Delia goncalves is live on capitol hill. Delia . Reporter the House Republicans seem to be raising the stakes. Economists say the continues wednesday could be devastating for our country. We could fall into default for the first time in american history. There is some good news to share this morning though. 300,000 defense employees will be heading back to work today, and congress has now voted to give back pay to all 800,000 federal workers who were furloughed. They will pay them back when the government reopens. But republicans now say the government will remain closed, and they will not raise the debt limit unless they can make changes to the affordable healthcare act. The votes are not in the house to pass a debt limit and the president is risking default by not having a conversation with us. Put it on the floor monday or tuesday i dont congress shouldnt be creating self inflicted wounds that hurt the economy and a clean bill is a bill to fund the government, reopen business as usual, in the united states, without any strings attached. Without any changes to the president s Signature Healthcare law. The house needs 218 votes in order to pass that measure. Mike, andrea, back to you. Police say street racing led to a crash which sent 11 people to the hospital in brandywine, maryland. Yesterday afternoon on route 301, witnesses say two cars were racing in the northbound lane. They crossed the median and hit several cars in the southbound lane. A couple of witnesses whose car was struck in the crash say a young child is among the injured. One car ended up on its roof, another caught fire. Red line service should be back to normal by the rush hour this morning. Just after midnight, very early sunday morning metro said two employees and a contractor were working on about 400 feet from the Union Station platform when they saw a fire and heard a loud noise. A 40foot section of rail moved and hit them. A contractor, 41yearold harold ingram, died from his injuries. Time for the latest your money segment of the morning. Reporter wall street says buckle up, it is going to be a bumpy ride. Looking like another ugly morning in world markets. Wall street could led lower, thanks in part to uncertainty here in washington about the Government Shutdown and the debt ceiling debate. There another factor, corporate profits are tracking about a third of original estimates. Last week we told you about the government shutting down the infamous silk road underground website. On it you could find hit men offering services. Now several other underground websites are trying to fill the void. Black market reloaded appears to be the largest replacement with more than 3500 drug listings as of october 5th. Another site has attracted attention by offering low commission fees, 3 on listings compared to 10 for silk road. And one of the most hyped products is taking a step forward. With google glass eyewear you can use simple Chiquita Brands as google refines the product it is making google glass available to select beta testers. These will be chosen from a competition based on tweets but the winners will have to send 15 spend 1500. If you want to be an inside and brag to your friends, this is your time to try. You have to be a creative teeter is still pay 1500. Everybody is trying them out, sort of the journalism world. Lets figure this out. You have connections. I was counting on your connections. Political unrest continues to plague each of you. The Government Shutdown was each a topic of discussion at the Supreme Court is. This muggy monday morning, you are going to need some rain gear, soming to keep you warm, too. We are going to finish out the day cooler. We have rain over toward the virginia, West Virginia border. Critical time in the metro, a little bit earlier out west. Highs in the upper 70s, but back into the 60s. Full 7day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. We had some good news momentarily on the inner loop of the beltway where the scene of the crash has the beltway closed. A short incident there closing off the lanes once again. They just reopened them. A bit confusing but in the meantime you have a mile back up toward the interchange in college park. The good news is all lanes are now open. Back to you guys. In the news right now, more than 50 people were killed during clashes between Egyptian Security forces and protesters loyal to ousted president mohammed morsi. The brotherhood close the day to pro test. The Egyptian Military had warned it would not tolerate protesters on that day. The Supreme Courts new term begins today. The traditional red mass the sunday before the term turned into branches of government. The majority of the court, including chief justice john roberts, tended the mass. This is creating a little bit of a dust up. During an interview with the associated president the president the Associated Press the president was asked what he thought about the controversy surrounding the name of the washington redskins. He said if he was the owner of the redskins he would think about changing the name. And of course owner dan snyder said he would never change the name. If i were the owner of the team and i knew there was a name of my team, even if it had a storied history, that was offending a sizable group of people, i would think about change it go. Changing it. All these