President Trump said he's looking into whether he can legally fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after a federal judge ruled the administration must use contingency funds to keep the program running.

For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage payments for her family while she's on unpaid furlough from her federal government job.