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I'm going to tell you what it's like to visit Washington, DC during January.

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This video is part of my month by month series, where I tell you what it's like to visit Washington,

DC each month of the year, including information about the weather, things to do, special events,

and other month specific information.

If you have visited Washington, DC during January before, leave a comment on this video

and let everyone know whether you thought it was a good month to visit.

Otherwise, let's get started....

January, in general, is one of the slowest months of the year for tourism.

This doesn't mean it's a bad month to come and in fact you can totally use this to your

advantage, capitalizing on the small crowds at the museums and other big sites.

Washington, DC has four seasons, and January is squarely in the middle of winter.

It is the coldest month of the year, with average daily high temperatures at 45 degrees

and average daily low temperatures at 25 degrees.

Now whether you think that's frigid or not, depends entirely on who you are and where

you're coming from.

45 degrees is well above freezing but remember that this is the average high, which means

it could very well be colder during your trip.

I personally find a typical January day to be perfectly tolerable and that is why I run

tours year-round.

However a lot of tour companies actually take the entire month of January off; not because

it's too cold, but because there just isn't enough business.

January is also the month when it is most likely to snow.

I'm not going to go in-depth into snow in this video, but if you're curious about the

topic, I have an entire video about snow that I will link to down in the video description.

To pack for a January trip you're going to want to bring a coat.

This is what my coat looks like.

You'll also want to bring a hat, kind of like this one.

Gloves are a good idea too.

I like these simple gloves that you can easily stuff into your pocket when you don't need

them.

People ask me all the time if they need to bring boots, and my advice is to wear boots

if you like to wear boots; but otherwise I don't think it's a requirement.

In fact I don't even own boots, and I get through DC winters just fine.

Just keep in mind that you will probably do a lot more walking during your trip than you're

used to, and boots are often not very comfortable for that.

If you're coming to DC and hoping to see some late holiday decorations, I hate to break

it to you, but you're too late.

Unlike in some European cities where the holiday decorations might stay up well into January,

ours pretty much come down on January 1st.

So if you're really hoping to see holiday sites, plan your trip for December instead.

January is a low month for restaurants so it's easy to get reservations, even at the

most popular ones.

However this is also when restaurants do their winter restaurant week, and I will leave information

about that down in the video description.

If you're coming during restaurant week, just make sure to plan ahead because reservations

can be surprisingly tough.

Since crowds are smaller than during the rest of the year, January is a great time to do

some of our indoor activities.

We have plenty of free museums around town and I will leave a link to a video in the

description where I give some of my best museum tips.

You might also want to check out a play at the Kennedy Center, or at least one of their

daily free performances.

If you're into sports, the Wizards and Capitals regular season will be happening.

Both of those teams play at the Capital One Arena and I have an entire video on sports,

if you're curious.

Or if you're an athlete yourself, there are a bunch of ice skating rinks set up around

town, which are really fun during winter.

The most notable rink is on the National Mall, across the street from the National Archives

and next to the National Gallery of Art.

But there are also rinks in Georgetown, the Wharf, and Navy Yard neighborhoods.

There are two government holidays in January that you should know about.

New Years is on January 1st and all government employees and school kids get a day off, but

restaurants, museums and other tourist sites will be open.

The other holiday is Martin Luther King Jr.

Day which is held on a Monday and actually a great opportunity for a weekend trip.

And every 4 years the Presidential Inauguration is held on January 20th.

My advice regarding inaugurations is unless you specifically want to see it, don't come

during that week.

Instead plan your trip for a little earlier in them month or a little later in the month.

It's really only inauguration day plus a couple days before and a couple days after that things

are a little crazy; but the rest of January, perfectly fine.

And that's it!

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Enjoy your trip!

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ROBERT MUELLER ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT TO BLOW UP WASHINGTON, IT'S ALL OVER - Duration: 10:59.

ROBERT MUELLER ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT TO BLOW UP WASHINGTON,IT'S ALL OVER

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office appears to have responded to a foreign company's

bid to get the Supreme Court to step into a fight over a grand jury subpoena served

on the firm.

