atl le ittcpahy fog. and then partly sunny with a chance of some thunderstorms. we will be in the low 80's. just keep an umbrella handy one more day. tomorrow should be hot and dry. here is lisa baden. >> it all started with an overnight helicopter crashed. that has been resolved between hagerstown and frederick. i-70 is open in both directions. they are wrapping up a crashed near toms brook. no problems between richmond and baltimore. normal travel times there. decent shape on the baltimore washington parke why in case you were hitting at to the airport. this is college park near the ikea running smoothly. now to top stories. >> thank you. >>> we have breaking news from western maryland. interstate 70 is now open. there was a helicopter crash. >> it happened about 10:30 last night. matt brock is live on the scene with the latest. >> can show you that 70 is open. you can see traffic passing by. it opened just after 5:00 a.m. it was closed overnight for this helicopter crash. this is. -- this is video of the wreckage. four people have been killed. they have not be

. >> atl. >> in the atl. >> 20 years. that's why you're here with us.sparked a lot of conversation about race. did it do what you thought it was going to do at the time? when you were making that movie did you have that plan in mind? >> we had the plan but whether that was going to happen was another thing. we always had hope. we're here 20 years later still talking about it. >> can you believe that, 20 years later we're still talking about what this movie did? >> i think that's a testament to the power of the film and i'm glad it happened. 20 years went fast too. >> yeah. >> time was merry, had two children. i never thought there would be an african-american president 20 years ago. i didn't think that three years ago. >> and on that point, i'm going to roll a clip in a second from the movie. you brought up the president there. what was it now, his first date or movie he had seen -- >> the first date. >> went to see your movie. >> michelle and barack. >> how does that feel? >> he told me that when he was running for the thing in illinois. i didn't know

texas has 42, and sky atle has 41. of a sudden this division is getting real tight. 1-2 pitch, is that one is going to fouled away. tough road trip against teams that are playing well right now. >> jim: and they're playing well at home. angels have the same record at 21-15 at home as the mariner tuesday. mariners struggles start when they go on the road, four games under .500. >> gary: long at bat for aybar, fouled that off his foot, and real weil do it again. two on and nobody out. >> jim: has a good breaking ball. let's see what he does with it. right at the plate, hits his hand on the way up. i'm not sure in the home plate umpire saw that, but he did call it foul. there you go, 7 pitches, a couple of curveballs have been up, but he's made some knives pitches to him. >> gary: a ground ball towards short, antimicrobial, there's one, roberts bare handed, won't get it. >> jim: see the high hop? now he can't go

look atl franken. you expect hel come o with a memorable statement or be very cautious today? i think he'll be very cautious. >> what do you make of n-lawyers on this committee? i noticed when there was a big issue the woman was 92 whe di feinstein and barbara boxer were elected,he sense we needed women that committeeft what happed with anita hill. that would surprise peoplehat there e aot ofnon-lawyers on that committee. >> but there is a fair amountof legal experience, too. not just in urtroom law,ut in prosutions and in being judges >> her go, pete williams, our exrt, and norah o'donnell who's in the room above the nominee. after four more members get to speak, she wil get to speak. he's pat leahy. >> we ca get ba and, in der in the room. and judge, good to have you bac here as recall, we left at senato klobuchar, you're next and i'll yield to senator klobuchar. >> thaou very much, mr. chair. welcome back, judge. it's good to see you again. i enjoye our conveation and what i most remembered out that is that you confeed th you once brought winter parka to mnesotan june. i wi

enrollment atle school way down, and the school has an operating deficit $650,000 with some of that innistrators say they are working with families to place the students in other catholic schools with matching tuition. but again the protest starts at 10 a.m. back to you. >>> speed cameras are one step closer to coming to baltimore city appear a proposal allowing them passed the first reading in the city council. drivers caught on camera doing 12 miles per hour above the speed limit will be mailed a $40 ticket. if passed, the cameras could be used past october. up next, michael jackson's >>> we need to look up where he is undoubtedly perched in a crescent moon. >> friends, family and fans, the memorial for michael jackson brought them to tears. we'll speak with the pastor suddenly thrust into the spotlight. >>> up in flames a home burns to the ground after a bitter divorce turns into a dangerous hostage situation. >>> and from late fees to late payments we'll show you how being financially lazy is costing millions of americans big-time money. early this wednesday morning, july 8th, 2009

