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next on fox 45 morning news. an off-duty officer is shot in west baltimore. his condition this morning. some parents say their parents were being brain washed in school. what they're singings that the parents fired up. brand and tag never used to be verbs. the new way baby boomers are keeping up with the face book generation. and waiting for the fog. we are camping out for springsteen tickets. good morning. it's friday, september 25th, i'm patrice harris. we're getting a wet start as we head into the weekend. meteorologist steve fertig is here to fill us in on whether or not that rain will stick around, especially for the ravens games. although the raven's game it is here. yeah, i'm confused. >> absolutely, against the browns. >> yeah. >> i'm sitting here, you know that is here? >> i'm confusing you, i'm sorry. >> no problem. i'm going to confuse you a little bit. we had showers this morning, and it looks like it's going to stop but that doesn't mean it's gone for the whole weekend. it's going to come back by sunday. i think by the game it's going okay but it's the tailgating. put the tent over the stove. 67 degrees, and a couple of showers around and lots of cloud cover certainly, but it will be drying out later this morning. look for some improvements as we move into the afternoon part p y sunny. right now 68 degrees in salisbury and 65 in hagerstown. you see the showers moving up and around an upper level ridge. that is going to bring us the showers for a while longer especially into the central counties and down to the south as we move through the morning. it will dissipate as dry air moves to the northeast. here is the high temperatures the northeasterly flow it's going to be cooler than average. 68 at 6:00 p.m., but you see drier conditions then with sunshine. the 67-degree temperatures and mid-60s in general throughout the area will only get into the low 70s before it's done, topping out at 73 degrees for the high today. we will get to look at rainshowers. i will let you know when those come back right now. lawrence cooke is here with the traffic he edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. as you take a look at west side you can see a little bit of volume is starting to pick up on the outer loop lane but cars are moving along just fine. if you're traveling the 795 from westminister pike to 695 you're looking at a 9-minute trip. you're looking at a quick 3 minutes to get the greenspring to the jfx. from 695 to east fayette street, you're looking at an 11 minute drive. you wasn't be to aware that the book festival has shutdown st. paul street at calvert street. you can use madison as your alternate. patrice, let's send that back to you. we're following breaking news out of northeast baltimore this morning. police found the body of a woman at sinclair and chester street just after 1:00 this morning. she had been stabbed several times and was pronounced dead at john hopkins. there's no word on a suspect or motive but we will bring you the latest as soon as it becomes available. a baltimore city police officer is fighting for his life this morning after being shot several times during a robbery attempt. megan gilliland joins us now live from cyanide hospital where that officer just underwent surgery. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. he we learned that officer is in serious condition. he will need leg surgery but later he is expected to recover from all of this. the shooting happened at 10:15 as the off-duty officer was walking into his home at the 6,000 block of highway drive. at that point three armed men tried to rob him. an arm battle broke out and the off-duty officer was shot several times. no word if the suspects were shot, but police say they are talking with multiple people of interest right now. >> at this point, detectives are still trying to gather information about the suspects and the investigation, again, is very early on but ongoing. >> reporter: again the officer's name has not been released but we are being told he is 39 years old and a 16 year heveteran on the force. we are told that police commissioner fred bealefeld will hold a news conference to up bait us on the investigation and the officer's condition. we will continue to stay with this and bring it to you the latest as the story develops. i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. a national scandal that started? baltimore is headed to court. acorn is fighting back to the film makers who secretly recorded some of its employees. the two film makers posed as a pimp and a prostitute trying to get a loan to open a brothel. it's against maryland law to secretly record audio. >> it's obviously political and obviously as a result of this there's been a loss of financing and so forth. so i think all litigation has a degree of importance, but i think here, we're not just looking at a local issue but a national issue which might have some interesting in terms of survivable and the continuation of the time of services that acorn has offered. >> acorn and the two workers fired are seeking more than $5 million in damages. stay tuned to fox 45 morning news for continuing coverage of had story. we will talk with attorney julie rubin about the lawsuit's merit coming up later this hour. baltimore school officials confirm their first case of swine flu. a female student at montebello elementary junior academy has h1n1. she is at critical condition at university of maryland medical center. families of children at the school say they are very concerned. >> we have to take precaution and do everything we have to do to make it safe for my nephew, you know, and the rest of the children that goes over the school, all of them. >> the city health department says the school will be thoroughly cleaned. fans of bruce springsteen are hoping to recapture their glory days. for the first time in a quarter of a century, the boss is coming back to baltimore. fans have been lining overnight and even longer in some cases to get tickets at first mariner arena. that is where joel d smith is now with those dedicated fans. i'm glad you got off the ground and stopped napping with some the fans. >> reporter: some of these folks took a week off of work to be here. many are sleeping right now. i don't feel as bad, it's after 6:00, the hush tones are over. these people are pretty much guaranteed to get tickets. we have 30 folks in line. they're pretty positive, even though you're not sure the all in line really works. some people are here. how are you doing this morning. >> i'm doing wonderful waiting until 10:00. >> reporter: the magic number 10:00. >> the magic number. >> reporter: how many tickets are you going to buy. >> as many as they will allow me, maybe 6, or 4. >> reporter: what was the toughest thing being here? >> it got chilly. it was beautiful yesterday, 85 and last night it was a little chilly. >> reporter: and now it's raining a little bit. >> it's rain, good luck. >> reporter: and here, you have a fan, i know you have the t-shirt underneath. you are seen bruce sprue spring? >> yes, i have seen him before. >> reporter: but he hasn't here. how special is it for baltimore to get him back. >> the guy is literally on fire right now. it's a friday night concert. if you've never seen him before, you will not be disappointed. >> reporter: you're not in line, you're not going to see him because it's going to go fast. are you nervous all of those online people are going to get in front you and get the tickets inside. >> whatever will be, will be. god up above. >> reporter: i guess she is dancing in the dark. she has her sign. >> we were born to run. >> reporter: born to run. we're naming all the good tunes out here. >> dancing in the dark, that was cute. joel, how many people are out there total, you think? >> reporter: roughly, only about 30. if you keep in mind you can buy 4 to 8 tickets. you're going to get into the 100 range pretty fast. the folks at the end of the line, are pretty nervous that the people in the front of line are going to get fast. the people in the back have only been here since this morning. people in the front have been here since monday. they deserve to get their tickets. >> that is plain crazy. i can't get over there, since monday. still to come a booming trend for baby boomers. >> i would like to see what the security aspects of it before i start signing up. how some middle age americans are getting their questions about-facebook answered. one brucespring steen fan told us that rain means good luck. how luck will we be this weekend? you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america. hey! i've been paused for 20 minutes. the wasted energy isn't pausing. hit "save" and save as much as $200 a year by turning me off. [announcer] learn to speak the language of energy efficiency at bgesmartenergy.com. welcome back. 6:13 on this friday morning. we have had showers overnight. the sky watch hd radar indicating there's showers out there, traveling north on 83. you will see through baltimore county, a little bit of activity there, but more actually as we go further points west. first let's get closer and show you where the showers are falling heavier earlier today and still as i said, seeing some showers. you can see the area thinning out a little bit as drier air works in from the north. that should be the tendency through the morning. moderate rain through the night. and we expect more this weekend, i will tell you when to expect it in a moment. first we will take a look at the surface features. we have a fol cold front and the reason we're still getting some rain is we have an upper level ridge around it. we arit's bringing us the rainss this morning. we have going to have high pressure to build in over new england. that is going to bring us drier air and as a result it will dry out and this afternoon, we will get sun mixed with the clouds. there will be rain coming in for late saturday, and into your sunday early, and here, according to our future scan model, 8:00 in the western counties, 9:00 p.m. or 10:00 as we get into the central counties and then continuing overnight and watch as this line, as the cold front continues to push through, moves off to the east. you can see it starts to dry out in the western counties and parts of the central counties by as early as sunday at 8:00 p.m. it will take a while longer. by game time with the ravens and the browns, it looks like game time it will be okay, but there could be early showers for your tailgating parties. .60 of an inch of rain expected for baltpor and a little bit more as you go south and west and more as you go toward hagerstown and oakland. there could be heavy downpours the further west you go. 67 degrees for the current temperature for baltimore. 65 in hagerstown, we will watch the temperatures only climb into the low 70s today. so much cooler than yesterday when we were in the 80s instead. 71 degrees for the high in the eastern shore, where there could be showers, 10-20-mile-an-hour wind, breezier as well. come inland, and 63 degrees, should be clearing in the day, partly sunny, and further points west we go. temperatures 73 degrees to the western part of the state with the northeast wind 5-10 and partly cloudy skies there. low temperatures, gets cooler. as we move through the day, we will get to 69 degrees at noon. then we will hit a high of 72, or 73 by 2:00 this afternoon. 68 degrees at 6:00 p.m. 66 for the saturday. in come the showers later in the day. 77 degrees, earlier in the day some showers, and maybe the tailgating party, by the time we get to the kickoff the ravens game, at 1:00 p.m., look for the temperatures of 71 degrees and drying out by then. before then, there could be a need for the umbrella drying out. showers and thunderstorm chances again as the cold front pushes through. and mostly clear skies. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 morning top letter radar to track incoming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. and now lauren cooke is back with the traffic edge. thank you, steve. the average speeds are looking very high this morning as we take a look at the northeast corridor of 95. we're looking at 93 miles per hour. 48 but higher at 56 traveling the jfx. as we make our way over to the west side the jfx we're look ago at 65 miles per hour. no problems to report on the west side of the beltway as we take a look at liberty road. you can see al a little bit of volume starting to develop. it will be a smooth ride all the way to wilkens avenue. you want to be aware that the baltimore book festival has shutdown mount vernon street at st. paul street. this will continue through saturday morning. you want to stick with calvert as an alternate route. the pho fort mchenry and we're still dealing with the watermain break at dundalk. broening highway is still shutdown. ppatrice, back to you. coming up. it's one movie that is going to live forever. we have a sneak peek as "fameing "coming up in the low down. and stocks dip as by putting an end to paper medical records, we have ushered health into the digital age. saving lives, sometimes when seconds count. managing chronic conditions. making amazing new discoveries. and, oh yes, saving a lot of trees. kaiser permanente. thrive. and rancher's reserve beef, guaranteed tender 100% of the time. at safeway, we have a new promise. a commitment to thousands of new everyday low prices... with savings of up to 25%. so you can get what you want... when you want it. at the price you need. today... and tomorrow. that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway. stocks fell on concerns about whether the housing market recovery is still on track. the dow lost .40 of a percent and the nasdaq lost more than 4%. the stocks showed jobless claims fell for a 3rd week in a row but couldn't hold the momentum after disappointing news on the housing sector. existing home sales fell 2.7% in august from july. analyst had predicted a bump in sales due no part to low mortgage rates and he declining home prices. still existing home sales are up 3.4% from the same time last year. nintendo is hoping to lure its would be members by lowering the price of the wii system by $50. this 20% price drop is the first reduction. nintendo has sold $50 million consoles. both sony and microsoft slashed $100 off play station and x box 360 models back in august. for business news, i'm stan case. still ahead, waiting for the boss. we're camping out for springsteen tickets. next some parents say their children are being brain washed in school. our d.c. insider weighs in on d this is my eggo. on fridays, i have hockey before school, so i take two eggo homestyle waffles and put peanut butter inside. i add a couple chocolate chips when dad's starting the car. there's only one way to eat an eggo -- your way. l'eggo my eggo. that's what children in a new jersey elementary school are being taught and parents are up in arms. the songs are praises president barack obama and his accomplishments, including plans for turning the economy around. critics say the kids are being brain washed. our d.c. insider political commentator armstrong williams joins us for our washington wrap. good morning, armstrong. >> good morning, patrice. >> are these kids being brain washed. the songs do seem a little bit unusual? >> now for you to admit that, that says it all in that statement. let me tell you. listen, i happen, patrice to see this video and hit the story before it became news. a very good friend of mine called and said you got to see this. he sent it to me. not only was i shocked, i was stunned and horrified that they would use a classroom to do something like this. it is not the appropriate place for classroom and if someone wants to do this in their home, if they want to do it on their own time, that is one thing. this is not really about president barack obama, this is about teachers in a classroom with misplaced judgment that are using these kids for their own tools and it's not what a classroom should be used for. >> that was going to be my next question? who is at fault. this appears to be one teacher, one class, this is not something that came out from the white house. they didn't send out songs and lyrics and say teach the kids this music, although it is interesting. >> i know you're being kind when you say interesting. let me say it for you, it's a little frightening and quite disturbing that someone could use kids, and these kids are innocent, they're joyous, they are happy, and you know, it's our job to teach these kids in the classroom what is prescribed for them to be taught. this is not something that ever take part in the classroom. >> is the problem because they're talking specifically about president obama or if there were any other president during any other admnistration, it would be just as inappropriate? >> it wouldn't be the matter if it's the president or some celebrity. it's the sense of worship and the sense of brainwashing. it's the sense of what the kids are doing. a lot of work went into choreography of putting that together of training and practicing these kids. it didn't happen when we saw that video. you asking yourself, what are you using the time for these kids for, especially when you see how desperate the kids are for an education and focus. schools are falling apart. i mean what is going on? >> let me ask you, we have 20 seconds left. there was a problem when the president himself wanted to address students. there's a problem when teachers are teaching songs like these understandably. is there an appropriate time or way to discuss the president in school or current events in school? >> only in a history class. >> okay. >> like there's something in an english class and they're writing about the president. but to use a worship song as if you're worshipping him or idolatry form. that's a no, no. that teacher was suspended and should have been suspended. >> i do agree, armstrong, there is only one person to worship. this is something we both agree on. coming up, the new way some baby boomers are keeping up with the facebook generation. and a gun battle leaves a baltimore city police officer fighting for his life. this morning, i'm megan gilliland, the search for the suspect straight ahead. they're not dance in the dark but they're waiting in the dark and getting dirty the art of getting clean salsa doesn't stand a chance against the power of wisk®. wisk®. powerfully clean. perfectly priced. welcome back to fox 45 morning news, 6:30 is the time. i'm patrice harris. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig and he can give us all the details of a rainy start overnight. we have been seeing raining overnight. it will taper off later. we will see improvement, even though it's not a picture perfect day, it will improve through the afternoon. you can see it moving from west to east around the upper level ridge and that is steering them in our direction and moving it further south as we go. drier air from the north will work in and the high pressure you see over new england or southeast canada will be bringing us the drier air and again bringing us sunshine with it. 67 degrees in baltimore, the same throughout the area, mid 60s, that is topping out at 73 degrees, a cooler day than the 80s yesterday. nice with low humidity today. the humidity will lower, and the rain saturday night into sunday morning. that will be the timeframe for about a half an inch of rain. icod be even more. showers and a possible thunderstorm returns monday as the next cold front returns at that time. lauren cooke has the traffic edge for candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we're dealing with a little bit of rain but the roadways are nice and clear. as you take a look at the 95, you will see a little bit of congestion starting to develop on the southbound lanes but nothing of concern. if you are traveling of is the southbound lanes from mountain road to 695, all is clear. all is clear at the tunnels. that is a look at your morning travel, patrice, let's send it back to you. we are following breaking news out of northeast baltimore this morning. police found the body of a woman at sinclair lane and chester street just after 1:00 this morning. she had been stabbed multiple times and was pronounced dead at john hopkins. there's no word on a suspect or a motive. we will bring you the latest as it becomes available. a baltimore city police officer is fighting for his life this morning after being shot several times during a robbery attempt. megan gilliland is live at sinai hospital where that officer just underwent surgery. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, right now police are not releasing that officer's name but we have learned that he is in serious but stable condition in icu, just out from the first round of a ab abdominl surgery. they do expect him to recover from all of this. as the off-duty officer was walking into his home in the 6,000 block of high gate drive. at that point, the police say, three men tried to rob him. a gun battle broke out and the off-duty officer was shot multiple times. no word yet if the suspects were shot. they are talking with multiple people of interest right now. >> at this point, detectives are still trying to gather information about the suspects and the investigation, again is very early on but ongoing. >> reporter: again the officer's name is not being released but we are told he is 39 years old and a 16 year veteran on the force. police commissioner fred bealefeld is expected to hold a news conference later this morning to update us on the investigation and the officer's condition. stay with us. we will be following the story and we will bring you the latest as it continues to develop. live from sinai hospital this morning, megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. a baltimore police officer is facing federal charges for stealing reward money and in federal crime cases and stealing property from crime scene. the detective was assigned to a special task force and often worked with federal agents. now he is facing three criminal charges and up to 20 years in prison if convicted the fbi got a tip that he was taking kickbacks on he reward money that was supposed to be for informants. >> the allegation is that the scheme was essentially that detective lunsford was putting a claim, claiming that the source had provided information to dea and was due a reward and the detective split the money with the source. >> authorities say he also stole items like diamond watches, play stations and clothing from crime scene or during searches. his home was recently searched by agents and lunsford is in home detention and has been suspended from duty. officials plan to meet at walker and glen moore avenues to unveil the 4 of 51 cameras that will go up around the city. this particular camera is located by glen mont elementary school. the use of cameras school zones goes into effect october first. offenders will receive a $40 ticket. when it started facebook was exclusive to college kids, but now it boasts more than 300 million users of all ages, including many baby boomers who are eager to use the ins and outs of social network. samantha hayes has more from washington. >> you want to go to www.facebook.com. in the world of face continuing education, you might surprised to see facebook for boomers under the list of offerings burketts in this washington d.c. classroom, every seat is taken. >> it's for family and photos, and then i would like to learn how to use this professionally as a fundraiser, too. >> i would like to know more about the security aspects of it before i start signing up. >> reporter: all good questions according to instructor peggy arvidson. she starts on a how to on profile, pictures and how much personal information to share. >> in