a true halloween scare. the shortage at the pumpkin a true halloween scare. the shortage at the pumpkin patch. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> >>> good evening. it was a massive attack that could not have come at a more sensitive time. just as president obama is deciding whether to send more troops to afghanistan, or to scale back there, hundreds of militants stormed two u.s. bases near the pakistani border. the fighting lasted for hours. eight americans were killed, making it the deadliest day in afghanistan in more than a year. nick schifrin is in afghanistan tonight. >> reporter: eastern afghanistan has some of the least hospitable terrain on the planet. it is dangerous and difficult for the u.s., but it is the insurgents' backyard. early saturday morning, hundreds of fighters left a mosque and a nearby village just a few miles from the pakistani border. they attacked two different u.s. bases in a bold and coordinated assault with massive firepower, including assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. outnumbered and in danger of being over-run, u.s.

this one's no halloween prank. deer came crashing through the roof of an apartment complex, then decided to take a dip in the indoor pool. >> his lucky day, avoiding the traffic, surviving the jump through the roof, swimming the laps. >> check out video from the security camera. you can see the deer walking around the pool a few times, then jumping on in. and at some point looks like he's swimming laps here, doesn't it? the maintenance supervisor used a net to corral the deer to the shallow end. finally after about 15 minutes of swimming, the deer walks up the steps and takes off. >>> oh, wow. another shocking revelation from andre agassi's new autobiography and larry smith has the latest details on this. >> well, we heard earlier this week that the former tennis star admits in his new book that he used crystal meth, now being revealed that he used for a year or so during his brief marriage to actress brooke shields. you see him back here in 1997, told "people" magazine if you're going to call a book open, which he

it has nothing to do with halloween. larry smith has more. >> good morning, you know phillies mass transit workers are threatening to walk off the job at midnight if they don't get a new contract. this with more than 300,000 fans heading into the two world series games, the nfl giants showdown, the hockey game all in the same complex which houses four different venues. the yankees-phillies world series game is tonight. the phillys are trying to repeat as world series champs for the first time ever. >>> the eegs-giants game moved up from 4:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on sunday. both stadiuming chair parking and getting eagles fans out and phillies fans in could be dicey even with public transportation. >>> tonight's usc-oregon showdown will be more than just what the ducks wear. the season opening loss to boise state now ranked in the top ten as is usc. the ducks could give game three of the world series competition for viewers. >>> show up late for the game, that's the cry of one cleveland browns fans who wants empty seats for

will halloween be wet, dry, cold, what? >> it's going to be pretty rough around the great lakes if you're going out tomorrow night being the rain moves into the northeast but won't be quite as heavy. looking at this thing unwinding a bit. check out the heavy squalls just coming off the gulf of mexico. plenty of rain, houston, stretching into louisiana. around arkansas, too. here's that memphis radar picture and one line of thunderstorms right over you. not a lot of lightning with it but definitely heavy rain and the whole thing is sliding up the north ahead of a cold front really isn't moving very fast at all. look at the rain around cape girardeau, in towards ontario, as well. toledo with a little rain, same with detroit. the heaviest stuff by far is across central sections of michigan. notice chicago, light rain off and on over the day. wind will pick up. flash flood warnings in red, the flood warnings in green and watch are in dark green. we've seen as much as five inches of rain in northern louisiana and lower arkansas.

you're probably getting your kids ready right now for the halloween parade. tomorrow is halloween. i'm robin meade. in the news this morning a sixth person is charged in a horrifying attack on a girl outside a homecoming dance. one suspect told a family member why he watched the attack and did nothing to stop it. >>> democrats say they have their final version of a health care bill and the house could vote on it pretty quickly. wait until you hear the potential price tag. and a church has been transformed into a little slice of hell. it's a controversial move, but it's one the pastor says he hopes will pay off with a powerful message. a church. all right. but first, happening right now, an intense search for nine people missing off the coast of southern california. they disappeared after the collision of a coast guard plane and marine helicopter. it happened a little after 7:00 local time last night. 25 miles east of san clemente island. weather conditions are good but that survivors would still be at risk. >> just off the coast 64, 65 degrees. how long you can survive in that is g

you know halloween is near, -- >>> you know halloween is near, but if you see pumpkins flying through, that is another story. a group in kansas held a pumpkin throwing contest. watch out. you almosthavee to say fore! >> they have been doing pumpkin chunking in this area. >> this is before. we still need authorize pumpkin -- need those pumpkins. thank you for watching eyewitness news. i'm mary bubala. >> i'm don scott. >> sharon: (groaning) (alarm sounding) (lock beeps) >> sharon: (yelling) aah! (groaning) >> nick: you're doing great. >> sharon: (groaning) >> dr. taylor: don't stop now.

