>> reporter: we know this suspect is now in surgery. he was shot under his left nipple around 7:00 this morning. an off-duty female officer was walking here, this man approached her, announced he was going to rob her, then said he had a weapon. she fired at him multiple times and did hit him. a k-9 unit looking for additional evidence with about two dozen officers and detectives. luckily, this officer was not hurt this morning, but one witness we spoke with says he did hear those early morning shots. >> i heard a lot of gunshots. >> it's always something. you can't come out without somebody trying to shoot you. >> reporter: now, the police will not confirm how many times the officer shot at the suspect or the suspect indeed did have a weapon on him as he told the officer he did.

much more on this for you on the at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 on news4. police are trying to figure out who shot two people in the district just after 3:00 this morning on somerset place near 7th street in northwest d.c. police found two men suffering from gunshot wounds to the legs. both victims were taken to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. fire officials in prince william county say two people were found dead inside a triangle mobile home after an early morning fire there. the flames sparked around 3:30 this morning around fuller heights road. crews are still looking for one person. megan mcgrath is live there with more on the investigation. megan, what can you tell us? >> reporter: you can see across the street here what's left of the mobile home and investigators who are gathering outside. when firefighters put out this fire and went inside, they relatively quickly found two bodies. but there's a third person associated with the house who is

still unaccounted for. now, is that individual inside the mobile home? were they not home at the time that the blaze broke out? investigators say they don't know. they haven't been able to take a hard look inside the trailer since they were in there early this morning because the structure is just too unstable. they are also still in the process of interviewing family and friends. a charred box is all that remains, the roof partially collapsed. ? they won't let me back around there. >> reporter: earl lives next door and just wishes he could have done something. >> for two people to lose their life like that, if i only had a -- left for work ten minutes later, maybe i could save them. just -- i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: it was just before 3:30 in the morning when the mobile home on fuller heights road went up in flames. located close to quantico marine base, its security called 911 when tay spotted the smoke.

when firefighters put out the blaze and went inside, they found two bodies. >> it's sad. i mean, it's devastating. i mean, my two neighbors were killed in a fire. that's very devastating. people that you know, that you see every day, yeah, it gets you. it really does. >> reporter: it's unclear what started the blaze, but the trailer is a total loss. >> put together with a lot of light weight construction. the ceiling or the roof and the walls did fail in some areas. so that probably provides you an idea of how intense the fire was. >> reporter: investigators have not yet released the names of the two people who died in this fire. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. reporting live in triangle, megan mcgrath, news4. back to you. >> thank you, megan. and a fire forced 20 people from their apartment complex in montgomery county. take a look. you can see flames coming out of the window. the fire broke out around 1:00 this morning at a complex on spiceberry circle not far from

washington grove lane in gaithersburg. no one was hurt in this fire. the red cross is helping the affected families. the fire caused more than $100,000 worth of damage. no word on what sparked this blaze. and turning to the weather, a much, much cooler start to the day out there. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in for tom kierein and joins us with his first midday forecast. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. and good morning, everybody. after a noticeable change in the weather, it's going to start feeling a little more like october for the next couple days. we may not be done with our rain chances this week at all. so you aren't going to want to put the umbrella too far away. you won't need it for the rest of today. a nice enough way to get your tuesday morning finished up, temperatures inching their way into the upper 50s and low 60s. a decent amount of cloud cover outside, more clouds the further south you live or travel, and a little bit more sunshine out to the north and west. but no matter how many clouds you see, there is no chance for rain for the remainder of today. storm team 4 radar taking the day off to -- so to speak. temperatures, though, inching their way up into the 60s here.

