Good morning, everybody. It is day two and still no sign of letting up. Millions are feeling the effects of the first Government Shutdown in 17 years. It goes beyond the closure of parks and museums. Did you know new patients will not be accepted into Clinical Research trials at the National Institutes of health. About 200 patients will be turned away this week. The fda cannot continue review and approval of new drugs. Conservation efforts to protect endangered species will stop. And sites contaminated with hazardous chemicals, not all of them will be cleaned up. Tracie potts joins us now in washington. What are the latest developments overnight . Reporter betty, good morning. Here on capitol hill, there is a Skeleton Crew runs things. President obama is reportedly canceling part of his asian trip for next week. And hes blaming the tea party for insisting on scaling back health care to get this government running. They will get their Social Security check. Reporter but mothers and chil
Calling them now, crs. Basically bandaids that would only Fund Agencies line the v. A. , National Parks and the city of washington, d. C. But the measures failed to get the twothirds needed to pass. Flanked by people he says are beneficiaries of the Health Care Law at the center of the shutdown, president obama said republicans were putting the countrys economy at risk. This shutdown is not about deficits or budgets. Its aboutle roing back our efforts to provide Health Insurance to folks who dont have it. Its all about rolling back the Affordable Care act. This more than anything else seems to be what the Republican Party stands for these days. I know its strapg that one party would make keeping people uninsured the center piece of their agenda. But that apparently is what it is. Despite the seemingly high stakes, both economically and politically, there are few high level negotiations going on behind the scenes right now. House republicans with their jackets off came to a Conference C
Could affect you, head to wbaltv. Com. More at 5 30 p. M. Are following breaking news out of tennessee. A crash involving a tractor trailer, bus, and an suv has left eight people dead. This is an area east of knoxville. The bus crossed the median and struck the other vehicles after blowing a tire. The tractortrailer caught fire in the bus overturned. The accident shut down the interstate. We will keep a close eye on this one and bring you new information as it becomes available. More breaking news, this time in baltimore county. Police are searching for not one but three suspects. That is correct. B s is between hawthorne and grovethorne. We received a call of two people shot at a residence here. They found two victims who had been shot with a shotgun. We believe the injuries not to be lifethreatening. What police are being told is masks,o suspects wearing one with a shotgun is involved in the shooting. They do not have a good description but the third suspect was the operator of a car
Congress as quoted dozens of veterans into the memorial on tuesday. We were here this group of veterans flew in from mississippi on an honor flight. The National Park service furloughed its 330 workers from the National Mall. That also affects places like fort mchenry, now closed to the public. Deborah wiener has more. I and embarrassed for our country. I care more about how this affects people. It is wrong. There has been much of a middle in a long time. Persist aslems will long as the stalemate persists. That also goes for the Naval Academy. A shutdown in washington is affecting life in annapolis. That is where we find jennifer franciotti. What is happening . It is like a spider with a lot of legs. Its been those outward. We know the status of the game is still up in the air. The military has suspended all intercollegiate sports activities on soul further notice. Navy practicing yesterday because a decision is not expected until thursday. The Naval Academy has had to employees35 civi
Patchy fog on the eastern shore, including easton. Temperatures in central maryland around 62 degrees. The 50s in western maryland. 54 in cumberland, 58 degrees in hagerstown. This is what you can expect for today, 66 degrees as you step out the door, 86 degrees by midday. Plenty of sunshine in the forecast, mostly clear skies by dinner time, 71 degrees. Now over to sharon at traffic control. Good morning. Good morning. It looks like i spoke too soon about the lack of problems out there. We have picked up our first one of the morning, 95 southbound just approaching the fort mchenry tunnel. Were not seeing any delays though. We dont have any delays on the beltway either. 55 is your average on the top and west side. No problems on 95 between white marsh and the beltway. 52 between the beltway and the tunnel. That could be because of that accident. No real problems in this particular shot. Thats a look at 795 at mcdonugh road. No delays officially yet. Now wjz has the stories people are t