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cuts, the governor may be forced to slice another $200 million or more from the state budget. >> that could hit maryland hard. the cutting come weeks after the state slashed jobs. wjz is live where workers have been feeling the budget pain. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon. last time we were here we found dozens of workers scareed about the future of their jobs, no more cuts or layoffs are official. state workers are bracing for them based on estimates due out in a few days. 1000-$200 million may have to be trimmed from the budget.

the economy still in recession, sales tax and income tax revenues drop, nothing is official yet imcluing what if anything might be cut. previous statements, the governor weighs any cuts to minimize the pain. >> had a hard time sleeping and woke up much earlier and couldn't go back to sleep because i know at this point, now that we're cut, reduce spending by we're into things that affect real people in real ways. >> reporter: 200 jobs vanished along with vacant positions. others had to take days off without pay. >> it's terror, what can you do? >> it took a toll on city and county budgets with big reductions in spending for road projects and other services.

>> you have a job today and nontomorrow. the cuts are going from the state house to our house. >> the governor said the number was just a possibility, it's unknown at this point, it's determine by a panel that makes projections. it's $700 million in cuts to the state budget, that's since july. back to you. >> tough times, the governor has no advanced knowledge of the projection report. >> the president continues to push for health care reform talking from the white house. it comes a day after his nationally address to congress last night. leaders were skeptical of the plan. >> president obama is trying to keep the momentum going. >> we've talked the issue to death.

the time for talk is winding town. >> reporter: hours after laying out specifics in the plan, the president renew his call for lawmakers to act now. >> over the last 12 months, the ranks of the uninsured swell by 6 million people. >> reporter: in his speech last night, president obama reached across the isle to republicans supporting ideas like reforming medical malpractice laws. >> it's time to start over, focused on lowering the cost of health care. >> the republicans weigh their proposals in the air. one gop congressman went a step further. >> the reform i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie. >> he shouted you lie during

the president's remarks. wilson later apologized saying he let his emotions get the best of him. one say he never seen anything like wilson's out burst. >> a baltimore woman was able to see the president's speech in person. she has a chronic health condition that attacks her major organs, she has health insurance through her job at good marshall marshall. new numbers have been released that show more than 46 million americans are now uninsured. >> researchers have started testing the swine flu vaccine on pregnant women. they're testing on 120 women in their second or third

trimester. it comes after tests have been successful. >> a m maryland man accused of running a child prostitution ring. the 42-year-old faces five counts of child sex trafficking. they located 4 girls all who said lewis was their pimp. the it's been running since 2006. police have arrested a woman following a house fire if south baltimore. it happened in clintonwood court. investigators say the fire was set by a woman upset with a female owner of the house. the suspect was taken into custody. it's another day of overcast skies and cooler than normal temperatures. looking outside, some patches of blue and the sun is peeking through, there's several

systems hanging around that could bring some rain this afternoon. of course wjz is live with complete first-warning coverage in a cloudy out back. >> i've been e-mailing for the past hour so has tim, you're right, it's all over, we'll talk about it. >> that sounds good. >> tim williams in the first warning weather center. the dynamics have been in place for a lot of rain and wind. it's not playing out that way at this point. looking at doppler, we have a low pressure system offshore that is trying to make its way upbringing some heavy showers offshore trying to make their way in. you can see ocean city and over towards the bay. the key is the direction of the wind. you can see it moving in from offshore and pushing west and that is key into the afternoon. we'll talk about that, as of yet, no wide-spread rain, very

spotty showers, nothing much to talk about and more on what it is triggering, back outside to marty. >> reporter: it's not necessarily the rain that is triggering this wind, it's obviously the low offshore. but i have the told you, the computer models i think were off the charts on this one, maybe because of the time of year out in the atlantic and just past history. the biggest problem now is this northeasterly wind. you kind of go all the way up to the mouth of the bay and what you're looking at is coastal flood advisories. wewe have coastal flood advisories and now talking about wind issue and i want to point out, point of rocks, because of possible rainfall, you may have a flooding issue. right now, it's more caution than fact, in fact, tim williams showing you more radar

coming up. back inside. thank you. the economy is blame after baltimore loses a staple. why ride the duck has closed the doors in charm city. >> reporter: good afternoon. the business shut the headquarters this week. the boat carries tourists through the city and harbor. the vice president says the decision to close the baltimore location was financial. he say in the past few years, the number of visiters have gone down. the president the tour baltimore believes there's plenty of tourism in town. >> i'm surprised. if you looked at the ducks this summer, they seemed to be full all the time. it's the kind of numbers that walt disney sees. >> they had 6 employeeses. none of them had advanced notice of the closing.