mascots and team names related to native americans, native americans feel pretty strongly about it. I dont know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real, legitimate concerns people have about these things. An attorney for the team, lan any davis, issued a statement that read in part quote we, at the redskins, respect everyone. Nfl owners are scheduled to meet in washington today. The oh noida nation is planning a protest at the same place. They called the president s comments historic. It is 6 13 on this monday morning. Howard is here. A couple of strong ones, much cooler air behind it. Showers and storms today and additionally, more chances for rain for the second half of the week. The pattern is changing. Low clouds over town, still about an hour or so for sunrise there in the mid70s at 11 00, perhaps the upper 70s for highs. 9 00 most of the showers would still be west of the metro. As we head into the midday, good chance of showers and storms coming through. By 5 00, back in the middle 60s, so yes, it is going to be much cooler for the drive home than the drive in. If we are lucky both can be generally dry, with the rain right in the middle of the day. Lightning and thunder down in southWest Virginia. Now in western maryland and West Virginia, we are seeing some of the rain manufacturing from the southwest. I want to take you north here, because we have a line of showers west of 81 for the most par. Heavier stuff to your southwest. Moving toward cumberland as well. The front, easy to pick out. 50 in columbus and the cold front coming out warm ask sticky behind it. er, drier, it will get here later top. Temperatures this morning sitting at 70 in laurel and bowie. Off to the west low 70s in lowdon and prince william. One more look outside on our michael and son weather camera. Low clouds in dc, dry, 74. Humidity is up there 7 . A frizz alert day with humidity. Somech, some of these are going to be strong. Our futurecast coming through later this morning eby the lunch hour this is going to come through with showers and storms. This afternoon, from west to east, maybe even a peek or two of sunshine, going to watch the cooler air move in. Going to feel much more normal. By later wednesday, thursday, maybe into friday, a chance of showers returns. A slight chance of stormy weather, under a slight risk of severe weather. The main threats today damaging wind gusts. Each in this area, especially north of us, an isolated tornado cant be ruled out. If you dont have our weather call, that will call you and warn you if there is a specific warning right where you are. 78 degrees, showers and storms today, 54 tonight with 40s in the suburbs. Clouds increase on wednesday, upper 60s with a chance for a shower more likely thursday and friday. Even a chance through the weekend. Okay is back. It looks more like fall now. If you are planning to head over to the beltway, it looks more like a normal rush hour again. The beltway, the inner loop side had been shut down for over two hours with a deadly overnight accident. Unfortunately now the good news is all lanes have been reopened. The bad news is still traffic getting through there. You can see that heavy traffic through the area, especially on the inner loop where now all traffic is able to access the inner loop past the interchange. Everything has been moved to the shoulder. Back over to the maps and this time to the south side of town. Normal to get toward woodbridge, then you are okay on 35 up to the 14th street bridge. Here in springfield you can see all the lanes are open. Same story on 66 coming in from the west as well. Another look at the question of the morning on our facebook fan page. How frequently do 75 of women say they cry . Is it once a day . Once a week . Or once a month . Facebook friend tony king wrote once a month. 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We are going to watch this whole line move toward us as a cold front approaches. Temperatures rather mild this morning in the low 70s in most spots. Lunch time, upper 70s, behind the line, we have the cooler air moving in. Here we are 2 30, showers and storms. The redskins off yesterday so we turn our attention to the ravens. What is the strength of the ravens . Offense . Defense . How about their resolve . Baltimore has the ability to persevere. Ugly loss last week in buffalo. Tried to turn it around yesterday. Mike wallace sets up the score. They led 2316 in the game. Ray rice 27 carries, 74 yards. Two tds. Baltimore perseveres 2623. Joe is building something here that is very impressive. We are going to run the ball, establish it and sometimes it was a two yard run, sometimes six and just grinding. Peyton manning doing his thing, another 400 yards, a couple of touchdowns. Tony romo, that pick in the clutch. Denver kicks the game winner. The fourth most points in an nfl game. So after yesterday here is the nfc east standings. The cowboys 23, the redskins a half game behind. So the game on sunday night football could be if a first. Giants bringing up the rear at 05. If you are planning to led to the inner loop of the weigh the good news is the serious overnight crash has been cleared at the shoulder. The bad news is delays remain, both on the inner and outer loops of the beltway, trying to get past the earlier accident. You are watching wusa9 im Terry Mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. These are Birth Control pills. More than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but Ken Cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of Birth Control illegal, including the pill. Cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decisionmaking why is Ken Cuccinelli interfering in our private lives . Hes focused on his own agenda. Not us. 