. >>> it's race weekend at the dover international speedway. women are taking over. you can find them in the stands and the drivers seat. a number of female nascar fans and growing and taking the sport to a whole new level. don harris son is live. >> reporter: when you think of nascar fans this might be the first thing that comes to mind. that was the old days and now the ladies have shown up. >> they're your mothers and girlfriends. >> reporter: well you keep looking because the girls are here they have arrived in big numbers. >> i love the races. i like watching the guys race. >> reporter: evidently more and more ladies agree with her. 135,000 people will come to dover to watch the race on sunday and another 6 million will see it on tv. 40% of all those fans will be women. nascar is the second most watched sport behind the nfl and more women a tuning in every week. not only are more women showing up in the stands you are seeing more ladies behind the wheel like danica patrick. donny is a local driver he's scene advertisers market more women. >> i think they have ca

as they make their stop at the monster mile in dover, delaware.nd look who is leading the chase for the cup. it is none other than virginia native denny hamlin. he has a 45 point lead on kevin harvick in 2nd place. that's the good news. the bad news is the track at dover has been like kryptonite to hamlin. only three top tens there in his life and an average finish position of 23rd. >> we all know how dover is for me, so we just have to minimize a bad day again at dover next week. that's our goal. if we can get passed over, we have a lot of good tracks for us. >>> the caps open the preseason tonight in columbus, ohio. ovechkin and backstrom will not play. solemnin, fleishman, like will be up. >>> and finally tonight, if there is one place you don't want to get hit by a pitch, it would have to be in your face. that's where paul konerko got flunked -- plunged. but he stayed in the game and the next time up -- gone. home run off the same guy that hit him if the face. message there is don't hit paul konerko, it only makes him mad. >> it makes him good

the race alt dover -- at dover is sunday afternoon. that and a little football. a little baseball.me to be a sports fan. >> thank you, mark. be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> don't miss the cbs primetime lineup at 10:00. premiere of the blue bloods show. with tom sellick. that's it for us tonight. we'll be back at 11:00. i'm vic carter. >> and for bob and mark, i'm denise koch. thanks for watching wjz. there's much more ahead on the cbs evening news with katie couric. including danger in a bottle. why the dea wants you >> couric: tonight, president obama fires back at the president of iran for suggesting the u.s. government was behind 9/11. >> for them to make a statement like that was inexcusable. >> couric: i'm katie couric. also tonight, land of lakes. flooding in the upper midwest forces hundreds out of their homes. a bizarre bank robbery in florida. thieves turn a teller into what appeared to be a human bomb. and colbert tries to develop a rapport with congress. >> i'm not a fan of the government doing anything, but i've got to ask, why isn't the government doing anything?

in rice attack, watch for a new accident at dover and boggler road.e still have some closures in effect in woodbine because of a downed pole and wires. use extra caution there. 22 miles per hour through the stretch approaching 795 down towards liberty. southbound 95, a bit slow spot approaching the beltway northeast. delays are building in the outer loop at old court. northbound 95 almost at a standstill because the two lanes being closed on the southwest side, an accident being cleared there. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. sandra shaw is talking about a race on sunday. >> what makes this unique is it is a run for the fort mchenry tunnel. it is like up and down. it is a challenging race. the cause is the special olympics of maryland. i'm joined by a chief of the maryland transportation authority. tell us what this event is so unique. >> it will have over 1000 runners. there is no chance anyone gets to run through a tunnel. it is unique. this is a great opportunity to run through a tunnel. you'll never get a chance to do it again. the tunnel i

, and you can see the last of the shores crossing not too far from the bay bridge, chester town to dover, everything moving east rapidly. and you can see it on true view as we put it into motion here. nothing behind it, but check out the temperatures today, because 95 degrees was our high temperature, it was very hot and humid, in fact we tied a record in dulles, 94 was also set in 1980. i wish i could tell you these storms were bringing in cooler air for the first full day of fall. the front that triggered them won't move through tonight. i'll let you know if we have storms to chase tomorrow too, shawn and brian . >>> another big story we're following tonight, a navy seal from our area killed in afghanistan. brendon loony grew up in montgomery county. he was a star athlete in high school, went to the naval academy and then to war. bob barnard is here with the story, bob. >> reporter: central to the story of brendan loony, for his large silver spring family, love of country has now taken a terrible toll. >> 10-hut. >> get back, get back. >> reporter: at their practice field in riverdale,

lack at the 800s across from philadelphia that harrisburg. 83 in salsbury, dover cooll% spot at 78 degrees94 degrees inthern -úcharlottesville and richmond únd 95 degrees and hoo spot right there and looking at 93 in charlesson. we are going to feed into speed limit of that heat as the high pressure that is sitting down over north carolina aad virginia helping pop up a few little showers we saw off to sterling sterling,,virginia and western suburb of the dc area. but we should stay clear from that as the hot air continues to build in+++ath0ats0=2ate0atm0atf1+++ god, i love the smell of hot wings.

