wouldn't you like to see some of that golden autumn sunshine?e several more days, probably before friday before we see the sun break out again but we'll have the warm weather despite the clouds. south wind bringing up a lot of humidity, also warmer temperatures, 75 now in baltimore. same deal as you head over on the eastern shore. there's that round of wet weather, moving north of the city earlier today. a couple more showers, still brewing, lingering off to the west down towards the dc area. they make douse us with a couple of on and off showers tonight, just enough to make the roads slick and maybe a little dangerous when you get the oil that rises up with the passing shower. just keep that in mind tonight and into the day tomorrow. the east coast now getting much more active weatherwise. incredibly heavy rains in the deep south down towards mississippi, georgia and atlanta getting a break from the flooding. in maryland, mid-atlantic, scattered on and off showers. tonight, cloudy overnight tonight. it will stay cloudy. on and off shower, no st

summer winning out here as we get into early autumn. here's a look at our sky over the last couple of hours looking to the west. american university in the foreground, virginia in the distance. and you can see clouds that are coming in from the west and the northwest, after some sunshine broke out have pretty much started to roll back on through here in many areas now getting quite a bit of a cloud cover now pushing through, which is blocking the sun. it's not keepi that temperature from warming up. let's look at the live picture now, the sky watcher camera showing considerable cloudiness at this hour. we do have temperatures that have hit the 80s now, there's the view over the potomac river. there's sunshine pouring down there at reagan national. right now the temperature is at 84, the record high today, 94. set on this date back in 1970. so september can be hot even in late september and early october, not unheard of for temperatures to hit the 90s. we're not going to do that today. let's look at radar. the clouds are not producing ra

first full day of autumn starts at 65 in veterans elementary school in ellicott city. mostly cloudy, a little bit of patchy fog now, monkton 66, 66 perry hall as well and pushing 70 in rock hall on the eastern shore. mid-60s to near 70. mostly cloudy, partly sunny at times, and the chance of showers popping up this afternoon. once again just a spotty shower here and there. not a washout but still take that umbrella just to be on the safe side. temperatures up near our two-degree guaranteed high of 80. 6:00 now. let's check the roads with kim brown. >> good morning. we don't really have too many problems around the area right here at route 50 and route 97, traffic is beginning to bill but we don't have problems. we have an incident, riva road at truman parkway, they have that intersection closed because of a gas main leak. i'm getting word it should open at 6:00 a.m. i'll tell you when it happens. northbound, harbor tunnel thruway at the bw parkway, right shoulder remains blocked because of debris in the road. a truck lost a dumpster. so you will probably see clean-up c

the first ful full fall day of autumn comes tomorrow.g you up and a chance of a shower or thunderstorm comes because of more instability out there. 80 degrees with mostly clear skies and partly cloudy other saturday. a little cooler as the front moves through, saturday night into sunday. 74 degrees for sunday's high temperature. if you're headed to m&t bank stadium, that is pretty good. right through. 72 degrees for the 1:00 p.m. kickoff temperature, northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour. it helps to have a big foot. 75 degrees on monday with a chance of more showers then. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available the foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms are over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now lauren cooke is back with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we have several accidents working and as a result the speeds have taken a tumble. we are at a low 38 miles per hour. fo

still, not bad weather for autumn. we just get rain this weekend. >> thanks john.st full week of fall, and state leaders want to make sure you know the best places to see autumn's beautiful colors. the maryland office of tourism have teamed up for a toll free fall folia ghsm e hotline. travelers can call 1-800-leaves-1 to find out where the best autumn-colored leaves are, and you can find out where fall festivals are taking place across the state. >> coming up, we'll take you to pittsburgh where president obama and other leaders met to for the g-20 g-20 summit. >> and iran's decision to -- >> first a look at last night's lottery numbers. good luck. dad, here-look at this- your p.a.d. isn't just poor circulation in your legs causing you pain. ok-what is it? dad, it more than doubles your risk of a heart attack or stroke. i can't keep anything from you. you better read about plavix. if you have p.a.d., plavix can help protect you from a heart attack or stroke. plavix helps keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots- the cause of most heart attacks

>> we have autumn-like temperatures and autumn-like traffic patterns now. we are in springfield waiting for the delay to form, which is not just yet. it's good leaving sprinield on i-95. no roadwork today, so not a problem heading south. northbound is looking good as well. and over to the american legion bridge starting to stack up on the outer loop head into virginia, but so farhe lanes are reported open just heavy traffic heading down towards tyson's corner. back to you. >>> the health care debate won't affect you because you have health care coverage? think again. even if you have health care coverage you can end up thousands of dollars in debt if you get sick. >> i have a bill for $17,000, and i am trying to dig my way out a bit. >> reporter: a bill and you have insurance? >> yes. >> reporter: a bill for medical treatment that says he did not need. how did that happen with insurance? >> i am on a copay type of situation. once that is maxed out, and then you are hit for everything else. so it's a difficult situation. >> reporter: a doctor was one of the