general, people looking to enter social networking are really interesting in their safety, making sure that they're secure, that strangers aren't going to be looking at their pictures or their's pictures. >> reporter: for smo retirees or those looking for work, it's the ability to network quickly. >> years ago you would go out to network or you would ask your friend's cousin's brother for information. it makes it quicker. >> reporter: and knowing what the facebook bus is all about. >> only in the last six months did i start hearing it and the friend goes online to check her daughters. >> reporter: the time spent online. the first warning about phase book, it's addictive. i'm samantha hayes. a few hundred music lovers might be late to work this morning and the boss is the reason by. bruce springsteen tickets go on sale today at 10:00 a.m. and fans have been lining up all night long to make sure they don't get shut out. joel d smith is live at first mariner arena. i think you took this assignment, because secretly you are trying to get some tickets, too. >> reporter: if i was, this would be the way to do it. this is the magic list of folks out here being good with each other. they are trying hoping to get the tickets or not. kevin is number 27 on the list. >> good morning. >> reporter: you just got here this morning. >> yes, about 2:30. >> reporter: tell me your strategy, some of people got here yesterday and some people on monday, why 2:30 in the morning. >> i didn't think i needed to be here on monday because that is extreme. i thought 2:30 was good before the 6:00ers would get here. >> reporter: you're number 27, what are your odds, you think? >> i feel okay. i'm not seriously confident but i feel okay. >> reporter: bruce springsteen or first time. >> first time. my wife and i want to see him before he retires. >> reporter: you never know nowadays when that will be. >> back in our yard so we will try to make it. >> reporter: people in the 20s and 30s are a little nervous but they're here having a good time and people are starting to awake from their slumber as well. back to you. >> so 27 in line, doesn't necessarily mean he will get it, because people at home online are snagging the tickets. do they have someone at homeworking the connections with them. that would be a shame to wait out there all that time and not get it. >> reporter: i know. i'm not sure how it's going to work. sometimes they hold tickets aside for the folks that just show up. so they have a few, maybe 100 for that. if you are able to buy, 4 to 8 tickets, you're going to need a couple of hundred tickets to do that. they're taking a risk. some people don't want to be at home when the computer locks up, either. they figure they will have more control. >> it's interesting, because those tickets will sell at 3 minutes online. coming up the makers of an undercover video are being sued by acorn. a legal expert weighs in on the case. we have some showers forecast, how will it affect the baltimore book festival? next on fox 45 morning news all local all morning. let's find out what people think of maxwell house's flavor lock lid. hear that? seals it tight. smells like fresh ground. fresh fresh fresh fre-- that's our favorite part. ...fresh! 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we around downtown. showers on and off this morning at the inner harbor. northeast wind at 7 miles per hour. the dew point 57 degrees, that drops some and it's going to continue to drop in the afternoon as the drier air moves in. that will make it more comfortable today with less humidity. 67 degrees in baltimore and d.c. 58 degrees in salisbury and 55 in hagerstown. the frontal boundary starts to stall as it moves over the north carolina and virginia border. as we told you also, we will have the ridge of high pressure aloft that will bring the showers this morning before it dries out thanks to the high pressure before we move into the new england. the low pressure center is on top probably tomorrow night moving through our area into sunday morning. that brings more rain as you can plainly see around 9:00 a.m. progressing into the central counties and the eastern shore sunday night. monday morning it should dry you on later in day once the front pushes through. we will have better conditions speaking of the actual game, the ravens game, but the pregame festivities, the tailgating might be affected by showers. that's a healthy dose, down in salisbury, as much as an inch 1/2, and to the south in general, seeing heavy rain expected there. otherwise, half an inch of rain, that is going to not cause any flooding to the north. 75 degrees for the high temperature today as we see still a chance of showers with 20-mile-an-hour -- 10-20 miles per hour. back to the central part of the state 73 degrees for the high with partly cloudy skies. northeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour and further points west, going to be cooler than average, 73 degrees, cooler than yesterday when we were in the 80s. of course, that was well above the average and partly cloudy skies. 56 degrees during the overnight low and partly cloudy skies overnight. and tomorrow, we see maybe the possibility of those showers moving in probably by later in the day. look at the high temperature, only 66 degrees then. 77 on sunday, yes, some showers for sunday, but probably earl other on, if you're -- early on if you are headed to the m&t stadium to watch the ravens handle browns. i was going to make it drastic than that, but get there. 73 degrees will be the kickoff temperature. probably the showers will dissipate by then. 77 degrees for the high on sunday. and 76 on monday and some showers, maybe some thunder mixed in, we dry out and cool down a little bit for tuesday, wednesday and thursday, upper 50s, and 68 and 59 for your wednesday and thursday. fox 45 chi sky watch weather is at your finger tips. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now lauren cooke is back with another look at the traffic edge, than. >> reporter: thank you, steve. our average speeds are starting to take a tumble. take a look at this, we're down to 27 on the jfx. it doesn't get much better as we make our way up to baltimore county. we're looking at 45 miles per hour there. as we make our way to the west side we're looking at a slow of 32 miles per hour. a high of 57 on south of 695 at howard county. we do have congestion starting to build on the outer loop lanes of the belt away. it's going to be a slow go from towson to the 83. and unfortunately that volume will continue as we make our way to 95 taking a live look at whitemarsh. you will see a lot of volume on the southbound lanes heading into the city. and unfortunately we're still dealing with the effects of massive watermain break in dan n talk. as for the tunnels all is clear, both the fort mchenry and the harbor tunnel, it should take you 6 minutes to get threw the tubes. we're dealing with a closure mount vernon place is shutdown due to the neeng annual 19th ank baltimore festi hi. i'm a plug. did you know that when you turn off your computer, tv or video game, i still suck up 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friday, september 25th. i'm patrice harris. there are a lot of people who spent overnight last night in the rain, outside of first mariner arena just trying to get their hands on some bruce springsteen tickets. this morning, the ticket blind opens at 10:00. we're going to check in with joel in a little bit to see how many people are out there and how confident they are they will actually get those tickets. meanwhile, meteorologist steve fertig is here to talk about the rain that fell on them overnight. are they under a shelter of any kind? >> it didn't look like they were. they are out in the elements. >> so they may have gotten rained on. >> so don't rain on my concert. or rain on my parade is what we usually say. it continues to get better through the afternoon but there's still showers out there. we're seeing some showers but improvement coming. we can see closer to d.c. the more activity you will have to deal with this morning before it moves out. even to the north in harford county over to baltimore ask carroll -- and carroll county as well down toward montgomery. that continues to be the case before the dry air moves in from the northeast thanks to the high pressure from new england. we are dealing with mild temperatures, once again 65 degrees in baltimore, so that is not a whole lot to deal with. 55 degrees in annapolis. back to the west low to mid-60s there. we should get up to 69 degrees by noon and 68 degrees at 6:00 p.m. you do see that we indicate drier conditions to come and sunshine, partly sunny skies should prevail after we get past the shower activity. 73 degrees for high, so it will be cooler than yesterday when we got into the mid-80s. that is closer to normal, though, guys, it should be around 76 for the highs this time of year. let's see what is happening on the roadways right now with lauren cooke. she is here with the traffic edge. lauren. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we're dealing with congestion on the northeast corridor of 95. as we take a live look at 95, you will see it's going to be a sluggish ride for those of you traveling on the southbound lanes. if you're traveling from mountain road to 695, you're looking at a 10 ti 10-minute tr. it thins out if you're using the tunnels. only looking at 5 minutes if you're getting through the fort knack henry tunnel. a lot of congestion if you are using the jfx to get through the city. you're looking at an 11-minute drive. you want to be aware that mount vernon place is shutdown at st. paul street due to the baltimore book festival. you want to use calvert street and madison street as an alternate route. that's a look at the morning traveled. patrice, let's send it back to you. we are following a developing story this morning. a baltimore city police officer is fighting for his life after being shot several times during a robbery attempt. megan gilliland joins us live from sinai hospital where the officer just underwent surgery. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. right now police are not releasing the officer's name. we have learned that he is in serious but stable condition in icu just out of his first round of abdominal surgery. doctors say he will need leg surgery later, but they're expecting the officer to recover from all of this. the shooting happened at 10:15 last night as the off-duty officer was walking into his home at the 6,000 block of high gate drive. at that point, police officers say that three armed men tried to rob him. a gun battle broke out and the off-duty officer was shot multiple times. no word if the suspects were shot, but police are talking to people of interest right now. at this point the officers are still trying to gather information about the suspects. the investigation is still very early on but ongoing. >> reporter: again, the officer's name is not being released but we're being told he is 39 years old and a 16 year veteran on the force. we're told that police commissioner fred bealefeld will hold a news conference to update us on the officer's condition as well. we will continue to follow it as this story continues to develop. megan gilliland, fox 45 morning. a federal appeals court rules on the actions of protesters outside of a marine. the three-judge panel tossed out a $5 million against members of the west baptist church who are against the millitary's inclusion of gays. a jury in baltimore had previously awarded the marine's father damages for emotional distress and invasion of privacy. he sued after the protesters carried signs with messages, like you're going to hell and thank god for dead soldiers at his son's funeral. >> do you agree with the court's decision to throw out the judgment against members of the west bur borough baptist church. we will open the