flying in and out of bwi marshall. the deal will move southwest into 37 new cities. and with the competition of airtran gone some passengers fear the fares will eventually go up. >> local travelers in this region will gain further access to the southwest system. the airline indicates that it plans to continue its growth across the nation. >> i thought it was good at first but now i'm worried about the competition because in might drive up the -- now because it might drive up the prices. >> reporter: the deal won't be final until 2012. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> what do you think? the story is on facebook. you can leave your comments on how you think this will affect airline prices. head to abc2news.com and click at the bottom of the home page. go to facebook. >>> a look now at the stories making headlines around the nation. justin, listen up. anyone living in the city of angels got a taste of purgatory yesterday. l.a. had 113 degrees, the highest since 1877. it's an unexpected summer in this full week of autumn. th

bwi marshall is the airline's largest east coast hub. the two carriers serve 70% of the passengers flying in and out of bwi marshall. the deal will move southwest into 37 new cities and with the competition of airtran gone some passengers fear the fares will eventually go up. >> we like southwest because they don't charge for the bags. we also fly airtran because of the price. >> it was my first thought when i thought they would merge, losing a competitor. i'm concerned about rates. >> reporter: this deal is expected not to be final until 2012. reporting live from bwi marshall, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> it's 5:05. this is not in the mail. the internal revenue service reportedly will not be mailing out tax forms to us this year. that is because more than 5 million individuals -- 95 million individuals filed returns for 2009 on-line. that is up about six million from the previous year. the irs hopes to save $10 million a year. taxpayers can still get forms at irs.gov or through your local irs offices or at participating libraries and

bwi marshall is the airline's largest east coast hub. carriers serve 70% of the passengers flying in and out of bwi marshall. the deal will move southwest into 37 new cities and with the competition of airtran gone some passengers worry that the fares will eventually go up. >> local travelers in this region will gain further access to the the southwest system. the airline indicates it plans to continue its growth across the nation. >> i thought it was a good idea at first. now i'm worried about the competition. this might drive up the prices. >> reporter: the deal will not be final until 2012. reporting live from bwi marshall. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:49. you saw sherrie johnson out there taking her fashion advice. the rain jacket. you'll need an umbrella today. we have wet weather now but a muggy one, 72 degrees. and the trifecta of 72 crossing the delmarva from easton to ocean city. 73 towards the south and pax river, 60s to the west. that is where the boundary is. this is the front associated with that storm bringing heavy ra

and bwi marshall is the airline's largest east coast hub. the two carriers serve 70% of the passengers flying in and out of bwi marshall. the deal will move southwest into 37 new cities. and with the competition of airtran now gone some passengers fear that the fares will eventually go up. >> we like southwest because they don't charge for bags. we usually also fly airtran because of the price. >> it was my first thought when i heard of the merger. we're losing a competitor. i'm concerned about rates. >> reporter: we are told that this deal will not be finalized until 2012. reporting live at bwi marshall, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> we want to know what you think. the story is posted on facebook. leave your comments on how you think this is going to affect airline prices. you may see your comments on the air. just head to abc2news.com. then click on the bottom of the home page to go to our facebook page. >>> 6:05. the doors are open at maryland's first casino. the hollywood casino in perryville officially began welcoming guests yesterday

the largest carrier for bwi, running 140 flights out of baltimore. a merger between southwest and airtran will mean more flights and more passengers. passengers will spend more money on things like parking and a food. that translates into more money for the city and state. >> there could be benefits for hotels if baltimore is a more convenient destination. convention planners will choose hotels here. that is good news. >> there are still some unanswered questions about the deal. no decisions have been made about eliminating employees. there will likely be job losses on the corporate level. more jobs could come to baltimore. >> southwest gets bigger at bwi. there are more flights. more flights mean more people needed to book the flights, to help passengers, including screening them through security. >> there are positives about the merger, there could be revenue. revend kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a building tumbles to the ground in northwest baltimore triggered a frantic search for survivors. officials confirmed nobody was trapped inside the rubbl

. >> southwest's gets bigger at bwi. there are more flights, not fewer flights. that means more people needed to service those flights, generally and through screening them through security. >> there are positives about the merger, there is one possible negative, a decrease in local ad revenue. this would likely mean less money spent on advertising here. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. a home collapsed and calling attention the housing problem. firefighters were brought to the scene for p.m. yesterday. nobody was trapped under the rubble. there are 30,000 vacant homes in the city. it is a matter of time before one collapses on top boat somebody. >> once the water gets in them and the walls start decaying, is a matter of time before they fall in. >> for years and years. do something with it. don't just let them sit there and sit there. the same thing will happen again. nobody was hurt this time. eventually, somebody is going to get hurt. >> you can dial 311 to report vacant homes that look structurally unsound. they will arrange to shore up or demolish h

more jobs could be coming to baltimore. >> southwest gets bigger at bwi. there are more flights and more people needed to service those flights, including screening them through security. >> there are positives about the merger. there could be a decrease in local ad revenue and less competition between two local airlines would lead to lower advertising. >> baltimore county police are investigating a homicide in the cockeysville. there was a fight at stone gate port about 11:30 last night. a male was found with head trauma and he was pronounced dead at the scene. there was a stabbing at a small. police are trying to figure out why a man was stabbed inside security square mall in woodlawn. identify theg to suspect. >> somebody approached a student here at security mall who was walking through the mall and stabbed to the victim in the back. the suspect fled from the scene. >> there is no word on a possible motive for this morning but >> the johns hopkins doctor who was shot is now home with his family. dr. david cohen he was released monday evening. police sa

