rain stretching to myrtle beach.hat's all moving inland today and it's going to affect you as far to the south as orlando and back on in towards cape canaveral, too. more on that in a bit. dramatic pictures from atlanta. the owner of these horses had to rescue them when the farm was flooded. great photos from i-reporter pamela smart. they are all doing well, up to their necks in water. unreal. this is outside of atlanta. this is crazy. >> you've heard a lot of stories in the news recently about animals being swept away by the floods. >> just about everything peaked yesterday so we are beginning to ebb. more rain in store for the weekend but not as much as we had. >> thank goodness because it's a mess. bob, thank you. >>> well, prosecutors want people to pay for the death of anna nicole smith. why today could bring even more bad news for her one-time lover howard k. stern. also ahead, cigarettes aren't exactly a steal these days unless you're the suspected thieves caught in this surveillance video. [ female announcer

>> i think he will -- >> let me get myrtle, then mike you can react. >> yeah, i actually think that heefinitely needs to be very specific about this plan and his ideas about this plan. clearly, the public believes that the poor need some type of coverage and in his mind, providing more cost effective options relative to health insurance companies, that was really very viable. i think the mistake he made early on was that he left it up to congress to put the details around his vision for the public option, but tonight is his opportunity for him to put his vision out there for the american people to take in. >> secretary, you can insure the uninsured, you could create cross-competition with interstate insurance. do you need the massive government option? >> every american needs access to an affordable insurance policy. we do not however, need to have a government operating that system and i think that's what the american people have said. this started out as a debate about 47 million people who at some point during the year, didn't have health insurance. it has transitioned to over 250 m

wilmington, myrtle beach, charleston, wet weather day ahead here in the mid atlantic states. clouds will be on the increase. fairly warm here in the northeast. mid to upper 60s for morning time temperatures. lower to middle 70s and muggy for more temperatures in the southeast. another morning and afternoon of storms in florida, central and south florida. but in the mid atlantic, mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 80s. that's a check of the regional forecast. now the forecast close to home. cleveland, ohio, good morning to you. an increase in cloud cover. maybe a stray shower. highs at 80. charleston, spotty showers 80s there. savannah, highs of 92. overall, the first full day of fall today but still feels like summer across much of the region. christina. >> all right. thanks so much, ryan. >>> the fed finishes up, google finishes higher, and banks rush to act before congress does. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, you won't believe how this hollywood star spends her spare time helping out at her daughter's school. >>> the blue jays rally,

that's where we have light rain, columb columbia, myrtle beach. the forecast, as i said, beautiful in some areas but wet in the deep south. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. sunshine in indianapolis. what a great friday. 80 degrees and sunny. what a way to end summer. other areas just as nice like norfolk and columbus, ohio. still warm in florida. sarasottoday, 91. that's your friday forecast, dan. >> all right, bill. thank you for that. i did a little research. the guy that swallowed this piece of a spoon heaid he likely did it while he was inhaling his drink. he takes big drinks. mazing, though, rollers. speedy recovery. >>> stocks dip, american airline flies. and coke is it. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, she's a magazine and tabloid favorite, not to mention a favorite of the guys. but will that translate into box office success? >>> the red sox go for eight in a row. the mariners and white sox involved in a 14-inning marathon, and a ceremonial fir

. >>> a set of men are celebrating their 30th year of golfing today in myrtle beach, north carolina.rted going there when it was $20 a day for everything, room, food and the golf. we know it's a lot more now. the course is giving them four free rounds and they're flying there for free as well. >>> a scary moment in a braves-giants game. a ball hits a little girl in the head. you can barely see it. the catcher can only look on and oh, no, look how everyone reaches for their head at once. fortunately, she will be okay. she was checked by doctors, and san francisco would win the game 5-2. a little ice pack, some tears and hopefully some free tickets. >>> it's a face only a mother could love. this is the world gurning championships. this looks like the most ridiculous thing you've ever seen. guess what? it started in 1297. they have been doing this weird thing since 1297. look at the little baby making a face. i don't understand why you must wear the horse collar, why the guy -- then there's balloons and there's your winner, and that's a look at sports. >> that's ugly. >> i guess. >> tha

