tuesday, october 4th 3 3 3 fiber map 3 are we going tt bee paying more to b-g-e because of hurriccne irene? that puestion is one of the most important being addressed in ttday's hearingsswitt the public service commission. joel d. mith is live in medfield, one of the plaaess leff in the dark for days after the hurricane. ggod morning back up??etting ower estimates... for their time being wrong oo there reasons 3 joel... what are 3 33 3 3 3 joel... what are their rressns for getting theii time estimates wrong... for getting power baak up? 3 a brazen robbery at a popplar &prestaurant in annn aaundel county... leaves three customers iijured. injured.ii happened aaound p845 sunday evening... at the thh restauuaat anddthen began robbing several custooers... taking their cashhand other stabbed.tww othees ssffered minor injuriess (fee) "and unfortunately i think itts a part of the economy that's going on and i wasn't here to witness anything and it's an unfortunate situation and i wish it had never happenedd" happened."the cussomer who was stabbed is xpected to survive. so farr police have ot mad

you can voice your concerns about how bge responded in the wake of irene. time for a check of the forecast. let's go back inside to justin. what's going on? yesterday it was a perfect afternoon. >> it was a little warm for some of our tastes but if you enjoyed it i. hope you made the most of it. it will be the last warm day for a while. we are mild out there. 61 in baltimore and easton -- and cool pockets to the north. york, p.a. at 48. notice the light cloud cover. we have been up in the evening overnight or early this morning and had a chance to see the moonshine through and there's some areas of patchy dense fog and moisture building in. 55 to # 0 for most -- 60 for most of us. there could be afternoon showers and rain arriving tonight through tomorrow. a high today of 74. above normal but not the 80s charley might like. it will get cooler tomorrow. we will talk more about that coming up but here's tanya. >> reporter: roadwork is clean 95 northbound at the beltway in arbutus. 259 northbound between 195 and the beltway there's still roadwork. 59 north of

they want to know what you think about how they responded to hurricane irene. that story is ahead on this tuesday, october 11thp good morning. i am charley crowson. let's start tuesday off as we do every day at this time with a check of the forecast to see what to expect today and say good morning to meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. 61. we are showing in the corner of the screen. yesterday we were showing a veil of clouds and the sun trying to get through and the ring around the sun some of you have seen it and maybe the ring around moon yesterday evening and overnight. the cloud are lowering and thickening. this is just the first sign of an approaching storm and we are going to get into it over the next couple days. 100% humidity. a little mist and heavy dew on the cars around the naval academy in annapolis. we are looking at the wind shifting to the south southeast pumping in more moisture. 55 towson ellicott city and interior section there's fog. nothing showing up on maryland's most powerful doppler radar right now. pull this back and you will se

3 map fibber mmap 3 how do you think b-g-e performed in the aftermath of hurricane irene? that's the question the the maryland trying to answer in hearingg with the energy provider this live in medfield, where ith is residents had to wait days to gee the power back. good you think thoseeresidenns do good morning megan... to be fair, everyone knows this was a tough thousand b-g-e customers weee without ppwer... including here where it was pitth black for days. but many customers were outraged whhn they were told one time for pooer to come back on, but had to wait much longer for it to ((nats)) nooone doubts it was a historic task... 10,000 reports of wires downand 348 poles had to be reppaced. more then 64-hundred people were involved in the power restoration effort.. including electric company workers from as far away as teeass but in yesterday's hearing, public service commissioners fired a &pbarrage of questiins at p.g.e's top administrators: asking why timelines for timelines for power restoration were not kept. b-g-e's workkrs say, thhre were challenges, thee could noo

no one argues hurricane irene was a storm of historic proportions.t as kathleen cairns reports... the p-s-c quarterbacking.' as it rning evaluated b.g.e.'s response to the wide spread power outages. 33 (nat pop- clean up) hurricane irene left 750-thousand bbe customers without power... "i was onn of the people that didn't have electricity..." while ore then half had power restored within 48 hours,,,, the utilities response has come undee heavy fire: (proteeters complaining) "bge is greedy"today..... (nat pop)"at what point then... commissioners fired a barrage &pof questions at b.g.e's top administrrtors:(wwde shot)"just due to the ammunt of damage"(rob gould)"there really s no silver bullet.." theebiggest complaints:bge estimates that power would be restored... by the end oo the day... yet it was not. (rob gould)"we attempt to reetore pooer to he largest blocks of custooer feeders" (nat pop-cleanup) (rob gould)"buu invariably there may be some sort of damage that unbeknownst to us at bge or o the customers.. that is effecting their individual servic

