Nightly News | October 01, 2013

In DC, ‘get ready for a long stand-off’

Republicans are currently trying to reopen popular parts of the government by offering money to fund entities such as national parks, but the Democrats are comparing that to a “release-one-hostage-at-a-time strategy,” insisting the full government be funded rather than doing it one piece at a time. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports

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>> chicago, and how long does this go on? kelly o'donnell has more.

>> reporter: good evening, brian, there are parks like smithsonian offering money for veteran's programs and to fund the operations in the district of columbia , but democrats say no, comparing that to a release one hostage at a time strategy. now, although congress and the president had already agreed to keep military paychecks coming, democrats are saying no to this piece by piece approach, insisting that the full government be funded, not going one program at a time. brian?

In DC, ‘get ready for a long stand-off’

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