and if karen stays on its current path we should begin to feel the severe effects of this storm sometime this evening. it should make landfall taking aim right now at pensacola beach sometime late saturday and sunday morning. bill karins will have more on karen's path and intensity in a few moments. on day four of the government shutdown the impact is growing more apparent. states could run out of money for women, infants and children food program by the end of the month. >> every day counts. i always promised my daughter that i refuse to let her grow up without a mom. >> she has been told her rare sarcoma could be terminal. without funding and any new institute of health drug trials

are on hold, many americans are frustrated. a protester heckled republican congressman steve king tuesday. democrats and republicans alike are pushing their rhetoric and strategy. these moments were captured between mitch mcconnell and rand paul. >> i didn't see an end. we are willing to compromise. we are willing to compromise. i think it is awful for say that over and over again. >> i do, too. >> i think if they say we wanted to fund it and we are willing to compromise -- >> on the late show with david letterman brian williams said the country is in a very, very dark time. >> they have a point to make. they don't like how the place is being governed. it is a heck of a lot easier to do it from their set of seats in

the house. it is a heck of a lot tougher when you bottle things up and we are where we are. day three, complete paralysis. when i called the u.s. capitol after we had a shooting in washington i couldn't get anybody. the government workers had been furloughed. an early winter storm hits the rocky mountains. in montana over ten inches of snow have fallen. temperatures are in the 30s. none of that seemed to bother this golden retriever. bill karins is here. >> tornadoes, landfalling tropical system and a blizzard. the storm in the gulf, karen does not look too impressive. the center of the storm is located where it is spinning. thunderstorms are displaced to the east of the storm. winds are still at 65 miles per

hour. it is still a big area of circulation. without thunderstorms near the center it is doubtful it will become hurricane before landfall. blizzard warnings there in the rapids city area. you will change to snow. it is snowing hard in the mountains of wyoming. we are talking about the possibility of up to two feet of snow. and then out ahead of that storm system later on today we will see a chance of strong thunderstorms, possibly tornadoes, that area of red is at greatest risk right across much of central and northern iowa where we focus for the best chance of tornadoes. strong storms from kansas city down to areas around oklahoma city. a lot of things on the map today to be aware of for your safety. that is your national forecast. here is a look at the weather outside your window. on the east coast it is going to be summer.

we have such a crazy weather pattern. denver 45 degrees. in washington, d.c. it feels like mid summer, almost 90. . >> good news as far as karen is concerned. snow storm is what it is. we will have to see how the tornadoes play out later on tonight. billionaire warren buffett says our elected officials are approaching the point of idiocy. bank customers notice their balance has grown by trillions of dollars.

now to other stories making news this morning. at least 114 african migrants seeking a better life in europe are dead after their boat capsized off the italian coast. some 200 more are still unaccounted for. the u.n. refugee agency says 84

migrants landed in the first half of the year alone. new cell phone video, the group of bikers in new york city, you can see them blocking a gas station and riding aggressively. the wife of the man beat says her husband was forced to take the actions he did to protect the lives of the family. a grand jury charges a montana newly wed with pushing her husband off a cliff to his death. california governor jerry brown signs a law allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for drivers licenses. california is now one of 11 states that has enacted such law. take a look at this rare two-headed calf. it is in vermont. vets say she is perfectly

healthy. turning to business. as we mentioned the dow dipped below 15,000 and you won't be getting unemployment numbers today since the government is partially closed. twitter is looking to raise $1 billion. twitter earned 87% of the revenue so far this year from advertising but it has lost about $70 million in the first half of the year. bank error in your favor to the tune of a few trillion dollars. it happened to a handful of mississippi bank customers who woke up to trillions of dollars. bancorp south corrected the errors. adobe announces this morning that they have been hacked resulting in 3 million accounts being compromised. information removed includes incrypted credit cards. critics say it is another example of wasteful government

spending but supporters are promoting it as the world's biggest metal construction in china. warren buffett saying we will go right up to the point of extreme idiocy but we won't cross it. betty nguyen will have your thursday night football and baseball playoffs. with tropical storm karen headed to the gulf, what is the co costliest hurricane in u.s. history? we'll have the answer coming up next.

before the break we asked what is the costliest hurricane in u.s. history? is it andrew? katrina? ike? or sandy? the answer is hurricane katrina which struck the coast line of louisiana causing $108 billion in property damage and the third deadliest hurricane on record. betty nguyen is here with all of the highlights. >> we are going to talk about thursday night football. buffalo takes on cleveland. the browns are hungry for a third consecutive win and tied

with the ravens for first. benjamin with unstoppable punt return for the t.d. browns ward with this pick six sealing victory for the browns, 37-24. the st. clair hospital in pittsburgh decked out babies in pirates swag. is this not the cutest ever? including bandannas and little bats. beltran blasts this homer in the third. he is tied with babe ruth for 15 post season home runs. and the dodgers easily handled the braves winning 6-1. check this out. some squirrely shenanigans during the opening. adopted that squirrel that apparently popped up.

