Crash activity. Lets go back over to the maps this time heading to the other side. 270. Long slow lineup normal for 6 00 in the morning coming out of frederick in toward clarksburg and one last live look outside here at montrose road. Back to you guys. Newt gingrich and president clinton did it back in the 1990s and that is the last time we were talking very seriously about a Government Shutdown but guess where we are again if congress doesnt approve some funding by midnight tonight. There may be a partial shutdown starting at midnight. 17 years later a number of nonessential federal services will be forced to close if they dont reach a compromise. Delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with more. Good morning, delia. Reporter good morning, andrea, mike. Lawmakers will return to work here on capitol hill later today. House members 10 00 a. M. Get this. The senate doesnt convene until 2 00 this afternoon. Lawmakers will continue this contentious debate over the budget and many say that
With a bully you cannot let them slap you around because they slap you around today they slap you five or six times. Tomorrow its seven or eight times. This back and forth has been ongoing for two weeks as the two sides inch towards a shut down president obama met with his cabinet to make plans. The battle is not over. It will come up over the fight of over raising the nations Borrowing Limit in two weeks. Craig boswell, fox news. Our Team Coverage continues fox 5 will thomas has been on capitol hill. Will, i imagine the mood is somber . It is really clear lawmakers are digging in. It seems no one is budging. It seems like this shut down is immanent. House leaders are getting negotiators to come up with some sort of plan to pen potentially that they can present to the senate so its not boehner and mcconnell. The big question will the senate name negotiators so you can see a meaningful conference. Lets get perspective right now. Right now there is no plan for now keep the government ope
U. S. History reporter republicans held firm, john boehner says gop has passed bills delaying obamacare, senate rejected them. Senate decided not to work yesterday. My goodness, if there is such an emergency, where are they . Ayes 54, nays 46. Senators voteed to strip the antiobamacare from spending bill. Barbara mcclowesski voted against. It was deliberately designed to be provocative. Continuing resolutions are about decemb disputes over money. They are not about viewpoints over past legislation. The Obama Administration warned shut down or shut down it insures changes for tuesday. We are less than 24 hours away from open enrollment. There is no guarantee the federal government will be in business itself. White house today, president obama led a Cabinet Meeting to show how to proceed furlough guidance went up on the official office of personal management opm. Gov. Matt. Tom fitzgerald, thank you. Can anything be done on capitol hill at this late hour to avoid a government shut down .
Congress does not fulfill its responsibility to pass a budget today much of the United States government will be forced to shut down tomorrow. I want to be clear of what will remain open and what will not. With regard to operations that will continue, if you are on social security, you will keep receiving your checks. If you are on medicare, you will still receive medicare. Our troops will continue to serve with skill, honor and courage, air traffic controllers, prison guards, those who are with Border Patrol will remain on posts, but their paychecks will be delayed until the government reopens. Nasa will shut down entirely. Mission control will remain open to serve the mission on the space station. Office buildings close, paychecks will be delayed, Vital Services seniors and veterans, women and children, businesses and our economy depend on would be ham strung. Business owners would see delays in infrastructure permits or rebuilding after hurricane sandy. Veterans will find their supp
Amelia for an update. Im tracking showers and thunderstorms firing ahead of a cold front. That cold front in indiana. Were going to have thunderstorms a rain moving through during the evening hours and into the early overnight hours. Now theres a tornado watch for areas back to our west. As close as Garrett County in maryland, grant and mineral counties in West Virginia. This tornado watch is going to go until 9 00on. In fact you can see the area is mainly dry. But im keeping a close eye on this area of heavy rain and thunderstorms making its way over morgantown, continuing to make a bee line toward frostsburg a haguerstown and well continue to see more thunderstorms moving through the area during the evening hours. Thou the t n would be high winds that could produce damage across the area and heavy rain that could lead to flash flooding. We cannot rule out a weak tornado this evening. Mainly around washington and areas to the north. Some hail is also possible with any storms but the m