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Basis, with the work the u.s. embassy does here with visas. as we fight our own austerity measures in the uk, we're getting on with things. >> the international perspective is interesting and eye opening. becky anderson on carnaby street. you heard becky talk about belgium, canada's government closed for a couple months, too. the year 2009. steven harper shut down parliament for two months to, quote, recalibrate. during that time the budget was tabled as well as dozens of government bills killed. we are getting a ton of comments on our blog. join the conversation about the government shutd...

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How much you're going to care about this. if we look, however, at who does get paid and what continues operating here, the essential services are what continues. air traffic patrol, airport screening, border patrol, members of congress get paid. bottom line is, things that are considered essential will be paid. things that can be pushed off or delayed, randi -- we're not talking about people not getting paid at all. we're talking about a delay. that will be pushed off. >> even a delay for so many can be painful. thank you, tom. a government shutdown if it happens would have a huge impact on ...

Projections. official scores from state tests won't be able until the summer. justin cohen works to improve failing schools. he calls the goals ambitious and cautions against declaring early victory. >> what happens is schools that have achieved fragile gains can often slide back into under performance once resources are taken away or attention is distracted. >> reporter: he says there's more at stake. >> what i worry about with school turnaround is we hit a plateau or we increase student scores to some extent but they're still performing well below their peers in more affluent neighborhoods. ...

If the leaders had come out rather quickly without a deal it would suggest things were heading south pretty fast. the fact they are at least still behind closed doors, still trying to work this out, you know, the posture from the white house press secretary a short time ago at his daily briefing was basically they feel here inside the administration that the american people are watching this and are seeing it. a lot of games playing going on between the parties when they're worried about the economy and their paychecks, worried about rising gas prices and this is another distraction, frankly, ...