brooke molloy floated with friends through jamaica.explorers climbed mountains under the stars. and finally, jose rodriguez rocked the house in the karaoke club. that's the news. i'm erika, cruising with royal caribbean. why aren't you? >>> "baltimore magazine" went in search of the best crab cakes in the area. our guest did a lot of the tasting and helped write this issue. welcome to the show. what did you find out about the maryland crab cake? >> it has to be traditional, it don't get fancy. it is a lot of crab meat and a little feller. >> i say that the best can cake is my mother's -- and a little filler. -- i say the best crab cake is my mother's. >> where is the cheapest crab cake? >> they do have a very reasonable one but i found if you want a good one you can go at lunchtime and get good deals. >> you had some celebrity crab cake tasters. >> we had people way in -- we had people weigh in. they have very specific ideas on where they like to get their crabcakes. >> let's get a look at some of the crab cakes. >> i and the general m

brooke molloy floated with friends through jamaica. late night explorers climbed mountains under the stars. and finally, jose rodriguez rocked the house in the karaoke club. that's the news. i'm erika, cruising with royal caribbean. why aren't you? chris: welcome back. this week barack obama began the second half of his first year in office somewhat rock ily. our big question has the president lost his clout with congress? >> probably not. it might be difficult to work with him, but they're going to need him. >> no, he hasn't. not with democrats. >> c.c.? >> not yes. he had a rough patch. but there's plenty of time. >> the democrats need them. he needs them. chris: grand slam. thanks fire fighter a great round table. that's the show. thanks for watching. see you here, next week. >>

brooke molloy floated with friends through jamaica. late night explorers climbed mountains under the stars. and finally, jose rodriguez rocked the house in the karaoke club. that's the news. i'm erika, cruising with royal caribbean. why aren't you? chris: kelly, tell me something. >> president obama and ted kennedy are not on the same page, with the president ready for a veto threat. it is the f-22 fighter jet. the president says we don't need it but lawmakers in massachusetts and georgia say it is jobs and with need it. it is a veto fight. >> chris, would you believe there was tension in the white house about how close barack obama should be to the naacp should be. they wanted to take bloomberg to yankee stadium but the biggest event since the inauguration, the white house said, filmly, secret service said, security would be a concern, unofficially people were bidding a sigh of relief that they went off to a quiet armory in harlem. chris: why not yankee stadium? >> it play be too much of obama with the blook community and the civil ri

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brooke molloy floated with friends through jamaica. late night explorers climbed mountains under the stars. and finally, jose rodriguez rocked the house in the karaoke club. that's the news. i'm erika, cruising with royal caribbean. why aren't you?

brooke molloy floated with friends through jamaica. late night explorers climbed mountains under the stars. and finally, jose rodriguez rocked the house in the karaoke club. that's the news. i'm erika, cruising with royal caribbean. why aren't you? >> generally clear skies this morning. all the rain showers have moved out of the picture. take a look at our live h.d. doppler radar. this is the radar from yesterday evening, about 5:00 or 6:00 or so until now. you can see how spotty the rain showers are that moved across the area. there are a couple thunderstorms, but as they approach the bay, they seem to dissipate or dry up. the heavier rains by far were earlier in the day and down by virginia. the more significant rains were north of us or south of us. here in baltimore, just a few scattered showers here and there. let's look at the current situation outside now. generally clear skies. 68 at the inner harbor. these represent the lows so far this morning. before midnight we should be chillier than this. 93% the humidity. that's still a

brooke molloy floated with friends through jamaica.e night explorers climbed mountains under the stars. and finally, jose rodriguez rocked the house in the karaoke club. that's the news. i'm erika, cruising with royal caribbean. why aren't you? >> the world's oldest living man who served in world war i has died, mr. allingham. he attributed his long life, 115 years, to cigarettes, wissski, and women. >> i they think he needs a -- i don't think he needed a heart healthy quiz, but a lot of the choices you may make may surprise you. donna hamilton puts your knowledge to the test. >> that cardiologist at the university of maryland, dr. robert vogle, believes in making lifestyle changes rather than relying on medication, but first you need to know what choices are best for you. question number one in your lifestyle quiz -- what's at best advice for your heart? heat less fat, more fiber or more fish? the answer? >> the fish oils, these are the things we know prevent heart disease so the best kind of advice is to eat the kind of fat that's re

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brooke molloy floated with friends through jamaica.e night explorers climbed mountains under the stars. and finally, jose rodriguez rocked the house in the karaoke club. that's the news. i'm erika, cruising with royal caribbean. why aren't you? >> let's take a look at our live h.d. doppler radar. more rain moving in. we had a little shower activity overnight. some thunderstorms rolled through in the evening yesterday. we got away with most of the day just fine. it was a sultry day. now more rain coming in. the thundershowers are out to the west. let me put some lightning bolts in there and see if we see any. no, we don't. that's just moderate rain shower activity out in garrett county. no thunder and lightning being reported. also a moderate rain shower over hagerstown now. moderate in howard county, carroll county, frederick county. rains get heavy south of i-70 out in western maryland. the yellows are not thunder and lightning, just moderate rain shower activity at this point. it is terroristing this way. let's look at the numbers we