course, would be the nasdaq market site in the heart of new york city and across the nation in the windy city of chicago and the city of brotherly love, philadelphia, the white flag is waved. bullish comments and housing data, stocks to new year highs after a busy friday. does the smart money see the summer of love continuing? let's get in the money right now. and the breakout that stock investors prayed for has, in fact, arrived. the s&p 500, which was trapped, shackled, back at the 992 and 1,015 levels, showing signs of broadening outs. options traders remained cautious. this is the vix, and it doesn't seem to be able to break below that 24 level. mike, do we need to see a collapse in volatility for you to be a believer? >> well,

are the options action traders at the desk at the home of the world's third largest market in the windy city of chicago and city of brotherly love, philadelphia. stocks closing off their lows but still break an eight-day winning streak, this despite upbeat news out of intel and dell. temporary rest stop or perhaps start of a correction. let's get in the money now to find out. the dash for trash started with citigroup and aig, we could have extensive garbage as aig is joined by fannie and freddie, all up 200% this month alone as the shorts continue to get squeezed. but in options trading, saner heads are prevailing, energy stocks and home builders start to move sharply. this does seem good news for the stock market to see this rally broadening out. >> i think that's true. two things i'm looking at i think are encouraging. the first is seeing bets that volatility will come in. we saw that in the form of somebody who came in and paid for 25 puts and bet volatility will decline. that's a good thing. when volatility comes out of the market, encourages more participation and will encourage a broad

. >>> closed signs across the windy city. ll chicago city employees had to take the day without pay. >>> and free money to help your pay your bills? the latest scam hitting your bank accounts. we'll have the stories and norm's up-to-the-minute forecast, all coming up on abc 2 news at 5:30. >> thanks, terry. our look around the nation takes us to minneapolis where a man accuses police officers of beating him during a traffic stop. it happened last february, but this police dash cam video was just released. darryl jenkins says he was going to a friend's house after dinner and had three beers at a restaurant when he was stopped for speeding. several officers arrive and kick and punch him. police say jenkin refused to take alcohol test and resisted arrest. jenkins believed it was an unprovoked attack. the police chief says they'll be reviewing the video. >>> some amazing pictures out of cape coral, florida where a weekend tornado damaged nearly two dozen homes, tore trees from the ground and ripped cars. one homeowner saw his car

third largest options market that would be the nasdaq market site and across the nation in the windy cityicago, as well as the city of brotherly love in philadelphia. stocks rebounding from their morning lows shrugging off weak economic news that weight on industrial and material names, oil falling 4% today and yet volatility continues to ooze out of the market. does smart money sense another leg higher. let's get into the money right now. the market has remained in a tight range over the past two weeks with the s&p 500 one reason the lack of participation from these guys. exxon mobil, procter & gamble and walmart, some of the largest components of the s&p waiting, all down on the year. we need to see participation to move higher. >> there's no question about that. we can't have the market continue to go higher driven exclusively by tech names and a couple high beta names up 150% on the year already. one of the critical things that ties all these names together is the fact a lot of economic data we've seen as positive, evidence we were coming out of the recession, hasn't been backed up by

hour the chicago sox win and the three games set for tomorrow at 2:00 in the windy city. just north of b more cal ripkin little league series. 12-year-olds in the swing. hector chapman nails the runner at the base. mexico with a hit. they come to within 4-3 . but in the end, forest hills, florida takes home the bacon winning the 2009 little league world series by a final of 7-6. >>> meantime the ravens 2009 training camp in westminster done done in this second time around under second year coach like the first depending on who you talk to. >> it was a good camp. i have had more than one year to go through it. it makes a big difference. this year i think the gays are a lot more comfortable with the program and how it works. you can tell about the way that we performed on the field. >> as in that 20-10 beating of the skins. monday night's season affair with the visiting new york jets. near washington, d.c. the steelers get scored on by the red skins. chase daniel and the fellow rookie mitchell. 10-10 in the third quarter. the red skins special teams break down when pittsbur

