the worst part of that storm would miss us in maryland. mostly cloudy tonight, fog developing late, temperatures will drop back into the 50's. if you have something to do tomorrow outside, no big deal. we will see some rain developing on sunday, but it should not be heavy rain. and then the storm starts to affect us in maryland. heavy rain possible monday and tuesday. look at the high temperature on tuesday, only 48. that is not where you'd expect from a hurricane. there will be some heavy rain combined with wind gusts, there could be some tree damage. for halloween, things will start to taper off. >> we have some breaking news. state police state senate majority leader harry reid has been taken to the hospital after a chain reaction six-vehicle crash. it happened around 1:00 this afternoon. the 72-year-olds condition has not been released. >> the last snapshot of economic growth in the united states before americans choose a president. officials report a slight pickup in growth, but they say still too weak to boost hiring. this is getting

they will weeknight as we head into the afternoon and perhaps visit us in maryland tonight. a slight chance we could get some severe weather after sunset in baltimore. that could include heavy rain. there's the possibility that the weather could get a little bumpy tonight. sunrise this morning at 7:20. some of the rain tonight could be heavy -- some of the rain tonight could be have the. still mild tomorrow. chilly over the weekend. overnight lows into the 30's. temperatures may climb into the upper 70's by next week. >> it just got a lot busier. southbound 83 is shut down at old york road because of an accident. three tractor-trailers are involved. inner loop at harford road, word of an accident. two left lanes are closed. for delays on the b-w parkway. another in howard county. here's a quick, live look at traffic. this is south of the closure. . at old york road, watch for a closure. this is the northeast corner of harford road. traffic is crawling towards essex. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. the family of george mcgovern said he is no longer respon

in new york state. for us here in maryland, i think some passing clouds for the rest of the night. you should stay dry, maybe a few drops on the windshield at most. future trend quiet. that's the bottom line. nothing more then a few passing clouds and into the day on thursday, prime conditions holding on again and really no big changes in sight until the second half of the weekend and into next week. a boundary that will dive south and drop temperatures. in the meantime temperatures ramping up. a surge of warm air should ramp us up close to the 80-degree mark and quiet across the east. you may have heard of the system to the south. here it is as we zoom further south. tropical storm sandy, now a large system in the eastern caribbean sexting the movement will be to the north, northeast but eventually running between cuba and haiti through the win ward passage and strengthening before weakening back into a tropical storm. watch all the moisture and the core of this storm as we go toward friday afternoon. the projection taking it out to sea, but perhaps a little closer to cape hattera

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in maryland have been made sick with this. one person has died. these seven centers here in maryland used the prepackaged steroid epidural for pain treatment. med star hospitals have never used any products from the new england compounding center. they use a kit that has to be mixed by the physician before it is used. the fact that the shot is administered directly into the spine has proven to be why it's damaging. >> the other form of doing the epidural is from the outside wae out. when we do it inside the spinal canal, infection can spread, yes. infection can spread faster because it's a closed space. >> reporter: once again, we want to state that med star hospitals have never used products from the new england compounding center. anyone who received any type of steroid shot in their spine from one of the affected clinics should -- and develop any signs of infection should check with their dr. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> there's a possible break tonight in the case of the missing jessica ridgeway. she disappeared while walking to school friday morning in a colorado neighborhood.

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. 482 apartment homes in silver villa billable and seniors, thanks to the successful public-private partnership. jummy olabanji takes us inside. ♪ ♪ >> this place is a brand new complex in silver opened its just doors for a group of special residents. by a localbuilt developer victory housing on the property of the catholic church. nearly 50 low income senior citizens now have a new place to live. this will be a library. you have your computer is for the residents. the three-story building one-bedroom apartments. is also a game room, aquarium, and outside courtyard. residents are 62 years r older and their below 50% of the area. income in the leaders from a local community, state, and archdiocesan of gathered today to celebrate the grand opening. it's wonderful. , we franciscans are help people on the fringes of society. many times, seniors are some of the forgotten. >> residents can