it is a good marriage. >> southwest would serve about 70% of the passengers at bwi . the next low-cost carrier competitor is jet blue. >> if you look at it, southwest and have been cheaper because you do not pay for the bags. >> interestingly enough, airtran, as we drank our competitors, we compete with them less than anybody else. >> the department of justice has to do an antitrust review before the deal is official. if approved, all of their fleet will be painted southwest colors. it will put the low-cost carrier in 37 cities. >> if the deal gets to the regulatory process, plus says that banks will still fly for free. -- southwest says that a bad will still fly for free. >> its self-proclaimed white supremacist will spend 31 years behind bars before the racially motivated beating of a black fishermen. he was sentenced this morning for the august 2009 of the 77- year-old at fort armistice park. he said the attack was -- would not have happened if he was white. testimony continues today in the trial of three men accused in the murder of ken harris. he is now live outs

at bwi marshall, we have not seen before the's since june 11th. in might happen tomorrow morning. we could see temperatures in most areas dropping below the 50 degree mark. it was not only in the the 40's but it was in the 30's across the northern great lakes almost close to freezing. there was a chilly temperature reading this morning. 64 degrees for the los a far today at bwi marshall. we could hit below that. temperatures will fall quickly throughout the early evening with clear skies as indicated on the satellite imagery. the wins will diminish and the air is very dry. that will lead to rapidly falling temperatures. 69 degrees. westminster is at 72 degrees. hagerstown in the mid 70's. some of the spots in garrett and allegany counties may drop into the 30's overnight. around here, we will have a wide range across the inner harbor to the outlying suburbs. we will probably drop into the mid to upper 40's by early tuesday morning. producing very comfortable weather again for the day with lots of sunshine. about the time officially becomes fall, wednesday, thursday into friday, th

july was the busiest month ever at bwi high. southwest airlines, the airport's largest carrier, played a role in that. economists predict that a merger between southwest and airtran will mean more floods, more passengers and more money for the airport. >> the fact that its role is an increasing means -- makes it that much more well-positioned for the future. >> increase passengers will spend more money on things like parking and food. >> by the way, it will be benefits for our convention industry and hotels. that is good news, too. >> there are still lot of unanswered questions about the deal. a southwest spokesman said that no decisions had been made about eliminating employees. will there will likely be job losses on the corporate level, the merger would bring more jobs to baltimore. >> the notion here is that southwest gets bigger at bwi. there are more flights, not fewer flights. there are more people needed to service those flights. >> while there are a lot of positives about the merger, one- could be a decrease in local ad

conditions at bwi marshall 76 mild degrees. humidity 37%. northwest winds at 6 right now. let's show you some of our weathernet cameras in motion across the state. mount airy, a little cloudy start but then the blue skies break out nicely into the afternoon. then we got clouds in here midday as that front pushed through. now skies clearing from the west as that front slowly tries to push south of the baltimore area. laurel today, similar story there, blue sky early, then clouds, then clearing as we truck toward what is an ever earlier sunset across the state. some of those gusts of wind today, a little high, gusting to 20 in fallston. 28 downtown. we gusted to 21 in arnold. but right now as we look at the highs you can see it was still a mild day even with the stout breezes out of the west. as we check out the highs across the state today, from 81 cambridge to 80 hagerstown. pretty even in those low 80s but the temperatures dropping more sharply now as the sun sets a little earlier each night. we're already down to 75 in annapolis. let's show you a look across the region n

will be a little cooler for reagan national, dulles right around 80 degrees and bwi marshall 78, 79,hing like that. here is the trend, though. 81 for tomorrow, sunday warming up a bit more up to about 84 degrees. cold front comes through sunday night. that keeps the temperature on monday a little cooler there and then on tuesday it starts going up again. average temperature for this time where we should be, right around so. so we're pretty much right in there for tomorrow, a little warmer than that on sunday and it looks like on sunday at least sunday afternoon we'll have a few more clouds out this beginning to settle on in. if you're headed out to fedex, it should be real nice sunday afternoon to watch the game against the texans. just some clouds. it will be warm, warper than tomorrow again, temperature at kickoff 83 -- warmer than tomorrow again, temperature at kickoff 83 to 85 degrees. by the end of the game temperatures should fall to the 70s. so should be very pleasant to be out there watching the football game. lots of sunshine tomorrow. we'll start off in the lower 60s in tow

when it comes to bwi marshall airport southwest is the largest carrier, airtran is the second. >>> you guard your personal information as best you can. but tonight, find out how scammers are trying to get the most important piece of information that you have. day in and day out, parents pack their kids' lunch and admit it, sometimes it gets boring we've got tips to liven up your kids' lunch and have them begging for more good food. >> on the weather front, 77 at bwi marshall today. a warm day, more than an inch of rain there. many spots getting more than that. 72 is the guarantee. no weather winner today, but a lot of rain still coming up. >>> it's one of the most guarded pieces of information that you have. your social security number. in tonight's "scam alert" joce sterman reports on how scammers found a way to get you to give out that social security number. by posing as the agency that provides the numbers. >> reporter: scammers have no problem playing a role if it means they can get their hands oon your information. in other "scam alerts" we've shown you how they stepped into the

