Tonight, no end in sight. Republicans and Democrats deadlocked over the shutdown.

The rejected reopening as another vote fails today. Democrats doubling down on health care demands,

as the White House reveals when mass layoffs could start.

She immersed herself in the jungle and transformed the way we understand animals, legendary

chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall passing away after a lifetime of advocacy.

The first American Pope seeming to criticize the American president.

Tonight you'll hear what Pope Leo is saying about President Trump's immigration policies and what the White House said when we shared the Pontiff's comments.

Dozens dead in the Philippines as the earthquake death toll skyrockets, the urgent search for survivors, rescuers digging through concrete and debris.

Another home in the outer banks crashing down, the sixth in just 24 hours. Massive

waves pummeling the East Coast as two massive storms churn in the Atlantic. The search for

stolen hawks, two majestic birds of prey that helped patrol the skies above NFL games, snatched

from the stadium while the players were on the field. The blast in the

Bronx and explosion sending part of a high rise plummeting to the ground. This is NBC Nightly News

with Tom Yamas. And good evening. We're one day into the government shutdown and already

the impacts are being felt in Washington and far beyond.

These closed national parks and monuments symbolic of the standoff as Republicans and Democrats battle back and forth over how to fund the government.

Federal workers telling us tonight they're already feeling the effects.

The Trump administration saying layoff notices, for some could come later this week.

Many others could be soon furloughed or work without pay.

Right now, there's no end in sight.

Another vote?

It will fail today with each side blaming the other, despite pushes for a bipartisan way out.

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