gilbert. >> and i aa jeff barnd. tomorrow the u.s. supreme court hears the case of a man that sued over a protest, at hhs son's military funeral in westminster, four years ago. >> karen parks, is live from federal court downtown, where the legal fight began, with the westboro church. karen? >> that'' riggt. jeff and jennifer, first case heard here at ederal court back in 2007. then, outsider was awarded more than 11 million from the ú%stboro church, a fundamentalist church in kansas that picketed tte funeral of his son, mathew snyder. a soldier killed in iraq. the church held anti-gay and anti-catholic signs during the funeral saying it was their right under the first amendment. ruling overturred at the u.s. court of appeals in richmond. ú%d tomorrow the case will be heard in the supreme court. the question tonight, shouud protected speech have3 boundaries? baltimore attorney steve alan weighs in. >> under the circumstances, such

as this, where it has tendency, or at least the %-public uproar, and potentially some sort of civil disobedience, under those circumstances, where haveewe reached thh point where it is not protected? >> we tried to contact the westboro church by phone and by3 answered. reporting live here in downtown baltimore. %-edition"., fox 45 news "late >> thank you karen. >> camera phones are everywhere these days, puuting police on display. constantly. and tonight a baltimore couuty family is saying that police wwnt too far, in one characters last month. smith believed the baltimore disciplined if not fired, for what smith called the police brutality used against her 13-year-old grandson. a witness pulled out her cell phone aimed and rolled. video is dark and blurry. hard to see it. but the family believes that the

video captured, the officer using excessive force. >> he hit me in the head first two times. then on my feet. and my jaw. >> maybe, if he had known before he talked to surry in the police car what a nice young man he3 was, maybe e would not have beat hii like that. >> the incident happennd about a week ago outside of the towson common movie theater. surry said a man hit him with a bottle but police spotted him after he threwwa punch. they are investigating. >> student is mugged at the weekend. and hundreds of cameras are planted all over campps now. recent robbery.ht art of the %-come back, quite frequently. to the campus, that we know have no business, on campus. >> still, reported crimes on

campus are down innnearry all categories. for instance, sexual offenses are down 41 percent over last year alone. robberres are down 18 percent. from the year 2007. >> deployed 12 times, overseas, in the wwr on terror. an army ranger from marrland has died in combat in afghhnistan. %-four times to iraq ann 8 times ú% afghanistan. friday, whhn he was killed in combbt. >> he was injured, in iraq, on a previous tour of dutt efore where he lost his life now. and mentioned that he was injured. and rehabilitateed. and that he apparently wanted to go back ann continue to serve. so i have a strong sense of admiration for that. >> sergeant vogler leaves behind his ife, pregnant. and two children. funeral plans are still in

complete. >> agent orange tested at fort detrick 40 years ago and residents say they haveecanccr by chemical dumping at he base alllof those years. today state investigators say there is not a higher rate of cancer compared to the rest of the frederick county residents. >> baltimore county circuit st. court ruled defendants are entitled to an attorney before they appear before the commissioner. commission determines probable cause and whether a person should be detained. this decision will overturn the current decision if the state chooses not to appeall >> more questions from jurors, in tte murder case of former city council member ken harris. all three face murder charges. but jurors mayywant to know who pulled the trigger. today hey askeddthe question, how many guns were used and whhther the youngest defendant and suspected shooter both hadú guns in the bar at the time..,

>> latest rasmussen survey finds democratic incumbent o'malley holding a siiable advantage over %-the survey oo likely voters ffund o'malley earning 49 percent, with ehrlich getting 41 percent. 11percent favor other candidates. and percent are undecided. >> the o'malley campaign rolled out the on your side express today. using an rv and new round of ads to attack ehrlich,,and his position at a law firm. >> hh has been on the side of ú%ople that can afford to pay, %-in these tough times with touú decisions, i on't think thooe guus need to have a governor on their side. have a governor on our side. >> well, this is aaguy that passed the largest tax increase in maryland history. so for him to be on your sidd begs the question which side he is on, i guess. >> ehrlich insistt hh was never a lobbyist nd criticized

o'malley for failing to focus on %->> thursday october 14, live debate. with president obama, all channels and stream live online. tv music personaaities will host and young people will be asking the questions. >> we cannot sustain -- whoops. was that my -- >> (laughter). >> oh, goodness. that's all right. all of you know who i am. >> nice recovery. first poll nummers dropped now the president's seal fell off the podium. this embarrassing moment happened ttnight as the prrsident was addresssngga ú%men's ccnference. president said he didn't need it already knows whoohe is. ,3ú ú% doctors say kids are not

