upper 70s most of the region by noontime with a partly cloudy sky. hometown forecast, there at noontime should be into the mid 70s. a look at the rest of your tuesday. that's coming in ten minutes. now a look at your tuesday morning traffic with danella. good morning. good morning, tom. checking an accident. here's what's happening in northeast d.c. along new hampshire avenue at eastern avenue. report came in as a car fire. just be aware of that. use caution if you're about to leave the house and head in that direction. normal volume out of frederick, maryland. further down as you travel in germantown. here's a live look in gaithersburg. volume is here. no major delays. drive time looks good from germantown road as you head to the capital beltway. danella, thank you.

lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill after a long night that ultimately ended in failure. >> the government is closing this morning for the first time in about two decades. it is hard to see if there will be an end to the gridlock. news 4's melissa mollett is live. >> reporter: it's been a bitter partisan fight. quite a blame game we've seen over the past couple of days. we know that lawmakers will reconvene at 9:30 this morning. here's what we know about what will happen then. we're understanding from harry reid that he will move to table whatever the house was working on overnight which will end up killing it. democrats say they won't approve anything at all unless that thing is completely clear of any demands to change the health care law. the hope, of course, this morning perhaps to go to this conference and end up actually talking through their differences. >> there's a way to resolve this

process and that is to go to conference and talk through your differences. i would hope the senate would accept our offer to go to conference and discuss this. >> i think there's a growing movement in the house to put our bill on the floor, and i think now that the reality of the shutdown has occurred, maybe that'll happen. let's hope and pray. >> reporter: now of course though the shutdown is now underway, we know that lawmakers can continue to work though some of their staffers might be furloughed. that, of course, could affect things as well down the line as far as the speed of anything actually happening. live on capitol hill, melissa mollett, news 4. >> thank you. we are keeping track of changes marc is making in the wake of this government shutdown. train 875 on the brunswick line is canceled. train 850 on the camden line is canceled. the penn line will run as scheduled. vre may add additional trains this afternoon as well.

our web team will post any changes on nbcwashington.com. if you're planning on getting out of town today, you will be able to catch a flight. air traffic controllers and airport screeners are expected to stay on the job. for the moment the state department will also continue to process applications for visas and passports since fees are collected but the department is warning that embassy and consulate services at home and abroad will only stay open as long as enough fees are coming in to support them. our coverage will continue through the next hour. we are learning about d.c. businesses come together to help people put on furlough. we have the plan for d.c. employees through the program. 4 minutes past the hour. insurance exchanges that are at the heart of the affordable care act open today. that means millions of americans without health insurance can start shopping for a plan online. we are hearing about some glitches with forms for spanish speakers.

some state's websites are having issues as well. we will have some more critical dates associated with the care act in 20 minutes. we'll tell you who the obama administration says it's done wrong in the weeks and months leading up to now. of course, you can get answers about the health care law on nbcwashington.com. search affordable care act. we are following a developing story in california. 6:05. explosion leads to evacuations on the campus. a petty crime that may have put the entire university in danger. >> the advantage that it offers to help nab the top spot. plus, prepare for a warm plus, prepare for a warm

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forbes magazine said virginia was the best state to do business in. they say they have six important factors, cost, labor, supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life. maryland took the 18th spot. you might be able to get more leg room and better food on your next flight if you're willing to pay for it, like everything else. new fee policies will let you buy extra leg room, rent ipods preloaded with movies, by hot first class meals in coach. you can guarantee that no one can sit in the seat next to you. they're considering skipping baggage claim and having your bags delivered directly to your home or office. >> lazy. >> i'll pick it up myself. >> i agree. i don't like any of those extra fees. time now to check the forecast. summer like weather for the beginning of october. i like it. i like a little warmth. >> me, too. tom kierein is here to break it all down. >> no extra fee for this.

