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winning thh lottery. why they chose to give away most of the monny. high-tech doesn't always mean top notch. going without all the confusion and without the big price tag. good morning. it's thursday, november 24th and it is a rainy start to the morning. you might be able to see some rain falling there in that shot, noo going to be fun especiaall when you get out on the rradways, so just be careful and keep that in minn. good morning, i'm patrice harris. meteorologist steve fertig is forecast. you warned us this was coming so we should be ready. >> rain and more through the day. this is what you will find, plenty of rain through the ú%ternoon and evening as well tonight. 50 degrees for the starting temperature.

%-the cloud cover, however, that is the benefit here. 55 deggees in salisbury and 45 in hagerstown. as you see the low pressure ú%nter moving up the coast, ú%rses suuface low with a couple of rain in between. it will fill through the day and it will be on and off is a i trough of low pressure will bring in high pressure tonight. and the weekend will bring s a sunny weekend, it will remain cold but it will be a pretty weekend. fewer lingering showers tomorrow and mainly sunny but cooler for this weekend. we will et you know what the ravens forecast looks like in a few minutes. right now here is candace dold with the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: well, steve we want to tell you exactly what it looks like out on the roadways and you're going to find that rain just blanketing many of the main lines. in ffct, here is a live lack at 70 traveling at 29. that is what you're going to find. here is the midst, it comes -- here is the mist, and it comes up each passing car. %-it's easy to slip and slide on

this kind of mess, the outer lap lanes, ttking it from 795 to 95, we're in the reen as far as volume is concerned. right now 12 minutes, 50 miles per hour. 53 miles per hour with only an 83. whitemarsh on southbound 95, down toward that beltway, a 4 minute clip, 49 miles per hour there. that's a look at your morning travels. patrice, back over to you. one person is dead this morning after fire ripped through several northeast baltimore homes. this happened early this morning along mcclean boulevaad. megan gilliland is live this morning where dozens ffrefighters worked to pout out the flames. >> reporter: the firecrews still behind me. you can see the flashing lights and where thee have blocked us oof from going any further. perring manner. this fire started a 215 ch 2:15s

morning. the fire started in the second floor of the rear bedroom of one of these homes and extened to the other next door neighbors. more than 70 firefighters were on the scene battling what did3 become a two-alarm fire. during that time they did find one person dead on the scene here in, an adult male found inside. hh is the 13th fatal fire victimmoo the year. at this point there's no information on that victim's identity. other victims, though in this fire. still two families are homeless after results. everyone here in the apartment complex is still evacuated left standing outside here for hours. >> it's a sad, sad night. you know, a lot of damage is done in the apartments, you know, people got to find a ome. it's just bad. >> reporter: no word this morning on what might have started aal of this.

we are told investigators will be out here this morning trying to determine possible causes ou3 here. we do know that when firrfighters entered this man's house there were no able audible home detectors inside. a reminder to all of us make sure that yours are ready and working and have batteries inside. megan gglliland. fox 45 morning news. a former howard county high school rotc instructor denies claims that he had sex with a former student. 52 years old charles ray moore is on trial accused of assaalting a 17 years old female cadet. he took the sttnd wednesday hoping to cleaa his name. while the girl says she and moore had consennual sex at a closet on school grounds last knee, moore testified it wasn't true.3 his lawyer says there's one piece of evidence that easily clears his client. >> theemost incredible aspect of this case and i'm looking forward to hearing thee3 prosecutor's explanation of what is going on at applettn high

school where they find sperm in the closet, we got everyyhinggwe need, only one problem, the sperm did not belong to sergeant moore. >> records show moore exchanged 63 phone calls with the cadet in april, but he says he was just helping her because she was failing a class and skipping r&b singer and baltimore nativv mario is no longer facing assault charges now that his mother changed her story. and told them that her son shoved her into a wall. on the witness stand on tuesday, she testified that she was on drugs and alcohol at the timm and the incident never happened. mario's attorney says his client remains committed to helping his mother battle her addiction. annanne arundel county votes approve slots by a margin of 56 to 44% and the decision to allow them at arundel mills mall could force the horses right out of

laurel park. ssot machines the nearby mall will llkely hhrt horse racing. owners are moving ahead to shutdown all live racing at laurel, close the training facility at bowie and reducing the racing schedule at piilico. >> the reality of he situation is right now to compete with the facility 10 miles up the road and based on the revenue stream and the economic conditions, no, it's not a threat, it's reelity. >> owners say ttey plan to use the laurel facility to simulcast races from other tracks. maryland's racing commission will review the plan later this -onth. the state board of election reporting its official numbers on voter turn out and the final results are lower than previously thought. officials say just 52 1/2 percent of eligible voters went to the polls this year and that includes early voting. in the asttoff year election, 4 years ago, 57.5% of registered voters cast their ballotss

you can get all of the eleccion results by bogue to our website at foxbaltimore.com/vote 2010. coconut a threat to3 president obama. the president is scheduled to take a trip to asia. authorities have been ordered to remove ry coconuts from the tree in the area because they could fall on the president. they admit the chances of onn hitting the commander and chief are not very good but why take a chance. a 51 years old piece of political history is discovered at a west virginia plantation. it's a ballot from the election thht abraham lincoln won back in 1860. people aa the plantation say it's not just tte age that makes %-the fact that it was found in virginia. >> that election was a very critical election and not many people here voted for lincoln. >> as you know the method of voting back in 1860, each party printed their own ballots.

voters chose which candidate they wanted, signed it and dropped that ballot into a box. two words you don't often hear together, lawnie lawn lingd football. baatimore football team bought them together. >> joel d smith is live at the burns arennato see how at the like the big stage and the small uniforms. good morning, joel.ú >> reporter: good morning, patrice. that is what it's all about. baltimore charm, 0-2 but they want to get on the winning sidd. their last game at the burns arena. yyu knew hat the season was you heard about it, now you're actually playing,,what is the difference? >> the difference is the physical aspect offit. i definitely did not expect it to be that physical out there. so we try to bring that its aspect to practice to get used to. >> reporter: hold on. we got the helmet and the

shoulder pads. that is about it. this helmet doesn't really do a whole lot. >> this is a actually a hockey helmet. i got a concussion wearing that exact helmet right here. >> reporter: what happeeed? >> i was an offensive play and they just read it and they blitz, so i had three girls coming at me and my head kind of got slammed against the floor. >> reporter: ouch, you're okay right now. >> yes, i'm okay right now. >> reporter: you're also a coach in the area, where is >> stevenson university. >> reporter: soccer, right? >> soccer!ú >> reporter: what do your players think about it. >> they love it.3 they came out to the last game. >> reporter: the last hance going to get a win? >> yes, definitely for sure. >> reporter: they know the rules which there are none basicclly and they're saying they going to get it dooe this timee >> we were noticing the lingerie of the girl in the back. she has on a gaga garter.

do they get tips for making aa33 touch down. >> reporter: and the gar ter what is that for. that is for show, part of the outfit, part of the uniform regulations very important in this league. that is why that one is there. >> sounds good, joel; thank you. coming up one surgery and six chemo treetments later woman battling cancer wins the lottery but it doesn't change her >> it could be worse because i'm not dead fast. and i happen to be sick to my stomach, so i'm very fortunate. >> why they have given most of their earnings away. and i'm emiiy gracey. i will show you how you can chuck your

>>it's rainiig cats and pumpkins. hollow within is over so you can toss your pumpkins. meteorologist emily graci emilys live for this morning's hometown hot spot. and it's going to be a rainy morning but ttis is still fun. >> reporter: we have all of the decaying pumpkins. ooe thiig you can do here is chuck them. let's take a looo at what a pumpkin chucking looks like. give a pull, guys. in process. that one got definitely a little further than the one i did.úú%ww can folks do this themselves? >> it's a way to do something fun with your halloween pumpkin

porch. you can bring it in this saturday or sunday, it's a catapult and we put it in the slot there and send it flyingú over the field. >> repprter: the only thing to do here at the farm. what else is going on here. >> no. we have a petting farm. you can visit the animals. we have a pony ride, a hey ride, a cow train and just a lot of other things going on all the time.ú >> reporter: so a lot of fun this weekend. and it is the last weekend for this, correct, folks need to come out and enjoy this very soon? >> yes, we close for the fall season this saturday and sunday. we open up again at christmasú time the day after thanksgiving to sell christmas tree for the winter season. >> reporter: pumpkin chucking weekend is going on here on saturday and sunday. foo more log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning and temperatures will be chilly this weekend but at least it will be dry. steve i'm doing this in the rain, it's fun in tte rain, i

can only imagine how great this -s going o be. >> reporter: that looks. go ahead, and wow..3 >> i was going tt say it looks like a weapon frommmedieval times. what is going on out there. we gave you a clue. we have rain to speak of and a hd radar we have areas that are downtoww sommplaces the wwst and the east. you see light showers towarddthe wood lawn. moderate rain toward raadallstown and to the east and north we are seeing showers that are more moderate toward jarrettsville and port deposit. and aaain the big picture shows the showers moving in fromú southwest o northeast. here is what we're looking at. the low pressure coming up the coast followed up by an upper3 level low bringing us continued chances f showers tonight and with two breaks in between. it tapers off and tomorrow a couple of lingering showers.

