next on fox 45 morning news. >> if you don't want to be with your kids, give up your kids instead of killing and them and drowning. the man accused of drowning his three children goes on trial. how he is expected to plea. it's a victory for the prosecution. the case against the mayor, why perjury charges weren't thrown out this time. the swine flu vaccine, when it will arrive in maryland and who will get it first. good morning. it's tuesday, october 6th. i'm patrice harris. make sure you grab a jacket if

you're heading out earthy this morning, it is cold. meteorologist steve fertig is here to tell us whether it will stay that way all day or not. and i'm not going to argue with you this time. >> finally. >> i think it was at least chilly or cool. >> look, i'm looking at 40s on your screen, so you can't argue. >> yeah, but in january you will be looking at 40s saying it feels warm. you won't need a jacket. >> it's relative. >> you will need a jacket. it's cool this morning and it will be cooler as we get into the weekend. wait until you see the temperatures there. at the bus stop 47 degrees, a northwest wind at 5 miles per hour. it's a chilly start and the skies are clear. the sky watch hd radar indicating that we have reason for these cool temperatures, it's not hoeding the heat in oveovernight with clearing skie. right now downtown, 55 degrees, some places in the outlying places some 40s as we saw. you can definitely see some 40s in richmond.

so it's warmer than its south of us. 55 degrees for the noontime temperature, and plenty of sunshine then. enjoy the skies and the warm -- that you will appreciate later on in the day. 64 degrees indicating that the clouds are moving back in. the temperatures are going to cool down a bit as we move toward the weekend. we will talk about that and some rain a little bit later. right now candace dold is here with the traffic edge, candace, how are we looking out there. >> reporter: well, steve it's building out there pretty quickly especially on the beltway. take out 695 at liberty road, you can see cars are already -- drivers are tapping their brakes. as a result of this it's going to be busy on other main lines as well. this is due to an accident at the outer loop lanes at 70, backed up on liberty road and we're seeing building conditions on 795 coming out of the northwest corner on the southbound lanes from westminister pike heading toward the beltway looking at a 9 minute clip.

on the top end, we have volume to deal with. from greenspring avenue, up toward 83, we're looking at a 4-minute drive, on the southbound lanes of 83, nothing to get in your way, an excellent shape from the beltway heading right now looking at a 15 clip. that's a look at morning travels. patrice, back to you. thank you. the montgomery county father accused of drowning his three young children in a baltimore hotel bathtub is said to go on trial today. mark castillo is facing three counts of murder. megan gilliland joins us from the courthouse with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, it seems that every time mark castillo walks into had courthouse, there's a story. at one time he tried to fire 1 of his attorneys and told the judge that he wouldn't cooperate. this trial has been delayed several times, once to be evaluated by a psychiatrist. while he they found that he does

have severe depression, i judge has ordered him to stand trial here this morning. mark castillo is accused of killing his three children, 1, 2, and 6. >> what room number did this happen in? it's bad karma. >> reporter: prosecutors say castillo drowned his children in the hotel bathtub. he forced them underwater one at a time. >> if you don't want your kids, give them away. give them to foster care instead of killing them and drowning them. >> reporter: castillo admitted to investigators that he used a stop watch to time the 10 minute submersion. afterwards he tried to kill himself by stabbing him repeatedly. motions denied by a montgomery judge. last year his wife spoke us to about it. >> there were situations and some people who would not listen

to me and it was very frustrating. >> reporter: today the entire courtroom will be listening very closely. castillo will be pleading not criminally responsible. stay with us for the very latest. live from the courtroom downtown, i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. one of baltimore's treasures is about to get some national attention. espn produced a short film called the band that wouldn't die honoring the baltimore's colts marching band. the premier is tonight at m&t stadium. joel d smith is live there with some the band members. joel, this is very exciting. >> reporter: it very definitely is. they sound so great for being so early in the morning. the director a legendary director from baltimore. the story is one we know about. the colts left, the band stuck around. i think we're going to learn a lot about in this film. we have the vice president of the band. what do you think is the most

surprising thing that people will learn in this film. >> i think everybody knows about the team leaving and the band staying. how did the band finance itself between the time and the colts and the ravens? items like that you will find very surprising. >> reporter: what kind of emotions came back as you came closer to reliving this. >> it came by having the team going away and what would have been fine years of watching football and the having the by chattbychatty family adopted th. >> reporter: , where did you go? >> we went to buffalo, new england and the new york giants was the first team. we performed at every place we could drive to. >> reporter: it was great to take charge of one of these, too. >> i'm the premier director. this has been a story that he

has, i think watched over many years. we will see it tonight. >> reporter: it is tonight, the premier at m&t stadium. the doors will open at 6:00. we're live amount m and t stadium. the judge ruled yesterday that he was not satisfied with arguments from dixon's lawyers that the prosecutors violated his legislative immuity. earlier the same judge had dismissed similar charges against dixon but the latest indictment was brought used different evidence. prosecutors say that dixon lied about gifts he received from developer ronald lipscomb. >> did she realize that he did business with the city? did he have a duty to disclose. >> defense attorneys say they are considering an appeal.

the judge's ruling means that dixon is facing two trials. the trial is scheduled for november 9th. stay tuned for continuing coverage of this story. we will talk with lawyers, steve allen, coming up later this hour. the u.s. senate passes a bill to help jam cell phone signals from prison. the bill co-sponsored by barbara mcculmikulski comes after the m. the bill still needs approval by the house. the senate finance committee vote of reform legislation will have to wait another day. members of the committee were supposed to meet today to cast their ballot on the $900 billion package, but they're still waiting for the congressional package. a vote is expected tomorrow.

senator ben cardin is pushing for an extension of the the first time home buyers tax credit. right now first time home buyers could get an $8,000 tax credit from the government, but that deal ends on november 30th. senator cardin says that that deal should be extended. >> we want to help the real estate economy. it was the trigger that got us into the recession, it could be one of the pluses to grow the economy. >> senator car bin is sponsoring a bill in the senate that would extend the credit for six months, through the spring buying season. friday is a furlough day for most city employees, but the city says that won't interfere with trash pickup. the department of public works will pickup trash and repsychables this friday, but the city will not pick up bulk items. landfill locations, and public

works offices will be closed that day. still to come, president owe boom is facing tough choices on the war in afganistan. the decision he is expected to make today.. >> reporter: and i'm jessica starr coming up this morning in the home

it will be a dog day afternoon on the saturday. dog fest is an extravaganza for dogs and their families. meteorologist jessica starr is live with all the details for this morning's hometown hot

spot. sound like fun, jess. >> reporter: it's going to be a blast, and if you have a dog this is the even for you. there's going to be so many dog activities. i'm really excited about this event, because a year ago, i didn't have a dog. now i have a dog and i'm excited to bling my dog to this event. you can bring your dog and there's going to be a lot of vendors. to give you more information, i'm joined by andrew will he le. >> this is riley, riley is -- she was a stray that was thrown out of a car actually. but she was -- we rebuilt her. she had broken legs and me is great. and people have -- there's so many animals at the shelters that need homes. she was one of them and she is a great pet. >> reporter: tell me about the activity that is going on. what can people do when they bring their dog out? >> we have dog swimming and two truckloads of sand coming in. the dogs can play in sand, games contest and win prizes. we have a contest called the

best of the fest for the dog fest. the winner will be on the cover of the baltimore magazine. we have 90 vendors selling pet products that you don't see in the stores. there's going to be 65 rescue groups, including the baltimore humane society. we will have about 60 of our pets that are going to be there for adoption. you will have horse activities, horseback rising. we have the city police, and the mountain honor guard are going to do horse demonstrations. we have event from 10:00 in the morning all the way to 4:30. at 7:30 we have the 5k fun run, which you can run a 5k with your dog and it's on a grass track so it doesn't hurt their paws. >> reporter: great. tell me, what are we seeing this. this is an agility course. >> this is the agility course. they're going to be at the dog fest showing demonstrations. we will have two courses, where you will be able to have your

dog work with these people, they're professional trainers. you will be able to walk the courses with your dog there also. we have a lot of games and he we have dog painting where your dogs will do their own painting at the event. these people are phenomenal with the dogs and you will be able to see them live. >> reporter: if you a a dog lover, you need to come to dog fest this saturday. you can get all of that information by logging on to our website at foxbaltimore.com/morning. the weather, if you're coming down on saturday, we will see a couple of morning showers, turning partly cloudy in the afternoon with the high temperature of only 67 degrees. so if you are going to run that race in the morning, you will need to wear your rain gear as well as bundle up. it will clear out pretty in the afternoon for the dog fest. for that full forecast and the chilly start this morning, let's head to steve in the sky watch center. absolutely, wish i was there. i love mixing it up with little pooches. they're very a jill indeed. take a look and you probably

want to be a jill yourself and get indoors this morning because it's a cool one out there. it will warm up a little bit this afternoon, but until we get there, we're in the 40s in many places. sky watch hd radar not showing any rain. we will be back in a chance of showers, overnight and tomorrow morning. behind that front windy conditions that are going to be moving in here. and our future scan model indicates exactly when you can expect the showers to move in. first of all, the clouds move in by later tonight. the skies while they may be mainly clear a head of that front we will see the clouds to increase as we get into the nighttime. before that, by midnight, or before thafer, w thereafter we t showers. showers moving into the central part of the state, and the eastern shore to the north as well. no exception being south and southeast extreme of the eastern shore, it looks like without the showers early, but later on, we will have to deal with the showers later.

it all moves out of here by 11:00, and then we look at drier conditions for the rest of wednesday and even thursday, but until friday. things will change as we get to friday night as another front moves. as far as how much rain you can expect out of that front pushing through. bringing us showers. a quarter of an inch in baltimore. 3 quarters of an inch for salisbury and lesser amounts for hagerstown and oakland. again, we will be watching, because things are going to change as we get toward the weekend. the jet stream is going to bring a chance of showers. ahead of it we will get a bit of a warm up before the cooler air gets in for the weekend. before we get in on saturday, sunday, and monday, we will talk about highs in the low to mid-60s then. for today, the eastern shore, you should see the temperatures climb from these numbers, 55 degrees in baltimore and 45 in salisbury. temperatures climbing to about 70 degrees. we will take 68 degrees for the high there, partly cloudy skies,

a northeast wind becoming cloudy at 5-10 miles per hour. 50s pretty much everywhere this morning. we will climb more for the central counties, a couple of degrees higher than that. mostly clear skies, a southeast wind becoming southeast as high pressure moves north. back to the west, a high temperature a northeast wind becoming southeast as 5 miles an hour. tonight, 58 degrees, the clouds increase tonight, night we get some of those showers, the late night showers, south wind at 5-10 miles per hour. technically, we talked about early morning showers tomorrow, but 70 degrees for the high. that is about -- it will come our way at 3:00 this afternoon. and 55 and 57 degrees at 6:00 p.m. as the clouds begin to increase then. then tomorrow look for a high of 71 degrees. it will be a windy day behind the front, however. do expect the winds at 20, 25 miles per hour and gusting up to 35 miles per hour or so.

