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WRC News4 Midday September 27, 2013

Outmentout. When they got there the officers and military said this wasnt your average call. I felt it was for real. The scene was chaotic and the Police Officers and under the shield and they were ducking and gunshots going on. That was extremely stressful. They were very prepare and they covered us the way hay should. She and her partner were among the first teams inside. Today they were among 36 members of the department. Some of it recruits receiving the gratitude and praise of the superiors. I hardly had any idea we might be facing the kinds of circumstances that we faced. I cannot tell you how proud i was that each one of you loaded down your equipment. Your service on that day was spectacul spectacular. It must be noted that every unit that left the navy yard had advanced life support member on it. She was a paramedic trainer and the invaluable message will be to the recruits she trains. To you how training has changed since the academy started, an increasing number of recruits this year are former military people. Where that fits in is because a lot of the department are training paramedics and ems folks to go in with Response Teams and they wear armor and helmets and they are moving to that direction with the training in the district because so many of the recruits they get now are used to that sort of thing and there other issues that remained and that is communication and things like that. All of those will be worked out in the washout. We are live at the Training Academy in southwest. Back to you. Thank you, derek. In a few hours, a popular softball coach and diehard ravens fan killed at the navy yard will be honored at a wake. The viewing will be held from 3 00 to 5 00 and from 7 00 to 9 00 tonight at the singleton funeral home in glen burney. He was a former maryland state trooper and the Security Guard that aaron alexis encountered at building 197. His funeral is tomorrow. A man is in the hospital in Critical Condition after a violent Home Invasion on 100th avenue in glendale. Police said two men entered the home while two people were inside. One man was shot in the torso and rushed to the hospital. They are looking for two men seen leaving the area. Its not clear if they took anything from the home. Family and friends will say goodbye to Prince William high school student. His funeral is set for 1 00. 12 people were under arrest in connection with his murder. They charged four friends with attempted robbery. Diaz and his friends tried to rob 19yearold d and ra samuels, pay back for having robbed one of their friends and this was all connected to drug deals. Police believe samuels stabbed diaz in a public park. This is a crucial day in the effort to avoid a government shut down. The senate will likely vote to remove a provision from a funding bill that defunds president obamas Controversial Health care law. That move could lead to a stalemate with house republicans. Peter alexander has more. With the country teetering on the brink of shut down, tensions are boiling over. A rare fight between republicans on the senate floor. The question i pose to my friend from tennessee. With tennessee go of nor bob corker accusing the tea party delaying the vote for self promotion. The reason we are delaying is you want everybody to watch. President obama hit the road and hit back at opponents of his Health Care Law with enrollment for uninsured americans set to begin tuesday. Whatever effect obama care might have on the economy is far less than even a few days of government shut down. The president s critics found new ammunition, citing a pair of flitches, the first impacting Small Business owners unable to complete applications on line until of in. A second delay affecting Spanish Speaking applicants, conceding that website wont be ready for a few more weeks. With just three days left for washington to avert a shut down, dvs dysfunction is having a Ripple Effect across the country. The manager of this beachfront bike shop outside san diego said a customer in the navy and fears he may not get paid in a shut down asked for a refund on a brandnew scooter. We are not entirely worried about going out of business, but the business we need from the Service Members that live here is going to dramatically hit us. That was Peter Alexander reporting. Happening right now, a dedication more than two centuries in the making. Leaders are about to cut the ribbon on a president ial library for the first president. Heres a live look at mt. Vernon, the sit sight of president washingtons home and where his is as well. They are set to speak in just a little bit. The 45,000 square foot facility includes letters and man scripts as well as washingtons personal diary. It will all be there and include a residence for visiting scholars. Taking a look outside, a cloudy start. Whats the weekend going to be like . Tom has the forecast. We have more sun than we have now. That is for sure. Good morning from the weather center. We have temperatures generally now into the upper 60s. Heres a look at the sky from the camera showing a few breaks allowing a few shafts of sun light to come through. Our temperatures are in the upper 60s in washington. The nearby neighborhoods are generally in the mid 60s. In Prince Georges County, alexandria and articling and falls church in the upper 60s and near 70 around the bay. Much of Southern Maryland has sunshine and the Northern Neck of the east shore. Its cooler around the Shenandoah Valley into the mountains. I look at the details on your forecast for this friday and your weekend. Thats coming. Along with the sevenday outlook and a big change coming your way coming in a couple of minutes. Barbara . We will see you in a minute. New details about the Building Collapse in mumbai. The small but amazing discovery made when they went looking for survivors buried in a flattened apartment building. A pilot who made an Emergency Landing after having a heart attack. Another live look at the ceremony just starting to dedicate a library to the nations 50 president. At the front desk, a pilot died after suffering an apparent heart attack mitt air. His seattlebound plane made an Emergency Landing and coming from houston. A doctor was performing cpr on the flight and the pilot was taken to the hospital in boise. 