as for the beltway, a look at liberty road. you're looking at an 11-minute ride to 95. froo 695 all the way downtown to tunnels you're looking at an 8-minute ride through the fort mchenry tu introducing the samsung fascinate powered by verizon. super amoled screen. six-axis 3d gaming and access to thousands of free apps. all in one ultra-thin package. you want it, we got it. the samsung fascinate. only at verizon. >>> a city bar owner takes the stand in the trial where three men are accused of killing former city councilman ken harrrs. as kathleen cairns reeorts, video tape was shownn but the most compplling testimony comes frommthe businessman who also had a gun put tt his head. >> reporter:: ken harriss widow leaves the courthouse after hearing testimony in the triaa. >> this isn't an issue of a -obbbry took. %-just an issue that no one can idea fee thhse people. >> reporter: charles are charged with shooting en harris outside of the lounge. the owner testified at court ú%lling the story he told fox 45 >> the ggnman stuck tte gun in the center of y head..33 >> report

we've got a lot of success looking at mitigation, looking at it from the side of what we're going to have to do locally to address the cost of global warming. i wonder if you could address what you see as being a proactive method for addressing solutions to going forward to lowering impacts, incorporating the integrated planning element. >> anybody want to tackle that one? . >> well, i happen to have the good fortune of being in a room with the executive directors of the metropolitan transportation commission, the association of bay area governments and the bay area management district the morning after governor schwarzenegger signed ab32. mag matic people all. at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what california does. but to a person they all said, but what this is about is leadership. it is anything you can do, anything step forward on this, anything we can be doing to introduce this problem and solutions into the way we as a society make decisions. because that's what leadership is all about. i think without taking that moral spiritual step, nobody in the world is going

it looks like this earlier this year and here's our looks now. for chile san jose does not have enough money to the cells are putting your the top of the battered says. and the city faces more informative miles of bad road and backlog that took years to build up until they can do more to fix potholes and reflate these roads says it will likely stay at the top. air-conditioned. followed by san rosa, hemet, stockton and to macula. kron4 is jeff bush of the tub of the roads are there. >> there road in conditions in india after divided into on the south side of highway four drivers enjoyed wide smooth roads abetted is a different story in the older part of town to the normal the worst of a lot is hillcrest, road is cracked, pitted with crews and holes to leg of the road. listen as his car hit a pothole. >> but hillcrest is not the on the street from checked this out, downtown wanted street if there are cracks everywhere, look at this grass is actually growing at this dave drove in from the looks of it the grasses and growing there for quite some time

and colorado looks great. 92 degrees there with sunny skies. that's a look at your local forecast. veronica. >> i don't know, there's just way too much green on that map. can you do something about that map? >> i will change it for you. >> pink. i like pink. that means it's warm and sunny, right? >> yep. we'll see you soon. >>> business big business dealmakers say gobble, gobble. ben & jerry go unnatural and pumpkin shortage? what pumpkin shortage? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, comedian and talk show host george lopez may be divorcing his wife, but he can never really get away from her. >>> the phillies popped the champagne and a battle of unbeatens goes down to the wire in chicago. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> north korean state media reports jim jorg ill has appointed his son. the promotion came just hours before a rare party ruling meeting to elect top leadership. >>> hugo chavez says his country is carrying out initial studies for car

large departments will have specific schedules to look at during a period of time to look at the service cost delivery and how we expect it to change, given demographics, federal funding, other things that we will know in the five-year horizon. supervisor maxwell: will then document be available to the public, will it be on line? >> we will probably put drafts of it on line as we are developing. we are also working on a communication stakeholder part of it. we do not anticipate a lot of town hall meetings or anything like that. but we will do some interviews, outreach, and have a road show that lets anyone of us on the city team working on it discuss it with labor organizations, community organizations, anybody else with interest. that is the end of our presentation, discussion. the document which includes our narrative discussion of high- level priorities ends at the $50,000 above lull. at the posted on the controller website for some time. we certainly ask for your questions and comments. as you discussed the budget analyst program, there are a couple of areas where there might be some

let us get a look at what we're looking at. much milder in comparison. >> absolutely, continue with the cold temperature well below the seasonal average. temperatures are very similar to where we were yesterday may be few degrees warmer than not. a sharp right now golden gate bridges bring us a clear shot this morning. by noon time getting up to 60. 64 for san francisco back down as the upper 50s by o'clock. here's a look were seeing fog, apache fog. some spots to my look and see clear skies, other areas along the coastline starting to see that fog roll in also red on to the east bay starting to see a good amount of salt. not quite as much open to the north bay. it cells then over the east bay, 55 san francisco, as it had ended the day by 10:00 we will keep temperatures in the '50s, '60s. by noon we should warn them say a few '70s and the in the spots possibly down to the south bank talking about this afternoon into the '60s and '70s. really not warming up much and then cooling back down by the 8:00 hour. afternoon highs, 72 de

