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Much more on this for you on the at 4 00, 5 00, and 6 00 on news4. Police are trying to figure out who shot two people in the district just after 3 00 this morning on somerset place near 7th street in northwest d. C. Police found two men suffering from gunshot wounds to the legs. Both victims were taken to the hospital. They are expected to be okay. Fire officials in Prince William county say two people were found dead inside a triangle mobile home after an Early Morning fire there. The flames sparked around 3 30 this morning around Fuller Heights road. Crews are still looking for one person. Megan mcgrath is live there with more on the investigation. Megan, what can you tell us . Reporter you can see across the street here whats left of the mobile home and investigators who are gathering outside. When firefighters put out this fire and went inside, they relatively quickly found two bodies. But theres a third Person Associated with the house who is still unaccounted for. Now, is that individual inside the mobile home . Were they not home at the time that the blaze broke out . Investigators say they dont know. They havent been able to take a hard look inside the trailer since they were in there early this morning because the structure is just too unstable. They are also still in the process of interviewing family and friends. A charred box is all that remains, the roof partially collapsed. . They wont let me back around there. Reporter earl lives next door and just wishes he could have done something. For two people to lose their life like that, if i only had a left for work ten minutes later, maybe i could save them. Just i dont know. I dont know. Reporter it was just before 3 30 in the morning when the mobile home on Fuller Heights road went up in flames. Located close to Quantico Marine base, its security called 911 when tay spotted the smoke. When firefighters put out the blaze and went inside, they found two bodies. Its sad. I mean, its devastating. I mean, my two neighbors were killed in a fire. Thats very devastating. People that you know, that you see every day, yeah, it gets you. It really does. Reporter its unclear what started the blaze, but the trailer is a total loss. Put together with a lot of light weight construction. The ceiling or the roof and the walls did fail in some areas. So that probably provides you an idea of how intense the fire was. Reporter investigators have not yet released the names of the two people who died in this fire. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation. Reporting live in triangle, megan mcgrath, news4. Back to you. Thank you, megan. And a fire forced 20 people from their apartment complex in montgomery county. Take a look. You can see flames coming out of the window. The fire broke out around 1 00 this morning at a complex on spiceberry circle not far from Washington Grove lane in gaithersburg. No one was hurt in this fire. The red cross is helping the affected families. The fire caused more than 100,000 worth of damage. No word on what sparked this blaze. And turning to the weather, a much, much cooler start to the day out there. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in for tom kierein and joins us with his first midday forecast. Good morning. Good morning, barbara. And good morning, everybody. After a noticeable change in the weather, its going to start feeling a little more like october for the next couple days. We may not be done with our rain chances this week at all. So you arent going to want to put the umbrella too far away. You wont need it for the rest of today. A nice enough way to get your Tuesday Morning finished up, temperatures inching their way into the upper 50s and low 60s. A decent amount of cloud cover outside, more clouds the further south you live or travel, and a little bit more sunshine out to the north and west. But no matter how many clouds you see, there is no chance for rain for the remainder of today. Storm team 4 radar taking the day off to so to speak. Temperatures, though, inching their way up into the 60s here. Recess forecast, were giving recess a b today, not an aplus forecast because a little cloud cover and an awful lot of puddles left on the playgrounds. Midday temperatures generally in the low to mid60s out there with a mix of clouds and sunshine. Your afterschool planner today, 3 00, partly sunny, temperatures in the upper 60s, 6 00, 65 degrees under a partly cloudy sky, and by 9 00 this evening, back into the upper 50s to do your home work by candlelight or a little fire. Well have a check of the sevenday forecast and when the rains coming back in a few more minutes. All right, chuck. Come on in here. Well see you in a few minutes. On day eight, the showdown over the shutdown is shifting to a showdown over the nations debt limit. The senate could vote on a bill today to raise the Borrowing Limit in hopes of avoiding a fistever default. The three main credit agencies are already warning the u. S. Credit rating could be cut if congress doesnt take action by october 17th. Thats the deadline. And a day after many federal