Just like the house has listened to the American People. Reporter if there is a partial government shut down, passports will be delayed. Federally backed mortgages and gun permits wont be processed. And about 800,000 federal workers would be forced off the job without pay. Danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. And very soon were going to hear from president obama on News Conference about his comments on everything that has happened today in this budget battle. Remember, government shut down would have far reaching implications for the state of maryland. Local jobs, we have so many federal workers here, and it would have minimal impact on others. It would affect our National Parks as we heard, things like the smithsonian museum. Over all the responsibilities the constitution endows to congress, two should be fairly simple, pass a budget and pay americas bills. But if the United States congress does not fulfill its responsibility to pass a budget today, much of the United States government will be forced to shut down tomorrow. And i want to be very clear about what that shut down would mean. What will remain open, and what will not. With regard to operations that will continue, if youre on social security, you will keep receiving your checks. If youre on medicare your doctor will still see you. Everyones mail will still be delivered. And Government Operations related to National Security or Public Safety will go on. Our troops will continue to serve with skill, honor, and courage. Air traffic controllers, prison guards, those who are with border parole will remain on their posts. But their paychecks will be delayed until the government reopens. Nasa will shut down almost entirely, but Mission Control will remain open to support the astronauts serving on the space station. I would to be very clear about what would change. Office buildings would close. Paychecks will be delayed. Vital services that seniors and veterans, women and children, businesses and our economy depend on would be ham strung. Business owners would see delays in raising capitol, seeking infrastructure permits or rebuilding after hurricane sandy. Veterans who have sacrificed for their country will find their support centers unstaffed. Tourists will find every one of americas National Parks and monuments from yosemite to the smithsonian immediately closed and the communities and Small Businesses that rely on these National Treasures for their livelihoods will be out of customers and out of luck. And in keeping with the broad ramifications of a shut down, i think its important that everybody understands the federal government is americas largest employer. More than 2 million civilian workers and 1. 4 million active duty military served in all 50 states and all around the world. In the event of a government shut down, hundreds of thousands of these dedicated Public Servants who stay on the o the job will do so without pay, and others will be furloughed without pay. What of course will not be furloughed are the bills that they have to pay, their importantlies, their tuition their mortgages, their tuition payments, their car notes. These americans are our neighbors. Their kids go to our schools. They worship where we do. They serve their country with pride. They are the customers of every business in this country. And they would be hurt greatly and as a consequence, all of us would be hurt greatly, should congress choose to shut the peoples government down. So a shut down will have a very real Economic Impact on real people right away. Past shut downs have disrupted the economy significantly. This one would, too. It would throw a wrench into the the gears of our economy at a time when those gears have gained traction. Five years ago, right now, our economy was in melt down. Today our businesses have created 7 1 2 million new jobs over the past 3 1 2 years. The Housing Market is healing and our deficits are falling fast. The idea of putting the American Peoples hard earned progress at risk is the height of ire responsibility and it doesnt have to happen. Let me repeat this it does not have to happen. All of this is entirely preventable if the house chooses to do what the senate has already done, and thats the simple act of funding our government without making extraneous and controversial demands in the process. The same way other congresses have for more than 200 years. Unfortunately right now House Republicans continue to tie funding of the government to ideological demands like limiting a womans access to contraception or delaying the Affordable Care act, all to save face after making some impossible promises to the extreme right wing of their party. Let me be clear about this, an important part of the Affordable Care act takes Effect Tomorrow, no matter what congress decides to do today. The Affordable Care act is moving forward. That funding is already in place. You cant shut it down. This is a law that passed both houses of congress, a law that bears my signature, a law that the Supreme Court up held as constitutional. A law that voters chose not to repeal last november. A law that is already providing benefits to millions of americans in the form of young people staying on their parents plan until theyre 26. Seniors getting cheaper prescription drugs, making sure that Insurance Companies arent