Shutdown Pain: Federal Worker Fears He Lied To His Son About The Impact Of The Government Shutdown

Francis Nichols, III, a federal employee spoke with Roland Martin about how the government shutdown has impacted his family. Nichols is among thousands of federal employees who worked 80 hours and received zero pay, others were furloughed and are not allowed to go to their respective places of employment. - Friday was the day when the partial federal government shutdown officially hit federal worker's pocketbooks. It was supposed to be payday. But paychecks are on hold for some 800,000 federal employees forced to go on unpaid leave or work without pay since Dec. 22 because of the government shutdown. Read more http://ow.ly/LRaZ30nj7oE - Join us for #RolandMartinUnfiltered daily at 6PM EST! Subscribe to the Roland Martin YouTube channel - https://t.co/xLwuEPXGUI - Join the #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BringTheFunk Fan Club to support the only daily digital show of its kind that focuses on the issues important to our community. Visit http://rolandmartinunfiltered.com to join the #BringTheFunk Fan Club and support independent fact-based journalism.