look at the radar. all the green on here is rain and it's plenltful from georgia, thunderstorms in south carolina, all over north carolina. on and off rain today, same with virginia. and now that the rain is starting to move northward, maryland, delaware, sunday new jersey. up and down the earn seaboard our system will be a two-day event and don't count on a lot of sunshine. the rest of the country looks pretty nice. temperatures are chilly this morning in chicago up through the northern plains. here's your forecast today. a beautiful fall crisp day from st. louis to kansas city. look at dallas, warm at 76. denver. a lot of rain, even some thorns and alorm with it possible airm airport delays. that's a look at your monday forecast. in washington, d.c. some rain this morning and that will continue through the day. as the warm front kicks north ward we may throw in a thunderstorm or two. areas in the south, same for you in atlanta. as i mentioned there's some gorgeous weather in the country from dallas to

rush hour compute looking nasty. but for tonight, we look for improving conditions. could see five inches or more before the system moves out of here. we have the tornado watch remaining in effect until 1:00 p.m. this afternoon for a good part of the metro area. high today only in the 70's. also a wind advisory that's just gone in effect for anne arundel, st. mary eisen and calvert counties until 6:00 this evening with wind gusts up to 40-45 miles per hour. the upcoming weekend looks cooler and dry. let's head over to lisa baden for an update on traffic. >> we have a jackknifed tractor trailer on the inner loop 270 before old georgetown road. a picture of traffic. leaving the american legion bridge, that's traffic the stuff heading away. so we know the impact isn't quite this far. >> lisa, we're going to stick with the rain. because low-lying parts of the region are bracing for flooding as rain continues to fall. the rain isn't going to let up anytime soon, and people are trying to hold back the rising waters. live in alexandria with the check on the conditions there

in addition to looking at the existing open spaces, we wanted to look back -- well, so, as part of looking at the existing conditions, we identified approximately 32 different sites, and for each of those sites -- and this is just an example of one of them -- we provided for those and plans, site features, site descriptions, brief descriptions of what occurs at the open spaces, the program of uses that are accommodate it, how to connect with in the larger system, unique features that may be part of the park, whether it is our interpretation or other landscape features that are unique to it. an analysis of the site furnishing, any potential vision for the site that was done through previous planning efforts, and where there are opportunities or constraints to improving the park. this is one example, and i know that the audience like we cannot read this, but again, it is available online, and it shows the detail we went to on each of these parks, both on property and off. in addition, we wanted to look at how the blue green way system connects as part of the larger system, and in the norther

as we ttke a look at 695, it's clear in the parkville area, you're looking at an 11-minute ride along the outer loop at 83ú as for the west side of the beltway, here is a look at liberty road, not many cars and those who are, you are loooing at 52 miles per hour aaong the ouuer loop. an 11-minute ride from 795 to 95. we have an accidenn along the route 95 as you approach the back to you. p>> still ahead, could now be the ttme to buyy the numbers that suggest you might want to act now if you are considering buying a homee >>> moving forward with a cecil [ male announcer ] antiques can be nice. but you wouldn't want an antique computer. or an antique tv. ♪ or an antique remote control. so why are you still using an antique cable network created in 1948 for your 2010 tv? it's time to hook your tv up to a 100% fiber optic network. it's time for fios. visit verizon.com/getfios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v.  county threatened to redaytors opening their casino until a problem iih the cordish company is reeolved. ú%w if looks like penn na

does look nice out there. we have sunny conditions from our south beach came but temperatures are still a little on th cool side. and where we've had the clouds, it's really chilly in the north bay. elsewhere arnd the bay, clouds are scattering out so it's looking better and better throughout the afternoon. the next several days do look actually pretty nice. 68 antioch, 61 oakland, 59 san francisco. here's where it's cloy, napa, santa rosa, only mid-50s in novato but you too will enjoy a sunny and mild afternoon. some areas in the south bay where you brightened up earlier, mountain view, fremont. san francisco oar you're even a little warmer around the bay generally 3 to 5 degrees warmer, continued mild days through thursday. rain chances in the north bay friday spreading southward all the way to santa cruz and monterey through sunday. here's the way it looks now. the southern clouds from watson vil to monterey, also in the north bay but also looking pretty good. temperatures a little below average but with th

