the world war ii memorial. some vets had to bypass the barricades. >> i don't know if i'll get back or not. that's the problem. >> reporter: 800,000 federal workers furloughed. >> it's going to hurt a lot of people in a lot of ways. >> government is closed. >> reporter: both sides blamed each other. >> the tea party radicals have done the unthinkable. >> they finally have their prize z. >> reporter: federal workers fed up. >> fighting, fighting for nothing. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: actually republicans are fighting obama care. today, demanding senate democrats show up and agree to a rollback. >> we want to sit down and get this done. we don't want to close the government down. we want it to open. >> my goodness, they won't even sit down and have a discussion about this. >> reporter: on the same day government shut, obama care opened for business.

here an insurance exchange in new york and healthcare.gov. president obama praised the program and pummeled republicans. >> they have shut down the government over an ideological crew said to deny affordable health care insurance to millions of americans. >> reporter: a poll finds 72% of americans disagree with shutting down government to block oma care. the deals that house republicans are considering at this hour and will vote on reopen the department of veteran affairs, district of columbia government and national parks. senate democrats rejected. they are demanding the whole shutdown be rolled back and the affordable care act left alone. live from the capital, i'm steve handelsman, reporting. back to you. >> thank you, steve. let's go live inside the capital building. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes-norton is speaking. let's listen. >> both the -- the -- the

appropriation committee, defer to the authorizers but said it believed that shutdown hurt the district of the columbia. the appropriation of the senate has shut down a language for the district of columbia. no member has come to the floor to justify. >> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes-norton speaking live. she represents a lot of citizens feeling the impact of the government shutdown in the biggest way. here is a look -- partial look at what you can and cannot do. you cannot apply to get medicare or social security benefits right now. you cannot get a small business loan. you will not receive women, infant and children benefits right now. national parks, museums and monuments are closed. for a complete list of what's open, go to

www.nbcwashington.com. across the potomac, the arlington house is closed to visitors because of the shutdown. it's because the mansion and the grounds around it are maintained by the national park service. the cemetery itself is still open. >> tonight many federal workers across the area are home and wondering what it means in the long run for them and their families. tracee wilkins is in new carrollton tonight where she caught up with frustrated government employees sent home early today. >> reporter: 16% of the people in prince george's county work for the federal government. it makes sense that we have come across two working in the same office and dealing with the same shutdown. you were given four hours today? >> yes. >> reporter: and you are on your way in. you are essential. >> yeah. >> reporter: they work together at a branch of the justice department. thafr paths crossed this

afternoon. one an essential employee heading into work, the other non-essential heading home. neither one expects pay. >> i'm working subject to the availability of phones. >> nobody gets money until it hits the table. >> reporter: she is not worried about the shutdown immediately impacting her income. >> i'm lucky, my husband has a job. it impacts everybody, but i'm more fortunate than most. >> reporter: her co-worker, on the other hand. >> call the creditors and let them know until the federal government comes back in, i can't pay them. >> reporter: both are lifelong federal workers and feel like the government impasse is a reflection of how they are valued as employees. >> we see them on tv and they talk like we are some kind of -- like we are their pets, their they are feeding or we shouldn't be treated this way. >> you have to pay your bills, i have to pay my bills. you getting your paycheck, how

come i can't get mine? >> reporter: there were lighter moments when all they could do is laugh at what they can't change. >> i don't eat at the congressional cafeteria. >> we don't have one. >> we have a wagon in front of the building is what we have. >> reporter: as they parted facing separate directions, their destination is the same. >> working for nothing. >> i'm going home, to sit at home for nothing. >> reporter: a lot of the workers we spoke with here already had to deal with furloughs earlier in the year. now this. folks feeling a lot of uncertainty and can't wait for the call back to work. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> thanks. thousands of d.c. government workers can't remain on their jobs. today, the d.c. council approved emergency legislation that pays nearly 33,000 workers. that money comes from a

contingency and emergency cash fund. it passed easily. the council says they have enough money to pay them for a couple weeks. >> candidates for virginia incorporated the shutdown into attacks on their opponents. julie carey explains how each side is connecting the other to the current trouble

backdrop. affect hundreds of thousands of virginians. it's the cuccinelli campaign that has more to fear from the shutdown. voters are blamg republicans more than democrats. >> i think it's an easy argument for the democrats to try to make

