the latest along falls road at middletown road. westbound 100, we have a crash still clearing. 18 miles per hour just prior to that crash. a crash reported southbound on 97, and overturned vehicle just past generals highway. southbound on the j.f.x., a live picture ruxton road, pretty good shape in towards the city. looking good on 70 at 29. no problems reported in towards the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> crews are still battling a major wildfire in southern california this morning. 14,000e is now covering acres. so far nine people have been hurt including some firefighters. the fire is only 20% contained. president obama was signed bipartisan student loan bill into law. it will cut interest loans keeping them lower for students. the rates will be tied financial markets. they will likely rise in the future. the president will hold a press conference later this afternoon at the white house. one of the three winners has come forward. paul white is the winner from minnesota. he came forward to claim his $ winnin

you will want to expect delays and in baltimore county a crash is in parkton on falls road at middletown road. the best alternatis 83. here's what it look like in hunt valley. no delays to get in your way as you make the push from the maryland pennsylvania state line all the way to the beltway and it will remain clear as you get on the jfx and head downtown. and 695 the northwest corridor at old court road no problems on the inner loop. and the 11 minutes to get from 795 down to 95. and over on the east side, just 11 minutes to get from 95 all the way up to 83. and the inner loop clear down to 95 in white marsh and there are no delays right now on 95. it will take you 6 minutes to get from the harbor testimony throughway down to the -- tunnel throughway to the toll plaza. that's your timesaver traffic. >>> this is what's happening right now. a raging wild fire in southern california destroying more homes in the path. officials say this fire has burned 26 homes as well as commercial building. one approach that fire crews are taking is to try to stop the fire setting more fires. it sounds

in middletown owens mills definitely, a couple of areas, we can see the humidity is is at 100%. so that means that air is saturated. the temperature right now in middletown coming in at 68 degrees, 69 in owens mills and pylesville coming in right around 67 degrees. so these temperatures are still above average. we do have those clouds out there and you know the clouds act like a blanket. that's why the temperatures really not able to drop off early in the morning. they act in reverse in the afternoon. we will have some clouds around once again for today, but we could get a few peeks of sunshine. and once we do that, that's what's really going to destabilize the atmosphere, setting us up for more showers and thunderstorms as we go into the afternoon. now, this is how you plan your day, you're wondering, is it going to be a good biking day. well, it could be. again, we will have the off and on showers scattered in nature as we go throughout the day. but the big story this morning is that patchy fog. it could be dangerous on the roadways. we do have reduced visibility. you definite

and up in baltimore county in parkton there's a crash on falls road at middletown road a car crashed into a tree. and 83 will be clear and jfx in great shape. no delays from 41st street down to fayette street. that's the timesaver traffic. >>> a fearless defensive tackle on the field. a funny man off it. art donovan played pro football for 12 years but we will always remember number 706789 today the community says farewell and roosevelt leftwich joins us live on charles street to let us know what's planned for today. >> reporter: well, hundreds of people will gather here at the cathedral around 10-- i mean 11 this morning to pay respects to a man whose impact on sports in the city is legendary. artie donovan will be remembered as a great football player and a good guy. he was very quick fohis size and a man who defined his position. in playing football and in his 12 seasons he was considered one of the most dominating defensive players that played the game. but artie defined what player should be off the field when he retired he stayed in baltimore raising a family and owns several b

i am a journalist. 50 years ago, i was a 16-year- old kid in high school in middletown, ohio. that is john boehner's district. i was a minimum-wage worker. john boehner was, to, i learned years later. when john boehner went to work at a factory and got a paycheck for the first time, he looked at his paystub and saw how much he was paying in taxes and he became a republican. a very well-known move in america. i, 50 years ago, since 1963, actually 1964 when the civil rights act was being voted on, barry goldwater voted against it. he was nominated to be the republican nominee for president. i decided then that i was not a republican. i had grown up with a family that was very republican. i am grateful to the republican party. everett dirksen from illinois, without his leadership, we could not have passed over the segregation of southern democrats. it is a different world. when i was a kid, we would go down to what our family called the old country and most of you know as alabama. we went shopping and we're in in a five and $.10 store. i said i want to get a jack of water and i w

a couple of years later the same marines went to middletown connecticut where mr. manchester lived. he had two strokes in 199098 and his wife of 50 years judy had died that summer, and five marines went up there to boost his morale. they invited me along to do another story and my editor tom o'hare at the post loved these stories. south florida is where veterans go alternately and i interviewed pearl harbor veterans and took arizona survivor out to rural in 2001. it's just marvelous to write the stories and meet these men and women. so i went up to middletown with the five marines and spent i think two nights in three days or three nights and four days with them. i will never forget the first night i met william manchester and we all had dinner togetherns not yet in a wheelchair. he made it very clear he could no longer rate. he hadn't lost his memory or wit or charm. he'd love to read, but he just could not put words to paper and now is the great tragedy with bill. i took notes he and i remember one night, just really moved me around 10:00, 10:30 it may have a woman student not of