it won't warm us up a whole lot. 55 in baltimore. generally in the 50s to the3 south and the central part of the state. mid-40s to the north and that because of all the cloud covery thaa we have with this rain. 55 degrees for the eastern shore while the central part of the state would be cooler. that comes between 2 and 4:00 this afternoon. back to the west, we are looking for a high temperature of 44 degrees with the showers continuung through the day. tonight more showers, but those will aper off in terms of strength and lightening up, 32 degrees for the oveenight low. and a couple of ingering showers and we dry out. cool days and we put the clock %-ravens game looking pretty god with temperatures that will be cool, though, 50 degrees or so. we will say 49 for the kickoof but a lot of sunshine so a pretty day.3 we're looking at 58 degrees on monday and we get into the 60s for tuesday and wednesday, still with plenty of sunshine. now for a look at what is happening on the roadways, heee is candace dold with the traffic

edge. >> reporter: the rain is the big story this mmrning out on the roadways. in fact you will find it on many finding speeds that are pretty far down. let's take a look at the beat way and see how it's shaping up on liberty road. you can see the cars can are starting to slow down. the mist that is coming up from the road on to the windshield that is going to reduce visibility. use extra caution as you head out there this morning. a live look of 95 traveling in the southwest corner at 199, near the airport, you can see we have the fair share of voluue, northbound stretch up toward the beltway. once you get past the beltway,let take a live look traveling through baltimore at the fort mchenry tunnel, it's been a place of congestion and continues to be the place, traveling through the toll plaza down toward the tubee. we have an accident near mt and t stadium at austin street near washington boulevard..3 we also have fire activity, it's

been there throughout the morning. it does completeey shutdown mcclean boulevard at perring manner road. you will want to use turn parkway to get around that area. travels..3ook at morning patrice, back over to you. -pp>> thank you, candace. coming up jump-starting the economy. ú%%-reserve plans to pump back o it. we haven't bought one thing, that's it. because there's nothing that we need. >> but next a woman battllng cancer is her husband win big in the lottery. why they decided to give away most of theer prize

what would you do if you won $11 million in the lottery? buy a new car, off some debt, maybe. how about give most of it away.

we are told of one lucky novaa3 scottia couple with larger than life hearts. >> reporter: there are no new cars in the garage and no giant t.v. in the living room.3 the largest thing they haven't spent any offthe money on themselves. >> nothing, we haven't bought one thing.ú that's sad are because there's nothing that we need. >> you can't buy happiness. >> reporter: or health..3 78 years old violate is gettiig over surgery and six chemo treatments for cancer, but it hasn't changed her outlook on life. >>it could be worse, because i'm not dead fast. but, and i haven't been sick to my stomach, so i mean, i'm very fortunate. >> reporter: one of the things the couple sn't worried about what to do with all of that money..3 that is because most of it is gone sooe to family, but the

majority they hand delivered to charities. >> i made the donntions which really has helped us. we helped hospitals and the fire department and churches and the cemeteries, and all charitabbe donations we haae given to. and they have all been well a appreciated. >> reporter: tte couple doesn't want to alk aaout how >> but when they see the check, their eyes opened up wide. >> it made us feel good that we could do something to help otheú people. >> reporter: the couple knew the money couldn't help with violate's health problems. so with the money out of their way, they are spending moreetime with violate's recovery. >> i may not be able to get up ú%d dance. i may not be able to get up and swing, but i'm quite happy. i'm coming every day as she is feeling a little bit better every day. >> i've never been down and out.

so what more -- what more do you want? >> reporter: they have kept some money for emergencces and, yes, they are still buying lottery tickets. >> very cute. underground drug tunnel uncovered between alifornia and mexico.ú how authorities stumbled across it. and next the federal reserve has a plan to jump-start the economy. what it will do over the next eight mont i@@@@

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welcome back to fox 45 morning new. 6:30 is the time on this very wet thursday morning. hitting the roadways, ou need to be careful when you get out and start moving this morning. it's a little slick out ttere. good morning, i'm patrice harris. meteorologist steve fertig is here with a look at our forecast. if this rain is going to stickú around all day ong. >> pretty much, patrice. it will be on and off with periods of rain throughout the dayy the temperatures will be milder because the clouds didn't climb a whole lot. it remaiis cool. take a look at. hd rrdar and itts inundating the whole state and somepllces -eavier than others. we will continue to to see the n -nd a little bii left over tomorrrw. the temperatures not as chilly as the day before and the

morning. and up in hagerstown cooler at 45 and you can come up at 30 toward oakland. 52 ddgrees is where we're headed for the high today. you can see not much of a changú with regard to the temperatures. we will ic a take a ook at howh area, coming up.ect in your what a rideeout there, of course the rain and the roads never a good combination during the morning rush.3 in fact, you're taking a live look at 795 at cockeys vi. you canny the very flex of the road. it's going it be a wet one there. that is what you'reegoing to find on many of the corridors this morning. please use extra caution. already picking up. the outer loop lanes of the beltway from 795 down toward 95ú 14 miiutes at 44 miles per hour. doing a little bit better on 95 through baltimore. that fort mchenry tunnel towwrd the beltway, 8 minutes, 55 miles per hour and only3 52 miles per hour with a 9-minute rrde on southbound 895, ú%rbor tunnel down toward 95. but again, pleaae make sure that

your speeds are down. that's a ook at the morning patrice, back ooer to you. one person is dead this morning after fire rrps through several northhast baltimore homes. it happened early this morning along the mcclean boulevard. megan gilliland is live from the scene where dozens of firefighters worked to put out those flames. googood morning, exican. >> repprter: goomex -- goodmor. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. the firecrews are still trying to put out the hotspots. this issmaclean boulevard near perring manner. this fire ignited at 2:15 this morning. the fire started on the secondat floor near the bedroom of one of the homes and extended to the neighbors on either side. more than 77 firefighters were on the scene here battling what did become a two-alarm fire. during that time, they did ind one person dead on he scene, an

adult male found inside. this is the 13th fatal fire victim of the year. at this point, no information on the victim's identity. >> while battling the fire, of an adult man expierd at that location. the exact ccuse of death will b3 determined by the state medical examiner as well assthe cause of this fire remainssunder investigation by fire investigators. >> reporter: now we do know fortunately that there were no other victimssin this fire, but at least two families are now hooeless as a result. the red cross is on the scene here trying to work with them on where they will spend the night tonight. at this point, still no word on what might have caused this fire. fire investigators will be on the scene here throughout the day trying to figure that out. again, a reminder to eeeryone, though. make sure your fire alarms are working. we are told that when fir fights entered this man's home there were no audible working fire ddke torse adetoque!detectors a.

45 years old joanna findlay is facing murder charges in the death of gary trodden. authorities say she shot and trodden had called to rrport a dommstic dispute and called back to say his wife opened fire on him. he was dead before police arrived to the couple's hollywood home. >> baltimore's mayor is making plans to eliminate all empty boarded up ouses across the city. on wednesday, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced a 6 point plan called vacant to value. the plan mmkes selling vacant it would enforce a $900 fine to absentee land homeowners and offers an incentives to those who renovate homes. to the neighbors of those homes it comes as welcomed news.

>> critics say they're concerned about how vac ants will be sold3 suggesting there shhuld be a minimum bid set on homes. according to housing officials, there are nearly 15,000 vaccnt homes in the city. officials say they expect vac vacants to value o rehabilitate more than 1,000 vacant homes in the first year alone. a tunnel 6 football field long and packed with marijuana is discovered at the border between mexico and california. it all started with a traffic ssop. a tractor trailer with 10 toos of marijuana led to a warehouse full of 15 tons of pot. in the warehouse the entrance to the tunnel. >> this wasn't a 30 ons, a mom and pop organizations this is obviously he work of cartel. >> the tunnel has lighting, ventilation and a rail system. this bust comes just two weeks after mexican police seize more ttan 130 tons of marine in thee3

shuttle's discovery final flight could take off thhs afternoon. nasa is hoping for a 329 %-an electrical problem forced a one day delay. there's no guarantee the launch will happen oday either because of a good chance of.ú discovery's mission to the enter nan space station is three days behind schedule. they tried to play something like ray lewis while trying to look like something out of victoria secret. tomorrow night is your last chance to h see the baltimore baltimore football eague.e maybe the game or the uniform spriesd thesurprised them or die and know what they were getting into. joel. >> reporter: that's the question. we talked to kelly a few months ago when the looing was getting started the then you didn't know what it was going to be ike. -hat is your imppession now that you have otten started.

