>> i'm not marrying kim brown. >> i like pringle. pringle carlin. >> we'll see. >> we're voting on rob pringle. >> that i like. >> she's going to send us pictures of the wedding. we'll put them on, on monday. >> i'll call you monday before we leave for the honeymoon. >> sorry we can't make it. >> call us on the honeymoon, will you? >> not going to happen. see you later. this is more than my easy button. it's my "save-so-much-on- his-graphing-calculator... look. i made it say "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- math-tutor" button. (announcer) staples equals savings on everything for back to school. staples. that was easy. it's my "save-so-much-on- his-graphing-calculator... look. i made it say "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- math-tutor" button. (announcer) staples equals savings on everything for back to school. staples. that was easy. good. ( laughs ) ( gasps ) do you hear that sound? they're popping! - really?! listen. - ( laughs ) ahhhhh... mmm. where'd the sound go? even when they've stopped popping, is it in your tummy? they haven't stop

let's see what is happening on the roads with kim brown. >> we don't have problems to let you know about on southbound 95 as you make your way down from harford county through to about the whitemarsh area, whitemarsh boulevard to the 69 a split. however -- 695 split. however, system working a crash, at bel air road at cotrington, that remains on the

let's see what's happening on the roads with kim brown. >> thank you. good morning. just getting word of a crash actually inside of druid hill park, that is greenspring avenue at dear pin lane. police and tow truck are on scene. also, on the outer loop at loch raven boulevard, getting reports of an object in the roadway. definitely use caution. in the pasadena area, bedford road between grenada and clover hill closed. use geneva as an alternate. in elkton, cecil county, route 7 at crestwell avenue closed because of flooding there. looking at the cameras, jfx at west 41st street, you can see traffic light in both directions. at the bw parkway and the beltway, we'll have building volume as you make your way southbound but traffic appears to be flowing smoothly at this time. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, best country for the work day with music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. >>> 5:31. the fate of that cash for clunkers program is going to be decided as the senate meets for a final

we got big news from abc2 traffic and kim brown. >> thank you. yes, we are officially twitterrering traffic starting this morning but we're going to look here at route 50 at 97. traffic moving along nicely. no problems to let you know about on northbound 97 to the beltway. you can follow me on twitter, that's maryland traffic, very easy to find. tweet me your traffic updates and if you're out and you see anything let me know and i'll do the same. just a couple of incidents around the area, a disabled vehicle southbound 83 on the on-ramp headed to the inner loop, headed to the shoulder. and a crash in pikesville, reisterstown road and slade avenue. looking at the jfx at 41st street, traffic moving along nicely as you make your way downtown. back to you. >>> we're topping our look at news around the nation -- a fishing boat near newport, oregon, got stuck on the beach. the two crew members on the 50-foot boat were fine but 1,800 gallons of diesel fuel had to be removed from the ship. crews will attempt to refloat the vessel when the tide is a bit h

let's check the roads with kim brown. >> traffic is looking good this morning as we check anne arundel county here, route 50 at 97, moving along smoothly in both directions whether headed to the baltimore beltway or capitol beltway, no problems at this time. there is a disabled vehicle on southbound 83, that is going to be on the on-ramp to the inner loop, just use caution if you have to travel in that direction. still dealing with that crash also in pikesville, reisterstown road at slade avenue. also no problems to let you know about at the tunnels either. checking the jfx at -- excuse me, cold spring lane, we have light traffic southbound towards the downtown area but no problems. if you're looking for a business you know you can trust let your better business bureau do the work for you with the ateam video business directly. log on to abc2news.com/bbb. back to you. >>> 6:32. they shot miss shirley. >> that's all you really have to say. it's a shocking story. in her own home watching tv. abc2 news sherrie johnson with the shooting in cherry hill. >> reporter: this shooting victim was

kim brown. >> thank you. traffic is looking good on 95 southbound between whitemarsh boulevard and the 695 split. however, you can expect to see the ramp closed on 95 northbound to riverside parkway because of a crash there. also in pasadena, bedford road at clover hill road closed because of downed power lines. geneva is an alternate. in elkton, route 7 at cresswell avenue closed because of flooding. this is going to be the jfx at northern parkway. no problems to let you know about there. as we check also at the outer loop, this is 695 at liberty road, a little building volume but traffic is flowing freely at this time. >>> 6:01. backyard picnics. auto stores, parked cars and got to stop. >> you mentioned crime scenes where people have been stabbed and shot and today a rally will be held to try and stop it now. sherrie johnson tells us about this effort. >>> today people are joining together to take back their streets. community members will hold a rally in west baltimore, the site of one of the latest acts