standing right now in front of the high school in middletown, delaware. >> the tower stand 11 stories, precisely, 112 feet, 11 and 3/4 inches. made of a million bricks. weigh nearsly a ton. >> that's really cool. y yags of the red clay consolidated school district. kids from 2 schools in the district helped build it over the last few months and will remain standing at its full height until tomorrow morning. >> why take it town? >> amazing it is standing. it's legos. a spike in shark attacks in paradise. what hawaiian officials are frying how to do to figure out why they're attacking. >> why a bright young man says he is being punished for being the best reader in his class. >> later, a dose of cuteness. a look at some of the white house dogs through the years. find out which ones weren't so well behaved. you are watching "world news now." ♪ it's just my dog and me ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by hotwire.com. know, just t to win. but we c cannly afaffo ontrip t thiyear,, and his s hi schooool union is comg up i in attle.e. evereryone's goioing then w we ard a

middletown i guess is one that focused on the different strata. i think he had five groups with three in the middle and then you had sort of the holier the at the end. so whether you want to define a socially or economically there is still the idea that it was a bell curve and somewhere in the middle was the peak and there was the fringe groups on the end. [inaudible] >> absolutely. i make that point, yes that in the late 18th century that it's a myth this idea that everyone had the same amount of money. there has always been fast inequality of wealth. before this country so i am agreeing with you but yeah it's an important point. that social rank or social class the problem is when you do the data you can't look at well does he or she have retirement nest egg or does he or she own a car onto a second car? they look at income which is a terrible measure again i think of class. [inaudible] yes, i agree. >> thank you for your presentation. [inaudible] >> 10 years later it was -- and i wonder it's not just cultural. it has to do more about values tha

a couple of accidents as well, falls road at middletown road, police active between south gilmore atnot too much happening on the west side. this traffic report is brought to you by michael and sons. call 800-94-mike. back to you. >>> in just a few hours a local legend, football and other wise art donovan will be laid to rest in this city. mike schuh is live with details. >> reporter: good morning. today one of the city 's best athletes and story tellers the adopted son who never returned home to the bronx art donovan will be laid to rest. donovan at 300 pounds was nicknamed fat so when coach eubanks first saw him. he played on the colts team during their glory years. after retirement he carried with him a supply of funny stories. today he will be remembered here at 11:00. i'm mike schuh reporting live. back to you. >> thank you. you can watch live coverage of the service right here on wjz 13 also at cbsbaltimore.com. >>> the baltimore county woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her husband said she had to or he would have killed her first. yesterday karla porter to the stand in

this weekend i'm going back to middletown, this is mary kindle's is 100 years old next week.we thank you. let's hear it for mrs. kindle. [applause] any of you all don't like my journalism, blame her. [laughter] she got me in this. back when i got the pulitzer back in '89, and the dayton and middletown reporters and all were calling me up to do stories, i went back and found my yearbook and and opened it up. i found her picture, she autographed my yearbook. remember me when you win your pulitzer, don't forget. i didn't forget. anyway. i still have to say that dr. king's speech was, in some ways too successful. it colorized poverty. why do i say that? because remember -- and in the early '60s you said the word poverty you had an image of maybe bobby kennedy with a poor white family. after dr. king's speech and march on washington, civil rights act, voting rights act, and then the riot and over 400 outbreaks urban unrest in the next few years. poverty got a black face. started to think about a black family on the west side of chicago. dr. king moved to a tenement apartment. dr.

this accident in place on falls road in middletown road. 95, like picture at fort mchenry.ruway everything checking out ok on 295. 55 miles per hour towards 32. so far so good for the morning commute. clean sweep on hd doppler. we see some rain in the mountains. ,he further we go into the day there could be something thunderstorms in the afternoon. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. variable clouds, warm and humid. scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. it will feel warmer because the humidity. >>> 7:30 now on a friday morning. it's the 9th of august, 2013. what a great crowd this morning. and you're in for a treat. one of our favorites, flo rida is going to take the stage in our 8:30 half hour. we look forward to that. >> good morning everyone. i'm savannah guthrie inside studio 1-a with willie geist in for matt and al roker and natalie morales. >> he is part of the "today" show family. >> he is. >> he'll be hosting the show soon enough. coming up, a 3-year-old at the center of a custody fight that's gone all the way to the supreme court. a biological father fighting

greta in middletown says it smells like fall in the air. concord, 81. 87 antioch.t in pittsburg, 61 degrees. he said cloudy skies out there. berkeley, 71. pleasanton at 82. 79 san jose down 3 from yesterday. santa clara, 79. along with cupertino. a lot of 70s on the peninsula. 60s on the coast. kind of mild. a lot of moisture. humid as well. warmer, tuesday, wednesday. it looks like we level it off. >>> we've been talking about these people known as snake scammers. they are back. what they are doing to try to steal from unsuspecting homeowners. >>> it was a special reunion at the mtv music awards. what in the moment of the night had the audience off their seats. ♪ >>> welcome back. ub yun city police could get some answers today after autopsies are completed on the -- union city police could get some answers today after autopsies are completed on the two homicides of the year. one died at the scene. the other at the hospital. neighbors reported hearing four gunshots but nothing else. police are hoping more people will come forward with information. >> at this point

