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for rowers however it is not lake lucerne which is the big attraction but another neighbouring lake, therotsee. >>hunkler: the lake is very perfect because it has no influence of wind. the lake is in between two hills and it has the perfect size, it's a little more than 2000 metres, it has six lanes so it's perfect for rowers >>reporter: having hosted regattas for the last 80 years, the rotsee is now the annual venue for the final stageof the rowing world cup >>oswald: the world championship is always at the end of the season, usually at the end of august, beginning of september. the world cup is during the season and in a way is a kind of preparation for the world championships >>reporter: while the teams and athletes benefit from the structured approach, the main purpose was to pull together previously disparate regattas to form a core commercial platform for the lifeblood of the sport, tv >>smith: it gave us the platform for a television contract and sponsorship. we were able to include the rowing world cup in the european broadcast union contract so we had standardised post produ

however, there's expected to be a lot of people here so at 6:00 the doors open. expected to be lines here in the heat. we've also heard from two different groups that want to protest, some for, some against will be out here even before the doors open to try to get their opinions heard. reporting live at towson, roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> we have not felt heat like this in a long time but we're making up for it now. maryland in for high temperatures. so hot baltimore city declared a code red heat alert through tomorrow. they've opened six cooling stations to help beat the heat. many saying they are staying inside before it cools down. >> being inside all the time with the air conditioning and then that traumatic experience when you go outdoors and it's 20, 30 degrees hotter is where we end up with some problems. >> the six cooling centers will be open today and tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each center will have air conditioning, waters and ice on hand. the city is also providing free bus service to help people reach the cooling centers and the mta

there are those who think current proposals do not go far enough, however. liberals and others want the government to run almost everything. correspondent molly hennenberg shows us how the war is being waged over a single-payer system. >> it's a battle of the vidio clips. today, this salvo from linda douglas of the white house who office of health reform. >> the people who always try to scare people whenever you try to bring them health insurance reform at it again. >> douglas was responding to a link on the drudge report that connects to a youtube sid yo showing president obama talking about healthcare. >> i don't think we will eliminate employer coverage immediately. there will be a transition process. i can envision a decade out or 15 years out or 20 years out. >> the white house refuted the staple but said overall the clips were taken out of context. >> they take a phrase here and there and cherry pick and put it together and make it sound like he's saying something that he didn't really say. >> to give the full context, then senator obama goes on to say

nowhere near the records, however, of 102 and 53. what we're seeing, however, the temperatures. comfortable today. humidity a little higher than it had been. the dew point way up at 68. starting to feel the humidity when you go out. 86 in cumberland. 84 down on the shore. and the winds still pretty calm. very light. the only place they're in the double digits is around d.c. national. 12-mile-per-hour winds coming from the southeast. everyone else, a light wind, primarily coming in from the east. the winds will likely change as we get into the weekend. this is danny, tropical storm. expected to make a move and come up the coast. this storm right now is however, just going to be meandering around out there. last update has it moving at 2 miles an hour to the west. and moving very slowly. which is not necessarily a good thing. the longer it stays in the warmer waters of the jet stream, the better chance it has to intensify. so this storm is going to make its turn, moving past saturday, late saturday -- or late friday night into early saturday morning. moving past maryland. and it c

everybody knows t however, it reflects what the administration wants in iran. it wants him in power t did not want the demonstrations. it is somewhat a nuisance and it got in the way of the grand scheme of negotiations in which obama sweet talks iran out of its nukes, which is in and of itself harebrained and naive and now it is collapsing around him. it was dishonorable, our lack of support of dem state tores in the street who were being shot in the name of democracy. now, on top of dishonor is failure. we are not going to have negotiations with this guy after the fraudulent elections, and we are at a dead-end of a policy which was harebrained at the beginning and has nowhere to go right now. bret: we occasionally still get videos that seep out of iran of protests and some of them show protests being put down. >> obviously ahmadinejad is more ill legitimate and discredited than he was, when as a candidate, barack obama said he would negotiate without pre-conditions and it makes it very difficult for him. he gave benjamin netanyahu and the israelis a deadline b