starting off with temperatures in the 50s. a bit milder. it has been the last few mornings. a little cloudiness coming from the west right now. that should break up over the next couple of hours. right now we are in the mid to upper 50s around the beltway and our nearby neighborhoods. it's in the 50s through maryland, virginia, the rest of the eastern shore. 8:00 in the 60s. by noon, the upper 70s and hitting the low 80s by mid afternoon with lots of sunshine and a very light wind. the warm pattern continues for the week ahead and into the weekend. details on that coming in ten minutes. how's our tuesday traffic, danella? good morning, tom. in the first alert traffic center, earlier car fire reported new hampshire avenue and northeast d.c. at eastern avenue. use caution. just want to make you aware of that. let's head down 210 from charles county. if you're making your commute heading northbound, no delays just yet. easy commute to the belt way.

between 210 as you make your commute to the wilson bridge your travel lanes are open. the wilson bridge looks good also in both directions. your drive time on the wilson bridge heading to van dorn street, that will take ten minutes. the rails are still checking out. our team coverage continues next. federal workers will be on furlough. news 4's angie goff notices how some local businesses are pitching in to help them out. a heads up if you ride metro. metro[ male announcer ] at northrop grumman,

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6:14 right now. we are just about 3 hours from the senate returning to capitol hill. their first action when they get there will be to kill the third house proposal to enter their chamber since yesterday. the shutdown means 800,000 federal workers will soon stop receiving paychecks. the workers are being told to come to work today although they will work for just about four hours to shut down the government before they are furloughed. this morning all 33,000 d.c. city employees will return to work and won't be sent home.

vincent gray declared all city workers essential personnel. he will use reserve funds to pay for operations. all city services in the district including 911 will operate as normal. trash will be picked up, parking rules will be enforced. unemployment checks, food stamps, tax filings and social security benefits will continue to go out. the government shutdown is a hot topic on social media right now from lawmakers to business owners. news 4's angie goff here with what's going on. >> aaron, good morning. the outcry has been steady through the night and into the morning. we've seen a string of lawmakers tweeting they're going to work without pay. congresswoman ann wagner submitted a letter. texas congressman said he would donate his. look at these pictures and tweets. happy hours, free burgers and cupcakes for government

employees are being shared over and over. a lot of buzz about this. the synagogue opening up at shutdown central this morning giving those furloughed a free place to hang with food, games, constant streaming episodes of "the west wing." what's your message to congress this morning? we want to know. the conversation on our facebook page is heating up. >> ak gi goff, thank you. a developing story. uc berkeley campus is slowly coming back to life. the blast is being blamed on a copper thief who may have exposed some volatile wiring and chemicals. the outage trapped 20 people in elevators across the property for over an hour. one person was hospitalized but he's expected to be fine. it is 6:16. it is now up to the naval academy superintendent to decide if three former navy football players will face sex assault charges. the officer who presided over a hearing in the case has

forwarded his recommendations to vice admiral michael miller. the alleged victim is suing to have miller recuse himself. her lawyer says he favors football players. happening today, jury selection begins for a man whose crimes were first exposed here on nbc 4 a few months back. benjarney revis is accused of human trafficking, sex crimes and they say he had sex with a 14-year-old girl. in exchange he would forgive a $5,000 debt owed by the girl's mother. the abuse ended after a girl told a relative and the two went to the police. the girl's mother is also facing charges. a deadly crane collapse in singapore killed at least two people and more deaths are expected. witnesses say concrete slabs being used to balance a crane slid off sending the crane off the side of the building.

