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>> some people call highway 210 the deadliest in the county. there have been more than 60 deaths and many more crashes. police outlined what they are doing and they have a warning for drivers who decide to speed. >> tracee wilkins has jus at about the drivers on this rd t also a lack of funding going into this road. they're saying tha h 21 a series of issues that's making it a very unsafe roadway. they're going as far as calling it a death trap. >> if we are going to enforce the traffic laws on route 10 like never before. >> reporter: today they discuss what they're doing.
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making route a210 safer road. this crash on the deadly stretch of ighway claimed the liv three young children. 5-year-old twins, alexandra and rosily and their brother isaac were all killed in the accident. the mother andre father recovering. >> and our entire i community continuing to grieve. we've had way too many similar losses route 210. >> over the last two years, there have been increases of accidents. from 2016 to 2017, almost one crash a day. five people died on 210 as a aysult of those crashes. police the traffic stops have also increased with00 6,4 stops last year alone. >> we will stay committed to driving these numbers >>down. eporter: police say the driver responsible may have been drinking and driving.
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the driver has not been charged. and is still out on the roads today. the chief of police explained why ther won't be charged until the entire investigation is complete. >> what we don't want is a fragd occurred a couple decades ago. where we charged tuily and the individual paid the fines associated with the traffic charges and then any further charges would have constituted double jeopardy. weost the opportunity to hold somebody accountable for killing someone. the driver has a right to drive to and from work until he is charged and the process is un rway. meanwhile, state delegates are here saying they want to do whatever they can l within the law to try to get more funding going to this road to change the way drivers are able to drive here. back to you in the studio. now we turn to the government ngshutdown, hit two
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weeks, going on three. l concernsere are r that this could stretch on longer than preously thought. the president confirmed that he did say he would keep government shutdown for weeks, months or even years over border wall funding. and as 800,000 federal workers and contractors are facing financial uncertainty, councilmembers are scheduled to get raises now. >> the president and democratic leaders say there will teams working on a potential deal through the weekend. the bottom line on whent could send anybody's guess. democratic leaders accused the president of holding them long. ey said they want to see the government reopen so they can have a real discussion about
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border security. the president said he is willing to keep the shutdown in place for a year.nt polly longer. over wall funding. he also referred to a possible steel fence rather than a concretell. asked multiple times about workers going without pay, the president had this to say. >> this goes fartherhan next week's pay. the people who won't get next week's pay or the following week's pay, i think if you everd really loot those people, i think they would say mr. president, keep going. >> back to theay raise issue, there involves a freeze. new legislation would have kept it in place. ises of about $10,000 are set to take place tomorrow. the vice prident saying he wouldn't take during the shutdown. so this whole shutdown, the situation is creating mental,
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even physical stressor people. >> reporter: the threats coming from president tru will do little to calm the concerns of people who are not working during the shutdown. it is already created some impossible choices for federal contractors. >> reporter: for donna kelly, it looks like every day she is opening a new bill. >> nearly two weeks into the shutdown, she is starting feel depression creeping back into her life. >> the stress oft t knowing how much lger this will go. >> reporter: it is not just her mental health that's suffering. her physical health, too. she deals withns hyperten and has had to pay out of pocket for
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her medication. her supply, much like her income, is >>dwindling. eporter: i won't have money to purchase any more medication. don't play around with my hypertension medication. >> her situation is not unique. her union represents about 1,100 members say t members are really starting to feel the impact. >> there is a sense of desperation. tears being shed. now we're getting into day ten, day 11, 1 day of the shutdown. what am i going to do? >> for kelly, answering that question means making an alm impossible choice. keep the lights on or go without her medicine. >> so if i don't have money to get my medicaon, itould be life and death. >> reporter: beyond cutting back on expenses, we asked what membos can to really make it
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through the next couple days or maybe weeks. we were told to tell the government, we need to get back to >> keep it here for all the latest surrounding the shutdown. just ahead in our next half-hour, we'll take a lookt the bill muriel bser is planning to send. despite talks of an extended government shutdown, the market soared. the dow rose more than 750 points and there were multiple pieces of news that helped drive the surge. among them, a robust jobs report. mopes trade talks were progressing with china. and today, the fed chairman said that he plans to be flexible with interest rates this cing year.
