to get their next paychecks. they have dangerous jobs, people that work at the federal prison dealing with dangerous people day in and day out and federal firefighters and law enforcement. people that we think of first responders, the people that keep the rest of us safe. what i am trying to figure out 2013 is not the dark ages, why has it taken so long? why is it so complicated to figure out how much these folks are owed? the case that i filed in 2013 was the first of its kind against the federal government. it was the only litigation that was filed on behalf of federal worker who is are harmed as a result of the 2013 shutdown. the government filed a motion to dismiss early in the litigation, we prevailed and the court confirmed the government was violating the fair standard act. the government acted not to good
i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we re live here at constitution hall, here in the nation s capitol, where in just a little bit more than 24 hours, the republican presidential hopeful will face off for the first time in a major debate on national security, foreign affairs and the economy. he will be mod rating the event co-sponsored by the her kaj foundation and american enterprise institute. on the eve of this critical contest an eye-popping shift? the republican con taft. a new cnn poll just released minutes ago, shows newt gingrich on top of the republican pack for the first time. look at this wp 24% of republicans asked, if the former house speaker is their choice to be the presidential nominee, compared to mitt romney there is a dead heat, with gingrich and romney nationwide. other candidates, all in single digits. our chief political analyst, still at constitutional hall looking at numbers, gloria, gingrich is doing amazingly well. in several categories