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I'll be at vanderbilt on wednesday and the university of south carolina on -- >> my old stomping grounds. good luck to you. come back anytime. laverne cox, orange is the new black. catch it on netflix. now to inside baseball on the government shutdown so to speak. the ohio clock which has stood just outside the senate chamber since 1859 and served as location for many a lawmaker press conference, the clock has stopped. the workers that wind the clock have been furloughed. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once i...

It's a clock! because it's easy to note the time when you are meeting people there, because it's a clock, and there it is. tells you what time. at least, it was easy to note time on the ohio clock, in the ohio clock corridor. it's not so much easy anymore, because the ohio clock has now stopped. there it is, froze n in time, a of yesterday at 12:14. it's 12:14 forever now in the united states senate, because the ohio clock has not been wound since last week. the curators who are in charge of winding the ohio clock have been furloughed. government shutdown, everybody! it stops time. it does not...

[ male announcer ] may your lights always be green. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ beeping ] ♪ may you never be stuck behind a stinky truck. [ beeping ] ♪ may things always go your way. but it's good to be prepared... just in case they don't. toyota. let's go places, safely. the government shutdown has time standing still in one quarter of the u.s. capitol. an historic timepiece known as the ohio clock stopped working wednesday more than a week after the workers in charge of winding it were furloughed.

United states senate in the year 1815, ordered from a philadelphia clockmaker named thomas voight. >> just one of the many reasons why the c-span video archives are so amazing. i love your red jacket, sir. that clock, known as the ohio clock, is not in ohio. it is just outside the u.s. senate chamber and it is famous not just for being a handsome old clock, but also because it is a popular meet up place for senators and reporters. many a press conference has happened in the ohio clock corridor. see, you can spot the clock hanging out in the background here at this one. also, here. also, here. ...

Betty? >> we'll be watching very closely. thank you, tracie. meanwhile in statehouses across the nation, governors are taking action and leaders want permission to reopen national parks. this morning the obama administration has green-lighted the idea but says those four states, colorado, south dakota, utah and wyoming, must use their own money. parks slated to reopen include mount rushmore and bryce canyon in utah. the closings are costing them hundred of thousands of dollars each and every day. also this morning, the senate's famed ohio clock has ticked its last tock, at least for now. w...