mike masco is here to tell bus baltimore bill. >> yeah, baltimore bill, the weather predicting crab was at the inner harbor. bill is known as a weather expert. he was born with one claw raised out of the water, which allows him to detect warm currents. we have our baltimore bill. he joined us to give us an idea of what the weather will look like over the next seven weeks. apparently it's going to be an early winter. >> i always think to maryland's most powerful, satellites. we'll see how the predisix come -- prediction comes through. baltimore bill predicting a colder than average winter and maybe snow. >>> we have new developments in a murder investigation that could have gone cold. 236-year-old eric pen der grass was found dead in 2009. police have made an arrest. 31-year-old sherell ferguson is facing murder charges. the cause of the death was ruled to be asphyxiation. ferguson is being held at central booking and awaiting trial. >> in a bid to head off confusion in the future, a carroll county commissioner has proposed making english the county's official language. county commission

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. >>> and baltimore bill walked the plank yesterday and watch this. that guy sprint and had is predicting an early winter. good morning i'm charley crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle thanks so much for joining us. all of the technology we have in the weather center and we're talking about a crab. >> the crab told us what it's going to do. >> bill's cute so we'll go ahead with what he said, we'll go with the early winter. maryland east most powerful radar picking up on showers and storms. this morning grab the rain gear as you head out and about. we are looking at heavier rain coming down in a lot of spots this morning as well. all this is plotting off towards the east, but if you are traveling into pennsylvania, we can see heavy rain around elizabeth town, harrisburg, we will be pretty much done later in the morning, and still dealing with showers around westminster, the heaviest stuff sliding toward the heavier rainfall across the area. all sliding toward bel air, and we can also possibly maybe see small hail with this as well. going to keep you updat

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we have our own answer to punks tany phil, baltimore bill. sinus versus the scavenger. >> all right. so we are drying out right now. but don't put the umbrella away yet. i will tell you whether you will need it coming up. >> reporter: well, traffic is just starting to pick up here on the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike. and we are dealing with accidents across the region. i will have the details coming up on good morning maryland. >> reporter: all right. as we go to break a. live look at new york city. sun not up yet but a beautiful skyline. let's go to that way for tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites is blackberry poised for a comeback? research in motion announced facebook, twitter and linkedn and four square will be featured on the devices expected to launch next year. some new entries into the tablet wars and noble unveiled the nook hd starting at 269 dollars and one feature is video streaming. the days people store digital photos in a lot of different places. a new digital service called this life gathers a

his name is baltimore bill. so bill is going to walk off a special plank at the inner haror today and predict -- harbor today and predict if we have a warm fall or early winter. the event is sponsored by old bay and maryland department of natural resources and will take the plunge at 10:30 near light street a vilo. there will be a play-by-play of baltimore bill's prediction so you can head down to the inner harbor at 10:30 for that. >> exactly. we will turn to lynette because you want to take the crab and put iamb into a bowling -- put him in a boiling pot of water. >> i couldn't do that. you know, i think we might be in store for an early winter. we will see how that plays out. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, we are not dealing with the warm or cold weather so much this morning but we are dealing with the rain and mild temperatures. but look at what's going on as we look at maryland's most powerful radar. i will zoom into the heaviest stuff and first the light stuff around cloverleaf and along i-

baltimore bill is his name and weather predicting is this crab's game. next wednesday he's going to walk the plank and into the inner harbor. this is happening near the new mccormick store, world of flavors. if he falls to the right side, we'll have an early winter. if he falls to the left side, we'll have a warm fall. think of him as our own punxsutawney phil. it's baltimore bill, the crab. there you go. go to abc2news.com for more. we'll have weather updates in about 30 minutes. it's time to change the way we clean. it's time to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. and free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. new lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach. how? the secret is the hydrogen peroxide formula. it attacks tough stains and kills 99.9% of germs. new lysol power & free. powerful cleaning that's family friendly. another step forward in our mission for health.

