so, $300 million. will anybody notice that the federal government is shut down? it affects d.c. federal workers, not the ones throughout the rest of the country. nevertheless, it s a pretty big operation that s ground to a halt. the term that nonessential workers need to stay home. i don t know if that s good or bad. honey, good news, i m not essential. i can stick around. what is a nonessential worker? the good news is you got a snow day and the bad news is maybe your job isn t that valuable. it s tough to say. i mean, there are obviously homeland security things like that are still operating around here. to some capacity. but a lot of, you know, clerical support staff, all those people get to take another snow day. yes indeed. all right. and tomorrow, probably another day off. all right, doug live in washington, thank you very much. let s take a look at the doppler and the radar. we ve smashed them together to show you what s going on and here s what s going to happen.