161 people were on board. They were later flown to their destination. News 4. And a live look again at the brandnew George Washington president ial library that is officially being dedicated right now. The library for the study of George Washington features thousands of artifacts and sits on the same ground as the first president s tomb. Once dedicated, it will be mostly open tos having scholars and researchers. Rescue crews are working to find people trapped under the rubble of a collapse in mumbai, india. Look at the damage. Two dozen people have been pulled from the debris including a baby. The deadliest collapse happened in april where more than 70 people died. The death toll in pakistans earthquake hit 400 now. The 7. 7 magnitude quake hit on thursday. They are trying to reach affected areas and trying to send food, water, and medical supplies to the survivors there. The un security counsel could vote as early as today on a resolution forces syria to get rid of chemical weapons. The resolution would require them to have full access to the stockpile it. Does not threaten military action if the country does not comply. The u. S. Said this is a major breakthrough in efforts to end syrias civil war. Chances of a government shut down continue to keep the region nervous. Political editor joins us now with insight. Hello there. How are you . In the last 24 hours, we have seen all kinds of things going on. Where do we stand now . It changed. The tea leaves have change changed. It seemed like everybody wanted a way out whether it was a oneweek continuing resolution to keep the government funded or a twomonth and john boehner yesterday spoke after he met with his conference and said it was unlikely they would pass a clean cr. Not something that has things attached to it that republicans want like defunding obama care and whatever else it is. Where are we . We dont know and we have three days to find out. Lets listen to an interchange between ted and bob corker. My two colleagues who i respect have sent out emails around the world and turned this into a show, possibly. Therefore they want people around the world to watch. The question i would pose to my friend from tennessee, why is majority leader harry reid going to vote the way you are proposed to vote. Why is every democrat going to vote the way you are proposing to vote . Are we are listening to two republicans there. This is ted who had the 21 hour talkathon a couple day ago and wound up voting for the thing he was spoking out against and senator corker pointing that out as well and expressing frustration of mainstream republicans that they want this over with to move on to other things. A lot of people think this is going to save the government money. Its the opposite. Its interesting because my boss chuck todd who brought it up yesterday as well and talked about how it costs the government money because they cant wind up buying in bulk or planning ahead of time. A lot of people i talked to and friends of mine who worked for the government say that they are planning for a government shut down and using a lot of time and resores on things like that it does handicap a lot of agencies and doesnt allow them to function the way it should. About the expression obama care and a poll taken to describe the law. A friend said that people on the ground who are implementing this law said they dont use obama care because of how polarizing it is. The people who do our poll for cnbc asked half the respondents, how do you feel about obama care and the Affordable Care act . When you say obama care its 46 negative. When you say Affordable Care act its 37 . Its a 10point difference based on the name. They know to use that word. The president had to lean into it becausee had no choice. For more from do mennico. Per melissa, whats going on . Royal baby news. Prince georgess christening has been scheduled for all of you wondering when it would happen. Wednesday, october 23rd at the chapel royal saint james palace. He will be christened by the arch bishop of canterbury. They will release photos afterwards. News 4. All right. Thank you. Lets get good news from you, melissa. Tom joins us now with good news and bad news. A i lot of cloudiness around, but dont let that sadden you. We had our run of wonderful sunny days, but we will get sunshine back this afternoon. Look at the sunrise shot taken this morning. We did have sun around the bay. This was sunrise on the chesapeake bay. This photo posted by weather nbcwashington. Com. Thanks for sharing that and do appreciate your wonderful nature and weather photos like this from jamie in bluemont, virginia. This is on the appalachian trail taken yesterday when we had a few clouds around. Rather dramatic sky. We have color now beginning to show up. This one taken by garric boyd. Some individual trees are beginning to show color. They dont have much around now. This area in yellow showing some color showing up in more than maryland and West Virginia and right along skyline drive on top of the blue ridge. North across most of pennsylvania and a little bit of color there, but moderate color showing up in northern maine and vermont and the adirondaks and upstate new york. Next week it will be peak color there. There is the