great weather for running this -eekend if you're a runner. >> okay. >> he runs?ck with the forecast3 yes to the refrigerator..3 51 degrees. partly cloudy skies and the winds have died down. 63 degrees was the high %-67 is the normal for this dat. we didn't break any records. 32 degrees on the day. we'll see a warm p gradually. this is the snow. no snow for the ravens game. baltimo.ce day here in 46 degrees. wind gusting overnight to 30 miles per hour.3 on the big picture is the storm that came through and brouggt us abouttan inch of rain..3 @%'re going to get some3 wrapaaound. that is hen the runners out it@ will feel windy but gooo. look at this. going to clear out nicely.3 sunshine will comeethroughh -e'll call it 66 to 68 degrees downtown.@ on the eastern shore we'll top -ut around 64-67-degree mark. central maryland ditto and %-afternoon hours and westeenthe maryland temperatures around 63 degrees. very pleasant ay. here is the five-day forecast. for the baltimore running festival tomorrow. it'' going to be a guard one. nice and criip. 66 ddgrees. and then oo

verizon >>> the sun not get up, but when it does, it's going to be a beautiful day, ii's a beautiful -eekendfertiggis3 -ant to hear. >> it's to beautiful, it's going to bring tears to your eyes..3 it's a nicc start to the day with a dry scan out therr. take willlbe loot the bigy. picture a lot of dry air in place. that is going to mean a cool start and a very nice inish o the day as temperatures continuu to climb. 53 degrees with clear skies, winds re out of the southwest. bbrometer. 58 degrees in d.c. and 51 ddgrees innsalisbuuy. cool at oakland at 6 egrees. as you look at the winds they're %-also just 5-mile-an-hourrwinds out of the northwest. that will diminishhas the low pressure moves well off to the north now and high pressure moves in. it will also bring a lot ofú sunshine. it'ssgoing to be really, really nice, i think you will hear me ú%if we get anything by tuesday night, late night it will be very light. here is what weere looking at, %-the north.am will stay well to let's tryythat agaan. -oing to stay well to the north. ú-niiely and also i think we wil put up to the northeast bart

. @ >> runners state wide lacinggup the sneak and getting ready for very big eekend. >> tenth annualning festiial this saturday. include as marathon, half marathon. marathon relay 5 k race and kid fun run. 22,000 people representing all 500& states and 20 country will be running through the streets of ballot moyvrment i think this is fantastic event for the city but i ttink that it show cases in the most positive way possible to incredible audienc!! audience. really does represent the incredible city of baltimore. >> see complete list of events and activities for thhs weekend running festival and map of the course. go to our web site slash news link. >> rapper ti being hailed a hero tonight for helping police out. atlanta police say ti arrived on the scene where a man threatened to jump off the roof of a high-rise. ti apparently talked to the man and coovinced him to come back down. but despite this ti due in court tomorrow on drug charges. >>> welllhe might be just a teenager but "american idol"runner-up david is accomplishing big things him than just a pop star.third >> i wanted to

west winds for the eekend, and close to 80 degrees. get an early look at traffic now with jerry edwards. >> all right veronica, a live look at how we're doing coming in from the north. very quiet so f. 270 in german town. everything is moving along very nicely. moderate traffic and worse from frederick down to rockville wh all travel lanes open. over to northernvirginia, and a report of an accident, a little hard to tell but we're looking for it. alongs 95 corridor in virginia. the accident was reported southbound. w there's a report of a car fire in the same general vicinity. so between wood bridge and newington, the best i c do right now, heads up if you're gettingready to head out, go back and take a look at more traffic cameras and see if we can find it if it is there. joe, eun? >> thank you very much, jerry. have a traffic alert if you take the beltway through tyson's corner you might have to change your commute a bit beginning next week. e ramp from 123 onto northbound 495, that would be the ramp to the inner loop of the beltway,

you will see the most powerful politicians, as you mentioned, out on the ro at his weekend. .eekend. they are the poli headlin the heavyweights. night. >> we've got to get through this very tough spot. >> reporter: obama and biden, delaware friday. >> and two years ago, you said, yes, we can. >> reporter: it's boston today. and for the first time since his election, campaigning tomorrow in ohio with the first lady. >> we've come much too far to turn back now. >> reporter: with some states already voting early, the sprint is on, with candidates in tight races, hoping a high-profile visit by the president or former president might help. >> we've been there before. and we're not going back. we're moving forward, not backward. >> reporter: clinton and obama are tag-teaming. the former president, showing up in states where mr. obama is unpopular. and in the final days, sarah palin is in high demand. >> november 2nd is right around the corner. i can see it from my house. >> reporter: but not for every republican. neither gubernatorial candidate, meg whitman, nor the senate todarniae will b

