in almost every city agency. good evening. i'm mary beth marsden. there's been talk that those cutbacks could include furloughs of city police officers and firefighters. christian shaver has that story will live from city hall. he joins us. there would be a lot of concern if cops and firefighters were furloughed. >> reporter: yeah, the police union's contract has a clause that says police officers can't be laid off or furloughed. fire department contracts used to have a clause like, that but it doesn't anymore, so they and hundreds of other city workers could be in for some unscheduled time off and soon. so far this year, there have been 150 homicides in baltimore city. city leaders hope to keep the total below 234. last year's grim tally. that's one reason this may be the worst possible time for a budget crunch. >> we've got to go through this together so we can all come out of this more refreshed and moving the city forward. >> reporter: city mayor is work to slash $60.2 million from the budget because of state

a campaign to the city council, but it wasuch a widespread practice that the city council ignored their complaints. there was a nascent form of black li@eration going on in town. there were black institutions established here, especially urches and the seeds of a glances future role as the home of the civil-rightsovement for being planted. i said there were too he rose to my book. the other was a man named robert bster. during much of his life heas often called bob bnc. yancey was a slave. he was bn at the old national hotel on pennsylvania avenue an wagton d.c., right down from capitol hill. he called a man who frequented the hotel and worked on capitol hill father. dad, it apprs to b was massachusetts senator daniel webster. the philosophical bedrock of constitutional unionism. talk about the contrast there with james kelton's coast in there. now there is no way to know this for sure at this point, but daniel webster was notorious as a womanizer and a drunk, as well as being one of the greatest orators in american history. and he was reputed to have a mixed race famy, a large mixed-ra

the city needs to cut the budget. and both sides agree, layoffs would not make the city any safer. >> police and firefighters say their contracted to protect them from the mandatory city employee furloughs. so mayor dixon wants both groups to cut their share. $5.1 million for police. $2.9 million for the fire department. or face layoffs. >> you're very open to finding out these. if you can come together and discuss it. >> i thought it would be good to get to the table, begin negotiating our regular city contract. and incorporate all of the other issues. so it can be brought as a package to our membership to vote up or down. >> reporter: and that's what happened here. the city needs to talk about $5.1 million. >> do you think that would be a good idea? >> no. it's not a good idea. we were hoping to have this resolved before the negotiations took place. because we can't project next year if we give any employees a rage -- a raise. >> the governor needing to cut another $3 million from the state's fiscal budget this year

if not, it could mean the loss of 400 jobs in the city. a drop in text -- tax revenue and state funding is the reason. starting october 5, all part- time, temporary, contractual workers must take a furlough up to five days. that is an unpaid day. police and fire departments must come up with an additional $8 million in cuts to avoid furloughs. the unions say that as a violation of their contract. there will be no trash collection on monday but recycling to help reduce the budget. wbal tv 11 news. >> coming up on "oprah" jay z is in the house today. and barbra streisand is stopping by for a visit. that is today at 4:00. here is a look at what is coming up next on the "today show." >> unprecedented security in pittsburgh as president obama plans to meet with the world's top financial leaders. we are live with the latest. and how oare jaycee dugard and her daughter is doing after their release. and more about a hazing ritual at a high school. and an actress joins us in this deal with a live interview about being sexually abused by her father.

the city isn't the only jurisdiction launching speed cameras in this week. more on how the state plans to get you. that's at 5:00 30678. >> another driver safety initiative goes into effect. beginning october 1, if you're caught texting while driving, it will cost you $500. many laws does not include reading texts. texting while driving is considered a dangerous action and linked to many accidents across the nation. lawmakers say police officers will have to make the call based on what they witness. do you think it will result in safer roads? e-mail your response. >> state police think financial problems may have led a mount airy man to kill his family and then himself. the family put their house up you on the market twice but could not find a buyer. sometime between thursday and friday evening, charles dalton sr. killed his wife, two children and the family dog. the psychologist we spoke to explains why financial problems are linked to what is now known as milicide. >> as people get more and more desperate, more pressure on them, more legal aspects happenin

las vegas, sin city. there's no place like it, casinos, show girls, bright lights, high rollers and glitzy night life. but vegas is struggling through the recession, just like every other american city. maybe worse there and beneath that famous strip of luxury hotels lies a bizarre and dark underworld. a community, literally off the grid, connected by miles of tunnels. and for the people you are about to meet, those tunnels have become home. as "nightline" contributor lisa ling now reports. >> las vegas. it's the kind of place where a few things provoke surprise anymore. but beneath the flashing lights there's an even darker side of sin city. we're about to descend into a secret world a city beneath a city. >> this gives you a good idea of the tunnels and where they go and what's above them. i mean, these four tunnels here, about -- >> matthew o'brien has agreed to lead us through a la brint of tunnels here that stretch for miles. >> goes under new york, new york and goes two miles total to the hard rock

