no signs of progress. end this shut down. democrats and republicans a appear deadlock as we re into day three. hello again. i m jessica kartalija. don scott. the stalemate continues in day three of the government shut down. a white house meeting produced no breakthroughs last night. the major players in the government shut down show down returned to their war of words today. speaker john boehner won t let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn t want to anger the extremists in his party. president obama accuses republican leaders of giving into tea party members who are obsessed with stopping his health care reforms. we should sit down and have a discussion. because it s my way or the highway we are here. republicans are trying to take a piece mill approach to open some parts of the government. today they re pushing to pay national guard troops. senate democrats call that strategy a rash. a poll shows that more americans blame republicans for the s
good afternoon. i m don scott. i m jessica kartalija. here s what people are talking about today. the severe weather moving through maryland right now. a cold front is coming into the region and most of the state is under a tornado watch until 5 o clock this afternoon. some areas have already seen some heavy rain causing some localized flooding. the worst may be yet to come. taking a live look outside right now. it is humid and we have cloudy skies and on and off rain. looks like it might be on again. more on than off. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. marty bass is in the out back and meteorologist chelsea ingram in the weather center. good afternoon. good afternoon. the good news is the cool front is going to cool us down but it s moving fast and furious. let me take you live to first warning doppler weather radar. we ve got a line of storms pushing there you the region with some heavy rainfall about to make it into the city. i ll zoom in here just
good afternoon. i m don scott. i m jessica kartalija. here s what people are talking at and watching closely today, the north east bracing for a super winter storm with as much as 3 feet of snow expected to fall. blizzard warnings are in effect from manhattan to maine. it s already starting to snow isn t the big apple. it s expected to keep coming down with the heaviest accumulations tonight and tomorrow up there. here we ve got rain starting well before dawn. commuters at penn station had their umbrellas up. gloomy skies remain but the rain has stopped for a moment. will we be seeing any snow? wjz is live with first warning weather coverage for you. marty bass is in the out back and meteorologist tim williams in the weather center. good afternoon, tim. good afternoon. we are watch ing ing two portions of a system coming together. the juice of it all is moving up the coastline. you see that. marty and i were just talking about that. with these types of colors if this ha
i m jessica kartalija. here s what people are talking about today. we have breaking news out of charles county. a school bus with students on board is hit head on. several students are injured. a cadillac collided with the bus. 40 students were on board from north point high. five were taken by ambulance from the scene. the other 35 students were taken to the hospital as a precaution. the driver of the cadillac, a 47-year-old woman, was hurt and flown to the hospital. the cause of the crash is under investigation. we ll have the latest on this breaking story coming up tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. two men killed and the suspect vehicle are identified while one person continues to fight for life at shock trauma. wjz is live at city police head quarters. derek valcourt has the latest. good afternoon, derek. reporter: good afternoon. the real question a lot of people are asking today, is was this crash the result of a police chase. an actual pursuit with lights and sirens.
s breaking news, which has just happened up in boston. three additional people now in custody in connection with the marathon bombings. mary bubala is in the news room with the latest. good afternoon, mary. reporter: good afternoon. in a tweet sent out this morning the police department says only that three more suspects are in custody and more details will follow. a boston police spokesperson confirmed the tweet but won t release the identities or their roles. 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev was killed in a fight with police. his brother, dzhokhar is being held in a prison medical facility and being charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. the bombs killed 3 people and injured more than 260. the head line today, three more in custody. back to you. thank you, very much , mary. sometime today members of tamerlan s family is going to claim his body. in this city, three people are being treated after a pick up truck jumps curb and slams into a bus stop. three men we