believe the budget talks should include a discussion about raising the debt ceiling. the deadline to do that is october 17th meaning the shutdown could last for weeks, tahman bradley, abc news, washington. >> maryland's department of labor says it received 4,000 unemployment claims from federal workers tuesday. that's more than the state usually receives from all year from federal workers. and metro says ridership is down 22%. for now we'll continue the regular weekday schedule but each train will have fewer cars. and despite the shutdown, the navy and air force game will go on this weekend in annapolis. that's because games are paid for with monies from sources outside congress' control. but that doesn't mean everything else in annapolis is operating normally. 60% of professors at the u.s. naval academy are civilians and they're furloughed. military teachers are filling in where they can but the school says that can't go on much longer. a maryland mother who

depend on wic are still getting that benefit. we checked with the state health department's website this morning and it tells us they are open for business. but some mothers are worried about the impact of the important program if the shutdown continues. for jennifer walldrop the thought of losing $80 a month in groceries is pretty concerning. >> it helps me decide what foods are nutritionally good to eat right now for my kids' well- being. >> many state wic programs have rainy day funds that let them operate in situations like a shutdown. for one anne arundel county family the government shutdown could mean the ends of a dream. rhonda has cancer and it attacks her fat cells and the deep issues surrounding internal organs. she always wanted to see the grand canyon and a foundation put together a trip but now the park is closed. >> i think just being out there, being in god's nature

and just being surrounded by all that beauty is -- would just take my mind off of constantly having to you know battle cancer each day. >> well, it appears you can still see portions of the grand canyon but with the park closed many of the best ventage points are not accessible. local businesses are stepping up to show their support. there are a lot of freebies available and we found a lot in harford county. the blue's brew dairy is giving away free ice cream if you show your id. a free slice of pizza in edgewood. and the salon in bel air is offering a complementary shampoo and blow dry. so remember you can always find us on abc2news.com for continuing coverage. all right, good morning everyone. yes we do have mainly clear skies out there this morning.

maybe just a few high clouds trying to float through the area but all in all we will have plenty of sunshine throughout the day. a few areas of patchy fog out there this morning as well. so as you head off towards the north and also back to the west, be prepared for that. and in terms of temperatures yes we are above average. well above average in a lot of spots. so we're talking about ten degrees, 11 degrees above average in manchester right now. coming in at 63. 71 in the city. 55 in cockeysville right now. we're looking at 60s in chestertown and 63 in perry hall. 66 in annapolis and good morning elkton at 64 degrees. also what we will be dealing with today. a little bit more moisture out there. meaning that we'll be slightly more humid. we can see some of the dew points coming in the 60s right now in annapolis coming in at 60. 63 in perry hall. 63 in chestertown and more of the same in elkton right now. as we plan your day another nice day if you like the dry weather. by 9:00 we're talking about 70 degrees and then by lunchtime today we're talking about 80 with a sun/cloud mix. back to you. all right, so this morning in baltimore county

investigators are looking for two people who shot two others in middle river. it happened last night on south horn road near grove thorn road. back in the neighborhood near kingston park. police say both victims were taken to the hospital and we don't know their conditions right now. all right, take a good look at the face you see in the monitor right here. this is christopher goode. he is the latest man to be dubbed public enemy number one by baltimore city police. he stabbed a woman last month and according to their report, goode has a child with that victim. he is also wanted for a number of crimes in ohio and again christopher goode is who police are looking for. he is the new public enemy number one. if you know him call police immediately. also this morning, bookworms and movie fans are mourning the loss of tom clancy. we claimed the author as our own but his books and movies were loved all over the world. the 66-year-old writer passed away yesterday. clancy's life was rooted in maryland. he grew up in baltimore and attended school here. clancy was also a minor owner

of the baltimore orioles. the cause of death has not been released and we'll keep you posted as we learn more news. all right breathe in, meditate on this. yoga has a lot of benefits for all people but more men are ending up injured because of the practice. why? we'll find out after the break. >> and if you're a veteran and you're looking for work, baltimore's a good place to be this morning. we have details on a job fair that's jus for you. >> megan. 695 and green spring. hey it's looking good. your commute thus far it's good early in the morning and gets gradually worse. we have some construction related delays to talk about here on "good morning maryland."

