she has a duck named sterling, a yellow lab named cleo. they have become the best of friends.s interesting is that sterling is a different kind of duck. a roan, primarily a domestic duck. they have partners for life and apparently six months ago sterling's partner passed away. and the 17-year-old girl could see her duck was very lonely. so, she introduced sterling to cleo and look at that. they are palling around, sharing a meal. cleo actually shares the dog food with the duck. and they even spend the night together. >>> 6:53. good morning. we look outside with temperatures trying to come out of the 50s in many spots. a chilly start to the day. even patchy fog in carroll and fredrick county. even parts of baltimore county but that will be taken care of in a hurry, looking for sunshine to carry us into the afternoon. two-degree guarantee gets us to 85 this afternoon. that is still below normal but definitely a nice recovery from yesterday where we just barely got to 77. overnight, slipping into the low 60s. not as chilly as this morning. 85 tomorrow, will come with increasing c

right away cleo took him, took to him like a duck to water. now they share meals and even sleep together at night. look at that. >> right in the eye. >> doesn't seem to mind. those laughs are great that way. >> cute. >> it was love at first sight in thailand as a panda made the debut. people flocked there to see the cub. it was a big surprise for the zoo staff who tried for years to breed pandas without success. the cub doesn't yet have a name. the zoo is holding a contest beginning next month. for now they call her thailand's little superstar. they sure are wherever they appear. >> we know about that. >> and they grow fast. >> 5:52 the time on this monday morning and we have 61 degrees. >> "good morning, washington" will continue right after this. >> the soldier who was photographed fighting the taliban in his boxer shorts is back home. >> that famous photo has made him somewhat of a celebrity. >> they gave me a lot of hard time so i mean i hope the morale was helped. >> an a.p. photographer snapped this picture in may. the 20-year-old says h

cleo's dog food, they are munching on it and even spend their nights together.le friendship for you this morning. >>> stay with us. the 6:00 news is just ahead. but in the meantime, we're going to take a live look outside and check the temperatures. before we head to break. you're looking at a live picture now of mount airy, summit ridge, 59 degrees. justin will have a full check of the forecast when we come back. >>> good monday morning. i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. a look at the top stories -- we have the latest on that deadly light rail accident in baltimore county. one teenager is dead, another seriously injured. >>> we'll update you on the investigation into the murder of steve mcnair. >>> and we'll look at the staples center in los angeles where preparations continue for michael jackson's pub memorial service. these stories and more coming up on our 6:00 hour but first let's send it over to justin berk with a look at the first forecast. >> good morning. look what i found this morning. >> yes? >> found the sun. it's coming up over the easter

. >> out to the lines, cleo, indiana.at's your question? >> caller: thank you, nancy for this time. the question is about the nurse. they have what they call mandated reporting. i'm wondering when she got this information from michael jackson about these drugs, why didn't she report it right away? >> to mike walker, "national enquirer," why didn't she? >> that is very puzzling. as the lady said you have to report things like this. you have to tell people when you know that people are taking dangerous drugs. even doctors, think about it. michael jackson we know he takes drugs. why is he getting access of drugs when he's under the supervision of a doctor? yes, this woman, if she is authentic, she should have come forward long before. >> i don't know how you would get your mitts on a drug like this, diprivan used in hospitals during surgery you have to be ventilated, to be able to use this. out to the lines. joy in washington. hi, joy. >> caller: hi, nancy. thank you for taking my call. >> thank you for calling in. >> caller

become best friends. >> sterl loves dog food as much as cleo does.y even drink water from the same bowl. how about that. ♪ side by side >> that of course is michael jackson's song human nature. one of his hits is called "man in the mirror." the man jackson saw in the mirror through his life physically changed a lot. >> cynthia mcfadden chronicled those changes. we pick up the story with jackson on top of the world. >> reporter: it was after the unprecedented success of "thriller" the metaphor if a sis of michael jackson became far more than an artistic statement. it's as if it became his personal reality. >> he wanted to be the king of pop. he wanted to be michael jackson only in that that became some extraordinary brand or some global phenomenon. >> reporter: and somewhere michael jackson went from controlling his image to being controlled by it. >> the fun house always becomes menacing at some part. the mirror starts reflecting you back to yourself in a grotesque way, your voice starts echoing in a strange way, you start losing the sense of your ow

and ever since sterling and cleo are like birds of a feather. >> go everywhere together. follow her down the road. and play with her. and both clean each other. >> the animals even have similar tastes in dog food. megan gilliland, fox 45 news "late edition". . >> nearly 9000 fans win tickets to michael jackson's memorial. more on the star studded event scheduled for tomorrow. coming up next,. >> and coming up next in sports. he fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) switch to verizon fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. . >> a star studded line up is announced for the michael jackson memorial. steve he wonder, mariah carey and usher few of the celebrities s

ever since sterling, the domesticated duck lost his partner, he and cleo have been like birds of a featherey go everywhere together, clean each other, and even share the same dog food. >>> aruba, bahamas, st. thomas where. is the happiest place in the world, and what makes that it way? abc 2 news at 5:30 starts in just two minutes. a dull metal clanking sound. bear groans. ♪ ominous music ferocious growling. roaaaaaarrrrrrr!!!! ♪ whistling bluegrass tune >>> now abc 2 news at 5:30 >> well, the tourism business is booming in baltimore. good evening. i'm kelly swoope. new hotels are going up all around downtown, and it turns out that these new hotels are bringing in big business for the city, and even breaking records. abc 2 news carin redman explains. >> reporter: it's a record number for the city of baltimore. the baltimore area

you didn't even have to call miss cleo. >> good day to spend money? >> you don't care?i don't care. it's interesting. i don't know that. >> it's fun with numbers. >> that's for sure. >> fun with numbers, the stimulus. checking a reality check on the stimulus spending. the fight where the people say the money is -- a lot of ways people are fighting about the stimulus money. some people want more stimulus. they want another. some want the money spent faster and other people having tea parties saying, hey, you're borrowing money. so let's take a look at where this stimulus money has gone. it's complicated because there's stimulus project spending. about $499 billion has been allocated. another $157 billion is available but spent $56.3 billion. and senate majority leader harry reid said overall about slightly over 10% of the stimulus money has been given out for the places that he says it needs to go. 90% still is being spent. tax relief that you're starting to feel in your paychecks starting in may and there's relief in terms of jobless benefit extensions and food stamps a