joining us now is douglas shaw. he's the co-owner resort. welcome, it's good to see you tonight. >> thank you. >> tell me how this is impacting you. >> we have no gas. we're spending money we saved for winter to stay open right now pausnow because people showp because they don't know. we are losing money every day. >> how busy would you normally be is this time of year? >> last week i was running full midweek. it was looking like a good october for us. we have probably lost $# 20,000. at next week, it could be $# 30,000. pause people find out, they call up, they cancel. we can't penleize them for this. it's not their fault and it's not our fault. >> what will happen. >> were debating whether we should pay mortgage or pay payroll. those are the decision that we're tpoesed to make right now. >> it is add who should stay or should go as far as employees go. these are hard decision. nobody likes to make them. >> obviously we have some difficulty with the live picture there with douglas shaw. a tragic story. a difficult story for many people acro

douglas shaw in california. good luck to you. >> thank you so much. >>> well, loggers around the country are getting back to work. some sooner than expected. a judge in organ ruled that logging companies can resume operations on federal lands immediately. that means they don't have to wait for written permission from washington. during the shutdown members of the timber industry sued the government after they were ordered to stop work. as for the overall cost of the government shutdown experts put the price tag in the billions, richelle carey has the breakdown. >> the government shutdown lasted 16 days. according to standard&poors the cost to the u.s. economy in that short time $24 billion. that breaks down to $1.5 billion a day. the shutdown also reduced the projected growth of the u.s. economy for the last quarter of the year from 3% to 2.4%. it's a significant amount. here is a breakdown of the staples of the economy. 3.1 billion lost in government services. that's things like childcare for military families

. >> reporter: douglas shaw could lose his business. a small resort in yosemite national park now closed because of the shut down. the shut down forced him to layoff some of his staff and dip in to savings. >>> we're debating whether we should pay mortgage or we should pay payroll. those are the decisions that we're forced to make right now. >> wendy robinson is feeling the pane of the shut down at work and on the home front. she's a preschool teacher far head start program in alabama that was cut by the budget. >> all i could think about was dear god please do not let this tkpw on for longer than a day or two. i'm a single parent with three children. >> reporter: her youngest 3-year-old sophie was a student in the head start class. >> she learns a lot at school. i teach a lot in one day at that school. >> reporter: the head start program was a lot at sorts. they announced a $10 million-dollar personal donation. wendy told us she's excited to hear the news and working to fiend out if that money will fund her program and get her and soph

. >> reporter: douglas shaw could lose his business in yosemite national park.tdown has forced him to layoff some of his staff and dip into savings. >> we're debating whether to pay mortgage or payroll. those are the decisions that we are forced to make right now. >> reporter: wendy robinson is feeling the pain at work and on the home front. she is a preschool teacher for a head start program in alabama cut by the budget impasse. >> all i could think about was, you know, dear god please do not let this go on for longer than a day or two, because i'm a single parent with three children. >> reporter: her youngest was also a student in her head start class. >> she learns a lot in one day at school, and i teach a lot in one day at that school. >> reporter: the head start program was handed a lifeline of sorts when philanthropists announced a $10 million donation. wendy said she was excited to hear the news and working to find out whether that money will help fund her program. but if the government doesn't reopen by november 1st, programs curving more than 80,000 kid

. >> douglas shaw runs a small resort and told al jazeera how the shutdown is impacting him directly. >> let's face it, i mean this is a great place. i love this place. my guests love this place. but they really come here to see yosemite. i make it easy and i make them happy. without yosemite i don't have a business. this is built upon the park. we did the letter to the editor, we asked people to call our house rep, mc-clyntock and asked people online to sign and asked the country to put out messages to dc to tell them what is happening here. we are going to a demonstration on parkline. it's not just me, it's - i think there's a lot of people in this community that is upset. >> because of the government shutdown it's estimated that the national park service is losing about $30 million a day in entrance fees and other revenues across the country. >> a u.s. default has the potential to be catastrophic for economies around the world. global leaders warn that a failure to reach a deal on the debt ceiling could be disastrous for markets recovering from the 2008 financial crisis. i want to

douglas shaw, co-owner of the mountain resort in yosemite, may have to lay off 30% of his staff. he said, "we're a good example of a business that could die if this continues. this is all we've got and honestly i'm scared. i don't think a lot of people realize how important this issue is for so many of us whose livelihoods are at stake." derek rocalien and his wife were laid off from their jobs at yows mievment they held a yard sale to raise money. they held a yard sale to raise money. we've got a new little boy and a lot of expenses. we need to make money to pay our bills. why are they shutting down the government? the affordable care act is moving forward. law is a law is a law. and we all have our problems with issues. as i said serving here for a long time, opposing wars, opposing tax cuts to the wealthiest among us, opposing rollbacks in environmental regulations that i thought were critical, seeing us turn away from sensible ways to protect our people -- yeah, i wasn't happy. i have a right not to be happy. and they have a right not to be happy. but i don't have a right to