millions are feeling the effects of the first government shutdown in 17 years. it goes beyond the closure of parks and museums. did you know new patients will not be accepted into clinical research trials at the national institute of health. about 200 patients will be turned away this week. the fda cannot continue review and approval of new drugs. conservation efforts to protect endangered species will stop. tracie potts live in washington. the post is reporting president obama is canceling a trip to asia? >> reporter: that is what they are reporting. we are trying to confirm that this morning. clearly this has consumed the white house. this along with the rollout of the affordable care act has

consumed president obama's time. it is essentially the sole focus at this point. here on capitol hill there are efforts to try to get the government running again but not in a format that democrats plan to accept. last night there were votes to get pieces of the government back on track, veteran services, the city of washington, d.c. which is federally funded and a few other things that republicans voted on but those votes did not pass. they are going to try to again today with a new rule to pass it with a simple majority. it is probably not going past the senate. democrats say it is all or nothing. we are not going to pick out certainer parts where people can come back to work. epenitentiarial epenitentiarially -- essentially what all of that means, grid

lock. and the government shutdown could just be a warmup act. treasury secretary jack lew says he is using extraordinary measure to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. lew says by october 17 the nation will have about $30 billion left to pay bills and is urging congress to extend the nation's borrowing authority. the affordable care act officialally went online tuesday. this as new polling suggests many americans find the law confusing and overwhelming. danielle leigh reports. >> reporter: at this call center stf fielded an array of questions. in washington, d.c. people waited for in-person help enrolling for obama care until the website stopped working. the website blamed heavy traffic

when it began posting error messages. president obama called the glitches temporary. >> we are going to be speeding things up to handle all of this demand that exceeds anything that we accepted. >> reporter: nate matthews is seeking insurance. his part-time job doesn't offer care. >> we have a family history of lympho lymphoma. >> reporter: applicants must enroll by december 15 to be covered starting january 1 but they have until march 1 to sign up for health care and avoid tax penalties. one of the busiest airports in florida is back open for business after a security scare prompted a massive shutdown. the jacksonville international airport was closed for nearly five hours last night. police found two suspicious

packages. one was destroyed after it was deemed to have a destructive nature. fbi is involved but is not commenting on an arrest. tough talk from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he is urging the world not to believe the warm words from new president hassan rouhani. he insists iran is set on building a nuclear bomb. >> a wolf in sheep's clothing, a wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the international community. >> netanyahu wants sanction against iran. it is something he encouraged president obama to maintain in their meeting on monday and strengthen if iran keeps pursuing nuclear capabilities.

rouhani said at the u.n. last week that the nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. for a week that started out with a brutal storm and power outages in many places things might be looking up for winter lovers in washington. that same storm that wreaked havoc in low lying areas have blanketed the cascades and foothills and a beautiful display of snow. it made snowboarders happy. those folks looked like they were stuck on side of the road so it is causing some problems. >> it is amazing how people just love the first snow. >> is october a little early? or are we in a heat wave? >> in the mountains no. it can snow in areas of the great lakes and new england in october. the heat was just incredible

yesterday. at least 70 degrees yesterday. the red is 80s. a couple of 90s in the desert southwest and texas. nothing has changed. they don't have to do the heating bills. temperatures this afternoon. look how warm this wednesday. temperatures across the board just like yesterday 70s and 80s. 85 from d.c. to new york city. we are watching that area of disturbed weather. it flared up a little bit. the reason it hasn't been developing is dry air ahead of the system and humid air behind it where the showers and thunderstorms are concentrated. forecast for today not a lot of travel trouble. maybe isolated storms new orleans to miami. otherwise just another beautiful, beautiful fall day. that is your national forecast. here is a look at the weather outside your window. so today as we mentioned

near record heat. temperatures in charlotte 84 degrees and sunny. humidity levels are high today. that is like a summer forecast. i don't know, 80s this wide spread in october is pretty rare. >> i am a southern girl so i love the heat. >> this could be the warmest day for a long time. >> keep it coming. straight ahead did police overreach when they strip searched a 33-year-old woman arrested for dui. the department of education will be the hardest hit cabinet-level agency furloughing 95% of the workforce. the office of government ethics will retain just one workerer throughout the shutdown.

welcome back. stories making news on this hump day. remember this video of acyclist this morning at least one has been charged with endangerment. police did not say if they were going to charge the driver who ran over a biker while trying to flee. this measure makes it a misdemeanor to post identifiable nude pictures of someone without permission. it comes with a penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. dramatic and jaw dropping video from illinois. four police officers are seen

forcibly stripping 33-year-old dana homs and leaving her naked in a jail cell. her lawyers are asking for the officers to be fired and criminal charges filed. the office of david petraeus was evacuated. a grand son in oregon is smiling this morning. he was searching google maps when he found a picture of his late grandmother sitting on her porch. he says his grandmother passed away shortly after that shot was taken. stocks rose on the first day of the month and the first day of the government shutdown. beer sales were big last year thanks to imported beers. all of that combined totalled more than $62 billion. that is something to drink to.

amc is cooking up a double feature for you on november 21. tickets are on sale now for "hunger games" followed by the premiere of "catching fire". yale university does receive a $250 million gift, the largest in school history. former board chairman graduated in 1954 and was a member of the football and rugby teams. hyundai is offering to defer new car payments until january and those customers who already own a car financed through hyundai won't have to make payments until they go back to work. hopefully they get to go back to work soon. if the government shutdown lasts longer than a week expect home sales to slow since the irs won't be able to provide tax records needed at closings.

shutdown fact number three today. members of congress will still be paid during the government shutdown. a rank and file member of congress makes an annual salary of $174,000. members holding leadership positions make between $193,400 and 223,5$223,500.