phone lanes later but you can send us a tweet at foxbaltimore.com. there's a recall, that all children should he know about. all infact till knowledge products have -- tylenol items have been pulled off the shelves because tests show that there may be bacteria. the company wants to err on the side of caution. for more information about the recall, just go to our website, foxbaltimore.com/news links. fans of bruce springsteen are hoping to recapture their glory days. for the first time in a quarter century, the boss is coming back to baltimore. that is why fans have been lining up overnight to get tickets favorite mariner arena. that is where joel d smith is at line. in the back of the line and see if you can get some tickets. i will pay you when you get here. >> reporter: how many you want. 4, 8, we will go for the $100 seats. >> as many as you can buy. >> reporter: sure, $800 is nothing. he we don't do what tickets they're going to get and what ticket level. we know how long they have been waiting. in the back of the line only a half an hour. at the front of the line, monday for some people and joe porter right here, i think he is a wednesday guy? >> yeah, wednesday night. >> reporter: joe, you're on the younger side. you weren't even alive the last time the boss was at town in 1983. what makes you a fan? >> my parents were big fans of bruce springsteen. i grew up liking it. i could take the time off of of work and i might as well go. >> reporter: this is different in terms of the concerts you are going to? >> definitely. he is one of the biggest people i have ever seen. i don't know to concerts very often for work reasons. >> reporter: usually can you get tickets pretty easily. >> yes, definitely, most people you don't have to wait in line for it. you go to the internet and hit enter and you get your tickets pretty much. >> reporter: what is your strategy to survive out here for several days. it's got to be tough, eating and going to the bedroom. coffee and doughnut. there's a bathroom around the corner. they're nice here at the convention center. they let us use the bathroom up until 11:00 p.m. after that you have to find yourself. >> reporter: you're number 16 in line. hopefully joe will get in there and get his ticket. coffee and doughnuts is the key, patrice. >> that's the key around here keeping awake. did he not think he could get the tickets online if he stayed at home. >> reporter: if you stayed at home and listed it online were you afraid you wouldn't be able to get them? >> that's exactly why i thought. i wanted to make sure i wanted to see this concert. plus, i have never done this before. if you got the money and time. >> reporter: they have become a little family. everybody knows each other now. they sort of share in the doughnuts and who is going to pay this time. they call themselves bruce people because they all love springsteen. >> are they all going to still be friends when 10:00 rolls around and some of them are going to get tickets and some won't. >> reporter: maybe they will get the tickets from other people. >> if you buy the tickets, i'm telling you to bring me -- i might be willing to share with them. >> reporter: if i'm doing that, i'm making you sing next time around, how about that? >> all right. nevermind on the tickets, joel. >> reporter: all right. coming up on fox 45 morning news, a terror suspect originally a arrested in denver now faces an indictment in new york. the new charges he is facing. and some showers this morning, more showers on the forecast for the weekend. i will let you know when the drier air will be in place next to fox 45 morning news all local all morning. that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway. welcome back. 7:12 on this friday morning. we have had showers around. checking the sky watch hd radar. you can see on west side of 695 seeing showers that are fairly moderate up to i-70 and seeing it up to frederick and hagerstown as well. we put things into motion, you can see we have showers that are fairly moderate. you can see that it's starting to move a little further south. still seeing significant showers, though n some spots, like to the southwest of baltimore and also back to the west. it's going to dry out, though as the dry air from the north works in here from that direction and that will be occurring later on into the morning and into the afternoon as well. all right. let's take a look at what we have in terms of our surface features. there's a cold front that is to the south of us around the virginia, north carolina border. however, there's moisture moving up along the upper level ridge. that is bringing the in the showers right now. high pressure is going to move into new england and it's going to bring us northeasterly flow. that will allow sunshine, so we will end up with partly sunny skies. as far as the future scan models and when to expect rain later today and into the overnight before showers start to move into the western counties tomorrow afternoon, real hely holding off to -- really holding off to the central counties until 9-10:00 at night we believe as the low pressure moves in our direction. you can see the front pushes off to the east, we start to dry out in the central counties. we are left with half an inch of rain in baltimore. it seems we have more rain as you go south toward fredericksburg, and virginia and salisbury. there's areas where there's more activity, but most of us seeing half an inch to the north. temperatures in the mid-60s throughout the area. today will be cooler than yesterday. yesterday we got into the 80s. they will be close to average, average 75, but still shy of that number. with the central part of the state getting up to 73 degrees and the western part of maryland close to the same about 73 with partly cloudy skies. tonight we drop to 66 degrees, the overnight low. partly cloudy with a northeast wind at 5-15 miles per hour. it's breezy through the night. moving through the day getting at 65 degrees, 68 at 6:00 p.m. after hitting the high of 73 around 2:00. 66 for saturday with some showers. 77 on sunday, now the showers come in late saturday and early sunday. the baltimore book festival probably okay for most of saturday and later on sunday. as you go to the game, if you are going to m&t stadium, about 73 degrees for the kickoff temperature at 1:00 p.m. showers maybe earlier on for tailgating but during the game looking more promising. showers or even a thunderstorm. i radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can you use the powerful radar to track incoming storms. the tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now here is lauren cooke looking at what is happening on the roadways with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we have a serious crash at baltimore county. first let's take a look at the average speeds. we're looking at 61 miles per hour at the southeast corridor. a slow of 87 at baltimore county picking up at 54 traveling on the jfx. as we make our way at the west side, we're looking at a 44 miles per hour a high of 56 at howard county. we're dealing with a crash on 83 in the northbound lanes at timonium road. york road not looking like a bad alternative route. as we hop on to beltway, it's going to be a heavy ride from parkville all the way up to towson and from towson to the 83. more congestion as we make our way over to 95 as we take a live look at whitemarsh. you're going to see it's not looking too, too bad. cars are cruising along the southbound lanes, but again, do watch for patches of congestion. as we make our way down to the tunnels, all is clear, but the fort mchenry and the harbor tunnel. allow yourself 6 minutes to get to the tube. the book festival has shutdown mount vernon street. you want to use st. paul oracle vert street aor, calvert calvert street as an alternt route. for customized traffic reports 24-7, log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on traffic edge. let's send it back to you, patrice. thank you, lauren. still ahead the fbi arrests a baltimore city cop. the charges he is facing. we're just days away from another round of sunday's football. who the rockettes pick need a lift? hey buddy, i appreciate the ride, you know. no problem. ♪ mind if i take a shortcut? yeah, sure. ♪ i knew the subaru legacy was the smart choice... what i didn't expect... was the fun. the all-new subaru legacy. feel the love. the all-new subaru legacy. new this morning, a federal grant jury indicts one of the three men at the center of an alleged terror plot. the 24-year-old was originally charged with lying to investigators in denver. he is now charged with conspiracy to detonate bombs in new york. thoirts believe he was plotting for more than a year to detonate explosives i on subway trains. detective mark lunsford was assigned to a special task force and often worked with federal agents. now he is facing three criminal comarnlings and ucharges and upn prison if convicted. my challengers for this week's pigskin predictions might have a leg up on me when dancing. the rockettes are known for spreading christmas cheer. let's see what they know about football. hello, ladies. >> you know football? >> yes, they do. this could be hard. >> cleveland browns and the baltimore ravens. >> ravens. >> ravens it is for both of us, i'm going with the ravens, of course, they're on a winning streak and we want to keep that. >>washington red kins at he detroit lions? >> i'm going it say redskins. >> i think if you know the detroit lions record, the skins are an easy pick. we are all going with the redskins again. >> pittsburgh steelers at cincinnati bangles. >> steelers. ain't going with the steelers. but this game could be closer than people think it might. cincinnati had a goodwin against green bay. they're coming on strong. steelers always seem to beat up on the bangles. do i want to go with them? >> you know what, no. i'm going to with the upset. i'm going to go with the bangles. >> kansas city chiefs at philadelphia eagles. i think i'm going to go with the eagles on this. vick is in the game you the he is not starting. >> he is not starting, but still i think that the eagles are going to win this. >> tennessee at new york, tennessee titans? >> that's 'cause they took our guy rick ryan. they're going to be awesome. and they haven't let anybody score. but i don't know, the titans had a bad game last year. they might be desperate for a win. you don't think so? >> okay. would you say you know your kicks better or football? >> definitely your kicks. >> the kicks. >> you know kicks better and you're going with the jets? all right. i'm going to go with tennessee and hope that you do know the kicks better. >> oh, my gosh. >> i could lose to rockettes. >> you can give us your pigskin predictions. just go to foxbaltimore.com and click on contests. pick the most games correctly and you could win a contest to the espn zone and on great national prizes. >> what do i need to do? >> yeah. >> that's it. >>and switch it up. >> yeah, you can switch it to the right or switch it to the left. >> switch it up. >> that i >>president owe bam is in pittsburgh for the final day of the g20 summit. the leaders the 20 countries representing the 20% of the world's economy are discussing several issues including how to avoid a future financial crisis like the one we're seeing right now. chris wallace joins us right now. >> good morning. >>we're used to dealing with the g8, but now they're saying the g20 is the permanent council being of more influence thran ththanthan theg8. that's a number of countries that are participating. the g8 were the traditional economic powers, countries like britain and the united states and russia was included. there's a lot of countries that weren't included that are enormously included, like china. so if you're going to have the economic super powers you need a bigger club if you will? >> for the average american what is the most