captioning sponsored by twentieth century fox television and fox broadcasting company i used to love springfield park, but it's gotten so run down. ( dog howling ) oh, the prid is gone. oh, this whole place is disgusting. i agree. hey! aren't you that crazy cat lady? yes, i am. but thanks to this psychoactive medication, i enjoy brief moments of lucidity. those are just reese's pieces. ( crazed raving ) i know how to save this park. i'm gonna organize a charity carnival. uh, mom? looks like someone beat you to it. god, that junior league burns me up. step right up, and bid on items donated by local businesses. oh, i've only got a hundred dollars. i better bid shrewdly. first up is this video camera. one hundred dollars! $100 and 50 cents! sold! damn it! ( groaning ) i never win anything. ooh, here's something i'm good at. ( humming ) ( bells and whistles blaring ) ( moans cheerfully ) yes! check it out, fat-wad! i'm better than you, and i'm only ten. ( laughing ) fat-wad! i love it! ( indistinct talking ) easy... gentle... ay carumba! mm-hmm. i'm number one! i beat my son! victory is mine, so kiss my

pretty uniform. 63 in arlington. 64 in springfield. 67 in college park. one of the warmer readings, but only 63 in waldorf and looking at low 60s by the water, by the bay. so, clouds move in tonight, but we stay dry. that's the good news. the morning commute will be dry. that's also good. and then we get into the bus stop. it's going to be chilly. 40s and 50s. you'll be dry at the bus stop. when you come home, there will be showers and rain. maybe some rain gear tomorrow and everybody, i think, will have a wet commute coming home on wednesday. in fact, here's why. we'll stop this for you. i just tweeted this out, this exact animation. follow this at topper's weather. so, at noon, we have rain already in la plata. we have rain in southern maryland. but if you're west of 95 or north of 66 or north of 50, you're still dry for the most part. by 6:30, pretty much this time tomorrow night, we have rain everywhere. it's generally light to moderate rain. the yellow, heavier rain down to the south of us. that will mean a wet commute for everybody and we get into t

springfield. up in college park, and 62 down in waldorf. so, clouds move in tonight, but we stay dry. that's some good news. dry morning commute. that is also good news. chilly at the bus stop tomorrow, 40s and 50s, but dry, and then start to go downhill. by evening, temperatures will fall off a little bit and rain will develop. if you are south of town, the rain will get there quicker. we'll show you our future cast. we have rain as far north after la plata, into parts of prince georges county. you are still dry up 270 and dry out 66, but we go through the afternoon and evening, everybody is going to have a wet commute coming home and this is moderate rain stretching on the west side of 95 between d.c. and fredericksburg. rains all night tomorrow and into tomorrow night, we get a heavier batch of rain denoted by this orange part. so locate the umbrella and keep it handy. increasing clouds tonight, a little breezy, a little chilly, too. 46 to 54. so, 50s to start tomorrow, dry through the morning, cool, maybe low 60s by 11:00 and then by 1:00, rain on the way. rain already here if you

it happened at the dickerson park zoo in springfield, missouri. he made a sudden movement that took the life of the employee. >>> it was scott carpenter on the ground in mission control who uttered those famous words "god speed john glenn," and his fellow and former astronaut was poised to round the earth that day. today john glenn issued a statement saying, god speed scott carpenter, remembering his friend who died yesterday at the age of 88. >>> the vatican have taken something back. they have recalled a commemorative medal that was struck. but they misspelled jesus as "lesvs." available in cold, silver, and bronze. four of them were already sold. they will now be collector's items. >>> when we come back tonight, with all the dysfunction we have seen on display for a week, we'll meet folks here at the end of the week we can all be proud of. >>> our "making a difference" report tonight has to do with this nation's classroom teachers. with the news we've been covering lately you'd be thinking hee lows and role models are tough to find these days.

temps are falling into the 50s, 56 bethesda, arlington, springfield and waldorf and 58 in college park. yellow alert for tomorrow and friday. we got some inconvenient rain really, 1 to 2 inches between now and early friday morning. next three commutes will be wet, possibly the next four commutes and gusts on the bay could be 20 to 40 miles per hour on the lower bay. so small craft advisory in effect there until further notice. we'll put our futurecast into motion. by 8:00 thursday there's still a lot rain across the metro area but it's all green, nothing crazy heavy. by 3:00 still all green and still covering up most of the metro area. by 8:30, 8:00 tomorrow night, still have some showers, heavier rain pushing back into winchester toward romney. going through tomorrow night into friday morning we're still going to be looking at showers but the coverage will be decreasing and the intensity will decrease as well. how much rain can fall? looking at 1 to 2 inches across the board which is what we need after a very dry july, august and even september. so we'll break it down, rain across the