finally dover, second race of the nascar championship. jimmie johnson takes the checkered flag. of course, our plays of the day at 11:00, and the niners and raiders will not be involved. >> carolyn: that's a bummer. >> mike: the tale of two soccer players, kicker and a champion. >> carolyn: way to go gold pride. michael douglas is back in the role that won him an oscar in 1987. i tore both my rotator cuffs. first i injured this shoulder, then this one, then this one two more times. playing with my kids was not an option. when a lot of doctors could have gone in and just said, "no, can't fix it." but he didn't give up. today i can throw my kids around in the pool. i can still coach rugby and share my love of the game. announcer: at sutter health, our story is you. for more stories, visit sutterhealth.org. >> carolyn: greed paid off at the box office this weekend. "wall street, money never sleeps" led a cop of newcomers. it re unites oliver stone and michael douglas. it beat out the lengthend of the guardians. the owls of a ga'hoole. that took in 16.3 million. another movie, you a

. >>> steve dare filed the class action lawsuit he rents a home on dover court his home was not damagedut he was one of the many neighbors evacuated for three days. in a statement pg&e says they are committed to the residents and city to ref build and think will be there every step of the way. for the latest in the explosion investigation and maps to show if pipelines may be running near the neighbourhood go to cbs5.com click on the links and numbers. >>> time now 7:34 a.m. oakland police are investigating a triple shooting outside a popular restaurant in jack london square it happened after 2:30 a.m. at the home of chicken and waffles. three victims were taken to hospital. police are not releasing details at this time. >>> and a uc berkley graduate. >> take this one. >> okay. >> uc berkley graduate in iran for more than a year has finally arrived home here in the u.s. she will speak at a news conference it will be time to coincide with iran's president attending the un general assembly. she was released from prison tuesday but left behind her fiance and friend in iran she was flown to

. >> dover, delaware, nascar sprint up. it is the monster mile.immie johnson took the pole on friday and followed that up to date. he has dominated. he has won the last four races. denny hamlin finished 9th but stays in the point lead. jimmie johnson is back in second place with eight races to go in the chase. >> 2-1 for the ravens after this afternoon's win. stick around for the forecast right after this. old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >> it is going to get wet. bring your umbrella. >> we will see you back here tonight after the game. tonight after the game. >> this is a wbal-tv 11 editorial by jordan wertlieb. >> the race for state's attorney was one of the most hotly conteste

points leader hamlin, support the race at dover is on sunday. plenty of college football tomorrow. sit pack and enjoy. >> baseball, football, nascar. >>> if diamonds are a girl's best friend what is an 800- pound emerald. pound emerald. >> a a,,(music playing) announcer: has the overpowering smell of scented garbage bags taken over your kitchen? (woman blows at scented tree) hefty bags with unscented odor block technology help neutralize odors with no added scent. hefty! hefty! hefty! old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >>> it weighs 840 pounds and valued at $800 million. now it's at the center of a court battle in los angeles. the baia emerald was found eight years agoful right now it's under the watchful eye of the

. >> we go to hollywood casino and we love it and we also go to dover and all over and we wanted to be here at the opening. >> it's close to home. i can take my money to delaware. >> reporter: how did you make out today. >> i lost a little bit but i had a good time. >> reporter: within the first 20 minutes someone hit for $5000. later in the day someone hit the jackpot for 10,000. the official grand opening is still set for thursday morning. >>> and if you want you can still visit tonight because the hollywood casino will open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 2:00 a.m. >>> the owner of the segway dice while ride -- dies while riding his own two wheel device. his body was found at the bottom of a cliff. the 62-year-old british millionaire bought the company back in december. >> thermometers were at the breaking point in los angeles. the mercury reached 113 degrees in downtown la. that sets an al time record. people either headed to the beach, city schools canceled all outdoor activities. luckily it hasn't caused any power problems. >> reporter: and people working just like anyone else. >> repo

take a look at the temperatures across thh state and mid 70's. 75 in baltimore. 73 in dover.rees and looks like we have hotter west. look at the 90 degree mark there in charles ton,,west virgiiia. those 90's shifting our direction with the soutt west flow of the air. in fact with connrolling that high pressure sitting directly over us. we see the cooler air to the northeast but continue to shift off to thh east and bring the hot air in for the next several dayss gging to heat up across the state. happening future scan wisee slight chance for maybe a stray shower on wednesday night as weak front moves through just to the north but other than that looking at sun clouds tomorrow. more ssn than cloud. 90 degrees. chance for late shower wednesday night+++ath0ats0=2ate+

