this is wjz baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now, it's complete coverage it's wjz maryland's news station. >> pending government shut down. time is ticking away as deadline draws closer. controversy over passing a spending bill to avoid a shut down heats up. the finger-pointing and plans for the days ahead. >> good evening i am linh bui tomorrow the budget battle shifts to the senate as lawmakers race against the clock. they need to reach a deal to avoid a partial shut counsel but the sticking point is the health care law. tara mergener has the latest from capitol hill. >> sundayed a noof roon -- afternoon. >> reporter: -- good sunday

afternoon. >> reporter: republicans took aim. >> the senate needs to act. why are they waiting? why aren't those doors open? >> reporter: latest house bill passed saturday ties funding for federal agencies with the one year delay in parts of the affordable care act. >> we are asking them if good-- in good faith come back and do what is recierd in a demog ---- required in a demock sane negotiate and work with us -- democracy and negotiate and work with us. >> reporter: but president obama and democrats will not support legislation that cuts into obama care. >> we are not going to pass we are not going to pass it because it's wrong to do a shut down of government as a leverage to make changes. >> reporter: democrat dick durbin doesn't believe -- dick durbin doesn't believe gop conservatives looking for a compromise. >> 45 times they voted tie bolish not to change it but come up with specific changes. >> reporter: and with the tuesday morning deadline

inching closer president obama met with his senior staff sunday to discuss a possible partial government shut down. in washington tara mergeneer -- mergener. if there's a shut down national parks and museums will close. but mail carriers and airports screeners and u.s. military will stay on the job. in syria a government official says they will respect the united nation ace cords when it comes to -- accords when it comes to chemical weapons. president assad made the announcement this weekend. they are accused of using sarin on its own people but al assad says he has officially signed an international agreement to prevent the use of chemical weapons. all lanes are now back open on the bay bridge after a fire brought traffic to a standstill. around 6 p.m. a fire was reported underneath the westbound span of the bridge at the highest point. you can see smoke billowing. crews quickly put out the

flames but westbound lanes remained closed while inspectors looked at brin. once it was -- once it was deemed safe it was reopened about 3 hours ago. construction was done on that part of the bridge today but they haven't released the official cause of the fire. we are learning more about a deadly stand off in har todaycounty -- harford county a man was shot and killed afterholding a woman hostage. rochelle ritchie has more. >> reporter: we know the female hostage had a protective order against the suspect that was shot and killed by police. scary moments at this home on the 700 block of eerie street where havre de grace police responded to a call for help because of a fight when officers-- >> when officers arrived they didn't see anything or hear anything. >> reporter: neighbors directed police to this home where they found austin francis jones had bur kateed himself -- barricaded himself inside with a female hostage rue fusing to let her go. -- refusing to let her go.

neighbors said they had to evacuate their homes as officers moved in on the suspect. >> quite shocking. i seen the guy the other day and shook his hand and said how you doing. >> reporter: officeers were harford -- officers with the harford county sheriff department was called to negotiate. >> one of our officers is trained and part of the negotiation team and what dialogue with the suspect. >> reporter: it worked jones let the woman out who had a restraining order against him. but he would not make it out alive. police say the suspect made a gesture to indicate he had a gun when he was shot and killed. >> seemed cool you know what i mean. seemed a little off to me, though, but not too much. >> reporter: and the officer who shot and killed austin jones is now on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. we are live tonight rochelle ritchie. >> thank you. that woman who was held hostage had no reported injuries. the howard county police officer was taken to the hospital after a head on collision overnight. it happened in columbia around

3:45 this morning. police say officer byung moon was driving a police drusier when a car drst -- cruiseer when a car crossed the center line and hit him. he is in stable condition in shock trauma. alcohol likely played a factor in the crash. speaking of the roads, some new traffic laws will take effect in two days. with the goal of making maryland safer. put down the cell phones. starting october 1st it's a primary offense for talk on your phone while driving and stead of a secondary offense. >> lawence force -- law enforcement can stop a motorists holding the phone and talking on it a police officer will have to have no other reason to stop you. >> reporter: drivers must use a hands free device that has been the law since 2010. >> you have to be careful. it is dangerous. so i am afraid to text and drive i don't do it. i don't answer the call. >> reporter: there's new seat belt law before if you were in the back and over 16 years old you didn't have to wear a seat belt but soon everyone in the

vehicle has to buckle up. >> i think it is common sense to wear a seat belt do i always wear mine? no so if i got a ticket because i am in the back seat because you don't have a seat belt oin may get frustrate. >> reporter: break the rules and pay up. 75 dollars the first time caught talk on your phone but that goes up with each offense. violating the seat belt law costs 50 bucks a pricey lesson that will save lives. >> preliminary data from the maryland highway safety office suggest of the 511 fatalities last year on maryland roads approximately 50% of those were a result after the distracted driver. >> and texting while driving is already a primary offense here in maryland. new finds are-- fines are imposed for casinos. more than 2 dozen instance of underage gambling is costing tens of thousands of dollars. it will be the state's first financial penalty for underage violations. maryland live agreed to pay

20,000 dollars for four incidents of underage gambling and hollywood casino in perryville will pay 10,000 dollars for two similar incidents. there have been 30 known violations of underage gambling this year. prostate cancer takes the lives of more than 30,000 men every year. today, thousands laced up their shoes to raise money and awareness in the fight against the disease. tim williams reports on the zero prostate cancer challenge. >> reporter: healthy at legit -- athletic approach to finding one of the deadly disease prostatekang canser. >> we are-- canser. >> we are passionate about treating men and raising awareness because men hide from health issues and at least this can raise awareness for the disease. >> reporter: the zero prostate cancer run is the premier men's health race series in america. it is a heartfelt tight knit community activity and brings together athletes, cancer survivors, physicians and caretakers and family members and friends.

