more than 900 casinos are open today. >> atlantic city is dying.e question is, are we going to allow the same doctors who have put the patient in this position to continue to treat the patient? >> governor chris christie wants to take over much of a.c.'s operations to clean it up. don says is he all in for reinvention. >> we need to spread ourselves out and be more of a hotel, spa, restaurant, entertainment destination and not just focus on the gambling dollar. >> gaming executives and the governor say the goal is to become las vegas east and they plan on spending a lot of money to spread that word because there are thousands of jobs, nearly a billion dollars in tax revenue and the future of this city on the line. shepard? >> shepard: rick leventhal live on the atlantic city board walk tonight. rick, thanks. i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour. now the top of the news. democrats in washington appear to be divided tonight over president obama's plan for your taxes. he wants to extend middle class tax cuts before

. >> reporter: according to the statement, he took the girl from maryland to atlantic city, sold her services eight times and brought her back to a laurel hotel. that's where she asked him to take her home and he refused and threatened to shoot her with a gun. >> he was involved in running a brothel he had several pros institutes working for him. >> reporter: she was left alone and she called her mom and the police arrived. >> it's fortunate that she was found so quickly. >> reporter: she was promised a large home and a top position with the pros institutes. prostitutes. -- >> his trial could start in three or four months. >>> prosecutors say she's back with her family and she'll testify at the trial. >>> give counselors could go to jail after a 17-year-old died while being restrained. now,the court of appeals up held the charges against them. >> this the teen struck and killed last week will be laid to rest today. family and friends will gather in joppa for the funeral of joey d'entremont. investigators say that the 19- year-old driver had the right of way and didn't see him. >>> de

. >>> tonight the investigation stretching from maryland to atlantic city. >>> hello everyone i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. late today, a federal grand jury sent a strong message to a man acting as a pimp, he was forcing a 12-year-old to prostitution. >> reporter: there aren't many crimes if convicted that will get you mind bars for bars, but being the pimp for a 12-year- old girl is one of them. already in jail for prostitution, derwin smith and the federal prosecutors throw the book at him. >> a 12-year-old girl was entized into prostitution by a 42-year-old man. >> reporter: it's known smith took the girl to atlantic city. it is here that they got into an argument. she wanted him to take her home. he refused and threatened to shoot her with a gun, unless she shut up. >> mr. smith was involved in running essentially a brothel that he had multiple prostitutes working for him. >> reporter: when smith left the girl alone here in room 309 the girl didn't answer his phone calls but she did have time to call her mom. police soon arrived. >> it's fortunate that the girl was found

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>> i'm in atlantic city. i'm in two restaurants in l.a. simon l.a., l.a.rd rock. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: well, i saw that -- kgb -- that burger place, you guys have burgers and vodka. >> kerry's gourmet burger. >> jimmy: yeah. burgers and vodka. >> you need vodka. >> jimmy: that's fantastic, okay, yeah. i mixed up the two, but i know you'll make it work. now, what do we got here? we've got some cotton candy? >> we're going to do a cotton candy lesson, here, i figured. >> jimmy: now, what is cotton candy stuff? it's just -- >> sugar. >> jimmy: i know that. but do you pour -- >> well, it's already in there. and you're going to -- i'm going to show you what to do. >> jimmy: what is it, though? what's in there? >> it's -- you pour sugar in the center. >> jimmy: just sugar? >> yeah, and you let it warm up. and be careful, you don't want to touch the center. >> jimmy: oh, okay. >> there's these two felt pieces, so we go around it. >> jimmy: in case i want to show you and -- what i just ate. >> i'm gonna show you -- >> jimmy: i guess it's more danger

he took her from maryland to atlantic city.to a laurel hotel. he refused to take her home and threatened to shoot her. when she was left alone, he called her mother. >> the victim is with her family and may testify at trial. >>> yesterday, the detectives searched through the home of a man who shot a doctor last week at johns hopkins. >>> and stay with wjz-13, maryland's news station. up next, how your gender affects your brain. and why old-fashioned family meals could keep your children out of trouble. ,,,,,,,,,, today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >>> welcome back to "the early show" on this beautiful wednesday morning. i'm maggie rodriguez with julie chen, harry smith and a wonderful crow