recess forecast, we're giving recess a "b" today, not an a-plus forecast because a little cloud cover and an awful lot of puddles left on the playgrounds. midday temperatures generally in the low to mid-60s out there with a mix of clouds and sunshine. your after-school planner today, 3:00, partly sunny, temperatures in the upper 60s, 6:00, 65 degrees under a partly cloudy sky, and by 9:00 this evening, back into the upper 50s to do your home work by candlelight or a little fire. we'll have a check of the seven-day forecast and when the rain's coming back in a few more minutes. >> all right, chuck. come on in here. we'll see you in a few minutes. on day eight, the showdown over the shutdown is shifting to a showdown over the nation's debt limit. the senate could vote on a bill today to raise the borrowing limit in hopes of avoiding a fist-ever default. the three main credit agencies are already warning the u.s. credit rating could be cut if congress doesn't take action by october 17th. that's the deadline.

and a day after many federal workers returned to the office, some children could soon be returning to the classroom. a former hedge fund manager and his wife have donated $10 million to reopen seven head start programs shuttered by the shutdown. republicans and democrats just fin irked speaking to reporters on capitol hill. both sides are towing the party line on this one. you mentioned the debt ceiling and the government shutdown sort of merging in the conversation here, and that is what the republican leadership in the house is saying today wrapping up their news conference. they want to be able to have a conversation, they say, to talk about the government shutdown, ending it, putting hundreds of thousands of federal workers back to work, and then including in that conversation the debt ceiling, which you just mentioned, comes on the 17th of this month. take a listen to what republican leadership had to say today. >> never negotiating a position of not negotiating is not a sustainable option. and we ask this president and harry reid to sit down and let's

iron out our differences. >> there's no boundaries here. there's nothing on the table, nothing off the table. i'm trying to do everything i can to bring people together and have a conversation. >> house democrats had a press conference right after the republicans did this morning, and they have said that the time for negotiating has passed. they wanted to do that months ago. at this point they are calling for the house speaker to put a continuing resolution, a budget bill, on the house floor. they say there are enough votes. >> and it's time to stop the game playing. speaker boehner, you know you have the votes. >> this is reckless, it is damaging to our country, it is going to -- >> now, we have not heard anything about any votes on the big esche issues being scheduled for today, and so it seems the shutdown rolls on. barbara, that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> all right, aaron. thank you. with the shutdown entering its second week, federal workers

are looking for some help. more than 24,000 unemployment claims have been filed in d.c. and maryland over the past week. if furloughed workers receive back pay, though, they will have to repay any unemployment benefits that they receive. we'll prepare now for a potentially messy commute on friday. a planned trucker protest is promising to clog the beltway. called the truckers ride for the constitution rally, participants plan to circle the beltway, three lanes wide, for three days starting friday morning. organizers say it's to call attention to a list of frustrations among truckers and to express disapproval for political leaders. some are even promising to ride to capitol hill to arrest lawmakers. as of last week, 3,000 truckers had rsvp'd for this e event. stay with news4 all day long as we cover every angle of this shutdown until it comes to an end, and get the latest updates anytime on nbcwashington.com. in just about an hour, two

immigration rallies with opposing views will face off on the national mall despite the mall being closed for the government shutdown. tens of thousands from faith, immigration right, and other groups will join together for the camino americano march for immigration reform starting at noon. several popular latino artists and members of congress will also be there, calling for congress to pass reform. at the same time, a group of local residents will hold a counterrally near the capitol. that group wants jobs for american citizens, not amnesty for those in the country illegally. going to go back to news4's aaron gilchrist live at the live desk with breaking news. >> an arrest in stafford county, a man wanted for murder. we've just learned that john douglas cornell has been arrested. that happened morning. he called police in stafford county to turn himself in. they found him waiting in a parking lot on the side of route 218. he was wanted for questioning in the death of 59-year-old roberta

dues. she was found dead inside her home on sunday. her van had been missing. police say that cornell called, turned himself in. he was standing next to her van when he was arrested this morning in stafford county. he's now facing a charge of first-degree murder. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> all right, aaron. thanks. right now, people are protesting outside the supreme court. coming up, the case that's getting their attention and could change political campaigning. plus a violent explosion ends an out-of-control protest involving teachers. stay with us. we'll be right b

take a look at this dramatic video. striking teachers in brazil took to the streets upset and demanding better pay. the protest got out of hand when they overturned a small car onto a fire and that car exploded. the protesters ran for cover.

