i'm pat warren reporting from prince george's county community college. ck to you on tv hill. >> thank you, pat. we'll have much more from the president on obamacare coming up at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >>> 35 students are home this morning after a school bus crash in charles county. the bus was on its way to north point high school in waldorf when a cadillac hit it head on. it happened yesterday morning on davis road. police say the cadillac struck a curve and bounced into the path of the bus. the 47-year-old woman driving the car is recovering from serious injuries. so far no charges have been filed. >>> bell burglar. officers in carroll county look for a thief who stole a 200 pound church bell. it was taken from a storage facility on main street in mount erie. it was stolen in the last 2 weeks. it was supposed to hang above the howard chapel united methodist church. anyone with information call maryland state police. >>> another beautiful day across the area. take a live look outside. we have partly sunny, mild conditions on the first thursday of autumn. w

political reporter, pat warren is there. she sat down and knows the struggles of furloughs. >> >> hi, kai, you are absolutely right, there are 300 thousand maryland workers who are worried about what might happen if the government furloughs them, that family includes the people that live in the house mind me. >> >> reporter: these three know more than you might expect about the government budget. >> i think the government is lear to help, not to hurt. >> reporter: their dad has been furloughed once before. >> this summer, when they had the furloughs starting in july, i was furloughs and it was typically difficult for me, because in april, i had emergency open heart sergry and i had a lot of medical bills and time off from that and the furlough hit and basically, i was living off credit cards to be able to make ends meet. >> in this case, it's all of the hard working families that work for our federal government and the beam that depend on the federal government for important aspects of their own, either business endeavors or

i'm pat warren reporting. now back to you. >> thank you, the state says breaking the cycle of addiction is also critical to keeping people from returning to prison. >>> new traffic laws take into account on tuesday with the goal of make -- take effect on tuesday with the goal of making roads safer. >> starting tuesday, it's a primary offense to talk on your phone while driving. >> law enforcement can stop a motorist visually seen holding a phone and talking on it. a police officer will have to have no other reason. >> drivers must use a hands free device. that's been the law since 2010. >> you have to be careful, i'm afraid to text and drive. i don't do it. i don't answer the call. >> reporter: if you're caught talking on the phone while driving, it's a 75-dollar fine the first time. that goes up with echoers. each -- each offense. a pricey lesson that will save lives. preliminary data suggests that of the 511 fatalities last year on maryland roads, approximately 50% of those were a result of a distracted driv

i'm pat warren, now back to you on tv hill. >>> pat, thank you. the new law takes effect october 1st. one week from tomorrow. >>> for the first time in quite a while. we will not break 70 degrees today. a live look outside right now it's officially fall and certainly it's starting to feel like it. chelsea ingram and bob turk are updating the forecast. first here's bob. >> soon the frost will be on the pumpkin. it already was north of us. we don't see that happening soon for us. we take a look at temperatures and it's so pleasant. 64 ocean city and dc now at 67. the dewpoints 42, so many places by morning will get down to about 42. but now this morning we've got down to 51. and 50 in ocean city. tomorrow high pressure once again over the area means a beautiful sunny dry day. and that trend looks like it's going to continue for the next six or seven days the way it looks like right now. chelsea is in the outback with a wrap in what happened this summer 2013. >> reporter: that's right bob. now that the astronomical summer is over. let's look at what

pat warren, back to you. >> it would impact 800,000 of the 2.1 million government workers. >> a judge in new jersey says that they recognize gay marriages and not doing so in jersey will -- they allow marriages to begin october 31st. chris kristy is oppose but hasn't said if he'll appeal. >>> what a delightful week it has been weather wise. a look out side. it doesn't get better than this and will it holdup through the weekend. bob turk is updating these temperatures. >> everybody would agree on that. we had one descent rain eight, ten days ago but it has been sunny and dry. we've had clouds but the clouds being to erode. that flow off the atlantic ocean is weakening. we'll get clearer skies and temperature is the same as they were this afternoon. we're in the upper 60s to the low 70s and tomorrow high pressure builds back into the region up to virginia sunny dry and pleasant condition with pleasant temperatures. all into next week as well. >> bob thank you. >>> baltimore ravens are making final preparations to take on the buffalo bills. mark joins us with the latest and how our exper

i'm pat warren in annapolis where gun control protesters stand outside a hearing. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> 6:30, 67 degrees and plenty of sunshine in maryland right now. good evening thank you for staying with eyewitness news. a legislative committee votes for new state gun laws. pat warren has more. >> reporter: that's right, the general assembly passed the law and then a committee has to approve a complicated set of regulations in order to implement the law and that rekindled the fire protest against the gun act. >> it was against the wishes of the people. the people showed up here in masses and still they refused to listen to up. >> reporter: craig lester was one of the thousands of protesters in rallies against gun control this year and he's back today to reregister his complaint. >> it's as if they're run amuck. they're not listening to us anymore. >> reporter: not more than the legislation listened to each other. >> they didn't know what they were doing. it's obvious that this bill is going to be extremely difficult to implement. >> reporter: none of the supporters expect it to be e