72 degrees on thursday, the winds subside some, clear skies and 72 degrees on friday. in comes the chance of showers on friday night into saturday night. you can see the cooler air moving in for the weekend. 64 on sunday, which by the way it includes a kickoff temperature of 62 degrees if you're heading to the game when the ravens take on the browns at 1:00. or rather bangles. we already took care of the browns. i want to play them again as many times as we can. 62 degrees on monday with early showers. 5:45, sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now for a look at what is happening on the roadways, candace dold has the traffic edge. it would be nice to know if you played the browns every week. >> reporter: if you are heading out and hitting the

roadways, we're looking at the numbers, we don't have 85 out there, but we do have 64 miles per hour moving on 95 in the northeast corner, and 55 on 83 through the city. 65 on 83 through the county. here is where it slows down, though. look at this number at the west way, the 32 miles per hour. it's all because of an accident an early morning one. it's right between security boulevard and 70. as a result we do have a slow go starting from libbe liviu liber. we don't have significant delays. we did earlier, things are starting to delay a little bit. be aware that it's going to be a bit of a hectic ride if you head out this morning. from owings mills boulevard to 695, we're looking at an 8 to 9 minute clip. on the top end. beltway, we do have company, but again no brake lights to talk about moving through pikeville up to 83. on 83, north of 95, approaching

the ramp that traffic is flowing freely approaching the inner loop lanes and outer loop direction. dipping back from the beltway moving from towson heading toward parkville, so far it's the cars that you will have to deal with, no major incidents. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. thank you, candace. it's cyber security awareness month. find out how to keep your computer safe in websiting. next president obama is facing tough

the pressure is on for president obama to make a decision about what to do in the war in afganistan. the president is meeting with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to talk strategy as the nation approaches the 8th

year anniversary of the conflict. sandra endo is in washington with the latest. >> reporter: a crystal clear message from defense secretary robert gates. >> we're not leaving afganistan. >> reporter: the president barack obama is still trying to determine the best course of action in afganistan as the u.s. approaches the 8th year anniversary of the invasion. yesterday the president met privately with secretary gates. today it's a bipartisan meeting with top congressional leaders who would have to sign off on any increases in funding to for the troops. the top u.s. commander general crystal has indicated tens of thousands more troops are needed to battle the taliban. it's one proposal top cabinet members say the president is still considering. >> we are going to come up with what we think is the best approach but the goal remains the same. >> reporter: while the president mulls over strategy with his national security team, u.s. millitary officials, say it's not helpful for the decision making process to be

played out in public. >> it's important for the millitary leadership of the country to provide their well thought out and clear millitary advice under which falls the health of the force directly to the president and to do it privately. >> reporter: after the deadliest weekend in the past year for u.s. troops in afganistan, the bodies of four of the eight american soldiers killed on saturday are set to be brought back to the united states today. in washington i'm sandra endo. still ahead the dow gets off to a running start this week. find out the latest business news next. if you don't want to be with your kids, give up your kids, give them away, give them to somebody who wants them. give them to foster care instead of killing them and drowning them. >> the man accused of drowning his dinner.

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and pair it with america's favorite coffee. welcome back to fox 5 morning news. 6:31 is the time. i'm patrice harris. let's get the check of the forecast with meteorologist steve fertig. good morning. good morning, patrice and high pressure still controls our weather. that means we're going to see more sunshine today and we are also going to see temperatures warm up a little bit more than they start. it starts off cool dawz of the higbecause ofcool because ofthee coast. the temperatures in the central

part of the u.s., in the midwest is bringing a threat of showers overnight into your wednesday morning. starting out in baltimore that is not so bad. 43 in wilmington, and 42 as you head points west. the northeast wind becoming southeast at 5 miles per hour. generally speaking a pleasant day once more. mainly sunny today and seasonable and showers move in overnight tonight into tomorrow morning, windy as well, though, behind the front that brings us the showers. the next chance of rain comes friday night into saturday morning. we want to see about the rain as we head out. we have the traffic edge with candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are checking in on 695, here it is at liberty road. you can see we already have stop and go delays. this is because of an accident farther down in the same direction right at 70. unfortunately, you will be tapping your brakes traveling

through the area. the average from 83, going down toward 70, we're looking at a 14-minute commute. on 795, it's going to be extra busy this morning, heading toward the 695 exit. from westminister pike heading toward the beltway in a 9-minute stretch. much better news on the southbound end of 83, from the beltway heading toward east fayette street only looking at a 15-minute trip. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back to you. candace, thank you. the trial for the montgomery county father accused of drowning his three children in a hotel bathtub is said to go to trial this morning. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. when mark castillo walks into this courtroom this morning, he will be facing three counts of first-degree murder for the drowning deaths of his three children. he has changed his plea several times but he is expected to plea not criminally responsible here

this morning. in march of 2008, at a bathtub at the inner harbor, castillo forced his three children, ages, 2, 4, and 6 underwater one at a time. sources tell us castillo admitted to investigators that he used a stop watch to time their 10 minute submersion. afterwards he tried to kill himself by stabbing himself repeatedly in the neck. castillo had been in a 21 month custody battle with his estranged wife who had sought protective orders against him but was denied. last year, his wife spoke to us about it. >> there were situations and some people who would not listen to me and it was very frustrating. >> reporter: this morning, the entire courtroom will be listening and it seems every time mark castillo walks inside of this courthouse, there's a new story to be told. at one point he fired his attorney, told a judge he wouldn't cooperate and even tried to leave during his hearing. the trial was delayed several times, once so castillo could be

evaluated by a psychiatrist. while they found he has severe depression, a judge declared castillo able to stand trial here this morning. stay tuned to fox 45 morning news at 5:30 to find out what happened. for now reporting from downtown megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. a baltimore county man who a admitted to killing his girlfriend has committed suicide. he was found inside of the city central booking facility last night. cruz was held without bail for the murder of elva va vas qez. she had been missing since january of 2008. the swine flu continues to be a big concern across the country. this is the latest map from the center for disease control showing the spread of the flu in the red states. maryland and most of its surrounding states report widespread outbreaks. but help is on the way, the first shipments of the h1n1

vaccine are expected t to arrive in maryland sometime today. maryland will receive 50,000 doses of the vaccine which will come in the form of a nasal mist. it is going to the healthcare providers and will be given to those people considered high risk, pregnant women, and other adults with critical conditions. many have received the h1n1 vaccine. they are volunteers participating in clinical trials as the university of maryland school of medicine. right now researchers are working on a formula that will useless of the vaccine in hopes of stretching the supply. what i tell everybody, is that they should expect, perhaps, a little bit of pain or tenderness right at the injection site just the seasonal flu. and then if for some, a few people they will experience muscle aches and pains, and maybe even feverishness. >> researchers say side effects disappear within two days. the clinical trials have been

underway for three months. for more information about the swine flu, just go to our website at foxbaltimore.com and click on swine flu outbreak. we want to know, do you plan to getting the swine flu vaccine when it's available? that's our question of the day. we are going to take your calls in our 7:00 hour, but you can always send us a tweet at fox baltimore. coming up the case against the mayor. why perjury charges against her were not thrown out this time. and you're used to be a busy ride on the beltway near liberty road. take a look at the scene this morning, an descr

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the one time band without a team is now a band with a movie. the story of the baltimore colts marching intand making its debut tonight at m&t bank stadium and that is where joel d smith is right now with some of the stars of the film and, joel, i'm anxious to see this film. >> reporter: what was that? >> i said, i'm anxious to see the film. i know you can't hear. you got the band right there. >> reporter: i can hear it. people hav are anxious to see i. free parking, check it out.

the doors open at 6:00. it's $6 to get in but you see it on the big screen at the stadium. it's the perfect time to see the story that couldn't die. it was the colts marching band and then it became being the ravens marching band. did you know when they left that you would keep this going? >> we knew about a year in advance. they started talking about moving the team. we decided even there, we will stay together. the next day wasn't asking, they were telling me, we are staying together. for 11 years we did 30 nfl games and then went throughout the state. >> reporter: i can understand, staying together and striking back, but maybe, 5, did it get tough to stay with it. >> people joined. we have a whole generation that never saw the baltimore colts play. and they wanted to stay for music and entertainment. >> reporter: definitely,

larry levenson is the director all oof all of this. having him was an important thing, too. they will be here the rest of the morning as the band that wouldn't die. the premier is tonight at m&t stadium. i'm joel d smith, fox 45 morning. joel, i think it's amazing that they stuck together with no team to rally around. this film is going to give people insights about things they didn't know. i didn't he know about the uniforms being at the dry cleaner and so forth. >> reporter: that's right. pretty cool. they found that is one of the reasons that it worked out to be so well. the uniforms happened to be at the dry cleaners and they took those a ways. those are insights, in this story. people think they know, and they don't know. they will know after 50 minutes of the film. premier tonight and at espn in case you miss it. joel, thank you very much.

steve, interesting stuff. can't wait to see it myselff and uniform temperatures we have out there. sky watch hd radar indicating a dry start to the day and that is the way things should be for most of the day, though, by the end of the of today, we could be talking about showers moving in, not until later on, though, at night and really overnight as some of the activity in the midwest comes our way with the frontal boundary this will be approaching. and here say look at that system right now. the frontal boundary, again coming our way and bringing the chance -- first of all more clouds for later in the night. before that, though, we should see plenty of sunshine but ahead of that front we see the clouds increasing and then the shower chances move into the western counties at midnight. at midnight or through the night we begin to see the showers moving in through tomorrow morning. the commute could be a wet one as the front approaches. that front will quickly push through and we will dry out behind that front as early as

11:00 a.m. according to the future model, the wind rushing from the midwest are going to be gusty. we expect them to be around 20 to 25 miles per hour and gusting to 35 miles per hour or higher. so tomorrow will turn out to be a windy afternoon for sure. as far as how much rain you can expect, some places a little bit more than others, downtown baltimore about a quarter of an inch expected there. about a 3rd of an inch in d.c. 3 quarters of an inch expected in salisbury. further points west not as much. mostly cloudy skies being reported but the skies did clear the afternoon before the clouds moved back in again. the winds are calm, 69% relative humidity, 30.03 and rising in the barometer. dew point indicates that it is dry. as far as the temperatures go, 55 not to bad in baltimore and gyr54 in d.c. up in hagerstown, 45 and oakland at 43 degrees right now. that is the cool spot. we should see temperatures climb into the upper 60s to the near

70. 68 for the high in the eastern shore with a 5-10-mile-an-hour wind with the northeast and becoming southeast later. partly cloudy skies. mostly clear for the afternoon for the central part of the state, 70 degrees for high and northeast wind becoming south, 5 miles an hour, though, and more of the same for the western part of maryland, just like the central part with sunshine. tonight we should drop to 58 degrees, note the clouds are on the increase, we could see a shower move in overnight as i said. south wind at 5-15 miles per hour. as we move through the day today, we will see the temperatures climb to 55 by noon. we will get to the 70 by 3:00 p.m. and 65 at 6:00 p.m. with partly cloudy skies. the skies begin to fill up with clouds once more. 71 degrees for the high temperature tomorrow with early showers and a windy afternoon. 72 degrees on thursday with sunny skies. 74 with late showers into early saturday as next front pushes through and the next front bring cooler air.