look at the live look outside. simply gorgeous this morning. not very cloudy out there, but it will be warm across the bay area. how hot? we will check in with jennifer with a look at the temperatures. >> amazing video from a plane that made an emergency landing in new york. the cell phone video you can see and hear what it was like as the plane landed. >> stay down! stay down! stay down! >> sounds like the flight attendant giving instructions to the passengers. you can see the sparks. the landing gear was stuck and it scape and skidded to a stop. 60 passengers were on the flight and they all got to leave through the main door. >> frightening. 6:26 and we want to look at the temperatures today. hot, hot, hot. >> we can't beat the heat today. the inland areas will be above 100 degrees. air quality is bad so if you can, take it easy. thankfully the morning has been cool. 65 degrees and in oakland 55. 60 in livermore and 56 right now in santa cruz. very bad air quality in the east bay and down through the southern valleys. even not great along the

look at the sky. you see it's perfectly clear and that means for those inland today, hotter temperatures. it's a spare the air day as well. what about along the coast. lisa argen is in for mike this morning. she's keeping an eye on things and she'll tell us in a couple minutes. a new study shows losing a home to foreclosure can be hazardous to your health. the survey was conducted by the alameda county health department and the housing rights group just cause. the survey found residents going through foreclosure were more than twice as likely to say their mental and physical health had worsened over the past two years. 30% also said they skipped medical care to save money. tonight the san carlos city council will vote on a proposal to outsource its police department to the san mateo county sheriff's office. the city is trying to balance a $3.5 million deficit. it guarantees all full-time employees would be hired by the sheriff's department with most officers having equal rank at the county level. they

here's a look outside. here's a look outside. 55 degrees at >> welcome back. more witness' testimony in the second day of the ken harris murder trial. a surveillance video of the robbery was watched yesterday. keith covington says he heard a single gunshot but was forced back inside at the time of the robbery. his testimony will resume later this morning. detectives have made a pair of arrest in a stabbing murder in hampstead. two people are accused of killing a third in a stairwell outside his apartment. police say he was stabbed in the chest and later died at carroll hospital center. the new york jets have grabbed headlines for their loud ways. other comments made by the jets players that has the nfl investigating sexual harassment. ines sainz says she was uncomfortable about comments being made inside the jets' locker room when she went to talk to quarterback mark sanchez. she says footballs were tossed in her direction so players could get closer to her. >> that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked --

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take a look at these pictures. looks almost like a graph grave there. scientists say it was caused by lack of oxygen and it's not uncommon here, but people are asking that the oil disbursants didn't play into that. tony hayward defended bp's safety record this week as he testified in britain. he said there's no need to rethink deep water drilling. meantime, here in louisiana, there's also a push to lift that moratorium on deep water drilling and get drillers back to work. >> kristin dahlgren in louisiana, thank you. >>> a powerful storm that rocked the new york city area last night@has left at least one person dead. a woman was killed as a tree fell on to her car. winds up to 100 miles an hour knocked down trees, power lines and tore roofs off of buildings. at least 30,000 people were left without power. there were lightning strikes of the statue of liberty. even a funnel cloud in brooklyn, a suspected tornado has yet to be confirmed. >>> it was a horrific scene at johns hopkins hospital as gunfire erupted. police say a man, who was being briefed on the

san diego looks like. by the time tomorrow comes around the next storm system comes in late in the day. seattle, 69, chance of showers tomorrow. if you're watching us on ksby 6, san obispo, california, taste baked goods and locally grown fruits at city park. that's yofk pacific event of the day, lynn. >> thanks. >>> here is a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a spokeswoman for john mayer says he pulled the plug but say because his tour is finished and he's headed back to the studio. >>> next week, more than a year after his infamously uncomfortable appearance on the late show with david letterman, joaquin phoenix make as return visit. >>> it took carla bruno sarkozy one scene for his new romantic comedy "midnight in paris." woody allen shoots down reports that she was a diva and that he hired another person to did on redo the scenes. >>> oprah winfrey starts her final season on monday. she announced she would be taking her 300 audience members on a seven-day trip to australia in december.