>> it's a great idea. it's real football. >> reporter: what do your parents think, you're wearing not a lot and you're playing football and hitting each otherr >> they were real supportive and my grandmother was most >> reporter: some the rules are different. very different. when it comes to the rules, what happens, do you have to go for it? >> you have to go for it. therees no punting f you don't convert on 3rd and 4th down, had a can hurt you. that is has been one of our problems. >> reporter: 0-two an2-right na big game tomorrow. any rule changes. any kicking? >> no kicking. we do have a kickoff to start %-no punting. you can go fromm1 and 2. >> reporter: gottyou. we're in an a re arena. i've goo the ball, and there's the end boards. what happens if you're the defender? i get it. so i'm own when i hit the wall. >> reporter: that is the outs.3 of bounds. patrice, she can hit harder than

that, i'm pretty sure. whht i want to know is where do you hide the bruises. %->> reporter: pptrice, bruises are purple a lot of time. %-baltimore charm.oo the >> she looks like she is good at her job. it's obvious me that she loves it anddthe consensus around here %- eporter: definitely, back to you. all right, joel. coming up are you always getting lost, if so, you may want to think about buying a gps. -p>>2 pointt1 miles. p> onsumer reports shows s which ones work best is which aae simply overpriced. and you know it happens out on the roadways when it rains during the morning rush. we deal with delays. in factt that is what we have here at the beltway at 70. i will show

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congestion on the roadwaysú out there, but rain has something to do with it. we will get more on that from candace, but first let's talk about the rain with meteorologist steve fie fertig. good morning, patrice. take a lookkat the hd radar. there's areas where we are seeing brake lights right now. downtown, seeing breaks into the north but still seeinggthe showers rather heavy where it's been the eaviest to the north and east. northeast and charles toww seeing some of that heaviest rain this morning. contrary that iarea that is seen elsewhere. the rain is going to continue to be a factor for the remainder the day as more moisture streams in with breaks in between. periods of rain toddy, take a look at the ssrface feature. we have a low pressure center off the coast that is moving north and east. that surface low in addition to an upper level low that will be coming up behind it will bring

us shower hances tonight with shower chances showing up at 2:00 p.m. in the central part of the state. it could be anytime of the day when we see breaks of the rain and by :00 a.m., tomorrow morning, you start to see it all moving out. could still be lingerrng showers on the backside of it and lighter tomorrow aad a much lesser chance. high pressure builds in after that and we look forward to a it will be a weekend that willgh be very cool, too with temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. as far as rain, today and tomorrow, we will looo at about an inch of rain so that issa significant amount. temperatures milder this morning because of all of the cloud cover, 50 degrees in baltimore, 51 in washington and 55 in salisbury. mid-to upper 40s to the north and west assyou can see hagerstown at 45 and chillier s you go further west toward oakkand at 37 degrees there. temperatures won't change a the northeast will be a warmest part today. -ortheast winds at 5-fitch miles

per hour. for the central part of the state, we will top out at 52 degrees for this afternoon. not much of a ccange as far as3 the temperatures. north winds at 5-15 miles per hour. back to the west we go. look for a high temperature of 45 degrees where ii will be the coolest and rainshowers, too. you may seeeupper level loww3 flurries toothe western part of the state. that is the only arra that we expect it. 51 degrees for tomorrrw's high temperature to another chilly day with lingering showers early. 49 degrees on saturday, it looks like a partly cloudy day with more ssnshine on monday. bay on monday is we're back in the 50s on tuesday and wednesday with plenny of sunshine. now with a look at what is happening on the roadways. ú%re is candace dold with the track edge. >> reporter: steve, that rain is making for a sloppy ride out there and it reduces visibility that mist is coming up oo the -indshield. the speeds are down at 31 miles per hour. 25 on the beltway near security

bouuevard and 20 traveling through catonsville. let's takk a live look out there -nd seeewhat it was on anne arundel county. you can see the reflection roadway. that rain is blankkting off the parr of 97 and many corridors as ú%ll. on 95 taking a live look neer the airport at 195, let's see volume not too bad, just moderate, but again it's going to be that rain that is going to be a factor into the commute. as for 95, traveling from 695 through baltimore, eventually toward 395, and then toward the fort mack henry tunnel, there's no incidents to get in your way. let's take a live look at the tunnel and it's a source oo congestion on 95, the southbound lanes from the toll plaza all the way down toward the tubes. by the way inside of baltimore, there fire activity. we have been dealing with it throughout the morring. it shoots down mcclean boulevard. it's at peering manner road. that's a look at morning travels. patrice, over to you. thank you, candace. wherever you're headed

there's plenty of gps models to get you there. >> 1, 2, 3. >> 23. >> but how reliable are they? >> consumer reports show us which models test best. but next she has been out of the spotlight since september. about baltimore's state attorney greg bette

yonew this morning, a mid flight engine failure causes the emergency landing of a jet carrying 253 people. there's reports from debris from the plane ay have fallen in confirmed. another blast from the indonesia's deadll volcano.

luckily no reports of deaths from almost 70,000 people have been forced from their homes. at least 40 people have been last week. the first eruption city police are investigating a shooting in south bbltimore. the call went around 3:00 his morning. when officers arrived on south whittier street they found a man shot in the back of the head. homicide detectives have been notified. thhre's no word on a sssppct. the elections are ooer, the winners and lossrs have been announced, but one thing we didn't hear this week, although he may be a major player in the city is greg bernstein. and ran unopposed in the general election. now that it's official, what is3 in store for the city's new state's attorrey? is talk show host and former police commissioner ed norris joins us for this week's uudercover. good morning. >> good morniig. >> beforrewe get to him, we haven't heard anything from pat

jessamy since september, does that surprise you, or is it more >> i've been a little surprrsed. sheehas been in office and she would go with a bang or some kind of statement on the wayy3 %-i find it really unusual. >> there's ssill a little time. so she may still do that. >> i hope so. heard from her. >> when bernstein gets into office, what should he start tackling. >> i would look at who is on board and the political players. still a lot of people there who have a political agenda that were involved in hat mess at %-he is taking over a city and e will be the top law enforcement officials in a city that is one %-codes in the coontry, baltimoe has three of them. >>the chief endorsed him. it's likeey that they will get along and arr a good relationship. what about him and the

relationship with mayor steppanie rawlings-blake. >> less important, but i think it will be good. i think he will be a person to get along fine. >> next year is the city electioo, we need a clean house and get all new people in there, from start ---top to bottom? >> that's a whole -- i hope not, because i thhnk for the first time in at east a decade yyu will have a police commissioner and state attorney who ge get gt along. i would not want to change that if it actually works. >> jessamy says i don't want to be a rubber stamp for the police garmeen. how much scrutiny will there be from the public looking at that now, saying is he now a rubber stamp for the police departmmnt? >> it's insulting and very unprofessional on pat jessamy's part. her office did more to damage that police department than anybody in the city..3 the fact is that bealefeld and better thabernstein, she insinut

they would give police corporation because they get gga corruption because they get along. >> they have to try cases. i it's not a perfect world. i don't know in the mmddle of the night you get two witnesses what do you think of witnesses. >> it's official, he does have the office now that the elections are overr we will seeehow that all plays out when he takes the office. you can hear ed norris

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threats. and an early morning house fire here in northeast baltimorr kills one man..3 i'm megan gilliland. the noise firefighters did not hear when they entered his home. i'm joel d smith with stephanie from the lawn jeer ray go

worn persoone person is dead several families diiplayed. explosive discoveriee made on cargo planes aaross the globe. what security changes could be in the works following a thwarted mail bomb plot. ddn't get left out in the3 cold. how to winterize heating systems before the cold weather fights %-i'm patrice harris.er 4th. meteorooogist steve fertig s here with a look at what we can expecttas we go into the day. good morning. >> good morning, to you and we through the day. we picked up a half an inch of

rain. the good part is the clouds and that kkees emperatures from dropping. >> it's not so bad. >> not at all. you are seeing plenty of rain and it's going to make forú slippery roads and we're going to hear from candace dold temporarily aboot the roadways. you can see there's nor rrin on the way moving from northeast and that will be with us through tonight and maybe overnight a bit. 50 degrees for the temperature starting out. that is not bad in baltimore. 51 in d.c. and 55 in salisbury. 488is what we are xpecting on average around the bus stop %-morning with the showerr. you wiil want the um bream a. look or a high temperature of 52 degrees. that comes after the noontime temperature of 50 can then we back off to 48 at 4:00 p.m. with more shooers then. we will check in with candace to see about the roadways. she has the traffic edge to llt you know what t looks like, caadacee >> reporter: what an annoying ride.ú it's because of this rain. %-drivers are creeping along the