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it's friday and that means rain in the washington area. >> every friday means rain, right? it seems that way. q notte here yet though. take a look at the currentit cons. temperatures, upper 40s. we got a lot of traffic out there but at least they don't have to conten with rain. the system still meandering to the south and west. we're expecting the rain tolo me inr to dinner time. the temperatures will drop into the low 40s. the rain that's moving in will come in periods. it will come in and out. pretty heavy around midnight. we'll talk timing. en this is rolling out. the good news is it is not a washout of a ekend. i'll explain all of that. >> all right. thank you. we have new video from chopper 4 as firefighters battle
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an inferno at a home in mclean. when firefighters arrivede at house on malta lane this heternoon, the flames were shooting from t roof. and from the second floor windows. no one was home at the time and there were no injuriesreported.t auths have investigated in two aihis bus took a big suppl of drugs and illegal guns off the streets. >> more than 40 kilos of heroin. over0 pounds of marijuana., one maserati vehicl the chief said it was laced with fentanyl. because of that, he is confident
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lives.st saved someone opened fire on two people who were sitting in a car last night. this is the crime scene. police investigators taking pictures of a bullet ridden jaguar. parked in a townhome community there. the gunshots started around a00. the neighbor wase to walk to a nearby hospital but didn't survived. police have not released the names or the motive of the murder. someone used a u-haul to smash into the bk window of a t-mobile store in northeast. this is at the dakota shopping center. khieves went inside and grabbed devices and t off from the scene. >> and construction thefts have
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now reached chevy chase village. several contractors have had people staying from their work trucks during the da sometimes the thieves break the windows. you're loo sng at twopects by p. they said they broke into trucks in the district. and a tragic turn for a woman who was out for her morning walk. police say she was hit and killed by a teenager who was drun behind the wheel. us, who got video you'll only see here. fiery crash all caught on and a day after making and a day after making history othe n
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watch that. dramatic crashn the beltway in maryland. the drir pulling out his cell phone and getting the video. the traffic briing traffico a screeching halt for hours today. as you know i you were in it. chris gordon live in new carrollton with the man who shot the video. you will only see thi on news4. >> reporter: one day the inner loop of the beltway came to a virtual stand still for hours. a large truck flipping over on its side.o you are aboutee the video and hear from the driver who was right behind the crash and recorded it on his cell phone. the driver who s vt thiseo first called 911 to alert police, hoping to stop the tractor-trailer truck that was driving y.erratica
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he srved two times. and then on the second time, i just pulle out my phone. started recording. he said he drives the beltway daily delivering bread but he's never seen anything like this. >> saunders says he and another peon were tryingo help the truck driver. >> when we walked up, he was shaking real bad. he said state troopers arrived quickly. the fireman came and busted out the window. he walked out. he walked out of the window. >> the truck driver was taken by ambulance to a local hospithe.
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s expected to be okay. that is the latest live. >> thank you. the 116st congress has a lot of historic firsts and brought in a number of female lawmakers. today, housepeaker nancy pelosi joined the women for a photo outside the capitol. the house has more than 100 women which is still under one quarter of the number. there's been a conference heldh atime of the picture. it marked just one step of a very busy schedule for nancy pelosi. >> she stopped by her alma mater for a special townhall. barbara harrison was there for the homecoming. >> reporter: it was a lot of fun. trinity university was pwiked students and alumni who were there to celebrate one of
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the favorite daughters. class of 62 alum nancy pelosi. woerp hand for a town hall a day after celebrating at the capitol for the swearing in of the 116th congress with its record setting number of women. she came back to the campuse wh she first became familiar with life in washington, d.c. she majored in political science at trinity and phos recorded an early interest in politics. alough a university now, the undergraduate program maintains its original status as liberal arts women's college. >> itas changed a lot but it is still great trinity. why do you suppose so many womec areosing to go to all women's colleges in in this agee
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womenng like they still can't get elected to high nancy pelosi, for women need support and the leadership training that women's colleges provide. many of the women had been graduating mid year, or tonight. it is a transitional time for them andom seeing other reach the highest levels in business and government gives themomething to really work for. it's terrific. they were all so excited. >> and you and nancy pelosi go way back. >> yes. >> that's the story i want to hear. >> you never know. it's a very common situation. they tak sat, they take the test once for a base score and then take a prep course and get
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n.ady and take it ag but one florida student's score went up so well, so the college board said it will not certify her results. ror score went fm 900 to 1230. an increase of 330 points. the college board said the was too improved and there was bstantial agreement between her and other test takers. she said it is an insult to her integrity. >> to have your effort taken away from you and everything. oh, well, we think you cheated. it's not fair. >> lawye for harris are calling for the board to certify her results within two weeks before the application ddea lines for most colleges. and they are threatening to sue. the man who is accused of fitting room recordings. we'll hear why he is so shaken.>
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>> i care a little bit if it >> we don't have a choice. >> are you taking down your decorations ye>> 'll just going to unplug the outside lights and then in march i'll take them down. >> all right. it won't be a washout. that's good news. it is taking its time. you can see the showers still to r south. one thinghat we have that influx of clouds, the clouds are thicken up up. we are in for some rain. some light showers coming down around the beltway. you might be able to get some
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dry moments for t morning jog but make it quick. we're talking some very heavy in with theranges and yellows on the futurecast. so two rounds of heavy rain. year dry and clearin out. tonight, do not bring the umbrellas. we're not super you will notice someon breezy condi around 5:00, 6:00 tomorrow. what you need to wea over the weekend, the rain gear tonight and tomorrow. sunday and monday. both days will be dry.
