right now the weekend looking nice. beautiful on saturday near 80. and fading sunshine on sunday. >> let's

the rest of the weekend looks nice with sunshine returning and comfortable temperatures with highs in the '70s. >> coming up, she has been missing for nearly a week. police have discovered a body. >> the latest on the investigation in the murder of a yale graduate student. where the police found the body and the search for the suspect. >> what happened at the video music awards that turned up taylor swift's big win to a moment of pain and awkwardness? >> seem smooth and strong to irreversible damage. no different. irreversible loss of enamel. enamel shield enamel loss by forming against acid attack. toothpastes dentists check most. save your enamel. be gone for good. enamel shield. with the rinse. >> thank you so much for giving me a chance to win name vma board. [applause] >> yo, taylor, i'm happy for you, and i will let you finish, but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> it was the thai red that everybody talked about today. during the in tv video music awards, he interrupted her. he later apologized and beyonce later brought taylor back on stage so she could finish f

be the better of the two weekend days. looks nice. some color beginning to show out there, too. right in our own backward. >> thank you, bob. >>> coming up, the latest on a toyota recall. a big one. >>> summer vacation's over for alex ovechkin. in sports, lindsay tells us what he's planning ne are you talking about tonight to begin with? and she said the nationals and what i didn't get time to ask her is, why. >> because they've got a little bit of good news looking ahead to next season, if you can squeeze any out of. >> let's hear it! >> here we go because the pirates beat the dodgers last night, that means the nationals against clinch the worst record in the majors, therefore, the nationals again earn the number one overall pick in next year's draft. good news, depending on who you ask. for this season, the nationals showed some grit. they came from behind and beat the mets, 4-3. we're down at nats park. j.d. drew on the hill for the in nats. he had a rough start. david wright doubled that off the wall and left. comes ar

looks like a nice kickoff to the weekend as we begin the fall season. looking at fox 45 skywatch weather, it's now at your fingertips. you can track coming storms. the tool lets you see exactly when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. >>> no more transfats in baltimore. the ban on transfats in baltimore restaurants started today. businesses can no longer serve foods with ingredients that have half a gram of transfats perserving. experts say the fats can cause heart disease. in 2008, 1,600 people died of heart disease. >> we really felt whatever we can do to contribute to lowering the rate of heart disease in the city is very important to do. >> items in grocery stores are not affected. montgomery county has a similar band on transfats. >>> a sea of people in federal hill. we take you to the street festival that showed everyone, even a dog, a good time. >>> the emmy goes to -- e done with your hair. we'll take it. > hundreds of runners hit the streets for the tunnel 5k run. they ran in and out of the northbou

the weekend looks very nice. and now over to sharon. >>> we cleared up that accident in elkridge. built we have a new one in the city. this one -- but we have a new one in the city. this is on york road. top side backing up at harford road on the outer loop to providence. 95195 still smooth sailing there. back over to you. >>> the united states senate has proved $4 million to fund the controversial mta redline in baltimore city. the project has up set some homeowners in the canton area that don't want the rail line running above ground where they propose. the city leaders say that the line is necessary to connect the east and west sides of the city with the other transit lines too. >>> more on the stephen johns that killed -- johns hopkins university's student that killed donald rice when he was in his home. and police say that the murder of a yale graduate student, may have stemed from a workplace dispute raymond clark, iii. and the police have now charged clark with murder after dna evidence links him to the crime. annie le was found inside a wall on what

looks like a nice weekend to follow saturday and sunday. sunshine back, highs in the mid-70s. a look into next week, that will be in ten minutes. >> okay, tom. thanks. >> already a few accidents on the roadways. let's check in with jerry edwards to see how we're looking now. good morning. >> good morning. they're coming in fast and furious. 270 fortunately n accidents but in montgomery county, authorities headed for an accident georgia avenue at aspen hill road inside the beltway, georgia avenue at spring street. had an accident with a pedestrian reportedly hit on 410 just off colesville road, silver spring. do be very, very cautious, please. elsewhere the southeast corridor still very quiet. 295, south capitol street, pennsylvania avenue all doing fine. out of southern maryland, don't have any hang-ups to report on 301 or route 4. wilson bridge doing okay so far. barbara and keith, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. breaking news now out of new haven, connecticut. police say they expect to make an arrest momentarily in the murder of a yale student annie le. le's body was found

and the weekend looks nice. we're looking at temperatures around 60 degrees and on the way up to 80 and warmer with, well, warmer today than yesterday. yesterday, we were at 65 for the high yesterday. and we're looking at temperatures around 58 tonight. they're clear and mild and then, for the next five days, 74 and sunny to partly cloudy conditions and mild into sunday. >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by ihop. ihop's gone nfl. try the all-pro lineup only at ihop. come hungry, leave happy. >>> and that's a quick look at your weather picture. harry, we'll send it back inside to you. >>> up next, solving your problems in three minutes or less. we'll go inside a speed shrinking party when we come back. pollen. when i really liked to be outside, i did not like suffering from nasal allergy symptoms like congestion. but nasonex relief may i say... bee-utiful! prescription nasonex is proven to help relieve indoor and outdoo nasal allergy symptoms like congestion, runny and itchy nose and sneezing. (announce

