pumpkin march mallows. pumpkin pot tarts.ven some pumpkin vodka to wash it all down. >> pumpkin muffins. >> reporter: dan is responsible. or, you might say, to blame, for helping to feed the pumpkin craze. the executive chef at dunkin' donuts even has a word for it. >> we're really going for that high level of pumpkin-ocity. >> reporter: what is that? i was invited into their secret test kitchen to do a little research. >> we have more pumpkin items than we have ever had. we added four new pumpkin menu items just this year alone. we started with just the donut and the munchkin, we added muffins. then we added a latte. pumpkin mocha, white chocolate. it goes on and on. >> reporter: it sure does. even at breweries like sam adams. >> and the harvest pumpkin, we have 17 pounds. >> reporter: per barrel. that's a lot. >> it's a lot. >> reporter: so much pumpkin, marketing experts say they've never seen anything like it. >> we've seen pumpkin mentions on chain menus up 38% over the last two years. we've never seen so many pumpkin of

trying to move one pumpkin in, one pumpkin out to get it on the stage here. we should know whether thad starr will beat the 1,521 record set by his mentor out of pleasant hill and, b, whether he can top the ton milestone which has has only been topped once, that was just two weekends ago in massachusetts. the same seed used to make that 20,009 pumpkin is from the same batch he used for this pumpkin. there could be genetics here. loud speaker means it's time for me to be quiet. >> producing some big old offspring there. >> good genetic in those pumpkin seeds, nice dna. >> we'll be right back. >>> up next, it's "30 wrong," followed by "access hollywood live," and at 1:00 watch ""days of our lives"" here on nbc bay area. >>> now is the time to check us out on facebook. logon and search nbc bay area. there we shall be. >>> we take you back live to half moon bay where the big pumpkin weigh off is under way. this pumpkin about to get weighed. will it break a world record? >> it's big. >> that's good stuff. our bob redell is out there live. we'll have the latest for

that means pumpkins, pumpkin pies. let us talk about pumpkins. of a large variety available. summit definitely not look like the typical pumpkin shape. what they call that a peanut pumpkin. it is just something that evolved. it is decorative. no one is really using it for pi's. >> you are not want to eat at? >> you could. typically, they have a large seed cavity. pumpkin,size of the compan there's not a not much meat. were that pumpkin there, that is all meet. >> this looks like a squashed, but this is a pumpkin? >> well fall squash, winter squash, pumpkins, all in the same family. >> very interesting. how many pumpkin's do you have available? >> we have a good crop. there are plenty of pumpkins out of there. we are in the middle of harvest right now. bringing and loads every day. right now at the pumpkin palace we have about 50 tons ready to go. >> plenty of shapes and sizes. weber farmocated in parkville maryland. i also like these gords, this one looks like a flamingo to me. >> that is cold. we have a thing about putting pink flamingos in the front yard, and now you can do

this pumpkin, this was grown for that very reason. this is a wolf pumpkin.o many people want to pick it up with the stem and you snap the stem off and you lose your handle. >> they fall off easily, don't they? >> they do. >> how long should they last? >> when your carving a pumpkin, once you have carved it, make sure the adults are the ones handling the sharp instruments. let the kids dig the insides out. let the adults carve the pumpkin. clear the insides out of it, dispose of it or roast the seeds. we fill them with a solution of one part bleach to three parts water. let it sit on the inside. pour it out. let the inside dry and cut it. it will kill bacteria on the inside. >> you have decided you are not going to try to save that for cooking. >> exactly. >> you have some ideas about things to use for carving pumpkins? >> yes. they have great tools. this doesn't look like much. it's a serrated saw with a scraper. they are great and work well. as i said before, this is not really that sharp. in handling anything with a sharp edge or teeth, make sure the adult