cooler autumn weather tuesday through thursday. ashley linder, good morning. how's the friday commute? >> well, it's not even 6:30 and we've got some pretty substantial delays. 95 headed northbound, we had police activity around the hov area or in the hov lanes before the prince william parkway. that's gone but slow on the main lines from 123 to route 1. northbound 395 we're starting to see that trickle down into springfield as we can see in this shot, starting to get pretty slow. the northbound 395 delays are from duke street headed toward seminary. traveling around the capital beltway, the inner loop will be slow headed toward bethesda. there's accident activity reported before 355. it's on both shoulders but it's impacting traffic in the way of volume. back to you. >> thanks, ashley. >> thanks, ashley. >> 6:23 is the time. parents, listen up. what you do to your kids could affect their iq. >> and fans are already lining up to buy tickets for a movie that doesn't open for another month. >>> well, some ardent michael jackson fans in los angeles have already s

certainly feeling like autumn. these are the final fleeting hours of astronomical summer. 50s weather watchers reporting shbd shbd and around the blue ridge and much of virginia and maryland this morning. only the low and mid-50s. near 60 in washington. only in the 50s in southern maryland, northern neck and the eastern shore. out in the mountains it's only in the 50s as well so quite an autumn-like start to this day. as we take a look across the country, shouldn't have any flight delays except perhaps parts of the upper midwest as well as through perhaps, oh, near indianapolis and columbus, down through louisville and memphis and nashville later on today. elsewhere we should not have any travel problems weatherwise. we do have a swath of rain stretching from alabama and georgia all the way to the great lakes. that will stay to our west today as high pressure is keeping us dry here. that high will continue moving out over the western atlantic. as it does it will increase our chances for some rain. here's the bus st

autumn begins 5:19 in the afternoon tomorrow. and by then a few western showers here and a better chance of getting wet on wednesday when we reach a high of 79. despite the clouds and despite the rain. here's the slow-moving system off to our west. it will be straddling the appalachian mountains today. in the coastal plains in dc to the tide water and delmarva, a dry afternoon. in the mountains we squeeze in a shower or two but the bulk of the rain comes tomorrow and isolated chances later in the day. we have weak high pressure over new york city keeping us dry. trying to prevent this stuff from moving east. it will lose out and we will watch this rain increase and as we take you hour by hour, starting at noon today you'll notice we don't have any green on the screen. the time line, 6:00. the commute is dry, no problems. as we head overnight and tomorrow morning it will be cloudy and not raining. over my shoulder we get showers in later in the afternoon and certainly by 10:00 tomorrow night. we will be on the lookout for that and

we usher autumn in at 5:19. for the drive home i'm forecasting rain showers. tomorrow warmer but still not sunny. we will be cloudy and showers around again. on thursday, more isolated but more sunshine possible for you and 85 degrees. so we put the switch to autumn but it dunn feel that way. feels like summer. a closer look at our regional weather. one batch of rain approaching us from the south. this batch will be closing in on us later in the afternoon and tonight. so we are getting that squeeze play. let me take you hour by hour as our front from the west moves in our direction. here it is. this morning, we have cloudy weather but as we head through the day there's a little bit of rain and overnight and in to tomorrow, through the afternoon. cloudy conditions most of the day with spotty showers moving in. here's how it unfolds the next seven. we will pay the weather toll now. thursday is a decent day, all beit warm and on friday looks detroit dry and partly sunny. on saturday, the terps are at home. we will have showers and maybe a thunderstorm. >>> from t

certainly turning autumn like. you can get the woolly sweaters back to the front of the drawer by tuesday, into wednesday. it will be cool in the mornings, only in the 40s and 50s. afternoon highs only the 60s with bright sunshine. i'm back with the national travel forecast and the bus stop forecast iten minutes. ashley linder, how's the traffic? >> moving toward progress on the outer loop of the beltway. as you can see here, just before 355 the accident activity is along the right side of the roadway, now just blocking a single right lane. but as you see volume still a factor. it will be slow from georgia avenue now to get beyond connecticut avenue. if you're traveling along66 this early morning, no big surprises for you. wide-open. no issues inside the belt away as you make your way from that point to and across the roosevelt bridge. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. our time right now 5:43. >>> the new developments in the fight against a deadly disease. >> plus, one of the final wishes of senato

even though it is autumn, the hurricane season is still in full gear. this is the next tropical depression sitting out in the atlantic ocean. it looks like it will stay weak and stay way out over the eastern atlantic as it progresses over the next couple of days. temperatures dip down into the 50's overnight. east-northeast winds at 32 7 miles per hour. rain developing in the afternoon and evening. sunday morning, that rain could get heavy at times. 61 to 65 will be the high tomorrow. those clouds will contribute to the cooler temperatures. clouds moving and are getting thicker over night. the rain is on our doorstep by late afternoon on saturday. by sunday, the rain pulling out of the picture during the afternoon. on monday, a cool front comes in and maybe a couple of showers. here is that forecast. for the ravens began on sunday, a temperature of about 80 degrees. 70's, a few showers. the rest of the week looks relatively dry with temperatures at or below the averages. >> a new addition to a high school was unveiled today. >> friday, september 25, and