look at their feet. they look like the shoes lady gaga wore at the vmas, see? look it. see, look at the way she walks. now, these are one of the only animals in the world that carry leprosy. [ laughter ] i'm not kidding, really. someone died in -- well, got leprosy in mexico. yeah, they can carry them. and cockroaches can carry them, too. but these are, like, notorious for doing it. >> jimmy: thank you so much for coming on. it's so great. >> aren't they neat? they feel so cool, don't they? look at that. they've got, like, the spock ears. they can tuck their face in. they'll kind of walk on the ground. [ audience aws ] yeah. >> jimmy: now, what do i do? now, can he just come out now? >> yeah, you can pit him down like this -- with his feet like that. and he'll probably start to walk. yeah, it's like a transformer. [ laughter ] isn't that so cool? look at him. now, don't let them get close to each other because they're two boys, and they'll fight. and don't let them go off the edge of the table. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i think you could take him. >> they eat bugs in

the obvious thing is that look at a restaurant and look at the service. i mean, we pay bills every month. and you look at the frequency of that and physically inspect it, right? there was a picture early about what it looks like when it's clean and when it's not. it should be pretty early once it's maintained. people that do this and it's part of our business and we care about the environment, we want people that don't know about it to definitely at least maintain the traps that are existing and put it back on the department of building inspection like we do when we open a new restaurant, right? make it part of the final approval to open the restaurant and maintain it going forward. president crowley: colleagues? commissioner moran: just like a comment, it looks like a lot of intelligent thought went into putting this together. president crowley:, yeah, i comment you folks for that. >> it's taken us a while to get here. president crowley: i know tommy's team is happy not to get into this too much further. so in our folders, colleagues, and behind tab nine

look at pprrii burgg!! harrisbun 46 degrees. 53 in hagueers towns and salisburr and baltimore itself, 50 degrees, the mildess spot but cooler than it has been foo a while. high pressureeturns to the southeast, it will bring a return ffom the southwest and. we should be in he upper 70s. the warmerrer air is on the way. ú%inshowers possibbe for late wednesday into thuusday s the front pushes through. another front comes through on -riday iito saturday. sunny and pleasant, upper 70s, -njoy this one and the warm air retuuns for mid-to late week. weddesday through friday we will -e in the upper 0s tt near 90 and showers, we can use not expecting a whole lot, though. %-let's see whaa is happening on the roadways. lauren cooke is here with the %-lauren, good morning.ge. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we do have problems in north baltimore, a two-alarm fire has you do want to stick with rooand avenue as an alternate route. %-the alternate route, there's volume but everyyhing is up to speed on the inner and oute

the rest of the united states looks fantastic. that's a look at your forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. sunshine in milwaukee, wisconsin. 67. really great weather out there. beautiful fall weather. leaves are changing around the great lakes. dallas, more like it, 86 and sunny. denver, likes today at 80. we'll take a look at friday's forecast. the weekend is coming up here shortly, veronica. >> and it should get better, right? today is going to be the worst of it for the east coast? >> today examine tomorrow, yes. >>> oil climbs, scary foreclosure numbers and mcdonald's benefits? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it's been quite a run for tina fey, but it gets even better. >>> you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> newly released footage of tests shows the potentially deadly power of a bomb found inside an suv last may. had it not failed, it would have killed dozens. shazad faces

the fog looks good here. we are looking at a nice day today and then what happens >> to was >> it is the opposite of what you'd like to have them was several days before the first day of fall we cool it down and then after the first of all we warming up. temperatures getting into the 90s it will feel like summer on your saturday in some inland spots eighties around the bay opera '60s for the coast. >> grace counselors will be on hand today after one of five novato high school juniors was killed in an apparent alcohol- related crash.bmw carrying all five male students was traveling west on novato boulevard at bowman friday when it spun out of control and was struck by a big but both live cattle inside. one teen was pronounced dead at the scene. of drinking after authorities found a container of liquor and outside the bmw, which continued a rest in a field. >> william willis dunn leg gas explosion. pg & e is preparing to release a list of 100 high- risk natural gas line segments and san jose leaders have alread

taking a look at overseas trading. in tokyo, the nikkei dropped 107 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng dropped 230. >>> on the heels of a strong four-week rally yesterday, wall street investors took a pause, however corporate dealmakers were busy. dallas-based southwest airlines bought air tran for $104 billion. despite the rumblings of higher ticket prices, airtran soared and southwest shot up nearly 9%. >>> more m & a action on the streets. unilever is adding, it resemme and vo5 to its goods. walmart is looking to expand oversees to buy south african retailer mass mart. research in motion is hoping its blackberry playbook will be a game-changer on the market with it's screen and adobe access. no word yet on a release date or price point, but experts expect the notebook to start around $500. >>> ice cream's ben & jerry have decide ed to drop the words "all natural" from their offerings since there certain oils in the ice cream are not all-natural. >>> meanwhile, the federal trade commission says there is no evi