workers returned to the office, some children could soon be returning to the classroom. A former Hedge Fund Manager and his wife have donated 10 million to reopen seven head start programs shuttered by the shutdown. Republicans and democrats just fin irked speaking to reporters on capitol hill. Both sides are towing the party line on this one. You mentioned the debt ceiling and the Government Shutdown sort of merging in the conversation here, and that is what the Republican Leadership in the house is saying today wrapping up their news conference. They want to be able to have a conversation, they say, to talk about the Government Shutdown, ending it, putting hundreds of thousands of federal workers back to work, and then including in that conversation the debt ceiling, which you just mentioned, comes on the 17th of this month. Take a listen to what Republican Leadership had to say today. Never negotiating a position of not negotiating is not a sustainable option. And we ask this president and harry reid to sit down and lets iron out our differences. Theres no boundaries here. Theres nothing on the table, nothing off the table. Im trying to do everything i can to bring people together and have a conversation. House democrats had a press conference right after the republicans did this morning, and they have said that the time for negotiating has passed. They wanted to do that months ago. At this point they are calling for the House Speaker to put a continuing resolution, a budget bill, on the house floor. They say there are enough votes. And its time to stop the game playing. Speaker boehner, you know you have the votes. This is reckless, it is damaging to our country, it is going to now, we have not heard anything about any votes on the big esche issues being scheduled for today, and so it seems the shutdown rolls on. Barbara, thats the latest from the live desk. Back to you. All right, aaron. Thank you. With the shutdown entering its second week, federal workers are looking for some help. More than 24,000 unemployment claims have been filed in d. C. And maryland over the past week. If furloughed workers receive back pay, though, they will have to repay any Unemployment Benefits that they receive. Well prepare now for a potentially messy commute on friday. A planned trucker protest is promising to clog the beltway. Called the truckers ride for the constitution rally, participants plan to circle the beltway, three lanes wide, for three days starting friday morning. Organizers say its to call attention to a list of frustrations among truckers and to express disapproval for political leaders. Some are even promising to ride to capitol hill to arrest lawmakers. As of last week, 3,000 truckers had rsvpd for this e event. Stay with news4 all day long as we cover every angle of this shutdown until it comes to an end, and get the latest updates anytime on nbcwashington. Com. In just about an hour, two immigration rallies with opposing views will face off on the National Mall despite the mall being closed for the Government Shutdown. Tens of thousands from faith, immigration right, and other groups will join together for the Camino Americano march for Immigration Reform starting at noon. Several popular latino artists and members of congress will also be there, calling for congress to pass reform. At the same time, a group of local residents will hold a counterrally near the capitol. That group wants jobs for american citizens, not amnesty for those in the country illegally. Going to go back to news4s Aaron Gilchrist live at the live desk with breaking news. An arrest in Stafford County, a man wanted for murder. Weve just learned that john Douglas Cornell has been arrested. That happened morning. He called police in Stafford County to turn himself in. They found him waiting in a parking lot on the side of route 218. He was wanted for questioning in the death of 59yearold roberta dues. She was found dead inside her home on sunday. Her van had been missing. Police say that cornell called, turned himself in. He was standing next to her van when he was arrested this morning in Stafford County. Hes now facing a charge of firstdegree murder. Thats the latest from the live desk. Back to you. All right, aaron. Thanks. Right now, people are protesting outside the Supreme Court. Coming up, the case thats getting their attention and could change political campaigning. Plus a violent explosion ends an outofcontrol protest involving teachers. Stay with us. Well be right b take a look at this dramatic video. Striking teachers in brazil took to the streets upset and demanding better pay. The protest got out of hand when they overturned a small car onto a fire and that car exploded. The protesters ran for cover. The blast threw debris into the air. Riot police fired rubber bullets and set off grenades. A marine strike force is on high alert this morning. Its ready to respond to any threats against the u. S. In retaliation for the capture of a suspected al qaeda leader. U. S. Commandos caught anas al libi over the weekend in libya. Law enforcement Officials Say a team of interrogators is on its way to