significant thing that is going to come out of this summit? >> i think two things real quickly. one is to take a look at the global economy. we're all so interrelated that we can't talk about one country or one sector of the world like europe, to take a look at global economy and see where we stand and see where every country do to keep this out of recession and into a recovery going. the second thing is financial regulation. are there controls we want to put in place so the kind of melt down we saw almost exactly a year ago doesn't happen again. >> before the summit, the president met with the russia's president to talk about nuclear disarmament, and the two of them seem to talk together, but when it comes to north korea, that's a different story. they talked about launching a satellite this weekend. >> job one is iran. that is what everybody is focused, not to say that north korea can't isn't important, but all of the super powers will be meeting with iranians in geneva. they're going to get close to stop the nuclear program or put a lot of safeguards on it. one of the biggest issues is russia who has close relations with iran and said they weren't going to impose sanctions. in the meeting, the russian president said sanctions don't always work but they may be inevitable. if the russians join with the u.s. and europe, that would be a big deal. that is what we're going to have to wait and see. >> what is on this show on sunday. >> we're going to be talking to the chair and committee. two big issues have come out that iran had a secret nuclear plant that none of us knew about, which means they're closer to capacity to developing a nuclear weapon. and the chief in afganistan -- the general in afganistan is asking for more troops and the white house is saying, not so fast, we're not sure about that. we will be talking with the heads of the intelligence committee about that. >> you can see fox news sunday starting at 9:00 a.m., right here on fox 45. later to fox 45 morning news, a baltimore stud ent studs stricken with swine flu. how the city health department is handling the situation. >> reporter: a gun battle leaves a baltimore city police of tide with a touch of downy. ♪ take me home welcome back to fox 5 morning news. you're taking a live look outside of first mariner arena where folks have been lined up, some of them since monday. today it's friday. they have been there all this time just so they can get their hands on bruis -- bruce springsn concert tickets. that is dedication. we're going to check in with them, but first we're going to check in with steve about the weather. do you have a favorite bruce springsteen song. >> i bet you sitting out there, all the time. they would be singing them all morning. >> i bet if he with had a live stustudio audience, which we thk we should have. >> my fam hely, your -- family, your family, lauren's family, candace. let's see what is happening at the bus stop. 57 degrees for the starting temperature at the bus stop with a couple showers. if you're sitting in line waiting for the rain to stop, you may have noticed it to the north, you're not getting wet anymore, because the rain is starting to dissipate some. 65 degrees in baltimore. some showers around this morning, but it will improve a little bit later on in the day as drier air works in from the north and he we should quickly dry out by later morning and early afternoon to enjoy a little bit of sun min sunshine . we will talk about more showers for the weekend. i will let you know when might be occurring. here is lauren cooke without the fam hely. >> reporter: my aunt and cousin, did come by this morning to say hello. as you take a live look at liberty road, cars are stacked and packed. it's going to be a sluggish ride to wilkens avenue. we are dealing with congestion on the jfx if you're traveling the southbound lanes from 695 all the way downtown to east fayette street, you're looking at a lengthy 11 minutes. it doesn't get better as you we make our way to the outer loop lanes. you're looking at a 12-minute drive and from 70 to 95, you're looking at a 6-minute trip. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, let'send is it back to you. we continue to follow a developing story this morning. a baltimore city police officer is now in stable condition after being shot several times during a robbery attempt night. megan gilliland joins us live from sinai hospital where the officer underwent surgery. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. right now police are not releasing the officer's name, but we have learned that he is in serious but stable condition in icu just out from abdominal surgery. we are told that he will then need leg surgery, but doctors are saying they do expect him to recover. it happened around 10:15 last night as the off-duty officer was walking into his home in the 6,000 block of high gate drive in northwest baltimore. at that point, a police spokesman said three armed men tried to rob him. an a gun battle broke out and the police officer was shot several times. no word if the suspects were shot bus police say they're talking with people of interest right now. >> at this point the detectives are still trying to gather information about the suspects. the information is early on but ongoing. >> reporter: the officer's name is not being released but he is 39 years old and a 16 year veteran on the police force. police commissioner is expected to hold a news conferences to update us on the search for the suspects and the officer's condition. we will continue to follow this story as it continues to develop. live from sinai hospital, megan gilliland. fox fry morning news. police are investigating a deadly stabbing. officers found the body of a woman at sinclair and chester street after 1:00. she had been stabbed several times and was proannounced dead -- pronounced dead at john hopkins. there's no word on a motive. the protesters are protected under the first amendment. the three-judge panel tossed ot a $5 million verdict against the members of the west borough, protest. the father sued after the protesters carried signs with messages like you're going to hell and thank god for dead soldiers at his son's funeral. we want to know what you think? do you agree with the court's decision to throw out the judgment against members of the west borough baptist church. it's our question of the day. you can give us a call at (410)481-4545 or send us a tweet at fox baltimore. baltimore school officials confirm their first case of swine flu. a female student at montbello elementary junior academy has the h1n1 virus. she is in critical condition at the university of maryland medical center. the city health department says the school will be thoroughly cleaned. president barack obama leaves the un summit with a nuclear deal in place. read that steer an story and mon today's washington times. julie bedane has this morning's briefing. >> reporter: president obama left the united nations on thursday with an international agreement to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. today he moves on pittsburgh to stop the greedy bankers and financial markets. as the first president to share the security council, the other 14 members agreed to make it harder to smuggle materials and convert a nuclear energy prap pm into a nuclear program. today reports says iran has told the un nuclear agency that it's running a new facility to enrich uranium, a second and undeclared facility. president obama will push in on all 20 countries to be on the decision making rather than the eight developing countries that had directed talks in the past. leaders will discuss regulartory reform, and limiting bankers compensation. an american soldier returns from iraq and afganistan and enrolls in a university expecting army to pay for his tuition just as promised in to him in the g.i. bill. thousands of veterans are still waiting for their checks while they struggle to pay tuition themselves. a veteran's group tells the washington times out of nearly 3,000 claims filed this semester, more than 200,000 have been processed and approved. fewer than 11% of those veterans have received their checks. they blame a delay on the bag log in claims. they say they're working overtime to process and deliver checks. as the senate continues debate on the healthcare reform bill this week, members on both sides were eager to win one key constituent, grandma and grandpa. they promised to bring cheap prescription drugs, and republicans say they will stop any cuts to medicare. each are vying for support for the most pop uloo poplar pop --e on capitol hill. the senate voting against the proposal to cut money for and the house vote for preventing the medicare premium from going up. they will push the public health option too wil that will play ot week. i'm julie bedane, back to you. read those stories and more by logging on to foxbaltimore.com and clicking on washington times. a few hundred music lovers might be late to work this morning, and the boss is the reason why. bruce springsteen tickets go on sale today at 10:00 a.m. and fans have been lining up all night long to make sure they don't get shut out. joel d smith is live at first mariner arena with some of those most dedicated fans. good morning, joel. >> reporter: we thought there would be hundreds. a supervised there would be hundreds here, there's not that many here. people are watching us on t.v. and they're coming on by to check things out. these guys haven't been here that long. sir, how long have you been here? >> i got here at 10 after 6:00. >> reporter: you and still hope you have a good shot getting tickets. >> friends of mine, and scott, and brian and i, are going to try to. >> reporter: you get the first shot of aisle seat because you're here and they're not. that's how it goes. you got here at what time, sir? >> i got here at 6:30. >> reporter: are you confident. >> i'm number 35. it's up in the air. >> reporter: you can get 4 to 8 tickets each and it's 10:00. the doors open here. and this is the gentleman what is watching t.v. and thought, that line is not too long. >> it seems pretty short for me for bruce springsteen. >> reporter: are you going to take your chances online or not go. >> i didn't want to take the chances online. >> reporter: you were going to come down here, but saw that the line was short. i got here and i'm number 41. >> reporter: these guys are confident and there's people online and we don't know how many they are. they are going to be trying to get tickets at the same time. it's weird competition between the people that are here and the people that aren't. the folks that are here are hopeful, because the line all things considered is pretty short right now. patrice. >> and i think it's pretty short and you should get in line and bring me tickets. coming up, don't forget to bring the bacon to this weekend's tailgate. the clever cleaver brothers show us how to spice up steak. pack up your patients this morning -- patience this morning. it's going to be a slow travel on the west side. i will show you how to avoid the details. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning. welcome back, 7:43 on this friday morning. we will be talking about shower activity in the area earlier, but we're seeing improvement as we move through the day and the morning hours, seeing some improvement already as we look at the hd radar closer view, shows us where we had showers that were heavier earlier. now seeing it dissipate in strength as we move through the morning hours. we will be doing better as dry air continues to filter in from the north. back to the west, we're watching it also beginning to move to the south and drying out as it goes. more moisture to the south and the west. some of that is going to come our way. we will be talking about how that will be affecting us this weekend. 