pass deana, ritchie highway and -- pasadena, ritchie highway and route 10, traffic lights out.ice are guiding traffic. and inner loop of the beltway after harford road that crash continues to block the right lane so be california there. jfx at cold spring lane, you can see traffic moving along without any incidents in both directions. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc for the work day, listen to music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. >>> now let's check in with linda so. >> it happened again, another carbon monoxide scare at the cove village apartments. i'm linda so, live in essex, that's coming up. hearts happy... ...and big hearts happy too. because as part of a heart healthy diet... ...those delicious oats in cheerios can help naturally lower cholesterol. (cheerios spilling) cheerios. how can something so little... ...help you do something so big. well, hello there. that's what i'm talking about. (announcer) does your air greet you? y hello to new airwick imotion. it's the only scented oil with a motion se

and pasadena, ritchie highway and route 10, traffic lights are out. and inner loop after harford road, a crash blocks the right lane so definitely use caution. jfx at north avenue, no problems to let you know about. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc where you'll find great music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. >>> "good morning maryland" time now 5:20. scaling back is the theme for back-to-school shopping this year. >> i don't want to spend more than $20 on a backpack. >> basically what we got is supplies. >> we'll do more shopping next time. >> you're hearing it from the shoppers the the national retail federation says back-to-school sales are down 7.7% so far this year. that is across the country. >> we're seeing parents be much more practical. we're seeing them really take price into account. we're seeing them make bare bones decisions. >> ellen davis says the average american family will spend $46 less than they did last year. >>> meanwhile, president barack obama

in pasadena, ritchie highway at route 10, traffic lights still not working. expect to see anne arundel county police and sign posts in the intersection guiding traffic there. also getting reports of a crash, westbound route 70 at route 29. another crash in the city, falls road at cold spring lane. looking at the jfx, we see a little fog at northern parkway but traffic is moving without problems. this traffic report brought to you by the better business bureau. looking for a business you know you can trust? let the better business bureau do the work for you. log on to abc2news.com/bb. back to you. >>> here he is, certified financial planner dale horn. the first question is from ed. he wants to know if i turn 70 1/2 this year and there are no required distributions for my ira when do i have to take the money out? also, are charitable donations still allowed for 2009? thanks, love ed. >> this is a simple answer, complicated explanation. the answer first. the answer is if you're turning 70 1/2 in this year, 2009, you have until the end of 2010 to take your first

same in pasadena, traffic lights out at ritchie highway and route 10.tbound route 100 at magothy river bridge, that crash remains on scene. in the city, falls road north of cold spring lane, that crash lingers there. at the jfx at cold spring lane traffic has building volume on the south side but looking good. >>> great show at 9:00. hope you join us. we'll be here throughout the morning. now it's "good morning america" time at 7:00 in new york. this is more than my easy button. it's my "save-so-much-on- his-graphing-calculator... look. i made it say, "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- math-tutor" button. it's my "save-so-much- on-school-supplies- he-can-stop-using-his-sister's- old-backpack" button. it's my "save-so-much-i-can- get-a-binder-for-every- day-of-the-week" button. there's no school on saturday and sunday, genius. don't ruin this for me. (announcer) staples equals savings on everything for back to school. staples. that was easy. all the delicious raisins. i like the crunchy flakes and the granola clusters. you know, that's why it says "crunch" on

the alternate is going to be ritchie highway or 97.ice are hoping to have that open around 7:00 a.m. we will keep posted to see that actually happens. and the harrisburg expressway northbound at middletown there is an accident there. it is involving a car and a dump truck. it is not affecting traffic to much on the 83. live drive times. 11 minutes on the outer loop. 95 northbound -- eight minutes. everything is moving fine on those major roadways. the inner loop and our loop are doing well. white marsh is looking good. a water main break though near bel air road. that just came in. now we will take a look at the buses and trains. >> we are looking smoot on the rays at this hour. wireless, along with the subway. -- we are looking smooth on the railways at this hour. the light rail and subway are going smoothly. and they are running on time. back to jim. >> we are dealing with some cloud cover right now. clear skies with heat and humidity. 76 degrees downtown. temperatures will be back in the low 90's. a few scattered rain showers and th

