>> come live with me in bermuda. what melissa says about the post office is right they need to lay off 200,000 people. this is going on in cities and stat. christian, you don't want to get rid of talented workers but they don't have the money. san bernardino is laying off school crossing guards. a lot of money comes from pensions and the assumings that 8.5% nobody's making that. >> christian, could it -- codn't you argue that people taking a buyout could prevent a bailout down the road? >> look, i'm not against buyouts in all circumstance. i just suggest it's not the magic to solving state fiscal woes. the reason pensions are underfunded is because of poor decisions. to think if we pursue this path where all of a sudden we're going to get governmentat's providing great cost effective rvice is not necessarilyrue. >> wayne, last word. >> i've side it. i think the proof is in the pudding. we know if you could privatize certain things -- john makes a point. there are five cities in the state of california that have gone

it is a few hundred miles south of bermuda. it will pass to the east of bermuda tomorrow morning.storm is approaching from the south. category one hurricane just south of bermuda. a front will keep it offshore. we did get some rain from the front. that is up in new england now and we will have a dry day today. partly cloudy to start and becoming mostly sunny this afternoon. yesterday we were near 70 in some places. 50 at the airport right now. becoming mostly sunny. a little bit cooler but still nice. high temperature between 63 and 68. it will be a little choppy on the bay. wave heights two feet. the seven-day forecast -- tomorrow will be a nice day. temperatures around 70. there could be some rain late in the day. best chance for rain will be on friday. could be a few sprinkles on saturday with a high near 60. then we should dry out and warm up. >> governor martin o'malley announces a drop in the unemployment insurance rate beginning in january. some could see their tax cut by %. to 55 officials hope owners will increase hiring with the savings. a recall this morning for doggy t

the storm near bermuda is the 17th main storm of this season. the ninth one to become a hurricane. 85-90 mph winds. bermuda is safely to the west of it. but it is showed signs of falling apart. the latest report says the winds are still at 85 m.p.h. but you can to the southern end of it is getting ragged. it is giving to the north east. it will pull away from bermuda tonight. we will enjoy some sunshine with a high of 69. on thursday, 71. the shop was a live towards evening or after sunset. lingering -- the showers arrive towards evening or after sunset. in icefall weekend. partly cloudy to sunny skies on saturday and sunday with highs in the 60's. ray rice shifts his insights on ray lewis. next in sports. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine the pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a qualifying pnc performance select checking account and earn 75% more than cards earning 1% cash back on almost everything. >> this is 11 sports. >> the ravens are looking for more than just a replacement for ray lewis. the have to find ways to improve their run defense

we are watching hurricane raphael out near bermuda. kind of a threat to bermuda.y are getting some squalling whether there, tropical storm force winds. the center of the storm is a plea to the south and east. a category one hurricane is expected to go east of bermuda tonight and gradually weaken over the coup or waters of the north atlantic. 69 tomorrow, back in the low 70's briefly on thursday, but show hours in the afternoon or evening bring a cold front into the area, dropping our temperatures a bit. the weekend looks nice, sunny to partly cloudy with overnight lows down in the 40's. >> maryland lawmakers are on the front lines fighting a war. this one is on u.s. soil, but not what you might think. this battle takes place inside a room in cyberspace. intelligence officials are bringing together state and national fiber leaders at the convention center downtown. it focuses on cyber security threats, trends, and new products. officials are working to make sure the internet remains a place to do business and strengthen the economy. what they are doing here is not

it is just about to move past bermuda at the moment. it is moving 43 kilometers an hour which is good news. we don't like these storms to hang around. this is moving quickly. it is likely to pass bermuda and then to become a remnant low fairly quickly as it reaches the cooler waters and staying fairly far from eastern canada and can heading up towar the northeast. now, we are still likely to see about 100 millimeters of rain for bermuda and the sea swells could cause coastal flooding, so that storm surge is still likely to continue for the next few days as the system departs. hurricane paul, category 1 system, just about to make landfall in the baja peninsula. we have hurricane warnings posted and some tropical storm warnings posted as well further towards the south. it is likely to become a low pressure system within the next 36 hours, but it is still going to be bringing a lot of heavy rain, not just in the peninsula but also along the western coast of mainland mexico. coastal flooding will also be an issue here. all right. that big w

