warm-up through the morning will be in the mid-70s by 10:00. by noontime for your lunch hour partly cloudy into the low 80s. certainly un-october-like. herndon, fairfax county there, 80 degrees by noontime. a look at the rest of your friday and friday night in about ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? tom, looking good in our area. here is what i'm tracking right the now. a broken down car. so if you're traveling 295 as you get to the 50 split you may see the right lane blocked. no delays so far. we'll head over to charles county. local roads really check out. traveling in st. charles, waldorf, even making your way to prince george's county. local roads look good as well. traveling in brandywine, no problems there. 210 heading to the beltway, a live look approaching the beltway. you are clear as you connect to the beltway. rails still checking them, they still look great.

metro, marc, vre. guns traun on capitol hill after police say a woman tried to hit a barricade near the white house that sparked a frantic chase through the streets of d.c. and ended with deadly gunfire near the capitol. almost 16 hours later now a part of one street at least is still closed. megan mcgrath joins us to engs plain why. >> reporter: aaron, most of the roads have reopened. we just have one trouble spot in the 100 block of constitution avenue. and take a look behind me here. the problem is that pop-up security barrier that you see there in the middle of the street. during this chase a u.s. capitol police cruiser actually slammed into that barrier and it's now damaged, we're told, and they can't get it down. that's the reason the eastbound lanes in the area are still clo closed here this morning. now this was, to say the least, a very chaotic scene as it unfolded, this wild chase. it all started the outer

perimeter checkpoint of the white house, the one at 15th and e. 34 year year miriam carey hit the security barrier there and struck a secret service officer with had her car. she then sped off leading police on a chase that at one point hit 80 miles an hour. her 1-year-old child in the car with her. take a look at some of this video here that was shot by alhurra-tv. they happened to be in the area when carey was cornered on the west side of the u.s. can capitol. you can see police approaching guns drawn. she was surrounded. carey slammed on the gas and made her escape. she sped away. shots were fired at that location. she got a couple blocks away. more shots fired. ultimately she crashed the car and she died of her wounds. the daughter in the car, we're told her injuries are not serious and she'll be okay. the big question here today is what is the motive in all of this and that's still unclear. reporting live on capitol hill, megan mcgrath, news 4, back to you in the studio.

>> the chase started at the white house ending just a few blocks away from the capitol building. police say miriam carey was stopped on the east side of the capitol although one officer was hurt when he crashed just west of the capitol. now those are the barriers megan mcgrath just showed you still in the up position after the crash. this morning u.s. capitol police inside this cruiser -- the officer inside the cruiser is at home now. he was treated at medstar washington hospital center. and this morning we're learning more about the woman who led the officers on that wild chase. >> 34-year-old miriam carey had a history of mental health issues. we're also hearing from one of of her former employers. molette green continues our team coverage from the live desk. that's right, aaron. happening today a deeper probe into the mental health of the woman behind the capitol chase. authorities are looking into claims that miriam carey thought

a politician was a danger to her as a possible reason for setting off this wild event in washington. they are interviewing members of her family and others who knew her in stamford, connecticut, where she lived. carey's relatives told law enforcement she suffers from post p postpartum depression after having her daughter. she had worked as a dental hygienist. her former boss described her as head strong but not a threat. >> nothing would have led us to think that she -- that this would have happened. >> carey missed two to three weeks of work after suffering some sort of head injury last year. relatives say that's when she began to suffer meantal health challenges. after patients reportedly complained that carey was too rough, she was fired in 2012. i'm molette green, back to you. report of gunfire on capitol hill. the alarm that rang out

inside the u.s. capitol moments after shots were fired. the capitol was put on lockdown for about an hour. all roads surrounding the capitol were shut down. tourists were told to leave the area. the taking a live look at the capitol at this point there is no indication the shooting will impact government shutdown talks on capitol hill. the house is scheduled to meet at 10:00 a.m. the senate will resume at 10:30. this morning no indication of any compromise to end the shutdown either. a strategy meeting house republ republicans will hold in a few hours. bracing for a tropical storm to hit the gulf coast. live to jim cantore in pensacola beach to show you how people are getting ready. first, what you can expect around the district for your weekend in you weather and traffic on the 1s.

