answer a question about whether the house might vote to pass a clean bill, a bill that doesn t have this health-care condition attached to it. the last shutdown lasted about three weeks. we will see what happens this time around. for the very latest, go to our website, wbaltv.com. you can see the 12 real impacts of the shutdown. just click the link on the top of the homepage. details on how the shutdown will impact maryland coming up at 6:30. todayn enrollment starts for anyone who does not already have health coverage and for businesses that need to provide employees with coverage. open enrollment ends march 31st of next year. for more information on the affordable care act, you can call this number new set of laws they go into effect for marylanders. live withey joins us the things you need to avoid doing in your car from now on. good morning. good morning. as of today,, you can be pulled over just for using a hand-held cell phone while driving. also for not wearing a
08iss. annapolis. complete coverage continues now. derek valcourt has more on the game many are talk about. reporter: rumors were flying that the game on saturday was a go. but navy officials say those rumors just were not true. they say the decision to play has not been made yet. but that decision is expected by noon tomorrow. reporter: tents are already going up outside of navy marine memorial stadium. even though the fate of the game hangs in limbo, no one more surprised than the players. well, that would be crushing. i mean, it s a huge game that we all look forward to very much. i watched the video. and i never thought it would, you know, get anywhere near football. reporter: it s not just football or any navy sport. but the entire naval academy, impacted by the shutdown, with 933 million. classes where military instructors aren t able to substitute have been canceled. some of us have showed up and studied. others were told to not go to class. reporter: t
i m stan stovall. i m mindy basara. 6:01. time for traffic and weather together on the 1 s. it was a gorgeous day yesterday. today we will throw in some cloud cover. i do not think there will be precipitation. the forecast is calling for dry conditions overall. 60 degrees at the airport. some of you may need a light jacket. low 70 s this afternoon. the wind is going to shift to the southwest. there could be some rain in the mountains. we will talk about the possibility of rain in just a few minutes. time to check the roads. a nice start out there. not dealing with any incidents. 11 minutes on the north side over towards the 83 s. so far so good as you travel towards harford. this is outer loop traffic over toward harford and the 83 s. in the green on southbound 95 from the white marsh area to the 895 split. hour. the green at this let s take a look at 175. a quiet start to your morning commute. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. centiliters are hoping to hold v
some flurries tapering off. 35 in ocean city. 36 downtown. temperature near 40 degrees today. clouds will clear into the afternoon. good morning. we anticipate a return to normal on the area roads. people going back to work. eastbound 50 on ritchie highway, an accident has been cleared. things in great shape east and westbound on 50. 65 heading down toward 100. 55 on the west side making your way down towards security. that is where volume starts to pick up. 65 on southbound 83. moving well down to the beltway. 54 on the j.f.x. 57 on 95 from the white marsh area. running smoothly to the 895 split. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. we will be waking up to a fiscal cliff finale this morning. a deal was done for most americans. hallie jackson has more live in our washington bureau. can we stop saying fiscal cliff ? not just yet. we still have the battles ahead of us. the president is on his way to hawaii after thanking leaders overnight for coming to a deal. the
and let consumers know what other options are available in the federal exchanges. now, this fix won t solve every problem for every person. but it s going to help a lot of people. reporter: president obama spoke and took questions for nearly an hour. and took blame for the problem. we fumbled the rollout on this healthcare rollout. the white house policy change comes as house republicans move to provide their own fix. the only way to fully protect the american people is to scrap this law once and for all. reporter: speaker john boehner will introduce legislation on friday, allowing consumers to keep their current insurance plans, permanently, not just for one year. danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. and as for the state-run exchanges, the white house left the decision up to the individual state insurance commissioners to make the call on whether people can keep their old policies. a worker for the state highway administration is dead. another coworker i