. >> well, federal pros cuters say that -- prosecutors say the man took the girl to atlantic city and she had sex for money eight times. he refused to take her home and threatened to shoot her. when she was left alone, she called her mother. he's charged with sex trafficking of a minor. the victim is now with her family. jessica, back to you. >>> if convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. >>> a hearing is scheduled to determine if a man accused of killing a state trooper should be freed until his trial. the officer was gunned down in february working at the anable bees -- applebees. the man is charged with providing the weapon. >>> three are charged with a brutal beating and robbery. a woman accepted a ride and they assaulted her with a stun gun and a hammer. anyone with information, call the sheriff's office. >>> lawmakers are ready to grill the executives from two egg companies about the changes they made since the summer's recall. 1600 people got salmonella from the tainted eggs and joel brown has more. >> reporter: the owner from an iowa company at the center o

he also knew that atlantic city had their training mission every morning and that they were out flying and might be closer. they might be able to get to new york city faster. those phone calls that were being made happened very early on in the morning. that is very noteworthy in this kind of overlooked. -- that is very noteworthy and is kind of overlooked. i do not want to steal the floor by being the only one asking questions. we would like to open up the floor to questions from the audience. i would like to give the students at the university the opportunity to ask questions first. that will be followed by any of the members of the audience. please ask one question aa time. if you have more than one question and there are other people waiting, please let them ask the question first before you ask your second question. if you have any questions, step up to one of the microphonest the front of the room. let's see what is on your mind. can you go to the microphone to ask your question? >> i remember on that day, my dad works in downtown dallas. i remember having no clue if it was four a

the company runs a lot of charter trips to new york city, dc, atlantic city and other locations.in 2008, a charter crashed along route 15 near gettiesburg, pennsylvania. a group of students was on that bus headed to washington. three kids and a principal was hurt and hospitalized in that wreck. >> anitta, we should know you were reporting on the scene live, reporting thoughts and actions. >> we were at montgomery county high school for another event. even at that, it took our news crew a long time to make it through the traffic grid lock like everybody was experiencing. what we're seeing there was the state police chopper that was giving investigators a bird's eye view of the bus wreckage before it was hauled away. you can see the windows that were cut out to get inside to get the people out. dozens of fire and rescue teams were there and of course the ntsb was coming in because it was a commercial vehicle involved. derrick, we just heard it was good news that bus never went air born and traveled but when you're up close, you can only imagine how frightening it had to be for the

good morning, to you, sam. >> we are here in atlantic city -- i'm sorry.ching this kind of come at us here. hurricane earl just about -- >> as you can -- >> on the cape, in north carolina, 74-mile-per-hour winds and 30-foot waves offshore there. here, about 15-foot waves and a 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts. there's plenty left in earl, a category 2 storm, as it moves north. we're keeping an eye on it as it moves north. >>> our ron claiborne is in atlantic city, new jersey, this morning. good morning, ron. >> reporter: good morning, sam. we're getting just a glancing blow. the actual hurricane is about 200, 250 miles away from here. but it's still churning up the sea here. look at that. it's practically boiling. it is a rough sea. about 12-foot waves right now. they're expected to go to 16 feet. i saw a guy swimming earlier. i would not go in that water. it is dangerous rip currents. one man did go into the water last night north of here. he is now missing and now presumed dead. we're expected to get tropical storm-force winds, sustained winds later today, of

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atlantic city, vegas, perryville, a brand new casino ready to shine in cecil county. linda so with the first day of action. >> reporter: all that action is set to begin at 8:00 this morning. that is when the hollywood casino in perryville will officially open its doors. the 35,000 square foot slots parlor in cecil county has 1,500 slot machines, two restaurants, all set in a hollywood movie backdrop. the casino got its license over the weekend after a successful trial run on saturday. that paves the way for maryland's first casino to open since voters approved slots nearly two years ago. the four other locations still have big hurdles before opening. the casino at arundel mills is going back to the voters in november. operators at perryville say they are happy to be the first to open and to provide hundreds of local jobs in a state of the art facility. >> some traditional slot machines have a handle and then we have some that have incredible lcd digital screens with bose sound. >> reporter: again, the hollywood casino in perryville will officially open its doors in ab

the atlantic city detention junaid june two thousand and eight and again the first time in the squadron she is known for prime minister kevin rudd he will say. launch this idea of the need for an asia pacific community and security issues in june two thousand and eight so this is i think it's important to particularly both these concepts move forward and then you can run some pretty in the region and the global security that's a good thing because. well more live coverage from the global policy forum on friday as soon as the second day of discussion starts. when the new season of. when it's something really crucial when you want to get down to. special coverage. this time the latest news from the global policy forum line broadcasts special guests discussions on the stakes in providing security and stability of the present day world. question will. turn now to some other news here on our team the pilots who managed to land a crippled russian airliner are back in moscow haul eighty one people aboard miraculously survived after a midair failure of major electrical systems artie's tom barto

