Government shutdown, but more and more lawmakers are making another offer in the meantime. Danielle leigh joins us on capitol hill with that. Reporter good morning. So many federal workers arent getting paid so we. Ed to find out what are lawmakers while the shutdown continues. At least 108 of them have said they will go without pay as long as the shutdown continues. 56 republicans, 52 democrats and among those are five lawmakers from maryland and virginia. One is eric cantor is refusing pay. Also john delaney says hes going to donate his pay to charity. Tim kain is asking his salary be withheld. Now if youre wondering why with the shutdown wasnt their salary removed, they are paid by mandatory funds, not discretionary funds. Live in capitol hill, im danielle leigh, back to you. 4 32. Leaders at university of District Of Columbia is trying to come up with a contingency plan. They held an emergency meeting last night. They received federal funding. Its the only Public University in the
A lot of people are leaving the city. Most of the shops are closed in very tense. The downtown area. Of course the u. S. Embassy is right here in the center of baghdad. The state department has asked the military to deploy extra security personnel. Those are starting to arrive. About 170 u. S. Soldiers and marines, just to provide security for t embassy compound. Also the mostexe. U deploying hundred extra troops nearby. Those troops are specialized in airport, airfield management, the kind of people that can set up an air strip in an emergency situation, manage flights should an emergency evacuation of american personnel here in baghdad be required. So far, that emergencyas ny. Be weest t bu tt strikes. Sothabesieyinsi and it seems for now that this capital is not going to fall. Richard engel, nbc news, baghdad. Powerful winds are making it a challenge for firefighters in new mexico to get control of a wildfire burning near the arizona border. Because of the strong winds air twivommun
This afternoon. There are clouds over center city. The radar screen showing a few light showers just popping up over delaware county, south philadelphia and into new jersey, camden, gloucester, burlington county, toms river, are seeing light scattered showers. The temperatures have dropped into the 60s and 70s, 74 right now in philadelphia but were expecting a quick warmup. Its going to be a hot one today. Clearing skies this morning to start with, 73 degrees by 9 00 well be close to 80 degrees at midmorning and lunch time, well into the 80s on our way to the 90s this afternoon. Hour by hour look at the future weather when i come back. First, jillian mele has traffic. Good morning, jillian. So far, no big accidents to report on the majors. This is a live look atc 95 nea girard avenue. Were not reporting any issues. This is in the midst of that longterm Construction Zone near girard avenue. Traffic is moving along fine. We have a disabled vehicle on the northeast extension just past th
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Afternoon. Showers also down the shore. Your high today 76 degrees, clouds as well. The chance of thunderstorms not likely for you. But we cant rule it out. Well be cooler today than we were yesterday. Warmer for tomorrow. So well show you what to expect for the sevenday forecast in a bit. With these showers we have wet roadways. Lets check in with jillian mele. Good morning. Good morning, tedd. Wet roads never a good thing. Were not reporting accidents still at 5 00 thats a good thing. Septa all right. Patco, single track operations still over the ben franklin bridge because of that construction project that we have. Drivers in new jersey, route 73 at the new jersey turnpike, no issues there. The new jersey turnpike itself is looking good. For drivers in delaware, 495 is still closed between exits 2 and 3. This is philadelphia, 95 at girard avenue. Both directions looking great. No accidents, no big issues to report out there. Later on tonight there is a Major Construction project tha