. >>> bge customers left without electricity by hurricane irene, are hoping voices have been heard. a commission hearing in downtown baltimore gave customer as chance to speak out about nower company's storm response. 750,000 people were made powerless by irene, some for longer than a week. maryland is getting a telephone area code. public service commission announcing today the newest area code will be 667, and in to effect march 24th. the other codes are expected to be exhausted by next year. the new numbers will be phased in in central maryland and over on the eastern shore. >>> some big changes could be coming to maryland's gas tax and the price of vehicle registration. panel is considering increasing the state's gas tax by $0.15 over the next three years. it's suggesting a 50% jump in vehicle registration costs. this is all in an effort to raise money for the state's transportation fund. racing fans can start marking calendars for next year's grand prix. wjz is live. pat warren has the details. good afternoon everybody, race officials say they are now in the process of look for

c-span: irene. >> guest: yes, irene. he interviewed hotti --who was a real character and who had lots to say. and so i wish i could have gotten to him, but the man had died by the time i was around. so those kinds of things that--that i envy. c-span: couple of more paintings. this one, "the card game," up top--it's actually called "the bridge game." where was that from? >> guest: well, it--it actually is--i--i would have to remind myself, but i believe it's still in the collection at the museum. c-span: it says saturday evening post cover at one point. >> guest: right. but the way that worked is the paintings themselves were usually returned to rockwell, at least after a certain date. and so... c-span: that was 1948. >> guest: i'm--by that--he probably did get that one back. but in any event, the--the point of that painting was to show the experiment with perspective. and it was important because he had been so ambivalent about using the camera in his work even--and--and he lagged behind other illustrators in doing that.

estimates the repairs after hurrrcane irene cost the utility 81 million ollaas.and is etting tougher on child neglect ccses. crime to deliberately neglectt a child. the law took effect octoberr1...violaters could face up to five years in prissn and a 5-thousand ollar finn. under previous &pcouldn't be prosecuted unless a child was killeddor physically injured.ooe of the bill's champions...lt. governor anthony brown...celebrated iis ccild abuse centtr today. brown says: "so, if you mooal imperative to address the needs of our children and to protect them from abuseeand neglect, ecooomically, child neglect costs us as a country approximately 94-billion dollars a yeer." in 2010, maryland child proteetive services identified child neglect. governor martin oomalley.... stepping up his support for same sex marriage in maryland. to join us as we ork to pass of aryland. maryland. the overror will appear ii a series of videos advocating gay marriage in the state. the marylanders for marriage equality coalition launched in it.. governor o'malley says he plans toopursue leg

and down, but says he will keep working. >> baltimore will receive federal aid following hurricane irene. ortiz said the city and county would be added to the list of jurisdictions that were declared disaster areas for public assistance. the declaration included dozen other counties. officials can apply for funding for debris removal, repair of roads, bridges, and buildings. fema will fund 75% of the cost per eligible repair work. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the 25th day of october, just two months until christmas. we are working our way through fall rapidly. a warmer than normal day, 68 at the airport, 69 at the inner harbor. the normal is just 64. the record high was not even 80 degrees. 77 was the warmest 23 of october we have ever had, back in 1931. just over 2 inches of rain, going back to 1872. that goes back to the beginning times of official whether records in baltimore. 64 down around charlottesville virginia, 65 at richmond. almost 60 up in boston. we are on the warm side of an approaching weather system that is starting to pr

hurricane irene leftt p50-thousand bge customers without power.... wwile within 48 hours,,,, bge's criticism. (( natt)) no one doubts t was aahistoric task... 11,000 reportt of wires down and 348 poles had to be replaced. more then 64-hundred peopllewerr involved in the power restoration effort.. includinggelectric company workers from as far away as texas. but in yesterday's hearing, public servvce commissioners fired a barrage of quessions at b.g.e's top administrators:asking whh promisee weren't kept... customers were promised one time for service to come back, but in many cases it was 24 hours or more later than that. 3 (rob gould)"in our effort to try nd give our best information possible we invariably let some customers down.. but its important to note.. 3/4s of the customers only had an outage of abouu two days" days" b.g.e. estimates the repairs after hurricane irene cost theeutility more than 80 million dollars. gould says that amount will be made uppby shareholders.. 3 3 phe earliest time they caa ask the ppc hat customers help pay mooe, is

