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Day, neither side is blinking. Over 800,000 federal workers are feeling washington dysfunction in a personal way. The National Parks and museum are closed. There is a lot of bigger issues. Service is crucial in Many American lives have stopped. Nutrition benefits for nine million pregnant women are on hold. A group of 92 mississippi gulf coast honor flight veterans on the country to see a monument erected in their honor. Stormed with members of congress who are uncomfortable with the symbol of gridlock. The pain is not just symbolic. Vocational counseling for veterans will be limited. The cent...

Barbara. A lot of federal workers were out here yesterday. We spoke with them at this metro stop yesterday. They were telling me they were very nervous. Today they say simply they are annoyed and without a paycheck. Its really happening . Ice really shocking. Reporter 800,000 federal worker, those considered nonessential, forced off the job without pay. No check, no checking email, no work, no answers for who knows how long. Morale is very low. Reporter its been 17 years since a shut down like this one. Many of the federal workers unsure of how the next few days will play out. Just going in an...

Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill after a long night that ultimately ended in failure. The government is closing this morning for the first time in about two decades. It is hard to see if there will be an end to the gridlock. News 4s Melissa Mollett is live. Reporter its been a bitter partisan fight. Quite a blame game weve seen over the past couple of days. We know that lawmakers will reconvene at 9 30 this morning. Heres what we know about what will happen then. Were understanding from harry reid that he will move to table whatever the house was working on overnight which wil...

Tomorrow. Thank you. My hope. I would prefer to be at work. I would prefer to be contributing to my household. Reporter president obama had a midnight message for u. S. Troops. Theyll get paid, but civilians face furloughs. You and your families deserve better than the dysfunction were seeing in congress. Reporter democrats and republicans are disagreeing about whether to put the brakes on. Signup for Health Insurance begins today as 800,000 federal workers show up to close their offices. The last time we saw this happen, it was in the mid 90s. That shutdown lasted three weeks. If that happens...

Very necessary in that process. We have stopped paying the private attorneys since september for their service. We have cut their hourly rates 15 for the present. And with that, the volunteer services of those attorneys and their willingness to take the cases we would be in a terrible pitch. Weve done that to protect the public defenders that we are not able to protect them as we should. And we may be in the process of taking good attorneys out of the appointment last and even putting more pressure for representation. Some victims lives may be in jeopardy without services. I absolutely agree w...