. >>> chicago's big shoulders sagged under the weight of the recession today as the windy city paused to catch its breath. government offices were closed and silent witness to the budget crisis that ko'd most municipal services for the day. abc's diana avellar is there. >> reporter: the doors were locked at chicago libraries monday. piles of garbage lined city streets. and city hall was silent. only emergency workers such as police, firefighters, and 911 operators were on the job. it was the first of three scheduled reduced services days in an effort to save the city $8.3 million. >> at the end of the day, we're going to run out of money. the tax revenues that supported the state and local governments are not going to come back any time soon. >> furloughs are working their way to city and state budgets across the nation. michigan wants to save nearly $22 million through six unpaid days. in colorado, furlough days may be accompanied by pay cuts as well. but nothing compares to california, where more than 90% of state workers will be off on the first and third friday of each month until

. >>> the birds flew to the windy city for a weekend series with the white sox.the guam was tied 1-1 until brian roberts hit a two-run home run in the eighth. they would score two more in the inning and go on to win it 5-1. >>> hockey is a nice tee name and as we all know dc is a nice tee town. some politicos in the foundation nation's capital are mixing pucks and politics. >> reporter: outside the white house it's a typical weekend morning which includes protestors, police, and this. >> it's all my bruises. >> down and dirty street hockey game played in the heart of washington. politics really is a contact sport. meet the white house hockey players. >> you had to work hard for that one. >> 2 minutes. >> last minute of play. >> for the safety of the president this part of the street has been closed off to traffic creating a security bubble and perhaps the most stately hockey rink in the nation. this game welcomes everyone, veterans who show off fancy moves. rookies with rusty skills. >> they ran me ragged today and i did pretty badly for my first day i have to sa

was, he exploded at the plate as of late and hit five home runs in the past five games and the windy city is a winning city for the orioles. >>> and the bird's road trip continues tonight. you can see the birds in action, game time 7:00, here on wjz-13. >>> and it's one of the tallest ships in the world and today, it's coming to the inner harbor. get your coffee, we have danish for you. baltimore is one of develop stops this ship will -- baltimore is one of the two stops that the ship will take. >> reporter: i like that, get your danish with you. some call them ships and one boats. we have aal ship that will be here this weekend. this is a danishal ship and here with us, you're from sail baltimore. tell us more. >> we're a totally volunteer organization, we recruit thal -- tall ships to come to baltimore and it's free, everyone needs to come down from 2:00 to 6:00 and meet the fine young people. they're all working on their maritiming -- and you'll have a good conversation and it's one of the best run tall ship in the business. fabulous. >> and think're coming from all -- and they're comi

we're in a windy city here today, wouldn't you agree?out which to talk and that's interior california continues to bake. temperatures whether climb up into the 80s and the 90s and nearly 100 degrees. it is hoped that jimena, the hurricane off the baja, mexico peninsula will spread much needed moisture into california later in the week, but that's latter in the week. today hot interior california. some thorps over the rockies and we'll see some rain and thun >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by the mercedes-benz you must experience. the amazing e-chas. >>> kind of a chilly august about # 1s here in new york. let's go back to wl a. and julie. >> thanks a lot. up next, need a hug? the truly touching story for you when we return. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. that's why i go to walmart. they guarantee unbeatable prices on all the flavors they love from blue bunny. so i can give them ice cream more oft

. >>> the government shutdown in the windy city begins tomorrow as most chicago city workers preparego without pay. two additional shutdowns for the day after thanksgiving and christmas eve and the city is hoping that the moves will save more than $8 million. >>> according to a survey by the "wall street journal," a majority of recon mists agree -- economists agree the recession is over. david russell is a reporter for the "wall street journal" and also the author of "in fed we trust." thanks for coming in today. >> a pleasure. >> could you really think the recession is over? >>> most of the economists think the recession ended in july or august. the bad news is reit coverry is expected to be so slow and unemployment so lie that a lot of americans -- so high that a lot of americans won't notice the difference. >> shannon: any timeline? >> we we asked how long do you expect unemployment to remain for nine and a half percent most say well into next year, the end of next year. that means the consensus prediction and they weren't good at predicting before so they may be wrong again, it w

