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we dropped to 61 miles per hour so about a 4-mile per hour drop there. now 62 on the jfx but the twowbl comes on 95 and howard county, 35 miles per hour, traveling from 295 down toward route 100. here is what is going on. there's an accident on the southbound lanes 95. it's right at 695 in the albutris region. it takes out the left lane and those delays extend from caton avenue, leading up toward the flashing lights. so route 29, 1 or even the bw parkway are the better bet for your saving grace this morning. as for 295, right at route 175, here it is, and you can barely see any cars traveling along there on the southbound lanes and the northbound lanes are problem-free heading toward 695. on the beltway, once you finally do approach that exit there, heading from wilkens avenue, up toward liberty road so far so good, we are looking at a 9 minute clip. the volume is building through pikeville and heading toward 83. on 83, there's trouble, a new accident, in fact. it's on the southbound lane right at belfast road, york >>> new this the morning, itstate educ

they get about $49 per person per year that is paid -- the about $4,900 per person per year.president obama and the democrats of congress say they will end that. i will probably lose my sweet deal. at the moment, it is not right but i have a good policy subsidized by the taxpayers. host: one year from now, will there be a health care bill that will pass congress? guest: a bill will pass and the democrats will declare victory but i do not think we will get to universal coverage. i think that as far off. it might happen state-by-state. by years from now, maybe we will have everybody covered. host: will you run for office? guest: if i thought we would do something in colorado on a state level, i would like to be there and work for it. i would like to see as cover everybody. host: t.r. reid, we thank you for being with us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a copy of this program, call the number on your screen. >> coming up next, your phone calls and comments on today's " washington journal." th

king george 12 miles per hour. ocean city, wind gusts today 38 miles per hour.gain, the rain is just east of the area. showers developing over the next couple of hours and moving in by 9:00, most locations wet. 64 degrees the temperature. we dropped to about 63. 62y midnight. again, showers across the area, even wet weather for tomorrow morning and the wind will be picking up. as far as that wind, too, there is a coastal advisory that's posted until 2:00 a.m. that coastal advisory does include areas from virginia beach northward all the way, including the delaware beaches, the maryland beaches north up to long island. already as you saw we saw winds up to around 40 miles per hour at ocean city. winds could easily go to 40 and 50 miles per hour. winds sustained north and northeast at 20 miles per hour. cool temperatures are dropping. we are likely to see one of the coolest mornings of the week coming up. meanwhile, tomorrow by the afternoon, i think we'llrt sta to see highs much more improved over today. in the mid 70s instead of in the upper 60s. some sunshine f

speeds as a down to 30 miles per hour. 95 -- 13 miles per hour. 95 southbound was two lanes closed. 11 minutes on an outer loop northeast side. this is not a 5 south of 195. harrisburg expressway looking good at this hour. >>a postdoctoral fellow at the university of maryland hospital is getting the drug charges. >> the girlfriend also died. investigators say person injected a drug. it was to help them with their dependency on heroin. she was pronounced dead in the university hospital. her boyfriend told investigators that he had been buying drugs online. possession. >>a maryland family is mourning the loss of a marine who was in afghanistan. our reporter spoke with the family in frederick tonight. with their story. county and joined the marines a few years after high school. and last deployment. over the weekend, he was shot in the chest and died from his injuries. deployment in afghanistan. he wanted to be a marine since he was a child. he spent eight months in iraq in 2007 and 2008. the family said they always worried about him being overseas. >> that is the way he would have wanted

chicago right now 32 miles per hour.of the heavy surf in lake michigan a little later. in and around us right now, our country condition, you can see the showers that continue to move off toward the east. right now around parts of the county there are lingering showers to the eastern shore. you folks in the upper eastern shore, there are one or two rumbles with this line when it came through montgomery county to the north side. there's been really strong storms up in new york state, rochester, binghamton is getting nasty storms right now. earlier the winds gusted to almost 30 miles per hour. about a quarter of an inch of rain when that line came through. cumberland is seeing winds gusting to 42 miles per hour. the temperature still out west into the 70s, but not overnight tonight. there's that area of low pressure which will slowly drift to the north and behind it some very strong winds continue to come in on west to northwesterly winds through thursday. temperatures tomorrow only in the high 60s to about 70. by tomorrow

west winds at 5-10 miles per hour. temperatures are in the mid-to upper 50s generally speaking. 53 in salisbury, a cool spot there. hagerstown at 58 and as you look at the sky watch hd radar, you see there's showers to the west, the bulk which moves to the north and pennsylvania, later in the day. some the trailing of that part of the cold front could push through the cold showers and isolated thunderstorm for us later in the afternoon or evening. about a 20% chance of that, the further north you are, the better chance. however, we will look at the cooler drier air to come in just a few minutes because things are going to be change quite a bit around here. let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she i back with the traffic edg. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we are talking about the watermain that continues to shutdown broening highway. 83 at shawan road, and from freeland road to 695, so far it's picking up pretty quickly, we're looking at i 26-minute ride. as a result, you will

