seemed to be in a bit of a hurry. he was, indeed, a federal worker, saying he was on his way to get prepared. there you have it. derrick ward, back to you. >> derrick, thank you so much. lawmakers are not in session today. the sent ate is expected to tak up the house bill tomorrow. however they're expected to strip the one-year delay from the affordable health care act from that bill. if lawmakers cannot pass a budget by the end of the day tomorrow, the federal government will shut down. tuesday is the start of the new fiscal year. it's also the day people can start shopping around for insurance under the new health care law. now coming up on "meet the press," texas republican senator ted cruz sits down exclusively with david gregory. cruz made headlines for his epic 21-hour filibuster type speech. you can watch that interview with david right here on nbc 4. it starts at 10:30 this morning. we'll start to david a little later this half hour. american nurses are helping

people understand the new health care law. for millions of americans, this may be the first health insurance plan. and they may not want that co-pay. they may not even know what the co-pay is. chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman shows us how nurses are reaching out to communities, explaining how the insurance works. >> you go get on that access -- >> ag's barber shop, there's always a lively debate. same across town. and lately the conversation has been about the new health care law. >> translator: it's something i hear often. >> reporter: that's why nurses are coming here and other places where people gather. >> the most questions that come up are about not having insurance. >> reporter: explaining the changes coming to those who may never have had health insurance before. >> people that have never been insured don't know what a

co-payment is, don't know what a premium is. we want them to be prepared. >> reporter: it's a major push for the national association of hispanic nurses and national black nurses association. >> want to talk to you about the affordable health care act. >> reporter: they say it's better medicine and cost effective when people are insured and toent need to rely on the need for -- >> my goal is to go out and teach those. if you prevent something from happening, especially if you know this is in your family, if you know there's going to be a way where it's going to be paid for prior to actually getting that disease, will you get it? >> now on tuesday, the health insurance exchanges open up. millions of americans can begin

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this morning, dozens of senior citizens are without a home after their retirement home caught fire overnight. this happened in phoenix, arizona. take a look at the heavy firefighter response. firefighters aren't sure what started it. they say smoke engulfed the building's whole first floor.

more than 40 seniors who live there were forced out. the red cross is helping. no one was seriously hurt. on the other cost, firefighters are saying an electrical issue spark aid fire that left hund d hundreds homeless in new jersey across from manhattan. all yesterday afternoon and into the night. dozens of families lived in that complex. one firefighter was hurt but should be okay. it will be at least another week until we have concrete evidence about what really went down during that kenya mall attack that killed 67 people. today, authorities will continue to sift through the debris, looking for clues and any survivors. kenya military said its first goal is to identify specifically what caused the large explosions inside the mall which triggered three floors to collapse. agents from the u.s., britain, canada and germany are participating in the investigation right now. and meanwhile, the kenyan government is not happy with the u.s. state department after it

issued a trip advisory against the country. kenyan mall attack was cited as a reason to be careful when traveling in the area. authorities believe the u.s. advisory could hurt tourism. they noted that the group responsible for the attack targeted kenyans as a response for sending troops to somalia to fight other members of the group. end of an era for the washington nationals. >> where this new development could soon pop up in our area. quick check of the forecast. hey, chuck. >> fine day for outdoor activities today. we'll have clouds. whether or not that will lead to rain chances, and we'll talk

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now to the race of virginia governor. terry mcauliffe fund-raisers, both of which may be hosted by political heavyweights. former secretary of state hillary clinton will be hosting a fund-raiser, and "the new york times" is reporting a second fund-raiser will take place on october 15th in new york. two tickets to the second event will cost you $25,000. meantime, republican candidate ken cuccinelli has no campaign events posted on his schedule at the moment. and republican ken cucinelli does not have that going on right now. tyson's corner sky line

could be changing very soon, given the go ahead by the fairfax county supervisors, called tyson's west off the spring hill station on the silver line near leesburg pike and the dulles toll road. it will look something like this, some renderings here, complete with a 700-room apartment building. 24-hour fitness center, walmart and renovated sheraton hotel. today is the last day you can visit the national aquarium out in northwest. after 81 years, the landmark will be closing its doors in the basement of the commerce building. renovations are forcing the aquarium out. the owners are looking for a new location right now. after monday, the staff will pick up the animals and take them over to the national aquarium in baltimore. >> all right. the redskins, can they get the win today? fans have been asking themselves that, as the skins head to oakland to face the raiders. it was a close one last week,