because we need citizen politicians in dover and in washington, d.c., to get our state and our countryack on track. that's what this is all about. without all of your help and folks like george, this would not have been possible. you are the real winners tonight. because you have shown that we can win. with a will and a determination, it is that same determination that we are going to take to washington, because it will be a partnership, i can advocate for what is right to do in america, but without your help and support, that legislation won't get anywhere, this partnership doesn't end on election day, it just begins on election day. now, a lot of people have already said that we can't win the general election. it is those same -- yes, we can. >> yes, we can! >> that's right. >> yes, we will! >> yes, we will, i like that. yes, we will. it is those same so-called experts who said we had no chance of winning the primary. it will be hard work, but we can win. if those same people who fought against me work just as hard for me, we will win. >> the commence men and women of delaware are ti

he is survived by his wife, his family went to dover yesterday to pick up their lovedone's flag-draped casket. >>> president obama continues his round of speeches at the uted nations this morning. his address to the u.n. today will focus on his administration's efforts over the past year and a half to assert u.s. leadership and build international coalitions at the u.n. this takes place at 10:00 this morning. yesterday the president unveiled a new global development policy that will put more emphasis on using diplomacy, trade, and other resources to hel countries. >>> certain parts of the new health care law kick in today underthe patients bill of rights. insurance companies cannot impose lifetime limits or deny children with pre-existing conditions. preveive care, such as checkups, must be covered. also adult dependents can stay on their parents' insurance until they're 26 years old. president obama calls it the most important health care upgrade in our nation's htory but republicans say the changes come with disadvantages. >> -- that you have basic protection in your interactions wih

he is survived by his wife, his family went to dover air force base yesterdayo pick up their loved one's flag-draped casket. >>> disturbing news this morning about the threat terror groups are posing to the united states. three of the country's top counterterrorism officials told the nate committee that the threat from al qaeda and other groups has grown more complex. homeland security secretary janet napolitano and fbi directorobert mueller told the committee that al qaeda have inspired other terror groups including home grown terrorists. they're poixing to several recent incidents including the ttempted times square bombing earlier this year. >> if you take metrorail to the pentagon you can expect some changes to the security procedures next week. beginning on monday you'll have to deal with a new pedestrian traffic pattern near the pentagon's main visitor entrance. employee checkpoints will be farther away from the building for most of the day on weekdays. there will be signs alerting commuters to the changes. the changes are all in response to that shooting earlier this year that wou

we're watching the red move away from the dover radar site, green towards it. when they are locked next to each other that is where they are spinning in this particular storm, south of grasonville heading to queenstown. perhaps to centreville. we have until 9:45 for this tornado warning but the bulk of this storm, the strongest winds wrapping near grasonville right now, near queenstown and centreville and raul. look out -- rock hall. look out in the next 10, 20 minutes. we'll be right back. >>> it's called breast health -- call 2 breast health. 410-481-2222. get your questions answered. let's talk to dr. lee, with good samaritan. how does the partnership works? >> sure. as providers of women's health, obstetricians and gynecologists are in a unique position with regard to the breast cancer education, breast cancer detection and referral for treatment. as a matter of fact, the gynecologist is much more likely over the course of his or her career to detect breast cancer in a patient rather than cancers of the uterus, ovary, the cervix or vulva which are the most

there you see it moving just south of dover. lewis getting a shower right now.more showers way out in garrett county right now. 75 degrees. still a very warm night as far as this time of the year is concerned. winds are very light. dewpoints are up. here in the city most areas didn't see a drop of rain. barometer has been rising, 91 degrees today, the record high 99. the average high is 76. 61 last night. the average low is now 54 and the record low, 37 degrees. right now it's 70 up in elkin. once again the dewpoint is pretty high. winds coming out of the north now. and tomorrow we'll have wind early in the day. tomorrow night they go back to the southwest and that's going to keep us in a very warm air. kicked up the showers. kinds of a trough ahead of that front. a lot of showers to our north in of course portions of virginia. it's going to head back to the north as a warm front during the day late thursday into friday. that's why we get back into the low 90s. it will be dropping. big temp around 74. so tonight, showers have ended. just call it partly cloudy. t

the map you see temperatures in the upper 70's in ballot mir looking at why any hagerstown. 79 in doverury and 80 degrees and we are going to continue with the trend. next few days high pressure in place. trough to the north and 10 to see that clear through the renal as we see the fawch scan showing really no actiiity as we go through the next few days here. relatively quiet thankk to the high pressure in place but next chance of rain northwest and watch it move in thursday nature intoofriday morninn and ext chance for shooers and weekend looks fabulous but not for the folk out there at bermuda. hurricane satellite here. this is a very strong storm. category 4. egor right now with 144 miles per hour winds. gusting to 178 and tracking the storm category 4 and then makes the curve to category 3 there's the island of bermuda and looks like it could stay as category 3 and stronger edge of the storm will be brushing on that right through perfect pwud -- ber nude right now the track of the storm is putting them in the pressure point as far as getting the chance for devastating chance for deva

