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Hello, everyone. Good morning. It is saturday, september 30th. Im amara walker. And im omar jimenez. Youre in the cnn newsroom. The government is barrelling towards a shutdown with no solution in sight. Today is the last day for congress to pass a funding bill to keep the government open. You see the count down. Now the clock is ticking. Right now House Republicans are in a closed door meeting to try and come up with a last minute solution. But just last night House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy once again failed to pass a Stop Gap Bill in his chamber and now he is warning that the senate bill wont pass either, calling their bipartisan bill Dead On Arrival. But Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell says there is only one path forward. The choice facing congress is pretty straightforward. We can take the Standard Approach and fund the government for six weeks at the current rate of operations, or we can shut the government down in exchange for zero meaningful progress on policy. Our team is on the ground in d. C. To bring us the latest developments. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is at the white house. Shes keeping an eye on how President Biden and his team is preparing for a Potential Shutdown. First lets go to cnn Congressional Correspondent lauren fox on the hill. Lauren, what is the latest right now . What options does mccarthy have . Reporter yeah, House Republicans are night now meeting Behind Closed Doors as a conference. This is their fourth conference in a weeks time. That gives you a sense of the amediacy and crisis the senators and republicans in the house are trying to figure out at the moment. And one thing ill walk through is at the moment it is not clear what House Republicans could do to avoid a shutdown. Mcconnell has made it clear he thinks the option is to work across the aisle with democrats to accept whatever the senate sends over, but last night House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy made it clear that the senate bill was Dead On Arrival because of ukraine funding that was included in that legislation. We also know that Behind Closed Doors this morning leadership gave their members a clear picture that there was not enough republican support for a short term cr for two weeks, 30 day, 45 days, that there remains a number of hard liners who are never going to be yes on those proposals. So that leaves mccarthy certainly facing the prospect that a shutdown is imminent. Now, again, he could potentially put something on the floor to change that calculus and get some democratic support, but doing so, working across the aisle with democrats could potentially mean the end of his speakership, pamela. For a clean cr, thats what we were fighting against all the time. Border, nothing in it for the bord, so, no, i wont be doing it. Well see how it goes. Were supposed to have a budget in 12 separate appropriations bills. We dont in this place and have one massive Spending Bill that doesnt get vetted, doesnt get amendments put on it and you dont get time to read it. And im not going to participate in What Washington has always done. Reporter and you see there a number of those hard liners pledging theyre not going to vote for a shortterm republican solution. That means in the next several hours its possible that House Republicans wont have an option to avoid the shutdown, and it if that occurs it really does build some momentum for the senate. If they send over a package even though mccarthy has said its Dead On Arrival, you can expect that leverage point House Republicans might have had in this negotiation really goes out the window, amara . A lot of calculations on capitol hill today. Were going to see what happens. I want to bring in Priscilla Alvarez at the white house for this conversation. How is the administration preparing . Were a little less than 14 hours on the clock before a shutdown goes into effect. What are they preparing . Theres a lot of Contingency Planning thats happening at the white house and across federal agencies, but over the course of the day the president is going to be briefed on these ongoing negotiations by his staff. And up until now white house officials have said its largely republicans who are going to be blamed for this if there is a shutdown and have accused House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy of going back on a Spending Deal that the two, mckocarthy and the preside had made earlier this year. The Small Business administration not being able to provide Small Business loans as well as Disastry Recovery Projects being put on hold and millions of children and women potentially going without Food Assistance and of course millions of federal workers and active duty troops not getting paid. Again, what federal agencies are doing now is looking at their contingency plans, and over the course of the week they sent notice to the workforce notifying them they may be temporarily furloughed as well as notifying those employees who may be considered essential and therefore having to work without pay. We should also note that Administration Officials tell us that the president is expected to hold a Cabinet Meeting early next week in the event of a Government Shutdown, again, to talk about continuity of government if this were to happen. So the bottom line here is as all of this unfolds on the hill, the white house and federal agencies are preparing for what a shutdown will mean for the government. Omar, amara . And a shutdown that could be a reality in less than 24 hours. Lauren fox, Priscilla Alvarez, thank you so much. If indeed the government does shutdown, the impact will be felt in almost every aspect of our lives. From travel to Disaster Funding and child care, cnns brian todd explains how you could be affected. Reporter this Wisconsin Food Pantry is bracing for a surge of needy families if the federal government shuts down this weekend. A lot of people might come through and be this is my first time here, how does this work . Reporter federal workers wont get paychecks, and families who rely on Food Assistance could lose it. If they dont get those benefits they might come here every week instead of only once a month. Reporter first to feel the pinch almost all the 3. 