la catedral sufrio danos tras el sismo de agosto, seguido por el huracan irene, dias despues... espera que la catedral sea abierta nuevamente el 12 de noviembre... si usted solicito una extension para enviar su declaratoria de impuestos del anho pasado, ese plazo expira hoy... el servicio de rentas internas anuncio que quienes solicitaron la extension en el mes de abril, tienen hasta hoy a la media noche para presentar sus declaratorias.. recuerde que puede hacerlo de manera electronica o enviandolas por correo... una mujer enfrenta cargos por presuntamente haber provocado un incendio en un edificio de apartamentos en manassas... tanisha bates, de 28 anhos, enfrenta serios cargos por el siniestro registrado en el 10-128 de woodbury drive, la manana del domingo... segun los documentos de corte, bates habria admitido ante las autoridades que incendio una camiseta y luego la puso en su cama, provocando el incendio que dejo sin vivienda a 23- personas incluyendo 12- ninos... la mujer no tiene derecho a fianza y la audiencia preliminar sera el 5 de diciembre... la policia del condado

and a sign that we have this repeating pattern here with these coastal storms, but it is not irene.ot lee. it doesn't have that tremendous moisture. a lot of this first round of rain will be done by midday even though we've got some breaks already in the radar field. we'll be looking at the rain, trying to return with some showers and maybe some thunderstorms this afternoon even though it doesn't look that cantive. showers into the evening and winds may be stronger behind this storm around midday, to midnight fells point and middle river a lock at those high tides for the coastal flood watch. the heaviest rain will be and we'll break it up tomorrow 63 to stretch friday through sunday dry weather. >> an accident reported in bellaire south toll gate at marketplace drive. low down out there with the wet weather. >> a live look at the traffic cameras. 695 at old court road near 795. starting to get busier on the outer loop which is the traffic moving away from the camera. this is the topside of the beltway. no incidents to report on the beltway. drive times are doing fine. no issues to

tuesday, october 4th. 3 3- map fiber nap re we going to be paying ore to b-g-e becausee of hurricane irene? that question is one of the most important being addresseddin today's hearings with the public service commissson.(( na) nats))hurricane ireneeleft wittout power... wwile more then halffhad it restored response is still taking heaay - criticism. 10-thousand reports of wires down... and 348 polesshad to be replaced. &pworkersscame from as far away as texas to do the job. but in yesterday's hearing... pubblc service commissioners asked b-g-e why someecustomers service, but in many cases it took another much longer. (rob gould)"in our effort to ry and give our best information possible we pnvariably let some customers pown.. but its important to note.. 3/4s of the cuutomers only had an outage of about two days" irene cost the utility more - than 80-million dollarss be made up by hareholders. ll - the p-s-c that customers help pay more is next year. undergrouud metro stations are back up and running this mornnng, after they were stopped yesterday because of a mysterious odor. odor.the su

earlier this year. >> the biggest challenge here, what makes it more difficult than irene is this is really a power power outage driven by the snow and the fact that the leaves are still on the trees. >> reporter: in teaneck, new jersey, fire investigators are working to figure out if the loss of power contributed to this deadly fire monday morning. many people will spend the day cleaning up. saturday's storm dropped more than two feet of snow in some areas. weighing down trees that still have their leaves. trees came crashing down on this home in upper saddle river, new jersey, coming to rest in their home office. five minutes earlier martina was working at her desk. >> can you imagine look up from your laptop and seeing a tree limb above you? >> reporter: it's halloween, with many streets covered in debris the connecticut governor is sending a warning to parents who let their children trick-or-treat tonight. >> no child should be participating in any halloween events without direct and constant supervision from that parent. >> reporter: in worcester, massachusetts, officials alread

