. >>> good orning with nly 11 games left in the season wibt appears that the yankees are finally pulling away in the a.l. east. bombers jumping all over the rays. number 27 for the swiser king, 1-0, yanks. a few batters later, lance berkman joins the fun. here come two more runs. yankees score five in the first. they go on 8-3 and now have 2 1/2 game lead in the east. >>> twins and minnesota, a white sox socks puts minnesota on top in the eighth inning with an rbi single. danny valencia beats the throw home. twins up by four. twinare the first team to advance to the postseason with a 6-4 comeback over the indians. >>> the phillies number is now down to6. roy haliday becomes the first phillies pitches in 20 years to win over 20 games. the phillies win it, 5-1, and now lead the n.l. east by five. the season cannot end soon ough for the mets. they lost their fourth in a row last night. sanchez smashing a thr-run homer in the fifth adding insult to injury. not a good day for the metropolitans. marlins win, 5-2. >>> tiger woods is arguably the best golfer and michael jordan is the best basket

and we also haveea low pressure center moving inland from south to ú >>> 540 clock on rainy mon -orningo have the umbrella on hand. needed rainfall, so don't get too upset about this, we can use %-we see the moderate rain fallg as opposed to the rain on the south.3 glee burnie a good deal of rain toward elkridge, you look to the ann not seeing a whole lot fs, ú%in noo and we're goong to lock toward the north and east where we earliir had rain and aberdeen and rain covering most of the ssate. we could see a few waves of rains as we get pulses of energy moving throuuh. the energy moving froo tte south a littte bit oo moisture moving in ffom that directioo, too. going to watch as the rain picked up pace to the western part of maryland as the low3 preesure gets closerment how mucc ain are we expecting, a pretty good deal rain and we can handle it, because we have been so dry. -e caa handle an inch ann a 3rrdor an inch and 3 quarters even better in balt month and 2 and a 3rd inchhs of rain. lesser appeers toowrd eastern balltmore. %-there.take what we can get the heeviest rain should be conc

as cannyou imagine, it's of the probably a mess this orning. lauren cookeehas the traffic ú%ge.3 >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we're ddaling with a hectic commute. the rain is taking its toll. if youuare traveling in baltimore county, watch out for flooding admiile river and in south baltimore things only get west..3 west pataasco avenue will bbe3 ssutdown at 895. emily gracie is live at fells point where we are dealing with a significant amount of flooding adds well. she will give you n update in a few minutes. we are dealiig with a crash at %-avenue, as we take a live loo, it'ss locking thrre lanes, do expect delays if youuareful %-way to the top, we are dealinn with another crash that is with if you're traveling in hoowrd county, we're dealing with a crash that has shutdown the eastbound lanes of interstate 70 and the patapsco river bridge. as an alternate. and trouble in harford county, where we are dealing with a crash at havre de grace. >>> the lawrence say good buy to onguide!oodbye toone >>when money ii tight, many people are forced to cut back. perhaps to cancel y

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. >> orn fg and e, assessment and recommendation they said evacuate. >> it turned out to be a false alarm. almost as soon as the report, firefighters rushed to the scene. the crime tape went up. crews searched for gas leaks as parents raced to pick up children. >> it's scary. it's really scary not to know what is going on and why. pg&e won't say where pipes are. >> this is a community living on edge. a fear driven by horror witnessed but also, what they do not know. where other high-risk pipelines lie and whether it's through their neighborhoods or schools. >> a lot of people are on edge. you know? they're, you know feeling that, they don't know about the gas line situation. >> reporter: pg&e refuses to make the list of 100 high-risk pipelines public. >> the transmission lines within the security reasons we don't release maps. report a week to the day since flames consumed this neighborhood and clean up still goes on. up the hill, signs the gas lines also run through this quiet street are everywhere. >> see that orange post? >> yeah. >> and so, they dug the whole street down on this side.