out with the funk, in with the jive. stress release, pain relief. better night's rest. all good reasons to try yoga or you may think. but maybe not if you're a guy. recent study shows men are getting hurt in a yoga studio at a much higher rate than women and here's the kicker. the injuries for the guys are much more serious. take a look. it's an early morning at the yoga studio and on this day, men outnumber women three to one. it's a different picture than a year ago when women were the only student ever students for this -- for this instructor. now you'll find glasses specially -- classed specially gears to guys, rachel witnessed it in her own fitness center. >> many of them are athletes and they're really enjoying the

health benefit that they're getting from the practice. >> as fuller is a triathlete and he started yoga two months ago. now he's a regular. >> it's really natural way and it's very strenuous and yet it works the muscle groups you may not work in any other kind of sport. >> for former yoga enthusiast michael con tee. a former life is over. he now lives his life in pain and he blames yoga. >> thought maybe i tweaked my knee or something. and then it turned out to be much more serious than just a you know meniscus problem. it was nerve damage. >> after reading the science of yoga, michael wrote to the author. broad started to investigate federal data on emergency room visits for yoga related gyres. -- injuries. although men made up 16% of the study they accounted for 20% of the strains, 24% of the dislocations and 30% of the fractures and a whopping 71% of

nerve damage resulting from yoga. by contrast, women only accounted for the vast majority ofainting episodes. sports specialist dr. hagueen says in general there could be a few reasons for this. >> men with their increased muscle mass and decreased flexibility, they're pushing those joints beyond their appropriate fizz owe logic limit. >> reporter: so should men stop doing yoga? dr. hagen says no but they may need to cut back on the competition just a bit. >> women see it as relaxation and a release. men are often coming to it with a competitive edge. with a i can push it harder. >> study's also show most yoga injuries happen in class. broad likes to tell men if you have to grit your teeth or push through a workout it really isn't yoga. here at abc2 we're thinking pink all month long and that's because october is breast

cancer awareness month. the komen maryland hunt valley race for the cure is less than a month away and we would love for you to join us. so here's the information that you need to know. it's october 20th. there's definitely time to sign up and donate to register to run. you're going to find a link on abc2news.com/thinkpink. temperatures this morning, feeling pretty good out there. 66 tegs in man which is -- degrees in manchester. 63 in glen oak. 60 mount airy right now and 62 in hickory. 63 in centreville and 61 in easton. good morning to you arnold. now let's talk about what's going on satellite and radar, not a whole lot. we have a few clouds but no type of rain and that's been the trend for while now. we will start to get more rain in here hopefully as we head towards the beginning of next week. but in the meantime, basically we're dry, we have a few showers and storms across the middle of the nation as of now but we will be dry through today and that's going to linger even towards the weekend.

we're going to really warm up the temperatures as well as high pressure is in control. this high pressure will start to move off towards the east and that's going to give us more of a return flow. so we're going to be even warmer. some say it will be hot as we head towards tomorrow with those temperatures in the upper 780s. for today -- 80s. for today i'm going with the mid 80s. but the tropics yell we're looking at this area of disturbed weather and right now the tip of the yucatan peninsula. this is poised to move into the gulf of mexico and once it does so, any time today we're really thinking this could be tropical storm karen. so we're definitely going to keep our eyes peeled on this because this could be affecting our weather towards the end of the weekend into the beginning of next week. all the models pretty much in agreement of that. this will be bringing us much- needed rain as well as this front that's going to be pushing through the weekend as well. so in the meantime, dry weather in the forecast. and that temperature today coming in right around 80 degrees for a lunchtime temperature. let's get a check of the traffic now with mike. hot today. what'd you do? all right, it was me, oh okay.

west side lynette and take a look. a 95 at liberty -- 695 at liberty road looking good this morning. in commute is easy. you can leave early. if your boss questions you tell them mike masco said it's okay. southbound 95 past exit 74 construction related delays but lots of green on the screen. it's really looking good. charlie is like what are you crazy? 83 northbound past exit 33 also construction related delays. south and east of town double nickels across the board. the speeds are looking good. great morning out there and talk more traffic and weather in just a little bit. happening today a fair. the veteran job fair is going to be held at m&t bank stadium. some big employers will be there including johns hopkins health systems and state farm. it's going to run from 11:00 this morning until 3:00 in the afternoon. well, purple friday comes a day early in anne arundel county that's because tonight arundel mills will host the first ever fall football