5 million workers going without pay. It could be devastating, as a matter of fact it could be a disaster. Reporter over a million are active duty military. These Service Members have rent to pay, mortgages, child care, so those bills are going to mount up. Its an incredibly stressful time. Reporter some workers will still have to work without pay, those deemed essential, for example soldiers, Border Patrol, and airtraffic controllers. It certainly doesnt help for that critical job for them to come to work with the stress of not getting paid. Reporter among those at risk food and water safety inspections, services at National Parks, Disaster Funding for places like hawaii and florida, passport processing. We can expect Airport Delays with many unpaid tsa screeners likely to be absent, and thousands of preschool kids could be shutout of the head start program. Were talking about kids living in extreme poverty. Not having the system up and running would really, really impact the kids in the communities that need it the most. Reporter other impacts, Immigration Court cases put off, and no new Government Aid to help states cope with migrants. New federal funds will not be available to help states like new york deal with the Asylum Seeker crisis. Reporter Social Security and medicare payments will continue uninterrupted, but service those who want to apply for a new claim, that wont happen. A person having an issue with their benefits, theyll have no one to call, no one to talk to. Reporter the broader economy would take a hit, experts say, because things like permitting for construction projects, and loan approvals for farms and Small Businesses could be paused. A Government Shutdown is just yet another drag on the economy because it ends up disrupting lots of Supply Chains and lots of services that people and businesses rely on them to keep other parts of the economy running. Brian todd, thank you. Joining me now is cnn political analyst laura barone lopez. Good to see you on this shutdown eve, well see. Thats my question here. With House Members Behind Closed Doors how likely is it to avoid a shutdown tonight . Its looking highly unlikely, omar, because of the fact House Republicans dont appear to be able to come to an agreement on any type of shortterm Spending Bill. They continue to disagree about the length of it, what should be included in it whether its ukraine aid or Disaster Relief aid. And mccarthy has a choice. He could very well put on the floor a bill that is passed by that is likely to be passed by the senate, a shortterm cr that includes funding for Disaster Relief, but he doesnt want to put that on the floor because he his speakership would very likely be threatened even though that bill from the senate, it would likely have more than more than the votes needed because it would have democrats voting for it as well as a number of moderate House Republicans, but mccarthy doesnt want to do that. Thats the fight within the fight here. Of course theyre trying to piece together legislation but also politics. Theres a faction of the house gop that has threatened to oust or at least spark up a vote to oust speaker Kevin Mccarthy if they dont go with their demands. How does mccarthy balance essentially what is his job versus what is the responsibility of his job to get something that the senate might be able to pass . Well, so far to date all of the things that Speaker Mccarthy has said and all of the things that Speaker Mccarthy has done has shown that he chooses to side with the hard right republicans, that he even when he became speaker he ended up striking an agreement with them, which was not necessarily made public but which they say he hasnt held to. And every time he has been faced with the choice to either do something that could potentially be more favorable to his moderate republicans, the very republicans that made his majority, those 18 House Republicans that are in bidenwon districts and are facing very tough reelections or doing something that the hard right republicans really want, he ends up going with what that hard right faction wants, and were seeing that happen again right now because he could very well put a bill on the floor that would have overwhelming democratic support, and he would just need, you know, a handful or a few dozen republicans to go over and vote for it to keep the government open, and hes choosing not to do that. And to be clear there is a growing faction of the Republican Party on the house gop side that is upset with the matt gaetz of the world and others who have been pushing a more Hard Line Approach and have threatened mccarthys speakership. Now, on the democratic side one of the big dividing issues i guess for both sides is the funding for ukraine. Do you think its realistic that democrats will be able to pass a Stop Gap Bill without any money going to ukraine to avoid a shutdown and appease some on the republican side . Its looking more and more difficult for for the white house, for democrats, and mind you Senate Republican leadership. Mitch mccomwants that ukraine funding attached to a cr. He wants it something on ultimately passed to keep the government open, but its looking as though that is becoming increasingly difficult because of the House Republicans that appear to be growing in opposition to any type of aid to ukraine as well as some consternation among Senate Republican who dont