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congressional leaders are facing more pressure to end this government shutdown. a new poll found three-quarters of americans want republicans, democrats the, and the president to come together and compromise on this budget dispute. 44% blame republicans for the shutdown. 35% blame the president and congressional democrats. 17% blame both parties. and both candidates for governor of virginia are accusing each other of contributing to the partisan politics that led to the shutdown. >> want to show you part of the ads you'll see on tv and hear on the radio in the coming days. >> i'd take them right to the brink. the. >> all because washington politicians failed to come together to find solutions and terry mcauliffe der deserves part part of the blame. >> the second part was a radio ad for kucuccinelli kuch saying mcauliffe refuses to work to find solutionses. mcauliffe's campaign is running its own tv ad that links cuccinelli to ted cruz.

6:11 is your time now. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here to tell us about a warm-up and a little fog. >> you can see a thin veil of light fog hovering over the nation's capital on this friday morning. some denser fog especially near the blue ridge and parts of the shenandoah valley this morning. some locations have visibility under a quarter of a mile. temperatures are near 60 degrees around most of the region. mid-60s by the bay. now through the day we'll have this fog dissipating over the next couple of hours, lots of sunshi sunshine, hazy sun this morning. warm and humid by noontime. the low 80s. hot afternoon into the upper 80s mid midafternoon for your friday night. it'll be in the 70s under a clearing sky this evening. a look at your weekend into next week and the latest on tropical storm karen. how is traffic? a couple of new things to look out for. first we're going to start in northwest d.c., 14th street between k and massachusetts avenue in northwest.

caution because the accident reported in the area involving a pedestrian. 295 southbound still seeing a disabled car blocking the right lane at the route 50 split and traveling outer loop at colesville road left side blocked by an accident here, back over to you both. >> danella, thank you. we are live on capitol hill right now to lay out what lies ahead in the government shutdown. the meeting to discuss strategy for negotiations is coming up this morning. plus, we told you the stories of couples losing their wedding ceremony venues on the national mall because of the shutdown. now we're learning about ♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/dcmetro.

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benjaminmoore.com/dcmetro. welcome back. it's 6:15. right now most of the roads closed after a woman was shot and killed near the capitol are now open again. we are live to show you what the scene looks like now and what you can expect if you head that way today. it started when she crashed her car with her daughter inside into a white house barrier. this video shows her taking off toward the capitol, speeding through the streets of washington. plus, at this minute officers are searching the driver's

connecticut apartment. a command post is set up near her stamford home, and new this morning reports in connecticut indicate she may have wanted to harm a political figure. 6:16 right now, though. we are learning that the shutdown will keep president obama from visiting asia next week. the trip had already been shortened. now his plan to attend economic summits in indonesia and brunei are being called off. secretary of state john kerry will attend in his place. kerry is already in asia now. he arrived in bali, indonesia, after visiting japan to talk defense initiatives. he will attend a meeting with the asia-pacific. we are now in day four of the government shutdown, but we are still at square one when it comes to finding a solution. >> no new talks between the white house and congress are scheduled but there is a chance

we could see some bipartisanship today. richard jordan has more on what we could see today. richard? >> reporter: eun and aaron, you won't miss the roadblocks that are still in place all around the national mall and there is deadlock in congress when it comes to ending the shutdown, but there is a reason for furloughed workers to have a little hope today. talk of back pay. they may have been able to recoup the loss. this is receiving bi-papartisan support in the house. democrats including steny hoyer from maryland and jim moran from virginia are backing this and so does virginia republican frank wolf who will have to wait and see what happens today if that goes through. the house is also looking at some many funding packages. basically funding some programs throughout the shutdown, individual programs that's been moving since yesterday. really hasn't gotten too far. house speaker john boehner says he is still trying to negotiate with president obama over his

