reaction is mixed to the president's speech and lawmakers in the nation. >> was his blunt address enough to convince congress to approve the comprehensive healthcare package. hi, everybody. i'm kai jackson. >> i'm sally thorner. here's what people are talking about today. front and center, president barack obama is not backing down in his front for healthcare reform. >> reporter: president obama is launching a full court press to get a healthcare reform bill through congress. >> the time is right. and we are going to move aggressively to get this done. >> reporter: he pushed his cabinet to help work to cut healthcare costs. and met with nurses to talk about the millions of americans who need healthcare but can't afford it. >> nobody should be treated that way in the united states of america. nobody. >> reporter: the president is trying to keep the momentum

going. after his healthcare speech to congress, he needed to win over a few republicans, not to mention a skeptical public. >> we needed these changes. >> reporter: mary and scott brewer. >> you are willing to pay more for healthcare. >> i am willing. >> reporter: that healthcare debate even managed to boil over during president obama's speech. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> joe wilson shouted "you lie" at the president. republicans urged him to apologize. and he did. >> i'm very grateful that the white house, in talking with them, they indicated that they appreciated the call. >> reporter: but while wilson may have apologized for how he acted, he and other conservatives are still vowing

to fight the president's proposals. in washington, joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> since representative wilson's outburst, the campaign coffers for his opponent in next year's election grew by $200,000. the number of possible swine flu cases is growing in one day. the number of sick students takes a big jump from 172 to 256. the health director at the school is urging everybody to stay calm. they're outlining a plan of action to deal with the illnesses. the health center will now be open on sundays from noon until 4:00 p.m. the college park vice president of student affairs is meeting with the response team to evaluate their current plan and add to it if necessary. the school does not have the ability to test for h1n1. but every case with similar symptoms is being considered suspicious for now. >> reporter: brace for more budget cuts. governor martin o'malley said he won't be surprised if the state is forced to make an

additional $100 million in spending reductions. state workers are already filing the pinch -- feeling the pinch. >> reporter: the last time we were here, we found dozens of workers who said they were scared for their jobs. but no more cuts or layoffs are necessary at this point. they are simply bracing for them, based on budget estimates. >> reporter: the governor says $100 to $200 million may have to be trimmed from the state budget. as estimates will likely go down again. with the economy still in recession, sales tax and income tax revenue continues to plummet so the state can't afford to spend as it has. right now, nothing is official yet. including what, if anything, might be cut. in previous statements, the governor said he carefully weighs the cuts. >> i felt badly to have to give the news and had a hard time sleeping and frankly, woke up much earlier than i otherwise would have and couldn't go back to sleep. because i know at this point,

now that we're reducing the budget, we're into things that affect real people in real ways. >> reporter: of the last time the budget cuts sliced the ranks of state employees, more than 200 jobs vanished. along with vacant positions, those who were left had to take time off without pay. >> it's terror. absolute terror. where do you go? >> reporter: there is big reductions in funding. >> you got a job today and none tomorrow. just makes you uneasy. >> the cuts are going from the state house to our house. >> reporter: the governor said the $100 million to $200 million is just a possibility. the exact shortage of the state is unknown at this point. the governor's estimate is a guess, based on what his advisers are telling him. >> reporter: the board of public works has cut more than $700 million from the state budget since july. at the state office building in west baltimore, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news.

>> the governor has no advanced knowledge of the budget projection report. city police are following a woman in a house fire. they were in the 800 block. investigators say the fire was deliberately set by a woman upset with the female owner of the house. no one was hurt. an anne arundel county woman and her son now face charges in a despicable case of animal cruelty. >> reporter: well, sally, the two faced 21 counts each of abuse and neglect, in one of the worst animal cases in recent memory. the 51-year-old and her 31-year- old son jeffrey were just released on $100,000 bail after being charged yesterday. their house was condemned yesterday, after animal control ordered 21 malnourished and flea of infested dogs. one had to be put to sleep.

