Shutdown our conversation we had earlier on washington journal. Eric katz is a Senior Correspondent and joins us now on the impact on the ongoing shut down. This is a partial shutdown so explain why. There is no funding for government. Have carved out certain exceptions for employees that can continue to work. There is a memo from the Carter Thicke administration as to who can work and who cant. Employee funds that come from other appropriations can continue to work. They are fee funded and they can continue to work. If they are fee funded, they can work. Host whats an example . Guest for example, some operations of customs officers are funded by fees because you pay a fee every time you fly on an airplane. That would go to paying that persons, certain persons salaries or checking passports. Those employees, you pay a fee to get your passport renewed and that helps pay the salary of the employees who process those. There are also exceptions for employees who work to protect life or pro
Not last of there is no funding for government. But they have carved out certain exemptions and exceptions for employees that continue to work. Law andbased on an old a memo from the Carter Administration lays out who can work and who cant. Funds come from annualother than appropriations. If they are fee funded, they can work. Host whats an example . Example, some operations of customs officers are funded by fees because you pay a fee every time you fly on an airplane. To paying that persons, certain persons salaries or checking passports. Those employees, you pay a fee to get your passport renewed and that helps pay the salary of the employees who process those. There are also exceptions for employees who work to protect life or property, basically how they call it. Anyone working national security, defense department, homeland security, Justice Department are also working protecting property the government owns. Its part of that exception. Host how many federal employees are furlough
Magazines Kim Henderson talks about efforts to reduce assistance to the supplemental nutritional assistance host good morning monday, january 22. Its day three of the first Government Shutdown since 2013. House and senate will try to find a way out of the current impasse. Hassle meet at noon and the senate at 10 00 a. M. With a vote scheduled to move for a bill to fund the government for three more weeks. Well talk about it on washington journal. We want to hear from you. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7848001. Independents 202 7488002. Have a special line this morning for federal employees. 202 7488003. A very good monday morning to you. You can start calling and as we show you headlines in the papers this morning. Workthe washington post, week begins. The front page of the New York Times and their wrapup of the events of the hill. Much of the day yesterday, the work by a Bipartisan Group of senators offers a reason for cautious optimism that a deal might be rea
Extremely critical condition. Heres what that refle to us. The a. D. From the school came running in telling everyone get down, hit the deck. We got everyone off the court. Hid behind the barriers that were there trying to get out of the way. You hear him right there describing a chaotic scene. Nobody inside the building was hurt whatsoever. The school was on lockdown for about an hour or so. Police canvassed the inside. The hallways, the classrooms. We talked to a whole bunch of students, too. Much more on this story tonight at 11 00. Aaron, back erin, back to you. All new at 6 00, inside the largest security plan in super bowl history. Youre looking live at the home for sundays showdown. 73,000 fans will pack u. S. Bank stadium for super bowl lii. A game you can only see here on nbc 10. The big game is now only four days away. Remember, nbc 10 is your official eagles station. Nbc 10s jacqueline london joins us live in minneapolis. You are right in the heart of the excitement. Thats t
They celebrate the great fast is a day in which families would usually attend a Church Service now its worth mentioning that dagestan is a predominantly muslim region heres an eyewitness account well you did a good. While people were leaving the church a gunman approached armed with a rifle he started to shoot people started fleeing he started shooting people he ran outside to was shot within the churches grounds just outside of those injured two are said to be in a Critical Condition the shooter who has also been confirmed dead has been identified as a twenty two year old local man and the Investigative Committee are working to establish whether he had any links to any underground terrorist groups. Israels Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has lashed out at iran comparing it to nazi germany he criticized the Current Nuclear deal saying its unleashed a dangerous iranian tiger. One spot argued nuclear weapons. Irans aggression will be unchecked. And it will compress the entire world the