traffic lights still out on ritchie highway. the outer loop of the beltway on the north side is looking pretty good. it is the inner loop that we are seeing those problems. i-95 southbound looking good. we will give you a live look a top part of the beltway. things are moving find in both directions. 95 at 100, things of looking good north and southbound. that is the latest. back over to you. >> police are calling it a hate crime. a 76 year-old man is attacked while fishing with his wife. >> police have one suspect in custody. our reporter is live outside of police headquarters with an update. >> good morning. police say the only motive appears to be raised. the victim is in shock trauma with severe injuries in the head. fishing spot. racial slurs and started beating the victim, leaving him with a severe head injury. the only apparent motive seems to be raised. hate crime. park in the victim's truck. miles away. they were able to apprehend one suspect. he is a registered sex offender in maryland. police say he is accused of beat

the alternate is ritchie highway or 97. a water main break on bel air road. it is close at plummer avenue because of the water main break. the alternate is going to be harford road. things are moving just fine around the major roadways. that is some good news. here is a lot of upside at the beltway. things are moving just fine. a 95 around the harbor tunnel, things of looking good -- 895 a around the harbor tunnel, things are looking good there. >> we have a delay on one bus running 20 minutes late. metro subway is on schedule along with light rail. no delays to report. back to you. >> good morning. we are dealing with a few passing clouds out there this morning. white clouds further off to the west. the temperature is mild if you go outside now. on average futurecast, we are watching this line of cloth cover. the cloud cover will start to move in the afternoon hours with some scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. a lot of that is leftover moisture from the tropical storm that was in affect yesterday in south florida. wednesday will also have some scatter

you might want to try ritchie highway or route 97. in owings mills, a tree is down blocking all the lanes at canes road near care bear net road. use caution there. and blocked tractor-trailer eastbound route 50 if he severn river bridge and plumier avenue closed because of a watermain break. try southbound harford rote as an alternate. jfx and cold spring lane looking good headed to doubt. no problems to let you know about there. back to you. >>> a great idea, well thought out, romantic. unless he invites every taxpayer to the wedding he may have a problem. sherrie johnson here to question the question. >> reporter: you could say a maryland delegate just made a bad call. this morning he's apologizing for his marriage proposal that involved a police helicopter, boat and bit of controversy. 11th district dell gate john cardin, nephew of senator ben cardin says he just wanted to make his fiancee's night perfect as he proposed to her on a boat at the inner harbor august 7th this. involved a police helicopter hovering overhead and marine p

ritchie havens. >> a moment in time crystallized for me. the sun had come through the cloud. kids. i look up to heaven and i said "god, it doesn't get better than this." ♪ freedom freedom freedom freedom ♪ >> i thought he was singing to me. suddenly i was free. >> from his fami's motel, eliot could hear the music ringing across the lake. >> it was my chance to be free. first time in my life, totally free. ♪ freedom freedom ♪ >> for the moment greg walter newly registered for the draft put aside his worries about vietnam. >> it was like freedom. we can do what we want to do. >> can i have your attention. from now on, the woodstock festival is a free concert. >> from now on, the festival was going to be free. and i'm getting tingles thinking about it right now. >> duke devlin figured he had been right all along. why worry about tickets. why worry about anything. while others struggled to stack out space near the stage, duke wandered all over. >> i wasn't plopped. some people plopped. i am not a plopper, you know what i mean? i'm a mover and a groover. ♪ cloud of mystery >> late

the alternate is ritchie highway or 97. here is a live look at the beltway. there is an accident on the outer loop to the shoulder. it is not affecting traffic. they relied on 95. -- very light on 95. >> we are dealing with a little bit of haze and humidity outside. a lot of heat and humidity is expected today. we are expecting rain showers late afternoon. let's take a look on our satellite picture. most of the clouds are off down to the south and west. 71 degrees at the airport. temperatures in the mid 70's this morning. by lunchtime, a few more clouds are expected. it is going to be sticky. more showers are expected this afternoon. they will be isolated. we will get more on your forecast coming up in just a bit. problems. the federal government has taken action against taylor, dean and whitaker, a florida-based mortgage company which has about 9000 people in the baltimore area who have the mortgages through them. >> the federal housing administration stopped the company from writing any new insured mortgages from the fha. now they are wondering who holds th

