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. >> we will look at that and what wall street is looking at this bell ath linda bloomberg headquarters. >> good morning. we have the owner of carl's jr. and others becoming public this week. people retiring today will not from social security the way of previous generations .ave run dry in 2033 unless congress acts. to cover the shortfall, future retirees will probably have to taxes while working lower benefits after they retire or combination of .oth how much money you get is based are when youu retire. if you want to see how much your when youmight be retire, if there's a speculator on the social security web site. i will have the link on my as well. if you are tired of seeing baby over your facebook, a remedy. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. degrees. >> still ahead, we will explain drivers will have somewhat easier commute along one part of the beltway. but there's a tragedy on the raceway. the weather is blamed for ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ [ fem

the four lane boulevard includes a bike ath and over 2-thousand trees and bushes. two employees were sent to the hospital after a chlorine leak at a water treatment plant in east baltimore. a spokesman for baltimore public works say the leak happened this morning at the montebello treatment plant on hillen road. more than a dozen other employees were evacuated from the building. the leak was ácappedá by fire officials. "right now we have a hazmat materials on the scene they did investigate a possible chlorine leak they did stop a small leak inside the facility." officials are continuing to investigate but they say no one outside the plant was affected. new at 5-thirty tonight... crews are one step closer toward completing repairs on that major water main break in downtown baltimorekeith daniels is live at the busy work scene...... where city officials say two main pipes will soon be back online online how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?brandi proctor has our traffic edge report. report. mapbelair fiber 3 wilkens395map 3 a picture-perfect finish as nasa confir

police say the officer opened charged athe man him. is now hospitalized. >> a district man remains in a, afternoon after being beaten and left for dead. jummy olabanji has more on the shakenattack that has the community. a family members say he is showing small signs of improvement. condition remains very critical overall. in an e-mail, he said -- his said that he is an man, a devoted father, incredible husband. if i know that he is fighting his hardest for his family, particularly our young son. they say he went to a game after meeting up with some friends. home or at 1:00 , half policeing was brutally attacked and across the park from eastern market. off it is surprising that someone would get hit like that. it is truly unfortunate. friends say it appeared he help at aet washbor's home, but no one there. found on the porch of a home on saturday morning around 8:30. >> i am surprised nobody noticed happening besides the neighbors were found in the next day. he remains in a coma and tens undergone two brain surgeries. those living in c

nightline," olympic size me, from big macs to big snacks, the stag early diet that some of the world's top ath reets eat, up to 10,000 calories a day. we look at the junk food of champions. >>> nicky's world. she keeps turning out the hits and tonight she opens up about her wild lyrics, wilder outfits and if she's ever gone too far. >>> gwyneth and ashton are wearing them and you can do, the geeky glasses that give back. why fashion's latest accessories have as much to do with doing good as looking good. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. tonight more olympic triumph for team usa as nathan adrian wins the 100 meter men's freestyle race. and the women's relay is won as well. so how do champions like these fuel up for victory. that's a 10,000 calorie question. the answer isn't just tofu, it's fast food, from big macs to milk shakes. jeffrey kofman comes to us from the london games to tell us how these athletes are really chowing down. >> and the 48--year-old record -- >> america's solid gold plimpians. there's michael phelps brandishing, his 19th olympic medal alongside his teammates to helped ma

the bourne movie series got a áre-birth this weekend as the latest release.... áthe bourne legacy á .ed 40 point 3 million at the box office. legacy movve goers voted áthh campaigná in at second spot as will ferrell and zach galifianakis ) pulled in 27 million for their political spoof.the two pushed "the darr knight risesá down to the third spot as the latest batman series swooped in little more than 19 million in ticket sales.but batman fans have shown their support.... since the release the movie franchise boasts 390 million dollars inntotal ticket sales. manny machado hits a two-run homer in the second inning... off royals starter, bruce chen yesterday.it was his third homer in four major league games.the o's went on to 5-3 over the kansas city royals. 20-year-old machado now joins frank robinson, ray knight and lee may... as the only players to get an extra-base hit in each of their first four games with the orioles. an alligator act at an ohio county fair takes a turn for the worse. worse.how an experienced trainer's quick thinking... helped save his life. life. 3 ((break 1)) yo