64 for sunday, and 62 for monday incidentally, if you're headed to m&t bank stadium for the game against the bangles, 62 degrees for the kickoff temperature at 1:00 p.m. under partly cloudy skies. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can you use fox powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is here with another look at your traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve and good morning. we're checking on your average speeds if you're heading out the door. so far we have pretty good news on some the main lines. now at 63 miles per hour on 95 moving in the northeast corner and bower on 83 through -- 54 on 83 through baltimore county. it dips down a bit, on the southbound end of the jfx. it's 32 on the west side of the beltway. on the west side of the beltway, it has been busy this morning

and we're checking in on 695 right at liberty road. here it is, you can see a lot of cars that are already using the brake lights there and the result, we're seeing a pretty slow go on the entire west side stretch. now here is the reason why. there's a crash on the outer loop lanes right at 70. the good news is it's in its clearing stages. that is about finally about to get out of there. we will see easing up. you will still be surrounded moving through catonsville on 795. right at rockily drive, we don't have lane closures as a result of that but beware to use extra caution if you are traveling in the area. from he 395 down toward 695, so far, favorable conditions. and then a bit congested moving through the tunnel. southbound end of 95 through the fort mchenry tunnel. right now you will be dealing with a lot of cars, so we

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new this morning, the trial for the mon montgomery county fr accused of drowning his three children in a baltimore hotel bathtub is facing trial this morning. he plans to plead not criminally responsible today. a howard county man who a admitted to killing his girlfriend has committed suicide. a prison spokes man said 40-year-old victor cruz was found dead. he was being held without bail for the murder of el va vasquez. a ver ice o verizon crew discovr body. she had been missing since 2008. mayor dixon will be facing two perjury trials against her. she is facing a november 9th trial for allegedly stealing gift cards intended for the

needy. attorney steve allen joins us this morning with a look at what the new developments mean, good morning. >> good morning, patrice. >> so the defense said the perjury charges violated her legislative immunity and it worked the first time they tried to get charges dismissed like that. this time, the judge said, not going to happen, why is that? >> this time they went to the well once too often. what happened in the second set of charges, mr. lipscomb testified to the grand jury. he said that the mayor at the time she was city council president was president ceremonies and meetings involving the draft mill project which was one of his projects from which the grand jury could infer that she knew he did business with the city. the court said, well, there's a difference between political acts and legislative acts. the mere presence at a meeting or a ceremony when you don't talk about what happened is a political act. >> okay. >> and it does not impact the legislative immunity. >> he left the door open down the line saying that some of

this could be against the legislative immunity, but not too much to dismiss the whole thing. >> what the court said, i'm the gatekeeper for the evidence that comes to the trial. if you get into things that involve the legislative process, for instance, she went to this event and there was some discussion about what the city council could do with regard to new events, that evidence would not come in. so as the gatekeeper, if you go in the legislative process, i'm not going to allow the evidence, but if it's purely political, that is admissible. >> will her attorneys appeal, you think. >> i suspect they will take an appeal. this case has been severed from the other trial. this will go next, and how the theft charge goes will have a tremendous bearing on whether or not there even is a second trial. >> let's talk about the benefits of the defense of having two separate trials, because there's a definite benefit to them in doing it that way? >> it's absolutely to their benefit. the jury will only see benefits

of one area of alleged wrong going as opposed to two, where could accumulate the evidence saying if you did this, you could have done that. it's clearly to the defense a benefit so the case will be solely limited to the gift cards issue on the november 9th. >> you're a defense attorney. you know how this works. if in your best guess, can the defense present a good enough argument that she could get off on all of these charges? >> i think so. there's a lot of room for the defense to present evidence which will exonerate her on the gift cards the issue is going to be whether or not she used them. did she realize that she had no right to them. i suspect that we will see a defense which creates at least the impression that she had a right to use the cards. on the perjury issue, the question is going to turn on whether or not she received these gifts, because of her social relationship. >> right. >> as opposed to her political, and job as city council

president. >>all right. >> she is going to argue, well, it's purely social. it had nothing to do with my job. had i no need to do claire it? -- no need to declare it. >> we will find this next month. >> it's fast approaching. will he still be governor owe halloweo'malley in 2010. opinions from both sides of the aisle.

shgovernor o'malley has declared october cyber awareness month. what does that mean? according to the governor we need to remind americans we need to protect computers from

viruses and a loss of sensitive information that is now a daily occurrence. larry fiorino joins with us websiting. >> good morning patrice. >> how he serious is the problem that we need the governor to make this awareness month? >> two tack forbes, anyone out of 9 out of 10 websites are vulnerable to being infected. the business owners that are running the.websites don't know that they're vulnerable and are willing to take the risk right now. we haven't reached the point where people are dealing with the issue. we have a double whammy. >> it's serious enough that even in the president wants to deal with the issue with the cyber security act? >> exactly, a cyber security czar that they're looking to hire, but the giant on, off switch that the government is going to be able to have. if your website is involved in

anything, like denial of service attack, they will shut you down. they can't keep playing around with it. >> as a computer user how can i protect myself? >> it's very important. you should visit sites you trust, and you should be very skeptical of any site you download from. be sure your browser security is up-to-date, because a lot of times this involves the browser and security issues inside of the browser as a standard stuff, virus protection, spy wear, but avg is a good company. they actually have a link scanner. any will scan the sites that you're visiting ahead of time and tell you whether they found anything quickly. this is 2-3 second scan. it's not going to be real in-depth. >> back up everything, back up your key files. >> if you go out and research go to g14.com, there's a lot of data and how to protect yourself. >> thank you, larry for all of the information. coming up in the 7:00 hour,

secure your spot in the tech industry. the father accused of drowning his three children in a baltimore city hotel bathtub heads to trial today. i'm megan gilliland, how he plans to plead straight ahead. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning.

good morning. it's tuesday, october 6th. i'm patrice harris. we need to get a check of our forecast with meteorologist steve fertig because it's a cold stat to thstart to the morning.

grab a jacket. >> not that cold. >> it is cold out there, but if you warm up in the afternoon, if you have gloves on, you will be taking them off in the afternoon. >> it's that time of year. >> it's transition time. it's definitely feeling cooler and chillier as you head out this morning. temperatures in some spots. take a look at temperatures that are 43 degrees in frederick. we have 55 at baltimore, not too bad. boo in cheste52 in chester town. mid-40s to low 50s, definitely cold. not seeing anything on sky watch hd radar. that's because we have dry. the chance of clouds increasing is there this evening and the showers to follow comes our way for overnight tonight. 65 degrees at noon, 57 at 6:00 p.m. so notice, you do see the skies give way to plenty of sunshine midday.

it tops out near 70 degrees. we do want to check out the roads this morning. is there much brewing out there? we will find out from candace dold who has the track edge, candace. >> reporter: they do say that a picture tells it all. unfortunately, here is the story, a straight stack of cars are on outer loop lanes at liberty road. it's because of an earlier accident that was in the same direction at 70. it hasn't cleared out but unfortunately this is what we're left with. right now taking outer loop direction the entire stretch heading toward 70, we're in the red with a 15-minute commute. on the beltway, though the inner loop lanes not doing too bad from the greenspring to the jfx that will only take 4 minutes. we're seeing 795 affected by all of the volume that is headed toward the beltway. we're in the red with a 13-minute drive and just be aware, we did get word of a new accident, southbound 83 at padonia road. that's a look at the morning

travels, patrice, back to you. 7:03 on fox 5 morning news. the montgomery county father accused of drowning his three young children in a baltimore hotel bathtub is set to go on trial today. mark castillo is facing three counts of first-degree murder. megan gilliland joins us live from the baltimore city courthouse with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. it seems that every time mark castillo walks inside of this courthouse there's a new story to be told. at one point he fired one of his attorneys, and told the judge he would not cooperate and tried to leave during one of his hearings. his trial has been delayed several times to be evaluated by a psychiatrist. they found that he does suffer from severe depression but a judge has declared him able to stand trial here this morning. judge castillo is accused of drowning his three children, 2, 4, and 6 in 2008. >> what room did had happen in?

