So plenty of breaks driving in this morning. Westminister 50, from president r360burg to culpepper this morning. This afternoon it looks comfortable out there, and i think we are going to be just fine. There is no yellow alert, i have to take that off. We have a storm in the rockies, but we are good looking for the start of the week. It is columbus day. That means it is nice and light outside. No restrictions in virginia on 95 or 66 or 395. You are good to go on all of lanes on all of the roadways and it is going to be very quiet early this morning on 95 coming if from dale in from dale city. A live look from springfield, looks great early this monday morning. I expect it to be this way throughout the morning rush hour. 270, same story, no hovs in maryland. No problems to report coming in from any of your Northern Maryland corridors this morning. Well a take well take a live look at the American Legion bridge. Andrea, back to you. We begin our news with breaking news out of virginia, where a pregnant woman was stabbed. This happened around 3 30 this morning in the alexandria intersection of Sheffield Court and alexandria avenue. Three suspects approached the woman looking to approach her the woman was stabbed in the back during the robbery, she ing transpted to a local hospital. It is a holiday, but also a day where we continue in the Government Shutdown. Two weeks in and three days away from hitting the debt ceiling and defaulting on our loans the senate held a rare sunday session and talks between republicans and democrats are expected to continue today. Reporter the latest hope to avoid a u. S. Default and end a Government Shutdown now appears to rest on talks between Senate Leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell. Our discussions were substantive. Reporter their impact is largely over spending cuts known as the sequester. Republicans want larger cuts. Democrats want to undo the sequester. Neither like the sequester. The dispute is how to undo it. Reporter mcconnell and others are embracing a solution offered by a Bipartisan Group of senators that would raise the debt ceiling through january. We sparked a dialogue that did not exist before we put out a plan. Reporter if both sides cant compromise, the Treasury Department says it will no longer have the authority to borrow money to bay bills. We dont run out of money any that moment but investors are going to be really nervous. Stocks could likely go down. Bonds could go down. Reporter Consumer Confidence dropped last week susan mckin nice, cbs news, washington. They may be feeling the impact of the washington stalemate. Dow futures are down indicating trading could drop. What a seen sunday morning, protesters tossing aside the barriers, demanding the memorials be opened. Senator ted cruz and former governor of alaska sarah palin showed up in support. Reporter hundreds of voices, one message, reopened the monuments. Protesters tossed aside the metal barrier and his took over the world war ii memorial. We go everywhere we are asked to go. I gave up time if my life. There are guys still over there, serving. This is the kind of things they get. Reporter the protesters, many of them veterans, have support from republican senators ted cruz and mike lee and former Alaska Governor sarah palin. The rally started at the world war ii memorial, but the crowd made its way to the white house. They brought not only their message, but also those barricades that one stood at the world war ii memorial. As the barricades piled up in front of the white house, tensions also flared. Police were there all along mostly watching from the sidelines, at one point reinforcements were called in. They are spending a lot of time and effort now trying to block us from our right to say what we want. Reporter there was this confrontation between police and a man carrying an american flag. Mean veterans feel this protest likely wont make a difference, but they say they fought for our country, and hope this reminds the leadership in washington they should return the favor. Our time is 2 32. A pipe, found in arlington, virginia thought to be an explosive, turned out to be a false alarm. A 63yearold man drove himself to South Highland street and asked for directions. The man seemed drunk, had drugs in the car and had something in the car resembling a pipe box. Technicians detonated the device. This happened sunday evening. Arlington Fire Department later said the pipe was empty. A prostitution sting in downtown dc nabbed 60 suspects. Both men and women were taken into custody. Investigators say the charges range from street level prostitution to internet and hotel prostitution. Police got tips from the public trying to find the suspect no marylands attorney general says state troopers are blowing one of his bad habits out of proportion. He regularly ordered state troopers driving him around to speed and using lights and sirens to get out of traffic jams. Gansler issued a written apology yesterday to the troopers who he made uncomfortable when he was doing that back seat driving. He said the picture painted in the article is not reality. He scheduled two events, one in a park in baltimore, gansler announced he was running for the states top job two weeks ago. A 4yearold woman was gunned down executionstyle in crystal rock drive saturday morning. The woman lived nearby. The shooting happened in a busy area close to a 7eleven. The sister of the woman who was shot after she tried to ram through a white house barrier has been denied custody of the baby that was in the car. Valerie kerry was