interrogate him. He did help plan the 1998 bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania. The Supreme Court is back in session and so are the proeltss that tend to we see often in front of the court at this time. Hold on keep your eyes on the prize this was the scene this morning. These protests are protesting over a Campaign Finance case that focuses on whether its constitutional to limit how much money you can contribute to a political candidate, campaign, or Political Action committee in an election cycle. Today the Government Shutdown, it is week two and the debt limit deadline is getting closer too. Here with a look at what lawmakers are doing right now is mark murray, nbcs senior political editor. Good morning. Good morning, barbara. All right. Could there be a surprise for us today . Could we hear over the next few hours that, hey, theyve reached a settlement, theyve come to conclusion on this, the shutdown is over . Barbara, heres the half glass full, take. Yes, sometimes before you get a deal its always darkest before the storm. Theres always the most argument, the most bitter fights you end up having, then all of a sudden cooler heads prevail and you end up getting kind of a deal. There are a couple of way outs here here, one, that House Republicans put a clean resolution to the floor, youd have enough votes to get it. There are enough votes. Some are saying theyre not. When you assume all the democrats and you end up getting about the 20 to 22 House Republican who is said they would support a clean resolution, that gets you beyond the 217 number. We havent been able to see a vote so, a lot of democrats are saying john boehner, youre saying the votes arent there, lets have a vote to see if we can prove it. I think theoretically the votes are there. Theres always the ability to get out of this. You can also have a shortterm deal not only with the continuing resolution but also the debt ceiling deal. The question, this is always a fundamental question and this is why ill now take the glass half empty part is that House Republicans still are opposed to this. The conservative ban that has been driving this train. If they took the vote, i mean, boehner is the only person who can call for the vote. Speaker of the house. Why doesnt he do it . I think the large part of the analysis is he thinks that if he does this that the House Republican conservatives that the base, the rank and file, would abandon him. He might end up losing his speakership over it. I think that is the dilemma and thats how hes boxed in here. It looks islelike over in the senate the democrats are turning their attention to the debt ceiling now. Are they giving up on the shutdown figuring well leave it to the conservatives in the house . Part of it is the clock is now ticking. I dont think theyre giving up on the shutdown but the clock is ticking on the debt ceiling and theyre trying to vote to put pressure on the house of representatives saying hey, we can pass a clean debt ceiling bill here. The votes to be able to get there. And so that will be a lot of legwork the Senate Democrats and harry reid have to undertake. I asked you yesterday who are the public blaming now . Does it change from day to day . Whos being blamed today . We got a whopping three polls that came out yesterday. And the bottom line is that the American Public isnt happy with anybody, but theyre blaming republicans more than democrats. I think thats the analysis from everything thats kind of coming from this hasnt helped anybody, but its hurting the republicans a whole lot more. Isle ask you the same question tomorrow. Hopefully not. Maybe a deal today. You say theres a way out. Lets see if they can find it. Maybe theyre having some secret meetings somewhere. We hope. Thanks so much. For more on mark and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out fist read on nbc news. Com. People in south dakota are dealing with recordbreaking snowfall in october. Four feet of snow fell in the western part of the state. The weather system buried parts of wyoming and colorado with snow as well. And storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us now. I dont think hes going to tell us were getting any snow around here. But we are feeling like fall today. You bet. The same snow system that dropped the snow out there is responsible for our cooldown here. Obviously we wont get that. Parts of south dakota, 3 to 4 feet of snow. We havent seen that kind of snow around here in a long, long time, probably about 3 1 2 year, and theres no snow like that in the immediate future. Outside for now we are getting filtered sunshine across the area. Temperatures are inching their way into the 60s now. 63 degrees in leesburg, 62 downtown, 60 in fredericksburg right now. A little bit more sunshine getting through in culpepper where it is 66 tiegs and into the low 60s onto the Eastern Shore as well. The big change, the 24hour temperature change map, not much of a difference across western maryland because by this time yesterday the cold front had already gotten there. But from washington southbound, 15 to 20 degrees colder now than it was