color of authority or by force, that's a serious felony and that officer would not be able to continue orn as a police officer if he is convicted of that. >> reporter: the boy's father reportedly took cell phone video of the incident and the "mercury news" quotes the officer on video telling the boy, a cop's daughter is not somebody you mess around with. you're stupid. the officer's attorney said, the officer was essentially invited to use scare straight tactics and there were no objections to the lecture or handcuffing. everything was done in the spirit of reaching a troubled young man headed down the wrong path. why did the boy's mother file a case with internal affairs? >> the fact that the mother went to this as a result of this indicates this was not consensual. in other words, the parents didn't want their son handcuffed that this police officer stepped way over the like and abused his authority. >> reporter: sex between minors is a misdemeanor. so this officer could have gone over and issued a citation perhaps against this 15-year- old boy under that statute. however, juliette, it's

we have fog aal orning.heckiig in and aking i look at the beltway, it's much clearer at liberty road. a dissbled van has cleared ffom outer loop here, but still haae a 19-minnte ride frrm 795 to 95. no problemsson to report at harrord road. a quick 12-minuue ride from 99 to 83. ú%still in effect.rrg!! warninge and another at the 63 bridge, a llttle closerrin baltimore. and we do have an accident in anne arundel county right at severna park that you wanttto watch out for. it's going to be at the southbound anes offritchie highway at north stttion road. >>> it's a line uppyou won't want to miss..3 ú% a lot of people so excited ú%out this. it's a huge day long concert. >> t is. it's absolutely wonder. woonerful. it'ss11:00 to 11:00. >> how many bands ka yyu cra!! m p> 20 bands..3 just a lot of bands. ú%'s such a wide variety off3 music? >> yeah, i think ittinvokes the virgin spirit f being eclectic, there's someehing for everybbdy. >> this s the 5th yeer running. >> it's the 5th year in the local area. we usual

give yourself extra time tomorrow orning. with heavy rainfall. and same ffr lunch hour.s ú%re of the energy startsstor head out over the atlantic. we see it start to get breaks from the rain friday and into the weekend. tonight, 71 degrees. %-tomorrow turn storms. in pace. isolated tornado r so. watch for that. definitely heavy rainfall throuuh the afterroon. with temperatures around 77. aad then your five-day forecast. shoos that rain startinn to get out of here. friday, saturday, sunday, clearing taking place. and 73 friday. saturday and sunday in the 60s. and deeinitely cooler temperatures back in plly by early parts of next week. jeff and jennifer. >> thank you so mmch. as you head out for the morning ride, to work, get the latestt3 about whicc streets are flooded and the best detours. tomorrowwmorning on fox 45 nnws latest ttaffic inforration will be on the fox 45 news ticker and fox 45 apps for the drrid and3 --phone. fox 45 morning news starts at 5 .m. >> a peewee football game in texas ends wwth this. this flying not so much the -layers. but parents and the coach

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>>> good orning we have delays. virginia, 66 eastbound. heavy out of manassas. from 123 off and on towards the beltway. back on the brakes once more. fog is the name of the game. it's going to be heavy leading college park, silver spring. you can see the headlightsre a little slow headed into silver spring. no problems as far as accidents are concerned. out of the district we are working apolice investigation. the very latest is the closure points have expanded. branch avenue shut down between randall circle and pennsylvania. and also minnesota and massachusetts are affected with police activity. it's all centraled around the randall circle area, south of fo dupont park. plan ahead. joe and eun, back to you. >> ashley, thank you. >>> this morni you have reason to feel a little safer when you hop on metro. >> reporter: now the ntsb is raising the agency for strides they have made. >> matt: last year, saying it's safer now than it was back in 2009. metro has made significant safety improvements i the year following a collision that left nine dead. that's the word

they say around 2:30 this orning, at least two suspects were involved in an armed robbery on kennelwords avenue in prince george's county. then anoth man stole a car on silver hill road in suitland. officers chased both cars into the district. one of the cars stopped and two suspects allegedly opened fire on polic they were arrested. police are now looking for at least one more suspect who got away in stolen car. they're for a burgundy 2004 toyota avalon. it has maryland tags. the tag number is 75460 hz. >> clean-up efforts are underway after a massive fire destroyed three northern virginia mes and damaged several others. the blaze broke out on tillett loop in manassas and quickly spread. >> reporter: hot spots kept firefighters busy all night and all morning long. it was huge. i've never seen something so big. >> reporter: kathy kennedy is one of the lucky ones. her home had moderate damage but is salvageable. she was able to escape with her two young children. >> reporter: the neighbors say the fire started in the backyard and possibly on the deck of a home on tillett loop. firefighter