let's see what's happening on the roads with kim brown. >> good morning. we're having a very quiet start to your wednesday commute as we check the beltway on the west side of the outer loop making your way down towards the route 70 interchange, traffic flowing freely. in the city, there's a crash still at north caroleen and eager street. be aware of that. and the harbor tunnel southbound side is closed for overnight construction projects. two-way traffic does get through in the northbound tube. at the jfx traffic is moving without problems. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, where you'll find great music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban and rascal flatts. back to you. >>> call it the attack of the oscar. how this little fish is fighting back making huge waves at one seafood buffet. >> and the battle of the big ben. should the big show with shaq come to a ring near you? ♪ doctor says i have to lower my cholesterol. here you go, mr. noran. (announcer) trying to lower your cholesterol can be

let's get our first check of the roads with kim brown. >> reporter: good morning, everybody.oking here at the outer loop of the beltway. traffic is light and flowing smoothly in both directions this morning. a quick reminder if you are headed downtown. charles street will be closed between reid and center street starting at 7:00 a.m. because of roadway repair. that will remain in effect all weekend long until monday morning so keep that in mind as well. a couple of other road closures for construction projects. northbound 95 right at 395, the two right lanes remain closed. southbound at the harbor tunnel is closed. and westbound northern parkway at falls road between rowland avenue and falls road, the right lane remains closed. looking here at the jfx, traffic is nil this morning. no problems there. jamie, back to you. >> you never imagine while sitting at an intersection that a stolen car will plow into you. that's what happened to one woman. sherrie johnson was on a hit and run bike story. this story is just as bad this morning. >> reporter: she was crossing an intersection

let's see what's happening on the roads with kim brown, could be wet. >> good morning. traffic is mostly quiet around the area as we check the outer loop

let's see what's happening on the roads with kim brown. >> good morning.fic is quiet around the beltway. we have overnight road closures that will be reopening because of construction. if you try the inner loop northbound at frederick road the two left lanes are closed and the left shoulder. that will reopen probably within the 6:00 hour. fort mchenry tunnel, expect two lanes blocked in each direction at the toll plaza. those two will be reopening later in the morning. checking around the beltway, 695 at liberty road. traffic is flowing freely in both directions at this time. no delays to the let you know about. back to you. >>> it's 5:00. more than 20 people were shot. >> and a week later we're still trying to find a solution. community activists plan to take action against the violence. abc2 news sherrie johnson joins us with the details. >> reporter: good morning. today people are joining together to take back their city streets. community members will hold a rally in west baltimore. the site of one of the latest acts of violence. many people are alarme

kim brown. >> thank you. outer loop at liberty road, traffic moving nicely at this hour. 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

. >>> let's check the roads with kim brown. >> thank you. good morning. as we look at southbound 95 approaching whitemarsh boulevard traffic is moving along at a nice clip, building volume there in the southbound lanes but no real problems to let you know about. in baltimore city keep in mind there will be rolling lane closures, road closures because of the big back to school rally. starting 7:00 a.m., barclay street between lafayette and north street. and 9:30, north avenue between calvert to greenmount will close. the intersections will all open by 11:30 a.m. a crash at 95 and russell street still blocking the left two lanes, right lane gets by. utah closed between east fayette and mulberry. a manhole cover explosion. and timonium road the construction project still blocking the southbound lanes. and bay bridge, a crash blocking the center lane there. and jfx at northern parkway traffic moving nicely. back to you. >>> 5:30. the liberal lion of the united states senate has died. senator ted kennedy was 77. his family announced his death after his battle

let's check the roads and go back to kim brown. >> thank you. good morning. traffic is running very quiet this morning as we look at 95 southbound approaching whitemarsh boulevard. we have building volume and a little bit of slowing but i'm not getting word of incidents or any real delays at this hour. all the earlier incidents have since been cleared. that earlier accident on north caroline and east eager street has been cleared. jfx and northern parkway, see that everything is moving along nicely there. back to you. >>> she's a community activist who has always taken a stand against crime in her neighborhood but last night she was shot simply sitting in her house as a stray bullet came flying through the window. abc2's sherrie johnson is on top of this story for us. >> reporter: the shooting victim was well known in the community as miss shirley. she was known for cleaning up the cherry hill area and fighting to keep kids off the streets. now crime found its way in her home. miss shirley was at home watching tv in her south baltimore home when a stray bulle

