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next on fox 45 morning news. >> they busted into it and duckeducked in and grabbed my navigation. it can help you get home, but it can help thieves. how they're using gps to commit crimes. the man accused of killing his three children, how his wife answered this question? >> do you love him. >> sell yourself in 30 seconds, how people are reaching hundreds of employers on our website. good morning. it's thursday, october 15th. i'm patrice harris. time to get a check of our forecast as we get closer to the weekend with meteorologist steve fertig, good morning. good morning, patrice, and there's no coming -- not to us, but close, close by, the western part of pennsylvania going to see significant snow through the day today and into tomorrow. we just stay cool and damp, and we should be thankful for that. >> i am but i feel bad for the folks who are going to get snow. there's a difference between liking snow and liking snow on october the 15th, whatever today is. >> that's true. let's see what is happening on the bus club. a lot of cloud, a rainshowers, and the rain will pick up with intensity and i said it could be worse. 40 degrees with a current temperature that won't change much for the day. 44 degrees is the temperature in hagerstown, and 46 in salisbury just like baltimore. showers and rain that will be steadier in the afternoon into the evening. as can you see right here, it becomes more intense in the way of more moderate rain by this earl hey afternoon anearly aftes with us. notice the blue up in pennsylvania, that is what we're talking about the snow expected to fall there and make its way into the western part of our state overnight to tomorrow morning. that is where it will stay in the higher elevations out to the west as far as maryland is concerned. we will take a look at the rest of the forecast and see if we can expect any drier conditions over the next several days. candace dold is here with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. and good morning. we're talking about trouble in anne arundel county, an accident and someone hit a deer at beenfield boulevard. as far as the northbound lanes approaching the exit it's going to be problem-free. on the beltway, so far so good from liberty road toward wilkens avenue, looking at an 8 minute clip. not too much to complain about on the top end from th from the springfield into the jfx. not a bad commute only looking at a 15-minute drive. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, let's turn it over to you. candace, thank you. 6:02 in fox 45 morning news. a spike in crime has baltimore city residents on edge. they say criminals are finding a new way to get into your home. megan gilliland is live with the latest, good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, criminals, in belvedere are using a two step process to rob you of all of your things. they're coming into cars and breaking them and once inside they're stealing the gps unit. once they have the gps unit they are looking at your stored information, finding where you live, and robbing you again. here in belvedere, neighbors like la verne are on edge. >>we have neighbors who are home; retired folks, people who work on shifts. we have seen a rash of home break-in. >> reporter: burglaries are up to 35 as of october 3rd. >> they took all of my gold and then went through and picked the silver that they wanted to take. they took a laptop and they took a small camera and an i-pod. >> reporter: this happened at the end of august in broad daylight. we are told burglars climbed through this window, four weeks later her neighbor was also hit. >> it's disheartening to know that it's being repeated over and over again. >> reporter: now thieves are getting more bold. detectives say there have been more than a dz instances in baltimore city where someone broke into a car, stole the gps unit and used the owner's programmed address to break into their house. just yesterday in south more. >> this resident caught it all on tape he plans to give his video to police hoping to catch the crooks. in the meantime police say their best piece of advice for all of you is to take your gps with you, and the ring marks left on the window from the suction cup, wipe that off, it serves as a bull's eye and a target for kids. i'm megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. stay tuned to fox 45 morning news for continuing coverage of this story. we will bring you a live interview with the city's deputy police commissioner coming up in our 8:00 hour. three people are taken to shock trauma after an ambulance and car collide downtown. the accident happened before 11:00 last night in st. paul and east lexington street. the ambulance ended up tipped on its side, two medics and another person suffered minor injuries. there's no word on what caused the crash. less thanty of drivers were caught by a new speed camera in northeast baltimore during the first week it was up and running. the posted speed limit at the intersection of 33rd street and alameda is 30 miles per hour, but 50 drivers got warnings foregoing that by at least 12 miles an hour. hundreds more could still get warnings. police are looking at 323 photos and video that were taken could turn into citations. actual fines go into effect november 2nd. a recent poll shows only 1/3 of parents are planning to get the h1n1 vaccine for their children. most sight the safety of their vaccine as their main reason even though health officials insist it's not a concern. they have said it over and over again, but this morning the same experts who helped create the vaccine in record time are sharing just how they did it. joel d smith is live at the university of maryland bio park with that story. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, starting later this morning at 7:30, health officials will get together to talk about how they got this vaccine out so fast. we are expecting to hear how they balanced speed with accuracy in trying to get this out to the public. if you remember the actual trials for this started just a couple of months ago in trying to figure out if this vaccine would actually work. now it's being rushed out by the thousands. the vaccine -- >> on the low side, so we're following the priority group, but that supply is going to grow significant by the end of october and through november. >> reporter: you're looking right now at the lexington market version of this, they were giving it out there. there's another flu shot today at poly technique high school. officials are saying residents ages 2 to 24 to get the flu vaccine but remember to bring your id to prove your residency. keep in mind this is being called a pandemic by health officials. it's the worst flu outbreak since 1818. that was the spanish flu and affected 50 to 100 million people 1/3 of the global population. it hasn't gotten that bad now, but we are expecting to hear how they developed this so quickly. i'm joel d smith at fox 45 morning news. meanwhile students take a part in a mass vaccination. 4200 people will get the flu shot during a preparedness drill. the university wants to test the ability to vaccinate a large number of people quickly and safely. it's probably because of the school is one of pg county designated site to handle a mass vaccination should a large scale of break out disease occur. there's more information on the swine flu vaccination at our site. just go to foxbaltimore.com and click on swine flu outbreak. we held a job boot camp and nearly 2,000 people turned out. the boot camp put unemployed people in touch with potential employers. job seekers were given a chance to make tapes selling themselves in 30 seconds. >> hi, i'm denise crawford, i'm looking for administrative support position, i have experience with working with the federal government, non-profit, wholesale, retail and a little bit of everything. i'm one of those who like to think out of the box. if you're interested you may contact he me at (#41)056-3400. believe me i'm confident that i'm the one you need to enhance your business or your organization. thank you. >> after yesterday's success fox 445 management says another job boot camp will be held in a few months. to see more of those videos and to learn more about the boot camp, just go to our website at foxbaltimore.com. coming up the nation gets its report card. did maryland make the grade? and i'm jessica starr coming up this morning in the hometown hot spot, i'm going we're gonna do it like this. 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director todg to be going on the tune day. >> we have all the characters, such as beers steen bear, and patrick. bob sponge best friend. and all of the crafts will be outside of the museum free for the children. for the price of the admission you can come on in and crafts in the museum and a lot of activities and we have taking an event with wildlife adventures and you see value right behind you. >> reporter: let's talk to value what do you have here? the sister bear is cutting akin chila achinchilla. >> it's a very soft fur and very friendly little creatures. he will be here all weekend with the animal. >> reporter: and tell me about the other animals that you are going to have here on saturday? >> well, we're going to have him and we will have some other types of mammals and we will also have snakes and turtles and lizards and all kinds of exciting animals to touch and hold and learn about. >> reporter: great, so the kids can get up close and personal and touch the creatures. >> definitely touch and hold ors great. a lot of exciting things going on here at port discovery for the family. you can get all of the information by logging on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. the weather if you're going to come down on saturday, we will be on the chilly side, mostly cloudy and a good chance for some showers and a high temperature of 46 degrees. for a look at that full forecast for today and into the weekend, let's head to steve in the sky watch center. >> reporter:center. jessica, it's going to be chilly and more than you can bear for the next several days. 346 is the temperature she was talking about the weekend. it's not going to change a whole lot. we will be in the 40s for 3 or 4 days. take a look at the hd radar and you will see that we have showers that you're looking at. you can see certainly that we are seeing the easing of the showers on the north. we are were looking at showers that i was showing you around bel air earlier. now seeing things easing up for the time being, but it's only for the time being because we are expecting more on the way as the showers are pushing through. there's plenty back to the west. it's all coming from here, midwest and that area of energy is going to move to the east and transfer this of that energy to a low that will develop off of the coast. as that occurs, we will get more in the way of heavy rain tonight into overnight and we will be watching closely, because with the cool air, especially had the western part of the state, the higher elevations, we could be talking about a little bit of snow. out in the higher elevations only, but take a look at what we in terms of the timeframe. the showers have become heavier, rain steadier into the afternoon, the yellow area here also seeing some blue through pennsylvania. that blue represents snow falling in that part of the state where we could see as much as six inches of snow or more. we won't see it unless you have a really good eyesight. it's going for the folks in the western part of pennsylvania to deal with. it will move into the western part of maryland overnight. watch as the blue rotates across the he low pressure center. there's some snow for the western part of maryland, the rest of us seeing showers that will continue for the next several days. it will be the high pressure to the north that keeps in the cool air. with low pressure moving up the coast, we're going to see the he slow continue and bring us the shower chances, back to the west again with the cold air, that is where we expect to see snow in the western part of pennsylvania. winter storm advisory for the folks up in pennsylvania. definitely feeling winter for the folks there than expected. 