we're in a windy city here today, wouldn't you agree?ich to talk and that's interior california continues to bake. temperatures whether climb up into the 80s and the 90s and nearly 100 degrees. it is hoped that jimena, the hurricane off the baja, mexico peninsula will spread much needed moisture into california later in the week, but that's latter in the week. today hot interior california. some thorps over the rockies and we'll see some rain and thunderstorms over the . >>> good morning. here is first warning doppler weather radar. i'm on a scan sha shows moisture, all of this stuff here i'm pretty sure is not, but you see below the circle l i am pretty sure it is. we have been watching shower activity through the course f the morning, down to our south. we have a bigger look there and some of it is trying to migrate north, a high of 75. over the next hour or so i can't rule out a sprinkle from the city grid and south. >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by the mercedes-benz you must experience. the amazing e-chas. >>> kind of a

when the windy city getting its groove on despite wet weather and a group of grown-ups in colorado legs as we go across america. >> massachusetts: busting a major drug and gun smuggling ring, please confiscated dozens of guns and assault rifles and arresting more than a dozen people. they say one man was caught with nearly half a pound of cocaine and thousands in cash. >> texas: scorching summer heat causing a major traffic hazard in houston. the city says they wrote their hope from brutal temperatures creating all sorts of headaches for drivers. workers blocking off the road and driving cars across the blowout. >> illinois: thousands of fans braving the rain for the start of chicago's lollapalooza music festival. some 130 x. and during the three-day event and temperatures expected to be in the 90s is here. organizers are telling folks to drink lots of water. >> colorado: no, this is not an amusement park, it's a convention of 30s, adults who dress up like animals in their free time. tonight we are happy at a fun-loving bunch of characters that they say their costumes or personas give

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last night in the windy city taking on the cubs.sy to one win on the road and never easy to beat the carlos zambrano guy. did we know this? he can hit. that is zambrana taking garrett mark out. we are all tied at one. wait a minute. he would get hammered by the nats' bats on this night. that is josh willingham. that is way, out and gone. then the big-time blow came in the sixth. elime adukes, bases juiced. not anymore. mets fans know all about that guy. dukes with the grand salami. who says it is hard to win on the road? that will do it for this edition of the breakfast. do join me bright and early tomorrow morning. i will see you then. until then, have i great day. >> thank you. >>> straight ahead in just a few minutes, a draftic move from the u.s. postal service. how it plans to cut costs and survive the ailing economy. >>> stay with us. fox 5 morning news is back at 6:00 in two minutes. ( birds chirping ) ♪ ♪ mmm! ♪ and i would do anything for love ♪ a.1. makes meat loaf sing. a lot of other beef too. ♪ [ woman ] ♪ early light br

glenn: chicago is known for dirty politics, windy city, native rahm emanuel no exception to the chicago way. he was known as the bag man in the clinton white house. that sounds good. now, in the obama administration, his strong-arm tactics are helping make all of obama's dreams come true. it is scary but true. pat kidel, a former democratic pollster and fox news contributor. how are you, sir? >> good to meet you. glenn: good to meet you. help me out here. there are a couple of distushessing connections. i think this whole administration is all about connections. >> absolutely. glenn: so it's really not about what you see -- >> it's everybody connected to everybody else, and the money. glenn: it is almost community organizing. >> in a large way. glenn: in a large way, ok. help me out. where do we start with rahm emanuel? >> we start with his role, as you said, in the clinton white house. he leaves the clinton white house and gets two jobs. he gets put on the board of boad of freddie mac, the second of the big giant mortgage companies. >> what is his equal fiks? didn't he go to school for

