expedia. emergency crews in southern california are trying to clear a major highway that has been shutdown due to a fast moving winter storm. yes, another one. they were moving stuck vehicles on i-5, interstate 5 while some motorests are helping each other push cars stranned in the snow and ice. a high wind advisory is in effect for the region. it s not clear when the roads will reopen. motorists are being told to use alternate routes. makes sense. let s go to our meteorologist derek van dam on where the storm might be headed next. not the place you want to be, stranded on the side of a highway. that is particularly dangerous position to be in as well because you get the white out
the unemployment rate take slightly higher to 4%, which the labor department says is a likely technicality of the shutdown due to some workers being temporarily listed as unemployed. wages also continue to improve in january, growing 3.2% over last year. now, a look at the doubt. it s friday. boom, there it is. we are in green territory, they are. that good. we burst above 25,000 again. melissa being money melissa, that is. [laughter] the president is touting the numbers by treating this. that s generally for the dow in 30 years. we have by far the starkest economy! ! melissa: that s true. there are things working in the market for right now. a china deal look like it s getting closer to coming together. we will get everything we want out of that. harris: neither will they. melissa: there was never a
execute plans for an orderly shutdown due to absence of appropriations. joining me is congressman kill di. i don t believe you have been through one of these before. what do you think of what happened snont. i m frustrated, sad and angry. we have a small number of members of the republican conference that decided that democracy needs to be suspended, rather than bringing what is a very reason able and we think conservative cr to the floor. one that we know would pass. they have decided to use these tactics. you say you know it would pass. do you know that for a fact. ? were votes counted by leader pelosi that you know it will pass. i got that from talking to republicans and others as well. they say if a clean cr comes through they would vote for it
agencies should now execute plans for an orderly shutdown due to the absence of appropriations. that s a lot of washingtonspeak, isn t it? here s what it means. more than 800,000 federal workers across the country will spend today filling out a little paperwork, turning in some blackberries, and getting ready to congress to see if they ll let them back to work. national parks from the grand canyon to the statue of liberty closed today. the smithsonian s galleries shuttered. tens of thousands of air-traffic controllers, prison guards and border patrol agents will be required to serve even though their paychecks are not guaranteed. and look at here. even the panda cam wasn t able to bring washington together. the zoo s panda cam is technically dark. there you have it. error loading stream. could not connect to server. maybe that means could not connect to congress. late into the night, the house and senate played hot potato with a short-term spending bill that will fund the government fo
clear indication that congress will act in time for the president to sign a continuing resolution before the end of the day tomorrow. october 1st, 2013, therefore, agencies should now, acute plans for an orderly shutdown due to the absence of appropriations. the term orderly shutdown by puzzle some viewers out there as shutdowns probably are not going to be very orderly. certainly not for all the tourists coming to washington expecting their parks and their monuments and museums to be open. that is not going to happen for the first time since there was a clinton in the white house and a gingrich up on capitol hill, this government is shut down, piers. gloria borger, when i hear the statue of liberty, the absolute emblem of freedom and democracy around the world has just been closed, shut down because of this, i can t really believe what i m seeing. have you seen washington ever so dysfunctional that it would allow this to happen over what should have been a regulation