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also mild. i'm going with a light jacket th fiff the weekend. as far as the rain goes, how many more chances will we see? we're dry on sunday. monday, tuesday, not a washout. but some showers move in monday night into tuesday. i have to let you know. the ten-day thoutlook ove next four days. notice numbers. 50s. and 60 on tuesday. that's mild for january. conditions, dry. all th way through next weekend once we get past really tomorrow. and then a few showers possible monday night into tuesday. and then we t levelngs out. we get closer to the average this time of. ye where's the snow? we're waiting. i'llet you know when it is on my radar. >> keep that to yourself. how ch it is costing taxpayers and how officials hope to get
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>>t, toni detectives stay driver was drunk and also under age. the woman's body was found in morrisonville road. in front of the church that she attended for more than a decade. >> the northern virginia bureau chief is w talkingh several parishioners and friends e.th >> the signs left behind. a long time resident out for her morning walk. allegednd killed by an drunk driver. struck and killed right in front of the church she attended for 15 years. >> she just loved everybody. >>ld she w do anything for you. >> she just worked so hard. >> she just helps with anything. >> she came b the scene thampbs. so did the victim's husband. the group crying and embracing.
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this is who they say is responsible. zachary fry. he was driving this morning when he crossed to the other side and struck lauren. his car left the roadway andhe sm into a sign and a tree. i spoke to one of the first people who arrived. he said he checked first on the woman and found she was already gone he said theriver had walked off. when he discovered the woman was dead. he was so distraught crying. he was even banging his head on the stone wall of the church. >> he was charged with dwi. >> 19 yead. 7:30 in the morning. drinking and hit a person. the pastor of the church te me, the whole congregation likely shedding tears over the loss. and we are taking a deeper look this evening into the man
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accused of a disturbing cry. a bar tender allegedly secretly recorded dozens of women in fitting rooms. david ske wit one of the closest friends. >> reporter: for 20 plus years, he has known mumtaz rauf as a close friend. >> snow boarding, ahemenal dad. always taking care of his daughter. >> it is tough to hee in a mug shot. >> it hurts real bad. >> reporter: police arrestedim christmas eve at fair oaks mall. a young tn noticed this small camera in a fitting room at forever 21. police found rauf inside a nearby h & m fitting room. police announced that there were farore victims than initially
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thought. >> some are mothers with their awful.rs which is just >> reporter: police say they found 100 policendividuals plus video. the videos show more than 60 female victims. most of the videos wereecorded between december 15th and christmas eve. investigators are hoping to track them down. they want to educate you. >> look for tape. in se instances, there may be a subject who physically in proximity. >> the news of the arrest is shocking forolks who knew him here. they say this friendly, popular person. >> i'm pretty much lost in thought, you think you know someone. and all of a sudd, om! something like this gets drops.
