. >>> if you're renting a car from hertz, you may want to be extra careful on the road. because the company will be taking a closer look at the car you return. hertz is testing photographic equipment that will scan a rental car for dings and dents before it's taken out and when it's brought back. the idea is to boost damage payments and save time. hertz loses $1 if i 75 million a year in damage payments. >>> sony is slashing the price of the game console by $100. starting today, you can buy a police -- play station for $299. and in september, a slimmer one will be available. they hope to boost their sales. >>> wjz will bring you suggestions to save you money. here's mary bubala with one way you can ride out the recession. >>> this recession is forcing more and more american workers to brown bag their lunch. groups that track consumer trends say bringing a lunch every weekday can help you save up to $1,000 a year. and last year, some $8 -- 8.5 million americans brought their lunch to work each week. that figure sure to grow, as more of us look for ways to cut costs in thi

we had the ceo of hertz, they are making a lot of money, and we are betting on ford's subsidiary in turkey, growing 20%, 25% a quarter. i've been on board. volkswagen is selling an enormous amount of cars in brazil and china while the european shares are flat. there's more to the trade than the cash for clunkers trade. we burned down the inventories the last six months, we're tight. >> volkswagen is an international company, and the exposure to the united states given the side of vw is relatively small. i agree wholeheartedly. >> the names like autozone, we've all talked about it on the desk. autozone weak today. i guess the thinking is if you have a new car you're not going to buy the parts to fix the old one up. >> the recovery in the automakers is probably the dismay of these autozones of the world, frankly. and the other trade we got you into and out of is look at the borgwarner, we told you to get out ahead. the stock was down 10% during that day. so, again, there's the stock that had a run. pulls back. yes it's a buy, it's not a buy here. >> what you are looking at is the fundamental

the arrests of dozens of public officials and operatives for alleged corruption last month hertz corzinehurt corzinechurthrit -- hurt corzine. shepard: one luxury resort in california is offering rooms for $19 a night. they're trying to boost business. the room does not have a bed. it does not have air- conditioning, light, sheets, even toilet paper. the rooms typically go for $2 a night, but guests who stay there during the second half of the month will be charged less for each amenity they give up. the hotel says ithe guests will return another time and pay the full price. what goes up must come down. nobody told this guy. getting back to the ground was another matter. . taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. . this is my verizon small business specialist, tom. now, i know the catering business but when i walked in here i wasn't sure what i needed. i'm not sure what i need. tom showed me how to use mifi to get my whole team working online, on location. i was like, "woah". woah ! only verizon wireless has

but now out to the left hand side to the west and southwest, some breaks and we are not going to be hertzorecast, can't rule out a shower or thunder shower and enough clouds to keep us to about 80 but i think the steady rain is on the verge of starting to e bait. now,. >> two new accidents just on the last few minute, 97 northbound, and also 83. you are also looking at a accident that's going to be in the guilford avenue. watch for one on the causing delays back to 795, on the shoulder, one in the city at green spring, another one at federal street and we still have that water main break on northern parkway. there's your drive times and speeds as well as 895. this traffic report is brought to you by the visitors bur owe. choose a -- and visit lancaster county, go to lancaster county to plan. don back to you. >>> in the news you are running out of time on how the state can fix the deficit. after august 10, no longer suggest ways the state should save money. dealing with a $700 million short fall. make suggestions through the web site at maryland .gov. >>> stay with us complete news, weathe

>> but anthony hertz snowball stand. heat is good for business. at least most of the time. >> you have a lot of people that don't come out in the heat. once the humidity goes down, and the temperature goes down a bit, they get better. >> drink a lot of water. take breaks. stay in the shade. >> folks here say with a big snowball and a little common sense, most will survive this hot summer day. >> bless you, baby. >> east baltimore, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> now, there are 11 cooling centers throughout the city of baltimore. they will be open tomorrow from nine to 7 p.m.. and you can call throw 11 to find out where the nearest cooling center is to you. >> we also have a complete list of cooling center locations on our website. go to foxbaltimore.com, and click on "news links". and tonight, strong storms moving through the region. >> here is chief meteorologist vytas reid with a first look at the sky watch forecast. vytas? >> we did not have any warnings from the thunder and lightning pushing through the area. but you can see from the vid

