anthony anderson is on tonight. our pal anthony. it was good. i heard the party was fun but i heard the d.j. was just terrible. [ "law and order" sound ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] "i can't dance to that. i can't dance to that. [ laughter ] play another song." [ plays gavel sound ] ♪ "i just can't get into that." [ laughter ] cnn's dr. sanjay gupta announced yesterday on his blog that he got the swine flu. you could tell something was up when his gupta was sanjay-er than usual. [ laughter ] oh, boy. hey, a new survey found that 75% of women drink alcohol before having sex in order to feel more confident. the same study found that 100% of men also feel more confident when women drink alcohol before having sex. [ cheers and applause ] that's the truth. [ drum roll ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] tiny bowling alley. a new sentence revealed that utah has the youngest bride with an average age of 23 1/2. or as hugh hefner calls them, cougars. [ laughter ] the census also revealed that oklahoma has the highest rate of people who've been married more than t

anthony anderson. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. here on nbc. >> look at that handsome man! >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. city police and fire officials are trying to work with the city leaders on ways to cut costs while avoiding furloughs that would reduce the numbers by as much as 20%. the city is trying to squeeze as much as $8 million out of the police and fire department. bob kerrey wants to hold the city to furloughs and extend other measures that could save the city $5 million. >> we to take compensatory time or other cuts here until the furlough plan and spirit we expect that this will obviously stop as well. it will protect younger officers from being laid off at all of us from being furloughed, but more importantly, it keeps the costs for the tax. >> another baltimore city police detective and faces federal charges for making false statements and stealing from suspects, according to police. mark lunsford was a task force officer for the dea trafficking. read a criminal complaint alleges

the beautiful megan fox will be here tomorrow, as well as anthony anderson. he'll be joining us.formance, both a standup comedian and an actor, he will be at the ameristar casino in kansas city, missouri this saturday night. and on hbo's "curb your enthusiasm" on sunday. please welcome wayne federman, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> hi. i was going to wait until i got to the mic, but that was cool anyway. hey, first of all, my name is wayne, as jimmy said, and i liked the name wayne until the fourth grade, when my teacher stopped the class. he was like, "oh, we've got a wayne in here." "yeah, yeah, that's me." she goes, "you know, wayne's also a word." i go, "oh. i did not know that." she said, "yeah, it's a verb." "does it mean, like, to run or to play?" she goes, "no, no, it means to diminish slowly over time." [ laughter ] "what? that's my name?" "yeah, even right now you're a little bit less than you were when i first started telling you about your name." [ laughter ] like, "all right." but i hope i look good, because i've been working out at the gym, and -- [ cheers

anthony anderson. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. here on nbc. >> look at that handsome man!e will check on the weather coming up. right now, 9:26 on this friday, september 25th, 2009. >>> a car slammed into a building in hyattsville in the 5100 block of baltimore avenue. chopper 4 was over the scene as crews worked to clear the wreckage. fire officials tell us there are no injuries. the cause of the crash is still unclear at this time. >>> and the district's fire hydrants are under scrutiny today. the d.c. council is holding a special meeting in response to the fire that destroyed the home of the former school board president. the hydrants closest to the home did not work. others did not have enough water pressure to fight the large fire. wa sa has challenged some of those findings. >>> we'll take a look at weather and traffic for today and the weekend. stay with us. >>> good morning. a few lingering and light showers. throughout the rest of the the day, maybe a little sun, near 70. dropping back into the upper 50s tomorrow morning. rain likely tomorrow afternoon and evening