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a little less than 5:30. take a look at the beautiful shot in parkville. got a blend of sunshine and clouds. expected to go into the 40s. take a look at frederick, 68. it's all about the stadium forecast. what's going on in the bronx. 60 at 7:30, first pitch. it's a cool game. there's a possibility of a is the shower. it will be temperatures in the 50s. 60 back closer to whom. we're down to 53. 11:00 midnight hour overnight temperatures falling into the 40s. it's a chilly day. we'll talk about that and the seven-day coming up. the orioles take their omazing playoff show.

>> wore a about two hours and maybe four minutes away from game three in the alds. jamie costello is live in the bronx. i know this section sighting for you. >> beautiful. this is why you love baseball. every night you see something different. i just saw something i never saw before, two starting pitchers taking questions from the media. usually you hear from the starting pitcher. well, buck showalter has two of them tillman and saunders. don't you love buck. that's why. jim thome will be playing his 70th post season game. here he is at 42 years of age. still, he managed to beat buck. buck showalter talked about that. >> the more you're around guys like him, gem mi walks through

the door like his first game in little league. he's enthused, uppete, approachable. so many guys with his resume aren't approachable sometimes. >> reporter: i'll tell you what. we have fallen in love with this club and tonight they're sending miguel gonzales to the mound. many have taken the trane to get here at the bronx. abc2's don harrison was here. >> they're wearing their colors proudly and they're looking for a party. everyone is in a hurry to get to the game. yankee stadium is ready and the new yorkers showed up in their red, white and blue. the orange and black attack are here and they are pumped. >> we waited 15 years to get back into the playoffs. never came up here to a game

before. >> reporter: mike ander ri -- and eric are brothers from catonsville. >> it's going to be outnumbered. >> orioles fans were in a good mood going into the game. let's hope they're in a better mood leaving the game. >> all right. ladies, we are six minutes away from the orioles taking the field. first pitch tonight at 7:37. we'll have a live shot to show you inside. live from yankee stadium, jamie costello, abc2 news. >> we've played there. we've beat them there. this is different. this is the playoffs. >> that's hold yankee stadium. it's all torn down many going -- down. going into here it's different.

they have to win game three. >> jamie costello, we'll jack back in with you at 6:00. doctors are trying to stop the meningitis outbreak. rosie? >> reporter: what's been happening here is people have been hearing about this meningitis thing. they have been flooding emergency rooms but the thing is they're getting treatments that add to the pain. the numbers are frightening and they're growing every day. 137 reported cases. 12 deaths including one in maryland have been sickened by the state. it has caused a lot of people to rush to the emergency rooms. more than 50 people have come into the emergency room after

they received notice. doctors say they have performed an unprecedented 45 spinal taps over the past five days. 43 were negative. they have plt been confirmed for the -- not been confirmed for the disease. >> the best bet is for them to go to their personal physician. their primary doctor understands the baseline pain and the way three were before the shot and if the doctor feels they need a spinal tap, they cran send the patient to the emergency room and be taken over from there. for a patient to lock at a new -- look at a new story it's not the best use of resources. >> the doctor said if meningitis is confirmed, it is treatable but people with existing health problems bike diabetics or cardiopulmonary diseases should

see their doctor because of possible complications. >> lawyers are averaging if you sthiz you're impact -- think you're impacted. i'm sure that adds to the panic. >> reporter: for example, people might have receive add shot in july. it takes anywhere from a week to two top incue -- to incubate. if you've gone four weeks and haven't shown symptoms, there's a good chance you're okay but call your primary pers before rushing to the emergency. a quart million dollar -- quarter million dollars. that's a lot of cash. >> the choice a taxi driver made. our four legged buddies are getting involved in a huge way.

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doing your holiday shopping on the web takes the headache out of fighting with parking spaces and dealing with crowds. wall marlt is testing something that will be more competitive.

it started same day delivery in same markets for people who purchase popular items op their website. they're offering services in virginia and minneapolis. costumes aren't just for people anymore. they're for four legged friends. national retail federation said pet owners will spend $370 million on a dog's costume and a cat. a group did a survey to see which would be the most popular. you see a lot of pumpkins and devils. here's an accomplishment beer lovers can appreciate. out of 150 countries it takings the least amount of time to earn a beer in the u.s. it takes the average american worker just five minutes on the job to make enough for a cold one -- one.

they mentioned median hourly wages and the average time in other parts of the world, 20 minutes. so we're ahead by 15 minutes. shoppers were racing to the store in tell moan yum. four shoppers were selected to participate. shop rite matched the totals and donated it to the maryland food bank. the need is not only growing but it's changing. >> what was the white collar last year is really in the food and wine this year. it's been very interesting because it's new to them. it's new to how do i access food. how do i access food with dignity. the things we're concentrating on is keeping the working poor from falling through where they can pay their heating bill. >> the shoppers were allowed to

cope their groceries. shop rite donated an additional $500 to the food bank. they may be number two but tomorrow they get all the atext. tomorrow night the vice-president and vice-presidential candidate debate. and clamoring to take a dive into the wild side.

david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in maryland. it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware... and pennsylvania. one west virginia paper calls it a "cash cow" for them. but its cost maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland.

there's chemotherapy, radiation surgery. you have to look at the whole team. what we specifically do downtown, it's amazing. i drew up in the city. but i dprow up in new york and people do want to come to

downtown baltimore. let's take a look. we'll show you new york city got a little time lapse photography. a blend of sunshine and clouds. things look to be dry. there could be maybe a spot shower. we'll talk about that in one second. take a look at annapolis.

