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you know, that's a little scary. the swine flu death toll reaches double digits in maryland. how hospitals are changing sharr rules to keep children safe. words of caution from the president. what happens next after a key vote in congress about healthcare reform. they're bugging me about the flamingo. and the fight over this flamingo, why this bird could cost a hambden landmark big ducks. good morning, it's wednesday, october 14th, i'm patrice harris. yesterday was a pretty nice day, it started out a little chilly but it ended up nice. today it might be different, though. meteorologist steve fertig is here to fill us in on all the details. changes coming, steve. >> yes, changes, the temperatures were warmer but the winds were greater than today, we will see the winds deminnish but the temperatures won't climb a whole lot. temperature wise we're cool, back to the west, we're cool, 42 degrees in hagerstown, and 42 in salisbury. some the outlying areas in the west in the 30s there. we do have a frost advisory for allegheny county and a freeze warning to garrett county until 9:00 a.m. so definitely cold there. the hd radar indicates clouds we through the day. the showers you see to the west not getting in here until later tonight. we won't talk about and what is in store for you for the rest of the week in a little bit. right now candace dold is standing with the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we're developing a story trouble on 95. serious trouble, a crash that completely shuts down all northbound lanes right at route 216. there are three tractor trailers involved in this one. there were 2 that were parked on the side of the road, one that was traveling on the northbound direction and hit the two on the side the road. the debris that the trucks were carrying is sprawled on the lanes. that is why it's completely shutdown be the traffic is detoured on route 216. to avoid all of this activity, use route 291. as far as the route 1 exit, you can see that is very light activity so nothing to complain about yet on the southbound lanes. i can guarantee you it's going to get busy. you will want to stick with the alternates instead. that's a look at morning travels, patrice, back to you. we are following a developing story this morning, two firefighters are injured at a fire in northwest baltimore. the flames broke out in the 4800 block of will burn avenue just after 2:00 this morning. the fire caused the roof on the front porch to collapse and came down on the two firefighters. they both suffered minor injuries but neither was taken to the hospital. one person inside of the home at the time of the fire did get out on their own. at this point there's no word on what caused the fire. a man is shot and killed in east baltimore overnight. it happened after midnight at rux ton avenue at baker street. homicide detectives are investigating but there's no word on a suspect or a motive in the shooting. 10 people in maryland have now died from h1n1. the latest death was an adult who lived in western maryland. state health officials say the victim had serious underlying health conditions. the number of children falling victim to the h1n1 virus continues to grow at an alarm rate. nationwide 80 kids have died from the swine flu. hospitals are restricting children and limiting adult visitors. if your child does get in, they may be given a face mask at the door. the cdc says parents who worry that their children are sick, should look for a change in dehydration, fever and skin color. the best way to prevent getting sick is vaccination. some parents aren't so sure. >> this vaccination hasn't been tested thoroughly, so that is scary. >> from what we have read so far, it's something that, you know, the benefits outweigh the negative. >> in most states, including maryland only the flu mist version of the h1n1 vaccine is available. the cdc says the shots could be ready soon. doctors are urging people to get the seasonal flu vaccine, but the demand for that is so high, there's concern there could be a shortage. healthcare reform reached a milestone yesterday. the senate finance committee passed the finance reform bill in a vote of 14-9. all the democrats on the committee voted for the bill but it also got one republican vote. senator ole olympia snow of maine. president obama praised her to help move healthcare reform on head. >> now is not the time to pat ourselves on the back, now is not the time to offer ourselves congratulations. it's time to get this done. >> the next step is for the versions to be crafted into one final bill. baltimore county police say a man found shot in his home was targeted. it happened along harrison grant drive in the town of granite. a relative called 911 yesterday early. when police arrived they found lamont blackston dead from gunshot wound. police believe that several men met him when he arrived and shot him inside. >> we don't know what they were looking for but before they left they shot and killed mr. blackston before they left. >> they followed a van but lost sight of the van when it sped away. it was found later in baltimore. right now police are not clear if the van is related to the murder. a teenager will spend 40 years behind bars for his role in a rape and armed kidnapping at a timonium light rail station. 19-year-old ryan scott was sentenced in baltimore county circuit court. he and another man kidnapped a high school couple from the light rail station last year. they forced the boy into the trunk of the car and raped the girl in the back seat. he ithe other suspect is already serving a life sentence. 23-year-old melanie blevins plead guilty to involuntariy manslaughter yesterday. her child's body was found in a trash bin behind a church. she claimed that her baby was still bonde born butted medical examiner said the child did take a breath. there's another meeting between constellation energy and edf. they want to take a look at how the deal will affect the rate payers, even though constellation isn't regulated by the group. edf is hoping to buy half the company's nuclear energy business. the maryland regulartory commission approved the deal on friday. whether you have been laid off, let go or just want a better job, timonium could be the place for you today. fox 45 job boot camp starts at 11:00 at the state fairgrounds. career, employers will be there and so will joel d smith. he is live there with tips on what people can expect when they head there today. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. starting at 11:00 to 4:00 p.m. five hours to get job advice, maybe talk to employers, and in the perfect situation maybe walk out of here with an offer or two. we're optimistic here today. one of the things going on here today, will be a seminar presented by none other than becky, good morning. >> good morning. >> you're going to be talking about interview skills. tell us what things people will be hearing if they come to your seminar. >> we will hear of what to be saying and how to make yourself memorable in the interview. >> reporter: before we get started what are the things not to say or do? >> do not be desperate during the interview. if your looking for a job that is great. don't be desperate, be memorable and be confident. >> reporter: how important is the handshake. >> it shows your confidence. it's absolutely important. you should practice that at times. >> reporter: too light too bad, too hard too bad, something in the middle. >> absolutely, the women tend to give you the limp rich handshake. that doesn't say assertive. the men occasionally are too hard. if you hurt me, i'm not probably not going to want to hire you. >> reporter: got you. we should look like we are ready for the part. >> dress like it's your best day. employers know this is the best you're going to look. >> reporter: okay. so they can picture you with the job. just one of our presenters who is going to be talking about the 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meteorologist steve fertig. good morning, patrice, it's definitely a chilly one today. starting off with 48 degrees in baltimore. that doesn't sound too bad, d.c. the same. look at wilmington, 35. okay lan the westeroakland the f oakland 32 degrees, right at the freezing mark right there. 32 in hague town, that is mild -- hagerstown and that is mild in comparison. we look at a frost advisory in allegheny county until 9:00 a.m. and garrett county a freeze warning until 9:00 a.m. this morning. the western part of maryland feeling the cool temperatures. we do expect showers on the way hold off for a while but later tonight and for the next couple of days we will pick up as much as a 3rd and an inch in maryland. an inch 1/2 for salisbury and back to the west seeing almost two inches out in oakland at the higher elevations there. as we take a look at hd radar, you see rain moving in from the west and the south. two low pressure centers and we will be watching as it moves in our direction. overnight into tomorrow the better chance of heavier rain as we get a coastal low, a nor'easter coming up in our direction then. here is what we have in terms of hd radar. high pressure is going to be the to the north. that is what is bringing northerly flow and cooler today. with the cooler air the dryness of that air also is going to help keep the showers away for a while, that is why it will take sometime for it to get here. eventually it does get in here. it moves on later tonight for the western counties around 6 or 7:00 p.m. and the southern counties as well and even into the later part of the night. for tomorrow morning the rain moving through and it could be a wet commute for tomorrow morning as you head out and then throughout the day tomorrow. as you see the heavier rain moving in going into the yellow popping up by evening hours by 5:00 p.m. the showers stay with us, the coastal lows moves up. the blue back to the west, a little bit of snow maybe mixing in. like i said, moving in mixing in for the western counties that is. the highest elevations for overnight thursday into friday. rest of us seeing more rainshowers as the coastal low continues to move up the nor'easter if you will. 58 degrees for the eastern shore high temperature today. it will cooler than yesterday, northeast winds at 5-10 miles per hour. the central part of the state should see temperatures climbing to 55 degrees for the high. northeast winds at 5-10 miles per hour. partly cloudy skies becoming partly cloudy quickly. western part of maryland 50 degrees should do it. a lot of cloud cover over there. tonight 45 degrees, late showers, northeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. for the rest of the week cool temperatures stay with us for a while now until they rebound by the beginning of the next workweek. here is a look at the temperatures the next 7 days. let's look at the 55 degrees for the high today. temperatures climbing to 53 from the mid-40s, and then we will get to 55 55, 2 to 3:00 tomorro. 55 tomorrow and it will be a windier day and chillier too. with the rain, it doesn't make for the ingredients to make for a nice stretch of weather. 52 on sunday, and 60 with mostly sunday and 53 with sunny skies on tuesday. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use the powerful radar to track incoming storms. it's getting closer, it will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back with another look at the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. good morning. if you're heading out and hitting the roadways we're checking the average speeds and so far not a bad ride on the northeast corner, 64 miles per hour and 62 on 83 moving through baltimore county. it does slow down a bit, now at 50 miles per hour on the jfx and 48 on the west side of the beltway. and we do need to talk about 95, there's a lot to warn you about. there's a crash involving three tractor trailers and it completely shuts down all northbound lanes right after 216. here is what happened, there were two of the tractor trailers that were parked on the side of the road. there was one that was traveling in the northbound direction and that one careened back into the two other tractor trailers and debris is all over the road completely shutting down all northbound lanes and crews are detouring traffic at 216. to avoid all of this activity you will want to stick with 29, route 1 or even 295, they will be better bet for the alternate route. on 95 moving near route 32, there's no problems to talk about and all cars are cruising along there. that is going to be the same case on route 1, so that is going to be a better option for you. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back to you. thank you, candace. still ahead get a job today. it's time for our >>a new recall for 4.5 million ford vehicles. stan case has more in today's business brief. weakness in the financial sector halts the dow from reclaiming the 10,000 mark. the dow 1,000 points. the nasdaq ended basically flat. 4.5 additional ford vehicles are being add add to a massive recall. they are alerting owners of older models fords, including 1995 to 2,000 wind stars, and 1995 to 2002 explorers among others, warning cruise control switches in these vehicles can leak and over heat possibly causing a fire even with the ignition turned off and the autos parked and unattended. with this new alert, the ford recalled a total of the 16 million vehicles for this problem, the automaker's largest recall ever. he won the appeal to have ththe conspiracy appeal heard by the highest court by the land. skilling and enron founder kenneth lay. lay died before sentencing skilling was given more than 26 years in prison and a fine. the court is expected to hear oral arguments next year. for business brief, i'm stan case. we are following breaking news this morning. all lanes of northbound 95 are blocked in howard county after a triple tractor trailer accident. megan gilliland joins us now live from laurel with more on what is going on there, good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. here is what we're dealing with right now. we're set up on gorman road overlooking 95. take a look over my shoulder, the red lights you're seeing. this is actually the southbound lanes, all four lanes are open but what they're stopping, is because they're looking at what is going on the other side the road here. the northbound lanes is where the accident happened. all northbound lanes of the northbound lanes were blocked off this morning. now you can see there's one lane that is creeping through, through this accident, police tell us around 4:00 this morning a tractor trailer cruising past gorman road where we are right now, crashed into two parked tractor trailers along the side of the road. a lot of debris on the roadway. right now crews are working to clean that up quickly. they haven't told us what the trucks are ke carrying, but we e been told it i it's has not hazardous. northbound a lot of congestion out there. they're diverting some of the traffic to 216. if you're coming southbound lanes, a lot of issues for you this morning, too. a lot of people looking at what is going on the other side of the street there. we're going to be live here all morning bringing updates on your morning commute and how you will be shaping up through the morning rush hour. for now reporting live through howard county, mi i'm megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. megan, the good news is some of the cars are able to get through on the northbound lanes, it is not completely shutdown as it had been for a larger part of the morning. that just happened, when we got here, no cars were getting through on the northbound lanes. they're trying to move the tractor trailers over to the median and see if they can get traffic moving for the morning rush hour. >> any reports of injuries for the three drivers involved with the tractor trailers? >> there have not been reports yet but investigators are sill on the scene right now. you can see the blinking lights and emergencies crews out there right now. i'm sure we will be getting confirmation on that as the morning continues. >> i guess they're trying to figure out how the tractor trailer went off the road and hit the two that were parked. >> reporter: we're near the rest area, too. we're thinking likely they were pulled overtaking a nap for the early morning hours. that is probably what they were doing along the side of the road. >> we will continue to check in with you, megan, to see when and if all of those lanes will be opened again. that will definitely help the morning commute, thank you, megan. still ahead, the swine flu death toll reaches double digits in maryland. >> you know, that's a little scary. >> how hospitals are changing their rules ♪ going strong ( extends note ) ( laughing ) celebrate with our newest $5 footlong -- buffalo chicken. the spiciest deal around. get yours, just $5! - jared: subway! - both: eat fresh! welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 6:28 is the time. i'm patrice harris. it's time to get a check of our forecast with meteorologist steve fertig who has company on this wednesday. yes, patrice, i sure do. this is rasheed brown and you're a 5th grader. >> yes. >> at what school. >> washington elementary. >> and that is in baltimore. >> yes. >> and you're going to do the weather today, are you excited? >> you want to tell people how hold it was this morning. >> yes. >> come back this way and we're going to show them a couple of things. we know that there's a frost advisory looking at earlier in allegheny county and there's a freeze warning. you're going to have to take our word for it, back toward garrett county. that is something also that is very chilly air there. as far as temperatures go, we will show you how chilly it is. 44 degrees at rasheed points. as you look at frederick, further out, 37 degrees, good job, rasheed and down gaithersberg, look at 39 degrees. and annapolis, better, about 50 degrees right now and that is what we're looking at. temperatures cooler to the west. meanwhile, clouds on the way, they will be thickening up on the way. we will be talking about the chance of rain. 53 at noontime, and 53 at 6:00 p.m. after getting to the high temperature of 55. definitely chillier than yesterday, isn't it? >> yes. >> you're going to be doing the weather in a little bit. are you ready? >> yes. >> right now what do you want to do rasheed, toss it to who? >> candace. >> reporter: thank you steve, and company. all right, if you're heading out you will find a lot of company out on the roadways. unfortunately we're dealing with a serious accident on the northbound lanes of 95. it's right at route 216. we can show you exactly what the scene looks like and i can tell you it's not going to be a fun ride there. now, here is the deal. what is happening, is there were two tractor trailers on the side of the road on the northbound lanes at route 216. take a look at this, all of this congestion here, it's completely gridlocked here. both the northbound and the southbound lanes are affected. now what happened was these two tractor trailers, they were on the side of the road and then there was another one that went by. that one, came into the back and completely collided into the back of the other two sprawling debris all over the roadways. now traffic is finally moving just a little bit. we had all the lanes that were shutdown, but nonetheless, object susly going to bobviously slow go. just be aware that this will be the scene that you're going to have to deal with if you are traveling on 95, use route 29, 1, or 295. they are better options. patrice, back to you. we are following breaking news this morning that candace just mentioned. all lanes of northbound 95 are blocked in howard county after a triple tractor trailer accident. megan gilliland joins us live from laurel with the latest and what is going on out there. megan, i understand that some areas all of the lanes are blocked and other areas, a few cars are able to get through. >> reporter: right, it's the northbound lanes that are affected. 216, all of the northbound lanes are closed. we're at gorman road overlooking this mess. can you take a look over my shoulder. a few minutes ago one the lanes starting opening up. now we're up to three lanes on the gorman road overlooking the northbound lanes that re-opened here moving very slowly, though. the taillights that we're looking at, this is the southbound lanes nothing going on here, other than the fact that they're slowing down and looking over the media at what is going on. this is a tractor trailer. police say a tractor trailer crashed into two parked tractor trailers on the side the road. a lot of debris. no word on what these trucks were carrying. fortunately, we were told that it's not hazardous. crews are moving quickly, they have taken these trucks and moved them off the middle of the road to where the they're not affecting traffic. you can see the one crushed out. the stuff poured out. the crews were working hard to make sure that this won't affect the morning commute too much. it looks like it will be affecting you this morning, both northbound and southbound lanes. no word on when crews hope to have this back up and running. you can see there, they're trying to do they're bes their e things quickly. we will be out here all morning letting you know what to expect for the morning commute and how long it will take you to get to work. back to you. megan, where are you in relation to 216 and why are all lanes there closed down but cars able to get by where you're at? >> reporter: they just started right here. we are putting some calls to find out why they are able to get here. what was happening there and they weren't letting the cars through because they were waiting for the trucks to be pushed on to the sigh of the road -- side of the road. they're being diverted to 216. now they're trying to avoid the congestion on 216 as well. maybe they're trying to open up the lanes in both areas to try to get cars moving as quickly as possible. now that the tractor trailers have been moved to the side of the road, that does allow some the cars to move slowly through. we will have to keep an eye on the conditions to see perhaps when they will open up at 216. >> they're making progress, but it's going to be a tough commute this morning. megan gilliland reporting from laurel, thank you. two firefighters are injured at a fire in northwest baltimore. flames broke out in the 4800 block of will burn avenue after 2:00 this morning. the fire caused the roof on the front porch to collapse and it came down on the two firefighters. they both suffered minor injuries, but neither was taken to the hospital. one person inside of the home was able to get out before any injuries. there's no word yet on what caused the fire. 10 people in maryland have now died from h1n1. the latest death was an adult who lived in western maryland. state health officials say the victim had serious underlying health conditions. the number of children falling victim to the h1n1 virus continues to grow at an alarming rate. nationwide 80 children have now died from the swine flu. and that is prompting changes locally. many hospitals including john hospital kins are restricting children under 18 and certain adults from visiting. exceptions can be made in limited circumstances but if children do get in, they will be given a face mask at the door. the cdc, says parents who would be sick that their children might be sick, should look for dehydration, fever or a change in skin color, but the best way to prevent children from getting sick is vaccination. some parents, though, aren't so sure. >> it's a new vaccination that hasn't been tested thu thorough, so that is scary. >> from what we read so far, it's something that the benefits outweigh the negative. >> in most states right now including maryland only the flu mist of the h1n1 vaccination is available. the cdc says the shot could be ready soon. the doctors are urging people to get the seasonal flu vaccine but demand for that is so high, they're afraid there could be a shortage. today's fox 45 job boot camp starts later this morning, which means you might be only a few hours away from getting that new job. joel d smith is live from the fairgrounds with more on what job seekers need to know before coming out. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we're ready to get. 11:00 it all starts. we're at the exhibition hall here on the ground of the fairgrounds here in i mon ul. -- timonium. one of the spots here the other side there will be a lot of employers talking about the job opportunities but here is the computer area. here to tell us what they can do at this spot we have chuck lang. >> good morning. >> reporter: when they come to this area, what are they going to be able to work on? >> they will be able to come on the computers and look at resume templates and do cover letters. there's a seminar that the folks can attend and come over and work on their resume right after so they get immediate reaction right after it. >> reporter: you work on getting people retrained back into the workforce and different capacity. how busy have you been and what kind of training do you do. >> we have been very busy. people are needing to get reeducated and that is what we do. in as little as six months people can come to us and get a new education and get in the it field and we do the things they're going to be doing here, get job interviews and job skills and set up interviews for them. >> reporter: these people that are out of work or people that want to change up? >> we have a combination. we have folks that are out of high school that want to get started in the it field and don't want to g go to college. >> reporter: if you do that, give us an idea, what is the general salary range that you can go into after taking a course like yours. >> upper 30s, lower 40s, they can start in that course range. >> reporter: they will be here helping folks get the resumes ready after the number of seminars going on through the day. things on networking, skills, and resume writing. we're at the exhibition hall and hopefully, we will see you later this morning. i'm joel d smith, live at the state fairgrounds. back to you. coming up a $2,900,000,000,000 healthcare bil--$29 million healthcare bill passes the finance committee. what does ma mean to you. >> reporter: we are dealing with an accident involving three tractor rwelcome back. it's weather kid wednesday and rasheed is here today. >> you're 11 years old in the 5th grade. >> yes. >> at what school. >> washington elementary. >> before we get started you want to say hi to anybody? >> my teachers. >> that is called guaranteeing good grades. who else? >> my principal miss wright. >> covered it all. >> any friends out there that you want to say hi, to, real quick. >> yeah. >> everybody. >> okay, good. you're ready to get started? let's go rasheed. let's come back this way and tell them what is going on at the inner harbor. currently at the inner harbor it's 48 and windy. >> 43 and -- what kind of skies? >> mostly cloudy skies. >> winds not too bad? >> no. >> yep, zero and the humidity? >> humidity 50%. >> yep, pressure 30.25 and rising. >> good and the dew point? >> 31 degrees. >> all right, what about the temperatures right now, let's show them that if i can. let's see if we can see what is going on as far as temperatures, throw them out there first. up, not fast enough. temperatures are in the 50s. that is my fault. i messed that up. we have a frost advisory, don't we? >> yes. >> for allegheny county and what else do we have out there. >> and what is coming today? >> there's going to be a lot of clouds and after that there's going to be rain. >> coming in overnight tonight and through the next couple of days. why are we going to see some rain rasheed? >> because of the low pressure. >> that's right. coming up the coast, not just today or tonight but for the next couple of days. >> rain in the forecast for the next couple of days. you want to give them the forecast? >> yes, today's forecast is 55 degrees. >> 55 degrees. >> northeast. >> winds at 5 to 10. >> uh-huh. so we will be -- >> it will be a cool day. >> absolutely compared to yesterday we were in the 70s. how about tonight. >> it's going to be 45 degrees and the winds east, east northeast. >> at 5:00. >> the winds at 5 through 10 miles per hour. >> and there will be late what? >> showers. >>absolutely. nice pointing. you got the pointing down. what about the forecast? >> today is 55 degrees. >> uh-huh. >> partly cloudy. >> yep, and then tomorrow? >> it's 49, thursday is 49 degrees. >> yep. >> we got some rain coming in and it's going to be what tomorrow? >> windy. >> you got it. >> 48 degrees on friday, right? >> yep. >> with more what? >> rain. >> you got it, buddy. >> and saturday, 49 degrees and a shower. >> and then sunday? >> 52. >> a little more. >> and showers, too. >> is it looking better for monday? >> yes. >> with a high temperature of? >> 60 degrees and part -- and mostly sunny. >> you got it, and tuesday? >> tuesday 63 degrees and partly -- >> a lot of sunshine, right? >> all right. >> and now rasheed, good job. who do you want to toss it to? >> back to you, patrice. >>thank you, rasheed, you did a great job. what do you think you want to do when you grow up, weather, maybe? >> i want to be a scientist. >> a scientist, well you better get off to school. you got some studying to do. rasheed, thank you for joining us this morning. if you want your kid to be a part of the weather kid wednesday, send steve a note or drop him a line at foxbaltimore.com. we need to let you know that sky radar is available. you can use the powerful doppler radar to track storms. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now it's time goat a check of the busy -- time to get a check of the busy roadways with candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, patrice. we're checking the rides for you. it's going to be a calm ride on the northeast corner getting busy but still at 65 miles per hour. 95 farther down, look at this, now at 29 miles per hour. and this is because of an accident, a very serious one in fact on the northbound lanes. it's right at route 216. now there were two tractor trailers that were on the side of the road and one tractor trailer that was traveling on the northbound lanes and completely crashed into the back of those other two tractor trailers. you are taking a live look over the scene right now and you can see a lot of flashing lights still there. all of that activity is completely leaving us with the snarled traffic there. as for the conditions, we do have some better news for you. all lanes were shutdown, now all lanes are open, but you can still see it's going to be a sea of brake lights out there in both directions. as a result of this you will want to stick with an alternate, use 295, route 1 o 29, route 1 . taking it from the wilkens heading to liberty road. so far nothing to complain about, so we're looking at a minnesota clip. bring it. if we're known for one thing... we've got the best customer service. - low fares. - frequent flights, that's what we're known for. low fares. customer service. - we're known for a lot of things. - bags fly free. the lowest fares. customer service. low fares. we're not saying other airlines are bad; we're just awesome. southwest airlines is proud to announce... service to milwaukee on november 1st. fly southwest non-stop to milwaukee... for just $69 one-way. bags fly free. only on southwest airlines. grab your bag. it's on. ( ding ) bags fly free. only on southwest airlines. new this morning, 10 people in maryland have died from h1n1. the latest death was an adult who lived in western maryland. state health officials say the victim had serious underlying health conditions. the number of children falling victim to the h1n1 virus continues to grow at an alarming rate. nationwide 80 people have died from the swine flu. john hopkins and other hospitals are restricting children visiting. the cdc says parents who are worried that their children are sick, should look for dehydration, fever or a change in skin color, but the best change to prevent getting sick is to get the vaccination. the senate finance committee approved a plan that would extend coverage to 29 million americans. it was a big step with some bipartisan support, olympia snow was the lone republican to cross lines. president obama said that we're closer than ever to pass a reform bill butt w but we're noe yet. andy harris joins us now with what we can expect later? >> you're a physician so you have an insight as to what we may need in terms of healthcare reform. >> the problem with the bill that they passed it's going to decrease the quality of care and decrease access. it puts taxes on innovative medical products and it decreases the payment of physicians and nurse practitioners by 25% two years from now. when you do those kinds of things you will harm the delivery of medicare. it's got to come up with some different way to pay the bills. >> there's an audit out there, that says because you're going to tax the health insurance companies more, those costs will go to consumers who will end up paying thousands in the premiums. >> you will bring the costs, and what companies are going to do is jack up the deductibles and the co-payments, in an essence that becomes a tax on the americans. americans can't believe that he they can pass a $29 billion spending bill and save money. it doesn't make sense. >> what is likely to be in the bill. how do you give coverage to all of the people who need it and still keep costs manageable? >> again, what they should have done it is made it truly bipartisan. the american public, expects the republican and the democrats to sit down together. what is going to come out is a bill looks like the bacchus, it's going to increase spending and if we don't fix it in the next two years it's going to decrease access to care. why can't you come together and come up with something that we can all agree on and move forward on. what is it going to take for that to happen? >> what the democrats are calling for is an expanded government intervention. the republicans are saying, let's fix the public marketplace. these philosophies are opposed to each other, unless they come together, and say we need to have a little bit of both it's not going to be a bipartisan bill. >> where does that leave the public option? >> the public option is not going to be a part of the bill. americans have said, what they don't want to be a a government run healthcare. from a complete stop to a crawl. we're live on the scene of a triple tractor trailer accident that blocked all lanes of 95 for hours. we will tell you how to get around the left over mess. they're bugging me about the flamingo, dar darn it. it's easy how the big pink flamingo outside of cafe hon with attract a lot of attention. but these days it's not good. the city says that in order for the flamingo to stay up the owner needs to get a permit. that is news to denise who put the flamingo 7 years ago. >> this is the first time you hear anything about needing a permit for the flamingo. what do you think about that? >> well. >> i can see the wheels turning. >> they are turning really fast without caffeine. >> what do you think about all of time needing a permit to keep this up there. >> i think it's why nobody noticed 7 years ago, and why now? i believe it's public art. it has been used for many years as public art. you know, i think the flamingo, could quite possibly, you know, find a -- you know, keep that resting place on my fire ease ee on the front of the building without. >> without having the permit. >> yes? if that's the only way to keep it, now that it has become a part of cave cave cafe hon, wip fighting? >> i don't like to look at it as a fight. i look to look at is an opportunity to raise awareness for public art that makes our city unit. >> i noticed your flamingo socks, and your pin, you really like them. >> he i do, they're in my yard. >> what do you think of the people of hampden, because they are used to seeing that all this time. >> it's a hallmark thing that raises awareness for the community. it's fun. it gives people something to take pictures of. we have a lot of birds in baltimore, we got the oriole bird and the ravens and now we got the pink flamingo. >> you would like to keep it that way? >> i would add another bird to the repertoire. >> we're going to continue to follow to see what happens. i know you want to keep it so we will see what happens? >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for coming in. pennies at every load. >> why didn't someone think of this sooner. >> we put 3 and 1 laundry sheets to will it work test. >> reporter: a crash on i-95 involving three tractor trailers, back up traffic this morning, i'm megan gilliland, we're live on the scene with what you can expect for the morning commute straight ahead. >> reporter: the computers are up and running and so, too will the job experts. i'm joel d smith at nothing says fall like dunkin' donuts. try our pumpkin lattes, muffins, and donuts. like the fall season, these flavors won't be here forever. dunkin' donuts. america runs on dunkin'. try any of our authentic hot lattes, including our pumpkin latte, for just 99 cents. next on fox 45 morning news. >> so you know, that's a little scary. >> the swine flu death toll reaches double digits in maryland. how hospitals are changing their rules to keep children safe. get a job today. it's time for our fox 45 job boot camp and we're pounding the pavement live all morning. what i don't understand is why didn't someone think of this sooner? >> pinch pennies every load. we put 3 in 1 laundry sheets to will the work test. good morning. it's wednesday, october 14th. i'm patrice harris. yesterday turned out to be a pretty nice day, today probably a little different. meteorologist steve fertig is here to fill us in all of the details. good morning, steve. good morning, patrice, it will certainly being much colder as you are indicating but it won't be as windy. let's take a look at the good part of that. a freeze warning for garrett county, those both until 9:00 a.m. and temperatures are chilly. high pressure, though, from the north is keeping the dry air moving in and keeping the showers at bay for a while. you can only hold them off for show long. eventually the showers will move in overnight and then we will see more in the way of rain as the coastal low will move and develop. over an inch and closer to two inches a spot again. 43 in hagerstown. how about that, 32-degree reading in oakland. all right. let's see what is happening on the roadways now. here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. and good morning. well, it's going to be no laughing matter on 95 this morning. there's a crash involving three tractor trailers on the northbound lanes. we can show you what the scene looks like. it's right near route 216. now thankfully all lanes have been re-opened but check this out in both directions, it's going to be an extremely heavy ride completely gridlocked traveling on the lanes. you will want to stick with the alternate route, you can use route 1 and i didn't say 295, that's because there's a crash on the southbound lanes of the bw parkway and that completely shuts down that one lane. 29 and 1 is the best options for the alternate. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back to you. we are continuing to follow breaking news this morning from a complete stop to now a crawl. a triple tractor trailer crash blocked all lanes of 95 in howard county for hours this morning. megan gilliland joins us live from laurel with how traffic is moving at this point which looks a lot better, megan, i have to say. >> reporter: oh my goodness. it's amazing what a difference a few minutes can make. the last time you saw us, this was gridlocked back here. you can see the tractor trailers pulled and very quickly they got the tractor trailers off on tow trucks and they are been moved out of the area. with you saw candace take a shot a little bit ago. when you see them it could be intimidating when you see the lights coming at you. for those of you who didn't catch what happened. there was a tractor trailer cruising on the northbound lanes of 295, and ran into two tractor trailers and caused a lot of controversy and issues here this morning, but things moving a lot better. no one hurt this morning, so good news there, and for the early commuters did not get the word this morning. it looks like those of you who are getting up and heading out right now, it shouldn't be too bad if you're heading on 95. patrice, back to you. two firefighters are injured at a fire in northwest baltimore. the flames broke out in the 4800 block of will burn avenue after 2:00 this morning. the fire caused the roof on the front porch to collapse and it came down on the two firefighters. they both suffered minor injuries. neither was take taken to the hospital, though. one of person in the house at the time of the fire got out on their own. there's no word on what caused the fire. a man is shot and killed in east baltimore over night. it happened overnight at ruxton avenue. homicide detectives are investigating. there's no word on a motive or suspect. a lawyer for the alleged halo kawfholocaust museum shoott makinmake it to court. he was transferred to a federal prison in north carolina. he is there for a competency evaluation. he opened fire at d.c. holocaust smemuseum in june, security gua, stephen brown died in that shooting. the latest death was an adult who lived in western maryland. state health officials say the victim had serious underlying health conditions. the number of children falling victim to the h1n1 virus continues to grow at an alarming rate. nationwide 80 children have now died from the swine flu. john hopkins and many other hospitals are now restricting children and limiting certain adult visitors. if your child does get in, they may be given a face mask at the door. the cdc says parents who are wore eworried that their childrn might be sick, should look for dehydration, fever o or a chang? skiin skin color. the new vaccination hasn't been tested thoroughly, so that is a little scary. from what we read so far, it's something that you know, the benefit out weighs the negative. in most states right now, including maryland only the flu mist version of the h1n1 vaccine is available. the cdc says the shots could be ready soon. in the meantime doctors are urging people to get the seasonal flu vaccine, but demand for that is so high, there's concerns there could be a shortage. a flay plin flam mingo thats decorated a laurent for years, is now -- a restaurant for years is now a controversy. you no there's complaints that the bird is in the public right of way. owner denise whiting must pay a permit or take the bird down. the city wants 1500 now, and 800 to keep it up annually. >> why nobody noticed that the bird was up there and need of a minor privilege is beyond me. >> we can't catch everything in the city. it's good that the citizens are our eyes and ears and come to us and tell us what they see. >> whiting says the bird was originally designed to promote public art but now she is trying to decide what to do about the statue. we want to know what you think should the owner of cafe hon pay the fees or take the bird down. we will open the phone lines soon and you can send us a tweet at you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all fox. wind energy wants to build a 50-watt wind energy farm on top of western maryland. the proposal suffered a setback after they forced the company to add animal habitat protection. whether you have been laid off, let go or want a better job. timonium to be a better place for you today. the job fair starts at 11:00 a.m. career experts and employers will be there and so will joel d smith. joel joins us live now with tips on what to expect, good morning, joel. >> reporter: hi, there patrice. we're ready at the exhibition hall on the grounds the state ground here at timonium. let's give you a layout of this place. on the other side that is where the job excisioners wil exhibite so-called employers. the computers are set up for you. and today ideas on how toab t he better at networking. we have seminars set up. >> when it comes to networking, what is it about? >> it's about people skills, especially today. it's the ability to get along and deal with other people effectively. >> why are people not great at that. >> some people don't know how. that is the thing we have to focus is the how. networking is not working. i would agree with that statement, unless you know how to make it work. >> reporter: we have helpful hints here and a little book. >> yes, we do. we are going to distribute a copy of the golden book. it contains 30 human relations rules outlined, things like don't criticize, condemn or complain. no one wants to be around a whiner. become genuinely interested in other people. become a good listener. encouraging people to talk about themselves and remembering people's names. >> reporter: is there something you can learn quickly even today. >> yes, i believe so. it's going to take a lot of practice, like anything. we will share techniques but you got to work them and make them work for you. >> reporter: will this maybe make the person who is a decent candidate that much better? >> yeah, it will notch it up a few degrees. somebody who is not a decent candidate will notch it up a few degrees where they will become decent. >> reporter: the first analogy breaks out. you are good personty and you can -- personality and you can see him here today. get in line here early. we expect to be busy at fox 45 job boot camp. joel d smith, fox 45 morning inside. coming up calling for a public option, where two local healthcare rallies are taking place today. a cooler day today, in fact cooler air moves i >>7:13. 45 degrees in salisbury, really where we should be for this time of year. 43 at hagerstown. that is where we shouldn't be. 33 degrees in oakland and 38 in winchester in virginia. it's a cold one to the western part of the area. frost advisory in effect then for allegheny county and down through virginia and parts of west virginia. back to the west, we see garrett county in the freeze warning. that is until 9:00 a.m. for both of those counties. it's definitely a cold one to start today, but the rain is expected. it doesn't get in here, overnight and we will get two inches of rain over through oakland, moved through over the last couple of days. one that is bringing rain from the west and one that is bringing rain up the coast. it can only hold us at bay for so long. high pressure is sitting overhead. the high pressure is going to keep us with a northerly flow of air. the dry air is going to keep that rain as i said, to the south for now. but eventually the moisture wins out. the atmosphere becomes more saturated. we expect the showers to move into the western counties as we move into the 8 or 10:00 frame. in the overnight period it moves further toward the north and east, and as we get support from the low pressure center moving up of the coast. we are looking more in the way of rain. notice the blue up in pennsylvania. yep, that is a little bit of snow possibly there kaws of thef the cooler temperatures. snow starts to move overnight thursday night into friday for the folks there. definitely a taste of winter to come, but it's still fall. it's going to feel much more fall like today as the temperatures get to 58 degrees for the high. northeast winds 5-10 miles per hour. this is cooler than it should be still. partly cloudy skies, becoming morally cloudy into the afternoon. -- mostly cloudy into the afternoon. and cooler still as we go further points west getting to 50 degrees for the high with mostly cloudy skies. the showers move in overnight or even evening. degrees for the overnight low and the rain becomes heavier as we move into the rest of the forecast here starting tomorrow. it will be windier, too, you're talking wind, showers, and cooler temperatures, not going to be a real nice day tomorrow to be outdoors. 48 degrees on friday, more rain and then 49 on saturday, more showers it looks like. it looks like it's going take longer than originally thought. 52 degrees for sunday with some showers, still. and then we dry out for monday, a high of 60 degrees mostlily my cloudy. the interactive tools let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold has some information about what is happening on the roadways with the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. take a look at the numbers out on the roadways. we are now down to 45 miles per hour on 95 in the northeast conner. 33 at the southbound end of the jfx and a very slow 42 on 83 moving through baltimore county. as for the west side of the beltway, 52 miles per hour and then here it is, 32 miles per hour on 95 moving through howard county. now all of that is because of accident on the northbound lanes. we have been dealing with it since early this morning. it involved three tractor trailers and it was on route 216. the crews are starting to move this out. all lanes have been re-opened. we do have residual delays and a residual crawl on the southbound lanes. you want to stick with route 29 and route 1. i didn't say 295, because there's an accident on the southbound of the bw parkway at route 32 and that takes out one lane there. 29 and route 1 are the way to go this morning. and as far as 95 traveling through the city right now, the lanes are filling up with cars from 395 toward the beltway and through the fort mchenry tunnel as well. much heavier on the southbound lanes from whitemarsh boulevard toward 695 and a little bit farther up, another crash on the southbound lanes, that one is right near the tidings memorial bridge. route 40 is the way to go this morning. that's a look at your morning hectic travels, patrice, back to you. thank you, candace. still ahead, protecting yourself from identity theft. the better business bureau rules to follow. and police and fire pension costs, why the city could be paying doubl yonew this morning. city police and fire pensions could double. yesterday the city put under $82 million into the fund but the request for next year stands at nearly 165 million. it's because of a variable annuity which is similar to a cost of living increase and is tied to stock market returns. the city's finance director says the city can't afford the increase and now there are calls for the pension system to be changed. there is another hearing today on the proposed merger between constellation energy and fran france's edf. they want to take a look at how the deal will affect rate payers, even though constellation isn't regulated by the group. edf is hoping to buy half of the company's nuclear energy business. the regulartory commission already approved the deal on friday. supporters of healthcare reform will express their views to a few maryland lawmakers today. move on.org is hosting rallies outside of senator ben cardin's office. participates are hoping to champion the public option during the event which is scheduled to start at noon. there's more than 100 similar rallies scheduled today. the rallies come after the vote of the senate finance reform bill. read that story and more in today's washington times. julie bedane has this morning's briefing. >> reporter: good morning. here is a few things we're covering from washington today. with the support of its first republic abrepublican, the senne finance committe committee movee bill. witwatch out because lobbyists e ramping up their efforts to make sure their special interests are represented. the health insurance lobby fired its first shot criticizing the senate finance bill. we can expect t.v. and radio ads startinstarting from everybody e pharmaceutical lobbyist with the union. they pitting politians against polpolitical scientists and it's getting personal. they want to cut funding for political science program, saying media talking doesn't know more about the subject than what he calls the average tweet jacket wearing professor. they're doing everything to try to stay funding to make work that makes contribution to the country. that is the latest from the washington times. until