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Head start programs have been shut down around the country, about 19,000 families involved with that. of course, the panda cam turned off over at the national zoo. heres another way of looking at it. if you combine all of this together and say lets not talk just about the money directly not being paid to federal workers, but the ripple effect of that, there is analysis out there by moody analytics that say if you combine it all, it will be equal to the economic impact of hurricane katrina and su...

E.j., conservatives in washington act as if people arent getting hurt. are they so out of touch or how do you explain it? >> well, i think for some conservatives theres just this deep ideological sense that government doesnt do much good anyway, so were not going to miss it. well, people in the wick program, women, infants, and children, 9 million mothers and babies, basically are going to start losing benefits in about a week if this shuts down. people who use head start programs. those are goi...

Extremists. now, senator boxer is absolutely right. all that has to happen -- speaker boehner even now knows, because about 20 republican members have publicly said that they would vote for a clean continuing funding resolution if it comes on the floor. all john boehner has to do is grow some courage and put that bill on the floor and allow the whole house to vote on it. we can send it to the senate, the senate can send it to the president, and we can reopen the government and stop hurting women...

What else is there? >> reporter: right. thats of course, were seeing the picture of the monuments closed and veterans that couldnt get to the world war ii memorial yesterday. but theres also the impact of money going out. take for example head start. there are 1,600 head start programs across the country that help about a million children, low-income children with education, health issues and nutrition. they will close down as long as this keeps going. at first it will be a couple dozen, but the...

♪ >> today on capitol hill, protesters outraged over the shutdowns effect on head start programs specifically. as many as 19,000 children in 11 states lost access to head start today because the programs in those states did not get the annual grant they were scheduled to receive today. coming up ill talk to michael about what history will likely say about obama care and the government shutdown. also -- >> i have think most people are being surprised. even folks that show up every day for work ...

Closing and other things are closing down that are having true effects on americans. what else is there? >> reporter: right. thats of course, were seeing the picture of the monuments closed and veterans that couldnt get to the world war ii memorial yesterday. but theres also the impact of money going out. take for example head start. there are 1,600 head start programs across the country that help about a million children, low-income children with education, health issues and nutrition. they wil...

Can never drop us or deny us coverage. and theyre willing to damage the economy, deny children nutrition, keep kids home from head start programs. >> sure. >> hurt cancer patients. its just -- its stunning. its irresponsible. >> and i want to hear from both of you on this. how determined are the democrats to hold the line? theres no more negotiation. i think thats what liberals in this country want to hear right now, that this is it. this is the firewall. senator? >> well, i can report to you th...

Implementation of obamacare, including whether or not people with preexisting conditions will be dropped or denied coverage by their insurance companies. what does that have to do with whether or not national parks stay opened or whether or not headstart programs, kids can go to headstart programs. my good friend, renee, i hope you go back to your colleague, encourage them when the bill comes back clean, lets pass it. as issues arise with the implementation of obamacare, we should sit down and w...

Whether he qualifies for being natural born and the requirement is once youre in the oval office. so he can run for president. there could be no courts who end up looking at this. all it would take would be one lawsuit from somebody if ted cruz one day becomes president in 2017 or beyond. >> all right. thank you very much, mark. pleasure having you on. the head start program has just been hit with the worst cuts in its nearly 50-year history. this fall more than 57,000 low-income children will...

Its no shame for us to make sure that that child has food on the table and to suggest that this is somehow a detriment to the black family is way off the mark and dead wrong. >> dr. dyson, this is red meat for the conservatives, isnt it? >> no doubt, even if youre on a diet, you cant resist that piece. the reality is its interesting that e.w., what does that stand for? that jackson would argue that slavery was not as bad for the family as 1960s programs. well, first of all, hes absolutely histor...