the storm doesn't look as bigd an bad as it did earlier this ek we that hasn't stopped anybody from trying to get ready. first significant thing of the season, right? >> ye. >> the roads are being treated already. there is a plahe to have roads that fall under the park service jurisdiction treated and plowed, too. >>s melissa standing by with a check on the commute. but let's begin with chuck bell to find out about the snow. >> yes. remember the school "back to school" with rodney da i have the question in 27 parts. will it snow? how much will it tsnow? e tell you something. most everybody should expect 1 he 3 i to start tomorrow afternoon and go up to tomorrow night. there could be a wave of snow eaat couldre more on sunday, south of washington. the storm iart of looking at a southern track.

everybody has an inch to three tomorrow. the southern half will see additional sunday. there's our map. once youetrom about prince william county parkway south, thoseill be the areas that could see an additional couple of inches of sw on sunday. he cold.all about it will be a dry day today. it will be cold. i'll show you why this is not an sy forecast coming up in a few. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. in silver spring, new problem here. just got over this and it just happened. police are just rolling up. university boulevard at piney branch road. eevere front end damage. not s what this vehicle hit. that could be a bus there nearby. looks like nobody on it.

right now trying to get more information about this. northbound 395 sof some icy sps. there's possibility anywhere where you might have water standing forn, any reaust because it's so cold. 29 degrees right nenow. loop aouter loop of the beltway. southbound on sylvania, with the rough uneven pavement. and in southwest, overlook at chesapeake, dark traffic lights. treat that as a >> melissa, thank you. the government shutdown has enteredts st day. today marks a tough milestone r many of the furloughed workers. it is the first payday since the gridlo begannd no paychecks will be given out today. >> nearly on worker will ace the reality of no paycheck. the workers include utilities

and contractor some of them took to the streets to protest the shutdown. they gathered around the afl-cio headquarters and then went to the white house. their rallying cry, no paycheck, no peace. >> i feel like a bum. todamakes two weeks since th last time that i worked.'s itnly so much you can do. i'm literally unemployed. >> we're trying to cut back on expenses. atst trying to make it through. >> along with frusn, many in the crowd expressed hopelessness. ey don't see many signs that republicans and democrats can find common ground to end the shutdown.>> the financial impact has hit workers pretty hard. they're worried about payinghe bills and providing food for their families. >> we can tell you there's real help on the way from the capital area foo bank. on saturday, it is hosting several pop-up markets to help furloughed workers wit groceries. justin finch is in northwest

d.c. with information. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. of course, we know right now, over the past few weeks, as well, that families of furloughed workersave been making hard decisions. but food should not be one of them. that's why the capitaloo area bank has several pop-up food markets tomorrow morning. we have a map to sho you where they will be set up. you can see there are five locadons. the fank teaming up with giant grocery stores to do this. a grocery store, includingn rtheast d.c., on brentwood road, richmon highway, campusway south, and allentowns road ip springs and off of the rockville pike in rockville. if you are planning to come out tomorrow morning, a food bankes ent has things you should know first. >> they will be open from 9:00 a.m. to noon at each of the sites.

you will need your valid employee i.d. as a contractor or government i.d. and you can get freshproduce. >> reporter: want to pull up the map one more time and show you where the locations are again, across ourre from northeast d.c. to camp springs and keterring and alexandria. you will need a federal worker i.d. or contractor i.d. to take advantage. each location able to offer 250 items that include nonperishables, as well as free, fresh produce in the offering there. aglot of people will want to take adva we're told this will last as long as the shutdown will last. that's the food bank's plan. we have information on this pop-up market effort tomorrow morning, as well as other resources,too, for families of furloughed workers on our n

washington app. we're live in northwest. i'm justin finch, new 4. despite the negative impact of the shutdown, the president is digging in. he says the shutdown will continue until he gets $5 billion for a wall along the southern border. yeerday, he went to t border and talked to victims of crime by undocumented immigrants. there's questions whether the proposed wall will wk. exclusive photos show a regular saw was able to cut through the prototype. the president says that will be fixed before the wall goes up. >> common sense. they need a barrier. they need a wall. if you don't have it, it will be nothing but hard work and grueling problems. and and death.and death.