let's see what's happening on the roads with kim brown. >> thank you.ave a really smooth ride on 83 southbound down from the pennsylvania state line through to about 695. it will take you about 24 minutes travel time at this hour. we have a construction road closure downtown that is going to be north charles street at west eager street. the right lane remains blocked because of gas main work there. the northbound tube of the harbor tunnel closed, traffic getting by in the southbound tube, it should reopen in about a half-hour. this is going to be 695 at the outer loop at liberty road. no problems to report here now. you can see traffic is flowing freely. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, you'll find great music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban and rascall flatts. back to you. >>> why some people who voted for spector turned on him last night at a town hall meeting. >>> a inspiring story about a amputee termed to dance at juilliard. just ahead. (announcer) back to school means back to

let's see what is happening on the roads with kim brown. >> we don't have problems to let you know about on southbound 95 as you make your way down from harford county through to about the whitemarsh area, whitemarsh boulevard to the 69 a split. 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

. >>> let's check the roads with kim brown. >> good morning. we have a couple of incidents.hough as we check the beltway, route 50 at sandy point traffic is moving nicely. but 95 southbound at the russell street it

. >>> let's see what's happening on the roads with kim brown. >> good morning. as we look at the outer loop at liberty road you can see the traffic is flowing freely on both loops, no problems to let you know about there. however, if you're traveling 83 southbound there's a vehicle on fire approaching the padonia road exit. that fire has been extinguished. getting a little attention from drivers as you head southbound. working a crash in bel air, bel air road at cotington road. and harbor tunnel southbound closed, two-way traffic in the northbound tube. southbound will reopen later in the morning. elkton, route 279 at bell hill road, all southbound lanes blocked at this time because of a utility problem. jfx at north avenue, no problems running northbound and southbound at this time. back to you. >>> 5:00. we begin with that shooting at a health club right outside pittsburgh that left four people dead including the gunman. cheryl conner will be working on this story all morning for us. she has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. it seemed like an ordinary eve

. >>> kim brown has a check of the roads. >> southbound 795 from owings mills from the beltway, slow, interchange. heavy volume delays. 10 minutes behind schedule. we're still working a couple of crashes, in the city, north wolf street at east madison. and honeygo boulevard. and there's utility repair work, eutaw and baltimore, also green street and mlk. as there's traffic heavy moving to downtown but steadily. >>> back with more "good morning america" next. a >>> "good morning america" continues with life after the lion. who will take senator ted kennedy's place? we'll hear from the governor of massachusetts on the struggle to fill the void and that senate seat. >>> and a tour of the storied kennedy compound. we take you inside the family home. what about the report that, soon, it will be open to the public. >>> and the new cash for clunkers program. this time, dollars for your dishwasher? how you can cash in on your old appliances. >>> and good morning, america. diane sawyer here in times square. robin's on assignment, this thursday, august 27th, 2009. and chris is in hyannisport, a

never work again. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but kim can put on her resume, she was the light that guided the soap for much of his legendary run. karen brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> ide guy -- guiding light airs weekdays at 10:00 a.m. here on wjz 13. >>> american companies are making changes when it comes to selling their food products in china. >> in the orient, for example, can you buy blueberry potato chips. and each aloe juice from minute maid. they have tweaked their products. for lays potato chips, that includes cucumber, lichee and mango. i'm sure salt and vinegar would be weird to them. >> yeah, i'm sure. >>> orioles take on the a's tonight. o's are fighting to find some answers to their struggles. speaking of fights. the ravens fighting each other in training camp. a good scuffle breaks out. we'll hear from one of the combatants when eyewitness news continues. when morning comes in the middle of the night... rooster crow. ...it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you st

