Americans go without pay. President trump saying he has a plan, that he and democrats could end this in 15 minutes. And the mall shooting chaos. A fight, and then gunfire erupting inside a busy food court. Shoppers running for cover. Were gangs involved . And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. And we begin tonight with the winter blast, blanketing millions with snow. And the storm now turning deadly. Take a look at roads in missouri. Up to a foot of snow on the ground. State police there responding to more than a 1,000 stranded motorists. More than 700 crashes. At least four fatalities. That we know of. At the airport in st. Louis, an army of snowplows in overdrive, trying to keep the runways clear and keep delays and cancellations down. Tonight, that system barrelling east with heavy snow expected tomorrow in the midatlantic, including the nations capital. Rob marciano will join us in a moment. But first, heres abcs Stephanie Ramos from st. Louis. Rep
reporter: kellie chaffin, furloughed from the department of interior, says she s out of money. with $200 i can t pay my student loan my federal student loan. the government gave me this money to go to college, and i can t pay it, nor can i pay my car insurance or rent, or my car payment. reporter: and across the country, the impacts of the shutdown are snowballing. at miami international airport, a concourse closed to ensure that there are enough tsa agents to staff the other security checkpoints. and tom, there are no meetings scheduled right now between the president and democrats. and many say that all good faith has been completely eroded. the president may still decide to make that emergency declaration which could end the impasse at least over the border wall. tom. lana, thank you. and george will have much more on the shutdown stalemate tomorrow on this week. including a new poll about the stalemate and the proposed border wall. and one more political note, a pai