65 degrees a the temperature at the inner harbor with mostly cloudy skies. winds out of the northeast at 65 miles per hour. 65% relative humidity, 35.5 and rising on the barometer. 54 that will make for a more comfortable day as the drier air moves in and get rid of the humidity that we had to deal over the last couple days. 65 in hagerstown and gower in -- gower i54 in oakland and these temperatures will climb and not as much yesterday only getting into the 70s. that brought us the showers overnight. now we're getting around a ridge of high pressure. and then it will be followed up tomorrow night with some showers. it could be late in the day, late afternoon, early evening for some of us in the western counties, especially down to the south, moving through the central county, though, probably later on into the evening and beyond that for many, not until 8 or 9:00, in fact. then it will finally move out of here for the short-term on sunday morning, because we see a return of some shower chances monday. 50 -- or .50 or half an inch of rain expected around the baltimore area. an inch 1/2 out in oakland. down to the south, we see heavier concentration of moisture moving in. almost 2 inches of rape or month in some spots down toward virginia. we're looking at high temperature of 71 degrees, which is definitely cooler than yesterday. only a few degrees cooler than average. 25 miles an hour winds. central part of the state, part hely cloudy skies. we -- partly cloudy skies. we do expect to see in the clouds give way to sunshine. tonight we drop to 66 degrees overnight for the low temperature, under partly cloudy skies. winds up around 5 miles per hour. look for the temperatures to climb to 69, getting to the high of 73 around 2:00 p.m. 68 at 6:00 p.m. and tomorrow, showers probably holding off until late in the day, 66 degrees for the high so definitely cooler as we continue to get that northerly flow of air moving in. 77 on sunday, the shower chances are there for the morning, i think, but if you're going to m&t stadium, i think the showers more so for the tailgating hours than for the actual game. 73 degrees for the kickoff temperature at 1:00 p.m. and 77 for the high. 76 degrees for your monday, still the chances of some showers and even thunder later in the afternoon. then we dry out for tuesday, wednesday and thursday with temperatures in the upper 60s but plenty of sunshine even though it will be a bit cooler. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now lauren cooke has information for you with regard to the news this morning at the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we're dealing with a few incidents, but first let's take a look at the average speeds. we're up to 65 at the corridor of 95. as we make our way to the j grk, we're looking at 35 miles per hour. as we look west 35 miles per hour but 63 at the south side of 95 in howard county. we're dealing with significant delays on 83, all due to an earlier accident at the northbound lanes at timonium road. york road not looking like a bad alternative route. the congestion will continue as we make our way to the beltway. it's going to be a slow go from dulaney valley road up to the 83. as we hop on to 95, taking a live look at whitemarsh, we are dealing with a little bit of volume on the lanes, but cars are cruising along just fine at the moment. as we make our way through the tunnels all is clear at both the fort mchenry and the harbor tunnel, allow yourself six minutes to get through the tubes. mount vernon place at st. paul street remains shutdown until monday morning. you within the to stick with madison street and calvert street as an alternate route. that is a look at morning travels. log to foxbaltimore.com and click on traffic edge. let's send it back to you, patrice. thank you, lauren. still ahead, a federal appeals court overturns a $5 million verdict against protesters who demonstrated outside of the funeral of a u.s. marine. the court ruled their actions are protected under the first amendment. we want to know what you think. do you agree with the court's decision to throw out the judgment against the members of the west borough baptist church? our phone lines are open now at (410)481-4545. you can also send us a tweet at you can also send us a tweet at fox baltim announcer: grow lashes... grow longer... grow fuller, and darker lashes. grow? how's that possible? i'm using latisse! the first and only fda approved prescription treatment for inadequate or not enough lashes. applied nightly as instructed by your doctor, latisse grows lashes in as little as 8 weeks with full results in 12 to 16. announcer: if you are using prescription products for lowering eye pressure or have a history of eye pressure problems, only use latisse under close doctor care. may cause eyelid skin darkening, which may be reversible, and there is potential for increased brown iris 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against the church? >> i believe it was the right thing to do, only because i myself are an exmarine and he took an oath to defend the constitution of the united states. we literally put our lives on the line to fight so people would have the right to say what they want. the form in which they chose to do it, at his funeral, was a amoral contra decision. -- contradiction. i don't think that that was the form especially if they're supposed to be a religious organization. >> but you think they had the right to do it whether or not it was offensive or not. >> believe tar onto it or not, , but black and white it was written into law and they didn't go outside of the law. >> forest, thank you so much for your call. let's move on to joyce in baltimore. good morning, joyce? >> good morning. >> what do you think? this the decision had been overturned? should these people have the right? >> i'm against the young man who got finished on the phone. they -- no one has the right to say what good hates. because first of all god do not hate fag or gay whatever they want to call them. they are not one to judge. he don't approve of their lifestyle, but he do not hate them. >> so -- >> they can be changed. >> but the man in the earlier call was saying that the constitution says that you have the right to say whatever you want to say? >> even though i understand what he's saying patrice. even though the constitution says we have the right to say what we want to say, we should in our hearts know that there are certain things that we should not say. >> that's a whole different issue. and i think a lot of people are having problems with that. >> thank you so much, joyce for your call. later on fox 45 morning news. it's a lottery drawing. a true ravens fan cannot miss. surprise you can enjoy by claiming that winning ticket. later the cleaver clever edge is power, shared knowledge is even more powerful. kaiser permanente. thrive. shared knowledge is even more powerful. they say bacon 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'cause i'm thinking 90,000 is 90,000 too many. i can't imagine having too many friends, lewis. oh i can. i open the door to my apartment and 90,000 friends jump out from behind a futon screaming "surprise, happy birthday !" i would be in seventh heaven. i'd be in emergency cardiac surgery. you know a real friend would be giving me mouth-to-mouth resuscitation right now. an off-duty officer is shot in northwest baltimore. his condition this morning. mama. >> michael stray hand comes to fox prime time: nfl star takes us behind the scenes of brother. much to do over delaying. what politians have to say about their colleagues dance moves. and waiting for the boss. we're camping out for spring brg springsteen tickets. good morning. it is friday, september 25th. i'm patrice ha harris. let's get a look at the weekend forecast with meteorologist steve fertig. it's raining. take a look at the sky watch hd radar. you will find the showers continuing to dry out from the north. you are seeing the activity moving in that direction. high pressure is what is going to help us dry out and bring us a little bit of sun mixed in with the clouds. we thought we would have more sun, but the showers hanging in a little bit longer. temperatures in the mid-60s throughout the area topping out today right around 73 degrees. now lauren cooke is here with a look at what is happening on the roadways with the traffic edge. >> reporter: steve, well, if you're traveling the west side of the beltway, the commute is going to be pretty hectic as we take a live look at liberty road. you will notice the outer loop lanes are just stacked and packed. and unfortunately that congestion will continue if you're on 83. if you're traveling southbound from freeland road all the way to 695, you're looking at a lengthy 23-minute trip. it doesn't get much better, if you are using the jfx to head into the city. we expect a heavy ride from 695 to downtown east fayette street. you're looking at an 11-minute drive. back to the outer loop lanes of the beltway, lots of volume we're dealing with from the jfx to 70, you're looking at a 12-minute trip. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, let's send it back to you. a baltimore city police officer is now in stable condition this morning after being shot several times during a robbery attempt last night. megan gilliland joins us live from sinai hospital where the officer underwent surgery. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. police are not releasing the officer's name right now, but we have learned that he is in serious but stable condition in icu, just out from having abdominal surgery. we patrolled that he will -- we are told that he will need leg surgery but there has expect him to recover from all of this. the off-duty officer was walking into his home at the 6,000 block of northwest gate baltimore. three armed men tried to rob him. a gun battle broke out and the off-duty officer was shot multiple times. no word yet on if the suspects were shot as well. but police officers are talking with people of interest right now. >> at this point, detectives are still trying to gather information about the suspects and the investigation, again, it's very early on, but ongoing? >> again the officer's name is not being released right now, but we're told he is 39 yealdz an39 yearsold and a 16 year vet. police commissioner fred bealefeld is expected to hold a news conference and the officer's condition. we will be there and we will bring you the latest as this story continues to develop. live from sinai hospital this morning, i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. polices find the body of a woman in north east baltimore at sinclair lane and chester street. she had been stabbed multiple times and was proannounced dead at john hopkins. there's no word on a suspect or motive. for the first time in a quarter of a century the boss is coming back to baltimore and that is why fans have been lining up overnight to get tickets at first mariner arena. that is where joel d smith is live with the fans. >> joel, we haven't heard any bruce springsteen songs this morning. what are you going to sing with us. >> reporter: i found this online. this is an advertisement from the last time he was here 1973. chicago, it was the headliner. bruce opened for chicago and look at the ticket price, $5.50, $650 at the baltimore civic -- $6.50 and the prices have changed. and 40 and $70 for people who have been waiting. the ticket box office open at 10:00. jimmy is number one. when did you get here, jimmy? >> monday at 2:00. >> reporter: how do you know it's been worth it? >> i have seen him before. 