getting enough iron. iron deficiency cn have long-term irreversible affects on a cognitive and behavioral development. doctors say supplements can be used but not elied on. so he american academy of pediattics issued new guidelines for how much iron kids should get. a link to that report is on our website foxbaltimore..om/news liiks. >> ditch the car or school bus tomorrow and join baltiiore's walk to school day. organizers of the event say tha3 over the yearssfewer and fewer kids walk o school. and at the same time, obesity rates have gone up. here in baltimore,,police on horseback will ead kids to school. >> interesting news as maryland struggles through the rough economy. state is numberrtwo for the percentage of households wiihh3 assets that value moreettan $1 million. >> mmryland boasts more than 144,000 illionaire households, %-only state that beat mmrylands hawaii. >> this cast doubt tonight oo

claims that 2008 income tax rate hike drove millionaires out of the state of maryland. there today. >> when will it clear up? emily is here with a look at the sky watch forecast. emily? >> one more day of dreary weather. then going away sunshine in theú forecast. but not yet. we are seeing a few showers oot there. showing up on h.d. radar this evening. and rain is not the only thing that we are seeing show up on the radar. -ook at the last few frames. pink and white is showing up..3 on the radar that means snow and mixed precipitttion.ú not nncessarily the case there. back to our west. but certainly a possiiility as ttmperatures are cool thhs evening.ú down into the mid 50s in our ú%ea. low 50s in a few locations. and 30s back tt the west. now overnightttonight, we will drop down to about 48 degreess cool day in the forecast tomorrow. but a warm up on the way. i will haae the details on that coming up in a few minutess >> the bottom line is, more stars, safer cars.

>> the search for safer carss >> an animal attack caught on tape. coming up, where it happened. and what happened to the trainer ttat was trapped inside of the (music playing) announcer: has the overpowering smell of scented garbage bags taken over your kitchen? (woman blows at scented tree) hefty bags with unscented odor block technology help neutralize odors with no added scent. hefty! hefty! hefty!

>> mericansscould very well be softening their oppositionntt heaath reform. rasmussen poll recently out shows 50 pprcent of americann think the measure should be repealed. %-stay in place, while a maaoriy oppose health reform. those numbers are at the lowest points since the bill was past back in arch. >> meantime the cost of health reform is rising. report from the center for medicaid and medicare services said that health costssare actually increasing under the new measure. despite prommses that the costs would decrease.ú

>> and the fact that members of congress consistently made this a promise over and over againn3 and insissed that would was truee that helped tt unnermine public trust, in the congress and ffankly, the white house. >> report shows by 2019 more for hhalth care than they would if the mmasure was never passed. >> onto the question of the day. 83 percent say no.port the genelle writes on facebook, i and children, should get free health care. and health care should be madd afforddble maybe based onn3ú income. but bernie rites. ttis is a way to help those that steal from the people, on a daily basis. >> brand new u.s. crash test results for automobilee, two cars, earn a top five star rating. the bmw 5 series aad hundai sonota take topphonors. and first time of this year, a

female test dummy was used. for different odyytypes and sizes. >> >> as of this september, at least, 20 percent of all new passenger modell have to meet new tougher standards of. rest of the fielddhas to follow by 2014. >> the failed time square omber sentenced to lifeebehind bars, when faisal shahzad pled guilty, to tte bombing attempt in new york city. he said he wanted to select the busiest time for pedestrian %-faisal shahzad believeddtheeb3 would kill 40 people anddhe was prepared to conduct even more attacks. >> the man charged with brutally killing a mother and her two -aughters in their connecticut home, is found guilty today. williaa pettitte. father and husband only survivor. stephen hazee faces life in

or the death penalty. his alleged accomplice in the brutal case will be standing trial some time next year. >> officials in texas have no sign of the victim shottaad killed last week, while he was jet skiing. david heartly and his wiie on three boats on falcon lake. tiffany was able to get away. u.s. meeican border divides the lake. one county sheriff said that texasssearch teams cannot go past buoys that mark mexican border. they believe drug gangs control the mexican side of falcon lake. >>well, few days of rain and clouds? >> but sun is in the future. hopefully sooe time before december of next year. lets check back now ith emill gracey for when it will ever get bettee. >> i think we can do that for you jeff. one more day of dreary weather. and then the sunssine is out. and it looks like it will stickú around for awhile. outside this evening, not a lot of clear skies. we are looking at cool temperatures.

and mostly cloudy conditions 53 degrees right now.u. and winds out f the west at seven. deccease our temperatures, ooernight tonight. so we will drop down to the 40s. cool evening in store for us. watchinggthe tropics right now. %-it is something to keep an eye on,,because it coull developú into a tropical depression..3 weather service or hurricane center is expecting that will develop into a tropical storm. and it looks like it will stay off the coaat. big high pressure system over off to theenooth and east.ystem so not an issue for us ner the u.s., and especially mid-atlantic. the thing that we are watching this evening is this upper leveú low pressure system impassing the weather for self several bbinging wet weather o pprtions of estern pennsyllania, west %-this eveniig.g wet weatherr3 -nd all of that will start to move into our directionnby tomoorow. so while we are dry and loudy toad today.

