Position with the Social Security administration for years ago, looking for more stability. But now with the Government Shutdown, financial worries that originally came with his last job have resurfaced. When i lose the big income, its almost like there is no income. I do have a parttime job, but it doesnt sustain the bills. Erin, who is a stayathome mom, has thought about parttime work, but she has to care for three kids, and now has to worry about when her husbands next check will come in. Unfortunately, the story is seen over and over around the state, single income families are families living paycheck to paycheck who want to get back to work to support their family, left in a very frustrating position because of the politicians on capitol hill who cannot come to an agreement. My husband has to work two jobs for us to survive. Understand, they are still getting paid and they cannot come to a decision. Some federal workers around the state will also start filing for unemployment because they dont know when they will go back to work or get aid. They if they do receive back pay, they will have to pay all that unemployment back, which is keeping some from filing in the first place. Heres an update for you, the shutdown of the government will not Impact CollegeFootball Games this weekend. A Senior Defense official confirms the game with the air force academy will go on as scheduled. The same goes for the matchup between army and boston college. Sports at the Naval Academy are selffunded and the air force was able to receive a gift to pay its tab of 250,000. We have a complete list on our website. See who actually gets paid during the shutdown. Just like the list at the top of the homepage at wbaltv. Com. Some late breaking news out of Howard County. After nearly eight hours of deliberations over two years, a man has been convicted in a double shooting at an elephants Ellicott City spot last year. Was found guilty of the shooting of his estranged last year. He faces life in prison when he is sentenced in december. Nearly four months after a tragic fourth of july parade accident that killed a seven yearold boy, authorities have decided not to file any charges. On onedridge was riding of the floats as part of the annapolis Independence Day parade when he fell off and was run over. Prosecutors tell 11 news that the driver of the van pulling the float was unaware of the boy falling and there was nothing he could do to stop it. The case is now officially closed. Man accused ofe murdering a couple over a 10 debt has pleaded not guilty in the shooting deaths. Police said the couples infant daughter was in the arms of its mother at the time of the murder. If convicted, he faces a possible life sentence without the possibility of parole. Maryland may have a leg up on helping local School Districts deal with Cyber Bullying. Its all thanks to an agreement with facebook. The company says it will make it easier for schools to report bullying on its social media site. Tim tooten joins us with that story. How big a deal is this e i know Cyber Bullying is huge. It is a project just for maryland. Comes at theent start of National Bullying prevention month. The new law officially hit the books. Some experts say more than a Million Students have been bullied over the internet. Old5 that a 15year teenager took her own life after she was cyber bullied in 2012. The tragedy led to the new Cyber Bullying law in maryland. It is one reason why the attorney general pushed so hard to form this new partnership with ace book. Feels he orudent she is the victim of Cyber Bullying, there will be a direct connection to facebook. If it is Cyber Bullying. Facebook calls it the education escalation challeng c. We will hopefully cut it off at the root so it stops this perpetual circle of more postings in response to something that shouldnt be there. Maryland parents are convinced the new effort could help make a difference in what happens online. I think it is a great idea. So much can happen, whether parents are watching or not, online. I think it is a great idea. It holds facebook a little more accountable. Parents say it is a start, but it wont solve the largest Cyber Bullying issue. My only remaining concern is that we address the bigger culture that creates bullying and makes it possible. To me, that is really the big issue. The attorney general hopes to form partnerships with the number of other social media companies. The mother of the teenager victimized by Cyber Bullying says she is pleased the discussion is being held on this to hernt topic. She said knowledge, her daughter was bullied over twitter, not facebook. Right now we are still following the latebreaking details out of washington dc. A police chase through the Capital District ends with the suspect shot dead. Tropical storm karen in the gulf of we know what caused a messy and smelly situation this afternoon that sent dozens of people home from a Court Building in essex. Officials now confirm it was a sewage backup. It began inside the building and sewage poured out along the 8900 law. 8900 block. Crews are working to get everything cleaned up and we are hearing the court is expected to be open tomorrow. In tonights medical alert, flu season is officially here, and it is here. Maryland Health Officials are confirming the first flu case of the season. The child had to undergo brief stay at the hospital. Aswas identified in the lab h one in one, also known as the swine to. It is an important reminder to be vaccinated. We got our shots yesterday at wbal. An emergency vaccination drill. Make sureis issued to the hospital is prepared in the event of an emergency. Itospital employee said serves as a quick way of getting the 6000 employees vaccinated. It is really important that all of our employees get vaccinated because we want to make sure we are protecting not just our