and then another disturbance, and high pressure,,a cool -eekend.rain, heavy, and showers on friddy. but not as much and then windy friday and saturday.ú see what's happening on tte roadwayss >> candace. >> thann you. us, and here's a live-look atfor 295. you can see a lot of carr that are starting to come down thee3ú -ike there. >> north and southboundd but there's no activity to get in the way. >> same deal on 95 as wwll. down to route 32. and 62-miles-per-hour.ú and, 95 looks good. down towards the beltway. and,,well, it is going to be an %-just a nine-minute clip. >> now, that's a look at the morning travels. back to you. >> thank you. >> 6:03 on the morning news. more votes will be cast as teachers decide whether to agrre with a new contract. it will changg the way they're paad. now, good morning megan. >> good morning. thisskind of contract, is attracting attention, not just in baltimore, but across thh country. that's because it states that teachers would earn more, but depending on tteir performance. listen to this, under the new guidelines,

closed today, 3 day eekend for3 those students.n with meteerologist steve fertig and -et a check of the forecast as we head intooweekend to see if what we have again experiencing will continue. >> reporter: you don'' see -urricane name associated. you see thh remnants of nicole. measurr things officially attbwi aarport. 8 inches at severna park and we saw a bit more at other locations. we will show you twice aa much innother parts of the state. the sky hd radarrindicating that active weather has moved off to ú%e north and east. we are concernee about the potential for flooding westthav. depeeding on where yoo are n theenortheaat paat of he stateú that will continue tten. -long the chesapeake bay tte west side gendin dependinn on he times. -s far as the rest of the story, well, we look for improoing weaaher once we gettinto the latter part today. %-on the way for the weekend ase climb 70 ttdaa. cooler for saturday and sunday.3 lauren cooke has the traffic >> repooter: thank you, -teve. flooding and fallen trees continueeto shutdown

we aveeaagreat eekend ahead. enjoy t. let's see if yoo can enjoy the morning commute.ave several accidents. %-dealing with a crash along the northbounn lanes at tte perryville toll plaza. as we make our wayytoward the whittmarsh area, traffic is starting to pick up in this vicinity. taking a live look at route 43. the southbound lanes are starting o crowd, a 6-minute ride from whitemarsh boulevard to the beltway. we do have aanaccident in nnttingham that you want to watch out for at knotting go boulevard. if you're traveling 695 in the parkville area, here is a ook at harffrr road where you wiil notice everything is up to speed, a little bit more volume but no delays tt talkkaboot. the west side of thh beetway will remain cleaa checking in -nd taking live look at liberty road..3 you will notice a lot more traffic in this vicinity. you're still looking at a 12-minute ridd from 795 to 95. as you make yoor way own this dealing with a disabled car that is blocking one lane of tte outer loop. that's a look at your traffic edge. megan, back to you. >>> thanks, lauren. >>> 6:

warmer air, too as we more sunshine building in thanks to high preesure coming your way for this eekends far as rain out there. ú%is is what we are expecting, .100 of aa inch of rain. some places not showing aanthing other thhn zeros. back to the north nd west,,a after that maybe .10 of an inch of rain there. 54 degrees in baltimore, 51 in d.c. we have a 51 in salisbury right now. the cool spot out in oakllad. as you might expect, higher elevationss56 degrees wwth the northwesterly plow. we will get up to 55 degrees to we are expecting to see it a little bit chillier in thh central part of the state wwere we climb only 2 degrees for the high.ú it will definitely feel cooler with the 10-20-mile-an-hour wind kind of and thh dreary skies seeing sunshine peeking through from time to time. back to the west look for a high of 60 degrees and a 10--0-mile-an-hour wind as well. mostly cloudy skies and the chance for an evening shower but just a light shower if we get %-533tomorrow with a lightly betterrchance of a shower thhn. finally the north pulls off to the north and east. guess what we get