Boris sanchez joins me from the white house where President Trump will remain until the new year. Boris, the president just tweeted on the whole shutdown. What did he say . Reporter thats right, martin, we were waiting for it, anticipating the tweets that come when he is here at the white house alone. As you know, the president deciding to spend the holiday here not with his family, the first lady melania is in palm beach for new years eve. The president tweeted a few moments ago about the shutdown. He writes, quote, i am in the white house waiting for the democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security. From what i hear, theyre spending so much time on president ial harassment that they have little time left for things like stopping crime and our military. Two quick points there. The incoming acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney spoke with reporters at the white house, he was asked if there was a plan for democrats to visit the white house, he said they were not invited. He made the case that republicans presented an offer to democrats and no counteroffer was made. He said they simply told him were leaving and left for the holiday. Republicans at this point believe no Common Ground is likely to be found until after january 3rd when incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to be sworn in. Meantime, as both sides are far apart, you have the 800,000 or so federal workers being furloughed or may face the new year without pay. I want to point to this tweet and letter sent by the office of Personnel Management to some employees suggesting here that they write letters to mortgage lenders, creditors, landlords, and ask them for payment plans or installments, ways to defer payments that have to be made into the new year because the government is shutdown. For a lot of the workers, this is little help in the time during the holidays when many are in need of assistance. Theres no indication that the shutdown will end soon, and the further it goes on, more agencies shut down and more workers are impacted. The pain will continue for some time. Boris sanchez at the white house, thank you very much. With congressional leadership gone until the new year, democrats and republicans decided figuring out how to fund the government is a problem that can wait until next year. Even though it is not that far off, Cnns Phil Mattingly has more on negotiations if you can call them that and where they stand. As the partial Government Shutdown rolls into the first week of completion, the reality is here on capitol hill at the white house, no solution is in sight. Democrats are firmly behind the position, not willing to give a dollar for the president s border wall. The president made clear the border wall, fence, structure of some kind is mandatory for him to sign off on a deal to reopen the government. Where does that leave things . At this point lawmakers and aides on capitol hill say theyre looking into next week, looking into 2019, into the moment on january 3rd where democrats retake control of the house for the first action of any kind to try to reopen the government. Heres the catch. That action doesnt necessarily portend a reopening of the government. Nancy pelosi, incoming speaker made clear she will move several Funding Proposals to reopen the government, kick them to the senate. In the senate where republicans control things, Mitch Mcconnell made clearest not willing to move forward on anything regardless of what the House Democrats send over until he knows the president will sign it. The president made clear what the democrats are going to send from the house, 1. 3 billion in Border Security money, no money for a border wall, is not acceptable to him. So where does it leave things . It is an open question. Nobody has a great answer. On the rank and file level, people are talking various proposals that may get lawmakers and the president out of this. But until one or both sides moved off the currently entrenched positions, theres no end in sight. It isnt just lawmakers and the president , it is federal workers, 800,000 working without pay or furloughed, theyll start missing first paychecks on january 11th. Thats real pain, a real bite to people. Thats often what triggers lawmakers to get to the table to make a deal. That said, everybody im talking to on capitol hill says plainly dont look at it as a days long shutdown, may need to consider it a weeks long shutdown. Phil mattingly, cnn, capitol hill. Phil puts it well, it is not just politics here, it is personal pain for a lot of federal employees. Lets talk about this. Joining me to do that, david swerdlick, assistant editor of the washington post, and thomas kaplan, covering washington with New York Times. Good morning to you both. Good morning. No signs that democrats or republicans are talking. I wonder if this strategy of waiting until next year is the best thing for them . Yeah. Happy new year, martin. I think the democrats want to see how it plays out, at least until as phil reported they take over the house next thursday, january 23rd, and they have the ability to move legislation which theyll kick to the senate, then it remains to be seen whether or not republicans in the senate and the white house will try to strike a balance or try to meet them in the middle or if we will continue on the standoff. Well remind viewers that the Clinton Gingrich shutdown of 95, 96 lasted almost a month. If you get to that territory, theres political peril for both parties. You have 800,000 government workers furloughed and you also have people not getting essential government services. So at some point there will be incentives on both sides to come together. Right now, i think democrats are trying to show theyll stand up to President Trump. Jeff flake is talking about how long the shutdown may go on. Listen to what he had to say to jim acosta. It is a bad thing, shouldnt be happening at all. My guess it will go until mid january, then theyll settle on a figure close to 1. 