. >> reporter: tonight we're in maryland where we walked up to this house and found a very nice couple who didn't mind us coming in and bringing our exper to find out if they're really prepared for sandy. so let's go. come on. what are you going to be looking for here in this house to make sure you're prepared. >> any type of water damage because of a sump pump failing. >> reporter: do you think you've well-prepared. >> yes, we are. we have lanterns, flashlights, we have an emergency radio. we have a good sump pump. >> if the electricity goes out, this sump pump will not work unless you have a back up plan. let's say a generator. >> reporter: how often do we need to have somebody come and check the sump pump. we've been in the house 10 years. >> well, you just make sure it works. you should hear it -- you should hear it turn on and off. >> right. >> as the water levels go up and down. >> it does. >> reporter: so when you take a look and surveying this land, what do you think? >> the tree i'm noticing right now is the one behind us. >> okay. >> that looks likes it's large enough to do extensive damage to

in the middle of the week. >> set your watch as baez. thank you for joining us. david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in maryland. it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware... and pennsylvania. one west virginia paper calls it a "cash cow" for them. but its cost maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland.

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. >>> thanks for joining us on this friday morning. this is your abc2 news to go. i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's start with the forecast with lynette charles. >> check out what's going on in terms of temperatures. we are feeling good this morning. we are on the cool side. ijamsville at 57. and 64 in laurel and 57 in millersville. and this is going to be the scenario going throughout the day. let's step out of the way and show you the beautiful shot in bel air this morning. look at this sunrise. it's awesome. and that's the way it's going to stay as we go through time. and maryland most powerful radar is dry right now. scanning the skies not lot to scan. we will see changes in the forecast but in the meantime, enjoy what you get for today. the hour by hour forecast brings to us 81 by 3. and mostly sunny skies. let's check the amount bc2 time save -- abc2 timesaver

. >> you said 14 states responded to us here in maryland helping out with bge. you also mentioned new jersey, new york, very hard hit as a result of this. once this gets under control here in maryland, any chance you and those other 14 states are just going to move on up to new york? >> yes, absolutely. we have a very robust cooperation amongst all the utilities in the country and as soon as our resources are wrapped up here, we'll make them available to move to where they're still a need. >> bge president ken defontes, thanks so much. meg. >>> hartford county schools closed today as crews continue to clean up from sandy. about 15,000 people remain in the dark and some people have been without power since monday night. >> and then we haven't had power since. so we've just been making the best of it. >> we're bundling up. >> bundling up, we have a wood stove that we've kept running, and eating things out of a can. >> you better believe this is a big job for bge crews, from alabama, tackling tree removal in that county and they are restoring linemen right now work

power outages and how the crews are working together to keep us here in maryland safe during hurricane sandy. >> ok. thank you. >> down in front, everybody. >> here we go. >> the governor had a white shirt, red shirt. >> yes, sir. >> the other ones, we expect behind. >> on abc2 news.com, follow us online, mobile devices, as well. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, listen up. this is the 2 p.m. briefing. i want to thank everybody for their vigilance and their hard work. i want to thank our maryland national guard and everyone that's been on the job here as we prepare for landfall of hurricane sandy. this is a very, very dangerous and deadly storm. she is intensifying at her center with the winds moving up to 90 miles an hour. would not surprise many if she were upgraded to a category 2 before she comes directly over maryland, parks here and beats down on us for a good long 24 to 36 hours. there will be lots of felled trees, there will be lots of poles that are knocked over, there will be lots of electric lines that are knocked down, and there will be massive power outages. i notice fro

in the online journal of pediatrics. >> we have another half-hour of "good morning washington." our partners at "politico" tell us which teacher: this is west virginia pennsylvania, delaware. and this is marylandevery year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million gaming at casinos in these other states. question seven will build a new casino and bring table games to baltimore... generating hundreds of millions for schools. and that money has to go to education. it's the law. so vote for question seven. so we can stop spending all that money here, and keep maryland money in classrooms like mine. "live, and in hd, you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. >> nothing would governor romney said was true. >> dealing with the challenges in the middle east -- >> plenty of sparks in the final presidential debate. brianne carter is live with overreaction. >> and we will hear from politico. good morning washington, it is tuesday, october 23. >> let's check in with meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> today as #four and we will make up to number 7 if not number 8 this week. there were a few clouds rolled in overnight but not much. high pressure is dominating our weather and blocking tha