imposing lifetime limits when you already have in health insurance. Providing rebates for consumers when Insurance Companies are spending too much money on overhead instead of health care. Those things are already happening. Starting tomorrow, tens of millions of americans will be able to visit health care. Gov to shop for Affordable Health care coverage. Americans who have lived four years, in some cases with fear that one illness could send them into bankruptcy. Americans who have been priced out of the market because they have been sick once, they will finally be able to afford a coverage, quality coverage. Many of them for the first time in their lives. Some of them may be sick as we speak, and this is their best opportunity to get some security and some relief. Tens of thousands of americans die every single year because they dont have access to Affordable Health care. Despite this, republicans have said that if we lock these americans out of Affordable Health care for one more year, if we sacrifice the health care of millions of americans, then theyll fund the government for a couple more months. Does anybody truly believe that we wont have this fight again in a couple more months. Even at christmas. So heres the bottom line. Im always willing to work with anyone of either party to make sure the Affordable Care act works better. To make sure our Government Works better. Im always willing to work with anyone to grow our economy or to create new jobs faster, to get our fiscal house in order for the long run. I have demonstrated this time and time again, oftentimes to the consternation of my own party. But one faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government doesnt get to shut down the entire government just to fight the results of an election. Keeping the peoples government open is not a concession to me. Keeping Vital Services running ands and and hundreds of thousands of americans on the job is not something you give to the other side. Its our basic responsibility. Its something thawer that that were doing for our military and our businesses and our economy and all the hard working people out there, the person working for the Agricultural Department in some Community Whos out there helping some farmers, make sure that theyre making some modest profit for all the hard work theyre putting in. Theyre the person working for hud who is helping somebody buy a house for the first time. Theyre something in a va office who is counseling one of our vets whos got ptsd. Thats who were here to serve. Thats why were supposed to be carrying out these responsibilities. Thats why we should be avoiding these kinds of constant brinkmanship. Its something we do in the ordinary process in this extraordinary government that we have. You dont get, extract a ransom for doing your job because theres a law there that you dont like. The American People sent us here to govern. They sent us here to make sure that were doing everything we can to make their lives a little bit better, to create new jobs, to restore economic security, to rebuild the prospects of up ward mobility, thats what they expect, and they understand that there are differences between the parties and were going to be having tough fights around those differences. And i respect the fact that the other partys not supposed to agree with me a hundred percent of the time, just like i dont agree with them, but they do also expect that we dont bring the entire government to a halt or the entire economy to a halt just because of those differences. And thats what they deserve. They have worked too hard for too long to recover from previous crises just to have folks here in washington manufacture yet another one that they have to dig themselves out of. So Congress Needs to keep our o government our government open, pay our bills on town and not let it affect the full faith and credit of the United States of america. And time is running out. My hope and expectation in the 11th hour once again that congress will choose to do the right thing and the house of representatives in particular will choose the right thing. Thank you very much. You have been listening to president obama respond to what will happen to the nation and to its workers if an agreement is not reached by midnight tonight. Now, our complete coverage continues with Derek Valcourt. He is live in aberdeen where he has spent the day today speaking with federal workers who naturally are worried about a potential shut down. Derek. Reporter maryland is going to feel it with more than a quarter of a million federal employees and federal contractors from the maryland suburbs, to fort meade to here in aberdeen where the improving ground is the biggest employer in hartford county. The Aberdeen Proving Ground military base. I cant begin to tell you the exact its going to have. Reporter do you know is one of the employees facing the dawn is one of the employees facing the possibility of losing a job and worrying about her bottom line. It could be a couple weeks and that will put me in a bind. Reporter thousands of federal contractors in maryland are also bracing for a shut down. They dont know what to plan for, whether this is going to last a day. Reporter stg know that people will have to dip into their vacation times to get paid. Theres no guarantee if you tell employees theyre