cloud cover, did you sunshine with shame bridge and parts of Southern Maryland and out into the mountains. Mostly cloudy and a few breaks in the clouds over the next hour or two. Temperatures are in the midand upper 60s. Elsewhere where they have the sunshine, its near 70. Still a bit cooler in the Shenandoah Valley. For the afternoon, heres the forecast. We will have high temperatures reaching the low to mid 70s around the med row that includes prince georges and fairfax and montgomery. Falls church and the district in the mid 70s. Highs in the low 70s. Not much more of a warm up. If you are heading out this friday, great weather for Football Games and if you are going out for friday night revelry, it will be in the 60s through the evening. We will start early to get out. It will be in the mid 50s. Great weather for all the high school and college games. Sunday another delightful day with lots of sunshine. Morning lows in the 50s. On monday partly cloudy as we get back to work and school. Warmer. Average highs will be up near 80 and again on tuesday. A few clouds coming and going and the overall pattern is dry all the way through the end of next week. Each day we will have sunshine and afternoon highs may get into the mid 80s on wednesday. Some are saying not so fast. Not quite done with us yet. That does happen from time to time this time of year. It is a battle. Fall between summer and winter and we had wintry cold mornings and summer said no, i will be back again next week. I dont mind that as long as its not in the 90s. Thank you, tom. The news no commuter wants to hear heading into the friday evening rush. How long a major train rail line will shut down. And the change you may notice on restaurant menus in Prince Georges County. Heres a look at whats hot in nbcwashington. Com. Im terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. For 30 years ive worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. So im particularly offended by Ken Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal. Even in cases of rape and incest. Even to protect a womans health. I want a governor whos focused on schools and creating jobs, not someone who wants to do my job. Whos Ken Cuccinelli to interfere in the lives of women across virginia . Crews are trying to restore power to a busy part of new yorks rail system even though it wont do much good. A stretch of track has been mostly out of Service Since wednesday. Our nbc station said limited power could be restored by this weekend. Many had to find different ways to get around. Trains will only run every 16 minutes on the orange and blue lines tomorrow and sunday, but check out what they have planned for october 4th through the 6th. Five stations will be closed to red line trains. They are farraguh north, judiciary scare, union station, gallery place and metro center. Free shuttle buses will run between all of the affected stations. Starting today you can find a lot more people drivewayingly down up and down 95. The state fair kicks off the run just outside richmond. This weekend includes a parade and a pageant and concerts from the Charles Daniel band and Jefferson Starship too. It runs through sunday, october 6th. There could be something new on the menus in Prince Georges County and the change can serve your healthy needs along with the calorie count and sodium levels might be posted. According to the county, nearly 1 million residents suffer from diabetes, obesity and heartrelated disease. They will vote on the bill for full disclosure on october 10th. The big donation that can change the look of a popular mall. A major expansion and how long will the cloudy skies stick around. A look at the weekend coming up next. St. Right now on news 4 midday, you are watching a big dedication, a ceremony at mt. Vernon. The new George Washington president ial library with thousands of artifacts about the first president. Watch for more starring on news 4 at 4 00 this afternoon. We are keepinging a close eye on the shut down showdown cap toll hill that removes a provision from a government funding bill that would defund the Affordable Care act known as obama care. John boehner said he and his colleagues wont accept legislation that doesnt take away money from the Health Care Law. Congress must reach a dole on a spending bill by the end of monday or part of the government will shut down. In about a half hour from now, they will help the 23578lys cope with the navy yard shooting. They will hold a round table and give a tour of the Emergency Family Assistance Center and help us understand what kind of care and services they are providing. So far employees have visited the center more than 47 helped help 4700 times since the shooting. We are working to find out who has the body of aaron alexis. An autopsy has been cleated and his has been released. They wont say who claimed the body or what they discovered in the autopsy. The 34 career old Government Contractor was shot to death while exchangiing gunfire with officers. Alexis believed electromagnetic waves had been controlling him for months before the rampage. People visiting gettysburg are if the 150th anniversary will see a surprising demonstration next week. The park Service Granted a permit for a you can clux gr gran ku klux klan group to hold an event. The Capital Bike Share Program is ready to ride in maryland. Mont dpomry county executive cut the ribbon on one of 50 landed stations. Megan grath got reaction from those pedalling their way around the region now. Edward joseph walks to the metro as he makes his way into work. With the expansion of the Bike Share Program in montgomery program, he may pedal instead. You can use it as a commuting tool in away destination. You dont have to worry about p

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