at the same time yesterday. And earlier this morning, when we were on the air at 5 00, 6 00 in the morning these numbers with were in the minus 25 range. The cold air will stick around far while. Theres tysons corner. A little more sunshine the further west you go. You go south and east and start picking up in the mid and high level clouds. Partly sunny at national airport. Temperatures at 62 degrees. We should move into the mid60s by noontime. High temperatures today between 3 00 and 5 00 into the mid and upper 60s. With a little optimism we could get to 68, 69 degrees in town and back down to the low 60s and even upper 50s by 8 00, 9 00 this evening. Overall highs today generally in the upper 60s to near 70, culpepper, fredericksburg, shaltsville, a whisper of 70 degrees. Leonard town and st. Marys city getting closer to 60. Cooler in annapolis. The satellite picture, more sunshine the further north and west you travel and definitely more clouds if you go down into portions of Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore is pretty much socked in at this point in time. No rain chances for today, but the rain isnt far away. Look at all the rain now across the outer banks of north carolina. That moisture is ready to come back in our direction. And we do still need the rain. Weve only had about half of our average rainfall since talk 1st. Weve had a little more than 3 1 2 inches of rain, average would have been 7 1 2 inches of rain. So we definitely have a little bit of catching up still to do. Hometown forecast, manassas, up to 70 degrees today, mid50s by 10 00 this evening. Much cooler weather is in place and its going to stay that way, on the chilly side tomorrow morning, clouds will start to lower and thicken again by tomorrow, midafternoon. And by tomorrow Late Afternoon into the evening, shower chances are back. So heres your sevenday forecast. 69 today. 66 tomorrow. Clouds in and out today, but clouds definitely thickening tomorrow. Rain chances are back by tomorrow evening. But the bulk of the rain well be seeing is going to come up on thursday and thursday night. Hopefully we can get it out of here in time for the weekend. I know a lot of october weddings this weekend, ive been hearing about it on the phone line. Trying to get that rain out for saturday, but its going to be close. Have the tent. They say its good luck to rain on a wedding day. Not good luck for the weather guy. Some excuse. Thanks so much. See you again shortly. Its 11 22. Still ahead, she is an inspiration and she is wants to get back to work. How the Government Shutdown is slowing down a 92yearold. Plus, a look at the new 100 bill and why it took so long to make it. But first heres whats hot on nbcwashington. Com. [ female announcer ] now you can turn pillsbury crescents into an easy dinner with crescent dogs. 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She says this shutdown is getting in her way of telling important historical stories to the park visiting public. I have a sense of urgency, that this is my last decade, and i cant afford to have anybody waste my time, and thats what theyre doing. She gives tours three days a week and works in the park Administrative Offices for two days a week. Its 1 27. Loved ones of soldiers killed in action paying the price. Coming up, a heartbreaking side effect of the Government Shutdown for military families. Plus, the new information on the role of an Undercover Police officer in this road rage case involving a group of motorcyclists. And more rain in the forecast . We get an update from storm tea so what can i get you . Well take something tasty and healthy. If you wanna go and fly with me its buzz the bee on your tv oh how did i get this way . Hey must be the honey theres a party going on in your cereal bowl os can help lower cholesterol oh why does it taste so great . Hey must be the honey hey must be the honey hey must be the honey im Aaron Gilchrist in the news4 live desk. Some new information coming in about a phial fire in Prince William county, virginia. Weve just learned a third person has died in this fire. There were some reports initially after this fire started just before 4 00 this morning that two people were found inside the trailer that had been burned almost to the ground. You can see there a mobile home there. Firefighters were able to find two victims deceased inside that mobile home this morning, and then at some point later today they found a third person. As we understand it, theyre all believed to be adult who is lived in that home on Fuller Heights road in the triangle area. Of course the Investigation Continues now to figure out what started that fire and how exactly those three people now died in that mobile home. Thats the latest from the live desk. Im Aaron Gilchrist. All right, aaron. And another big impact of the shutdown is hitting some military families hard. Death benefits for military families have been suspended. That means money usually given to help with funeral costs and flights to meet their loved ones coffins isnt coming in until the government starts up again. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has more. Reporter far from the furloughs, on the front lines, marine Lance Corporal Jeremiah Collins worked saturday at one of the most dangerous government jobs there is, on patrol in afghanistan. He was killed. Back home in milwaukee, a mothers grief. Collins was one of five u. S. Service members killed in afghanistan over the weekend. On sunday, four u. S. Troops were killed in an ied attack. They died on the 12th anniversary of a war which has claimed more than 2,100 members of the u. S. Military. But unlike those killed before, these Service Members families wont receive the 100,000 socalled death gratuity. Typically wired to families within 36 hours to help with immediate expenses like the funeral until Survivor Benefits are paid. No money either to fly the families to Dover Air Force base in delaware for the dignified return of their loved ones flagdraped coffin. Washington may be shut down, but its still asking people to go to war. When people realize that they can serve and fight for their country but that their families will get an iou until shutdown is over, i think theyre just shocked. Reporter Shannon Collins still shocked back in milwaukee, cant wait for washington. Shes already grieving. Andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. The law passed last week to pay civilian members of the military does not cover death benefits. The pentagon is hoping to have this corrected very soon. And as we get further into the second week of the shutdown, local businesses are starting to feel the political pressure in their pocketbooks. Several area businesses that we talked with sid is a that theyve seen their bottom line inch closer to the red thanks to the furloughs. Despite government workers being promised back pay, many of them arent looking to spend until the shutdown is over. This is leaving Business Owners wondering how long they can stay afloat without that money coming in. We usually have a lot of customer in the morning when they go to work, and i havent seen it in the last week. Some of the businesses hit the hardest, dry cleaners, nail salons, and capitol hill restaurants. And we have a full list of whats open and whats closed during the shutdown. Just head over to our website, nbcwashington. Com. And we are learning new information about the biker road rage up north. Our sister station in new york confirms an undercover new york Police Officer is seen on new video punching the back window of the suv, shattering the glass. The officer was not on duty at the time. He waited until wednesday to come forward. Its not clear if he will face charges. Helmet cam video shows bikers chased the suv and beat the driver in front of his wife and 2yearold daughter. One person died in a crash that tied up traffic for hours this morning. The pileup happened on northbound i95 in fredericksburg about ten minutes before you hit the exit for quantico. You can see police shut down almost the whole road. Cars had to squeeze by on the shoulder. It jammed people for eight miles. State police still havent released the name of the person who died in that crash. And police are still trying to figure out why a man set himself on fire on the national map. D. C. Police identified the victim as 64yearold John Constantino from mt. Laurel, new jersey. Investigators used dental records and dna to identify him because his wounds were so severe. Witnesses tell news4 they saw him pour gasoline on himself friday afternoon and then he was engulfed in flames. He was flown to the hospital where he later died. And this morning a Prince William county mother is recovering after being shot while watching her child play soccer. This happened during sundays game in manassas. The 43yearold Victim Told Police she was sitting in a chair when she felt a sharp pain in her right thigh. So far, no arrests have been made in this case. Well check in again now with chuck bell with the latest on our forecast. Hes outside writs a little cooler than it was this time yesterday, chuck. You bet it is. A complete change of air masses from yesterday, a little taste of the tropics, to today a real taste of autumn in the air once again pap nice cool northeasterly breeze is going to keep things cooler than average here for the next couple of days. Outside this is the way it looks from our tower camera looking out to the west. Indeed a very blue sky. The further you go across parts of northern virginia. The clouds are a whole lot thick fer you go over the bay bridge and out to portions of the Eastern Shore. So do expect an awful lot in the way of cloud cover to be coming back into the picture as we get into tomorrow and the days after naps the view from our reston camera. Looking northbound, thats Sugarloaf Mountain on the righthand side of the horizon there. Again, notice the blue skies as youre looking northbound. Temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s now. Will climb into the mid to upper 60s by later on this afternoon with in and out periods of sunshine and some cloudiness, then back down into the 50s by 9 00. What should you expect on your wednesday . A cool, dry morning. Cloudy skies