gart county seeing this advisory through the day and it could get blustery this afternoon. winds could gust up to 30 miles per hour. we will keep you posted on the progress of this front and, of course, bernette will have more coming up in the complete updated first warning forecast night monday. it's okay. >>> gone governor o'malley is protected from the flu e got the seasonal flu shot and is hoping to encourage all marylanders to do the same. the seasonal flu vaccine doesn't completely protect individuals from the h1n1 strain of the flu. but it will help. a vaccine for h1n1 should be available next week. >>> the fight against prostate cancer gaining strength with help from wjz and community commitment. hundreds came out over the weekend to participate in the great prostate cancer challenge. the third annual 5k run and 1 mile fun walk took place in towson and they got free screenings at the event. >>> the ravens cruise to 3-0 record delivering a beatdown to the browns yesterday. and mike schuh joins us from wjz.com with reaction from the football faithful in the wjz fan ca

up in northeast maryland, seeing some advisories in effect. until 2:00 or so, the flood advisory in effect, seeing the rain taper off and that will mean less and less effects of all of the moisture. talking about moisture, keeping an eye on the tropics and have some activity and for more, to marty bass. >> good afternoon. it's been a while since we discussed with you fred and for good reason. fred is closer than to the vir islands. we're not putting a time line on fred. wind at 86 miles per hour, as long as you have an active storm, every once in a while, we have to talk about it but frankly, it would take a dramatic change in steering currents to bring fred anywhere near us, put us in harm's way. the question is, when is this wanting to be a tropical low, how is the weekend going to be. any change in the outlook? tim williams with some details for tomorrow and sunday coming up shortly. you have to stay tuned. >> scandal at the baltimore chapter of acorn. two employees have been fired after a video was posted online. a man and a woman posing a

out on the water, small craft advisories will be in effect. they're going to pick up a bit again tomorrow afternoon. tonight, we're going down to 45ing degrees. it will be a chilly one out there. some of those colder outlying areas, looks like they could get into the 30s overnight. not out of the question. then 68 degrees tomorrow. sunny to partly cloudy skies. it's going to be a cool one. but temperatures not getting out of the 60s. it will creep up toward the weekend. >> and we need a frost. >> that's what we want. >> need a frost. and then a warmup. to follow it. >> got you. >> every year, i ask the same questions. >>> be sure to tune in to tonight's prime time lineup. at 10:00, it's a hit episode of the drama csi new york. >>> harry smith has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> new controversy over the h1n1 flu. and pregnant women. why strict, state guidelines may make it impossible for dros to give the vaccine to their patients. tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> bold and brash. a woman posing as a governm

wewe have coastal flood advisories and now talking about wind issue and i want to point out, point of rocks, because of possible rainfall, you may have a flooding issue. right now, it's more caution than fact, in fact, tim williams showing you more radar coming up. back inside. >>> thank you. the economy is blame after baltimore loses a staple. why ride the duck has closed the doors in charm city. >> reporter: good afternoon. the business shut the headquarters this week. the boat carries tourists through the city and harbor. the vice president says the decision to close the baltimore location was financial. he say in the past few years, the number of visiters have gone down. the president the tour baltimore believes there's plenty of tourism in town. >> i'm surprised. if you looked at the ducks this summer, they seemed to be full all the time. it's the kind of numbers that walt disney sees. >> they had 6 employeeses. none of them had advanced notice of the closing. >>> rid the ducks says anyone can call for a free refund who purchased tickets. >>> we're just days away from the ravens

we already talked about the coastal flood advisory. we've got heavy rain and gusty winds on the way. this is the reason why. we'll talk about this coastal storm coming up. but again if you have taken it to the bus stop, wake up. you're driving. and be safe out there. watch for the school buses. looking for some spotty showers and low to mid-60s. kim? >>> we still have route 1 closed in both directions at the conowingo dam in harford county. details coming up. and crash southbound 95 in howard county. when we come back. town house toppers-- the only cracker with raised edges... to keep dip in its place. town house toppers-- part of the town house family. when it comes to toppings, we've got the edge. town house toppers-- the only cracker with raised edges... to keep dip in its place. town house toppers-- part of the town house family. when it comes to toppings, we've got the edge. >>> bernard madoff's home these days is a jail cell but the multibillion dollar con man once hung his hat under several swanky roofs. >> his former dwellings

. -- advisory's. flood advisories for the western shore of the chesapeake bay.we have wind advisories in along the new jersey shore and delaware. it is going to be a mess. that is going to be the key, where the storm center moves. 81 and 64 the average temperatures. temperatures are cool across the area, 60's 2 nir 70. in fact, call for this time of year and will be that way again tomorrow. -- cool for this time of year and will be that way again tomorrow. we will bring in some heavy rain overnight. then it is just the question of how far in mind that this will come. -- how far inland th will come. çthere is the storm, this motin and the effects are widespread. how far west and north it twitches will determine who gets the rain. take a look at the forecast for tomorrow. a rainy start and cool, too. showers later in the day and then it improvements for the weekend. isolated chart -- isolated showers saturday and sunday. debitors in the mid 80's. -- temperatures in the mid 80's. >> let's show some loyalty to the hometown team. >> not a lot of people are giving th