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>> news4. police hav up a possible hot lien for this case. if you believe you may be a victim, call the number on the screen. we've got that number and a complete time line. just search hidden camera. >> we've got some breaking ws coming from the redskins' front office. nbc sports washington reporting that the washington coach jay grud has been told, his job is safe. he'll be returning to the sidelines in 2019. he has not won a playoff game here. this will set a lot of 'redski tongues to wagging. we'll keep you updated as you learn more right here. the "washington post"
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reporting now that former long time coa bill mcgregor is coming back for another coaching stt there. he was the head coach at dematha 29 years before resigning in 2011. during his tenure, they won 17 conference titles he is replacing elijah brooks. the mayor plans to bill the federal government for picking up trash during the partial government shutdown. the cost to taxpayers is already more than $100,000. this has been the scene at the national mall and other districts since i shut down almost two weeks o. d.c. government employees
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picking up the trash because park employees furloughed. the cost, more than $50,000 a week. that's not the only cost to the district. mayor bowser has authorized more than 1,000 hours of overtime so a growing number of unemployment benefits c processed. she was on capitol hl toda she said she expects d.c. at a pairs to be repaid once the shutdown is over. >> obviously i'm annoyed i by but i am also proud that our government runs well enough, it is balanced .enou >> she said billing the federal government like this hand been tried before. it's unusual but we have a very ood case to be made that the district saved the capitol when nobody was there to help. we will try it out. >> bowser said she plans to
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submit emergency legislation so te distr government can begin issuing marriage licens. ile it forces d.c. courts to be closed. district ked if the government would facilitate divorces during the shutdown. >> no. we're going to be in the business of pulling people together. we're not taking them apart. carroll county is doing what it can toie help fam in the shutdown. it will be increasing the. a meal credits the students can use on their accounts. theredit for elementary school students has gone from $25 to $55. middle school from $15 to $45. for high reschool, thet went from $10 to 40. the meal credit will remai in place for 30 dayshe after t shutdown ends. of course, we have everything you need tknow about the that includes the latest
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weeks after facing the back lash over his past homophonetic marks, comedian kevin hart said he is re-evaluating whethet to h the oscars. this comes after a raw conversation today with talk ow host ellen degeneres who said she belves she post. >> i called the academy today. i really want to you host oscars. i was really excited when they asked you. >> she said she wants them to oreconsider. ned up about how he's changed since the tweets several years ago. and why it so hard now to step on that stage. >> it's taken ten years to put
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my apology to work to go back to that version of the immature comedn that i was. i don't want to make that night about my past when you have people who have worked hard to stepgen that s for the first time and receive anar awd. >> so far no word on if the academy officially wants him back folks are talking about this, too. cameras always rolling. >> we're going to go in there -- >> that's talib speaking out last night talking about the moment when she won her election. becoming one of the first muslim women in congress. several house leaderay said they're not focused on impeachment and some went so far
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as to criticize the language she used. but on twitter she said she will always speak truth to power adng, #unapologetically me. in a world where kids are growing up digital, there is a concern on your child's hearing and theirvision just ahead, some could not cements for safer screen time. and a local group showing kids there's an entire world out there beyond what they seen i
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the passport revelation is all the more troling because china is believed to be behind the hack. itve could havething from bored he crossings. let there someips to keep yourself as secur wear on your devices up todate. there are often new security patches. use strong passw mds toe sure you change them often and use a different password forev y account y have. don't share your personal information online like your birthday. and be suspicious of e-mails. more than 70% of hacks begin when you click on a fake e-mail link.
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a child's hearing and eyesight. >> children who are 8 years old or younger spoken average 2:15 on their tablets. and parents as we know, we often struggle with how much is too much screen time? consumer reports protects our kids' eyes and ears. >> is this a common scene around use? >> hello! >> this mom is concerned that screen time and head phone u could be causing eye and ear damage to her teenage daug >> i find myself constantly telling her, back off from theph e. give yourself some space. our concern is the effect on her vision over time. >> eye docto are seeing increase in dry eye and nearsightedness in children. >> hook at the screen up close can cause the lens of the eye to shift its focus and over time kit cause the eyeball to
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lengthen. >> blue lig emitted by smartphones, tablets, computers an tv might damage the retina over time. experts agree that children's eyes need regular breaks from tech activities in what isll the 20/20/20 rule. every 20 minutes look out the window or at an object at least 20 feet away for 20 seconds. when it comes to children's hearing, you had a yol gists are concerned tt continual use of head phones at unsafe volume levels mays lead to probl in children and teens. >> experts recommend ifou can eir music coming from your kids' head phones when they're listening, it is too loud. if they can't hear you, it is also too loud. >> and you shouldn't listen to music at 80% of the vol of your device for more than 90 minutes per day. >> you may want to csider
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giving your children noise cancelingead phones. they may actually 34 volume so they won't have to drown out all the other sounds. > we hope you'll drop by the nbc 4 health and fitness expo. it is frend it features the latest in nutrition, and earth that to answer your questions. it is pakd full of stuff. and we're all there. >> next weekend, that means we'll be indoors there. >> when it's raining. >> we are expecting another round ofin
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you should be fine at lowest for the next o hour so. let's take a look at the radar and check out where the rain is at. >> still to o south, this is a slow creeper. by the time it is said and done a little rain. we'll get to that in a moment. let's get a look a little closer to home. some sprinkles coming down. near spotsylvania, as we head into the next couple hours, 10:00 p.m. on the time stampsh showing theers. a little more widespread. we move toward midnight. it was a little faster. i have to show that down. the rain down pours will hit around 12:00 in the morning. saturday morning, a second batch of showers moves in. not until around brunch to lunch
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time when we are expecting another round of heavy showers. we're dry saturday night. not only dry, clear, making for aeautiful saturday evening. so thefo weekend cast, we're in the low 50s. sunday, around 56 degrees. plenty of sunshine. gray and wet for brunch and lunch. if you are going to take sunshine down, sunday is the day to do you don't want to dress like the folks in this picture this weekend. let's talk about the wind. we will notaie the moves out tomorrow. and right after that, the winds willk p up. we're talking breezy conditions tomorrow. by sunday, a little on the lighter side. 48 right now in washington, d.c.
