Defense workers will be out. The parks zoo and smithsonian would close. New patients would not be accepted into clinical research. At the National Institute of health but current patients would. The f. D. A. Would suspect inspections suspend inspections. Congress remains in a partisan deadlock. Lets talk about some of the things that have occurred in the last few hours. The senate rejected the latest spending plan and now it goes back to the house. Earlier the house voted to pass the latest version of a spending plan to try to head off a shut down. It delays the implementation of bo maam care. The bill went to the senate obama care. It was nearly defeated immediately. Almost immediately and with the Government Shutdown looming both sides are still pointing fingers on who is to blame. One faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government doesnt get to shut down the entire government just to refight the results of an election. Keeping the peoples government open is not a concession to me. The bill before us is very simple. It funds the government and it says lets treat our constituents fairly. No mormon date for the next year that you have to buy insurance that you cannot afford mandate. Congress does not get an exemption. As the clock ticks toward shut down d. C. Has come up with a plan to avoid it. Theres still lost taxes. State taxes from tourism dollars. Lets go to our reporter. The National Park service spent the day erecting signs along the National Mall. If congress shuts down tomorrow, park employees will be told to stay home. This is really big business. Something that we really are very concerned about. Teresa with destination d. C. Says phone calls and emails have been coming in from tourists worried about the shut down. If tourists stay away, hotels and restaurants could suffer. Tourism is the biggest business in the city. We bring 6 billion for Economic Impact for four tourism. For the first time it wont hurt those in the district. The local government will stay open. Council member David Grosso Sadie identifying the federal government and leaders agreed but keeping tourists happy is out of the district apps hands. The National Parks kill be shut down we cant control that. Anything that happens in the federal government does have a huge impact on the district of columbia. In an effort to keep visitors happy destination d. C. Has put together a list of what is open even if the Main Attractions are closed. There are other things theyll be able to do here. Theyre still going to have a wonderful experience. Destination d. C. Will wait if theres a shut down put that specialist of what is open on their website. To find it go to our website my fox foxdc. Com myfoxdc. Com. Back live on capitol hill were getting insight into whats happening in the house whats happening on the senate floor. We have congressman whitman and carden. Gentlemen, thank you for joining us on fox 5. Explain to me what you sent to the senate. What you did is you changed it rather than delay obama care youve asked for a delay on the individual mandate and youve included members of the white house, your staff and yourself as part of obama care. Explain that. Sure. Well what weve done for house members our staff folks in the administration is make sure that the pretax stipend that individuals get now purchase insurance as part of the federal government system now would travel with us into the exchanges. What were saying is other folks dont get to take a stipend with them. We want to make sure members of congress get treated the same way. I dont want a taxpayer subsidized benefit for congress. We want to make sure thats taken care of as well as the employer mandate has been extended for a year. We want to make sure we extend the individual mandate for a year. What im hearing in the halls of capitol hill here are members of the offices here saying look i make 30 grand. My stipend now my employer contribution if i have to go to the doctor if i have cancer im getting a cat scan its like a 80 contribution you would do away with that. This would level the playing field. Other people going into the exchange are looking to the same issue. Our employees and members of congress would be eligible for the same government stipend but most of them would fall underneath that. We want to make sure members of congress are treated like everybody else that go into the exchange. I think people are looking at it saying why arent congress doing the same thing. Lets move onto you senator. There was a lot of debate. It wasnt very long. You rejected it. You kicked this back to the house. Whats the Sticking Point here . Is it anything to do with the obama care . The Sticking Point is we want to keep government open. October one is the beginning of the next year. We have not passed a budget. You can argue its democrats fault or republicans fault. There for you allow a plan to pay the bills while we work on a budget. Republicans are adding their agenda to it. I could talk merits how the f federal employer will be the only group of workers who help pay for their insurance. A lot of federal workers watching right now who maybe told their furloughed tomorrow theyre wondering why not compromise . Theyre asking for a one year delay on the individual mandate. President obama agreed to do that on wall street for companies. Why not compromise. Welling we have well we have compromised because the funding level the democrats