i'm joel d smith.> we are some school closings3 to pass aaong to you this morning. web duboise and regional high school in the city are both closed. staff must report to the lake clifton campus. they had power outages yesterday because of the storms and damage. >>> let's check in with meteorologist steee fertig and see how the weather is now. >> clouds are going to be moving in and out and that means nothing. starting off painly clear and turning most low cloudy but all along with lesser winds, 5-10-mile-aa-hour winds at most. then the clouds move out of here by later tonight. we got painly clear skiis coming and near seasonable temperatures over the next several days. we got showers that move into our part of the staae. ú%at is the only place we expect to see them. dry and 45 egrees we start in baltimore. 45 in hagerstown. 34 out in oakland. 56 is where we're headed for the high today. that is seasonable, though it's cooler than yesterday. a little breezy, just a 5-10-mile-an-hour breeze. we will take

joel dflt smith d smith, fox 45g news.>>>you can hear more of those officers stories unedited at foxbaltimore.com/raw news. >>> if you are driving north or thanksgiving, you're going to face major delays. construction at the toll plaza means more delays. you can face back-ups as you head to grandma's tomorrow. less patience and a lot morr fender benders. >> he kept hitting me, and i pulled over because he kept hitting me. he said i couldn't see your car. i couldn't see you. i said what is the ma ter with you? what do you mean you can't see me. >> roof 40 runs parallel to 95 but that can be backed up beeause of construction at tte hey deem bridge. be sure to tune in tomorrow, candace will track the morning rush in her report. >>> a transsender woman is arrested for using a women's bathroom in texas. are asking is it really illegal. now one group is calling on the attorney gennral to figure it out. earlier this year, the mayor's town expanded an antirule that allows them based on their gender identity. it's unknown if it con

joel d smith is there to show us how this double amputee will be moving into a house as special he s,good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, on veterans ddy what a better story to share than this one. he spent two yyars attwalter reid and endured countless surgeries and eventually lost both of his legs. then he was looking for a whom and it's hard to find one that was for his special needs. i'm going it take you to the3 closet. obviously the space has to be wider through here. let us know about the rest of the stuff. we have andd from malard when you are talkiig about a place this unique, what are the challenges of making them. >> we have the leather knobs for access, pull knobs on the cabinets, as well as you know, appropriate height, you know rods for hanging clothes and everything else likeethat. we have to have access for the wheel chairs. >> reporter: these things are very specific. you know when you're at that height, when you're at that level, there's certain things >> there's certain ada codes that we follow and the troops provide -- hope for troops provides us

joel d smith is live where people after the storm now have to start the clean up. the dutch village apartments and the mount pleasant apartments. the sign over there is down.e you see a big police presence, guarding every single entrance to keep everybodyyout. thissis a local state of emergency and a curfew in place trying to keep everybody out of here. huge flash-flood lights are in place. yesterday the mount pleasant3 apartments and theetownhomes in total, nearly 360 units. 16 buuldings condemned. why? look at this. broken windows. roofs ripped off, and trees eech condemned unit, 50 units, many people displaced. ú%ny are staying at shelters. 3 by people have registered today and they will be allowed to return today. utility workers busy trying to get the power back on. at one point more than 400000bge and customers were without power. many wonder how long thee will be without home. >> i feel ike crying. i wake-up in the middle of the night and my roof is torn off. i'm totally violated. it was shaken. my car had somebody's roof faal on it, material things. >> repo

joel d smith is live at the headquarters to show us how important a few words can be for those men and women. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. the american red cross in central maryland does so much and the holiday for heros, the cards right here are very cool gesture. just something simple, thanks for all you do, that can go a long way. imagine opening that up if you have been overseas for a long we talk about other things that the red cross does. tell us about a penny from the heart. >> a penny from the heart was started miss karima crutche crue is 13 years old. the reason she started is to help service members family. the picture of anthony davis. master having the davis was serving in iraq on humanitarran mission when he was shot and killed. because his family lives in baltimore, 17 siblings and of the services were held in virginia, we contacted the family of how we could help. >> reporter: you do it all the time in coordinating things. >> transportation was the biggest issue because all of the services were being held in virginia. we arranged for a bus from

