And we say good thursday morning to you and, of course, well start with pope francis. A busy day ahead. Traveling here to new york from the nations capital. His first full day in the u. S. Was filled with excitement and emotion, you can see it here as francis made his way to the altar of the nations largest cathedral, the faithful reaching out to touch him. Security guards trying to keep them out of the way. Some images from behind the scenes. Take a look. Pope francis and the president on the white house colonnade and the pope, president and first lady waving to the crowd from the blue room balcony and also inside take a look at this, the pope officially meeting the entire obama family greeted here by first dogs bo and sunny, these images posted by the white house official photographer. And we want to give you a live picture now of the Capitol Building where this morning francis will become the first pope to ever address a joint meeting of congress. Lots of excitement in washington, d
Reports early this morning. We have construction in virginia on 95. This is 95 northbound at route 610 coming up toward quantico. Alternating lane closures. Just a little bit of yellow there on the live mapping systems, causing a few slowdowns through that stretch. Not too bad otherwise. On the inner and outer loop, you have two Construction Zones working, though, in virginia on the outer loop at 193, a work zone working there near old georgetown pike with lanes closed. And then on the inner loop, we have a Construction Zone with lanes closed much thats in maryland. So be prepared for those delays just after central avenue, 295, also still working that shift in the traffic pattern if you are headed in toward the 11th street bridge. We saw quite the slowdowns there on 295 yesterday. A live shot along the wilson bridge also shows the Current Conditions so you can see what it looks like on the roadways right now. And very light traffic in both directions there as you come across the wilso
Be processed. Neither will gun permits and National Parks will close. But essential Services Like Border Patrol and air Traffic Control will keep running and the u. S. Military will stay on the job. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, capitol hill. The effects of a Government Shutdown will be farreaching. But you dont have to go very far to find one of the largest impacts right here in washington, d. C. Reporter tourists were squeezing in lastminute advice lastminute visits to the smithsonian in case they close on tuesday. My husband is in meetings and i was going to tour the city till thursday. Very sad if they shut down tuesday. We were a bit disappointed. We have been planning the trip for a few months now. Reporter if there is a Government Shutdown, the National Parks will also close. Politics for government insured mortgages and Small Business loans would be put on hold. Federal meat inspections would continue but other routine food inspections could be suspended. And numerous federal agenc
Crash activity. Lets go back over to the maps this time heading to the other side. 270. Long slow lineup normal for 6 00 in the morning coming out of frederick in toward clarksburg and one last live look outside here at montrose road. Back to you guys. Newt gingrich and president clinton did it back in the 1990s and that is the last time we were talking very seriously about a Government Shutdown but guess where we are again if congress doesnt approve some funding by midnight tonight. There may be a partial shutdown starting at midnight. 17 years later a number of nonessential federal services will be forced to close if they dont reach a compromise. Delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with more. Good morning, delia. Reporter good morning, andrea, mike. Lawmakers will return to work here on capitol hill later today. House members 10 00 a. M. Get this. The senate doesnt convene until 2 00 this afternoon. Lawmakers will continue this contentious debate over the budget and many say that
Bruce. Obviously well have a profound influence on the dollars that are available to us as we head into the new fiscal year. Reporter theres no way to make that up, 6 million a day . How do you make that up . I dont see how we make it up at all. Maybe well get more people coming into the city to visit, maybe well get more people than we think moving into the city but theres no way i know of that we can make up those dollars. Reporter mr. Mayor, talk to me about essential workers and homeland security. You have that massive responsibility here. The Navy Yard Shooting still on our minds. What about protecting the city, your ultimate responsibility. Were going to continue to protect the city. All of our Police Officers will be at work. Our firefighters will be at work. Homeland security will be at work. Our employees, all 32,000 of them, are expected to show up for work tomorrow and into the foreseeable future. That was Bruce Johnson reporting there. Governor Bob Mcdonnell says he has two