the range qualification where out of 27, four of them were no-shows, one was excused, three were unexcused. frankly i have gone out of my way to try to help them and extend any timelines that they have had as of thursday i will send out notices that they are in violation with no explanation. i will have to forward that explanation to management control. they also were advised at that time that they were in october to have a level 2 holter that i have brought with me today. given the fact that they are working around bars and restaurants, they are required and as a result of the recommendations that were established by the range master that we were going to have them use the level 2 holster. unfortunately we had much debate and discussion. approximately 10 of those people that showed up to the range were out of compliance with the level 2 holster. given the state of all that happened, bending over backwards to help them, i extended the requirement time frame to be the end of may 30th as being the cut off date for compliance. most recently approved is the 18 hours of training that the police

. >> it would be unexcusable given the relatively narrow differences that we can't get this done. >> reporter: both sides are trying to agree on a budget for the day-to-day operations of the federal government. while they have reported ly made progress. they are still far apart. >> we meet them halfway. they say no. we meet them more than halfway. they still say no. we meet them all the way. they still say no. >> reporter: earlier in the day, he depended the stance. >> reporter: he says the house will vote thursday on a one week stopgap deal. that could take both slides closer to the deadline. 800,000 government workers would not get paid including us troops if they don't reach a deal. tax refunds would stall. home buyers would not get their papers process. while both sides say they are working to avoid a shutdown, hundreds of protestors gathered demanding a shutdown if that's what it takes to cut the budget. >> reporter: the president says they just need to build on the talks from this meeting and they need to move forward with urgency. >>> dozens of employees at a california state

. >> it would be unexcusable given the relatively narrow differences when it comes to numbers betweenreporter: without an agreement more than 4 million federal employees would temporarily go without a paycheck, including members of the armed forces. and on a visit to baghdad today, secretary of defense gates says he was concerned. >> a lot of these young troops live pretty much paycheck to paycheck. when i start to think about the inconvenience that it's going to cause these kids and a lot of their families, even half a paycheck delayed could be a problem for them. so i hope they work this whole thing out. >> reporter: republicans plan to vote today in the house on a one-week extension to prevent a shutdown. but, that bill contains cuts that are unacceptable to democrats, and to the president. it's a move aimed at putting the onus on the democrats if they fail to take it up in the senate. but both sides say they still want to avoid a shutdown, but neither one wants to be the first to blink. jeff? >> all right. bill plante. thank you. >>> in san francisco today, phillip garrido is expe