this is year 5770 on the jewish calendar. >>> the weekend is here. time to look at the forecast. meteorologist topper shutt enjoying the weather out there on the terrace. top? >> we started weak but finished strong. a very nice evening. here's the forecast first. for tonight we will remain partly cloudy and looking at a little cooler air rolling in. a told front drops south of us tonight. lows 56 to 66. northeasterly winds at ten. and the temperatures are very nice. mid-70s just about everywhere. 82 frederick. 76 downtown. 79 manassas and 77 quantico. all right. the redskins game,s ms. and pleasant. temperatures 74 to 79. we will come back and talk about whether or not the weather will hold for the terps game and the festival at the wolf trap and where were you on this day in history? we will talk about that coming up. >>> still to come, can acorn stay financially afloat now that lawmakers pulled the plug on their federal funding. >>> is there such a thing as overexposure the president tests the theory in a media blitz to sell health care reform. >>> wall street ended the week on

the holiday weekend looks so nice. it makes mes rvs.eous.rv am afraid it wilamlal fll apart. i am heading out of town. romf arlington, you can see the son eventually coming up. r58 right now in58 the distric. some of our suburbs are in the 40's. 39 degrees in petersburg this morning. temperatures in the mid 70's for lunch time. all in all, but it will be very pleasant, a very nice afternoon is taking shape. >> i will talk about traffic for a few moments and show you some of the cameras so you know what to expect as you head out and out. this is 395, with delays from edsall road to get up to seminary road. this is 270 traffic to get to a crash near 109. nothing out of gaithersburg. also could between rockville and the beltway 355. >> thank you. >>> police have now arrested a man for allegedly carjacking and kidnapping a woman in virginia. >> the man was taken into custody around 12:30 this g.moinrn e thdeal started last night. police say a man forced a woman into the trunk of her own car at gunpoint at the franconia- springfield metro station. he reportedly drove her around fo

sunday is my recommendation if a really nice looking weekend day. early income week looks nice. that will do it for traffic. back to gurvir and tony back at the desk. >>> we do want to look at the markets. stock prices have gained ground for five straight days and begin trading in positive territory today. the dow rose 80 points to 96 # 7. the nasdaq added nearly 4 points and asian markets are headed higher except japan's nikkei is down 69. >>> we're just a few days away now from the redskin opening day. coming up income, quarterback jason campbell will leave the burgundy and gold into new york on sunday. but he is already getting high praises from coach zorn. >>> the defending champs faced a tough test last night. the steelers versus the titans. we'll have the highlights coming up next.  >>> in sports, the ffl regular season is under way. the pittsburgh steelers picked up where they left off with a win. they beat the tenton titans last night in overtime 1-10 on jeff reed's 33-yard field goal -- in ertime 13-10. >>> the redskins made no secret of eir interest in

behind that, much nicer so the rest of the weekend looks nice indeed. 59 degrees in the baltimore, 61 in d.c. temperatures around 60 degrees and not climbing a whole lot. eastern a little bit more about 73 degrees. look for the chance of a shower there into the afternoon as well the steadier or after the steady rain this morning. for the central counties not climbing as much only getting into the upper 60s. the rain that will taper just to showers later in the day and the western part of maryland 68 degrees with showers there. today 69 degrees, can't rule out showers around just not the steady kind of rain we are seeing this morning. 81 on sunday. if you're headed to m&t stadium, kickoff temperature at 1:00 p.m., 79 degrees, partly cloudy skies, not much of a wind out there. it should be a nice day for the game. it won't be as nice for the chiefs unfortunately. 89 degrees for the high temperature on monday. that is what we're anticipating, 75 on wednesday and 74 on tuesday with partly cloudy skies. 75 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available. you can use powerful

sunday is my pick of the weekend. in the 80s we go. monday is looking nice. sunny and 83. we will be drying out. no chance of rain until wednesday of next week. that's the pick of my forecast, the noon show is going to come right back and we yo wa you to join us. you're watching 9news now. if you've had a heart attack caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking waiting to strike. a heart attack caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots. ask your doctor about plavix, protection that helps save lives. if you have a stomach ulcer or other condition that causes bleeding you should not use plavix. taking plavix alone or with some other medicines including aspirin may increase bleeding risk, tell your doctor before planning surgery or taking aspirin or other medicines with plavix

forecast for the weekend into next week looks very, very nice. 79 is your bay temperature. northeast winds on the bay at 10 to 15 knots. sunrise 6:35, sets at 7:37. tonight clear and cool. how about 54 by morning. downtown probably closer to sick. tomorrow lots of sun, just a few clouds here and there, very pleasant. a high in the upper 70s. just beautiful day. 80 on wednesday, 81 on thursday, 80 on friday, and 81 to start the weekend. maybe some clouds friday night into saturday, perhaps a little bit of rain. right now it's only about a 20% chance. we're looking like a very nice start to september. >> boy, i should say. thank you, bob. >>> check in with don scott and marty bass tomorrow morning on eyewitness news starting at 4:55 a.m. for the updated first warning forecast. >>> and coming up, the hits were hard to come by for the o's as they take on the yankees. mark has more coming up next in sports. produce with a 100% guarantee... means freshness is always in season. rancher's reserve beef, guaranteed tender, says you're always ready to grill. and now, safeway has a new

