baby. the baby had several old injuries and a broken rib. we're going to continue to follow this breaking news on air and online at abc2news.com. well, it's a radical deal that will take more time to handler out. today city's school ceo he believes the no vote to the teachers controversial contract last night means that the teachers need more time. he held a news conference trying to explain the new details of the contract. >> reporter: an extraordinary change that is how city school ceo describes the pending contract a day after teachers voted no for the deal that will pay them based on performance instead of senior and teaching degrees. dr. alonzo made another appeal. >> i take yes to this vote as

receive about teachers saying what you're asking us the do is so extraordinarily i have than what we have done that we need a lot more time. >> reporter: many teachers say they need more information and more time to digest what they need. the teacher contract expires october 28th. today he said that date is next i believe. >> we can always get an extension in the present contract. >> reporter: labor law prohibits the superintendent from negotiating directly with union members he wants to find a middle ground so he can help the teachers who voted no and those who didn't vote at all to understand. one concern raised whether the money tied to performance will dry up. he says those financial matters should be left to the boss. >> we have a $1.2 billion budget, and among the decisions that we make every single year is what are our priorities. i think that is just kind of

almost irresponsible myth in terms of where's the cliff, now there is a cliff hanger the future for 6500 teachers still hangs in the balance. at school headquarters cheryl connor, abc 2 news. it will include a one time stipend for teach,ment baltimore city teachers have two weeks to vote on the contract. the union members voted down that performance based contract that would pay teachers on how well they did in the classroom. a majority of the teachers thought the contract was rushed. in an unrelated teachers conference downtown union leaders held an impromptu seminar. >> we're going to turn our luncheon into a town meeting go out and hear what their concerns and how we can make it

better. >> the current contract runs out at the end of the month they will vote again in 2 weeks. they will ask for another extension if it is voted down again. the latest on the two teens who authorities say beat a classmate at south river high school in edgewater last week. 17-year-old jacob dick and vernon johnson are charged with felony assault and other charges. if convicted in adult court they could face 25 years behind bars. and three teens face assault charges after a fight broke out at a hartford county school. three young girls at edgewood high school attacked two female classmates in a hallway and a pair of teachers were knocked to the ground as they tried to barack up the fight. the fight broke out after a student sprayed chemicals directly into one of the student's faces. >> one of the students threw a

clear liquid into the face of another girl. she began to assault the other victims and the other two girls joined in. >> one victim was treated at the school the other was transported to upper chesapeake medical center where she was treated and released. tonight's 20/20 takes a closer look at bullying it's an issue that seems to becoming a growing problem. >> my name is david hourly mason was bullies bullied because he was different. >> what more could you have done. >> i could have taken him out of that terrible school. >> heartbreaking. you can catch that 20/20 special tonight at 9:00 right

here on abc 2. well, today's students and faculty of students and university are honoring the work of the late professor susan slats are you. she was killed in a crash involving three tractor- trailers and five vehicles back in august. the university school of science is continuing her passion to save the chesapeake bay with a wreath ball project. it will be dumped into the bay next spring the late profess are laboratories with the living class rooms foundation for middle school students. her husband says she was a life force. >> her real passion was middle school students and under served populations introducing them to science and math. >> that was always her passion. she would argue events. unfortunately she didn't get to

see this one, but this is the kind of stuff she did all her life. >> a memorial for her will be held on october 26th at the university. in tonight's consumer alert even flow is recalling child booster seats. they haven't received reports of injuries but the recall came after tests showed that the seats can crack and fail in a simulated 30 miles an hour frontal collision. even flow says it will send notices to registered owners of the seats and the company plans to contribute an easily installed reinforcing bracket that will take care of the problem. the balloon bridge is back open. it was closed earlier today after a pedestrian report had a suspicious package. it turns out it was a flashlight with copper wiring. the bridge was reopened to

vehicles and pedestrians within an hour. the bridge was open in 1883 is undergoing a series of renovation. construction cruise are working on the manhattan and brooklyn end of the bridge. authorities are checking about into a suspicious package found on the campus of georgia tech this morning. the bomb squad is frying to figure out if a white substance seen near the building is dangerous. the building was evacuated though no surrounding streets have been closed. say breezy day of weather, actually pretty windy out there at times today, but hey, the skies have cleared off nicely dry weather again we're setting the stage for a pretty nice weekend. look at the wind gusts last hour it gusted to 25. gusted to 22 and east ton and 22 frederick. temperature wise we're in the low 60s but it feels more like the 50s in many spots because of the windchill factor couple of clouds crossing the state but no rain. we stay drive this evening and breezy.