>>arafa: we are not creating jobs at $1000 per month - but are creating jobs at $100 - $150 per month. but the number of jobs we create are very important for the people who are below a certain level of poverty. >>reporter: with that in mind, one key element of the government's reforms has been to speed up the time it takes to create new businesses. >>o'sullivan: the time it takes now to register a business now is three days compared to seven months. >>reporter: the intention being to create more, private sector, jobs. >>nazif: think about the effect on an egyptian family of having some one who didn't work before start work. it is not the same as just having a raise - it is much more than that. >>reporter: the government has also taken steps to diversify the economy. the ict industry has been growing at 15 per cent a year. with at kearney recently listed egypt as the number one centre for outsourcing inthe middle east and north africa. >>refky: if you look at at kearney they have three parameters: its the financial structure, the business environment its the human resources, skills -

we've already had the winds picking up 20 to 30 miles per hour in sports this morning.tch the rain come from east-to-west and building in by lunchtime. if it doesn't happen to be raping at noon at your -- raining at noon at your house it will be raining in the afternoon. hour by hour, chance of moderate rain for the evening commute, baltimore south and west and annapolis towards dc, extends through 9:00 this evening through most of central maryland and the strong winds will be with us as well on in through tomorrow morning. begins to wind down a little, most of the rain of that storm slides in through eastern pennsylvania and new york. we get another shot at showers through midday friday. 68 degrees and it will be gusty, up to 30 mile-per-hour winds this afternoon. that is our two-degree guarantee. only about 67 with heavy rain building in this afternoon in annapolis. kim? >>> i'm twittering away, please follow me, twitter.com/marylandtraffic to get your updates. west side of the outer loop, traffic very heavy as you make your way down from 795 headed towards the route

up to 31 miles per hour earlier.the gusty wind just felt like the late summer. just a trace of wind, less than the 100th of an inch. the very comfortable afternoon if you are not in as gusty winds. >> you can definitely feel the fault in the air around he. a pretty good storm system over southern and eastern canada is putting things around, driving the front through. some showers and storms south of richmond will move off through the lower chesapeake bay later tonight. tomorrow, things start to change with a lot of sunshine in the morning. this upper level low spinning around there is going to have the effect of clouds throughout the day. breezy and cool, mid to upper 60's. that is going to be it for high temperatures tamara. by thursday, high pressure over head and we're expecting beautiful autumn weather, and cool temperatures and lots of sunshine on thursday as well. in the high elevations, some wind gusts in excess of 40 miles per hour. tonight, clearing skies, a lot of sunshine in the morning, but then the cloud

>> blasted 60 miles per hour, around pittsburgh right now. last throughout the entire morning. the way it looks for today, a touch of that wind later on this afternoon, storms a possibility too. watch for an hour oro more delay there. more storms, more wind across the great lakes and the northeast, right around philadelphia, storms and wind. you'll find that. farther to the midwest, you'll have more wind around places like cleveland, where it will gust near 50 miles per hour. chicago, you won't see the rain and storms, but get the winds gusting at about 50 miles per hour, too. big delays there, robin. more in just a bit. >>> with his wife and mother battling cancer, breast cancer, phil mickleson had a dramatic come-from-behind win to beat tiger woods. that is dramatic. hi, rafer. >> hi, robin. very dramatic year overall for a very undramatic sport in golf, if i can be so bold. >> yeah. >> last chance to win a big one. tied for 26 after the first day, trying to catch tiger woods. now, tiger played very well. he makes this unbelievable birdie p

ocean city 42 miles per hour winds. 26 miles per hour in annapolis. east wind is piling in the moisture. there's the moistureture off the coast. it will move into ocean city by tonight. that is going to spell for some problems for us. look for the showers, only 68 this afternoon as our two-degree guarantee. the wind picks up and the rain picks up as well, as we head through tonight. more coming up in a bit. >>> 9:02. back to you. >> to our top stories -- we begin with charges in an animal abuse case in anne arundel county. janet taylor and her son jeffrey were arrested yesterday and charged with 21 counts each of animal cruelty and inflicting unnecessary suffering or pain on an animal. you see, animal control officers rescued 21 dogs from taylor's home on orchard beach two weeks ago after getting complaints from neighbors about a foul smell. the 21 dogs were malnourished and flea infested. one had to be euthanized, he was in such bad shape. the others are being treated until they are healthy enough to be adopted. >>> the parents of a 14-year-old elect