ú%ltway at old court road and that rain is making for a slick ride pretty much all over the place. you need to make sure that yoor speeds are down if you're not actually sitting in traffic. now as far as the outer loop lanes of the beltway from 795 toward 95, as you can imagine itts a heavy go, 29 minutes, doing a little bit better on 95 throogh baltimmre, fort mchenry tunnel toward the beltway, and then it dips down through whitemarsh toward the beltwayy 8 minutessat 28 miles per hour there. that's a look at your tech thick morning travels, patrice, back over to you. one person is dead his morning after fire rips through several northeast baltimore homes. it happened early this morning along mcclean boulevard. megan gilliland is live fro scee where dozens of firefighters worked to put out the fllmes. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. some of those firefighters are still on the scene.

a criie lab, you can see the crime tape surrounding this home. the cause is still under they are investigating whhther this is suspicious or onto. ú%ey're not releasing any information at this point. that is something that will have to come out later today. this is a fire that started at 2:15 this morning. initial reports showing that the fire started on the second floor of the rear bedroom of one of the homes then extended to each side both neighbors there. more than 70 firefighters were on the scene here battling what did become a two-alarm fire. ú%ring that time they did find one person dead on the scene and an a dol a adult male found ins. this the 13th fire victim of the year. at this point there's no information on that victim's identity. we do know there were no other victims in this fire, but at least two families are homeless. as a result everybody else in the apartment complex was evacuated left standing outside3 here in the rain for hours. >> i don't know how fire started but it must hhve been a pretty

big fire because it spread all the way down here. the roof and both the rooms. so, you know, this is -- it's a tragedy. >> reporter: again, the cause of this fire is still under investigation. right now we an see them going in and out of the house at this point. something else to note, is when the firefighters entered this %-sounds of a smoke detector. a reminder to all of us to make sure that your fire alarm is working. this morning, megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. city police are investigating a shooting in southeast baltimore. the call went around 3:00 this morning. when officers arrived on soutt whittier street. they found a man shot n the back of his head. homicide detectives have been notified. there's no word on a suupect. a university of maryland writing professor is in jail this morning accused of fatally shooting her husbann. 45 years old joanna findlay is facinggmurder charges in the

death of gary trodden. authorities say she shot andd3 killed him. trodden had called 911 earlier in the day to report a domestic3 dispute and called back later to say his wife opened fire on him. he was dead before police arrived to the couple's hollywood home. a former howard county high school rotc instructor denies claims that he had sex with a former student. 52 years old charles ray moore is on trial accused of assaulttion a 17-year-old ka date. he took the stand on wednesday hoping to clear his name. while the girl says that he and moore had consensual sex in a closet on school. there's one piece of evidenne that easily clears his client. >> the most incredible aspect of this case and i'm looking forward to hearing tte prosecutor's explanation of what is going on at appleton high school where they find sperm in the closet, they think, we have got everything we need.

only one problem, the sperm did not belong to sergeant moore. >> records show moore exchanned 63 phone calls with the cadettin april, but he says was just helping her because she was failing a class and skipping schooo. r&b singer and baltimore native mario is no longer facing assault charges now that his mother hanged her story. last month, she called police and called them that her son shoveddher into a wall. but on the witness stand on tuesday she testified she was on drugs and alcohol at the time and the incident never happened. mario's attorney says his client remains committed to helping his mother battle her addiction. controversial robo calls to last minute voters has many includinn the mayor outraged. some baltimore residents said the call they received urged them to stay home and not vote. -he mayor calls it a trick aimed at democrats and blames

repuulicans. but the republiian party calls the mayor's allegations absurd. now an investigation is underway. >> these were rrbo calls that were directly targeted toward voter expression and voter intimidation. they were not phone calls to try to speer wad persuade to vote fa oo party b. >> the number used could be labeled a number for hire. according to an online phone service, that same number as been used by many people, including collection agencies even by democrats with recorded messages that support democrats. all right, two ords you don't often hear together. lingerie and football. the baltimore's newest sports team has brought them together playing the first season in the lingerie football league. what hs the experience been like for the players? arena to see how they like the big stage and the small uniforms. is the uniforms parttthe reason they wanted to get involvedd.3

there's other football teams where you wear full gear. >> reporter: there is, but they are not on m t.v. or gettiig the same tined o kind of eeposure. the game is tomorrow night so we waat to let everybody know about there's other leagues to play in but not as high-profile.ú why did you want o do this league given that you re going to be wearing stuff like this? smallerment a lot of us aren'tt3 big enough to play on the other leagues. i don't know. this just adds a different element that a lot of us are interested in. it's fun and more entertainment. >> reporter: more entertaining and more painful at times becauss you are aren't and you got the shoulder pads. stephanie hit her on the shoulder pads. you have a messed up shoulder, right? >> yes, i have. because in the game. >> rrporter: you wear even >> even less than this in a game. >> reporter: you had a concussion..3 tell us about somebody else who

got injured. >> our middle linebacker broke her collar bone. >> reporter: how is she now? >> she is back to working out and will be back ii our last game. >> reporterr how does that make you feel. you know how dangerous it can be and you are not wearing much protection. that can happee and you sttll wann to play. >> absolutely. >> rrpprterr the game is %-0-2 looking for the first win. that will beeat first mariner arena. what do you think. >> i think they're going to get a win. do most of these girls are goin3 to come back ext year. do they like it enouuh to come back. >> reporter: coming back next year. >> in yes. >> reporter: they are sticking with it even though they have some injuries. >> joel,,do they need somebody to call the side line plays, because i think you would be good at that. >> reeorter: i'm shore more of a cheer guy, thumbs up and smile and a ggod pad on the shoulder. >> that's funny.

joel ii a cheerleader for the lingerie league. coming up a tunnel unearthed between the california-mexico border. the drug and how much of it that costumessffund inside. i'm emily gracey. it's time to chhck the pumpkins thousand that halloween is

i didn't buy any pumpkins for halloween, so i feel like i'm missing out. >> reporter: if you don't have a pumpkin, can come to the

farm and use some of tteir pumpkkns. you may be wondering what pumpkin chucking is. let's take a look at what happens when you come out hereú and do ttis yourself. it catapultssacross the farm. martha, this is one of a kind. does anybody else chuck pumpkins like this? >> i ddn't know. we have been doing this for eight years. it's become a family tradition. people bring their porch.-lanterns from the front >> reporter: some the old pumpkins sound a little bit mushy. >> they have, but it's an awful lot of fun and a good way to say goodbye to the halloween pumpkin. >> reporter: and the last weekend to do it. there's a lot going on at thee3 farm. >> we have petting rides and hey rides. >> reporter: there's not acorn maze, either. >> there's a pine tree maze, %-one last weekend, november sicked an 6th6th and 7th.

enjoy the last fall weekend. we look forward to seeing you at the farm. the last weekend going on saturday and sunday for more information on this you can go to our website at foxbaltimore.com/morning and it looks like it will stop raining by the weekend. weather should clear out. it should be really nice to see even though this will be fun and it's dry on saturday and sunday. this is pretty fun in the mud and rain here this morning, too. >> reporter: absolutely. i guess there's a reason why ú%ey call it pumpkin squash. >> good one, steve. >> reporter: we are talking about messy conddtions out there this morning and it's going to change as we get toward the weekend with cool temperatures still but dry ccndition coming. the rain, though, it's with us today not just now but also through the ay looks like with periods of rain on and off. we take a look at sky hd radar up close. you will see on the left siie of the city a little bit of activity nd while on the left side it's dry. that's the way things will be all day with moderate rain and see the yellows indicating.

now places where we earlier had some rain, up in bel air not seeing any rain right now. boston where we had rain and now things have lightened up for the time being. there's nor on the way. as we put thiins into motion, you see the flow from the south west to northeast. that will continue through tonight and lingering showers through tomorrow as the low pressure center moves north and east. you can ee the brakes indicated it all leaves for the bullin buf this rain early 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. some showers on the bac backsidf that for tomorrow. high pressure build in going to get a northwesterly flow that is going to keep temperatures cool over the weekend even though it's going to bring a lot of sunshiie. here is how much rain we are expecting for today and through tomorrow. as much as an nch of rain through mucc the area.ú this is definitely a significant event, even though it's not causing any flooding concerns. still an inch of rain is significant. 50 degrees is our temperature.