generally, and nice autumn day. temperatures closer to 70 degrees. on friday, star of some side and a cold front with clouds in the afternoon. 46-53 their range in the morning. partly sunny, breezy, cool. sunshine, and a fair amount of it. riding night, look for a -- the aturday night will be cloudy and breezy. we will slowly kind of settle into a kind of normal early autumn weather pattern. >> we will take it. >>> it check out the new show open " the forgotten" tonight." he is using how they lived -- check out the new show "the forgotten" tonight." >> anything is possible, but how many hookers do you know who are engaged? >> watch it tonight at 10:00 after "dancing with the stars beat well stick around for the news at eleven o'clock. >>> it michael vick is telling children about the bad choices he made and the price he had to pay. >> is not found in the classroom. it is in the cars. >> of the coffee wars are growing. one company is trying to get you hooked on its latest trend. one company is trying to get you hooked on its latest trend. chevy silver

the autumn constellations are twinkling. maybe tweeting, too. there's venus right now in the eastern sky. it's a nice, bright like diamond on black velvet there. now 59 cool degrees in washingt. as we look at the radar, no precipitation around. there's a little patchy fog around. weather watchers are reporting temperatures very cool, in the shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge, near 50 degrees there as well as around culpepper, parts of central virginia from prince william county through culpepper it's in the upper 40s now. low 50s weather watchers reporting from arlington, into fairfax county, also low 50s in montgomery and prince george's counties. weather watchers checking in from calvert, charles, st. mary's and right near the bay reporting upper 50s there. northern neck weather watchers reporting a clear sky in the mid-50s. on the eastern shore, too, temperatures are in the mid-50s. out in the mountains, another cool morning there. it's only near 50 degrees. there's a front just approaching western pennsylvania, mid-5 out ahead of th

. >>> today is autumnal equinox. straight ahead i will explain what that means and how our our weather is shaping up as we look at the weekend. you are watching 9 news now. stay with us. have you heard about miralax? miralax relieves constipation with no bloating. no cramping. no sudden urgency. announcer: only miralax is clinically proven to work like that. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. >>> it's a tall order. the guinness book of world records says a cat in southern california is the tallest investigate feline on the globe. the 18 month savannah cat stands 17.1 inches high. now savannah cat is a cross between an african survell and another breed. they are log long and leggy and distinguished by their long ears and markings. they are known to be intelligent and even will walk on a leash like a dog. >> i'm sure that cat, like all four of my cats will come running when the tuna can is open. it is instinctive. >> what's the name of your cats. >> we have booty and bubbles and cleo and issis and they al

autumnal equinox begins then.saying goodbye to summer and see the beautiful trees changing color. already some of the trees are changing out there as you look around. looking at the hd radar. no activity as far as any rain in the baltimore metro area. but west of us there were showers over parts of pennsylvania, and west virginia. but some of that activity is going to try to get closer going through the next several days here. off to the west, heavy showers through ohio, kentucky, and strong thunderstorms over parts of illinois and indiana. so it looks like we will see the potential for even some thunderstorms by the middle of the week. so looking at a southerly flow of wind that takes the temperatures up over the next couple of days, into the 80s. but seeing currently in the lower 70s. downtown baltimore. you see the winds out of the south continue to increase the temperatures. as we go through the next couple of days. next day planner shows clouds gathering through the day and a chance for sprinkle. and see main

the real taste of autumn will settle in. it's 74 in downtown well. 71 in prince george's county. 74 in fairfax county, virginia. upper 60s from martinsburg and winchester. the last little showers we had and we had them come through washington about 4:00 this afternoon. they are pushing out on to the eastern shore. we'll be rain-free around the washington area from this point looking forward through the rest of the overnight hours tonight. the heavy rain we had last night is long gone. a nice bit of dry air coming in as high pressure settles in. we're clear out tonight and the next weather front will be the express, bringing in chilly weather for the middle parts of the week. starting off with clear skies and is she sb and the clouds will race back in and a quick shot at a shower tomorrow and then some blustery westerly winds move in for the rest of the day. wind watches and advisories are up from high winds from western pennsylvania no the great lakes. gusty winds coming. clear and breezy tonight. the morning, low 50s in the