the crane was being used in the construction of the future national art gallery. two months ago a similar issue happened but no one was seriously hurt in that incident. five people were killed and a 13-year-old girl was seriously hurt when a rock slide sent 100 ton boulders pouring into a hiking trail in central colorado. take a look at the debris that was left behind. the group was hiking near mou princeton when the rocks gave away. the 13-year-old girl was taken to the hospital with a broken leg. the ages of the other victims not been released. crews will head out today to try to recover their bodies. 6:18. happening today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address the united nations. he's expected to call on the international community to stop iran from acquiring nuclear assets. despite the new iranian president hasan rouwani's only

wanting to have nuclear power. defense secretary chuck hagel was on hand when south korea displayed its domestically built cruz missile. it can hit a target in any part of neighboring north korea. south korea's president said they made the weapon as a way to neutralize the north korean's threats. it is time to get a check of our forecast. we've had some lovely weather, summer like. >> let's see if it will roll on. tom kierein will be here with the forecast. going to be feeling like summer here in the next couple of days. just in the afternoon, only a couple of hours. we have reports of temperatures around the region generally in the 50s most locations and the school bus stop forecast for students at the bus stop this morning, you will need a light jacket between now and about 8:30. it should stay in the 50s to the low 60s.

a few clouds coming and going. very light wind. then by noontime temperatures should be up into the upper 70s and during the afternoon most of the region should be peaking in the low 80s with increasing sunshine. then this evening the temperature graph drops back down into the 70s through the evening. then by dawn tomorrow, a milder start should be bottoming out around 60 degrees during the day on wednesday. lots of sunshine. afternoon highs reaching the mid 80s. the record high in washington is 89. we'll probably not get there. each day after that all the way through the 11th the record highs are 90 degrees or higher. not that warm but certainly a touch of summer in the air again on thursday, friday, saturday. highs low to mid 80s. we'll have increasing clouds. the front coming through. we'll give us passing clouds off and on and into monday. i'm back in ten minutes. good morning, tom. the first 4 traffic center

tracking a new accident coming in. dale boulevard, this is westbound just as you pass i-95. reportedly the crash there is blocking the right lane. talk about delays on i-95. folks traveling north bound. little bit of volume here. your drive time, let's get to t. 30 minutes from quantico to the belt way. stop and go kind of speed. no heavy delays yet. over to the beltway, no issues to report there. 66 as well. clear in both directions. no accidents to report. metro, marc, vre all heading close to schedule. while we're talking about the rales, starting today, metro is dropping the price of its smart trip card to $2. you still have to pay $10 to a new trip. metro hopes the price drop will

encourage them to make the switch. you can start buying the mart strip cards at any rail station and cvs drug stores. the fairfax county fire and rescue department will wear pink shirts. they're sporting the new shirts for breast cancer awareness month. for the rest of the month they will wear purple wrist bands in support of the domestic violence which is in october. >> high stress levels in middle aged people may increase the risk of alzheimer's and dementia later in life. women who had multiple stressors in their life had a 21% greater chance of alzheimer's and a 15% greater chance of dementia. the study was focused on women. researchers believe the same results could be applied to men. heads up for you wine drinkers out there. you might want to reconsider that glass you drink. >> yes. that's because a new study says the amount of wine you drink depends on the type of glass you

use. sort of makes sense. researchers at cornell university had volunteers pour themselves a normal glass of wipe. they found when they were given a wide fwlas they poured about 12% more wine. they also poured more wine when holding the glass instead of placing it on a table. researchers say this is significant because people may think they're having one serving of wine when they're having two or three. >> if you have a smaller glass of wine you think you're drinking more. getting breakfast or lunch on the run today? you might want to leave a little early. drive through times slowing down at most major fast food chains. that's according to qsr magazine. that's because customers have more menu options now. burger king is the only drive through seeing its time drop. wendy's has the fastest time. you'll get your order in 2 minutes there. going online. the health care exchanges are online. the confusion that may arrive in

the next few months. plus, paying more if you're caught speeding. the new hike in fees that you'll see if you're ticketed in the district starting today. 6:24 now.