Most details of the case remain under seal at the Supreme Court since the company asked

for an emergency stay last week, but an entry in the high court's docket indicates a response

was filed Friday, three days ahead of the Monday deadline set by the court.

The filing was accompanied by an application to put the filing under seal, the Supreme

Court docket says.

The docket entry doesn't indicate Mueller's office is involved in the legal fight.

Indeed, there's not even a mention in the Supreme Court's public records that the

U.S.

Government or the Justice Department is involved in the case.

Friday's filing was likely submitted by Solicitor General Noel Francisco's office,

which handles nearly all Supreme Court briefs for the U.S. government.

When a federal appeals court issued a ruling last week turning down the company's effort

to quash the subpoena, the judges made public some details about the dispute.

The D.C. Circuit order revealed that the firm involved is owned by a foreign government

and was held in contempt by a district court judge who rejected the firm's arguments

that its governmental ownership makes it immune from a grand jury subpoena.

The appeals court also rejected claims that the firm should be excused from responding

to the subpoena because answering the request would violate the foreign country's laws.

The connection between the legal battle and Mueller's ongoing investigation of ties

between the Trump campaign and Russia is murky, but a POLITICO reporter stationed in the D.C.

Circuit clerk's office in October heard a visitor ask for a copy of a filing by the

special counsel just hours after a sealed pleading was submitted in the appeal.

A D.C. Circuit judge who formerly worked in the White House as an associate counsel to

President Donald Trump also recused himself from the dispute, court records show.

A spokesman for Mueller's office declined to comment on the development at the high

court Friday.

If the Supreme Court decides not to step into the dispute, the details of the fight could

remain and the identity of the company and country involved could remain hidden from

public view.

But if the justices decide to grant some relief to the company or hear the case on the high

court's regular docket, some additional details of the battle could surface, since

the Supreme Court rarely entertains cases

on

an

entirely

secret basis.

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McConnell at center of shutdown impasse � but uncharacteristically disengaged The Washington Post - Duration: 7:32.

McConnell at center of shutdown impasse — but uncharacteristically disengaged The Washington Post

The federal government has been partially shut down for a week, hundreds of thousands of workers are furloughed, but theres no sign of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the veteran dealmaker whos brokered an end to so many Washington impasses.

McConnell is home in Kentucky, and the senators spokesman, Donald Stewart, said its up to President Trump and the Democrats to come up with a deal to end the stalemate over funding for Trumps border wall.

In other words, in McConnells view, its not on him.

Still, the sidelines is an unusual place to find the Senate leader with Washington in the throes of a budget breakdown — especially one he was determined to avoid and may have difficulty resolving next week with his Senate Republicans fearful of crossing Trump.

McConnell has made no secret of his distaste for government shutdowns, and just days before it happened he predicted that it would not, telling Capitol Hill reporters that the public doesnt like shutdowns and theres no education in the second kick of a mule.

Weve been down this path before and I dont believe well go down this path again, McConnell said then.

But McConnell is dealing with an unreliable partner in the White House. The week before Christmas, McConnell pushed the Senate to unanimously pass a short term spending bill that would have kept the government open through early February, but without giving Trump the dollar 5 billion that he wants for his wall, the one he repeatedly insisted Mexico would finance.

McConnell did so with the understanding that Trump would support the bill, allies said. But the president changed course abruptly the next morning under intense pressure from conservatives, and the House never took up the Senates bill, instead passing legislation to keep the government open and fund Trumps wall that had no chance in the Senate.

A quarter of the government shut down on Dec. 22, and theres been very little progress in negotiations since. And McConnell himself has appeared to disengage, putting the onus on Democrats and Trump after his initial efforts were undercut by the president.

McConnell is one of the best vote counters in politics, and he generally knows when to fold a losing hand, said Bruce Reed, who was Joe Bidens chief of staff from 2011 to 2013, when McConnell and the then vice president worked together to strike some critical deals. He did that on a number of occasions in the Obama years. Hes now stuck with a president who prefers to double down on a losing hand.

