it help me decide what foods to eat. >> many state wic programs have rainy day funds that let them only rate in situations like in a government shutdown. so for right now, the state programs are still on. >>> the government may be shut down but restaurants are definitely open and one burger joint in south dakota has got a new item thanks to the state of the union. the loud american road house is offering the shutdown burger. the juicy and not so healthy burger has a half pound of ground beef, cheese, bacon, onion strings and topped with gravy. the chef has some lawmakers' throats and stop yeping at each other. the idea is gluttonous just lick our government. lynette? >>> for some reason i don't think that looks good but that's weird coming from me right? >> it is. i thought that was up your alley. >> the gravy is gross. >>> 65-degrees in manchester. columbiaed 61 degrees right now. and we are at 62 in hickory and 62 in easton. mardela springs coming in at 61 degrees. so yes the temperatures are mild this morning. satellite the radar not picking up on a whole lot of anything in terms of

here in new jersey, 172,000 moms and children rely on wic.ionwide, that number is nearly 9 million. other states like individual are fair better, single moms there shouldn't have to wore. >> i we are monitoring every day. we have funds leftover from federal '13, federal fiscal year '13 that they were continuing to use. >> reporter: that's good news for soon to be mom jennifer who gets $80 a month for groceries. >> it makes me relieved that at least somebody in the government somewhere is thinking of people that rely on these benefits. >> reporter: the u.s. department of ago tull are culture says the wic program has $125 million contingency funds. but if a shutdown goes late in to the, even that will be gone. al jazerra, newark, new jersey. >> two more agencies being impacted by the shutdown, the national hurricane center, and the federal emergency management agency. of course that's fema. workers have been furloughed at both. that could be a major problem with a new tropical storm system named karen bearing down on the gulf of mexico, the whi

wic. >> . the coordinator michael welsh says single moms shouldn't have to worry. >> were monitoring every day. -- we are hon torging ever are. >>> that's good news for soon to be mom who gets $80 a month for groceries. >> that will leave somebody in the government somewhere is taken to people who rely. >> reporter: the u.s. department of agriculture said the wic program has $125 million-dollar fund. >>> thanks to the shut down, several have been furlough. a new tropical storm system called "karen" is in the gulf of mexico night. that means some st*efl several k rers now back oersare now back . >> the furlough will protect life and property as they prepare for potential land fall for tropical storm "karen." >> our meteorologist is standing by with the latest oh on how this storm is developing. >> the hurricane hunters are flying. the hurricane center and will work throughout the shut down and they did activate these hurricane hunters. they send back a lot of information. they help us update the

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, this student, victoria thomas, will need to find a baby-sitter for her daughter, faith. >> i have to take out loans to help pay for it and it puts me more in debt. >> reporter: nearly 400 parks and museums, including yosemite, are closed. tourists making plans a while back are disappointed. >> we were disappointed, we came from maine and had this planned for over a year. >> reporter: also shut out, the flu center just as the flu season begins, on the other hand, social security benefits, food stamps and veteran's benefits, along with food stamps, will continue. air traffic controllers will stay on the job. agencies like the post office that have their own funding will stay open. and the president gets paid, much to the annoyance of this mother. >> congress needs to grow up, i mean, to be honest with

. >> i get wic and i get food stamps and it's going to be pretty tough. >> i already have enough guilt with the ptsd and things that i'm not over there and someone else is there in my place, and now i'm not being appreciated for what i have done, here. >> a white house statement characterized the meeting with house leadership as good, even though no specific determination was made on a path forward. president obama has repeatedly said he will entertain negotiations on anything, but only after the government is reopened. joining me now is congressman javi javier bacera. congressman, what's your reaction to the news of the day, in which the gop has issued this six-week clean debt ceiling while the government stays shutdown and no word out of the house leadership what the status of that offer is. >> chris, i think we've been watching this movie for three years now, and it doesn't have a good ending anytime. so we need to change the video. it's time to do something different and it's time for us to get to work and do our job. we didn't get elected to shut down government. we did get electe

