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costello's 50th birthday. if you're just tuning in late, 50. jamie costello! woodland park, colorado, snow-capped peaks. remember 45? >> yes. >> they are at 45 now. but we're 57. we had an overcast sky in mount airy breaking up the clouds, a band of clouds trying to slide through. they will build up more clouds as we roll through late morning on in through the afternoon hours. imiewndz -- gusty winds pushing close to 20 miles per hour and the influence of chilly air breaking up east of the mountains. look at that shower band heading into pittsburgh. i think that's why perhaps towards westminster and parkton and monkton, they have a sprinkle this afternoon. chilly air continues to bring in reinforcing cold air as we head through the next couple of days. we're 58. they are 54 buffalo. 48 green bay. 40 international false. there's a source of even colder air to come down the pike and rotate our way. we're looking for clouds to filter in. call it a partly sunny day but we'll actually cloud up and build in more clouds which could turn overcast for a few periods in

name it the jamie costello. >> they did. >> they did?ig breakfast sandwich. >> i love it. >>> you heard it here first. i want to taste the costello. what is on there? seriously? >> i don't think you want to know. >> mayonnaise, bacon, sausage, potatoes. and russian dressing? outside this morning we've got ourselves some moisture left over from the rain that came through overnight. boy, we got ourselves another round of rain that may come in probably tonight but overall almost a repeat here with skies partly cloudy this morning, 69 degrees, a hint of fog but as we go near 70 for most of us to a high of 84 the chance of a shower will actually increase late in the day through this evening and then a big cooldown as we go through friday and saturday. a little peek at that at our our wake-up window at the bottom of the screen. and we'll have more coming up in a few minutes. >>> 6:29 now. we need to name a breakfast sandwich after kim brown. i think we'll call it the twitter. >> what is on the twitter exactly? i'm curious. >> i just got the na

jamie costello introduces us to baltimore's dynamic duo. >> reporter: the world is revolving too fast, so why not slow down? >> almost everyday. >> reporter: your little corner of the world sits at the heart of inner harbor east. >> this area is really booming. all the financial institutions that are moving in. office space, residential, it's really no need to leave. >> reporter: before you leave for work take a tea for two. >> i love all the teas. i've had like everyone of them. >> reporter: the great breakfast begins with a belgian waffle. >> i love the belgian waffles. i always get the strawberries and bananas. >> reporter: then the lunchtime crowd comes in. >> i come for the iced tea and asian tofu wrap. >> reporter: then the dinner crowd. >> i love the drinks. >> we do breakfast, dinner, lunch, brunch, music. we have a full liquor license. we're an all-day cafe. >> reporter: at the height of hard times they closed up their fells point location and moved here and hung on. >> just tried to hold on. we tried to make it, our menu recession-proof, pocket-friendly, and i think we've be

i'm megan pringle. >> i'm jamie costello.out to come down on summer. >> that is -- justin has a little countdown going on. >> tick-tock, 5:18 tonight. which brings us down to 11 hours and 19 minutes. so sorry. fall officially arrives later today. the last few hours of summer here and we've got a little muggy feel to the air. check this out. the remnants of what was once a hurricane in the eastern atlantic. has fallen apart but thrown a tremendous amount of moisture across the southeast, some reaching through north carolina. watch that stuff build to the south and try to lift

costello. it doesn't get old, does it? >> some things do. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> we have building volume here on the east side of the outer loop at harford road. the only accident in the area, belair road near mountain and fallston road interchange. now let's check the commute. >> good morning. so far so good out there for travel on the marc, no delays on the camden, penn, or brunswick lines. on the buses, heavy volume on the 13, 7 and 23 bus lines. light rail and metro subway are on time. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. just as we promise 100% fresh produce... and rancher's reserve beef, guaranteed tender 100% of the time. at safeway, we have a new promise. a commitment to thousands of new everyday low prices... with savings of up to 25%. so you can get what you want... when you want it. at the price you need. today... and tomorrow. that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway. ÷o here's one for your skin that's clinically proven. olay professional pro-x wrinkle protocol is as effecti

tom costello joins us now. i know some of the money goes to fuel taxes. >> reporter: and the tsa and to keep the airports operating well, but guess what? some of it doesn't. the airlines say about 30% of your airline ticket, about 30% more or less, will go to taxes and fees, but you probably don't know you are also paying for airports that only service private planes. airports you and i will probably never see or use. it doesn't matter where you are flying. those bargain airline tickets have a way of getting pricey. a $300 ticket can jump to $365 once you add in federal and local taxes and fees a chunk of that money goes to build and maintain commercial airports, but also airport for private planes. a "usa today" review finds $1 billion in airport tict taxes this year will go to nearly 2,000 little-used airports that offer no commercial service. airports most of us never use. >> it's outrageous to think the customers on our flights are being asked to support general aviation airports that will never see a comme