he's robert rrow, editor of e institutional advisory service. >> paul: i'm paul kangas >> susie: and i'susie gharib. this is ightly business report" for friday, seember 18. "nightly business report is made possle by: this program was me possible by contributns to your pbs statn from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wp >> susie: good evening, everyone. an importantevelopment tonight for millionsf americans who inve in money market mutual funds. after toda the funds will not ve the backing of the government. the u.s. treasury createthat guarantee a ar ago to reassure investors their money was sa after the shes of one of the nation's largest funds bro the buck, falling bew the sacred one llar level. erika miller takes a look atow the expiration of th program could afct investors. >> reporter: if you haveoney invested in a money market mutualund, chances are you are earning next to thing. the average annual totaleturn for these fundis just six tenths of a perct, according to imoneynet and after today, t treasury department will end s year- lo guarantee of eligible mon

we'll have a small-craft advisory on the open waters. the winds breezy out there at 15 to 25 miles an hour gusts. here's my seven-day forecast looking ahead. we will see more cloering as we get into tuesday. 70 degrees. high of 67 on wednesday. 66 on thursday. both days full of sunshine. looking at 68 on friday. saturday and sunday looking pretty fash lus headed into the weekend. by sunday maybe a 30 percent chance of showers. fox 45 skywatch weather is at your fingertips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use fox 45's powerful doppler radar to track coming storms. the tool lets you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. >>> baltimore's dogs have a new place to play. >> the city's second dog park opened in lo kuft park this weekend. there's a water feature for dogs to run and splash through. the $200,000 park was paid for by community fund-raisers. >>> (music playing). >> fox's newest animated show makes its debut. why the co-creator of the cleveland show thinks the series will b

there is a frost advisory in effect, portions of allegheny. and 57 elkton and dc. 59 east ton and pax ton and down in the ocean. 59 and, 56 in columbia. 55 westminster. low pressure moving east, passing by to the north. delivering us the breeze. there could be a couple of scattered showers in the league. it will drag milder conditions in. but notice the computer time line on friday we're seeing moisture around us. cloudy scathe shower possible this day. port partly cloudy. normal is 71. 72 on friday. saturday the showers 72. sunday and monday. take it away. how are people doing? we're seeing minor delays. two accidents. one on bel air road. look for a crash the paradise road. as far as drive times and delays the top and west side. you can see 47 miles per hour is the average. 39 on the west side. there is a look at the west side. you can see slower nothing too major there. and it is slower there at proceed. frederick road. and between harford. you can pick from one of the best selections. toyota moving forward, and racing renaissance man. the

not only for the shoreline and pink shaded area, the small craft advisory on the bay but on the west shore of the chesapeake. look for high tides this morning. baltimore listed at 10:51 this morning and 11:50 tonight. take an hour, hour and a half up or down south on the chesapeake with the location. there's moisture. there's the storm off the coast and already throwing in showers this morning. just a few spotty showers becoming more widespread and steady rain expected by this afternoon and tonight. strong gusty winds and our two-degree guarantee of only 68 degrees. 6:31. let's check the roads with kim. >> we have heavy traffic here on the west side of the outer loop, things are going to be running pretty heavy between 795 and route 70. again, no incidents at this spot but traffic, i guess everyone decideed to go to work at the same time. we definitely have a couple of incidents we're still dealing with, one in howard county, southbound 95 at route 175. luckily that crash is off to the shoulder. just causing a little bit of minor rubbernecking delays. also in harford county on the ha

we have that northeasterly wind that is going to be responsible for the advisories and flood advisories and statements and bay. right along the eastern shore. that is because the winds are just going to be steadily pushing the water. and some of the rain. but it's not really a rain function. it's really the wind kind of pushing it up. until the winds start to calm down. and this will only be at times of high tide. we're talking roughly about 3:00 in the morning or so for parts of the western parts of the bay. this is largely responsible for bringing us this activity from the low. this high is kind of blocking the advance of this low to get out of the area. and we're getting the results. high surf advisories in effect. of course for ocean city. not too many folks in the water. but there are still some we're going to see this lift to the north and northwest. eventually, we're going to see nicer, dryer conditions moving in. it will take until tomorrow evening before we start to see that. and high pressure once again moves in for the weekend. nice conditions for your activities in times for

no advisory on the bay. 5 to 10 knots. we're looking at uh, 81 degrees today. it's going to take a little bit to get there. the temperatures will shoot up. mostly clear tonight, 58 degrees. tomorrow sunny to partly cloudy. pretty mild. >> augie left here 3% less than when she came. i'm wearing the other 3%. never wear a black suit on fridays. >> except if it's purpose friday with your tie. that looks good. >>> the excitement is building as ravens head to san diego. action starts exclusively on wjz13. >>> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, a person >>> in today's eyewitness news healthwatch, there's growing evidence today that lack of health insurance can cost lives. a new study finds nearly 45,000 people die in the u.s. each year, one every 12 minutes because they don't have health insurance and can't get good care. overall, researchers say american adults age 64 and younger who lack health coverage have a 40% higher risk of dying than those who have insurance. >>> let's go back to the newsroom for a preview. >> details on a memorial are revealed,

