Reid think that this shutdown is the west thing best thing that ever happened to them, politically. We in this house muchtd end this shutdown. Must end this shutdown. Reporter republicans wanted it to be part of the deal. Reporter director National Intelligence told lawmakers that includes about 70 of his civilian work force. This is extremely damaging. And it will increase, though, as this shutdown drags on. Reporter director clapper says employees not receiving a paycheck are prime targets for foreign governments, wanting to gain state secrets. On capitol hill, Danielle Nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. The Republican National Committee Says it will pay to keep the world world war ii memorial open for the next 30 days. As we have been telling you, the Government Shutdown is having a widespread impact across maryland. It includes the Service Academy and sports fans. Complete coverage continues with vic, live in the newsroom. Reporter as of right now, all service athletics are suspended
Obama care. Reporter the white house is preparing for this congressional stand off to continue, but president obama says hes not resigned to a government shut down. What it simply requires is everybody to act responsibly and do whats right for the American People. Reporter some congressional staffers here on capitol hill have already received furlough notices saying if a deal isnt reached by midnight, they wont get paid. I have been in congress for a long time, and i have seen miracles happen in a brief period of time when people want those miracles to take place. Reporter conservative republicans are adamant the house salespeopler make government funding conditioning their constituents dont like. Its time for the senate to listen to the American People just like the house has listened to the American People. Reporter if there is a partial government shut down, passports will be delayed, federally backed mortgages and gun permits wont be processed and about 800,000 federal workers woul
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
Police chief thomas boyd said, with federal help, the town will rebuild. Seaside heights is never leaving. Were going to rebuild and were staying. Reporter governor Chris Christie worked closely with the president. Now hes going to washington to ask directly for help. With damage like this, stretching for miles, governor Chris Christie said, new jersey will need 37 billion to repair the damage. Reporter after meeting at the white house, christie met with members of congress to tell them what new jersey needs. New yorks governor did the same earlier this week. They said the president is committed to helping. He knows that our work is not done any more than the work in the states is done. Reporter president obama is expected to ask congress for about 50 billion in storm relief. New york, new jersey and connecticut say they need 83 billion. The deans say they would be grateful for a straight answer. What should the federal government do . Cut through the red tape. And get people in line w
Yes, we have flood watches and warnings mentioned in baltimore, frederick and carroll county. And the flood watch continues until late tonight, for many areas, Southern Maryland and a lot of sections of Northern Virginia as well as harford county. 64 in ocean city. 74 in oakland. Tim is live now with the mobile weather lab. And as you can see, hes got his umbrella out. Tim has a look at some of those rain numbers and what we can expect, perhaps tomorrow. As bob mentioned, ill just say a new campaign. Trust your turk. If bob says youre going to get wet, youre going to get wet. He said it was going to come down here in 10 or 15 minutes, which sure enough it did. Were outside here. The winds have picked up. The rains have started as well. And were starting to see another wave of these showers moving on in. Lets talk about the rain totals weve seen. [ no audio ] reporter northern Baltimore County, almost four inches. Hagerstown, just about 3 or so. And just very close. Were looking at patu