want is higher than in the continuing resolution. Weve taken the republican number. So weve compromised this. Lets be reasonable about this. Okay. That was 10 seconds. I appreciate it. Thank you so much for joining us as you can see shawn, its a pingpong and its note over by a long shot. Ill continue to stay out here and ill be back with you shortly. President talked about the consequences that millions of americans would face if congress does not reach an agreement to fund the federal government and with less than two hours until that midnight deadline as you know there is still no deal. These americans are neighbors. Their kids go to our schools. They worship where we do. They serve their country with pride. They are the customers of every business in this country. And they would be hurt greatly. And as a consequence all of us will be hurt grade ly should congress shut the peoples government down greatly. Lauren de marco continues our team coverage. From the metro rail platform the commuter bus line to the National Mall everyone is buzzing about the back and forth on capitol hill. Frustrating, ridiculous. You have very little say. You just have to do what youre told. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees left work unsure what tuesday will bring. We come in for a short period of time and then well know from there. Well be notified if we dont have to come in and then well wait for further instructions. Im not happy with whats going on right now at all. Betty found out shows on the exempt least but a good number of her coworkers are not. For families that would be hard for families who are dependent upon the bread winner of the family. Thats hard. Another worker says hes been furloughed before. People should learn to prepare for the worst. And not depend upon other entities such as the government. Others say you should be able to depend on your employee employer. You can have lots of money saved but thats money you wouldnt have to use had the furlough not taken place. For many days without work would mean adjustment. Chilly mack, cool ahead coolaid. You make it work. A shut down would mean the closure of the smithsonian zoo and other museums. That impacts employees and vendors. This is our life. As soon as the government is closed we going closed. We dont have any business anymore. Ntsb employee dan bartlett. We need long term planning, long term financing and goals. I think well start to heal if we can get down that path. It seems to be really hard to reach for this group we have in office right now. If the government shuts down, most workers still have to report during a four hour window tomorrow but only for documents, securing them and securing work stations. If a shut down continues employees will be paid on october 15th for hours worked through september 30th. All right, lauren. And the clock continues. Our coverage of the countdown to shut down continues right after this break. Well take a closer closer look if congress does not work out a deal. Gorgeous run of weather is not going to be shutting down. Although we have shut down the rain in a big way. Ill let you know when thats back in the forecast. 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[ male announcer ] the allnew cla. Starting at 29,900. Some new polling data is out indicateing who americans are blaming for this looming shut down this one coming from c. N. N. Or c. Theyre blaming the g. O. P. 36 blame president obama and 13 percent blame both. Theres a lot of frustration as you can imagine. Lets get insight to man that covers the hilbert than any of us. Better than any of us. You get a sense no one is talking. No. Theyre not talking. Harry reid and john boehner have not talked. So until that happens the chances of a Government Shutdown are very high. Theres a shot of a last second deal but weve got a couple hours left and really lot different than two years ago when there was another possible shut down but the staffs were talking for days. So were looking like this is a shut down. There has been talk about gauging support on some temporary measure that would continue to fund the government. I understand nancy pelosi is doing. I understand Mitch Mcconnell is doing it as well. Where does this stand and what are you hearing . Michigan mcdonnell michigan mcdonnell Mitch Mcconnell. Nothing has really taken off as a possible compromise so if theres any type of deal i think it will be shortterm. Conservatives wont like that because it funds obama care whether its a week or day or two weeks. A lot of those guys are going to vote no. We try to make sense of this in our reporting and explain how people are watching there are affected. Lets talk about these federal workers. We have jim moran standing off camera but we have tens of thousands of people in our region certainly in virginia who maybe told go home were not paying you. Theyre going to have to work wake up early and see what happened. This is our first post 9 11 shut down. A lot of Government Employees at department of home land security are essential and theyll be working. Were talking about the American Public as well. Theres so many ramifications a domino in the economy. Its going to save the government and cost them to shut it down. This could be a drag on the economy especially the local economy. All of the lost tourism dollars. Bob, thank you as always. If i can bring you in congressman jim moran democrat virginia. Talk about what