Good evening, I'm Omnavaz.

And I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight.

A government shutdown is set to take effect within hours, with congressional leaders and

the White House unable to reach a deal to fund the government.

President Trump uses a gathering of top military leaders to promote a crackdown on what he sees as threats from within the United States.

This is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. That's a war too. It's a war from within.

And we take a closer look at the factors pushing more mothers out of the workforce.

What happens is as soon as they have children, you see women's earnings decrease significantly

that first year or so, and then she never recovers.

Welcome to the News Hour. The federal government is barreling toward a shutdown at the stroke of midnight as Congress

remains in a partisan deadlock. The Senate is voting at this hour on last-minute measures

to keep the government running, but they are all expected to fail.

Democrats are demanding a bill that reverses cuts to Medicaid and prevents health insurance premiums from going up at the end of the year.

Meanwhile, President Trump has threatened to use a shutdown to reduce the size of the federal workforce permanently.

Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin reports.

Hours away from our government shutdown, a Democratic show of force today, as they stand firm,

refusing to pass Republicans' bill to fund the government in opposition to President Trump's actions and looming health care cuts.

We're ready to work in a bipartisan way to keep government open, to lower costs, and to save health care.

All part of a blitz of House Democratic events today. While inside, House Republicans are away. The halls on that side empty and the

chamber shuddered after they passed their funding bill last week and are daring Senate Democrats

to keep rejecting it. With funding set to expire at midnight, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer

putting the onus on President Trump.

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