a close call for bermuda. they have tropical storm warnings up there and it will probably become a category 1 hurricane but we want you to see we are still watching systems out there and it could produce large swells for the east coast and rough weather for bermuda in the next 24-36 hours as it moves on by. temperature-wise today, bargain territory at 72 degrees. dulles 70. thurgood marshall 71. and we'll see our temperatures slowly dropping and a cooler day ahead for us tomorrow. but not cold. i think it will be a nice, bright day. you notice some winds gusting as our front is starting to move on through and then we'll gust tomorrow morning for a little while as well but mostly a nice day. so for tonight we drop to 52 degrees. the rain will come to an end in the next little while and it will be a drier night overnight and we're only about 66 degrees tomorrow. but that is going to feel pretty good. so note the wind out of the northwest at 10-20. certainly in the morning, i think the winds will lighten up as we

we have a new named system here, patty, churning south of the bermuda area. this is a storm that bears watching over the next 24, 48 hours and back through the bermuda area, definitely an interesting storm to watch, still tropical storm strength. whether looks promising, eventually down to 40. we'll say 63 to 65 tomorrow, variably cloudy. breezy and cooler weather pie tomorrow -- by tomorrow night. maybe the city itself staying just before freezing, the northern, northwestern suburbs, temperatures could be dropping close to at or below freezing by saturday morning. here's the setup, a cooler day. we bring in no rain. look at sunday, 71 degrees. we're into 73 on monday with a chance for showers and an additional storm system. the temperatures are reasonable. by the way, you can always get the current conditions wherever you live. check out our abc2 weather app. lower maryland 45. current conditions in westminster 57. i think that temperature had to update in laurel. much more coming up. >> all right. now to democracy 2012 news. vice-president joe biden and con

we now hav tropical storm warning in place for bermuda. we're going to start to see the sea swells reach the coast as the system draws ever closer. beyond bermuda it's going to head up toward the north maybe becoming quite close to eastern canada before taking off towards europe probably as a remnant low. we're still seeing a lot of rain from the system. one more system to talk about. this is hurricane paul. yesterday a tropical storm. today a categorthree hurricane ading towar the california baja peninsula. we have a pretty storm system. this will keep things wet for western canada. you can see 50 sent mecentimete snow. anher system will be bringing storms through canada. temperatures are looking like this. very warm in the southwest. no problems with snow there. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us. are you totally unprepared? just about all of us have something hangen on our walls, pictures, paintings, art work clocks, all can come crashing down and create broken glass. inexpensive picture hook can secure

it is about 100 miles south of bermuda. it should pass east of the island sometime tomorrow morning. it will stay away from the east coast of the united states, thanks to the front that came through yesterday. we did get a lot of rain yesterday. it is keeping the hurricane off shore. there could be some big waves at the delmarva beaches. the rain we had yesterday is pushing to the east and north. which it has some nice weather -- we should have some nice with the bank the next couple days. mostly sunny this afternoon. about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. 47 degrees at the airport. 48 degrees in rising sun. mostly sunny skies today. cool but nothing unusual for this time of year. we expect to range between 63 and 68. the seven-day forecast -- another nice day tomorrow. temperatures around 70. clouds will thicken up on thursday. the best chance for rain this week will be on friday. it gets cooler over the weekend. a 20% chance for a few sprinkles on saturday morning. 70 by monday of next week. >> good morning. we have a we

there is hamilton bermuda, and there is the center of the storm safely to the southeast.cal storm force winds and heavy rains, with winds at 85 miles an hour near the center of the storm. is moving 26 miles an hour, so it will be gone by tomorrow and the sunshine will return to bermuda. showers in the evening on thursday lingering into broad morning and high pressure arrives in time for another nice all weekend. >> from the susquehanna bank's board center, this is 11 sports. >> we are and owings mills were coaches have gone to work putting together the game plan for sunday's showdown with the houston texans. that never started a season at 6-1, but they will have to win without ray lewis and led various web in the lineup, starting this week and for the rest of the season. they may get terrell suggs back in a couple of weeks for the game day lineup. he could begin some light practices as early as tomorrow. mcclellan, no. 50, has played outside linebacker exclusively this season. ellerbee, no. 59, has backed up ray lewis. he is likely to start on sunday in houston. jimmy smi

