now, i know there are a lot of numbers to crunch as tom costello just said. if you need to know what you can afford, we have a calculator for you, either on nbc news or nbcnews.gov. >>> and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned the world not to fall for the charm offensive by the new guy in charge in iran. in a forceful speech to the body, he took on president rouhani directly, saying he is not much different than his predecessor. >> when it comes to iran's nuclear weapons program, the only difference between them is this. mahmoud ahmadinejad was a wolf in wolf's clothing. rouhani is a wolf in sheep's clothing. >> netanyahu said israel is ready to stand alone if need be to make sure tehran never gets a nuclear weapon. >>> still ahead for us tonight, a family tragedy on a popular hiking trail and the father who sacrificed his life for his teenage daughter. >>> and later, they were soldiers once, they defeated tyranny around the globe and were not going to let a little thing like a government shutdown stop them today. you take some tums®. work. if h

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i'm jamie costello alongside kelly swoope. we first broke this story wednesday. sense then quick reaction from the fire marshal. almost no response. none. >> now more problems. brian kuebler is staying on top of the story tonight. >> reporter: indoor bolts and padlocks in northeast baltimore a clear violation of fire and safety codes, but according to fire department records, a practice that dated back to 2011, long enough that students we talked top didn't seem all that -- to didn't seem all that surprised. >> all the doors were locked. >> reporter: it's an issue that got the attention of the baltimore city fire marshal who, the very next morning, ordered the staff it remove the bolts and padlocks. city school workers spent the morning sawing and uncrew -- unscrewing the lking mechanism. the city fire department conducts a surprise inspection of at least 2 other randomly selected all the baltimore schools it. turns out maritime industries is not the only building using padlock. abc2 investigators obtained the results which show two other schools cited for padloc

we get a late report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: on i-40. smoke, fire, and miles of back up. state troopers say a church bus blew a tire and crossed the median, slamming into a semi and a sport-utility vehicle. >> it was a large boom. and i was several miles away. >> reporter: at least eight people are known dead, at least six on the church bus who had gone to a jubilee. they've seep a lot of crashes lately. >> in the last six months, there's been quite a number of them in this area. >> reporter: after a series of more efik bus crashes in recent year, the department of transportation began cracking down on bus operators. >> we've got to do an inspection. >> reporter: the focus, the busy i-95 corridor from new york to florida. in all, the dot put roughly 40 companies out of business. it's not clear whether the bus was hired by the bus or owned the bus. >> in many cases they don't operate to the same standard that professional bus companies do. >> reporter: tonight, i-40 is expected to remain shut down well into the night. tom costello, nbc ne

we have a late report from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: on i-40 near the i-81 split in northeastern tennessee, smoke, fire, and miles of backup. state troopers say a church bus blew a tire and crossed the median, slamming into a tractor-trailer and sport utility vehicle. >> it was a loud boom. it sounded like an explosion. i was several miles away. >> reporter: at least eight people are known dead including six senior citizens on the church bus that had come from a jubilee gathering returning home to statesville, north carolina. people along i-40 say they have seen a lot of crashes lately. >> in the last six months there's been quite a number of 18-wheeler accidents in this area. >> reporter: after a series of horrific bus crashes in recent years involving dozens of fatalities is department of transportation began cracking down on bus operators. >> come off the bus. we have to do an inspection. >> reporter: the focus, the busy i-95 corridor from washington to florida. roughly 40 discount bus companies were put out of business. it is not the clear if the bus was hired or houn owned b

. >>> this is tom costello 75 miles from washington in red republican culpepper, virginia. but at the frost cafe on main street where burgers, fries, and grits are on the midday menu, the talk today was whether the government shutdown is to anyone's advantage. >> how can it be an advantage to put people out of work in this economy to solve their problems? >> i voted republican my whole life, but this time i don't care who's running. i'm voting for someone who didn't have the job. >> reporter: 25% of county residents work for the federal government. many of them are now out of work. and much needed tourism has dried up as the nearby shenandoah national park is closed. an online poll conducted by the local paper show half blame the shutdown on the president, the other half on congress. this once-solid republican state has voted for president obama twice. still suspicion towards washington runs deep. >> old virginia may be outvoted, but if anything that's reinforced their anti-washington sentiments. they're cheering in some places the federal government shutdown. >> reporter:

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman has been answering your questions throughout the day and on the web. and she is here tonight. and nancy i want to talk to you about one we got via twitter. because so many people ask this, this is from mariah, asking what does preventive care cost and what will it cover for women? >> extraordinarily important question for women, and as the exchanges open today it is important to know that it will have a major impact on women. because before the affordable care act, women paid higher health care premiums than men, because frankly being a woman was considered in many ways a pre-existing condition. that is now illegal. as of january 1st, 2014, the comprehensive preventive services like mammograms and genetic testing will be accessible. you will also have better access to co-pays and birth control. now i know there were a lot of questions on what tom just talked about. you need to figure out what you can afford. on nbcnews.com, we have a calculator for you to lay it all ou

i'm carol costello. we have breaking news.30-year fixed rate mortgage rates hit the lowest points in months. let's go to our chief business correspondent christine romans. this is surprising. i thought they were going up. >> i know. the fed has kept interest rates low, so you're seeing this play out again in mortgage rates. 4.1%, falling for a second week in a row. that's according freddie mac. what it's telling you for consumers is there's still this window here for lower mortgage rates. not as low as they were a year ago at this time. we thought this year they would be moving higher and higher and higher, instead this pause here and you're seeing mortgage rates tick down. if you thought you had missed your moment, you have not. 4.1% for a 30-year and 3.2% for the 15. i'll tell you another interesting stat though i saw recently. 49% of september home says, carol, were all cash. all cash. so half the people buying houses in september, they didn't care what mortgage rates were, but for the rest of us who have to borrow money to

our report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: year after year the toyota camry is among thelling cars in america. today, a stunning announcement from "consumer reports." it's no longer recommending the camry because of how it performed in this test. the new overlap crash test from the insurance institute for highway safety which simulates a car clipping another car or a solid object. the camry, rav-4, prius b and audi a-4 received poor ratings. now consumer reports is dropping its recommendation for all four. >> comes to crash performance, reliability. there are a lot of vehicles, a lot of grease choices out there. we think we should just recommend the vehicles that are the best. >> reporter: audi is already working on a fix. toyota tells nbc news their cars meet all federal requirements and we are looking at a range of resolutions to achieve greater crash performance in this area. the new rankings are about reliability. japanese brands take seven of the top ten spots. but of 31 ford models, only one, the f-150 pickup truck, scored above average. the biggest complaint is wit

i'm carol costello. thank you very much for joining us.ally shut down. only partly because some people call it a slimdown. look at the fox news website. tell that to those going without a paycheck while congress continue it is to make money. i'm not sure they would consider it a slimdown. uh i think they consider it a shutdown. more people are affected by the shutdown who aren't federal employees like kevin morrow who is a freelance research er who re-elis on federal re sours like the library of congress to do his job. good morning, kevin. >> good morning. >> how does the shutdown affect your work? >> basically, it depends on federal the resources to do my job. i do research at various archive re positive toirs like the national archives, library of congress, naval historical center. when they are shut down, i can't do my work basically. unless i have any projects ongoing that allow me to do work at a re search facility other than a federal research facility i'm pretty much dead in the water. >> this has more widespread repercussions than

tom costello in the d.c. newsroom tonight. tom, thanks. >>> good news for viewers on the west coast. at long last just tonight the california wildfire known as the rim fire has been declared fully contained. this one burned for over two months. our l.a.-based correspondent miguel almaguer reported the good news to us tonight. this is the fire that burned 400 square miles in and around yosemite at one point charring up to 50,000 acres a day. fire officials it started when a hunter's campfire spread. in all this fire cost $127 million to fight. >>> still ahead for us tonight on a friday evening, olympic dreams. about a hundred days until the games begin. the women of the u.s. team, including gold medalist lindsey vonn are in the midst of a incredible comeback. >>> and later, the ringo mystery solved. he asked for help to find these folks. now some of the young faces in the photo have come forward for a trip down memory lane. >>> let's turn our attention outside for a moment as we are just about a hundred days away from the winte

tom costello. >>> and when we come back here tonight, after the uproar a last night around, a promise kept this time on the uniforms. made in the usa. >>> we told you here last night about a huge coastal storm in europe. there's how some people have chosen to ride it out, riding some of the biggest waves ever recorded on earth. one surfer in particular, a brazilian, who was surfing the famous part of the coastline in portugal itching to set a new record, some witnesses came away believing the wave was over 100 feet. >>> tonight the countdown is underway to the winter olympics in sochi, russia. just over 100 days to mark the occasion. the u.s. olympic committee set up a ski slope in times square, new york. olympic medalists in attendance. there was a small contingent of protesters also in attendance. demonstrating against anti-gay laws in russia. meanwhile, we got a first look at the uniforms that members of team usa will wear at the closing ceremony designed by wal lauren. and this time made in the usa, a promise made and kept by the clothing company after the uproar during the london

