discuss options at a closed-door meeting. some republican lawmakers say they would be willing to approve a budget without including a delay on the health care law. one of them, charles from pennsylvania, says he's willing to vote for a bill to keep the government running not linked to health care. he thinks there are enough votes to pass it. a colorado republican says they may have to give up, even if they are committed to a fight against obama care. other house republicans are prepared to support a new delay. this one, they are requiring people to buy health insurance. they want to require members of congress and their aids to pay their entire cost of health care insurance. it could be thousands of dollars. right now, the government covers 75% of their premiums. harry reid says democrats will reject that move as well. this work is expected to stretch well into the night with a midnight deadline looming.

at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> for now, all the district's 33,000 government workers will stay on the job tomorrow even with a shutdown. mayor gray decided to tap into the emergency funds. the $134 million fund is made up of local dollars already approved to keep the city running two to three weeks. last week, the mayor declared all city workers are essential. the white house has the final say on that. so far, they have not commented on that. >> don't plan to visit monuments or memorials if the government shutsdown. they will barricade them. they will shut off dozens of fountains including the world war ii memorial. the boating community is going to be hit hard. the boathouses along the anacostia and potomac rivers are

located on federal land. they will have to close even though they don't employ federal workers. local high schools and colleges that keep their boats at the boathouses are going feel it, too. >> we have put a lot of work in. if they shut down the boathouse, we are out of luck. >> they are in the middle of their fall racing season. if they don't practice, if they are off two or three days, the timing on the boats is off. you have to row every day if you are in racing season. they are going to be in sad shape. it's too bad. >> news 4s mark segraves will have more details on how the boat houses are preparing for a possible shutdown at 6:00. the looming shutdown weighed heavily on wall street. the dow down 127 points. the nasdaq dropping 10 and s&p

500 closed down about ten point. despite today's pe formans, the market is still higher for the month. let's go to steve handelsman on capitol hill. steve, where do we go from here? >> reporter: we go back to the house. the ball is in john boehners hands. there's a plan for obama care. the details are instead of cutting off funds, it would invalidate or delay the individual mandate, which is the crux, the linchpin of how obama care would work requiring all or almost all americans to buy. it would delay the mandate for one year. it would delay congress taking advantage of aspects of obama care which republicans hope can pass the house tonight and jam the senate later tonight into passing it. harry reid says he won't be, and these are quotes.

he won't be slapped around or bullied to keep government running. that's a democrats no before the house votes on the new boehner plan. >> all right, steve handelsman big day, long night. thank you. stay with news 4 and www.nbcwashington.com as we look at this and how it might impact you. that part of the story coming up at 4:30. head over to www.nbcwashington.com for ten ways you could be impacted. a scary rush hour commute in suburban chicago. two "l" trains ended up on the same track and crashed head on. it stopped in forest park. at least four dozen people are nursing injuries. investigators are trying to determine how the empty train was able to move down the track without a conductor. it had been in service in the

rail yard. two people facing charges after tsa busted them for fake ids. check out what the officer's found after noticing something weird in a bag at the airport this past friday. you can see a number of fake new york licenses and credit cards with different names. police confiscated the phoney cards and cited them. they have been identified as residents of nevada. the national aquarium will shut their doors for good after 81 years in theme basement of t commerce building. they had a big boost in visitors over the final weekend. most of the 2,500 animals will be moved to the national aquarium in baltimore. officials here are looking for a new location somewhere in washington. well, it's the win we have been waiting for, folks. the redskins are now 1-3. notice that one after beating

the raiders yesterday. washington has a by week and in two weeks they head to dallas to take on the rival, the cowboys sitting on top of the division with a 2-2 record. coming up at 5:00, chris cooley joins diana to break down the plays from yesterday's game. we needed that. our team coverage of the pending shutdown. how it could impact services you use from the road to the air. amanda knox gets her day in court, again. this time, he's a no show. we'll hear from her ex-boyfriend coming up. new laws you need to know about if you get behind the wheel in maryland. >> it's been a nice, fine september day today. the temperatures are about 74 to 75 degrees. as we head through october, late september or late summer warmth will be with us.