. >> reporter: while the shutdown will have ripple effects one thing that is safe for now is wic which has been getting phone calls from concerned mothers. >> wic will continue to operate. >> reporter: in santa clara alone, 28,000 women and children receive assist. >> for a lot of families this is the food they have for a month. >> reporter: the state is work with the u.sda to ensure short term funding. >> if this goes on for a prolonged amount of time? >> at this point of time all we can do is wait for additional direction from the state. >> reporter: the last time the government shut down it lasted three weeks. those who are affected say they hope congress figures it out the sooner the better. a long-lasting effects could be devastating. live in mountain view, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >>> our coverage continues on our website, www.nbcbayarea.com. you can find a lot of information on the local tourist attractions like alcatraz and park that will be closed due to the shutdown. >>> the bay area changed forever 20 years ago. tomorrow is the day that polly klaas was kidnapped fro

. >>> a maryland mother who depend on wic are still getting that benefit. we checked with the state health department's website this morning and it tells us they are open for business. but some mothers are worried about the impact of the important program if the shutdown continues. for jennifer walldrop the thought of losing $80 a month in groceries is pretty concerning. >> it helps me decide what foods are nutritionally good to eat right now for my kids' well- being. >> many state wic programs have rainy day funds that let them operate in situations like a shutdown. >>> for one anne arundel county family the government shutdown could mean the ends of a dream. rhonda has cancer and it attacks her fat cells and the deep issues surrounding internal organs. she always wanted to see the grand canyon and a foundation put together a trip but now the park is closed. >> i think just being out there, being in god's nature and just being surrounded by all that beauty is -- would just take my mind off of constantly having to you know battle cancer each day. >> well, i

>> wic is pretty important to me. it helps me decide what foods are nutritionally good to eat right now for my kids' well- being. >> well, head start also estimates that nearly 19,000 low income children have lost or are at risk of losing education and nutritional services in 11 states because of the government shutdown. >>> opponents of the affordable health care act have said the shutdown is limited and not affecting essential government functions. however, from one anne arundel county family it could mean the end of a lifelong dream. you see rhonda has cancer. and it attacks her fat cells and the deep tissues surrounding her internal organs. there's no cure. when she was diagnoses four years ago doctors gave her fave years to -- five years the live and she has also wanted to see the grand canyon. a group put together a trip for her and her three children but now all 401 national parks including the grand canyon are closed because of the government shutdown. >> i think just being out there, being in god's nature and

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 including yosemite in california are closed. tourists like glenn porter who made plans long ago are shut out. >> we were disappointed. we came from bangor, maine, and had this planned for upwards of a year. >> reporter: also shut out, the transitional seasonal flu program. on the other hand, federal checks, benefits, social security and food stamps will continue, agencies like the postal service and the federal reserve that have their own funding are open. and the president keeps getting paid, as do members of congress, much to the anger of this family, she is the family's sole breadwinner since her husband was laid off last month. >> congress needs to grow up, i mean, to be honest with you, if they had to live on

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as meadows said, it's about national guard and parks and wic. it's like this meta debate about the effects of the shutdown, like some natural disast they're rolled in. so it makes it very odd to talk about when you don't know what one side's demands are. >> is that the thing that makes it different -- because this isn't the first time that we shut down, that's why we're calling it shutdown 2013. there have been previous shutdowns sometimes with a democrat in the white house. but is the different we don't know anymore what it's about? >> first of all, i think a lot of people are saying what is this about? ted cruz led them down the primrose path. i have to point out you probably missed the best audio moment, which was john boehner saying this isn't a damn game. >> yeah, yeah, right. >> i got to say, yes, it is. >> yes, it is! totally a damn game. >> you saw the senators from kentucky forgetting rule number one, which is never talk about anything of consequence around an open mike. >> yep. >> but if you ever wanted proof that this is a game, all y

critical social programs such as wic which provides 9 million moms money for infant formula and baby food have been deemed nonessential. >> how am i supposed to get the extra $200 a month to pay for formula? >> reporter: head start is beginning to shut down across the country. in connecticut, there was no pre-school program for geraldine bryant's twin sons. >> it's going to impact them in a big way, especially academically. as far as them not being in school. >> reporter: trouble for military families too. commissaries on base and post have been closed. this has a fwrood impact on the american economy. $12.5 billion a week. $300 million a day and $12.5 million every hour lost in productivity. jim avila, abc news, washington. >> all right. that brings us to our facebook question of the day. what would you do now to end the government shutdown them political debate is heating up at wnnfans.com. >>> the shutdown has personal meaning for jodi and michael. they planned to be married at the gettysburg ampitheatre on october 19th but the ceremony is in jeopardy since gettysburg is closed. >