talking about his time in prison and the guilt that he says he feels for his crime solve the a windy city shutdown. chicago taking extreme measures to close a budget gap. d a sand castle? sure, pal. let's just find a good spot. [ dramatic music plays ] a big day at the beach with the legendary taste of dunkin' donuts coffee on ice. this looks like a good spot. you kin' do it. america runs on dunkin'. treat yourself today with an authentic caramel swirl iced latte. but there's one little friend you don't want him to meet. the flea. ju one in your home can turn into thousands-fast, infesting carpets, furniture, even your bed. to stop an infestation, ask for frontline plus. it quickly kills fleas, their eggs, and larvae-even ticks. it's waterproof. and one dose lasts all month long. fleas are nobody's friends. ask for the vet's #1 choice for dogs and cats-frontline plus. >>> it is a city-wide shutdown in chicago. all city workers except police and firefighters are off without pay today. that means no tax collection and city hall is closed along with public libraries. it is called a r

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the windy city closing down many offices on monday in order to reduce the budget deficit so emergencys police, fire and paramedics will still be on the job. there will be no garbage pickup, no library, no city-run health clinic and no pay for those city workers in an effort to avoid job cuts. in new york, jane metzler, fox news. >>> straig ahead, previously uncharted territory for golfer tiger woods. tiger doing something he has never done in his career and i'm guessing he is not real thrilled about it. >>> the long grueling practices, the heat. are the red red skins complaining? no way. we'll check some on training camp coming up ince on fox 5 morning news.  fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes too good. there is fiber. [ chuckle ] no. i can't taste the fiber in this chocolate. they have 35% of your daily value. hmm. oh, samples. hmm. autobahn. wackenhdol. fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. with more eligible models to choose from than anyone. qualifies toe cyclal,ed your c

. >>> also, the windy city is closed for official business. why chicago workers had to take the day off. >>> i'm going to say happy monday to you because i don't know that you have been able to take the day off even if you're at home. that's work in itself, isn't it? i'm christi paul. thank you for being with us. >>> president obama says thank you to the country's veterans. he made the comments at the national convention of veterans of foreign wars in phoenix. the president also says he considers the men and women in uniform to be a precious national resource and vowed to tackle the mental health issues plaguing those returning from iraq and afghanistan head-on and without delay. >> the vfw well knows for so many veterans the war rages on, the flashbacks that won't go away, the loved ones who now seem like strangers, the heavy darkness of depression that has led to too many of our troops taking their own lives. post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury are the defining injuries of today's wars, so caring for those affected bithem is a d

. >> on a hot day like today, i wish i could have brought back some of the wind from the windy city to, just blowing around hot air, but is that really different for me. i seen gave you the punch line, tony p.. >> very efficient. >> if only paula abdul could write like this. different story, different time. no accidents to report along the top stretch of the beltway between college park and 270. our incident hire along southbound 355 occurred about a half hour ago. we are told that the car fire has been extinguished. they are waiting for a tow truck to retrieve the vehicle. the right lane is still blocked. southbound 355 very slow from the beltway head the out to nih trying to get through the traffic lights. no accidents to report right new in virginia. the beltway runs smoothly between annandale and merrifield. eastbound 66 picking you want usual suspects as you travel east of fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> you can amost feel it just by taking a look at the haze in this picture. it is hazy. it is hot and it is humid to go along with that. ne

barbara pinto reports from the windy city. >> if you wanted to pay a parking ticket in the city of chicago, forget about it. >> this is ludicrous. >> needed to use the library? think again. >>ets a real headache. >> reporter: this first of three forced furlough days was a day of frustration for city residents. it was business as usual for police and emergency services but the city's fleet of garbage trucks sat idle. the d.m.v., health clinics, even city hall all closed in attempt to save 8 million of the city's 3ed00 million shortfall. >> i suppose this is a better option than layoff. >> reporter: 69% of cities nationwide have resorted to furlough, layoffs or pay freezes to cut costs and states, too. connecticut wants to save $700 million by forcing 50,000 workers to take seven days off. desperate for cash, michigan hopes to save nearly $22 million with six unpaid days and in hardest hit california, more than 90% of state workers will take two unpaid day as month for the next year. these furlough days a a forced pay cut for government workers at the worst possible time, and economic troubl

