in chicago, epa employee elizabeth lile left her office this morning to apply for unemployment benefits. >> right now, i'm terrified. i'm terrified to the point where okay, what is going to happen? >> shutdown is not the way to go. >> reporter: we first met her yesterday when she joined other workers to protest the shutdown. >> congress needs to be turned over somebody's knee and spanked real hard because they're acting like small children. >> reporter: it is a feeling shared by hundreds of thousands of furloughed workers around the country. at the agriculture department in washington. >> it is a mess, congress needs to get their act together. >> reporter: for now, federal programs that affect millions of americans are shut down, including nutrition benefits called wic, for roughly nine million pregnant women and new mothers. like this mother and her daughter, savannah. >> if i didn't have wic, i would basically have to drop out of school and work to supply the formula and food for my child. >> reporter: head start services stopped for about 19,000 low income children. without them, thi

in chicago, elizabeth lile went to apply for unemployment benefits. >> right now, i'm terrified, i'm terrified. to the point, what is going to happen. >> reporter: we first met her yesterday, when congress threatened to shut down. >> congress needs to be turned over somebody's knee and spanked real hard because they're acting like children. >> reporter: it is the feeling shared by thousands of federal workers around the country. at the agriculture department around the country. >> it is a mess, congress needs to get their act together seriously. >> reporter: for now, federal programs affecting millions of americans are shut down, affecting benefits called wic for roughly 9 million new mothers and pregnant women. like this mom, and her daughter, savannah. >> if i didn't have wic, i would have to drop out of school to be able to afford formula and food for my children. >> reporter: head start helps thousands of children, without that, victoria thomas will have to find a baby-sitter for her daughter, faith. >> that puts me more in debt. >> reporter: nearly 400 national parks and museums