he also knew that atlantic city had their training mission every morning and that they were out flying they might be able to get to new york city faster. those phone calls that were being made happened very early on in the morning. that is very noteworthy in this kind of overlooked. -- that is very noteworthy and is kind of overlooked. i do not want to steal the floor by being the only one asking questions. we would like to open up the oor to questions from the audience. i would like to give the students at the university the opportunity to ask questions first. that will be followed by any of the members of the audience. please ask one question at a time. if you have more than one question and there are other people waiting, please let them ask the question first before you ask your second question. if you have any questions, step up to one of the microphones at the front of the room. let's see what is on your mind. can you go to the microphone to ask your question? >> i remember on that day, my dad works in downtown dallas. i remember having no clue if it was four airplanes or 400 air

if i now want to reprice your loan and i see that you spent a lot of time in atlantic city gambling and i have seen you be doing what a bunch of bills, i have to give you 45 days notice to reprise. -- to reprice. the lender will not make that loan. $1.50 trillion has been cut. we are over $1.50 trillion. it was may 2008 and i had gotten so much grief from people who were so angry. the idea was that you cannot price for risk and you will not extend the rest. -- the rest. they have to figure out a way to make money. -- extent of the risk. it becomes expensive. for the guys that get kicked out of the system, the less wealthy or poor people, it gets more expensive to be poor. now, the consequences of this is the growth in prepaid card and pay the lenders and that is a very expensive way of paying for things. >> what is your basic feeling about the bill that was passed, the financial-services bill was passed in congress a couple of months ago. >> is or to take a long time to figure of what the results or to look like. the toughest part of the bill was given a much longer runway timetable. in

over to ocean city, atlantic city 70. cooler in the mountains. they are in the 60s.is 61. locally we have the fog and 68 in gaithersburg. 66 sterling. manassas you are down to 63 with the fog there. 72 college park and 66 coming in right now at ft. belvoir. national 73. partly cloudy. winds south at six and a very muggy dew point of 70 degrees and what will save us from the heat is this line of showers and storms. this is a front. it will arrive tomorrow morning and sweep through the region and bring us big changes by the time we get to sunday and monday. 95 record setting degrees. could be a late shower on sunday and some showers return on monday, tuesday and maybe in to wednesday keeping us in the 70s to 80. here's a mom to be an you. >> thank you, howard. >>> right now looks like our main alert is from southeast dc. minnesota avenue and m place. you want to avoid the area because of an ongoing police investigation. moving to our cameras. 66 eastbound no incidents or accidents here. we are keeping an eye on the inner and outer loop where the fog is rolling through.

atlantic city around dover, delaware. wilmington north carolina, just got hammered.ter of tropical storm nicole is still down off the coast of north carolina. 72 the high tomorrow. sunshine, breedsy, 68 on saturday. then there's a 30% chance of showers coming our way on sunday as well as on monday. more rain. don't think it will be ything like this. then a little cooler by the midportion of next week back in the 60s. dangerous situation coming our way again later tonight and tomorrow morning. be safe. >> a noisy night, a busy one. >>> coming up on news 4 at 4:00, we'll take you down the aisle as the winning couple gets married live on television. >>> plus in case you missed it, koub sill chairman vincent gray showing off some of his moves. > coming up, the region gets pounded by mother nature. it is not over yet. doug is keeping an eye on the radar. live team coverage. reporters assessing the damage across our region. >>> we're hearing from some of the people aboard the bus that fell off the highway yesterday we're hearing again from the passengers on board. >>> and

the show set in atlantic city, the dawn of prohibition. how did it do?to draw comparison. the last time an hbo show premier that had well, it was "deadwood." they're considering it a huge success. so much so they've already ordered a second season. >> good business. and speaking of things we like watching, premier week. what should you watch? i'm breaking it down for you every day today. tonight, watch parenthood. it premiered last tuesday, but it wasn't the big splashy premier week. this is your kpans to get caught up. it took me a few episodes to get into this show last year. it's like my tuesday night security blanket. it makes me happy. i don't know why. it's a fantastic show. it is here on nbc. also you mentioned earlier, "glee" season two premier tonight. next week is the episode with britney spears. >>> then my third pick, i'm going with "raising hope." just a fun kind of family show. >> cute baby. we'll check it out. >> cute babies, exactly. >> for the latest news onto to scoop.todayshow.com. >>> the senate has started to vote to -- to start a de