it's bad karma. >> reporter: investigators say that castillo drowned his children in a bathtub. he forced them i underwater onet a time. >> don't kill them. >> reporter: sources tell us that castillo admitted to investigators he used a stop watch to time their 10 minute submersion. afterwards he tried to kill himself by stabbing himself repeated in the neck. castillo had been in a 21 month custody battle with his estranged wife. last year his wife spoke to us about it. >> there were situations and some people who would not listen to me and it was very frustrating. >> reporter: today the entire courtroom will be listening. castillo is expected to plead not criminally responsible. stay tuned to the latest on this

trial. city police are looking for a 1-year-old boy missing from east baltimore. officers say the child was first reported missing from the 4,000 block of wilkie avenue before 2:30 this morning. canine units are out searching if that area. the first shipments on the h1n1 vaccine are expected to arrive in maryland sometime today. maryland is receiving 55,000 doses of the vaccine which will come in the form of a nasal miss mist. it's going directly to healthcare providers and then will be given to the people considered high risk. health officials are urging people to get vaccinated but a recent poll from harvard shows that 60% of adults still aren't sure if they will. we want to know what you think? do you plan to get the swine flu vaccine. we will be taking your calls later. you can also send us a tweet at fox baltimore. one of baltimore he's treasures is about to get some national attention. espn produced a short film

called the band that wouldn't die honoring the baltimore colts marching band. the premier is tonight at m&t stadium. joel d smith is there this morning with some of the band members sounding good early in the morning. >> reporter: oh, yeah! if you're not awake yet, listen for a while and you will wake-up. we're live at m&t stadium because of the band but tonight a great place to be. $5 will let you in. and the premier of the band that wouldn't die, a loved and produced and directed film that is going to be on espn next week, yo but you can see it tonight. it's going to be an exciting day for you guys? >> it's an exciting day. this story unfolded 2 to 3 minutes at a time. now it's a full laced film of the band. >> reporter: i know you experienced a lot of this. the time that people think about it. the team left in '84, the band survived. during that time though, was there anytime when you guys wondered if you would last until

another team came? >> no. we thought that we were going to keep going until another team came back. the band got better and stronger as we went along. the band got larger. >> reporter: when did they shoot this film? >> they shot it in the past year. they were here at the redskins game. the film the modern band to cap off the film itself. >> reporter: have you seen the film? >> i have only seen the trailer that is available on the website. it's going to be new to me, too. >> reporter: what do you think it says about baltimore that the band survived during all of this? >> it's typical baltimore. it's the never say die attitude. we wanted to stay, we stayed together until a team came back. the prove is behind us. >> reporter: they're going to keep going. we will keep going as well. we will keep talking about including what espn did with this film. it was supposed to be at the end of the 30 film series, they

bumped it up. we will tell you why. joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. coming up on fox 45 morning news he left sunday's game on a stretcher the condition of tackle david gaither today. and more on the team's other injuries. >> reporter: i'm jessica starr, coming up this morning on the hometown hot

how many friends does a person need, sharon ? 'cause i'm thinking 90,000 is 90,000 too many. i can't imagine having too many friends, lewis. oh i can. i open the door to my apartment and 90,000 friends jump out from behind a futon screaming "surprise, happy birthday !" i would be in seventh heaven. i'd be in emergency cardiac surgery. you know a real friend would be giving me mouth-to-mouth resuscitation right now.

bark up the right tree this weekend. it's dog fest and there are all kinds of fun-filled games for you and your furry friends. meteorologist jessica starr is live with all the details for this morning's hometown hot spot. i'd love to get my dogs out there on the agility course. >> reporter: i know. you need to come out. they will have a basic one that you can try for yourself. these dogs have trained for years to be able to do the kind of activities that they are

doing behind me. they do have a basic course out there. so if you want to try your dog out, you can come out on saturday. there will be an ample amount of dog activities going on. to give you an example, we have one dog joining us this morning. we have andrew le vine. >> good morning. >> who do you have here. >> this is riley. riley was a rescue. she is from a shelter. there's going to be so many dogs that are like these. 65 rescue groups will be there. lots of them, we have dogs, cats and even horses for adoption. so come on out. we have lots of vendors. there's going to be food, lots of contests. we have basket raffles. we have swimming pools, and two truckloads of sand. we have the 5k run, where you run with your dog. and we have lots of kittens for adoption also. lots of food.

we have lots of food, atms there and the list goes on. there's a full day of activities for your dog. spend the whole day, bring the kids, too. we have kid activities, moon bounces and the vet camp for the kids. there's lots of activities going on. >> reporter: real quickly talk about the course behind us. >> this is the ranch water a training facility in hunt valley area. we will have two agility courses set up for intermediate and beginners. they will be doing live courses in the event. you can have the dog work on the beginner or intermediate course there. they will be there. this is a special activity. you won't see this anywhere. this is what you see on t.v. this organization is phenomenal. they will be there with us. >> reporter: thank you for coming in and bringing riley. you definitely need to come down to dog fest. if you have a dog, this is the event to bring them to. you can get all of the information by logging to our website at foxbaltimore.com/morning.

the weather if you're going to come on down to dog fest on saturday, if you're going to do the run in the morning, we have a slight chance for rainshowers and partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. it should clear but a little bit on the cool side mid-to upper 60s for a high temperature on saturday. for the chilly forecast for today, a chilly start, let's head to steve in the sky watch center. >> what kind of dog do you have, and how does he or she do on the agility course. >> reporter: i a puppy, and he might do okay, but definitely needs a lot of training and discipline to get a dog to do a lot of tricks like that. >> we will have to see. you will have to bring your doggy out there to see how she does. in the meantime we look at the hd radar. it's looking pretty dry out there. that's the way things are going to stay for today, until tonight. overnight tonight, we start to see showers move on in, and it will bring us a quarter of an inof rain or maybe a 3rd of an inch of rain. we will see the rain back toward

the midwest, that is what is headed in our general direction for overnight tonight. again bringing us showers into tomorrow morning. then we will be talking about drier air moving in, but windier conditions behind the cold front that is going to push through tomorrow in the later part of the morning and early afternoon. those winds could be up around 20 to 25 miles per hour as far as the steady winds and gusts could be up to 30, 35 miles per hour and maybe even high inner spots. it will become windier afternoon but higher than that. as to when the showers are expected, clouds increase tonight and they start to move into the western counties and the later part of the night. the showers follow around the mid night of into the western counties and over night tomorrow morning for the central part of the state. it looks like not until tomorrow, about 11:00 a.m., but still on the early side. we still will see the rain exiting the area and giving way to drier conditions for the lat part of wednesday and thursday, too. the next chance of rain coming

friday night into saturday. here is what we're looking at, as far as how much rain to expect, a quarter p of an inch of rain for baltimore and a 3rd of an inch for d.c. more of the way of rain for salisbury. lesser amounts for hagerstown and oakland .10 of an inch as you head toward the midwest. we're looking at changing conditions we head toward the weekend as colder air starts to move. it will bring showers on friday, saturday but also cooler temperatures. highs only in the mid-60s, and meanwhile we're in the mid-40s to start today. a few 50s in baltimore. 48 in hague ersz town, 4 hagers. and temperatures will warm up today as we get closer to the 70-degree mark. yet again, 68 degrees for the high in the eastern shore. in the eastern part of the state, 70 degrees then with mostly clear skies and the western part of maryland as well about 70 degrees with mostly clear skies. tonight we drop to 58 degrees, some late showers overnight, and

as we move through the day tomorrow, we will see the temperatures only getting up to 71, showers early and the windy conditions in afternoon. 72 and sunny on thursday. 74, late rain friday into early saturday. 64 for sunday, some the coolest air we have seen around here moving into the season. 62 degrees on monday with early showers then. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at fox baltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back with another look at the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we're checking out many of the main lines and so far the speeds are starting to dwindle down quickly out there. check out 95 at 43 miles per hour in the northeast corner. 29 on the jfx and 33 on 83 moving through baltimore county.

now at 50 at parts of the west side of the beltway. i will tell you it slows down significantly heading down toward liberty road. as for 95, looking through 55 at howard county. here is what is happening. there's a crash, a new one in fact on the southbound end of 83 right at padonia road. this takes out the center lane there, so york road is going to be a better bet for the alternate route. heading farther down on he 83 approaching the 695 ramp, here it is. and the traffic is flowing freely both toward the inner loop lane and outer loop direction, toward pikeville. the cars are filling up the lanes, heading on 695 moving through pikeville down toward 795. on 795, it's going to be distant delays from franklin boulevard toward the beltway. this is the reason why. there was a crash outer loop lanes right at 70 and now we're left with a heavy pace on 695 down toward libertied and all the way down toward 70 as well. that's a look at your morning

commute, patrice, back to you. candace, thank you. still ahead, making sure you land that job, how brushing up on your computer skills can improve your chances. but next, the ravens lose a tough one to the patriots. is head coach

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good morning, everybody. here is your first look at sports. it's disappointing but it's not the end of the world. that is what we took away from owings mills yesterday as john harbaugh held his weekly postmortem. the ravens are disappointed to be sure, but they also know they had a chance to win in one of the toughest stadiums with a visiting team. a match up with against the bangles this sunday, they know they can't mope around over the loss to the patriots. >> those are the kind of situations that forge a football team, they forge a player and a football team going forward. that is what we're looking for. that is part of the process, whether it's life or football. we felt like it was a chance to go and win that football to the end. we had a spotlight like crazy to do it. >> the worst has become reality for brandon im bedajo. he has been placed on injury

reserve. he will need surgery, scott burgess has been assigned to take his spot. harbaugh says it will be a big loss. >> someone else will have to step up. being a pro bowl specialist and being a multiple probowel specialist and now he is that and a starter in a basic package. i'm very impressed with what he did, how he is blossomed as a football player. i'm disappointed to lose him, but he will be back next year. he suffered a head injury sunday and was carted off the field. he was too large for the mri unit up there and flew back with the team. he had full movement. they hope he can play this weekend, but no one knows for sure, and they're ready to go without him. >> we need guys to step up. that is always good when guys do that, especially younger guys.

i mean, i think that is just a credit to them and to the coach's staff, too, for having those guys ready to go. and here is a reminder. you can be a part of the next taping of the fox 45 play book. i will be joined by my cohost mark clayton and one of his teammates at the espn zone. wear your purple and black for the next edition of the espn zone. the orioles lost and vieded a 1 ho 100 loss season which wie the last game of oriole main stay. we havely seen the last of mora. on sunday when he was removed from the game he received a standing ovation. the veteran 3rd base man was clearly moved. >> i didn't know that people loved me so much here. i had no idea, but you know, they recognize my job here, what i have been doing for all of these years. i think -- for me and my family,

i thank you. i will be in the area of baltimore and who knows. >> he is a good man, he will be missed. bruce cunningham fox 45 morning news. no matter where you're from, we're looking for all of you ravens fans to send us photos showing of on your purple pride. go to foxbaltimore.com slash purple pride or just send your video and photos from your cell phone to picks