it's not good. >> plenty of halloween costumes.t's a little bit of bad taste. >> the green card. >> that looks like cheech & chong but an alien. alien cheech & chong. >> cheech sand chong for sure. >> this is where you go. >> back to the mall. >> that looks like an alien locked up. >> that's racist. >> who cares. that's so funny. >> that's so funny, who cares. >> while the costume isn't on target.com any longer, it's probably no surprise you will find at least a dozen for sale on ebay. >>> the governor of louisiana has joined in the outrage over a justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple. he's calling for keith bardwell's immediate dismissal. bobby jindal says this is a clear violation of state and federal law. louisiana senator marie landrieu calls it an k356rexample of ugl bigot bigotry. the woman he refused to marry because her fiance was black is speaking out. >> it's over racism, and we are used to the closet racism, but we are not going to tolerate that overt racism from an elected official. >> beth hum

plenty of other halloween costumes. it's a little bit of bad taste. >> i like this one. the alien. the green card. >> that looks like cheech and chong but an alien. alien cheech and chong. that's what it looks like. >> cheech and chong for sure. that one's beat. that's where you go. >> looks like an alien locked up. >> that's racist. >> who cares. that's so funny. who cares? >> target removed the costumes from its website after the complaints. the leader of a group that opposes illegal immigration says the only people getting upset are being overly sensitive and politically correct. >>> imagine this. being kicked out of the hospital because someone else with a better chance of survival needs a bed. a new report this morning, that that could happen this flu season. we will tell you where. >>> all right. now that it's looking like this whole balloon boy incident might just be this massive elaborate hoax, there is no shortage of opinions coming from you the public, including an i-reporter from jason in brooklyn, new york.

halloween will be next weekends. i think it's when we will get colder.f you are looking for great places to see fall foliage, we are almost in peak color and in the mountains and appalachians as well. have a great weekend. >>> people are still talking about the guy who held up a loan office, dropped to his knees and prayed with his victim. >> i was in that situation for a reason. i'm just trying to figure out what that reason is. >> the praying robber is talking about what drove him to commit the crime. >>> first lady, michelle obama was on the jay leno show last night and appears via satellite from the white house. leno peppered her with questions about her husband, specifically what she finds most annoying about her. the answer, he beats her at tennis. >> question six. your husband won the nobel peace prize. would he rather have world peace or have the white sox win the world series? >> that's a tough one. i think, if you would ask him, he'd say he probably would prefer world peace, but he wouldn't mind the world series bit, too. but i think he would c

can you imagine having a halloween without pumpkins? have bad day. >> you have a bad day, huh? >> yeah. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, new york. >> i am so worried about pumpkin pie. >> i know you were. >> one of my favorite foods, whether there will be a shtage or not. in some parts of the country libby is the pumpkin pie filler. there is a pumpkin pie shortage. they blame bad weather. they say they are harvesting more and should ship more soon. until then -- >> no shortage in california. i'll send you some pumpkin pie. >> i'll hold you to it. >>> that's it for us for this half h >>> making news in america this morning. >> deadly attack. u.s. troops targeted in a brazen assault in afghanistan giving new focus to the looming decision, send more troops or bring them h

halloween is in a couple of days. there's somebody is or was in the charlottesville area who takes young women. we have to keep working on this. and find our daughter and find this person and make our community safer. >> again she was a tech student but the kidnapping occurred or the missing person case arose in charlottesville. she was last seen october 17th. investigators say she was outside an arena and metallica was inside holding a concert. nancy grace will have late breaking developments on the search for morgan harrington at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern here on hln "news and views." >>> the head of a search and rescue team that's been helping police look for haleigh cummings says he thinks the girl is dead. the goal is to find missing people who are alive and he doesn't believe haleigh falls into that category. the 17-year-old baby sitter holds the key to finding out what happened that night and unless investigators learn those circumstances, he believes they'll never find haleigh's body. last night her grandmother t

and happy halloween to you a little early. >> happy halloween to everybody. get ready. >> exactly. >>> up next, deserving dogs go from ♪ ♪ bow, wow, wow >>> this morning on our special series "from bow to wow!" new looks and hopefully some new hopes for some special dogs. our last group, by the way, the dogs we showed you little while ago, they were adopted within an hour of our segment, which is great news. resident animal lover jill rappaport is here this morning with more great news. good morning. >> hi, matt. the great news is we're showing people what wonderful dogs you can find at shelters and today we have three more fabulous pooches that came from very traumatic situations, but nothing that a wonderful home won't cure. >> it's amazing to me how many young, vibrant, healthy dogs are here. >> when people think of shelters, they think that there's things wrong with the dogs and they're not going to find the dog they're looking for, but shelters across the country have these type of dogs. they just need a good home. >> reporter: starting with betty, a loving lab mix