and you've got a freeze advisory. excuse me. a frost advisory for much of this region. further north and west, a freeze warning. for portions of west/northwest pennsylvania. where temps can get down to freezing. these areas, probably get down to 33, 34. and that is conducive for scattered frost. right now, very light winds in cumberland. ocean city, very light winds and west at 3. here are winds now down to 9 miles an hour. all of this weather this week has been caused by low pressure over quebec. it's spinning this air around. and because of the moisture from the great lakes moving over the lakes, picks up that moisture. some rain across the adirondacks. for our region now, all of the showers are down on the lower eastern shore. we're clearing out. and with clear sighs. yes, it's going to be a very chilly night. good news is, this high is going to clear off. that means a warmup for friday and saturday. late friday, clouds move in. and a good chance with this system moving in from the west of rain and thunder activity on saturday unfortunately. small craft advisory thro

an advisory in effect for the western shore of the bay.hat advisory with the high tides will be in effect until it o'clock tonight. waves only a foot or less. 56 is our average load tonight. 62 downtown. the winds are out -- light and all of the west. i high pressure is pushing this mass of moisture further to the south. a cold front is to our north and west. we will be gorgeous by tomorrow afternoon. the game day forecast in san diego, 4:15, partly cloudy and 77 degrees. here is a ledger seven-day forecast. mid 70's tomorrow and mostly sunshine. monday, a chance of showers. 77. fault starts at 5:19 on tuesday. we will be up to 78 with a mixture of sun and clouds. >> in the educational large, disciplinary measures could be taking place for students to break rules. >> they are asking for your input before they make changes. tim tooten joins us. >> test scores are up. expulsions are down. why is the school system trying to change its code of conduct? administrators say it is a matter of safety. >> we believe that our focus should be on preve

a coastal flood advisory, tides could run 2 feet above normal.the showers are brought back to the chesapeake bay and occasionally back in the mountains as well for tomorrow and right on into friday. this area of low pressure will be lifting far to the north. we hold onto a threat of a shower right into saturday morning. a breezy day tomorrow, cooler than normal. scattered showers. over the chesapeake bay, the winds will be stronger. the small craft advisory is up for the ocean waters. -- for the open waters. a little wetter around the bay. the worst is out over the atlantic. a thunderstorm and a northeast wind tomorrow and up to 30 miles per hour. hurricane fred is sitting out there in the atlantic. it has 150 mile per hour winds. it is forecast to stay out here and are really harm anybody on land. 71 tomorrow. 73 and showers on friday. things start to clear up as we get into the weekend. partly cloudy and up to 80 degrees on sunday. >> now, 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> the ravens went to this entire offseason with so many people questioning

the first advisory in 2004, was a part of the advisory that included finland, sweden, denmark, norway to radiation than adult brain when using cell phone. both advisories point out the uncertainty of the scientific evidence and the need for precaution in the use of mobile phones. the intention of both advisories is not to discourage people from using the mobile phone technology. however, they remind us that there are still large gaps in the knowledge of the mobile phone radiation effects on humans. they currently have high level scientific evidence about the radiation emitted by mobile phones is contradictory. in edition investigation there are both studies showing the effect and studies showing no effect. i would like to refer you to my recent statement. in the present situation of the scientific uncertainty, the statements that the use of mobile phones is safe are premature. if i may repeat it, to make it certain that in the present situation of the scientific uncertainty, the statement that in use of mobile phones is safe are premature. in my opinion, the current safety standards a

let's look at who the advisory council is. this is fantastic. first of all, there's a kennedy, yeah. kathleen kennedy townsend. she is the eldest child of r.f. k, the former lieutenant governor of maryland. she sounds great so far. glenn beck, why would you take her down? oh, i'm not. i'm just pointing it out. she serves on the board for the radical center for progress. wait a minute. isn't that george soros' group? yeah! with john podesta at the head. i remember that. we should come back. there townsend is also the founder of a swell group in maryland, the student service alliance. that was created to make maryland the first and only state that forces high school students to do community service as a condition to graduate. doesn't that sound great? i wish we could do that in the whole country. oh, i bet we will soon. in 1996, she also gave out an award to baltimore's current top prosecutor. her name, she is sweet, her name is patricia coates jesemy. she is the one who will go after the kids who shot the acorn video, and not the acorn workers. r

there is a small craft advisory. and there is a flood watch in effect. that will end at midnight. and here's a look at temperatures now. 60 in the distract, 59 in baltimore. and temperatures were some den degrees cooler than yesterday and nowhere near seasonable. so as the system moves its way out, we'll start off with showers and then they'll tart to wayne off from west to east and by the afternoon we'll be back to many sunshine and the clouds will clear in a bit. so the weekend is not a total washout. here's a look at your day planner. we'll have cloudy skies and the sun ll come out a little after that and the high tomorrow will be around 76 degrees. here's a look at your five-day forecast. the next cold front hits us on monday. we could see an isolated thunderstorm and back to dry conditions and no shortage of sunshine. >>> aol spices thins up. >> a new website is eliminating the guesswork. here's the scoop in tonight's five edge. >> reporter: hello. is your child's car seat securely latchd to the car? national transportation safety take the at a shows that the majority of the

