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with intent to harm. security was escorting him out of the building. that's when corporal stabbed two scoter officers and ran -- security officers and ran away. let's look at the debate going on in the senate. they're picking district judges. they're follow naight. now the president said house speaker john boehner could get government back up and running but boehner said not so fast. >> there are enough republican and democratic votes in the house of representatives right now to end the shutdown immediately with no partisan strings attached. the house should hold that vote today. >> there are not enough votes to pass. >> the next financial crisis is quickly approaching us. the united states government is
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set to hit its borrowing limit on october 17th unless congress votes to raise the debt ceiling. if that happens it could be catastrophic for med care, social security and other services. a contractor died and two metro employees were seriously injured during a welding accident. it happened in the redline tunnel near union square. they were welding when a loud noise broke out about 80 feet away from them. they put out the fire and a 40-foot section of the rail moved, striking them. >> my father works there. what if it is him some day. >> the injured workers are expected to survive. the ntsb is not sending
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investigators. metro is investigating. the shutdown and forced furloughs could be a safety issue. the faa safety inspectors were among those furloughed for the shutdown. an attorney for the faa said she's been through shutdowns before but not like this. >> i was shocked. i was shocked that they who furlough inspectors. i didn't believe it. i had to check with somebody in my office because it was so unheard of to consider inspectors not essential. >> well, experts warned the faa furlough leaves no oversight for the safety. councilman kraft was set to host a presentation to talk about what's to come from harbor point. reps were going to be there top answer questions from concerned neighbors. now you're going to have to wait until the shutdown is over to get your answers. it may seem like nothing's good coming out of the shutdown
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but there's free stuff. if you're thir ti, flying dog brewery is offering free beer. for more free bis, log on to abc2news.com. the supreme court justice is back on the bench despite shutdown. they started a new term. one top sick campaign finance, voting rights, housing discrimination, abortion, contraception coverage and cell phone privacy could also be some of the things on the court's calendar. all new tonight at 5:00 have you found mistakes with tax calculations from the city. baltimore is working to reduce the tax credits. after an internal review changes are coming to improve accuracy. a new automatic process will help reduce human error. >> we're dedicated to making sure we get this right.
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i believe the reforms we are announcing today will go a long way in providing correct tax bills. >> they expect it to be fully functioning by march of next year. coming up, concussions, fractured ankle and a broken spine. >> an indy car driver was in this terrible crash. hear from the man who county the crash on camera. >> you know those mcdonald's commercials featuring joe flacco, they may be entertaining but what is the message saying to our little fans. >> and a 9-year-old headed to vegas without a ticket. how did he pull off this security breach.
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this is a terrible indy car crash caught by a spectator. it sent driver dario franchitti into the hospital. his car shattered, launching it into barricades in front of carl daniel. >> i don't believe there was anyone closer. there is the initial retaining barrier, and then there's a crowd control barrier. i was less than 10 feet from the actual impact. the fact that i'm still here right now is still amazing to me. >> look at this again. man. doctors said dpario has a concussion, fractured ankle
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among other injuries. >> brushfire shut down parts of the san francisco bay bridge. it sparked a massive traffic backup. crews battled the fire from the ground and from a boat. the california highway patrol shut down part of it. a man springs into action. they were on their way to disneyland driving behind a big rig carrying paper towel. the truck veered off the highway, down an embankment. bob jumped the guardrail and finance to rescue the truck driver while his wife and daughter hipped -- helped. >> i saw him leaning in trying to get him out. as he was doing that, i started to freak out. >> bob and his family continued
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on to disney land where he was named honorary citizen of the day. first, we had that trough-- tornado watch earlier today. so enhanced high tides with that power house southerly breeze. you see the main severe weather threat has shifted north of new york city up into the new england states. so we are done with any potential. still some heavy rain in spots. rain that we actually need. so this has been a silver lining with this powerful come front coming in today spark the rain. her lock, in southern delaware and salisbury region, heavy rain. this was a pretty great weekend down there beach side with all the war weather. now the rain coming through land the cool air coming in will
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change things for a fall-like direction. look at some of the rain totals. we picked up more than two inches in mt. airy. over an inch and quarter in jessup. easton three quarters of an inch. we could get to an person i in places like mardela springs. weather in motion. there's that front. the downpours made this tough to see has the line came through f you were caught -- through. if you were caught, you know what we're talking about. the rain done but still the cloud cover. 61 right now. the wind is calm. storm shield of course you have to have it on all your mobile devices. put it on all of it, ipad, i-touch. days like today very handy to have that warning the second it comes out. temperature wise northwest wind and the western half of our state southwest breeze in the eastern half.