look at the amount of rain covering from providence roadoy land, through atlantic city, through d.c. and down there richmond and raleigh. a tremendous amount of moisture. we're talking four to five inches of rain in a very wide swath, up to williamsport and this will go northward into new york state and northern new england. the silver lining here, and we're reaching, but we get this rain and it's going to actually help the fall colors. it will put the trees in a much healthier state before they change and they are just starting to change in the metro area. we'll zoom in a little bit. here is one computer model. it's predicted 2.5 to 3 inches of rain in the immediate metro area around the beltway, up to 5 inches toward culpeper, up to 4 inches toward winchester and this is changed. computer models have changed since noon. howard ran this at noon and the amounts to the east were less. now they are heavy. 3.5 in baltimore, 3.25 in easton and 5-6 some in areas across the delmarva. so everybody is in the cross hairs with this particular storm. next seven days, 78 tomorrow and rain. thund

. >> meantime in atlantic city, the taj mahal. you have some deals throughout this fall?ttention because of boardwalk empire the hbo series starts airing on sund. it's 2 1/2 hours from new york and the property there has risen from $89 a night. if you book a week in advance, they give you an extra 10% off. and more than one night, they give you 15% of atlantic city is getting a reputation for its restaurants. you can walk along the boardwa and take in the sea air. >> coming up next, putting healthy food to the test. we're going to show you which products are the best in the market. >>> and al coming up a little bit later, you've got a world class beauty in one of the world's first supermodels, we're talking about imon stopping by after mess messages. the bubbles do the cleaning. with broad coverage, you just spray and wipe. then let the water-activated formul take care of your bathroom. let's go! [ male announcer ] for up to fo days. whoo-hoo! whoo-hoo! [ male announcer ] scrubbing bubbles exte-a-clean. we work overtime so you don't have to. [ female announcer ] s.c. john

>> i remember writing from atlantic city where i had addressed and autoworkers convention. the president gave me a ride back in the chopper to washington. pretty impressive stuff. i thought would take advantage of having him captive in the hopper to ask him to support the disability in succession eminent. he said you are never going to get the past until hubert humphrey's get elected vice president and we're not taking away from speaker of the house. from a practical perspective, that is very difficult to do right now. i think the only way you get that done is if you can convince the speaker that the likelihood of this happening, and if you have good, healthy people such as the president and the vice president, maybe now is the time. you have a very prestigious group that comes up with something like this that can convince the speaker of the house, and it has to be an organization that is not only reputable nationwide, but i do not think the speaker goes to work every day and things, boy, if something happens, i will be president of the united states. i think she probably h

atlantic. nnrth of new york city.ures are cooler. 59 in boston. 56 in albany.ú and buffalo sitting at 58. and we continue to see the 70s just south of us. but it looks like we will continueeto stay on the mildly warm side of things or the nex3 few ace. cool front extends through the aaea. firing up stronger thunderstorms and issuing severe thunderstorm the game was earlier. postponing the game for 15 minutes gulf has pushed to the southeast. and we will continue to see that high pressure keep us dry. temmeratures will hold steady for the neet couple of days..3 across the state. future scan shows relatively no %-maybe a pop-up shower north ad west of us. buu for the most part. keeping our eyeeto the tropics. this is important. well definnd eye. eye wall here. you can see down. it is clear in the center of the quiet. calm winds. looking at this category 4 storm. igor. ú%nds 138 miles perrhour. getting to 167 milee per hour. ú%is is the strongest storm of the seaaon so far. and, in fact, tracking this storm. bermuda. fol

>> from new jersey outside atlantic city. >> all right. >> work at stockton college.ockton. >> got a little plug in there for the college. very nicely done. a little extra something in your paycheck this week. let's check your weather and see what's going on. big city today, denver, colorado, 9 news, sunny and hot. 91 degrees. toasut owest. ut we look at the rest of the country, you can see most of the action is in the east. we've got a lot of moisture streaming up. we've got a tropical disturbance around the western caribbean. that's going to make its way up the coast bringing even more rain. record highs will continue out west as the rockies, the plains, into the southwest, southern california, some clouds in the pacific northwest. risk of some strong storms from the mid-atlantic states up into the northeast with a lot of heavy rain and there's more coming tomorrow on into friday. that's what's going looking ahead, we will see a cooldown coming our way. a slow cooldown, but at least it's on the way. zeerchlg and that's your latest weather. matt. >> all right, al. th