a lot of death. >> the president says if the stalemate continues, he will declare a national emergency and redirect already appropriated funding towards his border wall. we'll havehe more on shutdown coming up throughout the hour. the nbcresources on washington app, if you're struggling as a furloughed worker. search shutdown. > we know that president trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, will publiclyte ify in front of the house oversight and reform committee. that's scheduled for february 7th. last month, cohen was sentenced to three years in prison. his crimes include making secret payments to two women who say they had affairs with president trump and lying to congress about the president's business dealings with russia. his blind loyalty to the president helped he cover up thrty deeds. president trump told reporters he's not wried about the testimony. staying on top of breaking news right now. the associated press reports u.s. troops have started the process of withdrawing from syria. the report cites a military

spokesman for the troops fig fighting isis. last month, president trump shocked u.s. allies when he announced isis was defeated and he was pulling u.s. troops out of syria. thatove prompted a dramatic resignation from defense secretary jim mattis. we have about 2,000 troops in area. the archdiocese of washington confirms that cardinal donald wuerl knew of sexual misconduct allegations against theodore mccarrick more than a decade ago. that's despite wuerl's insistence that he had no knowledge of the abuse. the archdiocese of washington said wuerl reported an allegation omccarrick to the vatican in 2004. that allegation came from a former priest who reached a settlement with the church in eg 2005 for a abuse by mccarrick. in a statement to nbc news, the

archdiocese says that wuerl's previous statements about mccarrick refer to, quote, claims of sexual abuse of a minor, not the claims made by the former priest. but the cardinal stands by the statements that were not intended to be imprecise. washington-lee high school in aington county will be known as washington-liberty high school.h board voted to remove robert e. lee's name from the school following the attack in charlotteslle. three brothers will be in f prison their part in a role that left a police officer dead. this isideo of the shoot-out released in court just yesterday. elijah and malik ford recorded their brother, michaelopening fire on prince george's county police. michael called it an attempt of suicide by cop.

yesterday, he received a 195-year sentence. his brothers received 20 and 12 years. detective jacai colson was shot and killed by taylor krauss. krauss mistook colson for the suspect. the colsons allege that the police chief and the former state attorney protected krauss from criminal charges. brooks is the county executive. she released a statement sayingi tely a grand jury of 23 prince georgians reviewed the indictment and brought in officer krauss. krauss is employed by the police department, which would not comment on colsons accusations. ten minutes after6:00 and a shocking development out of wisconsin this morning. >> a teen that went missing in october murder has been found alive. 13-year-old jayme closs was found in the rural town o gordon about an hour from her home. a suspect they have in custody. a news conference is scheduled for later this morning.

look for updates on this story in the nbc washington app. working for your and the opioid epidemic is affecting middle-aged women at a shocking rate. overdoses have quadrupled. the biggt increases included synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and drugs like. valium statistics show most people who die from overdoses first use opioids after a legitimate prescripon from a doctor. the birthrate is plummeting across the country, but especially here in the dmv. a new study from the cdc, says the fertility rate is 16% below what is needed for the population to replenisitself. d.c. has the lowest fertility rate in the country. only two states, south dakota and utah, have rates above the

replacement level. researchers say economics and fewer teen pregnancile may play a n the lower birthrate. a lot of women wait to get families. it does affect ultimately the number of. babies bo >> a little older than they were back in the day. lower your risk of illnede and h. >> what doctors say you should eat more of to do just that. then, there's chuck bell. >> there is. and i'm here. your friday forecast is going to be awindy and cold one. perfect time to get outside and enjoy some quality te with man's best friend. hammer here is available for adoption at the humane rescue alliance. a beagle mix would be a fine addition to your home. if you have aog puppy and going outside for your walks, keep the face up. it is a a cold breezy start. plenty of sunshine, no chance of snow today. more about tomorrow's snow chance coming up. come inside e health &

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you're watnews 4 today. >> welcome back. 6:15. a knnew study says eating more fiber can prevent an early death. researchers found that people who ate at least 25 grams of fiber a day has significantly lower rates of heart disease, diabetes and colon cancer. 0% risk of not dying from any cause. the study was conducted by the world health organization. >> all of a sudden, i want fried chicken. we're doggi italking about fibe being healthy. don't listen to me. it's friday. >> you say fried chicken, m listening.

