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well bill nye, the science guy, will he dance again? he suffered a knee injury during a "dancing with the stars" performance monday night. the show's producers say he is thinking of medical attention right now. and one report says he is having surgery. he emerged as a clear fan favorite despite the low scores. and video of nye's premiere night cha cha with a slowly 14 points, gone viral, and that clip has 3 million hits on youtube, the most of any dance in the competition history. for bill nye? huh. and kermit the frog will be at the smithsonian national museum of american history with miss piggy. it is the puppets that are donated to the museum by the

henson family to be added to the current jim henson collection. and miss piggy would be put in the display with the american historic exhibition, coming up in march of 2014. so what do you think of the naughty leopard halloween costume? huh. before you answer, you need to know, naughty leopard is made for toddlers. at 3 years old, clare didn't think twice about the flame of the costume. she just liked the sparkle. but mom took issue with the name and the costume was sold at walmart in the aisle over from the flirty tops for adults. some people think that naughty means you are misbehaving. >> it is not the impression that should be given for a costume. >> the outfit is cute but naughty leopard doesn't sound like something a kid should be wearing. >> i got to be honest, i thought the kid was misbehaving. and it is available at walmart .com. but you won't find naughty on the title. instead the picture is matched

with the title, and leopard child hol -- halloween costume. a live look outside at the inner harbor. oh, wow. what a great start to the day. >> lynette? >> it is looking good. >> keep it going. >> so we are looking at clouds moving in across the area there morning. but will we have rain falling from the clouds? i will have the answer to that coming up. >> that picture of the inner harbor is a lot nicer than the west side of the beltway. outer loop just crawling here at interstate 70. i'm tracking a delay and i will bring you the latest drive times, coming up on good morning maryland.

good morning, everyone. and happy hump day to you. owings mills temperature coming in at 47 degrees. and yes, we are below once again where we should be for this time of the year and also we have some patchy fog across the area. so take it easy as you step out and about this morning. and give yourself enough time on the roadways. you don't want to run into the fog. edgewood, the temperature at 49, and the winds out of the northwest at 4 miles an hour. and we will have the winds out of the north and northeast as we go throughout the day at 5- 10 miles an hour. and in stevensville this morning, the temperature is at 56 degrees and the dew point at 49. and this dew point, it is a number that you want to see, so 49, that mean has we're dealing with some dry air, so even with the clouds that are beginning to move in across the area, no rain will fall from the clouds, at least it won't hit the ground because we have to moisten up the atmosphere before we start to see some rain. that is not in the forecast until next week. and maryland's most powerful radar is dry. and it will stay that way in the afternoon. if you're playing golf outdoors

today and maybe a little bit of tennis, still looking good and a few more clouds. and partly cloudy skies with a high temperature of 75. let's get a check of the traffic with lauren. >> as the main concern right now is 695, and there is a crash, and just over the inner loop shoulder and the road there and the outer loop, heavy delays, down to 29 miles an hour. and at liberty road. and you are taking a look at interstate 70. traffic is at a standstill, the drive time from 795 to 95, it is going to be 17 minutes. and over in parkville, the inner loop is clear with the push from harford road to 95. but the outer loop is starting to pick up. we're looking at a ride of just about two minutes extra than normal for those of you making the push from 95 up to 83. and 95 in white marsh. 44 miles an hour. south end of the beltway. and there is a crash not far from that scene on westbound pulaski highway at middle river road. more problems in baltimore city with a crash in north charles street at fayette street. and the problems persist over

in howard county and columbia, a crash near elliot grove. that is your time saver traffic. today we are expected to learn more about last week's washington navy yard shooting. the fbi is set to hold the final briefing this afternoon. the briefing will bring a substantial amount of information including more time line details. aaron alexis shot and killed 12 people, before police shot him to death last monday morning. well, today, families are mourning two fathers who killed in the washington navy yard. a funeral is planned for kenneth bernard proctor, 23 year federal employee working as a utility foreman at the naval yard. and family and friends will gather at a church in la plana to remember their father, and two sons, dr. daniels, will also be laid to rest, he was a handyman, and a father of five working for a furniture contractor when he was shot and killed. u.n. chemical weapons inspectors return to syria to complete their investigation on allegations of chemical weapons used on civilians.

lebanese officials say the team arrived in beirut and traveled by road to syria. the u.s. and allies say the president bashar al-assad's regime was behind the deadly attack in august killing 1400 people. activist groups now give a lower death toll. a baltimore family is expected to get $50,000 from the city because their daughter was allegedly molested by a mentor whom she met in mental school. he was never part of the school mentoring program. the girl says he picked her up from school and molested her. he is charged with sexual abuse and assault. the city's panel is set to approve a settlement with the family today. and we're learning more now about a cecil county teenager who lost his life during a home invasion robbie northeast. and jeff haiger is standing by live at the sheriff's office in elkton with more on that story. jeff? >> charley, police say there were actually two men who were shot inside that apartment where a group of masked men

