetts turnpike during rush hour. >> he kept going fast, slow, fast, me to getting off the car. >> reporter: he managed to hang on for miles as an onlooker captured the dangerous highway ride. at one point, looking down at his phone, lp >> kind of like just survival mode. >> reporter: the driver finally hit the brakes when good samaritans blocked him in. one bystander drawing a gun. police arrested the driver, mark fitzgerald for assault with a dangerous weapon, among other charges. >> he took my water bottle out of my car. he smashed my window. >> reporte

>> yes. >> reporter: tammy leitner, nbc news, san diego.y of state mike pompeo is in the middle east tonight and says he will press saudi arabia's leaders for greater accountability for the murder of a "washington post" journalist. andrea mitchell is traveling with the secretary. >> reporter: secretary pompeo is in saudi arabia tonight, first trip here since the cia concluded that the country's powerful crown prince was responsible for the brutal murder of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi, an assessment that president trump has not accepted. >> we will continue to have conversation with the crown prince and the saudis about ensuring that the accountability is full and complete with respect to the unacceptable murder of jamal khashoggi. >> reporter: despite u.s. sanctions on 17 of the alleged killers, including one of the crown prince's closest aides, the powerful leader is unrestrained say multiple current and former u.s. officials and former diplomats. president trump and his son-in-law, jared kushner see the crown prince, widely known as mbs, as a key ally and customer

lly in virginia, tammy leitner in florida and morgan is in burbank, california. what did you find?reporter: there's a lot of pain out here, a lot of people being impacted by the shutdown. that's true here in virginia, an hour outside of washington, d.c. i spent a little time with daryl floyd, who is one of the furloughed workers. yesterday was supposed to be payday for him, but that check didn't come because of the government shutdown. so he's feel iing financial pai of that. he's worried about paying bills, buying groceries and if it stretches on, how they pay for their house. but on top of all of that, he's also dealing with his wife's cancer battle. take a listen to what he had to say about the emotional toll this is take oing on him. >> it's stressful. sometimes blood pressure just your stress. you want the best. then i'm worried about my wife. making sure she's healthy and try to sacrifice. me, her, we worry about the bills if bills are going to get paid or buy medicine or whatever it may be. so it's kind of stressful. >> and chris, he says he doesn't care who caves, but someo

tammy leitner, nbc ws. meanwhile, flared tempers led to an extreme case of road rage, and it was all caught on camera. one man clinging to the hood of a car while the driver hit speeds of upes to 70 mn hour. it was all over a sideswipe. police have arrested both men. they're scheduled to appear in and nbc's kathy park has more. >> get off my car! reporter: it's not a movie scene, but real life road rage after a fender-bender, 65-year-oldichard kemrauski jumped on the hood of an suv attempting to leave the ene. the dri speeding up to 70 miles an hour on the busy massachusetts turnpike during >> he kept going fast, slow, fast, slow, try to get me to slide off. i wasn't getting off the car. >> reporter: he managed to hang on for miles as an onlooker captured the dangerous highway ride. at o point, you see him lookingn dow at his phone, dialing 9 for help. >> kind of like just survival mode. >> reporte the driver finally hit the brakes when goodma ritans blocked him in. onera bystanderng a gun. police arrested

joining me now from the busiest airport on a non holiday, nbc news, tammy leitner. >> it can be difficultng through atlanta airport on a monday. what is it like today on day 31 of the shutdown, tammy? >> reporter: people are flying through today. it could have something to do with the fact that they brought temporary tsa workers to help out at this airport. they really had no choice. one out of every ten tsa workers are not showing up for work and it is creating chaos at airports across the u.s. some of the busineest airports e being affected, new york city and miami and houston and baltimore. today they have the shutdown, screening area in baltimore. last week they had to shutdown one of the terminals in miami. we are 31 days into this, we spoke to enough tsa workers to know this is a financial thing. they tell us they can't keep working without paychecks, that's the bottom line. katy. >> that's going to happen if this lasts much longer, tammy? >> it is really unclear. 8% of the tsa workers did not show up for work and we are at 10%. we are two weeks out for the super bowl in atlanta. th

tammy leitner is on the scene with more. >> reporter: good morning. i can tell you this little boy is a survivor. he survived three days in bitter cold temperatures in the north carolina woods. and he only has a few scrapes and bruises. this morning the emotions are those of relief. after 3-year-old casey hathaway was miraculously found alive by a team of rescuers. >> i think i said i have you. >> reporter: greer, a father himself, still amazed that this little boy survived three days in the rugged woods of craven county, north carolina in below freezing conditions. >> i think he was so exhausted at that time and i was so ready to get him out of the wood. >> reporter: police casey had been playing with friends outside his grandmother's house when he vanished. >> he walked off somewhere and we can't find him. >> reporter: a massive search operation followed. the fbi, marines and hundreds of volunteers scoured over 1,000 acres of the hilly terrain. linda was one of those volunteers. >> i heard just crying, so i ran up to toller road and i got the office

tammy leitner is on the scene with more. good morning.po >> er: good morning. i can tell you, this boy is a survivor. he survived in bitter cold temperatures in the north caroli woods. he only has a few scrapes and bruises. this morning, the emotions are those of relief, after -year-old hathaway was miraculously fnd alive by a team of rescuers. ems captain shane greer, a faer himself, amazed this little boy survived three days in the rugged woods of craven county, north carolina, incondi >> i think he was so exhausted at that time,nd i was so ready to get him out of the woods. >> reporter: police s casey had been playing with friends outside his grandmother's house when he unexplainably vanished. >> we can't find him. >> reporter: a massive search operation foheowed. fbi, marines, and hundreds of volunteers scoured over 1,000 acres of the hilly terrain. linda fraker was one of the volunteers. >> i heard just a crying. i ran up theroad, and got the officer. i asked him to please come down and listen. >> reporter: shane greer was one of the first to reach little

nbc's tammy leitner is in florida close to the scene of the accident. tammy, good terning. >> rep good morning, sheinelle. six of the victims are still at the hospital recovering andd co here for days if not weeks. we also learned the five children who were killed were all from the same small community in louisiana. this morning, a small tow in louisiana is grieving the deaths of five children in their commity. >> pray for our co aunitndy families. >> reporter: killed in a fiery nash f ilorida along with two truck drivers. the children were all in a church van heading to disney rlwod.or investigat believe a northbound tractor-trail swerved hard to the left dragging a car with it through the barricade. it slammed into the southbound 18 wheeler. the church van hit the trucks as it caught fire and running over passenger s ejected from the v. >> they had a range of juries. >> reporter: surgeon scott brackenridge treated the victims. >> it was a tragic day. it is hard to see this many people go through the event like this. >> reporter: the youngest of the chi