we will check in with joel d smith who is out there. >>> today no more tornados. and meteorologist sttve fertig with warm weatter. >> one more day of warm weather and we do have shower chances this afternoon and we have showers for thanksgiving. a little bit of fog in spots, not as p as yesterday mostly to the northeastern part of the state, 36 degrees starting in baltimore. 50 degrees in hagerstoww, 53 in salisbury, and 54 in oakland. pretty mild no matter b where yu start the day in maryland. low level clouds producing fog in spots and the shower chances on the way but they will bee3 diminishing in strength.ú the heavy showers you see in the ohio valley won't be as strong as once they get here. they are wrung out. then we will dry out as he with get toward the overnight and a dry day tomorrow. we will be mild for one more day and the shower chances will be back as we head toward thanksgiving. we will talk more about that in a few minutes. right now candace dold is here with the traffic edge. candace, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we're checking

i'm joel d smith, from driving to paying for gas to even what >>> welcome back to fox 45 earl he edition. you're taking a live look over the inner harbor. good morning, i'm pattice harris. time to get back into a new week. meteorologist steve fertig is here to tell us what the weather will look like for this holiday weekend. everybody is ooking forward to thanksgiving.ú so fast.gdz givingthanksgiving,d >> once thanksgiving comes and christmas is, anddthe holidays are here. >> the coolerrair is going to come out. >> not today, we have a mild daú today and tomorrow. look at the temperatures right now the we're at 50 degrees which is certainly not bad for this hour for this time of year. that is in baltimore, and d.c. the same. 39 in salisbury, that is more, 47 degrees n hagerstown and 50 in occasio oakland. that's is the way it should be, not he way you may like it. be prepared for a littleebit of reduced visibility to the north it looks like as we get a southerly flow bringing more moisture. rain to the ohio valley steers to the north out of our way. mostly cloudy skies and fog before we

joel d smith, fox 45 morning news.3 >>> welcomm it ravens town.t which is great because a singer s here to perform his song, called ravens town. gooo morning to all of you, gentlemen. >> good morning, patrice. ú% you're as big a ravens fan as all of us are some. >> absolutely.ú this is our year. >> what was your inspiration foú the song? >> you know, what 41 yearssof my life, i have never seen such aa3 hype and hoopla in this city. everywhere you go, there's purple everywhere.ú >> yeah. >> everybody talks the best fans in the nfl. baltimmre city has the best fans in the nfl? you're going to do it for us. >> weere getting people pumped for the carolina game. >> i'm going to let you take it away.3 ♪ ♪ me and my buddies ♪ meet early on sunday neat at m and t grill and food ♪ ♪ purple everywhere ♪ since wearing numbee 52 ♪ the girls are looking pretty ♪ 2, 1, 2, 30, baltimooe city ♪ it's ravens town ♪ yeah ♪ ravens town ♪ baltimore's hometown ♪ we finally have a reason to shout ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ it's 1:00 now ♪ thousands of fans ♪ beat down neighborhood ♪ it

joel d smith is live atú reisterstown to talk turkey and all the costs of thankssiving. t of turkey behind you, joel. >> reporter: they're lucky so far, christmas not so lucky. make sure you're saving the ig extra bucks, we're thinking about black friday and how much things are costing then and getting your saving and spending a lot of money then. traveling to where you want to go, patrice, $0.300per gallon, higher than it was this time last year. be on the road. close to a millionnmarylanders are going to be traveling. when you get to randma's house, you will be eating turkey most likely and even the cost of that we have farmer reynolds,,you guys sell turkeys how many. >> we sold about 3,000 turkeys this year. fortuuately for everybody else, we did not raise our pricesment our turkeys are till $2.39 a pound.ú he with have a couple of hundred of them to get rid of. give us a call. >> reporter: but that is not knees guys, obviously. >> no, the price will go up on these guys. >> reporter: a lot of people have put that price in. it's got to be beccuse of feed prices, you kno