. >> reporter: watch james brown's interentire exclusive interview on 60 minutes sunday night at 7:00 here on wusa 9. let's go to kim for an update on the forecast. looking at the weekend. >> i am and everybody is sending me garden pictures. this crazy vine has left jane's garden in and is climbing up her back steps. you know what it is producing, squash. look at this. this is great. you are sending your garden pictures my visiting my blog and i'm enjoying sharing them with the rest of our viewing camly. you have to water the plants today. i don't think that many thunderstorms will be popping up. the temperatures have approached the middle 70s at reagan national airport. it is 75 at annapolis. quantico, hi there. 76. off to the west we have 73 manassas and still cumberland coming in with 68 in beautiful allegheny county, maryland. we have plenty of sunshine out there. today a partly cloudy one. northern neck of virginia, the eastern shore a couple of thunderstorms are possible. we will take you up to 83 at lunchtime and 87 for the high. if going to a picnic or barbecue today, i think all of the fun and games should

kim zetter, rosetta nes, ladies, tha you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: finally tonit, a bookonversation on the future of news. jeffrey brownhas that. >> reporter: it no secr the news business iin great turml, newspapers and television stations e sufering from the econom downtur as once plentiful advertising dries , leading to layoff, cutbacks in coveragend an uncertain future. a new book, ling the nws, a dresses the questions of what's bei lost in this process a what might b done about it. the author is alex jones, a pulitzer prize winning autr who covered the press r the "new york times", now director of press politics and pblic policy at harvardniversity. welcome. >>thank you, good to be here. >> brown: you begin the book with aersonaler to about a experience you had of getting the story. >> i wanted to start the book by trying to help people understand wh journali feels like, pople who are not journalists emselves. and tell about the best moment that i had as a journalist, whic was in louisville, ke. in a hoel rooin the middle of the night with carettes and old ice tea glasses, i had gone there for the "w york times" td

kim jong-il has pardoned two american journalists who'd been held since march. he ordered their release hours after former president bill clinton arrived in north korea for a surprise visit. jeffrey brown has our lead story report. >> reporter: the north korean announcement followed a day of ceremonies and meetings begining with mr. clinton's arrival at the airport in pyong-yang. in short order he met with kim, who rarely meets with foreigners, and who had an apparent stroke a year ago and remains in ill health. but state-run media reported kim's held exhaustive talks with mr. clinton. later the former president met with laura ling and euna lee, the two journalists work for current tv, a news organization founded by mr. clinton's former vice president, al gore. ling and lee were arrested in march along the china-north korea border, they were convicted in june of hostile acts and sentenced to 12 years at hard labor. today obama administration officials stress the private nature of mr. clinton's visit. at the white house, spokesman gibbs reiterated that there would be no comment while mr. clinton was in north korea. >> this obviously is a very sensitive topic. we will hope to provide som

brown's wife brought lovely gifts for the obama girls. they gave him dvd's of his own speeches. maybe we should try that with kim jong il.here are my greatest hits. he does not acknowledge a special relationship, why should you? it looks like that is it. thank you, young republicans, you are very well dressed. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> how is c-span funded? >> private contributions. >> i honestly do not know. >> i will say from commercials. >> advertising. >> how is c-span funded. america's cable companies greeted c-span as a public service, a private business initiative with -- no government mandate and no government money. >> today is the 35th anniversary of the resignation of richard nixon. edward nixon spoke with us on today's "washington journal." ritten a book recently on the nixon family. where were you on august 8th and 9th? give us a general sense of what was going on. guest: hello, i had my family with me in the cascade mountains at a camp set. i did rather expect something of this sort coming down the line, knowing the di

brown haasked libya to hdle the homecoming with sensitivity. today, megrahe was kept ouof the spotlight th no official coent on his whereabouts, or coverage on state tevision. north korean officials sent kimong-il arrid in south korea day. they were there tmourn the formerouth korean president kim day jhung. the grp of high-level officials laid a wreath at memorial for the forme president, who diedn tuesday. kim brokered the first mmit between the o koreas in 2000. the north korean delation will not stay fokim's funeral on nday. but they ll meet with the uth's unification minister. thseason's first atlantic hurricane lost steam ait moved closer tbermuda. hurrice bill with winds of 110 miles r hour was on track to movbetween the atlantic island and e east coast of the u.s. tomorrow. high waves batred bermuda's coastline and islanderstocked up on sulies. the storm is not expted to hit thu.s. but forecasters warned of dangerous riptides and was along the eastn seaboard. >> lehrer: and still to me on the wshour tonight: civilian casualties in afghanistan; a brooks and marcu tt follows our second economy story. we heard, federal reserve chairman ben bernankdefended some maj government inteenti

