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Could affect you, head to wbaltv. Com. More at 5 30 p. M. Are following breaking news out of tennessee. A crash involving a tractor trailer, bus, and an suv has left eight people dead. This is an area east of knoxville. The bus crossed the median and struck the other vehicles after blowing a tire. The tractortrailer caught fire in the bus overturned. The accident shut down the interstate. We will keep a close eye on this one and bring you new information as it becomes available. More breaking news, this time in baltimore county. Police are searching for not one but three suspects. That is correct. B s is between hawthorne and grovethorne. We received a call of two people shot at a residence here. They found two victims who had been shot with a shotgun. We believe the injuries not to be lifethreatening. What police are being told is masks,o suspects wearing one with a shotgun is involved in the shooting. They do not have a good description but the third suspect was the operator of a car. Theyre looking for a small hatchback car. County police as the helicopters and other units searched the area. We are trying to narrow that down. The fate of a man accused of opening fire inside a Howard County nail salon is now in the hands of a jury. The prosecution and defense have rested their cases in the attempted murder trial and the jury has completed its third hour of deliberation. He shot and nearly killed his exgirlfriend and her male friend. Fong took the stand in his own defense as did his errant wife. Clancy are in morning. Died inlearned he baltimore, the city where he was born and went to school. Kim dacey joins us with more details. Clancy is survived by his wife, five children, and several grandchildren. He lived his life and maryland. Those who knew him are mourning his loss. His books are wildly popular selling tens of millions of copies around the world but diedr tom callalancy tuesday. He was a master storyteller. One of the great storytellers of our time or of any time. He was born in baltimore in 1947 to middleclass parents. His dad was a mailman. He graduated from loyola Lakefield High School and went on to Loyola College am a graduating in 1969 in english. He went into the insurance business. He had the temerity based on an english teacher, the temerity to think he could write. So he put it together in a book. Correct his first bestseller the hunt for red october was published in 1984 and the rest as they say is history. He was known for keeping a low profile. He was a man of few words. He always seemed every time i or at leastecially in casual settings, he was always wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses. His friends saw a different side of him. He was like many of the heroes in his books. Most of these heroes and certainly tom had this wonderful soft side. Nobody ever heard about it. An awshucks sort of way. He gave to pediatric hospitals. He was a baltimore he and through and through. He loved the orioles and was invested in the community where he raised five children and now stephen hopes his legacy will be remembered now that he is gone. We considered this his home and the place he wanted to have an impact and he did. Due outatest novel is in december and a movie based on one of his novels is set for release on christmas day. Still ahead, more than half the country supports stricter gun laws according to a new survey. Do americans think that gun control would have prevented the shooting of the navy yard . More numbers after the break. Furloughs factor into the Clinical Trials in tonights medical alert. It feels like Summer Institute ofnono the ravens sure first base but they recognize to get back to the playoffs they have to improve. They made an unprecedented move to help in that effort. Rick to make a midseason move like this. The ravens made a trade during the season. Eugene monroe is taking his physical expected to play tomorrow. He is asked like to to replace Bryant Mckinnie in the lineup. The ravens suffered through a miserable game on sunday. Joe flacco threw a careerhigh five interception and wednesday continue to shoulder the blame. Rex anybody looking at me and putting losses on me when Something Like that happens. Those protecting joe flacco and opening holes for running backs contributed to his struggles. Out above allnds for not living up to potential. They traded for his replacement. Eugene monroe comes to the ravens with a reputation for hard work is a great technician and great teammate. All things called into question. He will bring us a high he isootball layer. A solid player. The offense. Ed house and that could happen remains to be seen. We want to improve. It makes no Financial Sense for the ravens to cut him but they may try and trade him. A new poll is light on how americans feel about gun control laws. Half of americans support gun control laws but 60 do not believe stricter laws may have invented the shooting at the navy yard. Had mentals Alexis Health issues