>> i'm not ashamed. >> you should be. >> as the congressman and park ranger were going back and forth, a federal employee in the crowd out of work due to the shut down chimed in. >> this woman is doing her job. just like me. i'm a 30-year federal veteran. i'm out of work. it's because the government won't do its job and pass a budget. >> while the general public was kept out, hundreds of world war ii vets were allowed in. many we spoke with aren't happy about how things are going in washington. >> i think that's not good. that's bad idea. i think vets should be able to come back and see a lot of things. see what they served for. >> reporter: when these world war ii vets arrives this morning the memorial was roped off. this man took down the barricades so the vets could get in. >> i was the lucky guy that got to pull the barricade out of the way. it was fun. >> the organization brings thousands of vets each year to visit this memorial. many of them weren't happy to see the memorial fenced off. this vet, who lied about his age

to enlist in world war ii, blames congress. >> they can't even get along. all they do is fight each other. >> reporter: now the honor flight network has thousands of more vets scheduled to come into washington here to the world war ii memorial the rest of this week. hundreds of them showing up on saturday. now as for that confrontation. coming up at 6:00, we'll talk with the congressman and that federal employee. reporting live at the world war ii memorial, mark segraves, news 4. well, events are starting to be canceled now for the weekend on the mall. the american cancer society just announced it's making strides breast cancer walk on sunday will move from the national mall to six flags in largo. some 2,000 people are expected for that event. for the second day in a row the house is taking a piece by piece approach to funding the most popular and visible parts of the government. for example, there are votes on

bills to reopen national parks and museums and restore funding for research at the national institutes of health. a similar effort failed when republicans could not secure a two-thirds majority. both republicans and the president spoke and called for an end to the crisis. the president calling on the republicans to pass a clean funding bill. the gop called on the president to allow several smaller bills to reopen national parks and several other services. >> i'm pretty well known for being a calm guy. sometimes people think i'm too calm. and am i exasperated? absolutely i'm exasperated. because this is entirely unnecessary. >> stop with the games and join us in trying to relieve the pain that is being inflicted on federal employees and on the people of this country. >> this is a live shot at the white house right now as we monitor the arrivals there.

president obama, vice president biden and congressional leaders for both parties are set to meet in less than 30 minutes to discuss this. our team coverage begins with kristen welker, who is live at the white house. are they going to maybe stop some of the political rhetoric and get the job done? >> well, it's hard to know, wendy. but white house press secretary jay carney told us during the briefing this will not be a negotiating session. that president obama is going to reiterate his stance, call on congress to reopen the government, increase the debt limit, without any strings attached. to do that he's going to have his treasury secretary, jack lew there, who will talk to the congressional leaders about the potential economic impact of a prolonged shult down and allowing the debt limit to expire. something economists have called potentially economically

catastrophic. now republicans continue to dig in their heels. they want a delay or to defund the president's health care law. and the president's just not budging. that is, of course, his signature piece of legislation. now also during that interview that you just played with cnbc's john harwood, president obama said, look, he would be willing to negotiate on some aspects of the budget, but only after congress passed a bill. if you look at the polling, the majority of americans are placing the blame on congressional republicans for the government shutdown. so president obama to some extent has some leverage here. also leverage because republicans are divided about this strategy. moderates saying they don't like this idea of trying to defund the president's health care law or delay it. so the president does think that he has the upper hand to some extent. however, of course, with each passing minute, with each passing day that this government shut down continues it is bad politically for everyone. we just learned president obama

could cancel part of his trip to as asia. back to you. >> thanks so much. we are now 15 days away from another critical fiscal deadline. october 17th is the day the u.s. government is expected to hit the so-called debt ceiling. that's the amount of money the government is allowed to borrow to pay bills that congress has already approved. if congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the government runs the risk of a historic default on its obligations. similar to the shutdown, house republicans have threatened to delay the debt ceiling. l. meanwhile, the director of national intelligence says furloughs caused by the government's shut down are putting our country at a serious risk. he told the senate judiciary committee that 70% of nsa workers are on furloughs. >> this is a dream land for foreign intelligence service to recru

