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. >> reporter: in talladega, alabama, wendy robinson has been furloughed. a single mom with three mouths to feed, today she got her last paycheck. robinson blames congress. >> i do think that it is nonsense. they need to get their acts together. >> reporter: a teacher in the government-funded head start program, robinson also lost her child care and has no savings. >> i'm at a loss for words really about it. i'm not used to not giving my kids a christmas. >> reporter: in oaklawn, illinois this center is offering discounts on formula and will soon run out of money. >> i do not think that congress is even thinking about the little people like us. >> reporter: single mother of three, rebecca warpowski is worried and unemployed. >> i need these programs to help me survive. >> reporter: at the feeding south florida distribution center, shelves aren't empty yet. but the usda sent out its last shipment of supplies yesterday. for more than 200 food banks across the country, when shelves go bare, people will go hungry. >> reporter: experts say if the government shut
. >> reporter: in talladega, alabama, wendy robinson has been furloughed. a single mom with three mouths to feed, today she got her last paycheck. robinson blames congress. >> i do think that it is nonsense. they need to get their acts together. >> reporter: a teacher in the government-funded head start program, robinson also lost her child care and has no savings. >> i'm at a loss for words really about it. i'm not used to not giving my kids a christmas. >>...
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. >> reporter: in talladega, alabama, wendy robinson has been furloughed. a single mom with three mouths to feed, today she got her last paycheck. robinson blames congress. >> i do think that it is nonsense. they need to get their acts together. >> reporter: a teacher in the government-funded head start program, robinson also lost her child care and has no savings. >> i'm at a loss for words really about it. i'm not used to not giving my kids a christmas. >> reporter: in oaklawn, i will noise, families in need turn to this center, offering discounts on formula and will soon run out of money. >> i do not think that congress is even thinking about the little people like us. >> reporter: single mother of three, rebecca warpowski is worried and unemployed. >> i need these programs to help me survive. >> reporter: at the feeding south florida distribution center, shelves aren't empty yet. but the usda sent out its last shipment of supplies yesterday. for more than 200 food banks across the country, when shelves go bare, people will go hungry. >> reporter: expert
. >> reporter: in talladega, alabama, wendy robinson has been furloughed. a single mom with three mouths to feed, today she got her last paycheck. robinson blames congress. >> i do think that it is nonsense. they need to get their acts together. >> reporter: a teacher in the government-funded head start program, robinson also lost her child care and has no savings. >> i'm at a loss for words really about it. i'm not used to not giving my kids a christmas. >>...
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. >> wendy: holly robinson peete. up next, dave mizejewski. >> wendy: all right. so i love when our next guest stops by. he always brings like the best stuff for to us check out. today he brought along some creepy halloween animals i call them. please welcome our wildlife expert dave mizejewski. >> you don't want to give me a hug. i have all sorts of creepy halloween animals. >> wendy: you look great. >> go to nature.org, find out how you can adopt a bat. so with that said, they're dieing in the millions, so this is a golden tarantula. look at the beautiful color on this guy. big hariry spider, but they're important predators and eat all the other bugs you don't want to live. >> wendy: do they live in jersey? >> they live in south america, but they have huge fangs right up front there. if you were a cricket or some other small imal, this guy would come in and nab you and that would be. i want to get to some of the other ones. the next one is the classic spooky -- >> wendy: oh, my god. >> most of you will know what will this is. >> wendy: a rat. >> this is a norway
. >> wendy: holly robinson peete. up next, dave mizejewski. >> wendy: all right. so i love when our next guest stops by. he always brings like the best stuff for to us check out. today he brought along some creepy halloween animals i call them. please welcome our wildlife expert dave mizejewski. >> you don't want to give me a hug. i have all sorts of creepy halloween animals. >> wendy: you look great. >> go to nature.org, find out how you can adopt a bat. so with...
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. >> 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 sophie back in class. the head start officials warn if the government doesn't reopen by november 1st, the programs serving more than 80,000 kids across the country could lose funding. juan carlos molina, al jazeera. >>> violence continued in egypt with -p attacking security forces in several cities. nine people have been killed in is suez canal and cairo. no group has claimed re
. >> 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....
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. >> reporter: wendy robinson is feeling the pain at work and on the home front.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 kids across the country could lose funding. >>> the latest battle over minimum wage is being waged in washington state. entry level pay there is now the highest in the country at more than $9 an hour. some workers say that is not high enough. allen reports on the fight in the
. >> reporter: wendy robinson is feeling the pain at work and on the home front.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...