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. >> we need citizen politicians in dover and in washington, d.c. to debt our state and our country back on track. >> reporter: in new hampshire's senate primary, key a parties favorite was neck and neck all night long. the tea party scored another victory in the gubernatorial race. paldino beat the other choice. >> while tea party victories have been the story this season, analysts worry will the candidates be too extreme for the main stream come november. >> can they broaden their appeal to a wider electorate where moderates tend to dominate. >> reporter: the republican officials who once said capital would be their -- castle would be only hope of winning the senate seat made it clear they would you not fund o'donnell in the general election. >> you have to have your base behind if you are going to whip a election. >> if the gop doesn't win delaware, they believe the chances of winning back the senate are slim. tara mergener, cbs news, washington. in oh newsing the death toll caused by hermine has grown an it is at eight after two bodies were foun

neighborhood by neighborhood, belleair at 84, westminster you were at 81 earlier today, cambridge was 81, dover was 80. cooled off on a widely varying basis. 74 at the inner harbor, 64 at elkton. breezy day but now we're looking good. clouds beginning to creep in after a crystal clear day, but now as we zoom it out a wider perspective you can see those storms firing up pretty good toward missouri. the problem with this particular storm, we'd like to see rain tomorrow night. we have about a 50% chance of some showers, but the air out ahead of this thing still very, very dry. as this storm approaches out of the west as we've seen with the last couple of rounds, this thing can begin to fizzle out. this is 5:00 and you see it's impressive looking storm tracking north of us, and then as we work forward into late thursday night, rain knocking on the door of western maryland and then kind of hits that dry air, may not get that much rain in your overnight tomorrow night but get fingers crossed we get some much needed showers. the chance for a hit or miss shower early friday and then i think it's going

. >> we need citizen politicians in dover and in washington, d.c., to get our state and our country back on track. >> reporter: in new hampshire's republican senate primary tea party favorites -- were neck and neck all night long. they scored another victory in new york's republican gubernatorial race, political newcomer, carl paladino beat the established choice, former congressman rick lazio. while tea party victories have been a story this season, analysts wonder if the candidates will be too extreme for the mainstream come november. >> the question is, can they broaden their appeal to a wider electorate where moderates dominate. >> reporter: the upsets have also shaken the gop as a whole. republican officials who once said he would be their only hope of winning the delaware senate seat made it clear last night they would not fund o'donnell in the general election. >> the contest is always over the middle but you've got to have your base behind you to win a general election. >> reporter: and if the gop didn't win delaware, analysts believe their chances of winning back the senate are

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 showers and thunderstorms to

beginning to drop the humidity levels, still pretty muggy from easton through dover and down towards ocean city. as we look a little wider you can see our satellite view along with maryland's most powerful doppler radar, most of the wet weather now well offshore. so bottom line, we're looking at basically some much drier conditions for about 24 hours. but by this time tomorrow evening, we think more rain will develop and come out of the south. so watching for that. here's the center of that area of low pressure that brought us all the rain and storms over the last 24 hours. as we look off to the south here, this boundary along the coast, looks like we're going to get a storm forming there and that is going to continue to track well off to the north as well. there's that storm center, dry air works in. again, only for about 24 hours. we check out the forecast model, look down here off the carolinas, you can see that storm beginning to spin up and comes as a coastal loa low. into the overnight hours and into early thursday. this is going to be a tremendous amount of rain. at this point

martha: carl cameron live in the state capitol, dover, delaware. wow, this was an interesting night, talk to me a little bit about how things look on the ground, because the g.o.p. in delaware says they will not back her and they said, you have sarah palin, you don't need us. >> reporter: right, well, listen, the national republican senatorial committee last night said they were not going to give her a dime and it was going to be up to sarah palin and the tea party express to fund christine o'donnell and they said, today, look if she gets momentum we'll see what happens and the republican national committee said we congratulate her and have two victory offices in delaware that will help all the republicans a candidates and she can benefit from that but they will not come up with more money for them and they don't have that cash to spend in the r.n.c. anyway and to say delaware republicans were stunned by this might be a g.o.p. establishment spin and the truth of the matter is, it has been a dead-even tie here in the polls, and, we have been reporti