joel d. smith was there today as residents saw the damage. >> almost like a freight train came through. everything just exploded? >> with winds strong enough to blow a car on top of anothhr. branches from trees roof sent into the distancee walter feels lucky to be a. >>i have wholeewindow blew out in my face. at that point it was a matter of grabbing my family anddgetting out there. >> he thought his home would collapse on him. so he ran outside. into a nightmare. >> we hhd 2x4s launched in the air like a harpoon. >> nowhere to go and run. later, some debris can be swept away. other examples, forget about it. >> here is another example of the raw power of the storm. look at the light pole. ripped out of the ground. over here, easily just snapped in two like a twig. and finally you may wonder where is the light fixture. no way to know for sure. but it could be down the street a block in the back of crrstal's car. >> crystal's home has a hole in the side. and she onsiders that a relief. >> i am truly

joel d smith is at the top of that buildling in north west baltimore. part right away. we have a roof here that is very unique and has special plants that are meant to attract bees, and healthy environment ann they pollinate all of that food. that is what we're talking about here. we have yuron and that name doesn't seem like something from baltimore. >> reporter: baltimore. >> no, it's from jeremy. i like to be here and i like to bring the technology over. >> reeprter: how popular is it in europe. >> it's popular in europe. new construction of green roofs in the u.s. maybe 2 million currently. >> reporter: we have a lot ofú improvement to get there. >> it's basically a sled roof. it's a large area ann it's in a neighborhood where you have a lot of impervious materials. >> repprter: and storm water run off, that is a big advantage, right some. >> absolutely. this roof will retainnover the year 50 or 60 or more percent of the actual rain.ú it's a big elief for the entire sewer system. >> reporter: everything soundd good, guys, but when t comes down to th

joel dflt smith i d smith is lih baltimore where the recovery can begin but no one knows when the recoverywill end. >> reporter: we don't know when it's going to begin. just had somebody drive up here homes. to get back into their they were turned away. you are seeing a huge police presence not letting everyone into mcclain boulevard. flood lights are inside, but that is about t look at how many police officers are in here guarding a damaged area. this is the mount pleasant apartment complex looking at right now. the sign was bloon off. yesterday it was overwhelming. aa the dutch village apartment and the mount pleasant apartments 360 uniis damaged. 16 buildings condemned. why. broken windows, roofs ripped off, trees torn apart. each coodemned building has 64 units. many people stayiig at overnight shelters the one stablished at mount pleasant ice rink. nearly 2 b 250 people are regisd therr ann they will be allowed to return if things are deemed safe. utility workers working hard to gee the power back up. were without power. some of thh residents havv accepted their fate, otters are still

joel d smith is live in collegg paak to show s what that is.rice. good morning beeng everybody.ú thes,everybody. these are just a part oo what we will see on the field. we'rr talking about the wounded underarmorrand the terps. a couple of teams have done this across the college football specttum. names, the real things will beú courage. these will be aucttoned off too3 raise mmney for the wounded soldier. tell us your story. serving in iraq. in 2005 while we weee 20 daas on way from coming home. by an iud. i returned back to the states. you know, feeling -- >> all right, we're going to geú %-bit because it's a great stor. we wishhmaryland all the best. hopefully the jerseys go for a lot in that auction. p>> well, coming up, one of the maryland's speed camerr operators caughh speeding himself. what happened to the driver since first being caught. >>> as severe weather movee through last night leaving is left in its wake as low pressure continues o these sausage pancake bites are an amazing combination. combine that with the taste, and it's a com