wait to get ahold of one of the pumpkins , the smashing pumpkins, coming up. >>> aftermath of the fire in northeast baltimore, investigators turned up no evidence of arson. it's believed the fire started in the basement of the home. kevin cartwright says there are no signs that any accelerants may have been used to start the fire. nancy died in the fire along with now of her grandchildren after other family members left from second story windows. one appeared at the window calling out for help but chose to try to save the children in the middle of the flames. >> she didn't care. i don't think it should have happened to he or the kids. >> the survivors include her husband who jumped from a window with his clothes on fire and a 19 yield woman who had to drop her 2-month-old baby from a second floor window before she was able to jump herself. >>> after a shooting at perry hall high and a scare at stemmers run middle, there was another incident at a local school yesterday. two male students are charged with handgun violations after one brought ammunition to school at deer park middle schoo

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pumpkin marshmallows, pumpkin pop tarts, even some pumpkin vodka to wash it all down. >> pumpkin muffinsven. >> reporter: stan frankenthaller is responsible for feeding the pumpkin craze. the executive chef at dunkin' donuts even has a word for it. >> we are going for a high level of pumpkinocity. we added four new pumpkin menu items just this year alone. we started with just the donut. we added muffins, then a latte. it just goes on and on. >> reporter: marketing experts say they've never seen anything like it. >> we've never seem pumpkin mentions on chain menus up 38% over the past two year. >> reporter: an obsession. pumpkin pringles, anyone? >> there's really nothing objectionable about pumpkin. something very american about it. >> reporter: darren rovell, abc news, boston. >> and we thank you for watching. always here at abcnews.com. "nightline" later. and we'll see you back here tomorrow night. good night.

this was the year of pumpkins. melissa: other than wearing a pumpkin shirt.we've been talking to people about, whoa, that is a weird, what is the deal with that pumpkin? that is the strangest pumpkin i've ever seen. >> well you know what we learned sometimes the stranger the better. that is not just reflection of us. that is the pumpkins we grow. we hear people say that ugliest thing i have ever seen and follow with give me three of them. we're constantly looking for new variety. melissa: is that a freak of nature, you did that on purpose and what would you charge for that beauty? >> at our farm this one is $5 or three for 12 but the breeders decided that they realize what people want and one of the things they want is unusual. melissa: unusual, yeah, absolutely. we covered a lot of the devastation that has gone along with this drought so we're trying to show a positive story or you know, a silver lining somewhere along the way. a lot of people really struggled as a result. you also raise corn and a lot of the crops that have been damaged as well, right? >> a

this pumpkin clocked in at 695 pounds. they start with the smallest pumpkins right now.on, you are tell -- cameron, you are telling us you need -- >> if we break the record, the winning grower gets $5,000. >> reporter: the word record- breaking pumpkin weighed in this massachusetts for 2,000 pounds. so if there is a pumpkin heavier than that here, they will walk away with $25,000? >> yes. we're gonna be showing all of these pumpkins off at the festival. great time, great enjoyment for the entire program. i hope the people come down here. we have the great pumpkin parade on saturday. we have hall of famer steve young is gonna be our grand marshal. >> do you think someone will reach the 2,000 mark? we have video to show you. some of those pumpkins look pretty big. >> i think we stand a great chance. you never know how much a pump skin gonna weigh until you get it on the scale and we are -- and we're coming up with -- and we're coming up with bigger numbers than we ever have before. >> reporter: the weigh lasts until 11:00 to 11:0 and the biggest pumpkins will be in the 150

pumpkins you see chris and trevor working on. >> i love they utilize some of the pumpkin goop, the pumpkin stringy inerts to like drape all over the zombies. that's great. >> look at his intestines hanging out, pumpkin intestines. >> those cheese curls? >> i don't think i'm going to eat cheese curls for a while thanks to that visual you gave me. >> you're welcome. >> i love the faces they carved in there. it's pretty incredible. and in this area of the botanical garden you can see this amazing, you know, display that he's completed. it took him three days to do this thing and what a thing they put together. >>> it's a halloween edition of real or fake time with ebaum's world. >> this was an absolute blast. >> there will be treats. >>. >> yes. >> totally real. >> and some tricks. >> oh! >>> guys, it's time for monday madness. halloween style. we're going to check in with matt from ebaum's world for real or fake videos. >> hey little whipper snappers. >> you look a little hung over. >> well, i just got the halloween spirit in my bones. >> matt, we're going to jump into these fabulous videos.