>>> plus, it's not even hall wee halloween. the toy wars are ramping up. >>> welcome to "msnbc saturday," i'm alex witt. all that and the story of a stolen baby. >>> first, president obama is offering congratulations to rio de janeiro for winning the bid to host the 2016 olympic games. speaking to reporters at the white house after returning to the white house, the president was disappointed chicago didn't get the games but happy for the u.s. effort. >> one of the things that is most valuable about sports is that you can play a great game and still not win. and so although i wish that we had come back with better news from copenhagen, i could not be prouder of my hometown of chicago. >> live from copenhagen, denmark, olympic columnist for university sports dotcom. good morning to you, i guess good afternoon your time. how are you? >> reporter: i'm great. hi. >> want to get to rio de janeiro in a moment. let's start with chicago. i want to play a clip of what you said yesterday before the vote. >> reporter: asked me in june, rio

how tomorrow moves. >>> well, it's october and halloween is not far away.ick wilson is with us with creepy things. >> these freaked us out. yeah. >> well, me, too. i'm not an insect person and we have things that people associate with halloween and we have the madagascar hissing cockroach. they do hiss and we have a tarantula -- and we'll show you a screech owl, they're known as ghost owls and shivering owls. it's kind of a soft feeding that they perform. >> zoo boo is coming up. >> that's the 26th annual zoo boo, it's october 23rd, 24th and 25th. we'll have events that have enrichments throughout the zoo and the animals enjoy it. when you're seeing the children dressed up, it's really something different for them to see. >> and they need a break in the ma notny -- monotony. >> yeah, and we'll have the pumpkin smash with the elephants. >> and i'm going to put my mike down. they're actually hissing. we'll see if we can hear them. >> let me grab that. >> they don't have names. this is tiger? >>> well, we have two colonnies of roaches. we have a male and a fem

it's halloween weekend. let's talk about costumes.ne brought to my attention involving carrying a flat screen around on your body. what? >> i heard of spending a lot of money on a costume but these costumes were about $1,000s each. you have to see it to believe it. they are iphones. and these are two guys in florida over the top costumes. 42-inch screen on their bodies. literally an iphone. powered by a car battery. they say a little difficult to put on. i can imagine. it is fully functional. it has the tv displaying the real iphone screens. and like i said, $1,000 and they hope that they will win some contests to help pay back on that. wow. in these times, that's a lot of money. that's just one of many crazy costumes we can show you at cnn.com. we have an entire page that is dedicated to halloween costumes and people have been i-reporters sending scenes from around the country of people that have decorated their neighborhood. does your neighborhood go all out on halloween? a little bit. there's kids in my neighborhood so there's lots

people will spend about $56 is all on halloween gear. down from nearly $67 in 2008. >>> is it just me or did halloween costumes get so intricate and everybody's mom is sewing them? when i grew up, i had the little vinyl one that would rip before you got to the school parade with the little rubber band thing that would snap. >> with the plastic sharp mask that would gouge your eyes out. >> those were the days. >> yeah, when superman cape had a picture of superman on his chest, like he would have his own picture on him or something. we had awful costumes growing up. let's show you what's going on now. big-time rain event for you again, south georgia, alabama, stretching through the carolinas now. atlanta, i want to zoom in here. the rain is moving in. basically it will be a morning event. get some delays later today at the airport. that's something we'll be watching. big rain out of charlotte, into the outer banks as well. heavy downpours around that south carolina coastline. big wave of low pressure that's sliding due eastward. it will ta

i'm going to get my halloween coos tomb.to get them early. >> i like the nice ones like ferries and princess. >> i didn't like that. it didn't work for he me. >> the superman tights were a little bit uncomfortable. >> ho[ laughter ] >> that would be scary for us. >> it would be. they hand me all the goodies, just go away. >> you're super. >> oh, goodness gracious. okay. what a way to end that conversation. [ laughter ] >> iscreechina screeching halt. >> it's a busy week on the fox competition, so you think you can distance. the search for the winner will make the next stop in the omission phase tomorrow. adam syngman says this is a difficult time to be on the judge's table because their comments could shatter someone's dream. >> of course, i testimonier it,- temper it a lot, because it's their feelings. people who have never auditioned before, you don't know that when you audition you're putting yourself on the line and it's very painful to be rejected. >>> you can watch the dances on so you think you can distance and tomorr

early halloween shoppers. they include tonca cars, barbies. some say spending $10 here and there eases their budget troubles and they won't have to spend a big lump sum to purchase presents. will early holiday deals entice you to begin shopping sooner? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 49 degrees on tv hill. coming up, a free flu clinic and -- flu shot clinic in howard county becomes the largest in the country. >> details on the raging wildfires in california that continue to create damage and threaten thousands of homes. >> and here's -- that's not what i was talking about. that's the california wildfire video. ♪ take me home ♪ take me home ♪ to my family ♪ ♪ i need to be surrounded by ♪ the ones who care for me [ female announcer ] clean you can see. softness you can feel. tide with a touch of downy. ♪ take me home >> welcome back. good morning. nice and quiet on this monday morning. 55 degrees downtown. partly cloudy skies. don't expect any precipitation today. a couple of clouds. but for th