. >>> irene was not as bad as whoa thought it would be. but there's some damage left behind. where the aid money is going to help with the clean up. >>> time to fill up it's baltimore beer week. where you can celebrate this weekend. have great one. it's friday, good morning maryland. the weekend is upon us i am charley crowson. hope you are off to a great start. but weather wise, what do we have in store come saturday and sunday? justin berk is standing by with the answer. >> good morning. saturday and sunday seem toe far off when we talk -- so far off when we talk about what we have this morning. extra excitement or is it me? it might be just me. we got something for everybody. and i am not 39. but, we are talking about the temperature in towson. mighty chose. towson 39. 44. 5 # in -- 4 -- 54 in catonsville. we have nothing to show you on the satellite and radar composit. but this is what we have to show you and this is adding a spring to steps this morning. york adams and lancaster counties southern p.a. frost advisory north of our border. some of us are close, and it's get

the ceremony took place as hurricane irene delayed the original event. as bruce johnson tells us, huge crowds showed up to honor the civil rights leader. >>> at times the dedication of the king memorial resembled an outdoor church service with lots of music, preaching and remembering this country's greatest civil rights leader. >> as we dedicate this monument, i can hear my father say that oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. >> reporter: president obama was only six years old when martin luther king was assassinated. but no one among the 10,000 people missed the significance of the nation's first african-american president dedicating the first monument for an african-american. >> a black preacher, no official rank or title, who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams, and our most lasting ideas. >> reporter: the president seemed to tie the struggles to dr. king's times to his efforts to deal with this economy. >> as tough as times may be, i know we will overcome. >> reporter: dedication to a fraction of the crowd that would have been here

yesterday i mentioned similar to irene, only in paths.this is not an irene storm, i want to make that very clear. we'll keep the heaviest rain along the coastal regions or just offshore but this storm actually helping to drive this energy up in our direction and we may actually get a break in the rain. that is important. don't think it's done. it may turn out to be a milder day than we expect and that may actually feed some storms turning severe with potential of damaging winds. moderate to heavy rain right along i-95 north and west. that includes harford, baltimore, carol, howard county this morning. it breaks up around annapolis. but essentially another pulse of rain coming through the delmarva. there's our dry slot between the southern low and the western low. i also mentioned this possibility yesterday. that dry spot may actually cut the rain off midday and into the afternoon but also building some potential for severe thunderstorms to develop. also winds pushed off the bay. fells point around noon and after midnight at middle river,

the original dedication was postponed in august because of hurricane irene.u and i were talking about how what a difference that postponement makes look at all these people out here today, see absolutely the right decision. >> definitely i am so happy weather is co-operating i am sure people have traveled many many miles away to get here. >>> here is a live shot of our monument you can see the camera shaking a little bit winds have started to pick up a little bit we mentioned that earlier thinking the winds will be a lot calmer but only 10 to 15 ngustw winds but we -- gusty winds but we are talking sunshine. it is such an important day with so many people here in the nations capitol, sunshine will stick ashed that is good news, and we are -- sticking around and that is good news talking temperature that is will not be too bad seasonal conditions we had that yesterday as well the first of the week will start off plenty of sunshine then run into a few days where you will have to keep your umbrella handy. in the meantime we will focus on the sunshine out there,

♪ >> dedication drew a fraction of the crowd that would have been here in august had not hurricane irene were some of the icons of the civil rights movement. >> people have been arrested. jailed. beaten and constantly harassed. >> for his leadership gave birth to a new america. >> he was always getting upset with tall people who looked down on him. now, he's 30 feet tall looking down on everybody. [ laughter ] ♪ >> megastar stevie wonder took the stage. in the crowd, scores of entertainers, politicians and corporate leaders or marched with dr. king or gave to his memorial. the king memorial is also the first memorial to a nonpresident on the mall. >>> well, it wasn't the crowd that had been expected if august but -- in august but thousands did come out for the king dedication today. some had been an the mall for dr. king's i have a dream speech in 1963. delia goncalves has that story. >> the montgomery boycott lasted 381 such days. >> reporter: the message was in the performances and in the speeches and was felt by the thousands who attended. >> it's just overwhelming. >> reporter: wanda