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>> the moisture in the pumpkin.you put a vaseline on the edge of a pumpkin, it preserves it. >> vaseline, is that what i need to do to keep my pumpkin from rotting? >> kerosene or he suggests pair fin, this will burn for a couple of hours. and then what if you take a pumpkin and you combine it with tetris. you turn his pumpkin into a tetris game. the stem is the controller. >> how do people figure out how to do this. >> they're going to be like -- oh, it's really easy. >> and he really does show people playing the game. >> that's the coolest thing, ever. >> he put on his blog how did he it. all it is is a controller and an l.e.d. and wires. >> and then you got to program it so here's the controller. >> so easy, steven. >> i barely had time to get a costume together. this guy made a tetris pumpkin. >> i would like to play with this for a long time. >> it's cool that you're using the actual pumpkin stem to control the tetris block. >> i like the one with the flames. >>> that's it for us here at "rtm,"

the holy grail for giant pumpkin people has always been the one ton pumpkin.rowers have been pursuing this in vain. >> 1,507 pounds! >> reporter: a few months ago, rumors started circulating there were some giants growing in the backyard of this house in green, rhode island. even though the owner planted foliage to discourage looky-loos, people have been trying to get a peek. the grower, a country club manager named ron wallace, wanted to down play expectations until at least one of them got weighed. which happened last week. and sure enough it topped a ton. 2,009 pounds. here's the amazing thing-- that was his light pumpkin. the even heavier, even more grotesque tkpwraout was still in the garten. >> it's not a beauty contest. >> all summer long it's been putting up to 40 pounds a day. if it's putting on 30, 40 pounds a day you could almost watch it grow. >> there's no doubt about it. you can see it. >> pelley:>> reporter: of course is a science to, this which ron explained and which i didn't understand. >> atmospheric nitrogen. >> reporter: tick tell you i've

oh, please don't call me "pumpkin." no, that's white chocolate and pumpkin. oh. pumpkin. ha ha!e never tasted pumpkin like this. try new pumpkin white chocolate or pumpkin mocha coffees and lattes today. >> the inner harbor is still polluted and unfishable. water clarity has improved since last year. storm water runoff remain some problem areas. the blame is on the heavy rains that polluted the harbor. the principal at perry altai's go shares his memory about the shooting earlier this year -- at perry hall's high school shares his memory about the shooting. >> i would be lying if i didn't say that i get emotional because it was so emotional that day. not just because of what happened but because of the after a fact. >> the student is still recovering after the shooting. the shooter faces more than 29 charges. >> 60 degrees at the airport. still ahead, conjuring up some magic. >> the orioles will play their first postseason game since 1979 . >> the green side of having orange in the playoffs >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00

pumpkins, pumpkin pie, that's the real halloween. >> i hope you saved the seeds from your pumpkins becausenutritional expert mark shows us how. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> welcome back. we are hungry and we have been looking forward to this all morning. fall time is pumpkin time, of course. they're not just good for making pies or carving for halloween. health benefits, too, from boosting your immune system to weight loss. the nutritional benefits can actually enhance your health. >> celebrity fitness mark mcdonald is here with that. mark, i love the smell, first, of pumpkin. >> me, too. >> it can really boost your immune system, tell us how. >> pumpkins are loaded in vitamin a and vitamin c which helps you fight off colds and counters those free radicals. >> also go

