housing. and key house republicans agree. now the question, will the white house sign off? a question these world war ii veterans aren t waiting to be answered despite the government shutdown, these veterans didn t let their patriotism get shutout. moving past the barricades to their marching song, these vets, some in wheelchairs, kept their plans of visiting the world war ii memorial on tuesday. meanwhile, thousands of preschoolers are at home instead of in classrooms. i m in a classroom at the head start center in brooksville, florida, where 135 children from low income families are provided with education, nutrition and even health care their families got in notification today because of the government shutdown, this facility is going to be closed as of friday. doors are potentially closing at service academy stadium, the
reporter: despite the government shutdown, these veterans didn t let their patriotism get shut out. moving past the barricades to their marching song, these vets, some in wheelchairs, kept their plans of visiting the world war ii memorial on tuesday. meanwhile, thousands of preschoolers are at home instead of in classrooms. i m in a classroom at the head start center in brooksville, florida, where 135 children from low-income families are provided with education, nutrition and even health care. their families got this notification today, that because of the government shutdown, this facility is going to be closed as of friday. reporter: doors are potentially closing at service academy stadiums, the army, navy, air force and coast guard suspending their football games this weekend if the government is still shut down. an extended shutdown could jeopardize two notre dame
away? reporter: those mississippi and iowa world war ii veterans didn t let the barry grade deter them yesterday. they did have a chance to see the memorial. this whole thing puts the park service in a tough position though. they re told by the department of interior to close all facilities including those open-air war memorials around washington, d.c. but a park service spokesperson said they want to be respectful of veterans as well. bill? bill: congress will get another crack at this, right? they might vote to reopen the memorials again today, is that right, molly? reporter: yes. here s the situation. it came up in the house yesterday, a bill to reopen the national parks which would include the war memorials. it need ad two thirds vote to pass. it didn t get that. so they will bring it up in the house again today under a different set of procedures where it would only need majority to pass. of course it would need senate approval as well which seems unlikely. it has a long way t
our nation s capitol looking more like a ghost town. here at the pentagon, a lot of empty hallways. defense secretary chuck hagel says he s got the authority to bring back thousands of furloughed civilian workers who support the troops doing everything from purchasing the weapons to helping them with housing. and key house republicans agree. now the question, will the white house sign off? reporter: a question these world war ii veterans aren t waiting to be answered. we re going in, brother. reporter: despite the government shutdown, these veterans didn t let their patriotism get shut out. moving past the barricades to their marching song, these vets, some in wheelchairs, kept their plans of visiting the world war ii memorial on tuesday. meanwhile, thousands of preschoolers are at home instead of in classrooms. i m in a classroom at the head start center in brooksville, florida, where 135 children from low-income