new poll numbers todaa. >> i do think the public after the primaryyhas been taking stock of the fact that maryland is weathering this downturn better than other states and we're starting to see some job creation for the first tiie in many years in our state. >> that poll is so far out of whack period. >> reporter: and that brings us to our question of the day, who will you vote for in the race %-go to foxbaltimore.com and let us now what you think. you can also sound off on3 facebook. you can send us a tweet at fox baltimore. you can text us, enter fox 45 a for o'malley, fox 45 b for3 earller or fox 45 c for somebody else. your response might air tonight. >>> more on tropical storm nicole and the heavy rains the %-meteorologist vytas reid.ith >> that rain wiil start pickinn up in pace overnight. that rain like i ssid is really going to start coming down as we good through the next several hours. looking at a flood watch watch out of virginia, all across north viiginia, parts of the eastern shore and then also central maryland including %-d.c., down towards annapolis l incluued in thi

temmeratures will be soaring higher than todaa. in the upper 80s. brushingg90.the temperatures are suuposed but feels more like summer. ú%oking at the yes today. 87 degrees in baltimore. 93 in d.c. 97 in fredericksberg. those mid to upper 90s are shifting over the central portion of the state. that's whattwe willlfeel tomorrow. baltimore. 80 in d.c. 78 in fredericksberg. looking at 78 in hagerstown. temperaturessin the mid to upper 70s. clear skies. beautiful moon out there. 74 starting us off for thh morning commute. witt sunshine. and right at lunch time, about 90 egrees. and it will continue to climb through the afternoon. i will have a detailed look at how long the heat sticks around in tte seven-day forecast..3 coming up. >> two girls fighting and all caught on tape. and posted then on "youtube". why one of the girl's parents is facing criminal charges. >> and nergy efficient street lights in a dog park. %-the lights and why t isuel abundant free. >> you said you wanted to play drees up. >> still ahead on the "late edition". ♪ [ monkey cheeps ] [ male annou

"late eddtionn.s, ox 45 news >> really hot todaa. going to be cooling off a bit tomorrow. coosider 3 and a half, 4 degrees cooling off. >> better than nothing. >> we will take it. >> how much more can we expect. us with thh sky watch forecast. a little is better than nothing, right? >> a little cooler tomorrow. 86 will feel comfortable after the 95 degrees today. the end of the week.ing toward ú%ghs. but we broke a record today. 95 degrees. ú%ar, above 90 degrees. and not very commmn his time of year. in september. we started it off in april. with temperatures in the 90s. we are cooling down this eveeing. but only into the low 80s. 60s during thh overnight lows.ú and then change startiig tomorrow, cold front pushes so aater a few morning clouds, clearing toward the enafternoon. and temperatures will be in the 80s once again..3 but by sunday, big ccange coming in the forecast. we also have some rain to talk about. i will have the details on that, >> first on fox tonight. lots of questions this evening about the city office that got a $28,000 facelift. %t was remodeled last

. >>> very hot temperatures todaa, we may break the record or tie the rrcord, the record being 95.t will be close. we wwll get into the low 90s. a mild morning with that fog. do be careful this morning s you head out. southeast wind at 5 miles per hour which is helping to con figure the fog you are seeing. and 71 in hagerrtown, mild alllú over. sky hd radar not very eventful other than the ffgginess. we won't be talking abbut the rainshowers. we are 2 1/2 or 2.25 inches behind, so eecould use some rain. forecast and the ravens forecast here is lauren cooke. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we are dealing with reduced visibility. if you are traveling on theú northeass corridor of 95, we are dealiig with a car fire at the approach route 43. ú% we take liie look, you wiil notice no problems, no delays at this time. if you're traveling along the southbound lanes you're looking at 4--inute ride from whitemarsh to the beltway, all is clear traveling yoo the throuuh the tunnels. frorfor the mchenry toll, you ae and you are looking at a 9-minute rideewith an average speed of 455mills per

