by the paper, gansler reportedly troopers to speed and use red lights and sirens to bypass traffic jams. on one occasion he became so inpatient he insisted on driving himself, using emergency equipment scsi was late to her redskins game. neither candidate would answer questions on the issue. gansler supporters attempted to block news photographers as he made a >> getaway -- as he made a getaway. >> do you think this comes from the brown campaign? >> i think that will be a fair assumption. >> the gansler campaign issued a lengthy response the day before the announcement. "the picture being painted by these documents is not an accurate that sure of reality -- accurate picture of reality." by two others troopers say that gansler never asked them to violate traffic laws.

i think for some, it may touch a nerve. you have someone who is the attorney general who may be making reckless decisions, although again, it is incumbent upon the state police officials to actually make the right decision. again, everyone can be a backseat rider. many of us are guilty. it may backfire on the brown campaign, seen as being underhanded politics. campaign pointed to the many votes that ivey has .ast >> the running mate has independent thoughts. does not agree with me. i brought this person on the ticket to divide some broad, cumbre his ideas and strategies. >> gansler campaign officials traced the complaint to governor o'malley. o'malley was stuck in traffic on route 97. gansler's driver use lights and

sirens to bypass the same back up on the shoulder. o'malley complaint to state police brass, which set up an inquiry, which led to the memo. david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> david, thank you. the clock is ticking down to a thursday deadline for congress to raise the nation's debt ceiling or send the country into default. the deadline comes as the federal amendment remains closed for 14th day. sally kidd joins us with an update. sally? sides areboth reporting progress at this point. one senator evens saying he that atremely positive bipartisan deal will come out of the senate. during a visit to a washington food pantry, president obama ,xpressed hope for a deal thanks to progress on the senate side. >> with republicans recognizing , not smart,nable

not good for the american people to let america default -- >> an afternoon meeting between the president inc. correctional leaders was -- the president and aggression the leaders was postponed to allow congressional leaders more time to negotiate. >> i'm very optimistic we will reach an agreement that is reasonable in nature this week. >> i share his optimism that we will get a result that will be acceptable to both sides. >> also working on a deal, i bipartisan group with 12 senators. progress.making we are going to continue to meet throughout the day. >> those close to the negotiations say the agreement taking shape would reopen the government and raise the debt limit until spring, among other measures. >> each side thinks it's winning, but the reality is the country and the american people are losing. >> if the deal comes out of the senate with both parties on board, the pressure will be on

house speaker john boehner to bring it to the house floor. >> he wants a crumb. he wants something he can go back and say, well, we got this area democrats know that. they want to win this negotiation. they have the upper hand. >> one big question is whether the more conservative house republicans will go along with whatever the senate since over. reporting live in washington, sally kidd, wbal-tv 11 news. >> sally, before you go, the president says he wants a deal with no strings attached. any idea what measures lawmakers may try to attach to this agreement? >> specifics are hard to come by, but one item that is reportedly on the table at this point is a plan to tighten income verification requirements for those who qualify for subsidies under the new health- care law. so, we are hearing things coming on the table, off the table, hoping to get more details on that tonight, donna.

>> thank you so much. by the way, stocks moving higher today following signs that washington was closer to an agreement. >> traffic moving on the inner loop of the beltway and baltimore county. all lanes are open to motorists following a deadly motor vehicle crash. the accident happened in the eastbound lanes just asked belair road, setting down -- shutting down the area for hours. one man was killed in the crash. in anne arundel county, a bicyclist flown to shock trauma suffering from life-threatening injuries following an afternoon no word rightd. now on what exactly caused the crash. also happening right now, city police looking to learn more about a body found floating in the inner harbor late this afternoon. the baltimore pope over marine unit was called -- the baltimore pope over marine unit was called to the scene at the 1300 block of lancaster street earlier

today. they pulled the body of an adult male from the water. no word on how he died. >> residence in the fullerton community concern tonight. a community will jim went out to residents saying that to put -- a had attacked community bulletin went out to residents saying that to pitbulls had attacked docks and a woman. a woman asked her neighbor if he put his three dogs the way. he told her that they were locked in the garage and left. she went out to take out the recycling. then unbeknownst to her his son had open the garage door. >> the dogs cornered isabel. i tried to get them off. they couldn't -- their son could not help me. we ended up down in the driveway. my neighbor came out and tried eating on them to let me go, because they had me -- beating