. >> steve dare filed the class action lawsuit yesterday and he rents a home on dover court. his home did not sustain damage. but he was one of many neighbors evacuated for three days. >>> in a statement, pg&e says we are currently reviewing the documents and it will be premature to speculate if such action will be taken by others. >>> in about a half an hour, funeral services for one of the san bruno victims gets under way. the mass for 20-year-old jessica morales will be at the church of the highlands on montgomery drive in san bruno. we will have a crew there. and we plan to bring you live coverage on eyewitness news at 30. >>> for the latest on the explosion investigation, as well as maps to show you if pipelines may be running near your neighborhood, go to our web site, cbs5.com, and click on news links and numbers. >>> a bay area islamic group reports that a burned copy of the koran has been found in a trash container at the islamic society of san francisco. the partially burned english copy of the mus lick holy book was found in a trash container placed outside for col

. >> the class action lawsuit was filed yesterday by a person who rents a home on dover court.is home did not sustain damage but he was one of the many neighbors evacuated for three days. in a statement pg&e says it is committed to the residents and the city of bruno to rebuild and will be every step of the way. >>> in about a half hour, funeral services for one of the san bruno victims gets under way. these are live pictures in san bruno where mourners are starting to gather at this hour. they are here to remember jessica more alice, aspiring to be a fashion journalist. her boyfriend was critically injured in the blast. >>> a novato teenager remains in critical condition tonight after a car vent in novato that killed a 15-year-old boy and left two others with less serious injuries. as julie watts shows us, police believe alcohol was a factor. >> reporter: every 15 minutes, someone dies in an alcohol- related car accident. in april, the students of novato high participated in this simulation to im illustrate that fact. but today, they're dealing with the real thing. >> we saw t

they spent the afternoon at dover air force base waiting on their son's casket. i talked to one of brendan looney's brothers as they gathered wednesday night and he told me that the family would be making funeral arrangements thursday morning. craig melvin, news 4. >>> disturbing news this morning about the threat terror groups are posing to the united states. three of the country's top counterterrorism officials told the senate committee that the threat from al qaeda and other groups has grown more complex. national counterterrorism center director, homeland security secretary janet napolano and fib director robert mueller told the committee tat al qaeda has inspired oer terror groups, including homegrown terrorists. they warn that terrorism groups were also hoping to recruit americans or other westerners who can fly under the radar. they point to several recent incidents, including the attempted times square bombing. >>> well, if you take metro to the penton you can expect to see some charges to the security procedures at that station next week. beginning on mo

jonathan karl, abc news, dover, delaware. >>> and up next, weather watch -- hurricane forecasters haveheir eye on a mega storm in the atlantic tonight. the biggest in three years. igor is already a category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 miles an hour and headed towards a category 5. it's more than 800 miles across, bigger than texas. tonight it doesn't look as if igor will threaten the east coast but hurricanes change course, so everyone is watching. and a troubling discovery tonight about the story that consumed us over the spring and summer, the oil spill in the gulf. almost a month ago, the u.s. government said 75% of the giant spill had simply disappeared. but our matt gutman is in touch with scientists who are on the ocean tonight probing the ocean floor and finding oil. >> reporter: it's a mystery that has bedeviled scientists and the government. over 180 million gallons of crude spilled but much of it seemed to vanish. so where did it go? one group of scientists now think they have the answer. down. >> the oil is not gone. it's in places where nobody has looked for it. a lot of

they're headed south of dover. some more showers back to the west in the mountains, but these are going to diminish as they move east. lets me show you titan, because we had some hail damage around leesburg. we showed you pictures earlier. there is video on our website. if you go to our website wusa9.com, go to the forecast page, video of the hail in leesburg and wind damage in wheaton and wind damage also in anne arundel county. almost like summertime tomorrow. it's our first day of fall but it's going to feel like summer. 66-76 for temps. we will come back and talk about the ee kwi knox and have a -- ee kwi knox. >>> the judge ruled that the case in 2001 comments to court officials would be too inflammatory. he said sometimes he cannot control himself when he sees someone in a secluded area with something of value. he has pled not guilty in levy's death. >>> tonight a virginia woman has less than 24 hours to live. teresa lewis is expected to be put to death tomorrow after two failed attempts to get granted last m

steve dare rented a home on dover court. it was not damaged, but he had to evacuate for three days.e's attorney says he is seeking class action status for the suit which is demanding a third party handle the $100 million recovery fund set up by pg&e. pg&e said it hadn't seen the lawsuit and could not comment. >>> a sanbruno teenager has organized a benefit concert tomorrow to help her community. the neighbors for neighbors event happens tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the softball field at capuchino high school. it has food and family activities. donations will be accepted to go to the lions club fund to help victims of the disaster. for all of the latest information on the sanbruno explosion and fire, including details on the benefit concert tomorrow log on to our website ktvu.com. >>> hard to believe, but it is the last weekend of summer. so did today's weather give us a preview of what's to come? our meteorologist mark tamayo joins us now with some approaching wet weather. mark? >> reporter: that's right, health. you can see right behind me the cold front generating heavy rain