workforce but also the patients and people that we serve. Vaccinatedrs drill 75 of employees in the time allotted. This years goal is to vaccinate 100 in 36 hours. A continuing trend of doctors prescribing antibiotics to patients who do not need them. A study from brigham and Womens Hospital found that 60 of adults who visit the doctor with a sore throat are prescribed antibiotics, even though 10 of them have strep. The number was 73 for acute bronchitis, which can also be treated without antibiotics. Medical experts are urging doctors to cut down on the overuse of antibiotics, saying it poses a medical risk for seriously toas healthcare cost. The nextdoor is definitely on the gross side. Some doctors believe the human stool could hold a cure for serious gut infections. Canadian researchers have discovered a way to extract the good bacteria from human feces and then contain it in capsules. When given to 27 patients in a study, all of them are cured of severe infections. They had failed to get better while taking strong antibiotics. Now, your forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. Theets move right into weather. Another warm and muggy, summerlike day. 80 degrees in pikesville at this hour. These temperatures are little bit cooler than yesterday. Upper 80s in some locations. We have been dealing with a little more cloud cover. Clouds from the coastal area back into the mountains. Dont think we are in for any rain in here around tonight. Will act like a blanket tonight, trapping the heat of the day tomorrow. A mild night ahead of us, just barely below 60 in the cooler suburbs. Baltimorein downtown or a low tonight. The normal high is only about 72 degrees, so it is a really mild night ahead of us. Pressure to the warm air. We are on the warm side of the system. On the cold side, it is cold. A winter storm warning in parts of idaho and montana. Snow of over a foot in some of the Higher Elevations out there. Possible power outage in some of those High Mountain regions in the northern rockies. Tropical storm karen we will be looking at. The tropical season is still hanging on and karen is crossing over the yucatan now getting into the gulf of mexico. You can see the big storms over here and the center of circulation is actually west of the main thunderstorm activity. The big storms have been blowing off to the east. As long as the wind shear is cutting across the storm, it will have a hard time getting strong. Like the prime trough is but somewhere between new orleans and panama city early saturday morning. Windsnow 65 mile an hour moving northwest ahead of the Tropical Storm. Late tomorrow night, early saturday morning, then it weakens back down to a Tropical Storm as it makes landfall somewhere between new orleans and panama city. Heading toward us sometime on monday. We wont get the storm impact, but we will get the tropical moisture. We got about two or three inches of rain earlier in the summer. The remnants of karen will move through on monday. ,orrow, partly cloudy day sunrise at 7 06. The mountains will have some scattered showers the next couple of days, warm and muggy, well up into the 70s each day. Eastern shore locations, still feeling like summer as we head into the weekend. Muggy conditions, partly cloudy skies on saturday before the showers arrive early next week. At the coast, partly cloudy with highs in the low 80s. Tomorrow, a slight risk of an afternoon shower popping up, and then we are back to some shine and i warn sunshine and a warm saturday. On monday the remnants of karen could bring us some steady rain. That will eventually knocked the temperatures back to normal. Quick still ahead, a Church Community mourns the death of six of its members. Reactions from the first officials on the scene as we cover the nation. While in that why investigators of the ntsb will not be joining that investigation. Bethere could today the state comptroller rolled out what he wants to be the new statewide initiative. He sent letters to business owners. David collins joins us in the studio. Targetinglot Program Small businesses. The controllers offices teamed up to get the word out. In 5000rollers Office Letters to Small Businesses in anne arundel county. The federal tax credit bill would average out to be as much as 887 per resident in maryland. Shutdownnment literally pulled the plug and 1000 out of the pocket of this businessman who owns a Production Company that provides video, audio, and lighting for concerts and special events. The facility canceled and a bit is coming was involved in canceled an event. He recently received a letter from the state Comptrollers Office detailing how to take it vantage of a business tax credit under the Affordable Health care act. Eligible businesses have 25 employees or less. We have the Affordable Care act which is in place now and we have full coverage pimco x the tax credit is worth 35 of the is ms. Healthcare premium cost. It goes up to 50 in 2014. The average salary for fulltime equivalent employees must be less than 50,000. Businesses with fewer than 10 employees and an average salary of less than 25,000 will get the biggest tax credit. The state Comptrollers Office sent tax Credit Information to 5000 businesses in anne arundel county. Confidential,ly which is a great way for us to communicate important information. He sent similar letters to businesses and Howard County that qualify for the tax credit. We know they are having an impact, and Small Businesses are finding out about these tax credits. Is critical to also having a healthy bottom line. 110,000 businesses in maryland could qualify for the tax credit. Should encourage other states to use maryland as an example. A suspect is dead tonight after shots were fired on capitol hill. The incident began when the driver tried to ram through a barricade at the white house. We will have