Shutdown Desk News Today

We are waiting to hear from house speaker john boehner. hes going to be talking about the budget, if theres any deal. but right now we want to head to washington and our washington bureau and tom foreman. hes actually at the cnn shutdown desk to tell us what else closes, stops or slows down if the government shuts down. hi, tom. >> how you doing? this really is a question that everybody has. whats going to be the difference if you have this big shutdown. the government shutdown, whos affected. a...

Lets see how much money we can save shut down for a little while. it wouldnt and bad idea for a lot of these politicians to take a weeks pay and give it to the government. >> were getting lots of feedback from cnn i-reporters as the clock ticks down towards a government shutdown. right now lets look at the medical impact for that, well turn to our tom foreman, he joins us from the shutdown desk in washington. tom, we know scientists are involved in critical medical research. what happens if the ...