a baltimore church is trying to curb the violent in the city. a west baltimore priest led guns to his church in order to get them off the street and stop the killing. here's more. >> it has worked again. the gun turn-in day at st. gregory the great catholic church. 21 guns brought in this time, taken off the streets. >> you feel that that's a major dent into the number of guns that are used for crime in our community. >> the program offers $100 for each workable semi-automatic hand gun or assault rifle and $50 for any other guns turned in and no names taken. >> we're grateful for several of the people said that they had them laying around the house and they were afraid they would fall into the wong people's hands which is the right motivation to turn in these guns. >> this buyback comes at a critical time in the last three weeks, there had been three murders but up the show of good will and peace is encouraging to the church. >> there's so many good citizens out there determined that we're not going to get try lens control this city, that we're

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the city is quiet. no real problems to let you know about. jamie and megan back to you. >> 19 minutes from 6. the fight in afghan tan intensifies. >> frederick county family mourns the loss of their son. >> he paid the ultimate sacrifice doing what he wanted to do. more on his life (announcer) they're highly trained specialists. true professionals, always ready when they hear the call... guys, pancakes! because when it's pancakes everyone's in it together. >>> welcome back. more calls for more troops now nato and u.s. military leaders as they send in more troops to the war torn country. >> the debate comes after the death of an american marine from maryland. linda. >> lance corporal was on his second tour of duty when he left for afghanistan in may his parents knew he would be in danger. this past summer the marines were engaged in battle constantly in afghanistan's southern provinces. he was shot and killed on the battlefield. he leaves behind his wife amber and a brother and sister. when he was 8 he knew he wanted to follow in his grandfath

turns out the city has quite a aory to tell. st> and this morning, actor randy quaid, under >>> we'll get a fresh read on the housing market this morning. government numbers are expected to show a slight increase in new home sales in august. but the market is still very fragile. existing home sales dropped nearly 3% last month, after rising four months in a row. and home prices were down, more than 9% from a year ago. >>> chrysler is reportedly planning to rehire white-collar worker and offer time to others. the board is reviewing the ceo's plan to revamp its product line. if the plan is approved, the company could bring back workers to get new models on the road by mid-2011. >>> ford is accelerating its growth plans in asia. the automaker will spend nearly $500 million building its first assembly plant in china. the plant will make the focus compact and other small cars. china overtook the u.s. as the world's largest auto market earlier this year. >>> tokyo's nikkei average's tuled more than 2.5% today. hong kong's hang seng is

city. it is about 800 miles as the plane would fly from canada and to mexico city. we do not know how big a plane is -- from cancun to mexico city. we do not know who hijacked it or why, but i can tell you that mexican authorities, the mexican transport minister now confirms that a hijacked plane has landed safely in mexico city. the details will continue to come in, and as they do, we will bring them to you. first, though, continuing coverage of the ongoing battle over the future of america's health-care system, as we have reported here. the president is trying to get congress to agree on a health- care plan. easier said than done, it would appear, but earlier today, the chairman of the senate finance committee, montana democrat max baucus, says he is pushing his plan forward, whether he has bipartisan support or not. >> perspective of whether or not any republicans vote for, i do think that it will move forward anyway, and i do expect republicans will be on board. i do not know how many,

and the city you could sense it all over the city on fly. everybody was back. the deagain rats were back. guys were handing out club paradise table dancing things in front of pen station. but this is real. this is not we all went to the same movie. there are still bodies down there. there are still people clawing at that concrete and steel trying to not only find and identify the bodies but even -- that is what i think. we are all par of the process. giving it meaning. not just to list the facts. >> right. >> we need the facts. we must have the facts. but it not what the facts are but what you think as a consequence of those facts. >> it was this thing that was just full of separations between people in terms of how the experience that i was fascinated, i mean the number of times in one's life where one knows this is why i live in this city. starting when you first move here and you come over the bridge. but this in a much, not in that kind of romantic way but in some, you know, the pride in how brave people were. and how strong people were. and how surprised i

or hijacked en route to mexico city. but again, we are trying to get more information about these reports that the passengers have been freed and what has happened to the fate of the hijackers, where they are still on board or what's going on. >> yeah, david. and it is very interesting, because a couple of shots have shown aircraft seemingly taking off in the midst of this, which is interesting. there it is. you see aly if the there aircraft taking off there. one would think that they would shut down the airport this instance. i don't know if that is san indication they feel is under control or an aircraft hijacked moved through a separate part of the airport, but obviously, i mean, we have seen any kind of a threat would shut down an airport, especially an international airport and i must also bring up the fact that we are just a few days from the anniversary of 9/11, so you would imagine that they are ofs would be rattled anywhere in the world when you talk about hijacking of an aircraft with individuals on board. so i