. % >>> 6:41 noo on fox 5 orning news.ig and p> pptrice, we met sophia a littte earlier, our 6 years old ú%%-you go to ulton elementaryú school. do you want to say hi tt anybody before we get started? who do you want to say hi to? anybody out here. -unts, unclee, you want to get started, don't you. >> hey, aunts and unclls, arr you ready to gee started. inner harbor.emperature at the what is that. >> 666ú >> that's right. ú%d the wind are oot of the? >> west. p> 3 miles er hourr >> what is theehumidity? 62. >> aad push that. >> and the dew point is. >> what is that number? >> 48.ú >> all right. you got it. what about the temperatures, ou want to throw thooe out there? nice job. whattis the temperature at hagerrtown. look at ttat out there. >> we will come bacc here in baltimore? -p>> 66. >> here in salisbury. ú%dar,,ii that showing s >> the cloudd.here. >> just to the south, but what looks good, doesn't itt >> eah. a lot of sunshine. let's show them thattsunshine. you want to throw that up there, nice job. -hat is due to i

right now laurrn cooke is here with. >> reporter: good orning, steve. it will be jammeddto bel air road..3 iffttaveling he outer loop from 83 to 795, that stretch is going to take you twin 21 minutes. from 795 to 95, we're lookinn at ú%22-minute ride with n average spped of 55 miles per hour. you're looking at a 37-miiutee3 ride with an verage speed of ú% miles per hour. back to you. >>> :02 fox 45 morning news. a man is dead after fight in baltiiore county. police were called to stone gate 11:30 last night. when they arrived they found a man lying on the streets.3 witnesses told officerssttey saw peoppe fighting and the viitim got hit ii he head. police are still looking for the ssspect.., >>> a truuk endd up in the backyard of a home in middle %-it happened justtafter 5:30 ts morning. the ttuck was on the eastern boolevard ramp when it reportedly ran off the road and into the baccyard.ú policc say ooe pprson was taken ú% the hospiial. >>> two homes ccllapsed in the city in just 24 hours. just before 5:00 this morninn, a vacant home collapsed in of oak

well, good orning, un.tainly the president had an opportunity on the world stage to remind world leaders about his foreign policy agenda. but it is domestic policy here at home that continues to dominate, and may make it difficult to grab america's attention. this is the president's second address to the u.n. general assembly. and in a speech wednesday, president obama spoke about the u.n.'s goal of cting poverty and disease by 2015. >> we're ten years down and just five years before our development targets come due. we must do better. >> reporter: he underscored unitestates' commitment to do its part and challenged other countries to do the same. this morng, the president's address before the general assembly comes at a critical point in his term. last year's speech focused on repairingnternational relations following criticism of the bush administration's foreign agenda. >> we've set a clear and focused goal. >> reporter: but president obama still faces many of the same foreign licy choices. combat units

but certainly that is aproblem or can be a problem as the orning wears on and the rain continues to come down. we are expecting this rain to stick with us through the day. we have seen some pretty heavy showers, downpours here at times. so it's not going to be a storm that hits and leaves. this is goi to be something with us for the duration of the day here. we've got a flood warningoing on which means that water has already come up into some roadways. we also have a tornado watch in the area until 1:00 this afternoon. watch out for standing water. particularly in those low-lyi areas or if there's a storm drain that can't drain properly. keep your speed down, keep your eyes open with winds that may come through the area. we could see falling debris and the like. this promises to be a pretty nasty rush hour. >> nasty weather. thank you very much, megan mcgrath. now let's get update on it, the forect. >> meteorolist tom kierein in the storm center with the latest. hi, tum. >> we do have flooding occurring right now so watch out for that andor deep water, areas of w where the ground levels