47 in d.c. and 48 in salisbury. a little mild, and 48 here in oakland which is where you will drop to tonight for the overnight low. that is the possibility of the snow. elsewhere, looking at rain that could be significant, nevertheless, as much as an inch or more, upwards of two inches in some spots. the rain will be a factor. how warm will it get today? not very, look for the temperatures only to get 54 degrees. central part of the state getting up to 48 degrees with a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind and further points west expect temperatures here not to get above 45 degrees with a northeast wind at 5-15. tonight, 42, some showers, it will be breezy and chilly, and as we move through the week, not much changes, tomorrow, 46 and again on saturday with more rain and then showers even into sunday with a high of 49. we bounce back, next week 57 for monday, 66 and mostly sunny for tuesday and wednesday. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. while in the weather center they're talking about numbers that you may not exactly want to hear. we have better news as for the numbers on the roadways. check out the average speeds right now, 65 miles per hour on 95 in the northeast corner at 59 on 83 moving through baltimore county. it slows down a bit on the jfx. we're looking at 39 miles per hour. as for the west side of the beltway at 59, and then 64 traveling on 95 through howard county. we do have to tell you about a few incidents, though, in anne arundel county there's a crash involving a deer on the southbound lanes of 97. it's right at benfield boulevard. as far as the northbound lanes it's going to be a pleasant place taking it from glen burnie heading toward the 695 exit. speaking of police we do have police activity not too much to warn you about there. they were there to allow the drawbridge to go up. it was locked but now it's re-opened and the cars will be able to scoot through on the inner and outer loop lanes. the cars moving on the pulaski highway, it's going to be favorable conditions on both the inner and outer loop lanes. it gets busier traveling from parkville down toward towson and the 83 as well now speaking of the 83 north of the 695, it's going to be a nice and calm ride there on the northbound lanes and we do have the volume that is starting to funnel in there on the southbound lanes, but so far no brakelights. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice, back to you. candace, thank you. coming up keeping track of criminals. why some say gps monitoring isn't the answering. that is in fox undercover. do you still love him? >> a guilty plea for the man accused of killing his th anncr: accidents are bad. anncr: but geico's good. with emergency road service. ding! >>a surprise move the father accused of killing his three children pleas guilty. the murders happened in a baltimore hotel last year. crime and justice reporter joy lepola has the story of the unexpected development in court. >> reporter: heavily guarded mark castillo leaves court, a self admitted killer, facing three consecutive life sentence without parole. >> the worst thing that could possibly happen to amy was for him to kill the children and leave her alive. >> reporter: documents read during the hearing detailed how castillo drowned his three children in a baltimore hotel room in march of 2008, using a stop watch to make sure each child was held underwater for 10 full minutes. prosecutors also described the expression his oldest son anthony had before he was killed. anthony appearing sad and scared. amy castillo took the stand following her ex-husband's guilty plea and cried as she described, anthony, austin and athena. >> reporter: there's not a day that doesn't go by that she doesn't think of her children. >> i have flash backs, nightmares, it's terrible. >> reporter: despite the difficulty, she for gives mark k for killing their children. >> if it weren't for my faith, i don't see how i could forgive him. >> it's a moment that a wrong choice is made. >> reporter: castillo says not only did she lose her children that fateful night, but a husband as well. do you still love him. >> oh, gosh -- i think because i was married fo to him for 10 ye, i always will love him in a certain way. >> reporter: a shocking end to the case of a haneous crime that amy castillo just praise shprays shecan one day accept. joy lepola. the dow reaches the 10,000 mark for the first time in almost a year. find out the latest news. they reached in and busted and grabbed my navigation. dunkin' donuts. america runs on dunkin'. try any of our authentic hot lattes, including our pumpkin latte, for just 99 cents. stocks rallied wednesday after better than expected quarterly reports from intel and gp morgan chase. for the first time in over a year, the dow closed over 10,000. it ended at 10,015. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also posted significant gains. two of bernie madoff ponsy scheme victims filed a lawsuit saying fcc 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>> yes, and getting closer and closer to snow. >> that makes you wish for it to be a workweek and nice weather versus a weekend with snow. >> we're not looking at a weekend with snow here in the metro area. >> right. >> right. >> and generally speaking most of maryland but the western part of maryland could see snow overnight tonight and certainly north. if you have travel plans to pennsylvania they're talking about as much as six inches of snow falling to the western part of pennsylvania tonight through the overnight period. heavy-duty snow band for the western part of pennsylvania and for us rain. the high pressure to the north, bringing in some cooler temperatures on the average. and there's a winter weather advisory across the mason dixon line, just across into the western part of pa and you can see also the bigger picture showing a lot of watches and warnings through pennsylvania with regard to that winter scenario. 