let's go to mary live outside city police headquarters. good morning, once again. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. police say the officer was turning the key to his front door when the suspect approached him from behind, put a gun to his back and forced him inside. >> an off duty southwest district officer came home monday afternoon to an intruder with a gun. >> he was told to lay down on the floor. he got his service weapon, identified himself as a police officer and a short chase ensued. >> the chase ended on white avenue where the suspect was shot multiple times by the off duty officer. >> the guy kept running saying ha was sorry for whatever he did. >> reporter: baltimore city police found the suspect's gun and bullet casings nearby believed to be from the weapon. neighbors say they heard two sets of several popping noises. >> such a nice neighborhood, as far as i can tell. from the time i'm living here. >> i'm glad they were able to work it out like they did. >> reporter: the suspect remains in critical condition this morning. th

birmingham's mayor closed queen city hall after one worker was diagnosed. >> i have five files and city workers to be concerned about. >> birmingham said it wasn't necessary but the mayor called it good judgment. >> so far h1n1 is widespread, but so far the c.d.c. said the number of people in the hospital as the result of this virus is actually less than in a normal season. tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> here in maryland officials are preparing for a potential flu pandemic. the state is now at level two of the -- this change allows for more flexibility, allowing workers to telecommute, follow more relaxed return to work standards. we have continuing coverage of the h1n1 swine flu virus on our web site wbal-tv.com. >> spoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, can all cut a man's life span by a decade. a new study looked at 19,000 men middle aged in the 1960's. about 7,000 all together. they found those that smoke who had high balloon around age 50 aged about -- lived about 10 years left than those without risk factors. >> anne arundel county has a new service available for pet o

the fbi unravels a potential attack on new york city. why authorities say this plot was the real deal. >> it was a beautiful win. the fans voiced their displeasure with the redskins. the skins were able to get by the lowly worst team in footb l football -- rams -- without scoring a single touchdown. >> good morning. thanks for waking up with us this morning for "news 4 today." i'm barbara harrison. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs on this monday, the 21st day of september 2009. let's take a look outside as we look at some -- we had some clouds above us right now. we'll find out what the situation is at this moment, though. 61 degrees out there. good morning. welcome to "news 4 today." >> and tom is here. welcome to you, tom. >> good morning. >> tell us what we can expect today. >> as we get going, we've had a few clouds around. sunrise is about an hour away. around our region now, no precipitation from those clouds. a few breaks in the clouds allowing us to see toward the east and venus. right now as we look at the next several days

north of the city. and you can see where that activity is. that's where it is. i tell you as we take a look at the sort of radar in motion. we're picking up strikes. and thend of a summer like day. humidity out there. and enough to give this round moving across the area. across the northern part of the and then into cecil and get out of here. and down to rockville. the fact we would seize and the line the most part this is going to be a move in and out of here. keep an eye on and 95. and the next hour or so. 84 degrees. tonight we're seeing 74. and very high humidity. southwest wind. a lot of humidity. and you may let it run tonight. and the withest. there is not like and this moves through. should be in and out of here quickly. and sort of a garden variety. and if you look up and down the coast here. we had some wet weather. we don't pick up on a lot. muggy, rainy afternoon. look out for that storm complex. we're looking good. north of downtown is where we'll see the bulk of rain. 84 degrees and look out for showers possible in the afternoon. another warm and h

city officials say this is not about money. >> it wasn't a profit-making adventure. it was to get people conscious, mindful of the fact they were going through red lights. same thing with speeding. i can go to a neighborhood association and it could be 1,000 issues this one comes up every time. >> during first 30 days only warnings will be given out for anyone going 12 miles over the speed limit. but the city isn't the only one launching speed cameras. coming up at 6:30, how the state plans to get you, too. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. now, that isn't the only change coming this week in the name of safety on the roadways. thursday would be the first day of maryland's new anti-texting while driving policy. effective october 1, any driver who police object serve, either writing or sending a text message, could be fined. some, however, question how the law can be effectively enforced as well as why the policy does not recover reading a text message from behind the wheel. recent research shows