. >> we go to hollywood casino in pennsylvania and we love it and we also go to dover. and we wanted to be here at the opening. >> it's close to home. finally got them in maryland now we can take my money to delaware. >> how did you make out today? win, lose, draw? >> i lost a little bit but i had a good time. >> reporter: so the official grand opening still set for thursday morning. meanwhile some of these machines in here are hitting big. one person won $5,000 after the place had just been opened for only 20 minutes, then late this evening we're hearing someone from white marsh hit a sopranos machine for $10,000. i'm thinking that person is pretty lucky. i'm thinking me, not so much. we're live in perryville, derek valcorut. >> the casino opens at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 2:00 a.m. >>> maryland's largest airport could soon become a power player because of a merger. southwest airlines is planning to buy air tran. wjz is live, adam may is live with more. >> reporter: it could be a mixed impact. the ceo of southwest airlines says it could lead to reduced fairs. but some e

it will cootinue to move up towwrd dover. we're on the ack edge of that. model run. assfar as the uture scan. this is the predicted rainfall showing what we could potentialll see through theú overnight.ú have seen as far as an inch or so. so we could see 2 and a half, to - to 3 quarters of an inch of rain. stretching up to cecil county, chester county and western suburbs of philadelphia county. and wilmington. ss loos of rain across the state water droplets on the camera looking at the inner harbour. we do have the rain coming down at a steady pace right now. -ith winds out f thh southeast ú%midity levels are 93 percent with the moisture out there. 71, is the temperature. high today, toped out at 77. 62 was the low. precipitation at bwi thurgood an inch this morning. as well as inner harboor. -hat. we wwll continue to add to that. tomorrow. adding 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

and we also go to dover. we wanted to be here at the opening. >> it's close to home. finally got them in maryland. now we can take my money to delaware and give back to the state of maryland. >> reporter: how did you make out today? win, lose, draw? >> i lost a little bit but i had a good time. >> a lot of people having a good time. especially the winners. we've already had several of them here today early on just 20 minutes after opening, someone hit for 5,000 and then late this afternoon, we're getting word somebody hit for 10,000. this grand opening still expected to take place early thursday. derek valcourt, wjz news. >>> a baltimore county mall now a crime scene. police are looking for the person responsible for a stabbing at the mall. vic is live with what we know about the attack. >> reporter: the victim was walking inside the mall when he was stabbed in the back. he is in his 20s and a student at the north american train cool. the suspect involved fled the area. no word on the victim's conditions at this time. denise, back to you. >> thank you, vick. police sa

twp last hour christine o'donnell addressed her supporters in dover, delaware. >> i can't thank everyone by name because we would be here until midnight. so many people have sacrificed so hard. but i specifically want to thank the 9/12 patriots for laying the foundation and stirring thing up in delaware. the founders values group and all the delaware tea party groups. you are the visionaries and leaders who made this possible. you rallied everyday americans outside the political establishment, brought them involved and created a grassroots network. that made all of this possible. i want to thank the tea party express for getting behind -- where are they? we're in this to win. and we're in this to win big. and win big we did. don't ever underestimate the power of we the people. >> a very happy christine o'donnell addressing her supporters. i have one other live shot to show you. this is another very excited campaign headquarters. carl paladino's headquarters. having defeated rick lazio, the establishment republican candidate for new york governor. we'll be talking much more about that rac

jessica yellin live from dover, delaware this morning, thanks.or a major announcement for the party. a source with knowledge of the event tells cnn the announcement will excite democrats as they put it across the country. >> i was going to say, we'll see about that. you don't say that nobody can care. >> sources tell us it will be exciting. >> that's right. it will happen "the turnaround" same time rnc chairman michael steele kicks off a bus tour and says he'll visit 117 cities called "fire pelosi" and part of the effort to retake the house. >>> a royal screw-up is how mayor bloomberg described primary day in new york city. they rolled out the electronic voting machine and many reportedly missing or broken or workers not properly trained. some polling places opened up four hours late. thousands of voters may have been denied the chance to cast ballots and the machines by the way cost the city, drum roll please, $160 million tax dollars at work there. whether you're at home or on the road, get latest political news of the day. go to cnn.com/ticker

another crash is in reisterstown, dover road at butler road. police remain on scene there.ive times, the top side of the outer loop, nine minutes between bel air and providence. 95 southbound, six minutes from whitemarsh boulevard to 695. stay with us, we're sending you back to "good morning america." my commute home to the eastern shore every night only takes an hour but that's more time than congress spends reading massive spending bills, it's crazy. that's why i wrote a law that requires 72 hours to read every bill. i read the big bills and i said no. no to the $3 trillion budget, no to the bank bailout, and no to the health care bill. at home you would never pay a bill without reading it neither should congress. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message because i'm proud to be ranked one of the most independent members of congress. ♪ >>> a beautiful day, indeed, because we have breaking news this morning. american hiker, sarah shourd, has been released, after more than a year in an iranian prison. we will have details coming up with juju. >> she had health problems.