rid the ducks says anyone can call for a free refund who purchased tickets. we're just days away from the ravens season kickoff. all players on the roster receive custom made shirt jackets with the sword and a seal. it has the phrase 53 mighty men of baltimore. it's an acknowledgement they made the team and a gift to each of them from the coaching staff for a job well done so far. you can catch the ravens action as they take on the chiefs. live coverage this sunday afternoon at 1:00 here on wjz 13. can't wait. >> still to come, terror in the skies. a hijacker takes control of an airliner in mexico and now we

hear from americans on the flight. another sex scandal. a california lawmaker talking about his extra marital affairs. looking outside, tim williams will be back for the forecast. complete coverage continues with don scott, mary bubala, and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist tim williams. it's wjz, maryland's news station. dad, here-look at this-

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we learned new information about what happened when a religious fanatic hijacked a plane in mexico. he claim he had a bomb and ordered them to circle mexico city several times. the passengers on board didn't know. a couple explains their experience. >> we saw them, but the announcements kept saying this is a security protocol, nothing is wrong, stay in your seats. we thought a drug search but they didn't tell us anything. >> 103 passengers exited safely after the pilot negotiated to end the stand off. he say he was inspired by a

divine revelation and wanted to warn of a disaster. the bomb was a can of juice. a lawmaker caught talking about his extra marital affairs by an open mike. he talked about the type of underwear worn by his mistress, he is married with two adult children and he has apologized for his comments. >> still ahead, looking live outside, stay tuned, tim williams will be back in about two and a half minutes for the forecast. looking at the midday stocks followed by the multimatch numbers.

looking at radar, a good bit of rain and a low pressure system off of the coast and spinning this back in our direction until you get to snow hill and over towards the middle of the bay, you don't see much activity, just some spotty showers here and there, but it's the direction of the win that brings us the advisories along the coast and along the shore. we'll keep an eye on this. looking at temperatures on the cool side, 66 degrees right now, 55 our dew points. humidity at 64% and the winds from the north at 16 miles per

hour, 73 on the shore. 65 in westminister and 66 in bel-air and 70 in the nation's capitol. the winds coming in from two features, high pressure kicking them in, and low pressure pushing them in from offshore. doesn't necessarily feel that breezy, but part of this dynamic dynamic. this is funneled in and we'll see water at times of high tide piling up on the western edges of the bay, it's going to be here through tomorrow or so before the high lets the low start to push on around it. it is probably going to be with us through saturday. we're going keep in the forecast, lingering clouds

through saturday and pleasant conditions for weekend and maybe a cloud or two and fog until then. gayle warning in effect for tonight. tonight down to 60, rain and fog and a touch of rain and tomorrow, a bit of rain, areas of morning fog, well below the average of 81. there's time to sign up for the football challenge sponsored by the maryland lottery and pick your games each week and try to match them up against the experts, you could win a cash prize. it's available few wjz.com, go to the home page and look for the big icon link. >> i have my picks. >> i do too. >> i like the percentages that help. >> did you go against any?

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in today's health watch, if americans cut down on the salt intake, the nations could save billions. less salt means far fewer cases of high pressure and other complications including heart and kidney disease. want to check in with eyewitness news today, let's go back to the news room. hard to believe that tomorrow is the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. join us for these stories and

the breaking news today at 4:00. thank you. stay with us, the five-day forecast is next.

we have the five-day forecast with marty. let's concentrate on the weekend. saturday and sunday sunny, 76 and 82 degrees for the home opener. the ravens against the chiefs and we continue this fair- weather trend into next week.

back inside. thank you. thank you for watching wjz news. >> stay with us on the line on wjz.com through the afternoon. see you at 4:00.