on and remember, again, the transit authority just passed the zero tolerance policy while you are atleat the controls, using a relate phone, texting or a pda. the bus driver received a written reprimand and riders can't believe it. >> it is very alarming. why this is happening, i find that bizarre. i can't imagine reading myself while operating a motor vehicle. so i don't know. it is a bad thing. >> just having the book there is an indication that he not have his eyes on the road so it is a concern. >> it is something that has certainly caught the attention of everyone at the transit agency so it is something we'll look at in the future. >> reporter: the way thepolicy reads right now, that driver would actually have to be caught reading four times before he is fired. but as you heard, it looks like they could possibly look at changing the policy. as if the drivers union at this point, we have not heard any comment on this specific situation but we can tell you that they were not in favor of that zero tolerance policy that was just passed lasted week. >> thank you. >>> we want to remind

and then tomorrow, we only top out atle 4. 82 on thursday. 84 once again on friday, and by saturday, we get into that warm air, up to 8. may even be higher in some places, and sunday, the chance for a thunderstorm with a little bit more mugginess in the air as the new front moves our way. >> and another better-than- average commute going on outside right now. sharon with wjz traffic control. >> i would say pretty much as good as you get for 6:45 in the morning on a tuesday. we haven't had a single problem to report the entire morning. a map that has your speeds and drive times on the top side the beltway. average speed 55 with speeds -- drive times at is 1 minutes. on 95, a look at your speed sensors. 60.71. obviously at full speed there. a live look at 95 at white marsh. no delays. that is where we see our first ones of the morning. things are moving smoothly at harford road. same for 295 at 175. this traffic report is brought to you by toyota and where you can choose from 16 different fuel halloween fish ent models. toyota, moving forward. back over to you guys. >> thank you very m

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atlanta also seeing some delays and as long as we're on that, let's talk atl, there you go, shots of midtown, a little bit of cloudiness today, rain this morning, a little bit more thunderstorms probably popping up around and because of that, we've got delays because of low visibility. all right, back to dallas, seeing some thunderstorms, rolling through the dfw area. rough this morning, getting a little bit more tranquil this afternoon as things move off towards the east and south. trying to get this rainfall in the drought-stricken areas of austin and san antonio and south of there, south of i-10, but doesn't look like it's going to get that far south. thunderstorms, mostly central and eastern texas today. on the wider front looking at the showers moving into wisconsin, maybe into chicago, they shouldn't be all that bad and also showers and thunderstorms, which were rough yesterday across the new york city area, they will see less in the way of that today and temperatures will be rebounding there and still a lot of red on the maps to remind you, heidi. we finish where we started. >

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live shot from the atl and no real weather problems and shot of centennial olympic park and temperatures fairly comfortable for this time of year. show you a couple of rainfall tallies. columbia, south carolina, yesterday got almost 4 inches of rain in a little under two hours. that's a frog strangler, for sure. dayton, ohio, seeing 1.5. here's where that rain is right now. the whole developing low off the coast of long island and new york. that will develop more rain and spread it, i think, across eastern new england over the next 12 to 24 hours and see an inch or two and already rain-saturated soil. mostly east of the new york metropolitan area. 94 in dallas, not bad for this time of year. 77 degrees in new york and continues to be unseasonably cool there and out west, though, they're starting to see the heat build. 98 degrees in las vegas and 91 degrees expected for salt lake city. quick check on weather, cnn newsroom with tony harris is coming right back. debt goes up your score goes down ♪ ♪ when you pay a little off it goes the other way 'round ♪ ♪ it's just the same for everybody,

>> one delay right now, atl because of the low clouds hanging in there right now.ust a half hour. there's some thunderstorms up across north of georgia. we'll see these back around the region, so more delays for you later today. so morning, low clouds, afternoon storms for atlanta. boston as well, they'll have severe thunderstorms possibly. orlando, tampa, same thing. chicago, light showers, and san francisco, patchy, light fog. more of that coming up in just a bit. >>> instead of paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars for a flight across the country, why not just pay $9? hln money expert clark howard, though, has the scoop on a new airline that could really help your savings take off. >> when i was in ireland, i took a flight within europe, flying back to england for -- are you ready for this? -- the equivalent of $1.70. think about that, getting on an airplane and paying $1.70 to do it. i was on a no-frills line called pioneer. now someone in america wants to use an imitation. it's to be called jet america tf smaller communities that don't have a lot of jet serv

