A look at the first day of the latest U.S. government shutdown

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VIDEO SHOWS: WRAP OF EDITS RELATED TO THE FIRST DAY OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

EDITORS NOTE: THIS EDIT IS A WRAP AND CONTAINS NO FRESH MATERIAL (ORIGINAL EDIT NUMBERS AND STORY DETAILS INCLUDED IN SHOTLIST

SHOWS: The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday (October 1) as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a long, grueling standoff that could lead to the loss of thousands of federal jobs. (9659-USA-SHUTDOWN-MORNING-UPDATE)

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1. WIDE OF U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

2. NOTICE THAT READS "THE U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER IS CLOSED TO DUE TO A LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS"

3. WIDE OF CAPITOL BUILDING, VISITOR TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH

4. U.S. FLAG SEEN AGAINST THE DOME OF THE U.S. CAPITOL

5. ENTRANCE TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

6. A NOTICE ANNOUNCING A TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN

7. WIDE OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

San Diego's Cabrillo National Monument was closed to visitors on Wednesday (October 1) as the U.S. federal government shut down due to a budget impasse in Congress.(9762-USA-SHUTDOWN-CALIFORNIA)

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8. EMPLOYEES STANDING NEXT TO TRUCK AND SIGN READING: (English) "CABRILLO NATIONAL MONUMENT"

9. VARIOUS OF SIGN READING (English): 'PARK IS CLOSED. DO NOT ENTER'

10. EMPLOYEE AT ENTRY STATION TO CABRILLO NATIONAL MONUMENT WITH BARRIER DOWN

The White House warned on Wednesday (October 1) that worker layoffs are imminent as the first day of the government shutdown unfolded. (9723-USA-SHUTDOWN/WHITE HOUSE)

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11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT, SAYING:

JOURNALIST (OFF CAMERA): "How soon the cuts to the federal workplace?"

LEAVITT: "Unfortunately, because the Democrats shut down the government, the president has directed his cabinet and the Office of Management and Budget is working with agencies across the board to identify where cuts can be made. And we believe that layoffs are imminent. They are, unfortunately, a consequence of this government shutdown."

Vice President JD Vance insisted no final decisions have been made and acknowledged the situation could escalate quickly into layoffs if the shutdown continues even as he said no final decision has been made about whether certain workers will be laid off or furloughed. (9724-USA-SHUTDOWN/VANCE)

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12. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, KAROLINE LEAVITT, AND U.S. VICE PRESIDENT, JD VANCE, ENTERING BRIEFING ROOM

13. (SOUNDBITE)(English) U.S. VICE PRESIDENT, JD VANCE, SAYING:

JOURNALIST OFF-CAMERA: "Why does the president want to fire some workers and not just furlough them? Why is this shutdown any different?"

VANCE: “Well, first of all, we haven't made any final decisions about what we're going to do with certain workers. What we're saying is that we might have to take extraordinary steps, especially the longer this goes on. We're going to have to take extraordinary measures to ensure that people's government operates. Again, not perfectly, because it's not going to operate perfectly in the midst of a shutdown, but operate as well as it possibly can. And I think that the Democrats, if they're so worried about the effect this is having on the American people and they should be, what they should do is reopen the government, not complain about how we respond to the fact that Chuck Schumer and the Democrats have shut down the government in the first place.” / VANCE LEAVING PODIUM TO LEAVITT

Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday put on a united front on Wednesday (October 1), blaming rival Republicans as a federal shutdown took hold, furloughing hundreds of thousands of government workers. (9688-USA-SHUTDOWN/DEMOCRATS)

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14. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS REP. PETE AGUILAR AND REP. TED LIEU ARRIVING FOR NEWS BRIEFING

15.(SOUNDBITE) (English) HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIRMAN PETE AGUILAR SAYING:

"House Democrats stand ready and willing to engage and negotiate to end this shutdown if, if Republicans are serious about addressing the healthcare crisis that they've created."

16. WIDE VIEW OF DEMOCRATIC DELEGATION OF MARYLAND NEWS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE U.S. CAPITOL

17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) REP. JAMIE RASKIN SAYING:

"We've got two different public philosophies of government on view this week in Washington, D.C. The Democratic caucus in the House, the Democratic... Caucus in the Senate say the government must be an instrument for the common good of the people. We must meet the needs of the people. And on the other side, we've got a philosophy which says government is an instrument for private self-enrichment and money-making for the guy who gets in and his family. And they've made billions of dollars since this nightmare began in January. We've got to reject that public philosophy. We've got to put these honorable federal workers back to work. And we've got make the government again in service of the American people."

