Closed and the smithsonian. The world war ii memorial. Some vets had to bypass the barricades. 800,000 federal workers are furloughed. The government is closed. Reporter in the senate, both sides blamed the other. Speaking boehner and the tea party radicals have done the unthinkable. Democrats in Congress Finally have their prize. Reporter republicans are fighting obama care. Today demanding Senate Democrats show up and agree to a rollback. We want to sit down and get this done. We dont want to close the government down. My goodness, they wont even sit down and have a discussion about this. Reporter ironically, obama care opened for business. Here an Insurance Exchange in new york and Health Care Dot gov. They have shutdown the government to deny affordable insurance to millions of americans. Reporter 72 of americans disagree with the shutdown because of obama care. Some are already waiting more than two years to have their claims processed. The va office in oakland has the longest wai
Need. Or not getting the right help you need. If this exacerbates it, you know, shame on the national government. Reporter for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, a shudown means going without a paycheck. That includes 450 employees at the u. S. Geological survey in menlo park. All but three employees who have the task of monitoring earthquakes left their offices today uncertain about when theyd be back on the job. Of course, were all hoping that it doesnt last that long and that were back to work soon. Reporter at National Parks such as point rayes national seashore, park rangers had the unwelcomed task of turning away park visitors. People are somewhat understanding of it, but you can see that theyre disappointed in the inconvenience, but were giving them options of other places to go in the area. Reporter and as for veterans affairs, since march, the va says it has reduced the backlog of claims by 30 , but the shutdown is threatening to undo all of that progress. Live in oak
The suspects running over an officer before authorities open fire. Also tonight, why the president is attacking senator john mccain, who died seven months ago. The tweet storm that has forced one of the president s biggest allies to defend mccains legacy. Stealing the spotlight . Joe bidens apparent slip of the tongue, before even announcing a run for the white house. As 2020 newcomer beto orourke attracts packs of reporters and intense scrutiny, issuing a series of apologies. The shelter in place order. More than 30,000 people told to stay inside as a chemical tank ignites outside houston. The fire burning out of control. And good evening. And thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin tonight with startling new developments in the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight that killed 157 people and led to the grounding of boeing 737 max planes around the world. French authorities recovering voice and data recordings before returning the black boxes to ethiopian officials. T
The first day of July marks the beginning of a new era in Maine’s taxpayer-funded health insurance with a significant expansion of the dental care coverage.