if the heads to the day and warmer climates, winter is coming earlier this year. >> baltimore bill, are you ready? all right. let's say. and he is off. and it will be an early winter. >> and there was absolutely no hesitation. he went straight for it. maybe that would explain why bill is heading for warmer climates. >> did you watch baltimore will make his predictions? you are probably thinking "really?" >> early winter. >> which means what? >> i don't know. snowfall before thanksgiving? >> knowing in october. >> tell me what an early winter means. >> it is not like my weather- predicting crab. >> i just like to eat them. we have scattered showers. they are mostly north and west. showers at 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. the showers will come through pretty quickly. left this with a warm, muggy afternoon. it is unsettled. there is an affront to our north moving slowly in our direction. -- there is an affront to our north -- a front to our north moving slowly in our direction. our monthly rainfall total is almost at 2 inches. that is about 1.5 inches below normal. we are running a 0.685 inch

meet baltimore bill. >> so we got baltimore bill. >> flipping coins in the weather center.is it mostly cloudy or partly sunny? >> you call it. >> i have a forecast here right now. not the good side. well tomorrow morning, there's a lot of clouds. , 65 degrees it's a mild lunchtime. not a wide-spread deal, but at know point we could see a shower or storm pop up. keep an eye to the sky. friday, same deal. less of intensity at 76 and then spotty showers over the weekend with a temperature around 730. we'll wrap the 11:00 news up coming up after this break. [ male announcer ] airtran airways is having a sale. which means our already low fares...are even lower. that's like making the grand canyon...grander. or the great lakes...greater. or the rocky mountains... rockier. you know what i mean. lucky for you, airtran offers flights to destinations like these across the u.s. we just made something awesome, awesomer. airtran is having a sale with flights starting at 69 dollars one-way. all with wifi. book today at airtran.com. go. there's nothing stopping you. >>> all right orange t

the warm weather will hang around thatacoring to baltimore bill. >> who needs lynette when you have a crab. what kind of science is that what if he sinks to the bottom. >> you want to boil him. >> he is -- what are your predictions. >> he is going to the right. >> going to the right. >> yeah. >> a cold winter? let's worry about today. >> exactly. today is not cold. it's nice and mild but we are dealing with the rain out there. so, as you head out and about, put the heavy coats away. remember what we needed yesterday and the day before and break out the rain gear because the rain is here. and you can see it, it is going to clear out. we will head towards the eastern shore. that moves out and we get a little break so don't think it's going to be an all day event. but we have another round behind that. so, more showers and storms will be coming in here as we go into the afternoon. look on the bright side we need the rain. we are 6 inches below for the entire year. temperature wise is what we are working with this morning. mild at 64 in baltimore. we should be at 5 # for this time of the

baltimore bill" wasted no time.it took him four seccnds to fallloff the right side of the plank-- headinghis was bill's inaugural preeiction-- whiih came to mixed reviews from the kids in the crowd. 3 girl: 4.53 "more now ays, i guess." reporter: "are you happyywith that?" girl: "kinda!" pkinda!" jayla foot: ..77"i don't necessarily waat him, because predict he'' gonna do that becauue the ice caps are meltin" 3&steve vilnii, marrland dept. oo natural resources: 10.555 "the crabs know before we do what weather's going on and can sense it that it's time to get out of here and ggt to warmer water and that's what bill did today." one of organizers told me they look to bill ecause in hiss words, vytas "only has a ten- day forecast."bill's official bio reads, "he frequently consults with local television meteorologgsts, who won't publicly acknowledge hii role weather."

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a look at baltimore bills debut. ava? >>> i looked it up. a brain of the size of a pea. not sure how good he will be at forecasting. looking at the weather. a few sprinkles this morning but other than that chance for showers this afternoon. we'll have deta >> good morning. starting you off with a live look downtown. beautiful shot right now. not too many clouds yet. currently 59 degrees downtown. 52 at thurgood marshall. a chilly start to the day. it is indeed the last day of september. october begins tomorrow. as we look at the radar, we had a few sprinkles early on. those are all wound down. what we are going to wash out for are more showers. it will come mainly toward the afternoon hours. first let's talk about the temperatures. 50s around the baltimore metro area. as we step out for that, we're expecting temperatures around the 40s. western part of the state. switching over to computer one, we are seeing temperatures right now basically in the 40s. and that is a chilly start to the day. 48 in westminster. we have 49 in hancock. 43 oaklan