that is out route to and ritchie highway. watch out for that. it could cause some problems. we will keep an eye out on that for you. and some downed wires throughout 273. watch out for that as well. harford road is looking pretty good along with the beltway. the white marsh area is looking great in both directions as well. that is the latest on traffic. over to you. >> thank you. a 76 year-old man is remaining in the hospital after an attack. >> the victim remains in critical condition. police have one suspect in custody. they continue to search for others. our reporter is live at police headquarters on what authorities are calling a hate crime. >> we know the victim is suffering from severe head injury. police say his wife witnessed the attack. she tells baltimore city police that they were packing up their trip yesterday morning when they were approached at a popular fishing spot. three young men started yelling racial slurs and started beating the victim, leaving him with a severe head injury. the only apparent motive seems to be raised. they are handling this case as a h

ritchie himself at the sotomayor hearings, there she testified that the case of richie versus stefano, the case involving invalidated emotional demand for firefighters in new haven, the ruling was it did violate title 7. i do not know about you, but i find the case rather poignant on both sides. on one hand, you have mr. ritchie and a number of his peers on the fire department, including not just white firefighters, but several latino firefighters, and they study. new haven says we're going to throw out the exam, we are going to throw it out. it is like charlie brown and the football. you have got to feel for new haven. they have worried that they will be sued for desperate impact under title 7 by minority firefighters who may be terrific lieutenants but they do not pass this test. new haven asked in its defense that it would be entitled to throw out the exam on the ground it was avoiding the serious prospect of title 7 disparate impact legislation against it using the results of the exam. the court 5-4 rejects -- not only rejects the argument, holding an opinion by justice kennedy, s

. >>> producers of guy ritchie's new sherlock homes film have been furiously denying brad pitt has been hired to rescue the film. british table likewise say the film is a dud. perez hilton reporting that people are in talks with robert downey jr. to replace tom cruise as le stat in interview with a vampire. >>> robert wright penn said she and sean penn are no longer seeking official separation but the couple will not get back together. working out differences. he took time off from some movies. >> looks like they tried but no luck. >> we don't know that for certain. but at this point, you're right. it would seem as if they would lean that way. >>> this comes to us from wkkl, iowa's news channel in waterloo, where students and teachers went to school for a day in the summer with a smile on their faces. a massive twist demolished their school last summer. since then, students and teachers met together to restore it. eager volunteers happy to trade november a day of freedom to get their new digs set up. i'm dan kloeffler and this is "early today." your first stop of the day, today on your

this happened monday night at the liquor store on ritchie highway. police say 47-year-old brian ducas was implicated in four robberies throughout the county. when officers confronted him in the parking lot they say the suspect tried to run over the officer twice. the officer fired and struck ducas killing him. he was most recently wanted for a robbery at the pnc bank in crofton. surveillance photos captured on the screen. >> the suspect then slammed on the gas and went toward the officer. the officer had drawn his weapon, fired multiple rounds into the vehicle and struck the suspect. he died on scene. >> police are still looking for a woman in the surveillance video. you see her there. if you know anything about her call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >>> five years after a deadly water taxi accident on baltimore's inner harbor the coast guard wants the.oon boats inspected to make sure they are not at high risk of flip over. you may remember five people died when a water taxi overturned in 2004. the coast guard's final report finds several r

as for the alternate ritchie highway, it's going to be problem-free.et 4 this morning. heading on 97, no problems to complain about, on either the southbound lanes or northbound stretch heading toward 695. in the southwest corner on 295 right at the 695 exit, here it is, and some moderate congestion on the southbound lanes, but very light activity. the cars are zipping along, it's going to be a breeze on the northbound lanes heading toward baltimore city. 95 is a bit heavy there on the northbound lanes from 695 up toward 395 and we do have some trouble on the northbound stretch. there's a disabled car and now this takes out the right lane at eastern avenue. so 895 and 695 around the key bridge are better bets for the alternates. there's an accident in the same vicinity in dundalk avenue that is right at kane street. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, and megan, back to you. >>> thank you so much, candace. coming up next save some money on big treats for the big day. get great ideas for the big day and we giving away a gift certificate for a

in the meantime, ritchie highway or route 97 is an alternate. parkton, 93 and mount carmel road, that crash is off to the right shoulder. eastbound route 50 at the severn river bridge, right lane remains blocked due to the tractor-trailer. and watermain break has southbound bel air road at plumier avenue closed, try southbound harford road as an alternate. the jfx, things are moving along nicely southbound towards downtown. 93.1wpoc with lori young in the young and baltimore's country music for the work day, listen to stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. >>> if you're looking at a longer getaway trip, farther away, do you know what you're going to do with your pets? there are all kinds of options but many pet owners prefer to bring along their four-legged friends and now deciding where to go and how to get there is easier than ever. barbara owensby considers her dogs part of the family. that means when she travels she brings them with her. >> we've taken them to places like asheville and key west, florida. >> when