tomorrow, i'm julie, bedane, now back to this is protect your identity week. with all of the scams and con artists out there these days, it's more important than ever to be a on lert. on alert. angie barnett joins us with more on what you need to know to protect yourself. good morning. >> this is more prevalent. how many people are we talking about? >> in maryland 36% of the complaints filed with the ftc are identity theft. if you look at some other numbers we have for the year 2008, credit card fraud and bank account fraud are the two top two types of fraud that is going on. >> once they have your identity, they can open up all kinds of -- >> how do thieves get your information. >> it's very simple. first is dumpster diving, just literally going through your trash and pulling out your bills, statements, information that you just discard. that is one. >> second is know over 50% of the identity theft is by somebody that you know. so they're just in your house and they pick up your mail and pick up stuff. we deposit our mail outside of our door when we go to work in the morning. so a thief can come through, pick up your bills. now they got your account numbers, your bank account numbers. >> wow, very true. so sometimes people, most times people are completely unaware that this has happened to them, until what? what are the signs that you have been targeted? >> that is very interesting because sometimes you don't know until you get a bill for a credit card that you didn't -- it's a shock. you start getting bills or you are declined a loan or you're declined credit. what you really want to do is look at your credit report. monitor your own credit report each month and look for any activity that or inquiries. it's not just accounts being opened but it's inquiries about your account. >> you have to pay attention and a lot of people don't do that. they don't really read through the statements, they see that it came, put it 90 drawer and put it in the trash and move on. >> how do you prevent it from happening to you? nothing is full proof, but how do you take some steps? >> there's definitely we can do ourselves. the very first thing is buy a shredder at your home. and get the chip kind not the shredder kind. buy a home shredder and shred. second, you need to put yourself on the do-not-call list. >> okay. >> you need to do what is called opt out prescreen. go online and stop the preapproved credit cards. i got one in the mail yesterday. if you don't shred that, somebody plucks it from the mail and now they have opened up an account. stop the junk mail. do some of those activities. >> so many more things we could probably recommend but we will have to put them on our website. if you want more information on the better business bureau, log on to our website at foxbaltimore.com. later a flamingo statue outside of cafe hon sparks controversy. why it needs a permit after 7 years roz the fox 45 job boot camp is today. we're only a couple of hours away from the beginning. i'm joel d kaiser permanente. thrive. otherwise looking at shower chances moving in later tonight. ahead of that clouds increasing through the day today. then eventually the showers move in and we see continued rainfall, it looks like for not just overnight tonight into tomorrow but also for the next several day. we may accumulate as much as 1-2 inches of rain. by the way, see this blue out to the west, that's a bit of snow moving into wednesday night into your friday morning. definitely an indication that cold air is in place. let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she is here with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve and good morning. it's been a hectic ride to say the least on 95 this morning. it's because of an accident that was on the northbound lanes involving three tractor trailers at route 216. all lanes are re-opened and the northbound lanes are getting by. they're able to scoot by just fine. the southbound lanes are seeing significant delays there. check out southbound 95 from 295 toward route 100, we're in the red with an 18-minute commute. now 95 a little bit farther up, moving through the mountain road area, heading toward 695 in baltimore county, we're looking at a 14-minute trip there. we're doing better on the southbound end of the jfx, nothing to complain from the beltway until east fayette street only looking at a 15 15-minute drive. that's a look at the morning commute, patrice, back to you. two firefighters are injure at a fire in northwest baltimore. the flames broke out at willburn avenue after 2:00 this morning. the fire caused the roof of the front porch to collapse and it came down on both firefighters. they both suffered minor injuries. neither was taken to the hospital. one person inside of the home got out on their own. there's no word on had a what caused the fire. a man is shot and killed overnight. it happened at ruxton and baker street. homicide detectives are investigating, but there's no word on a motive or a suspect. it happened along harrison grant drive in the town of granite near randallstown. a relative called 911 early yesterday morning. when police arrived they found lamont blackston dead from gunshot wound. they believe that several men met blackston when he arrived home and forced him inside. >> they searched the house, but before they left they shot and killed mr. plaqu blackston. police followed a van leaving the area. it was later found in baltimore but as of right now police are not clear if the van is related to the crime. a teenager will spend 40 years behind bars for his role in a rape and armed kidnapping at a timonium light rail station. 19-year-old brian scott was sentenced yesterday in baltimore county circuit court. he and another man kidnapped a high school couple from the light rail station last year. they forced the boy into the trunk of the car and raped the girl in the back seat. scott's accomplice is already serving a life sentence. a woman gets time served plus 5 years probation and community service in the death of her newborn. melanie blevins pled guilty. she claimed that the baby was still born but the medical examiner said the child took a breath. 10 people in maryland have now died from h1n1. the latest death was an adult who lived in western maryland. state health officials said the victim had serious underlying health conditions. the number of children falling victim to h1n1 virus continues to grow at an alarming rate. nationwide 80 children have now died from the swine flu. that is prompting changes locally. many hospitals are restricting children under 18 and certain adults from visiting. exceptions can be made on limited circumstances but they will be given a face mask at the door. the cdc says mairnts who are wore -- parents who are worried their children are sick should look for dehydration, fever or a change in skin color. best way to prevent being sick is getting vaccinated. some parents aren't so sure. >> it's a vaccination that hasn't been tested thoroughly and had a i that is scary. >> in most states right now including maryland only the flu mist version of the h1n1 vaccine is available. the cdc says the shot could be ready soon. meanwhile doctors are urging people to get the seasonal flu vaccine. the demand is so high for that, there are concerns there could be a shortage. a flamingo statue that has decorated a popular hampden restaurant for years is at the center of controversy. the bird has been greeting diners at cafe hon for several years. now there's complaint that the bird is in the public right of way. owner denise must way a permit. the city wants $1,300 right now and 800 annually to keep it up. >> why no one noticed that the flamingo was up there and needed a minor privilege is beyond me. >> we can't catch everything in the city. it's good that the citizens are our eyes and ears. >> whiting said the bird was originally designed to promote public art. now she is trying to decide what to do about the statue? >> we want to know what you think. should the owner of cafe hon take down the bird or pay the fee. the phone lines on open at (410)481-4545. and you can send us a tweet at fox baltimore. today is the day, fox 45 job boot camp starts today which means you may only be a few hours away from a new job. joel, this is a new day, it could change some lives. >> reporter: i hope so, patrice. this is the job boot camp. it's at 11:4 a 11:00 to 4:00. a folks will be talking about the job opportunities that they have and job offers, who know. over here, a chance to talk on your resume after you hear a special talk from miss debbie. >> good morning. >>she is the only master resume writing in the state of maryland. we're glad we got her here. >> today we're going to be talking about the dos and don'ts in resume writing. >> reporter: there's a lot of those and they come in here and implement that. let's talk about not so obvious things. what do you think? >> not so obvious things and dos and don'ts. >> yes. >> one the things is readability factor. no one thinks about that, but you have to make sure that the person reading your resume, there's enough white space, the font size, the layout. that is something that the people don't think about. they put a template in that everybody has used and you want to make it a little more creative than that. >> reporter: you will work on that with people today? >> we will talk about it. >> reporter: they will be able to come over here. this is one of the basic things you're talking about. this a cover letter template. the cover letter s that important? >> yes, and no. you know they have done research with human resource people, and sometimes they say it is and sometimes they say it isn't. who wants to be sorry, better safe than sorry one type of thing. >> reporter: one employer says it is and some employer says it isn't. >> i say better safe than sorry. >> reporter: should people take resumes. >> yes, there's computers set up here where they can work on their resumes and get them beefed up a little bit if they need to. i see a printer, they can probably print them out and come to my seminar where i will be telling them things they should and shouldn't be having on their resume. >> reporter: she is going to be having a workshop on interview skills. it's all here at the state fairgrounds at timonium. we're at the exhibition hall from 11 to 4:00. get in here because it could be packed. help a lot of people and maybe even get jobs today. i'm joel d smith, live in timonium, back to you. coming up can they make lawn he drelaundry day fly by? >> we put the pure ex3 in one, laundry sheet to the test. you see the showers trying to make their way east. high pressure is going to keep it at bay and out of our way for the time being, but eventually enough moisture works in when we get showers pushed through by later tonight to the south and the west especially. then the coastal low moves into the east coast and it brings us a chance of showers. look at what is on the backside of that air and also for the western part of our region by overnight thursday into friday, you see the blue areas in the higher elevations but still getting rather close. take a look at the rainshowers. about an inch 1/2 of rain and an inch and a quarter of for bre dd two inches in the oakland. and a freeze warning for garrett county and that until 9:00 a.m. this morning. very chilly in that part of the state. meanwhile, it's been a cool start no matter where you are, 47 degrees in baltimore. not too bad relatively speaking. 47 in d.c. 45 degrees salisbury. 38, still cooler in wilmington. as you go out to the west check out 32 at the freezing mark at oakland. 47 degrees at the inner harbor with mostly cloud owe skie cloue barometer at 30.26 and rising. we will see the temperatures climb into the 60s and stay there. the eastern shore the warmest part of the area. northeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. morning clouds beginning to infiltrate the central part of the state, and bie 55 degrees sd do it for the high temperature. as far as the western side of maryland, cooler still, getting up to only 50 degrees for the daytime high. tonight temperatures with the cloud cover don't drop too much, but still that will be chilly, 45 degrees and the chance of late showers moving in. as we look at the next 7 days, let's start with today and see how quickly the temperatures climb. 55, and a couple of hours after that, 53 at 6:00 p.m. and tomorrow cooler still, 49 for thursday, and 48 for friday, both days with a lot of rain so wet, windy and chilly. how does that sound? nice. 45 degrees on saturday. i'm sorry, i'm telling you showers on saturday and more showers on sunday with a high of 52. here we go, you head back to work and it's looking gorgeous and it's looking like a long weekend for most of you. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the ente interactive tools willt you see when rain and thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. candace is back with the traffic edge a busy morning. >> reporter: it has been a busy morning and the seeds are going down. we have 43 miles per hour on the northeast corner. 