clearing skies as we fall through the 50s and well down into the 40s overnight tonight. how about the weekend. do we warm up much. that answer coming up. kelly. >> while a few of those rescued chilean miners are out of the hospital celebrating their new lives as national heros and international celebrities, diane has the latest from chile. >> reporter: the rescued miners are doing remarkably well but they admit some are having a hard time believing they are no longer underground. >> some of them they are just realizing that the 70 days ended. one of them when he woke up he said i have to work. >> miners have already been released must now get used to stardom. there was no hope for a quiet homecoming. a

bolivian citizen and now a chilean hero thank his new cup for his hess cue. he had to squeeze through the door of his own house finally home after two months in the sub tran yan prison. pena got a all clear from doctors. thank you for believing we were down there he said. >> when he arrive he have chicken soupy already asked my mom for that. >> reporter: but his wife had other ideas. go to bed she says. make up for lost time. no longer just miners they have been showered with gifts and invitations to soccer games and vacations. even an invitation for pena to be the guest at new york city marathon. the new york runners club offered a sponsor him to run a

symbol of perseverance against all odds. >> the medication and stretching could do the trick in telling which a frustrating medical condition. a new study finds promise in an old tradition. plus, it was a heated exchange on the set of the view, joy and whoop he walked off the set mow other tennessee the explosive interview. we're headed to the pumpkin partnership where you can take your family for some fall fun this weekend. look at that chilly 58 degrees but it was still a beautiful day. wyatt's got the complete details in his forecast. behalf as the next gal

but, come on. $60,000 for one dinner held by the department of justice.

$66 per person just for bagels at one of the nasa's shindigs. i cracked down because big government shouldn't be funding big banquets with your money. some people say i'm a bit of a tightwad. i say, i'm barbara mikulski and i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. imagine denying a pregnant woman the choice of health care providers. only one senator voted with big insurance over pregnant women: andy harris.

protecting our bay? harris was the only one to vote against cleaning up toxic waste sites. he always sides with the polluters, one of the worst environmental records in the senate. and harris was the only one to vote against extending education for special needs kids. no wonder his republican colleagues think he's too extreme. we can't afford his extreme ideas. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message . alternative treatment for frustrating medical condition is the topic of tonight's health alert. dr. timothy johnson reports it could be good news for women in particular. >> reporter: pharaoh buy mai algae afflicts millions of

americans most of them women. patients reports pain and fatigue and they are usually sensitive to simple touch. treatment includes drugs, cher size and counseling, but they are often hit or miss. now a study finds new promise in a very old practice namely yoga. researchers wanted to know if yoga could reduce pain and improve mobility without medication. 25 women went through a yoga program, including light stretching, medication and breathing exercises, along with yoga based advice and group discussion. after 8 weeks women who took part reported less pain and fatigue along with better moods and more effective coping. it should be noted that some women in the group had been taking pain medication. the studies authors don't know if this influenceed the finding but their say the work yoga could bring some leaf to fibromyalgia sufferers. i'm dr. timothy johnson. >> the harper county health

department is reminding people to get flu shots they are making it so convenient there is in excuse not to get one. they held a drive through flu clinic. you can pull up get vaccinated and pull way. it is the only public one they plan to hold this season. you can get one at many area pharmacies or doctors offices there are plenty of vaccinations available and this year is litter a a one shot deal. >> h1n1 vaccination is incorporated into the seasonal flu vaccination, even if you received h1n1 last year it's critically important to be vaccinated again in year because there are two other viruses that afford protection with this year 's vaccination. >> the shot is recommended for anybody over 6 months old be sure to bunt because there already have been flu cases documented so far here in maryland. well, things definitely got heated on the set of the

view yesterday. joy and whoop he got up and walked off the stage during a segment with bill o'reilly over that proposed mosque near ground zero. now they are speaking out about the controversy. >> reporter: the debate on abc 's the value was heated from the get go. >> listen to me because then you'll learn. >> reporter: things got out of hand when billow lie called the moving proposal near ground zero inappropriate. >> muslims didn't kill us on 9/11 is that what you're saying? i'm telling you 70% of the country. >> i don't want to sit here. i don' . >> reporter: barbara waters