>> we're a day away from the annual nbc 4 telemundo 44 health & fitness expo. >> molette green joins us from the convention center on whatexo ct this year. >> reporter: i want to know what aaron is going to do at the expo. is it the spartan course? they're brand-new. and the balix workout. wt's find outt this is about. let's bring over julie margulies to explainbalix, wch is new to a lot of people. you can get a good workout, right? you reallycan. it's a ghhintensity workout, which is fun. >> reporter: this is your second year coming back. you had a great experience talking to people who love coming down to the expo. >> we love to share our love for bollywood nce. >> reporter: tell me what this workout can do for you.

>> we are the bollywood workout. we're a bollywood inspired workout. it's an intense interval training workout. all bodies are good bodies. >> reporter: you jump back in and we'll move over to let's play america, where you can get the kids and t adults to use the things we did when we were kids. as part of your fitness routine, i love this. they are a main stay herryat the expo eear. 250 exhibiters out here, got the nonprofits later on in the hourt we're goi talk to the national law enforcement group about dna and how testingas improved. a lot going down here. screenings, foods, so much to see and d

>> they make it look easy. daughter is a hula hooper. >> i'm all about the connect four in front of tin rock wall. to play that until i can't play anymore. >> hope you will join us. >> make sure you come to the washington con center. a whole lot of fun. and it's all free. also free this morning, the forecast with chuck bell,right? >> i love snow for free.ch wils on your friday morning. you have all day today to get donehat you nee to get done, done. y whatev're going to do today, as soon as you step out the door, it is cold.

windchills are in the teens. only 38 degrees. that northwest wind will be with us all day. theee storm we've watching or the weekend, coming out in bits and pieces. one big storm is coming out in chunks. the first one, moving out into parts of missouri and arkansas now, bringing snow to the north side of little rock. snow in st. louis and parts of missouri. the bigger chunk of the storm is taking a little more of a southern track. it will be a higher snow producer for richmond or raleigh. tomorrow, snow starts in the afternoon and 3:00, to midnight, winter storm watches already poed. only for the extreme parts of the d.c. metro area.

this american model, this gave us almost nothing. it has ramped up in the 4 inch to 6ng inch the european model is in the 2 to 4 range. our specific forecast, 1 to 3isu the city. 3 to 5, across southern maryland across fredericksburg. we'll show you that map later on. that's a five-day fo of a snowy one over the weekend. >> i know. that snow is coming. right w, chopper 4 over this crash. we have one vehicle crushed in the middle of roadway. think the driver is standing outside. and a bus that was involved. nobody onboard the bus. looks like piney branch road, each direction, we have slowdowns east of university because of that crasin r loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problems. everything looks nice and clear.

vehicle fire reported not seeing ch. just a tiny slowdown. northbound 395, have a new problem with a crash. ice on the roadway, as well. 66, 95, no major issues. top of the belty, a tiny bit slow between 95 and 270. listen to wtop when you hop in your car. 1 of ill ahead, if you're the 800,000 federal workers you're no aycheck, doubt figuring out how to pay the bills. >> the steps you should take to help.an >>later on "ellen," timothee chalamet stops by to talk "beautiful boy" and working with steve carell. "ellen" at 3:00 and stick around for news 4 at 4:00. we'll be right back.

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you're watching news 4 today. >> this morning, hundreds of thousands of federal workers a will not receiaycheck because of the government shutdown. soto help, major wireless carriers are offering assistance, including at&t, sprint, t-mobile and verizon.

each of those carriers are offering payment optio check with those folks for the best option for you. there's a lot of anxiety for a lot of the federal furloughed workers. >> so many of the workers are worried about the finances and the domino shutdown this can create. susan hogan is working 4 you to see what you can do to lessen the blow. >> reporter: that's right. a majority of furloughed workers don't have enough saving a recent survey found that 78% of americans live paycheck-to-paycheck. for those of you with a rtgage, some lenders are offering assistance programs to federal employees impacted by the shutdown, such as waiving late fees. but you need to contact your lender immediately to let them know of the situation. for those of you who rent, er contact pr managers or your landlord and see if you can work out a payment plan th them or at the very least ask if they will waive a late fee for you, as well. the same thing goes wi credit card companies. don't wait until you payment is