necessarily want that to be attached to any Government Funding resolution. So opposition appears to be growing to that despite the fact there are a number of Senate Republicans including leadership who wants to see u. S. Support for ukraine continue well into next year, and its only going to get harder. And of course even if they are able to on the democratic side get past some of those disagreements, weve got disagreements between the senate and house gop. And so you sort of end up back in a similar cycle here. Obviously this is not happening in a vacuum. We are going to the 2024 election. We are very much in a Campaign Season for a lot of people that are running for reelection or for new offices in cases. What sort of ramifications do you think this is going to have here . The Government Shutdown, omar . Yes, the Government Shutdown. Sorry. No, the Government Shutdown is not beneficial to the lawmakers that are involved. And right now it appears as though the American Public has their eyes on House Republicans because of the fact that that House Republicans have decided to not go along with the deal that Kevin Mccarthy struck with joe biden in may on spending levels. Thats something that Senate Republicans are willing to go along with Kevin Mccarthy and House Republicans werent. So its not politically beneficial. A shutdown never is, and right now voters, of course, are very concerned about the economy, and this impacts their ability to have Food Assistance and other necessary paychecks. Well, well see what happens. Thank you so much. Amara . All right, this just into cnn. Were learning new details about a potential house vote that is supposed to take place this afternoon. Lets go now to cnns lauren fox on the hill. Tell us more about this vote that were hoping will take place but its not to avert a shutdown, is that correct . Reporter amara, let me take you inside the republican Conference Meeting still ongoing at the moment. Basically the Republican Whip walked members through what he believes the real te, theres not enough votes to keep the government funded, to have this sort of prolonged negotiation with the United States senate. And so what was presented to members is they are trying to basically soften the blow of a Potential Shutdown by putting legislation on the floor that would extend faa authorization, also deal with some Flood Insurance issues and would pay american troops while a shutdown was ongoing. Now, this is very fluid at the moment. And i just want to be very clear this is a sign potentially that we are headed into a shutdown, but it also has been changing by the minute, so we want to be very careful and clear that these things are moving quickly, and the House Speaker has been sort of all over the map in terms of what hes been eyeing, and so obviously if theres a vote today on these measures, it is an opportunity for republicans to try to put democrats in a hard spot, force them to have to decide if they think americas troops should be paid during a shutdown, but none of the bills they are talking about or entertaining would prevent a Government Shutdown at this point, and as weve noted we are now just hours from that reality. Amara . All right, well be watching this with you as this vote is set to take place this afternoon. Lauren fox, thank you so much for that update. Much more still ahead as this shutdown could just be hours away. And its still unclear for now how a shutdown could be averted. One thing that is clear, though, if no deal is reached, the impact will be felt far and wide. Up next well discuss the effects it could have on food safety. Plus a State Of Emergency in new york city. Look at that, Rain Flooding the city, Wreaking Havoc on the subway system. All right, welcome back. We are less than 14 hours away from the u. S. Governments first shutdown since 2019. And as you mentioned earlier, if that deadline comes and goes, the effects will be significant. The looming shutdown could also put americans food at risk as inspectors would be off the job. Food inspector frank yanez is here to give us per spect. You also used to be the Deputy Commissioner of food policy and response with the fda. Tell us what kind of impacts youre expecting especially when you have the white house warning that the fda could be forced to delay Food Inspections food safety inspections, to what extent would you see that . There arent too many topics in my mind that are more important than a governments ability to ensure its citizens have access to safe and available food. I can speak on this issue with authority. I was a Deputy Commissioner during the last shutdown, which was pretty lengthy in time. And what happens in those instances is the fda which regulates about 80 of our u. S. Food system, has to furlough employees. And were only allowed to do work whats considered imminent Human Health Hazard or something that will affect human life. So in the last shutdown we were basically limited to only responding to problems once they occurred and responding to whats referred to as class one recalls, recalls of foods that are of an Urgent Health issue to a consumer. So all the work that the fda is expected to do, that congress expect it to do, that the American People expect it to do in terms of prevention, preventing that from happening in the first place comes to a stall. You can only respond. You cannot be proactive as you experienced in the last shutdown when it comes to protecting americans from foodborne illnesses. What is typically done to ensure that our raw meats and things of that nature are free from foodborne illnesses . Sure. The fda the agency i work with regulates the majority of the food system except for meat and poultry. Whether their seafood, Fresh Produce items, infant formulas, another good example, if the agency has the inability to do what they Cholera Teen Surveillance