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forecast. tom. we've had clouds moving into the metro west. storm team for satellite views showing. cloudiness for virginia, the district. all clear on the eastern shore. it is a milder morning. the last several mornings. prince gorges county. montgomery and fairfax, alexandr alexandria, the district, falls church. by 8:00 we should be in the low 60s. much of the region in the upper 60s to around 70. a few breaks in the clouds and by noontime you'll be comfortable in short sleeves. we should be into the upper 70s. green belt and prince gorges county, hometown forecast there. by noontime into the mid and upper 70s with sunshine. a look at how warm it'll get this afternoon. that's coming in about ten minutes. now a look at your traffic on this tuesday morning.

good morning, danella. good morning, tom. in the first 4 traffic center, getting a report of a motorcycle accident in georgia avenue near hewitt avenue. checking live cameras in the area. southbound georgia avenue, that's what's affected over here. looks like police and ambulance on the scene here, left lanes are blocked. if you're traveling southbound georgia avenue continuing towards the aspen hill area, you'll have to get back into the right lane. shoot back over to virginia. the earlier crash, dale boulevard. as you pass it you'll see the right lane blocked by the accident there. over to the folks traveling along 5, branch avenue, prince gorges county. now you're seeing delays in charlestown. an earlier accident closer to shortcut road. if you're traveling along 5 you'll see heavy volume here for the folks continuing northbound. back over to you, eun. >> 6:29 now. if you don't have health insurance you can start shopping today for a plan.

insurance exchanges that are part of the affordable care act are open today. the obama administration expects 7 million people to sign up for plans during the first year. it hopes 25 million uninsured americans eventually sign up. the process for shopping through these insurance exchanges should be simple. your options would be based on your age, where you live, the size of your family. each plan will also offer the same set of benefits and will be categorized by costs. it will also be illegal for insurers to deny you benefits or charge you more because of pre-existing conditions. even though the affordable care act passed more than 3 1/2 years ago, most americans are still confused about what it means. >> according to the new kaiser family foundation nbc news survey, more than half of the people say they're worried about the law. dr. nancy snyderman asked health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius who's to blame for the confusion. >> reporter: with all the run-up time to the eve of this, why the

confusion today? and why not more enthusiasm? >> i think it still ant reisn't for people and there is a lot of confusion. >> reporter: is that your fault? >> i think we bear part of the responsibility of not being able to get through a lot of the noise. almost 1/3 of people surveyed say they're angry about the affordable care act. here are the important dates to remember about the new health care law. first, you can start enrolling today. we've been telling you about that. coverage won't start until january 1st. enrollment closes in march. most americans must have insurance by the start of next year. you'll be fined if you don't. you probably have many questions. go to nbcwashington.com. search affordable care act. tune into the "today" show. dr. nancy snyderman and jean chafsky will be answering viewer questions about the law.

another issue on capitol hill. this has nothing to do with the shutdown. a water main break shut down 2nd and maryland. it should down the roadways overnight. water is slowly coming back to apartment dwellers. no federal buildings were impacted. 6:32 right now. crews are repairing tiny cracks in the columns of virginia's capitol building. the microscopic cracks are in the stucco on the south portico. a richmond company is going to coat those at a cost of $82,000. the 2011 east coast earthquake could have contributed to the cracks forming. today virginia's candidates for attorney general will make their case. mark obeshain and mark herring will square off for a debate.

news 4's millet green. 6:33. >> eun, we're hearing from president obama this morning. he sat down with national public radio last night. this interview just released a short while ago. in that interview the president addressed the stalemate on capitol hill, the gridlock that has led to this impact. >> keep in mind that from the start what i have said is i am happy to talk to republicans about any issue. what we're not going to do is to negotiate whether or not congress pays its bills and whether or not congress passes a budget that keeps government open. and the reason for that, particularly when it comes to congress paying its bills, is that we cannot be a country that is lurching for two months, three months from crisis to crisis to crisis.