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Thats the value of performance. Northrop grumman. Good morning. Welcome back to wusa9. At 6 30, this is a live look at the dome. We are going to get the rain we have been desperately in need of today and maybe a couple more days as well. Monika has serious issues in college park that are going to affect your commute. First Howard Bernstein live on the weather terrace. Reporter good morning. With some luck well get through the morning, and we have rain on the way with a cold front coming. Right now cloudy skies. The rain is in the shanendoah valley, it is coming. By 8 00 showers around especially west. Temperatures in the upper 70s then well fall in the upper 60s by 4 00. By 8 00 we are down to 63 with some clearing moving in. All the rain coming out of georgia and the carolinas is all moving right toward us. Some of it on the hefty side, roanoke is getting hit at the moment. 64 west of 81. Harrisburg, showers up that way. Showers in the area eastern West Virginia approaching maryland. Temperatures right now in the 70s. You dont need a jacket early, but tomorrow morning i will have a jacket for sure with 40s and 50s tonight. A rough morning . It has been. At least i have good news for you right now. The problem was a deadly overnight accident over on the inner loop of the beltway in college park. First just normal stuff on the northbound side of i95 in virginia. Kind of spotty as you head up to springfield. No big incidents to report this morning. Inbound i66 at route 50, you are still in good shape here off and on as you head toward centerville. Ill tell you what im talking about it was a twocar crash. Left one person dead. Right now all the lanes reopened on the inner loop. Just to show you the lanes are open. Back to you guys. Secretary of state john kerry is defending the weekend capture of an al qaeda member that was on the fbis most wanted list. The raid took place in libya. The u. S. Kidnapped abut libby. Reporter a long time al qaeda member is being questioned. Saturday morning u. S. Commandos surrounded his car, smashed its windows and carried him away from outside his home in tripoli, libya. His brother called the capture an act of piracy and libyan Officials Say they want an explanation for what they are calling a kidnapping. But the u. S. Says he must be held responsible for bombings in kenya and tanzania. A Senior Leader of al shabab, the Group Responsible for the bombing last month, was attempted to be captured. It is not clear if he was killed, ininjured or got away. A United Nations team is in syria to oversee the destruction of syrias chemical weapons stock pile. Last month the Un Security Council voted unanimously to require syria eliminate all chemical weapons. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry and around president Bashar Alassad and around president Bashar Alassad say they should receive credit for destroying chemical weapons. Hundreds of thousands federal employees are still out of work. Despite not being anywhere close to reaching an agreement on a budget, congress is turning its attention to an even more pressing deadline. Delia goncalves is live on cop hill. Reporter it could cripple the u. S. Economy, bring us to our knees, if congress does not raise the debt ceiling by october 17th, just a week away of then the u. S. Could default on its loans, that would be first time from american history, and that, economists say, could be devastating. Unless, of course, there is a major change. And democrats payload the key there. May hold the key there. House democrats hope to force the gop to vote on a budget bill to reopen the government. 200 house members, we are told, have now signed a discharge petition. If a majority of the house signs on to that petition, regardless of pear affiliation, a clean budget bill could go to the house floor for a vote. In the meantime furloughed workers will now get back pay when the government reopens. What about the vets . Do the democrats not feel it is important to make sure. Is it not as important to ease the pain of the shutdown for them . I cant take that vote. Stop this, end this shutdown now. The American People dont get to demand ransoms in exchange for doing their job. Reporter but now house speaker, who initially said he would not let the country go into default, is changing course and says republicans will neither open the government, nor raise the debt him without any claims to obamacare. A med star working died yesterday afternoon while trying to fix the air conditioning if one of the hospitals buildings. If a state med star says melvin lewis died after being overcome by fumes. He was in the mechanical room. The building was evacuated for about an hour. Metro riders on the red line have a new 426space parking garage. It replaces an existing parking lot. That lot is being developed in the shops and residences. The lot is accessible