. >> reporter: the ath alitos, fans and a global tv audience will be treated to a star studded closing ceremony, but even that show could pale to the spectacular events of the past 17 days. an astounding38% of the u.s. olympic team will take home some kind of medal. a total of 104. 46 of them gold. that's the latest from the olympic games, news 4 in london. jim, back to you. >> very impressive. and tonight's closing ceremony gets underway at 8:30 some of the performers include -- there will alwaso be scene from monty python. organi again, you can catch it tonight, 8:30 here on nbc 4. >>> coming up, chad ocho cinco johnson is out of jail. he's charged with head butting his reality star wife. why he says he was the real victim. >>> plus, a new health scare for billy graham. what landed the evangelist in the hospital. the h[ male announcer ] the choice on debt... mitt romney's plan: huge tax cuts for millionaires, tax breaks for oil companies and corporations that ship jobs overseas, adding trillions to the deficit. president obama's plan: a balanced approach that asks the wealthy to pay

a first look at after athe repairs landslide swallowed up a couple of houses. two couples were forced from their homes after the structures were deemed uninhabitable. the show of support from the community has been tremendous. we had hoped something good out of this. we had no idea what that would be, but we have seen a lot of good from the situation. >> the church and its neighbors nearly $70,000 to help. >> we are getting ready for in the '90s with pop up storms still blooming. -- still looming. >> we have some storms across in st. george county. but first let's look at the temperatures. a thin veil of clouds overhead but still warm. 83 in washington. a little cooler in winchester. 79 along that the water at chesapeake beach. a few thunderstorms south of washington in central virginia and down in southern maryland. here is your travel forecast -- have the heat out west. 104 degrees in dallas. more comfortable in boston -- 80 degrees this afternoon. >> on the campaign trail, mitt romney is on the road again and time he's traveling in the president backyard. up

they have to clear out all the debris so they can get a good look at athe ruptured water main to see what caused the rupture. >>> now for the latest on hurricane isaac as it continues to batter the gulf coast this morning. we take a live look -- a look at the storm on the radar right now. you can see a lot of green there swirling around that is affecting the coast from texas to parts of the florida panhandle at this hour, and this one will eventually make its presence felt in arkansas, oklahoma and in missouri. now, isaac, of course, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. >>> trees are down and power is out all across the south. we have a live look at the gulf coast right now. new orleans alone, more than 300,000 people have lost power by the early morning. this is a live look at some of the crews out there. you see al roker there for a brief moment preparing for live shots clearly in the elements. the storm is expected to stay at least 24 hours. it could bring more than a foot of rain. on the mayor's advice many neighbors devastated by katrina around just hunkering down but help

it's hisongoing aftermath of last year's accident athe fukushima daiichplant. mayor is going tont ou the world to ban the use of nuclear weapons which he deris inhumane. representatives from 42 nations will be at the c inuding u.s. ambassador to japan, john os he tir pson in his position to attend the nagasi aa city near pukuim daiichi will be at the ceremony. sakura ka i a peace ambassador. she spoke about her community since the start of the nuclear crisis. >>ralar:ucarris is not over and the affected areas are sllei devastated. please learn what is happening in fukushima and help us reil >> takano later stood in front ofnasa's mn tintation to collect stu for a petition calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. she's take that petition to ne,swzeanat this month when she visits the united nations european headquarters withthigscol ambassadors. >>> children born to sou re survivors of the hiroshima and nagasakitoc bombings are joining a new genec sty. itill investigate whether their illnesses are linked to their pant riation exposure. a group of survor o

