Now playing Next USA Amid shutdown, some lawmakers refuse pay in solidarity with federal workers Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he wanted "to be treated like any other government employee" not getting paid on Friday. 12/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Furloughed workers stretch to manage financial concerns during shutdown From cancer treatment to mortgage payments, federal workers in the Washington area try to juggle financial concerns with no end to shutdown in sight. 12/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Senate intel committee grilling ex-Trump campaign members in Russia probe Investigators asked former Trump aide Sam Nunberg about the president's business dealings and how he formulated his policies toward Moscow. 12/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Beleaguered firefighters put on hold by government shutdown "If you don't do the hiring on time, then you can't do the training on time, then you are not ready for the next fire season," a nonprofit leader said. 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Julián Castro thinks he could be Democrats' 'antidote to Donald Trump' "Mine is an immigrant story," Castro said. "It's an American dream story. It's a testament that everybody counts in this country." 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump holds off on declaring emergency to build border wall 'I'm not going to do it so fast,' the president said at a border-security roundtable at the White House Friday. 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Ginsburg is cancer-free, will return to work, Supreme Court says Ruth Bader Ginsburg is cancer-free and will participate in pending Supreme Court cases, a court spokeswoman said Friday. 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Federal workers miss first paycheck as shutdown poised to become longest in U.S. history The last government shutdown to have lasted this long was in 1996, when President Bill Clinton and the GOP-controlled Congress were at loggerheads. 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA An emergency declaration may be the shutdown off-ramp. But what about the consequences? First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA First Read's Morning Clips: Federal workers protest shutdown A roundup of the most important political news stories of the day 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA America held 'hostage': Kamala Harris, eyeing 2020, slams Trump over the shutdown "The president is holding the American people hostage over this vanity project. This is a crisis of his own making," Harris said. 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA 'There's no money': Shutdown freezes HUD funds for the elderly "If something major broke, I wouldn't have the funds to replace it," said a manager of an affordable housing building for seniors in Florida. 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Pelosi blasts treasury secretary after briefing for 'wasting' lawmakers' time Pelosi called it one "one of the worst classified briefings we've received from the Trump administration," despite "stiff competition" 11/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Long shot Senate effort to end shutdown stalemate comes to a quick end A last-ditch effort to re-open the government ended just 24 hours after it began in yet another sign that the government shutdown is nowhere near ending. 10/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump could take billions from disaster areas to fund wall Under the proposal, Trump could dip into money set aside to fund civil works projects all over the country including storm-damaged areas of Puerto Rico. 10/01/2019
Now playing Next USA On the border, Trump turns political in making case for his wall Wearing a MAGA hat and harshly criticizing Democrats, President Donald Trump made the case for a border wall near the U.S.-Mexico line Thursday. 10/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress in February Cohen was sentenced last month to three years in prison. 10/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump scraps Davos trip The president won't rub elbows with world's elites during fight over the border wall and government shutdown. 10/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Pelosi says Republicans will oppose Trump if he declares a national emergency over wall The president is heading to the border Thursday and said as he left Washington that he "probably" will declare a national emergency if he can't get Congress to appropriate wall funding 10/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump: I'll 'probably' declare a national emergency over border — just not yet "I'm not prepared to do that yet, but if I have to, I will," the president told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House. 10/01/2019