however, we check at the outer loop, traffic is moving along very nicely as you head to the baltimore national pike and towards the route 70 interchange. good news for our friends in glen burnie. crain highway at baltimore annapolis road, that is route 648 has been reopened. that is traveling smoothly in both directions there. however, other incidents are in owings mills, caves road near baronet road, all lanes still blocked because of the tree down there. lutherville, falls road and west joppa road, disabled vehicle there. and plummer avenue closed on the southbound side because of the watermain break but alternating traffic gets by in the northbound lanes. jfx at 41st street, no problems to let you know about. back to you. >>> 6:31. another night of sitting in front of a fan with ice on your neck. this is not the way senior living is supposed to be at mccolloh homes. let's go to linda so to find out why it is like this. >> reporter: for the past five days the air conditioning has not been working. mccolloh homes is managed by baltimore city housing authority. officials tell us they

hear now from christine who doesn't want us to use her last name or show her face, however, she's the ex-wife of john nicklas who still lives with him and shannon honea. >> i had no idea what was going on. and that -- i mean supposedly they have a lot of evidence. i'm having a hard time believing it's something he would actually do because i've known him for a long time, too. >> reporter: police have not been able to identify the children on those videos. they are asking anyone who knows of a child who may have come into contact with the couple to call baltimore county crimes against children unit at 410-853-3650. detectives tell us some of the abuse on those videos appears to have happened in atlanta, georgia. that is shannon honea's hometown. bail denied for john nicklas, it was set at $5 million for honea. coming up at 6:30, more on why detectives say there's evidence to at least one of the victims being drugged during the alleged abuse. cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> 6:03. he once ran for state senate, now an eastern shore attorney is dialing with his arrest for sexual assault. pol

however, he possibly could get out and live back with his father again. but i'm being told by authorities that he could lose custody, the father, of this little boy if it's found out that he knew she was going to drive drunk and high on marijuana. and also, even before this happened, did the -- did diane schuler always drink and smoke pot in their household. >> out to runna, our producer, standing by in west babylon, new york, there at the schuler home. runna, welcome. what can you tell me about admissions, whether intentionally or intentionally made that mommy's not afraid of a joint. she's not afraid of a big fat doobie. >> nancy, it's all very unclear. i'm out here in the neighborhood where this family resides. and i've been knocking on doors, speaking with neighbors. they're being very quiet. however, what i can tell you is that there's been very little activity in front of the home. but nancy, the car, the truck owned by daniel schuler has been parked here. my understanding is that this little boy is doing better, and he may or may not very shortly b

>>mackie: the party realizes, however, that there won't be stimulus jobs for everyone.ose now back in the townships who want to set up a rural enterprise, local authorities are providing basic business training and start-up grants of around 800 dollars. in addition, the government is trying to encourage rural based banks to provide unsecured loans. >>reporter: but in reality, the banks still want loans backed by collateral ûand that doesn't include the farmhouse. >>although micro-credit is available in china, like from this sichuan based organization, lenders cannot work with savings deposits or equity as this fledgling sector's operational cash must come fromdonations. >>li: in china, the legal system and politics restrains it. however, china has realized that micro-credit is an inevitable part of our economy's development. >>reporter: these days, the government welcomes cash in most forms for rural initiatives as it embarks on a huge, expensive structural change to its economic model. the big focus on farmers is not because the party has suddenly remembered who brough

>>reporter: he won't get much sympathy, however, from the vietnamese. for dongxing's dealers with their sacks of shoes, socks even suitcases have been ahead of the cross border game, ever since the day the frontier re-opened in 1989 after a decade of bitter hostilities. >>guoning: hundreds streamed across the river then to buy the likes of flasks, tea cups, bowls, chopsticks and plates. they bought up everything! dongxing folk realised there was money to be made ! everyone, even those who had the likes of flasks, tea cups, bowls, chopsticks and plates. they bought up everything! dongxing folk realised there was money to be made ! everyone, even those who had never done any business before, started to trade. >>reporter: commerce got a firm footing when this bridge was built in 1994. this is now a metaphor for sino-vietnam trade: every day, around 4,000 laden chinese head that way.....while a thousand vietnamese come this way. it's easy to see who's winning. >>: in the first 10 months of 2008, the total volume of cross-border trade was 17 billion us dolla

