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Partial federal shutdown: Things go ‘from bad to worse’

The federal government started a partial shutdown through Christmas, escalating a showdown over $5 billion for a border wall between President Trump and Congressional Democrats. Hundreds of thousands of government employees were unable to work and the impacts will only get worse. Washington Post reporter Damian Paletta joins Megan Thompson from D.C. for the latest.