park. we'll take a look one more time. this is springfield looking great as you come up from dale city. >> thanks, monika. >>> they didn't have enough time to test it properly. that's what the contractors are saying who built the troubled healthcare.gov website. last-minute changes pushed their work behind schedule. >> congress wants to question those who made those changes. >> reporter: the heads of four contractors that built the troubled website healthcare.gov raised their hands to swear in before congress and said the obama administration made last minute changes and decided to launch the site without testing. >> a lot were saying not me, we've done our part. >> reporter: did you-- >> did you deliver the product you were contracted to build? >> we have. >> reporter: after a day of hearings, many members of congress say they still have more questions. >> we didn't get the answer today except the answers from dr. sebelius. >> reporter: cath lead sebelius -- kathleen sebelius wasn't available to answer questions yesterday because she was at

after a high of 90, it's 83 in college park. 80 in arlington. 76 fairfax. 79 in springfield. all these temperatures are above our average high, which is 73. more like summer month. nice for high school football if you are a spectator. a little toasty if you are getting into the pads and helmet. hot tomorrow and sunday but still nice. then karen's remnants arrive on monday along with a cold front so look at this. 70 by 7:00. low 70s by 9:00 on saturday. lots and lots of sunshine. by 11 we're 81. by 1:00 we are in the mid 80s already. next three days. near 90 tomorrow. near 90 on sunday. there are the showers and storms for monday. 79 and that is a yellow alert day because of that. next seven days, we're going to hang on to showers and storms early on tuesday. just in case karen slows down a little bit, sometimes it slows everything down, and temperatures back in the 70s. and then in the wake of the cold front and karen nice wednesday, thursday, friday. sunshine. temperatures in the mid 70s. book your tee time now. >> right. close to 90 degrees? oh my gosh. >> you are the man.

host: here is a picture with a localcafe close to yosemite national park with a spray- painted sign -- springfield virginia, independent caller. caller: thank you for having me on. the reality is that if the senate took up the funding bill for the park service is mine, the parts would be open tomorrow. that is the truth. yourld like to hear commentators views on that. also, i am a lifelong washingtonian. the lincoln memorial has never been close to my lifetime. it is unprecedented. it is only in this administration it has happened. guest: thank you, sir. said, i think the issue of issue of itd the being a different world today post-9/11, there is more security and issues related to that. at the end of the day, we need congress to act. ableve the ability to be to make this move forward as americans. we need to speak to our members of congress in the house and senate and the to contact the president. we need to make sure they approve a budget. until that happens and until our national parks are open, we are all going to be very concerned in having to deal with this very difficult situation. host: fo

although even by october standards, it will become humid over the weekend. 89 college park. 84 in arlington. 84 in springfield. looking into 85 at waldorf and temperatures even up into baltimore, 87 in laurel and 84 in columbia. okay, more like summer tonight really. it's going be warm for high school football. temperatures mid 70s to mid 80s. so actually, a great night for spectating, but toasty if you are playing and wusa9 sports will be out at sherwood. hot tomorrow and sunday, but it will be nice. get stuff done and karen's remnants may arrive on monday. either event, a cold front is coming. partly cloudy, warm tonight. patchy fog late. lows in the 60s. now tomorrow morning, looking at temperatures 64 to 84. so we are almost hot by lunchtime. by afternoon, partly cloudy, hot, don't say this too often in october either. stay hydrated. highs 85 to 90. look at the temperatures to start. downtown at 7:00, it's going to be 70. 73 at 9:00. low 80s. low 80s by 11:00. our average high is 73 and 86 by 1:00. we'll call that hot. so hot tomorrow. hot on sunday, and rain and thunderstorms possible on monday. temperat

