police designated carrollton ridge as a safe zone. at the end of the month the neighborhood will hold a block party to encourage residents to stay active in their community. >>> bringing the nooks and crannies of baltimore back to life. one community leader takes us through his community and shows us how he's helping to give it a makeover. >>> busted. which wii game a bunch of cops in florida were caught playing during a drug raid. >>> yeah, the boys are back. who is already coming out on top on this season's "dancing with the stars"? >>> and wyatt says we're getting a little bit of rain. full forecast coming up. crest whitestrips has created a strip so revolutionary... you can use it while you do just about anything. it molds better... it grips better... and seals better. you can even drink water with it on. crest whitestrips advanced seal. it's a breakthrough technology... that molds and adheres to your teeth better... ...giving you a dramatically whiter smile. whitening that fits any life and every smile. crest whitestrips advanced

orange line is single tracking between new carrollton and cheverly. back to you. >> thanks very much. >> the television industry has honored its best. the emmy awards were handed out in los angeles. >> it was another huge year for our hit series on nbc, "30 rock." for the third straight year it picked up the award for best comedy series. mark barger has a wrap-up of all of it. >> here's hoping kanye west likes 30 rock. >> reporter: the host neil patrick harris joked about it to start the night. >> 30 rock. >> reporter: almost three hours later, the nbc sitcom won its third straight emmy as best comedy. >> we want to thank our friends at nbc, jeff zucker, ben, for keeping us on the air even though we are so much more expensive than a talk show. >> reporter: fay's co-star alec baldwin also won best ak for tofor the second year in a row. >> this is the greatest job i'll ever have. >> reporter: there was a surprise for best ak tris as toni collette bet out last year's winner, tina fey. >> this is insanely confronting. >> reporter: it was deja vu in the dr

. >> baltimore city police are focused on the carrollton ridge community. a neighborhood that includes south mason, ramsey and south bent low area and increased police patrols with cruisers circling the block, keeping watch. >> much better. they do the walk. you see them coming through all during the day. it is wonderful. >> police are now calling the area a safe zone, which means police will set up a parameter, monitor everyone's comings and goings. >> police have a few entries into the neighborhood from 10 to 10 p.m. wednesday through sunday during the next month. >> carrollton ridge is a troubled neighborhood. with, at least, three murders since january. community was pushed into the news in july, when someone shot a 5-year-old girl in the head. the suspected gunman caught on police surveillance tape. now the police in addition it active. >> i do see some progress coming along. >> and the people that live here are supporting the plan. to restrict access to their neighborhood. >> it will keep out the people looking for their prostitutes. and keep people o

the robbers have been at banks and bowie and new carrollton. >>> four alleged gang members were indicted92 counts in connection with a series of shootings. they were charged with conspiracy and first-degree murder after five murders and several shootings dating back to april, 2008. they are alleged members of a gang. if convicted, they face a maximum sentence of life in prison. >>> key developments in the firestorm facing embattled advocacy group acorn. the irs says they are following the census bureau, severing ties with the group, and now acorn is firing back at the people responsible for the videotape that started their problems in the first place. armed with a hidden camera, dressed like a pimp and prostitute, they ask acorn employees with health -- as acorn employees for up with a tax advice. they appear to give extensive advice on how to disguise their illegal income, from calling their brothel an independent office to disguising underage girls as dependents. >> you can call them dependence because they live in your house especially if they are under 15. >> acorn has filed a multim

two in the new carrollton area, one in bowie. >>> a bit plea from a man who -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: he admitted in court to marijuana possession and five counts of burglary. he was wanted for the burglaries at the time of the august 2008 standoff and handover, a standoff that lasted two days. he could spend 25 years in prison but his defense attorney wants him to be treated for a mental illness. >>> investigators back at a yale research lab where a student was strangled, her body hidd in a wall. they say they're looking at new evidence but won't say what. meantime an ex-girlfriend of murder suspect raymond clark says he was controlling telling her what to wear, where to go and which friends she could keep. investigators now expanding their search in a terror probe involving a man allegedly linked to al qaeda. authorities are now reinterviewing people they previously spoke with and looking for new potential suspects. two colorado men and a new york muslim cleric arrested as part of the probe expected back in court tomorrow. >>> two controversial world leaders taking center stage at

back to you al >> megan mcgrath reporting live from new carrollton. thank you very much, megan. >>> there's a new campaign to crack down on distracted drivers in virginia. it is called "orange cones, no phones." the decision comes after a recent survey which found that over half of drivers admitted to using their cell phones to read or write text messages while driving. those texters also made no changes to their behavior, even when driving on the capital beltway in a construction zone. barbara? >> well, d.c. already bans smoking inside bars and restaurants. now smokers might not be able to light up outside of them either. wtop is reporting that it's part of a new bill before the d.c. council. the measure would restrict smoking outside of buildings where smoking on the inside is banned. property owners could enact smoking bans up to 25 feet from their walls. the bill also adds stiffer penalties for stores that sell tobacco to minors. underage smokers would also face tougher consequences. >>> it's an anniversary few would like to remember. it's been on

police are focusing on the carrollton ridge community. a neighborhood that includes south mason, ramsey and best bentlo area. and they are calling it a safe zone, which means officers will set up a perimeter to monitor coming and goings. and allow only a few into the neighborhood two to 10 wednesday through sunday during the next month. and same initiative caused legal trouble for dc police saying it violated constitutional rights. but baltimore police say they do not believe there will be any legal trouble here. mainly because the community likes the idea. >> it will keep out the people looking for their prostitutes. and keep people out from coming in to buy their drugs. >> well, the plan was created back in 2005. again, police say it has worked in the past. and they say it will work again, or it can work again. this time in southwest baltimore. live in city police headquarters. keith daniels, fox 45 news "late edition". >> baltimore county gives the green light to speed cameras tonight. but not without some resistance. connecticut counc