beautiful, beautiful sky line. another shot we have for you. here's the shot. presently at the current moment 67 degrees if town. notice the humidity values around 45% and dropping. that's because of that westerly wind at nine that's dragging in the drier air and will cool us down as we go into tonight. 68 degrees. should be right around 69 degrees. we're on par for average. once again going below average. 66 east son. 66 dover. d.c. hit 70. notice cool hair. hagerstown down to 63 degrees. s in the -- notice the winds. that plan are reflects some wind, cool conditions. 8:00 60 degrees. 53 and on our way to overnight lows down to 41 degrees. it's clear overhead for now.

you notice a come of the scattered showers. that may make it into new york city. we'll be watching that through the course of the evening. >> this cold front is right in here. this is what will bring in the clouds. this is where all the shower activity s looks -- activity is. looks like it could be north of the city. another system working over the northern plains dropping in some snow over duluth and northern minnesota. that's going to bring in a reinforcing shot of cool air as we go into friday. the next 48 hours feature chilly weather. 70s, 80s to the south. all right. we'll talk about the tropics. there's two areas of interest. this system just north of hispaniola. that will not be a beg deal but the hurricane center is keeping

an eye on something else. this will movie vngsly into the caribbean. we'll keep an eye on it. might want to check in with us over the next couple of days. temperature wise down into the 40s, 30s west of the beltway. the sunshine is out there. it's a struggle to get to 60 degrees. as we go into your nighttime hours thursday into friday, 40s, 30s a little frost. only getting to 60 by friday. 43 in town. calling for mostly clear skies and chilly conditions. tomorrow two degree guarantee goes to 61 degrees cool. look at the overnight lows thursday night. 41 in the city. 30s north and west. here's your exclusive forecast. chilly as we go into friday at 63. 61 on saturday. we start the weekend on a cool note. then we kick up those

temperatures. 71 on sunday, a blend of sunshine and clouds and breezy conditions by monday. ladies in. >> thanks a lot, meek. now to democracy 2012. let has talk politics. tomorrow night all eyes will be on the two vice-president hall candidates, joe biden and paul ryan. it's the one and only vice-presidential debate. are the candidates on lockdown? what can you tell us about what's going on? >> reporter: on election day voters tndz to pick president -- tend to pick presidents, not vice-presidents. rule number one for vice-president am candidates, do no harm. the wind is behind mitt romney's back after a strong debate last week. >> you own your own airplane and own house but not your own

facts. >> reporter: romney has the slimmest of leads, 48% to 47%. >> i'm sure he will do fine. paul has the facts on his fine. >> vice-president biden will do very, very well. he knows what's been going on. >> reporter: tomorrow's debate will center on both domestic and foreign policy issues. many expect joe biden will go after his budget plan, specifically medicare. >> what i hope to get out of this debate is presenting a clear choice. >> we have a fundamentally different view on a whole range of issues. >> reporter: good debate or not, history has shown us vp

showdowns prevent memories. >> hey, can i call you joe? >> reporter: paul ryan says help hasn't really given it too much thought but he probably won't be calling the vice-president joe. by the way, paul ryan arrived in kentucky. the vice-president is still doing debate prep of his own. he will be death here at some point tomorrow. >> the president hasn't said much about it. i heard radio commercials that he's going to be talking. what are you hearing today? >> reporter: kelly he did this radio interview. he started talking about that first presidential debate. here's watt president had to say about it. >> the debate, i think, is fair to sarks i was too polite. it's hard to just keep on saying what you're saying isn't true.

it gets rept -- repetitive. the good news is that's just the first one. >> reporter: you can expect a little bit more activity during the second presidential debate. that's happening next week in new york. >> we'll check in with you tomorrow. >> for the latest news in politics, you can learn more and also some local races. you can also download an application and find out where your polling place is located. >> all right. from politics to hollywood, two former "dancing with the stars" champs are out. now there are nine cobles left. drew lachey left and then helio castroneves. >> do i think i'm as good as

some people yes. >> those still in the running include bristol palin, kirstie alley and emmitt smismght paul -- smith. paula abdul is serving as a guest judge. what the mayor as to say about the orioles. and it's hard to recover for patients with severe brain injuries. we'll take you into a new rehab center. those stories and or coming up at six. now we have pra preview of -- a preview of what's coming your way. >> that debate, what happened. >> and right on the eve of the first vice-presidential debate. >> what's your emergency to joe biden tomorrow night -- message to joe biden tomorrow night.

what would you do if you found nearly a quarter million dollars? >> a cab driver in las vegas found himself in this very situation. it all started when he found a black case filled with $220,000 in cash. rather than pocket the bills and mitt -- hit the poker table, he turned it into his company, even when his friends kept asking why not keep it. the own are of the cash thanked him and gave him a $2,000 reward. he plans to save it and send it

to his family in ethiopia. for $200, you can get in the water with tony the tiger. it includes feeding time and play time on land. you can also do a separate swim with ali the alligator. don't worry. they tape her mouth shut. coming up pat 6:00, a new center to help patients rea is hoping right here in baltimore. >> reporter: that story is coming up on abc2 news at 6 which starts right now. the series is deadlocked. the orioles can take the lead. >> reporter: the number of meningitis cases from saint