recruit. particularly as our employees already, many of whom subject to furloughs driven by sequestration are going to have greater financial challenges. >> unlike the impact with monuments, wre may not see the effects on intelligence for weeks or months. federal employees are filing for unemployment benefits because of the shutdown and furloughs. they are urging all workers to file initial claims online because of increased demand. in maryland the department of labor says it's already getting more unemployment claims than usual from federal workers. and virginia's unemployment commission plans to provide a special paper application for federal workers. advocates for the head start program marched on washington to ask congress to stop cutting its budget. the program lost 5% of the

funding through sequestration earlier this year. now the government shutdown is keeping grant money from being processed and distributed. head start proeducation, nutrition and health services to low income children and their families. we've seen and heard from a lot of people opposed to the shutdown, but there's another side to this. coming up later on news 4 at 5:00, we travel to one virginia town where a lot of folks are in favor of the government shutdown. you can find much more on our website. nbcwashington.com. in other news tonight, an investigation is just beginning into a dead pli police shooting in maryland. and we're just learning the man killed did not have a weapon. it happened near the twin lakes apartments early this morning, and details were sketchy until just the past few hours. news 4's erika gonzalez has new information now. >> a man is dead after a prince george's county police officer shot him. the man was killed around 2:00 this morning near these

apartments. >> a woman was screaming get off me. >> that's what initially brought police to this location. two officers arrived on scene, but only one gave chase, scaled two fences, crossed a drainage ditch, and gave the victim numerous verbal commands to stop. a preliminary investigation reveals the officer discharged his weapon when he saw the victim reach into a dark bag. >> i couldn't sleep. so i was watching tv. >> he tells me he clearly heard men yelling. by the time neighbors woke up this morning. they tell us this entire area was roped off with yellow crime scene tape. meanwhile one man we spoke to says he lives in this building and could hear more than just an argument coming from that side of the parking lot. >> i heard something that sounded like gunshots. >> reporter: do you remember how many of those shots you heard? >> it was about five to ten. >> reporter: you heard five to ten shots? >> reporter: police confirmed this is, in fact, an officer-involved shooting.

>> our officer is a seven-year veteran. >> reporter: coming up we'll talk about the growing concerns residents have about living in the area and why they have yet to receive a memo or a phone call from the management company. we'll be talking about that on news 4 at 6:00. in beltsville, erika gonzalez, news 4. the government shutdown is impacting more than just workers. we're going to find out how this is trickling down to other people losing money every day. and the biggest black market for drugs online was just busted. find out how the fbi shut down silk road. and a new arrest in a stun gun robbery. but we'll tell you why the hunt for suspects is not over. and i'm watching another beautiful day, but a little bit on the warm side. close to record heat. we're taking you to fairfax county with o

. the government shutdown is having a significant impact. dozens of prospective patients, and that includes children, are being barred from treatment studies. for each week the shutdown holds 30 patients. some may be able to take part in research at other hospitals. from tour guides to taxis, a lot of other workers in the district are taking a big financial hit during the

shutdown. tensions and protests are mounting around the national mall because of it. >> good evening. there are very few people out tonight here at the u.s. capitol or on the national mall. metro ridership was down so dramatically one metro worker told me this morning when she arrived at her station at the federal center it was so empty it was eerie. and take a look at rush hour traffic tonight. it appears the biggest impact of a federal shut down is here in our area. tourists have to fw satisfied by snapshots because it's closed. >> my husband and i are from australia. all he wanted to see was the air and space museum. we've been down to the space center in florida. this was his other big thing. to come here and also dallas and see the one here as well. and we can't see either.