an early winter and before you shake your fist, not coming from lynette, this is coming from baltimore bill, the blue crab. he walked the plank yesterday, at the new world of flavor store. you have two choices, a warm fall or an early winter. sadly he ran to old man winter, and means he's coming soon. lynette thinks the same thing. >> he did not waste time. >> i wonder if he was listening to me yesterday. >> probably he was like get me out of this crazy contraption. >> you know you were down there and you were watching, you were taking notes. >> exactly. >> have to be in line with bill. >> bill is the end all, be all, so get ready to bundle up because it's going to be cold. >> bill knows what he's talking about but today we have a shiver. we need the rain gear because we have some thunderstorms coming in across the area this morning. we can see what's going on right now in maryland's most powerful radar, zooming into some of these areas, heavy downpours across westminster, and union bridge, all sliding off towards the east. having light rain, bearing down the heavier rain and the lightning

baltimore bill" wasted no time.it took hii four seccnds to fallloff theeright side of the plank--towardearly winter. it was fun while it lasted. nntsnoomore replaccment refs meanssno mmre jokes at their expenseea lookkback at ssme of the funniist jabs at the mostt hated peoole in football. footballl you're watccing fox 45 good day baltimore. ((bump outt) 3 leern theeart of flying and take flight this weekend. emily gracey joins us for this mornings hometown hotspot.- tell us about the remotee control airplane festival ? -wwat's the most difficult part of flying remote control airplanes?--ho can ffy remote control airplane? airplanes? the remote control airplanee festival takes place september 29th nd 300h from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the southwestt aree ark.for more informmtion loo on to fox baltimore dott com slash morninn. you're going to be her.my special juicee s gonna how much money "honey boo boo" ii getting paid.. nowwthat t-l-c has rdered more episodes of the show. show. you're baltimore. x 45 good day ((break 2)) krystal conwell : we see a lot of problems with the... number o

. >>> move over, because we have baltimore bill. we don't need you ground hog. the crab's self-proclaimed local weather expert is making some bold predictions. we may have an early winter. >> you say may have an early winter. >> because i like to get my weather from lynette, not a crustacean. >> but you agree with him. >> yes, i do because the models are leaning in that direction. >> you say that would be great. >> especially since last year. people got gypped. >> we just don't need the back to back snow storms of 20 inches. >> do not believe what you're hearing right now. we are an incredible new source. do not believe this. you had a coat on yesterday, a parka. >> i'm going o to take one team and my team is out there and some of -- i'm going to take one for the team and my team is out there and they want snow. stop giggling, let me show you what's going on right now. we have wet weather this morning. we have showers and storms pushing off into delaware. so we are starting to dry things out. if you are out and about early this morning, you did get on -- get in

this, according to baltimore bill, the world's first weather- predicting crab. instead of a ground hog preteen -- predicting an early spring, bill was cast with predicting an early winter. he walked a specially designed plank near harborplace yesterday, and he went right down the right side, meaning an early winter. ok. now your maryland lottery midday pick 3 and pick 4 numbers. >> the maryland lottery celebrates a special herbal thursday with purple drawings and raven scratch off. >> hey, maryland. your pick 3 numbers for this part of thursday are -- 1, 3, and 4, making your pick 3 numbers 1, 3, and for. new this year is the game prize. $1,000 for every grievance interception. -- for every ravens interception. your pick 4 numbers are 3, 0, 6 as printed on the ball, and the final pick 4 number is 9 as printed on the ball, making your pick 4 number 3069. the maryland lottery. let yourself play. >> the ravens have the real referees tonight. will they have good weather? >> a shower is possible, but they are scattered, so no big deal. temperatures in the low 70's. t

this is baltimore bill. he predicts an early winter. he flew down the right side, meaning an early winter. i think crabs are better for eating than predicting the weather. if he is wrong, we are having him for dinner. 73 degrees downtown. 63 in westminster. we're watching some mild there right now. cold air to the north and that is making its way here. it will bring a drop in the temperatures. we'll do tell that in the full forecast in just a few minutes -- will detail that. >> cases of west nile virus are still on the rise. >> there have been more than 3500 cases across the country. last week there were 3100 cases reported, most of them from texas. it is predicted this will be the worst year on record for the disease. >> researchers decided to test the brain boosting potency of a lavanoids. the scientists were skeptical at first. it's unclear if tilted has the same effect on humans. dark chocolate might be considered a super food. today is chocolate milk today. is this such a thing as a dark chocolate milk? >> i think we have regular c