>> new at 5:00, a look at the case and what a member of the taylor family told wjz. two people are critically injured. the men were working in the 300 block when they fell from a scaffolding about 12 feet high. the men are said to be 35 and 36 years old, respectively. they were both rushed to shock trauma, with life-threatening injuries. our temperatures continue. partly cloudy skies. but east of the region, there is some chance of heavier showers. eyewitness news has weather and traffic together. bob is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. hi, bob. >> we've had a lot of sunshine around here. but to the east, it's clouded up. and rain beginning to move across the bay. slowly but surely, it's going to reach us, probably around 7:00, 8:00 tonight. all of the activity, east of the area, particularly over portions of delaware and lower eastern shore and new jersey, you can see quite a bit of rain out that way. from louis down to ocean city, salisbury, berlin, moderate

showers. ocean city has picked up about a half inch of rain today. also further south, heavier showers from southern virginia. that's all moving off to the west as well. all of this coming in from the atlantic ocean. due to that storm we have been telling you about. it's going to take a while to get to the baltimore region. but we'll see rain tonight in varying intensities. and looks like even more rain probably on your friday. kai? >> all right, bob. thank you. let's check on the roads now with sharon gibala at traffic control. >> overall, we're not doing too bad. but it's note to say -- not to say problem-free. one accident on southbound lanes, approaching o'donnell street. a few more wrecks in the city. north haven at pulaski highway. and one more in pasadena, on southbound richie highway. watch for some debris on 95 northbound at southwest side of the beltway. there is also a water main break if you're traveling in parkville, that's blocking the northbound lanes between lambroas and platman avenue.

traffic being dwoarted there in -- diverted there in the southbound lanes. as far as delays go, there's a a look at the top and west side. slowest spot is going to be on the northwest side of the beltway. or the west side of the beltway, i should say, between 95 and 795. with a 33-mile-an-hour average speed and a 19-minute drive time. there is a look at the west side. you're looking at an inner loop drive time between 95 and security of 12 minutes, with an average speed of 30 miles an hour. looking good at green spring. but you'll have to tap the brakes. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you've suffered an injury, visit cochran firm.com for a consultation. a brand new joe flacco rally towel is coming off the presses. they're being sold at area pizza hut stores just in time for the matchup against the

kansas city chiefs. >> they have joe's image on there, as well as the pizza hut logo and the alzheimer's association as well. because part of the proceeds go to donation to the alzheimer's association of baltimore. >> coverage begins sunday, 1:00 p.m., exclusively on wjz 13. still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. how about taking a year off? the time you need to wear your braces. we'll tell you why. it started with a broken taillight. it turned into a high-speed chase. and you'll never guess how the suspects tried to elude police. a yale university student graduate disappears days before she is set to be married. bob is updating your first warning forecast.

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a police chase in wisconsin prompts the suspect to throw a beer keg from his vehicle.

a keg. the pursuit reached speeds of more than 115 miles per hour, as a police dash camera caught the evidence on the side of the road. the 19-year-old driver was charged with drunk driving. and the passenger was charged with endangerment. a midair collision over arizona has left one person dead and a second hospitalized. one of the two planes, a single- engine piper, landed safely in a field. but a second small aircraft crashed into the ground, killing one person and requiring hospitalization for the other person on board. >> a new dental device promises to straighten teeth faster. wendy rigby reports that it may rev up orthodontic treatments. >> reporter: 14-year-old alyssa ecer of san antonio is 6 months into her braces. she's excited to be on her way to a better smile. >> my teeth are like overcrowded. and i didn't like my smile. because i wanted them to be straight. >> i feel like, put them this your mouth. >> reporter: as part of your

treatment, alyssa is part of a study of a product called excelident, a handheld device she puts in her mouth for a few minutes each night. it delivers a pulsing vibration. it's a subtle therapy designed to help people with osteoporosis. >> the one -- bone gets better. >> reporter: the average time spent in braces is about two years, 24 to 26 months. the inventors of excelident predict this may decrease time by 15 to 30%. alyssa says it's easy to use and not uncomfortable. >> it's not like to the point where it's like annoying or like it hurts. >> reporter: 34 san antonio patients are help test --

helping to test the device. >> anything that can provide same results. the treatment in shorter time. >> the excelident device will be available in europe in the fall. it could be available in the united states by next fall. another good day for wall street. this is the fifth straight day of gains for the market. dow was up 80 points. s&p up 11. and nasdaq up 24. let's go straight to new york. alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. the number of americans receiving unemployment benefits fell this week to the lowest level since july. while the drop of 150,000 claims is encouraging, there are still 6.1 million people receiving jobless benefits.