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maryland's new gun law takes effect tomorrow and gun advocates are fighting it to the end. tomorrow, a group of gun shops, associations and private citizens will be in federal court to stop the law. they filed a lawsuit last week calling it unconstitutional. they ban 45 different kinds of assault rifles and magazines that hold more than ten rounds and you will be fingerprinted when you buy a gun. cell phone and seatbelt laws get tougher and more costly if you break them. adam tuss explains what's changing starting tomorrow.

>> yes, i think it's insane. you have a full supporter of taking the phones out of the car. >> reporter: doris is responsible for precious cargo behind the wheel. she can't understand why so many aren't paying attention when they drive. >> i can't tell you the number of times we have passed people or people passed us and their head is down looking at their lap. you know they are not driving. >> reporter: time and time again you see it. people distracted. starting tomorrow, talking on a handheld phone gos from a secondary to primary offense. an officer can pull you over for talking on the phone. drivers acknowledge it will be a change. ever talk on the cell phone when driving? >> sometimes, yes. >> reporter: sometimes you talk on the phone? >> yes. >> reporter: she walks everywhere, but wishes drivers would pay more attention.

>> i think it's dangerous. i think there should be laws against it. people get into car accidents, for what? >> reporter: another law kicked in. it's a seatbelt law. everyone in the backseat of the car has to wear a seatbelt or a $50 fine. in bethesda, adam tuss, news 4. the affordable health care act has security experts aware. the scams to watch out for.

take a look at this. we are getting in new video of a deadly accident yesterday in california. the small plane ran off the runway at santa monica municipal airport. the crash erupted into a huge fire ball and the building collapsed on to it. they are not sure how many people were on board but no one survived. that report is coming up in a couple minutes. new developments in the government shutdown. let's go to the live desk and erika gonzalez. >> in the past few minutes, the senate passed a bill to pay members of the military if there's a shutdown. there's bipartisan rage they would not get their paycheck. the house passed a legislation sunday to pay the military on

schedule. now, the senate agrees. the legislation goes to the white house for the president to sign. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. the rollout of the affordable health care act may be the opportunity of the lifetime for scam artists. they are expecting onslaught of phoney e-mails asking people to log on or lose their benefits. we have more on what to avoid from being scammed. >> reporter: the health insurance exchanges we have heard about will start up and be online tuesday. unfortunately, so will the crooks who are always phishing to get your credit card or bank account numbers. >> this might be the opportunity of the decade for the fischers. >> reporter: they are expected to dress up e-mails to look legitimate and entice you to click on links that lead to no good.

>> if you get an e-mail that says do this or you are going to lose benefits you are likely to do it. >> they will cash in on the confusion of the affordable health care act also known as obama care. >> i don't know how they will be able to distinguish themselves from the phishing e-mails. >> reporter: if there's a time to be individual lent, it's now. >> we need to be suspicious of it. if it comes from someone you don't know, it's a flag. if it's poorly written, it's another flag. >> another thing is every time you go to a website, go to the address bar and type it in manually. don't use links. >> reporter: don't be in a hurry. people who are eligible to buy insurance have until next april to sign up. well, veronica, it has been

a parched september. >> it has. we were chatting how wet it was in the beginning of the summer, now a dry phase. we are starting to need the rain. let's take a look outside and see what's going on. we have a gorgeous, but dry day. you are probably seeing a leaf drop out there. good fall color taking place in the nice, warm sunny afternoon. folks since september 1st, we have had 1.22 inch of rain. we are down. average is 3.59 inches and we are down about 2.5 inches for the month of september, alone. we are wrapping up the month today. 6:52, the temperature is 75 degrees right now. mostly clear sky. we have a few clouds out there. 7:00 p.m. 66, 64 by 9:00 p.m. still a mostly clear sky. then it's cool by 11:00 p.m. as

we drop to 63 to 61 degrees. a nice evening. we have high pressure once again in control tomorrow morning. i think we'll see a few clouds coming in. more importantly, we'll have fog developing, mainly south of d.c. through the northern neck over to eastern maryland and maryland's eastern shore. the fog should burn off by 10:00 a.m. back to afternoon sunshine across the area. another beautiful day coming our way and we do it all over again on wednesday. wednesday, with the sunshine, i think the temperatures will be higher across the area. let me show you your hour-by-hour forecast for tuesday. patchy fog at 5:00 a.m. a few clouds at 8:00 a.m. i think we'll start warming fast when we get rid of the fog and the clouds from the morning. 11:00 a.m. temperature, 75 degrees. good warm fare for recess and getting the kids out. 82 degrees at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. so, low to mid-80s across the