the vote today in washington, d.c. >>> another dreary day but weekend looking nice. which day will be the warmest in the sky watch forecast. >> from rb star to weed whacker. what else chris brown has to do as punishment for beating up rihanna. >>> hello. >> the case of the samurai sword death gets more complicated tonight as police release new information about what happened. >> keith live in north baltimore with the very latest on the story tonight. keith what can you tell us? >>reporter: well, jeff we are live in the 300 block of east university parkway. now police initially told us the intruder donald rice was hiding in the garage behind the home. but now they say rice was in fact hiding behind this fence in the court yard between the porch and the garage. now police and neighbor called police early tuesday morning of report of suspicious person. security guard and city police officer arrived. looked around. found nothing. but investigators say the student john armed with a sword found rice crouched in the court yard and tried to hold him there for police. now inv

and the weekend is looking very nice. >> that's what counts. thanks, bob. >>> still ahead at 5:00. ♪ [ music ] the death of a heartthrob. a look back at the way actor patrick swayze danced has way into our hearts. >>> getting hot in here. students and parents at a baltimore school protest the heat students are forced to learn in. >>> i'm ron matz in east baltimore. how you can help an organization that helps so many others. a preview of dining out for life, when eyewitness news continues. >>> it's 5:29. 78 degrees and cloudy right now. good evening. thank you for staying with eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. losing their cool. students at a baltimore county middle school start another year in a building with no air conditioning. and windows that don't open. pat warren reports, parents demand the problem be fixed. >> fix ridgeneley now. -- ridgely now. >> and the major june end of the school year, when windows act more like solar heating panels because they only open a crack. while haley and her c

. >> thank you for the weather, topper. >> a pleasure. >> and it's going to be looking nice for the weekend. >> yes, it is. >> topper shutt. >> exactly. sunshine tomorrow. sunday shiep on sunday. and -- sunshine on sunday. temperatures in the 70s. maybe showers and thunderstorms next week. >>> and for those who celebrate. >> that is 9news now for this evening. >> don't forget, we are always online. wusa9.com. letterman is up next. goodnight. have a great weekend ahead. ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?Ñ>ñ? 1ssss growing up we didn't have much, but education was always a priority. my mom sent me off to college with just four 20-dollar bills. so i know that education is the best investment virginia can make for our children and in our future. narrator: endorsed for governor by classroom teachers for his record protecting our schools... creigh deeds' plan to rebuild our economy starts with education. more accountability... and expanded college opportunities. creigh deeds. no one more committed to our children's future. no leader more prepared to move virginia forward.

oh boy. >>> we're looking at a nice weekend if you want to take the dog out. it's going to be a nice weekend. clouds will break here soon. we'll see a quick improvement. 68 right now. bwi marshall. relative humidity, 83%. winds from the west, 9 miles per hour. 30.10 and rising. across the state, 68 and 67. some of the lower numbers. 70 the shore. around the immediate metro area, 64 westminster. 68 on kent island. with the wind from the west, we'll see drying out. not too much rain of any sort out there, but the clouds aren't going to break. we have seen a tendency of a southerly winds. as a result, we have a coastal flood advisory in effect. along the western shores of the bay. all rain is to our south. what we'll see, more and more of the high pressure dominating our forecast, drying us out. after the sun starts to pick up, we're going to see uh, more and more of the clearer sky. mostly clear conditions tonight. wet conditions stay to our south. pleasant conditions stay with us. front comes through sunday night into monday. brings a chance of rain with moistu

pleasant and 81 degrees and 80 friday, 83 saturday and the labor day weekend looks nice and leveling out at 80. >>> thank you. and in the news, the students around the country get back into the classroomings and health officials and others are working on protecting them from the swine flu. mary bubala has more. >> reporter: h1n1 preparations are at the top of the agenda for school administrators and also, the state and national officials. already, a million americans have been hit with the virus and 500 died. president obama said, get your flu shots and one for the seasonal flu and the other for the swine flu. and the maryland officials are preparing and developing a plan to distribute the vaccine when it's ready in october and they're gathering together for a briefing on the swine flu. don, back to you. >>> the man accused of gunning down a security officer inside the national holocaust museum is going to appear in court this morning. the 89-year-old is ordered to appear in a hearing. the white supremacist was seriously wounded and he's been in the hospital ever since. >>> the balti

biblical proportions this weekend, i guess. looking nice. nice conditions. in fact, we saw the rain out there. and we saw the clouds it looks like we will see nicer conditions. better temperatures tomorrow. more sunshine leading into the weekend. hd radar right now. zoomed in on downtown. shows no rain. zoom out. around the belt line. no activity. high thin clouds thickening up over the region and we will continue to see shower activity pushed off to the east and we will be done with the rain through the overnight. looks like the winds are starting to shift a bit out of the south. you can kinds of spin around there. and temperatures will warm into tomorrow. but we still have to worry about a little bit of coastal flooding, coastal flood advisory on the western edge of the chesapeake. the winds creating a 1 foot level above the normal tied. so folks overnight tonight be aware of that if you live along the waterways. sun breaks out through the morning hours into the afternoon. temperatures in the mid 70s. working into the upper 70s. will they stick around for