doing much better with 59 miles per hour on 95 traveling through howard county. we have double trouble to talk about on route 175. there is a crash right at disney road and then another one right at ridge road. as for 295 right at route 1 75 no significant troubles it its going to be a nice and calm ride on the south bound lean and northbound stretch up towards the belt way. right now on the belt way taking the inner loop direction from wilkins avenue up to liberty road it is packed as usual. so right now we are looking at 11 minute commute but no major issues to talk about on the entire west stretch. that's the evening travels. >> kids in middle school in glen byrne had 2 big reasons to be excited today. the school got to meet players from the baltimore ravens. the school gym program got 50,000 dollars. cork ran one of 4 schools selected for grant from the nfl keep gym in school program. >> i think more kids should be active because the obesity problem is really big and if we are more fit we can live longer. >>reporter: program is designed to help get kids activ

per hour. for business brief, i'm matt cherry. >>> still ahead more videos from acorn, what a worker in california was caught saying. >>> a baltimore police offic - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente, we believe that if knowledge is power, shared knowledge is even more powerful. kaiser permanente. thrive. come individually wrapped and they're perfectly sized to cook quickly and evenly in only 10 minutes. (announcer) perdue perfect portions. >>> welcome back to fox 45 morng news. 6:28 is the time. you're taking a live look at downtown baltimore. it's wednesday, and around here that's a very special thing, especially for meteorologist steve pfeffe fertig. good morning, i'm patrice harris, but steve has

the winds pick up, could be gusting over 30 miles per hour. we also have that threat of some flooding, especially at high tide along the west shore of the chesapeake bay. highs today only 6 -- 68 degrees. >>> traffic is off to a great start. no real problems to let you know about around the beltway or tunnels as we check at route 50 and route 97. traffic moving nicely as you make your way towards the capitol beltway and the baltimore beltway, depending on the direction you're going. still working a crash on southbound 83 at belfast road. it's off to the shoulder, police are on the scene and getting a little rubbernecking attention from southbound drivers causing a little slowing approaching that area. give yourself a few extra minutes there. and jfx at northern parkway, traffic moving nicely, no problems to let you know about. >>> now a quick update from sherrie johnson. >> there's new information in a gang rape case in baltimore city. concerning diplomatic immeanity. i'm sherrie johnson, i'm have the latest. (announcer) "new simply cookies fr

south wind at 5 miles per hour. temperatures not bad. 64 degrees in baltimore, 63 in hagerstown, cooler in salisbury at 54 degrees and as i said, temperatures will be climbing today as the skies begin to clear. look for temperatures to climb to about 70 at noon, and then getting up to a high temperature of 78 degrees, not bad at all at about 3 or 4:00 this afternoon and 75 degrees at 6:00 p.m. the temperatures begin to decline then. a nice weekend coming up. i will tell you more about that in a few minutes. right now let's see what is happening on the roadways with lauren cooke. >>> thank you, steve. so far so good on the roadways. as we take a look at the liberty road a little bit of volume developing on the outer and inner loop lanes, but traffic is flowing freely. that traffic will continue if you're on the southbound lanes of 795. once again on the beltway from greenspring avenue to the jfx you're looking at a very quick 3 minutes and once your on the jfx it's going to be smooth sailing from 695 to east fayette

operations like this can get $4,500 per night per machine. >> they wanted to make sure this illegal operation does not continue. >> this person says illegal video gaming can be tied to other crimes in crime networks. liquor license loss gives his office needed leverage. >> and when somebody tries to get a liquor license, they have to operate the business lawfully. >> police say illegal video gambling is also associated with illegal cigarettes. reporting live, wbal tv 11 news. >> some people in howard county are demanding change for a dangerous stretch of road. a neighbor was killed on this section of route 32 last thursday as he was turning into his neighborhood. it is prompting one executive to ask government -- gov. o'malley for emergency funds to fix it. >> he agreed and said to get in touch with the mdot people to see what we could do. >> high speed and lack of dedicated turning lanes are a major contributor to the accident on that highway. >> the news so of jail and no -- new show of jaiay leno is tonigt and one of his guest is kanye west. leno asked him what he was thinking when he snat

as for the jfx at 53 miles per hour and up to speed with 64 miles per hour on 95 through howard kaine county, although that is going to change pretty quickly due to an accident at route 75. the word is it's possibly involving a tractor trailer. you know the drill with that, it commands more attention and more activity. as a result you will want to stick with 29, route 1 or even 295 as your alternate route. once you do finally approach the beltway there and the northbound trek and heading on the inner loop lanes from wilkens avenue, all the way toward liberty road, good news that will only take 9 minutes. it's the cars that you will have to contend with. on 695 on liberty road on the west side, check out the outer loop lanes, though. you will definitely not be alone. we are seeing the lanes fill up quickly and the inner loop direction seeing the moderate congestion, heading up to 795. a good comfortable ride on the top and pikesville heading toward the jfx, so far so good. we cleared out an accident on he 83, it's right on the harrisburg expressway at belfast road. no need to take an a