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it can be done. there's regular people every day that make it happen. it takes a lot of effort. you need to learn a new skill set. you need to get education. >> how do you do that. >> there's schools training.ed you.there's the education that u need to get marketable. you want to have the people who have the skills to do the job. >> how hard is that process before you get the training? >> some people go through a four-year degree and that can take a varying length of program. our program is six month program much you can do it in as little as six months and get out there and get a job. >> once you have the necessary skills to get the job, you still have to stand out among other people to get the job. how do you do that? >> i think there's a few key things you need to do research before you go on an interview and know about the company and know about the position what what you like and what interests

you. you need to sell yourself at the interview and set yourself apart from the candidates, whether personality, prior experience in the different industries. you will need to relate that to them. >> you will be at the job fair, so people can get more information there. >> thank you for coming in this morning. >> thank you. the job booth camp will take place from 11 to 4:00 on october 14th at timonium. to register go to foxbaltimore.com. the h1n1 vaccine comes to maryland, who will be receiving the nasal

welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 7:31 is the time. i'm patrice harris. a cold start to the morning, meteorologist steve fertig is here to fill us in on what we can expect for the rest of the day, good morning. good morning to you. well in the downtown area, not as bad. you get a little help from the heat island, it's in the mid-50s. but elsewhere, in the outlying areas, it's in the 40s. it's chilly out there. >> did i hear you say 30s someplace? >> there was upper 30s. there was frost advisory not in our area, and not in the state of maryland but to south and west, rather, toward the virginia, west virginia border. >> yeah, i i' i'm wondering howg before that gets to us. my flowers will be dying soon. >> a little bit of time, not a lot of time. 47 degrees on average through the area. so there's a chilly start and you will definitely want that jacket, maybe heavier jacket that you have and partly cloudy

skies. winds are light out of the northwest at 5 miles an hour. as you look at the sky watch hd radar not going to find a lot in the way of rain there. back to see the clouds trying to move in. we did look at showers overnight tonight. otherwise we got temperatures that are ranging quite a bit. you can see low 40s around the vicinity. in the baltimore downtown area, 55 degrees, don't be fooled by that. there's a lot of 40s throughout the area. we will talk about how warm it gets today by the time we get to mid-day and afternoon hours the chance of showers coming your way, when they expect to move in. right now candace dold is here with the track edge. she will let you she what the traffic looks this morning. >> reporter: thank you, steve. people will be heated out many of the main lines. there's a lot to talk about this morning. we will start on 83. a crash on the southbound lanes near timonium road. the good news is in its clearing stages, but we're left with residual delays.

from free land road, a 25-minute ride. you will want to use york road as an alternate route. we had an early morning crash on the 70s, but now a crash on inner loop at catonsville. down from 83, we're looking at a 15-minute commute. no relief on 95, a heavy ride. we don't have any accidents, just a lot of volume from mountain road, we're looking at an 18-minute trip. there's a look at the morning travels. back to you. the trial for the montgomery county father accused of drowning his three children in a baltimore bathtub is set to begin this morning. megan gilliland had the latest. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. when mark castillo walks inside of this courthouse this morning, he will be facing three counts of for the deaths of his three children. he is expected to plead not criminally responsible.

in march of 2008, inside of a bathtub in the marriott inner harbor downtown. police say castillo forced his three children, ages, 2, 4, and 6 underwater one at a time. castillo admitted to investigators that he used a stop watch to time the submersions. afterwards he tried to kill himself by stabbing himself repeated in the neck. he had been in a 21 month custody battle with his estranged wife who had sought protective orders against him but were denied. last year, his wife talked to us about it? >> there was a situation where people wouldn't listen to me and it was frustrating. >> reporter: this morning, the entire courtroom will be listening. it seems every time castillo walks inside of this courthouse, there's a new story to be told. at one time he fired his attorney, and told the judge he wouldn't cooperate and even tried to leave during his hearing. the trial was postponed several times one to have castillo

evaluated by a psychiatrist. even though he suffers from a severe depression, he will stand trial. i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. the first shipment of the h1n1 vaccine are expected to arrive in maryland sometime today. maryland is receiving 55,000 doses of the vaccine which will come in the form of a nasal mist. it's going directly to healthcare providers and will be given to those people considered high risk. health officials are urging people to get vaccinated, but a recent poll from harvard show that 60% of adults still aren't sure if they will. that leads us to the question of the day. do you plan to get the swine flu vaccine? our phone lines are open now at (410)481-4545. you can also send us a tweet at fox baltimore. the white house says pulling out of afganistan is not an option. read that story and more in today's washington times. julie bedane has this morning's

briefing. >> reporter: good morning. here is a quick look at a few things we're covering from washington today. as the debate over whether to send more american troops to afganistan becomes more public, the admnistration this week is defending its need for a careful internal decision making process. on monday, defense secretary robert gates called for calm and privacy and says the president needs to take the time to get it rye. president secretary robert gibbs added that the president may take weeks to make a decision but said pulling out is not an option. president obama hosted a group of bipartisan congressional leaders at the white house today to discuss plans about the war and will meet twice this week with the top national security advisors,. the nation's biggest trade association the u.s. commerce. has been leading the change. a position so unpopular that several of the biggest members resigned from the board. apple is the biggest company to

quit the chamber followed by a move by nike, and johnso johnso& johnson and the san jose chamber of commerce. the chamber said it has been misunderstood and opposites the legislation passed in the house but not comprehensive climate policy. gay activities hoped that they could count on president obama's participation on the national march. instead he has agreed to be the keynote speaker the night before the event. the organizers had hoped the president would use the event to layout plans to act on discrimination and undo the millitary don't ask don't tell policy. so far the white house has signaled that tackling gay rights is not a top priority at the moment. on sunday the security advisor says it's an issue the president mans to take at sometime but now is not the appropriate time.

i'm julie bedane. now, back to you. read those stories and more by logging on to foxbaltimore.com and clicking on washington times. the one time band without a team is now a band with a movie. the story of the baltimore colts marching band is making the debut tonight at the m&t stadium. that is where joel d smith is live with some the stars of the show, good morning joel these are the stars of the movie because this is the name of the band that would not die. parking is free, and the deers ope-- doors open at 6:00. instead of seeing the football action, you will be seeing the documentary put together by levenson. >> this has got to be special not only because the story is being told, but it's being told by someone who loves baltimore and loves the band so much. >> absolutely, barry levenson

could have chosen any subject he wanted to and he chose us. >> reporter: apparently he did a good job. this is part of the espn, 30 and 30 series. they are sort of celebrating that. they had you guys scheduled toward the end but moved you up. what do you think did that? >> barry levenson as the director helped with that. there's stories on the muhammad ali and this goes beyond sports. it's more of a human interest story. it's what happens when regular people matters in their own hands and get involved with sports. >> reporter: the team of course, left in 1984, but the band stayed alive are, and they performed in different nfl stadiums. the teams want them around and they worked cheap. free parking to check out the world premier of the band that could not die. if case you can't get out here, you can see it on espn next

week. this is the ravens marching band. ♪ i can listen to them all moing. layer it on, on fox 45 morning news, a political shift could be in the air next fall. we look ahead to the 2010 governor's race. what governor o'malley has done that might keep him in

43 now on this tuesday morning and we're looking at another dry start to the day, but because of the lack of cloud cover it has dropped into the 40s overnight. as far as the temperatures are concerned, but sky watch hd radar not showing us a thing out there this morning. back to the west we do see showers that are headed in our general direction overnight tonight, and in the beginning of our wednesday. here is what we have in terms of the surface features, the frontal boundary. as it approaches, it will bring more clouds later tonight but the rain moves in about the

midnight hour for the western counties and the rest of us into the overnight and your wednesday morning. so it looks like tomorrow the commute could be a little bit of a wet one as the front pushes through bringing us the chance of some downpours that could be, at least moderate, i would say at the most. then behind it windy conditions as the wind gusts 30 to 35 miles per hour at times as we get the rush from the northwest of the thanks to the low pressure center to the north and the east and the high pressure center building from behind. the winds get gusty tomorrow afternoon, the high pressure moves in and the winds calm down as we get in for thursday. we stay dry for most of thursday before the next front comes in. as far as how much rain, quarter of an inch of rain in baltimore. 3 quarters of an inch in salisbury. back to the west less he lessert in oakland. 55 degrees the current temperature in the inner harbor.

most of the places in the out laying area in the 40s. again seeing clearing elsewhere. winds are calm, 69% relative humidity, and 30.0 and rising in the barometer. as far as the temperatures, you see 55 degrees in baltimore, 53 in d.c. the metro area warmer. you can come out to salisbury, 46 degrees here, 48 degrees in hagerstown and 41 degrees in oakland earlier in the 30s. we're headed for temperatures nearing to 70, though, before we're done once again. in the afternoon it will be comfortable. 68 degrees for the eastern shore, mostly cloudy, partly cloudy skies we will say. more clear skies for the central part of the state, so more sunshine or mostly sunny here with 70 degrees for the northeast temperature. back to the west about the same, 70 degrees mostly clear and tonight, 58 degrees, showers overnight tonight overnight into your wednesday morning. and as you see, we did have temperatures that will stay in the 70s for a few days.

then we're going to see the temperatures back off into the 60s as we get toward the weekend. notice some rain friday night into saturday. beginning to m, and t stadium for the game, look for a kickoff temperature around 62 degrees and partly cloudy skies for the ravens-bangles day. we finish out the forecast on columbus day 62 degrees even warmer, even chillier. i'm tired of make -- i'm trying to make it warmer with my mind but it will be colder still. fox 45 sky watch weather is at available at your finger tips. you can use fox 45 powerful radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when the rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. now candace is back with a look at the traffic edge to let you know what it looks like. >> reporter: thank you, steve. good morning. we are checking in on the main lines. so far the speeds are dipping down pretty quickly out there. check out 95 on the northeast corner at 32 miles per hour and

31 on 83 moving through baltimore city. as for 83 through the county a slow 28 miles per hour there. and 31 now on the west side of the beltway back up to 61 on 95 through howard county. we do have a few accidents on the main lines and that starts on 95. the crash on the southbound lanes right at route 32 moving through aberdeen. route 40 is going to be the better bet for a an alternate. on 95, a lengthy ride from whitemarsh boulevard heading toward 695. and not much relief as usual, ongoing headaches on the beltway from overly toward parkville. towson and eventually hitting the 83. on 83 we cleared out a crash on the southbound lanes. it's right near i n timonium ro. here is the scene at 85, the cars are cruising on the ramps on the inner and outer loop stretch. the cars continue to file in on 95 moving through pikesville. on 695 at liberty road, it's a