entered on tuesday. the 19-year-old kenny curry tragically did not survive his injuries. it happened in the wee hours in the morning on tuesday. once the robber got inside the unit on east cecil effect, just outside of the -- cecil avenue, just outside the town of northeast, a struggle ensued and curry was shot in the torso and later died. >> it was multiple suspects that entered the residence. and also multiple people that were inside the residence when they did enter. >> shortly after deputies discovered curry injured inside his apartment, another person showed up at union hospital in elkton suffered from multiple gunshot wounds. and investigators later learned he was also inside that apartment. and they don't know if he was one of the robbers or one of the intended victims. and now last night, more than 200 people gathered at northeast park to remember ken ry curry. the person who made everyone happy around him. and who lived on the modest income of a wearhouse job. and who had nocriminal record. reporting live in cecil county,

jeff haiger, abc 2 news. new information for prospective gun owners and the thousands of applications waiting for review. maryland state police say those applications yet to be processed for the october 1st start date will not be required to have a handgun qualification license. a new law says that a handgun may not be sold rented or transferred unless there is a valid license. the licensing division started a 21 hour a day seven day a week operation last december. more than doubling the staff after gun applications spiked at an all time high. now in that time, the department reports more than 24,000 hours of overtime recorded. well, tonight, the person accused of hitting ja coby jones in the head with a champagne bottle never happened. ja coby and i had a verbal confrontation, quote, and that was. it and i never hit him with a bottle. and i wish people would stop spreading lies on the internet.

end quote. and sweet pea went on to say that she is a waitress and the women partying with them were not having an issue. jones has not been on the field since. and a first look at the new horseshoe casino in baltimore. and now this is a look outside. you can see how quickly progress is being made. the new casino sits along russell street just south of m&t bank bank stadium. the developers are hoping to open it by next year. once complete it is the second largest casino in maryland complete with restaurants and bars and a world series poker room. mgm resorts international is unveiling the design of a proposed casino near the nation's capital. the company is scheduled to provide an update on its bid to develop an $800 million facility at the national harbor. maryland voters approved gambling expansion in noarver to allow table -- in november to allow table games and a casino in prince george's county. and two other companies applied

for the casino license and state officials hope to pick a winner at the end of the year. and now trying to simplify the offerings of credit card. and you have to add a spouse as a part of the account and joint account customers are not affected. and can you believe we're talking about the holidays? stores are talking about them too and gearing up for the rush. and toys r us are hiring 45,000 cease nal workers same number as last year. and hiring begins this week and runs through december 15. about 15% of last year's seasonal workers were then hired to full time jobs once the season ended. well, everybody is doing it. so that's why it continues for this year's fells point fun festival. you can sip beverages beyond the beer garden for the first time in decades. it was one of the only local festivals that don't let people walk around with an open container. the festival runs from october 4-6. they say this is a great

idea for vendors outside the beer garden. baltimore city plans to expand its charm city circulators to the north. the circle line currently runs from federal hill and penn station. and now there is a three mile expansion that would bring it north of charles village. the hours of operation would be the same. the purple route, the new route, it is expected to begin early next fall. the prediction is now in and baltimore bill is calling for a warm fall. the weather predicting crab walked the plank in the inner harbor yesterday morning. and the second year of forecasting. our team of meteorologists are not on board with bill for the rest of the year. lynette, you say the crab has just got it all wrong. >> yes, i think we could see an early winter across the area and what i mean by that is temperatures staying below average as we head toward the end of october, early november. and stat light and radar, not picking up on a whole lot in terms of rain this morning across maryland. but we have the clouds funneling in. and as we head down to the

south while they're dealing with some rain and thunderstorms there across the tennessee valley and entering north carolina, and plenty of rain in florida, and they're dealing with flooding concerns across that area. and now, we look at mount airy. and beautiful sun rise this morning. this is going to continue through the morning hours. and we are also dealing with the beautiful sunrise, no matter where you go, look at what is going on in dundalk and you can see the key bridge out there but also we are going to get some sunshine in here so we see the clds. don't think we are going to be socked in or anything. we won't see as much sunshine as we saw as we did yesterday. and the day before that. and the temperatures coming in at 52 degrees right now. in manchester. at 50 in boston. pass defla. 55. and shadyside at 504 degrees. and cooler in cambridge, at 49. and goldsboro at 49. actually cambridge is at 46. and goldsboro at 49. and galena, 50 degrees as of now. this is what is going on at the surface. and the high pressure is to the north of us. that is pretty much keeping us dry for today. we still have the dew points that are in the 40s and also

50s. and lear is that system to the south. -- here is that system to the south. this will be a little bit of a player in our forecast. as we head toward the weekend. and we will also start to have a coastal low develop. and now it could become subtropical. subtropical means it will take on characteristics of a nontropical storm and a tropical storm. so we will have to wait and see about that. and it stays away from us to the north and we could see a few more clouds kick in for the weekend and right now we will keep it dry. if it has the coast a little bit closer, then possibly we could see some showers in the forecast, and windy conditions as we head through sunday evening. 75 degrees is the high temperature for today. and if you want to send in a great photo, make sure you send it to abc 2 weather, tweet it to that. as we look at the seven-day forecast, yes, things are looking pretty good right now for the weekend. but as we head toward monday and tuesday, that's when we're talking about the storm offshore, still a question mark. a check of the traffic with lauren. >> well, the main trouble spot of the wednesday morning

