Not last of there is no funding for government. But they have carved out certain exemptions and exceptions for employees that continue to work. Law andbased on an old a memo from the Carter Administration lays out who can work and who cant. Funds come from annualother than appropriations. If they are fee funded, they can work. Host whats an example . Example, some operations of customs officers are funded by fees because you pay a fee every time you fly on an airplane. To paying that persons, certain persons salaries or checking passports. Those employees, you pay a fee to get your passport renewed and that helps pay the salary of the employees who process those. There are also exceptions for employees who work to protect life or property, basically how they call it. Anyone working national security, defense department, homeland security, Justice Department are also working protecting property the government owns. Its part of that exception. Host how many federal employees are furlough
Magazines Kim Henderson talks about efforts to reduce assistance to the supplemental nutritional assistance host good morning monday, january 22. Its day three of the first Government Shutdown since 2013. House and senate will try to find a way out of the current impasse. Hassle meet at noon and the senate at 10 00 a. M. With a vote scheduled to move for a bill to fund the government for three more weeks. Well talk about it on washington journal. We want to hear from you. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7848001. Independents 202 7488002. Have a special line this morning for federal employees. 202 7488003. A very good monday morning to you. You can start calling and as we show you headlines in the papers this morning. Workthe washington post, week begins. The front page of the New York Times and their wrapup of the events of the hill. Much of the day yesterday, the work by a Bipartisan Group of senators offers a reason for cautious optimism that a deal might be rea
High tech camera collars give a birds eye view of polar bears struggling to find food on the shrinking arctic ice. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, can liam brodie recover from a difficult start in great britains opening davis cup rubber against spain in marbella . Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Theresa may is coming under increasing pressure to spell out what she hopes to achieve from the brexit negotiations, including whether britain should remain part of the Customs Union after it leaves the eu. Some leave supporting conservative mps have urged the Prime Minister to be more specific about her priorities for future trade deals. Downing street says mrs may has an open mind to the kind of customs arrangement the uk should pursue. Speaking to our Political Editor laura kuenssberg, theresa may said her visit to china will help boost British Trade prospects. This trip is an example of Global Britain. Its about britain getting out around the world, and, yes, enha
Senator sessions donald, welcome to my hometown, mobile, alabama. People, these people, want somebody in the presidency that stands up for them. [cheering] sessions defends their interests and the laws of this country. Thank you for your work on the immigration issue. Im really impressed with your plan. I know it will make a difference, and this crowd shows a lot of people agree with that. Congratulations. Welcome and god bless. [cheering] mr. Trump thank you. He was so great. Such a help. Go around and i see so many people and i have been treated so well by the people and we are leaving in every poll. We are leaving and just about every state, including alabama. [cheering] we are leaving in florida. We are leaving in florida. [cheering] we are leaving big in florida. Its interesting. Florida, i love florida. Its a great place, right . But florida, we have a governor, we have a sitting senator, and im killing them. They are not doing a very good job. Because that should not be happenin
Were going to be covering the republican frontrunner donald trump tonight. Hes said to address this pep rally in mobile, alabama. It is projected to be, by the campaign, the largest rally of 2016 primary season. So far with some 40,000 folks in attendance, as we listen to the national anthem, the only other 2016 president ial candidate to come close to that size crowd, democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, he pulled in 28,000 in portland, oregon earlier this month. The closest republican in the run for the greatest attendance to an event is senator ted cruz, he drew some 11,000 at his president ial announcement, way back in march, but this is the interesting thing about the cruz announcement, and please, folks, who support senator cruz, were just putting the facts in place. His announcement took place at liberty universitys convocation, and students at liberty are required to attend the event. So he threw in a Campaign Announcement of his own in the midst of it. Trump is proving to be t