and steve hartman "on the road" in search of a pumped-up pumpkin. >> we have a monster pumpkin coming. captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the dfeadful string is broken. for the first time in 44 months the unemployment rate has fallen falow 8%. the latest jobs numbers from the babor department were surprisingly strong. .hey show the unemployment rate was 7.8% in september. that is down three tenths of a point from august. the economy created 114,000 jobs and the labor department revised upward the job creation numbers for the previous two months. it now says 181,000 jobs were created in july and 142,000 in august. a total of 86,000 more than first reported. we asked anthony mason to tell us what's behind these improved numbers. >> reporter: in circle pines, minnesota, where delkor systems makes food package magazines, c.e.o. dale anderson has hired 40 people this year and now has 160 employees. >> i think the economy has really -- it's picking up. >> reporter: ryan is one of these new worker

into a keg. >> is it pumpkin beer? beer you want. >> you cut off the top like you would when you carve any pumpkin. you do clean out the seeds inside but you do leave some of the pulp because when you put whatever beer you want in there, it will flavor it a little bit. it will give it a little bit of a pumpkin hint. you cut a little hole for the spigot which is going to be toward the bottom of the pumpkin. you push the spigot through and once it is secure you fill it up with your favorite beer which is then going to taste a little bit like a pumpkin when you serve it. >> sure. >> and ta da. there it is. >> that's kind of cool. >> you can personalize it any way you want. >> what you can do, have multiple of these at your party with different beers. it's like a beer tap. a tap on a beer, stick -- jam a bottle in the top. >> put the pumpkin on ice and keep the pumpkin on ice and keep refilling the same pumpkin with cold beer and keep the pumpkin chilled. >> is this going to be at your party that you invite us all to? >> a

now i can have my pumpkin coffee any time i want it. pumpkin's perfect. it's dunkin' with the press of a button. new pumpkin k-cup packs, only at dunkin' restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee. i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm just in love with the flavor. i get mine black. i don't want to take away from that pure taste. so smooth, no bitterness. it's awesome. there's no other taste like it. america runs on dunkin' coffee. >>> you're going to tell us about some of the best gourmet places you can eat on the cheap, less than $40. you did the top 25, right? >> yes. yes. we got to go out and find these great places where you sdront to spend a fortune, but still have a nice meal and sit down, for two people. we tried to do it a little less than 40 but 40 was our bench mark. >> what a tough job you had going around eating all over the place, right? >> i know. >> sophie's and mccabe's. >> mccabe's is on our cover, which is great, of the burger here. >> i think this might be the biggest burger i have enseen over here. >> let's talk about that burger over there. >>

oh, pleacolate and pumpkin. oh. pumpkin. ha ha! you've never tasted pumpkin like this. white chocolate or pumpkin mocha coffees and lattes today. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> i expect the nationals to win and gonzales to have a great game. >> the nationals have great expectations for game 5 tonight after jayson werth sealed the victory in game 4, putting the team won victory ahead ofone game away from the nlcs. >> let's go to jackie dallas to talk about what's happening in the community. the susan g.susan g. komen 3-day. >> looking for a cure and raising money for breast cancer. each one of these people had to raise at least $2,300. more than $700 million has been raised to help fight breast cancer. since cancer it is a cold start. everybody is bundled up. our temperatures, 48 at reagan national but much colder off to the west. still seeing some 30's and 40's. today's forecast, we will be warming up slowly. we expect temperatures to make it into the 60s in the afternoon. nothing but sunshine all week long. tomorrow morning these

these are a lot lighter than regular pumpkins because they are fake pumpkins, they are fun-kins. >> iea is you can reuse it year after year. >> nice. >> we'll make one of they come in white and orange. can buy them on funkins doesn't come. want to grab a bottle. can't go wrong. add the streaks, watch them drip down. then it will drip. >> is this easy to clean up. >> no mistakes. >> keep going, the more colors and streaks, the bet ter looks. >> green happens to be my favorite. >> and let it dry overnight. >> these are pretty cool. this is a frankenpumpkin. >> our category called a dressed up pumpkin because it's all about costumes where everyone can get in on the action, frankenstein, our witch, craft balm, adhesive, really's it for kids to cut out shapes for the eyes and mouth, for the witch's hair. >> this is a witch. >> and we turn her on her side to use the stem. >> very clever. >> thinking outside the box, and i want to show you how it make the hair here because this is pretty cool. >> took streamer and cut them into 12-inch pieces and like you would curling ribbon, take your scis