Allies point out that in budget fights under the Obama administration, it was up to McConnell to corral recalcitrant Republicans to make a deal with a Democratic administration, something he did successfully in high pressure moments time and again. In this shutdown fight, though, the dynamic is reversed and its up to Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer D N.Y. and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi D Calif. — once Democrats take over the House on Jan. 3 — to find the votes for legislation that Trump will sign, Republicans say.

The difference between his position now and his position over the last 10 years is he was representing the party that had the impasse in final negotiations, so it was incumbent on him to find a way out of the impasse, said Josh Holmes, a McConnell adviser and former chief of staff.

Now there is no impasse in his conference, theyre united, Holmes said. So when people say McConnell should come in and negotiate a way out of this, theyre asking him to negotiate against himself.

Intent on reopening the government, House Democrats are weighing several legislative options they could pass immediately upon taking control. The bills under consideration would fund border fencing and levee walls that Democrats have already supported — but not the concrete wall Trump once promised.

McConnell and his Republicans will face pressure from constituents who want an end to the shutdown and conservatives who want the wall — and, of course, Trump.

McConnell and Trump have had a rocky relationship, publicly sparring last year over the Senates failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But McConnells successful handling of two Supreme Court nomination fights, especially the recent battle over Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, put him squarely back in Trumps good graces.

Theres been no recent renewal of public tensions between the two, though the negotiations leading up to the shutdown brought one of their long standing disagreements to the fore as Trump urged McConnell to change Senate rules so that the House border wall bill could pass with a simple majority instead of 60 votes, and McConnell refused.

McConnell, 76, who is up for reelection to a seventh Senate term in 2020, has repeatedly lauded the work accomplished in the two years under Trump, saying its been one of the most successful congresses in recent decades. He points to a massive tax cut bill, confirmation of two conservatives to the Supreme Court and 82 other lower court judges, as well as passage of legislation to address the opioid crisis and overhaul the criminal justice system.

The senator made the same points to Trump recently, according to a tweet Trump sent Sunday night saying: Mitch McConnell just told a group of people, and me, that he has been in the U.S. Senate for 32 years and the last two have been by far the best and most productive of his career. Tax and Regulation Cuts, VA Choice, Farm Bill, Criminal Justice Reform, Judgeships and much more. Great!

McConnell didnt want it all to end with a shutdown. But the stage was set partly because he and other GOP leaders, after hearing Trump level numerous threats to get his border wall money, urged the president to put the fight off until after the midterm elections, concerned that a pre election showdown could hurt Republican chances.

McConnell and other congressional GOP leaders promised to fight for the wall after the elections, but when the moment arrived it turned out they had no real strategy to get the wall funding Trump sought. So Trump, egged on by conservatives lawmakers and commentators, disregarded McConnells opposition and walked into a shutdown that theres now no obvious way out of.

Rep. James Comer R Ky. , a House freshman who previously served as Kentuckys commissioner of agriculture, said that he shares McConnells opposition to shutdowns, but that voters in his rural Kentucky district are strongly behind Trump even as the standoff continues. As he prepares to face voters in 2020, McConnell will need the presidents support.

But Comer said that McConnell, more than anyone else, should be at Trumps side during negotiations to bring the stalemate to a close.

My experience with McConnell from a historical perspective, and as well as a colleague so to speak over the last 19 years in Kentucky politics, hes the best in the business at closing deals, Comer said. I hope the president is in communication with McConnell hourly, because I think that McConnell has the best perspective on how to navigate the perils of a shutdown.

A McConnell spokesman did not respond Friday when asked when the senator had most recently spoken with Trump.

Starting in 2011, when Republicans recaptured the House and began looking for opportunities to challenge President Obama, McConnell settled into his role as dealmaker.

Three raging battles — over raising the debt limit, a fiscal cliff, and whether to block funding for the Affordable Care Act — began with House conservatives making demands and ended with McConnell bringing most of his caucus into an agreement that preserved the status quo.