an hour carle is expected to travel across central mexico city and in the meantime in the atlantic hurricanecorse wind have weakened to 150 mi. an hour. a live look good sizoutside the jk the two lanes are merging 1 01 southbound they're slowly moving along there. we'll be right back. arrested today for threatening a school children on a school bus was caught on surveillance video if >> james jones use his mug shot here he confronted and threatened a kid who allegedly taunted head and threw condoms at his 11 year-old daughter who has repro palsy. if the stick a look at the tape. >> after he was released on bail he defended his actions and my daughter is not going to be pays to be out and touched on like what they've done. jones' lawyers said the girl is currently on suicide watch because of the incident. to watch the entire surveillance did it for yourself as our whats on the what sectional www.kron4.com. >> live look good side look of fog the golden gate bridge still going coming into the city not that much better is the head into iran over the bay bridge toll plaza on the less chance that

city tomorrow meeting. but hurricane igor is gone but lisa is on the board. it is forecast to become a minimal hurricane. it is way out in the atlantic. it may eventually become tropical storm that the. nothing there just yet. notice is not moving very fast. it is staying out here. it is in the far central eastern atlantic. if they could stay out there and remained weak, lisa will not be a major problem. 86 tomorrow has fall begins tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. a chance for a thunderstorm.

tornado watches and flash flood warnings are in effect throughout the mid-atlantic and soaking rains are pounding citiesistani government has closed a key border crossing for trucks supplying nato-led coalition troops in afghanistan. american commanders are now seeking alternate routes to get those crucial supplies to the troops. >>> and the ceo for johnson & johnson will testify on capitol hill today. he'll be asked to explain tylenol's so-called phantom recall for millions of bottles of over-the-counter medicine. the company insists that the public was never at risk. >>> other stories making headlines on a thursday. take a look at an fbi test which shows just how devastating that botched times square bombing in may could have been. prosecutors say faisal shahzad, the suspect, planned a second bombing for new york city two weeks later following his first attempt. >>> manufacturer fisher-price is recalling millions of toys deemed dangerous for children. the company recalled baby play areas with inflatable balls because of problems with choking. fisher-price tricycles, highchairs, and ramps were also inc

ocean city, the winds shift around from the atlantic down to 72, the warm spot, hagerstown and d.c.till at 83 degrees. that got into the mid-80s in the afternoon tonight we drop back in the mid-50s. another pleasant night for sleeping to the west. pretty far west this afternoon. showers and thunderstorms with a front moving to the east, it will cause some showers and storms through wisconsin, maybe into illinois later on. this activity will be moving across the ohio valley tomorrow morning. by the time it gets to us in the evening, we lose any daytime heating. the chances are not that great, we will see maybe a scattered shower or a gusty thunder shower in a few isolated spots and then it will clear out on friday with more pleasant cons -- conditions for for the weekend. it will get warmer tomorrow and the front comes through and then gets mild for the weekend and looking great. igglooks like it will go over us and the winds and the storm, the strongest is the east of the center. further east, it won't be bad. all of the maps have it over bermuda and moving out. these are the models

atlantic. perhaps bermuda with a near miss. the most we'll expect here in ocean city is going to be some big waves rolling in a couple days after the weekend. that's going to be about it. over night 58 few clouds nice and cool. tomorrow sunshine, september weather. 84, but clouds will increase late in the day and that should set the stage for much needed rain shower action tomorrow night into perhaps as late as friday morning. right now friday looks dry midday into the afternoon. lot of sunshine this weekend low 80s just a beautiful beautiful september weekend. i believe the last official one of summer on the calendar. rosie. >> well, airlines are already charging passengers for their bags some airlines are adding new hidden fees not the only businesses tacking on outrageous fees john matarese has details so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: in today's tough economy businesses can't get away with big price hikes anymore. so instead many are adding sneaky new fees that you might not notice up front that airlines ticket hotel room or cell phone may look like a go