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all part of the windy city's effort to fill a 2009 budget shortfall of nearly $300 million.wshour correspondent elizabeth brackett of wttw has been covering the story today, and joins us now from the chicago tonight studios. elizabeth, was it apparent that something was up, that thousands of people weren't at work? >> it was a different kind of day in chicago particularly with city hall closed -- people noticed that, for sure, and also people who wanted to go to the library. one young man said, "i don't have a computer at home and i need to do my homework at the library. that's the only computer i have access to." so it was noticed, and people did notice that their garbage didn't get picked up today either. >> reporter: the gap is several hundred million dollars. do furloughs like the one put in place today put a big down payment on closing that budget gap? >> well, it's a help. initially, the budget gap out of an almost $6 billion budget was about $570 million, they now have it down to 300 million which is still a lot of millions as budgets go so it has helped, it was 15 fu

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tomorrow the windy city is essentially closed for business and meant to reduce 8.3 billion dollar deficitut laying off workers. only essential services will be operate. two other so-called reduced services days scheduled later in the year. new developments for another place where financial hardships forced big service cuts. this time for answer tire state. california now saying it can stop issuing iou's to vendors. the golden state planning to end the measure in early september, a month earlier than expected. you're going to remember california issued thousands of iou's to people they owed money to. some got iou's instead of tax refunds, between the state's controller and treasurier and financial advisors to governor arnold schwarzenegger. california saying fresh access to loans will help it coverdale i expenses and california begins reduming hundreds of thousands of iou's. they were forced to of issue those struggling to close a budget deficit. at least some in california are throwing them on the back burner, the pebble beach concourse, considered one of the press t prestigious events, y

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>> as for the windy city it has been chilly. the coldest july in 65 years. in cincinnati the average temperature has been 70 degrees and in neark city the mercury has not hit 90 at all. for the second time since records have been kept which does not bode well for t month when june and july are below average, temperature-wise there is a 70% chance that august is too. let's talk about the northeast where we had that cooler an average summer. it's not going to be warmer than average, but exactly where the northeast should be. lots of beautiful sunshine. i was talking about the northwest. all that big time heat? big time heat once again and portions of washington state hitting the triple-digits. i see the storms in the mid-section of the country associated wit >> weather for our weekend not bad at all. looking at temperatures today, starting off around 70 degrees, getting up to a day time high of 88. look for party sunny conditions, seasonably warm. the average temperature for this date around 87 degrees. 70 tonight, partly cloudy and mild and for tomorrow, a ch

>> as for the windy city, it has been chilly. the coldest july in 65 years. in cincinnati, the average temperature has been 70 degrees and in neark city the mercury has not hit 90 at all. for the second time since records have been kept which does not bode well for the month when june and july are below average, temperature-wise, there is a 70% chance that august is too. let's talk about the northeast where we had that cooler an average summer. it's not going to be warmer than average, but exactly where the northeast should be. lots of beautiful sunshine. i was talking about the northwest. all that big time heat? big time heat once again and portions of washington state hitting the triple-digits. i see the storms in the mid-section of the country associated with a low pressure system around the great lakes. that's a quick look at the national picture and here's a closer look at the weekend. you make it a great day. i have a question for you. talking about the record heat in seattle. >> he puts me on the spot like this, i get worried. >> seattle is 103. what d

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let's go to nbc's peter alexander there in the windy city. looks pretty calm right now. s including the mayor, richard dadaley. it's in an effort to save months. months ago chicago had to lay off 400 people. they hope not to repeat that. the city hall shut down today. your garbage not getting picked up. it's going to have to wait till tomorrow. public libraries closed. the health clinics as well as the senior centers all being shut down in an effort to save what they think will be about $8.3 million. we'll put up this graphic which shows you the days. the goal to save $8.3 million. today is one of these reduced service days. also the day after thanksgiving and christmas eve. if you call 911, someone's still going to answer the phone. police and fire are unaffected. chicago not the only city doing this, contessa. cincinnati, dallas, sacramento, among the other cities forcing mandatory furloughs. >> you've got to have emergency workers, somebody to answer the phone on 911. my goodness. thank you. >>> a new report, gay men are being targeted as part of a social cleansing cam

