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Basis, with the work the u.s. embassy does here with visas. as we fight our own austerity measures in the uk, were getting on with things. >> the international perspective is interesting and eye opening. becky anderson on carnaby street. you heard becky talk about belgium, canadas government closed for a couple months, too. the year 2009. steven harper shut down parliament for two months to, quote, recalibrate. during that time the budget was tabled as well as dozens of government bills killed...

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How much youre going to care about this. if we look, however, at who does get paid and what continues operating here, the essential services are what continues. air traffic patrol, airport screening, border patrol, members of congress get paid. bottom line is, things that are considered essential will be paid. things that can be pushed off or delayed, randi -- were not talking about people not getting paid at all. were talking about a delay. that will be pushed off. >> even a delay for so many c...

Projections. official scores from state tests wont be able until the summer. justin cohen works to improve failing schools. he calls the goals ambitious and cautions against declaring early victory. >> what happens is schools that have achieved fragile gains can often slide back into under performance once resources are taken away or attention is distracted. >> reporter: he says theres more at stake. >> what i worry about with school turnaround is we hit a plateau or we increase student scores t...

If the leaders had come out rather quickly without a deal it would suggest things were heading south pretty fast. the fact they are at least still behind closed doors, still trying to work this out, you know, the posture from the white house press secretary a short time ago at his daily briefing was basically they feel here inside the administration that the american people are watching this and are seeing it. a lot of games playing going on between the parties when theyre worried about the econ...

7:00. the negotiators are going to start again at 3:00 today to see if they can work through the issues. we had a frank discussion. we had the necessary parties there to move toward a finish line. im disappointed we havent been able to get something done to this point, but i am pleased that were still working on getting there. in a matter of a little more than 24 hours, unless we work something out, the government will shut down. essential service to the government will shut down. security opera...

White house. everything seemed to be much better last night when they came out after the very late meeting last night. and today things devolved pretty remarkably, randi. the answer to the question is, it depends on who you ask. theyre having major differences over what their differences are. thats annoying to people out there watching and saying, cant they get their act together? it is whats going on. democratic sources tell me they actually have a tentative agreement. $34.5 billion. and republ...

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Edition of the masters all smiles. last weekend he had his first win of the year, won houston open in texas. a victory that meant to much to him. it came a year to the day since his masters triumph last april here in augusta. for mickelson the last 18 months have been difficult in the extreme. after not just his wife, but also his mother were diagnosed with breast cancer. then in august last year, phil revealed hed been battling a form of painful arth rice for months. his victory at the masters ...

Liberty island in new york. and outside cnn headquarters in atlanta. lets start in atlanta this hour, where glena and todd are joining me. glena, let me ask you first. you could hear what the speaker and the senate leader were saying. what are your greatest concerns about a shutdown? >> my greatest concerns are they just dont understand how severe this is. even the statement of theyre coming back at 3:00, im a child protective service social worker. when we have big meetings we stay and work thi...