6 billion. What was offered or close to what was offered already and both sides will declare victory somehow and move on. Thomas, do you agree with that kind of scenario, first of all how long, and what may be a solution . I think that could be how it plays out. At the end of the day chances are to reopen the government youre going to be looking at a deal similar to whats been talked about the whole time, which is why a lot of people think this whole shutdown doesnt make a lot of sense to begin with. You also see now the fact that there are lawmakers negotiating, legislative leaders arent out there talking, it is a waiting game. At some point the government needs to reopen. President trump is going to have to find some way to get a deal that he can save face and say this does take a step towards Border Security, but in reality it will look similar to what was reached last winter to fund the government, money for Border Security, not to build the new concrete wall the president talked about but something that both sides can at least walk away and be satisfied with. David, the president is upping the ante, threatening to shutdown the southern border entirely if the democrats dont budge on money to finish the wall. He made this kind of threat before but i wonder, do you think he means it . You never know with President Trump. I think there would be hurdles if he carries through with the threat. Number one, you cant shut out americans from coming back across the southern border. People have the right if citizens to travel internationally. The second thing is in terms of trading relationship with mexico, we have an agreement in place. Nafta moving into the new agreement where there are certain criteria for shutting down trade across the border, things Like National security, and then President Trump well knows he keeps his eye on the stock market if there is some interruption to cross border trade, it could well rattle markets and thats not something the president looks favorably on. You see there was a lot of frantic tweeting in the last week or two as the stock market see sawed up and down and settled down as of yesterday. Not like the markets need Something Else to worry about at this point. A cnn poll shows people oppose a wall built, only 38 favor it. The president has dug in his heels here. It seems like this is a Campaign Promise he believes he must keep, and that means this could go on quite some time as a result. First i would wonder how the president has a sense of what rank and file federal workers want when it comes to this, but yeah. I think for the president obviously this was a central promise of his. And i suppose this is a charitable way of looking at it. You could argue that for him to be fighting for the wall, to have forced a shutdown, to say look what i did, i shutdown the government because this is so important, that i suppose for his base could be a useful thing. Now, is it practical, you talk about the impact on hundreds of thousands of federal workers, but i suppose at least it shows him going to the mat on an issue at the center of his campaign. You know, the white house is taking active measures to shirk responsibility, even though the president said he was happy to own it, and trying to shift it in the direction of nancy pelosi. Take a listen to what the white house is saying about this. Shes unwilling to actually do anything until she gets her speakership. This comes down to mrs. Pelosis speakership. Left to his own devices, Chuck Schumer and the democrats would probably cut a deal, but theyre protecting mrs. Pelosi. She doesnt have the votes. If she cuts a deal with the president before her election january 3rd, shes at risk of losing her speakership, so were in this for the long haul. Nancy pelosi is calling the shots, not chuck. Chuck wants to have it done, i believe that. But shes calling the shots and shes calling it because she wants the votes. And probably if they do something, she is not going to get the votes and wont be speaker of the house, and that would be not so good for her. Clearly to divide and conquer when it comes to democratic leadership and go after pelosi. Is this strategy likely to work . In the short term, i dont think so, martin. If this goes on long enough, theres political peril for both parties. But in the short term, democrats know one, they already cut a deal for democrats to come together to elect Speaker Pelosi as speaker. Number two, they have the clip from december 11th of the president in the white house with the Vice President and speaker elect and majority leader or minority leader senator Chuck Schumer in the oval office, and the president saying he takes ownership of the shutdown. He is willing to shutdown the