that advisory for the next 24 hours.o what this means is basically stay out of the water for the next 24 hours, because we are going to be looking at some strong currents and some dangerous waves. so stay away from the water and stay away from the piers. as you were mentioning, hawaii was under a warning and it has been downgraded to an invoices sear. they are looking at strong currents and sea level changes. shep, if there were to be another tsunami tonight, which it doesn't look like there could be, all of this would have to be re-evaluated and certainly we would see those warnings come back into effect, shep? shepard: for now the advisory is officially down. health care now, and a key senate committee voted today to omit the so-called public option from health care reform. translated simply -- a democratic-run smat committee shot down a democratic senator's plan. as you'll recall, the public option offers a choice between a government-run-ins program and existing private insurance companies. people could choose either

advisory notices applied to coaches, agents, family members, and tournament staff. andy roddick says he is not police. jason is singing his way into the history books. one of his songs has been on the charts for 71 weeks straight. he says he has been singing it for about five years and it was only after seeing live audiences react that he decided to release this song as a single. the previous record was "how to live." that lasted 69 weeks. >> it is a catchy tune. >> i have not heard it. >> it is on a lot. we will play it for you later. >> it is something you can listen to at any time. it makes you think of a good summer day. >> obviously popular. thank you so much. good to see you. >>> 6:25. we have another half-hour of "good morning washington." >> there is fresh scrutiny for bob mcdonnell. we will check out the latest from battleground virginia. >> the gay marriage debate heats up in the district. i am courtney robinson live in northwest. >> we are live in the weather center were things are cooling off in the metro,o, produce with a 100% guarantee... means freshne

west winds and advisory out tomorrow.tonight any showers quickly ending and 52 but breezy overnight. cool and back up with sunshine and clouds in the afternoon. upper 60s for the high. >> really. >> that's beautiful out there. >> still could many. >> a week after the water main break, removing a section of pipe. a close up look >>> coming to a school near you. speed cameras in school zones will be up and running and how the local leaders hope they'll help. >> check in for more on these stories and all of the day's breaking news. eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> hello, i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. >> well, it looks ominous outside. bob turk and bernadette woods have a look at the radar. >> well, we had rain across the area and stake a look, you can see from elkton and philadelphia, south east of the city, it's moving to the east and north east at 30 miles per hour. just south of the beltway across the northern county and chase and sunset beach and further south from thing park, approaching annapolis and m

wind advisories, gusting to 30 to 45 miles per hour. closer to lake michigan on the western michigan side, winds will gust to 60 miles an hour. be watching that. heavy rain moving through boston in towards maine and falling apart a little bit. we have this rain over lower parts of the country earlier this weekend. have you seen this video yet? >> this is coming in from atlanta. a sinkhole. some guy moved the barriers and drove into it and fell right through the road. look at this. >> the car wasn't even just the back end up, the whole thing. >> the whole thing sunk into the sinkhole. the driver had minor injuries and somebody moved the cone and the car broke right through the ground. unbelievable. we had three inches of rain on top of 15 to 20 we had before. we're dry now though. >>> president obama doesn't think kids are spending enough time at school and says the entire nation may fall behind if things don't change. see how some schools are get agh head start on that concert. and we get yoreyour reaction. ♪ do you need anybody! earn u

small craft advisory. tonight, let's call it clear to partly cloudy. 68 tomorrow. a little warmer, maybe. >> it's excellent. >>> still ahead. an american father is in japan. the custody fight that has him trying to fight. >>> i'm weijia jiang in jan arundel county. that story is straight ahead on wjz. >>> this baltimore ravens guitar is up for auction sunday night. and it's all for a good cause. the story coming up here on wjz. >>> it is 5:29. 63 degrees. and partly sunny. look at that cloud action. that's gorgeous. if you're just getting in, everybody. welcome home. here's what people are talking about tonight. tougher penalties awake drunk drivers when new state laws go into effect tomorrow. as weijia jiang reports, the legislation is one of several ways maryland authorities are targeting ways to make those life-threatening for us. >> the new laws carry tougher penalties, especially for repeat offenders. >> reporter: 35 years after his mother was killed by a drunk driver, bill haines can barely talk about it. >> it just takes your heart and pulls it out of your b

he's robermorrow, editor of the institutional advisory service. >> paul: i'm paul kang. >> susie: and m susie gharib. this i"nightly business report" for friday, ptember 18. "nightly business repo" is made poible by: this program was made ssible by contributionso your pbs station om viewers like you. thank you. ptioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. an important devopment tonight for millions of ericans who invest imoney market mutual funds. after today, t funds will not havehe backing of the government. the u.s. treasury created th guarantee a yeargo to reassure instors their money was safe after the sharesf one of the tion's largest funds broke t buck, falling below e sacred one doll level. erika miller takes a look how the expiration of is program could fect investors. >> reporter: if you ha money invested in a money mark mutu fund, chances are you are earning next tnothing. the average annual tot return for these funds isust six tenths of a percent,ccording to imoneynet. and after today, the tasury department will end its ar- long grantee of eligible money ma