and more rain showers but weekend is looking nice. radar, shows light rain showers in the vicinity. we have the coastal low. you can see it spinning counter-clockwise bringing in the moisture from the atlantic and chesapeake, and that's the way things stay overnight and for 48 hours. temperature today, we did reach only into the mid 70s and right now 69 degrees in baltimore. 68 in d.c. but a chilly 54 degrees in oakland maryland. so unfortunately, yes, we are going to be dealing with clouds. fall like day for tomorrow. for thursday. waking up at 6 a.m. tomorrow. 59 degrees. a little bit on the chilly side. and breezy conditions as well. you may want to have the kids dress with a jacket tomorrow, for the bus stop forecast. and 70 at noon. and the weekend is shaping up to be nice. i will have the details on that coming up in a few minutes. >> habitat for humanity of the chesapeake kicked off 999 project tonight their goal is to build nine homes in nine days. they began to drop pieces of the homes into place this evening. the modulars arrived on flat bed trucks from a pennsylvania fact

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weekend looking nice once again. saturday should be mostly sunny with highs in the 70s, morning lows near 60. some clouds rollin in on sunday. that's the way it looks on this monday morning. great weather for the bluemont fair over the weekend in western loudoun county where they had the petting zoo for the kids. did you ever pet a goat? >> can't say i have. >> i have not. >> they like it. i'm told. >> is that right? >> yes. >> okay. >> i've been around people milking goats. >> have you? >> goat cheese, but never actually pet one. >> okay. >> something to look forward to. >> i wonder if ashley has. ashley, what's the traffic look like? got any goat stories for you? >> no goats on the roadway this morning, not like every other day. travel aig round town right now, we do have some pretty big problems. traveling on public transit today, we've got a problem on the brunswick trains. up to 30 minute delays between barnesville and union station area. met voe accepting marc fare cards. orange line is single tracking between

and upper 70s, lower 80s for the temperatures. so it looks like a nice weekend ahead. have to get through rain. which is good news, because it is dry out there. seen a lot of nice days all of last week into the last weekend. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, vytas. >> of course the ravens kickoff the season this sunday. >> very excite bad that. >> christopher joins us with a preview in "sports unlimited". >> coming up tonight on "sports unlimited". the ravens are in full preparation for sunday season opener against kansas. but who will be under center for the chiefs. details ahead. speaking of the ravens, how is the health of derrick mason after shoulder surgery? hear from number 85. and showcase the very best in the plays of the week countdown. and which one of the plays will get the top billing. "sports unlimited" starts right now. . >> with the mandated nfl cuts out of the bay way. ravens can focus on the season opener sunday against kansas city. but the chiefs fired offensive coordinator last week. and now there is a big question mark as to who will be und

the weekend is now upon us. what do we look forward to? >> we hope to see a nice clearing trend for kids' games. i'm not convinced we will see much in the way of sunshine, but i think it will be fairly dry early in the morning. the next storm is coming in, more rain is coming in, and that is how we will start the weekend. we have not really clear out a lot. but what we have been able to manage as a little bit of sunshine through some high clouds. in the meantime, look at temperatures of the weather network. they had a little bit of rain, and in billy, 0.69 inches. in areas farther north were the sun did break through, numbers rose and the 70's. le's check out what is happening on the board the night. 77 and 64 the official numbers. limited sunshine with 0.02 inches of rain. the average height is down. the averages start to fall as the days get shorter. i wish we could have had this figure out better to give the precise timing, but the way things are looking, the moisture is moving pretty quickly from the west. w

looks like a nice september weekend, but a cool night coming up saturday. we'll talk about how low those temperatures are going to go in just a few minutes. >>> we want that football forecast, too. >> ah, yes. >> thanks. we are just two days away from the redskins' home opener. that means more traffic both on the road and on the rails. kimberly suiters now has that story from landover, maryland. >> reporter: the paper lady's front page news meant another tough friday for metro, but the sunday traffic plan will work in riders' favor. >> that is good they are going to expand it. it's not right for us to have to suffer. >> reporter: on sunday, metro will boost the number of trains running the blue line. >> that's awesome. that's a smart move. >> if the redskins are like metro, it will be a great game. >> reporter: it's an effort to keep all the excitement in fedex field and off the tracks. john reddish avoids metro on game days. he'll park for free thanks to a friend. >> i park at the gas station and walk on up. >> reporter: you don't park here and pay $25? >>

i'm glad the weekend is looking up >> the weekend looking pretty good. it's one of those days, kind of dreary. normally you would see a nice sunny day and the paddleboats would be out. well, they are still out. >> i like the tourists downtown. >> the big paddleboat. yeah. our temperature now at bwi marshall 65 degrees. 76% humidity. wind from the northeast at 6. and the pressure 30.16 and steady. as far as our coastal flood advisory, still exists for harford county, southern baltimore county, anne arundel county, and southern maryland as well as all of delaware, new jersey and the maryland beaches. the reason being that northeasterly breeze at times of high tide could cause some very high tides all along the coastal estuaries here. if you live in one of those areas just be advised you could be seeing higher water. high tide a 6:40. low tide 1:18. tomorrow's winds from the southwest, 6 to 12. sun coming up at 6:50. sets 7:09. the low this morning, 62 degrees the high today went up three degrees from the daytime low to a high of 65. temperature right now s