very autumn-like. >> it is hard to forget.eek ago, county residents will devastated by a water main break. >> home owners are getting their questions ready to talk to county officials as they try to navigate through all the insurance company red take. lowell melser has more from dundalk. >> it is hard to believe this dundalk neighborhood by the logan village shopping center looked like this a week ago and now folks are slightly trying to return things back to normal. most problems tith at this point residents say has to do with insurance. request >> i have all-state insurance company for 40 years without a claim. this is called their delux policy, but they say i wasn't covered. [unintelligible] >> baltimore county executive jim smith spoke with 11 news one week after the water main break saying things went as smoothly as they could have from an emergency standpoint. smith showed us the first 911 call came in another 4:18 p.m. within minutes a command service was established. an emergency shelter was opened, and throughout the

and then tuesday and wednesday, right now, more autumnal feel in the air. i will be back with the seven-day forecast coming up in a bit. >> all right tony thank you. >> hundreds of thousands of americans will quickly lose unemployment benefits next week. if congress does not extend the limits. george ricker reports on a new push to keep the money flowing. >> they are from iowa, kansas, wisconsin, arizona. >> labor commissioners from 17 states came to niagra falls today to urge the senate to do what the house did last week, pass a bill that would extend unemployment benefits by 13 more weeks. for those about to lose benefits. >> well, here because we are facing an unemployment crisis of epic proportion. >> neck week, alone, the unemployment benefits are scheduled to run out for almost 40,000 new yorkers. people like john from loseton. >> i have two children, to support. and what we try to do is protect them to not really feel the pressure that we feel. and every day, we wake up with this. and there is a lot of good men and women that want to get back to work

in autumn in maryland. but you can feel the change.ternoon compared to this morning humidity dropping. seeing sunshine out there in these last hours of daylight this afternoon. look at the visible satellite imagery. you see basically some nice clearing out there across central maryland now. i don't expect to see much in terms of wet weather soon. in fact our maryland's most powerful doppler radar in the state showing a crystal clear sweep now. so that's a good thing for the evening commute. tonight down to 65 degrees. that will be markedly cooler by daybreak tomorrow. a cool north breeze will set the stage for drier weather. a really nice start to the weekend on friday. but it gets cooler in a big way toward the weekend. there's more rain on the way, too. we'll break it down for you here in a couple of more minutes. >>> a senior center in park heights is still vacant even though it was dedicated back in june. thal if a zeta -- the alpha zeta sorority saw the need for services. it's taken three months for the city and sorority to work o

. >>> there was a chill in the air this morning, but autumn doesn't just bring cooler temperatures, ito brings allergies. we will learn how to get relief and kim has the forecast. >> somebody, somebody kill the ragweed for me. don't need to water your gardens today, everybody. mother nature will us with that for the next couple. the forecast is ready to go hiwaartc 9 ws now. stay with us. there's a big reason to lower high cholesterol... dangerous plaque that can build up in arteries. it's called atherosclerosis--or athero. and high cholesterol is a major factor. but crestor can help slow the buildup of plaque in arteries. go to arterytour.com and take an interactive tour to learn how plaque builds up. and then ask your doctor if crestor is right for you. along with diet, crestor does more than lower bad cholesterol and raise good. crestor is proven to slow the buildup of plaque in arteries. crestor isn't for everyone, like people with liver disease, or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. simple blood tests will check for liver problems. you should tell your doctor

it is saturday afternoon the rain gets here and feels more like autumn then. 68 on saturday. jessica, when are we coming back. >> at noon of course with kim martucci and j.c. hayward. the news continues 24 hours a day on wusa9.com. have a great

we'll see more of the nice autumn sunshine. i don't think that will be though until the end. week. on the bay, foot, a chop. southeast wind 5 to 10 miles per hour. your forecast in the city tonight, 65 degrees. cloudy and muggy. watch for low-lying fog toward the early morning hours. tomorrow through the day could still see hit-and-miss showers throughout the day. it will stay muggy but get warmer. s as we go into fall we warm up. friday, saturday, sunday we clear out for a day or two. but right now looks like another wet weathermaker on the way in by the second half of the weekend. ♪ the boys are back in town♪ >> the boys are back in town. the season premiere of "dancing with the stars" went off with a bang. it was just the men competing with not one but two dances. just because it was the first time these guys hit the ballroom the judges weren't holding anything back. the dallas cowboy was tackled by the judges for his lack of difficulty. he's in the bottom two. so far carter and smirnoff are on top and were given a 22 for their chacha. >> for the most part, within this competiti

