Night, and we are watching and waiting for what may happen next. Marcy gonzales is live in ferguson with the very latest good afternoon. They were more protests, but they were peaceful today. People were upset over the riots last night, and that officer Darren Wilson is a free man. Outrage from coast to coast. Today, for the first time officer Darren Wilson is talking publicly about the day he shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown, telling George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview that while he is sorry , he would not have done anything differently. Wilson remained in hiding, where yesterday he learned a grand jury decided not to indict him. The announcement sparked violent protests in and around ferguson, missouri. W rocksmonstrators thre and bottles at police. Officers responded with tear gas. Today, discussed and disbelief gust and disbelief as the Community Comes together to patch up some of the destruction. I am very disappointed. Michael browns family through their
At the top of the hour thats a live look at Spaghetti Junction downtown. No problems there. South of there on the baltimore washington parkway lots of problems. Sharon will details those after martys first warning weather. 56 degrees right now. Thats going to be 8 degrees above normal. That 56 is going to also be 6 warmer than this time yesterday. Theres a fall feel to the morning. Theres first warning doppler weather radar. Theres a slow moving low thats spreading clouds into the area now. Clouds in the forecast until early sunday morning. Not a ton of rain but showers around. 65 at lunch will be your daytime high with showers beginning in the afternoon. Call it state route 295 or the bw parkway, here is Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. Good morning. 295 definitely the big issue at the moment. 295 southbound just after 175 an accident there still blocking all lanes. Traffic is being diverted off onto 175. An accident in aberdeen on route 40 at carroll avenue. That water main brea
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
Partly sunny to partly cloudy skies. Temperatures around 80 degrees. In the low 80s for some of us. Dinnertime around 68. Yet again another dry and Beautiful Day. Over to you. All right. Rush hour is on the move. Lets check in with Sharon Gibala in wjz traffic control. Good morning, sharon. Good morning, everyone. We have two accidents. The good thing is we dont have any delays yet. One accident is on west padonia road, harrisburg expressway. The other liberty at franklinville road. Heading out on the beltway, speeds are looking great. 54 and 55 are the outer loop averages. Still overall great speeds out there. There is 895 at the harbor tunnel where traffic is moving pretty well there in and out in the north and southbound lanes. That is 95 not bad out of the fort mchenry tunnel. Now wjz has the stories people are talking about this morning while you were sleeping the president orders a partial shut down of the federal government. For the first time in 17 Years Congress failed to pass
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 would be forced off the job without pay. Danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. And very soon were going to hear from president obama on News Conference about his comments on everything that has happened today in this budget battle. Remember, government shut down would have far reaching implications for the state of maryland. Local jobs, we have so many federal workers here, and it would have minimal impact on others. It would affect our National Parks as we heard, things like the smithsonian museum. Over all the responsibilities the constitution endows to congress, two should be fairly simple, pass a budget and pay americas bills. But if the United States congress does not fulfill its responsibility to pass a budget today, much of the United States gove