the windy city shutting down some city offices for reduced city day.y and city hall libraries and health clinics also closed. a long-time advisor to chicago's mayor says other u.s. cities could be next. >> think some other big cities are going to be looking at chicago and saying our turn next. this -- chicago is not unique in this situation. gretchen: police and fire departments, they will operate as usual. that's good news. and this is the first of three furlough days with two more pectsed after thanksgiving and on christmas eve. today, marking the end of an era. >> three, two, one. we have liftoff. liftoff of the last united launch alliance delta two rocket carrying g.p.s. qr-21 for the united states air force. gretchen: and you are looking at history as the last delta two rocket lifts off into space this morning after 20 years and almost 50 launches. nasa scrapping the program. it's been bringing g.p.s. satellites to space to help u.s. troops in iraq and afghanistan. but the next generation of navigation systems, wider and heavier. so larger rockets

windy city, winds will pick up there. look for about a 30-minute delay in nyc.francisco, about an hour. watch for an hour to a half hour delay today. >>> we've got some live pictures here of a fire that's burning near a major freeway in california. live pictures, and this looks stronger than the tape that we had. look at the way the flames just seem to be exploding over stuff. i don't want to say there are explosions, but it's just kind of growing and engulfing, it looks like. the brush fire is next to the 405, and it is, what -- no, 5:51 there. what's it going to do with the morning rush, which is already bad, by the way? they said minor explosions were heard earlier, no homes were threatened, but what a live picture there for you. we'll keep you on top of that. >>> a little girl's wish came true. she wanted to be a cowgirl. why this wish was so special. >>> all right, morning, sunshine. i'm so glad that you are a part of our family today. i'm robin meade, and here's what we're working on in the headlines this morning. first a breaking story. >> for all those w

the windy city has a new resident. what? an alligator. on the loose in the chicago river. workers saw the gator hanging out on a rock. brian: it's small. gretchen: they called police. animal control were called. by that point the gator got away. uh-oh. the gator's still there. boaters beware. brian: you have a moral obligation to capture the alligator or take the alligator that cameraman should have put the camera down and wrestled him in the water. gretchen: you would have done that. brian: that's what i would have done. it's about saving the people of massachusetts of that tiny alligator. gretchen: it's chicago, baby. brian: oh. stay out of it. peter: it would have been in massachusetts in about an hour. brian: i nest lever go the -- never let go of the kennedy story. gretchen: coming up, seniors upset about the report for health care reform. can they take their ripped up membership cards and join a new senior group? details on the aarp alternative straight ahead. peter: and a high-speed police chase caught on camera. the thief is trying to make off with a 32-foot boat w

. >> on the other side of the break, we make a bus stop in the windy city.reaches the chicago bears' training camp, so stick around on espnews. ♪ >> we all want a cartoon character. chris mortensen's training camp tour continues as the bus racks up the mileage. today's stop, illinois, training camp home of the chicago bears. and mort, obviously the biggest news with this team is the acquisition of quarterback jay cutler. what has been the early fan response to seeing him in action? wf well, it's actually been extremely positive from the players, even brian urlacher toll me, listen, the guy has energized the team. they're impressed by not just the physical skills, but how smart he, is how competitive he is and how... they see leadership in that. there was a pilot there where they had a practice where urlacher picked off cutler, and cutler looked him off, and cutler didn't understand how urlacher didn't bite on looking him off, and so after the play, he went up to urlacher and said, how did you know i was throwing there? and urlacher explained it to him. it's