3 1/2 hours. he won't get off the stage. >> reporter: how do you sleep out here? what is your technique? >> it's tool and nice, we bundle up. >> reporter: are you in a chair, are you on the ground? >> oh, i'm definitely in a chair. i'm sleeping good. >> reporter: we saw some people sleeping on the ground. others got here earlier today, but everyone is excited about this. they know they're competing with people in cyber land. they are confident. the line is only 50 people long. they can get 4 to 8 tickets each. you did request a song. think it's time for that. you guys ready. let's hit it, 1, 2, 3, 4. >> baltimore jack ♪ ♪ and i never went back ♪ like a river that you know where it's flowing ♪ >> oh. >> everybody has a hungry heart ♪ everybody has got a hundred reheart ♪ >> that is funny. baltimore, he left his wife and kids and never came back. >> everybody has got a hungry heart ♪ >> hopefully they can get in and see the boss do it the real way, the right way. still ahead much to do over delay. wild thing. i think i love ♪ >> we have the pol politician'sh anticipated dance moves coming up. that was too close to springsteen himself. we got showers in the forecast. it's the real deal coming saturday night into sunday. i will tell you all about it next on you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning. >>it's a big part of american history and it's the birthplace of our national an then. this weekend you have a chance to make fort mchenry a more national. >> it's so nice to have you in studio with us. >> we usually come to you. and you're hoping that people come to you why? >> we are doing the a big thing for the national wetland. we will be cleaning up the wetlands around the fortment it's going to be awesome. >> who do you want to come out to help you with it that, everyone and anyone? >> yeah, we have a lot of people sign up already. >> okay. >> people are coming to see what is going on. but we also have the sister site, hampton and it's a cool mansion. people can come out and tour the fort and tour the place and have fun at both places. >> you are always so excited about what is going on at the fort mchenry and you pass that on to people. why is it so important to do that? >> it's more important than the ranger cooler. it's how we preserve the area, whether it's the ground, the land the trees and the structures. this helps to make them a part of the park service. it's a way of engaging people into the park and the way the park enter face interfaces withe community. >> for people who want to come out, is there anything specific that they should bring them. should you wear small dirty clothes. >> you are going to be outside. you should bring, your jeans. >> you wore your wetters. >> and you can find out more information on www.nps.gov and/september 26. i will tell you what is going on with things around here and all through next. gorfort mc henry field day is taking place tomorrow at the wetlands. for more information on the website he was talking about, log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. we are talking about showers this morning. check out the sky watch hd radar. showers there back through i-70. checking the sky watch hd radar. you see the showers heavier to the south. to the north drying out some as we get some the northeast flow bringing the drier air. back to the west looking a lot better than earlier as well. the cold front has moved down to the south out of our way. however, still along the ridges of high pressure, aloft bringing in the showers. that is why we see the movement around. we are going to deal with some drier air moving in, not going to deal with it. it's going to bring drier air and bring us a nice condition and bring us nice sunshine against the southeasterly flow. temperature wise we're in the 60s right now. 66 degrees in baltimore, 65 in d.c. and almost the same in salisbury. it's the same compared to baltimore, 56, and 55 in hagerstown, 54 in oakland. we're all going to warm up some today but not a whole lot. cooler than it was yesterday by quite a few degrees, about 10 or 12 degrees cooler than yesterday. 71 degrees for the high in the eastern shore where there could be a couple of showers and that is close to normal, though, normal being 75 degrees this time of year. instead city for the central part of the state, further back west about the same, 73 with partly cloudy skies. tonight, partly cloudy as temperatures drop to 66 degrees, east northeast wind at 5-15 miles opinion hour. as we move through the day today we will climb some but not as yesterday. 68 at 6:00 p.m. after hit the high of 73 at about 2:00. 66 tomorrow, showers probably holding off until later in the day, maybe the evening or nighttime. overnight into sunday. heading to m&t stadium this weekend, could be some showers for the tailgating part of the day. but as we get toward the game, less likely to see the showers. 73 degrees for the kickoff temperature. 76 on monday with some showers. 69 drier for tuesday, wednesday and thursday about the same. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. i-raid a aris available at foxbaltimore.com. you can track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now lauren cooke is here with a check on the traffic conditions and she has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we're dealing with a lot of accidents. first let's take a look at the average speeds. a high of 65 at northeast corridor of 95. a slow 35 on baltimore county, it doesn't get much better. 35 at west baltimore. and 35 miles per hour on the etbeltway. higher at 63 at the south side of howard county. we do have double trouble in anne arundel county. we have an accident reported on the southbound lanes of 97 at route 32. general highway is looking like a good alternative road. another crash right on route 100 at the westbound lanes at 97. do watch out for that. as we make our way up to the baltimore, another crash is reported on washington boulevard at west patapsco avenue that you do want to watch out for. the west side of the beltway is going to be pretty heavy as we take a live look at liberty road. it's going to be a slow go on the outer loop lanes. expect delays from 795 to 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in just a few minutes. right now lauren cooke has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. buddy handed me lottery tickets but if you're using the west side of the beltway, you're not going to be so lucky. the west side lanes are jam packed. pack your patience it you're traveling that area. it's going to be a hectic ride from westminister pike to 695 you're looking at a 9-minute trip and not much relief from liberty road all the way down to wilkens avenue. you're looking at a lengthy 9-minute drive. and there will be some relief, however if you're using the fort mchenry tunnel. you're looking at a quick 4 to 5 minutes to get through the fort mchenry tunnel. 25 minutes of booty. it's a cycling event for the armstrong foundation and the only 24 hour charity event in the nation. we are joined this morning with more, good morning to you? >> all right. >> and you got to explain, 24 hours of booty, it grabs people's attention. >> it does. there's a booty loop and that is where it started. it focuses on the mile run. it's a 3-mile loop. over the year, it has developed into a big event. the race is over a million dollars in the fight for cancer. >> that is huge. 24 hours is a long time. >> it is. for the most folks come out to enjoy the atmosphere, bootyville and a lot of our sponsors come out. >> how long have you been doing? this? >> this is the first year. we're moving to different cities, so it's the first time to pull it off. we're excited to be here? >> any idea how many people you are expecting or would like to get? >> right now we have 150 is another by folks that come on the day of the sign up. >> i was going to say, it's not too late to sign up. anybody who is interested can do so. >> you sign up and there's a fundraising commencement. you come out and that will help us to raise $250,000 for our beneficiaries. >> talk about who those are and how that money will be spent should. >> it's the john hopkins and the cancer fund for young adults. we are proud to be associated with them. they're cutting edge stuff in the fight against cancer. >> this has been going on prior to this year around the nation in other parts. what made you guys bring it to baltimore? >> just the proximity. we're in columbia gateway business loop so getting folks from baltimore and d.c., and just the things that are going on here in involving cancer are top, top of line, so we wanted to be up here first for our event. >> what else is going on during the 24 hours, because as you said most people won't ride continuously. once they take a break, what else is going on? >> there's a camping area where folks come out and get together with their friends and enjoy each other. there's music and we have bands lined up for the kids and we will be out there. it's a great chance to get out and enjoy the day, but also see what some folks on doing and some of the stories of folks that have been impacted by cancer. it's special to see how powerful it can be. >> if it goes well, a chance of bringing it back to baltimore next year. >> we will definitely be back. we're committed to be her to be. >> is it rain or shine. >> it is. it's rain or shine. >> we're hoping it will be shine? >> we are hoping that steve will help us out. folks will push through the rain if they come. >> absolutely, because it's for a great cause. thank you for coming in. >> 24 hours of booty for the lance armstrong foundation. it starts tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. and it ends on sunday at 4:00 p.m. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. still ahead from nfl to fox prime time, michael stray hand takes us behind the scenes of brothers. >> and later bust a move. what politians have to say about tom and leaves a fresh scent. febreze, official air freshener of the nfl. chevy silverado. more confidence than ford f-150. better backed than f-150. at a value f-150 can't touch. silverado. from the family of the most dependable, longest lasting full size pickups on the road. just announced, it's chevy truck month. get $4000 total cash back on select '09 silverado models. or choose 0% apr plus $500 purchase bonus cash on any silverado. from the start, the obama admnistration has been vocal about the importance of green energy development and creating green jobs. now the energy department is taking steps by helping to identify spots across the american west to help create energy sites with low environmental impact. the idea is to harness sun energy resources around 37 hubs around the western u.s. according to the doe this clustering minimizes the impact on wildlife corridors and habitats. it helps us to more efficiently transfer the energy from remote areas to populationers in. hubs produce newer electricity for $40 million. the admnistration says the hubs will aid the goal of doubling the amount of renewable energy used in the u.s. within the next three years. the first step is finalizing the location of those hubs. i'm jill cortis reporting. to learn more about brighter living, go to foxbaltimore.com. and now let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig. hey, patrice. brighter living later in the day maybe. we start off with clouds and showers, too. take a look at the sky watch hd radar, not looking as active right now. the eastern shore still seeing the share of shower activity, but up to the north where we had heavier duty showers earlier and overnight showers seen steadier during the overnight period. right now moving further south and anticipating as we go. drier air pushing it from the north to the south and drying it out. we should be looking at sunshine later in the day mixed with the cloud cover. it's not going to be a totally sunny day. seeing showers in the southern part of the beltway back to the west, also around i-70 seeing showers there as well as we have all morning. let's take a look at the bigger picture then. here is what we find. temperatures at 66 degrees, downtown, reporting showers there, with clouds, variable winds at 3 miles per hour, 63% relative humidity and the dew point is at 54 degrees which is an improvement in that we're going to feel more comfortable today with the lower humidity values. 