>>> i'm jamie costello. we continue to help you during these tough economic times but inviting you to our web site, abc2news.com, our "financial survival guide." if you are in debt some debt collectors want to know just how much in the hole you really are. we have three pieces of advice when trying to bounce back. plus, some jobs come with fringe benefits. we have some ideas to take advantage of what you could have coming to you. it's all waiting for you now, "financial survival guide" on abc2news.com. come back and visit us often. we're always changing the information. i'm jamie costello. >>> he saved more than 150 lives by safely landing his plane in new york's hudson river. now chesley sullenberger will be part of the safety management team at u.s. airways. the captain is also returning to regular flights while assuming his new duties as management pilot. first officer jeffrey skiles will also return to the cockpit. >>> a warning for anyone who flies. the next time an airline asks for volunteers to give u

jamie costello, st.t. -- abc2 news. >>> if you've got a "dine on a dime" suggestion just e-mail us at abc2news.com. >>> the female crab season ends tomorrow. why the deadline is sparking controversy on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. >>> we begin now with a developing story from baltimore city. good evening, i'm terry owens. federal agents arrested a baltimore city police officer. abc2 news delia goncalves is live at police headquarters with the very latest. delia? >> reporter: mark lunsford was arrested by the fbi last night. he now faces three felony charges of false claims, false statements and theft of property. this basically is an officer authorities say who shook down drug dealers and took kickbacks. his arrest though came thanks to an fbi source who recorded conversations. according to the affidavit lunsford who was also working with the drug enforcement agency task force got into a corrupt relationship with the source and paid that person $9,000 in dea money, $4,500 he took as a kickba

abc2 news jamie costello with the mystery on where art thou brown cow? >> reporter: this is cow's baby album. for 15 years he's been a part of the family. >> maybe it was a little jaded we treat him like a little stuffed boy and not like a real person. >> >> reporter: for the past three years cal has been the mascot for the sykesville raiders. here he is going to the game, looking other the game plan, looking over shoulders. acting as the water boy, taking pictures but this will be the last time we would see cal. did he walk away or was he cow-napped? >> i think -- i think somebody took him. i don't think he would get up and leave on his own. he doesn't have a license so he can't drive. >> reporter: last week a break in the case. communication from cal, e-mail saying he was enjoying his life on the lam and pictures to prove it. cal at the water fountain, shooting hoops, on the slide. maybe this, cal-cology, looking in the mirror wondering where his life was heading. you didn't mistreat him? >> no. >> reporter: so what next? raider moms in disbelief. >> w

. >>> i'm jamie costello. we continue to help you in these tough economic times but inviting you to abc2news.com, our "financial survival guide." on there today, a lot of people are cutting back, especially inside the home. we're going to peek inside one frugal home and the seven ways that this family's home is different than yours. plus, pay off debt to keep credit at its best. advice for a man who is caught in between a creditor and a bill collector and which should he pay? always check back on our "financial survival guide." we're updating it consistently throughout the day. i'm jamie costello, abc2 news. so with fios i get fiber to the home, over 100 hd channels and $150 back..... yes, yes and yes nice, what about you? the best of intentions. (announcer) with $150 back, there's never been a better time to switch to fios. unlike cable, fios delivers 100% true fiber optics straight to your home. for hd picture quality that beats cable in customer satisfaction. and crystal clear phone service. just... an amaz