chicago, watching a frontal boundary bringing chanceses for delay around the windy city. denver, scattered showers and storms. houston, expect delays as well. delays unlikely across the northeast. it will be a great day, unseasonably warm for this time of year. temperatures topping out in the 90s. it will be a hot day in the northeast. now, let's focus in on the tropics. tropical storm claudette maybe land early in florida. maximum sustained winds at 40 miles per hour, continuing to move to the northwest at 12 miles per hour. if you do have travel plans around the i-10 corridor, some of this moisture will be streaming inland, impacting places like montgomery, alabama. rainfall totals before all is said and done, anywhere between 3 and 5 inches here. also early this morning, we have now a hurricane. hurricane bill, a category 1 storm, maximum sustained winds at 75 miles per hour. we have some time to watch bill but likely it will become a category 3 storm within the next several days there. back to you. >> scott, carl and i were talking about it, wondering about what the t

are on your way to the airports around the midwest, case in point around the ord airport in the windy city, we are seeing thunderstorm activity moving through, around indianapolis back down through lieyville, all through the midwest here, this activity will continue pushing toward the east throughout the day as we continue to watch a potent cold front along and out ahead of it setting the pace for strong and severe thunderstorm activity later today. we have an area bull's eyedw3 i the extent and that will mean severe weather into places like the motor still, indianapolis, through little rock. look for wind and hail. that will cause delays in major cities such as boston logan and laguardia. as we look at hurricane bill now, continuing to move toward the north and west at about 20 miles an hour, still a textbook scenario. maximum sustained winds are at 125 miles an hour, so it has weakened, but it will continue to move towards the north and the west and eventually more toward the north and the northeast for the upcoming weekend here. so it will move between cape hat russ and bermuda. deadly

city. storms and windy conditions, too, due to the influence of danny nearby, even though it won't be makingirect impact. high surf and rip currents to keep in mind. 76 and drier for monday, and 75 for tuesday, 78, and 79 for wednesday and thursday. fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. iradar is available at fox baltimore.com. and you can also track the progression of tropical storm danny as it moves toward the coastline by going to iradar and going to foxbaltimore.com/hurricane. now let's see what is happening roadways with candace dold and she has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. well, we're talking about weather related issues out on the roadways. that is going to be the big story this morning. before we get to it, we do have to check on the average speeds. so far 65 miles per hour on 95, and 48 on the jfx, up to speed with 63 miles per hour on 83 through baltimore county. again, we do need to get through all the weather related issues to talk about. it's going to be hard hit in the northwest corner. we can show you video from a little bit earlier this morn

. >>> a wildfire near salt lake city, utah forced the closure of 80. windy and dry conditions fueled the blaze. drivers were forced to find alternate routes because of the extreme fire damage. no word on how long the interstate will be closed. >>> we are in for a beautiful friday across the region. 65 now. 72 by 9:00. 79 by noon. we are topping off at 85 comfortable degrees. i will have the seven-day forecast coming up along with angie's traffic when 9 news now returns. carol! denise! you've lost weight! it's just all these giant things make me look small. (chuckle) i hate dieting. me too. that's why i eat this fiber one yogurt. (mr. mehta) it has five grams of fiber, zero fat, and fifty calories. please, this is too creamy and delicious. it's true, only fifty calories. i am adding this to my list. here it is. (announcer) go to fiberoneyogurt.com for valuable coupons. >>> the world's longest yard sale opens for business near cincinnati, ohio and continues in to alabama. lines of cars can be seen from west unity, ohio to alabama for the 685-mile sale event wh

city at 80. thunderstor thunderstorms. cool at the beaches this weekend. awfully wet, windy, and not the best day on saturday.ck to you. >>> still to come on "news4 at 4:00," college students get ready to go back to school. they are finding more to worry about than class that's semester. >> the mother of levi johnston heads to court and enters a plea to drug charges. >>> there's the sound of the closing bell on wall street this friday. stocks surged today for the first straight day. the dow was up 70 points. the nasdaq closed 19 points higher and the new york stock exchange gained 73. >>> here are some of the top stories making news the web today. >> plea deal in the drug case involving the mother of levi johnston. sherry johnston pleaded guilty to one count of possession of oxycontin with intent to distribute. levi johnston was once engaged to sarah palin's daughter bristol and is the father of bristol's son, tripp. sherry johnston's deal with let her five years in jail with two years suspended. who's the teacher? actor tony danza, that's who. he will be co-teaching tenth grade english class for a raeality t