that's what an immigrants rights group is saying about this halloween costume being sold on target's website. the illegal alien costume features an extra ter res tral mask and an orange jump suit. they call this costume distasteful, mean-spirited and ignorant of social stigmas. target says it's removing the costume from its website. >>> check your refrigerator or freezer for potentially bad sausages. a california company is recalling more than 1,100 pounds of the sausages. they're being marketed under the vatran and montibella brands and they were produced between march and october. the assorted sausages were distributed to retail stores in california. they were sent to the market before federal food safety inl specters checked them. so far there are no reports of any linked illnesses to the recalled items. >>> there is talk that the place is haunted. >> it wasn't an evil feeling. it was very calm and peaceful. >> so why would a friendly ghost be lurking around? that's what some ghost hunters want to find out. murder charge against casey anthony. anthony's accused of killing her 2-ye

not good. >> plenty of halloween costumes. it's a little bit of bad taste. >> i like this one, the illegal alien, the green card. >> there you go. it looks like cheech and chong but an alien. >> this looks like an alien locked up. >> that's racist. >> who cares. that's so funny. who cares. that's so funny. >> while the costume isn't on target.com any longer, it is probably no surprise you will find at least a dozen for sale on ebay. >>> the governor of louisiana has joined in the outrage over a justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple. he is calling for keith bardwell's immediate disms.le. bobby jindal says this is a clear violation of federal and state law. mary landrieu calls it an example of bigotry. the woman who he refused to marry because her fiance was black is speaking out. >> it is over racism and we are used to the closet racism but we are not gonna tolerate the overt racism from an elected official. >> beth humphrey and her fiancee did get married after finding another justice of the peace. ba

for them on halloween between 5:30 and 9:00 p.m. the meeting is slated to take place whn mosten most kids are trick or treating. the paper goes on to say the meeting is mept to encourage acountability acountability. >>> christopher michael campbells told players, "don't try me today. ." he has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and exhibiting a web on school property. no one was hurt. >>> atkins, south kbeech beach, the zone. but to go beyond the surface we turn to terry glassman on how to lose weight. >> people are tempted by a fad diet but what i tell people if a diet sounds too good to be true it absolutely. >> avoid this common mistake. >> skipping meals does not help you lose weight. it is help you gain weight. when you skip a meal you slow down your metabolism. >> and use common sense. >> if you are eating non-fat foods, there are lots of calories. you can still easily overconsume the foods. you still need to eat in portion control. >> and here is a tip you might not know. >> sometimes people

. >>> halloween is coming.dressed as a businessman rings your doorbell, hide your loot it could be bernie madoff. apparently he's one of the popular costumes this halloween along with a lot of dead celebrities. if you dress like this, we were joking it could be like, give me one kancandy bar and i'll give 15 after i canvas the neighborhood. the real madoff is in jail for cheating thousands of people out of millions of dollars. back to you. >> dead celebrities are the big -- he's not dead but they are the big thing this year. >> they are the big thing. >> other than bernie madoff. >> people may see that guy and say who's that? it's bernie madoff. >>> a 95-year-old man is safe and sound. look at his car. you wouldn't believe who was at the right place at the right time to come to his rescue. >>> an off-duty firefighters saved a man who was in a sinking car. police came with a kayak to get them. a woman in the car got out on her own. >> i was able to get my hands around the female in the driver's seat. she was on

it's halloween. this is kind of spooky news from walmart. they're selling caskets online. did you hear about this? costco sells them, too, only online. they do not want you to see them in stores. >> wow. it would take up space, though, wouldn't they? >> i don't think they want to remind you of your own mortality. you can get them online and they get them to you within 48 hours. walmart prices range from about $900 to about $3,000 and some of the analysts say that in general they are cheaper than at the funeral home. so far they're just testing it to gauge customer response. >>> call it the i'm too fat defense. a man accused of killing his former son-in-law says he was too out of shape and too unhealthy to have committed the crime. what the prosecution says. >>> i'm rafer weigel with sports. more stunning revelations from tennis legend andre agassi plus fallout from his admission of drug use. now after ingagassi wrote in an upcoming autobiography he took crystal meth in his playing days the world anti-doping agency now wants authorities to look into how he was not suspended

so, getting the kids ready for halloween. you know, you have all week. you look at the weather today and you think, do i have to put turtlenecks underneath it? is it going to be this way on saturday? what's it like today? hi, bob. >> rockies, it's going to be cold, shaping up with snow. you're right. you have this great costume -- >> and you put a coat on it. >> that will probably be the case in the northeast, too. here is northern louisiana. here is the shreveport radar. waking up in dallas, heavy rain overnight. stretching into areas close to houston. it's going to get there shortly. look at that houston radar picture coming out of san antonio. decent rain over you. you need it. you'll get a taste of that this morning. the rain spreads to the gulf coast, mainly around galveston and houston this morning. you're dry, see the lightning flashing off to the west. not severe at the moment. it's still a possibility. an area i'm watching closely this morning. little rock, look at that steady stream of rain off to the west. that rotates into the city later on.

