it's all ours. call it a day, because the ravens are coming. >> the ravens are back in a big way, an opening game win, even if it was a lot tighter than most fans expected. experts predicted it, and the ravens delivered. the purple and black are perfect as they beat back kansas city. it's also a perfect kickoff to this nfl season. but the fans were ready well

before the kickoff. >> kick off the noise. put your beers in the air! >> reporter: nearly 80,000 fans tailgating and cheering for what they hope will be a decisive step forward. >> we're definitely number 1, we'll show them at. come february, i'll be there, miami, in the super bowl. >> reporter: it is in this sport that fall springs eternal. you can't blame ravens fans. after all, the ravens made an improbable run last year to make the playoffs, when most everyone said they're not a factor. a stigma that still stings this rabid fan base. >> miami get ready, because there's a lot of purple coming your way. it's all ours, call it a day,

because the ravens are coming. >> reporter: a touch of greatness from johnny u, and the energy from a tailgates meal you will only find in maryland. steaks and cakes to keep these ravens healthy, and power the team past pittsburgh into the super bowl. >> i think we'll be in the nfc championship game against tennessee, and go to the super bowl. >> reporter: a perfect start to the season so far, they now expect it. as for the game itself. joe flacco, passing for 307 yards, and 3 touchdowns. career highs. the game was still a little tight with a little more than 2:00 left. rob carlin has more game highlights and what the ravens had to say about their opener,

coming up later in sports. ♪ [ music ] good to see the victory there. and it was a gorgeous day to be down at m and t stadium. things have cleared up nicely. we'ral 78 right now. ocean city turned out to be a decent second half of a beach weekend there. across baltimore, you talk about dry, it's about as dry as it can get out there. humidity dropping tonight i think 60 in the city. we'll talk about how the beautiful weather holds up. baltimore city police are investigating three sunday morning shootings. two of them deadly. a man was found shot to death in the 2,000 block of mcculla street this morning. the victim is 18-year-old israeli mason of baltimore. another man, 35-year-old andre williams was shot to death about two hours later on west

craw street. in the third shooting, an unidentified man was shot in the head just before noon at west cold spring lane. he's in shock trauma. police have no suspects in any of these shootings. many prosecutors say is this the year to toughen maryland's antigang law. tough law enforcement officials will meet in a bid to draw up stricter laws. prosecutors say the current law makes it very difficult to legally define a gang or its members. the harford county officials said they tried to use the law when it came into effect two years ago, but it just threw out all of those charges. virginia wants to execute that man, john allen muhammad on november 9. he is the man who masterminded the sniper terror attacks in 2002. his attorneys plan to appeal the original conviction to the united states supreme court. healthcare continues to be the number one issue down in

washington, as lawmakers remain divided on what kind of reform is needed. president obama will bring his side of the battle to maryland later this week. >> reporter: the battle over healthcare reform is coming to a head. mistakes couldn't be higher, not only for the american people, but for the leaders drawing up the plan. >> i have no interest in having a bill get passed that fails. that doesn't work. >> reporter: the healthcare debate continues to be one of the most contentious in recent memory. joe wilson's recent outbreak is just one example. democrats want wilson to apologize on the house floor. >> i am not going to apologize again. i apologized to the president on wednesday night. >> reporter: the president has strongly favored a public insurance option. but he now seems willing to

compromise. >> we should not let the debate go into this one question. >> reporter: health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius says that will change. >> we will explicitly rule out any public funding for abortion? >> that's what the president says, and i think that's what the bill will do. >> reporter: mr. obama is preparing for an upcoming week of presidential persuasion, with speeches in pennsylvania and maryland. rachel martin, abc news, washington. still ahead, while more schools report new cases in swine flu, we actually have some good news about the virus, plus we'll show you how the tough economy takes its toll on

your ability to survive a medical emergency. and the ravens enjoy a successful start to the season, and rob will have more of today's highlight, coming up. a gorgeous day today. wouldn't it be nice to get the rain out of here? we hit 80 degrees today, that's exactly what we forecast, and we do have a 2-degree weather winner. sherrie doneaway. you have an abc2 news umbrella waiting for you, and your forecast waiting for you on the other side of this break.