and experts predict unemployment will top 10% next year. one in 357 homes received a foreclosure filing last month. that's up 18% for the same time last year. and the trade deficit jumps 16% in july to $32 billion. that's the largest increase in a decade, as demand for foreign oil, cars, and computers rose. and congressional hearings get under way today, aimed at figuring out how the governor bungled five businesses into bernie madoff's business dealings. among the evidence presented, a transcript of a phone conversation, in which madoff coaches a potential witness, saying, quote, you don't have to be too brilliant to fool regulators. and the nfl kicks off its regular season tonight. but seeing a game in person doesn't come cheap. ticket prices to an nfl game are off an average 4% this year to $45. that means tickets with a

family of four with food and drink could run you $400. for the latest headlines, visit cbs money watch.com. at the new york stock exchange, i'm alexis christoforous. the u.s. mint is honoring 56 national sites of the series of new quarters slated to debut early next year. as part of the program, the united states mint will strike an issue of 56 circulating dollars. the designs will rotate five times each year and will feature an historic park or story. >> very cool. coming up on eyewitness news today. unprecedented trial. damaging testimony in the case of a high school coach, accused in the death of a player. despite a sluggish economy. the baltimore orchestra symphony. i'm gigi barnett. that story straight ahead. the weekend is in site --

sight. will the rain be gone? and they asked you to show us the purple pride. to see the complete slide show, or to send us your pictures, go to wjz.com.

well, not a half bad day. >> well, up until about an hour ago, it has cleared nicely. >> we had this storm off the coast. but it's a strong pressure gradient. low pressure, higher pressure. getting this moisture from the atlantic ocean. and going to get pretty good winds. and some areas could see decent rains. take a look at temperatures to the south and east of us. actually, we're at 70 here. but east and south of us. breeze now picked up to 24 at bwi marshall. the barometer pretty high. 30.28 inches.

right now, it's holding steady. to our south and southeast, temperatures are back in the 60s with rain. ocean city has picked up about a half inch of rain the last two hours. some heavy showers just broke into that region. just slowly approaching the southern portions of the lower eastern shore. to the west, 65, more sun. dew point is actually pretty low. it did dry out a little bit today. and that kept us in a lot of sunshine. now we've got a little northeast wind. it's pushing water from the east side of the bay to the west side of the bay. and also along the coastal areas, that's why we have some advisories, perhaps for mild flooding. tonight and probably again tomorrow. along the coast, there could be winds of 35 miles an hour. we've seen some already, gusting to 38. it's going to be a breezy and wet night over much of the region. later on this evening. we'll see this moisture coming in from the atlantic ocean. kind of see it spinning off there. most is well offshore. but this could move into new jersey and philadelphia.

and eventually, some of this in southern maryland is going to move across southern virginia. baltimore may not be right where the heaviest rain. we do see some. we expect to see at least steady rains, showers, rains tonight. and probably at least into tomorrow morning. because of this big blocking high. circulation around the high. circulation around the low is counter clockwise. so in between, you've got the very strong pressure gradeient and a lot of wind. -- gradient and a lot of wind. but good news is, slowly but surely, it will move out of here. particularly, saturday night and sunday looks great. gusty. bay temp around 75. look for some rain tonight. yes. could be heavy in some spots. and fog. upper 50s, a cool night, which is pretty normal, actually. morning rain, a little fog. and then maybe some slow, slow ending to the rain clearing by tomorrow night. weekend is getting to look

much, much nicer. >> great. >> and warmer out there. >> you buried the leaves. >> that's right. >> from my perspective. don't miss tonight's cbs prime time lineup. at 10:00, it's another episode of the mentalist, followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. and don't forget to sign up for our wjz pro football challenge, sponsored by the maryland lottery. my guess is sally is going to win this year. >> notice whose picture is not there. >> conspicuously absent. log on each week and pick matchups against experts. just scroll down the home page and find the link. and katie couric has the preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. the incredible story of the 7-year-old girl. she couldn't even speak, until music therapy gave her a voice to sing. she's now moving audiences to tears. we'll have that story tonight on the cbs evening news.