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bill: yeah it did. when are we going to have a convention in baltimore? >> i would like to see that soon. at goes on here just to be getting in this building this morning -- [ laughter ] >> bill: i'm glad you made it. >> it's hard. >> bill: it's not easy. >> i'm wondering who pays for all of this. >> bill: baltimore is great town. >> it is a great town. the orioles are [ inaudible ] in baseball. >> bill: the nats are also doing well in baseball. >> that's right. [ laughter ] >> bill: just one quick question, the answer to that question, which the republicans want to make the team of this election, and i say bring it on are we better off today as americans than we were four years ago. >> the country is better out of it, no doubt about it. we are coming back. unemployment rate was 10%, down to 8.3, and we still got a lot to do there, but on the affordable care act, done. lilly ledbetter, done. so we can go on and on. and i keep telling democrats, do not be on the defensive. this president has accomplished more in three years eight months that most presidents achieve in eight years against ma

catch that left seattle or let seattle beat green bay on monday and then this, the kick by baltimore that angered billbed that ref. he got a $50,000 fine for it. rob, i want to show everybody the front of "the post." oh say can't owe see? they have a good time with the headlines. but explain what the very latest is now. that's been talk this afternoon that maybe they were going to go back under one roof and hash this out. >> yeah, thomas. after monday night's debacle, the owners and officials stayed up until 2:00 in the morning last night trying to hash this thing out. reports are coming out now this afternoon that they're very close, that they have agreed on some key issues. the big issue that's still outstanding, of course, the one that's always a problem in negotiations, money. but apparently they are getting close. and i think a lot of people now following this think that the replacement refs if not by tomorrow night which is the next scheduled game in the nfl will be out of there and the regular officials back by this weekend. nothing confirmed yet but they seem to be close. >> when we talk about

. >> last year, baltimore was ranked sixth on the list. a bill to keep the government running past the end of the month could head toward barack as today.sk as early it is only a stopgap measure that buys lawmakers six months to address the country's fiscal challenges. >> lawmakers put off tough decisions. the senate moves forward with a plan to keep the government running on autopilot for another six months. >> we have spent the entire year avoiding doing serious business. >> each side is blaming the other for the gridlock. cracks while they have been here, congress -- >> while they have been here, has been trying to make political points. >> this is the least productive congress in a long time. >> overall, the capitol hill holdup occurs the president and congress. >> they cannot get anything passed the senate. it has kept obama from doing a lot of the things he wants to do because he cannot get anything through the house. >> a vote on the spending bill may be held up because rand paul wants a vote on his amendment to cut aid to some countries.

>> the baltimores baltimores now. >> do you know the bills are the only team for an historical figuree don't care. for the week what happened? >> willing to get that in. >> before the week it was rough, nelson, wnn football leaving the way. both at 3-1. paula, you and the commish were 2-2. >> but it's all cumulative. rob and the fans out front kicking everybody's heinie. i'm 6-6, the commish bringing up the rear as we like to say. >> it's tough. it's tough. >> like you say. >> it's not always -- >> we'll see how it goes and, you know, i don't know. a couple of big games like jason said earlier kind of thing but it was what it was. >> pretty face though. >> i'll tell you right now, i didn't shave this morning because i was too busy celebrating notre dame's win over michigan. >> on saturday night. did you see this? >> six turnovers and you guys could only win by a touchdown. >> denard robinson. the interesting point is -- still one. that's the thing, it was 13-6, denard robinson, he looked like he was playing for notre dame. he couldn't stop throwing to notre dame defenders. unbelievabl

. >> bill: you know what surprised me is i heard this morning that they expect tonight's game, i forget who's playing tonight. >> baltimoret the professional refs would be back for this game tonight. so you know, otherwise we have heard, dave, it was going to take like another week, right before they could suit up and get back inside. they're not going to wait another week. >> no, they can't afford to wait because the thing that's been lurking behind all of this. you got the farce monday night. but the issue that's been lurking the last three weeks and you've seen some serious near miss is the idea of something horrible happening to one of the players in the realm of health and safety. and whether or not one could blame that when it eventually would happen on an overzealous player, on maybe just somebody getting their spikes caught in the turf, it would have been blamed on scab officials who were not able to police or manage the game. i mean the field has been described to me by one observer, i don't know if you guys ever watch the show but as deadwood in terms of there being any kind of justice or law with regards to wha

