On the frontline of the US government shutdown in Alabama

The US federal government has been shut down now for 27 days… that’s 800,000 staff who haven’t been paid – while projections of the lost economic growth have doubled.

A new poll suggests President Trump’s approval rating is falling, even among his closest supporters – although he’s still blaming his Democratic rivals for the impasse over funding for his border wall.

Our Washington correspondent Kylie Morris has been to Aliceville, a small town in rural Alabama, where employees of the local prison are working, unpaid, and growing more frustrated by the day.