a check on headlines across

the nation, includes good news about the swine flu vaccine. americans could begin receiving the shots as early as the first week of october. which is a lot sooner than expected. some early doses should arrive soon. it will help contain the spread of the flu. the tough economy is contributing to a medical problem. blood donations are down, because corporate blood drives are attracting fewer donors. when the workers are laid off, or aren't replaced after retirements and buyouts, there are fewer donors. some businesses have had fewer blood drives, or canceled them because of staffing issues. in connecticut, the search for a missing yale student continues on the day she was supposed to be married. officials are now searching through trash at an incinerator. she was last seen tuesday at a

laboratory in new haven. police said she unlocked the door, but there is no record of her leaving the complex. a dozen new fires caused by lightning. the fires are spread across the diablo mountain range. firefighters are trying to decide which of the fires should take priority. that is something to see. lightning starts a lot of fires out there. >> it does. amazing videoraphy there. beautiful shot though. pretty beautiful around here today. >> fantastic day. a great day for football. >> drying out, yeah, it was a great day for a win too. let's take a look at what we're

seeing at the inner harbor right now. can't see some of the people, getting a little party on. pretty nice weather. 78degrees. humidity 45 and dropping. it's only going to get drier. take a look down at ocean city. this is really cool, watch closely on the skyline here, they had cloud cover at the beach this morning, but as we go into the afternoon, you see the clouds begin to break up. some pretty good waves rolling into the beach, and the blue sky breaks out in the afternoon, ends up with a gorgeous afternoon and evening. about 74 right now down toe ocean. i want to show you maryland's most powerful radar for one reason. it's beautiful to see it empty. nothing out there. that's what we like to see after the last couple of days. i think we're going to continue to to see this for at least another 24, to 48 hours. a weather maker due in toward the end of the week. that's going to make it rainy

toward the latter part of the week. saver the next day or two. 79. that was the high today. that's average for this time of year. high temperatures right around 80 degrees. ocean city topped out at 82. we've dropped off a little bit here in the last hour or so. down into the mid- and upper 70s across the board. philly is still hanging on at 80 right now. this is another nice sight for us. watch this from this morning, all of that cloud cover drifts south and east, and leaves us with these beautiful clouds. there is another weather maker moving in out of the north up here in pennsylvania. the clouds begin to move into the keystone state, but this isn't like a major rain shield here. not expecting much wet weather for this, until we get into the mid- mid-and latter part of

the week here. that swirl, that's the last of the pesky storm system. a beautiful sight to see after the last couple of careery days. a beautiful day today, we're going. monday looking at clear sky across the board here, a few weather clouds drift in in the afternoon. high thin clouds, not a big deal. maybe a few more clouds tuesday. but i think we stay dry again. enjoy tomorrow and tuesday, the wet weather comes back, i think for us on wednesday. a good day to be out again. northwest wind, about 5 to 10. 60 tonight, it will be a little breezy out there tonight. check it out tomorrow. more of that nice blue sky, another good day to dry thinks off. 84 for your high. here's the seven-day forecast as we move into the next couple of days here. temperatures are going to hover in the mid-80s. a few more nice days. a few more clouds on tuesday.

the temperature drops about 12 degrees on wednesday. saver the next two days. sounds great, thanks. maryland public schools will use locally grown food in their lunches this week. this is the second year for maryland's home grown schools program. they will serve fruits, vegetables, breads, and meats all from maryland. some schools will continue to use locally grown food throughout the school year. the labor day holiday is over. gas prices, guess what folks? are dropping. the current about $1.09 a gallon. cheaper than they were this time last year. mid-atlantic aaa says, driving levels drop off, an average of gas costs you now $2.51. down two cents a gallon from last week. aaa expects gas prices to hover around $2.50 for the next