health care law. the vice president seems not willing to budge on that. he says the law is in effect and should stay in effect. boehner says there has to be some kind of movement on that in order for the shutdown to end. members of the house and senate will also be discussing whether or not they will be working this weekend to find some kind of solution to end the shutdown but right now no end in sight. reporting live from the national mall, richard jordan, news 4. >> that bill doesn't come at a better time. today is supposed to be the last day that furloughed employees will receive a paycheck. student loan assistance is also stopping. the naval academy is feeling the effects of the government shutdown, more than half of its faculty is furloughed because the they're civilians. the academy is trying to get military faculty to cover extra classes but it still has to cancel several of them including physics and engineering.

west point and the air force academy have also had to furlough civilian employees. the government shutdown will no longer slow down the prosecution and immigration and drug smuggling cases. the top federal prosecutor in san diego says those cases will continue today. the justice department has agreed to restore the staff needed for those cases. a group of democrats will be protesting for a second day for an end to the shutdown. the congressional progressive caucus will join furloughed workers for a demonstration outside the capitol at 11:00 this morning. this is a protest they took part in yesterday. the goal of the demonstration was to keep social security benefits from being used as a pawn in the shutdown debate. and the national cathedral wants to help couples who had to cancel their weddings because the shutdown. its bishop is inviting couples to tie the knot at the bishop's garden at the cathedral. she says the ceremonies would be free as well. at least two dozen couples had to postpone their weddings that were supposed to take place at sites along the national mall.

>> we're working to bring you every development until the shutdown ends. we will keep you up to speed on nbcwashington.com. and we had a busy morning on the roads today. >> 6:21 on this friday. danella sealock, what do you see? >> right now for folks traveling in northwest d.c. tracking an accident reportedly involving a pedestrian between k and massachusetts avenue, you may see at least one of your lanes blocked in the area. now the outer loop of the beltway if you are traveling at route 29, montgomery county still seeing an accident, and this is just happening now. at one point the left lane was blocked. looks like now all of your lanes on the outer loop of the beltway temporarily blocked. this ises just happening now. because it's early you are seeing delays but they're closer to new hampshire boulevard. i'll give you travel speeds in

ten minutes. at 6:21 when you step out the door you'll notice it's a little more humid. it is not feeling like october. more like august. also getting some reports of patchy, dense fog in many of the rural areas across northern have a have a. so watch out for that. this is deer collision season. watch out for deer. temperatures are generally in the upper 50s around the blue ridge, parts of the shenandoah valley, closer to washington. we're in the upper 50s, near 60 in the nearby neighborhoods. it's generally in the low to mid-60s around the bay now as well. there's our roller coaster temperature graph of. a rapid warm-up today. the fog should be gone by 8:00, 9:00 this morning. by noontime the low 80s hitting the upper 80s by midafternoon. that's not a record. all the records between now and october 11 are in the 90s for washington. and we'll be in the upper 80s again on saturday. keep that in mind for all the high school games tonight, high school college games tomorrow, uncomfortably hot in the

afternoon. then sunday increasing clouds, highs reaching the mid-80s. so our summer in october weather continues through the weekend. then a break comes monday with some need ed rain. maybe remnants of tropical storm karen. then october regains its dignity as autumn midweek next week, we should be having a high near 70. eun? look iing forward to that, tom. as tom mentioned, the rain we could see on monday would be from tropical storm karen. the storm is now closing in on the gulf coast. the weather channel's jim cantore joins us live from pensacola beach. what's it looking like now? >> reporter: well, it's kind of interesting as we look at the storm this morning because the center is here and the thunderstorms associated it are here. they're decoupled from the center. as long as that occurs, eun, we're not going to see a developing system. that doesn't mean, however, the moisture is not coming north.