seeking temporary custody of her one yearold niece. The baby was in the car when the woman led police on a chase. Kerrys family says they have only seen the child once since then. She is currently in the custody of her father. The former congresswoman who nearly lost her life to gun violence two years ago spent sunday at a gun show. Gabby giffords and her husband, mark kelley, visited the sayre toga springs gun show in upstate new york. The sayre the gun show in upstate new york. Giffords pleaded for people to stop gun violence. The former arizona congresswoman chose new york because background checks are required. For awhile he looked like the Robert Griffin iii of last year. Wayne harris returned a punt for a touchdown, that set up another score. Rg iii had two costly turnovers. Final 2116. Dallas is 33 on the season. The redskins are 14. Even in dallas redskins owner dan snyder couldnt avoid the growing mascot debate. Bob costas took a stand and said he thought the name should be changed. He said redskins is an insult and a slur. In 2013 no offense has been intended but he said if you take a step back isnt it clear to see how offense might be legitimately taken. Roger goodell said he believes snyder is way down the road in considering a change, but wants to do the right thing. One company may be trying to use your thoughts and images in their ads. Coming up in your money report. Sounds like 1984. 4 39. Monday morning columbus day, we have clouds with the rains that finally ended. We are going to be partly to mostly sunny to finish the day. Grab the glasses, you are going to need them when the day is out. If you are planning to head on the beltway north of town on this columbus day monday, things are light volume. Metro is running on a saturday schedule, parking is free in their garages with off peak fares. Back to you guys. It is 4 40. Time for the first money segment on this holiday monday morning. We are going to have to see if wall street can build on last weeks rally. Fingers crossed. Last couple of weeks all eyes on the debt ceiling. This week in wall street, it could be in the hands of congress, checking the numbers for you. On friday the dow snapped a two week losing streak, jumping 111 points. The s p 500 closed above 1700 and was less than 1. 5 away from a record high. The u. S. Is expected to become the Worlds Largest oil producer next year, overtaking russia. This is thanks of course to the American Shale Oil boom. The International Agency estimates u. S. Production of oil and natural gas liquids will exceed 11 Million Barrels of oil a day. For the second straight year, millions of mobile security recipients disabled veterans that are retirees they should expect historically small increases in their benefits this coming january. Preliminary figures suggest benefit increases of roughly 1. 5 . Paychecks go up the smallest amount since 175. Ever google yourselves to see what you can find . I do it on a daily basis. Do you want to see yourself in an ad . Google does. Reviews of restaurants and products, as well as songs and other content bought on the Google Play Store could show none ads displayed to your friends and connections when they search google. Heres the good part. You can opt out and heres how you do it. You google the phrase shared endorsements. On that page you are going find a link for settings and on that page you can opt out of the new policy. Is i we want flu the process this morning to make sure it is an easy process. That is simple. You have to opt out. Not in, you have to opt out. You are automatically enrolled unless you opt out. As a conscientious consumer, you have to be aware of this or else they are going to take advantage. The Government Shutdown has hampered many things, including dcs lottery winners. Well tell you about that, right after the break. Might want to grab a jacket as you poke out the door. First alert forecast is coming up next 4 45 on this monday morning. It is a holiday, so a lot of people are staying in, thinking about what they are going to do. They need a jacket this morning but not the umbrella . Next chance of showers will be later wednesday, wednesday night. 6inch rain totals. Five plus in my case. Very impressive coastal storm. You think about Hurricane Sandy last year was on the coast. This one was weaker and didnt have to push inland. Today well see improvement, transition from the dreary to the better. We are going to see some sunshine breaking out. A few more clouds this morning. By lunch time partly sunny, 656789 your highs today 17, 72. Back in the 60s this evening, clear to partly cloudy. Right now we are in the 50s, a few low 60s, culpepper 61 s 52 in hagerstown. In ash burn we had a hockey tournament, nice, nice rink in ashburn, we had a hockey tournament, nice, nice rink. You can see the clouds hanging out over dc. Humidity 82 . The farther north and east you are of dc the more breaks you are seeing now. Cold stuff this afternoon in the rockies. Casper only in the 90s. A jet bringing moisture in from a tropical storm. This caused flooding in austin yesterday. Last day of the Music Festival was canceled. Meanwhile, we still have showers offshore. A low now down here off the North Carolina coast, little bit of moisture making a beeline that his holds together. As it holds together. Clouds thicker here, especially south. As the day goes on, High Pressure nosing in. Cloudiness in West Virginia on the generally west side of the appalachians. Tonight clear to partly cloudy, that will allow some temperatures to fall into the 40s. Tomorrowber looking at maybe a few clouds in far Southern Maryland in the afternoon. On wednesday clouds increase ahead of this front. Cloudiness and perhaps a shower later wednesday as the front gets closer. 