66 is where we car is where we start? baltimore. 66 some salisbury and bower in oakland. -- 54 in oakland. now stalling out over the carolinas and getting the upper level ridge which is bringing showers from the west and following it up with showers for later tomorrow into sunday as the next system moves in. you see the cold system with the cold front trailing. that comes in tomorrow evening or nighttime for the central counties eastern shore. earlier for the western counties and into sunday morning. the good news is it should push out in time for the ravens game or least close to that time. here is what we're looking at as much as how much rain. fairly significant and heavier rain down toward washington and salisbury. you can see the concentration of rain to the south. half an inch expected for baltimore, respectable amounts but not drenching according to that model. the eastern shore, much cooler than yesterday. we were in the low to mid-80s around the state. today 73 degrees for the central part of the state where it will be below average, average being at 75 but just by a couple of degrees. the dippers will be quite noticeable today. back to the north with 73. partly cloudy skies, and 15 miles per hour winds. look for the showers to start to move in later tomorrow, later in the day 66 for the high. overnight saturday into sunday, and sunday morning 77 degrees for the high temperature then. if you're headed to m&t bank stadium, the ravens taking on the browns, 1:00 p.m. kickoff temperature around 73 degrees. i'm showing you showers here, because i think that will be affecting your tailgating during the game. during the game, the showers should be tapering off and we should be looking better as we go through the game time period. the showers, and we dry out. a little bit of a cool down, though. 69 degrees on tuesday, 68 and 69 for wednesday and thursday, but all three days midweek with plenty of sunshine. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the tools will let you see when thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. >> reporter: here is lauren cooke with the traffic edge. >> reporter: we're dealing with a little bit of rain. let's take a look at average speeds. 57 on 83 heading from baltimore county. a slow 27 on the jfx and as we make our way to the beltway, it doesn't get much better. we're looin looking at 35 milesr hour. we do have double trouble in anne arundel county. an accident reported on the southbound lanes of 97 at route 32. as we make the push up, another crash reported here on route 100 at the westbound lanes at 97. now as we make our way into the city, you do want to be aware of a road closure. the baltimore book festival has shutdown mount vernon at st. paul street. calvert street is best alternative route. taking a live look at whitemarsh. we are dealing with a little bit of volume on the southbound lanes. as can you see, cars are cruising along just fine. do expect some congestion traveling on the beltway. it will be a slow go from parkville to towson. we're dealing with another accident at falls road at black rock road that you want to watch out for. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, let's send it back to you. cominthank you, lauren. coming up, dancing with the stars gets wild. politians weigh in on tom delay's moves. next, michael stray comes to prime parentheses have a place but not on your face. smooth those lines away for up to a year with juvéderm®. juvéderm® is a smooth injectable gel your doctor uses to smooth out wrinkles like those lines on the sides of your nose and mouth instantly. side effects... usually mild to moderate included temporary injection site reactions like redness, pain, firmness, swelling or bumps. smooth, natural. everyone will notice but no one will know. ask your doctor about juvéderm®. we are following breaking news this morning. president barack obama is making an announcement at the g20 summit in pittsburgh about iran's newly revealed uranium plant. >> including specifically revealing all activities. as the community knows, this is not the first time that iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. iran has the right to peaceful nuclear power that meets the needs of its people, but the size and configuration of this ffacility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow endangering the global nonproliferation regime, denying its people to the opportunity deserve and threatening the security and stability of the region in the world. it's time for iran to act immediately to restore the confidence of the international community by fulfilling its international obligations. we remain committed to serious, meaningful engagement with iran to engage the nuclear issue through the p5 negotiations. to this dialogue we are committed to demonstrating that international law is not an empty promise. the treatise will be enforced. that's why there's a sense of urgency about the upcoming meeting of october first, between iran, the permanent members of the un skewer at the -- security council and germany. at that meeting iran musting willing to cooperate comprehensively, to take steps to create transparency in its nuclear program and to demonstrate that it's committed to establishing its peaceful intenses through meaningful dialogue. >> you're listening to president obama at the g20 summit. he is talking about iran's secret nuclear facility, condemning that facility and we're going to hear much more about what the president had to say tonight at fox 45 news at 5:30. >> in fact, i'm in the best shape of my life. hit me. >> don't do? >> come on. >> you are afraid you're going to hurt your little hand? [ laughter ] >> fox's fall prime time lineup returns. this season's the network is bringing you more laughs, courtesy of some shows. some shows that has earned grave reviews is brothers. fox broafd castin broadcasting g darrell rabbl available to talkh us this morning. >> you all are the brothers. you're the guys getting the laughs. people around the studio have been laughing looking at the clips. talk to me about the show. >> the show is called brothers, but mike is in the head of my head. i think he is doing it on purpose. >> it's brother. >>it's a beautiful show. this is a show about me -- it started out supposedly about me and mike. we formulated this idea that we would marry our two lives and put them into one and have this show called brothers. but the show took on a whole new dynamic. >> that was really chill. >> the show is about brothers. >> is he the director, too? >> i keep talking. >> i feel like i'm next to a golfer, anyway. >> is this what the show is going to be like? oh, my goodness, we're in for it. >> i play an exprofessional athlete. i'm forced to move home and live with this guy who is not easy to live with as well as my parents. which carl is the father who tries to stay out of everybody's way and our mother runs everybody. it's grown kids living with mom and dad who were used to be on their own and successful. >> you all seem to have a great chemistry. we're talking to you this morning. i'm guessing that translates into the show. how did you even get the show done? >> well, they just rolled the camera. [ laughter ] >> and whatever they catch they did it and they lock it in and we got a show. >> one thing about the show is on the show, i am the brother who has taking all the abuse, which i don't think is fair. >> i do not -- >> but i do it for my brother, you know. because i love you. >> i love you, too, mike. >> we're feeling the love. i'm so happy about this. let me ask you a serious question. i heard in an interview that you did talking about this show. you're talking about this is the time that you address the fact that you're in a wheelchair and you were giving credit to fox that they made it a part of the show. >> it's not just the part of the show. i'm taking a chance especially when you're tacking about the distinct television show. that fox took the chance to make me the lead and i have a disability that i'm on a wheelchair. a lot of people think i'm using it as a prop. >> when you watch the show, after a few minutes you forget. >> we don't beat you over the head. you know, this one is -- it is what it is, you know what i mean. but they like -- they're not making the sport -- they're making me one the front runners. >> we like that. we look forward to watching the show. we hope it does well for you guys. it was great talking with you. and mike, i'm glad you found worwork acting because our raves are doing well. >> i missed that question because my earpiece went out. >> i heard you took a back seat because the ravens, they may win a little something this year. >> you know the ravens -- actually ray lewis my boy, big play last week. big play -- flacco, the rookie playing really well. ravens have a good shot. actually on fox nfl sunday one of my picks, ravens will win it all. >> i'm glad you have luck for us. >> we will talk to you guys later. >> the cardinals. >> he is telling on him. talk to you guys later. can you catch ow life catches up to you. anncr: airborne helps support your immune system with a special blend of ... zinc, ginger, echinacea, and 13 other vitamins, minerals and herbs - plus a blast of vitamin c! sfx: kissing sound wife: 'night dear. airborne guy: try airborne. it's good for you when life is not. i should let lauren do this. his name is detour. detour is a traffic kind of jam. he is 2 months old. a black cat, perfect for the holidays coming up, halloween. don't cross his path. anyway, he needs a home. contact the spca by going to our website at foxbaltimore.com and click on morning news. he needs a home. he is very cute. if you saw tom delay's moves on dancing with the stars, you know he didn't exactly impress the judges, but what about his old political colleagues. >> reporter: it was a side of tom delay we have never before. ♪ ♪ wild thing ♪. >> reporter: this critics were merciless. >> i think it was the most awesome train wreck i have ever seen. >> reporter: but the train wreck stayed on the tracks. >> tom and gerald. >> reporter: the former house majority leader made the cut and there stay on dancing with the stars for at least another week. >> wild thing ♪ ♪ i think i love you ♪. >> reporter: what would the congressional colleagues say. >> i have no idea that tom delay is obviously related to fred as tare. >> i thought he had a lot of guts to do that. my goodness, i was quite impressed. >> reporter: do you think he was good? >> yeah. >> i love you ♪ >> he has got guts, determines s andetermination and he is not a bad dancer. i was quite surprised. >> reporter: but it didn't make this republican congressman heart sink. >> be careful. i just ate lunch. that was pretty sick. >> tom did he lay, i know what you're thinking -- tom delay, i know what you're thinking, you don't have to work. >> you make everything ♪ groovy ♪. >> reporter: since tom delay survived the first cut, maybe you want to see the guy who didn't, george hamilton's son. >> all right, naye sayers are saying that he will be next on the looser's couch. >> he looks ridiculous dancing. i have a feeling he is going to be here next week. >> reporter: but at least this won't be the last outfit we get to see -- >> spandex and polyester. >> reporter: the real bottom line question, will we ever again be able to hear wild thing without thinking of this thing. jeanney mose, cnn, new york. yeah, that is officially, you want to let go. >> scared the black cat over here [ laughter ] >> i think i can handle -- >> you can do better than that? >> yeah, i think. i can do the head -- >> look at the cat. he he is scared. >> he is. >> we will see you back here on monday. real-time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company

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