Hours. Chilly out there. Sunny conditions by noontime, in the low 50s. And by 4 00 in the afternoon we are looking at more sunshine. But a cool day today. We have several chances of rain to talk about for the week ahead of beginning tomorrow. Ill have my accuweather sevenday forecast in a few minutes. This morning the federal government is shut down. The senate failed to approve a shortterm deal to fund the government for another month. The bill had already passed in the house. At the heart of the debate, defefrd action for child hoold arrives, also known as daca. Democrats want to guarantee brokes for nearly 800,000 brought to american as a child. They want to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political gains. The blame you this crash entirely on President Trumps shoulders. This will be called a trump shutdown. The white house says negotiations on daca are off until the government reopens. Lawmakers are working through the weekend to try and strike a deal
And that historical president is not a good president. Advising them to review their contingency plans. Now the last shutdown in 2013 lasted 16 days in the event of another shutdown, u. S. Military operations will continue but Service Members wont get paid. However that lost pay will be made up, staffing at most Government Agencies will be cut to just a fraction of normal levels, except homeland security, youll still see the same amount of tsa agents at airports. It couldnt come at a worse time for the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the city has you know is facing one of the worst flu seasons in year. What is the local impact of this possible shutdown . Dr. Tom freedman was the cdc director during the last Government Shutdown, he recently tweeted this. The 2013 Government Shutdown was like a scene from a Science Fiction movie, empty labs and offices at cdc, shutdowns, he writes are not safe. On its website, the cdc assures clients it works 24 7 saving lives and protecting
Lights out for the federal government. As of two hours ago it is no longer being funded. Only 50 senators voted for the spending measure passed by the house falling short of the 60 required to proceed. A senate vote to fund the government through february 16 failed. The motion is not agreed to. Reporter private discussions continued on the floor even after the midnight deadline came and went. But to no avail. The Government Shutdown was 100 avoidable. All because Senate Democrats chose to filibuster a non controversial funding bill that contains nothing. Not a thing they do not support. Reporter democrats were holding out for a comprehensive spending bill, and a deal to protect dreamers brought to the u. S. Illegally as children. Minority leader, chuck schumer, said his earlier meeting with President Trump looked promising, but the president later back pedaled. He walked away from two bipartisan deals, including one today in which i even put the border wall on the table. Reporter the w
The new trains, upgrades here including new bike racks. He enjoyed the space. This is grade for me and for handicapped people. This is great. The aisles are wider. The interactive screen there is right here. Me being a tall person, the leg room, i like it. I like the spaciousness, you know . Its nice. Reporter with three doors on each side, the new trains allow passengers to get on and off quickly. A system map with Digital Screens map your trip in real time which left this student skeptical. My only concern is theres no paper maps. So if the Software Issue happens and the screens go out, thats an issue. But otherwise, pretty good. Reporter as the train went from macarthur station to richmond, relics from the past rolled by indicating why the change was needed, with bart having one of the oldest big city fleets in the country. Theyre going to love it. Its a quiet ride. You see that and hear that right away. The seats are comfortable, easy to clean, room under the seat to store things.
We will not be blackmailed because republicans are unwilling to compromise. Reporter later in the afternoon, a white house official warned of the National Security implications if no budget is reached. Reporter Dianne Feinstein said she wont support a budget without a deal for daca. At the same time, senator Kamala Harris tweeted that she believed a deal could be reached and blamed republicans for holding up the process. Later in the day, at the white house, Mick Mulvaney director of the office of management and budget opened a briefing by heaping blame of a possible shutdown on senate democrats. Omb is preparing for the schumer shutdown. Reporter he said that democrats support most of whats in the current bill and that senator schumer is trying to force the issue of daca on the American People. Theres no daca bill to vote on. And theres no emergency in terms of the timing on daca daca does not expire until march 5th. Reporter so again we are less than an hour away from the senate vote