dropping the decision 2720. one of the culprits for the skins in their slow start. the game begins at 4:25 this afternoon. if they can't get a win today, they'll be waiting a while for that first victory. next week they have the bye week. they will not play next week. nats play the last game of their 2013 season. it's not just the last game but last game for manager davey johnson, last game of his career. he has added more than 200 wins to his career total since taking over in 2011. the team will try to give him one last w this afternoon. >> from sports we'll switch over to politics and down to the wire for any chance of avoiding a government shutdown. >> many of us went to bed with high hopes. "meet the press" moderator nbc's david gregory. hey, david. >> how are you? >> this is getting to a head point right here. >> "meet the press" is coming up in about 15 minutes, senator ted

krouz, who has been in the middle of the fight, will be my guest. he is with me exclusively. yewel you'll want to hear from him. and if he's in control of ultimately what happens in keeping house republicans together. there's really no end in sight here. the republicans are saying you either delay or defund ol care and the democrats are saying that's not going to happen. the president saying he will veto it. now there's a lot of blame back and forth for who would get the blame for the government shutdown. there are some escape valves here. i don't know if they're going to be exercised. the politics of this is interesting. the white house, i think democrats think that because republicans are so divided on this, they'll get the blame for the shutdown and so it will move forward. >> when we talk about the debt ceiling, that's another issue. it seems like nobody wants to do it. they always end up doing it. the alternative -- the word you used was shocking. >> it is a shock to the economy. it's interesting. you'll hear raul albador, tea

party republican. he says we want to have this fight on the government showdown. they can absorb that knock, republicans feel like they can. they don't want to mess with the debt ceiling. but the reality is that nothing has moved in terms of the future of obama care. it's the law. it will be implemented. could be changed down the road. cruz and others have not moved anything in the country or legislatively with regard to dismantling the law. he takes exception to that and you'll hear how and why. >> david, if you had to take a temperature check of just the average american and how fed up they are with the way things are going on capitol hill, what would you find? >> it's almost beyond righteous indignation and frustration. there are real world consequences to this. i think it's become ridiculous to a lot of people. it's like, you know, if you watch all the jaws movies, by the third one you don't care

about the shark anymore. there's a little bit of that. there's so much fatigue with how washington fails to work that there's some tune-out factor to it. >> in store for a lot of political drama the next couple of days. you'll be watching it all. that's coming up, right? >> yep, yep. chris matthews, msnbc, jon huntsman. cruz is the main attraction here. we'll be talking about this break through on their nuclear program, deeper understanding of that. >> "meet the press" in about 14 minutes. >> thank you. let's get a temperature check with chuck. >> on the weather. yes, chuck. how are things looking? >> nice mild start to your sunday, no question. fine day to be outside today. there is the view from our city camera this morning. on our way up, into the 50s. one of our favorite coast guard helicopters doing hard work out there for you this morning. good day for flying, no question. that's not necessarily the case

everywhere. you can start to see, much like yesterday, very similar setup in the atmosphere. we started out with full sunshine and then we saw the clouds building. that's exactly what's happening this morning. already some low strato cumulus clouds bubbling up. these clouds toin increase in coverage area as we go through the morning and into the afternoon. we won't have as thick of a cloud deck today as we had to contend with yesterday. nonetheless it won't be this bright and sunny. 68 at reagan national airport. naval academy in anapolis. warrenton, culpeper. it took a little extra time to burn through the morning fog. out and about planner later this afternoon a mild day but with a mix of clouds and sunshine.