government over border funding. As we head into next week, i think the democrats will point to that and say look, were ready to pass something in the house, the Senate Passed something at the end of last congress, it is the white house thats stalling this out, and see how the white house reacts and go from there in the negotiations. I agree with thomas that the ultimate solution will be a face saver for both sides, somewhere between 0,000,000,005 billion for Border Security of some kind. Quite a spread. The president turned down funding at least three times. Thomas, is the president serious about Border Security or is he more focused on political advantage . Certainly this is an issue. Look at before midterms and closing weeks of midterms how eager the president was to talk about the car vaavan, to stoke fears in that area. He had an opportunity earlier this year to get as much as 25 billion for the wall in exchange for resolving fate of the dreamers. That might have been the best chance for a serious amount of money for the wall, and he did not go for that in the end. The other issue is the wall as a practical matter was a campaign slogan. When you talk to experts and lawmakers, the idea of a concrete wall sea to shining sea doesnt make sense in that way anyway, so it works more as a political issue than something practical in this sense. Whatever it is, it is going to have a long lasting impact, depending how the outcome is. David swerdlick, thomas kaplan, thank you for joining me. Happy new year. Thank you. Still ahead, crisis at the border. Two children die while in Border Patrol custody. And hundreds of migrants are released in one city. Homeland security secretary is in the region. Well take you there live. Whats Critical Thinking like . A basketball costs 14. Whats team spirit worth . cheers whats it worth to talk to your mom . Whats the value of a walk in the woods . The value of capital is to create, not just wealth, but things that matter. Morgan stanley so we improved everything. We used 50 fewer ingredients added one handed pumps and beat the top Safety Standards the new johnsons® choose gentle from capital one. Nd i switched to the spark cash card i earn unlimited 2 cash back on everything i buy. And last year, i earned 36,000 in cash back. Which i used to offer Health Insurance to my employees. Whats in your wallet . The new sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. And now, the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only 1299. Plus, 24month financing on all beds. Ends new years day. Youll make my morning, buty the price ruin my day. Ou . Complicated relationship with milk . Pour on the lactaid, 100 real milk, just without that annoying lactose. Mmm, thats good. Heartburn and gas . Fight both fast tums chewy bites with gas relief all in one relief of heartburn and gas tum tum tum tums tums chewy bites with gas relief Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielson is at the border. Shes visiting Border Patrol facilities one day after looking at conditions. She was in texas, shes in yuma, arizona today. In texas, she was looking at the medical screening processes and looking at the facilities themselves. Her trip prompted by the recent deaths of two guatemalan immigrants children while in u. S. Custody. One of them was suffering from the flu. Nick valencia is in el paso. Good to see you. We know part of her visit included speaking with local officers and officials about the immigration concerns, right . Reporter the biggest concern being the way the children are given health care. We understand shes already coordinated with the cdc as well as the coast guard in preparation for flu outbreak in the facilities. These facilities are overwhelmed. I talked to a Border Protection official with intimate knowledge and they said they were bursting at the seams. Not only that, dealing with furloughs from the Government Shutdown, nielson is here, her visit happening in that time. She had a trip to a variety of board of stations checking on medical, the series of extraordinary protective measures after the death of the eightyearold. We expect her to do the same she did in el paso in yuma today. And Something Else you are witnessing, thats hundreds of migrants released without warning. What is going on with that . Reporter it is incredibly frustrating, particularly for charities helping out the migrants who as you mention are dropped off with no plan. Some cases nowhere to go. We saw it happen christmas day. Nearly 200 migrants dropped off without warning. Thats not how it is done. In the past, i. C. E. Would coordinate with churches and charities. Thats not how they did it this week. Earlier i talked to a Program Director of a church and he said he contacted them, let them know they had resources for as many as possible. Even so, i. C. E. Dumped them on the streets of el paso without a plan. We were ready, had staff ready to take in refugees on Christmas Eve and christmas day, and the next thing we know, were watching the news, watching them drop them off in the streets. Reporter earlier i spoke to a volunteer here on that day. He described the scene of utter chaos. We have been witnessing the chaos but a steady stream of migrants brought by volunteers. These are migrants that are desperate. 