Tonight, a tale of two governments.

Some federal workers lining up at food banks, while others picked by the administration keep on getting paid.

But how is it being decided who's going to get the paycheck and who won't?

Plus, extreme makeover, White House edition, the East Wing demolition that's more extensive

and more expensive than we knew. And an AI twin of the late Suzanne Summers? Yep, it's happening,

and her husband of 55 years tells me we can't tell the difference. All ahead on Largoats Live.

Now, I still remember when the government shut down, and I was one of those hundreds of

thousands of workers suddenly faced with the reality that I was not going to get a paycheck.

I've told you about what that waiting was like, what that anxiety felt like, what that frustration felt like.

But this, where we are right now, this feels different.

And not just because no one is talking to each other because they're not.

And not just because there seems to be no end in sight.

And yes, you had essential and non-essential employees when I was in a shutdown.

Some were working in spite of the shutdown.

Others were not able to come in at all.

They weren't even allowed in the buildings.

But there was an idea that we were all in it together, even if we never, and I mean never wanted to be members in the we've been shut down

club. You know, this time around, though, it looks like being paid isn't up to an objective

definition of who is essential and who is not.

It's this two-tiered system where value isn't measured by service, but by politics, because that's

what's happening right now, it seems. Many federal workers have been frozen out, and I mean no pay

and no certainty.

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