joining me now from capitol hill, democratic congressman from california, ted lu. good to have you. are you, therefore, going to fly home soon? what are you hearing about how the shutdown will affect constituents in your home state? >> reporter: let me remind you what donald trump said last week. he said i will take the mantle. i don't think it is right for the republican controlled senate and republican controlled house to adjourn until december 27th. i think they should make us be here so we can work out a deal to fund government again. >> so what are you hearing from your home state of california about how the shutdown may or may not be affecting your constituents at the moment? >> that's a great question. so some of the harms of the shut double play include we're not funding a lot of federal employees that keep our homeland safe. over 50,000 tsa employees will be working without pay, over 50,000 customs and border agents will be working without pay, over 14,000 fbi agents will be working without pay. in addition, the violence against women act was also terminated as a result of

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congressman ted lu is here. good evening to you. is this potential witness tampering?> thank you, ari. let me first say my prayers are with the family of president george h.w. bush. if regards to your question, i'm a former prosecutor. i can tell you that witness tampering statute is very broad. you can violate it merely by attempting to corruptly persuade another witness from attempting to testify. it looks to me in this case that donald trump is attempting to persuade roger stone to keep him from testifying. if i were special counsel mueller, i would have exhibits that have just donald trump's tweets pasted on a page. >> and we put that broad statement on a page, you think this does induce false testimony? >> i think it's often attempt to persuade roger stone not to testify. that would violate the witness tampering statute. it could also violate a separate statute, which is obstruction of justice, which just requires president trump attempt to influence a federal investigation with corrupt intent. a lot of this centers on the intent of donald trump. i think it's clea