Us what you think about tweeting us, or leave us a comment on facebook. As shots rang out on capitol hill, our attention turned to security. Is everyone who should be working to keep us safe still on the job . The answer is sort of. Police and federal agents converged to stop the shooter. But not all of those First Responders are still getting a paycheck. Some will have to wait in this latest round of congressional dysfunction ends and the government reopens. And the military is still hard at work and getting paid, but civilians working at the pentagon, the National Security agency, the cia, National Guard and others are furloughed, basically forced leave, and its unclear if they will get paid for it. One question arising from thursdays events is whether this budget standoff poses a real risk to american safety. Does shutting off the flow of federal money mean were putting ours in danger. Joining me is robert from a u. S. Security firm. He is a 30year veteran of Law Enforcement. Robert good to have you here. Thank you for being with us. Sure. There is a lot of sentiment going around that if you can afford to have so many nonessential people stay home, why do we need them in the first place. When it comes to Law Enforcement tell me your thoughts on this. That is an intuitive thought. But from working in the intelligence community, i can tell you that i i was key and essential in the last budget impasse in the mid90s, but those personnel right behind the first line of defense, intelligence analysts and other professions are tied to how i and others in the first line of defense do their jobs. Maybe a few days or even a week, not much notice, but beyond that it can be quite concerning. And some of these agencies we have talked about, very, very large chunks of the working population has been told to stay home. In the nsa, fbi and cia. The civilians in many cases are not coming to work. Exactly. Upwards of 70 of the civilian work force is furlough. You can be rest assured that the public and industry that the first line of defebruariers in terrorism and espionage cases are still being worked. People who count on Public Safety see first of line of defense, right . You see police officers, you see on bigger occasions or where there are terror threats that have escalated you see more of them around, and thats where we get our sense of Public Safety from. When it comes to the intelligence community, whether its cyber or antiterrorism stuff, thats sort of fulltime work. Thats absolutely right. You see the first line of defenders like today with what hand on capitol hill sure if you looked at a tv screen all you saw were First Responders. Exactly. And we hope nothing will happen to that. But the more abstract part, behind the the lines of defense that are not there right in the Public Department of Homeland Security right now, about 14 are reported to be on furlough. Some of those professionals are involved with researching and development on screening procedures. We may be able to withstand a that. You and the folks at your group are all deeply connected in the intelligence and Law Enforcement communities. Any response from those communities about moral . Yeah, is the shortance. Even colleagues that i have spoken to that are still in the act say that look, like in the mid90s, there is an impact, because theres that uncertainty, both of their colleagues that are furloughed when they are coming back to work, and then if this impasse goes on much longer. How do you square this with congress . People are declared essential or nonessential, its not essential for a few days versus if it goes on for two weeks. Is one of those areas that is critical. How do you suggest the government deal with this sort offish eye . My quick answer to that is get past this budget impasse. The funding right now is being held as we know the situation, get the funding done, take care of the other issues in session, but our security inextrickily tied to private markets and other things. But the idea of resiliency look were going to get through this, and come back to work, but time is of theest fence. From your lip to congresss ears. Thanks, robert. Thank you. Today on twitter and facebook we have been asking you, if you could Tweet Congress what would you say . Greg says. And steve tweets. Tell me what you think by tweeting me or leave us a comment on facebook. While Government Employees remains at a stand still in washington, americas oil and natural gas workers are on the job as our oil and gas business [[voiceover]] from Al Jazeera Media Network comes a new voice of journalism in the u. S. The delta is a microcosm of america. [[voiceover]] we tell the human story, from around the block, across the country, with more points of view. 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How can you fully understand the impact unless youve heard angles you hadnt considered . Antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. Including yours. Consider this. Unconventional wisdom. What happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating the u. S. Manufacturing industry has lost about 8 million jobs over the last 30 years. Some were lost because Technology Means fewer labor hours needed to build things, but some jobs went overseas. We know that as offshoring, but in the last few years, companies, including ge, motorola and caterpillar have reopened factories in places georgia. Reporter lost livelihoods, shattered communities. Imaging of u. S. Manufacturing jobs migrating overseas, but that picture is slowly changing. According to a recent survey, more than half of executives polled at large u. S. Manufacturers are planning to bring production back to the u. S. From china or are actively considering it. A nearly 50 increase in the last 18 months. The costs in china were rising. Reporter since 2010, more than 200 u. S. Manufacturers have returned 80,000 jobs to u. S. Shores, and as those jobs come them. We believe well have a Significant Impact on job growth. We believe by the year 2020, well see 2. 5 to 5 million jobs being created because of these changes. That could move the Unemployment Rate down by 1. 5 to 2 points. Reporter some argue many of the jobs that have already gone to china are unlikely to return. The chinese now have real capabilities in manufacturing, and they are very good at getting new products to market rapidly. Reporter susan burger spearheaded a study in u. S. Manufacturing. She says it is the ones that will be created here that will drive growth. Company after company that we visited the people are not only making goods, but attaching valuable services to them. Reporter she says u. S. Manufacturers need more programs to train workers and capital to ramp up production, but with foreign shores looking less appealing, images like this will hopefully become less common. More than 60 of u. S. Companies reshoring are bringing jobs home from china. The regions benefiting the most are the south and the midwest. After almost 30 years of decline, the last couple of years have seen some manufacturing jobs return, but my guest scott paul says its not a resurgence. Scott joins us now from washington. Before we talk about this restoring trend, we have been talking about fracing and natural gas, the cost of natural gas has come down and that has made electricity cheaper in the United States, and some people resurgence. Yes, energy costs far and away exceed labor costs. So if you bring that cost of energy down, you make u. S. Manufacturing that much more appealing. So yes, you will see this be a distinct cost advantage for Energy Intensive industries and also for the biproducts of natural gas. Things like plastics and crackers you will see, and they are likely to locate very close to that production. Lets talk a bit about this reshoring trend. What is your thought on it . I agree in three to five maybe even ten years well see more results from it. Over the last nine months of this year obviously we dont know the numbers tomorrow because of the shutdown but there have only been about 12,000 jobs added in manufacturing. Now its welcome news as you indicate compared to the 30 years prior where we lost so many jobs, but it i think its true that more executives are thinking about it, and there are certainly anecdotes with may tag, ge, ford, apple, google, lots of other folks either shifting or planning to shift jobs back, but in the macro data it has not shown up yet. The fact is americans buy stuff that is the most Cost Effective for them. So what is the best way to pick up manufacturing in the United States . There are a couple of ways. It is true there is much more a Consumer Preference for made in america. Eyond that, wages in asia are rising. They have leveled off in the United States. You have the energy cost, and the Awareness Among executives that its easier to customize, and better to be closer to your customer, you can increase control over your inventory, over your quality, your are less likely to lose intellectual property to left or piracy, so there are lots of tangible and intangible benefits from locating in the u. S. Scott well spend a lot more time talking about this. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. That is our show for today. Friday we take a look at twitters plan to sell a billion dollars of stock to the public, and whether you should consider. Announcer this is al jazeera. 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