in agriculture. it is not a good thing. today alone access to all veteran affairs regional offices will be shuttered. it could stall progress. while some service is halted, others are taking matters into their own hands. a billionaire couple is pledging $10 million to fund head start programs for poor children. and from main street to watt street, starbucks ceo howard schultz is pleading for civility. he is urging pressure to be put on lawmakers complete the shutdown. the government shutdown is nothing compared to what could be ahead if the local leaders don t agree to raise the debt ceiling by october 17. here is how it could hurt yout at home. shopping for a car the 0% interest car loans gone. thinking about refinancing your house to lower interest rate, forget about it china s finance minister wants the u.s. to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. china holds more than $1 trillion in u.s. treasury bonds. overseas u.s. marines are on high alert. some 80 marines are in trip
delays are starting now out from fredericks, maryland, you are sluggish. you re seeing heavy delays as you make your way towards 109. 109 the road opens up clear commute for folks as they continue. now we ll head over to the beltway. i have a trip around the beltway in prips gorges county. 6:02 is your time. the government shutdown has made for a quiet week on the national mall, but spaces that have been closed to visitors are about to be packed with supporters of dueling immigration rallies. melissa mollet is live on capitol hill and what congress has planned for the day. melissa? reporter: good morning. that s right. two different groups holding two different rallies here on the national mall today. it has been completely shut down for the last week and a half or so but now will reopen just for these two rallies. the first pro immigration rally at noon. tens of thousands of people expected including house minority leader nancy pelosi. the other, that counter protest org
much more on this for you on the at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 on news4. police are trying to figure out who shot two people in the district just after 3:00 this morning on somerset place near 7th street in northwest d.c. police found two men suffering from gunshot wounds to the legs. both victims were taken to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. fire officials in prince william county say two people were found dead inside a triangle mobile home after an early morning fire there. the flames sparked around 3:30 this morning around fuller heights road. crews are still looking for one person. megan mcgrath is live there with more on the investigation. megan, what can you tell us? reporter: you can see across the street here what s left of the mobile home and investigators who are gathering outside. when firefighters put out this fire and went inside, they relatively quickly found two bodies. but there s a third person associated with the house who is still unaccounted fo
red skins. as a proud sponsor of thehe nfl, the owe noida nation has a vested in into the league being a unifying force. this time is not a unifyingg force. it s a divisive epithet. the skins owner says he will never change the name. president obama recently weighed in saying he might change the name if he owned the team. we re hearing from fans as the namey debate rages on. r reporter: what is it a name what it comes to the red skins it s something that ss offensive to many native americans. this week president obamama seemed to agree. i ve got to say if i were the owner of the team, and i knew that there was a name of my team even if it had a storied history, that was offending a sizeable group of people, i would think about changing it. reporter: but will the change foal the way fans feel about it? i don t find it offensive. reporter: he is not alone. recent polls have shown a majority of fans are ok with keeping the name. na some fan says the presidentresi
well in less than an hour the partial government shutdown enters week two. that is our topic for tonight s big story. president obama wants the house to vote on a no-strings attached temporary spending bill that would end the partial government shutdown. but this so-called clean spending bill is still a few votes shy of being able to pass. and up next the debt ceiling. the big looming obstacle. and republicans are looking to put conditions on that bill as well. make no mistake the government shutdown is affecting everybody and it comes down to who is considered essential. debra alfarone with a look at that and what she finds my surprise you. reporter: the department of veterans administration considers 95% of the workers essential. and the usda has sent everyone home. tonight we are questioning who is essential. capitol e. in essential. the capitol police officers who chased down chaos from the white house to the capitol last week, but their pay is nonessential. and