. >> i will take that. [ cheering ]ú >> i'mmstill weariig my hat this -orning quite lovely you don'tinn on to our website. you can go on to our websste if3 you have a challenge for me. it's fox baltimore.com. >>> well, commng p remnants of tropical storm nicole rip into our rrgion. meteorologist steve fertig is your neighborhood. >>> coming up next she is a show >>> t'' the cw's atest accion packed drama. nikita is an assassin who will stop at nothing. >>> good morning, maggie. >>> good morning, how arr you. it. tell me aboutt he show. ú%methiig that we're actually nntwork..3 it's something to different that this nntwork has really never done before. a drama like this, something that is just action packed and a departure from sort of the have now and hopefully we will be able to change that with. >> for people who don't know nikita and the history of that show and that character, tell us abbut it? >> nikita we pay hhmage to the original french film that was directed by luke. it's the same character nd her background is the same in the sense that she was a troubled teen living n a hor

orning's evacuations and forecasts. >>> then, discovery's drama.headquarters. how the crisis came to an end. >>> and, salary shift. who now makes more money, men or women? >> i think it's fantastic. >> it's thursday, september 2nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> for so long you've heard that it's so unfair in this country that men make a lot more than women do. 80 cents to the dollar, something like that. this story kind of flips that script right around. >> it wasn't that women make more, it was that women make a lot more. so it's interesting information and definitely a sign of the times, perhaps changing times. good morning. i'm mike marusarz. vinita nair is on vacation. >> i'm rob nelson. >>> president obama has declared a state of emergency in north carolina as hurricane earl gains strength. >> the huge hurricane as seen from a federal research plane is moving with chilling momentum. t.j. winick reports from the north carolina coast. >> reporter: along north carolina's outer banks it is literally the calm before the storm. wedn

itts good to have you here ith us this orning.picking up from the west side. ride from 795 with an average speed of 4 miles per hour. you 11 inutes and there you're %-544miles per hour.e speed of so far nooproblems to report oo baltimore way, you're look ago 54 miles per hour.rip oo that's a look at the traafic edge, patrice, let's send it back to you. >>> thankkyou, lauren. 6 frock enclose n fox 456 fro6. >>> are you wwking up itching, if you are, there's a possibility you have bed bugs. they have become widespread. every time we talk abouu this >>> we are live at the warh. memorial downtown. this sswhere today's meeting will be. soon these stairs will be infested with city residents whh are conceened byynone other than the bed bugs. %-it's the first of a series of public meetings to alk about officials say calls to 311 concerning these creepy critters are up significantly this year and they are crawling into beds across our reggon. the invasion of bed bbgs has gotten so bad some enants are suing their landlords. -here's suits in

and what the senator has concentrated orn -- on is just send me some help. but the real answer is you. the real answer is holding us accountable for our votes. yes, sir? >> this administration is attacking the medicare advantage program. can that be anything that can be reversed? >> his question is about the health care bill where a large amount, billions of dollars of savings came by eliminating the options for people who are on medicare advantage. and the politically correct rationalization for doing that is the insurance companies were making too much money off of it . the thing people don't count on is rural oklahomans and poor oklahomans who have medicare advantage who can't afford a supplemental medicare policy actually are much better taken care of through the coordinated care of medicare advantage than they would be on straight medicare. so it's really been pennywise and pound-foolish. if you think the insurance companies are making too much money, cut the amount of money they make but don't take away the benefits fromed medicare patients. what we're

for more information on the you can go to our website at foxbaltimore.com//orning.aturday afternooo and it looks like just a slight ccance of a shower, but for the most part, we should stay dry during the day. and not aadrop offrain out here this morning. although, steve, i hhar theee's a slight chance. we may sse a break in the drroght..3 >> reporter: yeah, a littte bit. it doesn't look like a whole loo, emily. but i got to say, you got some nice locations you have been hanging out at? >> i can't believe this is work. >> reporter:: unbelievvble. great looking scene there with %-always looks pretty when you have horses around, i think. ú%y hd radar looking pretty nice right now. it looks like it's a nice daa no matter where you are in maryland llast for this part of the day time being as emily was telling %-there's a chance for a showerr ú%en a little bit oo thunder coming our wwy for later in the afternoon or evening and you can see it nowwin the mid-west and up through the great llkes in the eastern great lakes headedú toward new york. that forgotten tall boundary