we have a small-craft advisory in effect. those tides early tomorrow morning as you can see around 2:00. that small-craft advisory will be lifted as we start to get clearing skies. the winds kick up tomorrow also. 15 to 20 miles an hour. temperatures right now in the upper 50s to low 60s. here's what the forecast is looking like. eastern shore tomorrow morning. showers, 71 degrees. central maryland here at home, 75. yes peeks of sunshine. can you believe we'll see sunshine before it's all over this weekend? 68 degrees. we'll have the clearing a little later on in western maryland. are you ready for some football? we're going to call it overcast skies. 70 degrees. by day's end i think at the end of the game there should be peeks of sunshine. here is that five-day forecast. morning showers giving way to overcast skies. some gradual clearing skies. monday, decent. notice these temperatures. they will be more -- 70 to the upper 60s. when you come back in a little bit, the seven-day forecast. see if autumn is here to stay. >>> fam

are some flood advisories for some of the counties on the west side of the bay. that persistent northeasterly wind. returning partly cloudy and late warmer. upper 70s. saturday and sunday. it will be dry for the redskins. dry during the game. then some showers on monday. storms possibly on tuesday. and we are back in the low 80s tuesday and wednesday. so temps a little bit above average. >>> >> all right. we need everybody to calm down. one down. 15 to go. >> too many people are a little too far out on the ledge after just one game. >> you've just got to be -- >> keep it medium. lesli is on medium band wagon. you don't judge a meal after the appetizer. so the redskins say don't judge them after just one game. here are the players back to work comments today. plus, the little girl that lost the ball but won our hearts. you'll see. there she is under that blue banner coming up. growing up we didn't have much, but education was always a priority. my mom sent me off to college with just four 20-dollar bills. so i know that education is the best investment virginia ca

the advisories on the bay are actually in effect. although there's not much out there by way of wind. we do have 57 degrees right now. the temperature, 52 the dew point. relative humidity at 92%. winds are currently calm. the last direction blowing was from the east. now you see the direction is still there, but the wind speed has decreased. 30.27 and rising. we have high pressure really dominating the forecast right now. across the state, we have 55 in oakland. we have 69 in ocean city. everyone else falling somewhere between the two. we do have no temperature registering right now. you see the temperatures changing. 55 in rock hall and 57 in westminster. we do have calm winds around central maryland and we have a 4-mile per hour wind in elkton. and some double digits. 12 down in ocean city. both coming in from the east. now this is what we had roll through here yesterday. how that all started to die out and we started to clear out. all that rain is simply out of here. what we are watching is a system that is pushing in from the wes

>>> on the bay tomorrow we'll have a small craft advisory. something to keep in mind there. steady north breeze going to cool us down. for today another warm one. up to 84 degrees. that were our two-degree guarantee. it's exactly what we hit. so irene bowns of marriottsville. getting the abc2 news umbrella. the forecast coming up. it will be cooler. the new mcdonald's bacon and cheese angus third pounder. before taking it on, one must study it first. rushing in unprepared may prove overwhelming... with all that juicy, 100% angus beef. there! you found a point of entry! the bacon beckons like a springboard to paradise. one small bite for man... etcetera, etcetera. angus axiom number 11: bring on the bacon. the astonishing new angus third pounders. all angus. all mcdonald's. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >>> starting tomorrow, maryland crabbers will no longer be able to harvest female crabs. that is causing something of a controversy. abc2 photo journalist don harrison caught up with crabbers who say virginia watermen aren't playing by the same rules. [no audio] bay clean-up could be a mod

our tsunami advisory was canceled two hours ago. while countries have more alert systems in place, people have to make split-second decisions in a crisis. >> margaret connelly joining us live from tokyo this morning. and abc news has a team headed to the region. we'll have more comeling up on "good morning america." >>> in other news this morning, the white house begins a high-level review of its afghanistan strategy today. the top u.s. commander there says the situation is getting worse. and without more troops, the mission will fail. the president has to decide whether to send more troops or change the mission. here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: for the next three weeshgs the white house national security team, commanders from afghanistan, general david petraeus, will hold a series of meets. >> we're going to have to have additional resources to turn the momentum around. >> reporter: some of them will involve president obama. president obama has many questions about the strategy in afghanistan. >> the president himself has said,

coastal flood advisory because of the water pushing across the bay. you can see they have dropped the coastal flood advisory for the delaware area and the maryland beaches. it remains in effect until 8:00 for the baltimore area. temperatures 77 degrees. 75 york. 83 hagerstown. remember i said it would be a slow start? it was in fact a slow start with clouds and light drizzle. then things started to clear up. a larger view of the shower activity associated with the the area of low pressure continues to pump out moisture into the carolinas. scattered showers in the region. they have had a lot of rainfall. across the area, no precipitation. we are not looking for any until tuesday the way things are looking. 77 glen burnie and rock hall 76 degrees. here's your forecast. tonight a few clouds down to the south. basically a lot of sunshine across the region. during the day tomorrow lots of sunshine. all the shower activity will remain to the west of us. things look good. i think you'll enjoy the weekend. forecast for overnight. mostly cloudy. seasonably coo