that connection in the minds of voters, whether fair or not, of ken cuccinelli with the tea party far right wing of the republican party saying look at what you get when the republicans have power. >> reporter: in fairfax county, julie carey, news 4. lawmakers from our area are speaking out about the shutdown. there's a clear divide on party lines with house democrats blaming the gop and house republicans blaming the democratically controlled senate. >> all it would take to end the shutdown is for speaker boehner to put the senate's clean compromise funding bill on the floor. >> none of us want to be in a shutdown. we are here to say to the senate democrats, come and talk to us. this is how we resolve our differences and can work our way out of this situation. >> as we saw earlier, d.c. delegate eleanor holmes-norton

urged lawmakers to pass a bill to pay federal workers for the time they are furloughed. >> despite the shutdown, all systems go for the affordable care act. it kicked in today. people can start shopping for health insurance coverage through insurance exchanges. there have been technical glitches. several federal and state websites crashed almost immediately when people started to log in this morning. consumers got messages asking them to come back later. federal officials are aware of the problems and are working to address them as quickly as possible. open enrollment continues through the ends of march. the latest tweet from michelle obama's twitter account. due to congress's failure to pass legislation to fund the government updates to this account will be limited. a letter from the office of budget and management says the number of white house staffers

could be cut down to 129 as the shutdown continues. the impact on white house twitter accounts is not clear in that letter. >> one person can make a difference. ahead tonight, how a local mother changed the minds of top school leaders about starting the school day later. >> news 4 cameras were there as world war ii veterans got to see the memorial today even though it was closed. wait until you see the perks members in congress are still getting. a news 4 i-team report at 6:30. dream weddings in jeopardy tonight. why the shutdown has hundreds of brides scrambling at the last minute. >> nice warm up out there today. >> a big warm up. temperatures today, ten degrees above average. we are only going up from there. this is the reston camera right now. now. how much longe

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a major shake up at howard university. jim handly has details. >> after five years at the helm. sydney says he will retire. he will leave at the end of this school year. a special committee will oversee it and search for a successor.

he's faced recent severe financial problem. moody's downgraded the school's credit score. the university is dealing with a drop in enrollment. it's ranking in u.s. news world and report dropped by 42 spots. at the live desk, i'm jim handly. >> thanks, jim. lawmakers aren't getting anywhere in the shutdown situation. some world war ii veterans certainly are despite barriers. about 200 of them arrived to visit the world war ii memorial. it was closed, but it didn't stop them. tom sherwood was there as they got to tour despite the closure. tom? >> reporter: jim the world war ii memorial only opened 60 years after that war and those ageing veterans, they are running out of time to see it. ♪ >> reporter: the bagpipe player came to honor world war ii veterans. and there was applause today for those veterans, most in their

late 80s and 90s, like this 90-year-old who served in the navy in norfolk. >> i thought it was wonderful. i'm so pleased to be here and so proud. >> reporter: at first, the memorial, like others was officially closed because of the government shutdown. closed until these visitors and congressmen decided to open their monument. >> the japanese couldn't stop them, and a gate couldn't stop them. >> i'm glad they moved it. glad and pleased they got a chance to see it. >> reporter: the park police stood aside. these vets were from mississippi and iowa. they were part of the honor flight program. >> beautiful tribute this is. all these young people thought to do this. >> i think this is absolutely beautiful. i just can't get over it.

>> reporter: the budget had the fountain turned off. no rangers on hand for guided tours. the bathrooms were closed. the shutdown brought disgust from the warriors of the greatest generation. >> absurd. there's no compromise. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: this vietnam vet suggested members of congress come down and look these veterans in the eye. >> i think it's sad to treat your veterans that way. congress needs to get along and get something passed. >> reporter: again, more honor flights are due in tomorrow. i think four or five of them. it's unclear what the park service will do when they show up. on the national mall, tom sherwood, news 4. >> it's a shame the shutdown is affecting so many visitors to washington. a beautiful day to be in our

city. >> especially with great weather like we are having. i tell you what, the weather is going to continue to be this nice, probably right on through the rest of the week. a lot of people out there on my facebook page talking about how too warm it is across the region. temperatures today, ten degrees above average. actually 11 degrees above average as we hit a high temperature of 85 degrees. earlier this afternoon, the high at 84. the record today is 93. we are closer to the record than we were to the average high temperature. low this morning, 59. a nice, cool start this afternoon. perfect fall day. right now, 81 degrees with plenty of sunshine. winds out of the west at 7 miles per hour. temperatures continue to fall into the 70s. it's going to be a very nice evening no matter what you are planning on doing. 79 in gaithersburg. 74 over toward annapolis. we will not get into the 60s very early. i don't think you'll need the jackets tonight.