and leave he was being controlled by electromagnetic waves believe he was controlled by electromagnetic waves. There is a possible link between depression and parkinsons disease. Patients diagnosed with depression were more than three times more likely to develop parkinsons than those who did not suffer depression. Researchers say it is not clear if depression is an early symptom or if it is an independent risk factor. The same researchers released studies linking depression to cancer and stroke. The Government Shutdown is impacting patients who have recently registered for Clinical Trials through the National Institutes of health. E mentioned this earlier 200 people registered for Clinical Trials every week but until the government resumes operation the nih says hundreds of new patients including Cancer Patients will simply have to wait. 75 of nih employees have been furloughed. Participants will be treated according to the agency. With open enrollment underway for the Affordable Health care act, experts are trying to sort medicareonfusion about recipients. Health care reform should not negatively impact new members. There should be more benefits for seniors including some Preventive Services and annual wellness visits. Medicare recipients will see lower Prescription Drug costs. For those people who reached the doughnut hole in their medic are Medicare Part d rug coverage and have to pay outof pocket for their medication under the Affordable Care act monday get a 50 discount on the brandname drugs that they purchase. Medicare and roman begins october 15 and runs through december 7. Weatheryour 11 insta plus forecast with chief meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer. The normal High Temperature on the second day of october is 72. When we are talking temperatures ranging through the mid80s, we are pushing 15 degrees above normal. It is an unseasonably warm day. We have not had a report from the oakland airport. 72 just east in frostburg and you get into the 80s. In many cases it feels even warmer because the humidity levels are coming up a little bit. A full loan summer weather pattern and you can see theres not much in the way of cloud cover or precipitation around for sure. A few scattered clouds showing up to the west and generally speaking we are in for another mild and mostly clear evening. Temperatures above normal for this time of year. 56 for the coolest spots and that will be a few locations north and west of town but close to 68 for the low. The normal high is about 72. 6 47 p. M. Sunset. Earlyt and enjoy this fall weather pattern. Maybe a few more clouds around tomorrow and the wind is turning to the southeast and making it feel more humid. There are some showers west of the mountains through the help ohio valley. The weather disturbance might move through with the warm, muggy air in place. Maybe just enough to kick up some isolated afternoon showers in the area on a friday afternoon. Only a 20 chance but the potential is there. We get back into the sunny and warm weather at the weekend will end with some chances for rain. Especially sunday night into monday and tuesday. An extended stretch of dry weather might come to an end with some soaking rains. We will see of that develops or not. 81 to 86 tomorrow. Sunrise at 7 05 a. M. Midweek,orecast for and east wind at five to 10 knots. Water temperatures from 72 to 73. Ande head into thursday friday, 75 tomorrow, friday, 74 with some spotty showers. Shore, plan on summary conditions. A 20 chance and that the coast if youre heading down to ocean city to enjoy this weather, sunny to partly cloudy skies and highs about 80 on thursday and friday. In the tropics we are keeping an eye on jerry but it is a weak system not affecting anybody. It will continue to drift to the east and northeast but may be of more importance is the tropical wave that shows up in the caribbean. Rt of the this is forecast into the gulf of mexico and tracked into the eastern seaboard and that is one of the reasons we think the sunday night and monday rain could be significant. If the system develops and it has a 70 chance of becoming Tropical Storm karen. If that happens, it moves moisture up the eastern seaboard, the rain could be significant so we will keep a close eye on possible tropical developments in the gulf over the next 48 hours. 83 with a chance of showers on friday. Mostly sunny and warm saturday. 84 degrees. Some rain getting in here sunday evening and the rain could be steady if not heavy. A major Lottery Jackpot has been traced to maryland. 