and nice weekend ahead. i will show you more about that coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> all right, vytas, thank you. >> maryland officials want tougher boating laws enacted. death in the state have reached seven year high. department of natural resources wants measures requiring older children to wear life jackets and placing age restriction on certifying uncertified boaters. >> long time coming but license for slots in maryland has finally won approval. state commission has approved the first license for slots at the ocean downs race track near ocean city. >> the track's owner said 800 machines could be ready to go by memorial day next year. >> more troubles tonight for first mariner bank. foreclosure process has started on the 1st mariner tower at canton crossing. these days after first mariner bank received a expose desist order from the feds. ed hail chairman of first mariner said he is considering several alternatives including trying to sell the building that opened three-years ago. >> now desp

. >>> and meteorologist topper shutt at the weatherle with with a great looking weekend, top? >> looking at a frontal system that will give us a great saturday, sunshine and 76. nice for the terms and the skins, upper 70s. monday is dry for now and pretty warm, go up two degrees deafer annan face for saturday and sunday the children east festival at wolf trap. tonight, partly cloudy and cooler, 56 to 66. winds northeasterly at ten. a cold front goes through tonight and we will talk about the prospect of showers tonight at 11:00. could be a slight chance of some tonight. we will talk about that later on. in the meantime lows tonight comfortable. 50s and 60s. 58 great falls. 62 bethesda. 62 silver spring. 62 in oxon hill. temperatures right now after a high of 78 back in the low 70s. pleasant. 72 gaithersburg. 73 woodbridge and 73 fredericksburg. a very nice evening. tomorrow morning, for saturday morning, partly cloudy and cool. little breezy if you have an early tee time. wins northeasterly at 10 to 15. by afternoon winds die down. mostly sunny and delightful. highs 74 to 78 a

nice conditions for your activities in times for the ravens game. things look incredibly nice. we have a gail warning in effect. and small craft advisory in effect for tonight of the and we want to talk to you about fred, which is a category 1 hurricane. sitting here in the far eastern atlantic, not affecting anyone. it's actually pretty stationary right now. and in the last, you see this. 58 degrees. rain heavy at times tonight, with areas of fog. and tomorrow, only up to about 70, with rain and areas of fog in the morning. >> so fred can stay to himself. >> yes. >>> still to come. unprecedented criminal case. why a football coach is on trial in the death of one of his players. >>> despite a sluggish economy. the baltimore symphony orchestra kicks off its biggest fundraiser of the year. coming up, why it's seeing more supporters. i'm gigi barnett. that story is straight ahead. >>> a warning tonight for you and your family as flu season rapidly approaches. cbt1cbt1t1 toivetoive -- >>> it is just after 6:30. mostly cloudy. good evening. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. h

hopefully the weather will be nice. >>> right now, let's look at the exclusive weather net and start the 6:00 news. 64 degrees. this is more than look. i made it say, "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- math-tutor" button. (announcer) if others run out, we still have what you need for school. staples. that was easy. look. i ma it say, "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- math-tutor" button. (announcer) if others run out, we still have what you need for school. staples. that was easy. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com >>> it's furlough friday. if you work for the state this is your day off with no pay. >>> if "the wire" ever returns, maybe we'll see this, a city cop accused of stealing money in drug dealers. >>> nine days away from the start of the season and the ravens are already perfect in practice. >> these stories and a whole lot more coming up. it's just before 6:00 on a friday morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. let's get this weekend started right now. >> do it. >> all right. meteorologist justin berk. >>> the sun comes up in just abo

the clouds are keeping things cool, and it looks like it will stick around for the weekend. brian, we hoped for a nice friday afternoon. >> we hope to, indeed, alison. we do see some clearing starting to occur in our northern suburbs, and we hope that will gradually sink southward. a few sprinkles left from the planins down to the plate. a third of an inch in the plate, -- temperatures in the 60's right now, may climb to some peaks of sunshine may climb through the clouds. we will talk about the weekend and other talks of rain in the full forecast. >>> local students got a big surprise today, a pep talk from magic johnson. >> believe me,ñr education is te key for your past and life. a guy from the neighborhood -- >> some good advice there. ñrthe basketball star stopped by bell mui-cultural high school, and spoke about opera -- about entrepreneurship and leadership. the school was awarded $1,500. >>> stretch of the beltway will completely close overnight from midnight to 5:00 a.m. at the lanes at chain bridge road at tysons corner, and they will be shut down for 30 minutes