he's lost in the hertz try him again. newark says one mike charlie, it is newark. the teterboro controller is back on the phone with the woman he was talking about earlier about grilling the cat. he says damn. the woman says what's the matter. the controller says yeah. let me straighten stuff out. now the plane and helicopter are about to collide. he doesn't know it. he is still looking for the plane. did you get him? newark says nope. i think he went down in the hudson. another helicopter pilot in the area chimes in, be advised there was an airplane that crashed into a helicopter jut south of the lincoln tunnel a minute ago. the woman in operations, did he say what i thought he said? the controller, yeah. the woman says where at? the controller over the river. to which the woman replies, oh, my lord. okay, thanks. at that very moment nine people were killed and it is now expected this man will likely lose his job. he is already suspended and possibly his supervisor as well. there is one more caveat i have to share with you on this story. there is another incident

it's called connect by hertz.t's an hourly car renting service was already up and running in new york and chicago. though it's now a new option for d.c. drivers, so far there's only one location, and it's in best the do. hourly rates and membership fees vary from service to service, making the price comparison a bit complicated. but pamela, a new option. and they've already been talking about it this morning. abc is joining the course of those seeking to hire paula abdul. the network chief says he's contacted abdul to say that he would love to see her at abc perhaps as a judge on "dancing with the stars." after abdullah announced she was leaving "idol," she says she quickly started receiving many "wonderful" offers. wouldn't that be nice to have the offers flooding in for you? >> right. that's so interesting, because i think the judges on "dancing with the stars" already have a great chemistry, so, you know, you'd have to see how -- even though she's more than qualified for that job, you know? >> very lively addit

hertz and other big travel stocks did very well here in the past week. priceline now following next. melissa? >> all right.. bob pisani, thanks so much. taking a look at today's business headlines, mcdonald's july same-store sales rising 4.3%. that was better than expected because of a strong promotion of its new coffee drinks and a big jump in european sales. in the u.s. sales rose 2.6% as budget-conscious consumers hungered for the fast food chain's dollar menu. >>> southwest airlines is making a firm bid for bankrupt carrier frontier. late last month southwest put in a non-binding bid for more than $113 million. the move sets up an auction tomorrow between southwest and republic airways, which had previously offered $109 million for frontier. >>> and if you can't beat them, join them. toshiba, which lost the video format war by backing hd dvd, said it will join its rival and begin selling blu-ray products bit the end of the year. toshiba's move could trigger price wars in the already competitive blu-ray market.. >>> the summer rally losing steam a lit

thin, profile, doesn't have any antenna and it has two different bands that it operates on. 2.4 bigga hertzyou bump it up and you can do faster up loads and down loads. >> and the computers are the main stain. what is the going price for a computer that can get you on line. >> we found this hp for $449. and if you purchase this particular retailer, staples has a $500 coupons in instant savings for any of the items we have here, printers, reuters, and their core office back to school stuff too, $449. >> so for under $500 we can get the computer. >> easily. >> cool stuff. allison, back to you. >>> and time now is 8:37 on this terse morning. and up next we'll reveal our job of the day. and when it comes to kids and broken bonesch a simple pain killer or a powerful prescription? the result of a new study up ahead next on fox 5 morning news. thursday, finally! dinner with the girls tonight. mmm... mexican, or italian? i really want dessert tonight. i better skip breakfast. yep, this is all i need. ( stomach growls ) skipping breakfast to get ahead? research shows that women that eat breakfast, l

clearly, this is a plan that hertz seniors. let me make one very important point here. the president keeps talking about medicare, a government-run program. it is a government program and it is run by the government, but it is paid for by currency nears and seniors to be. they paid in for 44 years. it has been in effect since 1965. seniors have paid their dues. they do not want to see cuts -- let me just quote from a couple of articles and the los angeles times, "the new york times," "the washington post." one says, congress is extracting $500 billion in medicare cost savings. to pay for health care reform. health care bill has -- calls for $500 billion in medicare cuts. this story did not say this. to offset the costs of insurance to 45 million uninsured people. what is that going to do? there will be more and more doctors stopping taking medicare patients. the american health association said the cuts could cripple the hospitals possibility to care for patients. people say, $500 billion? that is what the newspaper headlines say. i like to look at the news sometimes. t