. >> jonathan jarvis, the abraham lincoln home in springfield under your jurisdiction, national park service? and do you know is it just the home? my understanding is the area around it would also be under the jurisdiction do you know if that is the case? >> i do not know specifically in that regard. >> i saw news reports about a political congressional candidate holding a news conference right in front of the home and if in fact that was an area that was under your jurisdiction that was closed would that have been an appropriate thing to of done, to stage a media event for partisan political purposes? >> i don't know anything about that incident and i would have to look into it. >> if the park was closed would it be -- would there be an exception where political candidate would be able to stage a media event close to the rest of the public? >> the park is closed for all events. >> i have been running around, don't know if you evaporated but the anti deficiency, can you articulate for me why you think that act forced you to direct a barricade at the world war ii memorial? >> the anti

park. no problems on the northbound side of i-95. one more time in springfield, things are looking great here on to 395. the redskins are playing the bears, 1:00 game. back to you. >>> it'll figures on capitol hill are running out of time to avoid the debt ceiling as well. >> delia goncalves is live on capital little with more. what is it going it take to get this done? >> the senate is heading back to work at 2:00 this afternoon. they say progress is being made but it is moving very, very slowly. the country will plunge into default thursday. lawmakers say they don't want to see that happen. susan collyns of maine is now leading a bipartisan deal. the senate majority leader says collins's plan treats reopening the government as a quote concession. that culls for delayed apportions of the act. >> i think these mainstream republicans are getting fed up with the tea party and ted cruz. they see where it is leading them, to very low poll numbers. this idea that unless i get my way, i'm going to do huge damage to our credit rating to millions of people who depend on

i have the same health insurance policy as the park ranger at the lincoln home in springfield, illinois. i would ask the senator from illinois what is your health insurance policy? mr. vitter: i'm under exactly the same program and what i'm suggesting is merely that we follow the law. the distinguished senator and many of his democratic colleagues constantly make the point that obamacare is the law of the land. he's right. i want to change that largely, you don't, it is the law of the land as we speak. mr. durbin: if the senator will yield? mr. vitter: let me finish. and that law of the land is crystal clear. it has a specific provision about this, and it says every member of congress and all of their official staff can no longer stay in that plan, have to go to the obamacare shakes, the so-called fallback provision for the american people. i think there was a reason for that. i think there was thinking behind that and it's simple. that we should live under that same scenario that millions of americans have to live under, eight million plus who don't want to have to go to the exchanges,

park. first just normal stuff on the northbound side of i-95 in virginia. kind of spotty as you head up to springfieldno big incidents to report this morning. inbound i-66 at route 50, you are still in good shape here off and on as you head toward centerville. i'll tell you what i'm talking about it was a two-car crash. left one person dead. right now all the lanes reopened on the inner loop. just to show you the lanes are open. back to you guys. >>> secretary of state john kerry is defending the weekend capture of an al qaeda member that was on the fbi's most wanted list. >> the raid took place in libya. the u.s. kidnapped abut libby. >> reporter: a long time al qaeda member is being questioned. saturday morning u.s. commandos surrounded his car, smashed its windows and carried him away from outside his home in tripoli, libya. his brother called the capture an act of piracy and libyan officials say they want an explanation for what they are calling a kidnapping. but the u.s. says he must be held responsible for bombings in kenya and tanzania. >>> a senior leader of al- shabab, the group responsible f

springfield. these temperatures are pretty much average for this time of year. average high is 69. 72 in college park and 69 down in waldorf. so, clouds remain tonight, but milder. almost like a spring. we will be in the 60s downtown. warm tomorrow, especially in the evening and the evening commute will be wet for most. best chance will be 4:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. for showers. and thursday night as a cold front whips on through. midnight or so, walking the dog late. no showers in the immediate metro area. some showers into the mountains. put this back into motion by morning. the computer is over done here with this. some showers are possible in the morning. the best chance will be with the front itself, which comes through in the afternoon and evening. so now by lunchtime, you have showers, culpeper, back into winchester and that rolls through during the evening hours, even a yellow showing up, some heavier activity to north. could see a rumble of thunder. by 11:00, all the showers east of 95 into southern maryland and clear out quickly after that in the wee hours of the morning on friday. for tonight, m

parking and off peak fares. coming in on route 50 that is the only road you will have hov restrictions. >>> on the northbound side of i- 95 and springfield, it looks like there may have been a traffic stop on the shoulder. heading north on 95. >>> back to the maps this time on the west side of town looking good on the toll road. we'll end one more time here at the american legion bridge. back to you guys. >>> one of the nfl's undefeated teams falls on a last second brilliant play. >>> plus the redskins have trouble spots to work on really special. it's like you want to tell the world. shout it from the rooftops. show it off. you just know when you find the real thing. and some designer deals are so sweet you just can't say no. see the real deal. check out all the designers maxxinistas are scoring. t.j.maxx. oh, no, i got to go. oh, can you make that to go? these days, nobody has time to get sick. but minuteclinic makes it easy to get well. our nurse practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything from strep throat to sinus infections with no appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. you guys want to go t