189 million worth. Where the Winning Ticket was sold. On day two. In the meeting produced a breakthrough. We take a look. That installed them looking for new hires, specifically military veterans. You willon a job fair not want to miss. A National Summit on the nbc news is holding its annual education summit. A chance for students and parents to bring their issues to the table. The theme, making sure students are prepared for college and a career. A giant to taking new york. I am not the only one. A baltimore teacher, kymberly was picked by nbc from a list of other educators from our region. Solomonsy classroom experience and passion for learning has landed her a seat at the table with dozens of other educators at education nation. I was quite excited and honored to be chosen. Solomon is taking part in the town hall meeting were the common core standards will be one of the key topics of conversation. I hope to bring back with me more knowledge on the common core and if there is any information on teacher evaluation systems and what do i need to do to improve myself as a classroom teacher here in baltimore county. Solomon believes in the goal of making students master the basics create i believe that all children have the ability to learn. It is very important that those children have the opportunity to learn in a safe environment, and we have to be able to teach to their needs. Her principal believes the trip to and new york and education nation will pay off in baltimore county. Quick she will bring things back to us and we have done a lot of work on common core but she will learn many new things that she can bring back and share with us. Thank you for focusing. We are talking about things that are working and things we need to improve upon and we have just a great wealth of knowledge that is going to be there. Baltimore kimberly, countys teacher of the year and the superintendent will be attending. New york early next week. To learn more about education nation, go to our website, wbal tv. Com. We have been talking about it for two days now. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees off the job and without a paycheck create at least until the government gets back up and running. The unique impact this is having on the washington, d. C. Area. How bad is the outcome of the book dedication . How live, local, latebreaking. You are watching wbaltv 11 news at 5 p. M. With stan stovall and donna hamilton, your insta weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer am i sky team 11 covering breaking news where you live. At 5 00 p. M. Ws continues right now. Right now, does the city get its moneys worth in the effort to end homelessness . That is the question in a City Council Committee is asking a day after a disgusting video surfaced graphically illustrating the problem. The problem is not limited to any one community and city hall might know that better than most. That is where jayne miller is live tonight with that story. At 9stop here at city hall a. M. This morning and took one step out of the car and the smell hit me. This area is used as a public toilet. Miss atlem is hard to city hall. A bench out front was occupied by a man sleeping and the stench coming from the plaza was unmistakable. Human feces lay in plainview. Rnie explained the problem. There is no restrooms or bathrooms for any homeless person to go to so basically alleyways, places like that is the only place you have to go. We discovered two alleys being used as public bathrooms minus any plumbing. What about the shelters, they have bathrooms, dont they . If you can get in. A lot of times at 4 30 p. M. You are not getting in. The city said at on a ten year plan to end homelessness but the website for the program has not been updated in two years. The city estimates the number of homeless at 3000 at any given night with no change in the last two years. Where did you sleep last night . On the street. On the street . Yes maam. Wound on my knee were i cannot be a lot of people. The city spends 30 million a year on homeless services. A county official wants to know if we are getting our moneys worth. We are constantly striving to take care of this problem cant lly create as for the striving to take care of this problem. Cities have public toilets. To mayor said she hopes kickstart the 10 year plan. Executived an director to make sure we get the most for the money we spend. Reportcity put out a new on homelessness. One thing that a mention, it is hard to know how many Homeless People there are. Thanks. Heres a look at the other big stories were following. Behindsay this man is nine burglaries in Anne Arundel County over the past few months. 54yearold David Holland may be linked to many more. Holland is behind bars traced to smash and grabs in every district of the county from glen burnie to edgewater. Holland would break over breakin overnight and still money and take off. It is not clear if he had accomplices and the investigation is still going. Police announced another public enemy number one. Troyis christopher goode. He was wanted for stabbing his childrens mother to death. He is reportedly linked to an incident in ohio. He is said to be armed and extremely dangerous. If you have information please contact metro crimestoppers. Nearly a dozen people are out of their home tonight displaced after the partial collapse of a nearby building. Onws were back at the scene wilkins avenue. Officials tell us it was a vacant room home that began crumbling, compromising the houses on other sides. What causeight of the problem and how long it will take for residents to return home. Day two of the Government Shutdown is bringing more angst for workers. The Nations Capital is especially feeling the pinch. Nikole killion is at the white house with that part of the story. 