12 30. All that activity has moved off. We look around cecil county we did have heavy activity. That is all off to the east of us now. Were left with a lot of clouds maybe a couple of sprinkles. Jersey now, southern delaware and low Eastern Shore. That will continue to move east of the area over the next several hours. As far as temperatures go, watches, this watch from the Eastern Shore the tornado watch just cancelled about 30 second ago. Computer hasn t quite updated it. We still have until 1 00 in the morning. Those coastal areas because youve had southerly winds could up to 8 Miles Per Hour till tonight. Everybody is going to be cooling down over the next several days. Look at that, shell chelsea is in the outback. Chelsea. Were going to be cooling down. Well see highs right around 70 degrees but increasing sunshine. Decreasing clouds as that line of shower continues to push off into the atlantic and canadian marintime. Thank you chelsea. Stay with wjz. The Government Shutdown con
Are going to get all of their pay anyway, why not just settle this and bring them back. Steve handelsman, news 4. Thank you. At least 26,000 furloughed workers have filed for unemployment in d. C. And in maryland. D. C. s Department Employment says it had more than 10,000 claims and in maryland the number is 16,000. Thats nearly four times the number of claims maryland gets in an entire year. Virginia did not release numbers. The trickle down effect is forcing some local companies to make cutbacks and many firms that have not started furloughs are getting ready to. One business in Tysons Corner is feeling the pinch already. Northern virginia reporter has our report. Reporter the thought of time off and no pay scares tracy. I definitely have to have this job. Im a single parent and the only one supporting myself and my children. Reporter she has three kids including a college student. Its not cheap at all. Reporter she works at a i. T. Support contractor with one client the government.
Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill after a long night that ultimately ended in failure. The government is closing this morning for the first time in about two decades. It is hard to see if there will be an end to the gridlock. News 4s Melissa Mollett is live. Reporter its been a bitter partisan fight. Quite a blame game weve seen over the past couple of days. We know that lawmakers will reconvene at 9 30 this morning. Heres what we know about what will happen then. Were understanding from harry reid that he will move to table whatever the house was working on overnight which will end up killing it. Democrats say they wont approve anything at all unless that thing is completely clear of any demands to change the Health Care Law. The hope, of course, this morning perhaps to go to this conference and end up actually talking through their differences. Theres a way to resolve this process and that is to go to conference and talk through your differences. I would hope the sena
Stocking this skinny black teenager who doesnt have a this skinnylking black teenager who doesnt have a weapon. The big guy has begun. They get into it has a gun. They get into a fight and he gets off on selfdefense. I think that made a lot of folks have doubts about our criminal Justice System and whether it really respectful lives of all of our citizens. Respects the lives of all of our citizens. One of your callers engine earlier the dred scott case, that the black man has no rights that the white man is bound to respect. The Trayvon Martin really, the George Zimmerman case made some people feel like that, like African American lives dont mean as much as other people. Host we have been talking to paul butler, a law professor at georgetown, a graduate of yale and harvard. Next the pentagon release a the Labor Department releases the december jobs report. From the Cato Institute legal ability list debate the constitutionality of president obamas recess appointments. Its disappointing
Remains double to size of chinas. It is bigger than any place else in the world. Person,sured per probably the most accurate measure of societal wealth, u. S. Production is a head of china by a factor of more than eight. It is natural to worry about the future. For the parents here today, it is natural to wonder whether america will be the same country for our children that it was for us. Is, no generation in the history of the planet earth than a more opportunity collegeeducated young person comingofage in america. In 2014. That is particularly true for someone who graduate from a worldclass University Like ball state. Ask yourself this question. If the gated entry were dropped in every country in the world, which country would be flooded with the most people . Course, the answer is america. Dont get me wrong. Our nation is far from perfect. It took hundreds of years for opportunities to open up for women and racial minorities in this country. Americans, too many lack access to a qual