good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning, the federal government is shut down for the first time in 17 years. the republican-led house and democrats in the senate were unable to agree on a deal to keep the government funded. no one gave ground as the contentious battle over president obama's health care law continued to the bitter end. an estimated 800,000 federal workers will be furloughed. among them nearly 3,000 faa safety inspectors. most routine food inspections by the fda will be suspended and the national park system will close its doors. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning, president brshg said he will push congress to reopen as soon as possible but when that happens is anybody's guess. the gridlock will continue here on capitol hill as hundreds of thousands of federal workers find out, at least for now, are out of work. >> mr. speaker, it is now

midnight, and the great government of the united states is now closed. >> congress bickered to the very end and missed a deadline to pass a new budget for the start of a fiscal year. >> congress of chronic chaos continues. >> reporter: lawmakers left the capitol for a few hours' sleep. they'll be back this morning. >> hope to reopen it tomorrow. >> reporter: the disagreement is whether the changes in the affordable care act should be part of the government. >> the house has voted to keep the government open. but we also want basic fairness for all americans under obama care. >> it is embarrassing that these people who are elected to represent the country are representing the tea party. >> reporter: the impasse means many federal employees will report to work today for about four hours to wrap things up and then they'll be sent home without pay. >> we'll have to look into using our savings account. whatever is there. we'll have to look about maybe putting off our mortgage payment. >> reporter: cindy blithe is

among the estimated 800,000 americans who will be furloughed while congress debates. >> everyone else is supposed to get along. why can't they? >> reporter: congress did agree on one thing. late monday night, the president signed a bill into law that means members of the military will be paid throughout the shutdown. >> those of you on uniform will remain on your normal duty status. the threats to national security have not changed and we need you to be ready for any contingency. if you're serving in harm's way we will make sure you have what you need to succeed in your missions. >> now, it's possible republicans will take their fight to obama care to mid-october. that's what the nation reaches its debt limit. congress has to agree to reach the nation's borrowing cap we may see a similar showdown in november. >> thank you, susan. air traffic controllers will continue to guide planes, meat

inspections by the agriculture department will continue and social security will keep coming. in "cbs moneywatch," overseas markets in the wake of a government shutdown and how even a baby panda will be affected. gigi stone is at the new york stock exchange. >> good morning, anne-marie. markets in china were closed for a national holiday. tokyo's nikkei gained half a percent. south korea's rose a faction. the dow jones industrials lost 128 points. the nasdaq composite was down 10 points. significant damage to the economy isn't likely unless the government shutdown lasts more than a few days. for now, most investors aren't panicking but market analyst liz ann sonders said that could change. >> given the latest potential for the debt ceiling shutdown, i

would expect another hit with consumer confidence, business confidence and even investor confidence. >> s&p fell nearly 4.5% but stocks rebounded 10.5%. just the prospect of a government shutdown sent oil prices lower. benchmark delivery dropped 51 cents to $191 a barrel on the new york america can tile exchange. gold and other metals fell as well. the government shutdown will also affect key economic indicators that means some of the indicators that drive the markets won't be available. it may still be released on time but construction and factory orders will be delayed. and the s&p will continue reviewing applications for initial public offerings for now. anne-marie, there is another victim of the government shutdown. the very popular panda cam at the washington national zoo will go dark. that's actually the first time that has happened since the cub

was born there august 23rd. imagine the travesty of all the children there. >> just reading the news, everyone seems to be more upset about the panda cam than anything else. i suppose everybody needs their dose of cuteness, right. >> gives something to focus on. the government shutdown don't stop today's rollout of the affordable care act president obama health care overhaul law. jericka duncan is here with the details. >> good morning. that's right, the affordable care act made it through a contentious government debate and the shutdown. now, it's open for business and millions of americans will be able to buy health care coverage under the law sometimes known as obama care. >> the affordable care act is moving forward. >> this will finally be a brand-new day. >> reporter: starting this morning, nearly 50 million uninsured americans can begin