48 degrees in baltimore, 48 degrees in d.c., 48 in salisbury, 44 in hagerstown. we're the lucky ones with milder air. that is milder than what they will have in pennsylvania. 48 degrees for the high and not much of a change. we will be damp, it will be windy and it will be cooler than average and so not the greatest scenario, and of course, as you can see it could be worse. let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she is here with the traffic edge. something better to tell us, maybe, no. >> reporter: well, yes. it's going to be better numbers out there as far as the speeds are concerned. they're a little bit farther up this morning. we do have new trouble to talk about unfortunately. it's on the northbound lanes of 895, right near route 2. the good news is 95 is going to be the way to go. there are no problems to talk about from mountain road heading down toward 695, right now the congestion to deal with. we're looking at an 11 minute clip and the city through the fort mchenry tunnel, that will only take 7 minutes. the approach taking it from the beltway from jfx all the way down to the beltway nothing to get in your way there. an 18-minute drive. thank you, candace. 6:32 on fox 45 morning news. police say break-ins are on the rise in northeast baltimore. the belvedere community has been hit hard and it's what the criminals are stealing that has many residents on edge. megan gilliland is live at the belvedere community with more. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. criminals are going up to cars that are parked at shopping centers or restaurants. they're beaking into these cars and what they're stealing inside is the gps device. once they steal it they are going through the stored information, and since you are parked here, they're going to your house and robbing you again. investigators are telling us that burglaries are up in belvedere from 25 this time last year to 35 as of october 3rd. one woman tells us that thieves climbed into through her window during the day. >> they went through and they picked the silver that they wanted to take. they took a laptop and they took a small camera and i-pod. you feel violated. >> reporter: now again, many of these thieves are getting to your homes using your own gps devices. decksives say there have been more than 1,000 instances across baltimore city. the best advice is take your gps out of your car when you leave and the marks, the marks that they leave from the suction cups, make sure you wipe them off. they serve as a target for and bull eyes for thieves. stay tuned for continuing coverage of this story. we will bring you a live interview with the city's police commissioner coming up in the 8:00 hour. the h1n1 vaccine was developed in record time and later this morning, many of those involved with creating will be meeting at the university of maryland in baltimore to reveal how they did it so fast. that is where we find joel d smith this morning with more on the making of the h1n1 vaccine. a lot of people have questions there this, joel. >> reporter: that's right, patrice. those questions will be answered today i in what is called a bio breakfast at 7:30. some the big developers of the h1n1 vaccine will be here and here to talk more about is libby. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: tell us what is going to be happening at the bio breakfast this morning. >> sure. we have a number of folks that will be talking about highlighting some of the initiatives that have taken place here in the state of maryland every day and the impact that the initiatives can have in addressing what is the flu season and in particular in the context of h1n1. >> reporter: this was developed pretty quickly, wasn't it? >> it was, over the last six weeks or so. really trying to delay some concerns, and answer questions that have been pending. there's a lot of exciting research going on. we're hoping that some of the conversation that will take place today can help educate the public. >> reporter: from your standpoint, if you have kids, would you have any hesitation with the h1n1 vaccine. >> no i haven't, inschool vaccinations have started here in the maryland. the secretary of the mental health and hygiene will be opening the forum and will be talking about those types of programs. >> reporter: and as we look at other initiatives, what else are we going to be talking besides h1n1. >> we have vaccine development at the university of maryland. professor wil wilbur ton will be joining us and he is the corspoon or in the development of the h1n1 vaccine. and we have the school of public health joining us and she will be sharing her insight and expertise in influenza particularly at the pediatric community. >> reporter: a lot of good stuff at the bio breakfast. i'm live at bio park this morning. joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. meanwhile students will take part in a mass vaccination for the seasonal flu. about 2,000 people will get the flu shot during a preparedness drill this afternoon in college park. the university wants to test its ability to vaccinate a large number of people quickly and safely, probably because the school is one of gp county designated site to handle a mass vaccination should a large scale contagious disease should occur. there's more information about swine flu at our website. just log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on swine flu out bleak. property taxes could rise if the city can't figure out another way to deal with its pension problems. the firefighters have doubled and