new property searched in the case of a san francisco man, accused of abducting a girl and holding her captive for 18 years. support grows. maryland governor martin o'malley takes the next step in trying to jam cell phones in prison. it's hard to believe, tomorrow is the 8th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. we'll take you to ground zero, where a massive rebuilding project is under way. eyewitness news at 4:00 continues with vic after this. [house] wow, i feel like a new house after my quick home energy check-up from bge. it's the closest i'll ever get to a day spa. they wrapped my pipes, installed cfl bulbs, recommended a little nip/tuck around the old windows and more. [announcer] learn to speak the language of energy efficiency at bgesmartenergy.com, and pamper your home with a quick home energy check-up. [sigh] ah... the efficient life is the good life.

it is 4:28. mostly cloudy. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. here's what people are talking about. for the first time in years, we are seeing a picture of the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. this photo of khalid chic mohammed. it was teen when -- taken when

he was captured in 2003. this is the eve of 9/11 and the progress being made at ground zero. >> reporter: the eight years since 9/11 seem like an eternity for a patient nation waiting to see ground zero rebuilt. >> i want to build these buildings. >> reporter: but the most impatient of all may be developer larry silversteen. >> this is the critical part of the structure. i've got to get this going. >> reporter: he blames the delay on the port authority, who has control over rebuilding ground zero. authority executive chris ward calls it the world's most complicated site. and says progress is being made. >> it's not a pit. it's not ground zero. and it's the sign of real hope. >> reporter: so how complex a construction site is this here at ground zero now? 16 acres. six stories of work. >> yeah, this saturday back side of tower 4. >> reporter: to start, we took

a walk along greenwich street. from the port authority bathtub, where there were the north and south towers. >> is there a competition between the two towers? >> i i -- i won't go there, because i think there is. but -- >> reporter: on the silverstein side, towers 2, 3, and 4 are planned, along with the port authority's transportation hub. >> we are inside the building, tower 4, two stories below street level. >> reporter: this month, tower 4 will reach ground level. on its way up to 64 stories. completion date? >> it takes to 2014 for tower 4. 2015 for tower 2. and 2016 for tower 3. >> i can definitely say there is a lot being done. while you're asleep, we're getting it done. >> reporter: construction for the 9/11 memorial is under way as well, on tower 1, known as the freedom tower. that tower is expected to be completed by the end of 2013. frantic search efforts under way now in connecticut

after a graduate student goes missing days before her wedding. sally is live in the newsroom with details. sally? >> reporter: vic, connecticut state police are exhausting all searches, including search dogs. the 24-year-old is a pharmacology doctoral student at yale. the fbi is assisting in the search. as investigators release images from closed-circuit cameras as you just saw. lee's coworkers say she was excited about getting married. >> her professors and colleagues are all helping in the search effort. hari sreenivasan reports for wjz that louisville authorities accused the coach of reckless homicide. but the defense is pointing to the use of prescription drugs. >> reporter: a former player of coach jason stinson testified wednesday about the practice

prosecutors say killed 52-year- old -- 15-year-old max gillpin. >> he was just going off. and i just ended up quitting the team. >> reporter: prosecutors claim coach stinson ran grueling drills on a day that the heat index reached 94. that he denied them water and kept them running sprints. max gillpin died that day. >> max gillpin was still doing what the coach asked him to do. he was running. >> reporter: but cbs has confirmed, when the defense pleads its case, part of the defense will be that gillpin's drug may have contributed. he had been taking adderall to treat attention deficit disorder. in new york, hari sreenivasan, wjz eyewitness news. >> gillpin's parents have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against six coaches at the school.