. >>> you might have noticed that joel d smith isn't here this morning, but there's a good reason. d's wife kaitlyn gave birth to a beautiful baby girl last night. she was born at 11:30 and weighs 6 pounds 7-ounces, everyone is doing grrat and we want to welcome the little one to the fox 45 family. thaa's the proud dad there in his terps jacket. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig. good weather for the baby. >>> very cute indeed and congratulations to joel d.3 i couldn't tell if the baby had the hat backwards like he did. as far as current conditions out there. another dry start to the day. it looks like it's going to be a pretty one with a lot of sunshine coming your way. 48 degrees is the temperature right now at the harbor. winds are wom low. the air is dry and the temperatures are still drop a bit more. quite a range, 33 at hagerstown. we saw places like gaithersberg in the 20s this morning. 33 degrees downtown. high pressure is goinggto bring us a nice sunny day s temperatures climb to near 60 degrees once more. pressure offshore, moving south ú%ving in our direction

joel d smith ii live with another part oo the holiday that is the meal. od morninn, joel. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we're talking turkey and these guys sort of got the pardon. they won't be on your table later thhs week. these will be your christmas touries and expecturkeys if yout ddrection. i've got farmer tom. >> good morning. >> reporter: these guys are for christmas and the cost is up for people traveling more, it's what about the cost of a turkey. >> the commodities, the meal we did not build that into ours. price structure but mostú everybody eese has raised the price of the turkeys. we're still 2-point frin $2.49. >> reporter: mmst are a dollar more than that, right? >> yeah, our price tructure is pretty good. >> reporter: you're selling these for christmas. people don't think of how much goes into it. to be ready for christmas, how much time do these guys have. >> when we processed birds. on saturday we finnshed we still have some on ice ttat are sitting on ice water. thhy stay there 24 to 48 hours and then we bag them out. it makes it

the soldier is a double amputee and joel d smith is there to show us how the features of the home will help the hero move on. all right, joel. is this a shower. >> reporter: yes, it certainly is. it's not a regular shower that you can get in most homes that are already built. that is why this is a special shower that is more wide open be obviously. we're talking about a double amputee, captain ferris butler who is going to be living here. a lot of volunteers made this happen. we have victoria to show us some the uuique features that we have here. we saw the shower, first of all, you met captain butler. tell us more about him. >> the captain butler and his wife laura, it's been a real joy to meet them. they are two gracious people. they met while in waater reid after his injury. they have been f een fa been . >> what is nice is we still have the versatility of this side of the cabinet and the roll under cabinet allows him to get underneath. we do this throughout the house. >> reporter: this toilet has different stuff. you come over to it, and you open it and it goes. >> when you walk up

else, not much of a wind as temperatures climb to the same ñññ >>> you might have noticed that joel d smitht isn't here this morning. but there's a good reason for that. joel's wife gave birth to baby last night. everyone is doing great and we want to welcome her to the fox 45 family. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig. people don't applaud us when we come to work. >> i'm even giving joel and kaitlyn a standing ovation. let's take a look at what we have out there. congratulations to the family. here is what we got as far as radar is concerned. clear skies. we're looking at sunshine today and very sunny in the smith household this morning. here is what we got, 48 degrees, and looking at the clear skies at the inner harbor, sunshine on the way once more. temperatures will climb at 50 for the high. 30% relative humidity and 30.0 and falling on the barometer. 30 is the dew point number. that means there's room for the temperatures to drop a little bit this morning. that's kind of an odd ball number compared to everywhere else. look at everywhere else so the metro area is milder. as

joel d smith is live on the roof of that building in northwest baltimore with the man behind the plan. can't wait to hear this, good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, and good morning, everybody. great view and it's a better view when you see what is on ground. green roof, that is what you do? >> yes, that is my message. >> reporter: 30 years, and you're saying in europe they have many, more of these, right? >> absolutely. we have so much more and this big option and big business in europe over the last two decades. >> reporter: how rare is it and how unique is it for the states and baltimore. >> in baltimore we are lucky. we have a couple of them in baltimore already, but it's comparing to europe, it's a very small portion of it. >> reporter: once again, why is this such a benefit for everybody, but especially the business here? >> well, we have a lot of benefits. that means we retain a lot of sun water directly on the roof. we retain 50 or 60% of the annual run off. there's less water in the sewer system. >> reporter: what about the bee, there's a hive over there, n