so are other programs, women and children, wic, funding for pregnant women who receive information about nutrition. the big question in this when is it going to end? people need to get paid. not only people who get the paychecks from the government but people who use their business to get support from federal employees. the mom and pop shops, around this area and around national sites that get tourism dollars. that's going to take a hit as well. another thing discussing in two weeks, the baltimore running festival, the marathon, their course runs through fort mc henry. maybe they will have to reroute that. hopefully it will be. if you talk to the experts they think lit, everybody needs to get paid. we are going to have to wait and see when that happens. people here in maryland are going to feel the impact. megan pringle, abc2 news. thank you, a lot of things are closed today. some services will carry on as normal. u.s. postal service works through, rain, sleet snow and government shutdowns. if you have a court date you better show up , the court system will remain open and food stamps wi

social programs head start is going to lose the funding as is the program within women and children, wic. as far as airline security, that stays and so does your mail. we want to know how long does it last. that's going to be one of the things we will have to wait and see. back to you. >>> it's business as usual for a numb of government services. social security and medicare funding will not be affected. unemployment checks will go out as scheduled. air traffic control not surprisingly will fall in the essential camp, planes should be able to take off and land as scheduled. the vast ma majority of tsa workers will go on, business as usual. security lines won't be longer than normal. u.s. postal workers work through the rain sleet and snow. the caught system remains open. food food stamps will be distributed, and free school breakfast and lunch. >>> 10% with 87% say, they disapprove completely. cog to the poll, president barack obama's rating stands at 41%. the president tweeted out that despite the shutdown the health care insurance market place will open as planned. here is how it works

the a federally funded wic program may run out of money. states say they only have enough money to keep the program through the end of october. about nine million women and children could be affected if the program runs out of money. stay with us throughout the government shut down and we are working to bring you every development until the shut down ends. our web team will keep you up to speed on nbcwashington.com. no sign of winter in our area. let's check in with tom for the latest. >> feeling like summer here. we have sunshine in northwest washington. a blue sky and a little while ago, there was one brief shower that came through north and west of the area. you can lock at that. that now dissipated. as we take a look at the temperatures, it's now up into the low 80s across virginia. it's in the 70s and we ought to hit the 80s throughout the region by later this afternoon. as we hit mid-afternoon and should hit the mid- to upper 80s and we will keep this pattern going on saturday and sunday. an end comes monday where the front is coming

. >> programs like wic which provides 9 million single moms with infant formula are deemed inessentialget the extra $200 a month to pay for formula. >> head start estimates 19,000 low income children have lost or are at risk of losing education and nutrition services in 11 states because of the shutdown. there is no after school program for girl dean ryan's twins. >> it's going to affect them in a big way, especially educationally. >> reporter: john and diana, the shutdown continues. >> karen, thank you. >>> that brings us to our facebook question of the day. what would you do now to end the government shutdown? join our debate at wnnfans.com. >>> america's top spy chief revealed new secrets. general keith alexander telling congress they do collect data from people's social networks to tractor or lists. he revealed that they do track that but it didn't go forward with the program. >>> a san francisco man is in custody accused of masterminding a drug operation with more than $1 billion in sales. 29-year-old ross ulbricht is charged with drug, money laundering. the hidden website he alle

>> the wic program is closed. >> it's not closed. there's $100 million of surplus in the wic. >> who's delivering it? >> at some point, it may run out of money and they'll find a way to fund it. >> oh, i see. >> the democrats got caught today. everyone's trying to figure out why president obama's been so cocky. he's very arrogant. he's very in your face. yes this is the republicans. you know why? because he feels this is on the republicans. guess what, it may have been, but the longer it lasts, president obama's legacy is at risk here. if he goes, if this goes into the debt ceiling, which i think it will. and there's some sort of, you know, maneuvering going back and forth, this is going to turn into a democratic nightmare. >> you're saying some right-wing republican and a "wall street journal" report -- >> president obama cannot work -- >> no, "the wall street journal," high ranking, white house official -- unless you think "the wall street journal" made it up. >> i don't think they made it up. >> one administration source. one high