area tomorrow. fredericksburg high, 83. quantico, 82. 81 in ft. belvoir. here is a look at the storm team 4 forecast. 86 wednesday, thursday dry, friday dry. the next best chance of rain, not until sunday. i think that could come late. then the high temperature on monday, 75 degrees. right now, it looks like we are not -- not 75 for wednesday. we are looking at warmth around the area. 86 degrees, the warmest out of the week. summer like warmth, nice, bright sunshine feeling like late summer around here. we'll take another look at the seven day forecast in a couple minutes. >> thanks. a brilliant ending that answered a lot of questions about seasons past. >> sean robinson is here to break down "breaking bad", next. ♪

plus, why katy perry is tweeting about a high school in this area. and the latest on a looming government shutdown. how it will impact folks in our region beyond capitol hill.

as we continue to cover the countdown to the impending shutdown, the president is scheduled to speak at 4:45. we'll have his comments live. the president is expected to meet with his cabinet later this afternoon at 5:00. the countdown continues. we'll continue to cover the impending shutdown as it happens. it's the finale everybody is talking about today. kanye west takes a break from his latest online feud over the weekend. >> sean robinson is joining us live. a & es popular "breaking bad." without giving away flot spoilers, what is the overall reaction you are hearing? >> we hat 10.3 million people who tuned in to see "breaking bad," the series finale. i was one of them that stayed up to watch it.

are you fans? tell me the truth. >> a little. don't spoil it. >> here is the question. here is the question. what is the appropriate amount of time that we "breaking bad" fans have to wait until you catch up to talk about what happens? >> i went through it with "homeland" last year. you have to give me a few more weeks. >> a few more weeks? it was fantastic. i am satisfied. i'm sadly satisfied with the finale. we had brian, aaron, series creator, they had a huge party at the hollywood forever cemetery. they had the series finale party there. it raised, that party raised $1.8 million for aaron paul's wife's antibullying project. it was a -- it was a party with a purpose.

so, they had a good time last night. we'll wait a few more weeks until we can discuss with you guys what actually happened at the end. >> just a few days. maybe a few hours. let's talk about kanye west and kim kardashian. they took a trip over the weekend without the wedding. folks are talking about how different he seemed. >> last week was not a good week for kanye. last friday, paparazzi here in l.a. were outside his house at 4:00 in the morning as he and kim were going to the airport for paris fashion week. let me say, he probably called them everything but a child of god, but anyway, when he got to paris, much more friendly atmosphere. he said he actually respected the paparazzi there. they call it quits at 8:00 and you are not in front of my house at 4:00 in the morning.

he was giving them more respect. this was kim's first official outing since the baby. she looked very, very hot. very sexy, black dress with a high slit. so, she's looking really good. we didn't expect her to look any other way. kanye seems to be more at peace when he's in paris. we miss him too much if he stayed. we actually want him to come back. >> we hear paris does that to people. >> sean, they have been separated for some time, but kathr ca catherine zeta jones congratrated them. >> it left the door open for a reconciliation. i talked to michael douglas backstage. he said reports of them not

getting back together is not right. she received an award of her own. she said she was proud of him winning the emmy. it was wonderful and well deserved. she talked about how michael is a good dancer. this was a dance related event where she received her award. it's nice. i think the fans would like to see them back together. >> it's nice to be nice. see you at 7:30 tonight, "access hollywood." >> don't tweet, either. >> thanks. okay. some local high school students hope katy perry will roar into stafford county. they were asking other students to perform to her hit song, "roar." perry saw it and tweeted about it. she said i can hear you roar.