. >>> around 80 degrees last couple of hours top of this hour we bumped up to 83 at bwi. warm afternoon beautiful september sunshine what's to complain about right. take a look at some of the number out this this afternoon. 78 downtown, 75 in annapolis right now. we've got 79 in cambridge we actually started off in 40s this morning. sunny and beautiful way across the entire eastern u. s. off to the left of your screen that is our next storm system inbound our way tomorrow evening. this evening we're going to call it 70s change that forecast a little bit. it's gotten so warm it's going to be pleasant. talk about your weekend and again when that window for rain is it's a narrow one it's coming up. >> thanks a lot wyatt. city police are still search for a man suspected of robbing a liquor store in north baltimore. it happened around 3:30 this afternoon in a shopping center off lock raven boulevard in northern parkway. police say that an armed security guard saw two men trying to rob the store. the suspects then fled through the parking lot where the security guard opened fir

right now, 79 at bwi marshall. 81 at the >> good afternoon. i am trying daniels. here is what we are working on for 11 news at 6:00 p.m. a man is beaten to death. coming up, find out why police believe this may be racially motivated. president obama is a chiming in and the race for maryland governor. one candidate tweets his campaign ad. tax on everything you buy? that's in andy harris' unfair tax plan. 23% sales tax. a 23% sales tax will cut my business in half. would be devastating. andy harris' 23% sales tax absolutely makes no sense. 23% sales tax would really make things unaffordable. that's too high for the average american out here. i don't know how we would manage it really. don't like that idea. we can't afford andy harris' idea. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. >> people need to buck up. that is the new tough election year message. he is on a four-day trip to keep his party in charge of congress warning that republican control will lead back to policies that failed. steve hamilton has tonight's " our economy" report from capitol hill. >> pr

at 77 degrees right now at bwi marshall, not too bad. humidity is beginning to fall. winds southwest at 7 and as we look at the weather through the day today, parkville, yeah, some rain this morning. then kind of cloudy, kind of murky through the bulk of the day. we did see some clearing late into the afternoon though and some sunshine finally breaking through there in parkville. rainfall totals high toward parkville and perry hall. about a quarter to half-inch, most of us got that this morning but some spots did get some higher totals and a couple of the downpours. temperatures right now, rather upper 70s, highs around 80 and humidity much higher now over easton and back through the eastern shore as opposed to baltimore westward. so dry air coming in. i wish i could tell you it will stay a while. we think dry tonight and early tomorrow. then we're looking at more rain. most of the rain well offshore except for the one shower we were looking at earlier toward carroll county. satellite and radar trend, our area of low pressure now over the great lakes. the problem is t

bwi marshall has not been below 50 degrees since june 11th. the first time in 100 days or so that we go below the 50 degree mark. warmer, more humid air coming this way and eventually some of that will come back our direction, but not until wednesday or thursday. another gorgeous day tomorrow. a few thunderstorms showing up off to the west of us. wednesday afternoon, there may be some hit or miss scattered storms with hazy, hot humid weather. tomorrow, very comfortable. light southerly winds with lots of sunshine. 77 degrees in the afternoon. sunrise at 6:53 a.m. on the day tomorrow, a gentle day on the chesapeake. fort mchenry is at sunrise -- we rebound nicely. sunshine and a westerly breeze will get them into the 70's. over to annapolis and down into southern maryland, sunny and 79 on tuesday. there are some dangerous rip currents because of hurricane igor well off the coast. the surf and rip currents are kind of dangerous. and land, it is dangerous. -- in a land, it is gorgeous. this was moving just to the northwest of the island did conti

. >> reporter: south west could control 70% of the business at bwi. >> i wouldn't change anything about it. >> many travelers concerned this could ruin south west. >> we usually want to travel south west. >> reporter: why? >>> because of prices. >> reporter: south west's fairs to orlando were recently beat and now, this could end the bargains. >> and if you have fewer competitors the tendency is, i'll raise prices because i can. during the recent disappearance of other planes victims of mergers, the national airfare has risen to $328 baltimore bucked the trend. fairs dropped here 2%. >> do you rely on that as a customer. it's important. >> reporter: a spokesman agreed on the role of competition and they're looking for more. the airport is continuously working to boost the competition competition. >> reporter: and on top of the fair increases, many predict job losses here at bwi. i'm adam may, wjz-13, eyewitness news. >> if approved, it won't be complete until 2012. >>> yet to come, horseradish and soda. they have more in common than you may think. [no audio] >>> there's a call for a cle

bwi thursday good marshall announces a buy outof the air plan for $1.5 billion >>ened a it's a merger. i don't know how it will effect them. >> and the south west ceo says that the airline will serve 100 million customer. the customers will benefit from the expand. >> reporter: and a downside is less competition. en south west airlines serves 42 markets and air tran flies to 22 cities. and including regional overlaps, that means less options to many, many cities. >> if you have fewer competitor, the tendency is, i'm going raise prices because i can. >> there's more major mergers because of the economy. >> you don't do the emergenciers and everyone keep -- mergers and everyone keeps a job. where you're going to have redone dependency, you'll -- redone dependencies, -- -- >> five dozen airline passengers say that a pilot saved their lives. >> heads down! stay down! . heads down! stay down! >> that was the scene over the weekend with a plane heading for new york made a landing in jfk. the 55-year-old pilot landed the plane safely with a set of rear wheels. >> it could have been bad, but