however, coach stinson is the only one charged with a crime. a senior citizens housing complex was the scene of intense moments today. police were involved in a standoff, with an elderly woman confined to a wheelchair. the 81-year-old amputee was threatened with a rifle. she threatened to use it. jaycee dugard has been reunited with her real family after being kidnapped 18 years ago. what happened to the then-11- year-old girl, during the days and months after her kidnapping. >> reporter: the last time she was seen, it was 1991. 11-year-old jaycee dugard was at the bus stop near her house in south lake tahoe, when she was dragged into a car, allegedly by phillip and nancy garrido. >> once she was in the car, what happened was they pushed her down on the floridas -- floorboards, threatened her and took her straight away to

antioch, california. >> reporter: prosecutor michael cardoza says police tell him it was years before jaycee was allowed to be seen in public. >> they put her in a backyard, in a tent or one of the outbuildings back there. they left her in that backyard for 3 1/2 years before they let her get out into public. >> reporter: but in 1993, just two years into the ordeal, phillip garrido spent one month in jail on a parole violation. during that time, it's believed that his wife nancy was in charge of jaycee. and when phillip got out of jail, it's believed that's when he fathered the first of jaycee's two daughters. >> when this case proceeds to trial, nancy garrido will be every bit as culpable as phillip garrido. >> police in california continue to search the garrido home for more evidence in connection to dugard's kidnapping. a metro worker is hospitalized after being struck by a train. the incident happened this morning. this time, we do not know the extent of the male victim's

injuries. the incident did cause major delays in both directions of the blue and yellow lines. a charles county man is dead after a fire rips through his home. investigators say flames broke out in the 2100 block of marshall hall road and brians road. that's northeast of indian head. firefighters arrived on the scene to flames shooting out of the front window and roof of the single-story home. no smoke detectors were found in the 62-year-old man's house. there are new developments in the controversial effort to ban contraband cell phones in prisons. kai is live with details. >> reporter: he signed a letter to support legislation in congress to allow states to jam contraband cell phones in prisons. it would enable them to petition the fcc. in a letter, governors claimed thousands of illegal calls are made by prisoners each year, enabling them to continue their criminal enterprises from behind bars, such as the hit

made by patrick byers on federal witness carl lackle. the bill has been approved by a senate committee and a full senate vote could come this fall. vic? >> thank you, kai. o'malley was joined by 19 others who signed the petition. in tonight's school watch report, standardized tests are in. students in catholic schools exceeded the national average in every age group. students in grades 3 and 8 continued. some scored in the 73rd and 74th percentiles in reading and math. in fact, one says she knows the secret to her school's success. >> the fact that our teachers are well prepared. they bring their knowledge to the students. we have students that are eager to learn and then we have the parents in the background pushing us. >> 97% of students who attend a catholic high schools graduated.

and 95% went on to attend college. they post test scores for every school on its website beginning next week. very nice, late summer day. here's a live look outside. as you can see, the sun is not having much success in breaking through the clouds. eyewitness news has weather together. most of the day, until about an hour or two ago, it was pretty bright and sunny. rain has held off now. it's to our east and southeast. across jersey, portions of delaware. and from about louis down to ocean city, we've seen moderate rain the last hour or two. take a look down that way right now. it's pretty light. we just call it steady, light rain. heavier stuff now. and across portions of acammack county, virginia. that's all moving pretty much from east to west. as you can see. that will probably miss the baltimore region. but as we look off to the east/northeast, this stuff in jersey, new jersey, is headed in our direction. probably, i'd say, around 7:00

to 8:00. we expect to see rain breaking out in the baltimore metro. probably will be with us most of the night and into tomorrow. >> okay, bob. thank you very much. let's check in on the roads now with sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. still not doing too bad, as far as accidents go. we have a few of them. but nothing too serious. most of them in the city. watch for them a few of them north haven at pulaski. west pratt at mlk. and one more on south conklin at east press. and a water main delay. you can see we also have some delays on the top side of the beltway. delays on 95 as well. you can see the speed sensor there, at 43 miles an hour, approaching the beltway on 95 northbound. delays begin at 195 and continue to the beltway. as far as other issues, 95 northbound remains slow between 895 and the top side of the beltway. your drive time on the top side, the slowest one is going to be on the west side, between

