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Of a wall. of course a lot there in the middle for them to -- both sides to compromise on. the question is will there be any movement here at the white house this afternoon when that meeting takes place. well be keeping an eye on it. back to you. >> jessica dean at the white house. thank you. the impact of the shutdown is widening. the smithsonian tweeting that all museums, research centers, and the national zoo will shut down today. and californias joshua tree national park closed its campgroun...

Open largely with volunteers. about 200 people, local mountain guides, tribal members who rely on this place, they have been cleaning the toilets, restocking the toilet paper. i dont want to get too gross about it, but the issue is that the tanks of the vault toilets are reaching capacity and that is why they have to close those camp grounds. the other issue is there arent the normal levels of park rangers here. we have 1,200 miles wilderness here. they worry about illegal activity. all of this ...

Imagine going to a national park and finding no one at the entry gate, trash cans piled up and overflowing and toilets filled to capacity. those are just some of the deteriorating conditions at jush wutree national park in california. the shutdown left the park severely under staffed making grounds hard to maintain. now the camp grounds are forced to close for health and safety concerns. nick watt is at joshua tree national park. what else are you seeing there in. >> reporter: this is the entran...

Plan to vote on a package of bills that includes $1.3 billion for border security but no funding for a wall, no mention of a wall. of course, a lot in the middle for both sides to compromise. the question is, will there be any movement at the white house this afternoon when that meeting takes place. well be keeping an eye on it. >> jessica dean, thanks. the impact of the government shutdown is widening. the smithsonian tweeting that all museums, research centers, the national zoo will be shut ...

Briefing from the department of homeland security during that meeting. of course the two sides in the shutdown still pretty far apart. president trump for the past several days has been tweeting about the wall, how he must have the wall, and the $5 billion to fund it. the funding for the wall. and democrats who will take over the house on thursday and who plan to vote on a package of bills that includes $1.3 billion for border security but no funding for a wall, no mention of a wall. so of cours...

That includes a health and safety emergency ongoing right now at a very popular national park. cnns nick watts reports from joshua tree national park in california. >> reporter: and heres some trash bags that we can have. >> do you guys need gloves? >> reporter: a small army of volunteers keeping joshua tree as clean as they can. >> were operating now, but im working 11 to 13 hours a day running what i do for a living, running rock climbing trips, and maintaining the park, and yeah, what were do...

Campgrounds due to health hazards. >> marie: this was mine. there are photos if you go online, the national monument, the trash is disgusting. its all over the place. people are going to joshua tree national park and they are doing crazy things like destroying the national habitat. >> jesse: wait, so if the liberals are saying that people are pooping at joshua tree national park, thats the worst thing about the shutdown? thats the worst youve got? >> marie: its people not getting paid at christm...

Looking for us long-term campgrounds again. we would all love to be back in mexico beach, but we dont know if theyll rebuild the rv park or the hotel. i have talked to the owner. >> yeah. i mean, thats what i was wondering. do you plan to -- do you hope to, to be back in mexico beach? i mean, just looking at it, its hard to imagine when thats going to be possible. >> i know. i know, and thats what were just -- were trying to deal with now, where well go from right now and then until they do get ...

Were in good shape. we obviously are not. >> besides the recovery and people need to get power back on, we still have problems. now were dealing with the rainfall. this has turned into worse than i thought it would be, say yesterday, when we were talking about it. the actual north carolina fire department. theyve had some campground areas flood. this gentleman here is in a hammock strung between these two trees. this river came up and they had to get boats in to rescue. they have ladders extende...

Exploded. its more than 3,000 acres. campgrounds, roads closed. a lot of mountain communities are under serious threat. thousands of firefighters scrambling to slow it down. the terrain and weather is making it tough. two firefighters have been hurt bringing the total to four. thankfully they are all expected to make a full recovery. the photographer here noah berger for the associated press. yosemite one of the best places on the planet. more to come online on insta, facebook, twitter. ill repo...