monument and the u.s. capitol, this town has been through a lot. our nation has been through a lot and another crisis is just around the corner, but for today at least, things are looking more normal. reopening the korean war memorial, and seven -- several employees return. vice president biden greeted epa workers. they will get back pay. secretary tom bill sack was outside the department of agriculture. workers returned to the centers for disease control in atlanta. the gateway arch reopened in st. louis, and back in washington, the air and space museum. texas tea party republican .enator ted cruz he pushed the government to near

default truck --, trying to kill obamacare. >> the people are fed up with washington. understand that how business is done in this town has to change. >> it literally changed last night, as lawmakers funded government for just three more limit and extended the for just four more months. the nation and the nations employees will try to get over this month crisis. other special committees of congress have failed to solve the budget dispute that led to the shutdown. committeeew special has until december 13 to come up with something. from washington, steve handelsman, wbal-tv 11 news. >> on the heels of the government reopening, the public is very angry about the government shutdown and polls

show republicans are getting the bulk of the blame. >> maryland voters are still worried about another looming government shutdown hurting the economy in the future. lowell melser joins us now more on the results of that poll. >> a new poll is from the gonzales company. some pretty interesting results. the polls show there are total of 819 registered voters who said they were likely to vote in the general election. it seems both democrats and republicans were less than happy in january. >> there is no doubt about it, the government shutdown in the battle on capitol hill have soured political opinion all over the country and right here in maryld. to the latest gonzales poll, president obama's approval rating has dropped. back in january, 64% of voters approve, 35% disapprove, and 1%

had no opinion. the president's approval rating slipped to 58% approval and 40% disapproval. they are blaming all three, the house, the senate, and the president. >> donnell noris, a political professor, said the government shutdown definitely played a role in the drop, but he wonders if the numbers would be a little higher if the poll were taken today now that the government is back open. the polls show 87% are concerned about the government shutdown's effect on the economy, while 13% are not. reason, because the government provides services to the people. when the government is shut down, people cannot get those services. >> other key issues, the affordable care act and possible military action in iran. theof those polled favor affordable care act, while 39%

oppose it. only 36% of maryland voters would favor the u.s. taking military action against iran in order to prevent them from producing a nuclear weapon. on the flipside of that, 56% oppose it. officials claim a margin of error of plus or -3.5 percentage points on each question. if you would like to take a closer look, you can go to wbaltv.com. coming up at 6:00, we will take a closer look at governor o'malley's approval rating and a look ahead at the next governor strays. >> you can see the key points of on new debt deal all wbaltv.com. just click on national news. argo operations remain on hold right now in the port of baltimore as the close-out day two of the longshoremen strike. officials say they have planned an arbitration for tomorrow with

the state association that handles their hiring. more than 30 million tons annually, one of the largest ports in the united states. cruiseship operations are normal. >> baltimore city please have been out to investigate a shooting in northeast baltimore. it started as a traffic stop and it some point, the officer was dragged more than two blocks. , as pressjoins us coverage just wrapped up. >> we just got out of that press conference about a half-hour ago. we are learning a lot more about the suspect, 40-year-old sean dean, who was killed. he was out on parole for a drug conviction. they say last night he rolled through a stop sign and was stopped by two plainclothes officers who were wearing tactical vest that said police on them. they identified themselves as officers and noticed the driver, mr. dean, was acting suspiciously and very nervous.

a say at some point he drove off and somehow one of the officers got caught under the car and was dragged a couple of blocks. he was able to pull his weapon and fire, killing dean. >> the driver in this case was determined not to cooperate. dean put this officers life in jeopardy to avoid capture. he had a felony them out of drugs hidden are secreted in his vehicle. this put not only himself but the officers life in jeopardy. >> police say dean had crack cocaine, a felony amount, in his passenger side glove compartment. the officer was injured but was released from the hospital this afternoon and is expected to be ok. we went out to the neighborhood where this all went down last night to find out what neighbors are saying about the crime.

