jfx at northern parkway, traffic looks fine. back to you. >>> the edgar allan poe story, -- is that a pony or a dog? a family trying to get this into the record books. >>> and new at 6:00 -- maybe, just maybe robert de niro's character in "meet the parents" inspired one family to get their cat to be just like mr. jinx. that is disturbing. we'll be right back. ( sighs ) ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... studies show that people who eat more whole grain tend to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains... and 110 calories per lightly sweetened serving. more grains. less you. multigrain cheerios. >>> let's say your kids are probably family with the cartoon "clifford the big red dog." he ain't got nothing on boomer. >> the family in north dakota hopes they can get a measure on him big enough to get

i've been caught a couple times at northern parkway where you're not supposed to make a right,. >> i don't do it because of the camera. >> reporter: existing cameras are changing behavior, speeding has been cut in half. >> if you get a ticket, then -- and you're driving on the same rode later you'll be like oh i got a ticket on this road, i better not do it again. >> once installed there is 30 day warning period. the county council in ten days will approve the vendor, that will be the people who install and maintain the cameras. reporting from rogers forge, wjz news, back to you on tv hill. >> speaker 1: thank you very much mike. for a complete list of the speed camera locations go to wjz.com and look for the story link. >>> a public safety demonstration in washington, d.c. ends when three firefighters catch fire. the dc fire chief gathered the public to demonstrate the proper use of two automatic fire sprinklers, as the firefighters moved in the plastic structure over them fell on top of them, setting them on fire. emergency officials say one of the firefighters spent the night in t

the big problem here is that city police have southbound perring parkway, south of northern parkway,ompletely closed. so if you're coming like from the county to the city, hills way is about as far as you can get. as you can see, about half mile back up here as police are trying to clear the scene. it appears that this road will be closed for sometime. back to you on tv hill. >> captain mike perry, reporting live. >>> and still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. dramatic rescue. a good samaritan in new york, pulled a young boy out of a burning building. >>> sports legends lobby for the summer games to come to chicago. >>> i'm bob turk. the first warning weather center. showers to start the weekend. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> first, here's today's report from wall street. >>> things are -- days are getting very short here, as we head toward middle of fall. right now, we've got a lot of sunshine before it sets this afternoon and evening. temperatures still in the low 60s. take a electric at tomorrow's -- look at tomorrow's forecast. going to start