In one of these fights, as Congress was nearing a deadline for the expiration of Bush era tax cuts in the waning hours of 2012, McConnell and Biden spoke at least 13 times, working through the details of a bill that could pass both chambers of Congress. The two men, who had known each other for nearly 30 years, revised a proposal that had stalled in the House, forcing Republicans to commit to a tax hike on top income rates and pushing Democrats to back off some 2012 campaign promises.

After negotiating with a White House exhausted by crises, McConnell sidelined conservatives who favored no deal at all — then argued that hed pulled out a win for them.

In a government controlled two thirds by the Democrats — we got permanency for 99 percent of the Bush tax cuts, McConnell said after selling his caucus on the deal.

Democrats credited McConnell for keeping open lines of communication with Biden, even when conservatives criticized him. In the aftermath of each crisis, McConnell placed some or most of the blame on his own party, casting himself as the pragmatist who could keep the government running.

That history has made many conservatives skeptical of McConnell. In 2014, the leader faced a credible primary challenge from Matt Bevin, a businessman who him for raising the debt limit and failing to repeal the ACA; after losing that primary, Bevin waged a successful campaign for governor.

But more recently, conservatives have celebrated McConnells single minded focus on confirming judges. Asked if they worried about the leader siding with Democrats in January to end the shutdown, House conservatives said that the court fights had revealed a McConnell who they expect will not back down.

The Senate will often pass something to the House, knowing Republicans dont support it, said Rep. Steve King R Iowa . But when you look at how strong Mitch stood against Merrick Garland and how strong he stood on confirming Brett Kavanaugh, thats promising.

Garland was Obamas Supreme Court nominee who never got a hearing as McConnell refused to even consider filling a vacancy in the 2016 election year.

Next week, McConnells caucus will also shift to the right, with four Republicans replacing Democratic senators and Rep. Marsha Blackburn R Tenn. replacing Sen. Bob Corker R Tenn. , a skeptic of the border wall.

All of the incoming Republicans ran on Trumps border wall, though they have not said much about the specifics of the shutdown. On her Facebook page, Blackburn has urged supporters to sign a petition supporting the border wall. In columns and debates all year, incoming senators like North Dakotas Kevin Cramer and Missouris Josh Hawley committed to the border wall.

Enough apologies and temporizing, Hawley wrote in a September column for Fox News. Build the wall. Fund the Border Patrol. Back ICE. You can count on me to fight for all of the above.

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For more infomation >> McConnell at center of shutdown impasse � but uncharacteristically disengaged The Washington Post - Duration: 7:32.

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Washington Third Government Shutdown in 2018 - Duration: 2:24.

This parking lot is located under

one of the busiest buildings in Washington D.C.

but it dose not look so busy today

some of the employees in this building are enjoying their holiday vacation

and the new year season

but others didn't show up because

of the partial federal Government Shutdown

in Washington

but how this shutdown effected the people outside? Lets see

Steven Williams , a federal employee

decided to bring his guests from Florida to show them

the verity of museums in Washington

but, they found some of them closed because of the Government Shutdown

the third partial shutdown in 2018

more than 800 thousand federal employee

got effected by this shutdown

some of them are working without pay

and others were furloughed

"Being a federal employee myself

I think the shutdown is not something good

I hope that the president can reach a deal with congress

but honestly I am not optimistic about that

The National Archive..

one of many buildings which are closed because the shutdown

hundreds of thousands visit this institute annually

but not this family

"Both parties should know better

and deiced on a budget earlier

it is not smart to wait till the shutdown to make a "deal" "

"I do not understand the logic..

how come the government in America can't approve a budget"

not only foreigners who dose-not understand the shutdown..

American tourists who came to visit Washington

also had to deal with this unfortunate closures

in some of the attractions in the city

"I am going to ask my grandson where to go next

he is the expert guide in Washington

for me I just want to have fun before I go back to California

the government shutdown don't effect all the federal government

The partial shutdown means all but essential operations in the government will close

for example the closure includes the National Park Services

visa issuing offices and the IRS

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