the latest details on the woman behind the wheel, just ahead. Im rob roblin. A bunch of four and five euros are saying thank from wbaltv 11, this is breaking news. It was kind of like an explosion, but it may have been another accident, i couldnt tell. We were actually in the middle of a Government Shutdown protest, and it was very scary. More of the breaking news we have been following for the past several hours now. Shots fired at the u. S. Capitol building. It all started at the white house. Is a very fluid situation, but the chief of police is now saying he believes it was an isolated event. It began when a woman try to drive through the security barricades at the white house, leading police on a chase about a mile long with a toddler in the car. Jayne miller has the latest from the 11 news room. There is no id on the woman yet and no clue about her motive. It started about 2 20 this afternoon when police say the woman tried to go through a barricade near the white house. Secret Service Chase the woman down pennsylvania avenue to capitol hill. Video captures the car being cornered and shots being fired as police tried to stop her. As you can see, the woman took off again. She was stopped a short distance median attraffic second and maryland avenue on capitol hill. She reportedly was killed. The child, who is three years old, who was in the car with her was apparently unharmed. There was three or four cop cars and 30 seconds after that, i heard a series of loud pops. Seven more cop cars chased after me chased by me after that. Seconds after that i saw a black lexus beating by me with more cop cars chasing it. Car gotthe last cop clipped and turned over. That is the video that shows the black car, believed to be a connecticutti with tags. Capitol hill was put on lockdown for a short time. It was lifted about 45 minutes later and congressional representatives and senators did get back to work. Does appear the only shots fired today came from police. A Capitol Police officer was injured in a related accident. Police think it was an isolated incident, and not related to terror. There will be a news briefing coming up within about a half hour or less than that. We will bring you the latest as we get it. And insane afternoon in washington dc. Here is a look at some of the other big stories we are following. A suspicious practice what suspicious package was found to be harmless. Investigated the call and by 12 20, Officials Say the package turned out to be just a block of wood. We are learning more about her double shooting that happened about this time yesterday in baltimore county. Brandon jewell and his father, the investigation continues, but both victims are expected to survive. Authorities are saying no foul play in the death of a man found this morning in the woods near the city line. We have confirmed the victims identity, 49yearold reed haney who lived and worked in wilmington, north carolina. Police say his body did have a number of injuries. The autopsy is pending. The partial Government Shutdown is forcing people to adjust at every turn. Thanks to the baltimore orioles, that adjustment was easy for 200 preschoolers. More onin joins us with how the orioles came to the rescue. , a day when program out on prek students go a special road trip. They were supposed to go to fort mchenry, but ended up here at orioles part. It turned out to be a real good day, thank to the os. Because of the federal Government Shutdown, almost 200 prek students who were supposed to take a tour of fort mchenry in it up here today at oriole park at camden yards. How many of you have ever been to this ballpark before . Some of you have been here before. Due to the Government Shutdown, we got a lastminute email saying we are going to the orioles park, so we brought the kids here in stead. It is a wonderful day, beautiful weather, and the kids are excited to be here with the orioles. A number of tour guides were here to take the kids around the stadium. Which teams dugout do you think is on the First Base Side . Orioles, good. Have about 400 standing room only tickets. One of the standing room only areas is right here. There was a lot to see. For the parents and teachers on the tour, it is not fort mchenry it is a little disappointing. I think it would have a lot more purpose and meaning. Shutdown. Shame it i think it is unfortunate the government got furloughed, but i think the kids are probably having a little more fun here. The orioles stepped up and said we could come. How did the kids like the trip . X do you like it . Yes. Is it fun . I do like it. What about you, angel . I like it. Yes, it was a fun day. Rob roblin, wbaltv 11 news. Ahead, police are trying to figure out as they investigate a violent attack on a new york city street. The driver of this suv was pulled from the car and beaten. Off theearch continues coast of italy. Many asies believe as 500 may have been on board when the boat capsized. Smash and grab burglaries in anne arundel county. The man who is believed to have covering the nation, a number of communities are in mourning tonight after crash on the tennessee interstate they killed eight people. Six of the victims were Church Members returning from a gospel festival. The bus went across the median and into the back of a chevy top who. Tahoe. Chevy police and prosecutors in new york are still trying to decide who is to blame in what happened in a Violent Crime caught on camera taking place right in the middle of a new york city street. A group ofhows motorcyclists surrounding an issue be and eventually grabbing the driver out and beating him. Today the drivers wife released a statement insisting that her husband sped away to retake their family. He accidentally struck one of the bikers in the process. Both sides continue to deny any wrongdoing. A rescue attempt is underway off the coast of