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Right now. the dow up 211 points after investors have been beaten down lately. they lost more than 300 points since the shutdown started. some are skeptical until a deal actually comes in. for now youre seeing a sigh of relief. this is the best bet so far, at least as wall street sees it. we are seeing investors buy in. the question, though, is if this rally will continue through the closing bell. got a long day ahead of us, carol. >> yes. i dont think the president meets with republicans until ...

Very harmful to the economy and in adequate to make sure that the economy is growing faster and more people are put back to work and the middle class is growing. we are willing to pass at least a short-term budget that opens up the government at current funding levels. it doesnt even adroaddress thet has zardos been does because of sequestration. and head start programs, and va programs and a whole range of things that have been heart hit this year. but we recognize that there are

Very harmful to the economy and inadequate to make sure that the economys growing faster, more people are put back to work, and the middle class is growing. were willing to pass at least a short-term budget that opens up the government at current funding levels. it doesnt even address the harm thats been done because of sequestration. now, the democrats have a budget that would eliminate sequestration, this meat cleaver approach to deficit reduction, and make sure that were adequately funding ba...

And the thing that really, really, really bothers me is you have all these billionaires, all these well financed plans and little people, federal employees are suffering and people that need those head start programs and those food aid programs, they are the ones that have to suffer while these billionaires play their little political chess games. patricia murphy and angela rye, thank you both for your time. straight ahead, justice scalias talking seinfeld. but thats where the laugh ends. his ...

Im milissa rehberger. a couple is donating $10 million to reopen head start programs in six states. they will run through october. thousands in the northeast are reporting power outages after storms drenched the regions. heavy rains and winds knocked down power lines. and officials are investigating how a 9-year-old boy snuck past security and got on a plane to las vegas without a boarding pass. back to "hardball."

Today. he gets upset because he loves coming here. >> reporter: this three-year-old suffers from autism. >> slow down. >> reporter: he has been getting regular speech therapy classes from this head start program in bridgeport, connecticut. he is too young to understand political bills and stale mates. all he knows is he cant come back to class. >> it is like theyre punishing us. i dont like that. >> gotten a lot of phone calls asking why and what should they do. >> reporter: this program is one ...

And it has the longest-lasting battery on the market. for a limited time, get a free car charger with purchase. to locate a store near you, visit greatcall.com. greatcall-- people you can count on. the government shutdown came at the worst possible time for head start daycare programs that rely on federal funds. now the doors of some programs are closed, and as zain asher reports, the children are the ones feeling the impact. >> reporter: at least 20 head start programs lost access when the go...

Government. every day the government is shutdown, a day of more worry and loss for a lot of folks. some of the real concerns that may affect you -- >> a report by the consulting firm ih global estimates the cost to the economy 300 mfld a day. hundreds of food inspectors from the fda are off the job, although meat, poultry and egg inspections will continue under the department of agriculture. >> the epa is limited now and head start who depend on federal funding are now closing. the longer the sh...

Four of the government shutdown. we are focusing on ways to help you understand whats going on here. almost 800,000 or so nonessential government employees have been furloughed. that doesnt include contractors tied to government agencies who also have been forced out of work. the shutdown costing the economy $300 million a day. that is according to one estimate. and, of course, the shutdown squeeze hitting families with kids in head start programs, as well. centers across the country are now clo...

Government shutdown may be easy to say but not easy to experience. over 800,000 furloughed without pay and no guarantee of being recome pensed. children with cancer being prevented each week from clinical trials that could extend and even save their lives. over 3,000 preschool children just this week with nowhere to go because their head start programs have been shut down. but these statistics can seem remote until you put a real face to them. like the faces of sue and eric skog, a military fami...