Not have initially understood the scope or stakes of a shutdown but they are very real. for 800,000 federal workers and their customers, that would be us, the taxpayers, beginning with our national treasures are normally pristine national parks. in the past they were closed during extended shutdowns but not this time. visitors are still allowed on park lands but 16,000 of the 19,000 park employees are no longer on their jobs along with all the others they have been deemed non-essential. that means roads are left unplowed, garbage left uncollected, bathrooms not maintained and trash is piling up and health hazards and park visitors in some places are taking care of business, shall we say, along pathways or in the woods. and while the parks are unattended at least three people have died inside our parks since the shut down began. then there are the farmers already under duress from the president s trade war with china.
Coming up in act eight minutes, the top of the hour begins week three of the government shutdown. the washington post is reporting the white house may not have initially understood the scope or stakes of a shutdown but they are very real. for 800,000 federal workers and their customers, us, the taxpayers, the treasures are normally pristine national parks. in the past they were closed during extended shutdowns but not this time. visitors are still allowed on park lands but 16,000 of the 19,000 park employees are no longer on their jobs along with all the others they have been deemed non-essential. that means roads are left unplowed, garbages left unclu uncollected, bathrooms not maintained and trash is piling up and health hazards and park visitors in someplaces are taking care of business shall we
Forest fire in glacier national park in montana. justin and his dad driving through the winding mountain road with seemingly no way out. easy. easy, kid. just go easy. dad, the car is heating up. it s going to explode. you re all right. jesus, god. help us. slow it down so we can see. dad, what if a tree falls on us? please god help us. help us. you re doing good. eventually they were stopped by a downed burning tree in the road. justin says he had to reverse all the way back to the trail head where they were lucky to flag down a boat and taken to safety by park employees. the car burned in the fire. justin and his father charles will be guests on new day. authorities in los angeles investigating sexual assault
Sexual harassment victims. the letter expressed their deep disappointment over the senate s inaction so far. two kansas water park executives facing second degree murder after a 10-year-old boy was killed on a water slide in 2016. his raft went airborne and he was fatally injured. two other women were also hurt. the indictment says park officials knew about multiple issues with the ride but did not address them. park employees came forward revealing the park covered up similar incidents in the past. president trump silent when it comes to stormy daniels. but perhaps, that won t be for long if stormy daniels attorney gets his way. new important legal developments overnight. stay with us. duncan just protected his family
Or bleeding problems. to help protect yourself from a stroke, ask your doctor about xarelto®. insurance changes? xarelto® has you covered. thing 1 tonight, when the national park service s twitter account went rogue on inauguration day, retweeting a photo showing the noticeably smaller crowds at trump s inauguration compared to the turnout for president obama s inauguration in 2009 as well as an article claiming civil rights climate change and health care were scrubbed from the white house web site, well, the new president was not pleased and the perfunctory retweets do not equal endorsements and the twitter bio wasn t going to cut it this time. a short time after the messages appeared online, park employees gotten a e-mail ordering all department of interior bureaus to immediately cease use of government twitter accounts until further notice. to be clear the expectation is that there will be absolutely no