1700 people are furloughed at the white house among the thousands wondering what to do next. Sitting in the shadow of the u. S. Capitol, these federal workers camped out. We will be here every day until we have to go back to work. To call out congress. Not just affect government workers. This is trickling down to everyone. Others sought refuge at a local synagogue dubbed shutdown central. We want to give people a space to is that stress. Politicalngpong with battles with to a buffet to help people like elliott, working for the department of agriculture. I am living nearly paycheck to paycheck. I have a little bit of savings but it will be tough. A normal day i will have 10 or 12 people on the line and right now as you can see the whole place is empty. The effect go beyond the Nations Capital. With 800,000 off, that is greater than the workforce of several companies combined. They are not going to have money to spend in those communities. Are already filing for unemployment benefits. Offices in dcn maryland are reporting upticks in applications. Team coverage of the shutdown and the impact on you continues online. See what is getting shut down as the process continues and the top 20 things to know about a and onwn on wbaltv. Com our mobile app. The suspect arrested in last nights bomb scare at Jacksonville International airport has a bail hearing where the judge said the bail bar and what officials found when they searched the man. A deadly crash in tennessee shut down a major interstate and we are hearing of multiple fatalities. And authore native tom clancy is dead a the man who told tsa officials in florida that he was carrying a bomb at a detonator in his backpack is held on 1 million bail. A u. S. Citizen from bosnia is charged with making a false report about a hoax bomb. Upon a search of his backpack authorities found an electronic scale and batteries. The airport did reopen after being evacuated. Passengers were displaced for about five hours and another person was taken into custody but has been released. We have learned that a jury has reached a verdict in the Michael Jackson case claiming that the promoter of his comeback concert was negligent in hiring the doctor who killed him. The panel of six women and six men reported reaching a decision late this afternoon more than five months after the start of the trail. We do not know what that verdict is yet. Ofrad murray was convicted Involuntary Manslaughter for giving jackson an overdose of an anesthetic in 2009. We are expecting that verdict in the hour. Eight people have been killed in tennessee after a church bus blew a tire and crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a tractortrailer and an suv. According to tennessee highway patrol, the bus flipped over after the crash on i40 and the tractortrailer caught fire. One person was killed and one person in the suv. 14 other people were hurt. His gamewinning field g oals had fans screaming at the top of his lungs. Justin tucker has another talent. The amazing voice is going viral online. The Government Shutdown lingers into a second day with no deal in sight. How local businesses are feeling the effects. A revered author and baltimore neighbor passes away. How tom clancy is being remembered tonight. Military veterans heading for a job should head to ravens stadium tomorrow. Dozens of companies will be on site with open spots with interview training or bets. The home of the super bowl champion ravens will on thursday be a onestop shop for military veterans looking for a job. Recruit military is a veteran owned organization hosting job fairs all over the country and more than 54 organizations will be onsite. Including representatives from a contractor in sparks, maryland. There is definitely a need for manpower. The company puts liners in the goods and landfills. He said veterans are perfect candidates for the job. We have had the marines, some of the Army Personnel come and they work out great. There used to traveling, they are used to being a hotel for little bit, they can work hard and it is a good fit from the discipline side as well. They are looking to hire 10 to 15 employees. Starting from laborers which is basically grunt work, moving materials around two technicians and foreman. Be promoted and be a supervisor in a relatively short time depending on experience be acan be promoted and supervisor in a relatively short time depending on experience. Made on thel be spot but there will be a variety of workshops to help. Now, your 11 whether insta insta weather plus forecast. Record high of 89 set in 1986. The morning low was mild that 60. Get. How chilly it can 35 the record low in 1990 seven. Temperatures ranging through the as across the region. 