however, a decision had to be made. it was a decision based on the law of scotland and the values i believe that we seek to uphold. it was not based on political, dip lo :-diplomatic or economic considerations. it was with great regret that mr. megrahi was received in such an inappropriate manner. it showed no compassion or sensitivity to the families of the 270 victims of lockerbie. assurances had been given by the libyan government that any return would be dealt with in a low-key fashion. my decision was given to the u.k. and u.s. governments so they could seek similar assurances. however my decision was made according to due process and that of scotland. i, stand by the laws of scotland. scotland will forever remember the crime that was perpetrated against our people. some scars can never fade, and those who are grieved cannot be expected to forget or let alone forgive. but mr. megrahi holds that to a higher power, and it's one that no other land can revoke, it's terminal, he's going to die. in scotland we are a peop

and so, one day, however, the bandits go too far. and these are free lancer is of no political stripe. there's not a religious orientation. they have no agenda accepted their own self interests. one day, however, two young children are killed by these bandits. the villagers near kandahar are so enraged that they want to mullah omar, the man we now know more about in the news. he is the mom of leader of the taliban, and they say to mullah omar please, do something about this. he has amongst him a collection of non-fundamentalists -- young fundamentalists who believe in the kuran and their students. this young call trey or policy goes after and then actually addressed the perpetrators of this crime and hang them. this is a very happy thing for the villagers and in fact suddenly the policy increases in strength and force and its vital in nature so now that they are actually kind of stealing this center of the universe at the point of their own sword. but by the time that some nominal peace and security has been secured in the country, t

tomorrow, however, that batch of clouds. along that frontal boundary.expecting a good chance of showers showers and thunderstorms that will cool things down. even had a chance of scattered showers again here on wednesday. probably thursday as well. along with cooler temperatures. tomorrow will be the last really hot update. and this current heat wave. sunrise, 6:16. then any showers here mainly widely scattered and to our west. downtown may not get any lower. tomorrow, we'll call it partly sunny. hot and humid day. pretty good chance of shower and thunderstorms. 92 tomorrow. that make its a couple of degrees cooler than today. >> okay. come on down. you watch the price is right on wjz. now here's your opportunity to be a contestant on the popular cbs game show. can you take part in the contestant search this thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. there is a contestant form you need to fill out first. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 5:00. major movie deal. how michael jackson's estate is growing in the wakest king of pop's untimely death. >>> doctor

in august 1973, however, representative paul g. rogers, democratic member of congress from florida, who was chair of the house subcommittee on public health and environment, introduced medical device legislation that for the first time included a national uniformity provision. on behalf of fda i strongly supported national uniformity in the@@@@@ um@ @ h$b" considering today that would permit product liability decisions by judges and juries that are inconsistent with fda decisions. mr. chairman, because of the time constraint, i will summarize my testimony with seven brief points. first, s-540 applies only to devices that are determined by fda to be safe and effective under the rigorous premarket approval system. we call these premarket approval or pma devices. s-540 does not apply to devices that go through the simplified section 510-k procedures. second, pma devices are the life-saving and life-sustaining devices that represent the cutting edge of modern science. they are, for example, stents to keep arteries open. they are artifi

however, that is what her husband told police. >>> to dr. william morrone, everyone, we are taking your calls live. dr. maroni, medical examiner, forensic pathologist, joining us from madison heights, michigan. welcome. it's good to see you again, doctor. doctor, if her toxicology reports show marijuana in her system, how shortly before this ill-fated trip barreling down the interstate with a bunch of kids in her car, how shortly before that trip had she smoken pot -- smoked pot? >> it's very specific. in a general sense, when a doctor tests a patient, they test the marijuana use of chronic users. in the toxicology report they test the active thc. so it would have been within 20, 30 minutes to an hour right before she died that she was smoking. it was the active marijuana that was measured and it was very high. >> become to sophia hall, wcbs news radio, 880, the little boy, brian schuler. do doctors believe he will make it? >> actually, according to a news conference i went to last week with the father, daniel schuler, and his attorney, the