bermuda. if you're thinking about heading toward bermuda, you may want to call ahead of time. the storm is moving to the east northeast. 85-mile-an-hour winds but it is expected to weaken and continue to move back out to the open waters. no problems here unless you're heading down toward the beaches over the next couple days. but probably not getting in the water this time of year. mental of sunshine. high pressure. that's what we saw bringing us that nice weather. tomorrow that area of high pressure slides to the south and east. we see more sunshine. a few more clouds tomorrow. nice mild air. i think temperatures tomorrow, at or a little above average. then on thursday, we see that return flow really move in here. and a frontal boundary move our way. much warmer. i think temperatures into the low 70s for the most part. this front, this is around 5:00 thursday afternoon. should stay to our west. i think most of the day will be dry on thursday. best chance of rain will be overnight thursday nig

bermuda. -- hurrican rafael close to bermuda. team ise with the clouds are starting to develop. these will be around until sunset. we will: a mixture of sunshine and clouds. it is a little breezy as well. i think you want to take a light jacket with you as you step down. best of up to 25 miles per hour at the airport. after sunset, those ones will settle down as well. 59 in randallstown, 57 in parkton. if you watch uin the northern suburbs, you guys are going to stay in the low 60s this afternoon. the average high temperature this time of year is 67. we might be a couple of degrees below the mark. with the breeze, we will feel cooler than that. a mixture of sunshine and clouds, breezy and cooler than yesterday. high temperatures range between 63 and 68. at sunset at 6:25. if you want to try taking the boat out this afternoon, a small craft advisory is in fact. west, northwest winds at 10 to 30 knots. overnight tonight, the skies are going to clear and the winds will diminish and it will be chi

all interested in bermuda. keeping an eye on it right here. so, again, if you're on that highland, that's something. partly cloudy, wherever your travel plans take you. just a cooler scenario. we'll say 63. tomorrow is ahead of that cooler air. the temperature is not dropping until this pushes through. 34 chilly degrees. we'll likely see frost. there's already a freeze watch for areas north of maryland. that maybe expanded closer done into the baltimore area. here's the outlook. temperatures cooling off for saturday behind that new shot of cool air but as we go into sunday temperatures rebounding a bit. we may get pack into the low 70s -- back into the low 70s. then early next week we'll bring in another early storm system, so a chance for rain but this comes after the weekend. the showers come after the weekend. >> i'd love to see rain on a monday morning, not a sunday. >> that sounds good. welcome back. >> i was in wisconsin for the national weather conference. you ladies get your pumpkins and gourds? >> i will work on it. >>> shaking the ve

the computer models were showing, again, heading towards bermuda. what happens after that there's a big blocking high pressure out here. it's not going to allow sandy to escape. it could be captured by the jet stream and cold air over the mid-atlantic. that storm could possibly be a huge nor'easter for areas of the mid-atlantic and the northeast come monday/tuesday. it may be a potential big super storm. we'll have to watch that and i'll have details as it approaches. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, disturbing new details about the murder of a 12-year-old little girl. >>> and the fallout from a massive solar flare. >>> and the obama blueprint for hunting terrorists. it's called the disposition matrix. those details straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? [ voice of dennis ] i

it will stay off the east coast of the united states and affect bermuda early next week.we will keep an eye on that storm. high pressure in control the weather here in the mid atlantic region so we should get another dry day in but a lot of activity to the west and to the north, a strong storm system out of the midwest producing rain north of us, north central pennsylvania, new york state, snow in parts of new england, showers towards cleveland and showers and thunderstorms around st. louis, as well. all of this will converge over the next 24 hours and we will probably get rain tomorrow. 47 in catonsville, 61 in cockeysville and 49 degrees in taneytown. a mix of sun and clouds, milder day, sunrise at 7:16 and the high temperatures this afternoon a range between 69 and 74 degrees. if you're taking out the boat, it might be choppy, especially this afternoon with winds picking up this afternoon to 20 knots, wave heights to two feet and the next high tide at fort mchenry 5:48 a.m. temperatures will hold in the 50's overnight tonight. seven-day, unfortunately, rain in the pict

this is hurricane rafael which is heading toward bermuda. we're expecting it to come very close tuesday afternoon, tuesday night. it is expected to bring also about 100 millimeters of rain with it as it goes. so that system is moving at the moment towards the north. it will also be swerving towards the northeast. most likely becoming a remnant low when it hits cooler waters past bermuda. hurricane paul has weakened off a little bit. it's become a category 2 storm. and it's heading towards the baja, california, peninsula. we're expecting landfall tuesday night. it should become a tropical storm quickly after that. it's not just the western coast of the peninsula but the eastern coast is going to be getting pretty significant rainfall, as well as that western edge of mainland mexico. those are the treermopical stor. we have an intent winter storm up toward the pacific northwest. this is bringing significant snow to the canadian rockies, the northern rockies, and the intermountain west. it's going to be progressing along towards the east, actua