Inspections they cant go into these fultz what are the Operating Condition and are there any Health Concerns that might allow them to take action or instruct a company to take action to prevent an outbreak from occurring in the first place. Those type of routine inspections are prohibited when theres a shutdown. How worried should we be about the safety of our food if indeed we go into a Shutdown Mode . I think all americans want physical responsibility, but i can tell you with certainty they expect our government to Work Together to continue to Work Together. The industry has a primary responsibility to produce safe food, but industry wants regulators on the job. They want them to provide that level of oversight insurance. Oftentimes industry has to consult with regulators whether theyre developing new products or have questions about processes. And so we should be concerned that an important layer of protection for the nation is completely missing. We often refer to this, amara, as a battle against foodbuorne disease. And were basically tying both hands of the fdas hands behind its back asking them to win this battle. Americans hearing this, theyre stunned this layer of safety for our food may not be there or may be delayed if the government shuts down. What can we do then when we go to Grocery Stores . Should we avoid certain products, salads, things of that nature . Or if we do buy them should we be washing them more thoroughly . Whats the advice here . I think the advice is what we generally give to consumers. If anything redouble your efforts. Try to buy products or goods from good suppliers or reputable vendors youve done business with before, continue to follow your good home handling procedures whether its keeping cold foods cold, hot foods hot. And if youre so inclined reach out to your representatives and tell them you expect them to keep fda on the job. We appreciate your expertise, thank you so much. Another aspect that could be affected, Cyber Security officials are on high alert as the government heads towards a Potential Shutdown. How the government is already preparing to make sure protections are already in place even if most of their workforce stays home. U. S. Officials are wary of the potential impact that a Government Shutdown could have on their ability to defend against Cyber Attacks from criminals and state actors alike. The u. S. Cyber security and infrastructure security agency, one of the main agencies for Cyber Defense is set to furlough up to 80 of its employees. Now, that could have an impact on the agencys ability to test the networks of hospitals and schools and other Critical Infrastructure they help to defend. U. S. Officials tell me they have contichancy plans in place in which theyre using the skel tonstaff they have to help try to defend networks. However, they are very concerned about the longterm and medium term effect this could have on their ability to recruit new talent to their agencies in a field that is sorely lacking in qualified personnel. Thank you so much. Coming up for us, flash floods and subway chaos. Well show you how record breaking rainfall drenched new york city. And youre looking at live pictures from capitol hill where House Members in just a few moments you see right there House Members are meeting just 13 hours or so before the government officially shuts down. The power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. And thats a good thing . Great in my book who are you . No power . No problem. Introducing stormready wifi. Now you can stay reliably connected through Power Outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery backup to keep you online. Only from xfinity. Home of the xfinity 10g network. New yorks governor says the mta is operating with full Weekend Service following historic flooding across new york city, long island and the hudson valley. Record breaking rainfall drenched the area yesterday. In response governor kathy hochul and mayor eric adams declared a State Of Emergency. Cnns Paolo Sandoval in new york. How are people handling this deluge and whats its looking like out there snr. That State Of Emergency is in place for six more days according to states governor. You know what can happen when some of these lines is suspended. It really is remarkable how less than 24 hours later Weekend Service as you mentioned is back 100 , so that is certainly a sign of progress after yesterdays storm here. We also heard from new york city officials and state officials a little while ago that said fortunately no injuries or worse to report and that they did have a couple of at least two dozen rescues that took place. So there really is a moment of relief and to some extent even pride to the way the city responded but also some serious questions what can be done to prevent this from happening in the future. Governor hochul recognizing something similar took place just two years ago with ida and as a result people lost their lives. And so what we heard today officials to basically call on increased funding, to better improve infrastructure. But for now that rain is still falling occasionally but far from what we saw yesterday as the situation continues to improve in new york after yesterdays historic rain. All about that positive trajectory. Pablo sandoval, thank you very much. The weather is expected to clear as the storm system moves further east. Cnns meteorologist Allison Chinchar joins us with the latest. What are we looking at . Unfortunately, we are still looking at more rain. The good news is its nowhere near as heavy as yesterday. Were not expecting another 5, 6, 7 inches on top of what we had. We have rain bands starting to push in across nantucket, also moderate rain bands across jfk in the last 30 to 40 minutes or so. But for the most part all of this rain is very light. Total accumulation for the rest of the