>> tom costello outside nih, bethesda, maryland, with another part of the story. tom, thanks. >>> still ahead for us tonight on a thursday evening, a state of emergency in louisiana, and hurricane watches along the gulf coast as a storm gathers. it's time now to start paying attention to hurricane season. >>> later the motorcycle chase and the terrified family inside the range rover. more of the story behind the video from this incident in new york. >>> it has been a remarkably quiet, some say historically quiet, hurricane season that is starting to change somewhat, effective right now. along the gulf coast they are bracing for a hit from tropical storm karen. tonight fema is recalling some of their furloughed employees in the middle of the government stoppage to prepare for this. meanwhile out west it's starting to look a lot like an early winter. meteorologist bryan norcross tracking both storms tonight from weather channel headquarters. none of us who were hit by sandy is complaining but last night i was reading an article wondering what happened to this year's

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me.ited against obama care and a new target in the battle. the republican national committee launching an online petition urging president obama to fire kathleen sebelius because of the obama care website glitches. and on twitter, they're using the #fire sebelius and slamming her for the 400 milled cost of the website so far. brian todd is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you mentioned, kathleen sebelius the critical mass is building against her by the day. republicans are equating her with the rollout mess and they are turning up the heat. she's become the face of the obama care rollout and all of its technical problems. and there's intensifying pressure on her to step down. she's the chief target of republicans, including senator pat roberts, who is a long-time friend of sebelius' family. >> she's had three and a half years to launch backstop caobam she has failed. >> reporter: he's joined by fleming. he says he'll soon send a letter to president obama asking h

we get our report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: in chula vista, california, the blairamily is convinced they are recovering from food poisoning. they bought foster farms chicken and ate it that night. >> i felt violently ill. i had to run to the bathroom every few minutes. i thought it was the stomach flu. >> reporter: their chicken has the same lot numbers as those with salmonella outbreak. so far 278 people were sickened. for every reported case 25 more go up reported. this outbreak combined with another outbreak involving foster farms last year could have sickened nearly 10,000 people. investigators believe the salmonella this time came from three foster farms processing plants in california. today, the usda threatened to shut the plants down. >> we have concerns that they have difficulties in producing a safe product now. >> reporter: particularly alarming, some of the salmonella strains are resistant to antibiotics. the hospitalization rate double what's normal. the outbreak comes as the centers for disease control is hobbled by the government shutdown. 9,000 of t

>> tom costello in our d.c. newsroom tonight. tom, thanks. >>> as we mentioned the top of the broadcast, weather is in the news tonight. nothing unexpected, but gets your attention. the first real cold blast of the season, pretty much right through the center of our country from the great lakes down to the gulf of mexico. temperatures are dropping like rocks, and snow is already on the ground in some places. weather channel meteorologist jim cantore following all of it from inside headquarters tonight. jim, good evening. >> good evening, brian. here it comes. there's no stopping it now. let's talk about this. a cold blast that will dominate two-thirds of the country by the time we get to the weekend. typically, when they're this big, they can take a while to get down, so we'll see this come down in a couple places here. what i've highlighted in blue, temperatures in so 10 to 20 degrees below average. by thursday, our friends in boston will experience one of the coldest world series games on record to start with on wednesday eveni

>> tom costello outside nih, bethesda, maryland, with another part of the story. tom, thanks. >>> still ahead for us tonight on a thursday evening, a state of emergency in louisiana, and hurricane watches along the gulf coast as a storm gathers. it's time now to start paying attention to hurricane season. >>> later the motorcycle chase and the terrified family inside the range rover. more of the story behind the video from this incident in new york. behind the video from this incident in new york. [ male announcer ] this is claira. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. then i read an article about a study that looked at the long te

we begin tonight with nbc's tom costello in our washington newsroom. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. the white house says nearly 20 million people have visited the website so far. roughly 500,000 have started the application process, but the white house isn't saying how many have actually been able to enroll. meanwhile, there are indications there may not be a quick and easy fix for the website. three weeks into a very rocky rollout of the affordable care act, the president today admitted it has not gone well. >> there's no sugar coating it. the website has been too slow, people have been getting stuck during the application process, and i think it's fair to say that nobody's more frustrated by that than i am. >> reporter: the white house isn't saying exactly what's wrong with the website, but it's called an outside tech experts. by one estimate 5 million lines of code needs to be rewritten. insurance companies report many of the applications they're getting are filled with serious errors. in michigan, priority health is now phoning everyone