it will be away from bermuda and not even going to affect canada. this will move to the open waters. pretty much a fish storm. it could give us a little high surf if you're thinking about heading toward the beaches over the next couple days. for our weather, high pressure. nice with plenty of sunshine. great day today. high pressure sinks to the south tomorrow. that means more mild air for the day tomorrow as we get near 70 degrees. maybe even a little above average and then especially above average on thursday. have another front that's going to come through. it should stay to our west on thursday. so right now i think thursday will be dry. just about all day long. i do speck this rain to move in. overnight thursday into early friday morning. i have a chance of showers on friday. clear skies, a cool evening but still nice. the temperatures 53 to 58 degrees. tomorrow morning, cold in the suburbs. some areas could see some frost. in the cities, temperatures remaining in the 40s. 49 degrees in the city. tomorrow afternoon, a mixture of sun and clouds

costa rica, bermuda. you can't come back. >> wow. >> bermuda is nice at this time of year. >> opening bell is coming up. they'll be hashing out what's going on on wall street as the bell rang around 6:30. here is your live look outside from roof cam. we have clouds out there. it is 58 in the city, 60 by noon warming to about 63 by your high this afternoon. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. it's 6:45, top stories we are following, first presidential debate is history. it was a contentious but cordial fight between president obama and republican mitt romney as they traded jobs over several domestic issues. a poll shows 67% of americans believe romney won the first debate. join your conversation on facebook and weigh in with what you think. >>> after rallying from 5-1 deficit to beat texas 12-5, a's are alone in first in american league west for the first time all season coming back from five games down with fewer than ten games to play and have amazed everyone. fleet week is picking up with lots going

likely to swipe a bermuda in therafael. likely to swipe a bermuda in the next couple dates.ews to tell you about we have reports of shots being fired inside at the central high school which is in addison and we understand that the school is on lockdown right now at central madison high school. addison high school. we have been told there is an altercation possibly involving a weapon in the parking lot while there was a high-school basketball game going on, the high school has been locked down for the past hour or so with the basketball team participants, by standard and onlookers are all locked inside the school where they remain police appeared to be looking for someone although they will not confirm that either, the impression they are leaving us with is that they have no injuries although they're not confirming a lot of details only to say that this area is locked down there is a strong police presence some of the police are armed with rifles, others are maintaining a perimeter and searching the area, when we know more we will bring it to you. >> reports of shots fired ou

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on the other side -- bermuda. on the other side of the country, tropical storm rafael is now hurricane isaac rafael. tropical storm warnings are up for much of bermuda. tropical storm afin rafael in the atlantic ocean. a little bit better this month. oakland you're one degree above average. but in the santa clara valley, two consecutive months of what is well above normal. that's going to change. another day of rain for them on the move and it will impact our baseball team here because this area of pressure is heading towards st. louis. as that scoots out of here, high pressure will now get a chance to expand and build to the north. that's huge for you if you like warm weather because we get the shore wind. that's going to kick up on wednesday and thursday. and then the warmest we've seen in two weeks coming up on thursday. temperatures are going to go up wednesday and thursday warmer as we head towards the weekend the onshore flow is back and temperatures will drop and so will the fire danger. san jose, you're ba

it may affect bermuda but should stay off the east coast of the united states. if you're going to delmarva beaches, it will kick up big waves early next week. high pressure in control of the map in the southeast part of the country keeping us dry today but a storm system to the west and warm front cutting north of us, a lot of activity around baltimore but we will be in the middle of all of it and we should have a dry day but rain in new york state, the great lakes, showers and thunderstorms in the mississippi valley, eventually will converge on us over the next 24 hours and we will have a chance of rain on monday. 53 in jarrettsville, 54 in rising sun. forecast today, mix of sun and clouds, temperatures above average, the average high is 67. we will make it into the low 70's this afternoon with southwest wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. seven-day forecast, 50% chance for rain tomorrow, off-and-on showers monday, still mild, high near 73 and cooling off tuesday, wednesday and thursday, temperatures dropping into the mid to upper 60's. next chance for rain after