55 on the jfx and 45 on the northeast travel on 38 moving through baltimore county. as for the west side of the beltway, 42 there and 55 on 95 through parts of that southwest corner. we have been talking about ongoing headaches on 95 this morning. it's all because of an early morning accident on the northbound lanes. it was right at route 216. now as a result of that one, we have had delays since 5:30 leading to it. all lanes are open, but unfortunately it's going to be completely gridlocked on the southbound lanes approaching the previous scene. now that is about enough. we also have an accident on the southbound lanes of the bw parkway. that is right at route 32. you have stop and go delays from route 175. so you think that would be all to talk about. no? because now there's a new accident on the southbound 29 in white oak. so route 1 is the way to go if you need to head down toward washington d.c. as for the beltway, no incidents to talk about thankfully, but we do have slowing through catonsville at the west side at liberty road. here it is, you can see the cars rough -- the brake lights on the outer loop lanes but mot mod ree congestion. that is a look at the morning mayhem, patrice being, back to . still ahead, a flamingo statue outside of cafe hon sparks controversy. and officials say it needs a permit after 7 years. we want to know what you think? should the owner of cafe hon pay thousands in fees or just take a flamingo statue outside of hampden cafe hon is in at the center of a controversy. it's been up for 7 years but there's been recent glaints the- complaints that the bird is in the right of way. now the owner must pay a fees or take the bird down. it would cost him $1,300 right now and 800 a year to keep it up. the quest day is should the owner pay the fees or take down the statue. our first caller is mark from hampden. good morning, mark? >> what do you think about the flaflamingo statue. >> i think it should stay. it's become a landmark for the neighborhood. if she has to pay fines and fees, i see no reason other than the city looking for a way to get money. >> are you surprised that after all of this time it's a point of controversy? >> i am. it's a piece of art. if she has to pay fees from here on out, okay, fine. but the fine, whatever she has got for it being there, it's ridiculous, because it has been there. it's no obstruction for me to walk across the sidewalk. i don't have any problems with it. >> mark, thank you for your call. let's see what stacey in baltimore has to say about it, good morning, stacey. should she have to pay these fines or be done with it, and take it down? >> no. she should leave it up and not have to pay the fines? >> why not? >> because it's been there for 7 years. it's like a piece of history in baltimore. if that is the case, on the street all the statues that they have from the school of art, do they have to pay fines? do they have to pay them down? no. after 7 years why are they picking on this lady. >> interesting tonight, thank you for calling? >> let's go to diane in essex. >> good morning how are you? >> i'm fine. what do you think? >> i think it should be left there. when you visit the city of baltimore and you're down at the inner harbor, if you turn around and you look at the condominiums that go around the harbor, look at everybody's patios and if they have potted plants, if they don't have one flamingo on their porch. they have two. >> right. >> and it seems that the flamingo somehow is linked to the city of baltimore. >> all right, thank you for calling. let's take a look at our twitter page. there's several people who have opinions. neither the citizens should protest against the a sas the as ninety nine actions of the city. if they hadn't taxed but we're in maryland, we get taxed for air. thank you for your calls and your tweets. later on fox 45 morning news, revolution brings their regulareggae sound to maryland. when and where you can catch the band. next they promise taking the hassle out with unemployment up and the economy down, more and more people are looking to save money anyway they can. can a new product from pureex cut down on the grocery bill. it's the 3 in one, he detergen d dryer sheet. >> as things get simpler. >> taste bites simple sounds good. he's on the look out for labor free laundry. >> lawn dlee is something that s something that is necessary. >> she always told me to separate the bigs. if i didn't have time to throw everything with cold water, it would be okay. >> what i don't understand, is why didn't someone think 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all morning. and he is showing his purple pride. jamie foxx tells us why he loves charm city. good morning. it's wednesday, october 14th. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. we need to get a check with our weather this morning with meteorologist steve fertig and it's wednesday so we can start looking forward to that weekend weather already. fair game right now. >> i saw it yesterday. never too early. the weekend is going to be past the weekend into the next workweek when we see warmer temperatures return. starting today we're in a cool trend, sorry. >> we got some cold air. >> temperatures are going to be in the 50s for high temperatures, going to be cool days and chilly nights basically in store for the next several days and damp weather on the way, too. we do have a frost advisory for allegheny county until 9:00 a.m. and for garrett county we have a freeze warning until 9:00 a.m. that is where the coolest air is. the coastal warning we are seeing up in delaware around and the pennsylvania border, rather new jersey border because of heavy rain expected to fall there. we are going to get some rain due to the low pressure center down to the south and east that is going to redevelop off the coastal low off the carolinas and come ahead tomorrow. right now we're talking about the chill in the air, 46 degrees in baltimore, it's not really too bad compared to elsewhere, where we have 40 in hagerstown and wilmington, delaware. out in oakland, how do you like that? , how don't you like that. >> 55 degrees with a northeast wind, and less winds today 5-10 miles per hour. let's check on the roadways right now with candace dold. she is here with the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: steve, we're not going to be too popular with people this morning because we both have bad news. i have been talking about 95. unfounfortunately there was a te tractor trailer accident. it happened earlier this morning at 216. all lanes were locked down and they're yo now re-opened but weo have delays. from 295 to route 100, we are dealing with an 18-minute ride. you will want to stick with route 1 or even 29 as your alternate. farther on 95, traveling from mountain road heading toward 695, right now we're in the red there as well. no accidents to talk about, but we're still looking at an 18 minute clip. on p to side of the beltway, it's completely jammed on the outer loop lanes taking it from route 702 down toward 70, right now a 44-minute drive. that's a look at the morning travels, megan, back to you. two firefighters are injured at a blaze in northwest baltimore. flames broke out in the 4800 block of willburn avenue after 2:00 this morning. the fire cause the porch to collapse and it came down on two firefighters. they both suffered minor injuries and neither was taken to the hospital. one person inside of the house at the time of the blaze got out on their own. no word on what caused this fire. a man is shot and killed in east baltimore overnight. this one happened after midnight at ruxton avenue and baker street. homicide detectives are investigating. no word on a suspect or motive in the shooting. a lawyer for the alleged halholocaust smew see yum museut expected to be at court today. he wa. police say von brunn a white supremacist opened fire at the d.c. holocaust museum back in june, stephen brown died in the shooting. 10 people in maryland have now died from h1n1. the latest death was an adult who lived in western maryland. state health officials said the victim had serious underlying health conditions. the number of children falling victim to the h1n1 virus continues to grow at an alarming rate. nationwide, 80 kids have now died from swine flu. john hopkins and many other hospitals are now restricting children and limiting certain adult visitors. if your child does get in, they may be given a face mask at the door. their parents who are worried their children are sick, should look for dehydration, fever. but the best way to prevent getting sick is vaccination. some parents aren't so sure. >> it's a new vaccination that hasn't been tested thoroughly. that say scary. >> from what we have read so far, it's something that the benefits outweigh the risks. only the flu mist vaccine is rabble. thavailable. doctors are urging people to get the seasonal flu vaccine but demand is high and there's concern there could be a shortage. healthcare reform reached a milestone yesterday. the senate finance committee passed the healthcare reform bill in a 14-9 vote. all the democrats on the committee voted for the bill. it also got one republican vote, senator olympia snow of main. president obama praised her courage to help move the bill forward but the push for the health care reform isn't over yet. >> now is not the time to pat ourselves on the back. now is not the time to offer ourselves congratulations. now is the time to dig in and work even harder to get this done. >> the next step is for the five different versions of healthcare reform in congress to be crafted into one final bill. whether you have been laid off, let go or want a better job, timonium could be the place for you. fox 45 boot camp starts at 11:00 a.m. at the state fairgrounds. career experts and employers will be there. joel d smith is live there with what to expect today. >> reporter: good morning, megan. everything is ready, all that is missing is you. if you're looking for a job, this is the place to be here today. the job boot camp starts at 11:00 and goes through 4:00. we will have an area where you can work on your resume and seminars. maybe something we have missed in the entire process is wondering if you are in the right state of mind before you can get that job, and tim burton with the association of maryland, how important is your state of mind when you are looking to make a change? >> it's extremely important. when people are trying to get a job and trying to sell themselves and wondering what is going on with their families and wait. a lot of things people are going through. >> reporter: those are the kinds of things that you are going to talk about? >> yes. how do they know if their stress levels are high and what do people do about it so they can manage their stress levels and keep themselves calm and keep the relationships good at home. >> reporter: it may be folks that have dealt with, maybe not in the most productive way overtime and maybe they can become better employees if they learn some skills. >> everybody can learn some stress management. what we're afraid is how many people are developing mental healing problems as a result of stress that they haven't figured out how to work with. >> reporter: that affects their workplace and home atmosphere. stress management is one of the seminars here. the job boot camp goes from 11 to 4:00. come to the exhibit hall, that is where we will be. we're live at state fairground, joel d smith. she is finally speaking out. >> i feel for everyone who comes as a new person on a show that exists as a dysfunctional, fun family. >> how paula abdul really feels about being replaced by ellen on >>8:11 on fox 45 morning news. a little cool start to the morning but how long will it stay that way? we need to check with meteorologist steve fertig and find out. good morning, steve. good morning, megan and patrice. it's going to be a cool stretch of air that is going to be with us for the next several days. 46 degrees in baltimore, and 47 in washington d.c. that doesn't sound too bad. that is near average, 45 in salisbury. look at 40 degrees in hagerstown, wilmington, delaware 40 degrees and there you look further west at the freezing 32, literally freezing in oakland now and that will be an area where we will be talking about a little bit of a wintery mix come thursday night into your friday. so an introduction of some of that wintery type weather the we're still in fall, though. the rest of us it's going to feel more fall like, but definitely a chill in the air. out to the west a frost advisory because of the cold temperatures in allegheny county. and further points west in garrett county a freeze warning in effect until 9:00 a.m. i don't think you have to see all the way out to the west. it feel a cool air and it feels kind of raw. the rain it will be feeling kind of wet as we move through the next couple of days because we will be seeing a good part of rain as we move into the next couple of days with the coastal low moving up. an inch and a quarter in d.c. an inch 1/2 for more at salisbury