we're in the forecast for 6 to 10 inches of rain in pensacola beach, the last thing we need. we're about a foot above average so far for the year. we've had some very heavy rain events so far this year. they don't want that. that moisture will event hadly make its way as you heard all the way up to the d.c. area, monday philadelphia, possibly even into boston as we get into tuesday. we'll focus on the moisture there. it's not going to be a tropical threat. is the center going to see a redevelopment of the thunderstorms? and the chances are less than half. when these things are decoupled like this and you still have wind blowing those tops off the thunderstorms, it's very, very hard to get that back. either way here in santa rosa county in pensacola beach, it's business as usual. the bummer is it's the weekend. businesses have had a great summer. we've had virtually no tropical threats since june, which has been great for business. and the pier behind me was destroyed on this date back in 1995 with a little hurricane called opal that blew up to a

category 4 and then accelerated to the gulf coast. it did weaken and this is no opal from what we see at this point nor do we expect karen to be an opal by the time it makes landfall some time sunday morning. >> some encouraging news, jim cantore. thank you. the white house says fema will recall some furloughed workers to help prepare for tropical storm karen. the shutdown forced 83% of fema employees to take leave. those workers will return you to headquarters here in washington and field offices along the gulf. the white house did not say how many fema workers will be heading back to work. a fall freeze. some states out west being bl blanketed by snow. places like montana, casper, wyoming, that's what you see here now, got 8-10 inches of snow. the national weather service issued a winter storm advisory lasting through this evening. right now in our area it's feeling pretty warm and it will

only get warmer. your weather and traffic on the 1s next. plus, we're following two big stories for you this morning. a woman smashed her car into a white house gate. how the government shutdown is leaving officers like the one injured during the chase working without pay. and the shutdown now rolls into day four. the concern states have with about helping parents buy food for their children if this lasts much longer. [ mom ] in my family, we're big cereal lovers.

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we are learning more about the woman who caused chaos on the capitol. miriam carey may have been targeting a political figure police chased carey. an officer is out of the hospital this morning. carey had crashed her car into a white house gate. she was shot and killed. we are also keeping our eyes on the meeting ahead to work on

the government shutdown. discussing their strategy but now let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein and get an update on the forecast. reports are coming in of denser fog that continues to form. near the blue ridge there the visibilities are down to near zero in l sosome locations. watch out for dooefrmt this is deer collision season. temperatures in the upper 50s. it's near 60 in montgomery county. much of fairfax county now in the upper 50s to near 60 and closer to washington, alex alexandria, arlington, falls church and the district are right into the low 60s. a little more humidity when you step out the door. temperatures by 8:00 should be near 70 and the fog should be gone by mid morning and by 10:00

the mid-70s ought to reach low 80s for your lunch hour. short sleeved weather today. hometown forecast bowie, prince george's county in the low 80s. friday morning commute, how is it going, danella? well, tom, traveling the beltway. outer loop of the beltway, breaking news in montgomery county. earlier at colesville road, all of the the lanes on the outer loop were blocked. the crash was in the left lane. we had to stop all traffic to move the accident to the right shoulder lane. that's what you're seeing now. so travel lanes on the outer loop they're open. delays already from i-95 to georgia avenue. the drive will take you about 18 minutes. look at the slow travel speed of 18 miles per hour. luckily again those lanes are open. we'll head back over to northwest. traveling 14th street between k and massachusetts avenue you may see at least one of your lanes blocked in the area. eun? danella, thank you. pictures and video tell the story of the chaotic scene on capitol hill.

investigators have plenty of questions about what led to the intense chase and shooting that left a connecticut woman dead as people who were not furloughed start to return to work in that area. megan mcgrath has been on capitol hill all morning and has the latest. megan? >> reporter: well, eun, that's right. things are getting back to normal, as normal as they can be during this government shutdown. those not furloughed will be returning to the office later today. there were some pretty teps moments yesterday as this high-speed chase began to unfold. now it began at the white house and the chase made its way down here to the u.s. capitol. alhurra-tv caught the most dramatic on tape. they happened to be in the area when police cornered the car involved and fired some shots. now police say the 34-year-old miriam carey hit a barricade at the white house checkpoint at 15th and e. she then sped off leading police on a chaotic chase that at some points reached speeds of 80