not going to get paid for a couple weeks, they may look for other jobs. Reporter in the town itself, restaurants and retailers depend on proving ground employees for their financial survival. Theyre not making money, were not making money. Reporter only time will tell if shut down brings businesses here from sizzle to fizzle. And were told that many of those federal employees and federal contractors will not know whether they are not to return to work until they show up for work tomorrow then they will be told to fill out paperwork and go home if that shut down does happen. Live in aberdeen, Derek Valcourt wjz Eyewitness News. And complete coverage continues now with gigi barnett. She breaks down the services impacted by a government shut down. Reporter the impact is going to have far reaching consequences, but it will be minimal to start with. Unemployment, social security, medicare, will continue. Federal courts would operate for the at least the next 10 Business Days and the mail would continue. All services after that would be impacted immediately. All federal parks will close including fort o mchenry fort mchenry and the smithsonian, and no tax audits and the federal Safety Health inspectors would stop except in cases of immediate danger. If you would like a comprehensive break down of the services that would be affected, come to cbsbaltimore. Com and look for the story on our home page. Im gigi barnett, back to you. And wjz will continue to follow the negotiations as the deadline looms and we will upyou update you update you on late developments. A nice look outside. Its nice, but things will be warming up more for october. Wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. Chelsea ingram is live in fells point with the weather lab. First lets go to bob turk in the first warning weather center. A great looking day. Warmer than its been the last few days. Now were down to 73. 66 oakland, 70 in ocean city. D. C. At 75. The dew point low. Very dry air at 47 degrees. We have had a few clouds throughout the day from time to time. Theyre beginning to break up. We wont deal with a whole lot of cloud. Well see them from time to time over the next few days and a warm up headed our way. Lets go to Chelsea Ingram live with wjz mobile weather lab in fells point. Thats right, we have a warm up on the way, and believe it or not, just being out here over the past hour and a half, temperatures have dropped about 10 degrees. We started out, we had temperatures nearly 79 degrees down here, and now were back down to about 70 degrees, but were going to be even warmer as he head into the next couple of days. Take a look at this graphic, starting tuesday, a warm up headed our way. High pressure is going to be in control of our weather as it sinks further to the south, thats going to cool in warmer temperatures over the next couple of days and we have another graphic for you. Kind of a forecast graphic and to give you an idea of how were going to be far away for whats considered normal for this time of year. Wednesday, 8 degrees. The normal 86 degrees. For now, im live at fells point with the wjz mobile weather lab. Back inside to you guys. Thank you chelsea, and bob. Well, it wasnt a pleasant trip to buffalo for the ravens, they lost the game and a lot of fans today are questioning the teams offense and quarterback joe flacco. Wjz is live at ravens camp in owings mills. Sports director mark viviano has more on the teams reaction to yesterdays ouchy loss. We hear the ravens logged their total team effort when it comes to victory. The same applies in this defeat for sure. Just about every aspect of the ravens effort at fault in their loss at buffalo. Quarterbacks get most of the praise and most of the blame, so joe flacco was in the spotlight of criticism after throwing five interceptions, but tight end ed dixon had a pass bounce off his hand into the arms of jim leonard for one of the interceptions and the ravens offensive line had a bad game, not blocking well for the running game, not blocking buffalos pass rush. Flacco was repeatedly sacked hit and hurried. The bills ran the ball for more than 200 yards, a rarity for any team against the ravens. We have to get better in every aspect. We have to run the ball better when were doing it and we have to throw the ball party. Its all around effort. Joe does not need to be under the pressure hes under. Actually our protection index had been good going into this game. This game it was not acceptable. We ask you with our wjz fan cam what upset you most about the ravens defeat. Turnovers are tough, and youre never going to win turning the ball over 5 times. The interceptions, we cant blame it all on flacco either. The turnovers, it was just too consistent, they couldnt get it together. Reporter plenty of blame to go around and bumps and proximate causes bruises, and a number of players suffered injuries, and none seem to be threatening the availability for next week. And jacoby jones will be practicing this week, and arthur brown as the ravens prepare for the their next game at miami. Thats the latest, back to you. Mark and the ravens will look to get the first road win of the season as they go to miami next week. You can see that game sunday at 1 live here on wjz. Still ahead on wjz Eyewitness News at 5, massive collision, two trains hit during morning