and traffic lights out on ritchie highway. there are the drive times and the top side and 95. the slow spots on the west side. there is 295. seeing delays and lanes between the beltway and there is a look at the west side from liberty to baltimore national. the traffic is brought to you by ec rich. treat your family to the naturally hard flavor. back over to you, mary. an attack on an african- american man leaves him hospitalized this morning. now police are calling it a hate crime. police have arrested the 28- year-old they say he with two others attacked the # 76-year- old man at a south baltimore park. they are looking for two other suspects. complete news weather and traffic still ahead.

and the pasadena traffic light is still out at ritchie highway and route watch out for that. 2 we are up to speed on most of the roads. this is the beltway at u.s.-40. nonetheless as yet. no problems here. that is the latest on traffic. back over to you. >> our big story this morning. the search continues for two suspects who are trying to -- two suspects who allegedly beat a 76 for all fishermen. our reporter is live with that story. >> from severe head injury. police say his wife witnessedshe tells baltimore city police racial slurs and started beating the victim, leaving him with a severe head injury. to be raised. they are handling this case as a hate crime. park in the victim's truck. are able to locate its a few they were able to apprehend one suspect. >> the suspect jumped out and fled. with the help of a local citizen, they saw where one of the suspects went and called police. >> the suspect is a 28 year old who is a registered sex offender. his previous charges including rape and child abuse. we will tell you what police associating with african- americans. reporting live, wb

therapy on that leg three times a day, twice with the physical therapist that has been set up through ritchiels and he has some pull things that he does. you can see the progress he has made. >> buck: they just want to make sure that he is healthy physically before he gets back to his baseball activities. a moment teary delay because one of the bat boy has to run on the field to get alex rios and marco scutaro their sunglasses. whenen they ran out on defense, the roof was closed. now, the sun is a factor so the shade is now on. here is andino who takes ball 1. remarkable technology. you don't even hear the roof moving. andino swings through it. 1-1. >> buck: that's that good curve ball from halladay. we talked about halladay's approach. he throws a cut fastball, a sinking fastball, a curve ball that he has really cut down and made it much more compact and a split fingerred change-up. he doesn't throw many change- ups at all. he leans heavily on the cut fastball. he will throw on the cut fastball in on left handers and away from right handers. 2-1 on andino. foul ball. >> buck: you can see his

who should play ritchie? >> oh, gosh, i thought of a few people. he jokingly said danny devito. but i'm all for maybe george clooney. >> and she wants to play herself. >> harrison ford. >> also george clooney plays him, you want to play yourself. >> or harrison ford. >> i get it. >> it's great to see you again. good luck. we'll keep posted. >> we will. >> we're back right after this. >>> still ahead a troubling phenomenon among teens that many parents know nothing about. >> plus new evidence that a healthy sex life at home translates into success at the workplace. tell you about that after your local news. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. let us get a check of the morning commute with sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> let's check on several accidents. southbound 29 and old frederick road, we have one there. you can see all the red on southbound 95, and volume- related delays in the beltway today 895 split. and that accident to report at north point road and wight avenue on a dundalk region. 26 mil

host: donald ritchie, the u.s.enate associate historian, thanks for your time this morning and your insight. >> ok. host: if you want to call in and give your thoughts, 202-737-0001 for republicans, 202-737-0002 for democrats, 202-628-0205 for independents. and 202-628-0184 for those in massachusetts. carol on your democrats line, go ahead. caller: before i get to senator kennedy, i need a lead in to his illness and treatment. what the bills are avoiding, the democratic bills are avoiding is actually calling this a proposed health care what it really is which is what hillary clinton and the clintons proposed in the 1990's. it's going to be managed care. when president obama says you can keep your doctor, what he really means is your primary care doctor. but imagined care operates in a way to -- but managed care operates in a way to restrict -- host: ok. your thoughts on senator kennedy. caller: well, i want to lead into this. the bills proposed do not put people in congress in the same predicament as the rest of th