clouds keeping us mild. and 55 in salisbury, to the north and west a little bit coollr at 45 and haggrstown at 45 and oakland. the eastern shore warmer than elsewhhre, 59 degrees for the hhgh with the showers continuing. climbing to 52 degrees and north winds at 5-15, will make at times for a bit of a breezy day as well. back to the west we will get to 49 so cooler there. and tonight, clouds and more showers, though this rain tapers it will be a rain if wee ee any showers. 2:00 as you saw eforeewe see a thereafter. 52 for the tomorrow's high. it turns cloudy and 49 degrees and partly cloudy on saturday. 50 on sunday, and you're headed to m and t stadium for the game. dress warmly, it will be chilly. it will be pretty with lots of sunshine. 58 degrees for the monday, and wednesday. now candace dold is back with

another cheek on the track edge. >> reporter: well, steve it's all about the rain this morning making for a difficult ride. in fact, reducing visibility because of the mist that is coming up from tte road and on we have our air share of delays. to whitemarsh. and let's take a live look at 97 and see how that ii shaping up %-county.rough anne aruudel rather the raindrops on our camera, and that is going to be what you find on your windshield this morning. of course, the trail of rainn3 there as the cars do scoot through the area. we do have a ew accidents one across the roadways at st. stevens church road. another accident this one in pasadena. you will find that on mountain road. let's talk about howard couuty. 95 in route 100 and eventually you will find a fair congestion especially on the the southbound lanes. taking a live look at 95 at 195

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in this morning a cholera outbreak in haiti brings the deeth toll to 450. the outbreak has killed more than 100 people in less than two weeks and 6,000 people are sick. a tunnel 6 football ffelds issdiscovered at the border between mexico and california. it all started with a traffic stop. a traffic trailer was with 10 tons of marijuana led to a warehouse filled with 15 tons of pot and the entrance to the

tunnel. it has lighting, ventilation, and even a rail system. incoming republlcaa house speaker john boehner speaks out following tuesday's midterm election. he saas that they will be focusing on the obama3 administration health plan come in january. he went as far as calling it a mon troughsty. president obama acknowledged that tte two parties must work together saying an anemic economy helped deliver the below to fellow democrats. sandra endo is here to talk >> reporter: thereemay be a slurpee summit coming to the white house between president obama and soon to be house speaker john boehner. if you remember, the president on the campaign trail saying that republicans are siiting on the sidelines sipping slurpies, %-car out of the ditch.ling the now the rretoric is very different. after a major midterm election blow an admission from the

presideet. there needs to be a change in focus. >> in the rush of activity, sometimes we lose track of the ways that e connected with folks that got us here in the first place. now, i'm not ecommending foo every future president that they take a shellacking like i did last night..3 >> reporter: at the ppllss3 voters spoke clearly, they're not happy. >> i got to ttke direct responsibility for the fact that we have not made as much progress as we need to make. >> reporter: now the ppesiient and the new elected house have to work together. embolden gop and john boehner wanttto repeal the president's policies. >> i beliive that the health bill will kill jobs in america, and ruin the best healthcare system in the world and bankrupt >> choosing the president over

your tiewentyour constituents id straistrategy..3 >> reporter: if the economy doesn't turn around it will mean seriouu trouble for the president come 2012. ú% we're not going to rule out ideassbecause they're democrat or republican. -e want to see what works. >> reporter: the first matter at hand for congress is dealing with whether or not to extend the bush era tax cuts and that issa divisive issues along party lines. finding that common ground may be a test. sandra endo, back to you. does it look like the republicans will work the president or do they just want to put the brakes on anything he has planned??3 >> reporter: well, look. i think it's going to be a little contentious. hey, we have to work together in order to get a lot of these things thht the voting public wants done. and thattis particularly the economy. but republicans andddement crats there'!!!!democratsthere's a reo

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federal officials inspected a spibs package sent to the airport from yemen. after discovering the package, investigators evacuaaed the building and called in the bomb -t turned out to be nothing dangerous containing a cell3 phone and paperwork. %-abundance of caution.tte a a they have been on alert following a unsuccessful plot to send ombs. teams of antiterrorism and security experts are headed to yemen to track down the suspects responsible for ssnding the bombs through the mail. tyrone powers and professor at anne arundel community college, good morning. how worried should we be? people are about to travel. >> terrorists need an audience and they choose significant evenns, the elections and the holidays, because they get more of aa audience if ttey carry

something out this time of year. they are aware of the threat. the realiiy of the matter, too is that the threat has existed for a long time. there's no doubt that they want to carry out another terrorist attack in the united states, because of the udience they get. the intelligence agencies are aware of that. they are on alert. what is mmoe significant with these package bombs is that it3 is clear that we need the cooperation of other intelligence agencies. no matter hoo much technology and assets we have in other countries and cia agents and intelligence agents we hhve and without the cooppration of other intelligence agencies and their assets we won't be able to thwart every threat. >> it seems like the u.s. or our intelligence agencies didn't necessarily do to stop this from happening. we ffund oot from someone ease that the plot was underway. the bombs got on the planes. it's like luck that these ttiigs %-that they could have. level

it's not that we stopped it. >> reporter: it's cooperation with other agencies. it's quid proquo,. >> it shouldn'tthave gotten that far, no doubttabout it. that reveals weakness inside the system, but that weakness is not going o be completely sealed by u.s. intelligence agencies, because these carries are coming from foreign countries. we don't have control. these are sovereign nations whether we like it or not. we don't have control of -verything that is taking place in their nation. if they are loading planes at theirrnation. we can't have tsa on their airport ttere. we can have tsa in our airport here. with this country assopen as it is and with as much mail or cargo that comes in and out of this country not only via airplane we can't stop everything. this is an indication that with cooperation frommother countries and an intelligence ggressive and understanding of terrorismú

and counter terrorism we can do it better. >> i like to see it your way, thank you, dr. power??3 slots could be coming tooann raannadun almills mall. why this could kill the racing at laurel park. i'm joel d smith hanggng out with the lfl. the law ingerie football leagge though they can catch your eye, can they ca

welcome back toofox 45 morning news. 7:32 is the time. i'm patrice harris. a wet start toothe morning. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig and see if that will be the case all morning long. green on the map and yellow, you know what that means..3 moderate rain. that means we will see showers from the southwest to the northeast through the day and into tonight. that will continue to be the we will he so an iic will see a. 45 at hagerstown. a couple of breaks in between, certainly a possibility through the day, but the showees stay with us until oveennght tonight it looks like.3 high pressure builds in for the weekend and we shape up pretty with lots of sunshine but pretty cold as well. rainy and cold, showers tomorrow and mainly sunnyyand a cool weekend to follow. let's see what should haapening on the roadways. ccndace dold is here with the trafffc edge. candace. >> reporter: well, steve the big story out there is of

course, rain and how it's to factor nto your morning take a live look at 695 at harford road. those outer loop lanes, the cars are complltely filling them out -here. that is what you will find. in faat, all wait down toward providence road. -n average from 5 up toward 83, of course, we're dealing with a heavy ride, 30 mine 30 minutes w and a slow go up toward 799, 20 mmnutes at 32 miles per hour. ú%d it dips down on the west side, 30 minutes at 21 miles per hour there. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, over to you. one person is dead this morning after fire ripssthrough several norrheast baltimore homes. it happened early this morning along mcclean boulevard. meean gilliland is live from the scene where dozens of firefighters worked to put out thhse flamess -ood morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. you can still see some of those crews still on the scene this morning.

this is hours aftee the fire actually bock ou broke out at 2. fire trucks on the scene. also on the scene a crime lab. they are investigating to determine whether or not this fire is suspicious. at this point, we just made a call about 5 minutes ago. they are not confirming or denyyng whether there's more to3 this, that will come out later in the afternoon. this all starteddaround 2:15 this morning. initial reports showing that the fire started on the second floor of the rear bedroom of one of the hooes then extended to each neighbor on either side. more than 70 firefighters were on the scene here battling the two alarm fire. during that time they did find one person dead on the scene, a3 adult male found inside. at thisspoiit there's no information on that ictim's identity. >> ur hearts go out to the expired heee at thisslocation. and one fire death is too many for us. we urge all of our citizens to make certain that you have a

working smoke alarm. it's as simple aa going to your fire station o obtain one. >> reporter: we do know fortunately there were no other victims in thii particular fire, but at least two families are now homeless as a result. this morning the red cross is working to make sure that they do have somewhere to sleep tonight. this the 13th fatal fire victim this year. we're live this morning in northeast baltimore. i'm meggn gilliland. fox 45 morning news. firefighters were also on thh scene of a bllze last night in westtbaltimore. flames were reported in a vacant 3 story building on west fayeete near north shouldee street. when crews arrived they found fire coming through the roof. there's no word on any injuries. firefighters are still trying to determine cause. four members of a new york city family die in a crash n worcesterrkaine. it happened on monday night. four per!! people were travellnn another vehicle.head on into

the driver of the suv, his wife, daughter and grandson all died at the scene. iivestigators say it looks like none of them were weaaing seatbelts. five others were also hurt. anne arundel county voters approve slots by a margin of 56 to 44% and the decision to allow %-force the horses right out ofd laurel pack. according to the maryland jockey club, slot achines at thee3 nearby mall will likely hurt horse racing. owners say they are moving aaead with plans to shutdown all live racing at laurel. close the training facility at booie and reduce the racing schedule at pimlico. is right now to compete with the and based on the revenue stream and the economic conditions, no, it's not a threat. it's reality. ownnrs say they plan toouse the laurel facility to simulcast races from other tracks.

