they had to use vacation time that they were saving for special occasions. they some employees have not been able to find apartments because they can t get verification and they can t make the appointments with the apartment building. so it s really been a very serious effect in it s long-term. i just had a employee give notice yesterday because he found a job and he ll lose his benefits. we have benefits, profit sharing, vacation, et cetera. and at his new job he has to start at ground zero. i don t think that anyone in washington has to wait a year before they get a paid vacation. yeah, kevin, you guys looking ahead to january 15th and thinking what if this happens again? there is a level of uncertainty but like i say we re very resilient. san francisco is very resilient. we are open and greeting guests enthusiastically and we will just tighten the belts a little bit and pray for the best. this is a restaurant that is a century and a half hold. right.
it was released friday to participants in a conference in the philippines. the shutdown is behind us but the business of tallying losses continues. while employees get some back pay many private business owners and their staff are o on the losing end of the crisis including restaurants like the 150-year-old cliff house in san francisco. that shutdown hit their bottom line like a financial sledge hammer. joining me is kevin webber who is executive chef at cliff house. kevin, with a welcome to you, i want to ask you how this was effected. the restaurant is privately owned. it s not federally funded. why did the cliff house have to close? we re on parkland. the mandate came down that all concessionares must close and cease operations. what happened during the shutdown?
can you remember another time in the restaurant s long history that you ve heard about that you were forced to remain closed that long? no it just hasn t happened. we ve had earthquakes, fires and floods but we always managed to open within 24 to 48 hours. at least certain parts of it. this was the first full closure. i have been there in 37 years and it s the first time i ve experienced it. well, kevin webber, good luck with that and cliff house has an extraordinary reputation. come on out for dinner, all right? i ll do that. thank you so much. all told, the economic impact of the government shutdown is estimated at $24 billion. so what is congress doing to make sure it doesn t happen again and what will be the political impact on them? joining me now, republican congressman, member of the financial services committee from north carolina. thank you for joining me. i m glad you re here. i want to point out that you, sir, were one of only 87 republicans that voted in favor of
effected. our national security is effected. i m chairman of the congressional task force on terrorism and unconventional warfa warfare. it effects the funding for cia, border security, homeland security, other interests that we have. our enemies, they re relentless. they re not sleeping or waiting, they re not on a shutdown. no, we were talking about that during the 16-daybreak a b. it sounds like you were able to see the forest through the trees but did you hear kevin webber? what do you say to people like that that are left with changes now to their businesses? and frankly the greater challenge truly is really the impact obama care has had an extraordinary impact on businesses. companies don t want to hire. they don t know the cost and what they re seeing thus far is very scary. but, sir, with all due respect sir, that is some what intangible at this point. it s yet to be implemented.
0 forged papers to get out of prison who later returned to a jail to be fingerprinted. 15,000 workers won t get back pay after the shutdown, and i m talking to one of those forgotten workers. in today s office politics, chris matthews. we talk whether it s better to be loved or feared as a politician. and the legal fight over a deadbeat dad declared dead almost two decades ago, now he wants to reverse his status but a judge won t let him. hello, everyone. it s high noon in the east, 9:00 a.m. in the west. first up, that massive manhunt in florida for two escaped inmates serving sentences for murder. authorities are asking the public for help and offering $10,000 each for information leading to the capture of these twos dangerous fugitives they say walked out through prison gates. sarah is joining me now from orlando. this is one heck of a story with regard to the investigation, how could these two guys waltz through the gates and let s talk about the fact they managed to keep u