but this is a look of a picture of what claremont drive likely looked like a week ago, really, just a normal suburban street. now, if you take a look at where this house possibly was on claremont drive -- we want to show you what one home is like. the chimney is just really a shadow of what it was. that's what that house looked like a week ago. it's just one of the dozens lost. it's hard to imagine that someone would take a community ravaged like this and take and advantage of the officials. but local law enforcement says that's exactly what happens and they say it starts happening about right now. nelly never iced to see the sunrise from her window. she used to look out and see her neighbor's house. that house is gone. >> we spoke up to -- yeah, yeah. can't believe it. >> we're used to seeing our neighbors. we wave at them. >> we hope they come back. >> reporter: the victims say the city believe the insurance company and pg&e have all been there for what's happened. >> they are right there. we've never had had to look for them. they are all there. >> reporter: but official say not ev

let us look at the forecast. the temperature is continuing for at the weekend as we get more intense of winds. it makes it inland by sunday and 72 around the bay shore. it's 50 long the court. the wind will be taking over and there's a world as a result. it is 93 and linz and seven day along the coast. it will not be too stifling great weather for labor day. >> and we take you back live to redwood shores to show you live picture of the plain that the crews just pulled from the water. three people were on board and it went down yesterday morning. they're having difficulties trying to remove the plain and on board robert forman ec was the owner of a company in east palo alto. he owned it since 1954. all of the plane at all of the debris collapsed today. investigators are determining what caused the plane to crash. there was difficulty getting to two of the bodies. and they're about part of the process here there's a much more ahead. we will be right back after a quick break there is still so much news and sports ah

here is a look at the satellite- radar for the region. things look pretty good. there is precipitation out there to the north and west. i mean well to the north and west. we are looking at illinois, indiana into ohio, places like that. it could bring us some showers and thunderstorms late today and during the evening hours. there is a 0 to 40% chance of that. a better chance than we thought yesterday. still, i don't think everybody will get any -- get precipitation. i think most of the us will not. is that confusing? i hope that's not confusing. here is the forecast for today. we are hooking for a high today of about 90 degrees. a little bit more hugeed a and the possibility of a thunderstorm late in the day and during the evening. there you go. more coming up shortly. >> let's get with julie wright now with the latest on traffic for us. >> good morning to you all. right now, you will find lanes are open if you are traveling across the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. traffic volume moving at speed as you move your way past university

looks like everything now completely cleared. tow trucks removed the vehicle out of lanes so to open the two left lanes you can see in our sensors here traffic moving nicely now through that area. no troubles on the westbound side of 80. if you are approaching the bay bridge at the pay gates, not a problem at all. in fact, traffic light this monday morning and no delays there. the metering lights are off. elsewhere richmond/san rafael there is a new lane configuration westbound 580 to northbound 101. you are seeing some slight delays on north 101 in san rafael may cause some delays late other n as people guess used to the changes so give yourself some extra time. live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. no troubles there. traffic looking nice in both directions. so far, so good no delays in the area. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. it's going to be hot. >> yeah, it's going to be a nice one depending on where you're located and your personal barometer. mid-70s at the coastline today with a mix of sun and clouds.

san mateo bridge looks okay. golden gate bridge looking good. richmond bridge looks okay in and out of marin. here's steve. >>> as you can see, no fog there. how are you doing? updating temperatures. we do have fog off the coast. we'll see it on the stormtracker2. it's getting closer and a little haze in the city. 68 in the city. there's the fog. it's off the coast. you can see it but look at all of the wind, calm at oakland, calm at travis. fairfield, if it's calm over sfo, san pablo bay, you knee darned well we're not going to cool off but we will long time. by that i mean tomorrow. a lot of sun, warm to hot. i fly the fog in by parts of the coast. it might make an appearance late today but not before it's very mild to warm. froerlts in the mountains. 60s in the valleys. 70s. the fog is in california, southern california. patchy fog on the coast but a couple of steps inland. warm to hot. maybe a slight west wind later today. 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. 88 in san francisco. mid-90s upper 90s to near 100 inland. and tomorrow a little bit cooler, and

gianna, how's it looking? >> if you are headed out now, heads up we have first reports of an accident westbound 24 at 580. chp headed out to the scene. we'll keep an eye on it. the metering lights still off at the bay bridge, starting to build with delays in the cash lanes. that's a look at traffic. here's your forecast, tracy? >> thanks, gianna. our forecast for today, we'll start things off with our high temperatures ranging from the lower 60s just along the coast. mid-60s in san francisco. lower 70s in oakland, 74 fremont, 78 san jose, 80s livermore, concord, napa, fairfield and santa rosa. nice day expected. more bay area cities and their high temperatures in just a few moments. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a massive explosion strong enough to register as an earthquake. this morning, we are getting a better idea of what happened in the seconds after that san bruno blast. this is a cell phone video that a local man walter mccaffrey recorded. he says the blast knocked him off his feet. after making sure hi