♪ you're going to hear me roar ♪ >> the contest ends tomorrow. the winning school gets to perform next month. you can watch it on the www.nbcwashington.com page. >> it's quite a shoutout. coming up, our continuing coverage of a shutdown showdown. how it could impact local museums to the national zoo's panda cam. a pilot is a

welcome back. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly.

the clock continues to run at 4:30 now. we are seven and a half hours from a government shutdown. there does not appear to be a compromise in sight. late this afternoon, the senate rejected the house bill that delayed the start of the newest reforms in the affordable health care act. the white house called the bill extortion. >> it looks like the 33,000 government workers will stay on the job tomorrow. mayor gray decided to tap into an emergency fund. it's made up of local dollars already approved. >> stocks ended on a lower note. the dow closing off 128 points to end the day. 15,129, the nasdaq off ten points and the s&p 500 was down ten to finish at 1681. analysts point out that all three closed out the month and the quarter with healthy gains. from the smithsonian museums

to the military, the impact of the shutdown is expected to be swift and costly. >> tom is here with a closer look at what's at stake. a reality check. >> it's silly. the irony is shutting the government down is not cheap. it will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions, nearly a billion dollars. nearly a million paychecks jeopardized and some will feel it more acutely than others. the military will continue to operate but instead of paychecks, those in uniforms could get ious to collect pay at a later date. it could change if congress votes to pay the military rather than issue ious. civilian employees could be furloughed. the fbi and d.e.a. and federal courts will operate normally. if the shutdown lasts longer than two weeks, the court could

run out of reserve funds. the postal service operates independent, so the mail will keep coming through snow, rain, heat and a government shutdown. home security will continue. fda would be unable to keep up food safety oversight. 6600 employees could be furloughed. hud shut down. same with the department of interior. that means the national parks would close, the smithsonian and the zoo would close. the department of labor, energy and commerce are expected to shutdown. irs functions would cease. social security checks would go out. veterans could see their benefits affected. medical services should continue. the new federal health care law, obama care would be implemented. those funds are not dependent on the process. the longer the shutdown and the longer people go without paychecks, the greater the

impact on the overall economy. you saw wall street sell off. >> there's an impact even if there's a compromise tonight. >> a lot of analysts made the point. if you have the option to go to a big store and buy all your groceries in bulk, it's going to cost you less than if you go every day or hour to the store and buy groceries. the government likes to buy things in bulk, if you will. if we are buying piecemeal, it gets expensive. yes, to answer -- that was a long way of saying yes, they have started the wind down clock. >> a lot of people are going to feel an impact. >> in this area. >> especially. thank you so much. the national zoo will be closed if the federal government shuts down. the panda cam is going to be turned off. the live video stream gives us a chance to watch the panda mom cuddle with her newborn. a government shutdown will not

affect their commitment to the safety of the staff or animals. all animals will continue to be cared for. >> kathleen says -- the marketplace opens tomorrow. >> benefits like mammograms and cancer screenings, hospital stays, prescription drugs, all the things you need if you get, god forbid, a diagnosis and need to follow through on a treatment. >> she spoke at the mandarin oriental hotel downtown. he's accused of driving drunk and slamming into cars along the beltway in maryland. chopper 4 was over the scene as officers arrested this man and pulled a cooler and beer cans out of his car. it started before 11:00 this morning. the driver hit two cars and kept ongoing on the outer loop toward

montgomery county, hitting several cars along the way. lucki luckily, nobody was seriously hurt. the police officer was able to stop the suspect in rockville. hees facing a number of charges including drivers while intoxicated. passengers on board a flight are singing pilot praises after a tough landing last night. the flight from madrid was coming in for a landing in rome when the right landing gear failed to open properly. the pilot landed using only the nose and left landing gear. the plane ended up on the right side and everyone evacuated using the emergency slides. 151 passengers were on board, plus the crew. again, no one hurt. let's get the word on the weather. any changes in store? we'll find out from veronica. also concerns in kenya about tourism. veronica, first the forecast. >> we are not going to have too many bumps in the road jim and pat. for us, it's been perfect outside.

perfect fall weather. comfortable temperatures out there. right now, 75 degrees. your sky, mostly sunny. the wind is at 6 miles per hour right now. look at the temperatures throughout the area. 78 in montgomery county. rockville and damascus, 74 degrees in vienna. prince george's county and buoy, the temperature 75 degrees. your good night forecast, if you have plans to go out this evening, we are going to head down to the mid-60s by 9:00 p.m. under a mostly clear sky. a warm up is in store for this week. we'll take a look at the four-day forecast in a couple minutes. >> thank you so much. we have a lot to come. we have concerns in kenya. coming up, how the attack on the mall in nairobi will impact the tourism industry. move over coca-cola. we are waiting right now for president obama to speak in about ten minutes from the white house briefing room about the

