provided by secretary foster could be worse. 90,000 federal workers in maryland are likely to be furloughed if there is a government shutdown, along with 180,000 contractors, which could inult in 18 to $68 million lost income. $2.5 million in lost income taxes. thell has to do with snowball effect of that many people not spending money. >> you may not go to a restaurant, you may hold off on dry cleaning, all of the things will be put off until something is happening. press also, any stranded government shutdown could be devastating for retailers as the holiday season approaches. as far as social security, we are getting a lot of phone calls for that. payment would still be made, but there could be delays.

live in the newsroom, wbal, tv 11 news. >> lawmakers duke it out over the government shutdown, which largely centers on the affordable care act, president obama was in maryland today. the president spoke to a cheering crowd. his purpose was to raise awareness about the benefits, just days before it reaches a three milestone. >> like any rate trial runs, there will be glitches as the thing unfolds. folks in different parts of the country will have different experiences. it will be smoother in places like maryland, where governments are working to implement it rather than fight it. >> this is a very crucial step toward improving the nation's economy. key dates and information you need to know about the affordable care act. tuesday,llment starts october 1. that is also in the marketplace exchanges will list health-care

options, including plans and prices. coverage will begin january 1. open enrollment ends on march the 31st. three ways to sign-up, online, by mail, or on person -- in person. for more on the plans and costs and how to sign-up, you can call call one 800, 318, 2596. you can also find more detailed information on our website. toas the president tries bring americans up to speed on the affordable care act, a new wave of ads is taking aim at the affordable care act -- law. live in the studio with a closer look, david. >> the president even mentioned the ads in his speech. wait until you see them. reactions are similar. words like edgy, outrageous, and irresponsible are being used or some even laughed out loud after the initial shock days.

>> i see you of chosen to sign up for obamacare. rolling out edgy commercials like this one online. they are distributed by a group called generation opportunity. >> let's have a look. >> the tagline reinforces the startling visual image, do not let government play doctor, often out of obamacare. the president mentioned the ad campaign during a speech promoting his health-care law. >> some of the tea party's biggest donors, some of the wealthiest men in america, are funding a cynical ad campaign to convince young people not to buy health care at all. >> maryland is ahead of the curve. if people do not enroll, the affordable health care act could collapse. >> people who do not get health insurance because of the ad,

they have to understand the rich people are not going to pay for the health care when they need it. >> the ad is called shameful. >> it is a disgusting ad, completely responsible for people to use this kind of scare tactic. >> another ad is geared toward young man, just as jarring as the one targeting young women. republicans are ego -- eager to prevent people from enrolling. >> obamacare will not work. when it is fully implemented, america simply does not want the government between themselves and their health care and their doctor. >> the president bit his death visited us part of a pr campaign. he is also counting on the entertainment industry for help. during an awards show, katy perry urged fans to check out the options. the ubiquitous countdown clock warns of a train wreck. it is the ad that are getting everyone's attention. >> definitely edgy. creepy. it does send a strong message

that, as women, we do not want the government between us and our doctor. >> there is an unattended consequences associated with the campaign like this. it often leaves the public confused. reporting live from the studio. standard forery a college entry exams for generations. preparing for the s.a.t.'s. >> tim is in the newsroom with a preview. mixedill tell you how news on text results. >> on the topic of results, raiders coaches expect big result this week in buffalo. low pressure off the virginia coast. we will see the impacts in baltimore. sunny skies right now. temperatures in the low 70's.

thinkingnews for thousand american students who took the s.a.t.'s is here. >> scores are down slightly. there is a bright spot. tim joins us live in the newsroom with a breakdown. >> the s.a.t.'s come for the most part, to accept students into forty-year schools. a growing number of maryland schools are pushing to prepare students early.