miles per hour. her 1-year-old taur was this the car at the time. now it all ended up here at the u.s. capitol. at one point police cornered the car, shots were fired. she, though, was able to escape. she sped off hitting a cruiser. she didn't get too far, just a couple of blocks away. more shots were fired and ultimately the car was crashed on maryland avenue. now carey died as a result of those gunshot wounds. her daughter who was in the car is said to be okay at this point. should also mention carey was not armed. all of the shots that were fired were fired by law enforcement officers. reporting live on capitol hill, megan mcgrath, news 4. back to you in the studio. megan, thank you. our team coverage continues with tracie potts who is also on capitol hill as we learn that officers that protected lawmakers yesterday may face delayed pay. good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. those officers megan was talking about, they were there and they were there quickly, but they're not getting paid. remember, they're part of the workers affected by this government shutdown. congress today is taking a look

at back pay for these officers and the number of others, the thousands of others who are laid off. the difference with the capital police is they are considered essential workers. they're ex eempxempt. they have to be on the job for incidents like we saw yesterday. and once lawmakers got back to work they showed their appreciation for what happened yesterday. >> i join the majority leader in expressing our gratitude to the capital police. mra [ applause ] >> reporter: that applause went on for some time. now it's unclear if those same lawmakers will decide if the capitol police officers and others get back pay and, number two, how quickly they may be getting a paycheck at all. they won't get one during the shutdown. their last check for the last pay period comes this week. eun? >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us this morning.

thank you. millions of mothers may have to find a new way to feed their babies if this government shutdown drags on. >> the federally funded women, infant, and children's program known as wic may run out of money. states say they only have enough money to keep the ram running through the end of october. about 9 million women and children could be affected if this program runs out of money. 6:34 right now. if you're a federal worker furloughed, you can go back to school for free. georgetown is offering six free courses to anyone out of work right now because of the government shutdown. they'll be held over the next two weeks at georgetown's downtown campus on massachusetts avenue. we just checked the school's website, there are still plenty of open seats for all six classes. we posted a link. go to our "news 4 today" facebook page and go to nbcwashington.com for constant updates on the government shutdown. we're posting those updates and trying to answer all of your questions about the shutdown. the government shutdown is making people switch up their

routines. the behavior change a new survey found among many women around the country. >> our team coverage continues. we'll be live at the suspect's connecticut apartment to show you the command post set up there right now.

it looks like the government shutdown is having a big impact on women. the survey by she speaks shows women have more negative feelings about the shutdown than men. 43% of women say they will spend less due to their concerns about the shutdown and when had it will end. 76% fael worse about the country's future and 7 % believe congress should have agreed on a compromise by now. >> what does this mean for the future? 36% of women say that they will be voting differently next year because of this shutdown. s it is coming up on 6:39.

let's take a look outside. >> why don't we do that. it is a beautiful look at the city this hour with the sun gleaming on the horizon and feeling like summer lately. >> a little bit of humidity when i stepped outside this morning. tom kierein is in the storm team 4 weather center keeping an eye on all of this. tom? >> the air is mellow and mild on this friday morning around the metro area. you see there's a little bit of light fog hovering over the horizon. sunshine is still a half hour away. sun rise is at 7:07. and right now we have temperatures in the nearby neighborhoods right around 60 degrees in fairfax county, prince george's and montgomery. in the rural areas, many locations are just in the 50s and we have some patchy, dense fog there. so watch out for that. the fog may be lingering there until about 9:00 this morning. by 10:00 we'll be in the 70s. by noon, low 80s. in the upper 80s by midafternoon, your friday night,

partly cloudy in the 70s. a look into next week could get some rain. details on that in ten minutes. how is traffic, danella? now seeing problems in virginia on 395 northbound. as you travel making your are way just prior to duke street, really closer to edsall here. you can see the left lane blocked by an accident. two of the right lanes, that's what will get you by. it looks like two of the left lanes, possibly three are blocked. again, this accident just coming in. traveling 395 seeing slow travel speeds here. 40 miles per hour is your average. 16 minutes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. right now search crews have a command post set up in connection with the chase and shooting on capitol hill yesterday. we're live in connecticut to show you the specialized help officers called in for their search. and we have team coverage of the government shutdown. we're live on capitol hill to we're live on capitol hill to show you [ taps baton ]d in the [ dings ]