overnight, temperatures should stay above where they have been. storm team 4 radar showing clear skies. no rain at all. we need to see some rain. clouds came through earlier with a frontal system. that continues to move on through. that will, again, lead to clear skies overnight. a nice night, but not as cool as it has been. 52 in frederick. 52 in leesburg. 62 in washington. 67 in fredericksburg. a good night to open the windows, if you can. watch what happens tomorrow. look at these numbers. 86 in d.c. 87 in manassas. 87 in fredericksburg. these numbers are more like what we should see in the month of august than october. i think we'll continue to see more of these as we move through the next couple days. the fall color, not a lot going on around the i-95 area. i-81, the blue ridge looking good. moderate color in the mountains of west virginia. frederick county, virginia and

the martinsburg area seeing color there. we'll continue to see more and more color as we move on through the next couple weeks. 86 in d.c. tomorrow. 85 thursday. 85 on friday. look at the great weather continuing. more sunshine on saturday with a high temperature of 86 degrees. we still stay in the mid-80s sunday. then we have a little bit of a change here. monday and tuesday z, watching potential storm system come through. i think we'll have a chance of rain. potential for a lot of rain. we will hope to get all that rain in here. once again, it's been y. one thing you can say about the forecast, it's on the warm side. >> thanks, doug. coming up, the impact of the government shutdown on local kids who can't get around to places where they like to play. tonight, we have new developments about a vicious attack between a motorcyclist

the government shutdown could force couples who planned to get married at d.c. monuments to make other plans. 24 weddings were scheduled to happen this month including nine this week. the couples who got permits for

the weddings can reschedule once the government reopens. parents are discovering another side to the shutdown that is punishing the children. chris gordon has a look at one of the parks that locked children and their families out of the playground. >> reporter: children came to the playground here like they do every evening. now they find the gate with a chain and lock. here at the playground in lincoln park in northeast, washington. because of the federal government shutdown, this facility is closed. >> we understand the reason behind it, but we think it's a terrible waste of a great facility for no good reason. >> reporter: the park is filled with parents and nannies and kids in strollers. they say they would all be in the playground tonight if it weren't padlocked. where would you rather be? >> on the playground plague around. >> reporter: what do you think of it being locked? >> i don't like it at all.

>> reporter: do you know why it's locked? >> no. >> reporter: do you know why it's locked? >> the government is shut down. >> it's disappointing. i don't see a reason to put a padlock on the park. they can't stop us from playing on the ground. to not be able to go into the playground is a step too far, i think. >> reporter: this situation was brought to our attention in an e-mail received from karen hansfield, a furloughed employee. >> for my kids i'm frustrated. they are punished for something they are not responsible for. we lose sight of what the impact is for a government shutdown. this is important for my family from a salary standpoint and day-to-day lives. >> reporter: chris gordon news 4. tonight, new developments in a violent confrontation caught on tape. it was between a group of bikers and the driver of an suv. it showed the bikers surrounding the suv.

the driver of the truck ran over one of the men trying to escape. tonight, our sister station in new york city is reporting that the biker who was run over has two broken legs and may be at least partially paralyzed. meanwhile, one biker has been arrested, another questioned. the video does not show the suv driver being pulled into the street as he was and attacked. >> next at 6:30, hundreds of thousands of local students could end up sleeping later. >> news 4 has questions about the government shutdown. we'll report what you can and can't do. answering the most popular questions, next. the capital shoe shine, the lock smith closed because

not distinguishing between the district of columbia which is a budget, a local budget, not one of your 12 appropriations, a local budget and the other budgets is breaking my heart. >> d.c. delegate eleanor holms-norton speaking out about