high school math bidders are getting the jump on the s.a.t.'s. they are learning the skills and work habits they will need for college. the latest statewide sat scores are so important. maryland is down four points, two in math and two in writing. reading scores remained the same. the number of students taking the s.a.t.'s is. that is not by accident. >> we provide s.a.t.'s for every asior in the county schools another way to provide opportunities. >> they have turned to the avid program. it stands for advancement via individual determination. a college revenue system paying off for some students already. i set first, i did not have any idea how to do the s.a.t.'s. now that we have sat prep and avid, which helps a lot, because now we have a tutorial once a week. that will help us in all of our classes. centered andent

teacher driven. >> different passengers, to reading skills, and knowing how to answer the questions. hugeat really plays a part and avid. >> it is all part of a menu of academic row graham's starting as early as middle school. >> we encourage all to use these strategies. the rigorous torch -- courses have sat prep and infuse writing into the curriculum for us. >> the goal is to make sure they are college ready at the end of the year. >> there are no shortcuts. they have to put in the hard work to get there. >> advanced placement rankings are due out next month for the past seven years, maryland has left a number of students taking the courses. weather forecast with tom tasselmyer.

here is something you do not see often at all in the weather department. we will show you the advertising today and the actual highs of the day. rarely do they match up like this. the actual high and low were spot on, right exactly normal for this time of year. 74 is the high at the airport. that is average. 53 is the morning low. ackley average over the past 30 years. 95 is the record high. 40 is the record low. that has been on the books for a while. it goes all the way back to 1879. 71 in parkville, 71, and 71 in columbia. on the eastern shore, temperatures are comfortable. a couple of things are happening to keep temperatures down. probably an ocean temperature close to 69 or 70 degrees. clout -- cloud coverage, keeping the temperature down a bit here in the area of low pressure developing with showers and an impressive cloud coverage in the atlantic.

brushing up against the beaches on the lower eastern shore, the system looks like it will drift farther out to sea tonight. coastal areas and you are sure will be dealing with some of the areas in the high clouds in the area more clouds to the east of your toward the coast where fog might form overnight and possibly even a little sprinkle could develop on the western fringe of all the activity. farther to say, the east you go, the more clouds overnight. tomorrow, high pressure is still sitting up here pushing up and then building down into the mid- atlantic. this will be the dominant weather feature for friday, saturday, and sunday. slow moving and falling a part a bit. expect is all we can a sprinkle or two. tomorrow, early morning clouds and fog. sunny skies in the afternoon. we will repeat that for saturday and sunday. a beautiful weather pattern holding us.

tomorrow, the high temperatures, a light northeast breeze. on the date tonight -- tomorrow, winds right around the foot. water temperatures in the low 70's. 105 in the afternoon friday. the western maryland mountains are farther from the off shore system. more sunshine both friday and saturday. chilly at night and uncomfortable during the day. fall weather in the western maryland mountains. the morning going into weekend, a lot of afternoon sun. maybe even a sprinkle in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon and nice weather taking us into the weekend. hurricane watching the area of cloud cover and shout -- clouds, trying to organize. a slight chance this could become tropical over the next couple of days. not yet. we will monitor about one. 73 after morning fog tomorrow.

sunny skies. a lot of sun for saturday and sunday as though. highs in the mid 70's. milde back to the dry and weather tuesday, wednesday, and thursday of week. fax now, 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> injuries killed defense this week for the ravens. set out of today's practice with knee injuries. pressure on the back. a big role in the weeks defensive game plan. the ravens seem to have a choice of how they will attack buffalo offense. have stripped three starters out of buffalo secondary. a big opportunity for joe flacco as well as bernard pierce. -- ray rice in the place. the big turnover and wide receiver requires patience. the quarter-mile mark this week. the offense of coordinator

expects to see obvious signs of progress. >> we have to continue to improve. i think you will see our production go up a little more. you will see guys debt a little more comfortable. with one another in terms of what we are doing. we face a tough team this week and it will present a great challenge for us. we have got to be better this week than we were last week. that is for sure. >> he left for the orioles. the play out -- a preview of spring training. jonathan made a major league debut and did it in style. 2-3 in his first major league home run. ryan, another contender for the job next season hits two home runs. another shot at starting at second. tonight, they do not have clarity at the starting lineup this evening. they wrap up up their series with toronto at the art. the two decade long run as a