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you know when he came up with the we are the world concept with lionel ritchie and got the superstarsgry, i mean, those are the kind of things people aren't going to show in pictures, but that's what michael jackson did and that's what his children needed to understand. [ applause ] >> all right. and now, his dad, joe jackson, has been very visible, he has been very vocal and acting almost as the spokesman for the family. do you know joe and do you think -- >> joe jackson is the father of the family. i know him. and, you know, people have their opinion one way or the other, but no one can deny joe jackson is the patriarch of the family, he started the group. he pushed them forward. you won't find a more dignified, honorable person in the world than mrs. jackson. i think that, you know, everybody goes through these things about the family. this family has stood together when michael was in trouble, joe jackson and kevin jackson walked in the courtroom with him every day and stood by him when many of his hollywood friends that he made millions of dollars for wouldn't. if you want somebo

guy ritchie got it in the settlement. >> if you're hungry, visits numbers 4, 3 and 2. >> reporter: apparentlyte, not just kentucky is famous for fried chicken. >> finally, at number 1 -- >> reporter: benjamin franklin lived here for 16 years, founding father, inventor, thinker. >> he said he sat in his parlor each day without his clothes on. he thought it was quite healthful to keep the windows open and take what he called his air bath. >> reporter: he sat naked by the windows? >> yes. >> reporter: and here invented the glass harmonica played by bach, mozart and beethoven and now me. for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, london. >> yeah, that was quirky. >> that's weird, nick. >> i loved the montana fried chicken. >> there were a lot of laughs in there. you can find all top nine on our website. we put them up there. >> abc's nick watt. we'll be right back. ( music, toasters popping ) ♪ mmm... hot fudge sundae. ♪ ooh! frosted blueberry?!? ♪ over 25 flavors of kellogg's pop-tarts®. and they're all for fun and fun for all. pop-tarts®. made for fun. >>> thanks for being with us on this

of those who want reform, voted for reform, worked for reform and are shocked that there are very ritchieould shuck this once nin a lifetime chance for reform because people might touch their profits. they are getting their representatives to pledge that they will not vote for anything that doesn't have a public option. >> sam stine, i want to approach you on these numbers from indiana university, which are very accurate. they've done and now have a history over the years of being accurate in their surveys. what does the obama white house have to do right now to combat these lies? i mean, the president being on vacati vacation -- everybody needs their time off. what do they have to do to turn the thoughts on death panels around, covering illegal immigran immigrants. rationed care. and taxpayer funded abortions. what about all of that? >> if there was a solution, i think they would be deploying it. this is what i'm getting at there is no penalty for a sarah palin or chuck grassley to get in there and say this bill will plug on grandma. as much shame as they get in the med why for telling m

we can not give been precocious looked at the ritchie's perhaps imagining them that the draglines can remove the overburden and extract the coal then she clenches her job and her face is sealed she is fierce and determined i feel that we are being assaulted from all sides. that is what it is like to live here they take out guest, timber, coal all the time. never stops for the balance i believe there ought to -- they should mine but they want to level everything i will not sit by and watch that happen. people ought to be able to live. thank you [applause] >> he is something else, is a the? when he joined our fight it expanded fell whole circle of it. it takes my breath away. silas house will be at the carmichael book table and will sign his book and the next coming up we have j. singh who co-wrote a book with him he is a writer, editor and musician from eastern kentucky he is the co-author of "something's rising" appalachians fighting mountaintop removal" and the editor of we all live downstream the former editor and staff writer for equal justice magazine based in washington d.c. his

ritchie himself at the sotomayor hearings, there she testified that the case of richie versus stefanoe case involving invalidated emotional demand for firefighters in new haven, the ruling was it did violate title 7. i do not know about you, but i find the case rather poignant on both sides. on one hand, you have mr. ritchie and a number of his peers on the fire department, including not just white firefighters, but several latino firefighters, and they study. new haven says we're going to throw out the exam, we are going to throw it out. it is like charlie brown and the football. you have got to feel for new haven. they have worried that they will be sued for desperate impact under title 7 by minority firefighters who may be terrific lieutenants but they do not pass this test. new haven asked in its defense that it would be entitled to throw out the exam on the ground it was avoiding the serious prospect of title 7 disparate impact legislation against it using the results of the exam. the court 5-4 rejects -- not only rejects the argument, holding an opinion by justice kennedy, scali