. >>> a baltimore county church is now raising money to help a teenager's family pay for medical bills after a school shooting. 17-year-old daniel borowy was shot monday the first day of class at perry hall high school and critically injured and remains hospitalized tonight. now the perry hall family worship center has launched a fundraising website to help his family and are organizing a celebration for when borowy is released from the hospital. you can fine the fundraising site on our website -- find the fundraising site on our website www.myfoxdc.com. >>> a gas station clark in prince george's county is recovering after a violent encounter with the robber. the gunman came in shortly before 8:00 last night. they struggled and the clerk tried to throw a chair at the gunman. the shot was fired hitting him in the upper arm. the robber got away. >>> another big story tonight, the reverend sun myung moon, the south korean head of the unification church died at age 92. he met with world leaders and also did prison time. fox 5's karen gray houston returns with more on his legacy. >> reporte

. >> of baltimore woman remains homeless this evening after losing her house, and the city is billingr thousands of dollars for demolishing her house. as parents and students cope with yet another gun incident at a school, how educators are responding at a community meeting. meeting. those stories and and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because we know how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >> these are major bonus days. >> sunny skies tomorrow and thursday, mostly sunny friday. comfortable during the day, lower humidity, cool at night. great running weather, getting ready for the baltimore marathon. scattered thunderstorms saturday in in clearing up sunday, then more showers monday and tuesday. >> that is a look at our news. thank you very much for joining us. we will see back here at 11:00. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captio

if they win, new england gets beat by baltimore and then there's no pressure. bill: the team that's been the jekyll and hyde is the "dallas." they beat the new york giants on opening night and then they go up to seattle and beat 27-7. last year, they finished the season 1-4. tony romo wasn't the problem. it was the defense. they have got two good corners in brandon carr, maurice claiborne. they are playing their home opener today. this is a better team than they were last year, the dallas cowboys will be fine. shannon: i'm looking at one of the 20 teams that are 1-1 in the starting season and that's the baltimore ravens and joe flacco. he was a.f.c. offensive player of the week. -- year. last week, he did not play at all. the ravens would have been better served with less flacco and more rice. you tell us you're an elite quarterback, but the one thing elite quarterbacks do in this league is they're consistent. joe flacco, we need to see a little more consistency for you to take that next step. boomer: three teams because of their performance last weekend was horrend

. >> against nine bank bills, they were at will, but then baltimore was shut down. the offensive corridor took the heat, and that is fine with him. good >> i had the exact scenario, everything executed. it was a non-issue. >> it will always wrangle fans, but it does remain for some. >> i think we have a great fullback. we have great running backs we have great tight ends. it is going to be spread across the board. i think we are going to do the same thing each week in and out. it is not going to happen. that might not be a bad idea to. >> police in baltimore county are searching for a couple of cookie monsters. we are told two men hopped the counter and snatched up sweet treats. 12 pounds of chocolate chip cookies just before 2:00 in the morning. police do not believe it is related to another incident of sticky fingers at the same shop monday morning. >> they wanted some cookies. first rice, now is to not. >> parents may want to completely cut out to not from their kids' diets. -- to cut out tuna from their kids' diets. >> police guard for a gunman on the loose. >>

baltimore. you can't do that patriots coach bill belichick grabbed a refs arm at the end of the game.ay for that he claims he had a question about the field goal in the last second. i bet he did have a question. although on replay the kick barely did appear to be good. but angles, you never know. belichick says some calls still bewildered him. >> it's our job to go out and control. that's what we are going to try to work on. can't control anything else. you would have to talk though he is guys. talk to the officials about the way they called the game. talk to the league about the way they called it i don't know. we have got to go out there and call it the best we can. >> shepard: the real refs are at least talking to each other. trace gallagher is live in los angeles. when you look at an organization. if all of the elm employees are bad it's notes employees fault it's the employers fault. get it fixed. >> the nfl players association shep is siding with you they think the referees from this thing appear to be overwhelmed. really overwhelmed. this is a good example of what they are talk