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money inyland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. >> for the first time since the reagan super bowl season back in 2000, the team has a 5-1 record, but nothing bill super for the ravens today. ray lewis has overcome injuries in the past, but at 37 years old, he has long outlasted the of the playing his 17th season. is torn triceps muscle will present him with questions only he can answer, like any return for an 18th season, or does he want to leave the game on better terms than an injury? it could theoretically be back and pass if it wants to be in time for training camp next fall. lardarius webb faces the same challenge with his left leg injuries suffered yesterday. he has nine interceptions in the past two seasons. you could understand if john harbaugh felt awful today. instead, the coach directed his feelings toward the two injured starters today. >> i am disappointed for those guys. it doesn't matter how i or someone else feels ab

to the north of us in maryland there is extensive flooding because you've got the potomac on one sideing in from the bay, from the chesapeake bay which is flooding as well. that will complicate effort. in maryland we have confirmed two deaths. one did come, a tree falling onto a home killing a man there and also a traffic accident related to the storm. the flooding will continue through the week and the national weather service tells us this could rank in the top five of all floods the poe to potomac has suffered. and we are dealing with winds and rain here, back to you in ohio. bill: when we look at that storm you were in the southwestern quadrant of it. sometimes that can have perhaps the more favorable conditions, let's say. but what were things like overnight there in washington d.c. in the area around virginia and maryland? what did you feel? >> well, we had a lot of wind gusts. there were some that reached up into the 70s, 75-mile an hour peak range during the time the storm was coming down. the rain was very heavy. you know if you were lucky enough to be inside you'd look outsi

better bet is to use 193 in maryland as a workaround but you do not want to commit to the top stretche beltway right now because this ongoing investigation will be with us until further notice in you exit tonight beltway past university boulevard, you do so well past the accident scene. but also make note, not only is the beltway jammed because of the crash but southbound i-95 traffic gridlocked from before the icc trying to merge on to the out are loop. let's start off in virginia where, again, storm damage is plaguing us again. it is the georgetown pike. flooding to content with. braddock road at burke lake road. that remains under water. we've got accident activity. this is tying up the drive northbound i-59 before you reach quantico. two-car fender bender there. left lane remains blocked. big delays headed northbound out of stafford. your average speed now down to 16 miles per hour northbound on i-95. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on fox 5 morning news, the storm doesn't have to put a hitch in your halloween plans. it is n

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maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. >>> when you pull up to a drive-through, you want your food quick. windy and chick-fil-a reigns you is free. windy scored highest for delivering drive-through meals the fastest with an average time of two minutes and 10 seconds. last place is mcdonald's. >> delays on american airlines flights are costing the carriers some of their most lucrative customers -- business passengers. they lost 3% last month compared to a year ago. business travelers said they can't risk being late so they are book elsewhere. >>> social security checks are going to be slightly bigger next year. recipients can expect a bump between 1.5% and 1.7%. less than half of last year. the labor department is releasing its september inflation reading next week. the social security administration will announce the exact benefits increase. >>> open enrollment season is right around the corner. we have some pointers yo

us in a slight risk. mainly southern maryland will get in on some thunderstorms as we go throughout the day. and those could be severe. basically damaging winds with that. so we are waiting for that cold front to move through. the warm front passed through and that's what we felt yesterday. that's why it felt so nice and pleasant out there. behind the cold front, high pressure will build in. and this is what i am talking about for tomorrow. high pressure will be back with lots of sunshine across the area. although, it's going to be cooler behind the cold front. right now, though, temperatures are coming in at 65 degrees in edgemere and monrovia and with that we are mild this morning. and also, we are breezy this morning as well. let's go to the tropics because we have tropical storm rafael out there. winds sustained at 70 miles an hour. and it's a little below hurricane status at this point. it's moving to the north, northwest at 9 miles an hour and you can see the track right now, it keeps it away from the u.s. but bermuda has tropical storm watches for the area. future trend not picking up