back to you. >> tom costello, thank you. >>> and now to minneapolis and another rally. this one by the president. part of his campaign to change health care. nbc's mike viqueira has that part of the story from the white house. good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening, amy. after hearing shouted objections and cat calls from republicans in his address to congress this past week, today president obama got a decidedly different reception at his first health care rally since the speech. >> and i have to say i can already see this crowd is a lot more fun. >> reporter: hardly a jeer to be heard in minnesota where mr. obama was greeted by supporters of his health care plan. >> we got to do something. >> reporter: outside on the street, a difference of opinion. but inside it was a campaign-style event with the president appealing for support from those who already have insurance warning that without reforms, nothing is certain. >> nearly half of all americans under 65 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years. more than one-third will go without

costello: i rise in support of this bill. i want to thank chairman oberstar, ranking member mica, mr. petri, and of course chairman rangel and ranking member campp for bringing this legislation to the floor today. chairman rangel of the ways and means committee and mr. camp were very cooperative in extending the taxes so that we in fact could do this extension today. as chairman oberstar indicated in a previous congress and again at the end of this year the house passed the f.a.a. re-authorization act of 2009 a long-term authorization of the federal aviation administration programs. we have been waiting on the other body for several months to bring a bill to the floor and pass it. in fact, it has been almost two years since vision 100 the last f.a.a. re-authorization bill, expired. congress has been able to pass a multiyear f.a.a. bill instead and then instead of approving that bill because of the other body, we have had to approve a series of short-term extensions. however until h.r. 915 is signed into law, it's imperative w

. >> i'm jamie costello. welcome in on this tuesday. how are you? >> wonderful. justin berk is the only person i know who has been counting down fall by not just the hours but the minutes. i thought it's tuesday, fall begins today but it happens at a particular point. we've been listening to him all morning long. >>> let's go to justin now. i think i saw your word in "lion king." >> i didn't catch that. >> the top of the mountain. >> ok. ah. eight hours, 18 minutes by the way. tick-tock. 5:18. it's the point where the sun's focus on the equator and then slips into the southern hemisphere. ironically on this day we call the equinox, we don't get equal day and darkness. you get the light to curve around the horizon. we wind up with eight or nine extra minutes of daylight. but we're starting to increase the nights and shrink up the days so typically we expect cooler temperatures. you know what? today we're dealing with a southeast flow and the remnant moisture from what was once a very powerful hurricane in the eastern atlantic, fred, no longer a hurricane but look

. >> jamie costello. let's start with justin burke. >> 5:59 a.m. almost 6:00 a.m. you outside show you temperatures on storm scepter weather net. showing that most of us are in the 50s. 48 degrees, 45 degrees laurel. back to 47 degrees now in java but 50s everywhere

let's go to tom costello right now our aviation correspondent. what do they think happened with this pilot? >> well, we don't know, but the leading theory right now is that for some reason, he was incapacitated and the -- one of the theorys is he may have had hypoxia, which, of course is a condition which you are not getting enough oxygen in your bloodstream, that can lead to a blackout condition. the plane is a single-engine mooney m-20, a single-engine mooney m-20. we believe the plane crashed somewhere near the ohio state line, near muncie, as you mentioned, about 12:50 or so eastern time. we do know who the plane is licensed to or registered to, but we are not going to report that right now. we want to make sure that the family and the individuals involved know before we say it on national tv. let's go to the flight map. there is the mooney m-20, to begin with, that's what it looks like. let's go to the map provided to us by flight wise.com and gives you a sense of the erratic nature of this flight path as it began it is difficult to see. wha

. >> i'm jamie costello. here's meteorologist susan shrack. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. it is a wet and rainy one out there. it could be on the dangerous side. this is in north baltimore. this is just shot by our overnight photographer pete on the street o'neil. you can see drivers have to take it very slowly. that's just a word of caution if you are going to be out and good in the next couple of minutes actually. if you step out the door, heavy rain. it's going to taper off as we head into the next couple of hours. it's already starting to pond on the roadways. taking a look at the conditions outside at this hour. we're looking at a temperature 57 degrees. relative humidity 100%. wind is out of the north- northwest at 8 miles per hour. this is why we have all that rain. there's a big storm off the coast spreading the rain shield all the way back into the central part of the state, now even into the western portion. as far as rain amounts so far, we've been seeing the most of it on the eastern shore seeing almost an inch and a half of rain since midnight. three-quarters