scolded her colleagues joy and whoop he for leaving the set. >> we should be able to have discussions without washing our hands and screaming and walking off stage. >> reporter: o'reilly apologized. >> anybody felt that i was -- >> reporter: later on the respective prime time shows the war of words between bay here and o'reilly continued. >> i'm really angry. i thought he was saying something that icon have you as hate speech frankly. >> did we say in wwii, we were attacked by japanese extremists or german extremists? did we do that? no. we said we were attacked by japanese we were attacked by muslims. >> reporter: the producers say the show speaks for itself. they are still smoking

after that yesterday. nothing like that in here. >> keep the peace. >> all right. >> beautiful day out there. >> it was nice. little windy but still night. >> will be a little breezy tomorrow for the running festival downtown but on the whole a great fall like weekend. a lot of people asking of us where's the chilly kind of crisp fall weather it's degrees p out there today. it's going to be chilly tonight as we check out the harbor cam downtown. i see a couple puffy fair weather clouds. we've got 60 degrees at bwi. look at the west northwest wind at 16. it's been gusting higher. see what that did for our weather today. gorgeous sunshine through the early part of the day. our weather net come rather across the state capturing the early blue sunshine, and then,

not blue sunshine, early blue skies and then if the sunshine is blue we got a problem. we had a few clouds building in the afternoon. this is our weather net cam at ray demand international. d. c. beautiful day overall. wind deputies were pretty high out there at times. peak gusts throughout the afternoon. wet men sister gusted 36 and we gusted to 32 in cockysville churchville 30. centerville gusting to 24 and almost gusting to 29 in denton. statewide temperatures on the cool side except for way out deep creek lake. oakland reporting 41 in the high country, the high high terrain in the west but basically the winds have been the culprit making it feel cooler than average. windchill something we haven't had to talk about through the summer and early fall. it is breezy and cool out there

feeling like low 50s. i think by overnight tonight we'll more like the upper 30s than the 40s. so it's going to be chilly. your neighborhood forecast through downtown mid-60s lot of sunshine good looking day for the runners, the thousands of runners that will be descending on downtown and will have been it looks like a great day. it's going to be breezy a little cool in the morning we start out in 40s. mix of clouds and sunshine. for the most part the main storm system is off to the north and east. you can see the whole ball of wax pushing into the new england states bringing in lake effect moisture. windy dry cooler weather tonight. high pressure continues to push in out of the west. as it settles in we're talking about blue skies as far as the eye could see tomorrow. future forecast we take out all the cloud cover. brilliant blue skies for your saturday, and then sunday mostly sunny, maybe a few

passing clouds it looks like we stay dry. we'll get rid of the wind on sun difficult it will feel a little milder for the sunday time frame. tonight 43 clearing and chilly. tomorrow we'll go 65. tomorrow night down to 41 crystal clear and your 7-day forecast again the outlook here for fall like weather throughout the weekend. may get a little closer to 70, though, on sunday. >> all right, wyatt. that race is going to be huge, more than 22,000 people are going to take to the streets in baltimore to run up to 26 miles. the 10th annual under armor running festival kicks off tomorrow morning. along with the marathon there's also a half marathon a relay race 5k and also a kid's race. racers from all 50 states and 20 countries will be in town to participate. this is so big last year the running festival contributed more than $25 million to the city and state's economy. and also democracy 2010

something else that is also heating up. two critical debates bitterly fought contests could help decide which party controls congress next year. that's ahead at 5:30. get prepared before you hit the spa. how to make the most of your massage. [ male announcer ] martin o'malley sworn in. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled.

if re-elected, o'malley will raise taxes again. whether he does, is up to you.

. 1,000 spas around the nation are celebrating spa week. cherie johnson takes a look at some tips to get the best massage. >> reporter: during national spa week business really pick is up at the red door spa.

many clients take advantage of spa treatments at $50 each. >> i think we take care of ourselves last. any time you can focus a little bit on yourself is incredibly helpful, take a little time, relax, rest, decompress, destress a little bit. >> reporter: massage therapist derek hill says it's a good idea to have a massage every 3 to 6 weeks. >> relaxation increases your i am maintenance decreases your stress get rid of your aches and pains. >> reporter: here are five tips for a good massage. first, make sure you're well hydrated. second, avoid heavy meals before your massage. third, leave your cell phone

and épagersépassengers in your pagers in your locker. finally nurture your skin with oils and creams. >> by the time they leave they will feel like a new person and ready to tackle the world again. >> reporter: cherie johnson abc 2 news. you know this is the perfect weekend to search for the perfect pumpkin what you can expect to find at the local farms this year on abc 2 news at 5:30.