. >> bwi has already -- is already considered a hub airports for southwest. despite the company says, will the deal hike fares? >> the talk to low-cost carriers announced monday that they plan to merge under the name and colors of southwest. dallas-based southwest airlines bought its competitor in a $3.4 billion deal. >> now that we have joined forces, the potential to spread low-fare is is even greater. >> pending a government regulatory approval, the deal gives southwest a neighbor -- and even tighter grip on the baltimore washington travel market. southwest would no longer have to compete with airtran for low fares. >> are you concerned that southwest has a stranglehold on the market? >> i expect that low-fare phenomenon will continue. >> the next low-cost carrier competitor is jet blue. >> a could be months before this deal is approved and much longer before airtran is officially out of fear. southwest says yes, backs will still fly fleet and they will still have that open seating policy. >> will you change your airline preference? for a force of you say,

precipitation at bwi thurgood an inch this morning. as well as inner harboor. -hat.g up to as much as two, to 2 and a half iiches or more across the state. temperatures lookkng at miid %-71 in baltimore.3s time. 73 in d.c. 70 in hagerstown. 59 out in western maryland. eastern portion of the state. -t 70. with the southeast flow. marine layer keeps uu on the mild side of things. with cooler temperatures to the north. boston 59. and 63 in pittsburg. here is what is going on. controlling forces here. area of low pressure ver northwestern hio bringing up the oisture. warm front ahead of it. but a cold front falls behind t that will contiiue to push north. more rain expected or tomorrow. then the cold front moves through. pushing out the moisture. we will start to see high pressure develop over the ohio river valley that. -tarts to move in. giving us clearing later innthe week. 77 degrees. %-morning. rain linnering in the -aper off innthe afternoon. get a break maybe of sunshine. 83 degrees. and it looks like e will see temperatures starting to break as we get into wednes

it was in the 40's in the most of the area. 47 officially at bwi marshall.e inner harbor, you can see the impact there. the nearby water helps to keep the location much warmer. at 12 degrees warmer than the official reading at bwi marshall where it was 47 degrees. the record low is 10 degrees cooler than that. 27 degrees in 1962 and the record high was 96 degrees. it was an indication of how dry the air is. with lots of sunshine and dry air, there is a big temperature turnaround. still in the 70's around the beltway. pasadena is that 75. chester town is at a very nice 74 degrees. western maryland is starting to warm up. that number is way out of white, probably eight of the thermometer. warmer air is coming in from the west in the mntains are just as warm as we are. is a good sign we will heat up tomorrow. but mostly clear skies tonight, a lice -- a nice southerly breeze will keep it down. the wind will be the key tomorrow. and will bring in more humidity. the wins will be coming about the gulf coast region. it will feel like summer time even though tomorrow

now it's 98. 95, the new record in dulles and bwi. the old record, 92. we are now sitting at 95 there. again, those are the unofficial number. they are hot enough. as far as what we'll be dealing with, 97 in the district. again, sterling coming in at 96 degrees. frederick at 97. baltimore at 94. la plata coming in at 96. what will we see into tomorrow morning? we'reooking at some pretty nice conditions. we will be cooling off. 70 by 7:00 a.m. and then some huge changes. when i come back, i'll break those changes down for you in my full forecast. >> thank you. >>> how safe do you feel when you ride met snow the head of the national trangs safety board said it is much safer than at the time of the deadly red line collision. here's more on the improvements. >> reporter:t was just a few months tag national transportation safety board blasted metro for a safety culture. now the ntsb has praise for the transit agency and the gains they've made in the last year. metro has made significant safety improvements in the year following a collision that left ni dead.

it is still 82 degrees down at bwi marshall. it is warm out towards hagerstown. we have cool and comfortable conditions out in western maryland where a few showers are approaching during the late afternoon and early evening. these clouds are associated with a cold front that will come through here and not the temperature back a bit more could imbedded in these clouds, there may be a few isolated showers. it will not be much more than a brief sprinkle, perhaps. once the wind shifts to the northwest, temperatures will settle back into the upper-50's 2 low-60's by dawn. it is the cold front of to the north and west of that will make it past our region tonight, move off the coast, and bring in more direct conditions as we head into monday and tuesday. we expect a good deal of sunshine and very comfortable for the first part of the workweek. by wednesday, the wind will shift back to the south and southwest. it will heat up again. we may be talking about temperatures in the 85 degrees to 90 degrees range. there may be some scattered afternoon thunderstorms to contend w

nothing measurable at bwi .arshall, just a trace theire mid 80 cozy with the normal high down to 78. temperatures running in the low 70's of i-95 into harford county. even cooler out west, parts of allegheny and garrett county, upper the's and low 60's. one more batch of showers coming across eastern ohio arrives later tonight. the last of the shower should be clearing by 2:00 or 3:00 and heading for the coast. a shower or storm through about 3:00 in the morning and then humid conditions give way to a west wind. drier air moves in and a cooling trend toward dawn tomorrow morning. another storm this project high pressure builds then friday afternoon. the futurecast indicates lots of sunshine returning in the afternoon tomorrow, holding on for saturday. a weaker front drugs out of pennsylvania on sunday. -- drops out of pennsylvania on sunday. the next front coming through late in the weekend does not look to have a lot of moisture associated with it. tomorrow will be warmer but less humid. northwest winds at 5-50 miles an hour. tigert years in the bay water about 75, a cool day near d

