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WJLA ABC 7 News At Noon October 3, 2013

This is a family one business and over the past, it has grown. This morning president obama says that republican recklessness could harm that. This oneies like worried their business will be disrupted. In places like maryland and virginia where there are a lot of federal workers, you do not know how that will affect the economy. Theresident obama says answer is simple. Congress needs to pass a budget with no partisan strings attached. But members of the house are pushing the government. We are going to go forward addressing the situation in critical stages. Me out ofuld put business. The country is at stake here. Brianne carter, abc 7 news. Many federal workers are accepting the free burgers at z burger, the owner says it could put him out of business. Today will be the last day he is offering that promotion. The deal runs until 1 00 this afternoon and again from 5 00 until 7 00. You will need to show your government id. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are off the job, but members of congress are still collecting paychecks. John gonzales has a look at exactly who is getting paid. John . The law clearly states members of congress and the president must be paid even during a government shutdown. Many lawmakers are under the microscope as 800,000 federal employees are being furloughed. Interview, republican senator mike lee seems to express no interest in giving up his paycheck. Legislators can reportedly make up to three times more than the average American Worker on top of their salaries. Toe salaries can reach close 300,000 a year. Were taken out of context, he said. You be the judge. Take a listen. So you will continue to be paid, right . Im working. I will continue to be paid. And when lawmakers are considered essential. They are not considered expendable. Cruza Party Lawmaker ted says he will donate his paycheck during the shutdown. Some like his colleagues have deferred his pay. Hawaii representative said it was disgraceful to think that lawmakers are collecting money. She sent her salary right back to the treasury. Earlier, there was an interview on our sister station. Listen to what she said. I do continue to draw my salary. Bottom 50lly in the wealthiest members of congress. This is my job. She is not one of the wealthiest members of congress. She and senator lee each make roughly 400,000 a year. Workers working during guaranteedn are retroactive pay if and when the continuing resolution is passed. John gonzales, abc 7 news. There are still more delays for people going online to sign up for the new help insurance exchanges. It is the third day for healthcare. Gov. To government is scrambling keep up with demand. Officials say that people should wait for the age to load rather than clicking on the link for the page to load rather than a link again. The the white house says the high traffic just shows that people are interested. Take a look at this video. At the people you see right here may have toppled the 10 commandments. The incident happened september 21 outside the supreme court. The first and Outreach Mission says the monument has an outside the building since 2006. Police ask anyone with information give them a call. Dead in people are now a shipwreck off the coast of italy. The book was taking migrants off the coast of men producer. Many of the victims included then and children. At boat was taking migrants off the coast of lampedusa. They have searched for survivors all morning. Over 2000ying migrants sank at sea. Fire. At allegedly caught the flames could be seen by passing boats. The vote the boat capsized before many passengers to jump could jump. The mayor described the situation as continuous horror. Certificates at the vatican, pope to participants at the vatican, lets pray added together to god for those who lost their lives, men and women and children, all refugees. People hoping for a better life make this trip from africa and the middle east every year. The United Nations says that over 500 people were found dead in the year of 2012. Abc news, london. Lookl right, taking a live outside right now. Can you believe it is this warm and we are in october . You really cant. The only question is how long is it going to last. Us know we will be holding onto this warm weather for a few more days. Just for you guys, that is what i have on cap. At this nude hour, 80 degrees. Filtered sunshine. The twopoint point at 61. A little bit more humidity out there. Still 75 degrees in gaithersburg, 77 at bwi. 82 in culpeper and andericksburg area fredericksburg. Temperatures in the lower and mid60s south and west of town. If you are anything like me, you are sensitive to that humidity. You can really feel it. The satellite does show clouds, but not predicting any rain. There is snow associated with a very strong cold front that will fly through our area and produce rain by the beginning of next week. Also Tropical Storm karen. Belfort furniture weather center, i will give you the latest statistics and how it will impact us at home. Scott and jummy, back to you. It is time, as we have been talking all morning long, to rock the red again. It is the Washington Capitals opening tonight. They will be playing calgary. Chicagot to the blackhawks tuesday night. I know a few abc 7 people will be there. Right there. And john gonzales, too. He had us pick out this out thisa stick morning. He is not playing. Police decide not to charge one of the motorcycle riders involved in a crash with an suv. Cyber bullying. Plus, gladiators, the moment is almost here. The season premiere of scandal. The season premiere of scandal. And will Tropical Storm karen im terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. These