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for tomorrow we'll get up to 81, with almost a hint of mugginess on that first full day of autumn andtill the chance of a shower. lingering around. it is 6:16. we're down to 11 hours and two minutes of summer left. you can track it on line at abc2news.com. check out our interactive doppler radar. again, that rain you were talking about in the deep south. you can play along with the maps on the screen and how how that's moving up through the carolinas. >>> let's check the roads with kim. at 6:17. no, 11 hours and one minute left of summer. >> until i go jump somewhere. we're looking really good around the area. in terms of traffic, we don't really have incidents to let you know about on the beltway at liberty road, pretty much at speed toward the route 70 interchange and baltimore national pike. we have fog. especially if you're traveling around the owings mills area, southbound on the harrisburg expressway, be aware it's little foggy so drive accordingly. we're still dealing with the incident in dundalk with broening highway closed in both directions at avon avenue. if you're travelin

the drop in temperatures and the taste of autumn, none of that today. upper 70s, a few spots going above 80 earlier today despite the cloud cover because that was bringing up a lot of warm air and moisture with it. that's why it was so muggy. it was going to 70 degrees, and it's 11:00 at night, we're not going to drop much more. not a chilly start in the mornings by any stretch but it will be murky out there. we'll keep the clouds around, not much rain again tomorrow. hit and miss light showers. but around during the day, could make the roads a little vic. could fit into your commute if you got to drive a long way. patchy fog around daybreak tomorrow as well. something else you need to factor in, so much moisture in the air we'll likely see some fog around daybreak tomorrow. not a lot of heavy rain along the mid-atlantic and eastern school board. you have to go off to the mississippi valley to find heavy precipitation. we're socked in with the cloudy sky. no big time weather makers here, just a southerly flow. high pressure over the atlantic ocean bring

autumnal equinox. yeah, fall arrives today at the end of the day.you can say these are the last few hours of summer. the arrival of fall 5:18. until then we've got ourselves, well, a little mugginess out there. 64 degrees at the harbor school in owings mills. cloudy skies. we have the patchy fog along 83 in the hereford zone, even sections in eastern baltimore county and up 95. in the south, glen burnie is clouded with 63 degrees. otherwise, looking for temperatures that really jump out into the 70s this afternoon. we could have scattered showers with fall officially arriving at 5:18. more on that flipover on the beltway and the rest t

then here we are heading into the autumnal equinox where we are into autumn.omorrow will start out in the 60s. a little bit of humidity, too. once again tomorrow afternoon primarily there may be a few scattered showers around. after that, i think we'll be seeing some breaks in the clouds and a little bit less humidity on thursday. still, a chance for a few scattered showers thursday afternoon. friday and saturday, i think we'll start out the weekend okay by late saturday. perhaps another chance of some showers. no sign of any of the torrential rains or anything we have to worry about here. >> that's good news. >> thanks, bob. >>> coming up, eating your veggie is not just a rule from your mom. where eating green is lovely. >> the fans booed the team during sunday's home opener. we'll look at why fan loyalty is fading. >>> tomorrow morning, the drug more and more women are becoming addicted to and abusing. >> it approves your alertness, concentration and some use it to lose weight. it's very dangerous. >>> a couple of area chefs stood up to the challenge today.

the autumnal equinox. the sun is directly over the equator we should have equal day and night but we have 12 hour and nine minutes of daylight today thanks to the atmosphere bending the light before it crosses and after it sets along the horizon. so a few more days before we are down to the 12 hour day and night. for today and tomorrow a slight chance of a shower or two. low to mid-80s tomorrow and mid- 80s on thursday. we could see a little thunder on thursday in a few spots as it will be more suggester like than fall like an here. momslike me.com bus stop forecast, mostly cloudy, a touch of humidity out there. low 60s to low 70s for the little ones. isolated shower and best chance is west. highs 75 to 80. and tonight, can't rule out an isolated shower an lows in the 60s. i want to show you the clouds and the rain. not much in the way of rain except north carolina and west virginia. as we switch over to live doppler nine thousand, i want to point out here west of cumberland in to garrett county in to part

we have a cool, clear night underway and our first taste of autumn is on the way. up. >>> a bus on the way to a church retreat ends up in a multivehicle pileup. at least 15 cars and trucks crashed outside of tampa. half a dozen people were rushed to hospitals with unknown injuries. the cause is still under investigation. cleanup shut down that busy interstate for hours today. >>> florida police also investigating the shooting deaths of a couple and their 13- year-old daughter. police in sunshine, florida made the discovery in a locked bedroom after responding to a domestic disturbance call. the family was originally from jamaica, and they lived with two other relatives in the home. they were not hurt. neighbors say they're shocked. >> i thought maybe it was an accident or something like that. >> oh, my god, yes, because i have a little chihuahua, and she would come out and pet the chihuahua, and i would give her treats, and what a beautiful little girl she was. they've been very quiet, no domestic violence whatsoever. the little girl is absolutely beautiful. >> as