bwi is the closest hub to us that southwest serves. though they are known for affordable rates industry experts say you may not get the deals y expect in the future. air-tran out of the discount carrier mix does mean there is less competition. soit's a good news/bad news thing. >> so we can plan on playing more to fly southwest? >> jetblue is another disunt carrier. it flies from dulles and reagan, but by combininging the two airlines there could be a question of whetr the fares go up. >> wh about baggage fees, liz? we know air-tran charges. southwest gives us a break. >> southwest says it will eliminate air-tran baggage fees. southwest doesn't chargeor the firsttwo. that's a help. >> what color will the planes be? orange? >> after the merger, all the planes are to fly under the southwest logo. keep in mind they will continue operate as independent companies until closing the deal which is expected in the first half ofext year. so good news/bad news when you pull a carrier out of the mix, i worry about fares. >>hey are both laid back a

. >> tying a new record. 94 degrees out of bwi. hot and sticky. that's been our story all day long. southwest winds -- it will be a sticky night out there. i want to show you that. we have pretty thick fog. you can see downtown yeah it took awhile for this to burn off. burn off it did in this hot summer like weather. we were left with a sunny hazy hot day. take you up to parkville. look at that fake fog lifting and bleeding to sunny hot weather. lore today sunny. once the fog burned off temperatures sored. hot stuff across the state of maryland today. temperature wise mid to upper 90s out there. and 94 out in yagers town. this is hot. the heat index right now as we speak in easton it feels like 102 with the humidity. second day of fall. let's zoom out a little bit. clear skies across the state. we'll keep that into the weekend. maybe an isolated shower or hit or miss shower late saturday evening and sunday evening. must of the chance for rain will not be there. this frontal though it will pack cooler winds will not generate much rain for us it is generating a little rain. high press

it was a record-tieing 93 and 89 degrees at bwi marshal and around the region, still finding monasses at 91. culpeper and fredericksburg, 95; frederick, you're at 90 and winchester at 89. again, the humidity is not out of control and that cooler air close by. new york city, 74; bing hampton, 73 and that did not make it through last night. another one is coming through the west. we had a couple of showers fire up in the mountains and nothing of significance and no hailers. i thank is it for tonight. there is more shower and thunderstorm activity on the radar and looking to the midwest. an area of low pressure with the frontal system attached and trying to come through the area of high pressure and won't make it for tonight and relief is coming. an evening spotty shower and an isolated thunderstorm and radar is a clean sweep right now and another mild overnight expected at 71 degrees and on friday, get ready for record height heat and tieing that and that is our 66th day for this year and that is a hot and sunny one. you will notice that humidity. a bit of a scorcher to the end of the w

the low at bwi marshall, the current to mature as 62 degrees.round the region, the skies are still clear. dry air, clear skies, and dry wind should be a good day tomorrow. it is 50 degrees in frederick. it is -- is 58 degrees in frederick. even on the boardwalk in ocean city is a little chilly this evening. suburbs,d, 40's in the and sunrise at 653 am -- 6:53 a.m. we were in the 90's ave. we may get close to the 90- degree mark before the week is over. you will see some thunderstorms pop up to the north and west of baltimore wednesday evening. there may be an isolated thunderstorm in our area thursday and friday as the temperatures start to climb a bit. sunny skies, low humidity, 77 degrees to 72 degrees. south wind on the bay will be fairly light. western maryland may see a couple of valleys. i around the bay, temperatures in the upper 70's with sunny skies from sun up to sunset and hardly a club to be found. -- and hardly a cloud to be found. rip currents are still there risk because igor is still moving away. it is well to the north of bermud

your seven-day forecast rate had. 73 at bwi marshall and 75 a >> the numbers are out and they are not great. the unemployment rate in maryland and just up to 7 with 3%. about 7000 people lost their jobs. while the rate was are made for political fodder, both governors o'malley and bob ehrlich have weighed in. it is important to remember that it remains well below the national average. >> with unemployment a problem, -- continues to face an uphill battle. that was clear today as this shopping center had the auction block. most people were tight-lipped following the outcome. it sold for $20.5 million, but it is unclear who now owns the property. the auctioneer would not comment. couple that with the economic downturn and in the shadow of the downtown center, it has struggled through the recession. meanwhile, $6 million has been granted for expansion at general motors allison transmission. this should cate nearly 200 new jobs. baltimore county approved the grant money today. >> york 11 insta-weather + forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> an afternoon high temperature of 7

dulles, 81; bwi marshal, 80 and mostly in the 70s at this hour and frederick is hanging in there at 81. fredericksburg, 82; d.c., 77; cooler near the water and baltimore at 76 degrees and good voting water, for sure and hope you got out there and not too late to do that. a few clouds with temperatures into the low 50s in the suburbs, around 61 degrees in the district and a nice sunny day and low humidity. the breeze is going to try to hang in there with us and there is that cloud cover we have been seeing and not in the way of rain and the wind shift for us and that batch of showers and this is going to miss us. we'll wait for another frontal system friday morning to bring us a chance of showers. the future cast, there is nothing but sunshine tomorrow and see if they can't hold together late thursday and into friday, and going back and forth giving us some showers and not giving us much of anything and that looks like they would be moving in late thursday and moving out early friday morning and we'll get something descent out of it and it's tropical storm carl in the nester caribbean a