out of the northeast at 15 miles per hour in baltimore. 17 miles per hour in d.c. and 13 miles per hour in salisbury. so your next day planner, wake up to peaks of sunshine. 59 at 6 a.m. 71 degrees at noon. so still below normal temperatures. but there is a warm up headed our way, and the weekend is shaping up to be nice. i will have a look at that coming up in a few minutes. . >> in tonight's news you need to know. car speed dangers, according to the national high traffic administration, three out of four car seats are not installed correctly. help reduce the statistic, locations will be set up nationwide next week to check car seats. it is all part of national child passenger safety week. for a list of locations, offering free car seat inspections, just log onto our website. foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> a major guarantee from general motors tonight. just two months after emerging from bankruptcy gm will give new car buyers 60 days to return them for a full refund if they are not satisfieded. part of a new campaign called may the best car win. this extraordinar

some of the wind gusts at bwi, a peak gust of 31 months per hour. annapolis, 25 miles per hour. plenty of cloud around the area especially off to the north and northwest. -- plenty of clouds around the area especially of to the north and northwest. tomorrow, one of those disturbances may pass through here. we may see more cloudiness than what we saw today. we could squeeze out a sprinkle or two in the forecast, but nothing is enough to change your plans. variably cloudy skies overnight. 48 to 53 temperatures, probably a few degrees chile. the sun set at 6:52. these days are getting shorter. here is our futurecast showing a greater degree of cloudiness out to the west. as we advance this, we see a lot more cloudiness in this picture for tomorrow and we see an indication that these did -- that the disturbance want to produce some rain in the area. no big deal though. a mix of clouds and sunshine. west-northwest winds at 10 to 15 miles per hour. the state-wide forecast, the same issue, a lot of clouds, sun breaks with temperatures mostly in the 60's. close to 70 degrees. here is yo

we are at a low 38 miles per hour.e're looking at 35 and things don't get much better. it picks up to 54 as he with make the -- as we make the push to southbound side of howard county. we're dealing with significant delays on the jfx due to an earlier accident at the coal spring exit and more trouble to report. an accident has been reported at falls road at smith avenue that you want to watch out for. as we make our way over to the west side of the beltway, not much relief in store. taking a live look at liberty road, you will see the outer loops are pretty stacked and packed. do expect delays from 795 down to baltimore national pike. unfortunately, it will be a slow go as you make the push down to wilkens avenue. now we're dealing with some effects from that mas massive watermain break if dundalk. broening highway remains shutdown in both directions at avon avenue. as you can take a look, you can see tons of damage that is there right if dundalk. crews are on the scene all morning long trying to get those repairs fini

they had wind gusting to 60 miles per hour. today about 35-mile-per-hour wind gusts. syracuse, you can see that rain coming from the north, heavy rain from lake ontario. that will slide down the throughway, so a tough commute no matter how you slice it. a cold front has passed through gainesville, so it's going to be cooler and dryer for you today, but if you live south of here, basically in miami, temperatures in the low 90s and it will feel humid as well. decent rain, we're getting it in the southern part of texas, right around san antonio, houston, too. austin some heavy rain also. it will last into the afternoon. look at the sunrise in new york city. just captured this on the tower cam. look at that. it is nice. much cooler today than it was yesterday. mid to upper 60s the high, and it's going to be dry. so enjoy that. >> yes. enjoying it for sure. thanks, bob. >>> so the government is still trying to help the housing market, but this time we hear it's got a billion-dollar plan for local agencies. find out if it could help you. >>> you thought fried oreos and twin

winds could gust up to 30 miles per hour. we will keep you posted on the progress of this front and, of course, bernette will have more coming up in the complete updated first warning forecast night monday. it's okay. >>> gone governor o'malley is protected from the flu e got the seasonal flu shot and is hoping to encourage all marylanders to do the same. the seasonal flu vaccine doesn't completely protect individuals from the h1n1 strain of the flu. but it will help. a vaccine for h1n1 should be available next week. >>> the fight against prostate cancer gaining strength with help from wjz and community commitment. hundreds came out over the weekend to participate in the great prostate cancer challenge. the third annual 5k run and 1 mile fun walk took place in towson and they got free screenings at the event. >>> the ravens cruise to 3-0 record delivering a beatdown to the browns yesterday. and mike schuh joins us from wjz.com with reaction from the football faithful in the wjz fan cam. good afternoon. >> reporter: that's a g

we're at bower miles per per hour there. it's starting to stack up a little bit. showing the showers coming along a bit if you're traveling along the 83 corridor and even further toward baltimore county. as for the speeds, we're at 39 on the 83 moving through that cockeysville down toward 695 stretch. on the west side of the beltway at 40 miles per hour and a very slow go on 95 through howard county. look at that number! 29 miles per hour on the southbound lanes. as for what is happening? we're focusing on the fort mchenry tunnel, there's an accident that takes out one lane and a disabled vehicle that blocks out another lane. 895 and 695 around the key bridge are the better bets for the alternate routes. on the top end of the beltway on the crash near the beltway, it was out. those cars are inching from 95 toward parkville and town toward towson. that's a look at morning commute. patrice and megan, back to you. >>> thank you, candace. >>> parents listen up, just because you don't go to school anymore, does not mean your days of homework are over. what you need to