you have green pumpkins and also white pumpkins. this is something called a full moon pumpkin.ll of these varieties have done so well because the ground was dry and they didn't rot. usually most of the pumpkin crop is lost to rot and mildew. this year -- and they are growing big. look how big these guys are. these are jack o lantern pumpkins. the field is filled with them. an incredible harvest. one good crop in a drought, good to know. liz: interesting. i'm so interested that i was getting a bunch of other news and i'm thinking to myself i was at the pumpkin festival in ohio several years ago, and this is amazing to see that there isn't a problem there. jeff, save me a piece of pie. nicole let's get to you at the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole: got to love the pumpkin patch. some of my greatest photos of my kids are in those beautiful pumpkin patches. i wanted to take a look staying on the pumpkin theme for just a moment. let's take a look at dunkin brands. we're looking at it because they have pumpkin spice coffee. you can get the ice, the hot. also baskin-robbi

no, that's white chocolate and pumpkin. oh. pumpkin. ha ha! you've never tasted pumpkin like this.pkin white chocolate or pumpkin mocha coffees and lattes today. mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat.

we even have a pumpkin patch. this is a pumpkin plant. >> i love this.we were doing trivia. >> this is an eggplant. you can take this off and put it in your barbie house. we have other asphalt plants -- we have other fall plants like mums. >> we will go back to tony in the weather center. i will think it goes to a barbie house. >> little miniature pumpkins? i guess you could. you need a venus flytrap, too. >> oh, man. > stan said you'll make ken carry everything in. thank you, ava. have you gone to the haunted house? she is gone? you cannot cut her off. we have a hurricane peter franchot with sustained winds --we have hurricane rafael with sustained winds 80 miles per hour. it will have an effect on the east coast. if you have travel plans to the delmarva beaches, it could pick up some big waves. high pressure in control on the east coast. there is activity off to the west. this rain around cleveland will miss us and we'll get some high, thin cloud cover. eventually the rain will catch up to us tomorrow and friday. 36 in frederick. the forecast for today

for pumpkin pie. this pumpkin here, there's one similar to this, i think it's a straight necked pumpkin that libby's uses in canned pumpkin. >> is it more of a gourd? is the meat all the way up into this part? >> it really is. the gourds tend to be harder shell like this guy here. that's the bird house gourd, dry it out and put a hole in it. >> this one here is uninteresting looking but you say that's an excellent pie pumpkin. >> yes, this is blue hubbard squash. this is also very good. we call that a turkish turban, an heirloom that was introduced the 1860's. >> there are functional ones you can make a pie out of and then of course -- it looks like a bird. it has little eyes and it's a baltimore oriole kind of. >> almost. >> with a long neck. >> an assortment of gourds, a lot them are heirlooms. >> i don't think you can make a pie out of that. here's a variation on a theme. >> a lot of these gourds mixed together in the center of the table make wonderful centerpieces for fall. >> this is cute. >> we

whipped topping, pumpkin, pumpkin spice. >> vanilla pudding. >> vanilla pudding. >> put your pumpkinn a bowl. after that, put in your instant vanilla pudding mix. get the pudding mix into the pumpkin before you add in other stuff. add a teaspoon of the pumpkin pie spice. again, get all the spices mixed in before you added whipped cream. then you added whipped cream. once you have it all stirred up, it's ready to go. put it in the serving dish and serve it with graham crackers. >> to demonstrate how lovely this is, here's the lovely jessica hord. >> she loves to eat cheese. >> this is delicious. >> oh, it's so good. >> this stuff is so delicious. >> i'm glad you like it. >> hey, wait. where are you going? >> to find out how to make jessica's amazing yummy pumpkin goodness, head to our website. we'll put the full video. make it for all your halloween parties and beyond >>> try to stay hidden in this video is an octopus, but you can see some tentacles coming out and this diver's like, i'm going to play with it. >> whoa! >> and look what he. >> does he's rolling him up like a snowball. >