i want to take you back to yesterday, besides the fact it was jamie costello's birthday, 50th. >> what did he say? >> 5-0. t-h. we had a day that started with sunshine. check out mount airy. we had the clouds try to build in and really just fighting that wind, that gusted to 30 miles per hour in spots. pretty scene but it did turn overcast from time to time. we cleared out during the evening hours but the clouds since rolled back in. temperatures could have easily dropped back into the 40s but because of the cloud cover that rolled in after midnight we're at 57 now. still a wind out of the west averaging 5 to 10 miles per hour and already gusting to 16. another breezy day, most of us mid-50s on the thermometer and mostly cloudy as we head through the afternoon. we'll aim for a high of only 67. >>> 5:09. lets check the roads with kim. >> thank you. as we look at the beltway traffic is running very smoothly around both loops of the area, of the beltway. no problems at the tunnels either. several construction projects still on scene. southbound harrisburg expressway the ramp to the middle

. >> i'm jamie costello. let's look at the weather with meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. 6:30. let's start off here, 6:31 with maryland's most powerful doppler radar. we've had some heavy rain come through. if you're watching us in baltimore city, anne arundel county, you're likely dry but we've had heavy rain on the top side of the beltway, now pushing through aberdeen, here's havre de grace, 95 in harford county is slow because of heavy rain through periman, this is coming down really heavy and the point that it's going to make you slow down on the roads, you just had it on fallston and bel air, it's moving east. top side of 83 from cockeysville, timonium and along the york road stretch in central baltimore county another shot of rain. looks like we had that on in through the north side of reisterstown, just clipping the top side or at least the intersection of 795 and route 140. overall though we've had ourselves some wet roads because of the rain that already passed through. you're dry now in o

. >> i'm jamie costello. weather and traffic every 10 minutes. let's find out about our forecast today. >> good morning. 5:09. temperatures not going to move much today. where you see them now, maybe a little bit of a bump up as we head into the afternoon but a strong east wind and the rain showers moving in, will definitely help to hold this in place. 63 easton, 64 baltimore. as we show you the satellite and radar composite you can see the general flow of moisture from east-to-west. this is important because that is the general wind flow. showers become more numerous as the day wears on. much more than we've had the last couple of days, high tide can be an issue because of a coastal flood advisory along the west shores of the chesapeake bay which does include the high tide for tonight, i think it will be the biggest problem at 11:50. if you have any interest along the chesapeake bay, that's what to look out for, for localized flooding and beach erosion. temperatures make it to our two-degree guarantee of 68 this afternoon. the showers become mor

i am megan pringle >> i am jamie costello. here he is back. justin. >> happy tuesday. have a chilly one stacking up here. will remain a little bit below normal. a fall like pattern. 54 baltimore. 55 eastened. 50s. back west in oakland, 45. we will be in that category through the next couple of mornings. clouds linger off toward the west they will filter in throughout the day. sunny start to partly cloudy then mostly cloudy afternoon. breezy at times gusting over 20 miles per hour. high 69 degrees. our first check of the roads,. >>> thanks justin. welcome back. no problems to let you know of on the belt way. as you make your way around the route change. two incidents. one in the city, north avenue closed, both directions, due to fire activity. lafayette your best chance ou

nbc's tom costello has our report tonight from salt lake city. >> reporter: it was the tragedy that convinced utah to adopt some of the toughest distrated driver laws in the country. 17-year-old lauren was as funny and sweet as she was beautiful. her picture wasn't supposed to end up on a bumper sticker. >> i'll never have anyone call me mom again. she was my only child. that is a hard thing to think about. i miss that. >> reporter: on this street in salt lake city lauren's life came to a horrific end. lauren was traveling through a green light when a teenager looking up an address on a cell phone ran his red light. the impact flipped lauren's suv. she died in the intersection. 19-year-old theodore jorgensen pleaded guilty to negligent homicide. at the university of utah researchers determined the crash risk could be double driving with the legal definition of drunk driving. you call this an impairment? absolutely. you are impaired when you are talking on the phone or text messaging. >> reporter: professor strayer put me in the simulator. hands free conversations cause drivers to lose focus a