city. but it's been sitting out in the atlantic. it's about 450 miles east. >>> still a category 1.till winds at 75 miles an hour. but the sun is there and they're cleaning up. the rest of the tropics still developing. it's going to move now into the central atlantic. and not affect any land masses at this time. >>> stay with wjz for complete coverage of this season. to see a live doppler radar any time, go to wjz.com. >>> positive news when it comes to distracted driving. >> the number of people killed in distracted. it's still an epidemic. the transportation. last year, just under 5500 people were killed in crashes that reportedly involved distracted driving. but distraction-related deaths accounted for 60% of all traffic fatalities. transportation officials say the data could be the tip of the iceberg, as many agencies don't document dracted driving. >> it will become illegal to talk on a hand held cell phone or send text messages while you drive. >>> dealing with another controversy. >>> iran is commanding. small groups are objecting to iran's presence in new york. >>> in an int

from the hurricane center, and it's good news for the mid-atlantic coast, places like the coast of virginia, delaware, new jersey, even new york city. better news for them. but it will still have 85 mile-an-hour hurricane force winds as it passes just by the eastern edge of long island and the cape. and earl has move into the fast lane, diane. 18 miles an hour, moving to the north now. by the time we get tay a saturday, it will be going 0 to 35 miles per hour. that means that weather will change jusieth but t a eit >> all ht snks f1 o as you know well, and just indicated, the nati that the hurricane, already 400 miles across, is getting bigger, spreading out as we watch. i asked bill reed, the director of the national hurricane center, exactly whatat mans. so, can you show me what you mean when you mean spreading and what it means in terms of where the winds are going tot how strong. does that mean they'll be slightly less ferocious, but in a wider area, wider margin? >> that's a pretty good assessment, actually. the intensity of the storm is expected to weaken as it goes through this feature up here. and the winds will start sprea

city, chicago. hot air out ahead of it to the east coast. saturday, still in the mid 80s along the mid-atlantic. thunderstorms in florid you'll see only 63 on satday in chicago. very cool weekend for you. by the time we get to sunday, finally, the front pushes off the eas coast. areas like atlanta, you can take a big sigh of relief. it will be much cooler in washington, d.c. overall, a dry weekend forecast. >>> well, if you're watching us on who13, des moines, iowa, check out the state's largest arts and crafts fair at the iowa state fairgrounds. that's yo "early today" event of the day. i'm going to my last fair, my last funnel cake of the summer. it's a sad, but enjoyable event. >> yummy. i love those deep fried foods. >> deep fried oros. >> and twinkies. >>> on the silver screen this weekend, look for a razor close finish. the obvious, "wall street was one of the iconic movies of the '80s. michael douglas is featured as gordon gekko. interest is predictably high among older movie goers, but only so-so with the ynger crowd. it is only the experts luke warm favorite to take the number one spot

atlantic. flooding neighborhoods, homes, roads, and making a mess of the morning rush. in metro washington, it caused one city bus to slam into another, injuring 26 passengers, including eight high schoolers. >> neck pain, back pain, minor lacerations and abrasions. >> reporter: the d.c. area is expecting seven inches of rain by the time this moving out tonight. >> we've got many creeks and streams out of their banks. >> reporter: in myrtle beach, south carolina, the water has much to have city in a stand still. >> hopefully it will drain off in the next day or so, but right now we can't get out. >> reporter: in north carolina, state troopers blame the weather for a traffic accident that killed three. the weather channel's julie martin is in wilmington, north carolina. >> this region has seen close to 22 inches of rain since sunday and more to come tonight. that's not only a four-day record, but more rain that hurricane floyd produced back in 1999. >> reporter: meanwhile, a reporter in new jersey. >> here they're expecting two to three inches of rain before morning. >> reporter: up and down the atlantic seabo

atlantic. the computer is pinpointing right now some of the heaviest rains that come up through philadelphia to new york cityas much as 6 to 7 inches of rain. that would cause some serious concerns out there for even the small streams and the rivers in the days ahead. the rest of the country looks gorgeous. this is mostly just a problem for us. >> all right. >> tomorrow -- tonight and tomorrow. >> sounds good. i could have taken that five-second recap at the top. >> but let you do your thing. >> i wanted my face time so -- >> flex those muscles. all right. thanks. the tampa bay rays sitting at first place in the american league east are fed up with their own fans. on monday night, less than 13,000 fans showed up to the braves-orioles game in florida, a game in which the rays could have clinched the playoff spot had they won. a look at the fans that showed up. yesterday, in an interview with the st. petersburg times, evan longoria said it's embarrassing and disheartening fans are not showing up. we go out there and play hard for 162 games and for the fans to show the kind of support they're showing right now,