on them to let me go, because they had me and isabel. >> the report did not identify the dogs as pitbulls. that case being referred to animal control. -- that was the year when santoni's supermarket started in baltimore. now the staple is closing and the cfo is pointing the finger at mayor stephanie rawlings- blake and the bottle tax for putting him out of business. jayne miller has the very latest for us. willyor stephanie's lake hold a news conference -- mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will older news conference tomorrow to talk about the benefits of the bottle tax. someone likely not to be on the guest list, santoni's cfo rob santoni. the sign says it all. your neighborhood grocer since

1930. but no longer, says the cfo, all because of the city bottle tax. >> it has slowly eroded our sales over the last three and half years. everyone knows that the supermarket business is a dime's business, a penny's >> residents will feel the loss. >> it is a shame. they have been around a lot of years. >> you live nearby? >> around the corner. santoni says that the bottle tax has cost him $4 million in sales over the last three years. he does missed increased competition as a factor. as southwest baltimore has developed, so has the grocery market with a safeway in canton and all whole foods at -- a whole foods at harbor east. target opened a grocery store. peter wants to set up shop there teeter once harris

to set up shop there as well. >> we are no longer competitive. we can no longer observe the bottle tax and not look like we are pricing themselves out of the market. it is our number one front page item in our ads. that is one of the big reasons they choose a certain market to shop at. >> the mayor says economic conditions are the real culprit. some customers see both sides. >> i know the economy in this area is not very good, so probably it is hurting them a lot. playcouple other things in in this story -- across the country, americans are drinking less of the kind of beverages affected by the bottle tax, which means overall sales may be down anyway even without the tax. second of all, the shopping center, along the 30th hundred block of east lumbar straight, -- east lumbar street, just sold

a month ago which means there's a new landlord. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. only 20% of baltimore residents think that baltimore is among america's greatest cities. what is, according to them, holding baltimore back? the survey cited poverty, crime, and drugs. as to the city's greatest assets -- the medical community and geography. take a look at this. how would you describe baltimore in a way that captures the city's personality? the foundation somehow created from the"cloud" responses. you will find a link to the complete result and how to complete the survey yourself at wbaltv.com. tookousands of runners part in the baltimore marathon this saturday.

>> and the first ever baltimore winner was dave berdan. the glory of that win was interrupted by a very early wake-up offer him. >> i am gerry sandusky at ravens training camp and owings mills. hear what the coach has to say later in sports. >> sunshine today. can we effect anymore in the seven-day forecast, up next? what are you doing?

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>> after making history and becoming the first local runner to win the baltimore marathon, dave berdan was back in the classroom today. he is a science teacher at garrison forest school and as you can imagine his students are extremely proud of them. he also teaches cross-country. he is a cross-country coach, i should say. he says he is trying to relax and savor this victory. .> it felt really good running everyone was cheering for me. everybody was saying "go, te ach." that whole entire course, there was not a spot where someone was not cheering for me. regular-is the last season meet for the cross- country team. >> he did not win any marathons, or maybe he did -- a different kind of marathon. for more than 40 years, morris

hall walked the community of eastport. here is a picture of him delivering mail in the pouring rain. that is what postal carriers do. a couple years ago he was honored for 50 years of on and directed dedicated service. he had no intention of retiring, did not believe in sick days, and even though he was not feeling well on saturday, he deliver theed to mail. he passed away that morning. more assault was 82 years old. east or definitely will not be the same without him. -- eastport old definitely not be the same without him. >> now your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasslemyer. like the first time after five straight a's of rain that we have no measurable rain at bwi marshall -- >> the first time after five straight a's of rain that we have no measurable rain at bwi marshall. this is kind of like last october.