>> my dad what bout of prostate cancer and because he did i started getting checked when i was younger. i started getting checked at about 38 and i was diagnosed at 48. so, it was important to me to make sure that i stay on top of my health and i am so glad i did. >> reporter: vic carter emceeed the ceremony. chesapeake urology tarted the -- started the event. >> this is our 7th event and we are in 34 cities across the country and we are proud to have started in baltimore and it's the best event. we are probably going to have close to 2000 runners and walkers this year. >> reporter: each year more than 2 40,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. and more than 30,000 die from the disease. 50 cents of every dollar raised stays local to fund research testing and support. zero tolerance approach one dollar and one step at a time towards finding a cure. from towson tim williams wjz "eyewitness news." as part of the continuing community commitment wjz is a

proud sponsor of the zero prostate cancer challenge. bookworms unite this weekend for the annual baltimore book festival. hundreds of authors and readers came to mount vernon place for reading and book signings and workshop and talking tours andthere was plenty of great food and live music plus hands on projects for younger book fans always a great event for the city. perfect weather one of the authors reality star kate goseling from the show jon and kate plus 8. coming up, major fall storms strike the pacific northwest with more severe weather on the way. we will show you the damage. plus emergency landing. an italian plane skids off the runway. find out what went wrong. and another arrest in that tragic park shooting in chicago. a 5th man now is behind bars. >> the old is like new again. the grand reopening of a century's old church in

baltimore. i am gigi barnett and old st. paul's episcopal church notch details on a warmup and the next time we will see rain coming your way in your exclusive first warning forecast. >> complete coverage continues with linh bui and chlsy ingram. it's wjz maryland's news station. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

its pardonly -- partly cloudy and 5 degrees in central -- 55 degrees in central maryland. the complete first warned forecast is coming up. a major fall storm brings

flood and power outages to the portland area. wind whipped between 40 and 70 miles per hour. some intersections were under two feet of water. strong winds and heavy rain are expected to persist through the first part of the workweek. a sary landing for -- scary landing for airline passengers in italy. loot at the scene in roam after the plane -- rome after the plane skid off the runway oa. physician say the landing gear malfunctioned during a thunderstorm. no one was -- officials say the landing gear malfunctioned during the thunderstorm. no one was injured. 13 people including a two- year-old boy were injured in chicago what group of men opened fire on a basketball court. 22-year-old david logan has been arrested four other men face charges of attempted murder. the authorities say the shooting may have been gang- related and that more arrests could be possible. a man accused of killing a rival baseball fan has been released from jail.

24-year-old jonathan denver's dodgers fan was killed near giants stadium after a sports related brawl. the suspect in the case michael montgomery has now been released from jail because of a lack of evidence. the suspect's father says he acted in self-defense but the victim's family says he would have never started a fight. >> it's not the jonathan that we know and it's not the jonathan i want the world to know. >> jonathan denver's father will be in san francisco tomorrow asking any witnesses to come forward and talk to police. the first element of the 2014 winter olympic games gets underway. the torch was lit today starring the longest torch relay -- starting the lockest tosh of re-- torch relay -- longest torch relay. it will go from greece to space to the north pole and through europe. the journey ends at the opening ceremonies on february 7th. here in baltimore, it's grand opening three months in

the making. the city's oldest church welcomed parishioners back inside this weekend. as gigi barnett records the old st. paul's church has brand new look. [ music ] >> reporter: trumpets marked the occasion at old st. paul's church in the heart of the baltimore after three months of renovation, the first and oldest church reopened this weekend. >> ha ray. >> -- ha ray -- who ray. >> the splays butte dfn dhoor ah. >> it's beautiful they did it right. >> reporter: brighter lighting and buffing the glass and the congregation is more than 300 years old, the building is historic too. completed back in 1856. >> it's so beautiful. >> i love being part of the tradition that reaches back into the history of baltimore. and it is great to feel like part of something that's living and moving on and it will be here when i am gone. >> reporter: renovations were so extensive the congregation

had to to worship elsewhere. >> it was long time coming. an exciting day. >> reporter: this's one design members of the church wanted to focus on during this renovation starting in the 1850s and now it's finished. >> in 1856 that he had sketch that had stars but they never painted it. maybe they ran out of money and so we said let's do it. and so we fulfilled the vision of 1856 for them. >> reporter: and for the generations to come. in baltimore gigi barnett, wjz "eyewitness news." >> looks beautiful. during renovations parishioners worshipped at treemont grand hotel. -- tremont grand hotel gra great day. >> fabulous weekend and we have another fab to louse workweek. >> perfect. >> no rain although we could use it but lots of rain is headed by next weekend. current temperatures in the mid- 50s in central maryland right now. around 55 degrees at bwi- marshall. the high today topped out at 73 degrees. it's right around normal for this time of year.