this is ridiculous. >> tom costello joins me now. tom, how does this happen? we're a nation leading the world on high-tech, silicon valley and this obama administration was re-elected with the most sophisticated web search devices and crowd sourcing in history. >> i don't think there's a lot of short answer toss that. the washington examiner reporting today they did not do a beta test on this. they did not test the final product until five to six days before october 1st. the white house is not talking to us about any of the specifics and they still aren't giving any numbers on how many people have successfully enrolled. i think it's important to say there are increasingly, and we've heard a lot more of them today, stories of people who have had success. they are getting through the process. it's taken a long time. if they are persistent they are getting there. the problem now may not so much you get a red error on the screen but rather insurance companies are reporting that people are signing up. they think they are signing up their three children and a spouse

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> a judge threw the book at kwame kilpatrick. he was sentenced to 28 years in prison for widespread corruption that prosecutors contend worsened that city's financial crisis. he was convicted of two dozen counts back in march. 18 other officials from his tenure as mayor have been convicted as well. and the city, of course, is now in bankruptcy. >>> scott carpenter died today. he was the second american to orbit the earth and the fourth american astronaut in space. he was 88 years old, a native of boulder, colorado, a genuine american hero who dated back to a time when we all looked up to seven very brave men. >> reporter: they made america so proud back in the age of the possible. they were the mercury 7. and while they were young men, many had already skirted the heavens as test pilots and survived the hell of warfare. scott carpenter was a veteran of the korean war, the only astronaut without a college degree. he was named john glen's backup so he had to wait his turn to get to space. but he got to utter the famous words to his

i'm carol costello.hank you for joining me. this morning in a florida courtroom a case that wrapped up for a 12-year-old accused of bullying a classmate to death. 12-year-old rebecca sedgwick committed suicide after being hounded by endless talks on her cell phone and social media. minutes ago one of her accused tormenters in court. ed lavandera is outside the courthouse in barto, florida. good morning, ed. >> reporter: good morning, ca l carol. 12-year-old kaitlin roman appeared with her attorney jose baez, he was the attorney that represented casey anthony here in florida, in this high-profile trial but jose baez says in this case it is his client that is now being bullied by the juvenile legal system here in florida. 14-year-old and 12-year-old say they're not guilty of bullying. >> my daughter is not that type of person that would do something like that. >> reporter: investigators in lakeland, florida, say both girls tormented sedgwick or months in social media posts with messages like "i hate you, y

tom costello, thanks so much.ppreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> disturbing house vote opened the vote wednesday night, a longtime house stenographer began yelling into the microphone about god, freemasons. you can see her behind the podium. she was carried away by house staffers. after being removed from the floor lynn sweet captured this video on her cell phone. >> it is not one nation under god. >> capitol police said that the stenographer was transported to a local area hospital for evaluation. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new passat, awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends october 31st. for details, visit vwdealer.com today. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal conges

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me.t is day nine of the partial government shutdown and in washington the posturing of politics may have met its match. it is the power of shame. >> today shutdown outrage, military death benefits denied to families of fallen troops. shouldn't we as a body, republican and democrat, no matter who we are, shouldn't we be embarrassed about this? shupt shouldn't we be ashamed? >> from military death benefits going ignored to needy children finding preschools closed. charities step in and our dysfunctional government gets called out. are americans finally fed up with this? well this morning there may be just a glimmer of compromise poking through the blame. president obama says he may be ready to talk. but republicans say he's really just demanding unconditional surrender. cnn's brianna keilar is at the white house this morning. good morning. >> good morning, carol. let me first tell you that we now understand house democrats will be coming to the white house this afternoon for a meeting. you

. >>> that's it for us, which means it's time for carol costello. good morning, carol. >> good morning. thanks so much. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> and good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with me. we do begin with breaking news. a new measure of the economy and more proof that we are still bogged down in a sluggish economy. minutes ago, feds released a september jobs report. unemployment dipped slightly to 7.2%, about 148,000 jobs were created. that's fewer jobs than expected and just another wrinkle in a disappointing snapshot. chief business correspondent christine romans is in new york to tell us all what it means. good morning. >> good morning, carol. when you look at the average here, you have about 185,000 jobs created, on average, each month before the shutdown. this was a report that was delayed because of the government shutdown. we know now in september, 7.2% unemployment rate, the best since november 2008. so that shows you the slow, steady improvement in t