pumpkins you see chris and trevor working on. >> i love they utilize some of the pumpkin goop, the pumpkin stringy inerts to like drape all over the zombies. that's great. >> look at his intestines hanging out, pumpkin intestines. >> those cheese curls? >> i don't think i'm going to eat cheese curls for a while thanks to that visual you gave me. >> you're welcome. >> i love the faces they carved in there. it's pretty incredible. and in this area of the botanical garden you can see this >> from the fox news world headquarters in new york, and good morning, everyone. president obama is just a minute away from making an address on hurricane sandy. here is the latest. look at this storm. the center is about two hundred 5 miles east of atlantic city, new jersey, about 260 miles south southeast of new york city. we understand the sustained wind is about 90 miles per hour. it is moving north northwest at 18 m.p.h. and storms are expected from virginia to massachusetts. it is a huge and brought strong with a very low pressure system that is combining to coke and make this a really intense storm. t

go for gold at the annual pumpkin weigh-off.big better and competition is tough. >> bragging rights of winning half moon bay drives these growers more than the money. >> reporter: two-time win area rifed with this monster from oregon. his kids danica and derrick are missing school for the event. first timer angela is here too. >> anybody can do it if you have the time. i was like a second job. i don't know if i will do it again. >> reporter: her gourd hit 432 pounds. what is the recipe to growing a super-sized prize pumpkin? growers are -- [ inaudible ] >> i think getting your soil just right is probably one of the most important things. you gotta be willing to spend the money to use a laboratory. have your soil analyzed. >> reporter: ron started serious pumpkin growing three years ago and says one hour a day per pumpkin is what it takes. >> the biggest growing secret is make friends with people who are better than you. >> reporter: the champion's secret? >> you have to start with proper seeds. >> reporter: and a lot of water. 1

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35-acre pumpkin patch has yielded a bumper crop this year. >> whoo! >> reporter: he says this pumpkin harvest is the best he's seen in 10 years, and it's arrived just in time for the families who flock to his farm before halloween, posing for pictures and celebrating fall with stade's own creation, the pumpkin cannon. >> i told her it's my favorite time of the year because we love having people come out to the farm. i love to see kids laughing and screaming, scweelg, running through the pumpkins. >> good boy! >> reporter: it's also boosted his bottom line after the kraut took half his corn crop. if you had to rely on just corn alone, where would you be right now? >> i'd be in bad shape. you know, i'd be looking to cut back in a lot of areas. get more alones, too. >> his bountiful harvest almost guarantees repeat customers. >> each one is perfect. definitely coming back every year. >> reporter: a smashing success. during a tough year for farmers. elaine quijano, cbs news, mchenry, illinois. >> axelrod: comin coming up on e cbs evening news, this vehicl

speaking of halloween it's all about the pumpkins and pumpkin patches tonight.oberta gonzales is live in walnut creek. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, paul. i have with me here this guy. hello, what's your name? come here often? hm. what's your favorite holiday? kind of the quiet type. this is one of my five pumpkin patches in the east bay shady lanes. i like it because -- we have been pumpkin patch hopping all day long from castro valley to dublin, pleasanton, fremont, a variety of pumpkins. but i like this patch because it's family oriented. we have pumpkin painting. there's actually a little theater for the kids to watch charlie brown's great big pumpkin movie and a petting zoo. it's a neighborhood pumpkin patch and we have families here. i have to introduce you to a couple of new friends. hi, what is your name? >> alayna. >> reporter: alayna. how old are you? >> 5. >> reporter: what do you like? >> i like to pet the wabbits. >> reporter: what else? >> uhm....... i like to pet the pigs, too. >> reporter: the pigs, like their stomachs to be rubbed, ri