a couple of accidents to report. >> a nice weekend weather forecast heading your way. stay tuned. 62 near the airport. sunshine by this afternoon eve >> welcome back. >> this morning, we have learned struck by an ied. he died wednesday from his injuries. years. he leaves behind a wife and three children. midnight this morning. gunshot wounds. morning after congress andthe action comes after several employees work breaking the law and encouraging people posing as occupation in order to get funding. all of the staff with a corn needs to be retrained. >> watercooler question of the day. >>do you agree with congress' decision to cut off federal funding to acorn? >> one person writes that there are rules that should be called in this society. this is becoming a thing of the past. you cannot bite the hand that feeds you by giving more information on your income. >> one person says this is deplorable. acorn has been helping people for a long time. they are being targeted because of president obama's past association with them. >> i agree with cutting their funds, that is acco

it turned out ton a nice second half -- to be a nice second half of the weekend. right now near nice and high and dry, free and clear. all the clouds to our south and west. it looks like we're going to see mostly sunny skies today. beautiful sunshine statewide. right now 68 downtown. 61 at the airport. 59 in easton. so those clear skies allowing the temperature to drop overnight. it's 63 in cambridge. cross the state line and it's only 65 in york, pennsylvania. a cool start. it's going to be a beautiful day. the sun will warm us up to the mid 80's by this afternoon. mid 70's, warmer than normal for the mountains of western maryland. plenty of sun down there as we look at central maryland, the heart of the state it looks like beautiful sunshine, 84 degrees and just a light westerly wind flow at about five to 10 miles per hour. so really no complaints today as we're under the nice influence, stable influence of high pressure. 76, a few little thin clouds on the beaches of ocean city but nothing like that pounding surf and blustery conditions of last week. winds nort

nice on friday. returning partly cloudy, 78. the weekend looks okay. saturday the better of the two days, but dry for both of the football games. >> thank you. >> that is 9 news now for tonight. thanks for staying up with us. >>> tomorrow morning on 9 news now, princess costumes all the rage. not just for halloween. a new fad to bring fairy tales to life year round. that plus weather and traffic to get you on your way start at 4:55 tomorrow morning. >> we are always on on our web site. >> tonight we leave you more from peter paul and marry as we learn about the life of marry travrs. the washington post calls bob mcdonnell a "culture warrior." and what does that mean for virginia? it means: bob mcdonnell introduced 35 bills to restrict a woman's right to choose. he wants to outlaw abortion-- even in cases of rape and incest. and mcdonnell opposed birth control for married adults. learn more about bob mcdonnell's crusade to take virginia backwards. i'm creigh deeds, candidate for governor and my campaign sponsored this ad. need a lift? hey buddy, i appre

>> hopefully for nice crisp fall football weather rolls in for the weekend. that would be nice. >> or indian summer would be fine too. go to vytas reid to see what's in store. >> yeah, looks like we will continue to see the chances, maybe for spotty showers here and there and look at what will happen over the next couple of days. looks like we are going to continue to see a chance for showers heading our way. and just thick clouds out there tonight. it looks like definitely we will continue to see that potential for rain tomorrow. as far as what will happen. it looks like, wow, man i think i passed my seven day. but try to get to it here. there we go. start with the five day. and then go to the bay cast. then seven day. anyway, looking at 84 degrees. and it looks like we will see those showers possible. about 30 percent chance. 76 on friday. with sun. and then saturday, 74 degrees with a chance for maybe a shower or two. and then early parts of next week. maybe a chance for showers. back to you on guys. >> thank you for joining us. i am jeff barnd. >> and i a

to an end and then looks like the trend will get better as we head into the weekend and looks like by sunday, going to be real, real nice. >> that was your ticket to come up and joins on the set. we'll see you soon, gary, thanks. >>> and that big concert in honor of the king of pop cancelled. organizers need more time to put the michael jackson tribute together. it was being billed as a global tribute with stars like mary j. blige and chris brown performing. tickets were already being sold for up to 8 hundred dollars a pop. now, they say the show won't go on until next summer and will take place in london. >>> a ldstuenstent and teacher lost their lis in the 9/11 t terror attacks. 8 years later, what is being done to honor their memories. >>> and ellen might be idol's newest judge but she could be forced to face one first y. she's face theing a lawsuit tonight when fox 5 news at 5 comes back.  need a lift? hey buddy, i appreciate the ride, you know. no problem. ♪ mind if i take a shortcut? yeah, sure. ♪ i knew the subaru legacy was the smart choice... ♪ what

we talked about the weekend forecast on the five-day and let's talk about monday now. monday looks like we might see another round of thunderstorms. 78 degrees and still a nice day interrupted in the afternoon. today, partly cloudy and 70, wednesday, mostly sunny at 71 degrees and start to look like an october forecast. >> that means sue palka -- [ indiscernible ] >> soon. >> i wish i had them. my fight are killing me. >> i don't think so. >> that would be bad. >> thank you, sue. >>> did you so it? a birthday party with one big -- . [ indiscernible ] >> 2, 1, let's raise the toast! 250 remarkable years! >> this huge crowd led ireland in a national toast to guiness. the world-famous stout is celebrating a quarter century. 2,000 ticket winners and celebs packed into the warehouse for a concert at the st. james gate brewery, even one of ireland's most famous sons sent a message to founder arthur guiness. >> a huge age difference between us but doesn't seem to matter. we just got on. i feel like he's always been there for me. happy birthday, hartford guiness. >> a little f