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wendy robinson is a preschool teacher at a head start school. her young daughter, sophie has been able attend -- who has not been able to attend her pre-school classes. welcome, wendy. it's good to see you. thanks for joining us tonight >> thank you for having me. >> tell me what it was like today for you. >> well, it happened friday. well, we got the note friday saying that if the government shut down that we would know by midnight on tuesday morning, and so, we worked monday, and then tuesday morning, i got up by -- it was 11:00 our time, 12:00, their time and it said that she had shut down, and 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, you know, i am a single parent with three children. and my job is my income. and so, i was just worried about, you know, what if it's long earn a day or two? what if it's a month or two? you know, i was just several things started running into my mind when this happened. >> so you are off the job, and sophie can't go to head start as well.
wendy robinson is a preschool teacher at a head start school. her young daughter, sophie has been able attend -- who has not been able to attend her pre-school classes. welcome, wendy. it's good to see you. thanks for joining us tonight >> thank you for having me. >> tell me what it was like today for you. >> well, it happened friday. well, we got the note friday saying that if the government shut down that we would know by midnight on tuesday morning, and so, we worked...
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. >> i'm here with wendy raquel robinson. >> really? >> we were just talking off camera about how i tweeted you'd be on the show and got about 500 tweets right back. people were so excited. >> your character tasha mack. what's up? oh, my gosh. how does it feel to be so popular? >> it's interesting. i guess i don't feel it. being in los angeles, everybody is an actor. when i go out of town, it's like regina. it's wonderful, really an honor. >> that's pretty amazing. you had really big roles in how people see you, regina greer and now tasha mack. two successful shows, both in syndicati syndication. did you expect that? >> no, this is a business you can have no expectation. even with tasha mack, it was canceled. it was like onto something else. there was like a resurgence. we got resuscitated. it's bigger than what the network thought it would be, actors thought it would be, network thought it would be. it's like, pitch me. it's great. >> i've never seen anything like it. when you all debuted on bet, you had had about 7, 8 million viewers.
. >> i'm here with wendy raquel robinson. >> really? >> we were just talking off camera about how i tweeted you'd be on the show and got about 500 tweets right back. people were so excited. >> your character tasha mack. what's up? oh, my gosh. how does it feel to be so popular? >> it's interesting. i guess i don't feel it. being in los angeles, everybody is an actor. when i go out of town, it's like regina. it's wonderful, really an honor. >> that's pretty...
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wendy: there you go. they are asking us to speed it up. thank you, robinsony. >> thanks, guys. >> wendy: you guys go this way. thank you. don't forget, one of your -- >> ah. wendy, we need a girls night out ideas, right? and you can really have fun with the girls night out without being too scandalous and sometimes girls take that as an opportunity. how cute. these are the actual costumes but for the ladies and really completing the look we have snow perfect makeup and shoes, cinderella, it's all about the hair, treat it like more like a costume. jasmine, again, if you don't feel like doing your hair, a great wig, and belle from beauty and the beast" really completes the costumes. >> wendy: thank you, ladies. our last group is couple's costumes. so come on out. >> the hottest costume of the year. >> wendy: yes! yes! okay. >> everyone talked about miley. >> wendy: miley and robin thicke and then liberace and his boyfriend the driver. i love this! >> so obviously the finger is key in this costume and, of course, you know who it is based on the body suit, too. b
wendy: there you go. they are asking us to speed it up. thank you, robinsony. >> thanks, guys. >> wendy: you guys go this way. thank you. don't forget, one of your -- >> ah. wendy, we need a girls night out ideas, right? and you can really have fun with the girls night out without being too scandalous and sometimes girls take that as an opportunity. how cute. these are the actual costumes but for the ladies and really completing the look we have snow perfect makeup and shoes,...