>> the belair edison neighborhood in northeast baltimore used to be a quiet place to live, according to longtime residents, but it is changing. the neighborhood has steadily, rapidly declined, from the drugs and the gang activities. ex neighbors witnessed the commotion that is becoming all too familiar just before 10:00 wednesday night. a police officer shot and killed 40-year-old sean dean him after investigators say dean drag the officer alongside his car for several blocks after traffic stop. gunshot.d a iran and checked on my grandchildren and i heard him yelling, screaming, saying you killed my dad. >> neighbors say dean's adult daughter was a passenger in the car at the time. neighbors say incidents of crime and violence are becoming more common. disrupting their formerly peaceful neighborhood. >> you are always aring

ambulance sirens. 10 years ago you did not really hear that. >> there is a difference in the last few years. belair road has a lot of noise and a lot of young people, a lot of problems. >> the wednesday night incident happening so close to their homes was still shocking and frightening. >> i just want to live to see another day. i'm afraid to even sit on my porch because there is no telling what is going to happen next. >> kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we have a follow-up to an i- team investigati on accusations in a baltimore city district court. bonnie ferguson junior, an administrative clerk is set to retire at the beginning of next month. we first reported on ferguson back in september because a heeral lawsuit engaging

engaged in sexual harassment of a female employee and supervisors did nothing to stop it. a letter states meeting ferguson at the courthouse poses an unacceptable risk that additional complaints will be made. maryland court system will not confirm or deny anything about ferguson decision so they ornot comment on personnel pending legal matters. today.ional testimony david collins has been listening to the testimony and joins us live from circuit court in towson with the latest. >> a case is now in the hands of the jury. the defense pleaded let's not make this man a criminal because of an honest mistake. the defense -- the prosecution said it is outrageous that you would consider what happened a mistake.

sometimes crying, his voice strained and distraught, baltimore city police officer william scott kern recalled how he severely wounded a police root -- recruit during a training exercise. he said he intended to withdraw his gun. he spent several seconds aiming at the door where he felt he was kneeling behind. he said he fired to get their attention. it was to be a lesson to stay out of harms way at all times near open doors, windows, and hallways. after firing, he said i immediately realized it was the real weapon. jury, heng at the described calling officer edwards downstairs. sell for -- cell phone service was poor so he went outside to call 911 and directed emergency crews to the scene.

>> a have an officer shot in the head. somebody was accidentally shot in the head during an exercise. >> his testimony did not match what prosecution witnesses described. he said they decided for kern woodpurposes that where the sidearm during the first two days of training in a room somewhere it the next two. after the shooting, he asked kern what he was doing with the gun. hen said earlier in the day purposely pulled his firearm to illustrate how to determine a round was in the chamber. prosecution witnesses say after a cadet pointed out to kern he pulled a real gun, he replied ,oops, sorry. counts, hed on both faces up to 15 years in prison.

david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. rex tillerson head, most people know to avoid things like tobacco, certain chemicals, and pesticides. >> now, even the air we breathe could contribute. >> we are tracking some showers on

ask for the first time in more basketball fans won't have to travel far. the washington wizards will take on the new york nets. it marks 50 years since the wizards, formerly the baltimore , made the move to washington. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake said she would like to see baltimore get another professional basketball team sometime in the future. >> everybody would love to see that. new research suggests a number of american women using donated eggs to get pregnant is on the rise. with thers partnered cdc to study thousands of pregnancies between 2000-2010. the ideal outcome is a single baby born on time at a healthy weight happens in only about one

out of four pregnancies from donated eggs, but it is up six percent from a decade ago. the world health organization the latest carcinogen, plano air. nearly a quarter million people rorldwide died from lung cancel and they say this directly related to air pollution. rise, pollution levels the organization says so will cancer rates. if you're an allergy sufferer, we don't need to tell you this is been one of the worst allergy seasons in years. that has some patients turning to a new and natural treatment, natural remedy. it offers allergy sufferers relief from symptoms without the bothersome side effects that often comes from antihistamines. >> in clinical trials it was found to be highly effective, if not more effective than the

