Rock creek trail, Anacostia River walk trail and George Washington monument trail. Trail the department of defense hasfee ordered the academy to cancel athletic evans and this Saturdays Navy verse, air forcr base in annapolis could be canceled. An official decision will be de made on thursday at noon. The air force says it wont travel during a shutdown. Tonights soccer game Naval Academy against ho howard cancec we dont know if the game will be made up or not. R if you see any closed signs, tweet us, or post it on the facebook page. How local golfers are being affected. Fected golfers, too. We will see you in a few fe minutes. The shutdown will have a hug impact on the local economy. The d. C. Area will lose 200 million . The tourism. Museums and parks were closed and visas were not being processed. The veterans benefitsbefi administration will not be able to process, education and rehab benefits, and the board of veterans appeals wont be holding hearings. The they stopped accepting ne
I agree to talk. The way to resolve differences is to sit down and talk. But Senate Democrats rejected the house apps request for a conference on the spending bill. Harry reid says republicans are trying to refight an argument on obama care thats settled what is wrong with their fixation shin on a law this country has had for fours years bus theres no telling if the shut down but theres no telling how long the shut down will continue. Today across our region and america there was plenty of evidence of a Government Shutdown. Signs and barricades went up indicating moo see intoes, memorials and marks are now shut down museums. Many tourists locked out. People who live in d. C. And visitors are feeling the effects firsthand. The National Mall legally closed. People are being turned away from National Parks and smithsonian museums across the country. This morning the National Park began barricading the monuments and the mall. Workers closed off 45 fountains because of the shut down. All af
Defense workers will be out. The parks zoo and smithsonian would close. New patients would not be accepted into clinical research. At the National Institute of health but current patients would. The f. D. A. Would suspect inspections suspend inspections. Congress remains in a partisan deadlock. Lets talk about some of the things that have occurred in the last few hours. The senate rejected the latest spending plan and now it goes back to the house. Earlier the house voted to pass the latest version of a spending plan to try to head off a shut down. It delays the implementation of bo maam care. The bill went to the senate obama care. It was nearly defeated immediately. Almost immediately and with the Government Shutdown looming both sides are still pointing fingers on who is to blame. One faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government doesnt get to shut down the entire government just to refight the results of an election. Keeping the peoples government open i
Thats about the best they can get, an issue they want to campaign on again next year. There may be individuals that may want to ride it to the nomination of the Republican Party in 2016. They want to cast more attention on this. They are not moving votes. The bill is already unpopular according to most polls, the law, that is. Theyre not even gaining extra ground there based on what were seeing this far. The cruz caucus, as its coming to be known, seems to be setting the agenda. You mention this could help them as they push into the next campaign season. Does that cruz caucus hold its weight moving forward . Well have to seechlt senator cruz is my guest this morning. Im curious what he does next. The goal of defunding or delaying the obama care is nowhere in sight. The protests can continue through a Government Shutdown, but the goal of changing the law is nowhere in site because theyre not actually engaging theyre not suggesting ways to improve upon the law or change the law substanti
So whats on tap for this sunday . Meteorologist tim williams updated our first warning weather forecast. And im live at towson university. Its a great challenge. Better and better this year. Wjz is a proud sponsor as part of our continuing community commitment. Will have more life. Eyewitness news is seconds away. Its this is wjztv, baltimore. From the city to the counties to your neighborhood. Now its complete coverage. Its wjz, marylands 0001 we are getting the flow in, it is a clock wise around that high, we have another low system off of North Carolina is counter clock wise thats pushing moistures back in your direction, we are not able to break the grasp of those clouds, we have a front thats moving in the west, this is not going to bring us much of way of rain. This front is going to come in pretty dry. It is not going to impact us too much. In fact, when the front moves through, well see temperatures moving back up. Sun set today is at 6 51 on the bay of 510 knotts. Well see tho