rush hour in chicago, the victims and the investigation. Plus, attention drivers, new laws take Effect Tomorrow in maryland, what you need to know before you hit the road. Frantic family, their pet is missing, now they are asking for your help to find him. The unlikely forelyinged an four legged animal youre looking for. And temperatures straying away from typical fall weather, what can you expect, dont miss the updated forecast with bob turk just ahead. Complete coverage continues with kai jackson, mary bubala, and first warning weather with bob turk. Meteorologist Chelsea Ingram, and sports with mark viviano. And sports with mark viviano. ,,,,,,rylands news it is mostly sunny, 73 degrees in central maryland right now. The complete first warning forecast is coming up. If youre waiting for someone to get home from work tonight, lets check on the roads with kristy breslin, live at wjz traffic control. Hi everyone, were still dealing with a lot of traffic out there. Northbound on the harris expressway, watch for delays over to belfast. On the topside of the inner loop, bumper to bumper from charles street to hartford road. On the west side inner loop, slow traffic there as well. From 895 over to liberty road. And northbound 95, stop and go there from 395 over to white marsh boulevard. A couple accidents as well. Northbound 95 on the southwest side at 175 and southbound 95 at 195. Lets take a live look. Traffic not moving well at all there on the beltway west of york road, brought to you by paul miller, going to the dentist does not have to be scary or painful. 410, 7604445 or yoursmiletoday. Com. Beautiful afternoon, comfortable, look at these temperatures, 73 degrees. North winds at 3. The barometer holding steady. Holding steady. Take a looand when you get up can i play . No you dont even get football. [ male announcer ] when youve got 100 fiber optic fios, you get it. Americas fastest, most reliable internet. Its the ultimate for downloading, streaming, and chatting. That guy all over the football field. Thanks, joe. If the running backs dont start picking up the blitz, the quarterback is going to have a long night. Is that your sister . Look, are you trying to take my job . Maybe. 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Look at the clouds, you can see very few clouds around here. Theyll be moving out shortly. Warmer weather coming in tomorrow. 70 in ocean city, as i mentioned. 75 in d. C. Locally, temperatures in the low 70s just close to average. Wind tomorrow come back out of the south and west, that will bring up some warmer air thats sitting out over the midwest. Generally temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. That will be moving in our general direction. Theres some clouds on the gulf coast, showers down there will not impact us at this time. Theres a weak frontal boundary across the midwest, they may be clouds later this week, and cooler temperatures, wednesday looks like well peak at about the mid80s this week. So mild start to the week, a little bit warmer air coming in on wednesday. Thursday and friday, slightly cooler air. Still above average for this time of year. Temperatures generally land 80 to below 80s most of the week. Normal highs around 77. Tropical storm wind are 40, minimal and sitting out in the atlantic and not going to do anything except spin around and die and thats good news. South winds, 5 to 10 knots. Sunrise 7 03. The bay temp, around 70. May go up a degree or two. With mild air coming in and the sunset at 6 49. Tonight, then, clear to partly cloudy skies. Down around 52. Which is close to normal, and then tomorrow gets warmer than its been the last couple weeks. Partly sunny. Temperatures close to 80. Normal high around 71 and by the end of the month of october, our o normal high our normal high drops to around 60. Were not going to know what to do. The stink bug to explode. I like the heat. Bob, thank you, still ahead on wjzs Eyewitness News at 5. The pope is granting saint hood at the vatican, what it means for the church. Marylands cynicism rate is going down. Im pat warren, what these and other inmates are doing to make that happen. First heres tonights report from wall street. We,,,,,,,, this is wjz tv baltimore. From the city, to the counties t your neighborhood. Now its complete coverage, its wjz, marylands news station. It is just after 5 30. 73 degrees, and sunny in central maryland right now. Thanks for staying with wjz Eyewitness News. And heres other stories people are talking about tonight. A frightening scene for anyone on or near the bay bridge sunday evening. A construction fire sends smoke billowing over the chesapeake bay. Wjz is live. Rochelle ritchie has more on what happened and the investigation into a possible cause. Reporter well, hi this fire adds to a number of issues that we have seen this year at the bay bridge. Investigators with the Maryland Department of transportation are now looking into whether or not a Power Generator is to blame for this fire. Smoke billowed in the air over the bay bridge after paint from a construction site catches fire, the entire caught on cell phone video. Its been a bad summer for the bay bridge. Reporter fire broke out sunday evening in the westbound lanes of the bay bridge as many made their way back home, some getting stuck in traffic for hours, others