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look at athe foster city side. the high rise is well lit, so after the flat section it looks like the lights are on. if you come over from the peninsula you're met with a darker roadway off of that side into the flat section. the bay bridge, we had a report of five vehicles over on the shoulder of the roadway. no accidents reported. sounds like they have just moved from the toll plaza. there were no delays but i'll track that for a few minutes. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," bay area athletes powering their teams toward the olympic gold medal. >> a heated response from residents following a massive fire. why a town hall meeting quickly turned into a shouting match. >>> for all your news, weather and traffic you know what to do. very simple. all you have to do is check it out on facebook. we have olympics, too. >> we take a lot of nice looks outside. look at this live one from the bay bridge this morning all lit up. a lot more ahead. 4:47. kerri blocked it! >>> we had to

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áthe surprising facts...ook m&t bank stadium -ravens playing detroit lions tonight-coverage startssat 7:30... right here on fox45 friday, august 17th 3 3 3 3 3 3 as candace just said ... the northbound 95 just re-opened in the past half hour ... following last night's deadly crash near 395. 395.this picture is from last night...you can see a huge fireball coming off the truck that crashed into a retaining wall just before 11 o'clock. the driver of the truck was killed in thaa wreck... it wass the only vehicle involved in the crash.we have been speaking all morning to the maryland transportation authority ... who was out all night investigating .... but so far they are not releasiig information on what they believed caused that accident. the morgan state university stuuent accused of killing his roommate and eating his heart and brain... will not stand tri. trial.doctors declared him incompetent to do so. so.tom rodgers is here with more the reasoning behind this decision... plus your other top stories of the

. >> reporter: 29-year-old ruby chavez is a regular sat ath this safeway. police say someone stabbed a man at least once in his chest, killing him. investigators aren't sure exactly where the stabbing happened. chavez believes it was outside the store. >> a lot of gang relations happen at the liquor store. the gang-affiliated people hang around right there, but never right here. i'm thinking maybe something happened over there and they ran over here. >> reporter: as police talk to witnesses and inspect footage caught on the store's cameras, state assembly woman nora campos has requested they call the chp for help. one officer tells us in the 18 years he's worked here chp officers have not been called in to help in that capacity and even his office has questions as to what the chp officers would be asked to do. he adds, staffing is already light for his office. it was likely sdgp would ask for help from other chp offices. chief smoor willing to discuss the possibility of at least a partnership. >> to my knowledge, and, again, since we haven't had the convers

here's a look athe >>> here's a look at the forecast in some cities around the country.n new york, sunny and breezy, 92 degrees. partly sunny in miami, 91 degrees. mostly sunny in chicago, 90 degrees. partly sunny in dallas, 97. partly sunny in los angeles, 87 degrees. >>> let's check your national forecast. remnants of hurricane isaac will bring heavy flooding to louisiana, mississippi, arkansas, alabama and the florida panhandle. isolated tornadoes are possible the northeast sunny and dry. heavy rain in the mississippi and lower ohio valleys. the west will be mostly dry and sunny. >>> in sports, we're leading into labor day weekend. that means it's the end much summer and that also means it's the start of football. the college football season kicked off last night in nashville, vanderbilt hosting number 9 south carolina. the gamecocks survive a scare. trailing by 3 in the fourth quarter, connor shaw gets it down to the one-yard line. marcus lattimore slams it in two plays later for the go-ahead touchdown. south carolina wins 17-13. >>> andy roddick's last tennis match

well, like cities athe country, las vegas lost that bet.ome prices here have dropped more than 61% from the peak in 2006. president barack obama's federal mortgage relief program have helped 3.4 million homeowners with government-backed mortgages to refinance. he wants to expand that to 3.5 million homeowners with mortgages guaranteed by private banks. >> if you're ineligible for refinancing just because you're underwater on your mortgage, through no fault of your own, this plan changes that. >> reporter: it will cost the government $4 billion to back the refinanced mortgages. that has met stiff resistance in congress. governor mitt romney advocates a different approach: get government out of the way and let the market work, he told the las vegas review journal last year. >> don't try and stop the foreclosure process. let it run its course and hit the bottom, allow investors to buy homes, put renters in them >> reporter: when we asked the romney campaign for more details they directedded us to this statement from a speech last month. >> and