current allergy medicines available, without the side effects. init is now available drugstores. doctors remind you it is not regulated by the fda and there have not been long-term studies. the plan has been known to cause some stomach problems. >> today's teenagers may be more susceptible to the herpes virus. they lack antibodies that protect them from the virus when they become sexually active. 14-19-year-s from old show a 23% drop in antibodies over the past decade. researchers say that the client and the recent increase of oral sex haters among teens leaves of orale vulnerable -- sex patterns among teens leaves them more vulnerable. >> rain showers across central maryland early this evening.

i don't think we will be dealing with this for very much longer, a couple more hours perhaps. that is about it is far significant rain. fairly light shower activity has been moving fairly quickly across our region now. line of one last showers approaching oakland out in far western maryland. by about midnight or so we are done with the threat of showers. 75 degrees,today, 72 in downtown baltimore right now. some cooler air getting into western maryland, 59 in oakland. tonight we will see the showers until about midnight. winds turned to the west at 5-10 miles an hour.

lows in the 40 plus in the suburbs by morning. the next one will arrive over the weekend. coming out of the northwest, just some spotty showers and it looks like this may be a 20-30% chance of showers saturday evening. other than that, the front moving through during the nighttime hours saturday, and the weekend is looking pretty nice for al gore activity. clearing skies -- for al gore activity. activity. -- outdoor cloudy skies returned saturday and saturday evening. 8:00 or 9:00 we start to see some scattered showers in the area again but it is out of here by sunday morning. it should be a nice day on sunday. not spotty shower activity, major concerns as far as outdoor plans for the weekend. the bay forecast, there is a , gusts tot advisory

20 knots and waves up to two feet. the western maryland mountains, some showers are moving through now. sunshine tomorrow and another shower saturday or noon, but then backed to the sunshine on sunday. 60 eight andhore, breezy tomorrow, just a 20% chance of and evening shower on the shore saturday. if you're heading westbound for the ravens on sunday, mostly clear skies, so it will be cool by evening. tears inout whatever the mid-50's and ending up in the mid-40's. saturday, a shower perhaps, 30% chance saturday evening. sunshine for sunday and monday and turning cooler. another front arriving on tuesday with a few showers, and behind that, the coolest air of the season, breezy on wednesday and 30 with highs in the 50's.

>> we are two weeks into the debut of the affordable care website, and glitches are still being worked out. how the states that created their own health insurance exchanges are doing. >> i'm sally kidd in washington where the government is back open. find out what lawmakers are doing to try to avert a similar crisis in the future. here at the maryland zoo, some animals are particularly susceptible to malaria. i will explain, straight ahead.

>> an estimated 15 million americans have tried to log onto healthcare.gov, only to find the system is down. >> it has been frustrating for a lot of people.

governor martin o'malley said the issues with the maryland website could continue for as long as another month and a half. it is all making e complicated topic even more difficult to understand. it has been a bad experience for a majority of users. >> in terms of performance, it doesn't pass. >> the core design of the website may be flawed. even simple tasks like logging in and creating an account are giving users reef. grief.ng users >> there has been nature men this amount of interest. problem that was

driven by an overwhelming demand . people want to sign up for affordable health care, and they're going to be able to. peoplear at least some who need insurance are willing to wait. >> i have three months to enroll. >> they want coverage to start on january 1. >> it's got to be frustrating. behind the wheel of a truck they killed a family of four from gaithersburg. >> nearly 18% of our state's workforce is employed by the feds as federal contractors. what about the private sector that supports them? our coverage continues right after the break.