we're starting out warm again this morning. 70 degrees at bwi marshall. there is a touch of fog that does not appear to be too heavy. the humidity is way up and we have an east wind. the temperatures will be going uphill from here. it will still reflect summertime. there is a front off to the west. it will take the temperatures down a notch or two. details in the forecast coming up. >> thank you. here's a look ahead to 11 news today. >> a family says the school district did not step been when their son was bullied. now he is still suffering the aftereffects. details are next. >> the senate ponce a vote on u.s. tax cuts. what happens now -- the u.s. senate p boss: and now i'll turn it over to the gecko. gecko: ah, thank you, sir. as we all know, geico has been saving people money on rv, camper and trailer insurance... ...as well as motorcycle insurance... gecko: oh...sorry, technical difficulties. boss: uh...what about this? gecko: what's this one do? gecko: um...maybe that one. ♪ dance music boss: ok, let's keep rolling. we're on motorcycle insurance. vo:

bwi marshall # 1. definitely too hot for middle september, but it is the last day of summer. fall officially begins tonight at 11:09. temperature-wise, we are still at 91 degrees, and all around the region we remain really warm. our heat index when you combine the air temperature with the humidity it feels like 94 in washington, 8 4 in annapolis, that's a nice break. 101 down in fredericksburg. here's the reason the equinox is at 11:09 tonight. that's when the sun is directly over the equator. tonight at 11:09, tomorrow is your first full day of fall but it will feel summer-like. evening shower or storm. 71 degrees. we'll keep an eye out for stronger storms. still hot again tomorrow. a few clouds around, 92 degrees. five-day forecast, when can we even get some rain in here? we don't have much in this forecast. we've been going back and forth with the chance for showers on sunday. doesn't look as good for showers tonight. certainly looks like it will get coole and that will help everybody out. so right now it's just looking like a smaller chance for showers on sunday, and hope

. >>> we tied the official record at bwi. 95 degrees. hasn't hit that since 1970. we'll be back to talk about how much we'll cool off right after this. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >>> well some unusual visitors were hanging around the inner harbor boat docks. >> reporter: the kids eye view of the inner harbor. >> they are so cool because they just can breathe under water. >> reporter: some people downtown stopped to look into the water. >> the only time i have seen jelly fish for this has been in portland, oregon in the west coast. >> some snorkeling while in the caribbeans. but not this long. >> reporter: the jell

bwi marshall at 66 as well. forecast for today, like i said, a mixed bag this morning as far as clouds and sun. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. later on this afternoon, a high temperature in the mid-80s. that is above normal. we'll see more sunshine as well. going to be a decent afternoon and then a great weekend. i'll tell you about that coming up in a little bit. let's get an update on this morning's rush hour traffic. for that, we turn to julie wright. >> busy ride right now if you are traveling the top side of the beltway. outer loop, new accident reported near 95 college park tying up the two left lanes. for those traveling south along 270, the pace is slowing approaching an passing 109. now, we have delays as you continue southbound leaving mva headed down towards 370 and to the lane divide. oming in from the west off of 66, not so busy right here as you approach 29 in haven'terville. however, will fine -- find delays 50 to 123. >>> now to the breaking news that fox 5 was first to bring you this morning.

. >>> pretty cool night out there. 59 degrees right nought out at bwi. we have humidity coming up a little bit but you won't notice it. temperatures are so cool out there. and take a look through the day today. bottom line was, we started off sunny, brought the clouds in midday as a cool front pushed through the area. this is our parkville weather net camera but the skies clear up nicely as we wet towards sunset tonight. winds gusty as the front pushed through but they've quieted down nicely tonight. now down below 5 miles per hour. mid to upper 50s right now. by day break tomorrow we'll be well down into the 50s. the heart of the city may be warmer overnight this time of year. highs around 80 today. 81 for frederick. 82 for easton. a clear scenario, that front did not spark any rain in the state. and so there will still continue to be this enhanced fire threat out there but this boundary will continue to push further and further south. cooler air works its way in tonight but the highs the next few days will whoever around 80 so you won't notice that. tr

bwi is better source. past 9, the pace improves toward university boulevard. southbound 270 delays, and on and off the brakes from falls road toward the split. in virginia, no change here, northbound 95 jammed up in the main line out of woodbridge leaving the prince william parkway. slow traffic in springfield, 395 slow to seminary road. on route 1 delays to 123, traffic slows again toward fort belvoir. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> the results are in. vincent gray has won the democratic primary in the race for d.c. mayor. the council mayer chan beat out mayor fenty. with 90% of precincts reporting, matt acland joins us from northwest. >> reporter: it was a long evening for many folks watching this campaign so closely. remember the polls closed at 8:00 last night but we didn't start getting any results until hours later. in fact the board of elections is being criticized for taking just too much time. but right around 2:00 this morning, the chairman vincent gray decided it was time to go out and greet his supporters. we have some video of

we will be get the observation autoof bwi. we'll see between hours. i know you are going to be anxiously awaiting that. i will run into the newsroom when we get that. a hot sticky day. we will cool off tomorrow in the 80s. breezy cooler sunday down in the 70s. >> that is good. >> let's take a look outside. yeah the second full day of fall kelly feeling like anything but. bottom line it's a summer night like friday night across the harbor and across the state. 94 right now. it feels hotter than that with the heat index pushing 100. winds southwest at 6:00. that's been a warm wind every day. take a look at this. look at that fog kelly. we were socked in early on this morning. that's for sure if this fog hadn't been there we would have heated up more rapidly. hot and sunny through the day. hazy conditions we will say. as we look at some of the highs locally neighborhood by neighborhood. mid to upper 90s by the story. frederick to 100. back across the eastern show low 90s. most of the rest of the state unless you are on the extreme east or west you are we