stall commissioner has an expiration date. he plans to step down january 2000 15. his years in the commissioner's office have seen changes in nearly everything in baseball. he announced his retirement plans today. no shortage of accomplishments and shortcomings for the leadership. , andg his run in baseball added wildcard, injured -- revenues quadrupled. salary more than tripled. the only base ball commissioner who had to do cancel a world series because of a players strike. 's painfully slow measure to clean up the game. hang around for 22 years, and you will have plenty on both sides of the ledger. .lass coming up sunday ravens and buffalo. great weather. 72 degrees. wins out of the south.

they conditions. >> tommy is doing your job here it >> a third straight win for ravens, if they get it, the fifth in a row with a 3-1 record. >> nice. a with us.

a look at what we are working on for 11 news tonight. just days after shots were fired, police plan to address safety concerns. a horrific crash early that killed three people after a police pursuit. those stories an

qwest temperatures consistent with the almanac. >> yes. a little fog in the morning and then 73 in the afternoon, 75 saturday and sunday, a slight chance of a sprinkle monday, then back to the dry and mild weather tuesday, when, and thursday. >> jerry was not making it up sunday. it really will be nice. [laughter] [indiscernible] class that is all.

on our broadcast tonight, wanted. an international arrest warrant has been issued for the woman called the white widow. was she among the attackers in the mall in kenya? time running out before a

big deadline now days away. it's getting ugly in washington. tonight, can anything be done. > a new health care law is coming and causing confusion. tonight we'll take on your questions with dr. nancy snyderman. and rosy the riveter, now 92 years old and still on the job. "nightly news" begins now. good evening. the americans have now arrive uhhuh in force. dozens are on the scene of the massacre in nairobi, kenya. the troubles news today. another attack in kenya. this one killed two police officers and the worry here, obviously, is this terrorist group al shabaab is making it known that they are on the rise. and there's been an international arrest warrant issued for a british woman with

a nickname out of a spy novel. she's known as the white widow. officials say they want to know of any involvement she might have had in what happened in kenya. we begin again tonight with nbc's ron allen in nairobi where there's been some activity tonight, i understand, ron. >> reporter: indeed, brian. good evening. tonight we heard several loud explosions and saw fire at the mall site down the road behind me there. investigators say it is the hard work of clearing away ieds, bombs and explosives the militants left behind. the devastation of the west gate mall up close. new pictures today show the parking structure in ruins, still smoldering. what caused this much damage? authorities aren't saying. meanwhile intense speculation about this woman, samantha lewthwaite of britain, once married to a london subway bomber. she's known as the white widow.

she may now be the most wanted woman in the world. today at kenya's request interpol issued a warrant for her arrest. in connection with a 2011 plot to bomb targets in ten i can't. no known connection to the mall attack but unconfirmed reports of a white woman among the gunmen. in kenya near the somalia border, another attack. two kenyan police officers killed. al shabaab again claiming responsibility. while at the mall itself investigators, including fbi agents, looked for clues, trying to piece together exactly what happened here. >> this program has learned from multiple sources the identities of two of the attackers. >> reporter: tonight a british tv report says a former kenyan special forces soldier, also a convert to islam, linked to al shabaab, led the assault. how big a threat is al shabaab? >> groups like al shabaab are the new face of al qaeda. the attack we saw in nairobi

represent s the worst face. what we have to make sure is that the threats re main regionally focused and not towards the west and the united states. >> reporter: al shabaab has claimed some americans participated in the mall attack, but there's been no evidence of that so far. >> we don't have any verifiable information that would indicate one way or the other whether any americans were involved. >> reporter: as the questions pile up, kenya's grief continues. there were multiple funerals again today. as people here found comfort in stories of survival uh and powerful images of heroic rescues and lives saved. tonight there is more late-breaking information regarding the case involving the so-called white widow. nbc news has learned british authorities are seeking dna samples from members of her family as the investigation moves forward. brian? >> ron allen starting us off again from nairobi, kenya.