the city can't ford t affory it. on tuesday they voted to bill $160 million for the fund. with the budget cuts already in the works in baltimore, mayor dixon says coming up with the money could mean cuts in service or an 11% increase in territory taxes. >> i think people think that we have hidden money, millions and millions of dollars out there that we can produce. that is not the case. this is a serious issue. unless we deal with it now, the future of this city could really go downhill. both sides say there's room to talk before that bill comes due in july. unemployment is on the rise and fox 45 is doing something about it. we held a job boot camp yesterday and nearly 2,000 people turned out for it. the boot camp put unemployed people in touch with dozens of potential employers. job seekers were given the chance to make tapes selling themselves in 30 seconds. >> hi my name is kenneth lane curry, i'm a senior it manager. i'm looking for a job in it management. i worked with such organizations at the cia and nsa. i'm looking for a job position so if you are looking for a very qualified senior manager with many years of it, look for me. after yesterday's success, fox 45 management says, another job boot camp will be held in just a few months. to see more of these videos and learn more about our fox 45 job boot camp, go to foxbaltimore.com. still to come, the nation gets its report card, how maryland test scores compared to the rest of the country. and a new accident completely shuts down route 32 in howard county. i will tell you exactly where it is and how to save yourself 6:41 on fox 5 morning news. time goat a check of our forecast, meteorologist steve fertig has all the answers we need. hi, steve. good morning, patrice, it's going to be a chilly one. temperatures not climbing a whole lot today. with the rain it's going to feel raw, that cold damp feeling. take a look at hd radar indicating where the showers are, right now, and back to the west starting to see some showers moving through on the beltway around d.c. they will be heading through the state of maryland through the day, though today and picking up intensity as we move along here. back to the west is where we're seeing more rain to the midwest. that is coming our way and it will transfer energy to the coastal low that will come back and bring us rain tonight into tomorrow night and the nor'easter that will be coming to the eastern seaboard and where we are is going to circulate cooler temperatures to the north. let's take a look at what we have in terms of our surface features and if you look at -- whoops, the temperatures went by faster than i wanted to. that was indicating much colder air to the north. where we are is the border of the cool air and warm air. we're cooler than average but warmer than plain rain. there's the midwest that will transfer the energy to the coastal low as the low comes up it's going to bring us rainshowers through the day today especially for the afternoon of heavier rain and for tonight, you will see cooler air wrapping around the low. the blue indicates where there will be snow. there's going to be significant snow in fact for the western part of pennsylvania. they will be seeing as much as six inches or snow in the western part of the state. some of that activity is going to move into the western part of maryland where higher elevationed temperatures will be cold enough to support the snow. you can see overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. the rest of us plain rain remains, but there will be rain continuing the next several days as the low pressure center slowly moves north and east and here is what we have in terms of winter weather advisory just to show you that they're prepared up in pennsylvania for more winter weather than we will see. it's just across the border. some of snow comes our way to the western part of maryland overnight tonight. the rest of us plain rain and a pretty good dose of it, too. an inch 1/2 of rain expected through baltimore, through today, and tomorrow and saturday as well, at least for the cart of saturday. and a 3rd of inches of rain in wilmington, delaware and a coastal flood warning up in new jersey with the heavier rain as the low pressure center intensifies as it moves north and east. for us a cool start but a cool finish because temperatures won't budge from there. 46 degrees in washington, 48 degrees in salisbury. 44 in hagerstown and 32 in oakland as we watch temperatures climb today, don't look for them to climb a whole lot. 52 degrees for the high the eastern shore with the rain. northeaster shore, at 10-way to miles -- 20 miles per hour. the temperatures should be in the low 50s for us. this is more like the beginning of december type weather with only 48 degrees for the high. in fact, these should be record days in terms of the lowest high temperatures we have seen this time of year on record. northeast wind at 10-20 miles per hour. temperatures west, temperatures won't climb that high, 45 degrees with the showersment tonight 42 degrees, the temperatures don't drop off a whole lot, the cloud cover but it will be chilly with a 10-15-mile-an-hour wind and again the rain continues to fall overnight tonight. as we move through the day today, watch for the temperatures to climb about 46 degrees from the lows in some spots as we're seeing, 48 degrees to start out in some areas will be where we are for the high and through the noon. really the uniform temperatures throughout the day. 46 expected for the high tomorrow and saturday. more rain continues, 49 degrees, can't rule out showers on sunday, and then some improvement. 57 degrees and partly cloudy on monday, lots of sunshine looking a whole lot better for tuesday and wednesday with high temperatures at 66 degrees then. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. you can go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back with another look at your traffic edge this morning. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are starting to see some significant slowing out there in the roadways. now on 95 not too bad of a ride yet. we're looking at 65 miles per hour, but then check out these numbers. 39 on 83 moving through the city, now down through bine on -- 59 on 82 through the county and a he slow 38 on the -- on the slow 38 on the west side of the beltway. now we're at 62. we do have trouble to talk about in howard county, though. an accident that completely shuts down eastbound route 32 between shaker drive and broken land parkway. now route 100 is going to be the best option for your saving grace, that will definitely save you a few extra minutes. as for 95 it's going to be incident free on the southbound lanes and the northbound lanes all the way up to 695. on 895, there's some trouble. a crash on the northbound lanes right at route 2 spur there. but as far as the tunnels, moving through the same vicinity, it's going to be problem-free, 95 and 895 through the for mchenry tunnel. and 95 moving through rosedale it picked up a bit and that is pretty much the same deal heading through the belt a pulaski highway, the outer loop lanes cruising along and a few more cars that are starting to congregate at both directions. that's a look at morning commute. patrice, back to you. candace, thank you. if you had something happening in your community, could you share it with baltimore. up load photos, videos or written stories to neighborhood news. go to foxbaltimore.com/your take. you can also send photos and videos directly from your cell phone through pics at fox new this morning, a shortage of the regular flu vaccine forces one clinic in maryland to cancel vaccinations through the end of the month, well check runs clinics in 112 places across the country including one at owings mills mall. the centers for disease control 57 million doses of the vaccine have distributed to far, and up to 115 million doses are still expected. stutents and faculty at the city of maryland will take part of a mass vaccination for the flu season today. about 2,000 people will get the flu shot in the preparedness drill. the university want to test its ability to vaccinate a large number of people quickly and efficiently. maryland students make strides in mat mathematics. 4th graders did better than other states and only colorado and kentucky also saw improvements. the test shows there's still more work to be done. 8th graders in maryland did not make significant progress and even though 4th graders improved, only 4 44% are considered to be proficient in math. nationally only a 39% were proficient. sandra endo joins us with more from washington on the test results. >> reporter: some troubling news for a lot of students out there and educators. fought grader4th graders need te down and do math work. the national average for 4th graders tested in math has remained the same from two years ago. now maryland, as you mentioned, is a little above the national average two points higher and for 8th graders tested the national average just increased slightly, but no significant gains. and for maryland students, specifically in the 8th grade, the national average is 5 point higher than everyone else. secretary arny duncan for the department of education says this is troubling news and all educators need to buckle down and make some gains. competing with other countries across the globe, this is disturbing for u.s. h education and students. these students will be tested again 4th and 8th graders in 2011. >> i know the tests will given in more subjects than just math, but math and reading are the ones that people tend to focus on. what do the findings say when you compare other test findings as well. >> reporter: they interesting, because if this is the given result for math assessment, usually students do better in math than reading. so clearly, it's a big warning sign as get the results for reading to come in, because they think that students are going to fair worse worst in reading. if these results aren't good, they're bracing for more trouble ahead. >> that's not good news. a lot of work still to be done. sandra, thank you so much. coming up in the 7:00 hour, set your power bill before you use the electricity. an expert is taking questions about saving money this winter. next keeping track of criminals, why some say gps monitoring isn't the you can tell when a salad's fresh express... ...and when it's not fresh express. at fresh express, we harvest every tender leaf at the peak of freshness, ...then capture that natural goodness for salads so consistently fresh and delicious... ...they're guaranteed. fresh express. consistently, deliciously fresh. juvenile services officials are defending their use of gps monitoring. some question if they're effective. they point to the case of lamont davis accused of shooting a 5-year-old girl in the head even though he was wearing a gps unit. talk show host ed norris joins us for this week's fox undercover. >> good morning. >> there was a hearing and the secretary of juvenile services was defending the use of the gps systems. are they a good tool for keeping track of these offenders? >> apparently not, given the facts of this case. it doesn't work, it's only as good as the people monitoring them. frarvefrankly, i see that therea need to supervisor other than with people. i don't know if it works in an urban area. >> you mentioned it working in an urban area. the company that makes these sent out a list and the list included signal may be lost in a building, in tunnels, on the floor of a car, in certain clothing pockets including backpacks, all of these which you are likely to find in a urban area? >> it may work in the country or even a suburban area. in a place like baltimore you got all of these things, why would you choose this type of device? i don't understand it. frankly, i don't know if it's effective. >> the secretary was asked this directly. don't