>> well, where do we go from here? the president says he is not willing to negotiate a delay in obama care. let's listen. actually, we will get to that throughout the day. we're continuing to follow this developing story on the budget impasse and the government shutdown, the partial government shutdown. i'm here with the latest from the live desk. thank you. there is a new way to say good-bye to all of the annoying robe bow calls. the website called nomorobo. it can block a call if it senses it is calling many people at once. it only blocks illegal calls from schools, pharmacies to go through. already 1 million people have subscribed. there is concern this morning that certain businesses along the purple line route in maryland are being given preferential treatment.

last week it was announced that a deal was struck with the columbia country club to shift the route 12 feet on the line. in return the club is dropping the route. isaiah leg get says the deal gives the impression that powerful private groups are getting special attention. leg get says it's working with multiple groups to address the line. he says the state has the final say. if you are driving into work soon, watch your speed closely. the jump in fines coming if you're caught speeding. you also have some new driving laws in maryland. the change involving your cell phone that could lead to a ticket. 6:35. it is a milder morning. good morning. right now in the 50s throughout the region. record high today, 93. will we get that warm? we'll take a look chef, you seem less tense since you got spark unlimited business checking from capital one bank. my stress has vanished. my old business checking account

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welcome back. today new traffic fines and speeds go into effect. fines will increase by $50 for being over the limit. the fines for failing to stop will drop to 50 bucks. the street sweeping violations will be 45. now all fees need to be paid before getting a boot removed or getting your car from an impound lot. a new 8.3% wholesale tax on diesel will replace the 23.5 cents gas tax. it's unlikely customers buying gas in the district will feel any less pain at the pump. we are coming up on 20 minutes before the top of the hour right now. the sun is just about to work its way into the sky. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is checking the forecast. i've noticed a pattern.

>> sunrises are getting later and later. this morning the sunrise is at 7:04. there is a cloudy sky over the metro area. we'll have breaks in the clouds at 8:00 where we'll have temperatures into the low 60s. by noon, upper 70s. by mid afternoon should be peaking in the low 80s around the metro area. other highs around the area. low 80s across most of virginia. most of maryland, highs upper 70s to near 80. the highs should be in the mid to upper 70s with a breeze off the bay. afternoon highs should be reaching into the shenandoah valley. we'll take a look at the warm pattern, your seven day outlook and a look at the strangely tranquil tropics. no hurricanes threatening the atlantic seaboard. coming up in ten minutes. a look at traffic with danella. good morning, tom. we'll head back up to silver spring maryland. traveling southbound georgia

avenue near hewitt avenue. had an accident, it was blocking the left lane here. looks like it's completely cleared. that's good news. now we'll head over to the beltway outer loop at van dorn. possibly this crash involves an entrapment. you can see two of the right lanes blocked. the left side of the roadway will get you by. outer loop of the belt way at van dorn. another look at the rails, marc, brunswick east, 7 minute delay. danella, thank you. right now we are live at the national mall to lay out the fight ahead to the in the government shutdown. we'll also tell you the changes you'll see on the mall today. as many museums and parks close, we'll let you know what will stay open in the district. plus, new driving laws in maryland this morning. the changes you could face if an officer spots you using your phone.

i'm mola green. back from the live desk. we have more from president obama's just released discussion with mtr tied to his signature plan. >> we're not going to delay the affordable care act. there are millions of americans

who do not have health insurance and they are finally after decades going to be in a position where they can get affordable health care just like everybody else, and that means that their families, their kids, themselves, they've got the basic security you and i enjoy. >> our coverage of the shutdown and the key players involved in all of this continues throughout the day. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> right now as a matter of fact in the next few hours lawmakers will head back to capitol hill searching for an end to the shutdown. these two men and their respective houses are stuck in a stalemate over how to fund the government. this impact affects 800,000 workers. it means our national landmarks are closed. >> not to mention the impact it could have on the economy. we're joined live from capitol hill this morning with more on what we can expect there today. melissa? >> reporter: good morning. nice to see both of you this morning.