asistencia alimenticia para personas de bajos ingresos que tambien dependen de financiacion federal, como wicsuficientes para el mes de octubre, lo que no mo maria. miedpq en ersonas cesitamos layaganizaciones comol quienes lleguen a auxilrco perder la ayuda federal si la crisis continua. francesca costa/banco de comida de san francisco. 2:00 por este mes sabemos que en octubre va tener fondos el gobierno para los programas de asistencia nutritiva pero ya cuando venga noviembre realmente no se sabe el cierre parcial de las entidades federales se dio ante la falta de un acuerdo en el presupuesto nacional entre republicanos y democratas...manana se propondra una votacion en el congreso, para que los empleados federales que se han visto obligados a quedarse en casa, les paguen retroactivamente por esas horas. por ahora todo indica que la crisis se extendera a la proxima semana stop open cesar ---hoy, un maestro hispano de una preparatoria en santa clara comparecio en el tribunal de ese condado. take vo ---segun las autoridades, "hugo cortes guzman" de 32 aÑos de edad, confeso haber tenido relaci

we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our families after they have their children, up to age 5 they are able to receive food vouchers to get milk and cereal for their children. >> it's for the city, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do p

>> the house republicans passed the wic program. why hasn't the senate snm this is why we shouldn't have tours. we just had a crazy woman try to perhaps kill the president. >> oh, no, no. >> every ear other week there is a massacre if somebody is nuts and gets a gun. >> to know one day a woman would try to drive into the capitol? i don't buy it. the president wants americans to hurt so he can win little bit uhcally, period. >> this is a wild goose chase we have been led down, no offense. the president, they are trying to do as much damage the as they can to get people to feel the pain to try to get the public on their side. here's the problem. this president goes on national television and says our veterans, children, all of these things. the house passes bills to address the issues and the senate won't take them up. my friends on the left keep talking about a clean vote in the house. the president's demanding that we have a clean vote in the house. why don't they have a clean vote in the senate on defunding obama care with only 51

critical social programs such as wic which provides 9 million moms with money for infant formula andaby food have been deemed nonessential. >> how am i supposed to get the extra $200 a month. >> reporter: head start is shutting down across the country. in connecticut today there was no preschool program for this woman's twin sons. >> it's going to affect them in a big way as far as them not being able to be in school. >> reporter: trouble for military families, too. cut rate stores on bases and posts have been closed. the civilian workers who run them sent home. >> stop it, stop it. >> reporter: across the country frustration at those in congress shutting down the government to make a political point. >> government shutdown is ridiculous. it's gop obstructionism in its purist form. >> it's a crime and i'm sure most of it is the tea party. >> you guys needmañz to sit dow earn am sent you to washington to do. >> reporter: plenty of disgust across the country. this is having a broad impact on the american economy. $1.6 billion a week being lost, $300 million a day and $12.5 million eve

at the door step this weekend -- >> up to 66,000 people or 20% of those eligible were kicked off the wiction program in north carolina. the state department of health and human services said that some of our most vulnerable citizens, pregnant women and infants and children will be affected by the wic services due to the federal shutdown. and of course, at the same time they are throwing the food inspectors, there were four soldiers killed in afghanistan, and we're not going to receive the death benefits to which they're entitled. that was solved today. a private charity, fisher house, will step in and pay, including the 100,000 death benefit to each family. the charity will then be reimbursed had when the government opens again. of course, the republicans want to pin that on the president. john boehner saying it is disgraceful. even though defense secretary chuck hagel said the benefits were not there. the department warned congress the benefits would be cut off until unless it was specifically addressed before they passed the bill september 27th. the pentagon comptroller, hale, said it

to get wic today. you know what? to tell you the truth. i don't know. we're not starve, are we? >> speaker boehner could make this all go away today if he would have a vote. that's why we are having this, a 5% approval rate, an all-time low. is there any wonder why they are feeling isolated? thank you both for being here. >> thank you for having me. i just left a meeting with the president. >> i was going to ask you about that. you just came from a white house meeting with the house democrats. and let me ask you about that meeting and about reports the gop is getting isolated. what is the sense from democrats on where this is going? >> we >>. >> reporter: we think that the republicans have gone down the wrong road. they need to turn around. and what the president said was that, you know, he is not going to compromise, as i said two weeks ago when i was on your show, on the issues at hand. that is that the government has to run in its normal operation. and the government has to pay its bills. now in ter

