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Talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum, bum - bum - bum -bum ♪ . the stalemate in washington drags on as the shutdown enters the third day. meeting between president obama and top congressional leaders failed to produce any results last night. it may have made things worse a gop source telling cnn neither side discussed any kind of compromise, and the bickering in the nations capital comes as millions of americans deal with the fallout, among ...

Shuttered national park service has become a proxy in this battle, to counter images of world war ii vets showing up to the barricaded memorial, the rnc offering to pay to keep it open. >> our veterans deserve the freedom to see this memorial, and were willing to pay the bill. now its up to the president just to let them in. >> reporter: now the national park service is letting them in, saying that the world war ii memorial, carol, is now open to world war ii veteran action an outrageous image o...

Go on. we got the gist. thank you so much. after all you heard about the government shutdown, what is your message to washington? make a little video for us and send it to ireport.com. as the shutdown continues, we will share your views on cnn. still to come in "newsroom" despite the president signing a bill to keep military members paid, the shutdown is still having a devastating effect on military families. well talk to an army wife next. when youve got to get to the other side of no-mans-...

From the centers for disease control to national monuments, the ripple of the government shutdown extends far beyond washington. rene marsh joins me with a closer look at who is being affected. good morning, rene. >> reporter: good morning, carol. you know this morning the federal workers and their families are waking up with two critical questions unanswered, how long will this last and will they get retroactive pay. as a result of this shutdown, states are now trying to keep pace with a spike ...

Atlanta the manager tells us sales are down and they had to cut back on employee hours. most of the people who typically fill up the tables during the busy lunch hour work across the street at the cdc. >> ive cut back my staff significantly. lot of my staff have young children as well so its making an immediate impact. >> reporter: the shutdown complicating the search for a missing woman in idaho. >> here at this idaho national monument is rugged terrain, park rangers even in the face of this go...

This is really one of the most unsightly effects of a government shutdown and certainly here in washington, where you have all of these memorials and veterans visiting, its very visually obvious, a lot of cameras have been catching this. now this outrageous image is off the table for republicans and the white house. >> kind of like to see the world war ii veterans in the halls of congress. maybe they can help get things done there. >> reporter: right? perhaps. >> brianna keilar, thanks so much, ...

All right. youre taking a look at that shot, thats actually in maryland, where the president will speak in just about, oh, a half hour or so if hes on time. the president is expected to talk about the economy and jobs and im sure he will mention a few things about the government shutdown as well. well take you will there live when the president begins speaking. we are also talking about lawmakers accepting paychecks when federal workers are not getting paid. these are the four house members wh...

>> the democrats are giddy about this behind closed doors. they think that this is going to give nancy pelosi back the gavel. they are very cocky, very confident. i assume theyre just looking at polling information and they want to continue down this, they want to keep the government shut down as long as they can, and theyre encouraging our folks to do it. >> joining me now, democratic senator mark udall of colorado. good morning, senator. >> good morning. im smiling because im thinking of my fa...

Committee offered to pay security guards so that world war ii vets could go in and look at the memorial. when you hear things like that and then you look at what the shutdown is doing to your family, a military family, how do you feel? >> well, im glad they opened the memorial, but its just making me -- it just makes me sad because theres so many of my friends, i have friends that are in maryland, i have friends that are in texas and its affecting us each individually, and you know, its just ter...

Totally right underneath the car, and he kept proceeding on. not harassing him but wanted to have him pull over. not in a way of threatening him. i kind of feel he was afraid. he was afraid. >> the case has prompted authorities to look into an unrelated incident from 2011. this video seems to show bikers antagonizing a driver at a busy intersection. police say theyre looking for a pattern of biker gang activity. lets talk about the government shutdown now, because it isnt just about money. its...