after a delay from hurricane irene, the martin luther king, jr. memorial will finally be dedicated this weekend. we take a look at the preparations for the event and the weather. check out some of the other stories on our rundown. the news edge at lfn at 11:00 is coming right back.  >>> the center of the august quick. fema already rejected the state's request assistance for earthquake victims. govern mcdonnell wants to appeal that decision. >>> job creation may become the number 12 issue in the presidential campaign. today, rick perry tried to win over voters by saying he has a way to create more than one million new jobs. the new plan stresses domestic energy production. he would roll back what he describes as activist environmental regulation. >> i do not accept the choice that we must pick between energy and the environment. it is time for a balanced pro american, pro jobs energy policy. >> not surprisingly, rival campaigns don't agree. the obama campaign says that perry's energy policy is straight out of the past. mitt romney says th

a lot of folks trying to clean up from the rain we got from irene and lee and the cracks in the foundation and the water coming into basements. we need a boring period of weather, and that's exactly what we're going to get, boring, dry, quiet. >>> it's quiet right now, 57 degrees. wind light at 5 miles per hour. temperatures in the area under a clear sky and a starry sky. 43 degrees in damascus. 54 currently in chantilly. and 50 degrees in bowie, maryland. high pressure off to the west of us. that's going to be the dominant feature the next couple of days in our weather pattern. northwest wind today. a little breeze out of the northwest. we'll have 61 degrees by 9:00 a.m., and we'll have sunshine by noontime. it's during the late afternoon and evening hours where we could see a few high clouds coming in, just some high clouds around 5:00. we'll hit a high temperature today of 75 degrees. meanwhile, your evening forecast into the 60s. it's going to be a nice evening. a few clouds building into the area. 61 by midnight. danella? >> good morning. >>> traveling 395 north at washington boulevar

in waconda and irene, south dakota, school is four days a week a cost-cutting move to save $50,000. > looked into the schools that were doing four-day weeks. we don't feel it's going to have an effect on the students' achievement at all. >> reporter: in tiny alto, texas, population 1,200 the city furloughed its five police officers and now relies on the county's 25 sheriff deputies who already patrol 1,000 square miles. >> i feel like the town is vulnerable because we have no law enforcement. >> i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: in san diego, the city saved a quarter million dollars cutting its mounted patrol and auctions off the horses. >>> in michigan, commissioners voted to stop adding fluoride to the water supply, immediate savings $200,000. but the mother of 14-year-old janeed brown worries about no fluoride in the water. >> if they're going to take the fluoride out of the water, are they going to be sure they have dental plans or anything to help them with going to the dentist? >> reporter: across america, local elected officials are recognizing that old washington refrain, $1

we skated past irene and she visited you, no doubt. we're going to revisit japan as a matter of fact next week. that's "nightly business report" for friday, september 30. i'm tom hudson. goodnight, everyone and have a great weekend. susie. >> susie: good night, tom. i'm susie gharib. thanks for joining us. we hope to see all of you again next week. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> belva: california's bold prison

your chance to voice your opinion about gg bush -- bge response to tropical storm lee and hurricane irene. some were in the dark for a week. the public service commission is holding a meeting in baltimore to speak out about the matters. it's tonight at 7:00 at wallman assembly hall in the war memorial building. it's the second of such meeting. now an update to a story last week, the proposed homeless shelter in dundalk. an organization hoped to put 16 homeless men in temporary shelters is backing down from the original plan. they were supposed to move in today behind the dundalk united methodist church. but neighbors made the feelings known loud and clear at a meeting last week. the director of the organization streets of hope now says other churches in baltimore county will step in to help fill the void. >> we have very strong faith and we know we will be okay. we just know we are going to be okay. god will provide. >> the men who have stayed there for the past 10 days or month will be moved to other churches in southeastern baltimore county and they and the people helping them find a mo

in august as mentioned, hurricane irene left seven million without power. some people wondered if the power outages can be attributed to aging infrastructure and if so, what can you done about it. at the electric power research institute. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> we bring this up as i pointed out in august with irene, 7.5 million people. you have folks wondering, is it an issue of leaves on the trees and as a result they were heavier and as a result a bigger issue. we talked about terrible roads and should we talk more about the infrastructure that allows power into our homes? >> this is a good example of a natural disaster. very unique situation. this might be a situation if this is a 100 year event, the first time they have seen this event in this region in certain areas. the great infrastructure is robust and utilities continue to implement and improve the restoration process and being able to get customers back as soon as possible. >> let me ask you about more underground power lines, for example that this could help the solution here with