>> you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5 p.m., with stan stovall all and donna hamilton, your forecast with cheap meteorologist tom tasselmyer -- chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. wbal-tv 11 news at 5 p.m. continues now. rates would continue to follow tonight's big story, a done deal. is funded through

january, things are back up and running. for those who work without pay during the shutdown, they will beginning back pay in the next paychecks, likely at the end of the month. >> officials are pushing for retroactive pay as early as next week. >> rolling out the welcome our capitol hill. killion is reporting from the center of it all. >> the last two weeks here in washington have kind of felt like a ghost town, but now there is a sense that things are finally getting back to normal. signs stripped away from national parks. theng line awaited smithsonian museumpening. gridlock as thousands

of furloughed workers came back to the job. >> i'm pretty happy. >> a sigh of relief after two long, agonizing weeks. >> sitting at home day after day, worrying, worrying, frightened, frightened, anxious, anxious baby >> at the white house, the chief of staff rolled out the welcome mat for returning staff, while the vice president surprised the epa with a hearty breakfast. >> with cannot continue to do this to our people every >> rebuilding morale and reducing backlogs. a little bit of patience with them will probably go a long way. >> some federal agents are warning it could be a while before they are fully functional. government experts say could take weeks for everything to get

back up to speed. >> thousands of federal workers went back to work, and getting paid is good news for employees and the service industry. about 315,000 maryland residents get a paycheck from and another quarter million work for federal contractors. if you look at social security, it furloughed about 7000 people in the baltimore area. you can follow the ripple effects far into the community, and it may last for some time. weeks, thet three monahan pub in woodlawn has been hurting. the bulk of their lunchtime business comes from social security employees, and during the government shutdown, it has been empty. about 70% monday through friday. >> no customers means no tips.

if your paycheck was interrupted during the shutdown, you probably felt it. work withhere at nothing to do, no customers. >> it is hard when you have family, but we get through it. we will, but hopefully everything will get back on track. i think it was a good rest for everybody, and we are glad to be back. 11: 30, some regular customer started coming in. by 12:00, the parking lot was filling up, and business was getting back to normal. >> good to be back to work, and hopefully this place will fill up. >> many of the social security employees told us they were happy to be back to work. >> my house is immaculate. it is as clean as it has ever been, so yeah, i was glad to be back. i feel better being back at work

and getting back to normal days again. the governmentr workers, they will get retroactive pay for their furlough days, but for the restaurant owner and his staff, there is no back pay. >> 15 days and 15 lunches, that is money that is lost to us forever. reaching into the community. it is reflected in a recent wall street journal poll which found about one third of the population of the country was affected in some way by the shutdown. >> now to some breaking news in the trial of a veteran city police officer, william kern. within the last few minutes, 11 news has confirmed a verdict of guilty in the shooting of a police cadet during a training

exercise. he is charged with second-degree assault. there is no word on a verdict for those charges. is a misdemeanor on the reckless endangerment charge fine.arries a maximum greg here is an look at the other big stories we're following. the education proposal policy was announced this morning. the plan includes universal expanded prekindergarten come increasing state funding for afterschool and summer programs. she is expected to reveal two more education proposal tomorrow. amanda heine wheel in a tragic crash that killed a gaithersburg family will head to prison for 20 years. he pleaded no contest to four counts of vehicular homicide after falling asleep at the wheel last september. his semi trailer slammed into the back of the car, killing christopher, his wife, and their children age two and three.

the sentence includes an added charge for diana schmidt's unborn child. see detectives are now interviewing the person of interest in early-morning homicide in northwest baltimore. it happened just before 1:00 this morning on reisterstown road. officers confirm the victim's identity, 35-year-old frank harper. he was found shot in the stomach and died later at the hospital. police said they wore release more information once interview is completed. >> the search for what sparked a fire that had 100 firefighters battling a huge blaze in california as we cover the nation. administration is open to making changes on a controversial test. the story is new at 6:00.