we are 5.8 inches above normal for the month. a week ago we were talking about a five inch deficit for the year. all the rain turn things around. 1.2 one inches above normal. all thanks to slow-moving storm system off the coast, the remnants of tropical storm karen there, it and it soaked the region and took away the dry weather and now it is quite soggy out there. two degrees warmer than average. 86, the record high. a cold 29. the record high in 1988 this day in mid-october. these temperatures will follow little bit faster this evening because of the clear skies and light winds. cloud cover has kept the nighttime temperature relatively mild, but it will get chilly again. 40's in the outlying suburbs -- 40s in the outlying

suburbs. 50s downtown. we have scattered showers just to our west and offshore. for now, we are in between. i think we will see higher weather for the next 24 hours or so. we are producing rain and thunder in the plains, but snow in the northern rockies area this will be tracking our next best chance for rain. late wednesday night into thursday. until that system gets here, we can enjoy some dry weather. a little warmer than normal. and 67 to 72. out on the bay, wind out of the east. and we have foot. that typical fall slide of water temperatures halted with milder overnight readings. western maryland, 60's for the next couple of days. shower start to pop up wednesday afternoon. those showers will not reach baltimore, i don't think, until late wednesday night, thursday.

very nice fall weather, highs in the low 70s. on the coast around ocean city, scattered showers so possible. as is close enough that a few bands of light showers may make their way back to ocean city. insta weather plus seven day -- we have a cup will days to dry out -- we have a couple days to dry out. 77 on wednesday. chance of showers late wednesday night into thursday, tapering off friday morning. that leads us to a more comfortable weekend and sunshine for saturday and sunday with highs in the mid excuse. -- in the mid-60s. >> now 11 sports with gerry sandusky. you from owings mills, the ravens find themselves three and three after a frustrating loss to the green bay packers. just like the loss to buffalo, and immensely winnable game if

only they had a running game. they did not have one against buffalo. they did not have one against the packers. that cost them deadly. only 27 yards rushing yesterday against the packers. they have fewer than 100 yards rushing as a team. to give you inspect it, they only had four games all season where they did not get 100 yards a game. john harbaugh does not think point figures will help, but he does think the ravens need to collect if -- collective solution. improved playcalling, sharper mental focus has to improve for the running game to get better. >> it can be fixed. we have the guys to do it. i really feel strongly about our offensive line. i think we've got the man for the job. coaches and players. we have a great group. there are some things we need to clean up, things we can do that or. frustration can be a great

motivator, you know? let's be frustrated and let's go to work and see if we can get better. >> the ravens pick a tough week to improve their running game. i mentioned they only had four games last season when they did not rush for 100 yards. one of those was a trip to pittsburgh. and you know where they are headed this week -- back to heinz field in pittsburgh. yes, they are going to need to run the ball. -- hastchup serious serious elements of desperation. the ravens do not want to head into the bye week next week with a losing record and a losing streak. of the ravens have one on their last three tips to pittsburgh. -- trips to pittsburgh. note small feats either. take a chance to chat before the game. we are both miami guys, miami

university. we are proud of that. starts, you know, it's going to be high competition. he is a great player. -- let meays been the say that again. the straw that stirs the drink in pittsburgh. >> the challenge this week on the road will be snapping that straw. the ravens do take an extremely good pass rush on the road, one they hope to put to use against the steelers. what will the weather be like on the road? we will find that out with these seven-day forecast, still to come.

>> here is a look at what we are working on for 11 news tonight. casino construction in downtown baltimore is about to affect major entry points into the city. we will look at the headaches to come and how long they will last. plus, women may have fewer options in it comes to delivering their babies. we will take a look

>> i look to the sky and i saw something i did not recognize. >> what was it? that was the son. the warm sun. clouds will be moving in on wednesday. showers thursday and friday morning. right now it looks like it will we're up for the weekend. we could use a nice sunny, dry weekend. >> everything i heard last week was it was terrible. >> "everything i heard."