15 to 20 of them, a group of them dropped off, including five to six children. One was just a baby held in their mothers arms. It is a sad scene, especially around the holiday season. Where do they go once released . Reporter some of them got spots by volunteers, others by Family Members and in transit to various locations through the united states. Others dont know where to go. For now, theyre housed in local motels or as i mentioned charities and local businesses which turned into essentially makeshift shelters. Thank you very much. Nick valencia. Still to come, federal workers likely to begin the new year out of work, and working without pay. President trump claims government workers are okay with that. Is it true . I will ask the president of National Federation of employees union next. Theres no place like home argh im trying. Yippiekiyay. Mom. As the partial Government Shutdown drags into day eight with no end in sight, the lily hood of 800,000 federal employees is threatened more each day. Ryan nobles looks at how it is effecting Government Employees that find themselves without a paycheck. Reporter with President Trump unable to secure funding for his border wall. I can tell you, it is not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they would like to call it. If you dont have that, then were just not opening. Reporter the Government Shutdown will likely continue into the new year, effecting 25 of the federal work force. 380,000 employees are furloughed, and another 420,000 are working without pay, including the tsa, smithsonian museums and national zoo are closing beginning january 2nd, even the panda live stream camera is going dark. These federal workers want the wall. Reporter the president said on christmas the workers want the shutdown. Many that live paycheck to paycheck worry when theyll see the next one and are fed up. I have two mortgages to pay. I havent even looked at how my Checking Account is going to balance out. I dont even have children. For people with kids in school, extracurricular activities, putting food on the plate for their kids, those are all things that, you know, make it even more disgusting whats happening with the federal government right now. Reporter shes a physical scientist with the epa which shutdown friday at midnight. She like other epa employees received this email, referring employees to office of Personnel Management for additional guidance. The tweeting suggestions to send to creditors, banks if they cant make payments on time, trading carpentry for rent payments. Thats unrealistic. Federal workers will be penalized for not paying bills on time when we want to go back to work and do the jobs we were hired to do. Reporter thursday the president tweeting without evidence that most federal employees are democrats, workers say their politics shouldnt matter. We are civil servants, hired to do our work, at the epa, workers are hired to protect the health and environment. If he wants to imagine we are democrats instead of human beings and civil servants, thats his problem, i Hope Congress is able to step up and be the adult in the room. With me now, randy irwin, president of National Federation of federal employees. Good morning to you, randy. Thanks for joining me. Good morning, thank you. Your union represents more than 100,000 federal workers. And i bet youve heard from a great many of them. How is the shutdown impacting them . Well, its impacting them in very bad ways. People have lost paychecks. It was around the holidays. Just the amount of stress level it has caused was really bad for hundreds of thousands of people, ones that we represent and other federal employees across the country, and theyre worried. They dont know how long the shutdown will go. The president saying it will be a long shutdown. This is economic catastrophe for families. A lot of them that make as little as 26,000 a year. And it is a serious situation for them. The president says federal workers have been telling him that they support the shutdown. Take a listen. Many of those workers have said to me and communicated stay out until you get funding for the wall. These federal workers want the wall. Randy, my question to you, are federal workers telling you that they support the shutdown so the president can build a border wall . I have spoken to dozens and dozens of federal employees across the country in the last several days and no, i am not hearing that at all. Federal employees do not support a shutdown. I cant say one or two didnt tell the president that, but by and large, the vast majority of federal employees are very concerned about this, dont want a shutdown or furlough. I would also like to get your reaction to a tweet we know was sent by office of Personnel Management suggesting that employees send letters to landlords and offered to maybe trade out services such as painting or carpentry in exchange for partial rent payments. In your mind, is that a reasonable plan for most federal workers . It is sad that it has come to this. I cant believe this is the guidance going out. They shouldnt be sending letters to landlords asking for odd jobs. They should be sending letters to congress, particularly to republican members of congress that are standing with this president. One thing people dont realize is that in 2013 standard and poor did a review of how much it was costing the Government Shutdown that was happening in 2013. It costs about 1. 