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Will be closed. that said, critical workers, including air traffic controllers and food inspectors still have to go to work. but without pay. all military personnel also remain on duty. they will continue to be paid, thanks to a bill adopted unanimously in congress on monday and signed by the president. however, hundreds of national parks, as we mentioned, museums, zoos, are all closed. millions of visitors will be turned away from there. the last time there was a shutdown thousands of passport ...

>> what is our world coming to? >> good morning, everyone, on that note. welcome to "early start." im john berman. >> im zoraida sambolin. the word of the day in washington, closed. the federal government is shutting its door. now the congress has been unable to reach a deal to keep it government. the government has been shutdown 4 1/2 hours. the clock is ticking as we are on the air and there is an impasse here. joe johns is live in washington with us this morning. joe, we havent seen this in...

That anything thats a safety function will continue to be funded. and any employee that comes here to feed and take care of the animals will continue to do that. but if you want to see the pandas online, too bad. even the animal cams are going dark. >> when were shut down it takes away from things that families can do. >> reporter: locally owned businesses around the hill worry that lack of tourists will dry up their income as well. >> d.c. might be the next detroit, because when half the city i...

Please. >> there you have it. as the state presses on, well be getting more of that from the american people. welcome back to our continuing coverage of the u.s. government shutdown. it is less than four hours until dawn in washington. 800,000 federal government workers will be waking up. but furloughed from their jobs. how will it all affect daily life in the u.s.? we want to take a lack at that first. hundreds of thousands of federal employees are being furloughed. federal offices will be clos...

Again. see, rouhani thinks he can have his yellow cake and eat it, too. he has another reason to believe he can get away with this. that reason is called north korea. like iran, north korea also said its nuclear program was for peaceful purposes. like iran, north korea also offered meaningless concessions and empty promises in return for sanctions relief. in 2005, north korea agreed to a deal that was celebrated the world over by many well meaning people. here is what "the new york times" editor...

To feed and take care of the animals will continue to do that. but if you want to see the pandas online, too bad. even the animal cams are going dark. >> when were shut down it takes away from things that families can do. >> reporter: locally owned businesses around the hill worry that lack of tourists will dry up their income as well. >> d.c. might be the next detroit, because when half the city is unemployed or doesnt have a paying job, this could become detroit in close to two months. >> repo...

Amongst the republicans? >> reporter: this is a manufactured emergency. they have the ability to come together at any time and figure it out. in fact, they could reach a short-term solution which is not unheard of that would fund the government while they negotiate, but frankly the last time there was a shutdown this went on for days and days so anybodys guess. >> in the meantime, this is costing a lot of money. joe johns, thank you. >> our national parks bring in $450,000 every day. that is whe...

Months in exchange for a one-year delay in obama care, and that is not serious. as you said, president obama does not want to negotiate on anything that defunds or delays obama care. >> keep your ears out, and let us know if you hear anything with this meeting of the president and prime minister netanyahu. and that is brianna keilar at the screen. i want to talk about the screen, because there is a number of things ticking away. on the right-hand side is the countdown clock, and on the left is t...

Liberty. im sorry, shes closed. the museums, closed. liberty bell, closed. the shutdown in 1995 was the longest in our nations history and we are beginning to get a sense of what a shutdown would like this time. crucial government functions, if not stopping all together, then at least powering down to a significant extent. the essential stuff like air traffic control and sending out social security checks and so on, that stuff will get done, but defining whats essential isnt that easy. in colora...

Turned away tr the statue of liberty. the museums, closed. liberty bell, closed. the shutdown in 1995 was the longest in our nations history and we are beginning to get a sense of what a shutdown would like this time. crucial government functions, if not stopping all together, then at least powering down to a significant extent. the essential stuff like air traffic control and sending out social security checks and so on, that stuff will get done, but defining whats essential isnt that easy. in ...