. >> his ex-girlfriend that was not nicole ritchie. >> a different girlfriend.i forget her name. >> it's sad, a chilling interview. >> this is for nirvana fans. a avatar. >> yes, hate it. >> so, it was basically the people from actvision got to get we are guitar hero. they wanted the legend airy nirvana front man as a playable kaeurbler. they got two songs, it was approved by courty love and david grohl. courtney love sort of styled the character. metallica has images. >> i was a huge nirvana fan. this is not the thing kurt cobain would have signed off on. wants again courtney lover is exploiting his image and fame. that's my take on that. >>> we get to see tom delay in his sweat pants. can't wait for that, can you. he's going to be on dancing with the stars. >> he looks good. >> he lost weight and has toned down. there he is with the beautiful dancer from the show cheryl burke. he has lost weight hasn't he. >> he look oddly plastic to me. air brushed. >> yes, he does. we will see if he can cut a rug. >> the pictures make me think not so much. >> megan fox. >> w

who should play ritchie? >> oh, gosh, i thought of a few people. he jokingly said danny devito. but i'm all for maybe george clooney. >> and she wants to play herself. >> harrison ford. >> also george clooney plays him, you want to play yourself. >> or harrison ford. >> i get . it. >> it's grea to see you again. good luck. we'll keep posted. >> we will. >> we're back right after this. >>> still ahead a troubling phenomenon among teens that many parents know nothing about. >> plus new evidence that a healthy sex life at home translates into success at the workplace. tell you about that after your local news. >>> the sky above us here in the nation's capital 73 degrees right now, it's 7:56, this thursday, august 13, 2009. good morning. i'm barbara harrison. sheewth nt ou ais h tr a man convicted in a series of violent home invasions in d.c. and maryland will be sentenced in court this morning. jose garcia perlara was convicted after breaking into the homes of four women. in each case he hog tied and bound the women in their homes. the final victim of bethesda was severely beaten a

ritchie highway and arnold, accident there.nute ride on southbound 95 from the 805 split towards the fort mchenry tolls. definitely back to reality as many schools are back in session. at liberty road, some delays forming. as head towards edmondson. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> as far as the forecast goes, we will hit a high near 90 degrees. we will not be dealing with a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. winds are very light and out of the west. thus the sunny skies. -- mostly sunny skies. tomorrow, more mid-80s. a good chance of seeing scattered showers and storms on friday. as the front gets through, there will be a tropical wave off shore. >> check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. our next live update coming away at 8:25. morning, the 26th day of august, 2009. nice crowd of people out on our plaza enjoying sunny skies, moderate temperatures. nice day to be out there. we'll get out hopefully a little later on. >>> meanwhile, inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer along with ann curr

southbound ritchie highway at past route 648 and a downed tree blocks three lanes of traffic.ty we're working a crash at eutaw place and city avenue. philadelphia road between route 543 and abingdon road is closed due to flooding. >>> we'll be right back with the morning news update next. >>> thanks for choosing abc 2 news. go online for more news now at abc2news.com. abc 2 works for you. now you can save more every time that you shop, with thousands of items at prices that pop. now double the number of deals through the store, with your new card, you can't help but save more. it's specials each week on the things that you use, and real deal savings, now how can you lose? low prices every day in every aisle, top off the savings, so go ahead, smile. more and more reasons to fill up your cart, it's good for your wallet, your family, your heart. isn't it nice to know that you're shopping smart? more savings every time you shop, only with your giant card. >>> "good morning america" continues with america's farewell to senator edward kennedy. tens of thousands line up to pay their

he got scratched, and i asked ritchie if he would be this the lineup tomorrow, and he said a very goodring. so -- >> caution? >> yeah. >> i guess. >> i guess it is better to be cautious at this particular point in time than to, you know, do something else, you know what i mean? just give him another day and let's hope we can get him out there tomorrow and get him going. i know he wants to play. he can't do it until i get the okay to do it. >> the way that he acted, the way he addressed the media and his comments to the media about getting out there the next day, did that -- your belief fact make-up and that he is the right guy for this job because he has that ability? >> i'm -- i'm glad to hear that he took that approach. i didn't see it and i didn't hear it. i do know this, i was the last guy to leave last night and johnson was the last play tore leave and he came in and talked to me before he left. the next time there is a shot to save he want to the be the guy out there, so, you know, it just happens. you know, it happens. to me, he's the closer on the team. unfortunately it happene