mid-80's especially south of the city and cooler temperatures tonight at another stretch of very pleasant late-summer weather for a three hurricanes are in the atlantic. one is in the gulf and two are in the atlantic and we will highlight those coming up. >>> one primary victory from nevada to delaware and the tea party is proving itself a force to be reckoned with inside the republican party but can they keep up momentum for november. ? talking of tea party power. >> the tea party is the republican party now. this is not a fringe element. >> one democrat after another, even the vice president and what it is tough for the republican party. >> our latest poll suggests tea party members are a powerful force making up a 44% of the republican primary electorate and that has democrats happy. >> i would prefer barack obama because he is so liberal that he is anti-american. >> the reason that masturbation is not the answer to aids and all these other problems that come with sex outside of marriage is because it is not addressing the issue. >> the goal is persuading voters that the candidates are clearly out of the mainstream. >> i think it is mainstream ame

in the atlantic, the waves are surging, and the hit onshore could still come thursday. steve osunsami is in morehead city, north carolina, watching the approaching storm. >> reporter: hurricane earl came close enough to islands in the caribbean to rip off rooftops, knock down power lines and leave hundreds of thousands in the dark and without water. residents in the carolinas worry that they're next. the category 4 hurricane with 135-mile-an-hour winds is ocean expected to hug the eastern coastline but could easily turn in. >> people feel we're getting time for the big one. >> reporter: fema is already sending resources to the carolinas, and urging local officials to make evacuation decisions now before it's too late. >> it's going to be too close to the coast not to be ready to go. >> reporter: on atlantic beach, it's a tough call. a mandatory evacuation right before labor day weekend would be terrible for beach-side businesses. >> safety of the citizens and visitors, you know, is the most important thing. >> reporter: restaurant manager rich cole says either way, earl has already struck. >> it's going

atlantic. hurricane igor with hurricane julia and in the gulf, hurricane karl smashed into mexico's coastline earlier today. the city of veracruz felt the impact. karl is weakening as it moves further inland. >>> almost five months after it blew out and started fouling the gulf of mexico, that bp oil well is about to be sealed off permanently. officially, finally from the bottom. our own chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson has been covering this story from the start and is with us from venice, louisiana. and with all that regions has come to mean to us, all that oil, it's hard to believe the moment has apparently arrived. >> reporter: and it really is here, this final act, brian, of this well is rapidly coming to a close. this afternoon, bp began pumping cement into the bottom of the well. once that is done, it will conduct pressure tests and it says the well could be declared dead as early as tomorrow. now, you would think that would be reason to rejoice here in the gulf. but here in venice, i walked around the marina today and talked to a lot of people and i was struck by the worry and uncertai

if you put it anywhere where there are atlantic salmon, from new york city all the way to maine, you have got a serious environmental problem. the one fishery biologist on the committee looking for approval said that the food and drug administration needs to do a full assessment of what it would be like to read the u.s.. host: if you just joined us, we're talking about genetically engineered food in the united states. this news tag is the possible introduction of the first genetically modified animals in the u.s.. westhaven, conn., robert, good morning. guest: i am just starting to get an idea about what is going on. -- caller: i am just starting to get an idea about what is going on. most people do not know what it means, modified foods. i was wondering, my understanding is that they are starting to do some studies either on animals first, but if the question never comes up and they start working for words, if there is a problem or anything, but congress try it and see what happens. then we will have a better idea. i do not trust how they approve of certain medications from the gene

atlantic cooler for boston. only 58 degrees this hour. 53 in new york city. look at raleigh at 72 degrees. let's now head to the tropics. begin with a look at viper and show you what is going on. because we are talking about i goor and another tropical system. this is hurricane igor right here, a category 2 hurricane which is expected to have the center move its way right over bermuda in the next 36 hours or so. and there is a hurricane warning in effect for the island right now. you just heard our report about what people are doing in preparation -- preparation for it. we have got julia actually a tropical storm moving west, northwest at 14 miles per hour. and julia is actually weakening out a little bit. but we do anticipate that the remnants of julia will be absorbed by igor in the long run and it doesn't pose any threat to land right now. we will look at the weather track and show you exactly where they are headed. the good news is igor will head away from the coastal ear area and head out to the atlantic as is julia. we will not have to deal with this so far so really great news for u