government shutdown fact number four. a herd of goats helping to graze through the poison ivy-infested gateway national recreation area in sandy hook are off the job. let's get sports from page hopkins. >> the national league wildcard reds/pirates. reds third baseman with this sweet diving save. in the seventh pirates with this homer. the pirates get a taste of victory in the playoffs for the first time since 1992. they face the cardinals next. the government shutdown may force the cancellation of college football games involving the military academies. travel for intercollegiate athletics has been cancelled for army, navy and air force

academies. hockey is back and the defending champion, chicago blackhawks, kicked it off beating washington 6-4. between the skatings a battle leaves him on his face. the crowd is silent as he leaves the game with a concussion. he was just added to the canadi canadiens. lebron or michael? air jordan said in an interview promoting the nba 2 k 14 video game he could have beaten lebron and wade in his time. jordan did say maybe he couldn't beat kobe bryant because kobe steals all my moves.

on the tonight show l.a. dodgers co-owner magic johnson had a discussion about celebrating by wearing that. >> thankfully he didn't put it on. here is shutdown fact number five. congress's approval rating is now at 10% with a whopping 87% of americans disapproving. the highest approval in recent years was 35% in 2009.

welcome back to "early today" on this wednesday. we can't last forever with this warm air, right? no is the answer. it is october and winter will soon enough show itself especially in the northern rockies. it is warm east of the rockies. the cold air billings thursday. 45 your high with rain. big storm will form in the middle of the warm air and cold air from the north. we will get snow. this is the state of wyoming. yellowstone national park a snow storm thursday night into friday. >> not everyone is experiencing a heat wave. miley cyrus is back live on tv this weekend. the wrecking ball is doing double duty as host and musical guest on "snl" and we are just

guessing but there may be a little twerking going on and a few jokes about it. jay-z is front and center on "vanity fair" where he says daughter blue ivy is his biggest fan saying when she hears his music she says more, daddy, more. >> what about mommy's songs? >> i would think those too. justin bieber's tour posted photos of security guards carrying him like a sultan at the great wall. >> that is how i would travel. >> all the time. scarlett johanson revealed she got a 1080 on sat test. the new york city opera has filed for bankruptcy. the final show was the

performance of "anna nicole". and usher has teamed up with "sesame street" to create one heck of a rendition of the abcs. ♪ ♪ jump in the air ♪ shake is everywhere ♪ >> that will have you singing all day. i'm betty nguyen. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc.

this morning day two of the government shutdown. new fallout impacting the entire region including the president's own schedule as lawmakers on both sides meet again today on capitol hill. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this wednesday, october 2, 2013. we are staying top of every development. congress will resume its efforts about five and a half hours from now. >> the senate convenes at 10:00 a.m. the house at 10:30 this morning. meanwhile, senate democrats holding an event at 11:00 to show the impact the shutdown is having on federal workers. >> things are not only heating up on capitol hill but across our region. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is track iing record he

for today. tom? >> yes, indeed. by later this afternoon we should be well into the 80s. right now, though, it is a cool start on this tuesday morning starting -- or wednesday morning. st of the region except right near the bay and on the tidal potomac. a milder start, but manassas is down to a cool 52 while 0 our you bushes are generally in the mid-50s right around the beltway and across much of northern virginia. and the bus stop forecast for students at the bus stop, you can ditch the jacket. no jackets needed today. we'll have temperatures in the low to mid-60s through the morning hours when lots of sunshine with sunrise at 7:05. it will be getting light later and later as we get into the rest of the day, though, lots of sunshine. details coming in a couple of minutes. danella, how is traffic? good morning, tom. pretty clear in our area. of we have a couple of work zones that we're still checking on. sues to report in montgomery o

county and prince george's county looping around to virginia, you are clear in both directions. we'll head down i-95 and travel northbound at fairfax county parkway an accident luckily that's moved to the shoulder lane. you can see here just off to the left shoulder lane as you travel northbound. the earlier work zone not seeing it in the southbound lanes. you are clear on i-95 in virginia. aaron and eun? 4:28 right now. several popular roads and trails managed by the national park certifica service are closed because of the government shutdown. beach drive is closed north of broad branch. c&o canal that runs from georgetown all the way to cumberland, maryland, part of the capital crescent trail that runs in the district is closed. today metro says trains and buses will run on a regular schedule. the agency says it is not a federality and will remain open. if ridership drops it could make

some adjustments to service. federal workers make up about 40% of rush hour ridership. 4:29. this in from overnight. the head women's coach and assistants are on leave this morning over accusations of misconduct at georgetown. the university says two weeks ago concerns were raised about, quote, unprofessional conduct and the use of inappropriate language by head coach keith brown and assistant coach valentine. the school released a statement that reads in part, as soon as we learned of this, the university immediately started an investigation into the conduct. we are taking steps to ensure this investigation proceeds expeditiously, thoroughly, and fairly. no conclusions have yet been reached. brown is entering his second season as head coach. the president of howard university is retiring. he has led the school for the past five years. the announcement comes after a

series of setbacks for the university. last month downgraded howard's credit rating and the university dropped 42 spots in the latest ranking by u.s. news&world report. it is 4:30 now on this wednesday morning. if you're just waking up, good morning. we want to get you up to speed on your forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has the latest on this warm-up. tom? >> summer in october. but not now. it is cool. down in the 50s, in the mid and upper 50s in prince george's county. mid-50s to near 60 across fairfax county. alexandria, arlington, falls church, low 60s and it's in the mid-60s there on the tidal potomac but the rest of the district in the upper 50s to near 60. and we are going to have a dramatic warm-up as the morning