US government shutdown would impact 800,000 federal employees

A threatened shutdown of the US government would see hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed and many more working without pay.President Donald Trump warned Friday that a shutdown could last a "very long time" unless Democrats in the Senate join Republicans and approve funding for the border wall with Mexico.According to Democrats in the House and Senate, a shutdown would impact about 800,000 of the 2.1 million federal employees in the United States.