>> i'm sorry. >> we were swimming. >> we were swimming. i never want to feel that i can't go to anyone for help. i never want to feel so alone that i consider doing something harmful. if this is you, say something.

on the broadcast tonight, crunch time. two days to go now until the deadline to pay the nation's bills, and the government still shut down. tonight a boiling point as americans face dire warnings of the potential economic catastrophe. also, the reef-life impact -- mortgages, retirement accounts and the markets, and advice on how to survive it from suze orman. what we're learning from president george w. bush that led to surgery and was apparently worse than first thought. and a day to remember in boston. a pair of comebacks for the ages, but the most courageous of all happened before the game started. "nightly news" begins now.

good evening. after weeks of paralysis, tonight there are signs that progress is being made toward a deal to get the government going again. still, that's been said before. the government remains shut down tonight. aside from all the talk, nothing has been done, and the big deadline is now just over two days away. that's when america loses its ability to pay all of its bills on time. that's the deadline the world is watching. even by washington standards, the anger and anxiousness are building tonight, as we begin here with nbc's kelly o'donnell on capitol hill. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. late developments. sources are telling me this is the closest congress has been to resolving this issue. senate leaders have reached a framework of a deal that would put the government back in business through january 15th and let the federal government borrow money for another four months. but this is a senate deal so

far. they'll sleep on it tonight. more finishing touches tomorrow. so it is not a done deal yet. on day 14, caution tape and barricades did not keep out frustrated visitors at the national monuments. >> peanut butter sandwiches? >> reporter: while the president used the backdrop of a local food pantry to deliver a dire warning about what could happen if congress fails to let the federal government reopen and borrow more money by the thursday deadline. >> we stand a good chance of defaulting. and defaulting would have a potentially devastating effect on our economy. >> reporter: an unexpected twist. today the white house called, but then abruptly postponed a meeting with congressional leaders, who had signaled they were getting close to a deal. but away from washington, on the columbus day federal holiday, anger has grown. >> get back to work and make a decision and fix it. >> it's a disgrace. i think they should dismiss all of the elected officials, start

from scratch. >> reporter: senators in both parties admit some damage to the economy is already done. >> i will just tell you, i'm embarrassed. >> reporter: you're embarrassed? >> reporter: tennessee republican bob corker says the shutdown pain is partly because conservatives focused on the wrong issue -- stopping obama care, instead of reducing government spending. >> we missed the opportunity, two months of time went by while the wrong subject was being focused on. and to me, yeah, that's an embarrassment. >> reporter: minnesota democrat -- >> is it too late to stop some of these negative effects? >> i think you have already seen some of the negative effects. but it's not too late. the world is watching us. you can see the international market is jittery. you can see problems coming up. >> reporter: while in places like coral, west virginia, the consequences are here for furloughed worker kim thomas. >> yeah, that will put us behind. it will put us very behind as far as trying to catch up with bills, you know, because -- once

you start that cycle of being behind. >> reporter: and so the breakthrough we're talking about is just a senate tentative agreement. we still have to hear from the house. so far sources close to speaker boehner say they will wait to see the senate actually vote before they take any next steps. brian? >> kelly o'donnell, thanks. so that's congress. the other component in this is the white house of course. let's go to our chief white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, what do you have to report from that end of pennsylvania avenue? >> reporter: the white house is sort of a bystander today. they really are allowing harry reid to do the work on the president's behalf. harry reid, the leader of the senate democrats. so right now this is a senate show. john boehner, the speaker of the house, is a bystander, and the president of the united states is somewhat of a bystander to see can the senate create a bipartisan deal. and brian, i feel like i'm being repetitive here. but this is going to look -- this feels like it's looking a lot like what happened at the end of 2012 when that big tax deal where the white house and

the speaker of the house couldn't come to an agreement, and they had to let the senate do the work. now, if this senate deal goes into effect, realize this, brian. it only keeps the government open until january 15th. the debt limit until february 15th. so what does that really mean? you and i both know that it's very possible on january 14th, we're having the same conversation about wondering whether the government is going to shut down again, whether these republicans and the white house can get on the same page and do a big, large budget. and there is is no proof even in this deal that they can pull that off. >> after two weeks of this, we all feel a little bit repetitive. chuck todd at the white house tonight. chuck, thanks. we touched on this earlier, this current showdown and this current government shutdown traces its history back to a determined core of gop house members who are vehemently against obama care and were willing to shut down the government because of it. these members happen to be from very conservative districts where they won by big margins, and their jobs are secure more or less. and in both parties, there are