later tiger woods seemed unenthused when she played with it on his shoulder. i hope it doesn't bite. this is a lucky play during a high school game in iowa. the quarterback attempting a two point conversion. it is caught in the end zone. i don't know if that was lucky. some people wouldn't dare to bungee jump. this person broke the record for the most jumps in 24 hours. how many? >> ten. >> try 150 in 21 hours. the previous record was 105 jumps. who needs a bike lane miller

is the first man to bike across the hudson river. he founded the bay cycle project and said any bike can use two inflatable pontoons connected to the bike. that is pretty cool. >> try doing that in the middle of february in new york. >> too cold. just aheadt battle betweentia nade o'connbetween sinead o'connor and miley cyrus.

welcome back to "early today." tropical storm karen is not going to be a devastating storm for the gulf coast. saturday windy and rainy and wet from louisiana into the panhandle of florida. it will move into areas of the southeast. it will have good rain with it. the other big thing today is the chance of tornadoes especially the state of iowa where we are watching the most for possible twisters and large hail. turning to entertainment. a big weekend for hot new movies. "runner runner" opens along side "parkland" and "gravity." george clooney said though the space suit was uncomfortable it

was not as bat as the bat suit. steven colbert has a solution for the couples whose weddings were cancelled. >> by the power vested in me by the state of new york and entire viacom family i pronounce you man and wife. the wrecking ball may have wrecked a friendship with singer sinead o'connor. yesterday miley cyrus tweeted a photo of tweets from when o'connor was undergoing health issues. o'connor responded with mockery causes death. after seeing this letter cyrus had a little response of her own sending two tweets saying she is too busy to write but if you would like to meet up and talk

let me know in your next letter. >> are these cliff notes? >> it is a little hard to keep up with but basically they are feuding. they are spatting. i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc.

>> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. good morning. happy friday. is mild out there.

60's around the suburbs. 65 in catonsville. it will be another warm one. 87 in baltimore city. most of the day is dry. we will be watching what is happening in the golf of mexico. -- gulf of mexico. we will talk about that when we come back in the full forecast. >> 63 degrees at the airport. seven and 10tween shots fired. police were running everywhere. >> a deadly shooting on capitol hill after a suspect rams a white house barricade. >> a lockdown lifted. we are learning more about the

woman at the center of yesterday's capital chase. >> we will take a look at the sickening fx of the government shutdown -- the sickening effects. >> reports of a vehicle into a building in parkville.

[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. boom.m, boom, >> it was a series of five or six and then a pause and a few more. >> gunfire erupts on capitol hill. ramce say a woman tried to a white house barricade. officers are force to shoot and kill her.

>> that was my first response. someone is mad and willing to shoot somebody. >> the deathly car chase may have been motivated by the shutdown on capitol hill. police do think the incident is isolated. >> this is the earliest we have seen the first influenza case in maryland. >> the flu flies into maryland two weeks ahead of schedule. experts are watching for a possible pandemic. good morning. i'm stan stovall. >> i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. >> 5:01. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's.. the warm weather continues.

>> it is warm out there. we are seeing temperatures pretty mild already. a warm front up to our north. the showers are up and pennsylvania. you will notice a few more clouds by the afternoon. we're in the mid-60s and close to 70 degrees downtown. mid 80's out there this afternoon with a few afternoon clouds. more significant rain to be possible on monday. more details are coming up. >> good morning. happy friday. a vehicle struck a corner of a burger king in parkville at loch raven boulevard. closures are in effect and police are responding.

there are injuries as well. we are up to speed on the north and west side of the beltway. so far so good, 55 miles per hour down towards 100. this is 50 at sandy point. no delays to report in that area and from the eastern shore. very light of i am at 70 -- very light volume at 70. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11.. >> we woke up with more questions after a deadly car chase in the nation's capital. >> a woman was speeding from the white house to capitol hill. >> hallie jackson joins us live. is there any indication as to why this happened? >> not yet.

police not in point the what triggered this. it was not an accident. here is what we know. the joy ever has been identified as miriam carey, 34 years old from connecticut -- the driver has been identified as miriam carey. that triggered a lockdown on capitol hill. relatives are shocked and hope to find out more about what exactly happened. police gathered evidence overnight in bc and up in connecticut-- in dc. >> when something like this happens, how are members of congress affected? >> greatly, the house and senate floors were both lockdown. that meant congresspeople cannot go anywhere. there was a shelter in place warning inside the capitol