due. talk to them now and see if they will waive your late fee. and consider talking out a short-term loan. some banks are offering furlough loans to those empyees who have paychecks deposited into a checking or savings accoun these loans don't require a credit check and have 0% interest, as well. cut all unnecessary spending. we cannot stress this enough. be proactive and talk to your creditors now. > coming up, a dog rescued after a life of abide. new may show the people behind this cruelty case. plus, local parks trashed. hundreds of tires tossed out in public places. where they came from and what's riing done to clean them up. youry morning commute forecast. time to hit the road, everybody. temperat es are in themid-20s. windchills in the teens this morning. you'll need your winter coat today.ay the perfect to run all of the last-minute errands before a chance of snowolls in this

weekend. make sure your seat heaters are on high andnow where the ice scrapers are.

news 4 today starts now. >> it is 6:30 just about. thanks for joining us on this friday. you tay not be able tell from it will picture, but be a frigid friday out there. 29 degrees outside of our studios. look at the people, they bdled upye in the extrrs. keep them on today. >> i put on a gigantic scarf. the cold temperatures come as we prepare for another blast of wintry weather. we're talking about snow, folks. a lot of the roads have been e pretreated before the snow. if you're not ready, be ready. >> we should start with our forecast. all right, chutk. what ahe snow? >> it's still coming.

there's the good news. the snow we've been talking about since monday. never did we advertise a big blizzard. no big blizzard with this one. but the snow cnces we're watching since monday,li looks it will materialize tomorrow around lunchtime. you still need to know about today. it's breezy and cold today. chances of snow remain very gh. everybody gets one to three inches. that's tomorrow. there's a second wave of snow chances arriving on sunday, that is likely to leave additional snow south by washington. down into parts of st. mary's county. no advisories of any kind just yet, for the d.c. metro area. that's likely to change over the next couple of hours. it can pile up deeper for our friends in the southern half of the news 4 nation. taking a look right now at

chopper 4. outer loop before b.w. parkway. going to check that out and see what's going on there this morning. myersville, vehicle fire. all of the traffic has stped. we a shut down. they are temporarily on 70 becae of the vehicle fire. silver springs, still has this problem. is is what chopper 4 was just over. vehicle is still inned anile of the roadways, southbound traffic is blocked. nohbound 95 near edsall. and reports of ice on the road. aaron? >> thank you. for the first time since the shutdown started, 21 daysraago, fe workers will not get paid today. that means that 800,000 familiek will have to wo pay rent and buy groceries. >> mr. trump says the sh cdown willtinue until he gets $5

billion for a wall along the southern border. he visited the border in south texas yesterday and praised border patrol together agents work. there's questions whether the proposed wall will actually work take a look. exclusive photosy obtained nbc news, showed a regular saw was able to cut through the steel slat prototyp during a security test the president says that will be mixed before a wall goes up. coming up, we'll have an update from the white house on ether the president plans to declare a national emergency for funding forllis to helper if l er ifefurlou feed their families, the capital area food banks will have grocery stations. we'll have more on that. a job fair to work in the

school system is at capacity. that's why they'reaving another hiring event next tuesday in false thchurch. ere will be forms you need to fill out before you show up and important information you need to be bringing with you. you can find more information about all this in the nbc washington app. it's lo6:34. deng this morning, the vatican has confirmed that cardinal donald k wuerlw of misconduct allegations against theodore mccarrick a decade ago. megan mcgrath joins us from northeast washington. what can you tell us? >> reporter: there's a lot of questions this morning about what he knew and when. the archdiocese confirming that donald wuerl knew about sexual a alons against theodore mccarrick years ago.