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. >>> friends and family members and loved ones reunited as 70 members of the d.c. national guard returned home to the u.s. they were deployed in afghanistan the past 10 months. fox 5's lauren demarco was there for the welcoming party. >> with technology like skype you have the family members today saying they've been able to keep in fairly regular contact with their loved ones overseas, but nothing compares to seeing them in person safe and sound on american soil. >> i'm excited. >> reporter: michael salas says 10 months is long, but he understands why his dad, sergeant edwin lariano, had to go to afghanistan. >> it's bad because i don't get to see him in person. it's good because he's helping us with our troops. >> reporter: military mom bess lee eagerly awaiting her daughter. she says it's something she's well familiar with as all three of them are u.s. service members. >> that wa

in atlantic city. the connecticut governor will join us, along with maryland's governor martin o'malley. l. we begin with rob marciano. the winds from the last advisory are upgraded to 85 miles an hour. new jersey, in fact pretty close to where rob marciano is standing right now. new jersey is expected to take a very big hit. let's talk a little bit about what your area, asbury park is expected to get. the people have been talking about the storm coming on perpendicular to the coastline. what kind of an impact, if it does that, what would that mean? >> well, you've got waves that are going to be coming directly onshore. you have wind that is directly pushing all that water yont shore. and even as early as last night at high tide the water was lapping up against the boardwalk. that is extremely unusual for that to happen. so we have already had two and three foot storm surge and the storm itself over 300 miles away from our position. so when it comes onshore tonight, you can imagine just how large that storm surge is going to be. but the roads behind me will be overwashed for sure. and com

car with windshields. >>> flooding, virginia, this also something we could encounter in maryland, robert sent this to us, car sub megad in the water, that once again coming to us from virginia. >>> we have special team coverage for you this morning. >> sandy has been with us for a numb of days, other parts of the northeast, they are feeling the brup as well. other cities, how are they dealing with the wind and rain and the massive flooding? we will take a k loo. it's oysternomics 101. you start with a u.s. senator named ben. by helping restore thousands of acres of oyster beds, he kept hundreds of oystermen on the job... which keeps wholesalers in business... and that means more delivery companies... making deliveries to more restaurants... which hire more workers. and that means more oystermen. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message. see how powerful the wind is whipping up around the street sign. you can see from the videos why. >> you can see the entire facade of the building falling off onto the sidewalk, below,

half the fleet equipped with these big brother hearing aids by next summer so they still use up in arms maryland's attorney general's office doesn't really care so they approve the audio recordings i have no words and if you're at a loss for them to join me and break the set. all right guys let's talk about the debate last night if that's what you want to call it the topic was foreign policy which is laughable when you look at the fact that obama is pretty much of a neo con on his foreign policy views each of them represent two sides of the same imperialist coin so course romney agree with almost every single foreign policy topic that was brought up let's take a look at some of today's headlines watch romney agrees with obama on everything whom romney agrees with obama on foreign policy during debate romney says he agrees with obama final debate shows how much romney agrees with obama obama romney no major differences in foreign policy debate you know what just check out for yourself. we have to do is a president i congratulate him on taking out of some of the law governor romney i'm glad that you

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us. our correspondents, john berman is live in battery park city in lower manhattan. in ocean city, marylandndo is reporting for us. george howell in kill devil hills in north carolina. rob marciano is live in asbury park in new jersey. let's look at this storm and where it's headed. rob? >> reporter: good morning, soledad. you mentioned the extraordinary storm this is including the cold air. we don't often talk about windchills in a hurricane. right now it feels like it's in the 40s with the wind and cool air. over my right shoulder you see the extraordinary surf that's been pounding the shoreline here of eastern jersey for the past 12 hours. we're coming up on high tide once this morning, again later on tonight. that will coincide with the expected landfall. sandy has -- let's go over the statistics. 85 mile an hour winds now. milibar pressure has tied with the lowest that we've seen in history. that of 1938 and that historic hurricane, the long island express. already historic storm and a large one at that with winds extending over 800 miles for tropical storm force winds, hurricane force

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months in car accidents but i got to ask, police officers are supposed to enforce laws and in maryland, seat belt userequired for all passengers in the front seat of a vehicle. the result of noncompliance with the law is painfully obvious. we must acknowledge there's many who may seem to say the wreck was so serious, the officer may have been killed regardless whether he was belted or not but similar sentiments from bill in martinsburg, west virginia. so sorry for the car crashes. why weren't they buckled up? it's the law, right? these same officers wrote tickets to people for not having people buckled. do they think they're above the law? i will not presume the judge the officer's mental state, but the justification for the reluctance of some officers to wear seat belts sounds similar to the excuses civilians use. it will slow me down, hard to get out in an emergency, et cetera. it's a bunch of nonsense since we know the likely deadly emergency behind the wheel of a crash and when that happens, being slowed down by seat belt is what the doctor ordered and prescribed the mail bag. mailbag@wusa9.com.