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6:43. right now traffic should be moving normally on capitol hill after this dramatic and deadly police chase and shooting. the exception is a retractable barrier that is in the up position stuck there along constitution avenue nears 1st street northwest after a capitol police officer hit it with his cruiser. the chase led police flying through the streets of washington between the white house and u.s. capitol building. the sound of gunfire and police sirens caught a lot of -- caused

a lot of confusion in the moments after police started firing shots. a viewer sent us cell phone video of officers ordering visitors and tourists near the capitol to hit the ground. that, of course, triggered confusion, even forced lawmakers debating inside the capitol building to shelter in place. many feared the worst until details emerged about the chase and the woman behind the wheel. right now the fbi and stam tord, connecticut, police are combing through the woman's apartment looking for any clues what led to the shooting on capitol hill. nbc's live in stamford now. abby, what's happening live now? >> reporter: good morning, aaron. i can tell you right now police are keeping us back in a park here in stamford, connecticut, and this was miriam carey's backyard when she lived here the last several years before she was killed during yesterday's pursuit. the search is happening right through the woods here, the apartment complex just beyond there. police are still set up as the search is still under way.

now authorities first got on scene, started swarming the building yesterday afternoon as soon as that connecticut plate on that car that crashed near our nation's capitol was traced back to the stamford address. we've seen the bomb squad. we've seen federal investigators. they won't tell us exactly what they're looking for or if they found anything yet. this investigation still very much an active one. they do tell us they believe this building is safe. however, just as a precaution they've evacuated more than 50 apartment buildings, the folks still not let back inside this morning and a lot of them say in are just so shaken that someone accused of doing something so dangerous could live so close to home. >> a little bit of fear, too. it's one of those situations where at the end of the day you really don't know your neighbors. it's an emotional thing when it's at your home. >> reporter: a lot of them say they would see carey coming and going but she would pretty much

keep to herself. they had no idea she would be accused of doing something as dangerous as this. meanwhile, the authorities still on scene here in stamford as they try to piece together just what led to this wild and deadly chase for this connecticut mother. live in stamford, connecticut, back to you. this morning we're learning more about miriam carey's state of mind. her mother said she suffered from postpartum depression. >> we're hearing from carey's former employer dr. barry weiss. carey was his dental high general ist for about a year. >> he said she was withdrawn and kept to herself. >> she kind of came in, did her job and left. the rest of the office was a family kind of feel to it and then she was on the outside. she chose to put herself on the outside. >> dr. weiss says carey was fired last year. he cited her temper but would not go into detail. >> the u.s. capitol police officer hurt during the crash is out of the hospital. he suffered only minor injuries from crashing his cruiser into a

barrier. it was caught on camera. the 23-year police veteran slammed into security barriers that were rising near constitution avenue northwest. he was released from washington hospital center. we don't know the officer's name yet. d.c. police say a secret service officer was also hurt. we have not heard about that officer's condition. we have much more about the shooting and chase that had capitol hill on lockdown. head to nbcwashington.com anytime for dramatic video and photos as well as the latest on the investigation. we're working to learn whether lawmakers plan to return to capitol hill this weekend to try to hash out a solution to the government shutdown. they'll be back to work in a couple of hours now and may actually find some common ground. at least one bill. richard jordan live near the hill this morning. good morning, richard. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. it's going to be another day of