pat warren tells us the president had an audience of supporters. >>> roaring crowd of supporters greets the president, as president obama takes aim at republicans shooting aim at obama care. >> knowing you could offer your family the security and health care, that's priceless. now you could do it for the cost of your cable bill. probably less than your cell phone bill. >>> while the push back who want to eliminate funding for the plan as the condition of passing a new budget is causing gridlock in washington, the president assures the nation, the health care law will go forward. >> part of the reason to make the law work, there's so many people working to make it fail. once it's working really well, guarantee you, they will not call it obama care. >> maryland is in the forefront of the health care transition. you may have seen ads like this one, promoting the health care connection. >> everybody in maryland is logging and taking a look at the prices. you have new choices. >> on-line sign-ups goes for six months starting tuesday. the plan takes effect january 1st. those who already have

in pikesville, i'm pat warren. now, back to you on tv hill. >> now, after october 1st, gun buyers will have to be ambulanced, fingerprinted and take firearms training. >>> what a fantastic week it has been so far. temperature just about perfect. plenty of sun and no rain. and there is another picture- perfect shot. bob surk-- turk is in the first warning weather. >> you see the clouds out to the west/southwest. there are sprinkles and showers. about 150 miles away. some of those clouds move through. but that's about it. take a look at temperatures now. we're down to 69. 67, ocean city. and 66 in oakland. the warmer areas, down around d.c., at 74. and hagerstown, also 74. now, as i just mentioned, a few sprinkles and light rain activity, way down south across portions of west virginia, it's really, really not much at all. it's running into this very dry air we have. so none of this rain or sprinkle activity will reach us. just some of the clouds. and by tomorrow, they move off. we have more high pressure and more su

i'm pat warren. coming up on wjz eyewitness news. that's what doug gansler announces officially that he's in the governor's race. >>> manny machado's knee injury rocks. reaction and update on the extent of that injury when eyewitness news continues. >>> check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >>> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. >>> fatal crash. two cars collide. three people are dead. did a police pursuit lead to the accident. . >>> hello, everyone. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. >> an horrific accident. af

reporting live from reservoir hill, i'm pat warren. now, back to you, vic. >>> the primary is in june next year. >>> well, will we have a warm fall? or early winter? baltimore bill, charm city's weather-predicting crab, answered that question today, in front of an eager crowd at the inner harbor. bill walked one particular direction and jumped into the water, indicating a warm fall ahead. last year, he accurately predicted an early winter. we hope this time he's right again. >> okay. how do we get him back is my question. [ laughter ] >>> shaping up to be a cool, crisp evening in our area. taking a live look outside. there he is. not a cloud in the sky. take a look at these beautiful pictures as we float across the water there. wjz is live, with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist chelsea ingram and bob turk are updating the forecast for us. and we'll continue looking at these beautiful pictures from sky eye chopper 13. here's bob. >> we're trying to find bill. he's in the water there somewhere. somewhere in there. >>> let's

i'm pat warren. coming up on eyewitness news.nsler says as he announces, officially, he's in the governor's race. >>> check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> triple fatal cash. lives are lost, after two cars collide. >> the role a fatal pursuit caused. >> >>> an investigation under way tonight, after a horrific early morning car crash killed three people and hospitalized a fourth. wjz is live at the accident scene near york and northern parkway. derek valcourt explains, a lot of folks are asking if a police chase may have led to this crash. derek? >> police do admit their officers were following one car when that car slammed into a

i'm pat warren reporting. now back to you. >> and the state says breaking the cycle of addiction is also critical in keeping ex-cons from returning to prison. >>> tortlie is a 150-pound tortoise. as meghan mccorkell reports, he's been missing for weeks. >> reporter: a preheroic- looking pet now missing from baltimore city. >> we haven't had one single report of a person seeing rim. >> reporter: alexandra believes her tortoise may have pushed his way through her fence. tortlie had gotten out before but is usually found by neighbors right away. >> i miss him very much. he wasn't the kind of creature that responds the way a dog does, wagging, but there was he was all the time. he knew when i was feeding him. i kind of knew what he was up to. >> reporter: now she's in a race to find him before the weather turns colder. >> they need to have a house that they can go into or a heat lamp if temperatures drop below 50. >> reporter: tortlie can't survive in cold weather. she says these types of tortoises are apt to esca

pat. >> thanks, harvey. and thanks david for joining us and thank you for joining us on >> i'm warren corn field and we are doing series called stay safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪ >> here we are at the spur urban ken center and we are in this little house that was built to show what it is like in san francisco after an earthquake. we are very pleased to have with us today, pat brown from the department of animal care and control and her friend oreo. >> hi. >> lauren. >> could you tell us what it would take after an earthquake or some other emergency when you are in your home and maybe no power or water for a little while. what it would take for you and oreo to be comfortable and safe at home. >> just as you would prepare for your own needs should an earthquake or a disaster event occur, you need to prepare for your pets. and i have brought with me today, some of the things that i have put in my disaster kit to prepare for my animal's needs to make sure that i am ready should something happen and i need to shelter at home. >> what a