the blast threw debris into the air. riot police fired rubber bullets and set off grenades. a marine strike force is on high alert this morning. it's ready to respond to any threats against the u.s. in retaliation for the capture of a suspected al qaeda leader. u.s. commandos caught anas al libi over the weekend in libya. law enforcement officials say a team of interrogators is on its way to interrogate him. he did help plan the 1998 bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania. the supreme court is back in session and so are the proeltss that tend to -- we see often in front of the court at this time. ♪ hold on keep your eyes on the prize ♪ this was the scene this morning. these protests are protesting over a campaign finance case that focuses on whether it's

constitutional to limit how much money you can contribute to a political candidate, campaign, or political action committee in an election cycle. today the government shutdown, it is week two and the debt limit deadline is getting closer too. here with a look at what lawmakers are doing right now is mark murray, nbc's senior political editor. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. >> all right. could there be a surprise for us today? could we hear over the next few hours that, hey, they've reached a settlement, they've come to conclusion on this, the shutdown is over? >> barbara, here's the half glass full, take. yes, sometimes before you get a deal it's always darkest before the storm. there's always the most argument, the most bitter fights you end up having, then all of a sudden cooler heads prevail and you end up getting kind of a deal. there are a couple of way outs here here, one, that house republicans put a clean resolution to the floor, you'd have enough votes to get it. >> there are enough votes. some are saying they're not. >> when you assume all the democrats and you end up getting about the 20 to 22 house republican who is said they would support a clean

resolution, that gets you beyond the 217 number. we haven't been able to see a vote so, a lot of democrats are saying john boehner, you're saying the votes aren't there, let's have a vote to see if we can prove it. i think theoretically the votes are there. there's always the ability to get out of this. you can also have a short-term deal not only with the continuing resolution but also the debt ceiling deal. the question, this is always a fundamental question and this is why i'll now take the glass half empty part is that house republicans still are opposed to this. the conservative ban that has been driving this train. >> if they took the vote, i mean, boehner is the only person who can call for the vote. >> speaker of the house. >> why doesn't he do it? >> i think the large part of the analysis is he thinks that if he does this that the house republican conservatives that -- the base, the rank and file, would abandon him. he might end up losing his speakership over it. i think that is the dilemma and that's how he's boxed in here. >> it looks islelike over in the senate the democrats are turning their attention to the debt

ceiling now. are they giving up on the shutdown figuring we'll leave it to the conservatives in the house? >> part of it is the clock is now ticking. i don't think they're giving up on the shutdown but the clock is ticking on the debt ceiling and they're trying to vote to put pressure on the house of representatives saying hey, we can pass a clean debt ceiling bill here. the votes to be able to get there. and so that will be a lot of legwork the senate democrats and harry reid have to undertake. >> i asked you yesterday who are the public blaming now? does it change from day to day? who's being blamed today? >> we got a whopping three polls that came out yesterday. and the bottom line is that the american public isn't happy with anybody, but they're blaming republicans more than democrats. i think that's the analysis from everything that's kind of coming from -- this hasn't helped anybody, but it's hurting the republicans a whole lot more. >> isle ask you the same question tomorrow. >> hopefully not. >> maybe a deal today. you say there's a way out.

let's see if they can find it. maybe they're having some secret meetings somewhere. >> we hope. >> thanks so much. for more on mark and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out fist read on nbc news.com. people in south dakota are dealing with record-breaking snowfall in october. four feet of snow fell in the western part of the state. the weather system buried parts of wyoming and colorado with snow as well. and storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us now. i don't think he's going to tell us we're getting any snow around here. but we are feeling like fall today. >> you bet. the same snow system that dropped the snow out there is responsible for our cooldown here. obviously we won't get that. parts of south dakota, 3 to 4 feet of snow. we haven't seen that kind of snow around here in a long, long time, probably about 3 1/2 year, and there's no snow like that in the immediate future. outside for now we are getting filtered sunshine across the area. temperatures are inching their way into the 60s now.