and hagerstown almost two inch out toward oakland where some of that may be snow mixing with the rain there as we move into thursday night and friday morning. meanwhile, two areas of rain, from the midwest moving in our direction. this rain from the south and east coming you have the coast and that will be due to the nor'easter that we were talking about yesterday. meanwhile the high pressure that is allowing the drier air to work on this. the drier air is going to keep the showers out of our way for a while. we will see the clouds continue to increase for the day and eventually, we won't be able to hold it back. there's going to be too much moisture and the showers move in late overnight and again for the coastal low moving up the eastern shore, it means a lot of rain moving through, it looks like for your thursday and friday. time frame wise, we're looking at the evening, and time wise, 11-6:00 p.m., to see some showers and for the rest of us overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. tomorrow looking like a wet commute with the showers showing a little more pervasive through the area. the yellow area more intensity of the rain. that comes our way as we move through the afternoon and early evening tomorrow. note the blue area up in pennsylvania and new york if you dare. if you like snow, you will be liking this, but there's a chance of snow up in pennsylvania and new york. on the backside of that low, we're going to see some rotation around the low, bringing cooler air and the moisture is going to help bring in the wintery mix you see in the western most part of the state, but just the western part of the state. for us, it's wet around here in the way of rain. 58 degrees for today's high too temperature. partly cloudy skies ahead of the rain to follow. but the clouds will be increasing throughout the area, especially the central part of the state to become mostly cloudy by this afternoon, a high of 55 degrees way northeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. further points west cooler still getting to 50 degrees with mostly cloudy skies of the tonight 45 degrees, showers move in late night, northeast winds not too bad. the winds will be down today compared to yesterday when it was very breezy. 45 degrees the winds pick back up. and in comes the rain. we have cool temperatures, you have the rain and. not a real perfect recipe for a nice weather day. 45 degrees more of the same, showers and windy. 45 on saturday and 52, still some showers on sunday, but at least the temperatures bouncing back just in time to head back to work. 60 degrees on monday, mostly clear skies and tuesday, 63 degrees with plenty of sunshine. fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45's powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain and thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back. a busy morning for you candace with the traffic edge. >> reporter: it has been, and a pretty annoying ride for many people heading out on 95 this morning. we will get to that in a minute, because now we need to check on the average speeds. this is not going to be a pretty picture, 48 miles per hour on northeast corner. look at this number, 25 miles per hour on the southbound end of the jfx and 42 on the west side of the beltway. now doing much better on 95, looking at 46 miles per hour moving through howard county. let me sh show you the scene frm earlier this morning. it was complete chaos. we had an accident involving three tractor trailers. you can see a lot of crews on the scene and all of lanes were completely shutdown leaving us with a heavy ride. now it has been cleared out, but now we still have residual delays on the southbound lane. if that isn't bad enough, we have a crash on the southbound lanes of 29 that is at whit whie oak. that is leaving us with delays heading toward washington d.c. we are suggesting that you take 29 and route 1, they're better bets for the alternate route. a lot of cars congregating on the entire west side stretch. here it is on the liberty road. we don't have brake lights, so that is good news, but it's a heavy ride on outer loop and inner loop direction up toward 795. that's a look at your morning commute, patrice, and megan, back to you. thank you, candaces. coming up barbie has tankle. >> i have a 5-year-old who worships barbie. it's crazy, because they see and somebody is criticizing the way this all looks. it's insane. >> she is perfect. >> why one designer wants mattel to give the iconic dual a little plastic surgery. toss for anyone who comes on to a show that exists as a dysfunctional fun family. next, she is finally speaking out. paula abdul opens up for the first time about being now that she is left american idol, paula abdul is launching a new chapter in her career. she is telling us she will tune in to watch simon and rooting for ellen di de general degener. since her abrupt exit from american idol, abdul has been busy plotting her next move. >> i have got, one, 2, 6 things i'm working on. very exciting and time-consuming and jet lagging, and everything. >> paula abdul. >> idol won't be the same without her, but paula is excited how ellen changes the dynamic. >> i think it's going to be fantastic. you know, she is remarkable at what she does. it's going to be difference, but it's a show that is unstoppable. she is going to add a different dimension. i feel for everyone who comes on as a new person on a show that exists as a dysfunctional, fun family. >> how unbelievely proud i am. >> as she reminisces on the idol stage, the kind hearted judge says she wouldn't change a thing. >> there's great memories. i feel blessed that i had such a wonderful opportunity that is unforgettable. i feel tremendously blessed to be a part of history making with that show and the fact that i was so, so there for the contestants. >> reporter: paula thinks she will be seeing a lot of ai friends. >> i think i will see them more socializing, because work is like -- you get in and you get out and you don't want to see each other. >> yeah. >> you know, it's like, there were times when we would do weekend things. i have talked to simon. he misses me, i know it. i talk to him a lot. i talk to him a lot. >> i can't stand up -- >> well, it's hard to believe, but season 9 of idol is a october is breast cancer awareness month. this weekend the race is on and it's for the cure. step out for a good cause. the director of komen, maryland joins us with the race for the cure. >> this is a yearly event and when and where is it taking place this weekend. >> this year for a 3rd year in a row, we are at hunt valley at the executive plaza right across the hunt valley center. >> how many people from people you have seen in years past? >> we will have between 35 and 40,000 people out which will be terrific. >> had a is huge, because all of those people raise a lot of money. then what happens with that money? >> well, 75% of the money we raise remains in the communities in maryland. >> okay. >> and 25% goes to national research for what we assume will be the cure for breast cancer. >> we were talking about this before the commercial break, but there's been so much awareness. you can't turn without seeing the breast cancer ribbon. you have done a great job at promote the cause. is it making a difference. >> it's making a difference. this year the komen for the cure has invested $60 million and that is huge. >> that is huge. >> we're getting to the place where breast cancer is becoming a chronic disease and people can have a long and healthy life after the diagnosis. >> and keeping the race for the cure is one that is the one we have had weekend. tell me about the race route? >> it's right in the executive plaza, the commercial district there. it's a 5k so it's a 3.3-mile route. >> it's easy for people to get out and do it. it won't tax them. >> what is the power of 10 program? >> the power of 10 is people participating in the race but it could be anyone where you ask 10 of your friends for $10. if we had the 30,000 people basically who registered last year and each of those we would have another $3 million to give away to the cause. >> that is so easy to do. parade of pink, what is that? >> the parade of pink is a formation of all of survivors who participate in the race who walk through the race village on race morning. >> and that has got to be good for them all the people who come out and rally and support, to know that they have gone through something that was very big and devastating in their life, know that they got that support? >> it's really a moving part of the morning and all of them together and the camaraderie and all of barriers are broken. there are no -- i mean, everyone gets breast cancer. >> still time to register if people are interested? >> yep. >>all right. >> there's three ways to register, online all the way up to saturday night komen md.org. you can register in person at hunt valley town center and you can register on the race morning. coman's rackomen's race fors at hunt valley. registration is at 6:00 a.m., but you can log on to our website for more information. coming up he is showing his purple pride. >> before he get into the shot, my man welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 8:30 is the time. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland, yet another chilly start to the morning. got to live with it, it's that time of the year. >> steve fertig to remind us to stop complaining. >> or just get on a plane. >> yeah. >> think about that for a while strks it's goin.it's going to w. definitely cooler air to deal with, cooler air on the western part of maryland they're dealing with for sure. the frost advisory for allegheny county, actually that has been lifted now so that is good news. still a freeze warning for those of you in garrett county. move one county to your right. you will feel better there. instead of 30s, we will be in the 40s, 48 degrees in baltimore and, rather, 46 and 48 in cockeysville, it's chilly in some spots. we will see temperatures climb into the 40s and the 50s. lots of clouds moving in and showers later tonight and overnight into the next couple of days which is going to get wet and cool and also a bit windy, not the greatest weather coming your way for the next few weeks with temperatures in the 50s throughout the afternoon. all right, let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she is here with the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we have been talking about mayhem on 95 this morning. take a look at this, this is from much earlier in the morning. we had three tractor trailers involved in an accident on the northbound lanes at route 216. in fact, it shutdown all lanes. we do have residual delays on the southbound direction and all lanes are open on the southbound scene. however, as a result you want to stick with an alternate route. use 29, route 1 or 295. they're better options for you. and 95 is in the red in the northeast corner from mountain road toward the beltway, we're looking at a 13-minute ride. and from 83 toward 70, look at this number, a 21--minute commute. look at that, that is a look at the morning travels. back to you. today is the day fox 45's job boot camp starts later this morning which means you might only be a few hours away from a new job. joel d smith is live at state fairgrounds with more on what job seekers need to know before coming out there today, good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, megan. it all starts here at the exhibition hall at the fairgrounds at timonium. everyone knows where that is. when you come in the registration. you need to get one of these form to fill out. you can get that online, and fill it out and save this time. take a look, all of these tables set up. that is where employers are going to be. pretty cool, as 30 of them set up, a lot of them may have jobs that they may offer to you today. they will be ready to go at 11:00 sharp. sell yourselves in 30 seconds. we will have the camera on you, for 30 seconds, talk about why somebody should hire you. the best will be played on fox 45 for employers to look at to see if they want to hire you. we have been talking to fashion experts lately. they say you got to go conservative but memorable. for guys, a dark suit, for the ladies, a nice skirt and a maybe a fitted jacket are the special things they are talking about. conservative, you don't want to stick out like a sore thru thumt you don't want to be boring, either. >> want as to stand a port, but i always suggest choose a color, don't go for the white shirt because it's boring and someone might forget who you are. >> reporter: be memorable. that is one of the things we are telling you here. seminars on writing your resume and updating the interviewing skills and networking. all kinds of good stuff, starts at 11:00 and goes until 4:00 today. if you need a job or want to get a better one, this could be the place to be. i'm live in iion mum, fox 45 morning news. the testimony and he will go to death row. you will never know when you will find jamie foxx. one minute he is singing on the