rafael coming close to bermuda. still a strong category one hurricane, gusting high are, gusting close to 100 and movement is fast. this thing is 1,000 miles offshore. the storm itself will only be a threat to shipping interests as it heads out to sea. 66. mostly sunny. we stay seasonable. clouds will increase. the next few days, chance for showers coming in late thursday, maybe a stray shower friday morning. both days in the low 70s. cooler air arrives through the weekend. you see what happens as we move through the big komen race day. temperatures will start in the 40s for those early morning but. looks like a dry day. >> all right. thanks a lot. >> now to democracy 2012 news. president obama and mitt romney are set to go at it tonight. tory dunnan joins us live from hempstead, new york. this race is essentially a dead heat. i imagine we've got a whole lot to look out for. >> reporter: both mitt romney and president obama seems confident about tonight's showdown but they're still doing that last-minute prep time.

then toward the bahamas and after that potentially up to the north and east, maybe bermuda. they are trying to bring this thing back to the east coast sunday monday. 72 if not 74 in a few spots. not as chilliton. mid-40s north and west. 78 tomorrow, 80 on wednesday. still looking real nice thursday friday with saturday in the highs well up in the 70s. sunday depends what happens with propical depression sally. >>> imagine coming to this country without being able to speak english, without being able to read street signs or even to fill out a job application. some immigrants face this stark reality. one prince william county organization is educating its literary skills. >> i came this country, only thing i can say is good morning, good morning. >> she came to this country two years ago from west africa. she learned about literacy volunteers of america and quickly signed up. >> they are such wonderful individuals. it is so nice to see them progress and move toward where they won't need me any more. that is the whole plan here. >> reporter: sonja hain, the tutor, worked patien

. >> it is bermuda hybrid. >> reporter: a lawn that would make anyone envious two work on the lawn all six jump into action before game day. the day before any game you will find the crew on the field painting razor sharp lines and man-sized numbers and end zones they use latex paint and a lot of it. >> probably about 40, 45 gallons. >> reporter: rain or shine grounds keepers work against the clock to get the field ready. i will will take hours to finish the hard work will only last through the next game. >> i try to make it like the game never happened, get rid of the holes, difficult vets, defect, try to -- all the paint away and start over again. >> reporter: a process that will be repeated at least 10 times a year. in between home games the grounds crew keeps the field from getting too wet or dry. regardless of how well the team does, the season always ends the same. >> at end of the season we tear it out and start over again. >> reporter: larry biel, abc7 sports. >>> what are the temperatures going to be like? >> it won't be cold or windy. >> not at all comfortable in the 70s uppe

to make its way east of florida and east of the south carolina coastal area, starts to pull toward bermuda and then gets pulled back into the atlantic by some other level steering winds. you can see this wide range of possibilities from southern new england to maybe the carolina outer banks. anywhere in that huge region, the storm could make landfall sometime sunday night going into monday. it looks like monday will be the worst day around here. we have been watching this very closely. there is the center of the storm, southeast of hatteras. the tighter the isobars are together, the stronger the wind s. on that track we get major weather problems here with winds and flooding rains and coastal erosion. monday will be the worst day around here. the storm finally pulled off to the north and west. the cold air will follow at. 67-72 tomorrow, monica -- morning fog and then mostly cloudy. average waves of 1 foot or less. the seven-day forecast calls for big changes coming in. tomorrow looks like the day, morning fog and maybe a little afternoon sunshine. the wind and rain pick up sunday and mond

looks like it will go through the bahamas and make a bend toward bermuda.en starts to curve west and that's the problem. the computer models are all in agreement but look at the second turn as it comes back. either late sunday going into monday, we could have this powerful storm moving back toward the mid-atlantic or northeast. there is the center of the storm sunday afternoon and we will be getting some showers. only one of many models but it shows you the possibilities. watch where the center goes up toward the dollar day. that would not be good news for our area. some very heavy rain at some strong wind. if this computer model is right and it moves into the coast, heavy rain and winds will be possible some time so that i into monday and tuesday next week. then it moves inland and it looks like it will draw some cold air. some higher elevations might see some wet snow or early next week. it's a lot to talk about and it's all coming our way going into monday and tuesday. quiet weather for the next few days. other than some fog, it should be a beauty. when