city tomorrow. could be locally heavier downpours with 78 degrees. the winds pick up and the closest pass will be saturday morning. then improving in the afternoon but still windy, 77. look for beach erosion, rip currents and temperatures 81, more showers and storms on sunday. we'll be on the western fringe of this but looks like 76 tomorrow and tomorrow night through saturday could be rain and gusty winds in baltimore or at least around the bay. look for minor surge along the chesapeake bay as well with high tide and we'll have showers continue through sunday. >>> 6:24. here's kim. >> traffic looks good at route 50 and 97 in anne arundel county. we really don't have any major problems on any of the major highways this morning. the beltway looks good, tunnels checking in without problems. most of the challenges are going to be traveling downtown because of the utility work that continues on eutaw street, has closed in both directions between baltimore and saratoga. saratoga is closed in both directions between greene and mlk. southbound harford road remains closed between the alameda and bonaparte, that continued police activity. westbound 70 at route 29, that

windy with thunderstorms and lightning in parts of the ro nc. >> still hot out west, 92 in colorado springs, 98 in salt lake city and a hundred in boise. upper 80s in chicago and detroit. 93 in st. louis. 80s from boast to atlanta. 93 in new orleans and 100 in dallas. >> i think everybody loves a good implosion, an old building wired with explosives blown to smitherines in a matter of seconds. >> demolition of a factory in turkey didn't go quite as planned over the weekend. instead of imploding into a pile of rubble, it just keeled over. >> the top half of the factory landed on its roof missing the building next door by only a few yards. >> the factory was being demolished to make way for a i think the building was upset i think the building was upset. that was itsen sreilckt volt. we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ boom, boom, boom, got to get that boom, boom, boom ♪ imodium multi-symptom relief combines two powerful medicines for fast relief of your diarrhea symptoms, so you can get back out there. imodium. get back out there. >> methamphetamine destroys more than the lives of the people who use it because meth can be

city. well, definitely be careful as we will be dealing with high surfs and rip currents and high temperature of 81 degrees with storms and windy conditions and pretty much the same story in baltimore. mostly cloudy skies. isolated rain showers and high temperature of 85 degrees. the next five days not looking too bad as we are headed toward september 1 already. 85 for saturday. 83 on sunday. sunday should be dry. most of the day should be dry and improving conditions throughout the day on sunday and then monday and tuesday are looking very, very nice. a lot of sunshine on monday, 7 77. a cool day. 73 degrees on tuesday and another system will punch in here for some rain showers to develop on wednesday. remember, you can track tropical storm danny with fox45 skywatch hurricane tracker at foxbaltimore.com. use fox45 doppler radar to track upcoming storms. go to foxbaltimore.co foxbaltimore.com/hurricane. >>> a woman who was just 11 years old when she was kidnapped is found in the state of california. phillip garrido and his wife nancy are both charged with the kidnapping of jaycee dugard 18 years ago. authorities say she was hel

for the last couple of hours, too, riding out of the kansas city area and north of missouri, now towards the northern part of the illinois. windytions for the morning and more thunderstorms may develop later this afternoon. that entire area could see strong thunderstorms. all right. now, where it's not going to shall that bad, let me show you what it looks like at cape canaveral. this is a live shot right here. it's a dress rehearsal launch. they will fire this baby up sometime in august. as they wheel that out on the 1.5 mile an hour crawler. there you go. more in just a little bit. >> i think they will be fine. >> yeah, they have some time. probably about two hours. >> thank you. >> yep. >> new this morning a. co-pilot has now been freed after being trapped in the cockpit of a plane that skidded off the runway and crashed it into the control pou tower. the flight was landing on a thai resort island. >>> at first, iran said they didn't know anything about the three americans that crossed their border. >>> and a woman is suing her college because she can't find a job. can you do that? >>> lance corporal randy just got married a