. >>> bge spent 81 million dollars restoring power after hurricane irene. now they are look for ways to make up the money and if they decide to pass the cleanup cost onto you, it will not happen until next summer. last night at a public service commission hearing, public got to speak out about what bge did right and what they did wrong during and after the hurricane. . >> the thing that frustrated us the most is we couldn't get any information and i can't understand why in this era of high technology they can't find a way to tell you approximately when your electricity is coming back on. >> before a rate hike can go into effect it must be approved by the public service commission. >>> well the state transportation department is trying to come up with ideas to raise ref new. one option is 15 cent gas tax increase. there's talk of raising vehicle registration by 50% and doubling emission testing fees. panel will meet later this month to finalize the recommendations. >>> and smokers could be paying more to light up. three years ago the state add dollar tax to

after hurricane irene. is your place on the list for places to get aid. i am charley crowson. we made it to the midweek of the workweek. let's get a check of the forecast and say hello, to meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. good morning charlee. yes we made it to hump day and yesterday it was absolutely gorgeous. and today's not going to be so bad but we are going to be dealing with maybe showers as we go into the afternoon. but to start off the morning we are dry and we will see increased cloud cover but maryland's most powerful radar not picking up on showers out there. looking at the big picture, the combination we are seeing the rain slide in here going throughout the day. but it's still a couple hours away. so we are going to be on the dry side this morning. right now, temperatures on the not so chilly side especially sparrows point and annapolis. you might want a light jacket. but looking at some showers coming in this afternoon. and jacket this morning and rain gear going into the afternoon. temperatures in the ellicott and towson are in the upper 40s. let'

feel -- irene i. feel your pain and it's not fun. 32 in easton and 30 in baltimore. 24 you will towards york, p.a. someplace that had snow and the snow melt, ice which spots is the main issues. temperatures about 54 and we clouded up but stay dry for the trick or treaters. a chance of rain tonight we will talk about in a moment. 4:32. good morning to tanya and see what he's happening on the roads. >> reporter: good -- what's happening on the roads. >> reporter: good morning. it's to go hunting for my scraper but found it. look live at the live traffic at the live traffic cameras a few cars out there. mostly on outer loop to the right of the screen. but nothing in your way. no incidents to report. 95 at the fort mchenry tunnel. we have all lanes open now in both directions. two lanes to the right have been closed in both directions overnight. but you are good to go with the lanes open in both directions. you can check the cameras at abc2news.com and click on traffic and you can follow us on twitter at

obviously, hurricane irene came along seven weeks later. here we are on a beautiful sublime day on the national mall. president obama will be speaking later. one more thing, if we can get that shot back up of the memorial itself. in the 1963 speech. he set het his hue a stone of hope. you can see the symbolism, the granite mountain of despair pulled from the center of which is the stone of hope and on that the sculpture bearing the likeness of dr. king himself. symbolism all around. another small point here, actually a large point. it's situated in the base innear the jefferson memorial, midway between the lincoln and washington memorials. amid the cherry blossoms that bloom in cited in the literature is when he was assassinated in memphis in 1968. a day of joy and inspiration, a day of reflection all around and president obama will speak around the 11 o'clock hour. 11:05 i believe. >> i'm so glad that you explained ha that memorial is. it is so profound in its description. it is just beautiful. it's powerful, absolutely spectacular. mike,

irene rosenfeld plays with students at a chicago charter school. rosenfeld came to this charter school to see how the public school integrates health and wellness with academics. in the lunchline you won't find any oreo, only fruits, veggies and lean meats. like the school, kraft wants to be healthier, too. recently they increased the amount of whole grain in wheat thins and honey maid graham crackers. they also removed the transfats from oros an other products. rosenfeld told me food companies risk losing customers if they change their flavor. >> it's a challenge, but it's one of the things i'm most proud of. we have terrific individuals in our r&d facility, and they've done an excellent job on products like lunchable, like premium crackers and like our nut products and a number of our other offerings where we've been able to reduce the sodium content without compromising the taste. it's really... they're products selling quite well for us. >> there's been some criticism about u.s. companies exporting obesity to developing countries, and recently

