. >> 3-year-old malika suffers from autism. he's been getting regular funding from this program.s is he can't come back to class. >> they're punishing us. just requesting what they do? >> this is one of 20 head start programs across the country at risk of closing because their grant expires the same day the shutdown began. those programs won't have access to new federal funds until the government reopens. >> i don't have headstart dollars anymore. >> that means closing the doors to 1,000 children. >> i'm so tired of the bickering and fussing and fighting and blaming obama. and blaming it on obama care. obama care has nothing to do with what we're going through right now. >> with no children to care for, over 300 teachers here very sent home without pay. mom, we have never seen you without a job. what are you going to do? i said, i don't know. head start classrooms are multiplying across the country, potentially leaving 19,000 children without services. >> these are preschoolers. this is a heck of a way to learn government at 3 and 4 years old. >> the shutdown is yet another blow

malika zarra was born in morocco, grew up in france, and found a creative home in new york's multi-cultural music scene. and detroit artist adnan charara explores the idea of identities, personally and cosmically, in his painting and sculpture. virtuoso oud player and composer rahim alhaj explores both eastern and western musical traditions in an innovative, contemporary style all his own. >> doves and homing pigeons, for me, is connected to my childhood, because in iraq culture, we care about homing pigeons. i've been in the united states more than 12 years, and always i have searched for home. having homing pigeons in my home, it's always a reminder for me that i have a home, because homing pigeons, you fly them, and then no matter what, they can come back. >> [musicians tuning up] >> ready? >> [chatting, indistinct] >> [music playing] >> my first time introduced to the oud was in elementary school. i was fascinated by the sound of it, and i was just like... i was amazed, and i felt like this is it, this is my life, and i have to continue with it. my father had been supportive. except my