Good evening. I'm John Yang. Tonight, day 33 of the government shutdown is drawing to a close with no end in sight. And Americans are beginning to feel the effects. Payments for federal food programs are in doubt despite court orders. Delays are likely for federal payments to help low-income Americans heat and cool their homes. And the air traffic control system is beginning to show signs of strain

as the holiday travel season approaches.

Meanwhile, this weekend, the approximately 650,000 furloughed federal workers

are getting fresh notices telling them to stay home without working and without pay.

Many are beginning to feel the pinch.

This is my first time visiting a food bank in my entire life.

I've never had the need to do so in the past, but times change.

Anthony's fate is just one of the hundreds of thousands of federal employees nationwide

who've been furloughed for more than

four weeks. In Washington, D.C. and elsewhere, federal workers both furloughed and fired,

are lining up at food banks for assistance.

I have a master's degree. I have 25 years of experience in my own job. I didn't see this ever coming.

It never should have.

Amy Uccello was one of tens of thousands of USAID workers fired earlier this year when the administration

eliminated the agency.

It's finding ways to make ends meet.

Grateful for any sort of assistance programs.

I'm showing up to food banks when I can.

We're applying to jobs constantly.

Our unemployment just ran out, so now we have no income coming in.

Furloughed IRS lawyer, Isaac Stein turned a side hustle selling hot dogs into a temporary full-time gig.

It was a happy coincidence in the sense that I have something to do while I'm furloughed.

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