4 at easton 85 around salisbury. Clear skies for most of the area tonight with a few scattered clouds and no threat of rain. Mostly Clear Conditions and light winds and lows ranging from 56 in the suburbs to nearly 70 in downtown baltimore. High pressure off the south Atlantic Coast pumping in the warm and muggy air all the way almost chicago. Kansas city at 85. Memphis at 82. 90 in dallas but on the other side of this front, it does not show up because it is in the higher elevations, which are storm watches out for the mountains of wyoming and montana and parts of northern colorado. Change theions can rain to snow. There are some conditions of fall changing in the pacific that will take a while to return to the mid atlantic. May be more humid than today. Disturbancether tracking through and you can see the computer models are generating isolated afternoon showers on friday. Saturday looks mostly sunny. More substantial rain sunday night into monday. A little bit of rain next week will be a good thing. 81 to 86 degrees tomorrow and more humid. When set of the east on the bay with waves at one foot. Water temperatures in the low 70s and keeping up with this warm air. 70s for the highs and some spotty showers on friday. Eastern shore locations, temperatures in the 80s and muggy. Coastal areas will still hit 80 degrees with sunny to partly cloudy skies. We are keeping a close eye on the tropics. Is out in the atlantic and a possible development in the northwestern part of the caribbean. This tropical wave may become Tropical Storm karen. It is showing explosive development with lots of thunderstorms and organization said it might get into the gulf of mexico and develop further. The chance for some substantial rains early next week create 84 and sunshine with clouds tomorrow. A 20 chance of a shower. The rain could be heavy monday and tuesday next week. Growing local businesses are about to get eager. 45,000 worth of loans are being dumped into the charmery. It is known for handcrafted ice cream that uses local farmers and reducers for specialty ingredients. After 10 years of planning, the husbandandwife team will expand their vision with the micro program. It targets small and minority stimulate seeking to employment. It is about creating a network to help neighborhoods and the community and help the Small Business owner driveins drivein before to the next level. The Program Provides revolving funds for businesses when their access to credit is limited. The funds range from 5,000 to 30,000. Experts at insurancequotes. Com say consumers should use caution. Making one claim can lead to an ofual premium increase more than 27 in some states including maryland. Maryland saw the third highest increase. When it comes to selling your house you want to get every penny but sometimes you have to spend some money to make some money. Real estate professionals say investing a few thousand into something called staging could turn into an extra 20,000 of profit. Setting up the home so it appeals to the imagination of the canceled buyers. Remove excess furniture from your home, repaint to create a neutral color flow, and do some basic cleaning. Real estate brokers say it is about setting aside your own personality. Try to appeal to as many buyers as you possibly can and stop worrying about appealing to yourself and living in the home. Even Little Things like displaying new tells in the bathroom and sitting the dining room table can make the home seem more attractive to buyers. I recall to tell you about involving 160,000 mazda fixes. The doors cant feel too close or open. The problem is around the door latch mounting screws. Ajar light should come on. Online shoppers with neiman times will have an easier in shipping. The move comes in time for the kickoff of the Holiday Shopping season. Experts say retailers are starting to recognize Free Shipping ranks as one of the most important factors for consumers when they make purchases online. Adore Free Shipping. It looks like there is another voice of the ravens. He is seeing opera in seven different languages. Video of Justin Tucker has been making the rounds online. The latest dr. Pepper commercial shows his hidden talent. Tucker is an opera aficionado. How about that . He is pelting out mozart at the hippodrome theater. Music major at the university of texas, how about that . Our coverage of the government shut down continues as the nation waits for signs of progress on capitol hill. Both sides are digging in for the long haul. Some lawmakers are warning the shutdown could last for weeks but first. It is a big day for one Lucky Lottery player who has his hands on the golden ticket. No word on who is coming into some money. Sold at ag ticket was dashin. In and got ashed ticket and they will be dashing into the lottery and they will be rich. Real rich. At the store in severin yesterday was someones lucky day. This everything what is person going to take him . 