73 for a high yesterday, 73, 74 degrees again today. a lot like yesterday only with a touch more sunshine. back into the upper 60s by 6:00 pm. wrap up your weekend by 10:00 tonight, temperatures back into the low 60s. a reason for a little bit of pessimism in my sky cover forecast. blue sky out there. air traffic control tower at dulles airport. lot of cloud cover trying to figure n could be a little bit of a cloudy afternoon, especially for you folks out to the west. little chance for rain. that's the next couple of days. almost no chance in and around town. so, for better or worse, a stretch of nice weather coming around here. hometown forecast today, down toward charles county, prince george's county, fine day today. a mix of clouds and sunshine, temperatures low 60s now and most of charles county getting over to mt. vernon, having a

nice day today. getting your workday, school week started tomorrow. temperatures first thing tomorrow morning will be in the 50s. an a for recess tomorrow, grade a weather for sure. noontime temperatures in the upper 60s, low 70s. outdoor recess weather for kids and adults all week long. a pleasant enough day outside today. skies will clear out again late tonight after the sun goes down. off to a nice start tomorrow morning. probably not quite as chilly as it was this morning. the warm-up is under way. it starts tomorrow. it will last all the way through the coming week. here is your seven-day forecast, everybody. 74 for a high temperature today. 76 tomorrow. as we go down through the rest of the week, temperatures back up into the 80s once again. low 80s tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. next real chance for rain is next weekend. back to you.  thanks, chuck. driving and talking on a handheld device in maryland becomes a primary offense,

violators could face a hefty fine. not everyone may be familiar with the cell phone laws in our area. >> hang up or go hands free, message dialed up loud and clear for thousands of drivers. is everyone getting the message? >> that explains why i've been pulled over in the past. >> you're a bad offender? >> many times. >> reporter: now he says that he knows about the new law he will think twice but -- >> sometimes you need to communicate. obviously the call can wait and safety is important. i suppose in our minds the alternative is texasing. >> in d.c., there are handheld and texting bans. in maryland, handheld ban moves to a primary offense tuesday, and there is a texting ban. in virginia, no handheld ban. there is a texting ban. back here in maryland where drivers were chatting away today, some not aware that the change is right around the corner. >> i did not know that, no, until you told me. >> safety groups like the

governor's highway safety association tell us they expect enforcement to step up with the new law. get caught once and it's a $75 fine. twice, $125. three times, $175. some local drivers say they've already paid the handheld price. >> when it first started in d.c., i got twice in my neighborhood and one time one of my daughter's teachers was walking by so it was really embarrassing. >> did it change why your behavior? >> oh, yeah. the fine is big, too. >> another law in maryland takes effect tuesday, requiring all passengers, even those in the backseat, to wear seat belts. violators will be fined $50. if you were out late last night, you missed a good saturday night. >> we'll be boarding all parents traveling with small children. >> and all children traveling with small parents. with small parents. >>

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let's take a look at the week ahead. president obama will host benjamin netanyahu. the two will talk about status and negotiations. syria and other topics in the region. in news 4 your health, a

couple of days away from breast cancer awareness month. national cancer institute says there will be more than 233 cases of breast cancer this year alone. not just in women. men, too, can get breast cancer. centers for disease control say the best defense is to find it early. to do that, give yourself regular self exams or get a mammogram. get ready to rock the red. this tuesday, the caps will take the ice again to start the 2013 season. they'll kick off october in chicago as they face last year's stanley cup champions. last year's division title generated high hopes for the caps this season. >> another season of laughs kicked off last night with a 39th season of "saturday night live." live from new york, it's saturday night! >> the iconic show came out of the gates swinging with a sketch about the confusion surrounding

obama care. tina fey pulled hosting duty. other high-score iing skits, spoofing hbo's hit show "girls." and bringing back -- who could forget the drunk uncle? >> when i was a kid, seth, there was no back to school. you know, you just lived there. every day. it was chalk board, shiny shoes, grease pencil, pantaloons. you went to school until you were 8 and then you got married to a factory. >> that's too funny. also some new faces on the set. >> "weekend update" with seth meyers. >> a favorite.

cecile strong is taking over for "weekend update." she received a warm welcome. tina fey dropped in to give her some advice. she gave her the phone number with the instruction do not call me. >> pay attention to that advice. >> very helpful. "meet the press" is next. >> wake up with us monday morning, beginning news 4 at

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breaking news this morning, government by crisis, we are one step closer to a government shutdown, so how will it end? >> our message to congress is this, do not shut down the government. do not shut down the economy. pass a budget on time, pay our bills on time. >> all republicans are asking tonight is give the nation a year to study a 2500 page bill that even speaker nancy pelosi had not a clue what was in it. >> this morning, the fight and the politics behind the standoff, an exclusive interview with republican senator cruz of texas. he has elevated the fight to new levels. >> i intend to fight on the obama care until i am no longer able to stand. >> where does his fight go from