5 billion per day, thats money pulled out of the economy, every day we have a shutdown. And let me tell you, the economy has been sputtering already, and this is going to impact people across the country. Im very concerned that we are precipitating a recession in this country, so the letter writing that should happen is people to the republican caucus, getting them to have a backbone, stand up to this president , and dont go off the cliff with him by precipitating economic decline by this shutdown. In many ways americans who dont have a job in federal government may not fully understand exactly what sort of jobs were talking about. We think of the important or lifesaving jobs, but there are many other jobs vitally important to the day to day of government. What are some of the people who you oversee as far as the you know, wh the union and what they doing . It is not a washington thing, you think of federal employees being in washington, only 15 are in the d. C. , northern virginia, maryland area. 85 of spread throughout the country doing work in every Community Across the country. No matter where you are, there are your friends and neighbors directly impacted by this. What hasnt been discussed is how Services American people benefit from are suffering. We represent a lot of workers, 20,000 in the forest service. Last year we had the worst fire season on record, entire communities burnt to the ground. It was a sad thing. We represent the workers that are supposed to be caring, tending to our National Forests right now, clearing brush, doing all of the things to make sure next years fire season isnt even worse, and theyre sitting on their hands. Those people want to go to work so we dont have a terrible fire season, and they can protect their communities. Those are the kind of things that arent happening because of this ridiculous shutdown. Randy irwin, thanks for reminding all of us. Appreciate it. Thank you for having me. 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He wanted to become a Police Officer and he did just that. He dreamt of a family. Five months ago, he and his wife welcomed their son into the world. At 1 00 in the morning the day after christmas, his dream abruptly ended. I did not know Christmas Morning at 4 00 in the morning when i said goodbye to him and sent him off to his family that it would be the last time that i saw him. Reporter police say he was killed by a man who unlike sing had come into the country illegally. Deputies caught up with him at a home near bakersfield, california after a massive manhunt. This criminal, mr. Arriaga, crossed our border illegally into arizona some time ago. He is a criminal. He has two prior arrests for dui. Reporter several people were arrested, including his brother and coworker, accused of lying to authorities, impeding their ability to find him faster. While his family was around him, the sheriff couldnt contain outrage over californias sanctuary law. Under sb 54 in california, based on two arrests for dui and other active warrants that this criminal has out there, Law Enforcement would have been prevented, prohibited from sharing any information with i. C. E. About this criminal gang member. Reporter some Law Enforcement officials completely disagreed, saying the law actually encourages people to come forward who would otherwise avoid helping Law Enforcement because of citizenship status. But the sheriffs sentiment has been embraced by others, including the man with the largest megaphone. President trump tweeted about the case, using it in his pitched battle to build a border wall to keep Illegal Immigrants out. Theres little to ease the pain of the singh family. The one solace, his canine partner will become the family pet. The Police Department is retiring the dog because as the chief put it, the singh family shouldnt have to lose another Family Member. Sara sidner, cnn, los angeles. A man claimed he was racially profiled and thrown out of the Doubletree Hotel just for calling his mom in the lobby. Now just into cnn, the employees involved in the incident have been fired. The details up next. New listerine® ready tabs™ arent gum, mints, or marbles. Seriously, what is this . If you guessed theyre tabs that turn into liquid as you chew, so you can swish and clean your whole mouth instantly, then you were correct. And that was a really good guess. Nice job. Whats Critical Thinking like . A basketball costs 14. Whats team spirit worth . cheers whats it worth to talk to your mom . Whats the value of a walk in the woods . The value of capital is to create, not just wealth, but things that matter. Morgan stanley heartburn and gas . Fight both fast tums chewy bites with gas relief all in one relief of heartburn and gas tum tum tum tums tums chewy bites with gas relief so we improved everything. We used 50 fewer ingredients added one handed pumps and beat the top Safety Standards the new johnsons® choose gentle you probably know this story, but you may not know the latest. Just in, two doubletree employees seen in a video asking a black guest to leave because he was talking on the phone in the lobby have been fired. The hotel saying the workers actions were inconsistent with their standards and values. Portland mayor is condemning the incident, tweeting no one should be treated this way, i hope it serves as catalyst for changes that address the systemic nature of