it was 77 degrees over in ocean city. current temperatures across the region, starting to cool down a little bit. 64 in new york and getting a little rainfall out there. as far as the satellite picture, early morning showers givingway to a cloudy day and in the afternoon, more clouds and showers moving into the region, the heaviest rainfall right now, over here down into sections of new jersey. the larger picture shows that area of low pressure that is off the coast, being blocked by the high up to the north. here's the system back into the ohio valley that's trying to get into the area and add some moisture into the whole system. as far as the radar. right now, the most powerful radar, indicating the heaviest activity from out there, just south of allentown over here and the region, right on the maryland, pennsylvania line. that seems to be where the dividing line is. but scattered showers, they will be around for the next 36 hours. right now, they are at 66, 64 out there. we're actually in town, 65. they are at 63 degre

the city is choked with cars in close proximity to precious monuments. digging underground is a risk, but if it gets cars off the road and with little money for new scientific excavations, some archaeologists see the building of metro c as an opportunity. >> modern streets, there is a part of the ancient city that today isn't discovered. >> who knows? by the next time these coin-tossers do come back, there may be a new subway line and new ruins to see. for "worldfocus," i'm martin seemungal in rome. >>> that is "worldfocus" for this thursday evening. don't forget, you can tell us what you think by logging on to our website at worldfocus.org. i'm daljit dhaliwal in new york. for the entire "worldfocus" team, have a great evening. for the entire "worldfocus" team, have a great evening. see you tomorrow. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "worldfocus" is made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic ch

many residents plan to sue the city. sdemrfrnlg on thursday night don't miss anna may's investigation on maryland's crumbling infrastructure on eyewitness news at 11:00. >>> few of ever considered getting a dog this may be the moment. seven of the 21 dogs seized from a home in orchard beach last month are healed and ready for adoption. all of the dogs were sick and malnourished. the owners are facing numerous charges. these seven are healed and ready for a loving home. boy do they deserve it. >>> city covered in dust, a dust storm swirls in sidney, australia. what caused this rare phenomena. >>> mackenzie phillips says she had a ten year sexual relationship with her father. >>> a cooler and drier end to the week. i'm bob turk. the complete forecast coming up next. >>> complete coverage continues with denise koch, vic carter, break news with kai jackson, first warning weather with bob turk and sports with mark viviano on wjz 13 maryland's news station. >>> it is 34 degrees with some showers in our region. the complete wea

. >> questions tonight about a city contract. the loophole that allowed it to be given out without bids. see our crime and justice report. >> wow, i feel that they had helped us. they do not get much. they are getting paid. >> find out why other teachers do care about how much they are getting paid and why they were forced to - i won! - we won a trip! - ( screams ) - we're going to the show! - i won! i won! - ( shouting ) ( shouting continues ) play the game millions have won -- scrabble at subway! you could win $100,000 jackpots or exclusive prizes... like prius cars, beaches vacations, cash and live nation vip concert access. play scrabble at subway... where winners eat. ♪ . >> baltimore's mayor demands answers as to why a contract at the city's proposed slot site did not go out for bid. joy lepola has the latest on the story. >> clearing the way for slots in baltimore city has stirred up controversy. >> this is a big job. you know, in a hard economy. so we should be sticking to the rules of the game. >> councilwoman mary pat

he's got a vision for the city. but he has a vision and he's able to inspire people to believe in the vision and empower people. people on the streets, everyone that he comes in contact with to believe that their voice means something. so i was really -- i was so impressed with him because i think he is a model of what a lot of us -- the mantels that a lot of us have to try to take up, and he's willing to spend his life and his time. you'll see in the documentary where he's getting out of cars and, you know, he's talking to china, trying to bring business into the port and the next minutes he's getting out of the car saying, "what are you doing out? it's 1:00 in the morning." the next time he's playing basketball in the projects to talking to some people about bringing businesses in. he's willing to roll up his sleeves and say i can change my environment, i can make things happen, i can make this universe happen the way i want it to. so i couldn't be more impressed with him as an individual. >> cory is a person of f

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>> well, remember, most of those were built when the city was built. so you're going to see many more of these occur in the next couple of years. >> reporter: that's why baltimore requested $700 million in stimulus money for water projects. but they only got $12 million. a drop in the bucket. >> that money should have went to those pipes. >> did the government just give the insurance company $7 million? how did i get the money to fix mine? the insurance companies have it, but they're not passing it out to people. >> reporter: illustrating his case with exclusive pictures of the dundalk damage shot by wjz in sky eye chopper 13. >> this is a bipartisan effort as it should be. >> reporter: but with a soaring national deficit, spippedding bar -- spending bar has become highly political. >> how much would the city need? >> about $2 billion. >> $2 billion? >> that's our estimate. >> reporter: is there way to raise that money here locally, without help from the federal government? >> absolutely not. our ratepayers can't afford to pay that kind of money. >> re