brown -- she goes on to say this -- mark, is that changing? >> i agree. i do not think he will be involved in these other debates. i think, frankly, kimong il chose him, not barack obama. they told the families of the two women being held, that they would hand them over to bill clinton. this is a regime who was testing intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear weapons, and now they have the former president sitting with kim jong il, getting photographed. i think it will be limited. martha: mary ann, you cannot help but think about the struggles of the president has. he has rahm emanuel who is working hard in the capital, but do you see a place where bill clinton could have a back door advisory position? any chance in could become something more? >> this could be the test. here is the reality. there are not a lot of people who know what barack obama is going through. the first person who even begins to know is bill clinton. if he handles this assignment well, there might be other opportunities as well. you do not want to be overshadowed by a former president, but i do not think that will happen, and president clinton has quite a lot

brown tune. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. let's check on the morning commute with kim. >> things are picking up quite a bit on the roads out there. accident on the outer loop of the beltway approaching perring parkway. quite a backup. we will give you a live look in a minute. on the outer loop of the beltway at merritt boulevard, a water main break. role in the road. possible lane blockages there and water in the street. a downed tree at harford county. in glen arm, the downed tree is at harford road in both directions. we will give you a live look at the north side of the beltway. traffic on the outer lips barely crawling along there. in the back up from paste the'. 76 in baltimore, 73 at b.w.i., 77 and hagerstown. the afternoon will be warm and humid with thunderstorms. 87 to 91 degrees. we will do it again tomorrow. friday, a little bit of a washout at 89. things get very nice very quickly after that. saturday, 85 degrees with scattered storms. sunday, beautiful and 84. >> check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. our next live update

brown's wife brought lovely gifts for the obama girls. they gave him dvd's of his own speeches. maybe we should try that with kim jong il.re are my greatest hits. he does not acknowledge a special relationship, why should you? it looks like that is it. thank you, young republicans, you are very well dressed. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> tomorrow wrote a book on the unemployment numbers. then a discussion about sex. -- then a discussion of secretary of state hillary clinton. and the film legislation that we get the federal government control about student loans. our guest will be william shaffner. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> sunday in a book of british politics from the bbc, including the expense scandal. sunday night, nine eastern and pacific on c-span. up next, and of the latest unemployment figures. -- a look at the latest unemployment figures. carolyn maloney shares this hour and 20 minute hearing. >> welcome. evidence that the stimulus bill is taking hold a starting to emerge. the economy improved i

brown's wife brought lovely gifts for the obama girls. they gave him dvd's of his own speeches. maybe we should try that with kim jong il. here are my greatest hits. he does not acknowledge a special relationship, why should you? it looks like that is it. thank you, young republicans, you are very well dressed. >> "washington journal" continues. continues. host: senator ben cardin from maryland, our final guest today. your photograph is all over the papers this morning. we will show "will call" first -- we are having a hard time with the camera -- you are standing with jack reed and max baucus, and in both cases, everyone is smiling. what is going on in that room? guest: it is the day before recess, so that maybe while we -- why we are smiling. we are talking about health care reform. we are making a lot of progress. americans are starting to understand that the status quo is unacceptable. the cost of health care is rising and people are losing their benefits. in maryland, it costs about $11,000 for a family plan, private insurance. that is scheduled to increase in the next 10 years, projected to be $23,000. every day in

brown's wife brought lovely gifts for the obama girls. they gave him dvd's of his own speeches. maybe we should try that with kim jong il. here are my greatest hits. he does not acknowledge a special relationship, why should you? it looks like that is it. thank you, young republicans, you are very well dressed. >> thank you so much for coming. and culture is one of our most popular speakers in our campus lecture program. -- ann coulter. would you please take your seats? we have a few closing words. [applause] >> tomorrow on "washington journal," look at the latest unemployment numbers. then a discussion about secretary of state hillary clinton's tour of africa with the former assistant secretary of state for african affairs. also look at legislation that would give the federal government control over stallone's. later, a discussion about the resignation of center bell martinez. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> yesterday, the full senate confirm judge sonia sotomayor you as the next supreme court justice. watch highlights from the senate floor debate, at 7:00 p.m. eastern on "america and the c