Was born and raised in new orleans. I am the second youngest u. S. Attorney fry now in our country and happen to have lost a brother to street violence in new orleans. We are using the student pledge against gun violence where we are going to all 450 schools on one day, october 15 of 28. Were simply asking the young people to pledge not to bring a gun to school. Weaponomise not to use a and promised to use the influence with family and friends to ensure those individuals to not use a weapon to resolve a fight or dispute. Since 1996. Around over 10 million have used this and taken the pledge. I think ultimately on that day send a veryd powerful message that our young people are taking a stand against violence in the community and schools. The second piece of the work in terms of prevention and intervention really is and how shoot. Have a prevention strategy built off of professor kennedys work. It is a fantastic initiative. It has been implemented in various cities across the country. W
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
Veto the entire bill. Lawmakers began voting just before midnight, sending it to the senate for its consideration. Brian mooar has all the action on capitol hill. Tonight, the republican majority will vote to shut the government down saturday night fireworks on the floor of the u. S. House. You can yell all you want. With a Government Shutdown looming on tuesday, republicans passed a spending package doomed to fail because it mandates a oneyear delay in obama care. Why are we doing this . Number one, this is a program that is too expensive to afford. Well give a stark choice to the president of the United States and the senate. Democrats say its no choice the all. The senate wont take it up, the president wont sign it, House Republicans are shutting down the government. And because of that, not all republicans are on board. We cant let the government shut down. A contentious day. This is a fiveminute vote. Wrapped up with a series of latenight votes. The rules are suspended, the bill i
This is wjz tv baltimore. From the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now, its complete coverage. Its wjz, marylands news station. Health care heat, a Fiery Exchange in washington as Congress Grills the Obama Administration over its failed website. The tough questions on capitol hill and the growing confusion in maryland. Hello, everyone, im dick carter. And im denise koch. Many marylanders are still trying to sign up on the obamacare website. Meghan mccorkell has more from the intense hearing on capitol hill. Reporter that problemplagued website has sparked lots of controversy on capitol hill. Were barely four weeks into this one, and were already declaring it dead. Why should the American People believe you now . Reporter rapidfire questions for the head of the Health Care Website for whats being called a disastrous rollout. This Health Care Gov site is fixable. Reporter another hit for obama care. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your health car
Belt way, its clear. Im back in ten minutes. Aaron and eun, back to you. Lets go to angie goff with breaking news at the live desk. Within the hour more explosions erupted. The bloody standoff with police enters its fourth day. Kenyan Security Forces continue to comb through the complex for terrorists or any victims still hiding. They say theyve taken control of the mall, but theres also reports that the somali Extremist Group al shabab said hostages are still alive and the militants are Still Holding their ground. Were hoping for things to be cleared up later today. Since this attack began three days ago. 62 people have died. Thats the latest from the live desk, angie goff, news 4. Today a woman who survived the shooting will arrive at dulles this afternoon. She remembers seeing the gunmen enter the mall on saturday as she was eating lunch. The attackers began with assault weapons. We spoke to malakia via skype. You could hear while we were back there methodically going from store to