staying overnight at nearby hotels. They had lines going out the door because of the fire, so and one person working, i told her i felt like i had to hop behind there and help her. Reporter they were able to put the fire out quickly. The site of the o fire is where materials for the project is being stored. They have been at the center of a number of accidents,. Its crazy, we have worked here for a while and i have been going over this bridge for my whole life. Reporter last nights fire, the same location where in june a construction worker fell 15 feet to a platform and a short distance from a where a woman survived after her car was hit by a distracted turnover sending her car plunging into the ambulance. Youre going to be fine. Reporter yesterday, fire appears to be mechanical, drivers say the pile up of problems is unnerving. Its dangerous. Reporter and despite those intense flames, no structural damage was found. Im Rochelle Ritchie wjz Eyewitness News. Thank you, the official cause of the fire remains under investigation. More people were released from marylands prisons after serving time seem to be staying out of trouble and not returning. Wjz is live, political reporter, pat warren has more. Officials credit the drop to a Partnership Approach to inmate rehabilitation. Andre vince and every other student in the classroom is in detention, learning a trade that may serve him better once hes served his time. This is my first time i have been here for a while, but this is my first time and hopefully my only time. Reporter department of Public Safety and Correctional Service numbers show odds increased in his favor, the rate at which exinmates return for new crimes. Joann jester is an example of that success. Its a hard thing to go into jail knowing that, you know, you feel like the world has come to an end, but when you have people that really do care, you know, you have to take it and you have to roll with it. Reporter in 2007, dpcfs combined to form reentry programs. Since 2007, the rate has dropped to half the inmates released to 40. 5 . Dominic walker is among those released who hasnt come back. I have a lovely family now. I purchased a brand new home. Having that opportunity, and having that change of heart, it goes together. And thats what allows us to, you know, change our lives. So im thankful for it. Reporter 2. 9 million hours in skills training and employment have been provided to the population. Im pat warren reporting. Now back to you. Thank you, the state says breaking the cycle of addiction is also critical to keeping people from returning to prison. New traffic laws take into account on tuesday with the goal of make take effect on tuesday with the goal of making roads safer. Starting tuesday, its a primary offense to talk on your phone while driving. Law enforcement can stop a motorist visually seen holding a phone and talking on it. A Police Officer will have to have no other reason. Drivers must use a hands free device. Thats been the law since 2010. You have to be careful, im afraid to text and drive. I dont do it. I dont answer the call. Reporter if youre caught talking on the phone while driving, its a 75dollar fine the first time. That goes up with echoers. Each each offense. A pricey lesson that will save lives. Preliminary data suggests that of the 511 fatalities last year on maryland roads, approximately 50 of those were a result of a distracted driver. Texting while driving is already a primary offense in maryland. There is also a new seat belt law. Everyone in the vehicle now has to buckle up no matter what their age. Dozens of people are hospitalized in chicago tonight after two trains collided during morning rush hour. It happened in forest park, an eastbound train collided with a westbound trade on the same track. Officials say the westbound train had been parked in a service yard and somehow moved onto the rail line and smashed into the on come eastbound train. 48 people were hurt in the wreck. They are believed to have minor injuries, however. We do not know if there was an operator on the what well call the contacting train or the four car train. We do not know if theres an individual on the train. Police say they do not suspect foul play. They are investigating what happened. They say preliminary investigations say the crash was due to mechanical error. Pope francis says he will grant saint hood to two former popes. One of them is the late Pope John Paul ii. Alphonso van marsh reports for wjz from london. Catholics rallied for Pope John Paul to be named saint less than a week after his death. In 2005 funeral mass they chanted saint hood now. 8 years electrical8 8 years later, pope francis set the date. Next april, hell canonize Pope John Paul ii and Pope John Paul xxiii, and a Spokesman Says he doesnt see any reason why retired Pope Benedict would not attend. Catholics in native poland say this is nudes they have been waiting news they have been waiting for. She says we know the teach teachings of john paul the 2nd 2nd, so it will be good to learn the rules of john paul xxiii. In July Pope Francis approved a second miracle attributed to Pope John Paul ii putting him on the fast track for saint hood. And Pope John Paul xxiii is only credited with one miracle. Pope o francis choice to name a progressive john the 23 23rd and the conservative john paul