john hendron reports. >> the nation's political odd couple are keeping late hours with little to show for it. president obama hopes for an answer this morning. >> i'm not yet prepared to express wild optimism, but i think we are further along today than we were yesterday. >>. >> reporter: that was yesterday. >> the white house and number of senate democrats get serious about cutting spending. >> reporter: negotiators broke at 3:00 a.m. less than $5 billion apart but still no deal. >> it has everything to do with this --. >> reporter: in other words, abortion. they want to strip funding from planned parenthood. >> they are playing like children. >> unfortunately people are being affected by. >> it for government workers, tighter belts. >> i will have to tell my three-year-old daughter she will have to stop eating. >> families at homes but the bills would not stop coming. everything but the paycheck. >> starting at midnight they will have to shut off their blackberries are forbidden to call from cell phones. it will actually be a crime. >> police are offering a $10,000 reward in shootin

john hendron reports. >> the nation's political odd couple are keeping late hours with little to show it. president obama hopes for an answer this morning. >> i'm not yet prepared to express wild optimism, but i think we are further along today than we were yesterday. >>. >> reporter: that was yesterday. >> the white house and number of senate democrats get serious about cutting spending. >> reporter: negotiators broke at 3:00 a.m. less than $5 billion apart but still no deal. >> it has everything to do with this --. >> reporter: in other words, abortion. they want to strip funding from planned parenthood. >> they are playing like children. >> unfortunately people are being affected by. >> it for government workers, tighter belts. >> i will have to tell my three-year-old daughter she will have to stop eating. >> families at homes but the bills would not stop coming. everything but the paycheck. >> starting at midnight they will have to shut off their blackberries are forbidden to call from cell phones. it will actually be a crime. >> police are offering a $10,000 reward in shooting de

john hendron reports from washington. >> they waited literally until the length hour. >> i'm pleased to announce the washington monument will be open for business. >> after one summit after another, holding press conferences. >> republicans are responsible. >> we're not going to rollover. >> not on our watch. >> we just say no. >> in the end, two seemingly uncompromising parties found the middle ground and sealed the deal. >> we have been able to come to an agreement that will cut spending and keep our government open. >> we didn't do it at this late hour for drama. we did it because it's very hard to arrive at this point. >> the shutdown had already begun, tourists were ushered out of the space museum. >> just in time for spring break vacationers would have been out of luck at national parks. yellowstone would have gotten black and the lady that welcomes people in new york she would not have been welcoming anyone for a while. >> statue of liberty in case the government shuts down. >> for government workers it meant no paychecks and for front line tropics, fight now and get paid late

john hendron reports from washington. >> they waited literally until the length hour. >> i'm pleased to announce the washington monument as well as the entire federal government will be open for business. >> after one summit after another. >> we're not going to rollover. >> not on other watch, no way, no how. >> we just say no. >> in the end, two seemingly uncompromising parties found the middle ground and sealed the deal. >> senator reid and i and the white house have been able to come to an agreement that will in fact cut spending and keep our government open. >> we didn't do it at the late hour for drama. we did it because it was very hard to arrive at this point. >> the shutdown had already begun. tourists at museum were already ushered out. vacationers would have been out of luck at national park. yellowstone would have gone black and the lady with the torch in new york, she would not have been welcoming anyone for a while. >> for government workers it meant no paycheck, for front line troops and families that would mean fight now and get paid later as the bills keep coming in.

>> reporter: kai, after a three- day trial, they found the man accused of killing john hendron. and mary abernathy, guilty of manslaughter, the most serious of 17 charges he faced. that is 27-year-old donnell rayburn. he was driving when he crashed into the couple, instantly taking their lives. his alcohol level was twice the legal limit. and he was also found guilty of dui. we also spoke with the victim's family. we will hear from him coming up new at 6:00. for now, we're live in towson, weijia jang, wjz eyewitness news. >> and weijia mentioned, we'll continue to follow this story. >>> libyan rebels say they are open to a cease-fire, if the gadhafi regime meets its demands. but they don't appear to be banking on it. danielle noting hom reports for -- nottingham reports for wjz, they're also planning to buy more weapons. >> reporter: moammar gadhafi's supporters show no sign of backing down. the libyan leader hasn't been seen in nearly two weeks. but he's passing out weapons to people in the capital of tripoli, who say they'll use them. >> we are ready. they are coming to attack