Protesters gathered in Boulder, Colo., following the Trump administration’s firing of hundreds of staff from the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. KUSA’s Angeline McCall explains how the job cuts could impact the community and the country.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's office in Boulder after the Trump administration laid off hundreds of workers from the agency.

BOULDER, Colorado (Reuters) -Over 1,000 protesters gathered outside a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration building in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, decrying Trump administration layoffs of what two current employees said were upward of 10% of scientists there.