maryland's raccng commission will review the plannlater this month. coconuts, a threat to president obama. the president is scheduled to take a trip to asia starting in india and authorities in mumbai have been rdered to remore coconuts on the trees in the area because they could hit the president. they admit that the chances of one hitting the commander and chief are not good, but why take a chance. nasa is hoping or a 3:29 lift up. an electrical proolem forced a delay is there'ssno gash fee thaguarantee ta that the liftoff will take place today, either ecause of thunderstorms. they try to look like something oot of victoria secree. tomorrow night youu last chancc to see baltimore charm o see play in the lawn jee lingeeie l.

i think they probably now what they were getting into with those uniforms, didn't they. >> reporter: they did. they all look great. this is britney for the baltimore charm. we know they can catch your eye, but an they actually catch. you can catch, right? >> i'm a wide receiv receiver. >> reporter: we will show you and see if they can actually throw. and go. all right. we got that and obviously, they would be really tackling each other really hard if it was a real game. publicist for the team. easy to publicize these guys. football. tell me about when we can see the guys next. >> our last gamm is tomorrow at the bbltimore arena. the gaaes are shown on m t.v. -o we are having a party. >> reporter: weeare showing video of that. some are saying this is sexist,

what do you say.3 >> and i say these ladies do what they love. these ladies saw an opportunity and this took it. they come and put their heart to. >> reporter: stephanie what do your parents say about wearing in and getting hit on the football field or hitting another people. >> they absoluuely love itt every member of my family comes to every game and they support me 100%. >> reporter: once again, where are the bruises? you guys are hitting each other and you are not covering anything. how do you do that? >> luckily in practice we haven't beenntackling and i don't have too mmny to show. >> reporter:: thiigs heel. that is the last thing. patrice, back to you. who plays line man on the team. if you think of the ravens, those are the big guys and they have stomachs and bodies out to here and i'm not seeing a bit f a sttmaah on any of these girls. >> reporter: these are not line man tummies, you're right. they play 7-7 football. ú%erybody is eligible to go out

and get the passes. not a lot ofistic line man ppaying and there's certain criteria forrwhat you should look and most line men wouldn't meet that criteria traditionally looking. >> i see my question just gave %-this tight on the tummies.go thanks, joel. improving the state of the chesapeake bay. maryland is said to receive $3 million that woulddgo to boosttng waaer quality and improving pollution run off. senator bee ben cardin already i dundalk to announce the plan. six initiatives have taken place this year. they include initiatives in the watershed and washiigto washing. getting a hooe winter ready. and the rain and the morning rush are never a good combinationn take a live look of 695, here it is at duuaney valley road.

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7:44 on a very rainy thursday morning. we're getting close to the weekend, i don't want to chip you out of that. take a look. we have howers coming your way. no matter where yoo are today, if you are not seeing a shooer, you will soon. seeing showers downtown and the northeast and the northwest corners. you see a couple of heavier rainshowwrs there and that will be the story again. it's going tt be varying in degree and also as far as the periods of rain on and off through the day. it's going to take more moderate rainn you see the shades of orange

indicatinn deeper or the deeper colors indicating more inteesity of rain. heavy downpours earlier aad now seeing not much of a rain at all at this point in time. we are looking at a northwest, that will continue to be the case with surfaces n between as the low pressure moves off the eastern seaboard. a follow-up to that will be an upper level low that will keep tonight nd into even tomorrow ú%fore it all moves out of here. you can see it acccrding to phyt future scan model by 2:00 a.m. most of thh rain is out of here. %-and miss through tomorrowhit morning. high pressuur is going to make for a pretty weekend with a lost sunshine.3 howevvr, it's going to bbing a northwesterly flow. in fact some of the coolest aii that we have seen around here. in the meantime before we get to that point. rain alling today.l wan inch of temperature wise, we're at 50 degrees in baltimore this

morning which is definitely milder than it has been because of the cloud cover and rain. it is starting off a little bitú warmer but it doesn't climb a whole lot. 52 in d.c. and 55 in salisbury. the eastern show should climb more than that, only to 59 degreess that will be the warmest part of the state with shows showers and a 5-15-mile-an-hoor wind.3 %-maryland.central part of we're looking at a temperature rainshowers throughout the ddy and tapering off some and back to the west looking at some showers. 49 egrees for the high, a little bit cooler,in, still. more rain on the way even though it will be lighter. tomorrow 51 degrees, hear some llngering showers early and we begin to dry out staying mostly cloudy. still cooler air coming in for saturday and sunday, only 49 and 50 for both days. do not forgettto put those clocks back onn hour, for sunday as we return to standard ttme. again the ravens in town, if you're going to m and t stadium, dress warmly. ú% will be a cool one aa kiccoff temperaturr only around

49 degrees. we will get up to 50 so a degree warmer than that. with less thanty of sunshin lese are back to the 50s for wednesday and thursday still with a lot of sunshine. now candace dold is here with the traffic edge. candaae. >> reporter: thank you, steve. the rain is making for a hectic ride out there. in fact, the fue actual speeds n to 6 miles per at whitemarsh. harford road and it goes up to 37 traveling on the jfx. whereveeryou're travellng you're going to find the rain is a time this morning. let's take a live will be at beltway trrvel athroute 4ing atú catonsville. the cars outer loop direction ann even the inner loop side up toward the 70 exit. take a live look at liberty road and pretty much the same deal, you can see intermittent stop

and go delays on the outer loop direction. it'ss up on oward 795. -s for tte commute through pikesville, weedo hhve ay rrde, taking up the lanes up toward and eventually up toward the 83. speaking of 83, let's take a live will bb at hunt valley at shawan road. you can see the drivers tapping the brakes on the southbound find down toward the beltway. that's a look at your morning travels. patrice, back over to you. thank you, candace. still ahead, make sure your home heating systtm are ready to go at he drop of the thermostat. an expert is here in our studio for our take action thursday. if you have a question, our phone lines are open now at of course, you can send us a tweet at fox baltimore oo go through our

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if you haven't done it already, you are close to turning on the heattat your home. people rying to stay warm and cozy. as the winter months approach, there's things you can do to et your home ready foo it. we are joined thissmorning with some tips and he is going to take phoneecalls in just a few minutes. good mooning to you. >> good morning. >> it's cold. >> it is cold and wet. >> so everybody wants to make sure that their heat is working properly right now. on the eat and make sure that it's working, guess. >> any heating system should be %-yearly basis to make sure that everything is afe. it should be cleaned to it's3 -arbon monoxide is always an issue with the heating appliancc it can cause a serious illness and in extreme cases even death. so thht should really be checked

on annual basis by a prrfessional. the heater is working safely and properly, other things that you can do around the house tt make sure that the heat stays? and the money stays in your >> it's importtnt to eep the infiltration out of the home from the outdoor ccld air. -ou want to seal all penetratioos in the house. seal up all the windows, doors, electrical penetrations, plumbing penetrations, all your electriial outlets, tryyto get your home as tight as you can possibly get it for winter. >> one of things, doesn't necessarily have to do with the bills or heating the home, but humidit!!hhme dah fires ecausee time of the year when the air is bad on your skin. the temperature you're taking out moisture. to stiik around and answeree yyu

questions from our callsers.ú he is going to take your phone calls right after the break. if you have a question aboot winterizing youu homes and heating units. call (410))81-4545. you can always send us a tweet i need a home performance with energy star audit. this sensor will show why my living room gets too hot and too cold! get up to $2,450 dollars in rebates and keep saving with home performance with energy star. get started at bgesmartenergy.com.

combine that with the taste, and it's a combo combo. huh? dunkin's new sausage pancake bites. sausage inside maple-flavored pancake -- 3 for just $1.59. america runs on dunkin'. e are back with allen, president of air pllmbing and heatinggsolutions. he is taking your calls about preparing your home for winter if you have a question about. winterizing your home, give ussa call at (410)481-4545. our first caller. i think we do have a calllr on the line. is therr someone there? >> yes. >> is this frank. >> hi, frank. >> how are you doing? p> what is your question. like we have a lot of windows and how dd we keep our heat in.