. >>> the first full day of astronomical autumn. feeling like summer. it's a soft september morning with humidity in the air, upper 60s to near 70 in washington and the nearby suburbs. low to mid 60s around the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. weather watchers in southern maryland, northern neck and eastern shore reporting temperatures near 70 and quite humid. where you see blips of color, that is rain. we have showers coming up from the carolinas perhaps later today. just a small chance. highs reaching the low 80s. otherwise partly sunny, sunrise 6:57. sunset at 7:03. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy evening to follow. thursday turning less humid during the afternoon. tomorrow's highs low to mid 80s, a small chance of a shower with low humidity friday into saturday. dry after that. and now ashley linder, how is the traffic? >> well, taking a look here out of springfield, volume is starting to pick up. you're still moving at speed as you make your way from fredricksburg through lorton and continuing winding up in springfield. those headlights continuing

after today, things stay in the mid to upper 60s area wide and going to be crisp and have the autumn-like feel. october arrives this week. small craft advisory through tonight. the winds from the south shifting to the west and blowing in. your next high tie at 1:57. look for a little rain this morning as we've been seeing. clouds break and it turns warmer, 75 degrees. tonight, partly cloudy, and then looking for tomorrow, increasingly windy through the day. then things chill down. someone tells you to chill out. >> fine, i will. >>> what president obama has to say about the new york city attack that could have been a reality. >>> a holy nuisance. what the interrupts a speech by pope benedict. >>> live at the greek festival. what all this yummy stuff is straight ahead. >>> welcome back to eyewitness news on this sunday, i don't know, sunday september 27th. i don't know if we have roosters in the out back, i don't know. hopefully not a routine at the stadium today. taking a look at first-warning doppler radar. never know what to expect. looking at showers breaking away from the region this

filled my days with endless wonders ♪ she took my childhood in her stride ♪ but she was gone when autumna dream my life would be so different from this hell i live in ♪ so different now from what it seems ♪ now life has killed the dream i dreamed ♪ ♪ and how we laughed when the innkeeper came out and started singing ♪ master of the house quick to catch your eye ♪ never lets a passerby to pass him by ♪ servant to the poor, butler to the great ♪ comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate ♪ everybody's boon companion gives them everything he's got ♪ everybody raise your glass everybody raise your glass ♪ everybody raise your glass to the master of the house. ♪ oy ya yoy o, that's from another musical. ( laughter ) there is one song in "les miserable" which is very close to my heart. it is known to the public as "bring him home;" among the cast members, it is called "the prayer." for seven long years, both of my children went to the israeli army, and i was singing this song on the stages of tel aviv, new york, and london. but in my heart, always, i was praying for the safe return of my kids a

filled my days with endless wonders ♪ she took my childhood in her stride ♪ but she was gone when autumna dream my life would be so different from this hell i live in ♪ so different now from what it seems ♪ now life has killed the dream i dreamed ♪ ♪ and how we laughed when the innkeeper came out and started singing ♪ master of the house quick to catch your eye ♪ never lets a passerby to pass him by ♪ servant to the poor, butler to the great ♪ comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate ♪ everybody's boon companion gives them everything he's got ♪ everybody raise your glass everybody raise your glass ♪ everybody raise your glass to the master of the house. ♪ oy ya yoy o, that's from another musical. ( laughter ) there is one song in "les miserable" which is very close to my heart. it is known to the public as "bring him home;" among the cast members, it is called "the prayer." for seven long years, both of my children went to the israeli army, and i was singing this song on the stages of tel aviv, new york, and london. but in my heart, always, i was praying for the safe return of my kids a

a change in the air. >> -- it feels like fall today. >> it will feel like autumn.some hot soup or something. >> things are looking gorgeous. the sun is not up until 7:00 this morning. our days continue to decrease. woodbridge, at 53. martinsburg, but 57. kensington, 53. we did have a storm system swings through yesterday. it was spinning over the great lakes and " throw some clouds our way. it will cause clouds to develop. we will see breezy conditions for the next day or so. let's show you outside. we get the winds and cooler temperatures in the 60's today. bottom returns. wickets the wind -- bautumn return . we could see winds up to 30 miles an hour. 60's this afternoon. increased cloud cover. windy. cool again tomorrow. tomorrow will be a similar day. we will talk the next seven days. let's talk traffic. >> traffic pattern changed at 270. all lanes shift to the left. this is newschopper 7. they went all the way down to fredricksburg because of road work reported. northbound has a backup at 610 and out of dale city. this is traffic out of the beltway to get up to

autumn 2007. it wasn't the most beautiful. >> it was amazing an burnt umber over all the pictures.orth for the fall we see the various colors. these colors were in a warm vain. just a gorgeous change of season. >> the next is a picture of a blue heron -- forgive me for saying this. it is so striking it doesn't look real. it looks like someone painted this. >> i did shoot -- the initial concept of the book was to be very much in the water where people don't get to go. this is one place where this buoy is that makes people come into the fishing center there. i was very low to the water in a kayak. i put a motor on it so it was very quiet. i was real low, still and quiet. the one thing about a motor is there is no sound. there is no splashing to scare wildlife. you can sneak up on them. >> i was going to ask if you go out in a boat. >> the initial idea was to do it completely from the water. that cannot work out well with the snow. >> you said on the scene on the way to the office, you had to stop the car. that is gorgeous. that is almost seasonless. the leaves on the tree. unbelievab