now, wuerl last summer insisted that he had no knowledge of alleged abuse by mccarrick. however, in a statement to nbc news, the archdiocese says that wuerl reported an allegation about mccarrk to the vatican in 2004. that allegation involved allegedly inappropriate relationship witan adult seminarian. the archdiocese sayst st wuerl'ement denied abuse of a minor, not an adult. cardinal wuerl stands by the statements and didn't mean to be imprecise when he said he had no knowledge of allegations of sexual misconduct. should mention that cardinal wuerl has been retired. he was forced into retirement. we have expecting to get news soon on his possible replacement. back to you. megan, thank you. we>> look at our other top stories now. the associated pressep rts

u.s. troops have started the process withdrawing from syria. the report sites that a spokesman declined to discuss r timelinescations out of concern for security. officials are investigating a hoaxt e-mail t threatened warren county public schools. the warren county sheriff's office says the e-mail was sent yesterday by a resident frederick county, virginia. all of the schools were searched and determined toe safe. no word if the sender has been contacted by poli. the human protection alliance needs you to find a man that was called about a dog in northwest d.c. surveillance video shows a man hitting a dog possibly with an object and dragging the dog with his car before driving off. outhe dog was with juries to all four legs.

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you're watching news 4 today. >> aus wisconsin driver is being credited with saving a baby she saw walking around outside, alone and barefoot. look at this video released by the bus company. irina iv freeway overpass, wearing a onesie and a diaper in freezing temperatures last month. she stopped the bus and ran over

to the child. she carried the baby safely inside her bus. a passenger wrapped a coat around him. >> it was good that she jumped off of the bus. think of walking through the park and finding a bunch of . worn-out tires n environmental crimes unit called the dump busters used ien cameras to catch illegal dumpers. the tire shots that paid mcdonald may face criminal charges, as well. >> her business report.ing i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. we have auto news this morning. fiat chrysler is recalling 1.3

million vehicles in the world. they're replacing front passenger air bags. the air bags can emulode with to force. 23 people have died from the oblem. hundreds more have been hurt. the recall includes 2010-2016 jeep wranglers, 2010 ram pi challengers.14, dodge and 2010-2014 chrysler 300s. he owners will be notified mail. with your cnbc business report, i'm frank holland. cold and dry for all of your friday. snow potential for your saturday cod add up to 1 to 3 inches of snow. there's a chance we could get additional snow on sunday. complete check of the forecast minutesaway. some complain about ice on the roadways in virginia and montmerygo

you're watching news 4 today. >>it's day 21 of the government shutdown. fears have come true for roughly 800,000 federal workers today. they aren'tti getng paid. workers took to the streets in protest. they gathers outside of the afl-cio headquarters. >> the rallying cry was no paycheck, no peace. >> our team coverage starts with hallie jackson on more on where the shutdown talks stand now. reporter: good morning to you. as this morning,er a gent shutdown is officially tied for

the second hs-longest in history. right now, the way things are going, it seems destined to break that record. president ump is waking up at the white house this morning after a trip to the border. perhaps one step closer to declaring aatnal emergency. some of the closest aallies on catol hill, republicans, are ebc aging him to do just that. what are the specifics of that? nbc news has learned that the president has been briefed on a plan that would pull money from the army corps of engineers and redirect resources that were aimed toward rediilding and ster recovery in puerto rico. if he declares a national emergency, that's the pot of money that would be used. that may be politically perilous for president trump. at this point, it is a stalemate. lindsey graham telling reporters he does not see a path forward. that's not great news for many federal workers. 800,000 of them affected by the

shutdown, most of whom will not see a paycheck today on thisy. deadline we'll have more coming up on the "today" show. w, back to you. >> continuing our team coverage now. we're working 4 you with every angle covered here. justin finch will have local assistance for federal workers. >> first, we want to check in with nbc's tom costello. he's at rgan national airport, where hundreds of tsa employees aremong those not getting a paycheck today. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so, the tsa officersere and across the country, 51,000 of them. their pay statement today says zero dollars. these people making $35,000 a year, are struggling to figure out how theyre goingo pay the bills while they are supposed to be staffing tsa checkpoints nationwide. we have 13,000 air traffic controllersorking without pay.

they have decided that they are going to do without pay. rtspectors are off the job right now. cen ntsb are off the job. we have thousands of fb fbi employeeser furloughed. abouts are working without pay. the agents are warning of national implications of all of this. so far, we have evidence that tsa officers are showing up to work. there's been some sickouts across the country. now, this is actually happened, they have come to work and not yctten a ck, will some of them decide they need to call off sick or lookor another job because i have to pay the bills because of the shutdown. >> tom costelloor us. thanks