pregnant women and new mothers, like atlanta's jackson and her daughter savannah. >> if i didn't have wic, i would basically have to drop out of school and go to work to be able to supply formula and food for my child. >> house republicans are also not going to be funding programs to feed children after school. >> did y'all eat today? >> no. >> 6-year-old janika got fed when she got home. but the same could not be said for every other child at the oak haven branch for girls and boys. >> because the government shut down, our food was not delivered. >> so yes, world war ii vets should be able to see the memorial, and children should be able to attend head start, and poor women and children should get nutritional assistance, and there is an easy way for john boehner to do all of it. just bring a clean cr to the floor. >> the house has now in fact voted on two piece meal funding bills, voting to fund national parks and museums and to fund the national institutes of health, almost entirely long party lines with republicans voting to pass the measures in an obvious and latest stunt. senate majo

s there there is a republican congressman from arkansas saying, okay, let's just do funding for wic. it's like, what's the headline today that's bad about the shutdown, and then the next day, here's a mini cr to fix that thing. >> i think the thing that -- i think republicans are deluding themselves if they think this message is getting across to the american public. i mean, look, the bottom line is, if the story is big enough to force people to dress up as doctors, to dress people -- to dress up in such -- >> as they were actually doctors. >> i'm sure they pulled it right out of their closet. the stories are big enough to reach the american public. if you look in the local papers across the country over the past couple of days, republicans are getting realmed in editorials, they are getting realmed in stories about missing women, who cannot be found because of cut backs, federal cutbacks, of people to go and search for her. this is happening across the country and republicans are deluding themselves if they think these piecemeal pieces are going to mean anything. >> if we agree that

she heard yesterday of mothers with young children who had gone to wic programs in new york that were out of food. that is on the second day of sequestration and the first day 19,000 kids were kicked out of head start. this is dramatic. it is painful. it is not a game. >> talk more specifically about who this affects. >> what is interesting is during the past 10 years -- actually since the clinton administration, the way that most government programs have been turned is to encourage work amongst the working poor. that is why most people who are poor in this country work and have children. many of the government programs that are discretionary, under discretionary spending, are designed to help that group. that is a nutrition program of wic, which i spoke about, and head start, which is what working poor parents used to help get their kids an equal footing with everyone else. in terms of housing, there are 3 million people in this country that get their housing through housing support who were, but don't earn enough to live. is a grant byhich the federal government that backgroundsts f

i know you're talking about wic. wic still has money for about another week or so. i guardian tea those congresspeople will make sure they have money. >> he created a country that allows a lot of people to be alive today and enjoy the dependency that you so richly complement. >> entitlements. ♪ god bless america >> we're in an age of bizarre priorities where we are punishing world war ii vets but we seek out protections for the delta smelt. >> the not we. it is the republican party. >> bob, you're so quick to demonize the republican and then you find it appalling that anybody points out things that the liberals do. a little bit of hypocrisy. >> i do it every day at this table. >> let's look at something that was a part of the parks service. this is amazing. so the national parks service basically tried to close and said they could not open the qu quadmoor colonial farm. it's in the even federally funded. why would you put a barrier to something that's privately funded? >> that was paid for by private funds. somebody's going to finally figure out that you can't stop

and nutritional food programs, such as wic for women with infant children. douglas greenaway is head of the national wic association, based in washington. >> with the government shutdown, there's a level of uncertainty that not only program administrators are experiencing, but certainly the women who participate in the program. >> reporter: the national institutes of health, meanwhile, turned away patients seeking to enroll in experimental treatments. and there were warnings at a senate hearing about national security, from james clapper, director of national intelligence. >> i've been in the intelligence business for about 50 years. i'd never seen anything like that we're already taking, that this seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and its citizens. >> reporter: with no end in sight, the odds also were growing that the shutdown stalemate will merge with an expected fight over raising the debt ceiling. leaders of major financial firms met with the president today to discuss the potential economic harm. as things s

wic provides 9 million single moms with money for infant formula and has been deemed nonessential.overnments will continue the program and 77% of the nation's intelligence analysts have been furloughed. that has the man in charge of the cia and nsa sounding an alarm. >> i have been in the intelligence business about 50 years. i've never seen anything like this. but this seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and its citizens. >> reporter: at fbi headquarters, 50% of the staff with was ordered to stay home, making it more difficult to identify terror threats. >>> a meeting at the white house between president obama and top congressional leaders did absolutely nothing to resolve the crisis. here's abc's jonathan karl. >> speaker of the house john boehner emerged from the west wing saying the president refused to negotiate. >> the president reiterated one more time this tonight that he will not negotiate. all we are asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the american people under obama care. >> reporter: president told republican lead