. >> it is bermuda hybrid. >> reporter: a lawn that would make anyone envious two work on the lawn allx jump into action before game day. the day before any game you will find the crew on the field painting razor sharp lines and man-sized numbers and end zones they use latex paint and a lot of it. >> probably about 40, 45 gallons. >> reporter: rain or shine grounds keepers work against the clock to get the field ready. i will will take hours to finish the hard work will only last through the next game. >> i try to make it like the game never happened, get rid of the holes, difficult vets, defect, try to -- all the paint away and start over again. >> reporter: a process that will be repeated at least 10 times a year. in between home games the grounds crew keeps the field from getting too wet or dry. regardless of how well the team does, the season always ends the same. >> at end of the season we tear it out and start over again. >> reporter: larry biel, abc7 sports. >>> what are the temperatures going to be like? >> it won't be cold or windy. >> not at all comfortable in the 70s upper 7

could be an impact to bermuda over next 48 hours. here's maryland's weather team. cloudy tonight. 60 degrees. 71 tomorrow. clouds in place scattered shower and thunderstorm will be likely and sharply cooler heading into your tuesday night. 71 degrees tomorrow. 65 tuesday. cooler. nice looking day into wednesday. stays dry. have to keep an eye on the rain and thunderstorm action we'll talk about that at 11:00. >> we have the komen race for the cure. it has to stay clear. >>> i'm good at this. it looks good. it is the wet weather issues coming into play tomorrow. for the rest of the week it clears out. by the weekend things look good. we are back in the 60s. how about the 70s. they make an appearance monday and thursday. big deal at 11:00 when we'll talk about some spots seeinged so good downpours tomorrow afternoon. any time after the mid-morning hours going into the evening hours. 11:00 fresh, brand new we'll share with you. we'll talk at a tropical storm rafael offshore. believe it or not we are still talking about the tropics. it goes until november 30th. >> we'l

the early indications is the storm will sit out there well south of bermuda. tonight 40, partly cloudy and cooler. as we look at the forecast, 64. variably cloudy skies. we will look at cooler air coming in. a warm breeze through the day and cooler tomorrow night. so if you're headed out on friday night, make sure you bring that extra layer. here's that weekend forecast, a cooler scenario into saturday. winds turn south. we may reach sunday. here's how things shape up into the rest of the seven-day forecast, bringing the chance of rain on monday and the end of next week. it's a dry outlook. that will be a marked change from last weekend when we did have rain to contend with. none of that this weekend, just cooler on saturday. >> looks like a bummer. >> get yourself a pumpkin latte. that's perfect. you bundle up. pumpkins, gourds, crisp starts, breezy conditions. >> now get some hot cocoa and you'll be all set. >> if you haven't seen abc2's the list, here's a look at what they're working on. >> it's a day dedicated to school. they're taking over the entire week

this is east of bermuda. another hurricane. this is hurricane paul. look at the stream of moisture moving all the way across parts of texas and into mississippi. high and dry here. we are tracking a week storm system in the upper midwest. that will approach especially weak and bring a round of showers. in the meantime, expect clear skies and really comfortable fall-like conditions. forecast for today very pleasant. 62-68 degrees. for tonight, cool. here is your seven-day forecast. we will warm back by tomorrow. partly cloudy and 74 your wednesday. and rain showers could stagger into friday morning. beautiful looking weekend to talk about as well. >> thank you very much. coming up, look to stop by to say hi to us today. -- who stopped by scr investments, personall about $20 million last year, and you paid 14% in federal taxes, that's the capital gains rate. is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 and paid a higher rate than you did? so you think it is fair?" romney: "yeah, i think it's the right way to encourage economic growth." lower tax rates for

you see bermuda. the eye of rafael passing offshore. the track on rafael continues to pull in further out to sea. could there be large surfs? not out of the question. it will be a several day delay effect we could see bigger surf. we could briefly get to category 2. tonight 40, mostly clear and chilly. 66. mossly sunny and seasonable. tonight in the mid-40s so in the quite as chilly. the next few days looking much warmer, though the chance for showers will come back with a different suburbs -- disturbance thursday no friday. the scene know is not -- scenario is not a bad one. dry sunny conditions into our sunday. it will be a which start in the 40s. for the early morning walkers, the pink fleece, maybe a ribbon. >>> some news. a sobering new study on alcohol. alcohol may be deadlier than cigarettes. researchers followed 149 alcoholics for 14 years. on average they died 20 years earlier than nonalcoholics. death rates for males were higher than for nonalcoholics. for women that jumped to 4.6 times higher. researchers said women respond t