back by tomorrow afternoon and a chance for some evening rain drops on your wednesday. And that will lead us to what should be kind of a soggy stretch around here through thursday and friday. When i see you next, well talk more about the allimportant upcoming weekend. Never too early to talk about the weekend. Never. Just one victim from the Costa Concordia disaster is still missing. Divers founlds remains of a second victim earlier today. They believe they belong to one of the ships waiters. The only person still missing is a 32yearold woman. Two european scientists won the nobel prize in physics for their discoveries on how subatomic particles acquire mass. Britains peter higgs and belgians francois engletter first theorized is to called god particle existed during their Research Back in the 60s. They were able to confirm it last year. Higgs and engler will now share the 1. 25 million nobel prize for physics. Well, today the nbc news Fourth Annual education nation summit wraps up in new york city. This morning were getting a look at a huge change thats coming to americas schools. Its called common core. And it is controversial. Nbcs rehema ellis reports. Reporter across the country, opposition is mounting against a new set of higher academic standards known as the common core, which many teachers say are being imposed too quickly. What is the mass reporter but here in chelsea, just outside of boston, theyre embracing it. We are learning about volume, mass. Reporter massachusetts toughened its own standards 20 years ago and criticism was fierce. We stayed the course. We tweaked the path every so often but weve kept the goal of high academic standards and closing the achievement gap. Reporter today, massachusetts test scores rank it first the nation. And if it were a country, eighthgraders would rank sixth in math and second in Science Behind only singapore. Do you feel challenged here academically . Yes. Definitely. Challenged in the extreme. Reporter the 1993 reforms included putting more focus and money on urban schools, requiring everyone to take algebra, and pass a state test to get a high school diploma. Its working to change the way were teaching kids. Were asking them to think differently and were asking teachers to teach them differently. We need to record the data. Theyre really good at helping and really good at explaining things. Reporter given the recent controversy over how to fix americas schools, its what massachusetts did not do thats also significant. There were no vouchers for private schools, no meritbased pay for teachers and no automatic shutdowns of failing schools. Even in chelsea, where students come from 66 countries and speak 35 languages, they are seeing improvements. As i move back, my chart line goes up. So this has do with math. Yep, because math is part of science as well. Math is everywhere. Reporter its everywhere. Its everywhere. Reporter teachers here focus on handson learning. They just dont need to know the science. They have to be able to use it. They give us, like, small challenges to help us learn new things every day. Reporter raising the bar for students in the classroom to promote success. That was rehema ellis reporting. Todays topics include what it takes more than high school and a Healthy Living to succeed in school. Check out the summit online at educationnation. Com. Do you throw out food as soon as the sellby date or useby date passes . If so, you may be wasting food and your money as well. A new study from the Natural Resources Defense Council claims those dates have nothing to do with when food goes bad. Nbcs jeff rossen discussed the studys results this morning on the today show. When you buy eggs and youll see that sellby or useby date on it, it usually goes for a couple weeks after that. Eggs are goold three to five weeks after you buy it. Cereal, cracker, things like that, how long after the date can i use these . Nine months to a year they will stay good if they remain unopened. When it comes to condiments, we have mustard, ketchup, salad dressing and mayonnaise. Take the mayonnaise out for a second. I think most people probably hold these past the date. Remind me not to come over your house for dinner. I think they do. For mayonnaise, too. I wouldnt do that. Its okay. Nothing to do with food safety. These last, including mayonnaise, for 1 1 2 years after you buy it if they remain unopened. The nrdc says americans throw out 160 billion pounds of food each year. Its 11 41. Still ahead, how yoga can help your digestive system. Plus why you may have been charged too much for gas if you got it recently in the district. Stay with us. All the chicken in your Grocery Store is inspected by the usda. But perdue asked them to go further. They verify that all our chickens are cared for in a clean, safe environment. And fed an allveggie diet. No other Chicken Company does this. But at perdue, we believe in a better chicken. Mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. I dont mind, i mean its orange creme. And when mom said bobby was too edgy. sup girl. I just swapped him out for tyler. sup girl. Mom never questioned bobby again. Two can play at this game. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. And everybody wins. Yoplait. It is so good. Many of Bernie Madoffs victims have been waiting for five of his former employees to go on trial today. Prosecutors say they were part of madoffs multibilliondollar ponzi scheme. All five have pleaded not guilty. The trial could last into next year. A group of Prince Georges County lawmakers is urging a developer to reconsider plans to build a Shopping Center near the university of maryland. Brian gibbons plan could mean the end for the schools popular golf course. Lawmakers say the development would pave over the most significant green space in the area. Gibbons has not responded to their request. Well, if you bought gas in the district last week, its possible you paid too much. Thats because the d. C. Office of tax and revenue says it mistakenly overcharged gasoline wholesalers ahead of the new gas tax. According to the washington post, whole saerls were overcharged as much as 95,000 last week alone because of a calculation mistake. A new 8. 3 wholesale tax on gas and diesel fuel went into effect on october 1st. The tax office says whole saerls should refund the amount overcharged to service stations, then gas stations should pass that refund to motorists. Well, take a look at this cash. It is not funny money. It may look a little different to you. Its new 100 bill that begins circulating today. It includes several new security features. They include a blue 3d security ribbon. Dont worry if you have old 100s. Theyre still good. You do not have to trade them in. Stock prices are down again on wall street, but lets check in for the latest from c nbss hampton pearson. Hampton. Hi, barbara. As we always say, its always about the benjamins. Right now we do have stocks inning in tif territory, no signs of an end to the partial Government Shutdown now in its second week, and growing concerns of the debt limit, the governments ability to borrow money to pay its bills might be breached next week. We see the dow is down 76 points, the nasdaq down 56, the s p down 12. Ahead of the annual meetings here in washington later this week, the International Monetary fund and the world bank, leading global economists are sounding the alarm about a u. S. Default on its debt. The imf says it would have catastrophic consequences for the world and it would be felt right away, disrupting Financial Markets in the United States and abroad. Even before the Government Shutdown, confidence among Small Businesses was slipping. Thats what the latest index from the National Federation of independent businesses is showing. Concerns about the looming shutdown triggered a drop in the index in september but long term Small Business operators are upbeat about prospects for better sales even expansion. And the thirdquarter earnings season kicks off later today after the closing bell with aluminum maker alcoa leading the way. Analysts are looking overall for about a 4 increase over the Third Quarter of last year with revenues up on average a little over 2 , but market watchers also point out the economy was much weaker this time last year. Barbara, back to you. Okay, hampton. Thank you. Have a great day. So how well is your digestive system working . Do you feel bloated, irritable, sluggish all day long . It may be time for you to add yoga to your regular exercise routine to help those problems. Kim weekes from kim weekes yoga joins us to explain. A topic a lot of us are interested in. Who is this . A student of mine for a long time. Great. This is something that a lot of people deal with, sluggish digestive systems. It can bloat you, make you gain weight. Right. Youve got some answers. Right . I do. Yoga is about wellness within. You cant really be well outside without being well inside first. So yoga is great for digestion overall, all yoga poses are, but we brought a few specific applications today. Okay, some things folks can do at home to maybe get that digestive system moving. Yeah. Lets see the first pose. People might be watching because of the weather. Maybe you could try it at home. So shes going to lift up with her legs forward. What were showing first as she comes down is a forward fold. Anytime you fold your body over your legs youre giving yourself a massage. Any body that gets massaged okay, come all the way down, releases toxicity from the body. Were trying to release toxins from the digestive system by massaging them. So could you be down on your knees and bend over like that . You could be down on your knees, hands on the kitchen counter, on the table, for example, just bending over, take nice, long deep breaths. How long should she hold that . Come back down to the forward fold first. Maybe a minute, two minutes. Set the timer on the microwave while youre waiting for dinner to cook. Do that several times a day. That would be great. You have another pose. Yogis love to play. Come into your twist now. We always like to show the fun poses here. The one we just showed was basic. This one is a twist. I want people to see the digestive organs lie up and down the spine totally. What