we went to resident fan jamie costello. >> reporter: ravens fans didn't expect much, steve mcnair retired, smith got sick, and that pushed the starting job to delaware joe flacco. for the first time the ravens discovered a franchise quarterback. baltimore is now wacko for flacco as rookie head coach harbaugh took this team to the championship. the avenue for success always goes to ray lewis. his pregame ritual on sunday will have his team back on the playoff dance floor. the ravens smothering d always rides the backs of lewis, suds, and reed. the offense will continue to run first but with second year man ray rice some insiders say he could be looking at marshall the ii. and when the ravens lose an inch or a yard, give the ball to mclean, and they'll run behind an o line which is getting an all pro center in matt burke and rookie michael ward. to swat the defensive linemen away. flacco will be allowed to throw deep and that's going to be a question mark. other than mason, who is flacco going to find? clayton and williams have shown flashes of brilliance but so far no widout has stepped it

nbc's tom costello with those latest details. tom is always great reporting. and tamron, just goes to show you i think a lot of people are on hair-trigger with the arrests that have been made in the last couple weeks. >> absolutely nora. and eight months after making a miracle landing in the hudson river -- on the hudson river, captain chesley "sully" sullenberger has a new job in addition to his flying duties. he will now work as a management pilot, joining the usairways safety management team. it was back in january when "sully" successfully landed flight 1549 in the hudson river without a single fatality, thank god. "sully" says he has had some unforgettable experiences since then, but has missed working with his colleagues. pretty cool and interesting guy. >> yeah, back to work. all right, coming up, a look at the legal case against oscar-winning director roman polanski, arrested for having sex with an underage girl three decades later. >>> also, inside the taliban, rare insight into america's enemy in in afghanistan, as president obama considers a pivotal

. >> i'm jamie costello. you know that motorcycle cycle we just had on?f just e-mailed us and said don't forget about bike week tomorrow in ocean city but wear your clothes. >>> meteorologist justin berk with

today our jamie costello hit a milestone.megan and the morning crew wanted to make sure the whole town heard about it. >> what do weird al, brian adams, flava flav, kevin spacey and linda blair all have in common? >> what? >> they are all 50! they are all 50! [ applause ] they are all 50! jamie, too! >> oh, man. this is what i do. this is my life. eating popcorn and sitting in a tree. >> absolutely. so, we'll have to get a shot of your cake. i didn't bake it but i did decorate some of it. >> you got me. linda blair? >> i didn't say anything to you you all day but i've been planning this for a while. a couple of memory lane photos. if we can bring those up. just a moment. look at baby jamie! >> where in the world? >> he looks the same. how good is that? this is my favorite. early broadcasting jamie. do you

. >> i am jamie costello.ere is jussen burke. >>> we are looking outside, temperatures have been flirting with the 40-degree mark in the baltimore area. we briefly slip back to 49, back up to 51. most everyone is in the 50s. exception of one spot up there towards new york city. otherwise a scent of cool air working its way in and that will dominate for the rest to have week. boundary swing through yesterday afternoon and evening. that is helping to usher in some much cooler air pulling across the border. this is all in response to this area of low pressure. watch it spin around here across southeast ontario bringing rain across new york state. this area of low pressure will drag in chillier air and dominate as we head into the next couple days. what you see here is a clear morning. unstable air will build in more cloud. this afternoon, partly sunny downtown baltimore. 69 degrees. breeze gusting. stronger winds to the northwest. fill in clouds 9 to 10:00 temperatures will hold to 70 on the eastern shore. let's

. >> i'm jamie costello. let's find out about the weather with meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. our wake-up window at the bottom of the screen showing a couple more cool days here. we didn't slip back into the 40s, we can thank the cloud cover for that, but that cloud cover will make it feel much cooler as we head through the morning itself. 56 in baltimore. 59 easton. we have a gusty wind averaging up to 10 miles per hour. showers back to our north and west and could be a sprinkle near the pennsylvania line but that is not our main story today. it's really about the clouds and breeze. temperature not moving much as we head into the afternoon. mostly cloudy to partly sunny and a high of only 67. >>> 5:30 on the clock. let's check the roads with kim brown. >> thank you. traffic is running along smoothly on the beltway. no problems or incidents to let you know about at this hour. a quick reminder for drivers in maryland. tomorrow that texting while driving ban goes into effect starting october 1st. j

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i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us on this thursday morning.stories and more, we go to justin berk with a check of the first forecast. >> good morning. it's 5:59. approaching 6:00 and as we start our day here it looks like a map that we would show you in early july. 69 perry hall, 68 monkton and