i'm fredricka whitfield in for carol costello.ent shutdown in its fourth day and with no signs of a compromise. top lawmakers are scrambling to adjust. president obama had canceled a trip to an asian economic summit. secretary of state john kerry will take his place. and at this hour house republicans are needing to walk through their party's next steps. the house passed sefrlt several separate bills only to see them rejected by the senate. democrats continue to press for clean proposals with no changes to obama care. and now there are international concerns because many people in charge of overseeing sanctionses on iran have been furloughed. joining me now from boston is former ambassador to nato nicholas byrd. so how do these furloughs, in your view, impact the u.s.' ability to monitor iran? >> iran is not off the hook. the sanctions are in place. but when you can't staff the treasury department responsible for implementing the sanctions and the state department, you have a problem. this is a full-time job to maintain american,

i'm carol costello. we start with breaking news out of massachusetts, and it's curious, we have learned that all schools are closed in the boston suburb of danvers while police investigate a murder. we're expecting a news conference from police at any moment. you're going to see a picture soon from our affiliate wcvb. police say danvers high school is a crime scene and cnn's affiliate whdh is reporting a 14-year-old student is in custody after a teacher was found dead at danvers high school. police are saying there is no threat to public safety at this time, but every school in this district is closed this morning. we'll keep you updated on the situation as we learn more. >>> on to other news this morning, inkreeg, insults and another major embarrassment for the white house. this mornin a national security official is out of work for twit ear tacks on republicans and even his fellow obama insiders. jaffe joseph is booted as director for the national security council. he tweeted his insults under an alias

i'm carol costello. we have breaking news on the economy to start off and it's not so great news because the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits surged this week, alison kosik live from the new york stock exchange to tell us why. good morning. >> garood morning. this is catching our eye, the first hard numbers we're getting of what kind of effect that the shutdown is having on americans. now, this is a huge increase in the first time claims for unemployment benefits. they jumped 66,000 last week, a bit of perspective here, this is the biggest jump that we've seen since superstorm sandy hit a year ago, it brought the number of claims to a total of 374,000. now, of that 66,000 that put in these new claims 15,000 people, 15,000 of those claims are people directly impacted by this government shutdown. these are people who work in the private sector, government contractors who are tied to getting their jobs to getting their paycheck. they're tied to getting their jobs with the government so t

carol costello is next. hello, carol. >> kate, thanks so much. have a great day. "newsroom" starts right now. >> i'm carol costello. washington by the numbers. day 15 of the partial government shutdown, less than 40 hours until a potential economic disaster of a debt default. right now on capitol hill, an eleventh hour deal taking shape behind closed doors. senate's top two men, democrat harry reid and republican mitch mcconnell say they're optimistic they can finalize a deal today. later this morning, mcconnell will meet with his fellow gop senators to present a tentative agreement. the biggest challenge is likely in the gop-controlled house. right now, republican house leaders are summiting their troops to discuss what's in the plan and what their next move is. this morning there's a lot of moving parts and not much time. let's get the latest from jim acosta, at the white house this morning. good morning, jim. >> good morning, carol. president obama appears to be quietly working the phones in search of a deal. a gop source confirms to cnn that the president call

over to carol costello. >> thanks, guys. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm carol costello. thank you very much for joining me this morning. most of our government is shut down. lights out, doors closed, tops down, at least for now. i'm going to start far away from pennsylvania avenue and begin in main street. instead of hearing words like brink, catastrophe, revolt being spewed by our government in washington, i want to start with the facts. fact number one, congress will still get paid today. in fact, the average lawmaker will make $669 just today. that's nearly 3 1/2 times what most of us, the average american, will make. fact number two, you're fed up with congress. they've sunk to an all-time low. only 10% of you say lawmakers are doing a good job. just 10%. that's down from a high of 84% in the days after 9/11. fact number three, thousands of federal workers who often live paycheck to paycheck are left in the cold. 800,000 employees are on unpaid leave. they are among some 2 million americans who ar

good morning, i'm carol costello. we're hearing from one of the bikers part of that swarm on an suv driver in new york city and we're hearing from the suv's driver's wife. by now you've seen the video the swarm of bikers surrounding an suv. one biker, jerome davis, telling cnn they just wanted the suv to stop. >> he was underneath the car and they kept proceeding him on. not harassing him but not in the way of threatening him but they wanted to pull over. i had a feeling he was afraid. you see, he was afraid. >> the wife of that suv driver is also speaking out as i told you telling nbc her husband was "placed in grave danger by a mob of reckless and violent motorcyclists and that he acted to protect the lives of our entire family." this case prompted authorities to look at another unrelated incident from 2011, this new video shows more bikers antagonizing a driver at a busy intersection. looks familiar, doesn't it? pamela brown is following this story. >> reporter: there's no indication to show the videos are linked b