an ocean city landmark swept away during hurricane irene is making a comeback. the coast gas says it will replace the -- guard says it will replace the jetty tower that used to sit at the entrance of the ocean city inlet. the daily times of salisbury says the plan is to replace a tower of its kind. many boaters rely on the fog horn. >>> two kayakers got a closeup few of us will ever experience, paddling off the beach in california last week, the couple encountered a 50-foot long blue whale one of the world's largest mammals. remember they're in the kayak. one of them was brave enough the dive in with the camera to get some underwater footage. however, this was risky. such large animals can easily hurt a person just with their flippers. isn't that amazing? >> that is something. >> she said she was a little worried when she saw him go in. just a little. >> really? gorgeous video. >>> the race for the republican presidential nominations heading west tonight. that story is coming up. >>> and in today's buddy check report, how a grant is making sure breast cancer scr

two were tropical storms to the gulf of mexico and hurricane irene barely made landfall. we were lucky. all right, live doppler 9000 hd, still some like active. seeing heavier activity south of town on the east side of 95 and headed actually over to charles county. that's why we're keeping the chance of a thunderstorm in tonight but most of the activity is going to be light. really the concentrated area of rain is already past baltimore and up 95. we'll widen the radar out. still find some showers back to the south and west. this is the one thing we look at what's south of us when we're in this pattern where everything is moving north northeast. charlotte area and richmond and not out of the woods for showers just yet. temperatures not that bad. i mean cooler than yesterday. but 66 downtown. 64 in manassas. 66 in fredericksburg, not too bad. 57 in frederick. a little cooler up to hagerstown. temperatures in the upper 50s and hagueersburg and martinsville and cumberland. a wet evening commute. there are now some leaves beginning to fall. showers will diminish tonight and s

some of their top flight encounters are played at the much bigger and more comfortable mega sport irene a nearby level of bickering and i guess that with all the games in there where they got that place where it's playing but if you play it was blazing hot or any change up then that it was up to get to be that they had it's you played. the game stay tight in the second and third period it's with few scoring opportunities for both sides eight minutes before the final wasn't says cost bill that just ended a style pick up from dinara decided to drop the gloves and change sports to boxing the fight should have fired up the players to attack but deny was an example you don't think it was like a brick wall between the pipes to record his third shot out of the season down the man stepped everything for an equaliser the goaltender leaving to go wide open for dinner i want to cue off the game the janet yellen scored in them to natalie to see live final two nothing wait. at the most there might have been less tension in the normal for derby but still the game was very tough and we were eager to w

and i will tell you, folks, that had it during irene the weather was warmer and you could open up thews. chilly and among 3 million or under 3 million without power in the northeast. it could be worse, but it could be warmer and it should be. ask the people at work if they had snow because they cut along i-95 and it snowed but didn't stick around beltway and bel air missed but northern sections of harford county northern baltimore county got the 2 to 4 range and there was one erroneous amount with 2 to 4 near westminster. heading up towards frederick, it was basically that 6 inch plus range, it says 5 to 8 but 6 inch plus across central, p.a. the cloud trying to get on the increase. frosty morning. you will scrape the stuff off this morning. tanya talked about that and we will look for a warmup this afternoon below normal but warmer at 54. tanya. >> reporter: that's no fun when you come outside and see the frost over the windshield and you have to find the scraper. so it took a few extra minutes but i did find it. finally. we do have a little bit of volume starting. let's look at 95 a

irene, do women need to be concerned about losing access to healthcare? >> absolutely. even in good times, women have limited access to healthcare because they are not fully employed, and so the very things that they depend on, medicare, medicaid, planned parenthood services are now under the knife according to the gop legislators in a fever cutting mood. >> well, they should be worried about obama care and the effect it will have on women's health and individual plans in and of itself not because of anything the republicans are doing. >> women need to be more than concerned, they need to be mobilizing all across this country to protect healthcare not only for themselves but for their daughters. >> what's under attack are conscience rights. the government is forcing private insurance companies to cover contraception, sterilization, emergency contraception, and this is a blatant disregard of the conscience rights of many americans who have moral and religious objections to these controversial practices. >> irene, this healthcare law has begun to go into effect little by