meantime, homebuilding stocks saw higher prices thanks to the two ports we mentioned athe beginning of the program showing home prices climbing. this exchange traded fund in made up for homebuilding stocks. with today's 0.8% gain, it's at its highest price since may, and less than $0.50 away from a four year high. hewlett-packard has been struggling for a couple of years, hit by c.e.o. turnover and its traditional computer business under pressure by tablets and smartphones. the company warned it will take an $8 billion write down due to the drop in its stock and business in its services unit. but it excluding that massive charge, it raised its adjusted earnings forecast for the third quarter. shares responded positively, rising 2.4% on heavy volume. shares hit an eight year low earlier this month. after closing just below a five year high, media giant news corp may be one to watch tomorrow. after the closing bell, shares sank 2.5% from this closing price. the company reported disappointing revenues. the company is preparing to spin off its newspaper publishing business from its televis

look at the satellite picture here and look at athe size. already rain from isaac is spreading north into central florida, and here's the center. you see those purples there. that's an indication that an intensification process has begun. en we look at it generally, it's a huge circulation which is going to come into play as it moves north. we use computer models. this one the ecmwf is the european mplt look at it move north within the cone. here we are tomorrow evening, and outer banding are lashing tampa and ft. myers and the west coast of florida. this computer model takes it up near mobile, alabama. this would be devastating for the florida panhandle bringing tremendous water into the pensacola area. look at this. the american computer model takes it over to louisiana, and that's why there's such a range in the cone here. if this were to happen, this would bring tremendous water into eastern louisiana, up against those levees that are protecting new orleans. so this is a potentially extraordinarily serious situation. lester. >> bryan nor

his was cut in two piece and sank two athe boat when it was hit. yesterday he made a statement apologizing for his action. >> it's true i was drinking while operating my boat yesterday. it's also been reported that my blood alcohol content was .2. my heart and prayers go out to the family that was involved in the incident. and i pray for them to have a speedy recovery. >> reporter: this is an ongoing investigation. delegate dwyer is known in the house for leading the fight against same sex marriage in maryland an issue on the ballot in november. he didn't take questions after his brief statement outside the hospital. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> today family and friends will mourn loss of the two teen girls killed in a train derail meant. -- derailment. this morning the coroner says the girls died of asphyxiation. a funeral service for nass will be held today. her family has set up a scholarship fund in her honor to find out how to donate, head to abc2news.com. and two visitations will be held for rose mayr at the harry witzke funeral home from

ath caller jumped aboard a good samaritan's boat and raced to the scene. caller described what he saw. >> there's one boat flying seemed like. [audio not understandable] >> okay. >> i am 100 feet from boat and the front is going up. >> taking on water. [audio not understandable] >> this man has his face bloody. >> several children were on the boat and injured. so far no charges have been filed in this crash. >>> the mayor of canton and today friends and family are remember him a memorial mass is is held at 10:30 at the cathedral of mary our queen and he is going to be honored at the grand prix. a car boh with a tear in his eye. today the bars and restaurants will donate portion of the money of the believe in tomorrow foundation. 30% of all prophets will go to the -- profits will go to the cause. he was killed friday night during a bike accident in ocean city. he was 49 years old. >>> and weather wise, we are looking pretty good across most of the nation. drying out, but as we look across the gulf, yes, we have hurricane isaac spinning in some heavy rain ac

. >> athe broadcast capabilities of the curiosity rove are which is now on the surface of mars. since the beginning of time, humankind's curiosity has led us to constantly seek new life, new possibilities just beyond the horizon. >> cure just is set to take its first samples of mars' atmosphere as well. so cool. amazing how clear his voice is and that is coming back from mars. >> isn't at. amazing how well technology works. >> how well it can work. i know. >> here is something a lot of people are talking about as well. it gets a lot of conversations started. there is more took about speed and red light cameras and parking tickets this morning but this time possibly some good news. >> an effort to reduce fines. you'll like that. we'll explain how you can get involved. now, let's check in with tucker. >> we've got rain showers moving in from the north and west. cold front coming through. i promise it will deliver a nice-looking afternoon for us. i'll have the details on the weather. julie wright has a look at your traffic too. we'll do it right after the break. 

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