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Employees to 250. Most of them working with Student Financial aid. National Transportation Safety board staffing will be reduced from 405 to 22 people. This weekend the shutdown had a big impact on tourism here in the bay area. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard has the story. Reporter the parking lot to muir woods was off limits, blocked by u. S. Park police. The National Monument was closed for the first time sunday. A victim of the Government Shutdown. Were a bit disappointed. They told us we could go in. Reporter these tourists from ohio were told by police they could enter the woods but at their own risk. Beautiful. Pretty big trees. Reporter debbie kevin kline sa clooin said it wasnt the same. The government shuts them down to us when they belong to us. Its very disappointing. Im surprised. Ive never seen it ever be closed. Reporter it was a surprise to see gates closed to port bridge. Its a hassle. Reporter a favorite for runners and tourists part of the golden gate Recreation A
At cesar chavez. One lane getting by. An accident on 580 in oakland westbound near west grand. Theyre pushing the cars off at west grand. You can see the slow traffic leading up to that. Once again, green on your map means rain for your morning commute. Its going to be a wet one out there. As lisa suggests, lots of time. The Government Shutdown stretching into day 3 now. Lawmakers worked late into the night to hammer out a deal but came up empty handed. A key test comes later today as the senate is o voting on a short fix to fix things before a few weeks. Arlet about 800,000 furloughed federal workers are waking up this monday morning to a closed government feeling the first major impact of this shutdown. The Government Shutdown heads into day three and congress is still at a standoff. Lets stop bringing it to the brink and victimizing the American People and get back to work on their behalf. Democrats objected to a latenight vote on a plan to reopen the government. These talks will co
Earlier today, it looked like the two parties were close to an agreement. Senators took a proposal. Minority leader Chuck Schumer followed a 90 minute meeting this afternoon. This resolution would fund the government through february 8. Schumer and mcconnell met for have an hour to discuss emile a deal. Immigration on the daca debate still seem to be at the center of the impasse. The deep divisions between the parties mean hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be furloughed again tomorrow. Senate leaders Mitch Mcconnell and senator schumer Chuck Schumer worked to strike a deal and and the Government Shutdown down. Shutdown. Lets get back to work. Reporter South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham saying if they dont figure it out tonight, it will be a lot harder tomorrow. To my democratic friends, dont overplay my hand. The Government Shutdown is not a good way to get an outcome legislatively. Reporter grandma is among the republicans who voted with republicans against the govern
Clearing an accident there. At 9 00 our time, the senate will vote on the latest plan for a spending bill that could end the Government Shutdown. A Bipartisan Group of senators met late into the night. Mitch mcconnell is promising democrats that if they will agree to another shortterm funding bill, he would make sure immigration reform, including extended protection for Daca Recipients would be debated. Democrats are meeting before the vote. Do not over play your hand. Ultimately, my hope is that the Bipartisan Group of senators has grown from about 15 to i think today we had 22, that would continue to press both sides to make some compromises. Democrats want an extension for protection for Daca Recipients to be a part of any spending bill. President trump signed an executive order to end the program back on march 5, unless Congress Acts to extend it. National parks and muneuments will monuments will stay open thanks to state and private funding. The statue of liberty could only be see