800,000 furloughed workers are making tough decisions on what to pay for and what to go without. there is relief on the way. working 4 you with information from the capital area food bank. justin finch has information on the dpop-up f markets. what are they about? >> reporter: hey, there. some good news for so many furloughed workers who are living through uncertainty right now, not knowing when they will go back to work or when they will be paid again. that's why the capital area food bank is stepping up to make food available to hundreds of furloughed workers and contractors across our area here. the preparations are falling into place as we speak. preparations for five pop-up food markets again. each we are told have enough producenperishables and

for 250 people at each of the five locations. map to show you where these spots are. they are teaming up with the grocery stores to come to life here. in northwest d.c. richmond highway, and allentown road. and off of the rockville piken rockville. the food bank president telling us they are in this for the long haul. >> we plan to hold the markets righ until the end of the shutdown. and until federal workers get the next paychecks. e will start with the five locations this weekend. and depending on the need, there will be able t better target where we host the pop-up food markets during the duration of the shutdown. >> reporter: we will show you the map one more time where the pop-ups wl take across the dmv

from northeast d.c. to an alia, to camp springs and rockville, as well. they open at 9:00 a.m. and go until noon. youill need to have a federal worker i.d. or a federal contractor i.d., to take advantage of all of this. there's a lot more to show you, as well. we have all of that on our nbc washington app. live in northwest, i'm justin finch, news 4. 6:51 right now. t's turn things over to chuck bell and the forecast. >> yeah. weave a winter storm watch for northernvi inia, into maryland. there's no advisory or watch or atrning for the d.c. metro area yet. likely to change over the coming hours. the reason there's no advisory, probably not going to get as much snow around the city. the winter advisory can be issue

ed 24 hours before the show. and that can go up as much as 36 hours ahead of the first snow. the only w acha for the southwestern and southern parts of the area. anrybody has an chance for inch to three tomorrow. the southern part of the fach area could get snow on sunday. that's why the watch is ahead of time. sunny,nd breezy a cold. you have all day today to get things done. that's the first wave of snow. the main area of i stormines taking a southerly track. that will bring better chancesn for snow sunday into the southern half of the area. snowfall amounts, 1 to 3 for most of the area.

3 to 5, down south of t southern maryland. all this is o availablen our nbcwashington.com website, as well. good morning, chuck. first four traffic, looking at chopper 4 and silver spring. you can see, the police have the left lanes inocked. myersville, eastbound 70 before myersville, a vehicle fier there. we are shut down temporarily. beltway outer loop no big complaints. 395 near sall, a crash there this morning. and toward the pentagon, there's another crash, as well. ice. report travel times in virginia, eastbound on 66. northbound on 95. no worries. and 270 looks good. top of the beltway, only th slowdowne. going to take you 20 minutes this morning. listen to your car.ou pop in

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>> molette,thanks. 6:55 now. four things to know, beginning with breaking news. the pentagon confirmed to nbc news, that u.s. troops have started to withdraw from syria. the spokesman didn't discuss timelines or locations for security. jamye css has been found alive and a suspect is in custody. s plan to hold a news jay me close. jamie close.t will have the late st in the dramatic details next on "today." thrch didiocese of washington said that cardinal erl knew allegations against mccarrick besides denyi otherwise. the government shutdown has enred its 21st day. today is a tough milestone for many of theug furd workers.

they won't receive a paycheck. re on the shutdown coming up on "today." our snow forecast for the ikweekend, looks most of the metro area, in the 1-3 range. those numbers could trend upwards. use you a nbc washingto and keep it here. >> chuck, thank you. that's the news for today. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. enjoy your day and the weekend. we'll see you at the expo. >> make it a gre at.

good morning, breaking overnight, good morning. breaking overnight. miracle escape, jayme closs missing f n three months found alive. a suspect found in custody. her family overjoyed. >> what we prayed for every single day for the last 87 days. >> this morning the neighbor who answered the door who found herself face-to-face with the 13-year-old girl speaking out. >> she kind of flung the door open and said call 911, this is jayme closs. >> we'll talk with her and get the dramatic firsthand account for the rescue. shutdown d-day, nearly 1 million federal employees set to feel the impact today. paychecks with zeros headed their way.