not just todaa eether, it looks like thursday, there's a better chance of heavy downpours and we will in a jjst a %-a flash-flood watch at thh ú%esapeake bay until 10:00 aamm and a coastal flood warningg3 ú%til the chesapeake bay, and the west side of the chesappake bay until 5:00 .m. >> you see the low pressure center thht ii moving north with %-us the rain this morning.ought it's moving north and eve. here is coming to swwtch. hurricane for that matter. it has ttopical chhracteristics and lot of the tropical moisture is going to ove our way bringing a lot offmoisture depending on tte timing of that ú-downppurs and thunderstorms then. it would be on thursday. between the wo we get a drier day tommrroww we ill enjoy that, too. 72 n d.c. 72 in salisbury and hagerstown. 78 and a mild start to tte day. we ill be lookkng at the winns that will be picking up at 5-fitch mile!!15 miles per hour. the shower and thunderstorm still chancey for this lattr morninn and south with a 15-mile 15--mile-an-hhur wind gusttng tt 25 and even higher. the central part of the state gettiig up to 85 degrees f

eventful, for today.e way things will tay it doesn't seem like we will see much in the way of rain for todaaor evee late tomorrow. the bigger picture for today. 52 degrees starting out and 77 is where we head for noon. a lot of sunshine coming your way, the wind will picc up this afternoon, and breezy this afternoon. topping at 81 at 3 to 5:00 in the afternoon. and we wwll drop back to 78 at 6:00 p.m. let's see what is happening on the roadways with lauren cooke3 who is here with the traffic edge. lauren, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, as you are traveling in howard county you want to watch out for a fallen utility poll in wood bine in bot!!woodbine in both du want to stick with old annnpolis road or st. michaels road as an alternate, it's expected to reopen at 9:00 a.m. no problems at liberty road. along the inner and outer loop. if you'rr traveling at the outer loop, you're looking at an 11-minute ride. it will be clear if you're %-that will take 11 minutes.3, if you're traveling the northeast cord o corridor,,an ae speed of 55 miles per hour. patrice, back to you. >>> in today's

strange weather day all todaa today únd not out of the woods just yet. >> that's right.is making the ground saaurated that's why we are under a flash flood watch and more rain on the way and central maryland and continue to seee6 it in the overnight and more precipitation. looo over inch in baltimore. we'll continue to see the umbers add up as we continue to sse the moisture building in. at of 2 and quarter over in salsbury and 3 quarterssof an inch back west of us. take a lack at potential here. this is future scan with the model data potential of how much rain to get. chance of getting 3 quarter inch across west and south over an inch and a little more to the south east everyooe will get to sea the rain as we go hrough the cool temperatures and south easterly flow will tip to bring the moisturr in from the -úpressure wraaping n the moisture or the next day here. by tuesddy latee6 3 3 to the east and tart to getf clearing out there as we head through the emainder portion of the week. onight showers looking at hhavy rain at times 83. looking at 75 on wednesday with sunsh

. >> record breaking temperatures todaa..3 much cooler air on the way.> yeah. a whole 4 or 5 degrees. >> 86 is going to feel coolú after today. 95 today. record breaking temperatures. tomorrow not the ccse. but above average. we should be in the 70s this time of ear. >> it s the second day of fall? >>>second fulllday of fall. we will be back in the 70s by the understand of the week. ú%nally cooo down. outside of this evening, we are3 still in the 80s. %-out there.ows dry conditions clear skies. that will allow us to cool down from where we were at earller. pretty warm. 82 right now in the inner -arbour. with winds out of the south-ssuthwest at 6 miles per hour. all right. we are watching a cold front approach the area. line of howers and storms back to the west. ú%oser and closer tt marryand this evening. and as it does push hrough our arra, it will bring us a change in tempeeatures. no rain, we need the rain.3 and we are not going to see it witt his system. nowwthe future, forecast shows a little bit of rain coming in next week. bbt for this weekend, we