the winds will be out of the northeast at 10-50 miles per hour. waters will be listening with the sunlight on the chesapeake bay. 99 is the record high. 53 degrees is the record low. we may be able to reach or tie that. 61 degrees right now is what we should be right now. 55 degrees downtown. high pressure is going to dominate our area. out west, a major weather storms. high winds and temperatures in the '90s for california. and almost category five hurricane at 150 mph sustained winds. it is intense. in the atlantic, a system we are watching. it could become tropical storm erica. and ice, dry, quiet whether a trend -- a nice, dry, quiet wheeather trend. >> we are starting to see some delays on southbound i-95 as you make your approach to the fort mchenry. 10 miles per hour. those are volume-related delays. wash the closure of westbound saratoga at green street with the water main break repairs. the state fair going through september 7 closing one road in the area of there. here is a live look at traffic, southbound i-95, we will keep you posted o

i has more sugar per serving than cookies. >> we went hunting for check marks. i was confused by the check marks because i'm seeing here -- this is smart choices. >> right. >> we found plenty because for about a month now, this little logo has been showing up on hundreds of items. it signifies that the food in the package or the box or the jar that it's met a certain standard. not a government program, but a rating system jointly agreed to after two years of talks among food companies, a panel of nutritionists and others. the question is what's the standard. >> when sugar is 40% by weight of the product, what is the product? the product is dessert, not breakfast cereal. >> but there's added vitamin a and c and fiber. >> but you can put vitamins and minerals in garbages, as long as the garbage is low in fat. >> we went down looking at who does not get a check mark. here's peanut butter. >> it's a great example. we have check mark on skippy's, america's favorite peanut butter. it has peanuts, hydrogenated vegetable oils and trans fats, not things you want to eat t

and they had gusts around 20 miles per hour.and the eastern shore in the upper 60s and out in the mountains in the cool low 50s where the clouds began to cover the sky there, as shenandoah valley is quite cloudy. and now here are the tropics. here is washington. here is florida. still, very subtle. and here for our part of the world, we are being affected by a storm that is 500 miles away, and the circulation around this powerful low bringing in the winds that will be with us here for today and zpoetonight and p of tomorrow. there may be a few sprinkles out of the mountains today and tonight, and then a drying trend with pressure moving in from the midwest that will dry us out on thursday. the winds will get rather blustery. if you are going to the concert tonight, u2 at fedex field. it should be in the low is 60s at the beginning of the concert and the upper 50s under a moon lit sky. and then dawn, it will be in the upper 40s that and then the 30s and 40s may be on sunday morning. a bit warmer on friday with increasing clouds a

his office often does multiple transfers per day.he says it is routine and these mixups are inexcusable. >> the emotional trauma that these couples have to go through is indescribable. >> the doctor says he has discussed -- that he has not heard recent years from other patients, but he suggests looking for an approved clinic. and >> thank you. still to come, parents are nervous tonight after a teacher makes a disturbing discovery at the local playground. >> plus, an event so big that the president and first lady and oprah are coming together >> and after 30 years on the run, a famous movie director >> after more than 30 years as a fugitive, oscar-winning director roman polanski was arrested in switzerland he was charged in the u.s. in the '70s. >> ran polanski was charged in 1978 after having -- after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old after a photo shoot. >> i had to change in front of him. it did not feel right. i did not have the confidence to say, no, i'm not going to go. >> he spent 42 days in a california jail bei

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sustained winds near 35 miles per hour with gusts anywhere between 40 and 50 miles per hour. tefh o high til ,veleecisxp t o isl veis expected to tfo 1o/2is 1 a foot to 1 1/2 t normal. annapolis high tide time 10:20 this evening. for alexandria, 1:00 a.m. i don't think we'll see minor flooding. just south of dover right now in salisbury, that's where the leading edge of that precip is. around this area, all we had is like one or two drops here and there. we had some in fairfax earlier. down around st. mary's. we are sing some of that rain come in. golden beach st. mary's. purposing in from east to wet, we'll have wet weather around for the next couple of hours. ocean city coming in with over an inch of rain. there is that wind gust close to 40 miles per hour. the temperature still at 70 degrees. 66 at solomon's, pax river 64 degrees. feeling like october. how about temperaturesn the 80s? 81 st. louis. that's the pattern we are going to be under this weekend. the jet stream pushing back to the north. our temperatures getting into the low 80s. saturday morning after we get some

northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour. you don't think it's cool, look at tonight. 45 degrees for the overnight low. there could be spots in the outlying areas, are you ready? 30s, 30s tonight in some of the the outlying areas. northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour. an isolated shower can't be ruled out. tomorrow temperatures to 68 degrees and then you're going to see the temperatures i'm not going to be able to bring them back to you. there they are. how about that, magic. lots of sunshine, 72 degrees on friday with lots of cloudy skies, 72 on saturday with showers, and 71 on sunday, we dry out by then. 70 degrees and mostly sunny on monday. 74 and partly cloudy on tuesday. i wanted to get them out of here. the temperatures so cold, i wanted to get rid of them. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when the storms or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now with anothe

yesterday up to about 35 miles per hour. you see the momentum of the storm, it's going the move through and high pressure, nice conditions in place and we're going to see some nice improvements into tomorrow morning and then we start to see a nice day shaping up. small craft advisory in effect, look for 68 degrees today. cloudy with the rain tapering off and breezy. rain early and breezy and tomorrow, improvement. 76 degrees. marty has your forecast and the ravens forecast coming up. >>> still to come, good news about the h1n1 virus vaccine, why you may only need one shot to protect you from the swine flu. >>> we've been asking you to show evidence of your purple pride. here's some of what you sent so far. to see is slide show or add a photo, go to wjz.com. . >>> in today's health watch, one dose of the swine flu vaccine may be enough to protect you from the virus. 96% of adults should be fully vaccinated after one shot and the vaccine takes effect pretty quickly, 8-10 days. should be available in october but you will need t

the forecast to hit in a few weeks. >> you can imagine a hot, dry 50 miles per hour to 80-mile-per-hourinds. the potential for catastrophic fires this year. >> reporter: what makes this year different? drought. three years of it. there's no catching up. california recease-fiived 78% o water. last year, the state was 30% below normal. they fueled not only fires, but climatologists. they predict california isn't alone. more than 3.5 million acres are expected to burn. nearly all of them in the west and southwest. >> i'm concerned for the west as a whole that anything could go up. >> reporter: for california, especi especially, the burning question is how to pay for it. huge fires devour huge amounts of money. take the helicopters, they cost about $6,000 an hour to operate. they have been going full time for almost a week. in only two months, california spent nearly half the state's emergency fire fighting funds. >> it's going to cost more money. >> reporter: the only choice, spend now and work out the accounting later. brian, there is $500 million the governor could dip into, if they have

the tuition assistance program allows $1,700 per year per employee to improve job skills.y police officer was one of the standard 54 requested rejected. it is under investigation. evelyn was rine fturn tgromhe bathroom last night wn she hit e ceiliparamedics wererapacsdiad dteea her for head and back injuries. >> a lot of slow traffic out there. we start you out with a look at the beltway. delays are all the way back to interstate 66. it looks like from that point into silver springs as well. georgetown road is on the shoulder and not really adding to that the late. also a slow pace come out of bethesda, nothing reported in the way. up by 270, and rec a couple of hours ago. that is long gone. nothing reported in the way. upon 395, the lanes are reported to be opened heading off to the eastbound freeway. that is a look at traffic. >> coming up, would you believe a car that can help you avoid a crash? billy crystal put his life on stage at the national theater. >> billy crystal is best known as a movie star and oscar host. he explains why he started this career in washington

wind advisories, gusting to 30 to 45 miles per hour. closer to lake michigan on the western michigan side, winds will gust to 60 miles an hour. be watching that. heavy rain moving through boston in towards maine and falling apart a little bit. we have this rain over lower parts of the country earlier this weekend. have you seen this video yet? >> this is coming in from atlanta. a sinkhole. some guy moved the barriers and drove into it and fell right through the road. look at this. >> the car wasn't even just the back end up, the whole thing. >> the whole thing sunk into the sinkhole. the driver had minor injuries and somebody moved the cone and the car broke right through the ground. unbelievable. we had three inches of rain on top of 15 to 20 we had before. we're dry now though. >>> president obama doesn't think kids are spending enough time at school and says the entire nation may fall behind if things don't change. see how some schools are get agh head start on that concert. and we get yoreyour reaction. ♪ do you need anybody! earn u

hour actually begins to increase to 25 miles per hour, foggy and rain overnight. tomorrow 30 mile-per-hour winds possible, high not 74, probably closer to mid-60s. kim? >>> the beltway looks good on the east side. this is between bel air road and charles road, no problems to let you know about here. also on the west side traffic moving along nicely at liberty road as you make your way towards the baltimore national pike and route 70 interchange. however, still working a crash on southbound 95 approaching caton avenue, the left lane continues to be taken away. traffic just has to stay to the right. northbound 95 in the rosedale area approaching the beltway, three right lanes taken away because of the overnight construction project, probably picked up in the next half-hour or so. in harford county, churchville, route 136 at route 22, a crash blocking all lanes. try shnoox road as an alternate. jfx at cold spring lane, traffic looking good in the northbound and southbound directions. back to you. >>> despite the controversy surrounding obama's speech from parents stu