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the front is right on top of baltimore and central maryland. it's interesting. you look at the winds. there's no wind underneath the frontal boundary. there's a south wind ahead of it and a real gusty west wind behind. this where the winds are letting up around baltimore, now give this an hour. that wind will be whipping in out of the west. it will be a chillier wind. some gusts toward winchester 25. reduced visibility. travels take you to the eastern shore. realize that rain will cause some reduced visibilities. we had to deal with that statewide. now the main line is well defined. the last several cold fronts we had came through dry, not this one. this one sparked quite a bit of rain, again a good thing for hour rainfall deficits. some reports of te limbs down as the front came through with potent winds. no now to the -- now to the north and west, cooler air.
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we're talking about nights in the 40s, days in the 60s. what a change that will be from days in the 80s and the threat for rain will diminish for about 23 24 -- 24 to 36 hours. then we see the remnants of karen. some of it is likely to spin in. it's the remnants of karen that will be our next weather player. i think we'll dry out. clouds break and turning brisk. plenty of sun. get that october kneel back at 69. as we look at the outlook, the next couple of days only in the 60s. late wednesday into thursday there's the possible shower from what's left of karen. we think those will diminish as we go through the end of the week. that will mean better weather on tap and feeling more like fall with a high temp around 70. that means most of your day is in the 60s. we knew it had top end with a bang. all right, kelly.
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>> we are thinking pink. you have on your pink tie. we're all wearing our pink. doctor, thanks for joining us. talk about radiation therapy. i know technology has evolved. >> well, radiation therapy and the contacts of breast cancer is using radiation to kill cancer cells. we also use breast conserving therapy where the breast is removed and we give impact to it. >> accelerated partial breast radiation or apdi. tell us what that is. >> we're excited about the possibility for some people to have this accelerated partial breast radiation. the entire treatment is flished one week as opposed to seven weeks, which is the more standard traditional radiation
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therapy. >> been around for awhile? >> it's somewhat new. it's been around long enough that we clan safely say it's comparable to what we used to do. >> so what are the been fits? >> the biggest benefit this can be done in a week. people are increasingly busy. it's very lovely to have an option that they clan get their treatment done in a week. it's still not for everybody with breast cancer. typically women need to be older, have -- have estrogen positive tumors. >> so how effective is for people. >> as effective. it's a little more intense in that one book but it's over with in a week as oppose to the seven weeks that traditional radiation with go for. >> the doctor will be with us for the next hour.
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the number to give us a call is 410-481-2222. jamie, back to you. do you have bad cell phone etiquette? what can you do to stop your habits. >> itune radio is coming for pandora customers. we'll break down the difference between the two coming up.
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welcome to house calls. dr. fowler is with us.
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tell us about the benefits of the accelerated breast radiation treatment. >> in accelerated partial breast radiation, the tumor is removed and a catheter is placed and a balloon is inserted. then after the anesthesia is worn off the next day, they literally put the radiation where the tumor was. it's direct and precise. so it's partial breast radiation. it's accelerated because instead of seven weeks, it's five days. >> you see operators are taking the calls. in the-- the number to call is 410-481-2222.
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many of us can't resist the urge to answer that call or respond to that text no matter where we are. psychologists say we need to be
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more mindful of the people around us when the phone rings, beeps or buzz. >> have consideration for the other person. part of the problem you get into the reality of the conversation on the phone instead of what's going on around you. it makes you impolite it. makes you riewpped and irritate other people. >> experts recommend avoiding cell phone calls with other people. >> of course, you don't have your phone out with you right now. >> i did see joe flacco in mcdonald's a couple times. >> is it good for athletes to do that. >> sneaking on a plane. a 9-year-old goes to vegas.