day today likely between a half of an inch, up to 1 inch at that. That may not sound like much but when its on top of 4, 5, 6 inches of rain it can do some damage. Several Flood Warnings still in effect. Most of these still last for several more hours. Its not necessarily for the additional rain were expecting today but rather all that Rain Yesterday because it takes time for that water to recede especially when youre talking such high amounts. Jfk airport set an alltime getting 8 inches and several other spots not just new york but also connecticut and new jersey seeing 6 or 7 inches of rain total. A significant amount of rain. We are still getting more today but nowhere near those totals. Here you can see a few more bands, but really as we transition into the afternoon a lot of those rain bands start to recede very quickly. And then tomorrow, sunday, sunshine from start to finish. Itll be a nice day to allow things to dry back out. However, as that system is exiting youre still getting spin from that storm, and thats going to push a lot of that water in. You do have potential for coastal flooding not just new york but new jersey and delaware. Youve got that coastal inundation up to one point possible today. Allison chinchar, thank you so much. Coming up an arrest 27 years in the making. Well explain how police finally made an arrest in connection to the shooting death of hip hop icon tupac shakur. Thats next. Lets take a look at some headlines we are following this morning. United auto workers are expanding their strike again against two of the big three at the Ford Assembly plant in chicago and gms plant in lansing, michigan, but not against stellantis which the union says some progress is being made at the bargaining table. Total walk offs now stand at 25,000. The sad reality in all this is they could double our wages right now and double our benefits, and they would still and not raise the price of vehicles and they would still make billions of profit. Thats the big lie thats going on right now. Fain also fired back at ford executives saying their comments about significant progress in talks was overly optimistic. A grand jury has indicted a 60yearold man in the 1996 murder of rapper tupac shakur. Police say Dwayne Keith Davis admitted his role in the murder back in 2009 but couldnt be charged because of an earlier agreement that prohibited any statements from being against him. It was his public bragging about the incident that provided evidence leading to his arrest on friday. Police say hes the only living suspect linked to tupacs murder. Three other suspects are deceased. Now over in batten rouge, louisiana, a Deputy Police chief and three other officers are facing criminal charges after allegedly hitting and tasing a suspect during an arrest in 2020, then covering it up. Thats according to the police chief. These charges coincide with other investigations into the socalled brave cave where officers of a now disbanded Street Crime Unit have been accused of misconduct, and a lawsuit is pending. Cnns ryan young takes a closer look at these cases. Amara and omar, theres a lot of fallout from the brave cave, and all the conversations being had in batten rouge about all the investigations ongoing. Theres an fbi investigation, and theres also at least three current investigations outside of that, but the police chief told us something on different on friday. Theres Nine Sfrtive Investigations in total, and four officers have been arrested. Thats actually connected to another case. In september of 2020, a man was arrested and brought to a Police Department building, and when officers wanted to conduct a stripsearch because they believed he had some drugs, the man was struggling. Those officers brought out their tazers, they started to tase the man several times but didnt realize it activated their body cameras. Later on the supervisor became aware how this went down. They watch what happened through an app and tried to have the body camera destroyed according to the chief, that way the video wouldnt be logged into a server. Now those four officers face charges for this. This goes deep into this community, and the batten rouge mayor is speaking out. To put it in terms that you can relate to, this is not a time for just annual checkup. This is time for a full body mri. To diagnose and reveal any dysfunctions or wrongdoings. Reporter in another incident a man claims he was beaten by officers, grandmother says she was forced into a Body Cavity Search at the brave cave. This is now all in an area where people are concerned with whats going on with this Police Department. The Police Department for its part says, look, homicides have gone down over the last two years. The chief already said hes stepping down, but this Investigation Continues as people look into what exactly happened with these officers over the last few years. All right, ryan young, thank you for that. And a final salute to a pillar of americas military. Mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff got all praises as he turned over his command. Yeah, milley advised two president s, donald trump and joe biden, through tell uses both foreign and domestic. Covid, the murder of george floyd, january 6th, the afghanistan withdrawal, russias war in ukraine, just to name a few. Milley delivered a passionate speech in which he seemingly criticized former President Donald Trump asserting the u. S. Military does not pledge allegiance to someone aspiring to be a dictator. We dont take an oath to a country, we dont take an oath to a tribe, we dont take an oath to a religion. We dont take an oath to a king or a queen or a tyrant or a dictator. And we dont take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We dont take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the constitution. Milley also used the ceremony meant to honor