. >>> 27 baltimore city employees will be out of a job. and nearly all city employees will have to take at least five furlough days. this all stems from the serious issues with baltimore city's budget. mayor sheila dixon says as many as 400 employees could have been fired if not for the furlough plan. >> there are times i would rather do that than see something get laid off. if that's what it takes to, during these tough times, everybody's got to do their part. >> this gap that we have to face and decisions we have to make really impacts all of us. >> the city is still negotiating with the fire department on possible furloughs. police are exempt by their contract. city/state's attorney patricia jessamy sent a statement that reads in part "our office will honor the furlough days. i want to assure the public our operations will not be affected." >>> 6:03. slots coming to the eastern shore. a state slots panel voted unanimously to approve shots at ocean downs racetrack. now the track's owner can proceed with his plan for 800 machines and says

the nephew of senator carden invited the governor but he was in ocean city that day. the governor said he did not know what was being and. he has apologized and paid the police department back. >>> it's been one week since that 72-inch water main break. crews are still working on. it the rake last friday flooded hundreds of homes and dozens of cars. once the water receded people were left with all the mud and the muck. >> it's a complete mess down here. so many people got flooded. >> as for the massive hole on burning highway, officials expect that pie early next week they will pull the damaged section out and inspect the interior of the pipe looking for cracks and bulges. they will also be shoring up the sides of the hole. >>> tomorrow several county and state agencies will come to help. expert also provide insurance information and help with cleanup. that's from 10:00 until 4:00 at the waters edge community center on dunn dauk avenue. >>> we've seen much milder air move. it couldn't get much above 70 degrees. tomorrow we will get even cooler for our saturday the fir

. >> and bad gas in city vehicles. new information tonight about what was in the tainted fuel. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. fbi and department of homeland security issuing advise on reese to police from coast to coast. >> stadiums, entertainment venues and hotels all potential terrorist targets that the fbi said it does not know of any specific. they are told to look for backpack bombs, car bombs and explosives. >> no specific information that gives concern for certain areas. otherwise in a post 9/11 world we're concerned about a lot of things. >> happens the week after arrests were made in the possible al-qaida bomb plot in new york and denver. . >> first on fox now. officials say lack of space at some baltimore recreational centers is leading to a spike in crime. >> community activists in baltimore worry that a change in programs at rec centers has forced some kids out onto the streets, committ

. >> baltimore city police have a police-involve shooting to tell you about. linda so live in our studio with what happened all new since 11:00. >> two undercover officers were working the drug beat overnight in southeast when police say one was nearly stabbed by a drug suspect. officers with the monument street initiative were trying to make a drug arrest in the 2800 block of orleans street. this is exclusive video from our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill. police say they were forced to shoot the suspect after he tried to attack one of the officers with a knife. that suspect later died at the hospital >> shortly after midnight, this morning, officers from the monument street initiative were conducting a drug arrest in the 2800 block of orleans street. officers encountered a suspect, the suspect tried to stab an officer in the back. the partner witnessed this, withdrew his service weapon and fired multiple shots in defense of the officer. >> reporter: the officer who opened fire is on routine administrative leave. police haven't released th

cities with long histories of government jobs, and related industries. a "wall street journal" panel ranked the cities on job possibilities, affordability and quality of life. one big change, panelists say college grads and singles will be taking fewer risks. >> even when the recession recedes, i think these young people are going to say, hey, we can't take anything for granted. and we're going to go to places that seem like pretty safe bets in terms of us getting a job, and having a nice lifestyle. >> reporter: the unemployment rate for americans between 18 and 24 years old is estimated to be 18%. nearly twice the overall national unemployment, all competing with each other, along with older out-of-work americans. >> i'm willing to relocate. i'm willing to do internships. i would love to stay in the new york area, but if the opportunity opens up, i'm willing to take it. >> reporter: new york city suffered from the financial crisis, but the big apple still rounds out the top five cities, along with portland, oregon, and austin. cities not on the list thi

cities and two men under arrest. in dallas, police arrested joe sam smotty. 19-year-old jordanian tried to detonate a car bomb at a dallas sky scraper and illinois 29-year-old convert to islam recently accused of trying to set off a car bomb there. police say michael fenton, had plans to detonate the bomb outside of the federal complex in springfield. fbi said at this point there is no evidence that these two cases are kecked. >> and terror suspect najibullah zazi makes an appearance in federal court in denver, colorado today. investigators say he was trying to build bombs for an attack somewhere on u.s. soil. najibullah zazi admits to being trained by al-qaida. >> recall of common cold medication for children. details still ahead. . >> and plenty of . >> fight crime with one single phone call. opening up again the fugitive files tonight. hoping to put two suspects behind bars this time. joy lepola is live at the warrant apprehension task force headquarters with the latest. joy how are you doing over there? >> jeff,