63 degrees in leesburg, 62 downtown, 60 in fredericksburg right now. a little bit more sunshine getting through in culpepper where it is 66 tiegs and into the low 60s onto the eastern shore as well. the big change, the 24-hour temperature change map, not much of a difference across western maryland because by this time yesterday the cold front had already gotten there. but from washington southbound, 15 to 20 degrees colder now than it was at the same time yesterday. and earlier this morning, when we were on the air at 5:00, 6:00 in the morning these numbers with were in the minus 25 range. the cold air will stick around far while. there's tyson's corner. a little more sunshine the further west you go. you go south and east and start picking up in the mid and high level clouds. partly sunny at national airport. temperatures at 62 degrees. we should move into the mid-60s by noontime. high temperatures today between 3:00 and 5:00 into the mid and upper 60s.

with a little optimism we could get to 68, 69 degrees in town and back down to the low 60s and even upper 50s by 8:00, 9:00 this evening. overall highs today generally in the upper 60s to near 70, culpepper, fredericksburg, shaltsville, a whisper of 70 degrees. leonard town and st. mary's city getting closer to 60. cooler in annapolis. the satellite picture, more sunshine the further north and west you travel and definitely more clouds if you go down into portions of southern maryland and the eastern shore is pretty much socked in at this point in time. no rain chances for today, but the rain isn't far away. look at all the rain now across the outer banks of north carolina. that moisture is ready to come back in our direction. and we do still need the rain. we've only had about half of our average rainfall since talk 1st. we've had a little more than 3 1/2 inches of rain, average would have been 7 1/2 inches of rain. so we definitely have a little bit of catching up still to do. hometown forecast, manassas, up to 70 degrees today, mid-50s by

10:00 this evening. much cooler weather is in place and it's going to stay that way, on the chilly side tomorrow morning, clouds will start to lower and thicken again by tomorrow, midafternoon. and by tomorrow late afternoon into the evening, shower chances are back. so here's your seven-day forecast. 69 today. 66 tomorrow. clouds in and out today, but clouds definitely thickening tomorrow. rain chances are back by tomorrow evening. but the bulk of the rain we'll be seeing is going to come up on thursday and thursday night. hopefully we can get it out of here in time for the weekend. i know a lot of october weddings this weekend, i've been hearing about it on the phone line. trying to get that rain out for saturday, but it's going to be close. have the tent. >> they say it's good luck to rain on a wedding day. >> not good luck for the weather guy. >> some excuse. thanks so much. see you again shortly. it's 11:22. still ahead, she is an inspiration and she is wants to get back to work. how the government shutdown is slowing down a 92-year-old.

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>> i have a sense of urgency, that this is my last decade, and i can't afford to have anybody waste my time, and that's what they're doing. >> she gives tours three days a week and works in the park administrative offices for two days a week. it's 1:27. loved ones of soldiers killed in action paying the price. coming up, a heartbreaking side effect of the government shutdown for military families. plus, the new information on the role of an undercover police officer in this road rage case involving a group of motorcyclists. and more rain in the forecast? we get an update from storm tea

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i'm aaron gilchrist in the news4 live desk. some new information coming in about a phial fire in prince william county, virginia. we've just learned a third person has died in this fire. there were some reports initially after this fire

started just before 4:00 this morning that two people were found inside the trailer that had been burned almost to the ground. you can see there a mobile home there. firefighters were able to find two victims deceased inside that mobile home this morning, and then at some point later today they found a third person. as we understand it, they're all believed to be adult who is lived in that home on fuller heights road in the triangle area. of course the investigation continues now to figure out what started that fire and how exactly those three people now died in that mobile home. that's the latest from the live desk. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> all right, aaron. and another big impact of the shutdown is hitting some military families hard. death benefits for military families have been suspended. that means money usually given to help with funeral costs and flights to meet their loved ones' coffins isn't coming in until the government starts up again. nbc's andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: far from the furloughs, on the front lines, marine lance corporal jeremiah