86 million assuming they take the lumps on. Lump sum. You think it is a regular customer . Customers. Repeat when do you think it was bought . Yesterday. From here. It this woman says her husband always buys tickets here but he did not last night. One day he was here he spent 100 in lottery tickets. When he came home i was so angry, i said what are you doing . We do not have 100. He had a feeling it would hit. He did not write the ticket the one time. He did not spend one dollar the one time. This is the second megamillion winner this year. It means a lot of money for the state and the store owner. Our retailer will get commission for selling that to get and the state will get 11. 3 million from the taxes. From selling that ticket. Get out of this deal . Probably nothing. The winner or winners have 182 ays to claim their prize. Here you go. Heres a look at what is coming up new at six. Deep 2 of the government shut down. Underway at the white house between the president and congressional leaders. How that government shut down is affecting area Small Businesses. I will have that story in a live report. Author tom clancy dies at the age of 66. I will let you know how his friends are remembering him straight ahead. Youre watching wbaltv 11. Local, latebreaking. This is 11 news at 6 00 p. M. On day two of the federal government shut down, talks at the white house continue. That is our big story tonight with both sides refusing to budge. The president summoned congressional leaders to a Late Afternoon meeting. Reporter Lowell Melser is live with how local businesses have been an active cache impacted. Any signs of progress . Not at this point. This meeting has been underway for half an hour. Just about an hour and a half ago in an interview with cnbc, the president said that he will the congress until reopens the government. This . Can you do this is so wrong. Today, open it. A second day of finger pointing on capitol hill. We could have done it the democrats defeated it. Over at the white house, congressional leaders were meeting with the president but they were not invited over to negotiate. The president will not sit down and start asking for takes. He is not going to engage in that kind of negotiation. The house moved forward with several measures to fund certain parts of the government including the National Parks and the v. A. We have a lot in agreement and common. We can pass these bills and pass them out of the house today. But they will be dead on arrival in the senate. What right do they have to pick and choose what part of government will be funded . House Speaker Boehner said offering to negotiate after the get with the one is not much of an offer. We have passed bill after bill. As the shut down drum up plays out we have the big one coming 10 days from now. The nation moves closer to another showdown over the debt ceiling. The white house says this meeting is also focusing on the debt ceiling and increasing it and the president again will not be offering any concessions. Sally kidd, wbaltv news. To what extent are the two issues of opening the government and raising the debt ceiling become intertwined . They do seem to be. The Treasury Department says the u. S. Will default on its debts by midoctober unless Congress Raises the debt ceiling. Democratic leaders are saying the issues are intertwined at this point and that could mean this should dan will drag on not just days but perhaps for weeks. That is not good news. Thank you. With thousands of federal off, the businesses surrounding them seem to be suffering as well. Lowell melser is live in woodlawn. Thousands of federal workers at the Social Security administration in woodlawn have entered their second day of being furloughed and while they are not being paid, area Small Businesses are not making money as well as they rely on these federal employees for a majority of their business. On the flipside of that, we did find some Small Businesses who were trying to make things easier for those for load. Almost two days into the government shut down and Small Businesses all over maryland are starting to feel the effects. Businesse a slow today. At this independently owned dock and on its on security the street from the Social Security administration, business is way down. Now that they have not had their usual owning rush two days in a row. How much does this have you lost percentagewise western mark 50 . Does that meanat for you, how hard is it . Pay all ouro play employees. Normally during lunchtime it is hard to find a pump. Now it is a ghost town. At this time it is packed. Most of our customers are from Social Security. They come and play the lottery and take some stuff over here and buy the gas. Due to this for lowend shut down you can see it is empty over here right now. While businesses especially near federal installations are suffering, there are some who are reaching out to help furloughed employees like midtown barbecue and grill in baltimore. The most political we ever got was liberal portions and conservative prices. The first rig is on the house for all furloughed fed