. >>> on the weather front today 95 degrees at bwi. 1970 we were this hot. cooler weather will work its way in out of the north. we'll talk about how that effects your weekend coming up. if they have their way, we're facing a mountain of debt and a massive tax increase. employers will continue to leave our state, taking their jobs with them. the next four years will impact the next decade, so we've put together a road map to 2020. a plan that brings jobs back to maryland by reducing spending and lowering taxes. let's make the maryland we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. >>> a comedian takes on capitol hill to bring attention to an important issue. not everybody is laughing. stephen colbert stayed in character as he testified to a hearing on migrant farm workers. this summer he spent time picking tomatoes. >> this brief experience gave me some small understanding of why so few americans are clambering to begin an exciting career as seasonal migrant field workers. >> some republicans blasted it the hearing. saying it mocked the hear.

but then again as we depo into that overnight period into tomorrow w mor to change. 65 now at bwi rainfall any. but again expecting this to change big time through the day tomorrow. high temperatures have been around t70. we're now in the 60s. a cool night very muggy night. with humidity pushing 100% in many places. so, this air is nearly saturated and the problem is this. more heavy rain developing on e scattered basis at least now down into southern virginia and back across say down toward raleigh, north carolina. congeal kind of come together. into the first probably two- thirds of our day tomorrow, by tomorrow evening this time we should be clearing out but j"náe a round of rainthat happens from that storm system. in our future cast model brings that rain in earnest midnight to 2:00 a.m. heavy s through the morning hours tomorrow. a wet commute watch out on those roadways. by thursday about lunchtime that heavy rain beginning to retreat and push out to the east. it looks like drier weather >icñ will invade overnight tomorrow night and we're left with gorgeous dry weather on friday. bu

so while we may briefly hit the 40s officially at bwi, should be about 10 degrees warmer tomorrow morning off that to bring us back to 85 degrees and isolated late day shower. we'll check out the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. let's get a look at traffic. >> as you make your way through howard county, you aren't going to find any issues on i-70 in either direction. route 29 checking in without any problems as you head southbound approaching into montgomery county. as we look right now at our cameras, here we are again. 95 at 195, fortunately traffic flowing freely in both directions. as we look right now at our drive times, let's check on the 83 on the harrisburg expressway. it's going to be a smooth ride. a five minute trip, no problems between the 83 and the jfx is all lanes open between 695 and northern parkway, only a four minute ride. jamie, back to you. >>> did you see it? the 11th season of "dancing with the stars"? another cast of celebrities took to the stage, including this lovely lady, mrs. brady, lawrence henderson. >> she looks great. >> that's not bad at all. very ni

we broke records everywhere, needles to say, 99 at reagan national and dills, 97; bwi, 95 degrees and i want to run through the weather headlines, they're about records and today is the 65th day we're at or above 90 in 2010 and 67 is the record set and it's doable, although not in the next stretch of days. this is also been the warmest summer on record and second warmest spring on record and, of course, let's not forget about last winter and that is -- 2010 featured a lot of extremes for us and we're about to get relief in the temperature department and rain is on the way, too. 94 degrees right now. as we lose the sun, we're going to see them getting more reasonable and i wanted to show you the cooler air and enteral falls, 48 and cooler air is heading in our direction and that is going to be warm tomorrow and not as hot and lots of sunshine and that west wind. tomorrow night and sunday, we get some autumn-like air in here and at 8 in the morning, 74 and fun for the practice for the kids and noon, 83 and by 5:00, 87 degrees and now, i want to talk about the rain that is going to be co

current conditions out at bwi temperature wise we've been hovering around 80 degrees over the last hour or two. high temperatures today across the board ranging into the low 80s for the most part, and as we zoom out just a little bit here our eastern satellite view you can see clear skies. going to be the story into the weekend. we've had that frond front come through last night. now high pressure bringing dry weather for the weekend. our forecast models we zoom in and roll this forward. you can see just a few clouds and skies clearing off nicely, and then continuing to roll forward into saturday, more good looking weather skies stay clear. the tropics one place as we zoom out to the atlantic one place we have concern. hurricane igor still a powerful category 3 headed toward bermuda. it's going to be a rough weekend on the island back here just the opposite. take a look tonight we're talking about cool evening temperatures eventually dropping down into the 5s. a little breezy this evening. tomorrow nice looking saturday. temperatures up into the low 80s. and then as we roll forward into