the pentagon city, crystal city and reagan national metro stations are closed. there is shuttle bus service but that will affect anyone trying to take metro on this labor day. out on the roads, things looking great with the light volume for the holiday. here we are 95 northbound making the trip up towards springfield. no problems out of fredericksburg continuing up towards woodbridge and the hov lanes are open in the northbound direction. the beltway is running smoothly. the big problem today will be everybody heading back from the beach. everything looks good right now. no problems here eastbound at sandy point. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> president obama is keeping with the labor day theme today. he is headed to ohio address an organized labor group. >> the president will speak for a friendly audience at the annual afl-cio labor day picnic. he will announce to union members his selection for senior counselor for manufacturing. his appointee, ron bloom, has served as senior advisor to treasury secretary tim geithner on the au

joe flacco led the ravens' offense with 501 total yards against kansas city. that's a new franchise record. the second-year quarterback threw for three touchdowns in the victory. final score, ravens 38, chiefs 24. a tough task next sunday. they'll face the chargers in california. >> lookout prime-time. tonight jay leno's new show debuted. according to leno the new show will not play host to as many guests each night, rather, one guest who won't be sitting on the couch. instead, they'll be more active in the show. leno says he hopes the show will give the opportunity to discover more talent. one thing that will be the same, his opening monologue at the beginning of the show that people love so much. you can catch "the jay leno show" right here. do you plan to watch jay leno's new show? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> not going get much sleep but i'm going to watch. >> i'm going to do the d.v.r. thing. i can't stay up like you can. we told you before about a program offering free vin etching on your car to prevent theft. how you can take part.

baltimore is now a trans fat free city. as of today, all food establishments in the city must cook without trans fats. doctors say most trans fats are artificial, they raise your bad cholesterol levels and can lead to heart disease. mayor sheila dixon signed to end trans fats, the state of california, detroit and chicago have already banned trans fats from their eateries. >>> well there has been a lot of rubber necking and stops in traffic but not because of any problems on the road. rather, as abc 2 kelly swoope reports, it's because of what is alongside the road. >> reporter: field corn is nothing special to look at. travelers pass it day in and day out. but take a look at this. a ray of sunshine is covering farm fields in baltimore and harford counties. people are slowing. stopping. and even snapping. >> definitely different from what it usually is before. >> i've never noticed them before. don't know where they came from. it was green one day and yellow the next. zach row says the man behind the yellow that has brighten

city and fire department. and there were many more ceremonies. a wreath was placed in the garden of hope and ribbons were tied on a tree. >> i lost my fiance in the plane that crashed into the pentagon on september 11th, 2001. >> the garden of hope was dined and dedicated 7 years ago on the first anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. >>> when we come asking and desiring, there is a mighty cleansing for the nation and the city of baltimore maryland. >> this is the scene of coldon square in baltimore. this gathered to pray for the nation. and we all have unique remembrances of that day. log on to welcome back web and share your story with us. look under the top stories and you'll find a place at the end of the article to leave your comments. >>> governor martin o'malley took part in the national day of service to honor those killed in the attacks. he joined volunteers with habitat for humanity in east baltimore today. crews are translating a block into nine modular homes. they will feature environmental friendly elem

. >>> a federal raid in new york city. fbi agents raided three apartments in queens yesterday after tracking the calls of a man who traveled from pakistan to new york city over the weekend. officials say there was no specific plots and that there is no that to safety. there were reportedly no arrests. >>> we have a traffic alert. vdot will close the beltway in both directions at the chain bridge road exit for up to 30 minutes at a time on september 25 and september 26. this is so they can relocate overhead power lines for the metro rail project. >>> the latest round over the stalled hot lanes project. five supervisors issued a joint statement urging tim kaine to end a state delay on this project. this project was put on hold. arlington county has sued to halt the project. >>> -- it is also considering toll lanes on interstate 66. officials are real launching a study to examine potential solutions for the gridlock. ddot expects a 50% increase in both people and shops along interstate 66. drivers say toll lanes are not the a

that's a busy intersection in the city. speaking of the beltway on the northeast corner, we are looking at a smooth ride. >> we begin with breaking news this morning. >> it happened in the 28 hundred block of orleans street in east baltimore. we'll go live for details. jo this all unfolded about 1:00 this morning. they were trying to arrest two drunk suspects. in the process, one pulled out a knife like object stabbing the officer in the back, the other officer pulled out a gun. because the officer was stabbed in the back was wearing a bullet prove invest, he was free from injury. both officers are on routine duty now. >> hearing from the sister of the suspect killed during a break in. 49-year-old donald rice was rummaging through a garage when one of the undergrad renters came down with samari swoerd. one swing was fatal to the man. >> police say citizens are entitled to defend themselves. legal experts say it is only self-defense if lives are at danger. >> a boy told police he sexually assaulted a girl will be treateds an

