The deal that has been cut provides no relief to the millions of americans who are hurting because of obamacare. To party House Republicans conceded defeat this time. Anytime you stand up for the American People it is worth it. If the teajim jordan party would threaten to fall the robot care in february when todays debt ceiling deal runs out. Wrecks we could do this fight again. That is unlikely but what i do think were going to do is make those arguments. All caps did not gloat. There and there are no winners. Ahead to theoked next round. Ballot overnother i the budget. Here is a factoid for you. Republican majorities have raised the debt ceiling 40 times and the regrets 24 times. See more history on our website. The longstanding lawsuit against Baltimore City is finished 10 years after a protest against the iraq war. City officials signed off on the 100,000 settlement filed by the aclu in 2003. It was filed on behalf of a group called women in black targeted by police while demonstra
On the nations debt. The crisis dragged on for 16 days. Sally kidd has the latest. The president says americans are fed up with washington and had some tough words for republicans in congress. Doors are back open, the federal government up and running again. They signed a deal to avert avoid the shutdown. The president told congress to straighten up erie all of us need to stop focusing on lobbyists and focus on what the want. Ty of americans the cost to the economy, some 24 billion, according to Standard Poors. A temper cancer more 24 billion . I dont think so. Temper tantrum worth 24 billion . The newlyders of established Budget Conference Committee kicked off talks this morning. Our goal is to get the debt under control, to do smart deficit reduction, and do things to get people in this economy back to work. The gop has seen its Approval Rating plummeted since the shutdown began. It is probably healthy for us to have that debate, but at the end of the day, you have to come together.
Congress to act swiftly. The bill does make one change to the health care law. Requiring those seeking Insurance Coverage to verify their income. In washington, danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. The white house doesnt know how quickly Government Agencies will be back up and running after Congress Votes but says the idea will be to get tens of thousands of furloughed federal workers back on the job as soon as possible. Our complete coverage continues right now. Wjz is live in washington. Mary bubala spent the day speaking to maryland lawmakers about a potential deal. Mary. Reporter thats right. Denise, maryland delegation on both sides of the aisle are all relieved that there is a deal. They all acknowledge that this is a temporary solution and there is still a lot of work to be done. Another day of frantic maneuvering on capitol hill and protests outside. Marylands delegation is speaking to wjz, Eyewitness News about the announcements. Finally theres a solid deal to end the shu
Mergener, wjz Eyewitness News. And federal workers will get backpay for the days they were out. Wjz live complete coverage of the impact of the Government Shutdown continues. Linh bui talks to local federal workers who are relieved to get their jobs back. Linh . Kai, relieved is absolutely the right word. Many of them just so happy to be back. Today, around baltimore, it was business as usual for federal employees. Reporter the gates are open at fort mchenry, and its busier than usual. Were just delighted that we can finally come to fort mchenry. Reporter like other national monuments, the fort closed down during the Government Shutdown, affecting about 50 employees. Overwhelmingly. Happy to be back open. Tina capetta says theyre busy catching up, as workers deal with the stress from the furlough. Everyone should be relieved to be back to work. But i think that theres still some of those emotions run high. Reporter at the Social Security Administration Building in woodlawn, federal wor
The bullet hit the officer who works for the university of maryland baltimore in the head. Police identified the instructor who fired the weapon as William Scott kern, who has worked for Baltimore City police for 18 years. State police will complete a criminal investigation and forward that to the states attorney. We will sit back and wait for the investigation to be completed. And then once that is done, we will review it and determine what, if any, charges need to be brought. Reporter the state still owns rosewood. Baltimore county police have used it for training for years. But this is the first time the District Attorney used it are if training. It for training. Reporter state police say it could take weeks. Tell wjz, they are conducting interviews with persons who are at the scene. The investigation is being conducted as a criminal investigation, with the purpose of determining if a crime occurred and is not an administrative investigation. An administrative investigation examines