we've got a frost advisory for the mountains. frostburg, you've got a frost advisory tonight.ind oust north and west at five to 10. there is your five-day forecast. tomorrow, lots of sunshine. 70degrees. i think that will feel good. 74 on friday. weekend looking iffy. saturday, definitely showers. maybe even a thunderstorm. highs in the low 70s. more sunshine on sunday with temperatures in the 70s. that will do it for your forecast. let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright. >> we are checking out the ride headed to the wilson bridge. coming in out of uke on hill, should find that the lane are open as you travel from maryland into virginia. no accidents reported ad you travel along the bottom side of the beltway. that is the good thing about the ll. you don't necessarily have the hae and fog that you necessarily do in the summertime so definitely you can see clearly here across the wilson bridge. we'll update your ride elsewhere. if you are traveling southbound along 270, had some problems earlier in germantown. the activity cleared. this is northbound 29 at franklin. that

let's go to our weather map because we do have a coastal front advisory of of the chesapeake and pot mack. this has been extended until 5:00 today and as a result, mine flooding is expecked. some has already occurred, a tide one to one and a half feet higher than normal. be aware of that. we aring looking at temperatures that will be in the "american idol" 70s, right now, in the 60s. pretty much everywhere else. melly many. >> all right, gwen, thank you many. >> sadly, merlot nature's wrath killed a college student from maryland many hes with struck by lightening swimming off the coast. rescuers performed cpr, but it was too late for the 18-year- old. he was a freshman at wilmington many many >> now this morning, a deadly home invasion in an upskate maryland area. one man was killed, several others upside were not hurt. officers are calling this a robbery and are no looking fo three or pharoses specks. so far, no word on what may have been stolen. >> shock of 56 an open tire family is found dead many police say a mouth area man killed his wife and two children in their sleep and turn

i mentioned i'm on the european command advisory board, i'm on the cia advisory board, and dhs advisory board. i donate back a tremendous amount of my time. because i think the government and country made an investment in me. i think it is my obligation to find ways to continue to serve and stay active. while they don't pay me anymore, i do continue to try to contribute. >> thank you for joining. we do have a following panel. we're going to take a few minutes and bring our panelist up. please stick up. in the >>

there's a small craft advisory in effect as well. if you're planning on anything in the waterways, you may want to rethink that. we have a chance of seeing cooler condition across the area. temperatures some ten degrees cooler than they were yesterday. toda . and i'm going get that back up. that yumped ahead of me there. and i want to be able to show what you going to happen in terms of the forecast. so let me go right here and start right at this point and get this playing for you. we're dealing with a low pressure system and we're going to see a little bit of a break what is going to half is showers lingering in the morning hours and then the wet weather will finally end. and then we'll be back to dry conditions. temperatures will return to seasonable as well. and there are some sunny days ahead in the forecast because of a ridge of high pressure. i talked about the difference in temperatures. the 60s today and yesterday we were into the 70s. so unbelievable. 06 degrees right now at nashville, 59 in baltimore, and 59 at dulles. we

there is a small craft advisory on the bay. here is the insta-weather plus 70 forecast. there may be a struggle or to up in pennsylvania. the highest only 67 degrees. we will stay in the '60s on wednesday and thursday and friday. this is going to stay mostly in the 40's. by late friday and likely on saturday and sunday, we will see it some showers. >> thank you, john. >> coming up, a story out of arkansas. a woman is pregnant with two children. >> but doctors think they have different due dates. we will tell you what the unusual circumstances are, straight ahead. >> there is an uptick in turnover. is it part of the recession or is competition the cause. tha chevy silverado. more confidence than ford f-150. better backed than f-150. at a value f-150 can't touch. silverado. from the family of the most dependable, longest lasting full size pickups on the road. just announced, it's chevy truck month. get 0% apr for 60 months. or $6,000 total cash back on select 2009 silverado vehicles that have been in stock the longest. >> in a special medical alert, an arkansas woman. >> a

we have flood advisories in effect. in addition to that flash flooding that's going to be ongoing.re are delays at the airport in phoenix, 30 minute departure delays. san francisco, low clouds bringing delays of about 45 minutes. how about tomorrow? how is the barbecue going to look? same for the most part. we are going to see it spread a little more into the mississippi river valley, so places like memphis, little rock, greenville, mississippi are going to see that tomorrow. the pacific northwest is going to see cooler, wet conditions. highs tomorrow in the 60s in seattle. we might see the mountain snow, believe it or not. snow levels could drop 6,000 feet. not going to be a great weekend. the heat suppressing a bit in the southwest. it's great news for the fire areas. nice and comfortable in dallas. 83 in minneapolis. boston, 69. washington, d.c., one of the best locations, high of 83 and lots of sunshine. hey, you know, we have had a lot of business going on with the tropics the last couple weeks. tropical storm erica ripped apart by strong winds. it could be because of el nino.