buying coverage. depending on where they live, they can shop for insurance plans through federal, government or state exchanges. there are four levels of the plan to consider. the health plan starts january 1st of next year if you purchase coverage by december 15th. open enrollment ends march 31st. >> there will be a simple one-stop shop. easy to use in every state in the country. where people can online, for the first time, look at plans side by side. figure out what's available. figure out what the premiums are. and actually shop online the same way you can buy a tv or a pair of shoes. >> reporter: some uninsured people will qualify for medicaid. others will get government subsidies to help apply for premiums. when applying you'll be asked if you're a citizen. but by january 1st all americans will be obligated to carry health insurance or face a fine. 2015, $95 for every uninsured adult capped the 1% of house

hold income. fines go up in ensuing years. federally operated markets operate in 36 states. you can apply online through a call center, in person or by mail. again, you can begin your search on the federal government website. www.healthcare.gov. this is the biggest expansion of the federal government safety net since medicare. anne-marie, health and human secretary services kathleen sebelius says she expects there will be some glitches as the process moves forward. >> of course, with something so huge taking place that's to be expected. jericka duncan, thank you very much. coming up in the morning news, blown away. a rare tornado skips away in washington state caution serious damage. and a gang of motorcyclist target an suv in a terrifying confrontation. this is the "cbs morning news."

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video from home security cameras shows a violent tornado thrashing a neighborhood south of seattle, washington, monday morning. the rare twister brought down rare trees and damaged homes. it tore a hole in the roof of a factory and tossed railcars like they were toys. the storm knocked out power to thousands yet no one was injured. rescuers will have to wait until this afternoon to recover the bodies of five hikers killed in the colorado park. it happened in a popular trail in chalk greek canyon south of denver. 100 boulders came crashing down on five hikers. a sixth hiker broke her leg. investigators are trying to figure out how an empty chicago commuter train started moving and slammed into another train full of people monday morning.

the head-on rush hour collision injured dozens. nobody was driving the four-car train as it rumbled down the tracks west of chicago. >> we don't know what the circumstances are that led to this train to begin moving on the path that it did. it should not have done so. the question the why is what we're looking at right now. >> the crash crushed one of the cars like an accordion. the ntsb says the pilot of a private jet that crashed at the santa monica airport on sunday reported no problems during the flight. the ceo of a construction company and his son were believed to be aboard. witnesses say the plane veered off the runway after landing. it plowed into a roaf hangars and burst into flames. authorities called the crash unsurvivable. and the university of california berkeley campus was evacuated monday afternoon after an explosion. the blast in an underground

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163 of the regular season for the tampa bay rays and the texas rangers. the team's meeting in arlington to determine who advanced to the wildcard lead. evan longoria's home run in the third. he pitches a complete game to give the rays a 5-2 victory. the loss ends the season for the rangers. >> here's how the immediate playoff picture looks for major league baseball. tampa bay travels to cleveland. the winner of that gets the winner of the next hour. and cincinnati at pittsburgh. and the winner will take on st. louis in the next round. and the postseason excitement was on display in the steel city on monday. thousands of fans were rallying for the pittsburgh pirates playoffs. well, the season is over for

alex rodriguez, but the yankee star is beginning his fight to stay on the field next year. an arbitrator held a grievance hearing over rodriguez's 211-game ban. rodriguez was suspended for allegedly violating baseball's drug policy. he was allowed to play while his suspension was under appeal. and a battle of unbeaten teams in "monday night football." the saints taking on the dolphins in new orleans. drew brees throws for more than 400 yards and four touchdowns as the saints roll to 38-17, a win right there. and a 4-0 record. when we return now, motorcycle attack caught on tape. a gang of motorcyclists converge on an suv forcing the drive to crash through the mob. fearing for the safety of his family.

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washington, d.c., sunny with a high of 82. atlanta sunny as well. but some fog in st. louis today. sunny in denver and cloudy in seattle with a high of 57. there's been an arrest in a highway shooting in madison county, kentucky. on sunday, 51-year-old perron dobson was caught on tape driving recklessly. another driver took video. that's when dobson took out a gun and fired it. dobson was arrested monday in indiana. a busy highway in new york city was the scene of a driver and a pack of motorcyclists. as jessica snyder reports, the showdown played out over several miles. >> reporter: a gang of motorcycles speeding up the henry hudson parkway near 96th street boxing in a range rover