email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com >> keep that in mind as halloween approaches. still ahead, a local celebrity returns to put down the show. we will take you there. >> october is breast cancer awareness month. our our city is getting involved. >> you have a nice commute so far. i >> 55 degrees. a brisk morning downtown. we will see plenty of sunshine. the sunshine will officially rise this morning at 7:00 03. sunny skies. 66-68. similar to what we saw yesterday for temperatures. of a breakdown your seven-day forecast in a little bit. >> thank you. october is national breast cancer awareness month. baltimore was third in the state for breast cancer in all ages and races. 63 women die of breast cancer each year in the state. >> of breast cancer does not have to run in a woman's family for her to be at risk. we urge women to take charge of their health. get screened every year. once you turn 40. >> city hall will be paid in honor of the month. >> a local sink international attention when he competed on america has got talent this past summer. he put on a special hom

. >>> halloween is this saturday. some parents that means lots of candy and very excitable kids. we will go beyond the surface and let you know some exciting facts about sugar. >> the more sugar that my child has, the more hyper. >> they bounce off the walls. >> anything with sugar sets him off. >> it is absolutely untrue. that sugar makes kids hyper. there have been 12 well-designed, randomized, placebo-controlled trials looking at all kinds of factors. all of these studies show there's no relationship between sugar and a kid's hyper activity. there's truth to the active that i that sugar is glucose and it gives you energy. but it doesn't make you hyper. kids get schucher at other times they may be very excited. you may render a problem as kids try to eat as much halloween candy as possible. yes, they may be very excited and even hyper about the holiday, but it's not because of the candy. >>> a guy is accused of trying to smuggle in two dozen snakes and geckos under his clothes. look at this, officials say he put the

what halloween character does your boss remind you of? one in five worker said glinda the good witch in a careerbuilder survey, but villains got about a third of the vote. they include the wolfman, fine one minute howling the next the invisible man who's never around dracula for sucking the life out of you and the wicked witch of the west. that's an anonymous survey, right? >>> the white house says this $700 billion stimulus program is working. no surprise it would say that but it has said the numbers to back it up. melissa long is in for jennifer westhoven. how are you doing? >> good morning. it's 650,000 jobs at least. that's how many the obama administration says the program has created or saved. it's through the end of september such as work on repairs to the highways you drive. the white house says these numbers are more reliability than data released earlier this month that indicated about 30,000 jobs were created directly as a result of contracts. >>> some new economic reports for investors to digest this morning. consumer spending

for halloween. you use it for halloween? you've had it for a while, or what? a couple years.didn't. you didn't know that gun was illegal a sawed-off shotgun like that? you had no clue. it looks kind of suspicious. you have a mask and a gun. well, i didn't do anything wrong. didn't do anything wrong? the guy's a convicted felon within the last ten years. okay. he's got a 92 conviction.

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is this a wild halloween joke?ies from the newsroom making news right now. >> you are watching "showbiz tonight" at hln. watch the bottom of your screen for more compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight." >>> tonight, "showbiz tonight" is about to name the most provocative celebrity of the week. who will we choose? jon gosselin about his allegationed show with leathe octomom? some say michael jackson's film is exploiting him in death. who will we choose? we will be naming "showbiz tonight's" most provocative celebrity of the week in a moment. incredible revelations from jessica simpson as she speaks out about her ideal qualities for the perfect man. jessica is not mincing words and telling extra what exactly she wants from a man. after years of heard break, this girl is not missing around. she know what is she wants and wait until you hear this. one must have quality. joining me in hollywood, carlos diaz, a correspondent with extra. you guys were in the spirit with jessica simpson. a fascinating interv

halloween next weekend. that's when it will get colder.ooking at great places to find fall foliage, great lakes are in peak color and some of the mountains in and around the appalachians as well. a look at your forecast for hln. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider. have a great weekend. >>> people are talking about a guy who held up a loan office, then dropped to his knees and prayed with his victim. >> i was in that situation for a reason. and i'm just trying to figure out what that reason is. >> the so-called praying robber is now talking about what drove him to commit the crime. >>> first lady michelle obama was on the jay leno show last night as she appeared via satellite from the white house. leno peppered her with questions about her husband specifically what she finds most annoying about him. her answer -- he's always beating her at tennis. there's a question about his beloved baseball team, the white sox. >> question number six, your husband just won the nobel peace prize. would he rather have world peace or the white sox win the wo