italy where a boat with 500 people on board caught fire and sank on its way back to libya. Might have drowned. This is newly released video of rescue efforts. Authorities say it is possible bodies could still be inside the vessel. According to the italian coast guard, this is one of the deadliest accidents in the mediterranean where thousands of crossings like this are made every year. The forecast for the Holiday Shopping season is not very sunny. It has a lot to do with the Government Shutdown. Is. Uess what today day. You have seen the commercials on tv or online. Ahead, one school is so sick of hearing it, students are being punished if they say it. Humid air i here is a look at what we are working on for 6 00. The Government Shutdown pushes local families to the limit. Smash and grab robberies in anne arundel county. My Police Believe the same man may be responsible for dozens of crimes. The stories and it has become one of the most memorable commercials to come along in a long time. But theo commercial, catch phrases got a little too far according to one middle school. Itsts can no longer say hump day. If you have seen it, and has probably made you stop and watch , giving you a chuckle or maybe even a full on laugh. Guess what today is e its hump day. Next the catch phrase from the geico camel commercial is catching on in the hallways of this middle school. Everybody is walking down the hallway saying its hump day. The superintendent tells me that some sixthgrade boys have been using the phrase so much it is becoming disruptive. Not just yelling it in the hallways on wednesday, it is everyday. Its getting out of hand. Just keep it to wednesdays and it will be all right. Some kids have been called into the office, but the superintendent said it is not even as it district or schoolwide issue, the teachers just want to knit it in the nip it in the bud. Some parents say they will be happy when it dies out. Greg is getting old now it is getting old now. So for the School Superintendent has refused to comment. We are going to do every day that way. I dont know, im not going to say. Worm stuff continues around here, warmer than what you would expect in october. 84 degrees. 92 was the record high back in 1919. 34 almost freezing on this day in 1974. 81 in downtown baltimore this hour, 81 in westminster, 80 in hagerstown. The airport out in oakland, Garrett County has not reported any temperature for the past several hours. 83 and sells very at this hour uryinstalls perry in salsb at this hour. The clouds help keep the temperatures down a couple of degrees. Much below 70 in downtown baltimore for the low tonight. High pressure to the south produces another warm day tomorrow. , back intout west the 30s and 40s over the northern rockies. South dakota has issued a blizzard warning for tomorrow for the black hills of south dakota. Warm, muggy, and tropical on this side of it, including Tropical Storm karen down in the gulf of mexico. The center of the storm is removed from the big thunderstorm activity setting up to the east of it. Tropical systems do not like wind shear, which is good news for us. The storm a become a weak hurricane over the gulf of mexico. A hurricane is 74 mile an hour winds. To weaken back down to a storm as it makes landfall somewhere between new orleans and panama city saturday morning. Tracks up along the appellations into the mid atlantic, it will bring all that moisture to the west. For us, be great news we are five inches below normal rainfall for the gear. Benefit us a little bit with the dry conditions. 1. 5 to 2. 5 inches of rain along the old tropical system. That will mostly come into our area on monday. Partly cloudy tomorrow, an isolated shower might pop up in the afternoon, but most areas dry, warm, and muggy and 85 degrees. Shower byisk of a sunday evening, but most of sunday should be decent. Movedmnants of karen through on monday with ties back down in the 70s. Highs back down in the 70s. Looks like slightly more americans filed for jobless it is uplast week. 1000 from the week before. And snares lowest level since 2007. That is an encouraging sign. We will see how the numbers change since this sat down since the shutdown. Lets look at how it is impacting wall street. The bigs free all closed down today. The dow down more than 118 points, and nearly 41 points for the nasdaq and the s p finished down 15 points. Some projections on the Holiday Season have been released and it shows the Government Shutdown could put a damper on spending. The National Retail federation says the forecast would have been better if it were not for the hangups in washington. The longer it lasts, the lower sales will be. Considering everything that is happening with the economy, the Government Shutdown, we believe that 3. 9 is actually thety optimistic. Holiday season makes up about 20 of sales. The shutdown could also affect seasonal jobs. Target plans to hire 70,000 parttime employees, but that is 20 fewer than last year. A wall street journal analysis of data from around the world shows u. S. Energy output rapidly surging in recent years, while russia has struggled. The u. S. Produced about 22. 2 Million Barrels of oil a day of natural gas in the month of july. Russ is estimated be 21. 