but there is a warm up headed our way, and the weekend is shaping up to be nice. i will have a look at that coming up in a few minutes. . >> in tonight's news you need to know. car speed dangers, according to the national high traffic administration, three out of four car seats are not installed correctly. help reduce the statistic, locations will be set up nationwide next week to check car seats. it is all part of national child passenger safety week. for a list of locations, offering free car seat inspections, just log onto our website. foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> a major guarantee from general motors tonight. just two months after emerging from bankruptcy gm will give new car buyers 60 days to return them for a full refund if they are not satisfieded. part of a new campaign called may the best car win. this extraordinary program begins next week. >> i will do everything i can to help him get reelect. >> fallout from a republican congressman's outburst. why an apology might not be enough. to smooth things over. >> why the key to controlling the spread of swi

the five-day forecast as we move into the holiday weekend, it's just as nice as what you're looking at right there. mike schuh! joining us right now. >> reporter: yeah, we're scurrying about for the promotion. this is scott, that is free cup of coffee. what it has to do with scott and what type of person he is and tuesdays in september. combine all of the things together and we'll connect the dots when eyewitness news continues. >> >> as we click over 6:16, marty's in the first warning weather center. >> the barometer's going up and at last check, it was 30.22 and now, up to 30.23. that's significant. all joking aside,the high pressure is on top of the area. it's a beautiful morning and this dome of high pressure is returning the weather, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. it will slip offshore and get warmer and that will take us into sunny conditions instead of clear skies. i mean, this is a great amount of weather here. mostly sunny and 78-degrees is the high and 4 below normal and 52 tonight and nine below normal. i'm starting long holiday weekends on friday. and 3/4 of the holiday week

>> a nice weekend we had. another nice start to the day. the difference today is we will have a few more clouds than what we have seen over the weekend. wall-to-wall sunshine is what what we had saturday in to sunday. traveling in to west virginia you could see a shower this afternoon but for the rest of us in good shape. right now we are generally clear outside. 61 in town with 53 down in southern maryland. 54 easton. 51 baltimore and for today expecting temperatures to climb in the mid to upper 70s with a mix of sun and clouds. patranya bhoolsuwan is watching the traffic. >> good morning. it is back to work monday and it will be slow. as you can see 395 northbound stop and go between the beltway and seminary. 66 eastbound not much better. 50 to 123 and once again nutley to the beltway but no major incidents or accidents to report. hop on the outer loop h. good morning, maryland. hope you are doing good new hampshire to georgia. it is starting to slow as you can see the head lights through that area and fly o

about an inch and a half of rainfall over the weekend, but cleared in time -- out in time for the game yesterday afternoon. very nice yesterday after those morning showers. we are taking a look at a very intense storm that's churning over the great lakes. it's going to spawn some intense winds for us today. so things are going to get a little bit gusty outside. not nearly to the level that they're seeing to the west. in the western part of the state there's a wind advisory up as well as parts of western pennsylvania and up on to the great lakes. but here just a southwesterly flow at about 15 to 20 miles an hour. a bit breezy, we'll call it outside today. temperature-wise, we're going to hit our target for normalcy which is in the mid 70's. right now we're 54 at the airport. a little chilly. a little brisk. 60 downtown. 58 in york. mid 50's on the eastern shore. in the mountains today it's going to be cooler as is typical. upper elevations, 63. slight chance for a thunderstorm of the the reason for that, a cold front will be pushing through. we have about a 20% chance of seeing some iso

notice the increase in sunshine. looks like a nice day. nice weekend. straight in to your sunday. so if you are staying local i think you will be keeping good company. the temperatures today in to the middle, maybe upper 70s. if you have plans that take you to boston, even buffalo, around 69 there. lows tonight easing back to the 50s inside the beltway. as we focus on saturday, there's the 76 and we will have sunshine to boot. seven day forecast, eyes are on the screen. go terps. looking good. go redskins. don't let me down. i didn't join a football pool this year because i didn't want my heart breaking. aalways pick the skins winning and di didn't want to deal with that. i will hope for the best. later next week we will get rain in here on tuesday but we will be flirting with the 80- degree mark. whatever your plans, be safe and have a great weekend. >> my heart has to be still right now. be still, heart because we have two very special guests with us, l.l. cool j and chris o'donnell. of course they are the stars of the new cbs action drama ncis in los angeles. it is not often i

we thought half the weekend would be nice. now it's looking nice. let's see what is happening on the roadways. lauren cook is back with a look at the traffic edge. lauren. >> reporter: thank you very much, steve. we do have trouble on the west side of the beltway. taking a look behind me. you're going to see cars are packed and stacked at the inner and outer loops at liberty road. there's an accident at the inner loop lanes at the 70 ramp that you want to watch out for. if you're traveling outer loop lanes, from liberty road to wilkens avenue, you are looking at a 9-minute trip. things don't get much better. you're looking at 4 minutes. once you're on the jfx, it's going to be a slow go from 695 downtown to east fayette street. that will be an 11-minute drive. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, let's send it back to you. >>> lauren, 7 7:02 at baltimore morning news. >>> an officer shot and killed a man after the suspect stabbed his partner in the back with a knife. joel d smith is live at police headquarters with that story. good morning