today's two-degree guarantee 68 degrees, winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. we've already had strong winds by the airport, 25 mile-per-hour gusts in the last hour. we expect the winds to get stronger this afternoon. 68 today, showers, going to steadier rain by this afternoon and this evening and tonight, rain tomorrow morning giving way to showers in the afternoon. by the weekend we improve, we go dry, partly cloudy to sunny, saturday and sunday temperatures hovering near 80. >>> 5:24. back to you. >> let's go up to new york and join vinita nair with abc with today's "tech bytes." >> reporter: in today's "tech bytes" -- all things apple. ceo steve jobs back on stage wednesday introducing new products for the first time since returning from his six-month medical leave. the highlight, a new i-pod nano. features an fm radio and built in camera. >> all in all apple has been doing what a lot of companies have been doing lately, attaching a video camera who whatever it gets its hands on. >> an eight-gigabyte version sells for $149, 16 gigs, 179. >>> apple also upda

winds southwesterly at 15 to 20 miles per hour today. and by this afternoon we could see some isolated thunderstorm activity as the cold front will move through. it's going to give us a chill in the air tonight, in the upper 40's in our outlying areas. 55 downtown. what about the rest of the workweek? i'll let you know coming up in your full forecast after the break. >> did you know today is family day? it's a day set aside to sit down and eat dinner with your family. the national center on addiction and substance abuse citing studies that teens are twice as likely to start using drugs, tobacco or marijuana if they have family dinners fewer than three times a week. family day has been celebrated since 2001 and is scheduled for the fourth monday in september. >> good idea. >> yes. >> speaking of families. one arkansas scum about to add two babies -- couple is about to add two babies to their family that were conceived at separate times. they were considering adoption. they were thrilled when julia became pregnant. the ultrasound informed

to 31-mile-per-hour. the winds are really picking up. and silver spring now 70. they had blustery winds there, and their morning low was at 52 in montgomery county. and now the rain come into west virginia. and behind that front, much cooler air is beginning to move on in. it's moving rapidly to the east, and will rapidly see the clouds on the increase. all of this coming from a powerful low pressure system spinning over the great lakes. they have 10-foot waves on lake superior right now. temperatures in the northern plains and parts of the northern rockies down below freezing this morning. for us, we have a front beginning to move in. it will sweep here between noon and 4:00 p.m. out ahead, we have the southwesterly slow winds. and as we go forward over the next 36 hours, we will quickly see the front moving thugh, and then clearing out a bit tonight. and then a few clouds around tomorrow. still, some rather blustery winds around on tuesday. then as we get into wednesday, the winds should relax. this is

. >> you will pay 30 cents per mile off peak. 35 cents per mile during peak hours. it could cost as little as $2 or as much as $6. >> right now, i think $6 per day sounds pretty good to me. >> there is also a potential defeated be aware of. if you are a ez pass customer, you can hop on the icc and they will deduct the toll from your account. if you are not then cameras will take pictures of her license plate and you will be billed for the toll with a $3 service fee attached. >> it is disturbing neigorhood around here for rich people to be able to go on the road? most of us cannot afford this. i am not happy. >> officials point out it is the cost of doing business. they say the toll numbers are not final yet but they likely will be by the end of the year. until then, many will be watching, hoping the price drops before this road becomes part of their commutes. >>> the d.c. council is now consideri legislation that would allow people attending funerals to violate residential permit and parking meter restrictions. if this bill is passed, vehicles of mourners could not

you're talking a major difference. 25 miles per hour difference. double faults just spooked him. don't you? john: this is opening the door again for federer. he's in every point. dick: bad miss there gives federer a position of two points from the championship. john: 128. there it is.

operations like this can get $4,500 per night per machine.egal operation does not continue. >> this person says illegal video gaming can be tied to other crimes in crime networks. liquor license loss gives his office needed leverage. >> and when somebody tries to get a liquor license, they have to operate the business lawfully. gambling is also associated with illegal cigarettes. >> some baltimore teachers will be moving into new green homes. gov. martin o'malley and mayor sheila dixon joined several people downtown for a renovation project which will provide affordable, energy-efficient housing with many new features. >> it is a tremendous project and a historic building that has been redone said that it is not only grain and energy efficient, but it is a terrific home for new teachers. >> i am pleased that we were able to have this as our first inclusionary zoning and housing effort. >> it will be used as reduced rent office space for educational nonprofits serving baltimore schools. >> we told you about a course that might hospital visits

running 262 miles per hour at the eighth mile and 307 at the finish. mike neff not too far behind. run he was looking for. ran 4.16, 4.12 in the first session. looked like nice flames and probably put a sill ender out down track and slowed him down a bit. >> jimmy spencer at the line. look at that. isn't that great? whoa! that just went right over me there. how do you do it? john force continues to hold a little court, tell a few stories. i wonder if he can top rusty's stories. they're both good. as get accustomed to the new bonus points here in the playoff for qualifying, robert hight has earned four over the first two sessions. now, remember, he's tenth in the points. anything he can pick up is very important. and let's look at the standings as well in funny car. as they are right now. cruz pedregon, robert hight, ashley force hood, all of the way down to matt hagan. >> great track conditions and you carryover, you see ron capps in the 12th spot with 4.16 right below tony pedregon. >> those first and second in the points. not yet in, arend, beckman, he's in the points fight. kell