if it takes that eastward track, it would be more of a situation for bermuda and cold air and showers. there's two different storm possibilities. the prs one brings the remnants of sandy in. perhaps the more lockly scenario we'll keep sandy out with maybe a little beach erosion but nothing on the order of what it could be if the storm comes in closer. tonight 53, sunny and gorgeous. en ji the great fall weather. then conditions after the next few days change big time. sunday into monday. that coastal storm will be offshore. it's a question of how far. will it be 100 miles, 500 miles, we don't know. so just stay tuned. we'll cope you posted all woke. >> fantastic. >> all right. we'll be right back. mayor: casino owners in west virginia are spending millions against question seven. that upsets me. and that upsets jonathan ogden. you don't want to upset jonathan ogden. ogden: no you don't. mayor: question seven means thousands of jobs and millions for our schools. but these west virginia casinos want to keep it all for themselves. we're not happy about that. ogden: no we aren't. mayor: s

in the tropics, tropical storm rafael, which is headed straight for bermuda. to strengthen and become a category one hurricane and then it's going to go right off the coast of bermuda and head its way to the north and become a remnant low as it moves its way to the st. johns the time it hits into thursday. right now, it doesn't look like a threat at all. 47 degrees in for your overnight low. light southerly winds, but the winds are picking up tomorrow. 74 degrees. unbelievable. beautiful warm day. winds will be gusting at 25 miles per hour. mostly sunny skies, once again, it will be the wind that will be a factor. here's a look at your fox five forecast. monday looks like we could have that frontal system moving its way through. that could set us up for an isolated storm or two. we will be mild and warm at 74. we kind of start to wane out a little bit, heading back to 60s. plenty of sunshine into the course of the week. >> certainly will enjoy tomorrow. >> the space shuttle endeavor is carrying out her 26th and last mission ever. the shuttle's final journey tr

the hurricane center takes it more toward bermuda, between bermuda and north carolina which is a little farther west than earlier but some models take it up the east coast, maybe toward the northeast and too close for us. today 81. tonight we'll be 60 in town. tomorrow 75. friday 72. then the weekend it just depends on sandy. a shower with a front saturday, 68. beyond that we're still going to watch very carefully but cooler. mike and andrea, back to you. >>> donald trump is planning to make what he is calling a big announcement. he is a salesman, however. he's going to do it today. he says it regards president obama. he's been teasing it on facebook and twitter and several news outlets. the business tycoon and reality tv star has given a few hints that he's been a very local supporter of mitt romney and been a huge critic of the president, challenging the validity of the president's birth certificate. the announcement is expected to happen at noon on facebook and twitter. >>> the president will be taking care of business. he will tackle some issues with younger voters. during a q & a o

the hurricane center takes it more toward bermuda than the east coast. there are still models that want to bring it up the east coast close cows and -- close to us and that could impact us sunday and monday if it plays out. tonight mild, 50s to around 60. tomorrow some clouds, 80. thursday 74. not the highest confidence in the long range forecast because we don't know what will happen with sandy but it will get colder. here's monika with timesaver traffic. >>> you hungry? >> i'm always hungry. >>> on the northbound side of 301 there's an accident. let's go to a live picture from sky 9. it's a frito lay trucks. it looks like the tow truck has arrived and if you're planning to head through this area, you've got the left lane blocked. i don't think it's causing much after delay. if you do want to avoid it, maybe use church road on the west side of this. this is northbound 301 at central avenue. let's take a look again at our maps, this time over in southern maryland. no issues to report out of brandywine on route 5, 210 out of accokeek to oxon hill across t

notice clouds working just near bermuda. this is rafael, a powerful hurricane but it will be staying off cell. so there's a warming trend. that's first in here for tomorrow. the clouds and showers gather and that will bring in cooler air. notice the nice warming trend and that will be with us as we go into the day tomorrow. there's hurricane rafael. the storm is moving to the north, northeast but could be rough seas. 40 for tonight, mostly clear and chilly. tomorrow 66, a two-degree darn tee. tomorrow night not as chilly, 45 degrees. here's your seven-day forecast. showers lengering into friday morning but cooler and the komen race looks good. >> we'll be right back after the rake. with over 200 varieties, keurig makes brewing a delicious cup of coffee simple. how does it brew such great coffee? well... inside the brewer are these green fields of coffee, and if you travel up this mountain, there's this huge coffee grinder. and then the coffee lands in this cup and water rushes through. actually, i just press this button. bre