. >>> and we're also talking halloween make up and fright wigs, we are about to celebrate halloween we would like to see your halloween related photos, email to wjz.com and look for them here on this program as part of a big slide show Ñ?Ñ?Ñ? >>> well, we're talking about faces today with gialla is make up artist, helga, 39 years old, about faces. >> i'm impressed. >> talking about make up and how to transition from fall to -- or into fall i guess. good morning ladies and our models, alexis and tiara. >> do we change foundation as soon as. >> unless you're tan. women of all color have a hard time getting the perfect shade of foundation, it's either too orange or too pink or too light or yellow. the texture is usually off, if your skin is dry or oily, so getting that perfect shade is such a challenge. >> we're talking about more than make up on the back of your hand. >> it should be easy, been coming down to about faces for six years now and foundation is our number one seller. it's important to custom blend your perfect match in terms of texture, or add oil control, pore minimizing, yo

source should be able to import enough for halloween, though they may cost more. what would we have done? >>> just around the corner, here we are in october, the days are getting shorter, the sunset before 7:00. >> a lot to talk about? >> outside at this hour, starting to cloud up a little bit, but we remain dry overnight. at the bus stop, dry in the morning. cool conditions, 40's in the suburbs, 53 degrees downtown. on the weatherbug, howard university, 61 degrees, daytime high at 68. 55 degrees ashburn. gaithersburg, 51, high of 70, no rain to speak of. at72 the official high at reagan national, a morning low of 64. the average this time of year is 73. the temperatures across the area, not bad. marshall 58, winchester 60. baltimo 54, 56 bowie. the cool air to the north. detroit 49 degrees. at rapid city 39 degrees. they have water storm warnings and parts of montana, where they could pick up two to four feet of snow. a high-pressure keeps most of the rain to the south of us. southern virginia looking for showers later tonight into tomorrow. we anticipate this wi

. >>> now with halloween around the corner many are searching for the perfect pumpkin. not this one, though. this one weighs 1,401 pounds. it's on display at valley view farms in cockeysville. >> this is the biggest one we've ever had by almost 200 pounds. i think the one a couple of years ago was 1,200 pounds. this is a scale-buster. >> if you would like to see this huge pumpkin there's still time. it will be on display until next month. >>> i wonder how many loaves of pumpkin bread that translates into. boy. >> it's a great place totic to -- to take pictures with it. >>> it was a day that felt like the season is really changing out there. we had the sunshine, we had a little bit of light shower activity this morning. temperatures on the mild side. cooling off right now but at least the high winds we had during the day today, starting to pull back a tiny bit. flag on federal hill still getting a workout. temperature at bwi marshall gone down a couple of degrees, 62 degrees. 43% humidity. wind from the west at 12, pressure 29.86. tides tomorrow at fort mchenry there. br

by the end of the month, halloween, 64 and 45 is average. rain fall, not quite 3 1/4 inches. believe it or not, we average a trace of snow in the month of october with a tenth of an inch average at dulles. let's look at the satellite picture. this is a system that will roll through here on friday. notice a couple of things. most of the moisture is pulling due north. the front is going to spin through here, but it's not going to have much moisture to it. whatever develops is going to go through very quickly. what develops isn't going to be impressive. it will be a skinny line of showers as we get into saturday morning. after that, it will be warmer in the wake of the front on saturday and cool down a little bit on sunday. zone forecast, all sixth zones still on our website, wusa9.com. manassas, woodbridge, 75. slight chance of a shower. other side, maybe 76 in waldorf. not quite 75 on the water and there are some small craft advisories post the. next seven days, 75 tomorrow and maybe a shower. 79 on saturday, but we salvage most of the day. almost 80. low 70s with sunshine on

then, halloween is fast approaching. a new study says that candy may do a lot of harm to your kids, more than just cavities. why it could turn that into violent criminals? yep, you heard me. we'll talk to a doctor about the merits of this new research coming up. >>> the city of chicago having obtained the least number of votes will not participate in the next round. >> that stunning announcement coming on friday. chicago didn't even make it past the first round of consideration for the 2016 olympic games. even after the president, the first lady and oprah all campaigned hard for the windy city. but was the president right to get involved here? why was he concerned with 2016 when we have so many problems right here at home in 2009? >> we are joined by fox news contributor tucker carlson to answer some of those questions. good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks. >> where do you stand on this? was it a smart move for the president to be going over there lobbying the international olympic committee and trying to get thi

halloween is in a couple of days. there's somebody, is or was in the charts charlottesville area who takes young women. we are to keep working on this and find our daughter and find this person and make our community safer. >> morgan was last seen on october 17th. investigators say she was outside an arena in charlottesville, virginia, where metallica ras holding a concert. >>> the search for morgan harrington heats up. nancy grace will have all the latest breaking developments at 8:00 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on "hln's" "news and views." >>> and turned away from a farmer's market for wearing a traditional muslim veil over her face. latifah says he feels she was singled out singled out because she's muslim and is urging other muslims to boycott the store. the manager says signs in the market says shopper's faces must be visible for the safety of customers and employees and he'll honor people's religious beliefs if he honors his stores rules. >>> breast cancer seems to be getting more common in younger women. expe