tomorrow, autumn begins at 5:18. but in the mean time, we are talking about a 30 degree drop in temperatures from places like colorado all the way to the northern plain states. it will be chilly there. west of denver, you could even see some snow in the mountains tomorrow. we'll watch that. mean time, the west coast begins to warm up. look at that. 70s and 80s in seattle tomorrow. could you need air you could need air conditioning. and we're looking for possibl >>> that's a quick look at your weather picture. a beautiful weekend in the northeast and one more day at least of that before we begin to see some changes. we'll send it your way. >>> still to come, a coach acquitted in the death of a teenaged football player. we'll speak exclusively to the boy's family and the prosecutor. >>> also ahead, the priest, the stripper, and their child. we'll ask her why she's filed a restraining order. maggie? >>> also, harry, coming up from the set of et, my back stage moments at the emmys with glenn close, alec baltd win and all

feeling very autumn like by tuesday and wednesday. will have the seven-day forecast coming up in a bit. >> >> two alleged bomb plots in two u.s. cities and two men under arrest. in dallas, police arrested joe sam smotty. 19-year-old jordanian tried to detonate a car bomb at a dallas sky scraper and illinois 29-year-old convert to islam recently accused of trying to set off a car bomb there. police say michael fenton, had plans to detonate the bomb outside of the federal complex in springfield. fbi said at this point there is no evidence that these two cases are kecked. >> and terror suspect najibullah zazi makes an appearance in federal court in denver, colorado today. investigators say he was trying to build bombs for an attack somewhere on u.s. soil. najibullah zazi admits to being trained by al-qaida. >> recall of common cold medication for children. details still ahead. . >> and plenty of . >> fight crime with one single phone call. opening up again the fugitive files tonight. hoping to put two suspects behind bars this time. joy

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we will see some sunshine -- it feels like autumn. it is september 30. we will see some sunshine today. partly cloudy. there may be a sprinkel this afternoon. mid 60's -- there may be a sprinkle this afternoon. ms. 60's. >> the top general in iraq plans to announce in a hearing today about troops. many will return home by october. this is another step to pull back from the war. a public health insurance option is having a tough time gaining acceptance on capitol hill. the senate finance committee voted against having a government run option in the bill. republicans say it would be first set to a complete government takeover to the health-care industry. democrats say it would give people and other choice in make insurers become competitive. coming up, baltimore city schools are being praised for their efforts to help kids stay healthy. you do not have to spend a lot of money to have a fun. we will tell you how next. >> we will check on your morning commute. we have one accident of not in harford county. chevy silverado. more confidence than ford f-150. be

it will be windy for the next day or so with these winds bringing cooler autumn like canadian air. it will be a little chillier but not super cold. we will have west-southwest winds. 52 is the overnight temperature. here is our futurecast showing the rain coming out of the picture and we will dry out. in the afternoon, we will see some instability in the clouds. there may be a few sprinkles. basically, just a mix of clouds and thunder. it should start off sunny. we will have a few sprinkles to the north. 69 should be high. it will not be as warm -- it will not be as warm as today. there are wind advisories in the mountains because the winds will be testing close to 40 miles an hour. 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 arkans

the full first day of astronomical autumn. the temperatures are heating up feel k like a summer-like day in september. and then going back over the last couple hours, this is looking off towards the west. can you southeast tee the cloud over. and you can see how the atmosphere is flowing this morning. you can see the moisture in the air as well as the sun has broken through. the live view of the sky watcher camera showing quite a bit of cloudiness in and out as well. overall, it's partly sunny at this time. as we look at the radar and the view from our city camera, we don't have any precipitation ound, just a few clouds over the potomac. and the record high today, 98. it can sizzle in late september. that's set back in 1895 on september 23rd. we got near 100 degrees. amazing! no precipitation around the region. we do are temperatures near 80, around the shenandoah valley where they had more sun this morning. and it's in the mid-70s near the bay. and out of the mountains it's near 70 degrees. look at the dew point. these are li

we are getting shorter days as we enter the season of autumn. 95 was the record high. a low of 39. tonight we will be cooler. 59-65. the wins will be more northerly. -- the winds will be more northerly. we will have breezy conditions tomorrow because of a high pressure. another front to our west will come through which will give us showers on the weekend. it's like chance of afternoon showers on saturday. 69 degrees is the high. by 1:00, hopefully things will be fine. 65 next wednesday with senate clot -- sunny skies. >> air-traffic controllers are responsible for keeping planes safe in the sky. the future generation could be training in baltimore. >> they need it more than 10,000 -- need more than 10,000 new students. >> it is not the real thing but close to it. >> please stand by. >> these are the future air traffic controllers getting a bird's eye view from the ground and simulated in the tower. >> this is very similar to what you're going to see when we are controlling aircraft. >> we get to simulate emergencies with the equipment, things we cannot do in real life. it gives us