it's very disappointing. >> reporter: business is down dramatically. sight seers are enjoying the sunny weather but have less reason to hop off. this taxi driver says business is dead. >> reporter: are you losing money? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: do you know how much? >> i cannot say now but i would say 50%. >> furloughed federal workers aren't spending much money these days. >> right now i went for a walk with my wife. trying to save money. >> do you know if you will be paid for the furlough? >> i'm skeptical. >> you worried? >> yeah. these workers came to the capitol to deliver a letter to

congress. at the steps of the capital demanding government get back to work. fwl our message is to stop the institutional bias. get to work. get a budget done. we're counting on our government to meet the people's needs. we're the people. >> reporter: a small group of furloughed federal workers were demonstrating here in front of the capitol today, and they tell me they will be back every day during the normal work hours when they will be at federal agencies. chris gordon, news 4. >> well, doug. summer is continuing. >> average high temperature this time of year is 76. we're at 87 right now. the record is 89. we're close to a record high temperature. second day in a row we've seen

temperatures in the 80s. it's been rather cool since mid-september. take a look outside right now. not a cloud in the sky. plenty of sunshine. the westerly wind is helping to produce warmer temperatures. 88 towards culpeper and 83 in annapolis. feels much more like july than august. right now a lot of you on facebook and twitter are saying this is not good we want to see that cool weather over the area. clear skies and that means no rain to talk about. we still need to see some rain. closing in on two and a half inches below average since september 1st. so we would love to see rain but

it's not coming with a pattern like this. and everybody is looking at clear skies through tonight. these are nowhere where they were last week. 53 in leesburg. 54 in manasses and washington coming in around 64 degrees. so waking up to a very nice start in the morning. and tomorrow afternoon it may be a tad cooler. a high temperature of 85 degrees tomorrow. # 8 towards fredricksburg. i do expect more cloud cover tomorrow. but we go back up with the heat. 88 on friday. 88 on saturdays. 85 on sunday. and so the heat continues for the next four or five days and

then when he start to see a change. we're actually watching a frontal boundary. that front will come very close to washington. it could have the poshl to bring us heavy rain. right now the question is just how much and will the next tropical system, and it could be a tropical storm, will it be able to make it up here and help us? we have new details on the family by michael jackson. >> jim, this just into the newsroom. a jury has reached the verdict in the case against jackson's concert promotor. murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.

the company denied hiring the doctor and said he had been hand picked by the singer. a verdict has been reached. we're expected to hear it in the next hour or so. thank you, scott. after a tragedy like the mass shooting at the navy yard. d.c. police are preparing for the worst. and new action is taken after a women's basketball coach after a women's basketball coach is accused

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it has been a trying week for navy athletes and their fans. the navy women's soccer game against american university this afternoon has been canceled because of the shutdown. no makeup date has been announced yet. this follows a men's soccer game. and there's no word if the game will go forward. tonight georgetown university is investigating two women's basketball coaches. they were on administrative leave because of allegations of unprofessional conduct ininappropriate language.

>> >> that's right. keith brown is entering his second season as head coach. but he's been a part of the program for almost a decade. he's currently on paid administrative leave for an unknown amount of time. they are sending out mass e-mails to defend a coach. >> this is crazy. this is disgruntled folks who are no longer part of the program. >> reporter: monica was captain of the george town women's basketball team two years ago. at the time keith brown was an tant coach. >> he's very in your face. he's loud. but he did whatever needed to be done to win. it was never at the expense of his layers. he's all about georgetown. >> georgetown has placed brown

and assistant coach tim valentine on paid administrative leave. two weeks ago concerns were raised regarding unprofessional conduct and the use of inappropriate language in coaching the university's basketball team. georgetown takes very seriously any allegations of misconduct and will carefully investigate such cases. did you ever hear him rbally becau because your team? >> no, we're talking about a guy who is very passionate about what he does. >> reporter: this is not the first division one basketball coach facing allegations of abuse. last year this outrageous video showing mike rice firing basketballs at his players. he was let go.

brown is known for his intense style, like you see here last season. but many former players believe this is a misunderstanding. >> i stand behind him 100%. i don't know if it's a nationwide thing or what. college athletics is intense. the coaches have to win. it's their likelihood. the players have to succeed. they're getting free rides to college to do that. it's not always a soft fluffy place to lie down. that doesn't mean people don't care and don't want the best for you. monica wright tweeted out leave coach brown alone. all his ex-players would agree with me, saying he was the best coach and motivator and above all, family. coach brown did tweet back to her saying thanks for the love. >> diana, thanks. right now at 5:00, another stun gun robbery, but this time

there's an arrest. >> plus, in just minutes a critical meeting is understood way at the white house. we're live as workers grow more anxious about when they can see the next paycheck. >> we knew that it was coming.