the natural look is in. beauty, bombshell, drag queen, model or real. >> let's see what real gives me. >> reporter: this casting director shows us how producers can search for actors specifically by look. >> she's beautiful. >> reporter: her personal pet peeve, face work, especially lips. >> and then you'll see people who have work done. i do character casting a lot. i mean, everybody's funny and fun to me. but the one i'm looking for, a meg ryan-type, somebody who's girl next door. i don't want to see their face be destroyed. it makes me sad. >> reporter: what do you tell young actresses? should they go for plastic surgery or not? is must be a tough decision for a young woman to decide which way to go. >> i'm very anti-surgery. i mean, it's -- it seems alien to me. your face doesn't move correctly. and there's no movement in here. i really discourage it. whether it be in commercials or for television. >> reporter: big screen casting director danny ross says plastic surgery has invaded hollywood to the point

it's time o get a look at our3 forecast. and meteorologist steve fertig is here with what people can expect as they go to the polls. >> there's going to be nothing ú%ather wise to keep you from getting to the polls. a lot of ry air..3 53 degrees at the bus stop. winds out of the west at 5 miles an hour. it's going a pretty afternoon as well with a lost sunshine. 56 degrees is the temperature in baltimore. a mild sphart bu!! mild start bn salisbury and baltimore. we are headed to 81 for the high today. mainly clear skies with a few high, thin, cirrus clouds moving through. look for 81 and as i said for a pleaaant afternoon. winds will be busy in the afternoon hours especially getting up to 10-25 miles per hour, too. expect breezy conditions later. let's see what is happening on the roadways now ith a first look at what is happening out there, here isslauren cook and me has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve.ú if ou're traveling in howard county, you want toowatch out for a fallen utility vote in the wood bine a

we have ourselves a look at tropical storm karl. looks very impressive. karl itself, now back over the water from the bay of campeche. winds up to 50 miles per hour. the forecast track for karl and expectation now, it strengthens back to a hurricane when it makes landfall on the mainland of mexico. early part of saturday morning. this is similar to what happened with the early season storm alex crossing campeche and actually hit a little further north. problems here across the central and northern uh, caribbean coast or bay, gulf of mexico coastline that is. of mexico. other-wise, we're watching closer to home. we have 64 degrees this morning. we have ourselves a mostly cloudy sky. that kept our temperatures from slipping into the 50s again, little more mild this morning. we'll have less sunshine to deal with. clouds abundant. showers back in ohio. more showers back beyond that and the complex system spreading in our direction will ignite more showers and thunderstorms into the afternoon. you'll see this line fill back in, towards the afternoon and evenin

that's a look at the weather. right now lauren cooke has the traffic edge. ú% reporrer: thank you, and good morning. ú% far to good on the roads. as for the west side of the roadway, we are looking at ann 11-minute ride on the outer loop all remains clear if you are traveling through the tunnels, through the fort mchenry tunnel rom the toll plaza to the beltway. and from the harbor tunnel toll -ile55 miles per hour. that's the traffic edge rrport. patrice, back to you.ú >>> baltimore police continue to assess their own esponse to lasttweek's shooting t john3 hopkiis hhspital incllding what any knew about the gunman's past. joel d smith is live at the hospital now with more on the investigation incluuing some 911 calls that came from that deadly morning that police could use. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. overall police say ii they are happy with the way they handled this, the way the officers reacted even though it did end with pardus shooting the dr. and killing is mother. there's a q

santa rosa, california, looking good with 98. >>> and that's a look at your forecast. veronica? >>> 101 degrees in l.a., somebody has to tell los angeles summer is over. what's going on? too crazy. >>> big business dealmakers say gobble, gobble, ben & jerry go unnatural, and pumpkin shortage? what pumpkin shortage. >>> and george lopez may divorce his wife but he can never really get away from her. >>> the phillies pop the champagne and the battle of unbeatens goes down to the wire in chicago. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning to you and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz and here are some of your taj headlines this morning -- north korean state media reports kim jong-il has appointed his son kim jong un. the promotion came just hours before a rare party ruling meeting to elect top leadership. this to elect its top leadership. >>> chilean president hugo chavez says his country is carrying out initial studies for carrying out a nuclear program. chavez brought the issue up during a news conference monday saying venezuela needs nuclear energy f

we'll look at that. we'll start at hd radar and show you how things are shaping up across its region. and it is quieted down -- is that right. >> that's how spencer says it. >> is that right. >> and she's six. >> okay. toward annapolis. shower activity. severna park getting showers and a couple of pockets of heavier rainfall. nothing really happening in the district. off to the west, south and west, we have a few pockets of rainfall but for the most part we're precipitation-free as we start to wrap up this rain even. we'll get round two tomorrow. but right now we start to see improvement in the region. let's take a look at the rainfall totals that we saw as of midnight last night. reagan national two-tenths of an inch of rain. they this one-ten. >> the day before. dulles just over one-tenth. bwi, over an inch of rain there. the other story this morning, breezy conditions. right now winds blowing at 15 miles per hour. winds out of the south, southeast, pushing the rainfall out of here. it brought the rain

