Friday that go 11 news continues right now. Youre watching wbaltv 11. Live, local, latebreaking. This is 11 news today at 6 a. M. Good morning, happy friday. I am mindy becerra. And i am stan stovall. You will deftly want to wear your purple today to show your pride because the ravens take on the steelers the sunday. We will have a preview on this game later and sports. First we want to look at your forecast. Right now, we are waking up to this gorgeous weather out there. A few clouds, temperatures in the 50s, it feels pleasant. At the airport with some cooler air moving into the region. Today we will see the high temperatures between the mid and upper 60s with plenty of sunshine out there heard winds right now coming in from the west at roughly six Miles Per Hour. Temperatures will stay in the upper 60s right and 60 for new kids are heading off to school. We will talk about a rain chance moving back into the forecast sunday, or saturday afternoon i should say. Right now well go over t
Mergener, wjz Eyewitness News. And federal workers will get backpay for the days they were out. Wjz live complete coverage of the impact of the Government Shutdown continues. Linh bui talks to local federal workers who are relieved to get their jobs back. Linh . Kai, relieved is absolutely the right word. Many of them just so happy to be back. Today, around baltimore, it was business as usual for federal employees. Reporter the gates are open at fort mchenry, and its busier than usual. Were just delighted that we can finally come to fort mchenry. Reporter like other national monuments, the fort closed down during the Government Shutdown, affecting about 50 employees. Overwhelmingly. Happy to be back open. Tina capetta says theyre busy catching up, as workers deal with the stress from the furlough. Everyone should be relieved to be back to work. But i think that theres still some of those emotions run high. Reporter at the Social Security Administration Building in woodlawn, federal wor
To go. As our peggy fox reports, you may not want to hold your breath. Reporter if all had gone as planned with the first phase of the 5. 6 billion silver line wed see trains rung today. But now no one can tell you when you can catch a raid on the silver line. Very anxious. Reporter anticipation for the new silver line grows as sunlight glimmers off a metro train. But its like a mirage because metro rail isnt here nor is it coming soon. Thats kind of bad news, yes, because i was excited. Reporter rail stations are locked, escalators still, and a worker waits for an assignment. Definitely hurry up and finish. Reporter the silver line through tysons and reston was supposed to be running last year. Now the wait will be pushed at least until summer. Its weird. Its like theres delays, milestones not being reached. Reporter today the metropolitan Washington Airports Authority announced the contractor has not yet met the requirements for completion. It was our determination that it is not yet
And to all of you who have participated, thank you so much. This is the final portion of the National Bullying prevention summit focusing on the issue of cyberbullying. According to a 2011 study, 16 of High School Students experience bullying 0 online each year. The annual bullying prevention summit is part of an effort by the federal government to create a National Strategy to address the problem. This is about 50 minutes. Hi, everyone, thank you so much, sarah. I am codirector of connect safely. Org in san jose, california. And im, im longtime blogger, since before they were blogs, on youth and technology at netfamilynews. Org. So im in awe of those young people, im sure you are, too, but what really struck me about them and what struck me about the youth advisory board, of the born this Way Foundation when we heard their stories, too, is the courage to heal others while youre hearing yourself. And were not linear any more these days. So thats kind of a remarkable act of courage, i f
Posturing. Delia goncalves is live outside the Wilson Building with more on what a shutdown could mean for the district. Good morning, delia. Good morning, andrea, mike. The mayor, hair gray is hoping mayor gray is hoping cooler heads will prevail on the hill. However, he is preparing for the worst and that would be a Government Shutdown. Later dat mayor will have a News Conference announcing the later today, the mayor will have a News Conference announcing the citys contingency plan because they have a whole lot to lose in this fight. Why . Congress still controls d. C. s budget. And so that means any stalemate on the hill means the city gets hit hard. The senate is expected to return the Budget Proposal to the house without the provision defunding obama care, but house members seem to be digging in their heels and intent on defunding that health care plan, even if that means a Government Shutdown. The deadline just seven days away, october 1. Heres d. C. Council member tommy wells. W