>> a six alarm fire raced through an apartment complex in california this morning. the call came in around 5:30 this morning. more than 100 firefighters responded. at least four people have been reported injured, but not considered life-threatening. our officials say the blaze began on the third floor. they have not been determined what started the flame. >> arizona officials are trying to figure out what caused the home to explode into flames, causing two people to be hospitalized in critical condition. happened just outside of phoenix. tremorsr described similar to an earthquake. there was natural gas detected in the home. >> it sounded like a bomb going off. it took the whole house out immediately. the flames could see

shooting up in the air from where we were. >> some neighbors say the homeowners had been working on remodeling projects in the home earlier that day. >> according to the los angeles county district attorney, the suspect in the bomb blast at the international airport will be charged with two counts of having a destructive device in a public place. the charges carry a maximum sentence of six years in prison. no one was hurt in the explosion. >> still ahead, sharks are steps being taken to keep penguins healthy. >> microsoft is listening to its customers.

movinge's more rain through parts of maryland tonight. see how long the wet weather sticks around. the forecast is coming up next.

>> here's a look at what we're working on for 11 news at 6:00. have learned from the police commissioner and the last 90 minutes in a live report. with the government shutdown now over, more federal employees are back to work. what is next for lawmakers? these stories an

>> i don't know if you're one of at 10:17 this morning, millions of americans drop what they were doing and held on tight. a nationwide drill was designed tomake sure people are prepared in the event of a major earthquake. the drill included situations such as blocked access, trapped and injured victims, and even fires. over 20 4 million people registered to participate across the u.s.. japan are asking why officials did not issue an emergency warning. at least 22 people are dead

after a landslide buried homes south of tokyo wednesday night. the meteorologically agency said there were not areas with enough rainfall to justify a warning. they say the agency would consider changing the wording of its warnings to give people a greater sense of the danger. >> now, your insta weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. unseasonably mild october day, 75 degrees at bwi marshall. was 67.y the normal we continue to slide deeper into fall and the cooling will continue. in 1938.d was set back

33 was the coolest it has ever been on the 17th day of october and that was in 1982. 68 in hagerstown. a little cooler where the clouds and showers have been a little more prevalent in western maryland. trackst bit of rain to each of the mountains is later tonight. cutting across northern harford and cecil counties and the last of the line of showers will arrive early this evening. skies will begin to clear as we head toward friday morning. low to mid 50's in downtown baltimore in the morning. activities along the front will slide through late tonight and early tomorrow morning. another front arrives saturday, and behind that cooling for sunday and monday.

towardlly below normal the middle of next week. looking forward to lots of sunshine tomorrow, temperatures back to normal, upper 60's in the afternoon. a little breezy tomorrow, but a nice, bright, sunny friday. the main rain chances saturday evening after sunset. just some spotty light showers of sprinkles, and that will move through quickly. sunday should also feature lots of sunshine. at 10-15, son of friday morning at 7:20. small craft advisory on the day tomorrow -- sunup friday morning at 7:20. mountains, sunshine returns tomorrow, 55 degrees. dropping to the 30's friday night and saturday morning with a few spotty showers on

saturday. on the eastern shore, chance for showers tonight but a nice, sunny day tomorrow. areas, 70 degrees temperatures for a couple more days with a few widely scattered showers. tomorrow, 68ezy degrees, upper 40's saturday morning, a sprinkle or shower saturday evening. it will turn cooler by monday 30's,g, low in the upper and then a stronger front coming through tuesday with some showers. when that one leaves, it will get even chillier, highs in the 50's on wednesday and thursday and lows down into the mid-30's. >> we know the partial government shutdown cost the u.s. economy billions of dollars. economists say the biggest line auditare the inability to

the huge backlog of payments, including those to the irs and medicare claims. according to the washington post, it will affect 600 workers nationwide. the reason for the layouts is uncertain funding. apple did not supply enough phones. a backlog ofad orders due to a loss of supply. as result, a number of iphone activations were unchanged. this could mean trouble for apple's fourth quarter financial report. the company year released new iphone models in the west and china in the same week. the windows 8.1 software is an upgrade for anyone using the windows operating system. experts say it is still a work in progress. the new version is more user- friendly.