a half hour ago. right now, we are 18 1/2 hours into the shutdown. there are no signs of compromise. house and senate democrats say they will reject a gop plan to reopen part of the government. the democrats say the entire government should reopen. >> let's get the latest from the house. jim handly is at the live desk. jim? >> doreen, we want to go, a few minutes ago, eleanor holmes-norton was making a plea. a live look at the house floor right now where members are debating through new proposals. they are part of a piecemeal approach. president obama promised to veto any proposal that is not a clean bill. at the live desk, i'm jim handly. >> thanks. members of congress kept in place services that help their own offices continue to run quite smoothly. the news 4 i-team canvassed the capital and scott macfarlane

found out even though federal workers are on furlough, some conveniences are much in place. >> they were spending tax money on themselves in ways you might not expect. no need to walk all the way, the underground subway saves members of congress a hike between congress and is u.s. house floor, still running. operators still on the job. in-house physicians and the staff at the cafeteria and bank and post office where they can grab a meal, cash a check or buy a stamp within feet of their offices. the recording studio where they can use tax money to record cable tv shows stays open and the franking commission is still running. they review mass mailings and newsletters members of congress send home at taxpayer expense. both allow members of congress to communicate with constituents. david williams says --

>> what these perks and benefits do, really, help them get reelected. when you talk about a recording studio, when you talk about mail services, this is about getting reelected. >> reporter: the shoe shine is still open and they must push their own buttons on the elevator. there is still i.t. support. members of congress will have access to free parking spots at dulles and reagan and the graphics department that makes the signs on the u.s. house floor stays open. they continue to get paychecks toward their $174,000 a year salaries and they get benefits during the shutdown. their political aids and office staffers will be furloughed. brad lived through the 1995 shutdown. >> staff who are type a personalities who really love their jobs and that's why they are doing it. we are not doing it for the pay. it's hard to be told you are not essential or you have to go

home. >> a spokesman says eleanor holmes-norton is nl issuing digitized mailings. republican senator lindsey graham via social media says he will donate his paycheck. metro may be forced to run shorter trains if the shutdown stretches on. 40% of the riders are federal workers. the agency says if they begin to notice fewer riders throughout the week, they will make adjustments. it's not just the trains impacted. drivers using rock creek park were shut down. the parkway was closed because of the government shutdown. >> it's closed the national parks. among them, great falls in northern virginia. police have the entrance blocked off altogether. they are turning vehicles down trying to get to the trail. >> in addition to buildings and

locations we have questions about services. shomari stone has been working with the digital team to get everyone those answers. >> reporter: good evening, this tool tells us how many people are reading www.nbcwashington.com. the story about what's open and what's closed during a government shutdown. 1,810 and continues to climb. those are the actual people looking at it. there are three questions that a lot of people have at this very moment. let's take a look here on the web. it says, number one, are the dmvs open? yes, you can go to them because they are run by the state. in d.c.s case, by the city. if the shutdown drags on, it could close. virginia and maryland's dmv will remain open. will i still get wick benefits? yes, in d.c., maryland and virginia. a lot of folks are asking, are immigration offices open? yes, but there may be delays while they are processing the application. this is a lot of information. log on to www.nbcwashington.com

online. we have all the answers that you need. in the news room, i'm shomari stone. lot of people wondering what's going to happen to the navy/air force football game. they suspended athletic games. we will hear from the navy football team coming up in sports. big changes on the way for thousands of students. the superintendent of schools wants to change the times the classes begin and end each day. for older students, the change would mean more sleep. other students would have a longer school day. mark segraves has the report. >> reporter: the problem, most high school students don't get enough sleep. the solution? start school later. there's a link between student health and well being and sleep. if kids can start later, we expect they will get more sleep. it's related to safer roads and kids being more alert. >> reporter: right now, high

school starts at 7:25. >> they don't get enough sleep. they have hours and hours and hours of homework. >> reporter: joshua star is considering changing hours. >> it will be an adjustment. other big districts have done it. montgomery county can, too. >> reporter: star is recommending high schools start 50 minutes later. middle schools start ten minutes earlier and elementary schools stay in school and extra 30 minutes every day. >> i think it's a great idea. as far as i have heard, the studies show it's better for the kids at this age to start later. their minds work better. >> i think it's great for all the students. i think we will be able to focus more in class. i think it will be great for the school as a whole. >> reporter: the reason for making them start earlier is in many cases the same buses that transport high school students also have to service middle and

el men stair schools. in montgomery county, mark segraves, news 4. israel's prime minister lashes out at iran while in the u.n. fixing building 197 at the navy yard following the mass shooting there. >> not everybody knew about the museum closing. unhappy visitors. take a look at this. sun going down at 6:50. that is 13 minutes. this is the national harbor camera things are going to get

in a minute. there's a new warning tonight about iran's disputed nuclear program.