ii is a move to help unify church. Severe weather strikes the Pacific Midwest is drenched and more bad weather on the way. A look at whats hit and the damage so far. And we are live at fells point with the wjz mobile weather lab. Bob and i will have a look at your tuesday and 5day forecast your tuesday and 5day forecast when we ,,, you, uh, here for the interview . Yeah. Is that. . It is sigh naomi, i take it . Im tracey. Your resume is fantastic. slurping with authentic, expertly crafted roasts and legendary brews, eight oclock is the coffee for those who put coffee first. slurp whirring all righty, beautiful afternoon, and nice evening. Lets go to meteorologist Chelsea Ingram in the wjz mobile weather lab for what you can expect tomorrow. Thanks bob, were looking at another very beautiful day. This is going to be the start of this warm up that happens over the next couple of days. During the morning times, take a look at the graphic, starting out at 58 degrees. By midday around 80 degrees and by the evening 72 degrees. O mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies throughout the day. Very pleasant. Bob is inside with a look the a the next 75 days. We have warm temperatures really. 85, maybe 86 wednesday. 84, 81, 83, back in the 70s on sunday. Right now, the chance of a shower may be on sunday. Thats about it. Otherwise, mild first week of october. The Pacific Northwest is slammed by record setting rainfall this weekend with more storms predicted for later today and tomorrow. Jeff reports for wjz with whats expected. Reporter thunderstorms battered an already drenched region of seattle late into the night. Wind gusts up rooted weakened trees that had been soaked just hours before. It was round two of a record breaking weekend of rain in seattle. The city was inundated with nearly 2 inches of rain in a single day, more than the Monthly Average for a seattle september. Water surged through the streets in nearby tacoma where it overpowered drainage systems and shot through a manhole cover. Water flooded highways and parking lots and stranding cars. And causing traffic accidents on major roadways. Heavy rainfall sent tree limbs flying. Cars were backed up for an hour, as firefighters cleared branches and downed power lines from the roadway. It scarce the hell out of me. St its intimidating. Power companies worked relentlessly to restore electricity to the customers in the dark. It was a difficult down power, i was ready to make a boat. Rainfall let up briefly, giving many a chance to assess the damage done to their homes. We ha lot of water coming into our yards. I saw it happening over there and this was on my to do list, and now its time to do it. Reporter a high wind warning remained in effect through the Early Morning with wind gusts likely to hit up wards of 60 miles per hour, and more rainfall expected throughout the day. The rounds of wind swept lanes are likely to cause delays at Seatac International airport. A private jet crashes in california, killing everyone on board. Witnesses say the twin engine cessna ran off the right side of the runway last night and barreled into a hangar, then caught fire. It is not clear how many people on board the plane or if anyone was inside the han your when it caught fire. The hangar when it caught fire. It blew a tire sending it out of control. Families members have planned a special service for the Church Pastor gunned down in front of his congregation. It happened in lake charles louisiana. The pastors daughter, along with 60 other Church Members were inside the churning when shots were fired in the sanctuary. The suspect, a former doorway con and Church Member deacon and Church Member, hit the pastor twice and the pastors daughter was speaking. I remember my daddy taking off running and he shot him in the back, and he fell by our kids, trying to run. He got over them again, and shot him again, and kind of stood there i guess to watch him take his last breath, stood by the back door and then he took off running. Harris has a lot of questions for the shooter and wants to know why he did it. A candlelight vigil is planned this week at the church. Police rig a car in london to catch a thief in action. Police say when the thief broke into the car and stole a laptop and other items he was sprayed with an invisible liquid called smart water. Police later picked him up, took his mug shot and took another one under ultraviolet light and as you can see, the liquid made him appear green. He was found guilty of stealing and sentenced to Community Service and a fine. Back here, a homeland family is offering a reward for the return of their missing pet. This is no average animal. Tortley is a 20yearold 3 foot, 150pound tortoise. Megan mccorkle reports hes been missing for weeks. Reporter a prehistoric looking pet now missing in baltimore city. We havent had one single report of a person seeing him. Reporter Alexander Roosevelt believes her african tortoise may have pushed hi way through her fence. The 150pound gentle giant has gotten out before but is usually found by neighbors right away. Emission him very much. He wasnt the kind of i miss him very much. He wasnt the kind of creature who responds by waggings. He knew when i was feeding him. Reporter shes in a race to find him before the weather turns colder. They need to have a house