in fact for the beginning of autumn that begins this evening almost summer like.ratures upper 70s to 80 with a chance of a shower. tomorrow an isolated shower and thursday could be a thunderstorm. look at those temperatures mid 80s as we head in to thursday but cool down toward the end of the week. momslikeme.com bus stop forecast this morning, comfortable. low 60s to low 70s. a tad humid compare toad the last several mornings we have been watching. this morning mostly cloudy. isolated showers mainly west. i-81 has a better chance than everyone else. and a southeast wind at five to ten mile an hour. lows in the 60s. again a southeast wind at five and tomorrow i think we will be above the 80-degree mark. clouds this morning. you see them streaming over us but the showers are in west virginia moving north northeast. they will have a tough time moving this way and moisture to the south, as well. readings in the 60s to 70 in southern maryland. 64 fredericksburg, culpeper an winchester and here in washington we are at 67 degrees. eastbounds are three miles an hour and

. >> a brisk, autumn day out there. >> not bad tomorrow. 67, a nice day on thursday, lots of sunshine. maybe a shower at the end of the day on friday. a few scattered showers on saturday, maybe a rumble of thunder most of sunday looks partly cloudy and nice. >> not bad. thank you for joining us. >> we will see you back here at 11:00 tonight. >>> on our broadcast tonight, earthquake, a major qua

on this first full day of autumn.nd the beaches and across the delmarva to new jersey. their temperatures are actually in the 70s. another band of showers trying to generate up the mountain in through west virginia and virginia itself. that is going to try to slide our way. we do expect to have a mostly cloudy sky, maybe a break or two of sun but warmer temperatures should get us up to 80 for the two-degree guarantee. the chance of showers definitely not a washout of a day. but spotty showers tonight with patchy fog. we're back into the mid to upper 60s. the chance of warmer temperatures and thunderstorm after a high of 83 tomorrow. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> traffic is a little slow here on the beltway in various spots but here at liberty road you're running a little slow between 795 and the baltimore national pike. also slow on the east side of the outer loop between harford road and charles street. on the inner loop, that earlier crash we had at the jfx has been cleared away, delays have eased up consid

. >> that it is and i think that all of us have autumn on our mind, jim and pat. ready to pull out that autumn clothing but hold on, wait a while, because this week temperatures mainly in the 80s and a little humid, too. hey, let's pan up to the sky because we do have some partly cloudy skies. yeah, the rain's held off, well off to the west of the area, but showers this time tomorrow. temperatures across the area right now are into the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. there's the map. 80 here. let me show you the trend for this week because we're going to cool down a little bit into the 70s tomorrow but then back up into the 80s and know that we've got two days too where we'll have to deal with a bit of humidity so the trend for this week. getting schools -- getting kids off to school tomorrow? no rain as of yet. we'll see a high temperature tomorrow again up to 76, 77 and then after that into the 80s the rest of the workweek. jim, and pat back to you. >> thanks, veronica. >>> an insider story about the john edwards' affair including an an astonishing claim about t

. >> feeling like autumn. no ice in our future yet. >> thank you, bob. >>> in june's deadly metro crash, there are new complaints tonight the it's taking too long to find out exactly what caused the disaster. yesterday three months after the crash, the ntsb released new information about what failed, but no new information about why it happened. michael flynn is here now with the latest. michael? >> tonight leaders of the transit workers union say complaints about metro's automated track system are common. the new findings by the ntsb further expose a transit system that is failing. >> we hear stories on a daily basis about communication and automatic train control problems. >> reporter: the head of the local transit workers union insisting she is not surprised by the ntsb preliminary findings about june's rail crash that killed nine people. the union is also calling for accountability. >> no one in the ranks of management have been held responsible for these failures. >> the ntsb yesterday issued an urgent al

tomorrow the first day of autumn which begins 5:19 in the afternoon with the autumnal equinox. mid-70s with a chance of a shower. possible thunder on wednesday with highs near the 80-degree mark. a look at the moms like me.com bus stop. a mix of sun and clouds and cool. sun is not up yet but in a few minutes. 50s and 60s out there. you need to wrap the little ones up a bit. maybe a sweatshirt should do it for them. 47 to 79 southeast winds five to ten miles an hour. then tonight, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. not as cool as this morning. just about everybody in the 60s this morning. a lot of 50s there. 51 in baltimore. 53 andrews and also at the naval air station in patuxent river. warm spot to the north and west in cumberland and hagerstown where temperatures are in the lower 60s. at national no winds to speak of. 61 and dew point at 55. still a pretty comfortable air mass in place, thanks to high pressure which is slowly moving off shore. check this out. down here, all of this moisture across alabama and georgia will stay west of us. but rain chances will be going up. half

. >> it is nice and summer like out there and we have the brain and now autumn comes. we will be in the '60s through friday and win chances are low until saturday. -- when it chances are low until saturday. -- wind chances are low until saturday. >> the nbc evening news with brian williams is next. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org >>> on our broadcast tonight -- the flu night. wee