however, the number of people who have been unemployed over 15 weeks is the highest ever.the last 61 years when they started recording this, and you have got over 1/3 of the unemployed have been unemployed for over 27 weeks. that implies that the precipitous drop in employment, which had occurred earlier in the year is leveling off. however, those people are not getting their jobs back, and what we could have is a chronic unemployment on a european scale, which we have not seen in america for a long time. chris: we have a couple minutes are left in this segment. i want to pick up what you raised in the beginning, steve, and that is the question -- and certainly the white house made that point today about the president and & gibbs, does this show that the stimulus is starting to work, the $787 billion stimulus? you had christina romer saying it added 2% to economic growth, so it was minus 1 rather than minus 3 in the second quarter. >> right. it is a hard argument for them to make. there is little they can point to that was actually stimulative. this was the criticism of th

however, i think what you have to look at is revenue versus cost. we've brought those figures down aggressively. there has a way of trying to create the demand. many of the heavyweight companies in the u.s. or the u.k. are selling on to an international platform and filling up government orders. not just turning to the man in the street. it's all selling it to government demand. so i think there is plenty of scope for improvement in the next three months. >> here in the u.s., one of the things the government is doing this morning is trying to get the assets sold of a regional bank, guarantee financial, coming on the heels of the sixth largest ever bank failure, colonial, last friday. there's some concern that we may start to see a second wave of the financial crisis. are you worried about this? and if that does come to pass, what does that mean for the smavths markets? >> i think in terms of another wave of financial issue in the united states, look at the results from the stress tests. who were those institutions that the authorities were pointing

however it is heavy and jammed.und 66 the accident that was on the ramp y.to nutley street is now clear. however, off delay building from 5 -- 50 fair oaks to past nutley street. we are going to end in maryland. the route coming from baltimore on 95 and the bw parkway are all clear. how about the seven day. >> thank you. not a bad one today. we will write it off as highs in the middle 80s. in to the weekend a check at the 90s. redskins and ravens 7:30 ena partly cloudy. >>> that's it for us. the "early show" is next. signs the economy is turning an and fighting fat in our children at 9:00 a.m. we will see you then have a great day.

doctors say more research however is needed. >> there will be fewer new teachers in the classroom this school year. when the school year begins later this month. and area school systems are hiring hundreds less because of cutbacks. baltimore city, which usually has a teacher shortage only hired 465 new teachers. the city usually hires about 800. >> flight delays apparently are getting much worse. according to the department of transportation. the number of on time flights back in june was down by nearly 4 1/2 percent. cancelled flights up 1 1/2 percent. hawaiian airlines had the best on time performance in june. >> cash-for-clunkers program is set to be extend brad congress goes on vacation friday. so far, a quarter million people have already taken advantage of the particular program. but tonight your privacy is the major concern. when car dealers logged onto the cash-for-clunkers website recently, they were greeted with a statement saying the dealerships's computer system is now considered federal property. the original privacy statement was posted only on the website dealers could a

however, a couple of crashes along the beltway. one at the outer loop and one at route 70 that has the right lane blocked. 395 northbound at mlk the right lane blocked as a result of a crash. harbor tunnel, keep in mind the soutound side is closed for overnight repairs. two-way traffic does get by in the northbound tube. jfx at 41st street, no issues southbound and northbound, no problems there. back to you. >>> 5:00. >> how are you going to keep my employer from stopping offering insurance and forcing me on to the public? [ applause ] >> at least you can still hear them. they came with bullhorns, plaquards and opinions. >> they let america have it in front of the senator. sherrie johnson has the talk of the town hall meeting at towson university. >> reporter: they made a stop in our area last night. senator ben cardin hosted a town hall meeting at towson university. the senator faced loud vocal opposition to president barack obama's plan. he didn't talk about specifics. he says several committees in congress are still working and

however, a couple of incidents in anne arundel county.t getting word of a disabled tractor-trailer blocking the right lane. that is going to be on 50 eastbound at the severn river bridge so use caution there. glen burnie, still have crane highway at route 648 closed in both directions for the earlier accident. anne arundel county police will have it reopened by 7:00 a.m., they say. i'll keep you posted. crash at middletown road and 83, crash still on the scene. and laurel, brockbridge road and whiskey bottom road, those roads are closed. jfx at east cold spring lane, traffic moving without problems. back to you. >>> 5:18. international news -- south korea's former president died. the longtime opposition leader survived assassination attempts. his efforts to reck -- reconcile with north korea earned him a nobel peace prize. he had pneumonia. >>> tropical winds extended over 200 miles, island of bermuda facing potential threat even if it avoids a direct hit. >>> florida residents will get a closer look at the aftermath from tropical storm c