lots of heavy rain toward myrtle beach. heavy rainfall there. and continue to see activity pushing in to our area later by tomorrow those winds are coming in from the east. and that's where the clouds will come from. and that shower activity. so expect to use the umbrellas for the next couple of days. looking at a cool day tomorrow. with temperatures in the mid to lower 70s. with rain showers across the area. closer look at how long the rain will stick around, coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> thanks so much vytas. >> you can be in charge of your own personalized weather forecast. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track coming storms down to your own street. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> for many folks labor day means the last unofficial day of the summer season. >> yeah. so thousands may the most of it. by taking in the state fair. john rydell has more from timonium. >> midway is ring as kids navigate ride after ride. >> we have been on zero gravity, and the pendulum. and zipper. scary. >> what is

speaking of golf, four pennsylvania men are celebrating their 40th straight year of golfing together at myrtleeach in south carolina. they started going there once a year in 1970. back then it was $25 a day for everything. room, food, and golf. so as a thank you, the members club in grand dunes and other courses are giving them a free round of golf plus they are flying there for free. after 40 years you get the 40th free. that's a good idea. >>> a scary moment in the diamondbacks/giants game. a foul ball hit a girl in the head. you can barely see it. the catcher just looks on. here it is right there and watch as everybody reaches for their heads at once. she would be okay. yes. and she would be checked by doctors. san francisco would win, 5-2. a little ice pack on her and a little bit of embarrassment. >> she gets flee tickets or something. >> we will keep you posted. and it's a face only a mother could love in, where else, england. look at that. it's the ugliest face you can. this competition actually considers itself a sport and it started in 1297. i don't understand. look at the little baby

you can't find a mistress in the myrtle beach area, there's thought one, you have to go to another countrys this i say sleep american. if you're going to sleep around, sleep american. and that should be the rallying cry for all these guys in washington. >> we need the union label on all of those mistresses. first of all, you've got big guests, week one, jerry seinfeld, kanye west, jay-z. tom cruise, my highly sigh recent. who is this guy brian williams? >> brian will be great. you've been to these things where you see brian williams speak whether it's a charity event or hosting something. he's a very good comic. if he hasn't sadly gone into new, i think he could have been a wonderful comedian and he'll do a feature piece for us called stories thought good fluff for the "nightly news." and he's putting some together for us. so i think that will be fun. and i think this new show will be -- television now is about live events. the shows that do well, "american idol," danci"dancing the stars", they're shows happening right now. and that's when they go to tv, right now, and it's happening right

four pennsylvania men are celebrating their 40th straight year of golfing together at myrtle beach in it cost $25 a day for everything, room, food and golf. they are getting it all free, air, golf and hotel all free. >>> and a scary moment, and montero can only look on. and look at everybody reach for their head at the same time. and miguel is like, that has to hurt. san francisco would win, 5-2. >>> it's a face only a mother could love. where else would they be doing this but in our france or england. you can make the ugliest face you can. this competition started in 1297. why the horse color, i don't know? but the little girl. it's just bizarre. i don't know why the guy has to lead you across. we wanted to show you that. now we wanted to show you our viral video of the day. this is one of the most amazing baseball shots you will see. check it out. >> and it's in, ladies and gentlemen. >> what! oh, my god. >> there's a big debate, is it real or is it fake? we've got a split screen here. over 2 million people have watched this so far and we dug it up for you on youtube. >>> novelist n