pearl at the fulton, on saturday from 12 to 4:00. ú%r more information log on to foxbaltimore.ccm//orningke a great day to get and treatments. temperatures will be around 80 degrees,,mostly sunny skies ouu here ann it's so relaxingg3 -n here. i took a tour of the spa. it's a gorgeous place, absolutely a great place to be, patrice. >> well, emily, iiwill ttke it from here. it looks like the pearl of the day. it should be a pretty one.e. here is what we have as ar as -he pretty day. breeey in the afterroon, and up to 1 degrees for the high. we're looking pretty good out there and right now we begin at 66 degrees partly cloudy skies, the winds are calm and the 66 is the actualltemperature and the dew points are ii the 50s. 65 in washington d.c. ann 57 in salisbury. 57 in hagerstown. not too bad to start the day. the frontal boundary coming through without a whole lot of moisture. the only tting it will do is bring in the northwesterly flow of air.3 it becomes breezy and the chance of air, by late thursday nto friday. here is what we're looking for a high temperature today. eastern shore gett

and these are not for the poor europeans ornative indians or anybody else. the constitution need to be updated. and i thank you. host: by email robert metcalf of pennsylvania writes it's always been a living document and further more the founding fathers wanted it to be so and demonstrated by provisions for amending it. >> another says some may read it like it's the bible and others twist it to suit their purposes. nedges phone call new orleans. good morning. eustace on the republican line, you're on the air. new orleans, eustace? are you there? caller: can you hear me? host: yes. caller: what i'm saying is if we could get the original writers and bring them here today, i think that it should be a change in the constitution, because if you take the call and we've the invention of the car and we've gone to the moon. i think it's time for a revision of the constitution and the bible. those are two documents that are based on each other, and i think it's time to change, because everything else has changed. all the race stuff, that's all another thing. so i thin

parents, but at the same time, you look at katy perry's outfits and compared to some of the things she's orn "sesame street" is not disney. >> but just what kids are seeing. you see ariel from "little mermaid." >> there is a little cleavage action there, hair flowing. >> and you see jasmine. >> jasmine was tking a ride with a boy, if you know what i'm saying, on a magic carpet ride and we all know what that's a metaphor for. >> okay, so they decided, the quote from "sesame street," we value our viewers' opinions, particularly the parents, in light of the feedback we received on the katy perry mic video which was released on youtube, we decided not to air the segment on tv. they say if you want to see it, you can watch it on youtube. >> watch it on youtube. i don't know. >>it doesn't seem that bad to me. >> compared to some things we see that are truly the sexualization of young girls, this stuff -- and it wa playful. it wasn't sexual in nature. just elmo is a little, i don't know. it doesn't bother me. you know that pretty much everything bothers me, you know. but this one doesn't. >> okay,

i spoke to a casting agent this orning who told me everybody is googling this little devil. old pro. she's been in show busine a long time. she's not joking. if you expect that crazy cloris leachman from her, forget it. this lady is ging to dance. she's the first at rehearsals every day. she's the last to leave. >> look at the legs. >> she had a six pack. she flashed us, we saw -- so she's in it to win it. >> who is going to be booted off? >> it is interesting. had you asked me a couple of days ago, i mig have said margaret cho or maybe david hasselhoff. however, the situation could be in trouble. last week he was on the cover of "us weekly,"a terrible selling issue, one of the worst sellers of the year. >> really? >> i don't know. i think people like watching it for free on tv, but i'm not sure they're motivated enough to go to the newsstand and by a magazine or vote. >> what are they going to find out about him in a magazine article that they don't already know about him. >> ectly. so expect his abs to go out very soon. fortunately. >> you were by last night. you went to t