across the mid-atlantic and northeast. 57 degrees here in washington. 59 in new york city. boston is at 52. pittsburgh, p.a., 50 degrees. warmer air down to the south. norfolk, virginia, 62, charlotte, 71 degrees. high pressure in control yet again. what we are going to see is that warm air that exists out to the west, pushing in here and then by tomorrow and then thursday and friday, temperatures into the 90s, believe it or not. the low 90what we are talking about, but humid too. here is your five-day forecast. high today about 90. i'm sorry today about 80. high today of about 80. tomorrow 90. slight chance of a late-day shower, primarily out to the west. thursday, friday, hot and humid, 91 and 90. and saturday mid-80 better chance of rain showers. we need them folks, so let's hope we get it in here even though it's on the weekend. that's a look at the weather. more coming up in a little bit. >>> and let's check in with traffic with julie wright. >> it's been a busy commute out there on the highway and not much has changed. dealing with a car at green castle, delays back a

atlantic. that is what we see as we are talkinn with hurricane igor away from the u.s. mainland. it's still bringing the rip currents toward ocean city. otherwise clear skies looking at a partly cloudy start, the 65 degrees at the bus stop and the skies will clear. 65 degrees starting the temperatures and the outtyingg3 areas in the low 60s. 74 degrees by noon. 75 degrees at 6:00 p....after topping at 78 at or 4:000this afternoon. what is happening on the roadways as you head out this morning, let's check in with lauren cooke to see whattis3 %->> reporter: we are deallng with a noik accident i motorcyyt anne arundel county. no ppoblems to report on the main lines asswe check on the main lines at interstate 70, cars are moving along fine, no problem whatsoever. outer loop, you're looking at aa 11-minute ride from 795 to 95 with a high average speed of ú% miles hour. it will remain cllar from 95 to in 11 minutes. there you arr looking t an hour. there's no problems to eport on the northeast corridorrfrom belt looking at a 4-minute trip, with hour. thht'ssthe traffic edge report. >>> baltimore's police commissioner says their responss o

weekend with some of the nicest weather all season out there by ocean city but they will have to deal with rough waves off the atlantic ocean. locally, temperatures now back up to 70 in baltimore. after we drop to about 57 this morning. still 50s on back towards our west but as you can see we're under the influence of the warmer flow. this little string of clouds indicating the push out of our old air mass and one more brief warm-up as we head through today. the clouds themselves going to be uneventful. part of a storm system that is a thousand miles away and still two or three days from reaching us. if anything just texture in the sky, beautiful afternoon, 2-degree guaranteed high reaches 80, almost on target with where we belong. these long nights during this autumn season is going to allow us to cool down. 54 degrees. as we head through tomorrow afternoon we're going for 78 degrees. that is pretty much on target with normal. just a little pullback from the 80 today and the 80s we had yesterday. we bounce back to 82 tomorrow. thursday, that is with afternoon showers. and perhaps the thunderstorm as we head through f

city where you are. i want to take you out to the atlantic ocean to show you very low wave action this morning, but we areout the day today. and by the end of the day weekend see anywhere from three to six-foot waves here along daytona beach. that's the case again on sunday, but what will really be the issue here is one of the very last weekends of the summer, a very packed beach weekend expected here along daytona beach. keep in mind a lot of the lifeguards have gone back to college, so the beach will be far less guarded than it was before labor day. and unfortunately, it doesn't take a lot for people to get into trouble. in fact, in speaking with head lifeguards here, they tell me that the waves of just two to three feet and the onshore winds like what we'll be experiencing thanks to igor is enough to create the rip current situation. and once someone gets caught up in a rip current that doesn't know how to swim or get out of it, that could be a deadly situation. here's some perspective. over labor day weekend during hurricane earl, 300 rescues here in three days due to rip currents. now, igor is much m

atlantic where most of the severe weather was. across new jersey, staten isnd area around new york city. also the southeast pocket of ohio there with nine tornado reports coming out o the area. now it is well south and east of the area so continuing clearing we'll have and it will be a cool night, too. still looking at some extremely dry conditions over eastern west virginia. pretty dry here. then severely dry conditns still downround culpeper, rappahanck and going over to the shenandoah valley. we need that rainfall. our radar currently is quiet. i know we've got the clouds out there but those clouds are moving out ofhere. we'll talk about the next rain chance coming up. our temperatures, nothing like yesterday. we got past 90 degrees. capitol hill at 79. trinidad, too. you folks in fairfax county, 74 degrees. a little cooler. then your warm spot is south. 82 now in leonardtown. cooling down to 65 by 11:00 p.m. our skies will be clearing out this evening. a gorgeous seasonable weekend coming our way and a dra pattern going into next week. we'l talk about that and the fact thatkarl, hurr