cities. gangs are morphing, multiplying, migrates, entrenching themselves not just in our inner cities, but increasingly in our suburbs and rural areas. the fbi focuses its efforts on the most violent and criminally active gangs. those that function as criminal enterprises. this model enables us to remove the leadership and most dangerous group and obtain and seize their assets. our goal is not just to disrupt activities, but dismantle their organizations entirely. we are also focused on economic crime, primarily mortgage fraud, health care fraud. these are not victimless crimes. they impact all americans by stealing taxpayer dollars and undermining the integrity of our financial and health care systems. we currently have more than 2,400 pending health care fraud investigations, and more than 2,600 pending mortgage fraud investigations. our investigations are focused on partnerships, intelligence and information sharing through task forces and working groups and targeted law enforcement actio

what a great city you have. sunny and probably saturday in new england, but soggy on sunday and gray skies. high heat continues in the west and the southwest. we're worried about the fire danger in california. mainly dry in texas. and west of the rock could i things look good. hello to everyone >>> more sun, 70 goes to 72. clear overnight. tomorrow afternoon, rain again. >>> that's a quick look at your weather picture. maggie, we'll send it back inside to you. >>> a new york city jury begins its fourth day of deliberations in a high profile society of anthony marshall son of the late philanthropist brooke astor. marshall is accused of stealing millions from his own mother. kelly wallace has been following the case. >> that toward believe it's been a five month trial and the trial has really been a who's who of new york's rich and famous with witnesses such as henry kissener and barbara walter but now the jury might decide whether a social light was taken advantage of or just taking care of her son. >> reporter:

so bent yancey send bob hawke as a barber in town in this growing city of atlanta, a very small city at that time. bob couldn't read or write, but he was a brilliant businessman. soon, this slave was running two barbershops and had 7 employees. he even bought a house, though it was illal f a slave to hold a deed and in fact, in later years, after his death, there was a majorispute has to to the house belonged to because there was no deed for his ownership. he made good money as a barber, and paid his rent to ben yancey, but he made even more money loansharking to the gamblers playing cards in his shop. win the r came, soldiers came through atlanta by the thousands. all those railroads running through atlanta made it vital as a transit hub for sending soldiersut to the front, and itlso ended up being the way in which soldiers, when they were wounded, came back to the hospital and came back to recover. he wasn't alone among the slaves who grew rich loaning money po gamblers in town. atlanta at was a hard place. in 1860, the census reported that there were nine professional gamblers in

you can see 73, the contrast, down in ocean city. here's the setup, as we head into tonight, a little breezy out there. the skies are going to start to clear. and then temperatures are really going to drop. and because of that freeze warning, those are all off to the northwest. frost advisory. it's going to be that chilly out there. we get rid of one cold front. there's another off to the west here. but in between the two, some dry air. and that's what we'll benefit from as we head into the day tomorrow. skies will clear out overnight. sunny to partly cloudy through the afternoon tomorrow. and another cold one tomorrow night, before the clouds start to come in on friday. that will soon be followed by some rain. but the best chance of rain will be friday night into saturday, this entire storm makes its way through the mid- atlantic. the forecast works out like this. out on the water, small craft advisories will be in effect. they're going to pick up a bit again tomorrow afternoon. tonight, we're going down to 45ing degrees. it will be

look at ocean city 61. hagerstown 64. the places near the water, places higher, terrain will be warmer than some of the valley sections. look at the spread, 48 to 58 degrees. sun coming up at 6:54. after that we'll have a partly sunny day. temperatures should be nice and comfortable. we're getting up to 76 this afternoon. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> we have dry roads this morning. as you can see on the beltway traffic is moving nicely, no problems to let you know with at the beltway or the tunnels. but in dundalk the highway at avon avenue is closed because of the watermain break. use caution there. crash in dundalk at eastern avenue and north point boulevard. no problems at the jfx at northern parkway, traffic is light and running smoothly in both directions. back to you. >>> 5:10. coming up next, to the rescue. dramatic video after a paraglider forced to crash land in the pacific. >>> also ahead -- check out this story. everyone'ss favorite. how to score a night out at the movies. for free. when we come back.