congressional districts that are set up by the states to keep the parties in power. but some believe if the system stays this way, our politics will kind of stay this way. i'll report on all of it tonight from nbc's kevin tibbles. >> you're willing to bring this country to its knees! >> reporter: ever wonder how we got here? >> we did not elect a dictator. we elected a president. >> reporter: a good many fingers are pointing at this guy, founding father and massachusetts governor el ridge gary drew this contorted district to ensure his party's victory in 1812. one political cartoonist likened it to a salamander. from that day on the practice of redrawing maps to find friendly voters has been known as gerrymandering. north carolina's 12th district looks like spilled coffee. pennsylvania's 16th is flexing its muscles. and one commentator compared maryland's third to a

broken-winged pterodactyl. and then there is this. they call it the earmuffs. i don't may think i'm zipping along an eight-lane highway, when in fact i'm traveling the single thread that links the two halves of the illinois fourth congressional district. >> the control of the house of representatives would switch from the democratic party to the republicans. >> reporter: when republicans won the majority of state houses in 2010, it ensured they would be redrawing the maps in those states. and lo and behold, it paid off in 2012. nationwide, democrats running for congress got 1.1 million more votes, but republicans sent 33 more members to the house. but it's not just republicans who draw safe districts. democrats do it too. in 2012, both republicans and democrats had a paltry 15% approval rating, and yet 90% of house members were re-elected. >> we have now created a system where politicians are choosing their voters more than voter are

choosing their politicians. >> reporter: math met turners using algorithms have proposed creating electoral maps based on geography and population to eliminate the politics. >> if we continue to have a system which allows ridiculous folks to be elected, then we're going to have a situation where government actually just literally does not function. >> reporter: and on day 14 of the government shutdown, some may argue that's exactly what has happened. kevin tibbles, nbc news, hillside, illinois. now to some surprising revelations about the health of former president george w. bush. when news broke this past summer he had received a stent to unclog a blocked artery found during a routine physical exam, a lot of folks wondered openly whether or not he had been overtreated. well, tonight we know the answer is no. nbc news has confirmed a report in the national journal that the former president's heart problems were much more serious than previously reported, and he was, quote, very lucky that they

caught it when they did. our report tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: he was one of our most athletic presidents, working out in the white house gym, jogging. >> sorry you can't join me! >> reporter: and mountain biking both in and out of office. just this past memorial day weekend, leading wounded warriors on a 62-mile bike race in the texas heat at his crawford ranch. >> mountain biking is awesome. >> reporter: a month later he was in zambia on an african tour, all the while not knowing he was suffering from a silent killer, heart disease, until a routine physical in august just after he turned 67. mark mckinnon was riding with him in that bike race. >> frankly, i was shocked because he is ten years older than i am, and in a three-hour mountain bike ride, he left me in the dust and i'm in pretty good shape. >> reporter: what was described at the time as a routine procedure is a lot more serious. a coronary artery that was blocked before the stent to open it up.

the lesson, other factors including years of unhealthy food choices can lead to heart disease. say doctors not involved in bush's care. >> exercise is not a guarantee against developing heart disease. therefore, it's very important to keep in touch with our doctors to make sure our blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood cholesterol are regularly monitored and checked. >> reporter: bill clinton jogged, but even he had quadruple coronary bypass surgery in 2004, and two stents in one of his artery in 2010. dick cheney, after decades of heart trouble, had a heart transplant last year. george w. bush has bounced back quickly after a surprising health scare. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. tonight just over a week after his dramatic capture in libya, one of the world's most wanted al qaeda leaders is on american soil here in new york, in fact. abu anas al libi, who was just snatched up in the special forces raid in tripoli is one of the alleged plotters of the deadly bombings of two u.s.