. >> i'm jamie costello.re's your forecast with meteorologist justin berk. >> act three of this particular storm. we've had a few days of cloudy wet weather. it goes back to labor day where we had showers from the same general system. now it's getting a push back on shore. there's high pressure coming out of new england, slides off the coast and that actually pushes this storm inland towards us. we've already had the winds picking up 20 to 30 miles per hour in sports this morning. watch the rain come from east-to-west and building in by lunchtime. if it doesn't happen to be raping at noon at your -- raining at noon at your house it will be raining in the afternoon. hour by hour, chance of moderate rain for the evening commute, baltimore south and west and annapolis towards dc, extends through 9:00 this evening through most of central maryland and the strong winds will be with us as well on in through tomorrow morning. begins to wind down a little, most of the rain of that storm slides in through eastern penns

. >> i'm jamie costello.s your weather with meteorologist justin berk who has some breaking news from overseas. >> reporter: this video just in. wow, that is amazing. first time i'm seeing this. from turkey where the governor of instanbul, the death toll has risen to 20. it happened in their city overnight. and heavy downpours are expected to continue throughout the week. that is impressive. we expect heavy rain around here. it's always good measure to note never attempt to drive over any sort of flooded waterways because it may be deeper than you might actually imagine. more on that on "good morning america." a storm across the atlantic, 67 in baltimore, 69 new york, 68 norfolk, not much spread here. we've had a storm that is stuck, has a blocking pattern to the north preventing it from moving to the north. also out to sea. this sits here and churns. in fact with that high pressure sliding out of eastern canada and out of maine it's actually going to enhance the wind flow and help to pull this storm backward

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. >> i'm jamie costello. leading into the weekend. >> i know.ogist justin berk. >> we have a big change of weather this morning. we're hanging on to some late summer heat. you can call it that. been muggy outside. 72 degrees, 97% humidity. had a shower go through overnight, dampened some streets and produced patchy fog. there's the rain band that came through around midnight. we're now looking at patchy fog, upper 60s to near 70 and we'll push 84 this afternoon. still the chance of a shower. i think the better chance is actually coming tonight, big cooldown tomorrow. more coming up. >>> 4:59. let's check the roads with kim. >> good morning. no problems so far on the beltway. everything running smoothly in both loops and both directions. but we have an accident in catonsville, that is rolling road at wilkens avenue. that has all lanes blocked at this time. there's a downed pole in the intersection along with downed wires. avoid that. also, downtown baltimore, the 14th annual baltimore book fair starts today and lasts through the weekend. expect t

. >> i'm jamie costello. here's meteorologist justin berk with your weather. >> we did something wrong? >> evidently. >> 6:45. we're showing 63 degrees on the thermometer. i was just checking the storm center weathernet. just about everybody north and west of the beltway, that includes harford, baltimore, carroll county, even parts of howard county, in the upper 50s. about 58 or 59 degrees. still academic, only a few-degree spread but it definitely feels chilly. that easterly wind we have responsible for dragging in this atlantic moisture. you can see how it banks up against the mountains, dries up on the other side. that is our weekend weather. we have to wait until the weekend gets here. we have this rain coming in, though the surface winds coming off the atlantic we've actually got to thank this storm system in the deep south just off the edge of the screen for spreading some of this southern moisture back our way. we get the squeeze play in the mid-atlantic. most of the heavy rain south of that boundary b

. >> i'm jamie costello. welcome in meteorologist justin berk.ot of activity behind you right now. >> there's a lot going on. for those of you traveling in baltimore, harford county, you may want to take extra time especially on the northern parts, at least baltimore county. cockeysville now and heading towards four corners and jacksonville, we've got pretty heavy rain. it soaked and added big puddles on 83 south of hunt valley and in through eastern baltimore county. heading to fallston, jarrettsville, blair, you have light rain but heavy rain could come. also near kingsville and perry hall. basically 66 on average from parkville to bel air. we'll go to 74 this afternoon with a chance of showers continuing. look for heavy rain and wet roads, even if the rain already stopped. let's check the roads with kim. >> traffic appears to be manufacturing pretty good so -- moving pretty good so far. however, a couple of incidents. construction to let you know about. northbound reisterstown road at 7 mile lane, closed northbound but alternate traffic get by