then the upper 50s by dawn on saturd. looks like a nice weekend and we deserve it. on saturday, we'll have some sunshine and highs in the mid-70s with low humidity. upper 70s on sunday and partly cloudy. good for the skins and rams. monday, maybe some rain moving in late morning into the afternoon and evening. a look at the rest of next week coming up in just a few minutes. jerry, how's the traffic? >> a live look along wisconsin avenue very close to the maryland district line. water main break northbound, couple of travel lanes are blocked as you come up out of tenleytown headed toward western avenue northbound. a couple of lanes are closed off. i think southbound's okay. think your lanes will be open. just watch that here for the next couple of hours. keep you updated along wisconsin avenue, barbara's favorite shopping row. let's check your -- >> if i had some money. >> check your speeds this morning. on 270 we're looking good. 13 minutes between frederick and clarksburg. 2 minutes between 121 and 27. just 17 little old minutes between route 27 and the capital bel

parts of the weekend will feature some clouds. we will start and end up nicely. look at the live camera this morning. some clouds out there early on. we will get some sunshine in the next. it is muggy and in the mid 70's. 87 was the high yesterday. a typical hiatt is 87 -- is 77 -- a typical high is 77. a few sprinkles off to the north and east. a cold front will sink southport. it could initiate a shower or storm. we could see some moisture across the area. the change will bring some comfortable air into the mix. muggy this morning at the bus stop. there could be an isolated shower or storm. 60's tonight. pusan -- the moonlight will break through as the clouds start to dissipate. much more sunshine and cooler tomorrow. let's check in with lisa baden. >> 301 northbound from our friends out of waldorf, there is a complicated crash. two lanes are getting by past -- on the right. this is from newschopper 7. delays begin at 29 in gainesville. it affects 234 business and bypass. on 355, a crash on 80. slow traffic to a crash on montgomery village avenue. more and more

today looks like a nice tuesday. your regional forecast is comimg up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. straight ahead on "news 4 today," thousands of students in our area are once again headed back to school, but it's a planned speech by president obama that's causing controversy in the classroom. >> plus, after the holiday weekend, closures, metro is back on track but now there's talk of a rate hike. >> a congressional professional to charge visitors to the u.s. a fee. what this might mean for u.s. travelers thneime txt the >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>>? sports the st. louis cardinals went wi their ace. here's an early look at all of your sports headlines. >>> hey there, good morning, the cardinals running away with the nl central and their pitcher chris carpenter looks ready to begin the playoffs after dominating the brewers. carpenter pitching an absolute gem, retired the first 13 batters he faced and had a no-hitter going until the fifth inning. that'

as we look to the weekend, the terps are at home. so we are hoping they win and that high of 76 and beautiful weather. should be nice and then the redskins are home again on sunday. i don't see any rain in the forecast until next week. my favorite segment of the week is happening this second and you are joining us. with me is b.j. and this is molly. >> say hi to the camera. >> would you like a milk bone? >> she is afraid of the cameras. >> she is well behaved and happy to sit at your feet. >> molly is a pit lab mix and as you can see she is pretty calm and mild mannered. right now i think she is unnerved perhaps from being on camera. this is new to her. >> and our cameras are robotic so they move without people touching them. >> she backed away when the cameras slid in to place. >> we are boring her now. where did you find her? how did she come to the organization. >> she came to 'tis as a give up a couple of months ago and we are eager to get a good home for her. we recommend that her new adopters be folks who are experienced with d

that sets us up for a nice weekend on saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, look at the temperatures, absolutely gorgeous. . >> thank you. game two tonight between the orioles and the tampa bay rays. the rays jumped out to an early lead. but the birds would battle back. this single to center in the 6th scoring two, putting the o's up 6-5. they would win it 10-5. >>> it's a popular expression for o's fans, there's always next year. we know today at least what one piece of next year will look like. the 2010 season schedule is out and the o's open on the road taking on tampa bay april 6th. they make their home debut three days later. in june they will host a three game series against the washington nationals. for a complete list of the game log on to our website. >>> if you have ever had surgery you know the operation can be the easy part. we will tell you how to take some of the pain out of your post surgery recovery. i've had asthma forever. i've had asthma for 5 years. 10 years. i used to wonder why my controller medicine wouldn't help prevent... ...help prevent my symptoms from coming back. i j

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look how cool it is to start the weekend, will feel like football around here, 67 degrees. sunday 78. a good chance of rain on the second half of the week. next week looking pretty nice, sunshine and temperatures around 70 degrees most of the days next week. >>> as we were telling you, some maryland watermen are not happy with new restrictions on female crabs set to take effect tomorrow. don harrison caught up with crabbers to find out why they are not happy with their colleagues in virginia. >> a florida day. i believe the crabs already made a run here. >> my grandmother left this for me and left it in better shape than it's in now. it's my responsibility to take care of what he left me. you can't just keep taking and taking and expect the resources to provide a living all these years. it just doesn't work that way. >> 2008 we really improved our cooperation with virginia and both states had agreed to 34% redisux in harvest -- reduction in harvest. we approached that reduction differently. for blue crabs in particular these crabs that are saved up in maryland do swim down