discrimination in all forms. Cnn correspondent Paul Vercammen has the latest on what happened and the fallout from the incident. Reporter Jermaine Massey said he returned from a concert, went back to his Doubletree Hotel, found a quiet place to call a Family Member concerning an emergency. Then says the Security Guard started to harass him. Police will be here in a minute. Thank you. Im waiting. Theyre coming why . Why are they coming . Escort you off the property. Because why, and i am staying here. Not any more. Okay. Reporter he says he has the evidence he was a guest. Showed them a card key envelope with the date on it and his room number. It didnt work. They still called portland police. They escorted him to his room and he was kicked out. Now, masseys lawyers say the next step will be a strategy that involves a political possibility and litigation possibility. They say their client is overwhelmed and one thing, he doesnt want this to happen to anyone else. Interestingly, the lawyers also say that massey has Justice Department experience in Human Resources with a specialization in discrimination. Also works for amazon in Human Resources. As for the hotel, it issued a statement, apology, saying it was sorry, it wanted to sit down, talk to massey about all of this. Here at cnn, we reached out to the two employees responsible for kicking massey out, and they have not returned our phone calls. And the news again, two employees at the hotel have been fired. Thank you for that, paul. Severe weather whips through the east coast, killing at least six people. Now were bracing for more. Details from the cnn weather center, thats up next. First, a quick look at the new cnn film love gilda. Hi, im gilda radner. People want to know what made you funny. From the time i was a kid. I loved to pretend. She was the first performer chosen for the cast of saturday night live. They loved her. I basically stole all my characters. I can do almost anything if people are laughing. Gilda was just not quite herself. One morning she said i dont know whats wrong with me. It is the most unfunny thing in the world. She felt she could be of help and thats exactly what she did. How often do we get to know exactly how brave we are. I always felt that my comedy was just to make things all right. New years day, 9 00 p. M. Gentle means everything, so we improved everything. 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The first system finally starting to exit. Most of the northeast and midatlantic are seeing an end to their rain. A few light snow showers. But its down south, this is where the focus now shifts to. You have rain chances in the forecast down there after that system pusheded through. Look at the total of snowfall. Finland, minnesota, picking up 24 inches. But the Southern Side was all rain. Yes, a lot of reports of 8 to 10 inches. Each one report of 15 1 2 inches of rain in mississippi. Unfortunately, you have rain in the forecast for the southeast for the next three days. Now, today, the focus remains. The low pressure system sitting over the gulf of mexico, thats going to surge more moisture up. Stretching from texas all the way over towards florida. That system, what it does in the coming days, thats where it becomes important for areas in the midatlantic, the northeast and the midwest. There comes that low as it begins to push off to the north. Really ramping up especially with the moisture and the heavy rain on sunday. Then by monday, it pushes off to the east. Places like the ohio valley, into areas of the northeast. Unfortunately, say you have plans for new york city on new years eve, it looks like right as the ball drops, youre going to be looking at rain showers. Not only in new york but also cities like philadelphia, cleveland, knoxville, to atlanta, and its the southern cities where youre really going to have the bulk of that heavy rain. Widespread, about 2 inches. Some can pick up an additional 4 inches of rain. Even 1 to 2 inches of rain on top of what theyve already had is likely going to trigger even further flooding for a lot of these areas that already have roadways under water and water coming in to homes. Especially for states like alabama and mississippi where they had widespread amounts of about 8 to 10 inches. One other concern is the rivers. Oftentimes this isnt where you get the flooding immediately. This is something that lasts for days. We have nearly 200 relationships above flood stage. Many of them will not go down in the next week. Were not just talking about people getting wet for their celebrations, were talking about real danger here. Allison, thank you very much for that. Theres a new government finding on coal power plants and it could lead to more toxins in your area. The Environmental Protection agency proposed new rules on regulating hazardous air pollutants. It could make it tougher for the agency to create new regulations. Essentially, the epa now says the current formula for the Obama Administration just plain costs too much. Environmental activists say the dramatic change first reported in the New York Times could do irreparable harm to public safety. Raging wildfires debilitating blizzards and deadly hurricanes and floods. You name it and 2018 had it. Brutal in terms of Severe Weather events. Cnn meteorologist chad myers has a look back. 2018 brought another year of extreme weather and natural disasters to the u. S. Impacts of manmade Climate Change evident in every region of the country even as the u. S. Takes a step backward in fighting this global crisis. Here are the top eight stories for 2018. Number eight, the hawaii volcano. The most active volcano in the world lived up to its reputation. It came to life once again. This is as impressive, as mesmerizing and terrifying. The lava, temperatures topping 2,100 degrees, destroyed 700 homes. Number seven, the alaska earthquake. On november 30th, a powerful 7. 