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shared knowledge is even more powerful. ryland is scheduled to receive its first shipment of the h1n1 vaccine today. health officials are urging people to get vaccinated especially high risk individuals like pregnant women and adults with other medical conditions. but a recent harvard poll revealed 60% of people aren't sure if they're going to get vaccinated. that leads us to the question of the day. do you plan to get the swine through vaccine? did the swine throug flu vaccin. our phone lines are open at (410)481-4545 or send us a

tweet. the first caller is phil. are you going to get the vaccine. >> absolutely. >> what do you think of people who are a little afraid to get it, do you understand that? >> not really. go back to the old saying, you're part of the problem, you're part of the cure. you got the opportunity to possibly prevent an emdee emdeec from happening. i was a part of the marine corps. they gave us things before they were available to the public. >> are you fearful of getting the swine flu before you get the vaccine. >> of course. would i rather get the vaccine and possibly not get the flu. or would i rather suffer through the flu itself? people question putting this thing. look at them, they're eating a sandwich every day, and they don't last, how can that bread last 3 to 4 weeks now. >> interesting. phil. shelli, are you planning to get

the swine flu vaccine? >> yes, i have to, because i'm in the medical field. >> you're exposed to a lot more than some people are. have you been worried about catching the swine flu up to this point? >> no, not really. my apprehension is more -- i'm a diabetic, and i also have to get the flu shot. >> okay. >> so i don't understand how they're going to interact with each other on my immune system, if it's going to overload it. i have two children, i don't know if i want them to get the shot because of the incident with the two little girls. and plus, i don't want to take it, because i'm putting it in the air in my home. >> so many questions, so many questions. shelli, so many questions, good luck with what decision you make. this one says no h1n1 for me. i had it back in the 70s and nearly died. i do not want to relive that experience.

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we're now into fall and pretty soon the leaves will be changing. next year some of our politians could be changing. people are looking ahead to the 2010 election season. when it comes to the governor's race, who will face governor o'malley and can they win. delegate curt anderson and

delegate pat mcdonough join us for the house spotlight. there's a poll that governor o'malley would beat governor ehrlich. is that a rematch. governor ehrlich says he doesn't plan to jump into this race. >> i think that governor ehrlich is the most formidable candidate that the republican candidate has. during the last three elections, pretty much the race was won by the fact that somebody popular grabbed the imagination of the electorate. you always have 46, 47%, voting democrat. 46, 47% voting republican, but it's the 4 or middle 4 or 5% whose imagination needs to be captured in order for a republican or a democrat to win. last year it was governor o'malley. this year, they have to get somebody who is that kind of a

person. >> let me ask you, will governor ehrlich run, if he doesn't, who is the best person to go up against governor o'malley and your name has been tossed out there? >> i totally agree with what curt anderson said. i think those are the match up numbers. i think you can disregard the polls particularly in these tomb you'll tews times, they are looking for change. and governor o'malley has given a lot of gifts to the republican party if you think about it. i don't think it's about the republican party. it's about the individual and the approach that he has a candidate. i don't think that governor ehrlich will run. he will make that decision until january or february. i have said publicly, if bob ehrlich decides not to run, i will run for governor. i think we need someone who has an approach in the party that appeals to democrats. i represent a democrat district. i 1 number one in my district

and one of the highest vote totals in the state. >> you live in one district. there's 47 districts out there. could you realistically, canyou realistically beat o'malley if you were the republican nominee. >> we do have public financing and that is what i would take. that would provide me with enough funding to do the media that i need to get my message out to the people. the situation is here in november the voters will make a decision that will simply ask the question, do i want to retain the presiden present govd give him another chance. or do i want real change and now is the time to make that decision. >> delegate anderson, you want to keep governor o'malley in the office. what has he done that should keep him doctor. >> governor owe mal o'malley hae

state in the fashion that is good for maryland. he did what he had to do. it was not a popular decision to raise taxes we understand that, and we understand because of that decision, there a lot of folks who may be disenfranchised with him. there's one factor you have to take, the new registration of people who voted two years ago or a year and a half ago in the obama election. there's going to be a surge in democrats voting in the next election. >> we will have to see how that all turns out. >> i want to make a point on that. the key vote will be the young independence who are registering more than the democrats and the republicans and the reagan democrats who live across the state of maryland. they will decide who the next governor will be. >> thank you, governor

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it works or your money back! if you don't want your kids, give them to someone who wants them instead of killing them or drowning them. the man who drowned his three children goes to trial today. how is expected to the plead. it's a devastating diagnosis, how your health matters and we're asking the experts about leukemia. out with the old, in with the new. what the idol judges really think about adding ellen to the lineup. good morning. it's tuesday, october 6th. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. a very, very chilly start to the day. my nose is still cold. we need to check in with meteorologist steve fertig and see if it's going to warm up at all today. it's cold out there. downtown we're in the low to mid-50s. it will depend on where you are

this morning how cold it is. looking our way that is the frontal boundary that is going to be bringing cooler air for this weekend. we will be talking about highs in the low to mid-60s then. that front will be bringing us shower chances overnight tonight and windy conditions, too. that will be the story as we get into the overnight period tonight and tomorrow. right now, as you can see baltimore, not too bad, 64 degrees, 48 in salisbury, and 48 in wilmington, delaware. cooler in the outlying areas. and 41 in oakland. we should climb to 71 degrees which is not too bad. in comes more clouds later tonight and the rain follows. we will talk more about that in a few minutes. right now candace dold is here to talk about what is happening on the roadways with the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. it's been a pretty difficult morning out there on many of the main lines, unfortunately that only continues into the 8:00 hour. two accidents on southbound 95, there's one at route 279.

there's also one at route 22. so route 40 is going to be the better bet for the alternate instead. now taking it from mountain road to 695, we're looking at an 18-minute drive. not much relief on the top end of the beltway from 83 down toward 70, an extremely lengthy trip there, that will take 16 minutes. and check out 695, on going headaches with an 18-minute drive. that is a look at your morning travels, megan, back to you. candace, thank you. time now is 8:04 on fox 45 morning news. trial for the montgomery county trial accused of drowning his le children in a baltimore bathtub is said to begin his trial to morning. mark castillo is facing three counts of first-degree murder for the drowning death of his three children. he has changed his plea several times but today plans to plead not criminally responsible. police say that castillo forced his three children, ages 2, 54,,

and 6 underwater. afterwards he tried to kill himself by stabbing himself repeatedly in the neck. a howard county man admitted to killing his girlfriend has committed suicide. victor cruz was found dead inside of the city central booking facility. he was held without bail for the murder of elva vasquez. a crew discovered her body in a manhole. she had been missing since 2008. officers say corey dwight green junior parents hut hi -- t him to bed in their home. the family says around 2:00 a.m., they heard the front door slammed and discovered the boy was not in his bed. corey was last seen wearing dark blue pajamas. canine units are searching the

area and authorities are exploring issuing an amber alert. the judge ruled yesterday that he was not satisfied with dixon's arguments that state prosecutors violated her legislative immunity. earlier the same judge had dismissed charges against dixon saying that the prosecutors had dismissed evidence. prosecutor say that dixon lied about receiving gifts from the ronald lipscomb. defense attorneys are considering an appeal. one of baltimore's treasure is about to get national attention. espn produced a short film called the band that wouldn't die honoring the colts marching band. the premier is tonight at m ask t stadium and -- m&t stadium ad that is where joel d smith is live. >> reporter: we have been talking to the band and getting a feel for how things were in the past and in the present.

things get better. the deer doors open at 6:00, the premier of the band that would not die, a larry levenson produced film. it means a lot when you have a gay like larry levenson producing a film that is about you. >> he called me and he said we're going to make a documentary about the band. i call the public to come down and see the movie at 6:00 horse the band stayed alive and the team left at '84. what might we learn? >> sticking together and never giving up and being a major part in producing and being a part of bringing football back to baltimore. this was our main objective. >> reporter: there's tidbits of how the uniforms are a part of they and the nfl team brought them in to keep them alive. all of that in the world premier at m&t stadium. the show starts at 7:00, and

next week if you miss it here, you can see it at espn. enough about that. i'm joel d smith, live at m&t stadium. let's hear these guys play it out. let's go for it. ♪ they are serious on what they do. >> they sound good so it's worth it. still ahead, we have a sneak peek at a halloween tradition, jim's crypt coming up. >> reporter: i'm jessica starr, coming up in the omer satisfaction.

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have fun with fido, it's dog fest and you and your pooch can play all day. meteorologisjessica starr he details. >> reporter: megan, i'm going to ask you, are you going to bring your dog to dog fest. there's a lost activities going on. >> i am. look at the activities they can do. >> reporter: it's amazing. they come out and try so many things. contests that are going to be going on. a fun-filled family friendly activities. to get more information on all of the exciting things that are going to be going on at dog fest 2009. i'm joined by julie and julie. tell me about the things that are going to be going on. >> our events are going to run from 10 to 4:30. it's going to be a great event, bring out your kids, and

grandparents and especially your dog. we will have a lot of vendors, a lot of activities, moon bounces, a swimming pool for the dog. a beach party for the dog. lots of contest and things for everybody, wine tasting and cars and everything. >> reporter: you have a cute little poochy who is -- >> this is sandy. >> reporter: who is this? >> this is sandy and sandy was a rescue from the baltimore area. we will have over 65 rescue for dogs, cats as and horses availae at dog fest. come and bring your dog or find a friend for your dog. >> reporter: you can see behind me, they're taking part of in agility course. jury dog will have a -- your dog will have a beginner course because it's it takes a lot of time to train your dog to do one of these courses. have your dog and there's going to be so many things going on at dog fest. you can get all of the information by logging on to our website which is foxbaltimore.com/morning. the weather if you're going to

come on down, they do have a run early in the morning with your dog. you will have to dress warm, because only a high temperature of 57 degrees. turning partly cloudy, so not too bad of a day to grab your dog and do activities and contests. for the full forecast today, let's head to steve in the sky watch center. >> jessica, had i think it looks -- i think that it looks like great fun for the dogs. i think i can handle the hurdles. she is like in stun mode right now. let's take a look [ laughter ] he is saying that he witness to do the same thing that the dogs are doing? yeah, that is what i'm saying. i would like to hurdle over the 1 foot high hurdles. take a look at the hd radar, we have dry conditions right now. that's the way things should stay for a while, through tonight and overnight tonight we will be talking about a chance of rain coming your way thanks to what is going toward the midwest. there's a frontal biewn droa --