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park services should be ashamed of themselves. >> i'm not ashamed. >> you should be. >> tensions growing tonight over the government shutdown both in and outside the chamber of congress. this is randy confronting a national park service employee. while frustrated workers confronted him on gnat passing a budget. they will continue to let veterans on the memorial grounds. and if congress does not agree to raise that debt limit, the government will go into default for the first time in history. closer to home, there are now arrests many what's being known as the sixth robbery related to stun guns in the past week and a half. >> plus police say the most

recent case may not be connected to the others. pat collins joins us live where two of the suspects appeared today. pat? >> reporter: jim, stun gun robbery number six. and this time there's an arrest. it's unclear whether or not the suspects in this one are linked to the other ones. 2:00 a.m. this morning this 7/eleven at this gas station on north avenue. two men come out of the store. they both have bicycles. as they start to ride away, they're approached by three men. one of the men pulls out a stun gun. and those robbers take the victim's money. they take the victims' cell phones. they take the victims' bicycles, and then they take off. a short time later forest

district police arrest two of the suspects and book them on robbery charges. in the last six days, six incidents are robbers used stun guns to attack or intimidate our victims. >> we are not sure whether the folks here last night are involved in the other ones or not or if there's multiple instances involving a stun gun. >> today i talked to a newspaper delivery man whose car was stolen on tennessee avenue early sunday morning. stolen by a group of robbers. one of them armed with a stun gun. >> one of them, he's coming up the steps now and in his left hand, evidently he sets off the taser. i can see the sparks across the gap. and then he says to me give it up, and handed him the keys and they drove off.

i'm 60 years old. i made the decision i couldn't outrun seven guys who looked like they were all in their early 20s. i could see in the body language that they weren't there to kill me. they just wanted something. >> yesterday police found that delivery man's car. it was near the prince george's county line. it had two flat tires. live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. leaders for the house and senate are at the white house for an emergency meeting on the government shutdown. and vice president joe biden to the white house tonight to work on a deal to end the shutdown. jackie bensen is live there to tell us the latest. >> reporter: well, while the president meets with

congressional leaders and i believe we have video of that to show you, uncertainty is raise ing the concern. the head of the u.s. park police labor union says his officers are worried and they don't enjoy turning people away from their nation's parks and monuments. >> what happened yesterday exemplifies that. these officers responded. saw that, in fact, these honor flight veterans were getting into the memorial and using a combination of law enforcement discretion and common sense, chose not to take any action because it wasn't appropriate. >> reporter: now it's not clear how long the meeting between the president and congressional leaders will last. it is an open ended meeting. jackie bensen, news 4.

>> jackie, thank you. more than 800,000 workers are out of work because of the shutdown, and here's a look at where most of the federal workers are concentrated across the country. more than half live in our area. but san diego and v beach have more than 100,000 workers. >> not everyone is pushing for the shutdown to end. the further away from washington, the more supporters of the shutdown. david drove down to culpeper for a different take on the ongoing saga. >> reporter: instead of the town hall building, you'll find town hall. away from the disagreement, here they get along. we've done a lot of stories with you for folks against the shutdown. but out here in culpeper along

main street we've noticed a lot of folks support the shutdown. >> when you think government shutdown, is it a bad thing for you? >> not for me. i think it should have happened a long time ago. >> these frinds live near. >> it's like growing pains or trying to get back into the way things used to be. not the case for karen. she worried about the impact it's had on those who work here at the library of congress film archives. >> children acting out in our congress. >> while karen is pushing for an end to the shutdown, tammy and linda hold onto their belief that it will be good for the nation. >> we knew it was coming. >> in culpeper, virginia. david culver, news 4. >> out to the navy yard chuting,

it's clear violence in the city is real. tonight what d.c. police are doing to you in the future. >> ah, yes, the gas prices all across the region are dropping. and it pays to shop with your steering while.