ocean city saw 71. 63 in dover and right now in atlantic city, 65 and rain. tropical storm fred continues to meander around the north atlantic. with winds of 70 miles per hour, not a big deal at this point in time. just becoming a disorganized area of low pressure but we'll continue to monitor fred. in the meantime, let's see what is going on with this area of low pressure that started out over the weekend down off of cape hatteras. this thing would normally move quickly across the region, however as you can see it's taking it's sweet old time throughout the day bringing heavy amounts of rainfall to the area. some places as much as three inches. most places have gotten about a half inch to three quarters of an inch. we'll show you the rainfall from our storm weather in a second. but the system is making it's way toward the north bringing heavy rain to northern pennsylvania and the finger area of new york. now on the larger picture, once the system gets out of here, some pretty decent weather sliding in. tomorrow we'll see cloudy skies around as we gradually m

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. >> i grew up in the holy city of charleston, the south of roy. it's the center of civility in a civil state. so i truly support civility. >> wilson answered only a few questions before choking up and heading for the door. >> that is my life. supporting the people of south carolina. >> leaving behind the question of whether he and his party can move past the distraction and back to health care reform. joe johns, cnn, washington. >>> the man considered a godfather of american neoconservatism has died. he passed away at the age of 89 after complications from lung cancer. irving kristol started as a liberal and switched to conservatism. he's the leader of the conservative movement. he worked in think tanks and received the presidential medal of freedom. >>> check out the video out of mexico city. people are in a crowded subway station here. this is yesterday. shots suddenly rang out. you can see people scatter. trouble started when the police tried to stop a man from writing graffiti. a man shot and killed two law enforcement officials. you can see t

and yet, here we are in one of the great, vibrant american cities of all time. and contessa and melissa, i don't know if there is a way to express exactly how much they have shut down the city of pittsburgh. this vibrant place, you can't hear a bus, a car, an aircraft. one police boat just went by a short time ago, but they have controlled the protests by draining the city of any population, any moving people. there's a pirates' day game going on. the last crowd count was 200 people. i drove right by the entry gate to the stadium wondering what brave souls are going to venture down here? there are humvees at every swerks. it is an eerie sight. >> have they gotten a specific threat that led them to such drastic action? >> they never talk about such things. but it is a really kind of post-9/11, don't ask any questions, lock it down. we saw at the democratic con vention if boston, restaurant tours and merchants excited to have the business in town. they were closed for a few days as opposed to making money off the business. denver and so on and so on. at london at

are similar, like sister cities. but if you were in cincinnati, you wouldn't be in cincinnati, you will be in covington or new port looking over at cincinnati. >> and if we were in cincinnati, you would be pitching a diva fit right now because that's your hometown. >> you're right. but i feel better about the sports teams suddenly, so you're not going to get me today. the bengals are actually 0.500. >> wow. >> i know. it's a miracle. only two games, but -- >> ocho cinco. >> exactly. >> right now we go from pittsburgh to chicago to take a trip to the futures pits. dave bahoric is standing by. he's with trade the news. >> good morning. >> we've been trying to figure out what happened yesterday. what is it that sent the markets and sent things headed south at the end of the session there. >> good question. to oversimplify things as we do in the pit, the markets seem to get exactly what was expected. markets tend to overdue things. we put in a high timingwise. 1075, 1075 half as the release came out and things were diges

>> this city is on fire. it's rasaturated with death. >> there you see some of it, you focused on the crime element. what do you think the biggest challenge is turning newark around and helping reduce crime? >> you put your finger on. he knows this is not a newark issue, not a chicago issue, it's an america issue. and i think our country needs to believe in itself again and stop this sense of resignation we have to the problems, but really say, we can do something about this. it's very debilitating when you have people at each other's throat and pointing fingers of blame instead of everybody accepting responsibility. the beauty of the film, you see people starting to step up and say, i can do something about it, i feel empowered. and as a result of that, we start to gain tremendous momentum in the year of 2008 when we had that dramatic reduction of shootings and murders. >> is it safe to say that it is drugs and the drug trade that ended up taking such a toll on newark? >> drugs, follow a lot of crime. again,

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city councilmember clark wants all cities funded travel to cease. >> i'm not saying it is not worthy it is not worth 12 thousand dollars. >> on fox 45 news at 10 why a city employee travelled to san diego and stayeded at the 4 seasons resort. fox 45 news at 5:30. >> joy that bring us us to the question of the day should there be a ban on out of town travel expenses for city employees. tell us what you think. >> baltimore police shot a man. the weapon was a spatula on the 2400 block in northeast baltimore much the man called 911 to say he wanted die but didn't know how the man approached them in a parking lot with what appeared to be a weapon. >> approached officers with a knife like object. they warned him to stop. he did not stop. officers fired shots. later it was discovered it was a kitchen spatula. >> the man is in critical condition. 2 officers are on administrative leave. >> a police charged a 50 year woman with kidnapping a 4 year old boy the boy was waiting fay bus when leslie picked him up and walked away where him. child demanded to be released she did and she fled the area