. >> it may be the season for halloween but wal-mart is already abuzz for the upcoming holiday season. they're offering early deals. the popular schain offering 100 toys at $10 a pop, hoping to get an early lead in the holiday retail sales. the toys include tonca cars, bar i by -- barbies just to name a few. some say spending $10 here there and eases their budget troubles. that brings us to our "question of the day." will early holiday deals entice to you begin shopping sooner? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. 5:38. 49 degrees on tv hill. coming up, technology helps one couple win a $15,000 diamond ring. >> plus talk about agility. some of the world's fastest dogs are competeding in indiana. we'll show you the competition. - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente, we believe that

. >> a popular halloween costume, i guess. >> the balloon? >> people are going it try to dress up as a balloon. for the moms, let's throw something together with foil. it will be the balloon. >> exactly. wrap foil around it, off you go. every will know. >> brett favre at 40 years old keeps on winning. hi, rafer. >> hold on while i try to get my foot completely in my mouth as far as favre, because he and the vikings, they keep winning. they are the only 6-0 team in the nfl right now. okay. it's working. you can cut down on the hate mail. the vikes, they were down by one with about three minutes left. what happens? brett favre does this. throws this hong bass to sydney rice. threw to a lot of receivers but he was cooking with rice. another former packer, ryan longwell puts the vikings up. the ravens respond. drove down the field with two seconds left. the field goal for the win -- wide left. favre, can't even watch. didn't even watch. he said, what happened? what happened? he missed it. i guess he couldn't tell by everybody cheering. not cheers

. >>> and this halloween, rocker sting is scaring up new songs.already felt surroundedly ghosts. >> hey there thanks for having us over. a charter bus carrying members of a college band overturns on interstate 75. several people on the bus were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries including one person who was trapped. >> we did have one trapped in the bus for a period of time. once we got them extricated we downgraded them. >> the bus was one of three going moore house albany state game. a car may have cut off the bus, causing the bus driver to lose control. rain made the roads slick but it is not clear if that was factor. the bus ended up on its side in a ditch. we will breng you more on the story as it develops. >> suspected rapist and killer is behind bars. the 50-year-old -- someone saw him walking down the street. on thursday police wept to arrest sowel on charges of assault and rape. he was not there but police found two decomposeingyeing bodies there and then police four four more bodies. people who live in the neighbo

. >>> it looks like there are going to be plenty of kate's for this halloween. >> yeah.'m sorry to report, case gosselin wig is a huge seller. kate herself says that she even thinks it's funny even though she won't see any money from it. >> they e-mailed me that it was one of the hottest wigs of the halloween season was going to be "the kate wig." then if they called it that they would have to me some of the plo seeds. so nowhere on the packages does it have my name which i find interesting. and no, i don't benefit from the proceeds. i hear it's back ordered from now until the end of time. i managed to get my hand on one. my reaction? i laughed my head off. i was like, that's just plain ridiculous and i hear everywhere that there's going to be all these jon and kates for halloween this year and there have been in the past. now there's a wig for the woman. they line up their eight kid in strollers and what think it is. >> you better get your kate wig or order it while it is hot because kate is already thinking what her next hair style will be. >> michael jackson's movie i

>> it's halloween. the way, the opponent you heard from talked to barber about this and barber decided to paint over his name. >>> many young people are making a tea that could be deadly. a teenager's mom in texas says he died after drinking poby seed tea. he was drinking it to get high. >> they found the bottle of tea and they found poppy seeds and pods and at the point in time that they were removed the police weren't sure what it was. >> she says he was steeping the seeds in what appeared to be herbal tea. you can buy those seeds in pods in many stores as well as on line. the recipe is all over the internet as well. >>> the supreme court will hear arguments today in a case involving a cross that's been around 75 years. it was built in the mojave national preserve in california to honor world war i troops. someone sued to have it removed. he says it violates the ban against government endorsement of religion. the case could make an important statement about the separation of church and state. we'll be

