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
The kids are bundled up this morning, theyll stay that way in the afternoon because still quite chilly out there. A few peeks of sunshine and the temperature at 48 degrees once again were going to be struggling to get to the 50s. Lets get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. Good morning. Struggling to get to the 50s . Oh my goodness. Im not ready for the cold weather. If you are traveling on 95, fortunately there are no delays just south of route 100. It will be an easy ride headed to d. C. Or traveling up north. And everything will remain nice and clear in downtown baltimore. This is what 95 looks like at 395. Traffic moving right along. There are no delays right now through the fort mchenry tunnel, harbor tunnel also going to be clear and as we check in and take a look at the abc2 timesaver traffic drive times youll notice the beltway going to be in great shape. Normal conditions right now on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. That stretch will take
All right, well this is the time of year you need warm clothes but some people cant afford them at all. Baltimore city public works officials want to help. Theyre accepting mittens, hats, gloves and scarves. Its taking place today and the Municipal Building is where its happening. The clothes will be donated to the needy through the salvation armys Franklin Square boys and girls club. A 6yearold san antonio boy has the best gift ever for christmas. His dad is back from the persian gulf. Keller was surprised by his father when he was at school. They have been separated for the past nine months. The Keller Family arranged for the school to surprise him two weeks ago. Staff Sergeant Jesse kelly says hes not been told when hes going to be deployed again and looks like just enjoying the moment there. Well we want to remind you still collecting toys for the annual 14th year in a row the kinder time toy drive. Drop off new unwrapped toys at several locations including wal mart stores. Were go
Well talk to him. Today exclusive, brad pitt opens up about his new film, his family, and hitting the big 50. I dont know, im busy right now. I havent thought a lot about it. Thats today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. There was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. Overnight everything came to a halt. And the deadline is looming ever closer. Thats right. This race to end the shutdown is todays top story. Lets get right to Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you. Most americans are asking themselves is it over yet . I just spoke to a Top Republican senate aid that said optimism abounds. But this is c
Thats been averaging 5 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. 74 at lunch going to a high of about 78. Take it away. Now lets to the to sharon tracking a big accident. No improvement on the west side of the beltway. Its jammed because of this accident on the outer loop of the beltway at wilkins avenue. Still blocking the right two lanes. Another accident to talk about now in Anne Arundel County, this one on 214 Central Avenue at Solomons Island road. On to the speeds on the west side of the beltway. Your average is only 21 on the outer loop, almost a 30 minute drive between 795 and 95. 95 southbound still at full speed on the beltway. Topside of the beltway still looking good at harford road. Theres another live look at the west side of the beltway, the problem area of the moment. Now wjz has the stories people are talking about this morning. Thank you. There are more question s than answers following a fiery accident in North Baltimore. Now city police move forward with an internal