the record, however, is 100 still, and the average on this date is around 85. the average low is 64. last night we got down to 66. by the weekend our averages do drop to 84 and 63 but looks like temperatures will be a little above that as we head into the weekend. should be dryer by then. 100 the record in 1957. 81 ocean city, 76 oakland, d.c. warm at 81. a pretty warm night. not much in a the way of wind. a lot of moisture in the air. tomorrow is going to be probably a hot, what we call a hot and humid day with winds coming back from the south, some scattered showers from michigan, ohio, down to west virginia. we did have a couple thunderstorms that popped up, and this evening in shenandoah county, virginia, and a couple of inches of rain in a few spots. still around woodstock, virginia, a flash flood warning until 1:00. very small area but that little area of showers sitting right there. it's beginning to dissipate, but it is causing some problems down around woodstock, virginia. for us this front is going to hang up around our region, so stay in the warm, hu

however, that is a one of study into the future. this body is here, once and for all, but on a permanent basis to assure that the administration and supervision of what we call the fis office is separated, so that never again the staff feel under the kind of pressure they have done, as some of us have now discovered. if it were to ban or manipulate the rules. >> we need to talk to the people we represent, identify what it is they want us to do, and then create a structure of remuneration, reimbursement of pension at that reflects that. we seem to be going completely the wrong way around. >> i am confronted with this wretched little bill that thinks i should set a timer's off every time i might be undertaking in activity which is not a primary concern to my very essence as a human being. this bill asks me to spend a record i have tried to build up over 30 years. -- to spit on a record i have tried to build up over 30 years. >> removing ourselves from the invidious position of being judges in our own costause. i think it is certainly

however, we'll be seeing the clouds start to increase as we head into the afternoon hours. the moisture plume coming up from what was tropical storm claudette could be sparking a couple of showers and thunderstorms for us as we head into the afternoon hours. 90 degrees is what we're going to top out at. so warm and muggy and humid. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> traffic is flowing nicely on southbound 95 at route 32 as you make your way through howard county headed towards the capitol beltway. still working several incidence about and around the county, anne arundel county, specifically glen burnie, crain highway at route 648 remains closed in both directions due to the earlier accident. you might want to try ritchie highway or route 97. in owings mills, a tree is down blocking all the lanes at canes road near care bear net road. use caution there. and blocked tractor-trailer eastbound route 50 if he severn river bridge and plumier avenue closed because of a watermain break. try southbound harford rote as an alternate. jfx and cold spring lane looking good headed to

lincoln, however, reluctantly had been prepared to let that order go through. afterwards, lincoln and staton were both grateful for eckert for this insubordinate act. in fact, in a touching theme, as eckert and stanton wrote to the white house together to tell lincoln of the successful result of the national fight, eckert told stanton what he had done. he said he expected he might be court-martialed for it. stand and put his arm around him and said, if they court-martial you, they will have to court-martial me. so let us celebrate lincoln, but in doing so let us say that his appreciation of thomas was a laudable thing but let's also acknowledge that his belated appreciation of thomas was a significant factor in the conduct of the war. why is thomas not a household name? in the aftermath of the war, thomas was considered by many its most outstanding soldier. indy, a remarkable number of his contemporaries thought george washington was the only man of stature to whom he could be rightly compared. generals james h. wilson, james a. garfield, secretary of war edwin

however, downtown baltimore, different story. our crews are down there working hard repairing gas main breaks and watermain breaks. eutaw eutaw closed between saratoga and greene. also saratoga and mlk. the crash westbound route 70 at route 29 blocks the shoulder. jfx at 41st street, traffic moving smoothly in both directions. >>> taps played at fenway in boston as senator ted kennedy's family continues to mourn on cape cod. >> funeral arrangements have now been made for the 77-year-old. abc2 news john hendrin reports. >> reporter: today senator edward kennedy begins the long final voyage of a statesman. >> he did want to die, he did want to go. he was ready to go. >> reporter: flags at half-staff on capitol hill and among his neighbors in hyannis -- >> he was out for people, not himself. >> reporter: his family begins a farewell through boston to the john f. kennedy presidential library where he will lie in repose through friday. his funeral here at our lady of perpetual help basilica saturday will be attended by president obama