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just two hours after a russian rocket burst into flames on live tv, they tried again today. this time it went off without a hitch.

the unmanned rocket launched off . the late pope john paul ii will be declared a saint next april. pope francis announced john paul ii and the late pope john xxiii will be cannonized in april, 2014. they say it's highly unusual for two saints to be cannonized in the same day. they see it to promote unity within the church. coca-cola is not the most valuable brand in the world. according to an annual report, apple is now on top. google took spot number two followed by coke, ibm and microsoft. continuing coverage of the shutdown showdown when we come back. >> we are waiting for the president to speak in about ten minutes. we'll bring his comments live as we'll bring his comments live as it

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in their natural habitats. the state issued travel warnings. the second appeals trial of amanda knox and her former boyfriend is under way. they are accused of murdering knox's former roommate in 2007. the two are not required to attend the trial. in an exclusive interview on the "today" show, he told savannah guthrie italian authorities are dragging them back to court to save face. >> they don't want to make mistakes. they are trying to save face. >> keith miller reports from florence why prosecutors are holding a new trial. >> reporter: this is the third time that amanda knox will face trial for murder and violent sexual assault. it may not be the last. italy's highest court ordered an appeal in the last trial describing the ruling as full of

deficiencies, contradictions and illogical conclusions and called for a full review of all the evidence. >> the question for me, as an attorney, is whether that evidence is now, after so many years reliable, whether the chain was properly preserved. >> it was almost six years ago knox and her former boyfriend were accused of murdering meredith kircher. knox, appearing like the all american girl, was accused of participating in a drug fueled sex game gone wrong. she was found not guilty on appeal after serving four years in prison. knox is not required to attend court. >> i was already imprisoned as an innocent person in italy. i can't reconcile the choice to go back with that experience. it's not a possibility.

i was imprisoned as an innocent person. i can't relive that. >> the victim's family welcomes the appeal, convinced, along with italy's supreme court the one man convicted of the crime did not act alone. this appeal could last a year, maybe longer. even then, the knox saga may not be over. there could be more appeals, leaving this in a judicial ping-pong. back to you. the news 4 live desk now. there's word that admission by jesse jackson to help a man failed. erika gonzalez has details. >> jesse jackson is on his way home after a four-day visit to cuba without getting permission to visit a jailed man. he's serving a 15-year sentence. jackson asked to visit him and was told it could not be arranged in time. he was arrested in 2009 bringing in communications equipment as

part of a u.s. funded program to build in xhok si. he was convicted of crimes in cuba. he said he was setting up internet networks for jewish groups. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you. two counties in northern virginia are among the fastest growing in the nation. that's according to forbes magazine today which lists loudoun county as number two on the list. prince william county tied at number eight. with tennessee's montgomery county there, eight out of the top ten growing counties this year are all in the suburbs. believe it or not, it's not too early to think about the holidays, especially for major retailers. macy's announced they are boosting the number of holiday hires up nearly 40% from last

year's seasonal hires. walmart announced plans to hire 55,000 workers for the holidays, 10% increase. target's seasonal hires are expected to fall 20%. year round workers will be able to work more hours. ikea wants to bring renewable energy to people's homes nationwide. they started selling residential solar panels in british stores. if all goes well, they branch out to other countries. a solar panel system costs just over $9,000. the package includes installation, maintenance and an energy monitoring service. no word if the panels will come to stores in our area anytime soon. home depot and lowe's sell them in the u.s. a typhoon packing 73-mile-per-hour winds slammed into china's southern coast yet. it sank two fishing boats and now 75 fishermen are missing. the storm uprooted trees, cut

off power lines and blew the roofs off thousands of home. it weakened to a tropical storm when it hit vietnam. tens of thousands of people were evacuated before the storm hit. >> veronica, all calm on the home front, again. >> i said earlier, we have few bumps in the road here. we are going to start climbing a bit of a temperature mountain this week. let's look at things outside. it's been a gorgeous day. we have light winds to go around with the sunshine, the pretty blue sky. overnight, late, after midnight, patchy fog forming. for the first week of october, yep, i know, right here, it's around the corner and starts tomorrow. october warmth is going to feel, oh, a little bit like early september. let's take a look at the averages, because, folks, as we head through fall, the average high temperature for the beginning of october, 74 degrees. by the end of november, it's down to 52.