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look at the sparks fly. it started with rove's skepticism towards the victory by christine o'donnell tuesday night. let's listen to this strange fight. >> some of got ole boys, and i have nothing against karl rove personally. he's the expert. but some of the folks are saying that people like christine o'donnell and others, tea party americans can't win because they don't want them to win. >> there are just a lot of nutty things she's been saying that simply don't add up. >> everything i know that saw this was just -- they were perpl perplexed. why is he so mad at a republican? >> i endorsed her the other night. i said i'm for the republican in each and every case. i was one of the first to do it. look, i'm also helping her. i got so many people that written me an e-mail saying i'm irritated with you saying what you said the other night. i'm giving her a campaign contribution. >> mark halpern that, is the fastest i've seen a guy stuffed at the basket there. karl rove, the architect of the bush machine is now

let's take a look. we're looking at a comparison of 2006, 25% in baltimore city voter turnout. now as of 5:45, just 10.5 in the city. going back to baltimore, they saw 33% of voter turnout in the primary race, it is just at 12%. we're going back to vick on tv hill. >> looks like it's lost its luster and people are not going out. >> check in for complete coverage. log onto wjz.com. >>> we want to update the breaking news from last hour, a shooting at a busy downtown intersection, sky chopper is over the scene and mike perry has more. >> it occurred within the last hour, it's pennsylvania avenue north of martin luther king boulevard where a man was shot multiple times, a very violent shooting. a man was shot at least 6 times, they saw a black honda with two suspects inside. it's unclear of the condition of the man who was shot. the big issue is martin luther king boulevard is closed in both directions from franklin, west franklin avenue up to druid hill avenue. major delays, expect delays and expect to be detoured at those two intersections. >>> thank you. at this hour, baltimore

here is a look ahead. your five-day-forecast and get ready to cool off for tuesday and also into wednesday as we thicken up the clouds especially for wednesday morning, a little bit of a bump in the numbers later in the period by thursday and friday but the bottom line just beautiful for your labor day. another forecast check coming up in a few minutes. >> european markets are open this morning and starting the day with modest gains following the ladies of investors in asia. overnight markets reacted to solid reports from the u.s. on friday. they are helping to ease worries bought a double dip recession, japan's climbed more than 2% with the hang seng adding 1.8%, here in the u.s. the markets are closed today for labor day but here is where we will start tomorrow. all of them posting -- or major market indices posting pretty good gains on friday. again they are closed today for labor day. >>> a judge must still approve it but google has worked out a settlement in an invasion of privacy lawsuit. seven g-mai

look at manassas. look at these fingers of heavy, heavy rains. leesberg getting some heavy rain now as well. 66, north of that, it's coming. they just keep coming and coming and coming. wide out picture, this has been the worst of it all day so far. some storm total reports in excess of six inches and climbing over the bay here, north beach under water there up to annapolis and a the eastern shore. it is coming down. i want to point out western charles county, wood bridge, this area is coming right toward washington. in another 30-60 minutes, i think the rains will really be picking up. back to the weather computer. i want to show you the warnings. these are all flash flood warnings from the northern neck down in the shenandoah over toward the district, up north into maryland. right now, they haven't been extended beyond 10:45, 12:30. about 2:45 out west. you can bet these are going to get extended because we're still expecting a lot more rain. rain potential for this storm, incredible, as we're talk 8 inches plus. maybe 10 inches or a foot. clos

we're looking at a light offshore flow. we are looking at a big trough here. that will begin to bring in a few areas of fog tomorrow pausing the warming trend but keeping things the same. monday, that ridge reestablishes itself and the hottest day with some triple-digit it heat. 93 in los gatos. 92 in campbell today. mid-80s in millbrae. mild mid-70s for pacifica. 87 san mateo. san francisco 84 with 76 in the sunset district. daly city, upper 70s and north bay, widespread 90s from novato. you'll see 95, wine country, mid 90s. 96 in sausalito, and 87 in berkeley. 88 in san leandro and low 90s around union city. fremont, another warm afternoon with mid 90s for concord. look at the temperatures around monterey, 80 there and santa cruz, 92 degrees. we waited all summer, if you like it warm, here it is. hot as you head back to work on monday and gradual cooling trend we won't see some more fog until thursday, a few patches on wednesday but overall very warm. >> thanks, lisa. >> bart service should be back to normal after a train struck a deer on the tracks outside