take a look at tom costello's report. >> the prime contractor is the u.s.ident i's business grew in the bush administration. on october 4th, 2011 it was awarded a contract for computer systems design services to build the website. with a ceiling price tag of $94 million. by may of this year, it shows cgi spent $196 million and the price tag soared to $292 million. >> the "wall street journal" reports the market place is generating flawed data for the insurance companies, everything from duplicate enrollments to problems with eligibility and spouses reported as children. one reason for the problems, a "usa today" reports said the site was built on 10-year-old technology that will need constant fixes and updates over the next six months. i'm going to go to gene robinson. i have got to tell you, i think the damage to the country over the past 3 weeks far supersedes a website not working. this is a story that can fly. >> deservedly so. this really is a disastrous launch for a program that i have supported. i think it's a huge advance in health care. >> me too.

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>> tom costello in our newsroom tonight. tom, thanks. speaking of health, health is in the news tonight. we mentioned this earlier. it's specifically about the danger in the air all around us. the world health organization is warning tonight that air pollution is, indeed, a major cause of cancer. our report from our chief medical editor, dr. nancy sneiderman. >> reporter: from car exhst and traffic across the country to industrial stacks spewing smoke and haze halfway around the world, we know air pollution isn't good for us, but today there is more proof of just how bad it is. the world health organization experts now conclude for the first time that exposure to outdoor air pollution and particulate matter cause lung cancer. >> we can't help the air we breathe and we're all responsible for it. so i think it's important to make the point that this really needs collective public health action to solve the problem. >> reporter: the industrial revolution saw the advent of air pollution. and while the united states has cleaned up its air tha

costello likes the heat. >> this month ends in r. so do you like oysters? >> i like oysters. >> you might have heard of a vegetable garden but what about an oyster garden. students got to learn first hand about the bay. >> they did the to plant five oyster gardens. the oysters are helping out the environment. >> they provide great habitat, so crabs love them. fish love them and secondly, they help clean up storm water pollution. >> there you golf the algae plume that is he is up every year in the harbor take oxygen out of the wart and kill fish, so the oysters will help filter ot the algae. >> breast cancer patients often find themselves in a waiting game. now some new research suggests there's a what i to speed up the clock. here's tahman bradley. >> reporter: trial and error. when you're a breast cancer patient, that's the row at of the treatment. the first one may not work and it may take months to know it. that's how long imaging tests scan -- can take. a new take will provide answers in as little as two days. instead of looking at a tumor slide, these

i'm jamie costello, thank you for joining us here at 6:00. we have an arrest after a man is murdered in the driveway in from of his home. >> as jeff hager tells us, police say they know jeffrey meyers, why he was shot at point blank range. >> the peaceful rolling farm lands served as a backdrop for the murder of 33 year old jeffrey meyers. as he sat in his truck, motorists along prin sippia witnessed the shooting. >> we got reports from witnesses there was a black ford mustang parked on the sides of the road, right in front of the vehicle. also we had one witness who identified two people outside of the vehicle shooting in to the vehicle. reporter: it didn't take long for police to identify a suspect. two days earlier, johnathan cope land accused meyers of stealing $6000 in cash or drugs from his home. it was followed by a threat to kill him. cope land drives a black mustang. while investigators don't believe he fired the shots that killed the victim, they believe he planned it and now in custody facing a first degree murder charge. police al

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me.n wall street but investors are tired of the slugfest in washington. you see it down we're already down what, almost 145 points. the markets just opened. let's head to new york and alison kosik to talk more about this. good morning, alison. >> good morning. you're seeing investors sweat it out after not seeing a huge reaction last week when the shutdown happened. the worries over washington, wall street's wondering if washington can really get it together, those worries expected to dominate wall street today. yes it's week two, the dysfunction has dragged on a lot longer than wall street ever expected, and we're seeing the sweat really forming on investors' brows because we're about a week and a half away from the debt ceiling. wall street you wonder, is washington listening? i don't think so. >> alison kosik, thanks so much. >>> website delays and glitches hinder the rollout of obama care. the white house is hoping the experience for millions of americans will be a bit more user frien