71 today with sun returning. Really this afternoon, well see maybe some of morning especially north and east of dc. Tonight we are down in the low 50s in dc. Winds 5 to 8 miles per hour. 72 a sunny and nice tuesday. We get enough breaks, we can actually make it up to 75. Maybe an early shower thursday. Another system brings a chance of rain thursday night into early friday with the redskins being home this sunday. Monika samtani, you are also smiles on this monday morning. If you have to go to work, it is an easy commute. Columbus day metro is on a saturday schedule. Free parking in grudges with off peak fares. In garages, with off peak fares. Lets go over to another map, this time on the top side of town. Good explain on 95 and from 270 in from frederick. Heres 270 at Montrose Road and nice down to the point where the lanes divide. Virginia on the northbound side of 95, no hovs, looking good into dale city and the 14th street bridge. Northbound 95 is good. Back to you guys. The dc lottery announced it would stop cashing Winning Tickets until the shutdown is over and but that is not stopping one gas station owner paying out of his own pocket to most winners. Ken was there to witness the joy and frustration all within one ticket. It is over 600. Reporter well call this a shutdown let automatically this means 2500. Nobody will cash it. Reporter it is hard to tell joe simon is more happy than frustrated. In order to hold on to funds during the shutdown, the district has stopped handing out all lotto prizes. I dont they say if you win they have got to pay. Reporter we were chatting with the owner of this gas station. Dennis alloy tells us he is personally paying out cash prizes under 600 to his customers. I have a lot of good lottery customers and it doesnt make sense for them not to get the payout. Reporter anyone like joe simon, who won more than 600, will have to wait. I have to tell you it is fun to watch, but i cant tell him to go cash it because they are not cashing any tickets. Reporter it is a shutdown let down. But that is not keeping this lucky man from smiling. Someone has the golden ticket. He is going to have to sit around with that ticket physical the government reopens. In dc, officials have been operating on emergency funds of about 144 million and that is set to run out in the next couple of days. Taking care of your mind could help your heart. People with Heart Disease who tame take care of their Mental Health for two years are less likely to die. Patients who took part in talk therapy, music therapy, relaxation exercise or prayer did best. Bed times may benefit your kids in more ways than one. Children who dont have a set bedtime are more likely to have behavioral problems. Researchers in the uk tracked bed times of more than 10,000 kids up to age 7 and compared their progress reports. They believe irregular bed times upset the bodys natural rhythm and sleep deprivation is harming young brains. Question of the day now. According to a survey, which one of these choices did women say is not the ultimate female status symbol . Is it a family, a high profile career, or an attractive husband or boyfriend . Tell us what you think the 4 57. A few more clouds. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Partly to mostly cloudy. A few clouds mid60s for lunch time and then a nice afternoon, partly to mostly sunny. 73 with a high today right around 71. Monika . With it being columbus day, nice and light. No hov restrictions in maryland or virginia with the exception of the john hanson highway. Route 50 coming in from the east. There are a number of good ways to propose to the one you love. We have seen flash mobs, sky dives, proposals at sporting events. One arizona found a way to be original and kind of weird. William pits has a story on how a Haunted House can be romantic. Reporter Stephanie Hill has no idea what is coming. We told her it was national Haunted House day. She is going to get scared at the 13th floor and get a bigger surprise from her boyfriend, nick shulman. A ring. If she can get through the zombies or clowns. I dont want there to be any clowns. Reporter nick and stephanie went through the first half of the 14th of the 13th floor. All we heard were the screams. They ended up in zombie land. Nick stumbled. The zombies right on him. Take my hand in marriage. Yes. Yes. Reporter the zombies cheered. As much as they can. And chased them out. Repr i didnt know what he was doing. He justsort of stopped on the bridge. Im like what are you doing . Lets go. Reporter turns out nick does know his fiance pretty we i love that. Who are we to judge . Thats right. We are not judging. We are happy you are with us and watching wusa 9 at 5 00 a. M. Aim andrea roane. Sorry skins and ravens fans. But you know what . It is not over. You know where im coming from. Anyway i made twitter comments check it out. Weatherwise, we have a good day coming. Havent said that since what . Last tuesday . Even sunday morning had a couple of sprinkles here and there. But today clouds giving way to sunshine. With a high of 71, 72. Still very pleasant. 6 degrees at 5 00 p. M. The moisture really focused more on southeastern virginia. Little disturbance up there drawing some of the moisture toward them. Also trying to put a little bit of High Temperature toward us. Maybe in the upper 30s in boston but they dont care. Red sox came back. Patriots came back. Monika