. our wednesday's child today is a wonderful young man. he's 1. he's thinking about one day becoming a lawyer, a vet narn, or maybe a police officer with a canine partner when he grows up. >> he's hoping to be adopted by a family who is committed to him. >> nice to meet you. hi likes the idea of working with dogs. at fairfax county police bureau, the officers welcomed 13-year-old benny. but benny was really impressed with was max. a member of the fairfax police county canine squad assigned to this officer. >> he's a great dog. >> he loves dogs. he likes pets, too, but he's partial to dogs. >> foster care specialist is homing to find a permanent adoptive family for benny.

>> how is school going? >> school is going great. i'm always getting a's. >> that's fantastic. what's your favorite subject? >> my favorite subject is math and science. >> up and down. # benny caught on quickly to the commands for dog training. they would love to some day have a home with a mom and dad. >> i'm just hoping i get a new home to stay somewhere for once. >> tell me about the home you would like to have. >> i think it would be somewhere where i everyone cares about me and wouldn't let go of me under any circumstance. >> they had gifts for benny to take home. photos, a coin, a hot motor t-shirt. but the best part of the visit was the memory benny could take home of max and hope one day soon he would have a family with

a dog like this one. barbara harrison, news 4, for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home or heart for benny, call our special adoption hot line. the number is 188-to-adopt-me. the fbi shut down a major website linked to drug trafficking and web hackers. new details about the big bust of the mysterious silk road. of the mysterious silk road. and a

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friend and the world lost a great author. writing i enjoyed all of his books but had a special feeling for clear and present danger because he got the idea from conversations we had. jurors are deliberating the case of a young father accused of child abuse. 21-year-old david thatcher is accused of killing one of his 6-week-old daughters and hurting the other. just about 30 minutes ago jurors walked out of the courthouse and went home. still no verdict in the case. these are pictures of david thatcher on monday. he told jurors he only confessed to police to allow the his relatives to sit his surviving

daughter who was in the hospital fighting for her life. on june 7th the 6-week-old was rush odd the hospital and died soon after. two days after that her twin was admitted to the hospital in serious condition. now police started talking to thatcher soon after and videotaped an interview in which he confessed to hurting the girls, saying he dropped one on the floor and squeezed the others. testimony from doctors in the case has been conflicting. the medical examiner said there was evidence of blunt force trauma in thalia. but another doctor said both babies were suffering from something else that could cause bleeding on the brain. now david thatcher's attorneys told jurors police jumped to conclusions and focused only on david thatcher. she said right from the beginning it was dad who did it

and police didn't look further. hopefully tomorrow we will find out what this jury thinks about his guilt or innocence. tonight are investigating claims that the wife of cincinnati reds pitcher was attacked by pittsburgh pirates fans during last night's baseball wild card playoff game. this tweet is from dallas latos' twitter account. she says she was ambushed at a bar and grabbed by the hair. pittsburgh police say the incident is a he said/she said situation. >> now police say they have identified the woman who allegedly hit mrs. latos. they have given her the information if she wants to pursue the information privately. now to more on the deadly bus

crash in tennessee. scott is working that with the dramatic pictures behind here. >> this is chopper video. eight people are dead. more than a dozen injured. eight people in critical condition. the bus was carrying a church group frr north carolina. one of the tires caused it to veer off the road, cross the median and collide with an oncoming tractor trailer. the entire highway remains closed and will remain so the rest of the night. at the live desk. i'm scott macfarlane. >> the fbi shut down a major website linked to drug traffickers. court documents say the site was used by thousands of drug dealers and hundreds of thousands of customers

worldwide. ross albright. the site's owner is facing a possible murder for hire charge. virginia's two candidates for attorney general came face-to-face today. they debated issues in front of the loudoun chamber of commerce and took on medicaid expansion in virginia and how to fill judicial vacancies. but also how they would be different from current attorney general and candidate for governor, ken cuccinelli. >> he has bent and twisted the law in order to impose policies that are wi touds the mainstream. and this senator will be a continuation of that. >> a great place to do business we have to keep them low. our regulatory system fair. and to make sure we have a level playing field.

