Thanks. On rumblings of a deal capitol hill did wonders for wall street today. The dow jones jumped 205 points before the closing bell to close above the 15,000 mark. The nasdaq composite rose 45 points and the s p 500 saw a surge of more than 1 finishing for points below its alltime high. Republican majorities have raised the debt ceiling 40 times, democrats, 24 times. You can see more debt ceiling history on our website, wbal tv. Com and click on national news. Negotiating is on the horizon in baltimore. The port is closed for business as longshoremen are on strike. After working without a contract for three years they are demanding change. In dundalk andve has the latest for us. Terminals have been quiet all day. Close for business as you mentioned. There is no official estimate but workers estimate the port is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars each day. Each day they are closed. 1300 port workers took to the picket line wednesday after stalled contract negotiations trade we a
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
Music and dense fog are making this halloween. Sharon is watching the roads. Marty is over at first warning weather. Good morning. Lets take a look at first warning doppler weather radar. What were seeing is a clear scan. Ill show it to you here in just a second. 54 degrees on tv hill is the reason we have fog. A big warm front is pressed up over the area. Almost 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. By lunch 68 on its way to a high of 72 on the 31st day of october with gray skies. Don, take it away. Thank you. Fog also a factor on this mornings hurry up. Here is Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. Good morning. We are seeing fog on our Traffic Cameras. It hasnt seemed to effect thin. Speeds 55 on the top and west sides of the beltway. 56 and 54 on 95 southbound between white marsh and the tunnel. Thats a look at the foggy west side of the beltway there at exit 17. Theres another look at Spaghetti Junction which apparently we have problem with that camera. Now wjz has the stori
World in 90 seconds. It hasnt happened in 95 years. The red sox celebrate a win. Why are you crying . Im so happy. I love the red sox. I love the red sox. Your life . Pretty much. Its been down the entire time youve been testifying. A problemplagued rollout of the health care website. This is completely an unacceptable level of security. Massive storm system stretches across the nations midsection damaged wind gusts, torrential rainfall and evacuations have already been ordered near austin, texas. Knocking down an italian court. There are reports that nasa tapped into yahoo and google. Robin thicke is learning about the blurred lines of copyright infringement. Hes being sued by two of marvin gayes children. All that two fires in encino california. Were talking about health care today, but that is the wrong rally. And all that matters one of the things that keeps coming up because youre from kansas. Toe toe were not in kansas city anymore. Down the yellow brick road. The republicans hav