just a couple of hours as aaron mentioned until lawmakers can reconvene here. we understand the senate meeting at 9:30 this morning. they're going to look at this bill once again and they're going to table it and what the house worked on overnight. that basically for all intents and purposes will kill it. it has become a very bitter part at t partisan fight. they won't clear anything. the hope, of course, that they can start talking amongst themselves and figure out some way to meet in the middle. meantime, federal workers, most of them furloughed. a lot of them very anxious about what today will hold. take a listen. >> they're telling us to come in and shut down our offices, do our time sheets and, you know, get the offices secure. >> i think we discussed some of our plans yesterday and now i'm going to go in and find out our fate. >> reporter: now we spoke with a lot of federal workers out here

at the capitol yesterday as they were heading into work yesterday morning. they're nervous. most of them can come in in four hours. go home. no e-mail, no social media, nothing to do with work at all when they are furloughed. melissa, thank you. museums on the national mall are now closed because of the government shutdown. many other d.c. attractions are staying open including the newseum, the international spy museum, the crime museum are a few that you can visit today. those are private museums. you will probably have to pay a fee. there are 40 tours of free neighborhoods. you can find out about those with the walking town d.c. program through cultural tourism d.c. the national zoo will be closed today. that means the panda cam will be turned off any minute now. this is a live look at the zoo's panda cam right now. it is still up. it could go dark at any minute

now. we've had cute views of them cuddling and hanging out together. the government shutdown will not affect the zoo's commitment to the safety of the staff and animals and all of the animals will continue to be fed and cared for. 6:48 is your time right now. governor bob mcdonnell says the shutdown could cause fiscal problems for virginia. the state depends heavily on federal money. it could take a hit on how unpaid furloughs affects tax collections. mcdonald can use $13 million in a reserve fund created by the general assembly last year. president obama trying to reassure military members and defense department personnel hours into this shutdown. he sent a message to them last night. >> today i want to speak directly to you about what happens next. those of you in uniform will remain on your normal duty status. the threats to our national security have not changed and we need you to be ready.

ongoing military operations like our efforts in afghanistan will continue. >> congress passed a bill to keep paying members of the military. today the maryland transportation authority starts using the video toll collection system. it's going to help to recoup the money. it uses license plate information to identify the vehicle's owner and mail them a ticket. it marks the first day of administrative fees being tacked on to tickets including outstanding one. in the next day, there will be a meeting on the bicounty parkway. it will relocate the highway. it's linking loudon and prince willia williams counties. it's happening at john champe high school.

heads up for people in maryland. there are a handful of new rules for drivers. megan mcgrath is driving along rockville pike. megan? >> aaron, we pulled out the live drive cam. traffic has started to pick up since we last spoke to you this morning as rush hour gets underway. as people head out there on the roads ways this morning, there are some new laws that they're a going to want to know about to make sure that you don't get a ticket when you're out there this morning. one of them involves these things right here, hand held cell phone. beginning today speaking on a hand held cell phone becomes what they call a primary offense, meaning that police can pull you over for just talking on that cell phone. you do not need to commit some other traffic violation in order to be pulled over. they can see you on the phone, pull you aside, write you a ticket right there on the spot. the first ticket, $75. if you get caught a second time it goes up to $125. third offense, $175.

now there are also some new seat belt laws taking effect in maryland today as well. everybody inside the vehicle will need to wear a seat belt regardless of their age or where they are in the car. so, for example, if you're an adult sitting in the back seat, you have to be wearing a seat belt under this new law. another law taking effect today involves safety for children as they ride in vehicles. starting today all children under 4'9" must be in a child safety seat. again, you could be ticketed if you're pulled over and they are not so new law for people to keep in mind. the police are out there and they're going to be enforcing them. reporting live on rockville pike, megan mcgrath, news 4. aaron, back to you. we need to correct something we reported earlier. the debate between the attorney general candidates in virginia will take place tomorrow. >> earlier we reported it is today. the debate will take place tomg in loudon county. 6:51.