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. it's heavy lifting. you start with a democratic senator named ben. by getting bwi-marshall funding for new runways, he's helping us serve 21 million passengers a year, which helps keep 100,000 jobs that depend on the airport, and that means more cargo for more businesses and more skycaps unloading more taxis... welcome to bwi. ...carrying families with more luggage. thanks. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approve this message.

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money innd. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. >>> all right. the orioles lose this one. a tough one, time score 3-2. the first time they have lost in 16 straight games. let's show the highlights. we came up to do the live shot at eleven. and i ran inside after the eleven and i got inside just in time to see that ball and raul. what a tough loss for the orioles. >> in the bottom of the 12th he tied it up and in the bottom of the 9th pinch hitting for a- rod. >> i feel like i've been doing the same live shot all week. i keep saying the orioles when are they going to do things the easy way. never. they were two from going up in the series, now they have to come back and win two in a row. >> we're live from yankee stadium and we'll see you tomorrow. as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i wouldn't want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, so

the state's last witness was and he can per in the use of force. rea tiered maryland state trooper who told the court in his opinion baker and harrison used excessive force against john mckenna noting the maryland student was not aggressive and kept his hands up when the police approached. mckenna was arrested last night but all charges were dropped. >>> today, the prosecution will have some follow-up questions for an expert witness, a retired maryland state trooper, about the proper use of a police baton. the defense will then get the case. >>> d.c. councilman david catania introduced some emergency legislation that would require more transparency. it would require the cfo give the results of all internal audits. this cops after the city's chief tax appraiser resigned this week under fire for lowering commercial property tax assessments apparently without cause. >> i think they've been burying bad news. i think he has an oio, this office of internal investigations that, will conduct these internal reviews of policies and procedures and when they see things that may o

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. um, hello. these ugly stains are ruining my good looks and style. and good luck using that cleaner. excuse me, miss ? he's right. those are tough hard water stains, and that cleaner's not gonna cut it. truth is, 85% of us have hard water and many don't even know it. you need lime-a-way. lime-a-way is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. it's 4 times more effective at removing lime scale than the leading bathroom cleaner. see the lime-a-way difference or your money back. good morning, i'm charley crowson. it's tuesdays october 2nd. we have a lot to get to. linda so is live, with a firefighter accused of sexually abusing two teen boys. first a check of the forecast, a wet one out there. lynette charles is standing by. you are right, charlie, a wet one out there this morning, see the heaviest rain coming down, heading toward baltimore county. we are starting out montgome

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in the lone star state on this friday, october 5th. good morning maryland i am charley crowson. >> i am megan sprinkle. thanks for joining us. of the action happening down there in texas and, of course, the ravens are out of town but things happening here, too. going on. you have fells point and mary weather post pavilion concert and lynette it's on you. how is the weather going to be. >> it looks stellar for today. heading into tomorrow a few more clouds but dry. going into the afternoon evening time frame a few showers and sunday will be the rany day. let's talk about what's going on this morning. getting everybody up and at them out the door: arnold at 63. you don't need that jacket this morning. it feels pretty good and we are looking at the dew points coming in at 54 right now. so dealing with that dry air less humid as we go through today. columbia's temperature at 58 more of the same for the dew point coming in around 54 degrees. and right now, temperatures at 62 in bel air and 62 in rock hall. just know we are going stay dry maryland's most powerful radar is dry and it will stay there going into the afternoon. this i

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. >> the orioles have reclaimed us with october baseball. now we probably all need to be reacquainted with a cardiologists. still going on, 1-1 at the top of the 12th. david phelps is no relation to michael phelps. joe saunders gave up only one run for the orioles. a solo home run, the only orioles home run in this game. right now, top of the 12th tied at 1, orioles and yankees. the nationals in their series with st. louis, forced into game 5. second inning, center field and not gone to give the national say 1-0 lead in front of the cardinals. on to the third, top half of the inning. a sacrifice fly into right field. the game is tied at 1-1. plenty of drama to go around today. the first batter for the nationals, a home run to keep the nationals alive in the post season. the winner of the nationals that cardinals series will face san francisco. the giants and the reds, we pick it up w