8 Million Barrels a day. Saudi arabia remains the largest supplier of crude oil in the world. Talk about an expensive mistake. Several Bank Customers in mississippi woke up to trillions of dollars in their bank account yesterday morning. Of an issue with the systems and it did not reflect the actual account balance available to those customers. Quick the first thing i thought about was giving back to the community, pay all my debts, and try to make more money from it when you have money. That would be nice. Thats not going to happen. Bank staff corrected the error in just a few hours. Police open fire on a driver attempting to flee the capital area. We know that the suspect is dead and one officer was injured during that chase. We will have the latest details at the top of the hour. At the Baltimore City fire academy this weekend, you can see controlled live burns and firefighters in action, not to mention firetruck rides and much more. Details on the thrill show, next. You might want to check out baltimorehow with the city Fire Department. It is all for free. Jennifer franciotti has details. The car up in flames in Baltimore City firefighters respond. In this case, it is a controlled run forst a practice this weekends thrill show. It puts a smile on their face. One of the things you will see on saturday is called a firefighters challenge. It involves running up five stores, dragging a hose, carrying bodies. It gives you a new appreciation for their jobs. Plus is carrying 70 pounds, only to pull up an extra hose once he gets there. All of it to show what might happen in a real fire. They show what it takes to lift a 180 pound man to safety. It is a very small glimpse of what the guys have to do. There are so many unknowns and so many things that can go wrong or different from what you see here. The saturday show is filled with events for kids. We will have an 1899 fire pumper steamer. We have a fire engine right also. The show is free it is public awareness, public safety. We come out with a thrill day every year and it is an Incredible Opportunity for us to see our scan what the Fire Department does. The thrill show starts saturday at 11 00. Sounds like a whole lot of fun. Here is a look at what is coming at new at 6 00. Hill. Ts fired on capitol im Nikole Killion and i will tell you the latest. Suspect arrested in snatch and grab burglaries. I will tell you how he got caught. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org [captioning made possible by Constellation Energy group] gunfire near the u. S. Capitol led to a lockdown, and officer injured, and the suspect dead. It happened just a few hours ago. So far police say began when a woman tried to ram a white house barricade and then led police on a chase that ended outside the nations capital. Nikole killion joins us live in washington with the latest details. StoppedCapitol Police the suspect here after police chase that led to a massive lockdown. According to authorities, it began over at the white house when a black car tried to ram through a security gate. About 20 Police Vehicles pursued that car here to capitol hill, resulting in gunfire. The driver apparently hit a barricade, backed up, and that is when police fired on it. Two people were taken to a acal hospital, including Police Officer whose injuries are not lifethreatening. The lockdown capitol hill has since been lifted and everything is back to normal. We know the capitol complex went into lockdown. What about the white house when this all started . The white house also went into lockdown for a short time this afternoon. We do know from the white house that the president was briefed on the incident. Nikole killion, live in washington, thank you. The partial shutdown continues and so does the blame game. Now concern is building that a growing dispute over the debt could touch off a new recession unless congress can resolve its differences. Sally kidd is in washington with the latest. Both sides say they dont want to shut down to continue, but neither side is budging. The president and his party are actually enjoying the shutdown. The government is closed. It is closed because they have closed it. President obama took his message on the road, aimed at washington. Just go to in the shutdown, and you can do it today. It would be the height of irresponsibility. The house continued passing bills to fund limited functions of government. While we work out our differences here in washington, children should not be denied treatment. It is about finding a solution. We are all tired of the brinksmanship and the showmanship, and all the drama and theatrics. Blamed House Speaker boehner. Republicans fired back. The only thing keeping the government from opening back up tothe democrats refusal apply very simple principle of fairness when it comes to obamacare. The Treasury Department says congress has until october 17 to take action or the u. S. Will default on its debt. Sally kidd, wbaltv 11 news. Thousands of federal workers and their families are starting to feel the effects of the Government Shutdown. We spoke with one of those families. Foreveral days of work lost a federal worker for load who still dont know if they will get their payback. What many thought would end quickly is dragging into serious territory, especially for a one income family. I was thinking one day and then everything would be fine. Now im hearing a couple of weeks, and it is not settling too easy right now. These are Uncertain Times he left his job as a mortgage banker for a financial analyst position with the Social Security administration for years ago, looking for more stability. Now with the Government Shutdown him a financial worries that originally came with his last job have resurfaced. When i lose the big income, its almost like there is no income. I do have a parttime job, but it doesnt sustain the bills that we need to pay. It is upsetting. Is a stayathome mom. She has thought about parttime work, but she has to care for three kids, and now has to worry about when her husbands next check will come in. If this continues, we will lose that cushion. The stories being told over and over again around the state. Families living paycheck to paycheck who want to get back to work to support their family or left in a very frustrating because of politicians on capitol hill who cannot come to an agreement. Ask my husband is working two jobs for us to survive. From what i understand, they are still getting paidd