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The White House says shutdown-related firings could be in the thousands.

The lead starts right now.

Shut down day two, and neither side is budging.

Democrats already signaling they'll block a vote to reopen the government,

as federal workers wait to learn just how long this may go on.

Plus, a synagogue attacked on Yonk the poor the holiest day on the Jewish calendar,

the attacker driving a car into a crowd and then stabbing them.

The added sense of fear with anti-Semitic attacks on the rise in the UK.

And the cost of candy, decorations, the ghosts, the goblins, Halloween prices could hit a record

this year.

That's no treat. What one retailer told CNN is making

it a blame. And welcome to the lead. I'm Erica Hill. In for Jake Tapper today. We begin this

hour with our politics lead and day two of the government shutdown. An update as well on the

White House's warnings of that mass firings of federal workers are imminent.

Well, the word now is that it's likely thousands will lose their jobs.

We're going to start looking across the board at layoffs and at agencies that we feel do not best serve the American taxpayer that may need to be halted or

temper or permanently cut. So it is unclear at this hour what specific jobs, which programs the

White House is looking to eliminate for good. But in part of an interview released last night,

President Trump continued to blame Democrats for the government shutdown and then touted his

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