it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america.

>> officials were on hand to celebrate the grand opening of an academy. a ribbon cutting was held at the new location. the school offers a comprehensive maritime program. >> a slight lead in president barack obama's health care policy. 46% approve. for public health insurance option, 40% are against it. as for their opinion on the president in general, 60% offered a favorable opinion. 13% voted neutral as a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.

the president delivered his first address to the general assembly in new york. sally kidd has more. >> president obama of blamed unilateral actions by predecessors for calling other nations to view the u.s. with skepticism and mistrust. >>he called on members to embrae a new era of engagement and a shared responsibility for addressing challenges like nuclear proliferation, climate change, and the global economy. >> this cannot be america's endeavour. >> political analysts say the speech was clearly meant to distinguish president obama from former president bush. >> he spoke to the united nations in a confrontational

way, president obama came to them challenging them to come behind american leadership and to support them to solve global problems. >> other analysts say the president failed to establish clear priorities for other nations to follow. >> i thought he was trying to tell the other member states what they wanted to hear. >> thursday, the president shares the meaning -- shares the meeting with the security council. the white house says the u.s. is aiming for tougher new sanctions against iran over its nuclear program and is hoping to convince russia to support the move. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> temperatures are quite warm, humidity is sticking around.

there is a cold front gradually working in this direction that will bring the temperature back down. sprinkles of light showers up to the north and west of us and in southern pennsylvania. in western maryland, some showers and a couple of lightning strikes. the outside chance that a light shower or a brief thunderstorm will roll through maryland as we head to that evening hours but most spots will remain dry. we are on the one side of this approaching front, temperatures today well above normal. 84 degrees at the airport. the morning low of 66, 12 degrees above the average for the day. on average, the median for the day is about 10 above normal, a warm start to the new season. 87 right now that hagerstown.

a little bit of cloud cover dropping the temperature to 79. some of those showers rolling through the altoona region. it's partly cloudy skies and a continuation of the warm to mild temperatures tonight. here comes the front working its way through northwest pennsylvania. there is not a blast of cold air behind this front but it will turn cooler as we head for the end of the week. we should see more sunshine. those showers are moving in quick. by 10:00 in the morning, some wet weather. the weekend may not be as perfect as last week. 82 to 87 degrees tomorrow but it

will be less humid during the afternoon. waves around 1 foot on the chesapeake bay tomorrow. a warmer day around the chesapeake, still feeling like summertime. on the lower eastern shore, a warm, humid day with high temperatures in the low 80's. the insta-weather plus seven-day forecast, summary conditions for at least one more day. lots of sunshine and comfortable 76. saturday morning, sunshine but a chance for a shower in the afternoon. a chance for another thunderstorm next monday with a high of only 81. >> now, 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> the raven's head coach told his players a great start but they have a thousand things they can still improve on. even after giving up a lot of

yards, you will not see any panic from the players. the ravens will not see any more teams with speedy running backs or receivers, but the results matter. they rank 29th in the passing defense in the nfl. early season numbers and rankings can easily paint a distorted picture if anything, this group seems to believe that they can quickly correct their mistakes. >> we did play well and put pressure on the quarterback. we just let someplace get away from us. we did it across the board. to give up that many yards is not to our standards so we are

excited to get back out there. >> [unintelligible] >> they cleveland browns running back did not practice today, making his availability for sunday's game a question mark. lewis suffered a neck injury during the season opener. he turns 30 this year. in the last two games of the season, he has managed to scratch out only a total of 95 yards, no touchdowns. his backups have only combined for 13 rushing yards this season.

the nba has long wanted to export its product overseas. the league has taken a major step by importing new ownership for the new jersey nets. a man in russia has agreed to buy the team. they will buy 80% ownership of the team and by half ownership in the new arena. the russian businessman has an estimated net worth of nearly $10 billion. he lost $7 billion in the market downturn this last year. he will be the first non-north american owner of an american team. stick around, tom tasselmyer yoy r .

>> we continue to follow details in the ongoing acorn probe. what local law experts say about that case. plus, flu shots versus nasal sprays. meet the volkswagen jetta.

it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america.

>> a little bit of a roller- coaster with these temperatures. >> and it shows on the seven-day forecast. in the 60's on saturday. right back into the low 80's on monday. fall is kind of like that. chances for a few sprinkles tonight and then they dry stretch on thursday and friday. showers are concentrated in the morning and evening on saturday. >> kickoff is at 1:00. >> i pay attention to your

forecast. >> we will see you back here at 11:00. >> have a great evening.