we have a couple of 6 as-- 60s out there d.c. included. 56 degrees locally 64 degrees in annapolis and 64 degrees in kent island. winds on the calm side for a lot of places. that means we will keep ion out for patchy fog in some location especially areas under mostly clear skies. and you get the combination of light wind or calm winds patchy fog and light fog -- is a possibility. this is the first picture that's a cold front that will dissipate as we head into tomorrow. providing us with cloud cover and paying attention to high pressure which is going to be controlling our forecast for the next several days yet again. but, some people are not complaining. so for tomorrow, this cold front is going to dissipate and bring us a little cloud cover. otherwise, we will see some sunshine as well. and we will be staying very dry. here's how things play out into tuesday. high pressure continues to control the forecast. we are going switch the flow up a little bit coming more out of

the south moving into late tuesday and wednesday. so temperatures will be on the rise into the mid-80s very summer like and well above normal for this time of year. your bay temperatures at 07 right now. wind out of the east between about 5 and 10 knots. here's what you can he can spght-- expect for tonight. low temperatures around 54. some patchy clouds and average is right around 52 and we are close to that. 75 for tomorrow and a mix of sun and clouds average right around 73. and again very close to that as well. but, nowhere close to average as we head into tuesday and into your wednesday. 80 by tuesday and 86 on wednesday. and back down to 81 on thursday and friday. next rainfall batch is going to head our way not until late saturday and into sunday morning. when it does it will be a pretty heavy dose. linh. thank you and check in with gigin barnett and tim william tomorrow morning -- begini --gigi barnett and tim

willsiams tomorrow morning. will -- williams tomorrow morning. and next the ravens have a ,

mark is here with sports and story we want to keep talking about. >> i see you are wearing the ravens purple. many fans are feeling blue. right now after today, leading up to the game in buff loathe ravens spoke of getting their running game in gear with ray rice back they hoped to run all over the depleted buffalo defense but instead we saw the worst running performance in ravens history. they rant ball 9 times. few -- ran the ball 9 times fewest ever. it ran into pass attacks withinterceptions. the pass into the former raven jim lynnard the second of the game -- leonard. the second of the game. ravens had not a lot 6 touch --

touchdown in two straight games. buffalo clearly ended that streak. flacco and ravens trailed by 13 1/2. at the half. touchdown pass to smith and was a -- it was big game for smith career high 166 receiving yards. ravens down by 6. they were down by 3 with a minute to go flacco's pass deflected and picked off. 5 interceptions. that's the most ever in a game for flacco. it's another tough loss on the road. 23-20 the final. >> we have to get better. but a lot of that falls on me today. but, yeah, we got young guys and we are going to get bet are and all that stuff. and -- better and all that stuff. and, you know, like i said a lot of that falls on me today throwing the ball to the wrong team and you know if we don't do that, then this game probably looks a little different. >> the record is 2 2-on season and they are winless on the road. the next game is on the road at miami one week from today a

game you can see here on wjz. in base bolt orioles wrap up -- baseball, the orioles wrap up back to back seasons but they failed to make it back to back playoff appearances. a sell out crowd more than 44,000 fortify nally against the boston red sox that are playoff bound. davis named the most valuable oriole seat team record with 53 home runs but he had to leave in the 4th. watch the throw. davis sprains his wrist trying to catch ana throw and he did have to leave and the injury is not considered serious. the o's trailed 5-0 before a rally ryan a big part of the comeback had two hits and drove in 2 runs brings in roberts there. double in the 6th. and reliever johnson got the final three outs the last two on the double playground ball johnson gets the 50th save. he is the first american leaguer to save 50 in consecutive seasons. and the o's beat boston 7-6 and finish on a high note and end with 85 victories that ties them with the yankees for third

place in the american league east division. thousands of local race fans headed to dover this weekend for nascar sprint cup racing at the monster mile. johnson knows his way around the track better than any other driver. he wins there for a record 8th time. the victory moves him up to second in the season points standings behind matt kenneth ies johnson is gunning for the 6th season matt kenseth. johnson is gunning for the 6th season title. we will be there for the latest in owings mills and lots of questions after a tough day. >> how about the orioles ending the season with a great high note. >> two straight wins over boston and finish the season with a winning record over the red sox who had the best record in baseball so there are positives an though they didn't make the playoffs. hope for next year. >> thanks mark. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 11, forget the traditional wedding. this couple chose to speed into marriage. the highflying vows coming up. i want you to know stuff i don't.

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that's the report for tonight so glad you could join us. watch gigin and tim william tomorrow -- gigi barnett and tim william tomorrow beginning at 4:55. for mark and everyone behind the scenes i am linh bui thanks