>> on fox 45 early eeition. >> for the first time in two months, the chapped chile minors areewaking up above ground. their very emotional reunion with friends and family. >> why do you have to travel? >> hiiing from tough questions, behind a closed-door, the trip and taxpayer money spent that the city coop troller does not want to talk about. >> thank you. >> need a boost? we'll give you somethhng to smile about.

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> good morning, it's thursday, october 14th, i'm patrice haaris, a cold start to the morning. steve fertig is here, and, it was pretty chilly. >> the biggest story will be the rain, maybe heavy. western ccunties, have seen a little bit.3 the afternoon, it gets heavier, and a little windiee, by laterú this evvning, and tonighh, and tomorrow. now, looking at sky-watch, and you see it moving to garrett county, and this will be moving to theenorth and east, and all of us, will bb gettiig some rain, and we'll talk about how much, but you can see, that boundary, that has the line of showers, that will move througgú 56 degrees, starting it ut,,in -altimore, does not sound soú

bad. >> so, depending on where you are, some of the areas in the 40's. at the bus stop, 49 degrees, so3 a cooler morning, just five-miles-per-hour, and, then later, and heavy, and a cool everyday, getting up to 60 degrees, and back off. with some gusts up to 30-miles-per-hour. but not until llte in the afternoon. >> see what's happening, n the roadways, and she has the traffic. >> good morning. what we do have, some flashing lights because of an accident. it's at wilkins avenue. so far we don't have any major roaadclosures to report. so, we'll continue to keep you up-to-date. as for 95, take a live look, and %-cars there, on both ofa few southbound, and northbound stretch, and 95 is in the green, as well.

clip. 55-miles-per-hour. and, 54-miles--er-hour, with an 11 miiute drive, from 95 uu to 83. and a calm ride, eight minutes, and 54-miles-per-hour theeee that's a look at the morning travel vest. >> thank you. 5::2, ow, more votes will be the uiielines would change the way theyyare paid, aad it is3 sttrring up controversy. -p>> his kind of contract, is attraating attention, not just here but across the ccuntry. the teachers would get paid more, but it would be ased on performance. teachers could move up the pay-scale by taking parttin certain activities, like mentoring. one teachhr could be making mooe

than $110,000 in the year. now, again, this is all based on performance. but, the contract does not explain, by whhm or how teachers will be evaluated. >> i don't think there's any teacher who isn't tryyng his or her best. but we never got rewarded. >> now, more than 150 teachers have signed a petitionnto delay the ote. theyywant at least another month ann hoping to get more answers.3 for now, it nt coast, it starred yesterday, at the teachers' again, the voting from noon, until 3. stay with us. >> stay tuned to foxx45 early news, we'll talk to the president of the teachhrs' union. that's cominggup in our 7:00

hour. to the place,,where a man wased shot in the chest and head. there is no word on a suspect. >> they say a fight over a bar stooo led to a stabbing, involving several university of marylanddstudents, facing charges, including first degree assault,,that happened in a bar near campus. outside of the thirsty turtle and, injured his brother, when the an tried to break t up. >> this has to stop.3 my opiiion is, we follow the ú%w, we expect and demans, that establishments here, in and around the university of marylaad do the same. but the liquor license may be in

jjopardy. >> a woman, admits toú spearheading a scheme to smuggle cash to gentleman make ka the 41-year-old pled guilty to bulk cash smuugling. gave three people ore than $500,000, and then deliver to her relatives. requires travelers to declare. brown will be sentencee in3 february. >> a late term abbrtion doctor loses his licensee docttr has lost his license after he reportedly, brought a een to abortion that he started in new jersey. didn't have a license to prrctice here, and his parcient developee serious complications, and had to be taken to shock trauma.3%the mediccl board callm

manipulative, for taking differences in state abortion laws. two physicians, have had their licenses revoked. >> all 33 men who weee trapped in the mine, in chile haae now been rescued. ú%e capsule iss carrying the last minor arrived, around 9:00 last night. he was the foreman, who was credited for keeping them alive. they'll all have to readjust. >> you can rely on your brethren to support you and now, there is this is expected dispersion but maybe they want to be with theii familiess >> the last escue workers were pulled oot of the mine late last night. >> the story, has captivated people all arouud tte world, and

many are expressing joy at the miracle in chile. >> from tte pope to the president, to nationals, here in the united states, millions upon millions of people have taken the mmners in their heart. pilgrims, thanking god and blessinn the miners. and president baraak obama praised them for worked more thaa two months. -p it's a tribute, to a determinntion to the workers but also the unity and resolve of the people who have inspired the world. >> in new yyrk and new jersey, members of he community gathered to watch the drama unfold. %-we're here and celebrating. and having a good time. supporting all my people at home. >> emotions are very strong, on, oneecame out of it, because,

everybody, and all the community, but, i think the %-important events..3ng, such >> southhflorida is also celebrrting the mine rescue. >> i'm very excited ann very, very happy for the people there. -t makee me cry. just seeing that they're so ú%ppy. >> they'rr showing that the human spirit is ali. and through adversity, they're coming out, and people will be changed. and they're changing the country and the world by showing, how they have been stroog during this situation. p> i'm very proud of the work they'rr doing ver there.3 everything caae up so nice. and, i'm so proud of them. >> llst miner said they had3 ssrength, nd spirrt, and they wanted tt fight for their ú%milies, and that was the greatest thing. >> the chesapeake bay foundation comes up with a five-step plan

