Judy Woodruff:

Now to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. That is syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.

Hello to both of you.

We meet just a matter of hours, Mark, since the president announced that he was going to go along with a Democratic plan in the short-term just to get the government back open.

But we just heard Amna speaking to these two, the federal employee Brad Hufford, LaJuanna Russell, who's a contractor.

You get a sense that this really did harm people. The 35 days, it wasn't just a blip. It was something that affected people's lives.