95 and 795. 20 minutes with an average speed of 32 miles an hour. there's a live look at the west side, inner loop delay. as i mentioned. and running from 95 to security. 15 minutes. there's another look at the west side's top side. running a little smoother. that's a look at 95 at 695. with the jam there. this traffic report is brought to you by the maryland department of the agriculture. eat local. maryland's best.net. back over to you. >> okay, sharon. thank you. an evening of entertainment and fine dining. gigi barnett explains, the bso will host the fundraising. >> reporter: a new season for the baltimore symphony orchestra begins this month. the first thing on the program, an annual celebration gala this weekend. >> we want to be part of people's lives. if you only come once, or you come every week, we want to feel -- we want people to feel that this is their symphony. >> reporter: bso music director

says attendance at the concert is up. and more symphony supporters are giving. so the gala will go on, despite the economy. >> in these economic times, it's really critical to have people's support. but you know, with that said, and we're suffering like everybody else is, of course. but, i think the important thing to know, especially about the bso is that everybody is really come together. >> reporter: the gala is the symphony's largest fundraiser. each year, it raises at least $1 million. she says most of the money goes to build and support education programs that continue the music. >> we've reached 50,000 kids at our midweek concerts. then we have this brand new program for the kindergarten kids. so it's so important to support this on every single level. >> she is the 12th music director. back in june, the orchestra decided to keep it that way, extending her contract by five more years.

she says she is ready to start the new season. >> i think standing in front of a great orchestra. and feeling this audience support behind you. you know, it's like -- i mean, i don't surf. but if i did, i think it would be like riding the best wave. this year's gala concert will feature chinese-born pianist lang lang. he made his bso debut in 1998 at the age of 16. in baltimore, i'm gigi barnett. now back to you on tv hill. and tickets for the concert are on sale right now. they start at $50. straight ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. attacks on tape. and the assaults aren't the only shocking thing on the surveillance video. runway standoff. hear from a couple inside the plane during a tense hostage situation in mexico city. friday is nearly here. bob is updating your first warning weather forecast. for the top stories on wjz.com, and for updates on first warning weather all the time, click on wjz.com. cbt1cbt1t1

military police have rescued nine women who were tricked into thinking they were reality show contestants. they were being held captive in turkey. they believed they were being on a reality show. but their images were being sold on the internet. victims now searching for for the suspects. >> reporter: the assaults are happening in a mall in downtown denver, colorado. you can see one of the incidents on surveillance tape. the three suspects attacked two young men, grabbing them, punching them, and taking items out of their pockets. in the meantime, at least two bystanders walk around the night without helping. denver police arrested three people but they had to let them go. because investigators haven't identified the victim yet. officers hope the victim will

come forward so they can bolster their case. >> there had been at least 17 similar assaults. we are learning more about what happened when a man hijacked a man in mexico. police say 30-year-old jose jose flores ordered the bomb. the passengers on brpd didn't know-- board didn't know the plane was being hijacked. >> i didn't actually know. it had been hijacked until we had been escorted off the airplane. and we got off the bus. and i called my mom just to check in. because we really had no idea what was going on. and she said okay. -- are you okay? and she said, are you on one of the planes that was hijacked and i said yes, that must have been what was going on. >> turns out, the hijacker's bomb was a can of juice. mexico investigators are trying to figure out how he managed to

slip through cancun and airport security with the fake bomb in his luggage. according to bernie madoff, federal regulateors are easy to fool. he masterminded a billion- dollar ponzi scheme and got away it. and turns out he tried to share his tricks with colleagues. he can be heard telling someone how to throw the securities and exchange commission off track. >> obviously, first of all, this conversation never took place. okay? >> yes, of course. >> you don't have to be too brill brilliant with these guys. because you don't have to be. >> the caller on the phone has not been identified. madoff was finally arrested last year and sentenced to -- in june to 150 years in prison. a california lawmaker has resigned after he got caught talking about an affair. mike duval comments about his relationships with a female lobbyist and another woman.

among other things, the orange county republican spoke about the type of underwear worn by his mistress. he has apologized for his comments. two of the fab four speak frankly about doing drugs. >> coming up here, all new stories from our exclusive beatles reunion. tonight, mary hart gets paul and ringo to open up about the drugs that led to some of their most unique songs. >> how did you guys get through the drug years? are you amazed that you did? >> yeah. i think so, yeah. i don't know really. we just sort of sliped and slid a bit and got through it. >> you know, i think there was a point where it got a little too much. in fact, i remember clearly overdoing substances. >> when i find myself in times of trouble ♪ ♪ mother mary comes to me >> paul reveals that one drug trip led to a beatles classic.