. >>> now to a bizarre incident just in time for halloween. a foot washed up on a beach, and it's not even the first time this has happened. >>> plus -- in the news again. jon gosselin is not exactly the most loved celebrity in america right now. even his own girlfriend is talking. >>> a foot washed ashore in canada, and you might remember this because it's not the first time this has happened. canadian police say it is the seventh time in the last two years that a foot has wash add shore. this one was in a nike running shoe just south of vancouver. forensic tests are being done of the other six found. the only one identified belongs to a man believed to have killed himself. >>> a south carolina police officer spotted an suv in a cemetery, and the associated press says when he apoaoff. eventually the officer pulled the driver over. the ap says inside was a state's deputy assistant attorney general roland corning and an 18-year-old stripper. also in the suv, viagra and sex toys. according to the police report here, corning said he always has th

that is what i'm wearing for halloween.y will know what the heck i'm doing. >> i love it. >> blue nylons. >> that would distract the northwest pilots if you wore something like that, you know? >> what? northwest pilots? >> the one that overshot minneapolis st. paul for 150 miles. >> excuse me. my turn to talk now. hello, bob. >>> we'll show you what's happening now. the heavy rain up through the eastern "showbiz" in philadelphia. you'll have a 73 minute delay in philadelphia through the entire afternoon because of the rain. new york city metro will get delays of over an hour. philadelphia you have it now. atlanta anticipated it with heavy rain moving in. san francisco with strong winds, and 55-mile-per-hour gusts. >>> wait for it. wait for it. we're still waiting for nasa new aries rocket to launch. it was set to blast off a few minutes ago. we're still waiting for it, but they stopped the the clock this time because of weather problems. 15 minutes ago it was because there was a ship in the area where the debris is supposed

. >> i have a halloween boo-yah. >> very scary. >> boo-yah to ya. >> we have a lot of boo-yah things going today. i'm frightened now. trick or treat. my first reaction was classic miley cyrus. ♪ >> yeah, that's right, i was nodding my head like yeah. you have to do it like miley. i mean, i would have been moving my hips. okay. this show is great. cramer knows how to throw a party. i have to be careful. you never know when they are filming. tomorrow, we're working into the show. i have to call on all my investing knowledge. bring in every sage i have, including the team of investors like the black eyed peas. ♪ >> let's live it up, i got my money. let's spend it up. or do they mean spend it down? i have a feeling i'm a little late, like fill up my cup. moz >>> yesterday stephen in illinois made me feel look a regular old clown. and a subpar one at that. in the vein of bozo rather than crusty. he stumped me with a question about emergent biosolutions. symbol ebs. since i'll do anything to avoid looking like a chump, i got to do what i always do. i go back to the home work and come up wi

now, what about this halloween show you have coming up? i've heard you're doing -- what costumes are you doing? >> i don't know this year. it's yet to be decided by my producer. gelman. >> oh, gelman. >> he makes all the decisions. >> yeah. doesn't he listen to you? >> we all -- >> isn't he really your bitch instead of you being his bitch? >> i hear kathy griffin say that. how dare her say that about gelman. it was funny. i think we started the whole thing about the host getting dressed up for halloween. do you girls? do you do it? >> we're going to get dressed up. >> do you do it every year? >> every year. it ruins my makeup and hair. i despise it. >> if something changes it drives you crazy. >> yeah. >> we always come up with a pretty good show. you know, i think it's a lot of fun. i just hate going through it. >> well, i mean, one year you came out as a woman and kelly came out as a guy, right? >> exactly. i did that, i think, with kathie lee and then with kelly as well. she does a funny regis, kelly. >> she does. >> oh, yeah. >> before

. >>> a halloween costume has lots of people talking. an illegal alien. harmless humor or offensive.

halloween is coming.doorbell rings and there's a little boy in a business suit, hide your loot. a popular costume this year, bernie madoff. if you see a white guy mask that looks like that, it's bernie madoff. we were joking if you decide to dress like him you could say give me one candy bar now, i'll give you ten tomorrow. don't worry about it. the real madoff, of course, is in jail for cheating people out of millions of dollars. i saw a little boy dressed with a little briefcase and his mom wrote on it lehman brothers. i think a lot of parents aren't even getting this. >> i wonder if the kids are. >>> with the amount of reality shows on tv, it seems anybody can be a celebrity, doesn't it? archl a.j. hammer and the team over at "showbiz" take a look at the new stars. >> starting at 11:00 am, hollywood stars famous for doing absolutely nothing. also we're loving the hollywood bad boys, david letterman sleeping around, jon gosselin's alleged womanizing, even levi johnston has a career for having a baby wit

it's everywhere in these more error movies that are going to make millions on halloween weekend, which is coming up. it's become way more explicit. i want to cite a new study that just came out this week by the parents television council that says, incidence of violence on television against women and teenage girls is skyrocketing. okay? at rates that far exceed the overall increase in violence on television. violence, irrespective of gender on tv increased 2% from 2004 to 2009. incidence of violence against women increased 120% during that same time. the most frequent type of violence against women on tv was beating, 29%, followed by threats of violence, 18%. shooting 11%, rape 8%, stabbing 6%, torture 2%, and violence against women resulted in death, 19% of the time. now, this is a study that just came out. it's essentially saying we are literally, tom, indoctrinating these young men who associate masculinity with sexual sadism. >> it's a two-fold problem. it's not just television. it's television in a vacuum in parenting. we have a parenting crisis in this country. look, up to close