hurricane raphael made its way past bermuda. barrett is. winds gusting to -- their it is. winds gusting to 50. the winds are starting to diminish a little bit now. that storm will start to pull further way. is now a post-tropical storm, losing its tropical characteristics. insta-weather plus seven-day -- 71 as showers taper off friday. sunshine continues for the weekend and monday, temperatures in the 60's. >> this is 11 sports. >> ray lewis could potentially return later this season. he is on reserve, designated for return on the long shot that he will recover before the projected time for him to come back. terrell suggs has shown that faster than expected returns to remain an option. he suffered an achilles' tendon tear in the off season, an injury that usually takes a player out of the action for a full calendar year. we will likely see suggs in a game at the earliest against oakland. >> to what extent, what he is able to do, i think it tempers our expectations coming off a very serious injury, and achilles' tear. this week was a target the. -- date. >> he looks fairly

the flow around it is almost like the bermuda light of summer.peratures in the sixties this evening, it is an unseasonably warm weather for late in the day. the teens of the northern montana right now, that front gets here late in the week. the tropical storm is gaining strength and organization. it looks like it will curvature further east. eastern cuba as the category 1 hurricane, notice the turn to the east. the cold front will be coming off of the eastern united states. as the front makes its way east, the hurricane or tropical storm will hit close to the outer banks and pushed out to sea. it is strong enough, may be able to protect us coming out from the south. maybe a light shower or sprinkle in the morning. when will be out of the west, five knots. you have a chance for the shower tomorrow morning. 72, unseasonably mild in the mountains. study to partly cloudy skies and maybe some patchy fog thursday morning. temperatures mild with highs in the '70s. tomorrow,close to 80 cool off a few degrees thursday and friday with showers coming saturd

heading up towards west of bermuda. by the first part of next week, it may be taking a turn to the north and affecting our weather. hour by hour, a wonderful warmup. maybe a few sprinkles this morning, near 80 this afternoon. tomorrow mid-70s. delightful and sunny. and then clouds in here on friday. a small chance of sprinkles, near 70. then the effects of perhaps sandy here. sunday, monday, tuesday, we'll keep you posted. now traffic. what's going on with that, danella? >> tom, it's still just a mess. i-95 in virginia. chopper 4 showing red. you're seeing red as you travel northbound. to get to stafford, you're looking at a five-mile backup. let's continue northbound. from quantico, you're heavy on the brakes again because of this accident. luckily, the accident at back lick road has been moved to the right shoulder lane. aaron, you're just jammed 14 miles per hour from quantico. back over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> metro adding a new disclaimer to advertisements after it was forced to post controversial pro-is

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once it gets somewhere near bermuda. a blocking high will stop the storm from heading out to sea. there's a possibility that it will turn into a nor'easter storm and maybe a strong nor'easter and head towards new england and towards the mid-atlantic. that would be a big huge storm with tropical moisture. not a good scenario. that would be monday, tuesday next week. as of today, nothing dramatic like that, very warm temperatures. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. areas of north carolina will see a beautiful day. look at raleigh, 82 degrees. much of the country seeing above average temperatures. there are signs of that cold air to come. salt lake city, highs up in the 40s. snow with higher elevations. >>> once again, the timing if we're going to get that big super storm in new england, it looks like it would be probably monday or tuesday next week. >>> bill, thanks so much. disturbing details of the murder of a 12-year-old little girl and the fallout from a massive solar flair. your early morning headlines are straight ahe

it's going to brush bermuda with pretty strong winds during the next 24 hours, but it's going to stay away from the east coast. only some large waves and wells. today's forecast, a very quiet day across the country. there are some showers in new england and also minnesota and wisconsin. it will be very windy in the next two days. montana into the dakotas. we'll get showers with that storm in the midwest come your wednesday. overall, looks good for everyone's travel in the next two days. >>> bill, thanks so much. now for some entertainment news. word is ricky gervais is out, tina faye and ricky polar is in. they will host the 70th annual golden globe awards on january 13th right here on nbc. fey has won two golden globes for "30 rock" while polar received a nomination last year for "parks and recreation." >>> the rolling stones are hitting the road in honor of their 50th anniversary. on youtube they announced two shows in november and two december shows in newark. new jersey. >>> president obama said he's confident feuding "american idol" judges will sort things out. when asked to pick