. >> i love southwest because it flies out of bwi. >> the first thing and look at is price. for most of the time, i can fly southwest really cheap. >> with southwest acquiring air tran, the low-cost carrier is expected to move into reagan national. many travelers are excited because southwest does not charge for checked bags or snacks. >> there are a lot of advantages for choosing them over any other airline. >> many business travelers say , first-t's first-come serve unseating leaves travelers who schedule late wheezing in middle seats. >> i hope they get reserved seating. >> what business travelers like is they will easily be able to get to major cities like new york, boston, and atlanta. southwest hope to have the merger complete in the last -- the next nine to 24 months. >> turning now to stunning news coming out of london -- the man who owns the country that -- the company that makes the popular segway is dead. he was found in a river at the bottom of a cliff. apparently, he fell off of that clip while riding on a segway. he was a self-made millionaire who bought the co

right now temperatures have cooled off just a bit. 73 at bwi marshall. we've got 72 dover. and 80 in winchester. winds have been averaging around eight to 10 to 14 miles per hour this evening. so not particularly gusty but a little bit of a breeze coming from the south. so, humidities dry now but tomorrow that south breeze will kick in in even more force, allowing humidity to begin to climb. skies crystal clear now. that will hold up into the overnight but as we go into the morning hours tomorrow clouds will begin to build in out of the west and it's all courtesy of this next approaching weather system putting down showers and thunderstorms now across iowa back in through chicago, that whole ball of wax will continue to come our way. but we're going to get more of a glancing blow than anything, looks like and that will not come until probably testimony evening. so the day tomorrow looks dry, high pressure offshore, moving east a little bit. we'll get in the warm flow on the back side of it. and that system approaching from the west will mean the possibility for a few shower

bwi is the largest east coast hub. cheryl connor with more on what this means for passengers. >> reporter: the two carriers serve 70% of the passengers flying in and out of the area. the deal will move southwest into 37 new cities but with the competition of airtran gone some fear fares will go up. john and his mom are familiar with the airport flying in florida they visit family at least twice a year. the choice of who to fly normally comes down to wolf. >> southwest doesn't charge for bags. we also fly airtran because of the price. >> reporter: soon the two airlines will be one company. southwest announced the plan to buy airtran for $1.4 billion. this means the airline will move into atlanta, the busiest airport in the nation gain an international market and expand in cities like new york, boston and baltimore. >> local travelers in the area will gain further access to the system. the airline indicates it plans to continue its growth across the nation. >> reporter: frequent flyers fear as the competition goes down f

we have not had a whole bunch of rain at bwi marshall, but it was a warm enough day to get these thunderstorms popping up into the mid 80's in most spots before the showers cool things off. warnings in effect for frederick and washington county. computer model data shows the last of the storms winding down and moving down toward ocean city by morning. we may see a little patchy fog will form as we head toward dawn. we can see this front coming in from western maryland, picking up the storms ahead of the front. high pressure stretches back to chicago, delivering a beautiful star to the upcoming weekend. -- a beautiful start to the upcoming weekend. it looks like we are back to a dry pattern after tonight's rain moves out. sunshine, breezy, less humid tomorrow. whence on the day at the northwest at 5-10 knots. a couple of lingering showers, only 65 for the high, and if you are heading for western maryland, the rest of the weekend looks decent except for that little sprinkle sunday afternoon. we may get to the mid 80's on the lower eastern shore. hurricane carla making its way toward the mexican

and over three and a third inches at bwi. the totals around town, three inches. pretty much the norm. four inch toll the west in fairfax but down to the south look at these totals to the south. this is unbelievable. 11, 10 inches of rain and round two is just around the corner. look at these totals around saint mary's city, sixes, ten inches an reedville. unbelievable and the problem is, well, we are not done yet. we still have heavy rains over that area. still very heavy rain through saint leonard, lusby, sane mary's city and this will be something we will be following all day with 9 news now. 9 news now crews will be down there. this is epic flooding and i think it is epic flooding. we have a picture sent in to us. solicit these pictures sent to us at wusa9.com. or fill out a storm report. send them in to wusa9.com or you can put them on the facebook and also tweet with hash mark the dc flood. do not cross any kind of flooded street or yard by car or by foot. back to jc. >> thank you, topper. >>> by the way, we have we'll be right backing news of someone trappe

just gorgeous weather. 75 degrees right now out at bwi marshall. humidity a comfortable 43%. winds southeast at 10, that is a bill of a wind shift from the north breeze we had yesterday and even into the overnight last night. that south wind is going to keep going the next few days, too. baltimore, sunny skies all day today. just a fantastic, sunny and beautiful day for the last full day of summer, 2010. similar scenario toward howard county, great-looking weather. as we look at some of the highs today, really depending where you are but the bottom line, talking about mid to upper 70s from arnold through westminster, bel air 79. current temperatures have dropped off a bit here. we're talking maybe mid to low 70s, we'll quickly be dropping into the 60s here over the next couple of hours. but on the whole not bad. winds relatively quiet around 5 miles per hour. highs across the board today, running in the upper 70s, our average high this time of year will be 77. so we're just about there, statewide today. a little warmer just to our south and west. and winds, again, have been p

first full day of fall 2010, 87 degrees at bwi, 11 degrees above average, hotter than that downtown, 2-degree guarantee was 88, we'll have a weather winner for you today, today recapping, very hot forecast tomorrow. when do we cool off? we'll answer that coming up. for bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for a lobbying firm. $2.5 million? he's not really on my side. with this tough economy, we really need a governor on our side. at 5:00. the >>> year watching the station that works for you, abc 2 news at 6:00. >>> well we saw them a lot in the springtime and now they are back. and since it was a long, hot summer those annoying stink bugs are crawling their way up and down the east coast. abc 2's don harrison is in annapolis to see how the critters are stinking up the city. >> rep