frost advisories in the blue, including maryland. as well as many locations in west virginia into the ohio valley. for the rest of the afternoon, partly sunny and a slight chance of aspir sprinkle. we will be down in the 40s in the metro area tomorrow morning, but 30s in the morning with the first frost of the season possible tomorrow morning. and then highs near 70 tomorrow. and then friday, clouding up and the low 70s. and then you clear out on sunday, and into monday and tuesday as we start off the full first week of october will be nice. >>> steve, let's look at traffic. >> good morning, joe and barbara. on the eastbound freeway heading towards pennsylvania avenue there was an accident after south capital street blocking two lanes. slow on northbound 395 or the freeway heading through the center of town. back to the beltway at river road, the construction is still there in the left lane. you can see the cones on the left side of the roadway, and traffic heading towards the american league bridges, and it's slow thereafter you pas

some spots may stay in the upper 60s and with the strong east wind there's a coastal flood advisory on the chesapeake bay. more to talk about in a bit. here's kim at 5:31. >> that earlier crash we had on southbound 95 at caton avenue has been cleared out of the left lane. traffic seems to be moving along nicely. as we check 95 here approaching whitemarsh boulevard things look good at this hour. a crash in harford county, churchville, route 136 at route 22, that has all the lanes in both directions blocked and closed at this time due to the crash. shnooks avenue, shnooks road is your best alternate to get around that crash. jfx at cold spring lane, traffic looks good in both directions. back to you. >>> new at 5:32, "the new york times" is reporting commandos freed a "new york times" reporter kidnapped in afghanistan last week. officials say the afghan translator was killed in the operation. reporter steven farrell was taken hostage along with his translator in the northern province saturday buttimes now reporting he's free this morning. >>> and lawyers for sheila dixon claim state pros

coastal flood advisory all along the bay right here. they dropped the flood advisory from delaware and the eastern shore of maryland. but we could still have high tide problems here on the western coast of the bay. that's until 10:00 tomorrow morning. but the low this morning was 62 degrees. got to a high of hit the 2 degree number of 66. temperatures outside right now dropped to 63. 60 in york, 54 in oakland: satellite picture throughout the day, scattered light sprinkle, light shower activity moved through the region in the midday period. basically all the precipitation has moved off. there's that rainfall again in tennessee. that area of low pressure continues to rotate counterclockwise spitting out more moisture. heavy rain in the georgia area. but nothing here. this big dome of high pressure sitting here in the ohio valley going to push all this down and that's what's going to give us the nice weather gradually during the day tomorrow. kind of cloudy and still kind of slow tomorrow morning, but then as it goes along it gets better.

. >>> a coastal flood advisory has been issued. that means there could be high water in some areas, particularly from harford county, southern baltimore county, down into anne arundel county. as well as portions of the eastern shore including the maryland beaches, a good section of delaware as well as new jersey. our forecast for this evening -- not that rough here in the baltimore area. mostly cloudy, a few sprinkles, temperatures will hang around 70 degrees. for the next couple of hours, but scattered showers are going to be in our weather picture for the next 36 hours as well as some cooler temperatures. complete forecast coming up. just a couple of minutes. >>> for a look at tonight's top stories -- baltimore's columbus day and thanksgiving day parades will not go on this year. they have been cancelled. mayor sheila dixon says it's a financial issue. however, the christmas parade that runs through hamden will take place. that parade attracts thousands of people a year. the mayor says it's much too popular to pull the plug on th

that advisory is all the way to the west coast including california and oregon. all sides of the hawaiian islands can be affected and portions of the west coast up to oregon. people should stay out of the water, too, tomorrow. >> we will keep watching it and you. steve lyons at the weather channel. thanks, as always. >>> we shift our focus to washington. on capitol hill tonight, a significant test for a big piece of president obama's health care reform plan. it is known as the public option, a government-run insurance plan that would operate alongside private insurance. nbc's kelly o'donnell has been watching this all day. kelly what is the status tonight? >> reporter: brian, had you noticed the public option had fallen off the radar a bit? today it was front and center and back. most democrats want some kind of government-backed insurance plan. today a happenedful of democrats blocked it. with the fate of a government-run health insurance plan on the line -- >> we need a public option to create competition and to bring costs down. >> reporter: today the democrat

there's already wind advisories posted to our west that you can see. for us, the winds at about 15 to 20 miles per hour out of the southwest. we could see higher gusts. in the meantime a comfortable start out there this morning. 60 downtown. 54, b.w.i. marshall. 55, around st. michaels and easton on the eastern shore. here's how it breaks down today. our normal shy 75, 7 -- high is 75, 76. you see the thunderstorm chance there. it's slight, only about 20%. the front that's going to come through does not have a significant amount of moisture with it. 63 in the mountains. windy throughout. 76 in southern maryland. it looks like 77 generally on the eastern shore. 82 in ocean city. small craft advisory. winds westerly 10 to 15 knots, waves a foot or less. this will be the last day we'll be above normal. 91, are record high for this date in 1886. the record slow 40 set back in 1989. tonight's forecast rather chilly. anywhere from 48 to 49 at the airport. maybe 55 downtown. going to keep the wind with us out of the west at 10 to 15 miles per hour. and partly

we have coastal flood advisories because of that. also high surf advisories. that's where the clouds are sitting at right now this,'s the level. probably a delays because of this. 81 the high. a couple of showers and storms. more in a half hour. >> thank you. >>> you know, you should feel good about your thunder thighs if you have them. they could be a sign of good health. plus bernie madoff had a whole slew of tricks apparently to keep the authorities from catching on to the ponzi scheme and we are hearing the tapes of him for the first time. did you know that 75% of growing kids don't get the recommended amounts of calcium and vitamin d? that's where their favorite cereals like trix and lucky charms can help. general mills big g is the only leading line of kid cereals that has both calcium and vitamin d in every box. check for this banner on the cereals they already love... like cinnamon toast crunch and cocoa puffs, help them get more of what they need with general mills kid cereals. boss: come on in, i had some other things you can tell people about geico