it comes from israeli prime minister, benjamin netten ya hooch hoo. netanyahu suggested iran wants to see tough economic sanctions on his country lifted. netanyahu urged u.n. delegates not to be swayed by the more cooperative stance from iran's new president. >> he was a wolf in wolf's clothing. a wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the international community. >> netanyahu's comments came after they agreed to fast track new negotiations on the nuclear programs. the government shutdown will not affect employees who work inside the washington navy yard building 197. last month, aaron alexis shot and killed 12 people in that building. the navy sustained extensive and widespread damage. no word on what the future will be. some repairs will be made inside

the building. the navy awards a colorado company a $6.4 million contract to fix it. a number of people were disappointed at the center in chantilly, virginia. they arrived to find the front gates locked. it's an annex to the smithsonian and the national zoo. it's closed during the government shutdown. it was a disappointing discovery for this father and son from maryland. >> i was honoring my father today to take him to see the b-29 that his father, my grandfather was a tail gunner in. it's just a shame with political stakes that we are not able to go and see that today. >> a number of tourists from canada showed up. they don't know if they will be able to rourn. a local man came to the aid

of a victim hit by a taser. firefighters in northern virginia sporting a different gt

birth control via text. tonight, d.c. police say they have five separate robbery cases involving a taz zer. the most recent was in capitol hill and shaw neighborhoods. investigators want to know if they are connected. pat collins has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: it happened on capitol hill. >> i think it's terrible, in this neighborhood. itis a nice neighborhood. >> reporter: it happened in shaw. >> it's sad. it's sad that we all can't feel safer walking around our own neighborhood. >> reporter: it happened along n street near the convention

center. >> we got dangerous people around this area. it's a little scary -- >> reporter: you have to be careful? >> we have to be. >> reporter: police investigating five robberies where the suspect used tasers to attack or threaten the victims. two incidents happened just two days ago. 300 tennessee avenue northeast. 6:00 a.m. sunday morning, a man is delivering newspapers in his toyota car. a guy approaches the delivery man. he's got a taser in his hand. he says give it up. he takes the delivery man's keys. he takes the delivery man's car. then the robber, he takes off. sunday night, about 8:30 p.m., the 2100 block of 10th street northwest, a man is walking down the alley. he's texting on his cell phone. when he gets to the mouth of the

alley, he's approached by four men, two here, two there. one says good evening. after that, things break bad. he gets tased in his back. he falls to the ground. the robbers take his cell phone, then they take off. this is surveillance video of three men wanted in connection with three taser attacks and robberies last week along n street northwest near the convention center. police look into the possibility all five taser incidents may be related. if you recognize the suspects, if you know anything about these crimes, police want to hear from you. in northwest, pat collins, news 4. an effort to make planned parenthood more successful. you can chat with counselors if you have questions or need advice. the program was launched three

years ago. since then, they have reached more than 250,000 people through text or live chats. that, according to "the new york times." those discussions, we are told, are anonymous. >> we can see local firefighters in different colors. personnel with the fairfax fire and rescue will spend the first half of the month wearing pink shirts in honor of october's breast cancer awareness month. it's domestic violence awareness month. they will wear purple wristbands for the second half of the month to encourage everyone to speak up about domestic violence. >> good stuff. >> good for them. >> real men wear pink. there you go. >> we have seen you wear pink before. >> i'm a real man, doreen. thank you for pointing that out. >> nice, nice weather out there. >> it really is. >> i'm trying to get you out of a jam. >> i think my cheeks are pink.

