418 nationalare park units, battlefield, seashores, lake shores, and about a third of them are closed because they have a lake a lock and key, like the federick douglass house here in washington, d.c.. many have been told to stay open during the shutdown. the interior department directed it. in some cases the parks that have excessive snow have closures because you cannot get in. you have to plow the road and the park service can t pay to plow the roads. in other cases people are getting into national park s without visitor services. host: what has the impact been? guest: it has been terrible. battlefields are losing some of their artifacts. a joshua trees have been cut down and used for firewood. off-road vehicles have been driving into wilderness areas. the muster magic impact across the board in many parks is trash build the most dramatic impact across the board and many parts of trash build and human waste. there will be a huge cleanup effort after the shutdown is ove
. federal workers, (202) 748-8002. morning, phone this you can weigh in on social media, facebook.com/c-span. here is how politico puts it shutdown longest in history as congress hits town. it began the longest in u.s. history, an ominous milestone in the impasse between president trump in congress has left hundreds and thousands without a check and no end insight. in thes left town seemingly endless immigration battle that has fiercely divided trunk and democrats since his inauguration, with scores of lawmakers complaining. for weeks, the president and lawmakers failed to find a way to reopen the government, with democrats unwilling to give trump more money for a border wall. there is no solution on the weighs, even as trump whether to declare a national emergency to build his wall. entre on friday, trump said he would not take unilateral action a day after he said he amid pushback, from his gop allies on capitol hill. here is what he had to say yesterday. it is the ea
can you explain the role of your organization? aroundwe have 27 offices the cult the country and we worked to protect and enhance national park s for future generations. host: as we look at the government shutdown we have heard a lot of stories and seen a lot of pictures from national parks about what is going on with this shutdown. how many national parks are there? what is in national park? what percentage of them are affected by the shutdown? 418 nationalare park units, battlefield, seashores, lake shores, and about a third of them are closed because they have a lake a lock and key, like the federick douglass house here in washington, d.c.. many have been told to stay open during the shutdown. the interior department directed it. in some cases the parks that have excessive snow have closures because you cannot get in. you have to plow the road and the park service can t pay to plow the roads. in other cases people are getting into national park s without visitor serv
more than a dozen deaths are being blamed on sandy right now. and that number is likely to rise. some 5 million people are without power so far, from all along the eastern seaboard. even into the midwest. today, also, stock markets will be closed again for a second-straight day. a continuation of their first unplanned shutdown since the 9/11 attacks. and at this hour, there is breaking news from queens, new york, where as many as 50 homes have been destroyed by fire. the heavy winds are making it extremely difficult to battle the flames. nearly 200 firefighters were called to the scene, trying to rescue people. no word yet on what set off those fires. have to wonder if downed power lines played a role. we ll see. also, the outer boroughs of new york city have been hard-hit, as well. with most areas of coney island and staten island, described as being underwater, following sandy s record storm surge, as it came ashore just to the south of the state of new jersey. dune
schedule, preparations and security. reporter: we re now virtually a month away from inauguration day for tivrt time today beer seeing how that will shape up and we ve seen preps at white house and capitol. they re all done now they ve been underway before the election with barricades and barriers being set up down by the national mall cellphones touzers have been lined up along the smithsonian. years ago carriers brought out similar portable cell towers in hopes of preventing a wireless overload. as for scheduled events day for inauguration wreath laying ceremony arlington national sem 25eury and make america great celebration at the lincoln memorial and inauguration day kicks off with swearing in of donald j. trump as 45 president followed by parade that will come down will take place that evening. the next morning, saturday, january 21 there will be a nitional prayer service at the national cathedral in northwest d.c.. now, tonight interim d.c. chief peter newsham says p