and i've supported those policies. >> both candidates promise more transparency should they be elected. the washington nationals now looking for a site on i-95 in fredricksburg to build a new stadium. the stadium would seat more than 4,700 people and would be built just north of the virginia welcome center. it would be privately financed, although the city is offering a number of tax insent issives. >> >> this will stick around for a while, guys. we're talking near record heat. the record today, 89. we reached 88. so take a look outside. nothing but clear skies. and as we move on tonight

temperatures will drop, but not to much. 77 by 9:00 and 7 # by 11:00. so much more like a summer night than a fall night. that is for sure. and we will not be nearly as cool as we have been the last few weeks. and as we look towards the radar, storm team 4 radar b continues to be dry. it will stay that way right on through the weekend. so this weekend is looking tremendous to get out to the bay. really looking nice saturday and sunday. d.c. and metro, your temperatures are 83 degrees. 84 tomorrow. fairfax county, 85 to 86 degrees. same deal in prince george's county. temperatures are a degree or two cooler tomorrow but then warming back up towards the weekend.

nice and warm for sure. let's head to northern virginia now. 86 for our friends. 87 in culpeper. so we are talking a big-time warmup and also the fall foil i can't imagine. especially back to west virginia. so it may be a good weekend to take a drive towards the mountains. 86 on thursday mpl 88 on friday. the record on saturday is 96. and we are looking at rain for monday and tuesday. hopefully we'll get it then. >> all right. hey, we're going to tell you about an encouraging trend for gas prices. find out where

metro tells us tonight the regular weekday schedule will continue, but it will only run six car trains until further notice. >> metro launched a new service giving metro riders another way to contact the metro police. you can now use your cell phones to text information about suspicious activity, unattended

bags, panhandling and other nonemergencies. if you have a smart phone, text information to my mtpd from a standard cell phone. if it's an emergency situation, again, call 911. gas prices across our region are heading down. >> news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss is cruising the streets shopping around for you. >> reporter: well, have you noticed gas prices going down, down, down? you see it here. a gallon of regular going for $3.09. a lot of people stopping at gas stations like this. over the last month gas prices are down about 20 cents over the last month. >> i think it's always going to

be more expensive than outside the beltway. that's how it works. >> it certainly does work that wa way. >> you have to have the gad bus di app. this is one of the cheapest. >> after the summer season the prices are dropping. the average for regular is $3.37. down five cents for a week ago and about 40 cents since the same time last year. we asked the prices you were seeing. brian says $3.23 in anotherbridge. another says regular seeing $3.19. you can certainly do better than that if you look. >> i'm glad you just pointed out how low they are. >> christy who travels for work says the prices can't come down fast enough.

>> if i'm traveling to richmond, virginia, or to jersey for work, there's a big difference in filling up your tank when the prices are lower. >> reporter: here's to hoping we see more twos showing up. right now con gregs leaders are meeting with president obama right now. we'll report if anything comes out of the meeting. tonight furloughed workers let their voices be heard. police shot a man today. good evening. right now all eyes are on the building behind us as day two winds down for the government shut down and both parties are meeting face-to-face. we expect them to update us on the meeting with the president

some time this hour top democrats and republicans remain at odds that there does not appear to be an end to the shutdown. steve handelsman is at the white house keeping track of all of this tonight. steve? >> thanks, doreen. that bill will die in the senate. point number one. point number two, here at the white house, for the first time since the crisis began, this are talks but not negotiations. both houses of congress are here presumably meeting at this moment with president obama. but he said in advance of the meet i meeting talking about boehner that he, the president, will not negotiate as long as republicans keep them shut down over obama care.