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take a look at our weather net camera. early this morning downtown we see the blue skies break out actually quite a bit of boat traffic at the harbor. busy bees out there on the water. sapphire blue skies, very little wind and fantastic temperatures. high uv index even into september with that blazing sunshine. gusty winds were not quite as powerful though we gusted 13, 16 today. not too terribly windy though and a lot of the winds have already died off. 78 in the inner harbor 75 annapolis. some in the upper 40 pennsylvania line most of us warming up. again winds relaxs a little bit out there. light breeze for the rest of your evening. humidity comfortably low, nice dry air and pretty much all good news across the board except for the tropics. satellite radar turned clear. maryland, pennsylvania jersey back through virginia, west virginia. but as we look further west our next weather maker is beginning to develop. couple of storms flaring up through central missouri headed in through the southern part of illinois. that sam

what an amazing sight. >> i'm looking for the window! we can look at this. we don't see jupiter out here. >> don't see the full moon either. >> and the beautiful sight dancing around with the clouds this morning. show you those, the moon going to set probably the next half hour or so. you want to get out and enjoy it while you can. beautiful picture of that nearly full moon. jupiter won't be this close until 2022. so maybe the kids' binoculars, telescope action, a teaching moment, take our president's phrase. but didn't parents say that before, teachable moments. >> yeah. >> yeah, i think so. all right. i'm taking it back. as far as temperatures go outside, it is cool around santa rosa, 50. redwood city 51. los gatos 52. the rest of us seeing an increase in clouds mid to upper 50s. santa cruz at 51. 55 or 56 for monterey, watsonville and salinas. cool 47 in gilroy. sunshine will dominate our forecast this afternoon for that cool sea breeze dropping our temperature 4 to 8 degrees compared to yesterday. partly cloudy and cool again tonight but we switch everyt

we're looking at partly cloudy conditions and really not a bad afternoon. here's the way it looks. most of the activity heading to the north of us and behind it we're looking at a pretty decent day with drier conditions. so temperatures today with the cloud cover and some of the light rain held down a little bit. 73 san jose. look for some clouds along the peninsula, some light rain early and then partly cloudy this afternoon, 71 redwood city. san francisco a mild start with muggy conditions throughout the day. 67 for you. 72 novato and napa today. near east bay clouds, drizzle, maybe a few light showers through the noon hour and then 68 oakland. 71 in castro valley. and look for the cloud cover early and then it will begin to thin out throughout the afternoon like it did yesterday. 75 pittsburgh, 73 pleasanton. by the monterey bay, you'll be dry. fog along the coast. not quite as dense as yesterday but you will see some poor visibility along the shoreline with temperatures climbing to the low 70s and our warmest inland valleys. a few areas of light rain, scattered showers mainly a

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we will look at the upper deck. there is a little glow to the lights, but the weather changes and things are cool this morning. they are going to change a lot over the weekend. >> we are now in fall, but the weather doesn't seem to agree with that. it feels cool outside right now. 46 degrees is the current temperature. 45 in gilroy and 54 n san jose. the wins are lighter than they have been looking at a southwesterly wind at 13 miles per hour. calm winds in hayward and san mateo. calm in sunnyvale this morning. weather headlines like mike was saying, a cool start and today is the start of the warm up and the heat is on this weekend. forecasting highs to possibly reach triple-digits in some areas. great air quality and we can take a deep breath. they haven't had a lot of fog being reported. there it is. a bit of summer. we will have to get the air conditioning unis checked again. >> no kidding. keep them conditioned. >>> new this morning, tough anti-graffiti laws in san francisco could get tougher. >> supervisor john

nothing is worth looking at. a lack of what the downtown partnership calls street level vibrancy, which translates into something interesting to buy, something fun to do something good to eat. fun and refreshing, eye candy. >> maybe a nice social restaurant. maybe put something in want. >> i would. maybe a holistic grocery store or an all-natural grocery store. >> like arcade games. i like the jeepers place. and they're not there no more. so i would like that. >> the downtown partnership's operation store front offers a chance to offer entrepreneurs. not-for-profits. people with ideas. it will put up $10,000 for businesses. with the approval of the landlord. >> they're not necessarily looking to lease out that space. but they're still kind of a drag on the neighborhood because of these dark, empty store fronts. so we'd be looking to work with them to say, hey, can you do a temporary lease? six months, a year? can you swing that? >> the information sessions are october 4th and 7th. so if shopping downtown is somet