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we should be seeing a high oou 43 this time of year. we're looking at near 60 on tuesday. we see dry for the bulk of the week. monday nightdanto tu we could see a few passing showers. nothing to really worry too much about. and then as we head toward the end of the week, that's whenwe l see the numbers more normal forhis time of year. we want to introduce to you a nonprofit whichn means child who spend the bulk of their lives pounding the pavement inu n settings do learn the most when they're outside in nature. the group is called city kids. since 1996, they've been helping students froe and build skills and set goals that they never wod have thought possible
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before. it is this week's harrison's heroes. >>oseporter: people aren't anthony bullock. or osaro nelson. and most programs aren't like city kids. >> they give you a great it opport basically. being a black young male, you n'tsually get opportunities so city kids gives you portunities. >> they're at go ape t andy'll go zip lining. activities like this is how the practice. teaches students how the plan, prepare and succeed. >> ias younger. i joined city kids and now i want to do this and that. >> as he 14-year veteran of the she has seen first hand the impact something like this happens. >> growing up in d.c.,
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not too many options. we don't really see people who like likeoi us things outdoors. >> student can enroll in sixth grade and they can stay with it all the way through high school. that's a critical time for kids. >> it's real. it's low cost. my mother used to say time and money is everything. just give them time. yo kids will blossom. >> travel t wyoming and they'll spend a month at grand teton national park. the ome students, it is first time they've ever been on a plane. >> so surreal. so beautiful. i've never seen mountains in only in textbooks or computer screens. >> we went white water rafting. it was so much fun. >> city kids provides a training program for the older students. >> going out every day.
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>> these are my two new heroes. yes, they are. >> they will be, too. they're going to run for office sometime. >> my% of the kids graduate from high school and go on to college. so it is really working. if you're thinking of enrolling your kids, go to our website and search city kids heroes. >> you get out there and it makes you hungry for it. >> andle jackson wyoming.my gosh! >> that got you. >> yes! >> yes! right now, the best internet meets the best things to do on the internet.
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scott macfarlane explains. >> he had an admitted history of crim and stalking, he's being theld. he broough the security barrier and told officers he wanted to deliver two bottlesf crown royal to the president and wanted to seek the president's help finding a wife,too. a judge ordered him to appearn tuesday o a federal trespass charge. no comment from his lawyeryet.
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meanwhile, another person crossed the police line on a aibike. he i will not stop. a news4 i-team investigation reveals an increase in breaches. to see the names, the streets and the that he can you'll laters. . -- to see the peculia. thin you can go to our website. months and years. gat's how long the president said theovernment may be shut down. >> and the ripple effects are spreading. corey smith has the human toll. >> let's begin with susan
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mcginnis. >> reporter: good even the talks today were not fruitful. the two sidesre not giving up. vice president pence sentencing the invitation to congressional staff. attacks today went nowhere. >> the white house discussions wend the two sides no closer to reopening the government. >> we not the continue. >> we told the president we needed the government open. he resisted and that he would keep the government open for a long period of time. months or even years. >> it includes b $5lion in funning for a border wall.
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>> we think this is a much bigger problem. it is a problem of national security. >> the president is asking each part to pick negotiators to talk through their differences. >> we can have this fixed very quickly. this can happen e byly next week. we're going to be talking over the weekend. >> that would be welcome news to countless persons from federal workers getting no pay to national park visitors, to food subsidy recipients worried about feeding their families. all waiting to see if washington can f a compromise. nbc news, washington. the political costs o the job going government shutdown remains to be seen. the human cost for federal workers becomes clear we are each new billhe opens. >> life insurance, comcast >> nearly two weeks into the shutdown, she is starting to feel depression creeping back into her life. >> the stres and the pressur and the
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