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. >>> you saw patriots head coach bill belichick make contact with that replacement official after his team lost to baltimore. belichick says he doesn't expect to be fined but that's unusually nfl policy. the league and the referees' union met yesterday. no word on resolving the lockt. the players union did file a grievance with the owners over the weekend as well, citing that their help is in jeopardy. and it could be a violation of their cba. collective bargaining agreement. >> the games are becoming -- you know, it's been a free for all. i think last night was an example of it. it goes both ways. >> coming from a patriots fan. >>> up next, "the pulse." and re views coming in for first-time emmy host jimmy coming. >>> and the fashions. we'll see who really sizzled on the red carpet. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the ctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had chan

victim of arson, and baltimore city charges >> a baltimore woman remains homeless today after losing her house to arson. thef that isn't bad enough, city is billing hurt thousands for demolishing her house. >> i am going to stand my ground. i own this land, i am a taxpayer, and i'm a united states citizen. >> when she doesn't stay with family or friends, she calls this camp home. >> it is not the best of comforts, but i don't want to be a burden on other people. >> in february 2011, someone set fire to her home. the city tore down her house and sent her a bill. >> i watched my life go up in flames. >> tonight at 11:00, what the city says about demolishing the home she lived in for years. >> still to come, a "friends" star in nbc's new comedy. that is straight ahead. >> we are looking at temperatures this morning. 31 degrees in upstate new york, one of the first below-freezing temperatures this season. we will talk about how cool it gets to nine. 75 at the inner harbor, 72 at the airport. >> and carrie engel standing by from valley view farms. she is here to answer your plant questions. visit our website, >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecas

bill belichick with the maryland roots in baltimore tonight where his team is back up by six and thee. a whistle before the snap for a false start. cris, you take a look at this game -- >> referee: false start, offense number 82. five-yard penalty. still first down. >> al: torrey smith. 81 yards and 92 yards by the ravens, 81 by new england and 80 by baltimore and just now 80 by new england. >> cris: i told you, it was going to be a defensive struggle. >> al: well, it was for new england anyway in the first quarter when they jumped out in front and baltimore couldn't do anything but now the ravens with three successive touchdown dr e drives. flacco throwing it into the bench. >> cris: here is what the patriots have been doing all year this year and their defense has been playing much better. the cover two they got the two corners up and two safeties back. the key is you beat up the wide receivers coming off the ball. and certainly we have seen what the replacement officials, you can get-aw awas he with a littl more than the regular guys but the teams are adjusting to it and playing t

new england coach bill belichick and baltimore's coach john harbaugh will not be suspended for theiray night's game. of course, belichick could still face quite a hefty fine. we'll keep you posted. >>> next hour of newsroom starts after a quick break. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just to stay alive... but feel alive. the new c class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz through and through. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. ♪ ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the ais

night football may shine a spotlight on baltimore but one problem can cast a dark shadow on the game. >> it's not a new phenomenon. >> reporter: councilman bill cole has been talking about parking scams. this area is ripe for them because in this part of town there seems to be plenty of parking but you can't use most of them. streets are marked 57bd lots are private. on game day many are open at a priessments it's a legitimate side business for most but not all. >> people come in from out of town and they don't realize, look, just because there's a sandwich board that says closest park $30 that it means it's legitimate. >> reporter: some bad apples take the money and tow trucks show up. cole hopes the new city law will shut down that scheme. it requires lot operators to give you a receipt and pay the city a share of their profits. >> any legitimate plot operator is collecting parking taxes and has pulled a permit from the city, so they should be able to demonstrate they are a legal and authorized lot. if they don't have that, i would probably move on. >> the city is checking lots. make sure you get a receipt. ask the attend daunt if someone w

bill: i don't know anybody who can explain it. >> the cincinnati reds headed to the playoffs. other teams in the hunt, the san francisco giants, atlanta braves, new york yankees baltimore white sox texas rangers and oakland athletics. >> bill: what are you going wear for the next story? >> he's probably got a giants jersey somewhere. >> i do not have my giants jersey today. >> bill: he would have to go change clothes. >> prime time emmy awards are this weekend. jimmy kimmel hosting them sunday night. top acting nominees include zooey deschanel 30 rock's tina fey. also alec baldwin. amy poehler out of parks and recreation and julia louis-dreyfus. jon cryer from two and a half men and louie ck from louie and also ed o'neil from "married from children" actually from "modern family." bruce springsteen's daughter is hoping to go to the olympics. jessica springsteen who is 20 years old has been riding horses since the age of 5. >> bill: dressage? >> just bought a horse that won gold for the brits this summer in london. she hopes to compete for the u.s. in rio in 2016. >> puts a little tarnish on that every man image of bruce springsteen when his daughter is olympic show jump