boundary that is producing that rain. that is moving in our direction, and it will make for a wetter commute tomorrow morning, certainly more than this morning. this morning we have nothing but dry conditions ask cooler temperatures -- as and cooler temperatures to deal with. here sphront, that will bring showers, but tomorrow in the afternoon, look for the winds to be around 20, to 25 miles per hour gusting upwards of 30 to 35 miles per hour. tomorrow should prove to be a windy day. as you can see, there's some rain on the way. some clouds first will move in tonight. and then the rain will follow in the overnight period around midnight for the western counties and but everywhere else overnight till tomorrow morning. continuing until 11:00 a.m., it all pushes through by about that time. then we begin to dry out behind it and clear out for the afternoon. tomorrow later in the day, should shape up better certainly than the start. it will be cooler, high temperature tomorrow about the same as today. we will talk about cold air on

the way for the weekend. as far as how much rain, a 3rd of an inch in d.c. expecting most in salisbury as far as the computer model is concerned. 3 quarters of an inch there. lesser amounts at hagerstown only .500 of an inch and .10 of an inch toward oakland. this the jet stream indicating that it's going to be moving a lot of moisture our way, friday into saturday. and also that rain, friday night into saturday before we dry out on sunday. here is what we can expect for today as we back up and start into the forecast for this day. first of all temperatures beginning at 56 degrees in baltimore. 48 degrees in hagerstown, 43 in oakland, 48 in salisbury, but look for the temperatures to climb by the afternoon, pretty nicely to about 68 degrees for the high in the eastern shore with a northeast wind becoming southeast at 5-10 miles per hour, partly cloudy skies there. the central part of the state, getting up to 75 degrees for high with mostly clear skies,

once we get past the morning clouds. a northeast wind becoming southeast, just 5 miles an hour, hardly noticeable there. back to the west about same, mostly clear skies and then the clouds move in again tonight, then the showers overnight bay degrees for the overnight low temperature with the wind up around 5-15 as the winds begin to pick up late. today we should get up to 55 degrees at noon. the 75 comes at 3:00 this afternoon, and 67 at 6:00 p.m. as the clouds move back in. 71 degrees and a windy day tomorrow after the showery start. 72 degrees, a nice looking day on thursday. looking pretty good with sunshine and the 72. 74, though for friday, incomes the chance of showers, late friday into saturday because of the next front, but what that front will do is cool us down. 67 for the high on saturday as we dry out later in the day. 64 for sunday and 62 for monday with showers returning. incidentally if you're heading to m&t stadium for the game ths weekend between the bangles and our beloved ravens.

52 degrees for the kickoff temperature and a 10-mile-an-hour wind. it will be cool so be prepared for that. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. that is an order. no it's not, really. here is candace dold with the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve and good morning. in order to tell you about the ride we're checking in on the average speeds and i can tell you it's not a fun one out there. on 95, 25 miles per hour in the northeast corner. now at 40 miles per hour on 83 moving through the city. and 31 there on 83 moving through baltimore county. now doing a little bit better on the west side of the beltway at bee miles per hour and 58 on 95 through howard county. as for 95 in the northeast corner, we do have a crash on the southbound lanes, it's right after route 279.

route 40 is going to be the better bet for the alternate route. 95 moving through baltimore county is going to be a crammed ride from whitemarsh heading toward 695. it's a slow go on the beltway pretty much as usual from overly toward parkville, towson and eventually hitting 83. on 83 north of 695, here it is approaching the ramp. we're loving this, the traffic is cruising along toward the inner loop lanes and the outer loop direction toward pikeville. continuing our track there, heavy traffic is to be he expected -- to be expected through pikeville. 795 we have seen the trouble, look at that a straight tack of cars toward 70 and it's building toward liberty road. we had an earlier accident in the same direction at route 40 moving toward catonsville. that is a look at morning commute. patrice, back to you. we have an update on a missing child. city police were looking for a

1-year-old in city baltimore. officers have found corey dwight green junior after neighbors found him in a vacant car. >> apparently the neighbors heard the report about the little boy missing. heard someone crying outside and found the boy crying outside. comforting news for the family who was missing him. going the distance. we had marathon training tips in get fit with fox. change it up and sage the sexual tension between the judges. out with the old and in with the new. what the idol judges think about

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other decision makers to get their take on ellen. >> thank you for locking in on idol. >> the winds have changed on t.v.'s most watched show, with a dramatic shakeup behind the judge's table. >> it was rocking. we caught up with randy, kara and ryan and they are excited about having ellen on the team. >> we love ellen. we're going to have a lot of fun. she is going to follow my lead. i told her, just watch the dog. >> she will change it up and change the sexual tension between the judges. >> i hope i get to the -- that is going to show me distance moves. i need a little help and kara says she is not the only one who needs a few pointers. simon needs a few pointers. you never know, season 9,

totally unexpected things could happen. >> there's anticipation of how mr. cowel will get along with the rookie. >> what i have learned from simon is when people come from the heart and are real, he respects that. i thinkle less than is that type of woman. she has strong opinions, and will back them. simon likes that and admires that and respects it. i have always seen them getting along very well, whenever i have seen him go on her show. i can't wait for january. i think goes to be good. >> you have a gift. >> it's hard to believe we're talking about it. you didn't see simon give his opinion about it. he might have been missing because he was prepping for his birthday party. he had his 50th birthday party over the weekend. he spent more than $1.5 million on this party. >> how many guests did he have? >> i don't know the exact total of the number of guests. there are a lot of tabloids so i

had to be careful with what i brought you. i do have one picture. this was taken from ryan sea crest twitter page. that was soup that was served in the birthday party. it has simon spelled out. >> 1.4 million. >> it was crazy. had he all different acts that were there. the guest range, they had his mother there who was 82 years old. kate moss is there n my invitation most must have gotten lost in the mail. >> paula couldn't make it because of the flu but she was invited which i found to be interesting. >> so anyway, but it was crazy that we're talking about it, but the new season of idol. >> i can't wait to see the interaction between ellen and simon. he will be the smart guy that he is always, and she will put him in his place.

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the baltimore marathon is coming up this saturday. there's a breast cancer 5k the following weekend. if you're the kind of person who likes to participate in events like that, or if you have been thinking you might want to do it, we have tips to help you out. celebrity fitness trainer is monty sanders is here to help you train and what you do the day of and all of the information you need to know. >> good morning. >> how do you train for something like that. i have always wanted to do it, i haven't done it yet. >> first of all, you want to make sure that you're physically enough. a marathon, you want to check

with your doctor. you want to wear the proper shoes and your toes have enough room to giggle. tips, the night before maybe two days before you get good carbs to produce energy for your run. also, i would recommend a message as well before and after that race. >> i was going to say, the race before you're not really doing last minute working out. i got to lift and get ready for this. you relax and get ready for the big day. >> absolutely. most the time you won't be in a case like megan who hasn't started yet. you will be going training up until then. if you start with future races and things like breast cancer as we are, it may not be as strenuous, but you can start out with walking and eventually move the pace up. >> the day of the race, what do you do to get ready. >> first of all, you have to be properly hydrated that is key. after you are properly high dry, you want to do warm ups. do aerobic active.

she is reaching and doing the step to the side. with this right here, it opens up her legs, arms but most importantly getting her blood flowing as well. another one she could bring her arms over her head. and now she is getting her shoulder stretch, her arms pumping and moving. most of the time you're walking and you use the arms, the legs the whole body. >> nothing strenuous. you get the blood flowing. >> absolutely. you get the body flowing and another great one we do to get the entire body is the jump rope. remember the warm up is very important just as important into the race. it will make your performance a lot better. the cool down is just as important. >> you don't just stop and fallout? >> absolutely. you got to make sure that you have the two things included as well. one quick tip. we get a question of how to stretch the lower chins. you stretch your toes like so and you want to bend the knee into the calf. that will give her a stretch

right in front of the lower leg which is the chins which comes from a lot of running. >> great information for all of those people headed to the marathon this weekend. and your counts are going to do the breast walk next weekend. good information to know. if you have interest in any phof these exercises or his dvd. you can log on to our website at foxbaltimore.com. well, still to come, it's a devastating diagnosis. your health matters and we're asking the experts ab

oh, if this is your time of year, halloween, if you like it, you are going to like what we have coming up for you some stuff that get you in the halloween spirit. >> hopefully, you're not eating

breakfast right now. >> the folks from the crypt have things to show us this time of year. >> i'm going to leave it to you to go out? >> thank you. i'm not scared of anything. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig. we're not afraid what he has to say, because he has warmer temperatures compared to what we are dealing with. >> we always keep your head on. >> with the warmer weather we will let you know keeping you ahead of that or updated. temperatures 55 degrees around downtown. in the metro area not as cool as in the outlying areas, we have 40s out there. chillier temperatures in some spots, sky watch hd radar showing us that not a whole lot is happening. we have dry conditions and that hd radar on the bigger scope shows some showers back toward the midwest that are heading in our direction for overnight tonight. look for a messier commute tomorrow morning than today, certainly. 65 degrees by the noon hour

before we hit the high temperature of 70 degrees. then we back off to 67 at 6:00 p.m. as clouds begin to move back in. you should see for the most part a lot of sunshine out there mixed with more clouds later in the day. the showers holding off. we will talk more about when we can expect them specifically in a few minutes. right now candace dold is here with traffic edge to let you know how the commute is looking. >> reporter: thank you, steve and become. we're still dealing with an accident on southbound 95, it's after route 279. route 40 is going to be the better bet for your alternate. taking it from noun ta mountain, heading from 695, we're still in the red, we're looking at an 18 minute clip there. on southbound 83, it's been a hectic ride, we had an earlier accident near timonium road and haven't recovered. from freeland road toward the beltway that will take 28. on the west side of the beltway, of course, a heavy ride to be expected as usual from 83 down toward 70.

