WHITFIELD: All right. Welcome back. Right now lawmakers in New Jersey are holding an emergency meeting in an attempt to end a government shutdown. Governor Chris Christie closed the government Friday night after lawmakers failed to pass a budget. CNN's Polo Sandoval is at a state park in Jersey City that has been closed on this busy -- what would usually be a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend. So Polo, where do negotiations stand and how disappointed are people that they can't enjoy the state parks?</s>POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's exactly the way I would put it, too, Fred. People are clearly disappointed. A row of cars usually getting into the park, not necessarily news. What is though, however, is that most of these folks are simply having to turn into a parking lot where state police or park police are saying that they cannot go pass some of these roadblocks and enjoy that large park because of that shutdown. And you don't necessarily have to show up with a car. If you try to bike or walk in, you can expect some of these nail barriers to stop you in your tracks. I've spoken to several people today, Fred, as you just mentioned. They are disappointed. They are having to go elsewhere on the Fourth of July weekend. That timing is critical here because most families especially in New Jersey head to Liberty State Park for the beautiful view of fireworks, Statue of Liberty. Not this weekend as Governor Chris Christie and also state lawmakers continue this budget battle, which at this point has no end in sight. The last time it happened, roughly, the summer of 2006, Fred. Took well over a week for that impasse to get solved up, or resolved, at least. So that is an issue that people here are talking about. A lot of people showing um with picnic baskets having to go right back the way they came because of this state government shutdown. We expect to hear from the governor in the next hour or so to see what, if anything, will be done to try to bring this to a resolution -- Fred.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. Polo Sandoval, Thank you so much in Jersey City. All right, still so much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM in the next hour, right after this.
New Jersey Lawmakers Work To End Government Shutdown.