maneuvering here around the national mall. the roadblocks are still in place and there's also going to be some maneuvering for lawmakers in congress as they try to find an end to the shutdown. there seems to be some hope when it comes to back pay for the 800,000 furloughed workers. if this does pass, then once the shutdown is lifted all those workers would be able it to recoup some of the money they've lost while they have not been working and this is it getting bi-pa bipartisan support. democrats, including maryland's steny hoyer and jim moran are supporting this and so is republican from havevirginia fr wolf. he's backing it, too. we'll wait and see how far this gets. the house will also be looking at individual funding for certain programs that they have identified. that hasn't gotten a lot of support outside of the republican-controlled house. house speaker john boehner and president obama are not scheduled to have any talks today. the president is steadfast that he believes his health care law should be untouched.

boehner says there has to be some movement on that in order to end the shutdown. that seems to be the critical issue here and, again, lawmakers will be discussing today whether or not they will be coming back to the hill over the weekend to continue their negotiations and perhaps see an end to the shutdown. reporting live from the national mall, richard jordan, news 4. richard, thank you. we are hearing an interesting exchange caught on an open microphone this morning giving us a look at the republican strategy during the shutdown. take a look at this. >> i'm all wired up here. >> i just didn't see an end. over and over again we're willing to compromise, i don't think it's awful for them to say that over and over again. >> i do, too, and i just came back from the two hohn hour meeting, and it was the same view privately. >> i think if we keep saying we want to defund it, we fought for that, and now we're willing to compromise, i know we don't want to be here but we're going to

win this, i think. >> this was wednesday night in the capitol building kentucky senator rand paul talking to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. this exchange was caught just before mcconnell did an interview with our nbc affiliate in western kentucky, wpsd. and paul has said publicly that he wants a compromise but he also wants a year at the lay of the health care law to be part of it. >> because of the shutdown we will not hear some major economic data today. kayla tausche joins us live to explain that. good morning. good morning, eun. there's no economic data because we were expecting the monthly jobs report this morning but that's been postponed indefinitely because of the government shutdown. the lack of that and other reports may complicate things for the federal reserve which says it will be more data dependent making future policy moves. the stock markets are feeling the strain on growing anxiety the budget impasse will extend to the next fiscal fight over whether to raise the u.s. debt ceiling. a long shutdown and potential

debt default could have a greater toll on the economy when treasury department warns a default could plunge the u.s. into a worse recession than the one from 2007 to 2009. we certainly hope that doesn't happen. for now back to you. >> kayla tausche, thank you. a u.s. park ranger who took the brunt of a congressman's anger is feeling high level support this morning. >> how dowden them access? i don't get that. >> it's difficult. >> it should be difficult. >> it is difficult. i'm sorry, sir. >> park service should be ashamed of themselves. >> i'm not ashamed. >> you should be. >> that was the confrontation between the ranger and texas representative randy neugebauer. joe biden called her to tell her he is proud of her. a furloughed worker who overheard the tense moment confronted him blaming him for the shutdown. 6:51 is our time right now. weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 1s. tom kierein is here. >> it is so weird. i mean, having it in the 80s in october. >> yeah, it is. >> it's just weird. >> and the humidity.

it really does feel like summer. >> yesterday afternoon, midafternoon, some of the trees around the region looking like october. there's a view from the shenandoah valley posted by richard stramburg but it's feeling like summer. we've got temperatures, yes, once again, soaring into the 80s later today. but the autumn color is beautiful right now at peak color in northern new england. moderate color in these areas in orange. the highlands of west virginia. some anyways color in shenandoah valley and areas to our west not at peak there yet. a live view from our city camera. sun rises at 7:07. 67 now at reagan national. but look at the humidity. it's up there. you'll feel it when you step out the door. the air is mellow and mild this morning and students at the bus stopwatch out for patchy fog in the rural areas but you'll be comfortable in short sleeves this morning. we'll be in the 60s between now and about 9:00.