irene stafirski does not need an autopsy. released directly to a funeral home. >> i'm going to call her doctor and have her sign the death certificate so now we've actually contacted the funeral home and will have them pick up the body for funeral arrangements. >> death comes as a shock for those who aren't used to it. the emotional grief can be unbearable. for investigator patty roland, even though death plays a daily role in her life, it doesn't mean she's immune to feeling for families. >> leo's case i'm going to remember for a while. you know, i mean, that's a big part of our job is we're there for the family. you're there for the decedent because you need to collect the evidence and figure out what happens and a case like this after examining her i was not concerned at all but he needed us. >> coming up next, no one's seen her in a week and now she's gone. far gone. >> she was found in her residence in a fairly advanced state of decomposition. ♪ we're centurylink... a new kind of broadband company committed to providing

fema has been stretched after natural disasters, including hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. >>> and budget battles are taking a toll on members of congress, at least on their reputations in the eyes of constituents. just 14% of americans approve of the job congress is doing. that's kwoaccording to a new "washington post" poll. 62% strongly disapprove of congress. this disgust also seems to cross party lines as well. just 18% of democrats, 13% of republicans, and 13% of independents approve of congress's performance. >>> to decision 2012. the republican presidential candidates are scrambling to pick up donors who were waiting on new jersey governor chris christie's final decision. several candidates are also reportedly seeking christie's endorsement. christie says the time is not right, and he's not ready to walk out on a promise he made to new jersey when he was elected two years ago. >>> democrat earl ray tomblin has won a special election in west virginia. he has served as acting governor since joe mansion stepped down in november when he won a u.s. senate seat. republicans a

that ceremony was postponed because of hurricane irene. dr. kin's family members, as you see there, are taking part this morning. here is shannon travis with more about the memorial. ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome >> reporter: how do you honor a life as extraordinary as martin luther king jr.? >> he had 39 years teaching and he is still teaching. >> the answer stands in the form of a monument in washington. in the form of a multi-ton monument. >> it's a powerful project of martin luther king's penalty. -- his penalty. >> from a mountain of despair to a stone of hope. >> his message will live on today and it will live on forever. >> i think for future generations they will know what dr. king stood for, righteousness, justice and peace. >> the architect said the project was both professional and personal. >> it's been a labor of love for me for 15 years, yeah. >> just as dr. king's life was riddled with roadblocks, the memorial's construction did not escape controversy. at 30 feet tie it's taller than the nearby statues of jefferson and

pro, hurricane irene won't be showing up to your barbecue.scarier. [ light laughter ] she just flooded the toilet! category 4. [ laughter ] she just -- she had gogurt, she had activia. this is a nightmare! [ laughter ] where's all this yogurt coming from? >> steve: -- activia. >> jimmy: she's beyond regular. she's irregular now. [ laughter ] this is -- get out of the house. board up the windows. >> steve: aunt irene has been here, she came to the house. >> jimmy: finally, pro, good-bye summer bathing suit. con, hello gut i've been sucking up for the past three months. there you go! that's the "pros and cons." we'll be right back with will forte! ♪ pros and cons and pros and cons and pros ♪ [ cheers and applause ] capital one's new cash rewards card gives you a 50 percent annual bonus. so you earn 50 percent more cash. if you're not satisfied with 50% more cash, send it back! i'll be right here, waiting for it. who wouldn't want more cash? [ insects chirping ] i'll take it. i'll make it rain up in here. [ male announcer ] the new capital one c

hurricane irene alone caused more than $7 billion in damages along the east coast. in my home state of new jersey, 11 people lost their lives as a result of the hurricane. and while president obama came to my hometown of paterson, new jersey, to see the damage firsthand, i must point out that we are still almost across the country in the wake of huge storms that demand attention and will require substantial funding. now, in my hometown of patterson, new jersey, we witnessed unforgettable images. the streets and sidewalks were covered in mud and in some homes the second floor was also covered with mud. but new jersey's not alone. as i said, there have been extremely severe storms across the country, and flooding and tornadoes devastated the midwest and the south. as a result, fema has declared federal disasters in all but two states this year. in the wake of these disasters, we've seen the american people pulling together, neighbor helping neighbor, to put their lives back together. furniture out on the lawn, memorabilia out so water soaked that it's valueless in ter