plastic will not work. we tried thht. >> a home with a lot of windows letting out a lot of heat. >> one thing i ould suggest ii possibly having a home energy audit done by a professional who can come and show you with infrared cameras where all of the heat loss is and where the infiltration is coming in the home. they can make suggestions as o what repairs you can make to offset that loss. >> is it nottsomething as simple as going to the homework storrú and doing their own fixes. i mentioned the plastic..3 >> the plassiccis a pretty good3 idea but it's pretty thin. it doesn't keep the air outt you need to keep all the cracks and leaks sealed. >> that is better left up to you guys. ú%od morning, what is your question. >> i was trying to find out how yoo drain your radiators because i have old heating. how do you drain the radiators

to prepare them ffr the heating season? >> reporter: what you want to do is start at the lowest pointú in the house. the rai adiate ors haveea key fitting. and you actually open that up, and you will get air coming out of those and you keep kee keep m open until you gee water coming out and you start the at lowest point and wook your way up to the top of the house. anthony says if an hhac unit does not have good return and air supply, doesn't this make and cause it to use more energy. >> yes, one the important features of a heating and cooling system s the supply air systee and the return system that s connected to it. it's under side. everything has to work harder to try o move air throughout the home. p> we were talking about this during the break and you said it'ssa hazard carbon monoxide. >> reporter: you want to make3

sure that wherever the furnace is it's well ventilated. if it's not sending enough air, you can be creating carbon monoxide which is very dangerous. >> i bet you are very busy right about noww >> yes, we are. >> s don't know what to do with the pumpkins left ver from halloween? we have theeanswer. there it is the high flying spectacle going on at the farms. >> reporter: i'm joel d smith, e're working with the lingerie football league this morning. but know what, they 3

an early morning fire rips through homes claiming one life. >> i don't know how the fire started, but it must have been a pretty big fire because it burned all the way down here. >> what fire officials knnw about when it started. >> just swallowed it. >> a too truck lodged in a young ú%y's throat. how he mmnages to escape death. under 400 shows and hit 400 cities this year. >> thinkkyou know how to flush a toilet? think again. flushing lesson nationwide.., good morninn. november 4tt. is it thee4th? it's the 4th. and the rainy start to this ttursday morning. rain still comiig down. it's beee coming down since we have been on the air at

5:00 a.m. this is what you can be ready for throughout the rest of the day. good morning, i'm patrice harris. -eteorologist sttve fertig is here to tell us how long this rain is going to stick around. >> yeah, patrice, it's been %-someplace or another because there's been spaces in between the rain hitting us on and not anddon and off hrough thh day periods of rain. temperatures, at least ssart out milder this morning. you look at the rain at sky hd ú%dar and obviously pretty pervasive throughout the whole state with areas that are pretty disperse wiih areas that are mid-atlantic area. we're going to see rain off and on, and by degrees starting off the pretty mild with all of the clouds and rain. 51 in washington and 55 in salisbury. we will only climb a degree or 2. hhgh temperature higher than average, but rain through the day. we will talk bout how muchhrain you can expect and how long it will last in a few minutes. rye now let's turn it over tt

can ---right now let's turn it ú%er to candace dold who has aa3 look at rain and the sloppy start. >> reporter: rain, rain go away. we are at 83 at shawan road. yyu ccn see that the drivers are continuing to tap their brakes and even bottles up along the padonia road area. you ill want to make sure to allow the mist coming up on the windshiild that makes reduced visibility out there. as for beltway, it's not going to be a retty ppcture. 20 minutes at 30 mills pe!! 30 r and look at this, from 775 toward 95, 33 minutes at 19 miles per hour there. that's a look at your morning travels. patrice, back over to you. one person is dead this morniig after fire rips through several northeast baltimore homes. it happened early this morning along mcclean boulevard.

mmgan gilliland has been along the scene where firefighters hhve to work to out ou put oute >> reporter: 6 hours they were ere working to put out tte hotspots. just minutes ago, the last fire truck pulled away. are investigating to ddtermine whether or not this fire is suspicious. at this point they aae not confirming oo denying any of that. they are telling us they will give us more information as the day continues. the fire here on mcclean ddive boulevard broke out at 2:15 this morning.ú initiil reports showing that the fire started on the second floor of the rear bedroom of one of the homes and extended to the neighbors on either ssde. %-here at one point battling ths two-alarm fire. during ttat time, they did find one person dead on the scene, an adult male found inside. this is the 13th fatal fire

victim of the yyar now. at this point there's no information on that victim's identity. we do know that thereeare no other victims in this fire, families are now omelees as a result. everyone in this apartment complex was evacuated, left standing out here in the rain for hours. >> it's just a sad, sad night. you know, a lot of damage is done in the apartments, you people got to find a home. it's just sad. >> reporter: now we do know the apartment complex has found homes for the famiiies thattare displaced right now. the american red ko cross is alo on seen making sure that he have everything they need inside of their new apartment. another note is when the firefighters walked into this home, there was no working alarm fire alarm at that time. a refineddereminder to everyone, e your ffre alarm is working. megan gilliland, fox 45 morning

news. city investigators were investigating a murderr when officers arrived on south whittier street. they found a man shot in the back of his head.3 there's no word on a suspect. coconut a threat to president obama? the president is scheduled to take a trip to asia starting in india.ú authorities at mumbai have been ordered to remove dry coconuts in the trees in the area because they could fall on the president.ú they admit the chances of one hitting the coomander and chief aren't very good but why take the chance. shuttle's discovery final flight could take off this afternoon. nasa hopiig for a 3:29 liftoff. listen eleetrical problem was forced a delay. thhee's discovery's mission to the interrational spacetation is threeedays -- space station is three days behind schhdule. a young boo in oklahoma is3 lucky to life after nearly shock death with a car. >> take a look at the x-ray.

you can see the object lodged in his throat. -e was playing with it and decided to take it for a spin in his mouth. >> he swallowed it. luckily for the boy the car did not completely block him from breathing. rush him to the house where thee removed it. he is reeortedly doing okay now. hear together, lingerie and football. the lingerie football league. what has the experience been like for the players? joel dflt smith is llv!difficule burns arena to find out. -> reporter: the last seasoo of the game is omorrow night aú the burns arena. the tickets start at 25 or $28. this is not much in terms of

padding. so you know we will talk to stephanie first.ú does it hurt when you hit somebody else. -p>> usually it does. you have such an adrenaline rush so it doesn't hurt. >> reporter: you areehit %-you are allowed to hit people hard. >> it's encouraged. >> reporter: they're not big on rules, are they, britney? >> no, they are very lenient. >> reportee: when you are out there and playing, do you think of what you are wearing and how little you're wearing. >> i didn't in either of the games. you are so into the games that is the last thing on your mind, >> reporter: you guys are 0-2 and are about to turn things around. they are not just beauty, but are also in brains. >> i'm a penn state alumni an a. >> i amma woman's soccer coach at stevenson university and graduated from the university of connecticuu. >> reporter: you're into

accounting. >> yes, i'm in school for accounting and work two jobs as wwll. >> reporter: they are veryú ú%sy and the last thing we will say is this. there's going to be a lot morr bruised than they are right now. they want you to come to the game and are you guys doin goino get youu win? strks yes. >> yes.>> reporter: we are ivn canton. lucky to be on foxx45 morning news. >> wow, miss joel d smith is going to have something to say about that. need a lesson in florring. flushing, one man thinks o. he is traveling around the country for the company american standard. his tour bus is teaching people >> we're going to do a little under 400 shows and hit 400 cities. 4 billion gallons of water. >> one tip he shares with people, turn off the faucet

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patrice, this is the place to ggt it out. if you have left over pumpkins from halloween ask they're startin ú% and they're starting to rot. here is the place to chuck them. you're chucking a pumpkin. i'm joined by martha. does anybodyyelse do this? >> i'm sure there's other people who do it, but i don't know of anybody else who does it in this area. admiision and what does it get them? >> we have an enchanted forest pine tree maze. we have pony rides and a cow train ride so all kinds of fun things for the kids to o. >> reporter: if somebody doesn't have their ownnpumpkin, our anchor patrice,,doesn't have her own enalty o pumpkkn, is ta problem? >> we have our own field of3 pumpkins. >> reporter: peaking of letting it -- speaking of letting it fly. i have thrown a few.