. >> well todaa's gray skies brought tornado warnings to the aree. >> parrs of carroll, howard and baltimoreties all under the warnings this afternoon. nothing came offthem. thank goodness. a day of gray skies and rain. -ut ptential for flooding thisú evening. vytts reid with the latestt vytas.st. >> heavy rainfall is coming down. potential of gettiig anywhere from one too3 inches possible. in some areas, maybe more rain causing localized flooding.ú -ssued a atch through baltimore, maryland city, to indianapolis, and dc. northern virginia. with the potential for heavy rainfall that. occurred today. inch or so already fallen. some places getting as much as 2 inches on the eastern shore. but at thisstiie, we have more rainnon tte way. and the ground is saturated so hard for the ground to absorb moreeof the rainfall..33 hd rainfall scans the skies. showers at aberdine and cecil county. showers. eastern porttand (inaudible) folks in glen burnie getting showers. -his is how it rolls throuuh over the llst several hours. still decent rainfall. and more to come, from the south as we see an area of l

the project was designed by area residents and developers. ú% will create sevvral %->> todaa is the celebrationan fiie years of work. safe, beautiful, livable neighborhood for all kind of people. >> well, if you see news in your neighborhood, see ii, shoot it, send it. you can upload pictures and your videos to our website. go toofoxbaltimore.com and click on the see it, shoot it, send it iion. you can alsop send pictures directty from your cell phone tt pics@foxbaltimorr.com. >> first i thought, what is a wind turbine? and ow high is 80'? >> later on fox 45 news at 10:00. -esistance to wind power. why some are tying to stop tte green energg source. of it is the cover story tonight. >> also aheaa. a boat sinking fast. see the dramatic rescue, later on fox 45 news at 10:00. >> aree ou ding for oil ú%oducts? >> not necessarily. i just want to see what ii there. >> coming up. clean beaches on the surface. find out what happened when a reporter from our sister station grabbed the shovel and began to as foxx45 news at 10:00 continues. >> beautiful day out there around central maryland. (music playin

it's todaa and as well as what3 you aar seeeng here concentrating to the central part of the state.on we start to see some breaks and partll sunny3 skies after that. back to the west we look for a high temperature cooler at 76 degrees. overnight tonight, partly cloudy %-in comes the cooler air.from 73 tomorrrw and ssmeerainshowers possible on wednesdayynight. wednesdaa. 76 for the high. 72 mostly sunny on friiay, and 77 and 64 forrtheeweekend. a cooler weekend even though we -illlbe geneerllyydry, 66 on monday with mostll sunny skies.3 wwat about the commute this mornnng? we got somebody right here who will tell you all abouttit..3 lauren cooke has the traffic eege. lauren. >> reporter: thankkyou, steve. the rain has made the roadd very slick. you want to be extra areful as you head out this morning.ú we do expect a slow ride travellng through the fort mchenry tunnel. we are dealing with an accident ann fortunatelyyii has been confined to the shoulder. no problems to report traveling througg the harbor tuunel. we are dealing with a lot of congestion. here is a live look at cold cour

joel d smith is live at demonstration todaa is designed to prove the faat once and forr3 all.a surprisingly low numbbr that only 36% of teens could result in eath. >> reporter: i have theú claires and we are going tt be doing the original mva version offthe course. when think of drrnking and driving, teens, do you think that coull lead to death? >> obviouobviously, i mean evere knows that drinking and driving is horrible decision.ú >> reporter: how about3 texting and driving, do you think in your mind that leads to death possibly. >> possibly. i know a lot oo peeple who sweer they will drink and drive, hee3 wwll never drinkkaad drive, i but texttng nd drrving, thhy o it all the time, so i guess the connection isn't there. >>>reporter: we hhd you drive this ourse eaalier. you did fine without texting. we ade you text. ú%sent me aad you hut somebody. we will put this back down and it's only fair that we put me to the test aa well. get in the passenger seat if you dare and we will see how e canú do here. i will have you hold the microphone, claire. and we will see to make sure3 t