commute, it is going to be 695. a crash has just been moved to the inner loop shoulder near camp meed road and the outer loop, expect heavy delays and down to 29 miles an hour at interstate 70 and a slow ride this morning and drive times are affected from 795, down to 95. that stretch will take you 18 minutes and typical ride of just 11 minutes. and over on the east side of the beltway, in parkville, traffic is also slowing down and the outer lo, that is going to be the main trouble spot. looking at a 16 minute ride with a push of 95 to 83. 83 is clear. and 95 in white marsh, down to 40 miles an hour. southbound at 69 a. and there is a -- 695. and there is a crash in the area at the westbound lanes of pulaski highway and middle river road and more problems in baltimore city with a crash at north charles street and downtown at fayette street. be the first to know about the latest traffic alerts and just follow me on twitter at maryland traffic. that is your time saver traffic. top stories this morning, canada's president has declared an end to a four day -- kenya's

president has declared an end to the four-day siege of the nairobi mall. and there is a three-day mourning period for bodies from the attack. and there are bodies still in the building that partially collapsed. and the death toll could still rise. we can list be in to ted cruise, in the -- listen in to ted cruise as he is still going and we can listen in and he has surpassed the 15 hour mark and doing a variety of things and talking about stories of his childhood and read dr. seuss and he and other conservative republicans are trying to work right now on the floor to defund obama care as part of a spending bill known as a continuing resolution. and coming up this morning, on good morning america. one more story for you now, the federal government says it will add rear view video systems to the list of recommended features for automakers. and congress was supposed to issue a rule on rear visibility two years ago.

advocates and parents are expected to file a lawsuit and have the courts have a planneder to rule in 90 days. it was supposed to be done in 2011. coming up on "good morning america" in two minutes you will have the latest on that story and much more. and also what is coming out of columbus, ohio, the police station, where the explosion happened, and now said to be a battery that was recharging. and overheated and a panel came off and as a result, it exploded. no one was injured. more on that coming up on "good morning america," too. we are done for now. back in a half hour with your local news, weather and traffic. what better way to leave you than baltimore's inner harbor on a beautiful start on this wednesday. see you in a bit.

good morning, america. breaking right now, one tea party senator's all-nightmare thon fight against the president, in a blockbuster speech on capitol hill. >> i do not like green eggs and ham.

i do not like them, sam i am. >> ted cruz has been going 16 hours. can he really reverse the president's health care bill. new overnight, the battle over rear-view cameras. families filing a lawsuit to make it a law that all cars have cameras. 15,000 injured each year. the comeback kid. the incredible winner-takes-all showdown today in one of sport's biggest races. as fast as the wind in $100 million boats. will team usa pull out a cinderella story on the high seas? ♪ why do you build me up cruise control. the guy who has so many people singing together, on the world's busiest freeway. how being stuck in endless l.a. traffic is finally fun, with everyone in tune. ♪ i need you more than anyone darling ♪

>> all i can say is somewhere diane sawyer is smiling. that's her favorite song. remember, she had a music video to it? >> everybody sang that. >> can we do that? >> yeah. >> made a lot of people happy in l.a. we're going to get to that in a little bit. a lot of news to get to this morning. >> new details how the terrorists pulled off their massive attack at the upscale mall in kenya. renting a store where they stashed their weapons and planned their attack. mr. smith goes to washington for the tea party right now. texas senator, ted cruz, has been holding the senate floor since after 2:00 yesterday afternoon, all to show how much he wants to block president obama's health care law from taking hold next week. and abc's jeff zeleny tracking it all night long. jeff, you look okay. >> reporter: good morning, george. this freshman firebrand from texas is really holding an

all-night crusade. but this is no ordinary policy debate. he talked about dr. seuss. and in the wee hour, he invoked the reality show, "duck dynasty." let's get to it. >> most americans could not give a flying flip about politicians in washington. i will embarrassingly admit that i took the coward's way out. and so, went and purchased some black tennis shoes. i'm a big fan of eating white castle burgers. redneck rule number one, most things can be fixed with duct tape and extension cords. do you like green eggs and ham? i do not like them, sam i am. i do not like green eggs and ham. thank you. thank you, sam i am. >> reporter: and there the senator's daughter getting a little good night from their dad from the senate floor. you have to get creative on these long speeches. we know he's not going to be able to block the president's health care bill from becoming

law. does not have the support for that. but this does increase the chance of a government shutdown on monday. >> it does, george. and largely because time is running out. this debate stretching out all night long, means the vote by the senate won't happen until the weekend. the government shutdown could start as early as tuesday morning. and all of this talking has done nothing to prevent that. >> jeff zeleny, thanks very much. now to president obama at the u.n. and the talk this morning about what did not happen. the iranian president, deciding not to shake president obama's hand. good to have abc's jon karl here, traveling with the president, of course. >> it's great to be back. there was no handshake. but the new iranian president is here on a major charm offensive. all week in long, he's speaking directly to the american people. stepping away from his predecessor's most controversial comments. and saying he wants better relations with the united states. in an interview with cnn's