youre hearing from constituents. As i understand it members phones are lighting up tonight. People are frustrated. What are you hearing . Obviously theyre beside themselves. They want me to whether they need to go to work. They want to know whether theyre going to get paid. They want to know why were not doing our jobs and i dont have any good answers for them. Where do things stand . I understand youre going to be convening shortly. The government is going to get shut down. The only real question is how long and you know maybe we can come up with something clever. Right now there is no plan for now keep the government open and of course this was supposed to be the easy part. The debt ceiling is even tougher and thats coming and we have no way out of that so i think were looking at a serious train wreck thats going to hurt our local economy and causeway use in internationally even. Thank you, congressman for joining us tonight. You know it is just unbelievable what im hearing from members. Their phones are lighting up. People are concerned. They dont know if potentially if their furloughed would the pay be retroactive again. Its unbelievable the amount of concern. Even coming in here the officers at the front door their condition send about their friends who maybe considered nonessential employees. So lets continue our coverage with a look at the economy and who else is potentially affected here. Fox 5 consumer reporter laura evans continues our coverage now. The battle on the hill. Will affect us in one way or another. Economists say theres no doubt about it. This comes at a particularly bad time. Fuller says a shut down lasting only a few days might not do much damage but a week more could be corrosive for the local economy with nearly 800,000 federal workers Family Budgets have squeezed while businesses serving federal centers are threatened on top of the problems were already seeing. Because of an accumulated sequester which we have almost overlooked because it didnt seem so bad this region lost 26,000 jobs last month. If the government shuts down there could be a delay in social security, unemployment rates could rise and Interest Rates could go up leading to more expensive auto loans, mortgages and credit card bills slowing economic growth. The longer this goes on the more we will feel the impact on our finances and the economy as a whole. Raising the steaks higher the debt ceiling. A default would have much more serious consequences. The government would be required to cut spending by a third. It undercuts confidence so businesses dont hire consumers dont spend and it undercuts the holiday sales, housing sales. Wall street which is used to washington stale mates confirms the almost certain slow down you need to save your money, do not to spend anything extra, not worry about the National Economy and how your spending is going to affect that. Even if lawmakers do find a way to avoid the shut down some economists say some damage may have already been done. Laura evans, fox 5 news. Now as weve reported the senate rejected the house bill and moments ago were hearing from Staff Members gathered here just off camera that it looks like the house has named negotiators to try to work out a deal. They want to make a compromise within the house and potentially send Something Back to the senate tonight. We have just about 90 minutes before that shut down kicks in. Shawn. You dan feel the tension you can feel the tension. A fox 5 investigation found synthetic marijuana sold in stores skies spite a band dan. The redskins win. another big story tonight. Youve heard the name spice k2 and skub by snacks . Its all synthetic marijuana. Scooby. A brand new law makes the drugs illegal in the state. Sherri ly has the story. In three months synthetic marijuana stole charlie apps health. He was in an adult diaper he couldnt walk. He couldnt feel his hands or fingers. We didnt realize the detrimental things that happen when taking k2. Last year ravaged by the drug he took his life. I firmly believe if he had not started using this he would still be with us today. Maryland aims to shoot this keep this drug out of stores. Its laced with chemicals and illegal october 1st. Montgomery county is going after it day one. A letter is being sent to alcon vein jens stores, gas stations convenience stores, gas stations and stores letting them know synthetic marijuana is illegal. Anyone selling it will get a warning first and then be prosecuted. They change the chemical compounds to make them legal again but under maryland apps law they wont get away with it weve now focused on the effect of the drug which is a creative way if the drug effects the receptors within the brain youre in violation of the law. One of the county apps homeless shelter saw this turn some violent others faught for the ban. Charlie apps 16yearold brother used the drug too and ended in the hospital the high is so intense and scary it makes you think youre going to die. He quit but charlie was a couple days too late. Possession of synthetic marijuana carries a penalty of four years. Anyone caught selling it in marilyn could get 20 years in prison. Coming up next tonight latest big story continues to unfold. All eyes are on capitol hill as the countdown the Government Shutdown continues. Will we see an 11th hour deal . Coming up next g. O. P. And democratic strategists go headtohead. 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