collins worked saturday at one of the most dangerous government jobs there is, on patrol in afghanistan. he was killed. back home in milwaukee, a mother's grief. collins was one of five u.s. service members killed in afghanistan over the weekend. on sunday, four u.s. troops were killed in an ied attack. they died on the 12th anniversary of a war which has claimed more than 2,100 members of the u.s. military. but unlike those killed before, these service members' families won't receive the $100,000 so-called death gratuity. typically wired to families within 36 hours to help with immediate expenses like the funeral until survivor benefits are paid. no money either to fly the families to dover air force base in delaware for the dignified return of their loved ones' flag-draped coffin. >> washington may be shut down, but it's still asking people to go to war. when people realize that they can serve and fight for their country but that their families

will get an iou until shutdown is over, i think they're just shocked. >> reporter: shannon collins still shocked back in milwaukee, can't wait for washington. she's already grieving. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. the law passed last week to pay civilian members of the military does not cover death benefits. the pentagon is hoping to have this corrected very soon. and as we get further into the second week of the shutdown, local businesses are starting to feel the political pressure in their pocketbooks. several area businesses that we talked with sid is a that they've seen their bottom line inch closer to the red thanks to the furloughs. despite government workers being promised back pay, many of them aren't looking to spend until the shutdown is over. this is leaving business owners wondering how long they can stay afloat without that money coming in. >> we usually have a lot of customer in the morning when they go to work, and i haven't seen it in the last week.

>> some of the businesses hit the hardest, dry cleaners, nail salons, and capitol hill restaurants. and we have a full list of what's open and what's closed during the shutdown. just head over to our website, nbcwashington.com. and we are learning new information about the biker road rage up north. our sister station in new york confirms an undercover new york police officer is seen on new video punching the back window of the suv, shattering the glass. the officer was not on duty at the time. he waited until wednesday to come forward. it's not clear if he will face charges. helmet cam video shows bikers chased the suv and beat the driver in front of his wife and 2-year-old daughter. one person died in a crash that tied up traffic for hours this morning. the pileup happened on northbound i-95 in fredericksburg about ten minutes before you hit the exit for quantico. you can see police shut down almost the whole road. cars had to squeeze by on the shoulder.

it jammed people for eight miles. state police still haven't released the name of the person who died in that crash. and police are still trying to figure out why a man set himself on fire on the national map. d.c. police identified the victim as 64-year-old john constantino from mt. laurel, new jersey. investigators used dental records and dna to identify him because his wounds were so severe. witnesses tell news4 they saw him pour gasoline on himself friday afternoon and then he was engulfed in flames. he was flown to the hospital where he later died. and this morning a prince william county mother is recovering after being shot while watching her child play soccer. this happened during sunday's game in manassas. the 43-year-old victim told police she was sitting in a chair when she felt a sharp pain in her right thigh. so far, no arrests have been made in this case. we'll check in again now with chuck bell with the latest on our forecast. he's outside writ's a little

cooler than it was this time yesterday, chuck. >> you bet it is. a complete change of air masses from yesterday, a little taste of the tropics, to today a real taste of autumn in the air once again pap nice cool northeasterly breeze is going to keep things cooler than average here for the next couple of days. outside this is the way it looks from our tower camera looking out to the west. indeed a very blue sky. the further you go across parts of northern virginia. the clouds are a whole lot thick fer you go over the bay bridge and out to portions of the eastern shore. so do expect an awful lot in the way of cloud cover to be coming back into the picture as we get into tomorrow and the days after nap's the view from our reston camera. looking northbound, that's sugarloaf mountain on the right-hand side of the horizon there. again, notice the blue skies as you're looking northbound. temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s now. will climb into the mid to upper 60s by later on this afternoon with in and out periods of sunshine and some cloudiness, then back down into the 50s by 9:00. what should you expect on your wednesday? a cool, dry morning.