embassies in africa back in '98. he had been on the run ever since. he is expected to appear in federal court tomorrow. well, the following scene took place this weekend on iraqi tv. the man on the right of your screen is a political commentator taking questions from a panel. he is live in damascus, syria, when just behind him a car bomb goes off. he takes a moment, gathers himself before continuing. 27 seconds later on the broadcast, a second massive blast goes off. it was only after that one that he chose to end the interview and sign off from damascus, syria. weather is in the news in this country after drenching and flooding rains in texas. organizers were forced to cancel the last day of the austin city limits music festival in austin, texas. the main venue at zilker park was flooded and venue stands collapsed. it also washed away homes in the area and led to evacuations. south dakota continues to deal with a record-breaking early snowstorm that left

ranchers dealing with catastrophic losses to cattle herds. the storm started with 12 hours of rain, many of the animals could then not survive the 48 hours of snow, winds up to 60 miles an hour across the plain. many ranchers have lost half of their herds. a huge part of the economy, especially in the western part of that state. the lost aggravated by the fact that a government program to help them recover from loss has expired without a new farm bill to renew it. and over the weekend, that giant cyclone came on shore in india, as big as any hurricane to hit the u.s. in recent years. while the death toll stands at 21, there were millions of people in its path. the government there is being credited with a hugely successful evacuation plan that spared a much greater loss of life in india. still ahead for us tonight on a monday night, suze orman will be with us with the real life impact of this mess we're all dealing with from washington. and later, they're competing

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invested in the stock market within your 401(k), can you just do me a favor and do nothing and stay there and keep putting your money in every single month. if you think about it, when this happened in 2008, we went down considerably. if you would stay in at that time, you would have quadrupled right back up here. so don't make the mistake that many people made in 2008. if you are older, however, retired, you have been forced into the stock market because interest rates are so low. where are you going get the income on your money? if you are in the stock market in high-yielding dividend-paying stocks or exchange-traded funds, you're getting income from your investments, stay put as well. because all you care about is the income. however, if you are in a bond mutual fund, a mutual fund that buys bonds, i would be getting out of that if i were you and going into either individual bonds or dividend-paying stocks. >> we've had a lot of furloughed folks watching us.

today the department of energy put out a memo that said to all the furloughed employees, you can go ahead, and they recommend finding positions with coffee houses, gift shops, clothing, department stores, this is to make money as a second job, teaching things like yoga or foreign languages, and creative writing. for the folks who don't have the time or ability or the openings, what should furloughed workers, people affected by this know? >> you need to prioritize your debts and your bills. what should you pay and what should you not pay? obviously, keep paying your student loan debt, if you have it, if you're younger, because that cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. but if you are older and you really have -- you don't have that emergency fund that i've been asking you to have forever, look at your debts. look at your bills. and if the one bill that has to be sacrificed, because you can't pay it, it should be your credit cards, believe it or not. keep paying your rent. keep paying your mortgage. keep paying your car payment, but also understand that you have the ability to withdraw

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reports, the biggest comeback of them all came right before one of those games. >> reporter: on sunday, when the patriots -- >> brady to the end zone and thompkins with a touchdown! >> reporter: -- and the red sox -- >> hard hit into right, back at the wall. >> reporter: -- staged improbable comebacks that today have the whole sports world talking, a little girl made a comeback of her own. 7-year-old jane richard walked to the fenway park infield to lead st. anne's church youth choir in singing the national anthem before game two of the american league championship series. ♪ o say can you see >> reporter: jane is now part of one of boston's best days after surviving one of its worst. on april 15th, jane and her family stood on boylston street, watching the finish of the

boston marathon, just feet away from where the deadly bomb was planted. the explosion killed her 8-year-old brother martin, left her mom denise with a head injury and sight in only one eye. her dad bill suffered shrapnel wounds, burns, and hearing loss. and jane lost her left leg. in the red sox first home game after the bombing, david ortiz rallied the crowd. and nobody going to dictate. >> reporter: last night they put the big man and the little girl in the spotlight again. with the bases full, ortiz unloaded, hitting a grand slam home run to tie the game. even one of boston's finest couldn't help himself. and jane richards stood on her prosthetic leg, lifted her voice, proclaiming this the home of the brave. anne thompson, nbc news, new york.

>> again, sports is one thing. that was something else entirely. and that is our broadcast on this monday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.