Republican Congressional leaders blamed Democrats for a government shutdown that began on Wednesday accusing them of “holding the American people hostage” to satisfy what they called their “far-left” agenda. (9633- USA-SHUTDOWN/REPUBLICANS)

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18. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS APPROACHING PODIUM FOR PRESS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE U.S. CAPITOL

19. (SOUNDBITE)(English) SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REPUBLICAN MIKE JOHNSON, SAYING:

“We have open dialogue all the time, but here's the simple fact; there isn't anything we can do to make this bill any better for them. We literally did not put one single partisan provision in the bill. There's no policy riders, there's no gimmicks and no tricks. Now, we could have done that. I had a lot of colleagues that wanted us to load this up with our priorities. But the leaders decided that we should do this in good faith simply to buy more time again for the appropriations process to work. That's all this is. So there's nothing to negotiate. There's nothing that we can pull out of this bill to make it any leaner or cleaner than it is. It's absolutely sparkling clean, and it's only 24 pages long, okay? We're carrying it around as an exhibit. You've all read it, I hope. Everybody can read this. It's very, very simple.”

20. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, REPUBLICAN JOHN THUNE, STEPPING TO PODIUM

21. WHITE FLASH

22. (SOUNDBITE)(English) SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, REPUBLICAN JOHN THUNE, SAYING:

“Unfortunately, we are here this morning in a government shutdown that Democrats wanted. Chuck Schumer, at the behest of a bunch of liberal far-left activist groups, has walked his Democrat colleagues into a boxed canyon. There's no way out, folks. There's no way out. This could have been avoided. It's totally unavoidable, and everybody's now asking the question, how does this end? Well, it ends when the Senate Democrats pick this bill up, passed by the House of Representatives, and vote for it.”

Matt Glassman, Senior Fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, told Reuters that both parties "have factions that really want to fight." (9642-USA-SHUTDOWN/ANALYSIS)

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23. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SENIOR FELLOW AT THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INSTITUTE AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, MATT GLASSMAN, SAYING:

“In past shutdowns, Democrats have always been the champion of keeping the government open, and that sort of lines up generally with their beliefs about government. Republicans have always been more comfortable with shutdowns in some ways because they see the federal government as being more wasteful and doing less good things.”

24. WHITE FLASH

25. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SENIOR FELLOW AT THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INSTITUTE AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, MATT GLASSMAN, SAYING:

“Both parties have factions that really want to fight here, and the first thing leaders have to do is to demonstrate to those factions that they're fighting. Part of the reason I think we're in this shutdown is because Senator (Chuck) Schumer feels like a portion of his caucus in the Senate, and that is reflective of a portion of Democrats in the country, really just want someone to stand up to Trump and fight. And so demonstrating that fight is going to be stage one of this. And whether that lasts a day, two days, three days or five days, that will come to an end. And people who just want to fight will be satisfied that you've shown some mettle here. And that sort of loosens up the negotiating room for others who actually want to strike bargaining deals. I don't think on the particular issues, for instance, on the ACA subsidies that the two parties are actually that far apart. I think it's plenty of Republicans who do want to expand those. And so, you know, you can see ultimately the deal will be something like the Democrats agree to vote to reopen the government and the Republicans agree sort of just with assurances or a handshake deal that they will negotiate in good faith over those ACA subsidies over the next six weeks. And that's the kind of sort of low stakes deal that doesn't involve huge decisions being written into law that you can kind of see easily coming together."

The U.S. government shutdown has sparked a range of reactions from tourists, residents, and federal employees in the capital. (973101102025RP1-USA-SHUTDOWN-WASHINGTON-REACTION

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26. VARIOUS OF VIEW OF U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING

27. PEOPLE WALKING

28. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TEXAS RESIDENT, MARK TEAL, SAYING:

"As a citizen, you're just concerned about safety, safety of transportation. Here we are in Washington, D.C., to be able to do things as a tourist. We spend a lot of money to get here, so hopefully we can do all the things we want to do. It's a little bit frustrating in that it seems to happen too often, and it seems like it's just political compromise after political compromise, which puts the American public potentially at risk or without services."

29. VIEW OF STREET

30. PEOPLE WALKING DOWN STREET

31. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION EMPLOYEE FROM VIRGINIA, JAMES FARANDA, SAYING:

"It's stressful because you just have all this uncertainty. So I wish they would just get their act together so that we can all do what we do best at work, which is work and work for the American people, because I do work for the government."

32. OF NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, FORD'S THEATRE

33. SIGN SAYING THEATRE IS CLOSED