him to honor his Brothers And Sisters in arms and their sacrifice. Now, look, weve been following any potential developments around a potential Government Shutdown, and we are getting new details about lawmakers efforts to try to get a deal passed before the government shuts down at midnight. Were learning House Republicans are planning to vote on bills this afternoon that would minimize the impact of a Government Shutdown instead of trying to avoid one. Now, of course these things could change, but were following these developments minute by minute as they come. Republicans are considering votes to pay troops, Border Patrol agents, faa employees, and fund the national Flood Insurance program. There also has been some talk about passing a socalled clean cr, a clean continuing resolution, which would basically simply extend Government Funding but of course not include any of those provisions that theyve been talking about including funding for ukraine and border security, which the House Republicans have been adamant about. But all of this has an uncertain future. We want to let you listen now to tennessee congressman tim bircht, moments ago what he said about a clean cr possibility. If the leader puts a clean cr on the floor, do you think there should be consequences for leader . I dont know. No more money for ukraine and its just a shame that our State Department is going to funnel money to the ukraine, and then our folks are going to do without. I mean that shows the priorities. I mean thats the reality of this whole thing is just a show to hurt people and keep the majority and hurt the minority or whatever. Okay, looks like republicans still putting the foot down there in the house. We of course have a team of reporters on capitol hill and the white house. We will bring you updates as we get them in. But for now potentially there may be a vote in the house this afternoon to soften the blow if there is, indeed, a Government Shutdown. So it looks like signs of a compromise or signs of a last minute deal doesnt look so bright at this time. Still ahead a Government Shutdown wont stop the celebration for president jimmy carters 99th birthday. Were going to talk about the changes being made to make sure his party goes on. As the Football Season moves along, injuries can start to pileup. A group of former duke Football Players are moving from the locker room to the lab to help improve player safety. I always played football. By the time i was a senior i was doing more engineering than i was playing. I was definitely doing more claswork than football. As we continued our curriculum we discovered more and more things that could advance the Sports Industry in the process. Were talk about 3d printing and what it would look like. Im one of the cofounders of protected. They were able to make a pad for one of our players who fractured his clavicle. I was blown away. Theyre anatomically correct. So to each player they fit them perfectly. They have full range of motion. Our Athletic Trainer on staff uses an iphone app to take a 3d scan or that scan gets up loaded to us. We use a variety of 3d printing materials to fabricate these devices. We work with many college and professional teams to use for any sport. I play with more confidence, play with less doubt. You barely notice the pads out there from how well it fits. Its one less thing woo worry about. Were giving them a reduction of injuries because theyre wearing pads. I think itll be bringing best in class medical devices to every person around the globe who could benefit from them. Former president jimmy carters 99th birthday tomorrow, october 1st, will now be celebrated today as we face a potential Government Shutdown. The Carter Center said festivities were set for sunday, but that midnight shutdown could affect their library as well. Carter, a lifelong democrat, served as president from 1977 to 1981. Lets bring in cnns Isabelle Rosales live at the Carter Center in atlanta. Tell us more about the plans for today and how the Government Shutdown is impacting celebrations that were set for tomorrow, right . Reporter amara and omar, good morning to you. Yeah, unless there was a sudden break through in negotiations, Government Funding is set to expire tonight at midnight just before jimmy carters 99th birthday. So the jimmy carter president ial museum and library moved up celebrations to make sure that folks have a chance to honor americas oldest living president. The Carter Center, in fact, theyre asking folks from All Over The World to send in tributes, memories and pictures. And boy, theyve received thousands of them in this Digital Mosaic forming jimmy carter right here. And its not just regular folks either. Its also celebrities and public figures on social media. The Carter Center retweeting several of them including from willie nelson, jane fonda, and the indigo girls. All of them giving a very happy birthday to jimmy carter. Now, if the shutdown does happen, which were expecting, some of thonations most beloved museums, National Parks and museums and president ial libraries, they would be closed. That includes the carter president ial library, which would be closed, also all smithsonian museums and the national zoo. But in a Press Release obtained by cnn, they would remain open at least through saturday. Thank you very much. And thank you for being with us on this very busy morning. Stay with cnn throughout the day for the latest developments as we get closer to a potential Government Shutdown. The next hour of cnn newsroom is up next. Is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. Powering all your devices with gigspeed wifi. And you get fast downloads and uploads. Pick it up pick it up oh we got this because its powered by The Next Generation 10g network. More speed for your business . 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