cloudy skies back by tomorrow afternoon and a chance for some evening rain drops on your wednesday. and that will lead us to what should be kind of a soggy stretch around here through thursday and friday. when i see you next, we'll talk more about the all-important upcoming weekend. >> never too early to talk about the weekend. >> never. just one victim from the "costa concordia" disaster is still missing. divers founlds remains of a second victim earlier today. they believe they belong to one of the ship's waiters. the only person still missing is a 32-year-old woman. two european scientists won the nobel prize in physics for their discoveries on how subatomic particles acquire mass. britain's peter higgs and belgian's francois engletter first theorized is to called god particle existed during their research back in the '60s. they were able to confirm it last year. higgs and engler will now share

the $1.25 million nobel prize for physics. well, today the nbc news fourth annual education nation summit wraps up in new york city. this morning we're getting a look at a huge change that's coming to america's schools. it's called common core. and it is controversial. nbc's rehema ellis reports. >> reporter: across the country, opposition is mounting against a new set of higher academic standards known as the common core, which many teachers say are being imposed too quickly. >> what is the mass -- >> reporter: but here in chelsea, just outside of boston, they're embracing it. >> we are learning about volume, mass. >> reporter: massachusetts toughened its own standards 20 years ago and criticism was fierce. >> we stayed the course. we tweaked the path every so often but we've kept the goal of high academic standards and closing the achievement gap. >> reporter: today, massachusetts test scores rank it first the nation.

and if it were a country, eighth-graders would rank sixth in math and second in science behind only singapore. do you feel challenged here academically? >> yes. >> definitely. >> challenged in the extreme. >> reporter: the 1993 reforms included putting more focus and money on urban schools, requiring everyone to take algebra, and pass a state test to get a high school diploma. >> it's working to change the way we're teaching kids. we're asking them to think differently and we're asking teachers to teach them differently. >> we need to record the data. >> they're really good at helping and really good at explaining things. >> reporter: given the recent controversy over how to fix america's schools, it's what massachusetts did not do that's also significant. there were no vouchers for private schools, no merit-based pay for teachers and no automatic shutdowns of failing schools. even in chelsea, where students come from 66 countries and speak 35 languages, they are seeing

improvements. as i move back, my chart line goes up. so this has do with math. >> yep, because math is part of science as well. math is everywhere. >> reporter: it's everywhere. >> it's everywhere. >> reporter: teachers here focus on hands-on learning. >> they just don't need to know the science. they have to be able to use it. >> they give us, like, small challenges to help us learn new things every day. >> reporter: raising the bar for students in the classroom to promote success. >> that was rehema ellis reporting. today's topics include what it takes more than high school and a healthy living to succeed in school. check out the summit online at educationnation.com. do you throw out food as soon as the sell-by date or use-by date passes? if so, you may be wasting food and your money as well. a new study from the natural resources defense council claims those dates have nothing to do with when food goes bad. nbc's jeff rossen discussed the study's results this morning on the "today" show. >> when you buy eggs and you'll see that sell-by or use-by date

on it, it usually goes for a couple weeks after that. eggs are goold three to five weeks after you buy it. >> cereal, cracker, things like that, how long after the date can i use these? >> nine months to a year they will stay good if they remain unopened. >> when it comes to condiments, we have mustard, ketchup, salad dressing and mayonnaise. take the mayonnaise out for a second. i think most people probably hold these past the date. >> remind me not to come over your house for dinner. >> i think they do. >> for mayonnaise, too. >> i wouldn't do that. >> it's okay. nothing to do with food safety. these last, including mayonnaise, for 1 1/2 years after you buy it if they remain unopened. >> the nrdc says americans throw out 160 billion pounds of food each year. it's 11:41. still ahead, how yoga can help your digestive system. plus why you may have been charged too much for gas if you got it recently in the district. stay with us. all the chicken in your grocery store

