Government shutdown began. Theyre more interested in playing politics than doing whats right. Democratic leaders in Congress Finally have their prize, a Government Shutdown that no one seems to want but them. Theyre obsessed with the healthcare law. And theyre obsessed with hurting this president. Reporter for a fourth time, this senate removed language, weakening the president s healthcare law from a temporary spending bill and sent it back to the house. Reporter House Republicans wanted senators to come to the negotiating table and work out their differences. The senate refused. I wont even have people sit down with the negotiators. I mean, for heavens sake. Reporter now, the house is working on another proposal, one that would fund the veterans administration, park service, and d. C. City government. President obama accused House Republicans of holding the economy hostage. Reopen the government. Restart the Services Americans depend on. Reporter in a letter to federal workers, the p
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This is wjz tv, baltimore. Good morning maryland. Now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjzs news team. Your first warning weather and wjz Traffic Control with Sharon Gibala. Its wjz, marylands news station. It is the top of the hour, and what started out as steamy has turned into stormy in a lot of this area. Kristys got traffic after martys first warning weather. Its turned into a real storm in the past 5 minutes. Before we put the radar in motion and zoom in on something, heres the current active Severe Weather alerts. For eastern Baltimore County, Harford County Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 6 45. For central Harford County until 6 30 we have a Tornado Warning in effect. Now what i want to do is focus in on one particular area here. This would be central Harford County just southeast of bel air. And that is going to be one heavy duty cell of rain, and i think this may be, you know, just a little west of crazy well. Little west of crazy what were talking a
Welcome to weekends with alex. You are looking live at pictures from across the country showing what has been called the 100city justice for trayvon vigils getting under way right now from new york city to chicago to los angeles. Supporters in these hundred cities are gathering in front of Federal Buildings. The justice for trayvon vigils are organized by the Reverend Al Sharptons National Action Network and theyre calling on the government to pursue federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. Moments from now Trayvon Martins mother Sabrina Houlton will be speaking at the vigil here in new york. Then a short while ago trayvons father tracy martin had this to say at the rally in miami. My message this morning is simple. Id like the world to know that trayvon was my son. He was a love child. He did nothing wrong and were not going to let them persecute him the way they have. Nbcs Michelle Franzen is at the vigil here in new york city. Michelle, a good day to you. We hear there
Campaign. Iraq poisoned the well. This is about team america. This is about getting together as one and doing the right thing. I think the military attack is the right thing. There is not a suggest that would be people aligned with him, some kind of retaliation. If we go in on the side of the rebels and going in on the side of al qaeda. Votes are not there. This would be the biggest congressal effort in the white house since the battle over healthcare. It is important for him to react. You are watching what happened with washington. As Congress Returns tomorrow, the president is pulling out all the stops to make his case for limited airstrikes in syria. From low poll numbers to angry constituents at town halls around the country, members of congress are not getting much encouragement from outside the administration but they are sure about to be lobbied hard. This weekend we saw release of new graphic video of the august 21st Chemical Attacks and dennis mcdone why appearing on all of th