couple of weeks. he starred in a ton of blockbuster movies. now charles dutten is throwing his support behind the local business community. he will star in a one man production titled jail to yale. he's this week's guest on 2 the point. he told terry owens why this was a cause he wanted to support. >> if i didn't have any help with scholarships or someone simply interested in me, that could see i could take the next step with help and assistance. then i wouldn't be sitting here. i just want to be able to give back in that form, and -- >> the proceeds benefit the center for business inclusion. you can see the entire interview here tonight after the late news. rob has all the highlights and we'll hear what the ravens

had to say about their home opener next. ♪ [ music ] ç

♪[ music ] it felt like 1996 all over again today for the ravens, at least offensively. they dialed up their inner vinnie testaverde, and won by outscoring the chiefs. joe flacco finds his new target. 22yards. he had three catches all for 1st downs, and i love the attitude. 44yards, sneaks it in. he later missed a 41-yarder. the ravens up 3-0. they were dominating early. is this randall cunningham in his prime? look at him buy time, and hits willis mcgahee. a 3-yard touchdown.

the ravens on top, 10-2. but 2nd quarter, sam cook, punting from his own end zone. john blocks the punt. he falls on it in the end zone, the chiefs, who had zero first downs at this point, make it 10- 7. that was the score at the half. the 3rd quarter starts ugly. flacco picked off by derrick johnson. weaves his way downfield 70 yards. flacco, alertly forces him out of bounds at the ravens 6. this cannot be happening. three plays later from the 2. brody coil. kansas city takes a 14-10 lead. john harbaugh said the story of the game was the ravens answering, and they do. a 9-yard touchdown, ravens

become up by three. the chiefs, 3rd and 4 from their 16. good coverage by washington. leads to a field goal. tied at 17. the ravens answer again. 22yards around the end. his second career 100-yard game. he had 108. the ravens back up 24-17. here come the chiefs. coyle. game is tied at 24. no one can stop anyone in the 4th quarter. the ravens turn. 3rd and 8. flacco to mark clayton. 31-yard touchdown. they tack on another late. the ravens survive 38-24. it was air cameron. >> oh, it's awesome. so much fun, as a quarterback, that's what you want to do. sit back there, and let your o-

line take care of you, and get the ball to your receivers. haven't done that too many times around here ever. that's fun to be able to move the ball around the field, and it was just a lot of guys making plays. >> we was getting 5 or 6 yards at a time, but they started turning into 15-yard runs, and 10-yard runs, and 20-yard runs. that's what good running teams do. we can look at our run game, and say we did pretty good. >> it puts points on the board too. last time i checked the team with the most points wins. so that's our goal. to store every time. >> looking at the stats. it was hard to imagine it was ever close. the ravens completely dominate in every statistical category. 501 total yards, a new franchise record. the ravens go on the road next week at san diego. the last time the orioles

swept the yankees up in the bronx, mike boddiker led the way. bottom 3, johnny damon at the plate for the yankees. he'll drive one deep left center. jeff makes the leaps grab at the wall. derek jeter tags and goes to third. but how about the hustle and play? up again, facing c.c. sabathia, flies to left. johnny damon forgets there's one out. almost threw the ball into the stands. justin turner coming all the way around from second to score. the o's lead it 3-1. but the yankees score the next 13 runs. the o's lose, 13-3. they're back home to host tampa bay in

a four game series starting tomorrow. a pretty good weekend, but more importantly right now, a great opening week win for the ravens. >> i want to see ray rice get his first touchdown. >> he was close, he got within a yard there. >> i want to see him get it. >> he's getting there. let's take a look at harbor cam. a beautiful sight right there, downtown baltimore. doesn't get any better. a complete check on the weather coming up. right now on weather net, that's the temperature from harbor school, down in annapolis. ♪ [ music ]

a 114-year-old new hampshire woman is believed to be the oldest american, but baltimore's agnes smith isn't far behind her. she celebrated her 105th birthday today. she looks great. surrounded by family and friends in owings mills. she was born in virginia, and moved her family to baltimore when just a little kid. mrs.smith is still active as a deacon at her church. hopefully, she will enjoy some of this nice sunshine tomorrow too. another terrific start to your workweek, get outside and enjoy it. >> good enough. we will be out here at 11:00,

after another episode of " defying gravity."