>>costello: i'm hosting a gold party because i think everyone has a bit of gold around the house and i thought you know 'times are a little bit tough, there's a recession on and a lot of my friends might want to trade it in for some cash.' >>reporter: the high price of gold, which breached $1000 an ounce in february is still consistently hovering above $900 an ounce. that combined with hard economic times has put this precious metal back in style. >>: this gold party has been organized by ounces to pounds, a uk business that sprang from a us company called glitter to green. >>pearson: we launched here in the uk in march, we're already opening a business in australia under the name dazzle to dollars and spain will be the next market so it's a rapidly expanding business. >>reporter: a company representative attends each party to test the gold brought by party-goers and, most importantly, to write the checks. >>: ounces to pounds is currently holding up to 15 parties a week all around the country but the majority take place in london and the wealthier counties surrounding the capitol. >

. >> i'm jamie costello. look at the date. what is it? >> 9-9-o9. >> what does that mean?eteorologist justin berk. >> we have a lot to talk about. a strengthening hurricane in the atlantic, a strengthening storm on the coast, doesn't have a name but will have a bigger impact on us. you can see this storm system wrapped up and throwing moisture back in the form of showers. doesn't look that impressive now but this storm is going to get a push not away but back inland. probably going to go onshore somewhere near atlantic city tomorrow morning and bring the stuff back at us, increasing winds and rain. deteriorating conditions. today just spotty showers, most of it back west of frederick. plan for the chance of rain becoming more widespread this afternoon and our two-degree guarantee only 73 degrees but more wind and more rain on the way. 4:59. let's check the roads with kim. >>> thank you. good morning. the beltway is moving along very nicely on the west side at liberty road. you have a smooth ride between 795 and the route 70 interchange, we're working a crash on

i'm jamie costello.become a serious issue in the southeast, especially in georgia. >> take a look at this video, straight out of the atlanta area, where you can see neighborhoods, neighborhoods roadways completely swamped. storms killed nine people in alabama. there's still flooding. it will take time for the waters to actually recede. a lot of this is really contaminated water. even six flags amusement park was under water. trees down. unfortunately there may be more rain for them. as we're watching here, another round of really heavy rain from the deep south. some of this may stay just west of atlanta but problems near huntsville, alabama. we have that moisture lingering across the north carolina and south carolina coast. we're in this soupy environment. we can't rule out the chance of showers here though nothing well organized. 72 degrees in downtown baltimore. 67 perry hall. 66 monkton, westminster. and that updated number you saw there in ellicott city. generall

in marriottsville, jamie costello, abc2 news. >> wow.fter that missing persons report, have there been any sightings? >> they know who took him. they know. vicki has also set up a blog. called cowabunga 2009. for a link to that head to abc2news.com, click on "links mentioned on air." if you see it, call somebody. get it back. >>> let's look at weather. justin? >> i'm glad the word is getting out. i saw the picture of the side of the milk carton this morning. straight face. good morning. 60 degrees. we've got some mugginess, 72 norfolk. check this out. we've got ourselves a lot of moisture. i'm focusing on this because it's really popped up in the last couple hours. some heavy rain sliding in through eastern and central north carolina. and moving almost due north. now we have ourselves a southeasterly push. it's entirely possible, you watch this band of rain, it could just clip or get close to the area. but we're watching the chance of some of this heavy rain getting in here this afternoon. the remnants of what have once a tropical storm

. >> i'm jamie costello. how about a toast to our fine director? he brought in 19 cups of coffee.e coffee cart. >> doesn't take much to warm us up. >> we'll do whatever he says today. meteorologist justin berk says this is the way the weather is going to be. >> he says where's cup 20? i'm looking for mine. good morning. autumnal equinox. yeah, fall arrives today at the end of the day. technically you can say these are the last few hours of summer. the arrival of fall 5:18. until then we've got ourselves, well, a little mugginess out there. 64 degrees at the harbor school in owings mills. cloudy skies. we have the patchy fog along 83 in the hereford zone, even sections in eastern baltimore county and up 95. in the south, glen burnie is clouded with 63 degrees. otherwise, looking for temperatures that really jump out into the 70s this afternoon. we could have scattered showers with fall officially arriving at 5:18. more on that flipover on the beltway and the rest t

