good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where republicans are signaling a new readiness to negotiate. perhaps because of these poll numbers showing how devastating the shutdown has been for them politically. in our new nbc news wall street journal poll, majority of americans blame shutdown on congressional republicans. that s only the start of warning signals for tea party conservatives including headliners meeting here in washington. joining me now chris cillizza, msnbc contributor and host of in play. editor mark murray and usa today washington bureau chief susan page. first to you mark, this the poll you have studied and gone through. tell us about the first big signals on how bad this is for republicans. those numbers you just mentioned that people are blaming congressional republicans by a 22% margin. andrea, this is the same poll, same questions we used in 1995 and 1996 during this shutdown between bill clinton and newt gingrich. this margin is bigge
in the shims. the shims could take as much as just a week to install. but i also heard it con take less time than that. so it will be [ inaudible ] reporter: the highway patrol has already planned on a possible labor day opening. officers are scheduled for overtime duty that weekend just in case. the bridge oversight committee plans to hold a public hearing on thursday morning in oakland at 10 a.m. they are going to show all of the engineering reports and that, allen, is the date they will announce when the bridge will finally open. and that big celebration that they had scheduled ahead of labor day opening any word on that? reporter: well, that s probably not going to happen. they say what they will probably do is just a modest celebration to just get people on the bridge, all those bridge walks, bicycle races, the big fireworks shows, that may happen at a later date. all right. linda, thanks. new at 6:00 the feds are warning public pension reforms pushed by go
jurisdiction and whether if this was a crime, whether it could be tried in federal court. he did not say whether he thinks there s enough evidence to warrant criminal civil rights violation. he s just looking into it right now. now, within the past few minutes, we did get some reaction from the county sheriffs office. lieutenant stride jones says that, quote, we welcome the state attorney s investigation. we are willing to listen to what they find, but we stand behind our initial investigation. tamron? so gabe, we re going to speak with his parents here in a second, but back to one of the questions the u.s. attorney plans to look into is the cause of death here. the police department has maintained that it was an accident, but this separate, independent autopsy showed blunt force trauma. what did he say specifically as it relates to that? reporter: he did not say anything specific with regards to that. this was a very carefully worded statement. he took no questions. so h
taking a look now at some stories we re following this morning. in san francisco, police arrested four naked people who were protesting the city s new ban on nudity. the protesters were part of a group of about a dozen people protesting at city hall on friday, the day the new law went into effect. i love this creative video that we were able to get. the group was in various state of undress, but only those who were fully nude were taken into custody. to washington state where a new government job has just opened up. pot expert. yes, you did hear me correctly. the state is looking for a marijuana consultant to help craft laws for the newly legal drugs. if you re thinking of applying, you need five years of working experience, including how to grow and harvest the plant, as well as experience with cannabis testing. that is exactly what it sounds like, yes. good morning, everyone. once again, i m randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 a.m. on the west. thanks so much f
one. highway patrol captain ron johnson getting a lot of praise helping restore order and at one point even marching along with those protesters. certainly a welcome change here in ferguson. i m joined by cnn s anna ka bra anna ka braa anna ka brar ra. reporter: good morning. what a difference. we re outside that burned down quick trip. the site of so much unrest over the past several days. remember, this is wednesday night where all the chaos ensued. well, not last night. it was peaceful here. employee testers basically picking up, leaving on their own, policing themselves. just a few hoursation. we re hearing from them they feel for the first time in almost a week, they fee like they re voices are finally being heard and that justice will be served. [ chanting ] reporter: calls for justice, peace, and answers. anger and frustrations ravaging this community for days. finally calming after nearly a week of unrest following the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager michael br