former governor and president jimmy carter is running for governor himself. he s been a state senator now for three years. republicans have held the governor s office for the last decade. she s teething. she s crawling. and soon, she will be walking. yep, the national zoo says its hugely popular panda cub right on track. you know the kids need to hit the benchmarks, right? the 11 week old tops eight pounds and the zoo says her mother has carried her outside the den several times now. her name will be announced next month. you can help pick it at smithsonian.com. just ahead, chunks of a disintegrating satellite expected to plunge to earth in just a matter of days now. some of them could weigh 100 or maybe hundreds of pounds. plus a crisis at 60 minutes prompts an apology. and just give them the basics, you know. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i m still working. he s retired.
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been moved to a new home. they have been chomping away at a national park in sandy hook, a park that is now closed along with the government. also dark, the national zoo s panda cam. the volunteers who run the camera are not allowed on zoo property while the shutdown is in effect. zoo workers say all of the animals will continue to be fed while the zoo is closed. with the panda cam down, the washington times has suggestions for movies you can watch during the shutdown. kung fu panda might have to suffice for anyone suffering withdrawal from panda cam. epa employees, the simpson s movie includes a pollution story li line. the right stuff or armageddon. shawshank redemption, tim robbins character cooked the books and then there s also national treasure. wasn t that in the national archives? i m getting shrugs. link to the full list is up at jansing.msnbc.com. has pretty bold flavor.
of justice, the 19 years old are accuse of taking materials after the bombs. oprah winfrey will receive the presidential medal of freedom this year, the nation s highest civilian honor. in a statement president obama praised the honorees for sharing their various talents with the world. kate, you like this as much as i do. baby tigers in washington, the national zoo celebrating the birth of two endangered sumatran tiger cubs. this is the live tiger cam, the only way you ll see the baby tigers. you won t be able to see them in person until the fall, thankfully they re providing this internet feed so you can watch them. adorable. i m doing research on this, this is a color camera but it is dark inside their enclosure so it s safe and guyent and nice.
working through the night. he would be checking in tomorrow. and also i think i have with me heather boushey of the center for american progress. the president hammered home this point that s been not quite emphasized enough which is the actual cost of the shutdown. there s the political consequence of the shutdown which we talk about a lot. there s actual costs. what does a shutdown look? you know, there s a variety of costs. certainly the federal government does a lot of things that affect everyday lives. we heard about it in a segment as the president just said. people wanting their tax refunds. it s not clear whether or not the irs will be able to do all that processing if the government shut down. you ve got whether or not people can get their visas. whether or not people can get loans from the federal housing authority. you ve got, you know, a wide variety of ways grand canyon. yeah, parks will be closed. you know, the national zoo will be closed. the smithsonian. there