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many of bernie madoff's victims have been waiting for five of his former employees to go on trial today. prosecutors say they were part of madoff's multibillion-dollar ponzi scheme. all five have pleaded not guilty. the trial could last into next year. a group of prince george's county lawmakers is urging a developer to reconsider plans to build a shopping center near the university of maryland. brian gibbons' plan could mean the end for the school's popular golf course. lawmakers say the development would pave over the most significant green space in the area. gibbons has not responded to their request. well, if you bought gas in the district last week, it's possible you paid too much. that's because the d.c. office of tax and revenue says it mistakenly overcharged gasoline wholesalers ahead of the new gas tax. according to "the washington post," whole saerls were overcharged as much as $95,000 last week alone because of a calculation mistake.

a new 8.3% wholesale tax on gas and diesel fuel went into effect on october 1st. the tax office says whole saerls should refund the amount overcharged to service stations, then gas stations should pass that refund to motorists. well, take a look at this cash. it is not funny money. it may look a little different to you. it's new $100 bill that begins circulating today. it includes several new security features. they include a blue 3d security ribbon. don't worry if you have old 100s. they're still good. you do not have to trade them in. stock prices are down again on wall street, but let's check in for the latest from c nbs's hampton pearson. hampton. >> hi, barbara. as we always say, it's always about the benjamins. right now we do have stocks inning in tif territory, no signs of an end to the partial government shutdown now in its second week, and growing concerns of the debt limit, the government's ability to borrow money to pay its bills might be

breached next week. we see the dow is down 76 points, the nasdaq down 56, the s&p down 12. ahead of the annual meetings here in washington later this week, the international monetary fund and the world bank, leading global economists are sounding the alarm about a u.s. default on its debt. the imf says it would have catastrophic consequences for the world and it would be felt right away, disrupting financial markets in the united states and abroad. even before the government shutdown, confidence among small businesses was slipping. that's what the latest index from the national federation of independent businesses is showing. concerns about the looming shutdown triggered a drop in the index in september but long term small business operators are upbeat about prospects for better sales even expansion. and the third-quarter earnings season kicks off later today after the closing bell with aluminum maker alcoa leading the way. analysts are looking overall for about a 4% increase over the

third quarter of last year with revenues up on average a little over 2%, but market watchers also point out the economy was much weaker this time last year. barbara, back to you. >> okay, hampton. thank you. have a great day. so how well is your digestive system working? do you feel bloated, irritable, sluggish all day long? it may be time for you to add yoga to your regular exercise routine to help those problems. kim weekes from kim weekes yoga joins us to explain. a topic a lot of us are interested in. who is this? >> a student of mine for a long time. >> great. this is something that a lot of people deal with, sluggish digestive systems. it can bloat you, make you gain weight. >> right. >> you've got some answers. right? >> i do. yoga is about wellness within. you can't really be well outside without being well inside first. so yoga is great for digestion overall, all yoga poses are, but we brought a few specific applications today.

>> okay, some things folks can do at home to maybe get that digestive system moving. >> yeah. >> let's see the first pose. >> people might be watching because of the weather. maybe you could try it at home. so she's going to lift up with her legs forward. what we're showing first as she comes down is a forward fold. anytime you fold your body over your legs you're giving yourself a massage. any body that gets massaged -- okay, come all the way down, releases toxicity from the body. we're trying to release toxins from the digestive system by massaging them. >> so could you be down on your knees and bend over like that? >> you could be down on your knees, hands on the kitchen counter, on the table, for example, just bending over, take nice, long deep breaths. >> how long should she hold that? >> come back down to the forward fold first. maybe a minute, two minutes.

set the timer on the microwave while you're waiting for dinner to cook. >> do that several times a day. >> that would be great. >> you have another pose. >> yogis love to play. come into your twist now. we always like to show the fun poses here. the one we just showed was basic. this one is a twist. i want people to see the digestive organs lie up and down the spine totally. what she's doing inside this forward fold is twisting the spine and massaging herself even more. looking at this pose head on, it's obviously a difficult pose. you need a good yoga teacher to teach you this, but it is excellent for wringing out the digestive tok ins from the nervous system. >> a little difficult, but you can start somewhere. >> you can. it's anything that brings you into your legs and into the spine and into that belly massage that i was talking about is going to help your digestive system a lot. >> you seau ga helps stress, as well, which can affect your digestion. >> it does. we showed this lovely pose, the proverbial legs through the