joel d smith is live on top of the roof to show us how this idea would result in a cleaner bay, no bees and better food. good morning, joel. >> reporter: it seems like a no brainer. good stuff here patrice. i'm going to show you. this is the roof i rooftop and s stuff was planted in a couple of days ago. it's going to be as healthy as you can imagine and all of those good things that you talked about are the result of having a green roof. so why don't we see more of these? i'm going to talk to yuran about that. how come there's not more of these? >> every green roof is a big price tag, so it's still on the pricey side. the more implementations of green roof in the city you get, the more competitive, the companies and the cheaper the price. >> reporter: right now the price is a big factor. >> yes, it's a big factor, that's why a lot of cities offer incentives to help the people install the big roofs because they have a lot of benefits for the city and the community and at the end for the taxpayer. >> reporter: we were talking about the bees, why do they like to come here. even though it'

joel d smith is showing us how this amputee is moving into a home as special as he is. >> reporter: goodorning, patrice. this is called homes for our troops. this is a free home going to him because of how special he is and the special needs he has. i have jim from the construction. you guys got invooved with this. tell us about the guy who is going to be living here. >> the soldier's name is parris butler, is' double amputee. the home was built with special features to get around on a daily basis. >> reporter: there's a lot of challenges, and he was looking for a home for a while. what is here in the kitchen that wouldn't be in a normaa home? >> what you see underneath the stove, you have a recess panel where he can access via wheelchair. the appliances like the dishhasher and the oven are located where he can access those vii wheelchair. there's a raised toe kick on the cabinet that was supplied by craft mate that allow also for the feet to go underneath there. >> reporter: how you on 96 are these items. are they easy to find for anybody. >> actually, there's a lot of ada products on t

we do have a i@@@@ >>> you might havv noticed that joel d smith isn't here this morning, but there's for that. joel d's wife gave birth to last night. everyone is doing well this morning. we're happy for the smith family. congratulations to them. >>> now let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig. hi steve. congratulations. taking a look at the sky hd radar, shaping up like a nice day. nothing out there weather wise or any kind of rain. as far as your starting temperatures, a little to see, because downtown it's going to be milder than in the outlying areas. 46 degrees is what it is temperature wise downtown. we are seeing clear skies already. winds out of the northwest at 3 miles per hour and it should not be much of a windy day at all. dew points at 20 degrees. that is an indication that it's temperatures could drop a little bit this morning before the sun begins to climb. as far as the temperatures3 arounddthe area, note thee3 difference in temperatures from 34 degrees in hagers town, 34 degrees in salisbury and 46 degrees in baltimore right now. a big chang range of temperatur

. >> morning reporter joel d. smith wife katelyn gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, 6 pounds and 7 ounces and get this. she was born at 11:11 p.m. on 11/11. and it is almost 11:00 as we say this. mom, dad, new baby all doing well. congratulations. >> congratulationss. >> to the smith clan. beautiful. look at her. >> well, the ravens come up short in atlanta. >> yeah, kristen berset joins us in "sports unlimited" with reaction after last night's dismal loss to the falcons. kristen? >> thank youuguys. >> coming up on "sports unlimited." the ravens lose another tough game on the road. here from john harbaugh and joe flacco after the defeat. and franklin goes to hereford in the playoffs. see who advances to the next round. >> and i go one-on-one with ravens' rookie linebacker sergio kendall. what is the bigggst thing he has learned after his accident. plus, find out what he talked about, with ray lewis, coming up in "sports unlimited", starts right now. >> the ravens have seen three, four quarter leads slip away. latest a