middletown maybe right there.still some active weather coming across from the sacramento valley. some of that continues to move towards the north. things could fire up any time. mix of sun and clouds, possible showers, lightning possible again. i think it would be more later than sooner. but the stronger breeze will equal cooler temperatures. 60s 7080s. more into the 90s. here's sal. >>> good morning. we're looking at just a lot of slow traffic all over the place in the bay area. we'll begin with a look at interstate 880 which actually doesn't look all that bad here at the coliseum as you are driving farther north, though, you will see slow traffic approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. at the toll plaza, it's about a 25 to 30-minute delay. nothing unusual except if you are in the carpool lanes, then it looks good. we've been looking at contra costa county. highway 4 through antioch and 680 from concord to walnut creek is slow. have a report of a ladder on appian. watch for that. on 880 hayward, southbound traffic

host: chad sweet is the co-founder and ceo of the chertoff group and bonnie is joining us from middletownnew jersey on the democrats line. good morning. >> caller: good morning gentlemen. with your background with goldman sachs and morgan stanley i'm i am sure you are sensitive to situations that can afford the opportunity for progress and i don't think there is a bigger opportunity for-profit when they are sick culture of chaos and fear and ignorance. mr. chertoff came up with his screening machine there. it didn't make anyone safe but a great deal of profit was made. our national security now is privatized. this isn't going to make us any safer. i think what would make us safer is being made aware of a situation and having outputs like the old-fashioned kind of news organizations that do inform us. as far as the underwear bomber he was -- and he was able to board a plane. how that would happen with all the expenses and security that our taxpayer dollars are supplying. >> host: bonnie thanks for the call. chad sweet. >> guest: we have had this discussion before. what i would say is this.

a man said he is back out in middletown, maryland, at the scene at the battle of the south mountain.er brother, who had fixed his arm, spent two weeks with him. the painting you saw earlier in the segment depicted her administering to the troops there. >> one of the interesting stories about the train ride, the train was so crowded, she has got to stand up all the way. when she finally sits down, she is sitting next to a woman who is distraught and turns to her and says, she is trying to see her husband, who is in the hospital, before her husband dies because he has lost both his legs. she is just praying she can get to see him before he dies. just imagine what she is feeling. >> we will return in just a second. first, in rockville, maryland, you are on the air. >> i was wondering what lucy's religion was and how religious was she? >> thank you so much. an important question because it colored a lot of the way they lived in the white house. >> lucy was a very devout methodist. her grandfather, who served as her father, because he died when she was two years old, was a devout methodis

a 16-year-o, i was old kid in high school in middletown, ohio. that is john boehner's district. i was a minimum-wage worker. john boehner was, to, i learned years later. when john boehner went to work at a factory and got a paycheck for the first time, he looked at his paystub and saw how much he was paying in taxes and he became a republican. a very well-known move in america. i, 50 years ago, since 1963, actually 1964 when the civil rights act was being voted on, barry goldwater voted against it. he was nominated to be the republican nominee for president. i decided then that i was not a republican. familyrown up with a that was very republican. i am grateful to the republican party. everett dirksen from illinois, we couldis leadership, not have passed over the segregation of southern democrats. it is a different world. kid, we would go down to what our family called the old country and most of you know as alabama. and we're in in a five and $.10 store. i said i want to get a jack of water and i went running off for my parents. -- a drink of water. dad, you said to my must fol

director and editor of federal funds information for states, ffis.org, and our next call is jim, middletownpennsylvania. caller: good morning. guest: hi. employee,am a federal a technician, and the congress did sequestration and cut our pay. i wonder when congress is going to, instead of cutting more the people, it there wallets as well? host: not uncommon. guest: a lot of federal workers are asking the same question here is a political question and and 99 have an answer for it. -- and i do not have an answer for it. rita.rita -- florida. caller: there is so much waste in the grant. i have seen it happen in state after state. host: can you speak to her point about waste in grants and how the government deals with that? guest: what i can say is the federal government is an enormous economic entity -- $1 trillion flowing from the federal government, and it flows in the forms of hundreds and hundreds of rent programs -- some small, -- grant programs, some large and some small. you could imagine what it is like to keep track of all of that. somebody that goes in and spends a good deal of time,

my daughter was at umass in middletown at the time so of it, it visited her at this is mr.manchester only became friends in i've years later in 2003 after the yankees beat the red sox as usual october 9 the playoff game he was having a jack daniels propped up in bed. i was in an easy chair and he turned to me and said paul would like you to finish the book. it took me a split second to realize what he was asking me because we knew "the new york times" had done a story that was going to be no one to finish the book. he had made that public will manchester had. i had tried to encourage him a few years earlier to find someone and he pretty much told me to drop the subject i did until that night and to say i was flabbergasted with the an understatement. >> so he was on his deathbed at that point was he not and he asked you to take over the book but he collected clumps i think he called it it was a lot of information and having read it i wondered how much and bill and and -- bill manchestmanchest er was a famous author and wrote american caesar about general macarthur. how much