hands yoga pose, this deep twist. it helps with stress because you hold these poses with long, slow breaths, seepted or standing the way we've been talking and let your nervous system, your digestive system and your overall immune system relax. when you relax, you destress, and when you destress, you digest food better. >> a lot of us in the washington area need to destress. maybe you could go up on capitol hill and help the folks there. thank you so much. so great to see. what a beautiful pose that one is. >> she's a beautiful woman, yes. >> and that was our final pose. >> our final wow pose. i don't suggest it for everybody, but if you look at how she's wringing out her body and those digestive toxins, hopefully everybody at home is trying something like it and feeling the release right now. >> thanks so both of you for

i'm aaron gilchrist at the news4 live desk. want to update you on the government shutdown. we told you earlier today house speaker john boehner had spoken about wanting to hold more

conversations with the president d democratic leadership. this morning he released a statement -- his office did, saying that he got a call from the president saying he would not negotiate on the shutdown or the debt ceiling. the white house then released a statement saying that the president would only negotiate republicans after the government is reopened. now president obama has scheduled a 2:00 p.m. press conference again to talk about this issue. that is the latest from the live desk. barbara, back to you. >> all right, aaron. thank you. don't rely on your phone to help you lose weight. a new study says most weight loss apps fall short when it comes to helping people change their behaviors. that's according to researchers at the university of massachusetts medical school. they evaluated 30 of the most popular weight loss apps on market. while the apps were great for meal planning and calculating nutrition, most were significantly lacking in motivating and encouraging users to stick with a healthy diet and exercise. but here's some good news. the study found free apps were just as effective as those requiring a fee.

so you don't have to pay for it if you want to try one. right now, record breaking swimmer diana nyad is swimming to help the victims of hurricane sandy. the 64-year-old is swimming in a special pool built just for the fund-raiser at harold square in new york city. she began swimming just before 9:00 this morning and she will swim for 48 hours. she won't be alone. celebrities including ryan lock tee will join her. nyad is the first person to swim from cuba to key west without a shark cage. going to take a look at some of the stories we'll be following on news4 this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins us from the newsroom with a preview of things to come. pat? >> hi, barbara. i want you to meet the band squiggle bottoms. a d.c. couple wants to raise a million bucks for the poor and if they do they say they'll change their last name to van squigglebottoms. a worthy because but why they're going to such extremes coming up today on news4 at 4:00.

>> maybe they just like that name. >> maybe they want to write a kids' book. >> that would be not surprising. thanks a lot, pat. see you this afternoon. >> okay. >> and time far final check on our forecast. hello there, chuck bell. >> how you doing, barbara? >> good. good to have you with us today. >> good to be here pap nice day outside today, feels like autumn once again. that's the view from our national harbor camera. looking back northbound, you can almost see the national cathedral way out in the distance, center of the horizon. nice enough day, temperatures slowly working their way into the mid-60s right now. we should get into the upper and middle 60s. clouds thinning out for the rest of your afternoon. chilly mornings are back and they may start to put a little dent in the rain deficit over the next couple days. no more rain today but rain drops are back in the picture by late tomorrow, especially late tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. thursday and friday look a little bit on the soggy side around here, another half an inch to an inch, heavier rain the further east you live or travel. for the weekend, a little

concerned but not panicking yet. >> put on your running shorts. >> you betcha. >> see you later. that's "news 4 midday" for today. thanks for being with us. tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, and tonight at 11:00. we'll be back tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. with "news 4 midday."

♪ [ singing] carry on, carry on ♪ . >>. [applause] in just a moment but even more my lovely kit in los angeles of my coastal edition of our "access hollywood live". hello kit. >> hello billy. i have worried that you would come back tired and are you rested and feeling fit. what are we going to get tomorrow. >> i got to my hotel because i have to work fortunate geo-wild last couple days and i got to my hotel at about midnight because i was coming from dc last night and the man says mr. bush