we will find out ppmpkin chucking. go to foxbaltimore.com/morning. it's the last weekend for this ú%d it likes like a geed weekend of weather. it's a little bit rainy and by thhs weekend it will be chilly. it will be dry, and i will not let that stoppme from chuckingga pumpkin here, steve. let's get it going. now it went a little farther than the last few have. we catapulted tons of pumpkins here, steve. >> reporter: who cleanse up this mess when they're all done? >> mothee nature. >> reportee: she is always ú%sy. >>ddcomposition. >> reporter: mother nature has infer taken a rest bringing us showers this morring. this is what we got on the hd raddr, showers scattered about, seeing dry areas mixed in. hht and miss through the day. periods of rain, as you can see3 there's spaces between the raanshowers and that will be the story hroughouttthe day. on and off throughout the day and into tonight and into the

overnight period, as we look at the surface features, youugot the low pressure center coming -p the coast and then there's a lowwpressure center behind this. an upper level low will 1 to bring us showers later today. and that will bring the showers out of our area by 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. there could be linerrrng -- lingering showers and they will be pervasive through the area and we will look at improvement through the latter part of the week. the high pressure is going to bring us sunshine and ú%mperatures that going to be cooler. about an inch throughout the area and it'' a significant amount and definitely providing us with slick roads out there. we will hear from candace in a moment with reggrd to the roads. 55 in saliibury, 40s to the north,,though toward hagerstown and temperatures don't change a whole lottfrom here. only getting up to 59 degrees. -hat's not bad, but that is for eastern shore. for the natural sphart o centrae

state getting to 52 degrees. cooler back to the west only getting up too49 degrees in the western part of maryland. tonight temperatures start the 42 degrees, showers continue but they will be lighter.ú%after th, showers early and mostly cloudy skies afterrthat. 49 degrees on saturday, partly cloudy, ooking cool, but come as the sunshine brightly. on sunday, 50 degrees then. 50 degrees on monday and 60s for wednesday and tuesday, still with plenty of sunshine, don't get to turn the clocks back this weeeend. here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: well, steve it's all about the rain nd how it's askinaffecting the morning drivs morning. it's not going to a pretty one. whitemarsh traveling through whitemarsh we're 12 miles per hour on the southbouud lanes. there's trouble on the northbound lanes and that is because of an accident right near the beltway. unfortunately it does take out the right lane there travelingg3 through rosedale. route 40 is a better oppion for the alternate. llt's take a live look out ther3 and see exactly how it's shaping up on the beltway at harford

%-again, a lot of annoyed rive. inner loop lanes and even the outer loop tretch as the camera moves, the delays are continuing toward the perring parkway area. look at this, what an absolute mess. all right, it is going to be a pikesville as well taking it if 83 up toward greenssring avenue and eventually making the stretch toward 795. 795 is slow in fact from route 144 heading througg owings mills and eventually up toward the beltway. as for the beltway, taking a live look at liberty road. it's going to be another mess, out yoouter loop lanes the drivs sitting ii traffic and that is the same deal toward the triple bridges. back to yyu. preaking the bank. away without your chance to win a $1,000 vacation package. next, everrhear of a fit

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welcome back to foxx45 morning news. 8:31 is the time. you're taking a live look over the white house anddit's dreary -n down in d.c. as well. that's pretty much whht we're facing up here. -ood morniig, i'm patrice harris. meteorologist steve fertig is here. you're thinking of the griich being herr. >> if you want to be a who of whoville, all you have to do is ppll down the lip and a smile. you look like onn of them. i'm excited about tte seassn. we are expecting to see this no snow right now, just some rain, although we could see a

couple of snow flakes in the western side of the state maybe tomorrow th the hhgher elevatio. 45 in hagerstown, and generally milder this morning because ofú the cloud cover, but we will get to 52 for the high.3 we will ttke a look and see how3 long this rain is going to last and how much rain we will total now candace dold.inute. >> reporter: the rain is not helping matters. take a live look at the beltway, the inner and outer loop lanes, just going to be filled with cars at harford road. %-on many portions of theebeltw. in fact, right now from 795 down toward 95 on the west side it's the 34 minutes at 18 miles per hour. a little bit better traveling through baltimore, the southbound lanes of thh fort per hour with a 9-minute ride. ú%at's on southbound 895 from the harbor tunnel down toward

95. that's a look at your morning travels. patticc, let's turn it over to3 you.ú here are the stories we're following this morning. city police are innestigating a murder in south baltimore. the call went out around 3:00 this morning when officers arrived on south whittier street. they found a man shot in the back of his head. >> reporter: i'm megan gilliland in northeast baltimmre where an early morning fire has killed one man. that fire broke out right here -n mcclean boulevard at it's sparked one of the homes and spread to families on either side. we know at least two families are displaced also. one adult man found dead inside. the final firecrews did leavv the scene just moments ago. homicide and crime labs now onú the scene trying to determine if this fire is suspicious. a mid flight engine failure causes the emergency landing of a passenger jet carrying 433

people. jet kwan tis airlines landed safely in singapor. there are reports ta debris from the plane may have fallen in indonesia, although itts ot yee confirmed. the white house is reaching out to republicans ii the wake of a midterm election for many democrats. goo leaders are talking about rolling back part of president's a ren generalagenda. >> eporter: the president is carefully defending his policy. >> the president obama sounded a bit chaste eewhen he steeped in appeaaance after the election.t >> i'm not recommending forr3 every fuuurr president that hey take a shellacking like i did last night. >> reporter: a shoold he shalt was with the democrats having to hand the keys to the house to >> you will see us roll up our sleevvs and go to work today. >> reporter: two big issues

already loom hether to xtend the bush tax cuts or to repeal or alter part of the president's health overhaul. that had calling mitch mcconnell twice, a guy who wasn't even invited to a private white house meeting for a year and a half.3 >> i think the president is my nee best friend. i appreciate the opportunity toú the policy. >> reporter: while the president has a new willinggess to negootate, e refused to blame the election out turn to his policy. after his car in the ditch in tte campaign trril. >> meanwhile the republicans are standinn there sipping on a slurpee. yeah, fanning themselves. going to have john boehner over a a slurpee. >> i might serve them. they are deliciouu drinks. >> reporter: someone quoted the idea of a slurpee summit. but the idea is the ddmocrats

and republicans want to get forge new relationships here on capitol hill. what is the secret to getting motivated to exercise and sticking with it? fitness fanatics weigh in on what works for them. >> peeple are looking for something old. >> we will show yoo some the best moments from this week's election. 8:36 is the time. you are

it's 8:38 on a thuusday morning. seeing breaks right now but still seeing showerssand in between. we will get the breaks today and

into tonight. seeing the moisture indicates that the showerr ill be with us for a while because there's more moisture streaming up to the eastern seaboord. there will be an upper level low behind this that will dd more ú%me to the amount of showers. it will continue through tooight until maybe the overnight period. we will see more breaks as you ú%t past 2:00 a.m. ripples of energy bringing us showers into tomorrow morning. we will look at drier air moving in as higher pressure moves from the west. it's going to bringgussthe -orthwesterly flow and that is going to keep us veryycool this weekend but it will bring us sunshine, too as the high pressuue builds over the area. here is what we ot as far as %-rather mild compared to recent days bbcause weehave hhd a lot of cloud cover. 51 in baltimore, 52 in d.c. and 55 ii salisbury and out in oakland still chilly there, but that is in the higher

elevations. as far as high temperaturee today eastern shhreewill be the warmest, though 59 degrees, this is certainly a bbt cool. north wind at 5-15-mile peers hour nd for the central part of the state, cooler still getting %-ssowers continuing through the day and north wind at 5-15. back to the west cooless area, 45 degrees for the average for the high. coolest in the highest elevations there. looks like but lighter,e it 42 degrees for the overnight3 low. northwest wind at 5-15 miles per hour. tomorrow 51 deggees and showers early on. we will see mostly cloudy skies. partly cloudy and 49, a cooo saturday, and 50 on sunday. if you are headed to m and t bank stadium for the ravens game as they host the miami dolphins. it looks like the kickoff temperature aroond 49 degrees. it will be chilly, though it be will pretty with a lot of sunshiie. you want to dress warmly. we have temperatures uilding a little bit, 58 egrres for monday with a lot of sunshine for tuesday thhough wednesday.

and we get into the mid-bi mid-y mimidweek. break this morning. thhs rain is doing some damage as far as the morning commute is concerned. right now we're at 4 miles per hour on 95 traveling through whitemarsh. 12 miles per our on the outer loop of the beltway at harford road and 19 on the jfx.ú let's see how it's shaping up on 95 traveling at 1955 the rain is definitely there. that mist coming up n the windshield making for reduced visit act but as for the volume, things are starting to evaporated. starting at route 40 in catonsville. that seg gob to a different store -- that se is going to bea different sttry. up in this area. it easessup around 70.ú aftee 695 farther up let's take a live look at liberty road and we have had our fair share of volume outer loop lanes, that continues to be the case, a string of lights approaahing the

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of something old. >> you have not heard the last of paladino. >> reporter: he used to knocc sense into albany if electee new york governor. candidate. >> some people said that your campaign was a joke, was it a joke? >> no, seriously. >> are you going to run again? >> reporter: run from the press. >> our favorite unscripted t.v. moment came when chris matthews was iiteeviewing tea party ú%vorite michelle, the par dee covered up behind her baak. the parody of sarah palin's it lasted 15 secondssand then this happened, but seconds later, a bigger sign appeared. how is the single, a reference

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