. >> i'm jamie costello. >> with your weather meteorologist justin berk. >> 6:29. good morning.this first full morning of autumn a little mugginess and patchy fog or mist depending on your location. not as widespread as it had been the last two mornings. 66 at the airport. 100% humidity. at the bottom of the screen we see cars rolling southbound coming our way on the jones falls expressway. looks like we're in pretty good shape. barometer falling. the environment

our carol costello joins us for the latest new fees.is weekend, and all you could hear through the atlanta airport is if you want to upgrade to first dallas, you can stand by for $75. >> and it's always amazing that people do it. do you want good news or bad news first? >> give me the bad first. >> let's do the good. >> why did you ask? >> women rule, john. we're going to do the good news first. >> believe me, i get that hammered into me every day. >> story in "the wall street journal" the demand for air travel has bottomed out. no where to go but up. here's the bad news it doesn't matter to one iota to air travelers' wallets. even southwest has gotten into the game. southwest airlines got a little enhancement. that's what the airline is calling its early bird program. if you don't like the airline's no reserve seating policy, the airline will allow to you board early to grab a plum seat if you dole out 10 bucks each way. already some are saying, hmm. >> tired of being knuckle esnu dimed by other programs? >> reporter: this is nothing m

. >> reporter: lauren costello whose son got into a top school says the process can be trying. >> that'sou're sitting to hope they'll give you the piece of paper to apply. >> reporter: some schools allow application requests online including mandell and the school that costello eventually chosey forgive knee. of course, many believe sending a child to the right nursery school can set them on the path to the right high school and beyond. can getting into the right pre-school put a child on the path to harvard? >> if that's what parents think, they have lost the battle before they've even started. because the factors that take a child through that course of growth and development over their lives are so vast, no pre-school could cover them all. >> reporter: but with a record number of applications this year, the process is as daunting as ever. (chop sticks) a bruising courtship between schools that promise the best in childhood education and parents for whom any cost is a small price to pay. there are those parents out there who say this is all just too crazy. i'm not going to deal with th

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i'm jamie costello. brand new workweek. starting off with the ravens win yesterday. love it win the ravens win, because you are in such a good mood on monday. >> we start preparing for new england on sunday. >> back to work. >> we got joe coming in, we will break down yesterday's game and get ready for sunday. >>> something interesting, financial makeovers. have you hear of such a thing. basically this program gives you complete financial assistance, talking about debt reduction, mortgage advice, everything you could possibly know for people who really need the help we will tell you how to get involved in this. >>> we will talk mortgage monday. a coup of great questions, you emailed questions about your mortgages. that's coming up thmplets is a tough story about a man, his wife sandy passed away at 42. two young daughters. his mother passed away the same day. from cancer. same day. both on july 1st. i applaud him because he has worked through his grief and making home healthcare safer, efficient and better for other families. this is happening down the road in tow se

first, tom costello is in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're not likely to get a vaccine until october or november. they say for the vast majority of people who contract h1n1, it will be similar to a mild case of the flu. schools are stressing basic flu prevention. the first week of school for much of the country and h1n11 also making a return. at wake forest university in north carolina, 100 suspected cases so far. >> like six guys in my hall that have it. my roommate's coughing. everybody's walking around -- i actually have one in my pocket. one of these. masks. >> reporter: and hundreds of suspected cases at the university of colorado, the university of kansas, and washington state. at indiana university, returning students get a swine flu crash course. >> they all get briefed on it, they all hear about it. all of our staff are trying to recognize symptoms and how to deal with h1n1. >> reporter: in indianapolis, in 12-month-old was hospitalized with a soaring fever after both his parents came down with swine flu. >> the doctor said rot

tom costello, news 4. >> very, very busy engine company. 5:51 w. time again for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> we may have some high water to deal with later on this morning. we've had some light to moderate rain that was poised to come in yesterday afternoon and evening. well, it waited until about a couple of hours ago. now it is moving through the metro area, coming in from the east from that pesky low pressure system. look at those low, dark clouds now passing over washington. they are producing light to moderate rain right in washington now. as we look at the radar, where you city area of blue on the screen is light rain but that area of green is some more moderate rain now. it is falling right in northeast washington and across much of montgomery county and much of prince george's county. even heavier rain now in calvert and southeastern charles and southern prince george's county, into northern st. mary's. here's a band of some very heavy rain now just crossing the bay, coming in right near sef earn. it's going to be passing right on over