however, the doors are opening at 6:00. it's expected to be long lines, so whether you're for or against what is going on here, if you're going to get here you might want to get here early. more coming up on this at the top of the hour. reporting live, roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> a look now at some of the other top stories we're working on. roll up your sleeves, trials begin for the h1n1 swine flu vaccine across the country today. health officials at the university of maryland school of medicine are taking part in those tests. young adults and senior citizen volunteers will get the vaccine first. if it's found to be safe the vaccine will then be tested on children. >>> keep it here on abc2 because this morning "good morning america" will be live at the university of maryland school of medicine for the beginning of today's trials for h1n1 vaccine. >>> in new york divers return to the murky waters of the hudson river hoping to find the last two bodies from a fatal crash that killed nine people. officials

however, route 7 in abingdon, a fire on philadelphia road on governor court.may have lane closures. try pulaski highway as an alternate. but the jfx is going to be a problem. northbound between fayette street and i'm getting word that is st. paul street. they've closed the jftion because of that earlier, did jfx because of that earlier oil spill. try charles street. as an alternate. definitely be careful if you're traveling 83 this morning. back to you. >>> 6:24. three first-pitch strikes left the park in tampa last night as orioles lost to the rays, final 3-1. chris tillman gave up seven hits in six innings but three of those were solo shots. the manager after the game said that tillman threw 101 pitches, all but 98 were pretty good. this is august 20th. orioles lost 14 times this month alone. game two later tonight's. >>> we love him in baltimore but joe flacco appeal seems to be spreading beyond charm city. according to nflshop.com joe cool jerseys topped the list. joe flacco is the own only raven to crack 25. >>> the battle in the pool is on for this sunda

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however, if you're traveling 895 southbound, that is going to be after the harbor tunneling keep in mind, a crash is blocking the left lane. and downtown charles street remains closed between center and west reed streets because of a road project they are completing this morning. you can use calvert street. that is probably your best alternate. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> the debate now over the reform of our nation's health care system comes to our door steptonight. senator ben cardin will be hosting a town hall to hear what you have to say about president obama's plan. the last couple of weeks we've shown you just how heated these town hall forums have gotten all over the country. most americans say they don't want the federal government controlling how they receive medical care. so be sure to keep it here on abc2. coming up at 5:30. live on the campus of towson university with a preview of tonight's town hall meeting. >>> another major story developing today -- trials begin for the h1n1 swine flu vaccine across the country. health officials at the university of maryland s

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the attorney for both families, however, said the operators were negligent, claiming one operator that saw the boys earlier on the tracks never warned other drivers, and the operator who actually hit them was looking down at the time of the crash. and not ahead. >> you know, kids sort of do things every day that are not

critics, however, say the united states is rewarding north korean bad behavior and the white house and senate majority leader harry reed blasting americans who exercised their constitutional rights to protest against the president's health care plan. we'll have that special report. >>> sand president obama has become the country's talker in chief in his first six months in office. some say president obama is overexposed. that's the subject of our "face-off debate" tonight. >>> north korea today declared it will free two imprisoned american journalists. north korean's leader kim jong-il gave journalists a special pardon after former president bill clinton visited pyongyang. the north korean news agency saying president clinton issued what it called a sincere apology for the journalist's actions on

however -- 695 split. however, system working a crash, at bel air road at cotrington, that remains on the scene. and bell hill road and 1279, a -- 279, a utility problem has all lanes blocked and western northern parkway at falls road, they are repairing the road there because of yesterday's watermain break. only one lane gets by. that will cause delays as rush hour heats up. this is going to be the jfx at west 41st street. traffic flowing smoothly in both directions. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, country for the work day, listen to music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. >>> you're on twitter, right? >> i am. >> you got the message. now the rest of us will learn what paula abdul is going to do with "american idol" next year, right after the break. mins . this is another. new total blueberry pomegranate cereal gives you 100% of the daily value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals. plus the bold new taste of blueberries

however, downtown baltimore, different story. our crews are down there working hard repairing gas main breaks and watermain breaks.