in the air. storm team 4 satellite and radar image showing the green west of us. those are a few sprinkles out of the mountains of eastern west virginia and western maryland. ahead of that, all these areas in the dark green are in the 50s. 50s throughout most of maryland and virginia. it's near 60 in washington. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. most locations in the mid-50s. here's the latest on tropical storm sandy. it is still south of jamaica, about 150 miles south of jamaica, and it does look like it's going to be can ttracking s jamaica, become a hurricane later today and track over cuba. it has winds of 70 miles an hour, and it is going to be taking a general track north for the next couple of days and maybe move northeast after that. what happens after that may be coming right along the atlantic seaboard and affecting us. so stay tuned. we'll keep you posted. that wouldn't happen until sunday in the next week. 6:00 a.m. temperatures still in the 50s to near 60 for your lunch hour. a lot of clouds around. just the slight chance of a sprinkle later this morning. low to mid-70s. during the afternoon, around 80 degrees. as we go

in a bit when the news continues. stay with us. david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in maryland.just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware... and pennsylvania. one west virginia paper calls it a "cash cow" for them. but its cost maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. [ knocking ] oh, no, i got to go. oh, can you make that to go? these days, nobody has time to get sick. but minuteclinic makes it easy to get well. our nurse practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything from strep throat to sinus infections with no appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. you guys want to go to the park? yeah! yeah! minuteclinic, the medical clinic in cvs/pharmacy. accepts united healthcare benefit plans. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com.

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money inryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. >> so yu darvish, this one is for you. >> sunny skies and warm tomorrow, 82 degrees. the showers and the cold front arriving saturday. they may have to wait until monday to play because of the rain moving in. it will be cool with highs in the 50's sunday and monday and lows in the 30's. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- from the new movie "argo," ben affleck. oscar winner octavia spencer.

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money inand. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland.

maryland over one biion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... betterchools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smsmallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland.

maryland over one billion lldollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven kee maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think will be a... better schools for us. good thing for the state of maryland. problems to 94 american airlines. -- >> war problems for american airlines. unbolted incoming flight. >> this happened three times now. >> this is an almost unheard of problem, but american has been in the process of refreshing and the inside of threeplanes and these y hadanes have recentl their seats worked on. american is being very clear problems are not tied to any one group of workers, but foundo believe they have the cause. one seats, like these, found different american airlines flights in the last by anere caused installed saddle that holds the seat in to theaccording airlines. this passenger was on one of the flights. the seat slipped backwards, people were essentially on the passengers behind them. >> the news has some passengers at reagan national today nervous. >> i am concerned. you don't want to be rattling airplane ise something happened. american

she's been standing by for us in ocean city, maryland, since sunday. let's take a look at how things are there this morning. sandra, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. this is the first time in two days we haven't been pelted with rain. there is no rain. actually this morning. and we are still feeling some wind but not as severe as in the days past. take a look at the surf. while the waves may look big it's nothing like the fierce waves we've seen that have breached the sand dunes in the last day or so, but clearly now the focus is on damage and assessing what hurricane sandy did to ocean city. we know there's a lot of beach erosion. take a look here, soledad. you can see also how strong the winds were. that's part of a roof that was blown off during the storm and you can see some debris scattered around the street area. of course when the sun comes up we'll be able to better assess the flooding in certain parts of the area. we know that 5,600 people are without power. utility companies have been doing around trying to restore power. we k

maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i wouldn't want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, so i shouldn't deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. i support this law because it doesn't force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6.

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maryland over one billion dollars. money that could have created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money inaryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. >> and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. sleep well tonight. teddy 1 the nats race today. the nationals began a new era. it won its 98th game. a big record. bottom of the eighth, we got a of the action today. ryan zimmerman lead is followed. no word yet on if it is serious. the nationals to get a serious wind. is 5-1 to close the season. >> they are great at home in great on the road. it will be a lot of fun. >> the orioles needed to win and to lose tonight. bottom of the first. home run to deep left. rays. it was not done. three times tonight. beat the orioles 4-1. the red sox, 14-2. they won the division. the trip to texas to take on the rangers. completed their incredible run and won the ar west crown. 12-5. they have been in first place exactly one day. day is today. out.rks the redskins are 2-2. averaging 30 points -- 38 points a game. it