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wendy: i love it. thank you so much for sharing your halloween stories with us. be sure to go to popgoestheweek.com for more. up next, holly robinson peete is here. >> wendy: i'm so glad that our next guest could come and celebrate halloween with us. please welcome one of the original friends in my head, hol holly robinson peete. how does she work with this booty? welcome back. so nicki minaj you are. >> ihink so. >> wendy: are you using this cat suit afterwards? >> i might have to take this home to my husband. >> wendy: i love this. >> first of all, i just have to give props to your team. they put it together. >> wendy: so, now, are you a huge fan of nicki minaj? >> let's just say i think she's like a hip pop jessica rabbit. so much fun to dress up like. i mean, come on. this is just so much fun. i'm more about how she throws it together. >> wendy: i saw a picture -- >> how does she sit in this booty, though. >> wendy: i don't know. you don't want to buy one of those for yourself? it's a lot. so you and i both turn 50 next year. >> yes. >> wendy: are you ready? >> let me just say that i'm happy to be turning 50 with you because yo
wendy: i love it. thank you so much for sharing your halloween stories with us. be sure to go to popgoestheweek.com for more. up next, holly robinson peete is here. >> wendy: i'm so glad that our next guest could come and celebrate halloween with us. please welcome one of the original friends in my head, hol holly robinson peete. how does she work with this booty? welcome back. so nicki minaj you are. >> ihink so. >> wendy: are you using this cat suit afterwards? >> i...
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. >> reporter: in talledega, alabama, wendy robinson has been furloughed.ouths to feed, today she got her last paycheck. she blames congress. >> i do think that it is nonsense and that they need to get their acts together. >> a teacher in the government-funded head start program, robinson has also lost her child care and has no savings. >> i'm at a loss for words really about it because i'm not used to not giving my kids a christmas. >> in oak lawn, illinois, families in need turn to this assistance center. offering discounts on infant formula, the clinic will soon run out of money. >> i do not think that congress is even thinking about the little people like us. >> single mother of three, rebecca war pow ski is worried and unemployed. >> i need these programs to help me survive. >> at the feeding south florida distribution center it, shell shelves aren't empty yet but the usda sent you the its last shipment of supplies yesterday. for more than 200 food banks across the country, when shelves go bare, people will go hungry. experts say if the shutdown lasts
. >> reporter: in talledega, alabama, wendy robinson has been furloughed.ouths to feed, today she got her last paycheck. she blames congress. >> i do think that it is nonsense and that they need to get their acts together. >> a teacher in the government-funded head start program, robinson has also lost her child care and has no savings. >> i'm at a loss for words really about it because i'm not used to not giving my kids a christmas. >> in oak lawn, illinois,...
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>>> live from new york city, it's wendy williams' halloween extravaganza. today, holly robinsontops by with a few tricks and treats and a fabulous costume you won't believe. plus, spooky creatures that will make your skin crawl. and the inside scoop on halloween plans. and all the latest hot topics. now here's wendy sglmpts
>>> live from new york city, it's wendy williams' halloween extravaganza. today, holly robinsontops by with a few tricks and treats and a fabulous costume you won't believe. plus, spooky creatures that will make your skin crawl. and the inside scoop on halloween plans. and all the latest hot topics. now here's wendy sglmpts
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robinson peete. we've got creepy animals stopping by as we and our studio audience will be in full costume. i'll see you next time on "wendye ] ♪ men. ♪ and how are you this morning, danny? well, i didn't sleep very well last night, alan. i had nightmares. nightmares. nightmares. i dreamed i ate a five-pound marshmallow. a five-pound marshmallow? yeah, and when i woke up, my pillow was gone. pillow was gone. pillow. t-tillow. pil... tillow. pftil... alan? yeah? you're starting to scare the crap out of me. oh, oh, this? this is, uh, just a new hobby. charlie, say hello to danny o'day. howdy-do, charlie. that's not a hobby. that's a cry for help. oh, come on, charlie, play along. so, charlie, how did you sleep last night? with a woman, alan. something you need to do before this gets out of hand. wow. he's got a stick where i've got your hand. did you ask him if he wants to go to the movies with us? no. why not? because he's a ticking time bomb and we don't want to be in the car with him when he goes off. come on, he's breaking my heart. staying home all alone on a friday night. don't worry. you know how they say you can be a
robinson peete. we've got creepy animals stopping by as we and our studio audience will be in full costume. i'll see you next time on "wendye ] ♪ men. ♪ and how are you this morning, danny? well, i didn't sleep very well last night, alan. i had nightmares. nightmares. nightmares. i dreamed i ate a five-pound marshmallow. a five-pound marshmallow? yeah, and when i woke up, my pillow was gone. pillow was gone. pillow. t-tillow. pil... tillow. pftil... alan? yeah? you're starting to scare...