that they can go into where they have a heat lamp overnight, especially if temperatures drop below 50 degrees. Reporter dr. Emily says tortley cant survive in cold weather. She says these types of tortoises are apt to escaping and can move fast. They will dig through even cement. These guys have hard, tough nails and skin and they will burro. Reporter Alexander Roosevelt says the pet is friendly to most people. If he saw you, he would come toward you hoping to get something to eat. Reporter she hopes someone spots him soon. It is the family phone number written in permanent marker on his left leg. If you can see him, call the animal hospital. Just hours away, the clock is ticking, there does not appear to be a compromise on the horizon, complete coverage will continue at 6. And a maryland man imprisoned in cuba, did the reverend Jesse Jackson succeed in visiting allen gross,. The National Aquarium in washington is closing its doors today, meaning more animals are heading to baltimore. The aquarium has to move out of the Current Location so the building can be renovated more than 2500 animals will be moved to new homes at the baltimore National Aquarium and other facilities, which makes for more excitement, more sharks. All right. Still to come tonight on wjzs Eyewitness News, a space flight, americans are digging deep into their wallets to be the first to go on their commercial space flight. How can you get there, coming up. ,,,, my son needs Health Coverage in case of emergency. Health coverage keeps my outofpocket expenses down. Narrator shop, compare, and select your Health Coverage at marylandhealthconnection. Gov from october through march and youll choose from more than 80 medical and dental plans. Im getting financial help to cover the costs. Gotta have it, gonna get it at marylandhealthconnection. Gov. Narrator visit marylandhealthconnection. Gov or call 18556428572. Some call it the ultimate adventure, if you can afford it. Hundreds of deep pocketed travelers are shelling out tens of thousands of dollars for a seat on the first spaceship offering rides to ordinary consumers. Poppy hair low looks a at the next frontier in space travel. Who would spend up to a quarter Million Dollars for minutes in space. The spaceship here is just absolutely mind blowing. Its not about the destination, its about the journey. Reporter these people. More than 600 have signed on. How much to charter one of these puppies. 1. 2 million. Reporter and i hear youre going to leave two seats empty. We have two angels coming with us. Reporter passengers wont just check in and hop on board. The whole experience will mean three days of training and health checks, then a few hours in the air, and three minutes weightless in space. The mother ship will carry spaceship two up, then release it to glide back, unlike nasas rockets, it wont orbit the earth. Its Sir Richard Branson whos determined to take them there. Is this the new space race. I think its the start of a new space race. Its not been easy. Its taken us five years ago more than we thought it would take but, you know, finally they pulled it off. Reporter that is if the faa gives galactic the green light. Virgin says commercial launch is months away. Youre broaching out into a new field in the sky, and were going to have some mishaps that happen now, hopefully they wont be catastrophic. Reporter do you ever fear that maybe youre putting too much at risk with this. People risk a lot to get space off the ground in the first place, but unless you risk something, you know, the world, you know, stays still. And branson thinks the program could be the most profitable business virgin has ever run, and hopes to see commercial space flights to offer faster destination travel. all right, still to come tonight on wjz Eyewitness News show down to a federal government shut down, im Derek Valcourt with what it all means for the thousands of federal employees and contractors here in maryland. That story when Eyewitness News continues. My budget and i are good, but it wasnt always that way. als budget let go al no, budget no als budget let go al vo but thanks to fingerhut. Com we got approved to shop with low monthly payments. Theyve got over 30,000 products from brands like dyson, sony, dewalt. All you gotta do is click on over to fingerhut. Com and get the credit you deserve to get all kinds of great stuff. als budget juice coming up right now on wjzs Eyewitness News at 6, countdown to the shutdown. Can a deal be reached to prevent the government from laying off tens of thousands of workers . Plenty of blame to go around after the ravens lose in buffalo. Im mark viviano in owings mills. The latest from coach harbaugh when Eyewitness News continues. Beautiful weather for our monday and it may get even warmer. Stick around for the updated first warning weather forecast. Check in for these stories and all the days breaking news. Wjz Eyewitness News at 6 starts right now. This is wjz tv baltimore. From the city, to the counties, to your neighborhood. Now, its complete coverage. Its wjz, marylands news station. Final hours. No deal yet to prevent a government shutdown. Its time for the senate to listen to the American People. Its impossible for the democrats to negotiate with a house of rebublicans when they cant even negotiate with themselves. Tonight, any signs of a