This is wjz baltimore. From the city to the counties to your neighborhood. Now, its complete coverage its wjz marylands news station. Pending government shut down. Time is ticking away as deadline draws closer. Controversy over passing a spending bill to avoid a shut down heats up. The fingerpointing and plans for the days ahead. Good evening i am linh bui tomorrow the budget battle shifts to the senate as lawmakers race against the clock. They need to reach a deal to avoid a partial shut counsel but the Sticking Point is the health care law. Tara mergener has the latest from capitol hill. Sundayed a noof roon afternoon. Reporter good sunday afternoon. Reporter republicans took aim. The senate needs to act. Why are they waiting . Why arent those doors open . Reporter latest house bill passed saturday ties funding for federal agencies with the one year delay in parts of the Affordable Care act. We are asking them if good in good faith come back and do what is recierd in a demog required
Budget hot potato back in the hands of the house. Theyre spinning their wheels. We are not going to change obamacare. Reporter but that is exactly what House Speaker john boehner intends to do. Were gonna move here in the next several hours to take the senate bill, add to it a one year delay of the individual mandate on the American People, and get rid of the exemption for members of congress. Reporter some congressional staffers here on capitol hill have already received furlough notices, saying if the deal isnt reached by midnight, they wont get paid. If there is a partial Government Shutdown, passports will be delayed. Gun permits wont be processed. And about 800,000 federal workers would be forced off the job without pay. In washington, danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. Now the budget isnt the only battle being waged in the halls of congress. Lawmakers also have to vote on raising the nations debt limit by midoctober or the federal government will default on its loans. Tens
Now its complete coverage, wjz, marylands news station. Hours left to strike a deal to keep the government open. The key decision today. Don and jessica are off today. In 12 hours the government will close laying off tens of thousands of workers, some of them right here in maryland unless republicans and democrats come to an agreement. It is time to pass a one year delay of obamacare. They are using funding bills to attack the president. Instead of working with democrats, house opinions have passed two bills that have no chance of becoming law. They have removed language that weakens the law. Unless one side blinks, it will be the first shut down in 17 years. Workers would be forced off the job without paid. Passports and visas will be delayed, parks will be closed. The military will stay on the job. Wjz Eyewitness News. The stock market took an immediate nose dive this morning. With this show down looming, moderate republicans are calling on conservatives to back down from the count d
Readers, laptops. Airlines can safely expand passenger use of portable Electronic Devices during all phases of flight. Reporter Business Traveler taznim cambati says the change will make her more productive. Because youre waiting in a terminal for 20, 30, 40 minutes. That could be spent doing work. Reporter phone calls are still not allowed. And neither is surfing the web unless youre using the terminals wifi connection. Reporter all gadget the will have to be put down during the safety instructions. I certainly believe there is relief for the flight attendants. They did not want to be sheriffs in the cabin. Thats not what theyre there for. Reporter the faa will have to sign off on each airlines plan for implementing the changes. Some are ready to let passengers keep their devices on, as soon as they get the okay. Danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. Delta and jet blue have announced they have filed to use their devices during takeoff and landing. The deadly mass shooting at the W
station. missed opportunity, a child welfare group is speaking out after a young girl s tragic murder. good evening. i m jessica kartalija. a heartbroken cecil county family prepares to bury a 10- year-old girl who police say was raped and murdered by a family friend. now child abuse prevention advocates are hoping other families can learn from this tragedy. wjz is live and derek valcourt has more on the case and the man accused of the savage crime. reporter: experts are not surprised that this little girl knew her accused killer. they say that s what happens in about 90% of the child sex abuse cases. 10-year-old kami ring was the apple of her family s eye. last week their hearts were shattered when her body was discovered not far from the home where she was staying with the couple that had become like grandparents to her. dn approves the couple s adult son was the killer who also lived at the house, richard madden. although the people kami called her grandparents were