And the talks about the Government Shutdown just nine days away. Lets end this shutdown now. Lets put people back to work. Reporter the president called House Speaker john boehner, reiterating, hes willing to talk about the budget once they push this through. The members of the house of congress dont get to do this. Speaker john boehner wants the president to sit down and negotiate. Theres never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. Never. Not once. Reporter republicans argue the debt limit is the only leverage they have to get democrats to reign in government spending. What theyre learning is the no obligation loan. They want no strings attached. Reporter if the debt ceiling isnt raised by october 17th, the u. S. Will run out of money to pay its bill. And economists say it could throw the country back into a recession. In washington, danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. Senate democrats are planning a vote this week to provide new borrowing,
Department of public works. You can see repairs are under way right now. Reporter and our complete coverage continues with sky eye chopper 13 and captain jeff long with more on the repairs. Jeff . Reporter work crews are on the scene. Theyve got the work load up. You can see next to that gentleman, the pipe. Thats the 24inch pipe that broke. And as i move around here a little bit, youre going to see the broken piece of the pipe laying down there in that hole. And its coming up in just a second. You can kind of see it there, coming into view. Now, the bricks are part of the manhole. And a lot of those were blown away. But you can see the gentleman is standing by with a manhole cover. That was blown off of its location, over those bricks by the force of that water. There was a lot of debris on the road. Cleanup is going to be extensive. So they can repair that pipe and get water back to this neighborhood. Reporting live, im captain jeff long. And of course well yep you updated on those r
Danielle nottingham reports for wjz, from capitol hill. President obama and House Republicans are Standing Firm with the partial Government Shutdown in its 8th day. And a deadline to raise the nations debt limit, just nine days away. Lets stop the excuses. Lets take a vote in the house. Lets end this shutdown right now. Lets put people back to work. Reporter the president called House Speaker john boehner tuesday morning, reiterating, hes willing to talk about the budget after Congress Passes bills to fund the government and increase the debt limit. Without any conditions. Members of congress and the House Republicans in particular dont get to demand ransom in exchange for doing their jobs. Reporter Speaker Boehner said he does not have the votes to pass a clean, temporary spending bill or raise the debt limit. He wants the president to sit down and negotiate. Theres never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. Senate majority leader harry reid call
From the city to the counties to your neighborhood. Now its complete coverage. Its wjz, marylands news station. Good morning and welcome to Eyewitness News this saturday. Im gigi barnett. Im marty bass in for tim williams. Its not going to be a bad day. Good. A little cloudy out there right now. There is that big full moon starting to set in the western sky. Lets go ahead and take a look at the forecast. Youll notice that moon is dim by high clouds. Those clouds are going to thicken through the day. Its not impossible that late today, maybe this evening we see a passing shower. 66 going to be the high. Were talking about 50 right now. Well have the first warning complete weekend forecast in just a couple of minutes. Thank you marty. Heres a look at the stories people are talking about this morning. A u. S. Air marshal is out on bail after admitting to a shocking crime on board an airplane. As Rochelle Ritchie explains, the man was on the clock when he was caught secretly snapping pictu
Reporter seven people were taken into custody. Police also found heroin and cocaine. They used some of that money to help with their daytoday activities. And in another instance, they pay a tax. To the command structure. Reporter raids like these are happening all across the city, as mayor stephanie rawlingsblake tries to rid her city of violent criminals. I want baltimore to be a safer city. And weve had these things in the works. This is similar. We havent even gotten the heat started yet. Reporter the states attorneys office, has handed out 68 indictments in the last week. And with no plans to pull back on these police raids, more are coming. Reporter police say the bloodshed on the streets, the hundreds of People Killed and the fear saturating the communities of Baltimore City is because of these ruthless gang members. Were going to focus on them and continue to go after them. Reporter the black guerrilla family is being targeted. Reporter the gang expert we spoke with said, going