let's look outside. look at the sunset. a nice sunset. the sun is going down earlier and earlier. it's officially down within the next two minutes at 6:50. currently, 81 degrees, mostly sunny skies. mostly clear as the sun goes down. nice at 7:00 down to 79. 75 at 9:00 and 11:0072 degrees and clear skies. we are going to see a nice evening. if you have plans this evening, don't worry about anything. don't worry about forgetting the jacket. you may not need it tonight. temperatures are warmer. look at this. october highlights. the average high from 74 today to 64 by the end of the month. average low temperature goes from 56 to 46. we are losing ten degrees here. the sunset, 6:50 drops to 6:08. we lose, total between sunrise and sunset, 1:15 of daylight between now and the end of the

month. a lot going on the next 30 days. temperatures falling. 73 gaithersburg. 77 in leesburg. honeytown, they are the cool spot at 72 degrees. temperatures are not going to drop very fast. we have clear skies. we are not going to see rain. storm team 4 radar continues to be clear. tomorrow, how about these numbers. 84 in d.c. these aren't the updated numbers. i'm going 86 in d.c. let's add two degrees to each of these. 82 in buoy or 84 in buoy and 86 in burke. we are talking warm numbers. portions of southern maryland, these numbers i know are right. 87 in king george. 85 toward mechanicsville. a warm day for sure. itis going to stay that way for the next couple days. 86 on wednesday. 85 on thursday. on friday, 86 on saturday. the streak continues. we have six potential days at 80

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back in the lineup. stay here. new information just in to our news room. the senate adjourned for the night on capitol hill. the government shutdown goes into the second day now. as noted, one of the casualties of the shutdown could be the navy/air force game scheduled here. >> for saturday. it's a big deal. >> it's a huge deal. >> you have all these people traveling to check it out, family friends -- >> and the military rivalry. >> if you are a military school, this is one of the biggest games of the year. you are going up against other military schools. this is a chance for the teams to win the commander and chief

trophy. there are no grander match ups. the saturday showdown is shutdown due to the government stalemate. the navy football team did practice today. the decision on whether or not the game can be played will be made by noon this thursday. here is why the game may not happen. the air force academy is government funded, so the football team wouldn't be able to travel to annapolis to play in the game. for the navy players, they have to sit and wait. >> i try not to think about it too much. it's crossed my mind. i will be upset. like you said, it's a game and ready to go play. a lot of fans coming out to the game. it's supposed to be sold out. a great atmosphere. ready to go and play. you have to move forward. >> this is a scenario that i

have been here 16 years, it's never happened before. it's the first time ever. obviously, it's a unique situation. i'm not the smartest guy, i'm just a football coach. we'll be prepared. it's all we can do. >> we will know at noon. as the government is shutting down, hockey is starting up. the expectation for this team are sky high for fans. one of the many reasons to be excited this season, the return of brooks. it's been a long time coming for caps forward. not only did he play in nine games last year because of a lingering groin injury, he missed almost all of the preseason. off the ice, he's a favorite. he helped that mom and her daughter fix a flat tire. he's a great guy ready to start the season. >> it's been a tough year. but, i have learned a lot and

done a lot of work to get back where i am. october 1 was the date i had circled to be ready for. you want to get going and get your first shot and goal. you feel good as soon as you can to get the win and roll from there. >> getting the first win. it's something the redskins know something about at 1-3, the team will have a by this weekend and return against the cow buoys with two players on the roster. they were suspended for a violation of the nfl drug policies. this defense has to be relieved to have them back on the field. jackson finished with four and a half sacks and four interceptions. jenkining should be ready at defensive end. they practiced today and the coach couldn't be happier. >> it's good to have them back. they were out there today in practice. get back in football shape. i know they have been working out hard. it's good to get started. after the by week for both of

them. >> i had a good support system while i was gone. it's nothing like being here. getting back with him, it's going to be good. like i said, i was suspended and i'm back now. we'll try to make a run for it like last year. >> defense looked better this sunday but help doesn't hurt. baltimore had a great season. super bowl ring. third in receiving yards, his team is tied for first in the afc north. why not celebrate with pasta sauce. this is a picture of tori smith. they are announcing they are expecting a baby. it's a blessing. it will be the couple's first child. >> we're prego. i can't eat that kind of sauce. what a way to make that announcement. what a year it's been for that couple. >> people g

on the broadcast tonight, paying the price for this government shutdown, a lot of americans shut out of their jobs, their paychecks, even some world war ii veterans were told their own memorial was closed. tonight, the big question, how long does this go on? also tonight, day one for these new health insurance exchanges, already a big demand. and for some, a huge struggle to sign up. family tragedy in the colorado rockies as an act of nature has killed five members of the same family, a teenage girl, the sole survivor who saw her father sacrifice his life. and a new surprising talk from the pope, revealing secrets. for the first time. nightly news begins now. good evening, a good number of americans probably