, 70% elative the barometer. ú%w point at 58, and we have ot temperatures that are warming uú more todaawill set the stage for the potential of a shower or thunderstorm as the fronttmoves -lose to us. here shown as 4:00 at the person western counties and close to 4. and evening into later vening could be a shower or thunderrtorm to the mor northern part of the state according to this model anyway. the activityystays to the north, and then we get the warm humid air to move ii. it's gging to become more huuid tomorrow to the first full day of autumn. we will feel more summer-like it's all reminding you that we're still in trrpical storm season. take a look. weegot tropical storm lisa in the atlantic. 46-mile--nnhour winds, gusting higher, but far enough out in the eastern pprt offthe attantic that it's not easy tt project its path yet.ú we will keep an eyy on that one. 86 degrees foo the eastern shore for the high today. looking at plenty of sunshine with a 10-20-mile--n-hour wind. it will be breezier. look for the central part of the state to ennoy sunshine earlier. a few more clouds late

here in baltimore and across the country, hundreds of thoussnds of mericans set to get some relief todaa of this relief. theepatient protection and affordable care act goee into effecc today. this comes six months after the here is how it breaks down for you. starting today, insurance -ermitted to exclude children because of preexisting healthú condittons. ú%surers will not be allowed o impose lifetime limits on benefits nd children up to 26 years old willlnow be allowed coverage on their parents policies. it's a step that president obama ú%ys is very important or the 20 something years old struggling to get a full-time gig with benefits. %-bankrupt, you're not going to loss your housee heeven forbid you end up having an acciddnt and yoo're able to gettquality >> reporter: also included in the new benefits, colonoscopies, and mammograms and immunizations and many procedures. in fact, 20 states areesuing tte federal governnent over this new law. law makeers are concerned about how to to pay for this and the majority of americans are worried,,too.ú listen to the new rasmussen poll says tha

let's start off with todaa. ú%sophia?morrow after the 81 today. p> a chanceeof what is coming our way? >> a chance of 78 degrees for fridaa with some showers overnight thursday uutil friday. what about saturday.ú >> 77. >> and lots of. >> sun. ú% you like that for the weekend. >> what about sunday, ophia? p> sunday 83. >> and plenty of? >> unn p> hat's right. thaa ill be good for any of you with colds out there. what about monday and tuesday? >> 81, 82. >> 81, and 82 for monday and tuesday. >> sunday. ú% we're going to back to sunday again. >> a lot of sun. >> hy go to school on monday, we want to stay on sunday. right nnw let's toss it back too patrice. >> back to maarice. >> iim with ou, i want with3 yyu, i want as to stay on very good job. did you have fun doing that? -id you have fun? >> yes. >> dd you think you might want to do this when you're all grown up or do you want to o sooethhng elle. p> do this when i'm ll grown up. >> all right, steve better watch out. you can come back and work for3 us anytime. thank you s

we're headed only into the 70s todaa.ning and into the afternoon and nighttime, too. not as much rain, we expect as we ill see furtherrinland. the centtal part oo the sttte,3 72 degrees for the high, a little cooler and some showers that will beeaccompanied by breezy conditions in the %-a thunderstorm moving through later in the afternoon or maryland where we could hhve the 69 degrees shhuld do it for the overnight llw with a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind. tomorrow 79, more showers aad thundersttrms possible in theú morning especially more likely. 76 and dry on wednessay, 77 and3 showers return on thursday, but then look at the cooler temperatures behind the ffont that bring us those showers, drr, 77, only for friday and 63 and 75 for the saturday and sunday. it should e cooler but pretty weekend coming up. let's see what is happening on the roadways with lauren cooke. we have a wet look at the traffic edge. lauren. ú%%-steve.r: thank you, we are dealing with a hectic ccmmute. do expect slow speeds on many of our main lines. we