festival event. there argoing to be live entertainment. giveaways, food and drinks and appearances by some of the 2013 football champs. if you're curious it starts at 5:30 can runs until 9:00 this evening. a new report is out today about gas drilling. fracking. the environment's center which opposes the drilling will talk about the possible threats including water and air pollution. the report comes as maryland considers the possibility of opening its doors to fracking. baltimore county is going to be a big announcement helping make sure you get the flu shots. several super saturday clinics throughout the county this weekend including at pikesville high. halliburton middle and randallstown community center. the vaccines will be able first come, first -- available first come, first serve. also giving you permission on when you can leave the house and tell your boss it's all his fault. lynette has the most accurate forecast for you. mike is blaming her for the heat so a lot of love going on

in the studio this morning. >> also today ariled to raise money for deaf children. how many people jacob landis is helping with his drive. >> a pair of pups that captured our hearts have a home this morning. very sweet ending to a story we told you and have been updating you now for several weeks. "good morning maryland" continues in a moment. we're breaking out the boxing gloves in the studio.

thank you for joining us this morning. today the front street baptist

church in statesville, north carolina hopes to get more details about a crash that killed eight of its parishioners. dozens more were injured when the bus blew a tire in northeast tennessee on the interstate highway. the bus crossed into on coming traffic clipping an suv and slamming into a tractor-trailer that then burst into flames. the video is incredible. you can really get a scope if you look at the screen just how large this is. the bus was taking a group of seniors to a fall jubilee celebration just down the road in tennessee. in florida today people hope to start drying out in miami. healthy rain made it tough to see on i-95. driversers were stranded in the parking lot and then they say that's when high tide came along. there was no stopping the water from flooding low lying parts of the town. lynette, we always see this, people driving when it's flooded. fortunately though, or maybe not because you've been saying we need the rain but noun is going to -- none is going to happen today right? >> that temperature coming in

around 85-degrees and we should be in the low 70s now for this time of the year. so we're really feeling it. we have extended summer out there. so if you like that, get out there and enjoy it because we will start to see changes of course in the forecast. now as we work our way through tonight this is what you can expect. that temperature at 62 degrees and a few clouds. we will stay mild overnight and 87 degrees will be that temperature tomorrow and i'm just going to call it downright hot for tomorrow: as we work our way through the next several days we have the potential for rain in the forecast as we head towards next week. let's get a check of the let's go. th mike. let's do it. out of the park and go on 695 at 70. 22-mile-per-hour speeds and then pedal to the metal baby on 70 west. it's looking good lots of green on the screen. speed sensors up to around 65. harbor tunnel into the tunnel, 895 northbound dealing with some construction related delays. just north of that. southbound as you head towards harbor tunnel there's some construction related delays. here's the shot of the 695 u.s. 1 looking good.

another check of traffic and weather together in a couple minutes. thousands heard jacob's message. the 24-year-old cyclist is home after riding more than 10,000- miles to every major league baseball stadium. landis was just short of the goal when he was knocked from his bike by a tractor-trailer. he is healing now and he's impressing people when he was welcomed home to annapolis. jacob raised more than $150,000 to help others get cochlear implants. >> the biggest thing for the kids that nothing can hold them back. to have a disability but it's almost -- because they have to work harder to understand the information. if they can do that they can do anything they want. >> now with grand matches about -- grant matches about 15 people will be given an implant. to get more information you can find that story at abc2news.com. well, we have some good news this morning to pass along. for sasha and bear, those are the pit bulls we've been telling you about. they are back home with their owners this morning. they were forced to give up their 14 and 15-year-old pit bulls after the courts ruled

the dogs were inherently dangerous. that causes a liability for the dog's owners and the landlords who rent to the people who have pit bulls. sasha and bear's owners took them to b. a. r. k. and after the outpouring of support they're back home this morning. >> great end to the story. >> it sure is. stay with us this morning. because the decorations, the costumes, halloween comes with some preparing and savings too. could the government shutdown change how much candy you buy this year? >> plus, forget three little pigs. these buys are fast, vicious and mean. these are wild beasts and they would have that big bad wolf running in the other direction. we'll tell you about it just ahead. >> are those fangs? >> those are halve lima fangs.