however, the exit is still accessible.295 northbound approaching route 32 and route 175, that crash remains on scene blocking the left shoulder, causing delays from about the route 100 area, that will add abouter to 15 minutes of travel time. in the white hall section, greystone and old york road, still downed trees there. and north marlin and katherine avenues in essex, that crash remains on scene there. jfx at cold spring lane, no problems to let you know about. southbound side running nicely. and everything looks good at this time. >>> coming up on "good morning maryland" at 9:00 -- when you go from doctor to doctor you have to deal with the difficulty of transferring paperwork. that is a pain. why that is changing with technology. we'll explain. and how your electronic health records will help you save time. >>> and do you suffer from anxiety? do you realize you can transfer it to children? how to recognize the problem and keep your kids from getting as anxious as you. >> coming up on "good morning maryland." see you t

gm, however, will be the first company to sell new vehicles. >>> the investigation into the death of michael jackson is finished but we are not getting the reason why he died. the los angeles county coroner's office says police asked that the results not be released as they investigate what led up to the death of king of pop. investigators won't comment on when those results could be released. meanwhile, though, you will get to see michael jackson perform one more time. a judge approved a deal to produce a movie using footage of his final rehearsals. columbia pictures is making the movie. they expect it to be in theaters at the end of october. >>> divers will be back out on the hudson river today trying to find a ninth body from the weekend's mid-air collision. yesterday they found a man in the wreckage of the plane with you couldn't bring his -- but couldn't bring his body to the surface. the army corps of engineers is being consulted about lifting the aircraft out of the water. nine people including a pennsylvania family and five italian tourists were killed in saturday's collision

. >> the rough surf has not scared away the tourists, however.any of the big hotels are booked right through the weekend. you can track tropical storm danny with fox45 skywatch hurricane tracker available at foxbaltimore.com. just use fox45's doppler radar to track coming storms go to foxbaltimore.com/hurricane. >>> 23-year-old kiheem taylor faces a lifetime behind bar s phosphor a brutal attack on two teens. arrested in may for the kidnapping and rape of a young couple in baltimore county. a judge describes the crime as a night of terror. >> i told the judge he did not deserve to breathe free air again and hopefully he will never breathe free air again. >>reporter: a baltimore county judge hands down two life sentences plus 100 years to kiheem taylor and requests that he never be paroled. police say last october taylor and 18-year-old brian scott kidnapped a young couple at the light rail parking lot in timonium. they locked the boy in the trunk of the car for two hours while taylor raped the girl. after a joyride, they dumped the couple in cher

i think he did evil, however. not sure how he's going to work his way out of this in a memoir, so i'm one of those who's very anxious to see what he has to say. >> but, richard nixon, as you know, tried to work his way out, and i guess to some degree, was at least marginally successful in working his way out to a memoir and a rehabilitation campaign. is that possible with dick cheney? >> i suppose it is, but there are a large segment of the american public who what i would call are authoritarian conservatives. these people, about 25% of the american people, like dick cheney. and so he will have a big audience for this book. but that's it. the rest of the people aren't going to buy into this. >> except those -- unless he reveals that he threw himself on a ticking atomic bomb as it was about to be dropped on -- and he blew up underneath him and he was already. john dean, author of "worst than watergate" and "conservatives without conscious," thanks, john. >> thank you. >>> and if you think cheney feels liberated to

however, that watermain break downtown, saratoga street closed between mlk and greene street. use pennsylvania avenue. westbound 100 to the bw parkway, in hanover, that crash moved to the right. in glen arm, maryland, again -- glen arm road and manor road, a downed tree blocks all lanes. jfx at north avenue, you can see the southbound lanes are traveling nicely. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, listen to music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. >>> an emergency landing caused a car accident on a busy california freeway. the pilot ran out of fuel about a mile from the santa barbara airport and was forced to land on the highway. three cars couldn't avoid the plane and crashed into each other. no one was hurt, though. traffic backed up for a few miles as crews cleaned up the scene. >>> discovery expected to head to the international space station tomorrow. nasa says the weather looks good and expect the launch to happen. nasa managers say discovery is in pretty good shape to fly to the internationa

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