. >> i'm shannon travis here in dover, delaware, where christine o'donnell hopes to be celebrating tonightimary win. can she pull it off? >>> the long wait is finally over for one of the three u.s. hikers jailed in iran. sarah shourd has been released from a tehran prison. the latest coming up at the top of the hour. >>> also, fat and in denial. a new study says that 3 in 10 overweight americans think they're normal sized no matter what the scale says. maybe they're right. as a nation, we're packing on the pounds. has fat become the new norm? sound off at cnn.com/keeria. we'll talk about it next hour. i was a bookkeeper for 34 years. when i went on medicare, i did the numbers. that was the moment of truth. medicare by itself doesn't cover everything. we'd need more than that. i don't want to spend my life worrying about what would happen if one of us got sick. [ male announcer ] now more than ever, you may be wondering: do i have the right medicare coverage? don't spend your life worrying. let the health plan experts at securehorizons, providers of aarp medicarecomplete, help you decide. a

we need citizen politicians in dover and in washington, d.c. to get our state and country back on track. that is what this is all about. [applause] without all of your help and folks like george, this would not have been possible. you are the real winners tonight. you have shown that we can win with a will and determination and it is that same determination that we will take to washington. it will be a partnership. i can advocate for what is right to do in america, but without your help and support that legislation will not get anywhere. this partnership does not end on election day. it begins on election day. [applause] a lot of people have already said that we cannot win the general election. [boo] yes, we did. [yes, we can] yes, we will. i love that. yes, we will. it is the same so-called experts who said we have no chance of winning the primary. it will be hard work. we can win. if those same people who fought against me rich it worked just as hard for me, we will win. [applause] the common sense men and women of delaware are tired of the s

. >> we need citizen politicians in dover and in washington, d.c.r state and our country back on track. >> how are you? good to see you. >> reporter: in new hampshire's republican senate primary, tea peat favorite were neck and neck all night long. the tea party scored in the new york's gubernatorial race. political newcomer karl paldino beat rick lazio. analysts wonder will the candidates be too extreme for the main stream come november. >> the question is can they broaden their appeal to a wider electorate where moderates tend to dominate. >> reporter: the republican officials who said castle would be their only hope of winning the senate seat made it clear they would not fund o'donnell in the general election. >> you have to have your base behind you if you are going to win a general election. >> reporter: if this gop doesn't win delaware, analysts believe their chances of winning back the senate are slim. tara mergener, cbs news, washington. more local results if you watch the bomb of your screen or log on to our website at wusa9.com. click the

dover, delaware at 96. night sky again, you have the moon and jupiter.s time they're pretty far apart. that's in the eastern sky about an hour after sunset. early tomorrow morning, dry conditions. 70 to 71. i don't think we'll have any fog across the area and it won't be as hot tomorrow either. the high, about 86 degrees. your fourday forecast. there it is. slight chance of rain on sunday. a better chance though, monday and tuesday of next week. we could get a little more possibly toward the end of next week. it star to change and we see another system around southeast making its way northward. >> all right. have a great weekend. >> you, too. >>> the former saturday night live cast member amy poehler is returning to the show. this time she will be hosting it. >> we have missed her jl though she has her own show thursday nights. she wil be co-hosting for the 36th premier season. >> reporte: being in the cast of saturday night live is one thing. >> i'm hosting the season premier -- >> reporter: being host for the first time is another. >> you keep looking

in places like des moines and davenport and dover, delaware, americans are working hard to get our country back on track, and neighborhoods are helping neighbors, and families are scaling back, we're reprioritizing, making some sacrifices today. thomas paine, one of our founders, you know what he used to say? he used to talk about, if there be trouble, let it be in my day, that my children may have peace. what he was talking about was the need to make some sacrifices and reprioritize today so that our children and our grandchildren have the opportunities that we all had, and we'll make sure that the nation is strengthened and prosperous and remains the most voluntarily generous nation on earth. if we reprioritize and make sacrifices today, there's more than enough reason to have faith in americans who believe that and will live that out. and against tough odds, entrepreneurs today and small business owners, they're growing the economy one job, one night shift, one american dream at a time. across the country, people are getting involved. they're going to town hall meetings and writing thei