if you haven't heard yet. scandal's new season premieres tonight right here on abc2. did you any that lynette? >> i did. >> of course she did. saks fifth avenue unveiled a window display to honor the new show. the mannequins are wearing clothing by designers the show used. this display is in new york city but there are also scandal inspired windows at stores in chevy chase and again you can watch it tonight here at 10:00 on abc2. >> tom cruise is on that show? >> that was not tom cruise. >> looked like him. >> what's wrong with you? michael jackson's concert promoter is not responsible for thsinger's death. they rejected the claim that

aeg live was negligent in hiring dr. conrad murray. all right, the biebs is off the hook thank goodness. your morning can go on. >> he's a bandit. >> a prosecutor in l. a. has decided that justin bieber will not face criminal charges for allegedly threatening a neighbor who complained about his driving. according to the court documents the prosecutor concluded that bieber's response to the complaint by a neighbor was quote immature but not necessarily criminal. justin bieber was also cleared in a separate reckless driving case. >> did you see that photo that was floating around a couple of days ago of his hands hers carrying a-- handlers carrying him on the great wail of china? stay with us this morning because coming up there's a hollywood shocker we want the tell you about. we thought he was woody allen's son. >> now mia farrow says no. her son has a different famous dad. find out who it is as "good morning maryland" at 5:00 begins right now.

like a bunch of 9-year-olds in a cafeteria with a food fight going on. act like adults. >> one governor's advice for lawmakers as the government shutdown drags into day three. today, the president heads to maryland to talk about the impact on businesses. and a live picture this morning down in baltimore's inner harbor. a beautiful start to the day. could be warming up once again. yesterday, those temperatures were in the mid- to upper 80s for many of us. and hey. we could be in for a repeat today. it is thursday morning and a great day to you maryland. i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. let's get right to the weather because some people felt like it is just too warm to be october. lynette you can never make everybody happy. >> exactly. >> here we go again. >> here we go again. essex temperature this morning coming in around 61-degrees and we have the humidity out there at 100%. we have some patchy fog on the roadways this morning so make sure you take it easy stepping out and about. stevensville 63-degrees right now. these temperatures are well

above average. we are quite mild this morning. and this trend is going to stick around for a bit and then we'll start to see a little bit of change in the forecast. hopefully the change will be welcome to most people. davidsonville's temperature right now at 61-degrees with the dew point at 58. so yes the dew points are rising a bit so we will feel slightly more humid for today. and ladies you'll know because the hair might not be doing what you want it to do and might be curling up when you want it straight. maryland's most powerful radar i hear mike in the background doing -- maryland's most powerful radar right now is nice and dry. it's going to stay that way through today and also as we head towards most of the weekend and then we'll start to see some rain in the forecast. that's definitely some good news there. but in the meantime, this is what you can expect for the rest of today. we're talking about these temperatures still on the mild side as we go towards the -- 7:00 time frame. temperature at 64 degrees. we will get plenty of sunshine in here as well. the clouds will mix in throughout the day. but by lunchtime, we're talking about the temperature coming in right around 80 degrees and that high temperature today will be in the mid 80s. let's get a check of the

traffic now with mike. you're crazy. i don't know what to do with the hair. i have to call my girl. all right good morning everybody. you know jay z's got to chopper line. we've got digital chopper 2 check it out. this is showing you realtime speeds. 55 miles per hour we're looking good north side of the beltway. south side of the beltway. west side of town all looking really good. a look east side of the town. this is the francis key bridge. looking good and speeds of around 40 miles per hour. that's normal for this time of the morning. and 695 at the baltimore national pike. looking good this morning. so this is just such an easy commute. 83 northbound exit 33, some construction related days, not a big deal. speed times look like this. 95 from southbound side from fort mchenry tunnel up towards the 695 on the south side loop, that's taking you just about seven minutes. more traffic and weather inless than ten minutes. president barack obama will be in rockville, maryland today talking about the impact of the government shutdown on small

business. he takes that message on the road, congressional democrats and republicans continue the blame game on capitol hill regarding the ongoing shutdown. the president brought the loaders the -- leaders to the white house wednesday afternoon trying to get both sides to come closer to an agreementment toward getting the nonessential workers back on the job. that meeting didn't produce any resolution with house speaker john boehner saying the president will not budge off his demand that congress pass a budget bill that does not include obamacare. maryland congressman hoyer said the time for the games is over and congressional republicans need to get serious. >> the republicans' piecemeal approach is a waste of time. it wasted critical time yesterday. [ applause ] and they are wasting more time today. it's a gimmick. it's