shes doing inside this forward fold is twisting the spine and massaging herself even more. Looking at this pose head on, its obviously a difficult pose. You need a good yoga teacher to teach you this, but it is excellent for wringing out the digestive tok ins from the nervous system. A little difficult, but you can start somewhere. You can. Its anything that brings you into your legs and into the spine and into that belly massage that i was talking about is going to help your digestive system a lot. You seau ga helps stress, as well, which can affect your digestion. It does. We showed this lovely pose, the proverbial legs through the hands yoga pose, this deep twist. It helps with stress because you hold these poses with long, slow breaths, seepted or standing the way weve been talking and let your nervous system, your digestive system and your overall immune system relax. When you relax, you destress, and when you destress, you digest food better. A lot of us in the Washington Area need to destress. Maybe you could go up on capitol hill and help the folks there. Thank you so much. So great to see. What a beautiful pose that one is. Shes a beautiful woman, yes. And that was our final pose. Our final wow pose. I dont suggest it for everybody, but if you look at how shes wringing out her body and those digestive toxins, hopefully everybody at home is trying Something Like it and feeling the release right now. Thanks so both of you for im Aaron Gilchrist at the news4 live desk. Want to update you on the Government Shutdown. We told you earlier today House Speaker john boehner had spoken about wanting to hold more conversations with the president d democratic leadership. This morning he released a statement his office did, saying that he got a call from the president saying he would not negotiate on the shutdown or the debt ceiling. The white house then released a statement saying that the president would only negotiate republicans after the government is reopened. Now president obama has scheduled a 2 00 p. M. Press conference again to talk about this issue. That is the latest from the live desk. Barbara, back to you. All right, aaron. Thank you. Dont rely on your phone to help you lose weight. A new study says most weight loss apps fall short when it comes to helping people change their behaviors. Thats according to researchers at the university of massachusetts medical school. They evaluated 30 of the most popular weight loss apps on market. While the apps were great for meal planning and calculating nutrition, most were significantly lacking in motivating and encouraging users to stick with a healthy diet and exercise. But heres some good news. The study found free apps were just as effective as those requiring a fee. So you dont have to pay for it if you want to try one. Right now, record breaking swimmer diana nyad is swimming to help the victims of hurricane sandy. The 64yearold is swimming in a special pool built just for the fundraiser at Harold Square in new york city. She began swimming just before 9 00 this morning and she will swim for 48 hours. She wont be alone. Celebrities including ryan lock tee will join her. Nyad is the first person to swim from cuba to key west without a shark cage. Going to take a look at some of the stories well be following on news4 this afternoon. Pat lawson muse joins us from the newsroom with a preview of things to come. Pat . Hi, barbara. I want you to meet the band squiggle bottoms. A d. C. Couple wants to raise a million bucks for the poor and if they do they say theyll change their last name to van squigglebottoms. A worthy because but why theyre going to such extremes coming up today on news4 at 4 00. Maybe they just like that name. Maybe they want to write a kids book. That would be not surprising. Thanks a lot, pat. See you this afternoon. Okay. And time far final check on our forecast. Hello there, chuck bell. How you doing, barbara . Good. Good to have you with us today. Good to be here pap nice day outside today, feels like autumn once again. Thats the view from our National Harbor camera. Looking back northbound, you can almost see the National Cathedral way out in the distance, center of the horizon. Nice enough day, temperatures slowly working their way into the mid60s right now. We should get into the upper and middle 60s. Clouds thinning out for the rest of your afternoon. Chilly mornings are back and they may start to put a little dent in the rain deficit over the next couple days. No more rain today but rain drops are back in the picture by late tomorrow, especially late tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. Thursday and friday look a little bit on the soggy side around here, another half an inch to an inch, heavier rain the further east you live or travel. For the weekend, a little concerned but not panicking yet. Put on your running shorts. You betcha. See you later. Thats news 4 midday for today. Thanks for being with us. Tune in for news at 4 00, 5 00, 6 00, and tonight at 11 00. Well be back tomorrow morning at 11 00 a. M. With news 4 midday. 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