ground stoppage at atl right now until 8 350shgs.that delay sabre flight explorer, not just raining across the deep south, scattered showers working toward pennsylvania near philadelphia. bethlehem and jfk and laguardia and newark, rain headed in that direction, which is bad, especially in an afternoon for the summer when you're trying to get away. filly, d.c., dallas, one hour or more. boston and charlotte, 30 minutes to an hour. and more storms, cleveland, detroit, cincinnati, denver, heavy rain there, too. san fan, morning fog, 30 minutes to an hour. so a tough day to travel, specifically east coaster. more in just about ten minutes. >> all right. the people in charge of printing road signs in wisconsin, bob, they could have used a spell check. this highway sign had three words misspelled on it. okay. not only the word business, but the names of the two towns. the only thing spelled the right way was exit. wisconsin d.o.t. blamed the contractor. >> it's funny, because the department of transportation actually administers these pro

atl, planes coming in and out, no problem. that's what it looks like now. here's what we have for the forecast for the day. one hour or more, talking about atlanta, that's because of thunderstorms this afternoon. more showers, more rain around charlotte and raleigh. memphis, orlando, storms, then out west, las vegas, it's going to be hot, but also going to be windy. 30-minute to one-hour delays and a bumpy ride in the desert. more in just a bit. >> i've got to tell you, right now we are -- i feel like we're going, is she there, is she not? my producers are like, we're watching for her, supreme court nominee nominee judge sonia sotomayor, she's expected through this walkway any minute now. this is outside the room where she's going to be for the start of her hearings, confirmation hearings. we're waiting for her to come through. how about we keep that on the corner of the screen. can we do that? even while i do this next story. let us work on that. >>> a grown man is building a replica of oklahoma city out of legoes. kurt zirmly is a lego master builder. he'

right now low clouds and atl, looking at a ground stoppage until about 8:30 this morning. thunderstorms for the day. three large up there, about 3,000. most of the volume spreading towards the west. delays today, more thunderstorms headed towards the upper midwest. minneapolis, st. paul, msp, if you're flying there, be prepared for an hour delay or more with more thunderstorms developing this afternoon. poor visibility this morning followed by the storms in atlanta today, about an hour or so. minneapolis, same thing. more storms and thundershowers across florida, mainly northern half, orlando, tampa, charlotte, light rain. gusty winds at san francisco and new york city, boston, morning clouds. >>> remember the video of president obama smacking a fly? another leader's been caught on tape with a pesky bug nearby. but his approach really differs. q >>> good morning. it's 8:00 eastern and morning, sunshine. you feeling a little tired? i know. i'm robin meade. it's thursday. let's get you through now. >>> investigators are focusing on prescription drugs as michael jackson's pos

if you're traveling to atl, not a better day to travel here. look at the sunny sky. 92 degrees. >>> a woman walked away without a scratch after a bolt of lightning ripped through her car. reports out of new york say the bolt went through the car during a storm, and it caused her car to shut down and even blew out the back window. >> instantly there was just this huge blinding light, deafening explosion, and my car was just dead. i have, like, slow-motion memories of just trying to pull my car off the expressway, because everything went dead in my car. >> amazing that she's all right. many experts say your car is one of the safest places, though, that you can be during a storm. >>> a helicopter fell from the sky, burst into flames, then it crashed right onto a highway. what firefighters found, though, when they got there. >>> 11 minutes past the hour. a helicopter crashed onto this highway and then burst into flames. it happened last night in maryland. the four people on board died. emergency officials said the chopper was fully engulfed when th

also a ground stoppage delay, 30 atl. there it is. look at the rain overhead. poor visibility.t ground stop for ten minutes and then it lifts and then more thunderstorms come in. here's what we have for the rest of the day. philadelphia standing at a 50-minute delay now, and could climb to about an hour. same with new york. boston, d.c., charlotte, 30 minute to one hour delays and to the south again, atlanta, showers this morning and thunderstorms this afternoon. cleveland, detroit you'll see it, too. chicago and san francisco, morning fog. or than in a bit. >> thank you, bob. thanks for making us smile this morning. gobble gobble. >>> we are just learning that an american man pleaded guilty in january to charges of helping al qaeda. the court papers were unsealed yesterday, and they also show that the man was accused of giving al qaeda information on the new york transit system. authorities say he grew up on long island. the fbi wouldn't say whether he has been sentenced. >>> president obama was focused on health care at last night's news conference, but he also had some reall