in pasadena, traffic lights remain out at ritchie highway and route 10.xpect police to be directing traffic. and west nursery road, route 25, that crash moved to the shoulder but has southbound at the bw parkway running slow between 175 and route 32. checking the jfx here at cold spring lane, we have moderate volume as you make your way southbound towards downtown but no problems at this time. james anyhas a morning news update next. >>> 7:27 now. without a 911 call this would have been a different story. we've exclusive pictures of the latest c.o. leak at the cove village. linda so reports from essex. >> reporter: the family is expected to be ok but i can tell you for the people who live here they are not ok with these ongoing problems related to c.o. issues. lets look at some exclusive video from our our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill. it happened around midnight. a woman called 911 when the carbon monoxide detector in her unit went off while she was cooking. when responders arrived they checked neighboring units and found levels we

this happened monday night at the murphy's liquor store on ritchie highway. 47-year-old brian ducas was implicated in four other robberies when officers confronted him. police say he tried to run one officer over twice. the officer fired and struck him, killing him. he was reeptsly wanted for a robbery at the pnc bank in crofton. these surveillance photos led police to help find him. >> the suspect then slammed on the gas, wept toward the officer. the officer fired multiple rounds into the vehicle and struck the suspect. he died on scene. >> police say they are still looking for a woman in the surveillance video. you can see it there. anyone who knows who she is is urged to call 1-866-7-lob lockup. crime stoppers. >>> manhole problems in downtown baltimore. four covers were blown around fayette and eutaw streets last night. bge has now taken over the investigation. they say there's a gas iraq in -- gas leak in the area. they are working to fix it. >>> nobody won the mega millions last night. that means friday night the drawing is up to $325 million. buy a tic

in fact, of the courage and fortitude with ritchie's spoke staggered me i felt as if i got a glimpse of the paul galanti that he is described in the essay that captain stratton describes when he was shot down in 19677 months after paul galanti had been taken prisoner he was beaten, tortured and placed in isolation in the same prison where paul galanti was being held and each day several prisoners and the isolation room were a cent -- assigned the duty to wash the dishes used to serve the ones daily meal per it is the only human contact captain struck 10 have the first few days in the isolation cell and in his essay he describes what happened next. these guys would do the dishes making a hell of a rocket and taken their time and yacking away to beat the band but they were not talking to each other but to the rest of us as if they were talking to each other if you read me cough once four yes are you air force? cough cough. navy? cough. the 05? cough cough. '04? cough. another lieutenant commander do you know, who won the army navy game? cough cough. [laughter] jim stock they'll was the

. >> first song ritchie havens singing freedom and ended with jimi hendrix. >> he couldn't go on andous. it was the first official concert given by crosby, stills and nash. young was not -- it was a sensation. go to youtube. they were nervous as hell. they were sensational. it was sensational. as jerry said, what a long, strange trip it's been. >> what do you mean by both sides. >> i look at life. i look at the market from both sides now. i think that when i -- >> wow. >> cue. ♪ ♪ ice cream castles in the air >> what a great song. there was a time i called for a generational low. in fact, i said by the end of summer, early fall we could see 1050, which was a ludicrous forecast with the s&p at 666. >> where did we get. >> 1028 or so. the planets were aligned, fundamentals improving, beginning to see a second derivative recovery, china up two months in a row, despite consumer retail was good. inventories were weak. we were getting large cost cuts from corporations which ultimately led to second quarter better than expected earnings despite tepid top line. and evaluations were obviously

why ritchie lewis and brian harvey was a closer. >> bob: that's not the chris carpenter who pitches nowr going. and catches the ball. right there. and belliard dropped it. trying to swipe the tag too quickly. >> rob: bob said bard comes up. great throw. and then the great tag and he went to make the tag and before he proceeded to catch. >> bob: runners at second. >> rob: great action. >> bob: cantu has slide out to center field twice. one for a sack fly. pop up right side. and could be playable. with belliard and dunn with a grab and not an easy one. and third base. >> rob: passed to ryan zimmerman. touchdown. >> bob: to virginia, complete. >> rob: he knows ramirez is on second. make as quick throw and right on the money. and that's right, i am back. i would love to see him throw a football. >> bob: i bet he has got one somewhere. >> rob: where were we? they had one in houston, they were throwing it around. >> rob: we have half a football team on this team. and the receivers. and a pulling guard. and he had a double. and 2:00 on a thursday afternoon in the nation's capitol. the traffic