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winds up around 5 miles per hour.he temperatures to climb to 69, getting to the high of 73 around 2:00 p.m. 68 at 6:00 p.m. and tomorrow, showers probably holding off until late in the day, 66 degrees for the high so definitely cooler as we continue to get that northerly flow of air moving in. 77 on sunday, the shower chances are there for the morning, i think, but if you're going to m&t stadium, i think the showers more so for the tailgating hours than for the actual game. 73 degrees for the kickoff temperature at 1:00 p.m. and 77 for the high. 76 degrees for your monday, still the chances of some showers and even thunder later in the afternoon. then we dry out for tuesday, wednesday and thursday with temperatures in the upper 60s but plenty of sunshine even though it will be a bit cooler. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over yo

at hagerstown, 24 miles per hour. you can't see the clouds very well here. they don't contrast well with the earth's image. it is a pretty good overcast. here is that storm system spending over southeast canada and parts of new england. there will be a little piece of energy moving across the area tomorrow. we may see more clouds and a brief light shower. we will call it variably cloudy tonight, 48 to 53 will be the low. tomorrow, as we advance our futurecast from tuesday into wednesday, more cloudiness and an indication there might be a little shower out there. the forecast is not a bad one. we might have a little sprinkle or shower. a mix of clouds and sunshine tomorrow. west-northwest winds at 10 to 15 miles per hour. a small craft advisory is on the chesapeake bay. up to 25 knots. here is the insta-weather plus seven-day forecast. in the 60's tomorrow, a small chance of a shower. thursday, a little bit better, more sunshine, temperatures in the upper 60's. maybe a shower by evening. the highest chance of rain will be on saturday. scattered showers and ma

they had a wind gust of 41 miles per hour but closer to home, sparrows point 30 mile-per-hour wind gustsin annapolis, 126, choppy waters on the -- 26, choppy waters on the chesapeake as well, low to mid-60s. spotty showers on the delmarva and southern maryland. more moves in as the day wears on. plan for wet weather an our two-degree guarantee only 68 degrees. for most of us the winds will average 15 to 30 miles per hour but stronger gusts along the chesapeake where there's a coastal flood advisory for tonight. high tide between 11:00 and midnight. temperatures down to 61 with heavier rain overnight. let's check the roads with kim. >>> the traffic is moving smoothly in anne arundel county. route 50 at route 97, no problems on 50 headed to the 495 capitol beltway. northbound 97 as you make your way towards the baltimore beltway traffic moving smoothly as well. we have serious delays on the outer loop on the north side between 95 and providence road. a delay of almost 20 minutes. on the west side between 795 and route 70, traffic moving slowly there as well. a couple of crashes in howard c

north wind at 5-10 miles per hour. can't rule out an evening shower.lmost going to rule it but i can't to. the boundary doesn't quite clear the area yet. 84 degrees for the daytime high. we will get thereby hitting 81 or so by the noontime hour. tomorrow we dry out overnight. tomorrow we will see plenty of sunshine. sphie degree73 degrees for the . a chance of a late day shower into early sunday. i think by later on sunday we're looking better. 73 degrees for the high. if you're headed to m&t stadium for the ravens game against the browns kickoff time 1:00 p.m., 70 degrees then. it could be a shower earlier i think at the stadium for tailgating encounter a light shower and we should be drying in the afternoon in time for the game. otherwise 75 degrees, warming up a little bit on monday before we cool down on tuesday. 65 degrees partly cloudy with mostly clear skies on wednesday. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimor

it is about 12 or 15 gallons per person per day. multiplied by 300 million, that is 1% of water usage in the united states so let's take that off the table. now let's talk about he are ing torice appropriate the other 99% of the water and we need increasing block grayson we should make them seasonay adjusted in order to encourage conservation. and the third of mine new ideas, new proaches is to recognize the reality supply is final. if someone wants to put a news drought in the class we shod insist that they offsets that on the public supplied by pinching or removing someone else's straw. we need to require developers pay their own way. we need to require developers to purchase and retire existing water and i have an example o that. how many people know about geneva steel? a couple. a company built by the u.s. government in the second world war, by the end of thisentury the steel industry was on the roads. people seem to want to buy said they going to bankruptcy and they tried to reorganize and the chance of the move to liquidate th