. >>> nascar spect the weekend at dover monster mile.defending cup champion jimmie johnson dominates again. he led 191 laps to win his sixth race of the year, but johnson still trails points leader denny hamlin. >> here is your chance to vote on the game of the week. choose from this games: now just log onto ktvu.com and click "sports," and vote and we'll announce the winner thursday at 6:00 p.m. >>> stanford jumped from 16th to 9th in the newest appoll. the cardinals beat notre dame in south bend yesterday to go 4- 0 for the first time since 1986 and stanford announced that kickoff time for next saturday's game in eugene against 4th-ranked ranked oregon has been moved to an early start,5:00 p.m. that is a network game. that is sport as we see it for this sunday night edition of sportswrap. the giants lead by half a game in the wild, wild west race. >> and there is stanford. >> and there is stanford looking good, you bet. >> thanks. >>> that is our report for tonight. i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes. for fred and mark and all of us,

she's at o'donnell headquarters in dover, delaware. a lot of happy people there tonight. >> reporter: they're elated, anderson. folks say they expected this, but once we put the numbers up, they boogie danced behind me. they were so pleased with the victory they've picked up here. i talked to people in the crowd. they say this is a message to the republican establishment. this is a quote, no more back room deals. a campaign aide said, this is proof grassroots america is alive and well. the point is the republican party took out the trash on this candidate. they are on the record saying she is not electable. the chair of the party here in the state said she cannot win. and yet she did go ahead and get this victory tonight. those words will be used against them, no doubt, in the coming general election, anderson. >> do we know if mike castle plans to endorse her? >> reporter: well, that does seem to be an open question. we're getting word she's going to come out in a few minutes just so you know what's happening behind me. castle was ask

. >> his body is expected to arrive at dover air force base tomorrow. >>> he called himself hitler. a white supremacist who attacked an african american fisherman in a popular baltimore park. just a few moments ago, calvin lockner pleads guilty in the case. mike schuh has more on the reaction. >> reporter: you can call calvin lockner a lot of things. aryan brotherhood member, and now convict. >> reporter: a year ago, james priv at and his wife went fishing here. this man and two others approached. >> asked them if they had any food or water. they said no. >> the men didn't leave. but miss privet did. and her husband was right behind. >> the individuals attacked him. they punched him, kicked him, and beat him with a stick. and eventually took his car and left. >> reporter: the prosecutor says that calvin lockner told police, that they never would have beaten and jumped mr. privet, had he been white. >> the first to see the 67-year- old, a security guard. >> i was like, oh, my god, are you okay? and he was crying. and there was blood everywhere and his eye was hanging out. and he said

. >>> up next, dover, delaware, to harlem. we check in on charlie rangel's race to hang in for a fourth decade in congress. (voice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) got 'em. (voice 3) great exercise guys. let's run it again. >>> a lot of upsets tonight, will new york's 15th congressional district be one of them? that is the question right now. democratic congressman charlie rangel in the fight of his career facing an ethics investigation, no longer chairman of the powerful ways and means committee. tonight it's win or go home against adam clayton powell iv. the son of the man congressman rangel defeated to win his seat in the house in 1970. congressman rangel, holding a substantial lead, about 2-1, only 19% of precincts counted. joe johns is at the headquarters right now. joe? >> reporter: hey, anderson. 20 terms, looking for his 21st term. a slightly surreal night, here in harlem, frankly. it is a lively crowd, but not a very large crowd at all. surprisingly, few people here waiting for what is expected by many to be

. >> larry: by the way, brilliantly written about when he goes to dover air force base and watches the bodies come in. other presidents either didn't do or never let it be known that they did. how much did that touch him? did it change him? >> what is so interesting about that, he went in the middle of the night and he said to one ofs aides, who was kind of -- well, why are we doing this, to see a bu bunch of caskets? and the president said, i'm going to see how the families deal with this. because the families that are there -- and they met with them individually and of course that's where the real impact of any war is on those who -- >> larry: and he puts a presidential pin on each coffin. >> a presidential coin on each coffin. >> larry: it took place on july 10th. in talking to him about his handling of the war in afghanistan, bob asked the president about the nature of the war itself. here is an audio excerpt. >> the famous 2002 speech. u.s. occupation of undetermined length. undetermined cost. with undetermined consequences. if you think about that, undetermined time, undetermined

. >> brendan looney's family traveled to dover, delaware, to neat transport plane carrying his body, along with the other military personnel killed in the crash. he is svived by s parents, threers? two youer brothers. and althrow taliban forces claimed to have shot down that black hawk helicopter, the u.s. defense officials said the crash appears to be the result of an know. of the 12 people on board, two other americans and one afghan did survive. >> jane watrel, thanyou. >>> we've had some severe storms in the area this afternoon. they seem to be settling down. doug kammerer joins with us the latest. >> settling down in a big way. that's the good news. earlier today we did see a strong to severe thunderstorm making its way through loudoun county into montgomery and rthern fairfax county. for the most part, those storms are gone. the only storm we have are down into spotsylvania county andot even storm here. they were severe into part of orange county but since they've moved to the east, they are dying down. we still have a severe thunderstorm watch that is in effect for the entire