tomorrow, e will see chance of showers in the forecast. you can see the low pressure system moving just off to the north. not eeeryone will see the wet weather tomorrow. in fact, it will be scattered showers and any rain we do see, will be light. rain is concerred. anywhere from a 10thhof an inch tooa quarter of an inch. but no heavy amounts of rainfall as the systee pushes ttrough. after about tomorrow evening. ú%at system will depart. dry conditions. cold front pushes through thursday night. but a weakkcold front. no rain associated with that. just a few clouds. and sun for the rest of the week and toward the weekend. overnight tonight, dropping down to 44 degrres with mostly cloudy skies.3 cool out there. another cool day in store for us tomorrow. 63 degrree. light showers, are possible. and with mostly cloudy skies. and winds out of the southwest at 10-to-15 knots on the bay. 63 degrees. tomorrow. but this is the lass ay of cooú weather. in fact, bacc to the normal temperatures, by thursday, 71 degrees. cleaaing out.

aad 74, gorgeous friday. 73 saturday.. and etting back toonormal for sundayy with a high of 70. just in time for the game. i will have a look at the a few.day forecast coming up in back to you. >> thh scary ircus performance may be hard to watch. get this. ú% ukrainian lion tamer loses control of the lions in the cage and atttcked. the crowd is watching in horror. aalot of kids. asssstants sprayed water trying to stop the attack. and is in stable condition tonight. >> get this. a canadian highway turned into a pig pen. after a truck carrying hundreds3 offhogs, flipped over. some 60 pigs escaped. bbocking the road in toronto. while the cops and everybody else moved in quickly to roundu3 the pigs. police say the driver was speeding anddlost controo of hii pig rig. >> you think u.s. politics here

is bad. francisso civilva a professional clown and newest member of the brazilian congress. he ran under the sllgans it cannot get any worse. voters apparently agreed. ú%lver's stage name is grump he, receiving 1 and a half million votes. >> the man that made "you're -ired" a household phrase could be looking for more prestigious jjb, thh position he is3 considering. >> the ravens certainly on a mile high after the win against the steelers, hear from johh harbaugh on why the team will

narrator: general motors is making vehicles of the future right here in baltimore county. and with new economic development and worker training grants from governor martin o'malley, this gm plant is expanding. that's 189 new, green manufacturing jobs that will build the next generation of electric hybrid engines right here in maryland. this governor gets it when it comes to protecting our jobs... and keeping our families strong for the future. narrator: martin o'malley. moving maryland forward.

and keeping our families strong for the future. j -you're fired" a household phrase could be eyeing a run for the white house. >> mogul and star donald trump is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. billionaire said unfair trade relltionships betwwen the u.s. and china is a big reason he is considering running. republican.he would run as a >> reports are circulating that mtv is revamping the show

punked. %-16-year-old singer has been al but officially tapped for the gig. ashton koucher hosted the show from 2003 to 2007. he will continue as executive producer. ooce thing are finalized singing sensation may find himself pullingga few pranks in early episodes. >> after the dramatic victory over the steelers on sunday. safe to say the ravens are riding high. at least two sets of power rankings have ttem number one in the nfl. that's heavy stuff to be sure. but ultimately stuff they have to ignore. while the steeler win was huge. they still have to get ready for %-while it is always a concern coming off a big win. it sounds as if you don't have to worry about a let down sunday. >> i just don't see it. i don't see anyway. you know for that to happen. that's theirrmindset.ú

you know, we're playing a good football team. this team has talent. they are very sound, solely defense. very disciplined. offensively they have weaaons all over. number one passing team in the league by far. going to be a huge challenge for us that way. they haae weapons, you know, four riders all catching the same number f balls. two returners that could hurt you at any timee how can you have a let down whee you play someone like that. >> meanwhile there is a reason for the elevated play of jje3 flacco. basically he is not running for -is life lately. offensive ine playing well. against the steelers he was sacked only once. when the beef upfront does its job,,a quarterback is more >> offensive line is starting to play well together. it is showing, and to handle those guys the way we did. it was great. i mean, we got them in a couple but, when hey brought it, ur

guys did a great job of standin3 in there and protecting me and the running back. >> i think for everrbody to say, wow going across to plly liie that. those two outside guys, and that front that they have got. i am happy for them. >> it is time again for ouu high schoollgame f the week contest. you can vote for tteegame you would like to see highlights of by going to foxbaltimore.com and clicking on high school game of the week. maybe you will see yyur school this friday night. here is this week's slate of for friday october 8. gilman vs. calvert hall in c. milton wright vs. mercy in girls soccer. dulaney vs. pprry hall in fiild hockey. we will announce the winner on thursday night.

i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us.

>> one more ccoudy day tomorrow. high of 63. and back to normal on thursday. 71 with partly cloudy skies. clearing out ffr the rest of the week, looking nice all weekend long. with highs in the mid 70s. comes into the forecast onf rain tuesday. still a long ways off. but normal temperatures in the -- just 30 percent chance of showers. back to you. >> that does it for the "late edition". thank you for joining uu ttnight.3 i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert have a great night.

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