ernie tyler. guys like this stay with us forever. miss you, ernie. and the man in uniform that gave us thrills, who made us laugh and cry in the summer night, no way plane left us this way -- flanny left us. and ron smith. the radio sounds different now. how you made the call to live your life. and how about a funeral that gave us a reason to lookback back at our time and say we did it great. we may never see a good-bye like this again, william. and why is maryland my maryland playing in the background? because this it was don shaffer's final song before he died. >>> the one question everyone wants to know, will they have clear skies to see the fireworks pop over the harbor tomorrow? >> i think we're in good shape. relatively mild temperatures, too, for the cusp of january. >> the cusp. >> the cusp. just some clouds in the state now. you see that rain on the left side offered your screen. may get a brief shot of that towards daybreak tomorrow, but it will quickly be out of here. and the rest of the day, 40s, and variably cloudy. let's check out that