to clean up the waterway. includes imposing storm-water feeds, and bufers..3 list as members are meeting.the they have another restoration hearing schhduled for this afternoon. >> now, this next story might sound agent backwards to you. nearly all the trees, around the now, why the $18 million is looking to replaae these trees. good morning. >> good morning. yeah, sounds weird. take a look around here. -ust gorgeous. yyu see the trees.3 but, it height be changed here. the mount verne orthern conservatory said it could be better. many are urging tte city to save thhse trees. thee$18 million project is planned to give it a more

symmetrical appearance. >> almost half of the existingú damaged.e either dead or and diffiiult to replace just a few withouu replacing all. still, the idea of taking out so many trees is not a popular decision. >> ashamed to takeethe trees down. they're wonderful. >> it wwll make for a far more welcoming envvronment when it is done. >> 300 eople have signee petiiions oppose it go. but up to the commission to ddcide whether all of those aging trees will be history. so, they have to make the decision, in another hearingg the sign, this is talking about3 theehharing that just happened3 in october. some more time o igure fought it is going to work. >> i wws going to ask, how much

longer before we see some changes. >> don't knnw how much they can put this off. they want to get started here, at 18.5 million project. they want to get oing. buu not until they know, if they can do it. >> thank you so much. >> baltimore city council preeident takes responsibility for violating policy. jack young says the staff member made a mistake when he hired a computer expert without a valid contract. >> i take full rrsponsibility. staff did not follow thh manuel that was in place. disciplinary action has been taken, and no illegal things done, work was done. >> stepsshave been taken to agaii. >> they lost billionssover the

last couple of years. but are they wasting your ttx dollars? new questions about how they do business are beinggraised. ú%ter they spent $2300 foo three members of the pension board, to travel to miami, for a ccient conference. philadelphha, and what he did, remains, surrounded in secrecy, because, the irector, won't comment. and the cooptroller chose not to answer our questions. >> why do you have to travel? >> give you that information, >> but it is not just the city'' pension system. -he chiif innessment officer, received a 79,000 bonus this year. that means, perry took home more thouuh the pension system has lost 4.7 bbllion since 2008.

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kaiser permanente. thrive. i always feed in the fall. but, it's the best time. feed your lawn in the fall. the fall feeding makes all the difference in the world. what the fall feeding does is build the roots.. that's when the roots sorta want nutrition. i give my lawn scotts winterguard. it's like a root building machine. it builds your lawn from the roots up. next year you get this! the stronger the roots, the stronger the lawn. all year long. the best time to feed is when it will do the most good. there's no substitute for the fall feeding, trust me. it is the best thing you can do for your lawn. i use scotts winterguard. rain, on the radar, seeing the rain there, in garrett county, and, watch, it shows that movement from southwest

northeast. it is very slow-moving. and as you an see, confined out towards cumberland, and alsoo about o mooe into st. mary's county, and, it will continue to move north and east. and it will take a little bit of time. again, mooing in, later this morning. and then, not a afternoon, heavy year rain, and then it willl3 begii to taper off. but it will take a little hile. and, low and high pressuree but, there you see, moving out of here, nd then, another low pressure center. wrapssarouud this one, and, brings some shower chances tomorrow.ú lesser as far as how many of us have to deal with the rain, and3 ú%e amount of rain. %-winds. to get sooe stronger expect them to gust uuwards of 30-miles-per-hour. and into your friday as well as -aturday, too.

>> how uch rain, you can expect. as much as probably, an inch to an inch--nd-a-half, i-95 core south and east.ers down to the so, it could be a heavy dose and then, a lesser amouut for east and west. and all deal wwth today. ú% hurricane paula is downgraded but, still takes it out to the east, in facc ii has a souuhhrly trajectory, more so over cubb, than over fforida. it will occur as we movv into the weekend..3 stay away from us. 56 degrees, nd winds are calm. and, it will inccease. 56 degrees, and temperatures %-we'll top out around noon.

with the rain that gets heavier tooight. have some rumbles of thunder there. for the central part of the3 state, could gust higher. 60 degrees,,around the noon ú%ur, and then those temperatures, begin to decrease. 56 degrees, so, cool today for tonight, 46 degrees, and breezy. and gusting up to 30, but, partly-cloudy skies,,and the winds will be with us, but, the skies will cller, and tomorrow, a chance for a shower. 069 sunnay, with sunshine, ttrough the weekend, and 67 monnay. now, check in with candace,,here with tte traffic. >> thank you. good morning, we're talk about the rails, and that's alonggthe line.ttaan and the brunswick

870 has been cancelled. the next train that you can take is 872..33 the gooddnews is, washington mmtro will honor tickets there. a little bit of a hectic morning for you. as far sswhat's happening, not too much to to cooplain about. 59-miles-per-hour, and same 58-miles-per-houur traveling ú%rough cadenceville. -p>> we have an issue on 895.ú the tunnel, you ccn see the flashing lights, because of an accident. no significant delay building as of yyt. but as forrthe for the mchenry tunnel, it will be delay free there as well. in the green. no activitt to 395. belt kay.

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show a fiery reeationship. >> tracey, disappeared without trace, on maach 6, 2005. herrbody has never been found. but thee believe dennis murdered >> there is no direct evidencc. >> what you need is proof of motive. >> n hhr case there was an affair. reccoded phone conversations between tracee and ddnnis, showed hoo vvlatile it had become [bleep] >> abbut what? >> about us. >> h, i think i have. p> have you? >> you just don't want to listen >> your decision, is you want to cut all ties with me. >> that's your decision. -p heee's the man, she had an affair with. dennis leerned of the affair, three months before traaeyywent missing. >> here's tracey, reacting to dennis finding out.

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