harry connick, jr., bring the picnic and bottled wine. american idol history. his arrangements were the best arrangements. and it was an exciting and memorable show. and i want to make a prediction if i may, harry harry connick, jr., replaced simon cowell next year. >> and i've got your top three after last night. >> let's say this. if you want to jump on my predictions or my band wagon, i'm open to this week. one week only. good morning. what did you think about the show, marcus? it was a good show, right? >> it got better as it went along. >> well then with that, now we're down to five. so we have to talk about everybody every week and let's go if order. aaron kelly, i thought he did a good job. fly me to the moon. here is little aaron. perhaps it's because i love this music. [ music ] >> i thought the judges would like it more. >> this is a great kid. but at this point of the competition, i mean, what else does he have to offer. he does an amazing job of trying. i think the teeny bopper vote is his. >> it is definitely his. >> but we a

we had harry connick here, his band and even have sinatras in the audience, i felt like we had a lotpport. >> you can find out who goes home on "american idol" tonight at 9:00 right here on fox 45 and learn more about eye american idol" by following our blog. we get the inside scoop on what's happening in hollywood. click on the entertainment link. the ravens will have a brand new field to score touchdowns on when the season starts in a few months. screws installed a new field today. it will cover more than 100,000 square feet. ravens say the flexibility of the new field will allow them to host even more events at m & t bank stadium. >> it gives us an opportunity to take out the end zones and midfield so we can do some other events like the army-navy game and some maryland games up here and be able to put their labels in the end zone without interfering with the ravens. >> the first will be the lacrosse championship scheduled for memorial day weekend. ravens will test it out on august 12 in a pre-season matchup against the panthers. >> orioles are trying to avoid being swept by the y

. >> i actually think harry connick jr. should do it. >> i don'' think simon is replaceable.that would do a job until their own righh but simon has been, i mean, he has been a major part of the show. i mean, nine seasons, he is the guy. >> but if somebody does attempt to join the decision makers, the wiity ccwell is offering words ú% wisdom in true simon fashion. >> i will give the new judge the absslute secree to my success..3 which is do you honnstlyythink i would give you the answer? >> oh, simon. well, of course, he has a few days left on the clock. you can see him tuesday and wednesday on the ffnale right here only on fox. jeff and jennifer, back to you. >> all right candace. today. how are thee hollinn up in all of this? >> they say it is overwhelming. look at this here. we already have fans that are lining up around the barricaded area. trying to get a glimpse of them. the top two are in and ouu of rehearsals. working around the clock. and they said the best way to get through it right now is drinking caffeine. if that's secret to their keep ping forward. it is just ho

whole experience, i think, this one, especially, because you have got, harry connick and big band.s just all right there on stage which makes it feel so much more real. and powerful. and it was overwhelming for me. >> crazy. >> and you can watch the remaining contestants on american idol tuesday at 8:00 and wednesday at 9:00, right here on fox 45. and know much more about american idol by following our american idol blog. candace dold gets the inside scoop on what is happening in hollywood. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the entertainment link. >> the orioles had a big late evening rally against the yankees, is it enough to avoid a the only place that you can find southwest fares on the internet is southwest.com. we're not on travelocity. the only place. what's the other one? we're not on expedia. what about orbitz? no! southwest isn't on orbitz. the only place! let me make this clear. the only place online to get southwest fares... southwest.com. southwest.com! i know. we're only on one website. you want to fly all over. you don't want to browse all over. [ all ] grab your ba

. >>> tonight the classics on "american idol." " >>> that is harry connick junior backing him up on theiano. he was the mentor this week. the judges loved lee's version. they also loved mike. pretty much everyone else got mixed reviews. >>> now to the talk of the town on tmz. charlie sheen back in the headlines again and this time it has to do with his children and ex-wife denise richard. harvey, what happened? >> well, charlie sheen has voluntarily surrendered legal custody of his two kids to denise rich regards, the ones he had with denise. it has to do with charlie's troubles. charlie volunteered to kind of sign it away. at least temporarily. it's not clear for how long. >> all right. we also hear that the star of importance, david boreanaz, claims his mistress tried to extort him. what's the deal with that? >> it's crazy. apparently she did have a short- term relationship with him. she started demanding from him. she finally hired gloria alred who demanded six figs. boreanaz's lawyer says that's extortion. gloria alred said no, no, no. she said he promised she was the exclusive woma

frank sinatra's music had a good guardian, and that was harry connick jr.care who's singing it. well, except for that one kid who couldn't sing the other one. >>> let me show you what's happening now a pretty good day to travel except for san francisco, watch for an hour or so around san francisco. central parts of florida, short delays out of that. cleveland severe thunderstorms today possible, watch for 30-minute delays, windy, but it's good -- temperature today 80 degrees. a good look at the park on the left. >> 80 degrees in new york city. >> i've got some people playing hoogy. >> we have a set of tiger woods golf clubs is over, but it's not because they were sold. [ male announcer ] the john deere green tag event. we tag it... so you can cut it... till it... dig it... and haul it. ♪ just don't miss it. the best deals of the season end soon. and there's only one place to find them. so visit your john deere dealer today. get up to $800 off select john deere equipment at this month's green tag event. visit johndeere.com/greentagevent to find an event near

we have a fabulous nacional day, national day weekend and we will have harry connick sr.ther celebrities coming to celebrate our national day and to provide more insights into the american culture and way of life. it is a unique opportunity. we're excited about this. it is good for commercial diplomacy as we talked about and as the secretary cares so much about american exports, american jobs, and to improve and enhance our relationship with their counterparts around the world. we're excited and excited and jose, our ambassador is here and i will turn it over to him as well. >> thank you. you summarize the status of our project quite well. i arrived here a couple of weeks ago to assume my role as commissioner general and i was honored the day prior to the opening of the expo to host the president's, who honored us with a visit. the student embassadors were invited to help me welcome him and it was quite a special beginning. the u.s. pavilion presidents was accompanied by the vice premier a day later, the foreign minister visited us and there has been a stream of dignitari

. >> i think harry connick is one of the better mentors they have had as a mentor he gave real good usefuloday. get outside and enjoy this day. that is my advice to you. i'm not mentoring you. i'm just letting you know you need to get out and enjoy this one with the clear skies. the showers to the great lakes. we will see maybe a chance for passing shower, brief and light if it happens at all. otherwise, looking very good. as you can see, a composite image absolutely looks terrific. with the skies nice and clear, we enjoy the 53 degrees, starting out this morning. southwest winds at 3 miles per hour even though it's cooler than yesterday. 70s out there. 58% relative humidity. 29.99 rising on the barometer. dew point is 88. the humidity is not nearly a factor. 58 degrees while in baltimore is the starting temperature that is very comfort b comfortable. cooler in hagerstown both at 55 is oakland at wells at 55 degrees. you see the warmer coming in on the backside of the high pressure. we're headed for the 80s. a front that moves toward us, later in the day. could bring us a shower chance lat