and then after that, the temperature graph again like a roller coaster today will be soaring into the upper 80s by midafternoon. partly cloudy and rather humid. and then overnight tonight for your friday evening, we'll be right back down into the 70s. and tropical storm karen coming inland, coming ashore perhaps some time late on saturday east of new orleans and then coming up perhaps through the carolinas and close to us by monday. may give us some tropical showers and needed rain. between now and then the summerlike pattern continues through the weekend. highs in the 80s again tomorrow and again on sunday. but then those tropical showers are possible monday with highs in the 70s. then october regains its dignity as an autumn month. by midweek next week highs around 70 and it will feel certainly like fall again. danella, how is traffic? >> tom, still tracking a couple of fend er benders in our area. traveling 395 northbound at edsall, a crash there ties up the left side of the roadway. one right lane is getting drivers by. if you're traveling on i-95

northbound, heads-up in springfield. that's where you're starting to hit delays as you continue onto 395 up to the top of the beltway, still dealing with an accident outer loop, luckily off to the shoulder lane. the damage is done. not looking like a friday at all, folks. traveling the outer lane of the beltway approaching colesville road seeing delays from i-95 to georgia avenue. the drive will take 17 minutes but check out 19 miles per hour. it is stop and go, very sluggish. once you pass this accident, though, eun, the outer loop looks a lot better. all right, danella, thank you. riding metro could take longer this weekend. some busy stations in d.c. are about to close. along the red line the union station, judiciary square and farragut north will close tonight. free shuttle buses will run instead. gallery mace will only serve the yellow and green lines and metro center will only serve the blue and orange line trains. you can expect delays on the blue, yellow, and green lines. although all stations on those lines stay open.

things are back to normal by monday morning. investigators have plenty of questions this morning more than 16 hours after the chaos on capitol hill. police are still piecing together details about the chase and police shooting that killed miriam carey, a 34-year-old mother from connecticut. megan mcgrath on capitol hill now with the latest from where this all went down. megan? >> reporter: aaron, things getting back to normal on capitol hill with but as you can imagine some pretty tense moments yesterday as 34-year-old miriam carey led police on a high-speed chase. it all started when carey hit a bay cade at the checkpoint at 15th and e. she hit a secret service officer with her car. she then sped away ultimately ended up here at the u.s. capitol. shots were fired by police and carey was killed. in a bizarre twist here all of this happened while carey's 1-year-old daughter was inside the car. she was taken to an area hospital, but we're told the child is going to be okay. should also mention that carey was not armed, so all of the

shots fired were fired by law enforcement officers. reporting live on capitol hill, megan mcgrath, news 4. aaron, back to you. the "today" show picks up our coverage next. coming up, live coverage of what happened during yesterday's chaos on capitol hill as well as more about suspect miriam carey. watch for that at 7:00. >> out the door forecast with tom now. our summer in october weather continues today. short sleeved weather. highs soaring into the mid and upper 80s throughout much of the region, by midafternoon and it just keeps on going into the weekend as well. we might be affected by the rains from tropical storm karen. that's the latest track. it may be affecting our weather here first part of next week bringing an end to the october heat, but highs again in the 80s on saturday and sunday after the rains on monday and maybe part of tuesday. it'll feel like autumn again. danella, how is traffic? well, tom, on 395 still seeing delays northbound at edsall but the good news is that earlier crash moved over to the right shoulder lane.

that's what you're looking at right now. traveling i-95 delays. this is what your trif time looks like. 18 minutes to the 14th street bri bridge. >> thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic and any breaking news. we're back monday morning at 4:26. until then have a great day. see you

good morning. pay -- chaos at the capitol. what was the young mother killed by police after leading them through a high speed chase in washington d.c. her baby right there with her in the car. today, officials investigate reports of whether postpar dom depression may have played a role. >> tropical storm karen churning toward the gulf coast and could become a hurricane today and a blizzard set to dump up to three feet of snow is making travel a nightmare. >> and tiger meets squirrel. >> don't turn around. >> what is lindsey vonn doing to her boyfriend tiger woods with a small furry animal. his reaction today, friday, october 4th, 2013.