i'm pumpkin carving. extreme pumpkin carving.rafts into his own diabolical design. >> i try to come up with a new invention that destroys them in some evil way. >> are those your pumpkins? >> look at him a cute pumpkin carving. like the edward scissorhands of the grizzlies. >> we are going to make a devil pumpkin. >> i sawed open my pumpkin, found lots of guts inside. my goop hanging out already. >> an ice cream scoop. >> that's not very extreme. >> whoa. the super scooper. >> hit me. wait, am i doing it wrong? >> looks like you're doing a good job. guts are flying. >> finally, it is time do some carving. we are revving up. i'm making a demon. this is really easy to navigate. i might actually do home repairs after this experiment. >> you ready to make a real mess? >> i power drilled the finishing touches. this is an older demon who doesn't have his dentures in. a touch of parsnips and a pepper -- a scary demon. that scare you? >> no. >> what do you guys think of my pumpkin? >> the pepper is an amazing touch. >> she is still laugh

a pumpkin that would make quite a few pumpkin pies. look at this and you will see why. in the safeway world championship pump manykin weighoff the biggest gourd tipped the scale upped one ton it it was from oregon and they traveled down to california for this huge event. they -- the secret to growing a huge pumpkin is devoting one hour a day and a lot of water. i imagine they watered it a lot us about a-- because across the country including this state we saw a drought and people said that's why you are paying more for the pumpkins. >> that's right. and speaking of the pumpkins not the best day to pick pumpkins especially as we go into the afternoon and still it's going to be gray outside. but, it could be because some of you like that making eat feel like more fall and the gray skies. we will dry things out as we go into the afternoon. i will show you that in caked. but this morning -- in a second. but this morning, we are looking at cold temperatures and feeling cold as well as you step out. 44 in norrisville more in edgewood at 46 in catonsville and westminster good

there is a cotton candy pumpkin, a peanuts pumpkin, and an edible turkey pumpkin. good morning, washington. >> scientists are calling any hopes for real live jurassic park impossible. >> they say the dna is long gone. results published in science journal nature determined dinosaur dna has a half life of five under 21 years, old to -- and discovered half of the dna would break down and will continue to degrade until they were gone. >> no jurassic park. it would've been kind of cool. >> let's check in with adam caskey. i know you would have gone to jurassic park. if correct it all that money i invested, i guess it's all gone. in the 40's across most of the region. oakland maryland is the exception at 30. 37 in petersburg, west virginia. the majority of us in the 30's -- 40's. highs today will be in the low 60's with bright sunshine and a northwesterly winds of 5-10 miles an hour. at nationals park, 62 degrees for the first pitch. temperatures dropping into the upper 50's towards the end has a half life of five under 21 years, disproving claims that the genetic materi

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this is something called a full moon pumpkins. these are white pumpkins.f you look over there, you see other pumpkins. all sorts of different colors. this really helped you this year. >> absolutely. >> hard to explain but this is one crop that is pretty drought resistant. >> yeah, i guess you could say that. they fare a lot better in dry years. wet feet doesn't work out for the pumpkin seems like. that is when you have the disease pressure builds up. they don't set up and stems drop. >> pumpkin futures. go to the cme and start a contract. liz: but are people buying? how are the sales? >> pretty good sales this year? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. definitely quite a few pumpkins so. >> i think it has been a good year all around, liz. it really has. david: jeff, thank you very much. our own jeff flock in the pumpkin patch. one highly anticipated earnings release and a new product from apple. we're breaking down the market moving events that could impact your money tomorrow. everyone has goals. take the steps to reach yours, with us with real advice, for real goals

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