the backup is accused after the new carrollton metro. there is a cracked rail in college park.enlight computer -- green line commuters, anticipate delays. they are single tracking trains this morning. 95 virginia, your story is about the volume from dale city to get to lorton. 66, eastbound delays in manassas between 29 and 28 and then won 23 to the beltway. it is pretty hefty -- and then 123 to the beltway. that is more than slow out of germange hi, may i help you? we're shopping for car insurance, and our friends said we should start here. good frids -- we compare our progressive direct rates, apples to apples, against other top companies, to help you get the best price. how do you do that? with a touch of this button. can i try that? [ chuckles ] wow! good luck getting your remote back. it's all right -- i love this channel. shopping less and saving more. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> it turns out that human beings and not the only ones capable of catching a way. >> slome dogs took to the waves this weekend as part of a surf-a-thon. the event raised money

new carrollton, you've got light showers approaching your area same thing for northern loudoun county. nuisance stuff left out there new. ocean city, it's the end of summer, folks. they are taking down the volley ball net. that's when you know summer is done. ellicott city, maryland, coolest spot 58 degrees. 63 in annapolis. you folks will get a chance to dry out tomorrow, as well. high pressure will start moving in. we'll watch the gulf because there could be more developments taking placeown there over the next couple of days. could be a tropical-type system forming there. for the next 48 hours here, rtainly the next 24, we'll start to dry out. by morning we'll have cloudy skies around. then by the afternoon, the rest of this system right there in the upper levels over the atmosphere, the rest of this system rotates through, we could have more scattered light showers coming through. on sunday, i think we'll see a lot of the cloud cover moving on out of here. and we'll keep our eyes on tropical storm fred, too. instead of moving to the north, it's expected to move more west to the op

carrollton police are also keeping a very close eye on lake carroll dam.blocked off stuart street just in case that dam breaks. >> there's been tornadoes and other stuff go through here. it's the first time i've seen this. >> reporter: no matter where folks stop to take pictures at the unbelievable scene, their thoughts were with a fellow carroll county family mourning the loss of a little boy. >> this is just a devastating thing when you have a young child involved. >> reporter: as if all this devastation wasn't enough, the carroll county water authority reports at least 15 water line breaks to some 3,000 customers in south and southeastern carroll county are being told to boil their water until further notice. >> finding a road open in and out of palding county was almost impossible as road after road was shut down by fast rising water. we watched the ayers family save themselves in their neighborhood off highway 92. the water destroyed their house. at this hour many palding county roads remain closed. the d.o.t. will have to inspect many closed roads an

we're in the 50s around the region from washington's shaw neighborhood to new carrollton, mclane andheaton. a few breaks in the clouds, a little sun coming out into mid afternoon. wind gusting out of the northwest around 25 miles an hour. then clouding up again late afternoon winterly evening with a slight chance of a sprinkle. 0s out of the mountains tomorrow morning with scattered frost. 40s around the metro area. highs near 70 with lots of sun. saturday maybe showers as we dry out saturday night. should have a pleasant day on sunday. good weather for the skins and bucs at fedex field. warming up into the first part of next week. ashley, how is the traffic? >> we have slowing occurring around town. outer loop leaving college park towards silver spring. 270 headed in the southbound direction was slow afar they are hurley boulevard towards middle brook. by montgomery village you're back up to speed headed towards the beltway. if you're planning a trip along 66 this early morning, in teb direction we have volume as a factor as you make your way through manassas. heavy volume headed to

a lot of cloudiness around from ledroit park to new carrollton. might have a passing shower this afternoon, as well as into the early evening hours this evening. then tomorrow partly cloudy, in the low 80s, rather humid. perhaps a passing afternoon or evening shower or thundershower. more of the same on thursday but a bit milder. friday, mostly sunny, highs near 80. here's a look at the weekend. saturday, partly cloudy, into the 70s. might get some showers saturday night through midday sunday. then drying out sunday afternoon, into the first part of next week. ashley linder's here filling in for jerry this morning, checking on the traffic. how's it looking? >> starting to get pretty slow. 270 southbound, the delays right now are between i-70 and truck scales off and on as you can see here at father hurley. definitely on the brakes. out of springfield we've got problems on 95 headed northbound. slow out of dale city toward lorton. 395 northbound will be slow from duke street headed toward seminary. out of virginia, 66 in good shape as far as accide

the outer loop from enters airforce base in a backup past fedex field with an accident in new carrolltonas been one of those days. >> we will get through it. showers may complicate ings, especially southeast of town. a fair amount of clouds. 70 right now downtown. look in our forecast. mid 70's is the best we can do. some showers tonight. temperatures near 60 degrees. >> thank you. >>> the long awaited release of the health care overhaul bill from max baucus. more details on that today at noon. do not forget to join us for our hour-long health care special, "critical condition." it is live at 8:00 tonight right here abc 7. we'll be back at 8:25 this morning. for continuous coverage, how to get rich, by america's health insurance companies. raise health insurance premiums 4 times faster than wages. pay your ceo twenty four million dollars a year. deny payment for 1 out of every 5 treatments doctors prescribe. if the insurance companies win, you lose. tell congress to rewrite the story. we want good health care we can afford with the choice of a public health insurance option. >>> "good mo