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how he rolled the dice to get through security. >> police caught a woman robbing banks in anne arundel county. we'll tell you how they tracked her out. >> the front continuing to clear out of maryland. we'll talk about your forecast for the complete week ahead. it's right here at 5.
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a state trooper is in critical condition at shock trauma after she was shocked by a car. jack question palestinian klein was hit along patrol on riewpt one and pasadena. they are optimistic about her recovery. >> the family of michael hat field speak out about the crash that hurt the teenager. police have a suspect three weeks after the crash. she is awaiting extradition back to carroll county. a passenger in the suspect's car
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helped lead police to her. >> day seven of the government shutdown. no and in sight. the government will hit its borrowing on october 17th if congress doesn't vote to raise the -- the debt ceiling. we have picked up 1 to 2 inches of rain. just cloudy across the state. it's going to stay damp in the wake vut rain and the humidity is high around 70 to 90%, but no threat really for fall with the winds coming up. by the way, temperatures have cooled off. 59 in wood byne. we'll struggle to get out of the 60s. we'll talk about the cool stretch ahead and how things shape up. already looking at that coming up sometime in' kelly swoope alongside jamie costello.
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it was an alert bank robber that helped police catch a robber. >> reporter: anne arundel county police said this woman jamese queen was on a string of bank robberies. she passed a note to the teller and the teller gave her money along with an exploding dye pack. the police knew what type of car she used. >> we were able to use sans photos from that robbery. >> reporter: two weeks later queen went into the shame bank, the same teller and handed her another note that said no dye pack this time. i know when you come. i know when you leave. the teller gave her money and queen was seen leaving as the first one. this is the location of the third robbery. it was at this bank police were labor to narrow in on their investigation. >> and a very alert employee of
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the bank of glen burnie jotted down the tag number. >> reporter: the corporal saw the car matching the tag number in glen burnie. he went to the apartment and talked with the owner and asked if he could search the apartment. that's when he saw queen in a bedroom. >> she popped out pretty fassments i don't know if she was trying to get in the closet or come out of the closet, but i guess she sensed we were coming back to that back bedroom. >> a lot of cops go through their whole careers and never make a bank robbery apprehension. i'm one of them. >> reporter: but corporal john hall isn't. this is the second time in months he's caught a bank robber. >> i like the community i serve. i keep an eye out for them. >> reporter: in glen burnie, don harrison, website whoib news. >> anne arundel county has had 14 bank robberies so far this
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year. they have solved 13 of them. looks like poker is paying off for maryland live casino. it found revenue up almost 58% from last year. statewide teas generating more than $65 million in september. >> continuing coverage on that frightening case of road rage, all caught on camera. the biker at the center of all this said he is being treated unfairly. it shows a group of motorcycle riders, attacking a driver and the family. he said what you see on the video is not him trying to pick a fight but change lanes to figure out where his fellow riders were. >> did you have other options other than cutting in front of the family? >> i didn't think i was doing long cutting into a lane.
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>> you were going slowly. >> other bikes were going has slow. >> police aren't buying it. police said cruz set off an eight-minute chic. three suspects are now charged in this case. you know what they say, what happens in vegas stays in vague. minneapolis -- a minneapolis boy snuck on to a plight -- flight to vegas. >> no ticket, no boarding pass, no problem for a 9-year-old. he managed to slip through three layers of security at minneapolis/st. paul international airport last week. he board lad delta flight bound for vegas. >> how dead he get on the plane.
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where was the set a assignment. >> it wasn't until this was headed to neverness. the flight attendant became suspicious because the boy was not on their list of unattended minors. police were called. when the plane landed the young boy has handed tosser over to child protective services -- was handed over to child protective services. he was also caught stealing someone's bag. the boy sat down for a meal but left without paying. >> a little con artist. people beware of him. >> but security experts say this is no laughing matter. it highlight has breach in airport security that needs to be addressed. >> you cannot ignore the fact that young kids could be utilized as a delivery mechanism. >> after defeating the security check, the c

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