>> let it be ♪ >> i fell asleep and had a dream, where my mother, who had been dead then 10 years, came to me in a dream. and it was very helpful, very calming. and she said, don't worry about it. she said, "let it be." >> shine until tomorrow, let it be ♪ >> speaking of music, we have the world premiere of whitney houston's brand-new music video. plus, only we can show you grey's anatomy's shocking season premiere. we'll have that and more coming up later here on entertainment tonight. >> could you ask for more? you can see entertainment tonight here on wjz 13. a good will store hits the jackpot. and it comes in the form of a big bronze ballerina. it arrived this week. it weighs 5,000 pounds. and costs $500,000. good will plans on returning the statue to the original owner, saying it would have

been wrong to sell such a valuable piece. clearing skies across central maryland. bob turk has your updated weather forecast after this break.

we had this cloudiness around here for a while. >> beautiful. >> it actually was pretty nice. about an hour or two, the clouds started moving in. now we have rain to the south and east of us. you can see it moving from delaware toward the west. going from east to west. jersey, cape may, atlantic city. breezy. ocean city has picked up 6/10ths of an inch down there. it's all headed off to our wreath. poe sew i think about 7:00; we're in for at least a wet night, at least at times. may pick up more. some of it this southeast of us and northeast of us.

and down around achima county virginia. 70 now. east/northeast as high as 24. humidity as 50%. temperatures around the state, actually very pleasant. 50s to low 70s. nice this time of year. about eight or nine degrees cooler than average on this date in september. and our winds, you can see anywhere from 5 and over, 7 in elkton. 20 in baltimore city. it's going to be a breezy night. and probably rain in some places. visibility will be reduced. and on the western shore of the bay, because there's winds pushing the water across the bay. we do have coastal flood advisories. tides running one to maybe 1 1/2 feet above normal. you can plan on that happening. also, along the coast, with those winds coming along the coast, it could be some beach

erosion. and rough, rough surf, certainly around ocean city here. all because of this low. it's not a strong low. but there's a big pressure gradient, between a big high here and this low here. we're getting these winds coming in right off the ocean. bringing in that plume of moisture across our region. particularly new jersey and across southern virginia. we'll keep watching that tonight. i think the good news is, by later in the day on friday, most of this activity will be gone by saturday afternoon. the sun should come back out. sunday for the ravens, looks great. a lot of sunshine, around 80. we have gale warnings until late today. the winds will not be quite as strong tomorrow. tonight, then, yeah, rain moving in. could be heavy at times. 58 with fog overnight. and tomorrow, still some leftover rain. and fog. by late in the day, things should end up cloudy, with a high of only 70 on your friday. >> thanks a lot, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. bracing for more big budget cuts. i'm mike hellgren, at a state

office building in baltimore. $100 million, $200 million more, as the state is already cut dot bone.

money matters could mean another round of tempted cuts. it's countdown to the ravens' kickoff this sunday. football means tailgating. tailgating means sausage. and we are behind the scenes here. how does this get to your barbecue? i'll let you know, coming up. check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news.

eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. massive cuts. maryland is far from out of the red. >> tonight, how the governor may have to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from the budget. hi, everyone. i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm sally thorner. here's what people are talking about today. >> maryland could be in for serious cutbacks. the state has already cut millions from the budget. now, governor martin o'malley says, it could take hundreds of millions more to get back on track. wjz is live at the state office building. mike hellgren has more on who and what could be affected. hi, mike. >> hi, kai. right now, we don't know exactly how much the budget will fall short. the projections are due out in just