What is that . Rain. You happy to see it . Yeah. The close call on capitol hill. 911. Tree limb into car. The final score, tree 1, car 0. Driver and passenger, they escape injury. All of a sudden i saw a cloud of leaves, and so im like a tree that fell so. Im putting on my brakes and its nowhere for me to move. To maneuver around it. It fell on top of us. Reporter virginia rain. It usually starts there and then well, comes our way. This is what it was like on i66. Today we got rain. Thats interesting. We did. We did get rain. We desperately needed the rain. Reporter maryland rain and Prince Georges County. Now it didnt affect emergency calls or emergency responses, but some of the bosses, they ended up reading reports by flashlight. Rain, rain, rain. It was a wash down, cool down, that we really needed. Rain is good for . For plants and us and the country. And farmers. Farmers. You know a farmer . I dont. Neither do i. Its good for them. Yes. I love farmers, they grow cattle and corn a
Are going to get all of their pay anyway, why not just settle this and bring them back. Steve handelsman, news 4. Thank you. At least 26,000 furloughed workers have filed for unemployment in d. C. And in maryland. D. C. s Department Employment says it had more than 10,000 claims and in maryland the number is 16,000. Thats nearly four times the number of claims maryland gets in an entire year. Virginia did not release numbers. The trickle down effect is forcing some local companies to make cutbacks and many firms that have not started furloughs are getting ready to. One business in Tysons Corner is feeling the pinch already. Northern virginia reporter has our report. Reporter the thought of time off and no pay scares tracy. I definitely have to have this job. Im a single parent and the only one supporting myself and my children. Reporter she has three kids including a college student. Its not cheap at all. Reporter she works at a i. T. Support contractor with one client the government.
Reporter until the shutdown ends, president obama is still refusing to negotiate. Lets stop the excuses and lets take a vote in the house and lets end this shutdown right now. Lets put people back to work. Then serious negotiations could proceed around every item in the budget. Reporter and the president demanded a promise not to default on october 17. Some house republicans, more house republicans, are now reported ready to reopen government and to raise the Borrowing Limit in return for a promise of meaningful talks on obama care and other spending. Im steve handelsman, news4. The families of more than a dozen Service Members recently killed in action are being denied death benefits because of the shutdown. The families are entitled to a 100,000 payment. That money often helps cover the cost of funerals and provides Financial Assistance until Life Insurance policies take effect. The house is drafting a resolution to restore that payment. It could be introduced as early as tomorrow. T
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 whats 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 theres a third Person Associated with the house who is still unaccounted for. Now, is that i