tom kierein is here with the forecast. >> a touch of summer. it's beginning to look a little like autumn. i took this picture along the appalachian trail over the weekend. post your pictures to weather at nbcwashington.com. usually we're talking about hurricanes. so far it has been tranquil. here to explain is chuck bell. good morning. >> hi, tom. high pressure over the eastern parts of the united states has been the protector for much of the hurricane season. it's still there now. it will continue to protect us from tropical storm jerry which is well off the eastern z boards. over the next couple of days that storm will be forced to make a recurvature and go back out and go towards the azores on the other side of the ocean. we are in a major hurricane drought for a long time over here. the last major hurricane category 3, 4, 5 to hit was will

ma in october of 2005. that was the same year as katrina or rita. for students at the bus stop this morning, mostly cloudy between now and 8:30, 9:00. temperatures in the 50s to low 60s between now and then. then during the afternoon with the sunshine increasing, we'll have highs climbing into the low 80s. much of the region. here's your hour-by-hour forecast. back down into the 70s. then tomorrow morning near 60. beautiful day tomorrow. yes, a touch of summer in october. it ought to make it into the mid 80s tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow's record high is 89. probably won't get there. it will feel summer like again on thursday, friday, and again on saturday. each afternoon into the low to mid 80s. next chance of rain may come late on sunday. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning, tom. first 4 traffic center, still

tracking an accident often the beltway. live look from chopper four. at one point two right lanes were blocked. now they're moving the cones over and only thing that's blocked is your right lane and right shoulder lane. as you approach van dorn you are starting to see a delay. it is about a mile. heavy delays. you'll have to get over to the left side. road to passion that accident. checking your drive time here. folks on the outer loop at colesville road. it will take you 14 minutes. average travel speed is 24 miles per hour. 6:54. breaking news on the government shutdown from the live desk. >> that's right, aaron. we want to show you some of the images of how the government shutdown is impacting the nation's capitol. here we are at the national zoo. you can see the video there. the zoo is temporarily closed. that's what the sign says. it is locked and closed to

visitors as a result of this shutdown. of course, that also means the much loved panda house. then we go over to other popular tourist attractions as well closed this day. the lincoln memorial, we will show you video of that. one of the most popular places on the national mall. barricades going up. just the latest images of the shutdown. that is the latest from the live desk. back to you. thank you, molette. we are following two developing stories. stay with news 4 as we learn what action if nghi congress will take today to end the government shutdown. the senate will return at 9:30. the gop proposal includes a delay in the health care law. stay tuned right here at 7:00 for the "today" show and more on how the shutdown could affect you. our other developing story this morning, the health care

law that has been a major factor in this government shutdown, the budget battle we've been talking about. the insurance exchanges that are part of the affordable care act open today. they get menks without health insurance a chance to shop for an affordable plan. the plans won't take effect until january 1st. the exchanges will be open through the end of next march. nbc news chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is answering questions about the new law. she will participate in a twitter chat @nbcnews at 11:00. aus the #on facebook and google plus. dress for two seasons today. this morning you'll need long sleeves. it's cool. we're in the 50s and rather cloudy. sun breaks out later this morning. it will feel like summer during the afternoon. you'll be comfortable in short sleeves as we reach the low 80s. warm pattern continues for the rest of the week.

danella, how's traffic? the outer loop at van dorn completely moved to the shoulder lane. soon all of your lanes will be open on the outer loop. that is "news 4 today." thank you for starting your news with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic, news. hope you'll join us tomorrow morning at 4:26. morning at 4:26. >> ♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/dcmetro.

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good morning. closed for business. the government shutdown this morning for the first time in 17 years. >> this is an effort to save the country. >> they have lost their minds. >> with law makers deeply divided, americans are feeling the brunt of it. no paychecks for hundreds of thousands of workers, national parks now closed and no end in sight. tragedy in colorado. six hikers trapped by a sudden rock slide. five of them lose their lives. the soul survivor, a young girl saved by her father's heroic final act. >> and road rage between a family in an suv and a pack of bikers chased for miles and a savage beating. police are trying to track down the culprits today, tuesday, october 1st, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is