we have them now and will con to spill in through the myrtle beach.ail end of that is now affecting areas as far south and inland as porl. you can see showers just offshore. now moving inland, too. around melbourne. that's all going to be out there for the better part of the day. scattered showers and thunderstorms south of there. basically west palm all the way down to the keys. just scattered showers for you. rain also around the jersey shore. breezy around new york city later today. and more down towards on cleveland, akron. ontario as well. you can dry out temporarily tomorrow. beneficial rain. we have it once again. lower parts of texas. weak wave of low pressure to the north. energy rotating around that. check it out. looking at decent rain now out of san antonio, austin, all the way up towards basically the waco area of the afternoon. then the rockies. winter type storm developed overnight. you see the rain coming in and going upslope turning into snow. warnings for you looking for seven to 12 inches of snow. mainly above 7,000 feet. that's the

just around myrtle beach getting to places like the outer banks today.his is an i-report. that is a major artery in atlanta usually packed with people going home from work. this is the way it looked yesterday during rush hour. a nightmare. standing water on the roadway. nobody moving. it was a mess. more on that, robin, in about a half hour. >> i'm surprised there was a time to take the video. every time i looked out the window, it was pouring. >> yeah. it was one of the two minutes where we didn't see rain come down yesterday. >>> a couple thought they'd snap a few pictures of their kids having fun in the bathtub. but -- >> girl was getting out of the bathtub, drying, wrestling, playing around. >> because of those pictures, they lost custody of their kids for a month. and now the parents are striking back. úa >>> salute our troop. he's almost home. his family is ecstatic. >> good morning. my name's jessica stong. i'd like to send a salute to my husband. we celebrated his birthday without him last week, but we're all really excited because he should be h

myrtle beach, south carolina. randy. caller: how are you doing today? i just had a suggestion.y response to it is we should get involved with it, and this would give us an opportunity to draft and clean out all of our prisons -- host: talking about a u.s. draft? caller: at the u.s. draft. might as well do it now because it is coming. there is a lot of strife and we have all of the treaties between everybody. instead of putting everyone voluntarily, we have all the people in prison, they are useless. might as well put them to use because of the air doing is sitting there. host: of baltimore is next on the independent line. caller: what i want to say is that iran has the full right to test anything they want in their land. the problem with iran and the only reason why the media here puts a lot of attention on iran is that they are anti-zionist, which zionism is a the theology or methodology of ethnically cleansing muslim and christian palestinians from palestine to make a jewish majority state called israel, i call it the fourth reich. and they control the media here. they set th

eric in myrtle beach said, i think the heckler and obama should sit down with a beer at the white houseems to work for massachusetts. and brandon in denver writes, it was rude to yell at the president, but it's his right to free speech. no one other than his constituents should decide what effect this has. and tammy in oklahoma wrote in saying, if he can't control himself at a formal speech giving by the president, how is he behaving behind closed doors, no wonder they can't get anything done. interesting point. another writes, the worst part is what he had to say was not even relevant, it's meant to keep the lies he is trying to keep alive to squash any true discourse on the health care debate. >>> another wrote, no respect for the president. what does that say to our youth? great points. we still want to hear from you. should congressman joe wilson face any consequences? let us know. 877-tell-hln. and also text the words views with your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. more news after the break. ppp >>> medical experts are scheduled to testify today in the tri

myrtle beach, south carolina. randy. caller: how are you doing today? i just had a suggestion. my response to it is we should get involved with it, and this would give us an opportunity to draft and clean out all of our prisons -- host: talking about a u.s. draft? caller: at the u.s. draft. might as well do it now because it is coming. there is a lot of strife and we have all of the treaties between everybody. instead of putting everyone voluntarily, we have all the people in prison, they are useless. might as well put them to use because of the air doing is sitting there. host: of baltimore is next on the independent line. caller: what i want to say is that iran has the full right to test anything they want in their land. the problem with iran and the only reason why the media here puts a lot of attention on iran is that they are anti-zionist, which zionism is a the theology or methodology of ethnically cleansing muslim and christian palestinians from palestine to make a jewish majority state called israel, i call it the fourth reich. and they control the media here. they set