As one of the most successful writers of military and political the thrillers of all time, tom clancy kept readers on the edge of their seats. News of his death at just 66 years old, has shocked fans. Its a huge fan base, especially male readers reader of action and techno, theyre going to be feeling a sense of sadness. Reporter clancy became a minor owner in the orioles. When i get involved in something, i get involved in it. Thats my team there. I have to go and watch and make sure they do everything right. Tom, a proud baltimorean was a devoted marylander, treasured friend, and valued partner and adviser in the orioles ownership group. We are deeply saddened by toms passing. He will be missed but long remembered. Tom clancy was born in baltimore, attended loyola blakefield. What an honor for us to have this literary icon also be called a loyola don. And then Commencement Speaker at Loyola College in 1986. Clancy was a former insurance agent, who went on to write 28 novels. The whole
And the talks about the Government Shutdown just nine days away. Lets end this shutdown now. Lets put people back to work. Reporter the president called House Speaker john boehner, reiterating, hes willing to talk about the budget once they push this through. The members of the house of congress dont get to do this. Speaker john boehner wants the president to sit down and negotiate. Theres never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. Never. Not once. Reporter republicans argue the debt limit is the only leverage they have to get democrats to reign in government spending. What theyre learning is the no obligation loan. They want no strings attached. Reporter if the debt ceiling isnt raised by october 17th, the u. S. Will run out of money to pay its bill. And economists say it could throw the country back into a recession. In washington, danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. Senate democrats are planning a vote this week to provide new borrowing,
Department of public works. You can see repairs are under way right now. Reporter and our complete coverage continues with sky eye chopper 13 and captain jeff long with more on the repairs. Jeff . Reporter work crews are on the scene. Theyve got the work load up. You can see next to that gentleman, the pipe. Thats the 24inch pipe that broke. And as i move around here a little bit, youre going to see the broken piece of the pipe laying down there in that hole. And its coming up in just a second. You can kind of see it there, coming into view. Now, the bricks are part of the manhole. And a lot of those were blown away. But you can see the gentleman is standing by with a manhole cover. That was blown off of its location, over those bricks by the force of that water. There was a lot of debris on the road. Cleanup is going to be extensive. So they can repair that pipe and get water back to this neighborhood. Reporting live, im captain jeff long. And of course well yep you updated on those r
Danielle nottingham reports for wjz, from capitol hill. President obama and House Republicans are Standing Firm with the partial Government Shutdown in its 8th day. And a deadline to raise the nations debt limit, just nine days away. Lets stop the excuses. Lets take a vote in the house. Lets end this shutdown right now. Lets put people back to work. Reporter the president called House Speaker john boehner tuesday morning, reiterating, hes willing to talk about the budget after Congress Passes bills to fund the government and increase the debt limit. Without any conditions. Members of congress and the House Republicans in particular dont get to demand ransom in exchange for doing their jobs. Reporter Speaker Boehner said he does not have the votes to pass a clean, temporary spending bill or raise the debt limit. He wants the president to sit down and negotiate. Theres never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. Senate majority leader harry reid call
Reporter but stalemating and finger pointing continues on capitol hill. The president plans to invite republicans to the white house in the coming days. A short time ago, president obama said a charity will pick up the costs for death benefits for families of fallen soldiers. Complete coverage continues with jess abc cartallia, at cbsbaltimore. Com. Jess . Reporter kai, frustration is growing across maryland, as you said. And today, you sound off to wjz. After nine tays, what would you say to the president and congress about this shutdown . Its all politics. And we need to move beyond that. We need to prove that we believe in the plan we have. I cant believe neither side wants to compromise. Both want to threat their way. Nine days into the shutdown. I havent seen what they were doing. Fire everybody. And elect people that actually care about what we think and want. An Associated Press poll just released today say 62 of americans blame the shutdown on republicans. About half say presid