maryland beaches, coastal flood advisory in is effect.verything in pink is a gale warning. as this area low pressure off the coast starts to intensify, bring in heavy surf, heavy wind and also some heavy rainfall into the region. our low today was 65 degrees this morning at bwi marshall. got to a high today of a surprising 77 degrees. got to 82 in hagerstown. 76 york. daytime high in ocean city was 77 degrees. current temperatures across the area -- everybody's starting to cool off a little bit. particularly the area where they've had rainfall, in the dover area, easton, in the northern harford and cecil county they've had quite bait of rainfall. as far as the satellite and radar throughout the day, scattered showers, very light early this morning. then throughout the day kind of let up, then this other batch of showers moving into the region, even more rainfall heading in our direction. it's all because of this area of low pressure sitting off the coast and it's being intensified by the second area of low pressure in the atmosphere, back

in the meantime, the feds issued new advisories for sports venues and hotels across the country.ur justice correspondent, pete williams with the latest on this. good evening. >> reporter: the fact the homeland security advisories are so general, covering a wide range of places is a clear sign investigators don't know what the actual target was. because investigators believe a target of the plot might have been mass transit, security was more visible on big city trains and subways including the long island railroad commuter lines. homeland security urged individual lens in sports arenas and entertainment complexes. there were no known plots against such sights. they did not change security in response to the federal bulletin. >> they think -- as i say, we are every day up to a level that i think. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: in new york and denver, scores of police and federal agents checked companies that sell the materials listed on the laptop of najibullah zazi to see if they bought the supplies. >> they were inquiring if individuals of companies were purchasing large quanties of

small craft advisory. yes, periods of rain.e here and there tonight. 60 for a low tomorrow. maybe getting up into the upper 60s with periods of rain. so cool thursday headed our way. vic? >> okay. thanks a lot, bob. appreciate it. >>> we're going to check in right now with some breaking news, with sky eye chopper 13. what's going on? mike perry? >> reporter: yeah, vic, we are in churchville, harford county. this is off. bram bel drive in churchville, where apparently a street sweeper has rolled into a home, causing severe damage to the home. it is not clear whether anyone was driving the street sweeper at the time. you can see, lots of clearing going on here. and they have a new bedroom window off the front of the house. >> looks like a remodeling project. thanks, captain mike perry. >>> still to come tonight. >>> this metal statue, honoring the ironman, vandalized and stolen. i'm adam may. how police caught the >>> coming up next on eyewitness news at 5:00. capten yards caper. number 8 stolen from the ballpark. tonight, the fo

an advisory means it is a possible in some locations so if you're in a region. >> be aware. >> just be aware of it. >>> take a look outside. the shot from har bon bore cam, 64 degrees right now at bwi. this your good marshall. there are your ties at fort mchenry, tomorrow's winds from the east at 6 to 212 miles per hour. the high today 7 # but they did get to 81 on the bettered walk down in ocean city. temperatures across the region right now, everybody cooling off, that cool front comes down from the north. that cool front, we'll watch, as it makes its way down, showers develop along that frontal system. that's what we're seeing right now. heaviest rainfall being indicated right now just to the east of the harrisburg region. the they've jest rainfall continues around this area of low pressure. dousing the southeast with quite a bit of rainfall particularly over georgia and the carolinas. we'll see them filter into our region, the area of high pressure back here this the ohio valley area, that pushes down. will win out by friday. here is the scattered showers, carol and frederick count

small craft advisory on the chesapeake tomorrow. i think we stay dry, partly cloudy into wednesday as well. it's going to be cooler nights, partly cloudy to mostly sunny days and even during the day time with the sunshine i don't think we get out of the 60s. 50 degrees tonight. on the bay tomorrow, a lot of chop, west winds 15, gusting 25. going fo to be a windi day for you. 69 for the high but we spend most of the day in 509s and even low to mid-60s. seven-day forecast, more of that leave-changing weather. we warm up back up in the weekend. >>> an update on a story we brought you last week. bring gans is battling lou gehrig's disease. they're hoping to raise money for research as well as help other a.l.s. patients who can't afford treatment. and tomorrow teammates along with current ravens will join him to celebrate his 40th birthday. the event dubs two rings for oj will be held at m and b bank stadium. tickets start at $125. check out links on your screen or head to our website abc2news.com for more information. >>> a first today

coastal advisories up until 2:00 a.m. wel give y details i in a few minutes. >>> the debate over health care reform now being ratcheted up after president obama's speech to congress last night. one of the key elements of reform is to provide health insurance to millisf o re americans. a new report out today hows those numbers are ingrowg. census bureau figure shogr 46.3 million people were uninsured last year. that is up from .7 million07.20 aytsal s analysts say the number i upn part because fewer employers are providing health care insurance to their workers. the president picking up where he left off last night pitched his health care reform proposal to a nursing group in washington today. the told members the time for talk is over. action on reform must happen now, but republicans are not buying what the president is selling. >>> simply put, it will mean as folks go about their everyday lives, one thing they won't have to worry about as much is their health care. they will provide more security and stability to those