i'm jennifer gilbert. and i'm jeff barnd. now it's time for sports unlimited with bruce cunningham. after snapping a four game regular season losing streak on the road last week in miami, the ravens are back in the friendly confines of m&t bank stadium this sunday, hosting the green bay packers... oddsmakers have installed the ravens as 3 point underdogs... playing without injured tight end dennis pitta, as well as wideout jacoby jones, the ravens offense has struggled at times, and the defense has been on the field for longer than you'd like, but despite that, they still find themselves above 500...3-2 to be exact.. given everything that's happened, that's not too bad.. but the head raven is not satisfied... even though we're still in the midst of football season...they're getting ready to crank it up for basketball.. jed gamber reports from college park... it's another tuesday night, of the week award... this week, we're on the gridrion... dunbar quarterback william crest is in the final year of a triumphant high school career... and he's intent on going out with a bang.. the poet

i'm jennifer gilbert. and i'm jeff barnd. now, here comes sports unlimited with bruce cunningham. last sunday, the ravens headed into miami... with 3 active receivers. during the game, they lost left guard kelechi osemele to back spasms and tossed center a-q shipley in the spot. needless to say... injuries have taken their toll on the ravens offense. but this sunday against green bay... they hope to add more bodies to the mix. morgan adsit has more from owings mills. the good news is the ravens the good news is the ravens seemed to re- energize their running game last sunday in miami.. the bad news: a troublesome problem returned for their number one running back... rice has always had a reputation for his sure hands.. but in the playoffs last year, he started fumbling... twice in the playoff win over the colts, once more in the super bowl and then two more this year, including last week against the dolphins... it's a problem that could becoming more serious, but rice is doing his best to keep his cool.... meanwhile.. inside linebacker jameel mc clain has been medically cleared to

and i'm jennifer gilbert. with the fear and tension from last month's deadly shooting at the washington navy yard still fresh in the minds of d-c residents, another frightening confrontation adds to the anxiety. for reasons yet to be made clear, a woman identified as miriam carey of stamford, connecticut tries to drive past security barriers at the white house, and leads police on a wild chase through the nation's capitol, before being shot to death. keith daniels is streaming live from washington tonight, with the very latest on this still- developing story. keith? the stalemate over the government shutdown continues tonight...stretch ing into what will now be a fourth day of frustration. speaking at a construction company in rockville, president barack obama laid blamed for the shutdown squarely on the shoulders of house speaker john boehner. he accused boehner of playing to the "extremists" in his party. republicans counter by saying it's the president who needs to negotiate with them. congress has to pass

hello i'm jennifer gilbert. and i'm jeff barnd.you can see in the bottom right hand corner of your screen the countdown to a government shutdown stands at about an hour away and counting.. and inside the u-s capitol building at this hour...lawmaker s are still facing a partisan deadlock over the effort to stop the next phase of obamacare. the president and democratic leaders say republicans are holding the budget hostage, but republicans say they aren't backing down because its and issue of fairness.. boehner says: "that's what this fight is all about. i talked to the president earlier tonight. 'i'm not going to negotiate. i'm not going to do this.' well, i'd say to the president....this is not about me. and it's not about republicans here in congress. it's about fairness for the american people." reid says: "with a bully you cannot let them slap you around, because they slap you aroun today they slap you five or six times, tomorrow it's seven or eight times." if a funding measure is not passed by midnight, the law funding thousand

good evening, i'm jennifer gilbert. and i'm jeff barnd. that double shooting comes in a neighborhood where people say they're not used to seeing violence like this. keith daniels is streaming live at the scene, where investigators are still gathering evidence. keith? (vinson) "we don't know exactly.. have not been back in." (street) "people just ran up... one of the know exactly.. have not been back in." (street) "people just ran up... one of the nicest people" know exactly.. have not been back in." (street) "people just ran up... one of the nicest people" know exactly.. have not been back in." (street) "people just ran up... one of the nicest people" as the federal government athe federal government shutdown approaches its third day... there's a lot of talking...but still no signs of anyone actually agreeing to anything that would resolve the stalemate. tory dunnan has more on the negotiations that went on well into the night. after a 90-minute high profile, closed door meeting between the president and congressional leaders, news of....n

and i'm jennifer gilbert. nearly 24 hours later, there seems to be no sign that either side in congress is about to give ground when it comes to restarting the federal government. tonight, house republicans failed to pass three new bills that would fund three additonal aspects of the government...nat ional parks... the department of veterans affairs... and funding for the district of columbia. the only thing either party can seem to agree on is that the other side is to blame. meanwhile, 800 thousand federal employees have been furloughed, national parks remain closed, food assistance programs are running out of money, and reviews of federal home loans are being stalled. in maryland../ .state... officials say... a... prolonged... shutdown.../ could... cost... the state.../ tens... of millions of dollars.../ john rydell has

and i'm jennifer gilbert. as the nation heads into its tenth day without a fully operating federal government, little has changed to give anyone hope that a break in the stalemate will come any time soon. things... have become... so... dysfunctional,/ that... private enterprise... has had to come to the government's aid... in... providing money... and comfort... to... families... of our troops... abroad. without... funding for the death benefits program... that provides financial aid... for the families of fallen troops,.../ the pentagon ... signed a contract... with the... "fisher house foundation".../. they'll... cover .../ grieving families' bills.../ and... a... 100 thousand dollar death benefit,.../ until the government ...is... up and running.../. once... that happens, the government ...will reimburse them. meanwhile, th