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we have bill devin rain to start -- we have a little bit of rain to start the day. some rain going through baltimore city right now. a batch of rain will be coming through in waves today. i would take an umbrella with you to start today. mostly cloudy skies. showers likely off and on. high temperature between 76 and 81. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> 4:57. 66 degrees at the airport. could the orioles come up with some magic in the bottom of the ninth inning? >> a man dies in police custody and this morning his family wants answers. >> an incident was called riot- like outside of the recher theater. >> we have one accident on 95 i [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents on their own are wonderful ...but add some ham and cheese ...roll them up in some crescent dough and tada, thursday is now... a ham & cheese crescent roll-up wonder pillsbury crescents, let the making begin. on their own are amazing, but press out some biscuit dough, add some sauce and some pepperoni and cheese and monday's dinner is now a grands mini pizza party. pillsbury grands biscuits. l

baltimore stole her car. marie worried because she left a pair of house keys in her car for emergencies along with bills with her home address. >> i had a set of keys in the car. she called on star. >> i was trying to, you know, tell the on star person that -- can you send a police to my house? >> reporter: police drove to the house and found miller walking out of the door with a plastic bag. her laptop was inside. officers say he tried to run away. they caught him, he struggled and they tasered him. >> i'm glad. at least he is not on the street. >> reporter: police found her keys and her jewelry in the suspect's pants. tonight he is in jail facing charges of burglary and resisting arrest. i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> tonight we're hearing the 911 calls from the deadly train derailment. two 19-year-old college students were killed when the train fell off the tracks. they were sitting on a bridge near the tracks. several people called police about the crash. >> it's coal. it came completely out. >> all right. >> i'm still here. >> some guy just ran over the coal pile. it's nothing. so it's all out on the roa

bill belichick's team going to 1-3. good ball game, great ball game. kristen berset is in baltimore. k b, we talked about this game all week long. we know the story line. safe to say this game did not disappoint. >> reporter: it definitely did not, dave. we've got some happy fans here. a big win for these ravens. a big win for these ravens. rematch of the afc championship, revenge, and it came down to what we saw in that championship, a field goal, and this time the rains connected. justin tucker, aus showed what a game. this was one for the record books, but a great sunday night game. fans are excited. you know, aus had mentioned before, torrey smith, they did a moment of silence for his brother earlier today, but, wow, what a game for him. i mean, to score the first touchdown, to score the last touchdown, i mean, truly remarkable. i'm afraid somebody is going to run and grab me here for a second. but truly remarkable for him. the entire crowd was behind him, chanting "torrey." >> you've covered that team well. i know you know torrey smith very well. we'll get back to you a little b

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baltimore in 1996. modell still holds a 1% piece of the ravens. he is 87 years old. 87 years ol >>> bill clinton throws his support behind president obama. the democrats' big gun offered an impassioned plea for the president to get another four years. delegates at the democratic national convention in charlotte formally renominated president obama for a second term last night. the late night roll call came after president bill clinton said he knows that we are coming back from the worst economic mess in generations. >> we democrats, we think the country works bet ware strong middle class, with real opportunities for poor folks to work their way into it, with a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. we believe that we're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on your own. >> president obama set to accept the nomination tonight. next hour, we'll have a live report coming to us from charlotte. >>> new details on another attack on capitol hill. the violent robbery happened a few block

baltimore... on a policy that allows utility companies to bill customers during a power outage. outtge.o charge customers throughout extended outages. but in january... the policy was changed to allow charges only during the first 24 hhurs afterrmajor storms. back in june... a storm ccused outages to hundreds of ttouusnds of maryland customers.... causing some to go withoot powwr for a week. early voting for the presidential electionn.. has already begun.ballots are now in the mail... and could &parrive any day this week.at least a third of all voters are expected to lock in their choice early this year.the elections will take place on november 6th. meanwhile... a new study finds to vote than the poor. according to c-n-nn.. &p80-percent of adults from &phundred-thousand dollars aa year or more... voted in the 2008 elections.only 52-percent of adults ffom familles making 20-thousand dollars a year... turned out to vote.that number is expected to be higher this year. morning-after pills... are noww availaale to high school girls at 13 public schools in new york city.the department of pduc