are Birth Control pills. Mo than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but Ken Cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made commmn forms of Birth Control illegal, including the e pill. Cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decisionmaking why is Ken Cuccinelli interfering in oin private lives . Hes focused on his own agenda. Not us. Abc 7 news watching at noon, on your side. Prosecutors decided not to charge one of the hikers caught on video attacking a driver thats one of the bikers caught attacking a driver in an suv. He started the confrontation by cutting off the suv and causing a fender bender. Meanwhile, another iker was biker was the real aggressor. I feel like if you hit someone, you will over to the side and exchange information. Biker is nowd paralyzed. The bikers chased the suv for three miles before eating the father inside. Oboe are still looking for the iker who smashed police are still looking for thebiker this mass the biker who smashed the window with his helmet. Trial, the jury Conrad Murray was competent practitioner. Jacksonville family is seeking damages. Today the attorney general announced a Pilot Program that makes it easier report online bullying. Each School System will have a point percent who will have a Facebook Page to take faster action. A point percent he will have a facebook age to take faster a point person who will have a Facebook Page today after action. Like that is how the last these in of that is how the last season of scandal ended. Tonight talking about premiere, and they say be ready for a wild one. It has been for and amount four and a half months since we learned this cia agent is the father of olivia. Tonight will episode is not all about family affairs. Tonight will episode is not all about family affairs. Episode is not all about family affairs. The secret love affair between olivia and me president is at the center of the scandal a drama. Gossip. S of especially about me . What we will fix that. We will fix that. Thehe secret agent president hired to follow olivia will return for season three. Life bloodted and she likes it. [laughter] this show so successful is the chemistry of the cast. We are really a fan of a family. S,t so much as we are frenemie but in real life we just adore each other. You can watch the scandal season three premiere right here on abc 7. A great day to be outside. Be in front of your television at 7 00 tonight i mean, you are going to the game i mean, youre going to the game, right after mark oh, she has got a plan. I mean, you are going to begin, right . Oh, she has got a plan. Im going to watch the game, tape. Bam. Do you have a plan . P. M. Westin mark im going to be sleeping. You two are going to be so hooked. It is beautiful out there again today. We have high, and clouds. If you look we have high, thin clouds. Blogave a great weather where you can find out more is onwhat a sun pillar our homepage. Even with the clouds, we have very warm temperatures. 83 degrees in beltsville. 80 degrees in urbanna, maryland. 80 degrees at the Campbell Elementary School in arlington. Really warm air in the eastern half of the united states. The northwest portions of the country, cold air. A cold front is sliding in. Also, Severe Weather in the mid sections of the country. And some of those high, thin clouds. A few spotty showers off to our west. We will stay dry and then that whole front is going to provide us with some rain. Also we will see remnants from what is Tropical Storm karen. We have been talking about it as the 11 00 a. M. Update. As it continues to move north into the gulf of mexico, it makes and then into a category y the, a category one hurricane. At all of this moisture is going to move to the south east and get caught up with that cold front on the side. A we have a lot of tropical weather. Gusty winds. We will talk about how much we need the rain this is kind of the perfect set up for some of that to happen. Wen with the clouds today, will be between 82 and 87. Once that cold front thirds through early next week starts through early next week, we will see relief from that humidity. I guess it will feel more like october. Temperatures very comfortable. Upper 50s to mid60s. A tad warmer. Even a stray shower west of the loop ridge. It will be warm, overnight lows in the 60s. That cold front, cloudy skies, rainy day. So, if you are looking for that kind of time to catch up on day tol, that is the do it. Scott, you and i, we will just sit there. Monday not be here on because of that. I have season one on dvd. You can borrow that and be good to go. What if your car new about an icy road before you did . We will show you new technology that allows cars to talk to each other on the road. Oh, guess what they it is . B annapolis powerboat show is underway. This is video you are the annapolis our boat show is underway. This is the video you are looking at. It is a first of its kind show. Bringent is expected to 150 house and 150,000 attendees to annapolis will become long. An event to discuss self driving cars and the safety benefits. Volvo hosted the event. It is called zero assist. When activated, it can follow the car in front. The cars are connected and can talk to each other. An interceptor. Thecan be sure that vehicles spread more evenly in the infrastructure, which in bc will help a lot. The infrastructure, which in d. C. Mmmmemaaaaaa leslie, guess what today is . It is pumped day. Hump day. Whoohoo scotts favorite commercial. But some teachers in connecticut are not happy with it. Quoting the commercial has gotten out of hand. Happy when the trend dies down, have your than a camel on wednesday. I think everyone does it. I dont. You do. I dont. Uhhuh. 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