right now we're looking the an an 18 minute clip. that's a look at morning travis. patrice, back to you. here are the stories we're following this morning. we have an update on an a missing child. city police have found a 1-year-old boy in east baltimore. officers found corey dwight green junior after neighbors found him in a vacant car. he is being taken to john hopkins for further evaluation. they put him to bed and woke up after hearing their front door slam and found their son missing. police are continuing to investigate and we will bring you the latest on this story when we have more information. >> reporter: i'm joel d smith at m&t bank stadium the place to be tonight not for a game but for a movie the band that would not die. it can be seen here on the big screens tonight. free parking, $5 to get in and the doors open at 6:00. the story how even the colts

left in 1984 and the ban stuck around and -- the band stuck awrnd anaround and eventually is renamed the ravens marching band. the band that would not die, look out. it's tonight. ♪ the first shipment of the h1n1 vaccine are expected to riffe i--to arrive in maryland e today. maryland will receive bief -- 50 doses of the vaccine. it will go to healthcare providers and will be given to those considered in high risk. a recent poll from harvard shows that 60% of a did you tell us still aren't sure if they will get vaccinated. it's a diagnosis that no parent ever wants to hear, your child has cancer. right now leukemia is the most common type of childhood cancer in the country with about 4500

cases being diagnosed each year. a significant number of those children with leukemia survive as the incidents of cancer deaths in kids is on decline. in morning your health matter tersitersia york joins us. >> good morning. >> the good news is that the cancer deaths in children are on the decline. i will ask you in a minute about why that is. first let's talk about leukemia. there's more than one form of it. >> there's acute my lloyd leukemia and most common time that we see in children is the acute limb fo limb foid leukemi. >> how quickly does a child go from feeling just fine and going to the doctor and being diagnosed and getting worse? >> this type of leukemia happens

very rapidly. it's typical for parents to notice changes in their child. we commonly hear a story that they have been sick for a couple of weeks or thought they had strep throat, or thought they had a virus. they usually have a different color to them. they go to their pediatrician and the pediatrician are the people who do the bloodwork. by their bloodwork we can tell that they have evidence of leukemia. >> what a devastating diagnosis to think that your child might have strep throat and hear something more severe than that. >> when you have to give parents the diagnosis, what do you tell them as far as the treatment. what happens at that point? >> what we do is work rapidly at the university of maryland to get the diagnosis very quickly because time is of the essence. as i mentioned earlier some of these patients have had it for a couple of weeks before we get to see them. our pathologist, our social worker, we all work together here as a team to get the child the right diagnosis and each

leukemia is very classified. we taylor each therapy to each child. we pay attention to what their leukemia cells are telling us, what their body is telling us and we focus on what is the right therapy. as soon as we have the exact type of leukemia, we start their chemotherapy right away which usually involves a chemotherapy through a central line, which is a line that is inserted into a larger vain as well as a spinal tap. we take out spinal fluid to look at this. this an area where the leukemia cells can hide and then we give chemotherapy into the spinal fluid. those are the two therapies that we have to instill instantly. the children are put to sleep. they are not awake for those procedures. we try to reduce the pain and suffering. >> i'm sure they appreciate it and the families having to deal with this. dr. york, thank you for joining us this morning. yes.

>> for more information go to foxbaltimore.com and click on your health matters. still to come, it's getting scary. we have a sneak peek at kim's

welcome back. as at this time 41:00 on it tuesday morning. the -- it's 8:41 on the tuesday morning. the sky watch hd radar is looking forgety good mean -- looking pretty good. i think the commute tomorrow morning it's going to look different than it does today thanks to this. the rain is moving through the midwest along the frontal boundary. that front is going to bring in different conditions as we get into tomorrow afternoon. here is where we have the cold front headed in our direction. you will see as high pressure moves offshore, it will make way for the clouds to move in ahead

of the cold front. expect as we will see plenty of sunshine later on today, expect the clouds to move in it ahead of the system. as the forgotten gets closer, look for the rain to move through the area in the morning hours. the morning commute as i said, could be a wet one by 11:00, you will see the front pushing through and we will start to dry out by the afternoon. the high pressure builds in from the west and we will see the skies begin to clear. tomorrow later in the day and into your thursday as well as much of friday looking okay until the next friday when the front pushes in. as far as how much rain, about a quarter of an inch for baltimore. 3 fatherrers of an inch for salisbury and 3 quarters of an inch. 63 degrees is the starting temperature. now partly cloudy so we're clearing things out for the time being. winds are calm, 57% relative humidity. 30.04 and holding steady. 45 is the dew point so it's dry.

we look at the temperatures, we're at bic 56 not too bad in baltimore. 48 in salisbury. 48 and 33 at oakland. the temperatures are going to climb to where they were yesterday. 68 degrees for the high in the eastern shore with partly cloudy skies. northeast wind becoming southeast. central part of the state getting to 78 degrees for the high with northeast skies. it will look very much the same for the western part of maryland where we will have mostly clear skies and a high of 78 degrees. tonight we drop to 68 degrees but more clouds on the way. again this morning will start with clouds, and then we clear out to see more sunshine. the clouds return overnight 58 degrees as a resulting overnight low. it doesn't drop as much then. in come the showers overnight and then as we move through the day, tomorrow we will get up to 71 degrees but the skies will clear some. as that happens, the winds pick up. we could have gusts upwards of 30 to 35 miles per hour.

it will be a windy one. the high pressure moves overhead and the winds die down for thursday looking very good then. 72 and sunny. 74 for friday, the front brings us more showers for overnight friday and saturday. the front that comes next is going to be bringing us chilly air for canada. 67 degrees for high on saturday, 64 on sunday, and 62 on monday with early showers. incidentally if you're heading to m&t stayed july this weekend for the game on sunday, 1:00 p.m., temperature around 62 degrees. it will be cool with a 10-mile-an-hour wind when the bangles come to town to get beat up by our ravens. right? sky watch hd radar is at your finger tips. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house, not my house, your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and my house, too, as a matter of fact and click on i radar. here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: that is correct. there will be a w in the wind

column, that is for sure after this weekend's game we know it. we know what is happening on the roadways and we want to fill you in because we have been dealing with a persistent problem on route 79. that is in the clearing stages but you will want to stick with route 40 as an alternate. intermittent delays from whitemarsh toward the beltway ask reduced speeds from the top end from overly toward parkville and heading toward towson. dealing with a bit of a congested ride, 895 scooting through the tunnels right now. checking in on 95 in howard county at route 32 on the southbound lanes. here it is, and you can see the lanes are coasting along on the southbound direction down toward washington d.c. and that is going to be the best bet for you this morning if you're headed in that southwest corner. now we have a crash on southbound 295. that one is at route 198. just stick with the 95 for a better ride. that's a look at your morning commute, patrice, an and megan k

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disguise. if you haven't eaten your breakfast this morning, you may want to look away. i'm looking at this. >> it's a severed head. the kids love it. it's opened every weekend. friday, saturday and sunday and you get to see kim's severed head. we have the dr. strange over here and sally sue. >> and i guess it's this time of year, we should be used to seeing this stuff. it's all over the store shelves. coming out there, what can kids is folks do to get in the holiday spirit? >> we have a haunted attraction, over 5500 sq. ft. you're to walk and got rocked and swallowed alive. we have different themes to scare you. it's crazy this year. you will love it. come out at corner of merit hollywood. and that is krms.

>> i'm scared and she is looking at me in the eye. >> i'm sally sue and i'm 4. >> that's not scary at all. >> my name is beef cake. why don't you come on out next weekend or any weekend, we will have a barbeque for you all. >> beef cake what happened to your face? >> i'm fine but the other guy he ain't going to make it? >> i'm going to ask you, what happened to your teeth. did you get into a fight? >> a lot. >> oh miness. >> it's halloween time. is there an age limit on how old kids need to be? >> we have had all ages coming out, and everybody has made it except for two. come out, you're going to love it, it's crazy, we will eat you shock you, and eat you alive n this is why i'm not coming out. you keep telling me this and she

told me i would be in a coffin as well. >> you will get a coffin ride, but don't tell anybody. this is scwuf just for the fox 5 viewers. come out to the kim's crypt. >> if you are ready to try it out, it's at 1748 merit boulevard in dundalk, of course, it's october now. and it's happening all of this october on fridays through sundays from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. for more information log on to our website at foxbaltimore.com. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning.

so, megan. >>you are, but you look quite

uncomfortable. >> i don't know if i i'm cold from there or from being outside. i tell you what, kim's crypt, spooky spot. >> i think she lives all year for this. >> i think you might be right, i really do? >>it's amazing how many people get into it and plan kos tiewlz. >> we have people here on staff, our director. i was just telling her there's a new halloween store. i have already been there and i have this much stuff. her house is completely crazy at halloween time. i don't go to her house. >> i was saying what are you going to do. i'm going to get my halloween coos tomb. you have to get them early. >> i like the nice ones like ferries and princess. >> i didn't like that. it didn't work for he me. >> the superman tights were a little bit uncomfortable. >> ho[ laughter ] >> that would be scary for us.

>> it would be. they hand me all the goodies, just go away. >> you're super. >> oh, goodness gracious. okay. what a way to end that conversation. [ laughter ] >> iscreechina screeching halt. >> it's a busy week on the fox competition, so you think you can distance. the search for the winner will make the next stop in the omission phase tomorrow. adam syngman says this is a difficult time to be on the judge's table because their comments could shatter someone's dream. >> of course, i testimonier it,- temper it a lot, because it's their feelings. people who have never auditioned before, you don't know that when you audition you're putting yourself on the line and it's very painful to be rejected. you can watch the dances on

so you think you can distance and tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. here on fox 45. that is something you would never hear simon say out of his mouth about crushing the dreams of american idol. >> what is scary is how amazingly talented they are. >> they say this season is the best break dancer that he has ever seen. that is coming from somebody who has a lot of knowledge and dance experience. >> it s that in tonight's episode. >> i don't know. >> every time i see a break dancer, that is the one, that's the one, maybe not. >> i got to do a break dance. i think i'm up to the challenge? >> real quick weather. look 78 degrees for the high. it will get rainy around here, and tomorrow morning, and windy tomorrow afternoon and 70s for the rest of the way and then the weekend and it gets cooler, how about the low 60s. >> look at the 40s. i'm not looking forward to that. >> what you may want to see is

one of walt disney's favorite movies, it's 72 years old. snow white is out on video today. disney sent us a copy of snow white. you can win a copy on dvd if you're the 4th or 5th caller at (410)481-4545. good luck. we want to continue to update a story that has been developing all morning. city police have found a missing 1-year-old boy in east baltimore. officers found corey dwight green junior after neighbors heard him crying in a vacant car. he has been taken to ho john hos for further evaluation. it started because they put him to bed at 9:00. they woke up after hearing the front door slam and found that their son was missing. of course, police are continuing to investigate.