radio and the next he is in a movie. this weekend you can see him as a star in the new dramatic thriller law-abiding citizen. he is available to talk with us this morning. >> good morning. >> 410. >> i just left your city, what a great time we had. >> you did with your tour? >> you know, i hung out there so many times. i have been coming to baltimore for so many years. a shout out to my man. and we get it in? >> yeah, we do. >> and now everybody in baltimore is going to go to the threaters this weekend to see you on screen. you're adding another line to your impressive resume, tell us about this new role? >> before i get in, a shout at ray lewis. >> you know he will come out there if you don't give him a shout. >> anyway gerard butler who you have seen him in 300, you have seen him in romantic comedies, but he turns in a fantastic performance with this. the movie opens up with gerard butler and his family sitting at the dinner table and there's a home invasion with his wife and daughter terminated. he comes to me and i'm the district attorney and i'm supposed to take these people to trial. instead i do a deal and i let one of the guys go to jail and but one of the guys in death row. and gerard just didn't -- his character didn't like that. he didn't think that was the right thing to do. 10 years later, i have my daughter and my wife. he comes back and it's like a charles bronson revenge type thriller at that moment. both characters are right and wrong. we can't award people that are vigilante, but what do you do when somebody kills your family. we feel like the justice system doesn't work for you. it shows that humanity. it shows the right, the wrong of it, the desperate feeling that this guy gerard is playing. and it keeps you on the edge of your seat. make sure you go out and check it out. it's hot. >> i would say so. i saw the preview and it looks like you're about on for the thriller. >> was gerard supposed to play your role. >> yes. >> we switched it because you can't separate your person a. at that time i was doing it blame it on the alcohol. i just didn't think it would make sense. when you see gerard butler in the romantic comedies, but when i see him in 300, there's something about that when he has to go get something. nobody goes and gets things done like gerard butler. >> agreed. >> to be able to see him in a vulnerable position and then to be able to see him -- when he says, i kill everybody. if you really like cinema and you like movies and like to sees pend reality, then this is the movie for you. >> next time you have a minute of free time, you need to come to baltimore. we will see you at the ravens m and t stadium, cheering on for ray. >> and ray, they robbed you. call me. >> there you go, ocho cinco, you both know it. you can see the new movie. all the looks you love and the colors you crave. for an affordable unforgettable fall. style, quality and price matter. jcpenney. there may be a big future in electric cars. one of the 7 vehicles sold in the year 2030 will be electric cars. electric cars will only catch on if consumers don't have to buy the batteries on long with the cars. if you don't want the sticker price, the cars could cost 7,000 less than the combustible cars. where does the battery come, think of it like gas. there's a pay per mile with the cars. you drive until your battery is low, move into a switchable battery station, and they switch it out. this could reduce the carbon emissions by 66% by the year 2030 as long as they're powered by clean sources of energy. now let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig, hi, steve. hi, patrice and megan. it's cooler living around here today and not very bright at a all. a lot of cloud cover on the way. two areas of rain, you see the central part or rather the midwest and the northeast part of the mit midwest, you see rai. the coastal low will bringing up the coast and that will be bringing a lot of moisture from the atlantic. the nor'easter effect for tomorrow and friday. ahead of that we get the moisture trying to work in and again, it's going to be a wet go for the next couple of days after today. most of today should stay dry. here is why. we have high pressure to the north. that is bringing a northerly flow of air around it. that dry air will help dissipate the showers that are trying to move in our direction. nevertheless, eventually, there will be enough moisture that we will see the showers move overnight and the coastal low that is the nor'easter coming up the coast as this one feeds another low pressure center will bring us significant rainfall. i'm talking about an inch 1/2 of rain and two inches over the next couple of days. it won't be too much to handle, but it will be a wet couple days before we see the drier conditions by the end of the weekend into the workweek before it's all said and done. notice the blue up in the pennsylvania. low pressure moving up the coast circulate in the moisture, but the colder air to the north will allow for that. some of that in the backside of the low pressure center moves into the western counties, there could be a wintery mix in the western counties in the higher elevations. the rest of us plain rain still with the temperatures too warm yet. as we look ahead, rain significant enough, as i said with an inch 1/2 of rain falling around salisbury more than that. and an inch and a 3rd in baltimore going to this computer model. a little more of an inch and some of it which may be the wintery mix. earlier we had that, but we still have the freeze warning for the next half hour or so less than that now as again the coldest air resides to the we were side of the state. it's cool for the western baltimore. 45 in salisbury but there's the cooler air. 40 degrees in hagerstown. finally we got away from freezing, not much, 34 degrees in oakland. it was 32 just a little bit ago. 46 degrees for the current temperature at the harbor with partly cloudy skies right now. northeast wind at 10 miles per hour. it look cool, though, 58 degrees for the high as opposed to the 70s at the eastern shore with partly cloudy skies and then for the central part of the state, only about 55 degrees here. and that again, will be accompanied by a lot of clouds moving in and filling the skies later in the day. the western part of maryland cooler still only getting to 50 degrees in the western part of the area, compared to the 30s this morning, that is welcomed. northeast wind at 5 miles per hour. tonight, 45 degrees overnight low. late showers move in, northeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. as we look ahead over the next 7 days, temperatures will climb to 53 at noon. we will get to the 55 around 1, 2, p.m. 53 at 6:00 this evening not of a change. tomorrow it will be cooler. 49 degrees, it will be wet with the rain and it will be windy. the winds up 15-25 miles per hour, not a great day coming your way for thursday or friday. 48, more of the same on friday with more rainshowers. breezy and boo o fifty two on -2 on sunday. and it's beginning to look better just in time to go back to work on monday. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you know when rain will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click over iradar. now here is candace dold with the track edge. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we are starting to see a little bit of improvement on 95 movingg in the northeast corner. we're at 60 miles per hour. that is about the stretch of the improvement we're going to find. on the jfx a very slow 20-mile per hour ride. it does dip back down to 40 miles per hour on the west side of the beltway and 58 on 95 moving through howard county. 95 has been in the spotlight all morning long. we had a serious accident on the northbound lanes. we can show you the scene exactly what it looked like. complete chaos, it involved tractor trailers and all northbound lanes were completely shutdown. thankfully, they are now re-opened and the southbound lanes are re-opened, too. we had a heavy ride and the southbound directions leading down toward washington d.c. if that isn't bad enough, we have an accident on the southbound end of 29 that is going to be at thorpe lane at white oak. those delays start to back up toward the dc line. you want to use route 1 or 29 as an alternate this morning. from wilkens road toward liberty road you will be surrounded by the cars there. that is going to be the case at the beltway at liberty. you can see intermittent delays but doing much better on the inner loop direction, just moderate congestion on 95. you can keep up with them round the clock with personalized reports for the commute, just log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on traffic edge. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, and megan, back to you. thank you, candace. take a trip to little dale to visit miss sunshine. the mr. men show are now on video. each dvd contains sing shows, with songs and the story 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[ laughter ] >> we meet one baby that is becoming an internet sensation. it's crazy. i have a 5-year-old who worships barbie. it's crazy, because they see and somebody is criticizing the way this doll looks. it's insane. she is perfect. >> next, barbie has me is the last person you'd ever expect to call fat. now one designer says barbie's ankles are too big. as a result, mattel might make some changes. >> that is not sitting well with come people. at least one child psychologist is speaking out about it. christine takes a look at the story. >> reporter: they're fashionable fierce and p fabulos but it seems that barbie cannot cut it in a louie vuitton still etowe. the french shoe designer says that barbie has kankles. he thinks that she has reportedly too fat ankles. she has been criticized for her proportions so this fashion faux pas bothers some moms. >> it's crazy. i have a 5-year-old who worships barbie. they see and somebody is criticizing the way this doll looks. it's insane. >>she is perfect. >> reporter: well known child psychologist says it sends the wrong message to children. >> no matter how skinny you are, you're not skinny enough. if you happen to be a little bit heavier or have some issues with obesity, that something is very wrong with you. >> reporter: a mattel spokesperson says it's not the ankles but the arch of the foot that being redesigned. they released a statement from barbie. my friend loves my ankles, it was that they want to give a new arch to so i can rock the heels. >> she was afraid louie vuitton. >> the restyled bee barbies ared to come out in the next few months are but the moms we spoke to, say the new dolls and new ankles can take a walk. they like the barbie the way they are. >> if louie vuitton has money to make barbie new ankles -- some people on born to dance [ laughter ] >> look at him go. >> we meet one baby that is becomin [ alarm clock ringing ] ♪ did you rinse this morning? if you did, your mouth will thank you. listerine® doesn't just wake up your senses. it doesn't just put a spring in your step. it's also proven to reduce gingivitis up to 36%, and plaque up to 56%. germs never take a day off. neither should you. start your day with a fresher, healthier mouth. say goodbye to germs. and say good morning to listerine®. one little girl's dance moves to the number one hit single ladies by beyonce has made her an internet star. christopher heath as the story of the dancing baby. ♪ two-year-old eva cunningham didn't choreograph her moves ahead of the time nor did she pick out her outfit. >> turn around and shake your booty. >> reporter: but this little number has made this little girl from san antonio an internet sensation. >> it was an easy link to send the grandparents so they could see our kids grow up. >> reporter: the video started out with eva's parents recording their innocence in action, but 1 million hits later. the video has become so much more landing on shows like access hollywood. >> whatever she feels, she dances to it and sings it and says this is one of many for her. >> reporter: at home with her parents and three older siblings, eva is listfully una -- blissfully about the attention she is -- blissfully unaware of attention she is receiving. eva and her family can't get enough of her little superstar. >> you know what amazes me is how they know the words to these songs and they're so young. >> i know a little boy who is 4-year-old and he is in school singing blame it on the alcohol by jamie foxx. >> that is a young age. >> i thought dancing was totally inappropriate. topless dancing like that. it's just not right. >> the cold weather is also inappropriate today. >> it sure is. take a look, 55 degrees the high temperature today with partly cloudy skies. rain for tomorrow and cooler temperatures, 49 and 48 for both days. it will be windy, wet and damp and that is the same thing and cool is what i'm trying to say. >> forget blaming it onl blamine alcohol. >> have a wonderful evening. real-time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company

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