for us, at least the first week, we are going to be much, much higher than 74 degrees. i'll show you the highs in a moment. we are at 72 degrees in gaithersburg, maryland. good afternoon in college park at 77. mild conditions from camp springs 72 to 74 degrees right now. the forecast we stay clear. 63 is the temperature by 11:00 p.m. by tomorrow morning, a light jacket if you are going out. tomorrow, high temperature? waldorf, 81. leonardtown and st. mary's 81 degrees and 82 in king george. nice, mild conditions, not only across southern maryland but northern virginia as we pull it out and show you the counties from loudoun to stafford. 82 degrees is the high in culpeper, virginia. 81 to manassas. it gets even warmer as we start

moving through the workweek. i said we are going to climb the temperature mountain. here we go on wednesday. the high 86. 84 on friday. then we start settling back down. not until the weekend is over. your weekend right now, 80 to 85 degrees with saturday being the warmest day out of the weekend. sunday, right now, 80 degrees with a chance of rain coming in late. probably during the afternoon/evening hours sunday. that might continue into the first part of monday. look at this, mild week for us, indeed. jim, pat? >> thanks, veronica. we are waiting to hear from the president about the government shutdown. we are waiting to hear from him any minute. we'll bring it to you live. we have new information about the deadly plane cash in california. we are coming back. >> he wanted to be a medic. he studied to be an emt. he registered as an emt.

four days later, shot and killed at a place they

authorities in california are trying to determine how many people were aboard a small jet that crashed yesterday. the flight left idaho landing in santa monica. it ran off a runway and crashed

into a hangar and erupted into flames. tony reports. >> reporter: the pilot of the twin own gin was in contact with the control tower as he prepared to land. minutes later, something went wrong during landsing. >> you could hear the reverse thrusters and everything kicking in in an unusual way. it was like wow, that is super crazy loud. nothing that i have ever heard before at the airport, then it crashed. >> reporter: the investigator with the ntsb confirmed the top priority recovering the bodies of the victim or victims. santa monica based builders issued a statement acknowledging the crash saying it believes its president and ceo mark benjamin and his son and senior project engineer luke benjamin were on

board. the cessna seats eight. recovery was stopped last night hampered by the roof collapse. >> we are going to go in and assist the ntsb and santa monica police to see how many deceased we have. the team will be out in a couple hours once we get the roof off the plane. >> reporter: do you have an idea of the time line for that? >> probably at least a couple hours. right now, at 5:00, a live look at the senate floor. the back and forth battle over if government shutdown continues. paychecks going to almost 1 million american families hang on the balance. >> things may look different down here soon. monuments and memorials may be shut down. with the clock ticking down, the dysfunction in washington could win. here we go again. seven hours and counting, folks. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. live tonight, we are waiting for

president obama to speak at any moment from the press briefing room as lawmakers scramble to meet the gops conditions for keeping the government open. >> we have a team of reporters covering every angle for it what means to businesses and the impact on the national mall. >> here with where we stand at the moment. the senate rejected the funding bill passed by the house this weekend. this would have delayed the next phase of president obama's health care law. as the senate killed the bill, the republicans decided to vote on a bill that goes one step further than the rejected version. it would not only delay it, but make health care insurance more expensive for members of congress and the people who work for them. we are learning on how it will impact for beyond d.c. the irs is the biggest employer

in the county. tracee wilkins has how much workers could be losing. >> reporter: we are not just talking what's going on at the irs, we have nasas the census bureau, a number of federal installations. it contributes a large portion of money for the income. what's going to happen here, if the government shuts down? >> i just started back work. i got laid off last year. i got here may of this year. for this to happen -- >> reporter: this irs employee was hit by the mortgage downturn. now he's getting word the government is threatening a shutdown. >> they employ a lot of people. it's a cut back. it changes the style of living. >> reporter: more than a quarter of the federal work force lives in prince george's county. with most of them driving or riding the train into d.c. >> drive in orro