0 magnitude earthquake struck alaska. Near the most populated city of anchorage. Causing roads to buckle. This was the worst, most violent quake they had ever felt. The quake was considered the most significant for anchorage since 1964. No serious injuries or deaths were reported. Number six, florida red tide. This is an epic event of biblical proportion. The worst toxic algae bloom in recent memory. Wiping out marine life by the thousands. While the process that creates floridas red tide and green slime are natural, many Scientists Say the increased agricultural runoff and pollution from the early season Subtropical Storm Alberto made the problem even worse. Number five, the maryland flood. Storms pounded the baltimore area. Flash flooding has turned this maryland towns main street into a raging river. Cars have been swept up by the roaring muddy water rushing through maryland. Many were still rebuilding from the flash flood of 2016. It was considered a once in a thousand year event. Took only two years for history to repeat itself. Number four, its a term known to meteorologists but this year two storms got everyone talking about it. Bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclone. What is a bomb cyclone . Its not just a noreaster, its a big storm that develops rapidly. Theres warm air over the ocean. Theres very cold air over the land. And theres a jet stream in between. That allows the storm to intensify, develop into a noreaster, a big one, one that loses 24 milo bar of pressure in 24 hours. Certainly not every noreaster is a bomb cyclone. Two of these noreasters struck this year. The first in early january left 19 dead and caused over 1 billion in damage. As the storm worked up the coast, it brought the first snow since 1989 in tallahassee florida. Ice and snow to charleston, south carolina. The storm hit the northeast very hard. With nearly 9 inches of snow in new york city and a tide over 15 feet in boston harbor, big enough to break the record from the benchmark blizzard of 1978. In march another coastal bomb left nine dead and 2 billion in damage knocking out power to over 1 million at the peak of the storm. Number three, hurricane michael. Michael made landfall on october 10th as the strongest storm to hit the continental u. S. Since hurricane andrew. The category four hurricane was one short of being a cat five. Most those killed were in florida where the Florida Panhandle was devastated. Mexico beach is gone, obliterated. Its awful to look at. Number two is hurricane florence. It made landfall along the North Carolina coast. There goes the lights. The hurricane stalled for days, bringing historic rain. The storm dumped as much as 10 trillion of water. As much as eight months worth of rain fell in just a few days. More than 50 people perished in the storm. Increasingly, scientists are concerned that hurricanes like michael and florence could be the new normal. Increased heat in the oceans can potentially lead to stronger and wetter storms. Perhaps no place in the u. S. Has begun to see the consequences of Climate Change more than california. Years of record drought are replaced suddenly by historic flooding in late 2017. That yoyo effect laid the Perfect Foundation for large and destructive wildfires. California is number one on our list with floods and fires. In january, heavy rains fell over the thomas area burn scar bringing a wall of debris and mud to communities below. Areas of Santa Barbara and ventura counties were the hardest hit. This years fires were the most destructive and devastating in california history. And they burned in almost every month. The term, we hear, its new normal. Its not new anymore. Its not a season, its year round. The mendocino complex fire that started in july became the largest ever recorded for the staet. The worst came in november when strong winds pushed the camp fire into the town of paradise. Town is on fire. This is nothing like what weve had before. There was such panic. Some drivers abandoned their cars as they tried to flee on foot. Some 40,000 people resided in the path of that fire. In the end, 85 died. Nearly the entire town of 14,000 homes burned to the ground. The whole town was wiped off the face of the earth. Chad myers, cnn, atlanta. Im martin savidge, in for fredricka whitfield. Part of the federal government is closed and its an open question as to when this partial Government Shutdown now dragging into its eighth day will end. President trump tweeting hes waiting on democrats to make a deal. As the stalemate drags on, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are either sitting at home wondering when theyll be paid or theyre working without pay like tsa agents. Now the president is threatening a shutdown of another kind, a full one, at the southern border, if he doesnt get funding for his wall. Lets bring