springfield and 395. let's go back over to the maps. this time we'll head over to the north side. looking good on 270 from frederick, 95 in from baltimore toward college park. the beptway is incident -- beltway is incident free right now. the traffic peeps i speak to overnight said there were no big incidents all around the beltway at all overnight. and we're looking good from the northern maryland corridors to the beltway. we'll take a live look at georgia avenue in silver spring. nice and light with the lanes open. >>> 4:28. the manhunt continues this morning for a howard -- for the man howard county police say tried to kill one of their own. that officer there-year-old steven houk is in serious condition this morning at shock trauma in baltimore. this is the man they say put him there. he is 29-year-old stephen prather. -- stephon prather. there is now a $50,000 reward for information. >> reporter: the latest update is coming as a bit of relief for this community. late wednesday night s.w.a.t. officers in full gear and rifles drawn were seen searching buildings in the wooded areas they believe the suspect may have run into. >> the best i can tell you at

toward the franconia springfield parkway.park lighter than usual but for thehe folks that have to make their trip into this morning, yes, ho rules are in effect, and so area parking restrictions, coming har a cross the 14 street bridge, can't complain about this, all the lanes to the southeast 48, travel northeast, leaving the d.c. lines and southbound 270,ud no incidents to report, the top stretch is a little bit belowbew speed before and after 109, it looks great in rock hill, heade to the outer loop approaching university boulevard, they havey reports of debris on thes on t highway, it's not causing, delays. that's a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> first up this hour, break news for maryland overnight, a prince george's county police officer shot and killed a man ma after some sort of confrontation. police solves say this begann when officer responded to swinee lake drive in calverton forto reports of a woman screaming for help. when they got there, officers saw a woman and saw a man running away.ru they went after him and that is when the shooting happened.ened. investigators are not saying why the officer opened fire or whether the man was armed. you can

springfield pace is improving northbound. inside the beltway heavy to the 14th street bridge. northbound 395 this crash on the left shoulder. look at the outer loop. college park into silver spring, jammed through that area. let's take a live look outside. here's the outer loop past georgia avenue where the pace picks up into bethesda and rockville. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> if the furlough lingers on in already tough economy, many people are really struggling to make ends meet. forget about saving for the future. joining me with some ideas with getting through this time is kathy and also a new jersey girl when you know you're in trouble when two jersey girls get together. thanks so much for coming n. the working world has changed for folks. how so? why is it so different? why does it feel so different nowadays? >> we went from a time where an employee worked for a company for a very long period of time and they were loyal and the company was loyal to them. generally speaking salaries went up over time and things were steady. then sometimes in the '90s, employees found they could jump from job to job and earn short- term money. >> i remember those

park all the way around to silver spring. let's go back to the maps. and this time over to the northbound side of i-95. it's lorton, newington, springfield.ident free as you head northbound on i-95. if you're planning to head on to 395, you're going to be okay to the 14th street bridge. we're going to take a live look one more time outside. this is the beltway at kenilworth avenue. luckily the beltway east side of town in prince george's county is absolutely fine. >>> hey, we're celebrating divali today on the morning show. it's india's new year and the most important holiday of the year. joining me with some divali entertainment is the dj from d.c. vibes. thank you so much for being with us today. we've also got dancers tricia, shr a ya -- dancers tricia and shraya. you are just in high school. talk about entrepreneurs. that's amazing. >> thank you. >> bollywood refers to the movie industry in india. what is bollywood dance? what kind of style is it? >> it derives from the bollywood movie industry but for us and the modern generation in india as well, it's just a fusion of so many different new styles. we incorporate hip hop, contemporar

springfield, this is just heavy and steady normal for 5:31 in the morning. let's go back to the maps. no problems to report on the north side of town coming in from college parkough silver spring. we'll take a live look on the south side at route 210. very quiet to the wilson bridge. back to you guys. >>> tomorrow the federal government is going to start defaulting on loans unless congress pulls out some sort of hail mary. >> only thing worse than the traffic so far. the latest attempt to pass something in the house failed. today the focus is back on the senate where leaders seem to think they can get a deal done in time. delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with the story. delia, that's the key, get it done in time. the senate usually doesn't work that fast. >> reporter: time is running out. of course we know the deadline to default is tomorrow. so certainly they do have to move quickly. however, there are a lot of discussions that still loom and still need to take place. we can tell you the one sticking point, the one issue that separates the senate's bipartisan plan and the house version introduced yesterday, you guess it, obamacare. that remains the bi