suv. it's all captured on tape by one of the bikers. you can see one of the bikes slowed down in front of the range rover. the range rover runs into the bike and suddenly there's a complete standstill on the henry hudson with dozens of hinge gri bikers surrounding the suv. inside was 33-year-old alexia yeeian with his wife and young daughter. >> they attack his car. >> reporter: desperate to escape the scene, liam takes off in his range rover, plowing over three motorcyclists breaking their legs. but it doesn't end there. the bikers go to the chase and a few miles up the road surround him again. one biker evens his door and attempts to pull him out. minutes later in washington heights, bikers start striking the video. just after the video stops,

police say he's pulled out and slashed in the face in front of his tearful family. >> one of the bicyclists started attacking him. after they got him out of his car, they beat him up. >> reporter: while police try to track down the bikers, police seeing this on youtube are appalled. >> to me, they're assaulting this jam. >> reporter: and they should be punished for it? >> absolutely. >> that's jessica inside-e, there have been no reports in the case. coming up on "cbs this morning," breaking bad vince guillen. i'm anne-marie green, this is the "cbs morning news." [ male announcer ] mmmm. cinnamon and sugar so delicious.

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. good morning. welcome to wusa9. today is tuesday, a new month, october 1. 2013. i'm andrea roane. it's the pumpkins. i'm mike hydeck. glad you're joining us. >> you're short. >> hey. she's monika. there's howard. how are you doing?

>> weather so threatening i have time to play with the chair. it's easy once again. a new month but we're actually going to warm up here. the first week of october looks dry and warm. i'm talking about 10 degrees above average. the average is 74. we'll be the low to mid-80s through the weekend. rain chances stay very low until perhaps monday at this point. temperature by lunch time will be in ththe mountains. some of them trying to drift on toward us. there's a storm system, an area in the atlantic. no big deal. not doing much. around here we've had a touch of fog. earlier cambridge had fog. not a problem now. visibilities pretty decent this morning. temperatures a little bit warmer than yesterday. remember we had mid-40s yesterday from winchester and martinsburg. mid-50s now. we're running about 10 degrees warmer a more comfortable morning. gaithersburg 54. 58 andrews and 55 fredricksburg

and 60 downtown. this afternoon going to be a warm one. temperatures may stay in the 7ss on right along the bay but looks like low, even a couple of middle 80s south and west of d.c. what a start to the month of october. monika samtani here with timesaver traffic. shouldn't be anything going on at this hour. a great start. good morning, everybody. things are looking great. no problems to report with the exception of a water main break. i want to let you know that 2nd street is closed between constitution avenue and east capitol street northeast. that is a water main break. other than that, all the bridges are good, including the potomac and anacostia river crossings. let's go over to springfield on the northbound side of i-95. looking great here. very light volumes right up through dale city, the beltway and beyond to 395. no big deals as you come out of frederick all the way down to the point where the lanes divide. the lanes are open. we'll take a last live look a

little further south at montrose road in rockville looking great as you head to the split. 4:28. for the first time in 17 years, the federal government is in a partial shutdown. congress failed to pass a bill to keep the government running. >> that's because democrats and republicans can't agree on what to do about the affordable care act also known as obamacare. susan mcginnis is on capitol hill with what happens next. >> it's now midnight and the great government of the united states is now closed. >> reporter: congress bickered to the end and missed the deadline to pass a budget. the disagreement is over whether changes to the affordable care act should be part after bill to fund the government. >> the house has voted to keep the government open but we also want basic fairness for all

americans under obamacare. >> it is embarrassing that these people who are elected to represent the country are representing the tea party. >> reporter: the impasse means many federal employees will report to work today for about four hours to wrap things up and then they'll be sent home without pay. >> we'll have to look into using our savings accounts, whatever is there. we'll have to look at maybe putting off our mortgage payments. >> reporter: cindy is among the estimated 800,000 americans who will be furloughed while congress debates. >> everyone else is supposed to get along. why can't they? >> reporter: congress did agree on one thing. late monday night the president signed the bill into law. that means members of the military will be paid throughout the shutdown. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> as we've been reporting the shutdown means national parks like the national zoo and other parks around the country and museums won't be open for business until congress can reach a deal on the budget. there is a ton of reaction

on tell wusa9.com. one person wrote, quote, as a veteran why did i serve a country that can't take care of me. i am also a federal worker who is -- should be considered on welfare or unemployment. this is not right for anyone, just because our congress does not know how to act. >> how bad is it going to hurt the district? as the mayor has been promising, he's been declaring all d.c. government employees as essential. >> what that means is city government will not close even