multitaskinged functions and offers a universal search feature. the new software will be available on all new devices. speaking of upgrades, we have been keeping a close eye on what could be a major upgrade to your cable box. ,egotiations continued tonight looking to make the streaming system a channel on your tv. if there is a deal, the way you get entertainment could change, making it more accessible. cable companies would be able to distribute more content and a larger library of movies. >> i think hollywood, and i include comcast and at&t and the starting networks are

to reach a wider, more diverse audience. right now they are viewing online, they are streaming. house of cards is filmed right here in maryland. it is good to be king. the lying king is on track to disney show tot break the billion dollar mark. the show has been running on broadway for 15 years now. the disney film version grossed more than $960 million worldwide. that ise and unhealthy, how federal officials are describing millions of homes across the u.s., and some of them are right here in baltimore. of 45 cities nationwide with issues including water

leaks and roof issues. dozens of volunteers are working to change that. homeowner emily says her husband is dealing with a number of medical issues and cannot take on the essential repairs himself. volunteers have been addressing a number of other structural issues in the home so they can qualify for city assistance. for more information on the healthy housing challenge, head .ver to our website, wbaltv.com anne arundel county schools are talking to parents about the importance of cultural sensitivity, but what about the staff? we take that question to the officials, but first -- >> they are cute and so theyesting to watch, but

are vulnerable to something called asian malaria. that story is straight ahead.

>> when you think of the disease

malaria, you probably don't think about penguins. but it is the single biggest killer of penguins outdoors worldwide. an approach is underway to protect the animals. jennifer franciotti has details. has been here since 1992. >> her favorite animals to work with at the maryland zoo in baltimore, the african penguins. >> they are very smart, and they also have their own individual personalities. you can see that when you work with them every single day. >> one thing for all of them is the same, these penguins are in danger of getting malaria, of all things. allison is one of the leading veterinary experts in the country on african penguins. she says asian malaria him a spread by mosquitoes, affects many types of birds. malaria,ilar to human but doesn't affect people.

if they are exposed to it and infected, they can get very sick. >> here at the maryland zoo, they have double the life expectancy, and a lot of that has to do with the rate of vet care they receive. >> the maryland zoo has been proactive in preventing outbreaks. in involves blood testing for all one-year-old and two-year- old penguins. >> it can be a very low level of parasites. if you allow them to be exposed is muchturally, it better than a vaccine. >> these guys are about to get a whole lot of company. hold doublebit will the amount of penguins, and that means more work for the veterinary staff. will be more than a few days

before moving day, it may be until sometime next year. timing, zoot officials are welcoming for newborn penguin checks to their colony from south africa. these are the first little chicks to hatch. it is one of the largest colonies of the bird in north america. it will take about 42 days to hatch out of their eggs after they are laid. -- still seestill both juvenile and adult penguins year round. that is all for us at 5:00. here's what is coming at me with 6:00. exit verdict in the case of an officer should -- accused of shooting a cadet during a training exercise. >> new information about a police involved shooting late

last night. details, straight ahead. m sally kidd in washington, where the government is back open. find out what lawmakers are doing to try to avert a similar crisis in the future. >> from wbal-tv 11, this is breaking news. now, we are following latebreaking developments out of towson where the jury has reached a verdict in the trial of baltimore city police officer william kern. >> he is charged in the shooting of a police recruit. david collins has the breaking news on the guilty verdict. excess forest deliberations are concerned, it really didn't take that long. as far as deliberations are concerned. william kern was found guilty of reckless endangerment. that charge carries a five-year prison term. he maintains he accidentally grabbed his duty gun rather than a training weapon