you know that the kids know this and know how to manipulate it after a while. the kids are pretty smart of how to get around the law. >> the secretary said, no i they don't know how to manipulate it. >> a lot of them are very bright and clever and i have seen them do all kind of things. they certainly know how to get around the devices. >> had is not to say -- this is not to say that anyone in juvenile services wants the kids on the streets doing things they are not to be doing. if not the gps systems, then what because you alluded to the fact that you can't have one-on-one. >> you have to be more severe and more sure if people violate the probation. that is what is missing. kids get too many chances, you put them on proarks and yo proby get second probation. if the message was clear, we catch you, you are done, you're back it changes things. >> where does the blame lie in the fact that the kids are back on the streets time after time. >> sometimes it's the judges and the department of parole depending on supervision they're under. it's who is deciding in the case. >> ed, thank you as always. you can hear ed norris on sports radio 17 the fan busted into it and ducked in and grabbed my navigation. >> it can at the you get home, but it can help thieves. thousand they're using gps devices to commit crimes. set the power bill before you use the electricity. tips on saving money this winter. my name is kwan massie. >> sell yourself in 30 seconds, how people are reaching hundreds of employers on our website. good morning, it's thursday, october 15th. i'm patrice harris. a cold start to the day and colder even still as wehead into the weekend. i will leave it to meteorologist steve fertig to give us the details of that. yesterday therain came through and it made even colder. >> reporter: absolutely. i said we're going to have a record low high temperatures which sound hard to follow. it just means that any other time, we've always gotten to a higher temperature than we are going to see for this time of year. >> grab a jacket. >> 40s for highs. that is not what you see the first week of december, so, yeah, definitely cooler than average. >> you're not making friends, steve right now. >> i'm just tell you what is going on. we will be friends again by monday. the temperatures will be warm up then as well. the showers are tapering off overnight. we have a short break and showers begin to pick up again and it will get heavier into the afternoon, moderate to heavy rain expected into the overnight. it could include showers to the western part of maryland overnight. we expect more of that kind of activity up in pennsylvania where they have a winter weather advisory. 48 degrees for the current temperature in baltimore, chester town the same and annapolis at 49. the warmest spots, 47 in cockeys vile and low 40s, 43 in bel air and 42 in westminister. it's not going to warm up a whole lot. generally speaking we're going to stay in the mid-40s all day long and a high temperature today of only 48 degrees with the wind, with the rain and the cooler temperatures not going to be a day you want to spend a lot outside. let's see what is happening with regard to the trip into work this morning or to school. here is a look at the roadways with candace dold who has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. i don't know if i'm going to have too many friends, either. if you're traveling in howard county this morning. here is what you need to know. there's a crash on the eastbound lanes of route 32. it completely shuts down all travel lanes. now the left shoulder is able to squeeze by, but it's still going to be a slow go there it's near broken land parkway. route 100 is going to be the better option for you if you're heading out there this morning. taking eastbound 100 to 29, we're only looking at a 23-minute ride. again, use that instead. as for 95 in the same area, taking it from 295 down toward 100, so far so good, a 10 minute clip. but then look at this, on the west side of the beltway, right now from 83 toward 70, a heavy ride, a 19 minute clip. and we can show you exactly what it looks like on 695 right the liberty road, here you can see all of the cars that are starting to slow down there especially outer loop lanes. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, let's turn it back to you. 7:04 on fox 45 morning news, a spike in crime has baltimore city residents on edge. police say criminals are finding a new way to get to your home. megan gilliland is live in belvedere this morning with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, criminals here in belvedere are using sort of a two-step process to rob you. police say are walking up to cars parked in restaurants and malls and they're stealing the gps units. once they have the gps unit going through the stored information and finding the address information and since you're parked here and not at home, they're headed to your house to rob you again. here in belvedere, neighbors like la verne are on edge. >> we have makes that are home. you know, we have retired folks. we have people who work shifts. we have seen a rash of home break-in. >> reporter: police say burglaries are up on belvedere from 25 this time last year to 35 as of october 3rd. >> they took all of my gold, and then they went through and picked the silver that they wanted to take. they took a laptop and they took a small camera and an i-pod thrs this happened at the end of august in broad daylight. burglars climbed through this window four weeks later her neighbor was also hit. >> it's disheartening to know that it's being repeated over and over again. >> reporter: and now thieves are getting a little more bold. detectives say there's been more than a a dozen instances in baltimore city where someone broke into a car, stole the gps unit and used the owner's programmed home address to break into their house. >> they busted into it and ducked in and grabbed my navigation. >> reporter: this resident caught it all on tape. he hopes to give his video to police hoping to catch the crooks. the best piece of advice for you, is take your gps out of your car when you are parked and the little ring that is on the windshield,er serves as a bull's eye and target for thieves just clean that out. megan gilliland. stay tuned for continuing coverage of this story. we will bring you a live interview with the city's deputy police commissioner. that is coming up in up in the 8:00 hour. a recent poll shows only one 3rd of parents are planning to get the h1n1 vaccine railroad children. most sight the safety o cite ofe vaccine as a reason even though researchers say they should not be a. this morning the experts who developed the vaccine are sharing how they did it. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we're at the bio park for a bio breakfast. it should be interesting, talking how fast the vaccine was made and more interesting things as well. tell us what we're going to see at this break fast this morning. >> sure, we have a nice panel of experts that are going to be speaking of maryland's initiatives generally in the public health and infectious disease area and how that relates in reducing the impact of influence and particularly the h1n1. >> reporter: when we're talking about this, it had to be developed fast, but that quickness has some people concerned. a lot of parents are saying we're not going to give this to our kids, we're not sure about this. what can we tell the parents? >> part of the reason is address some the reasonable concerns that people are having. why is this flu season different than the last flu season. >> the federal government commandment to develop a vaccine in record time. to that end we will have folks like professor wilburton, and the coinvestigator who is leading up a nationwide clinical trial for one of the h1n1 vaccine candidate to tell us how the vaccines can help reduce the impact. >> reporter: we know that, but how do we convince them that it's okay? >> as a parent i share the concerns and i'd say, you need to do your research. anecdotal information is not the most reliable. talk to your pediatrician. listen to things like this where we have people who are in the know and give you good information. >> reporter: i trust you. you are an period of time, you will give it to your kids. i got a 1-year-old, i got to know this stuff. we're here at the bio park. back to you patrice. unemployment is on the rise and fox 45 is doing something about it. we held a job boot camp yesterday in nearly 2000 people turned out. the boot camp put unemployed people in touch with dozens of potential employers. job seekers were also given a chance to make tapes selling themselves in 30 seconds. >> hi, my name is lashanda and i'm looking for a position in customer service. i have over 5 year customer service experience. i'm an excellent communicator and i work well with others. after yesterday's success another boot camp will be held in a few months. to see more of these videos and more of the job boot camp just go to foxbaltimore.com. coming up ray lewis, hit chad ocho cinco pretty hard during the match up with the it's a dream come true for your kids. they get to meet their favorite cartoon characters this weekend at port discovery. meteorologist jees ka star jesss live with all the details. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. there's going to be a lot of activities at port discovery for two days. joining me this morning, we have sister bear and brother bear. we have live animals and we will get to those in a few minutes. first we have alicia who is here to talk about the comcast public relations. tell me about what is going to be going on here at port discovery. >> comcast has partnershipped with downtown partnership of baltimore and port discovery museum to bring comcast day for the 3rd year. we have special cartoon characters that are going to be there with us, including the bearstein bears. as well as activities paid with full admission to the museum including animals of wildlife adventure. >> reporter: let's go over here and i'm going to talk to valerie from wildlife. we have brother -- and tell me about this duck. is it a female duck and why it so big? >> this is a female duck. she is actually a domestic duck, but she looks like a mallard, we use it to talk about the wild mallard ducks and why the girls have brown feathers and the males are really colorful. we will be learning all about the ducks this weekend at for at port discovery. >> reporter: tell me about animals that are going to be close up and personal this saturday. >> we will have turtles and snakes and lizards for the kids to touch and hold and have a good time with. >> reporter: a lot of exciting things, family friendly and kid friendly as well. you can get all of that information by logging on to our website which is foxbaltimore.com/morning. and the weather if you're going to come on down on saturday so comcast saturday tune day, you will see a high of 46 degrees. mostly cloudy with showers and a little bit on the cool side. for the full forecast, let's talk to steve. i don't know what is going on. >> there's a lot going on, birds ducks, and bears and jessica. radar is indicating showers reappearing right now. that is what we have in our backyard. back to the west more activity there. as we look at hd radar, earlier we didn't have any rain, we had a bit of a break from overnight. now you see the rain reappear in the area. don't wait, and every place in between seeing the rain. and let's take a ride along route 70, you will see a lot of shower activity there as well and back to the west some showers which could be replaced by snow showers by later tonight overnight for the western part of maryland only. if you heard me correctly, please do, it's only the western part of maryland we are expecting showers. more so up in pennsylvania where there could be as much as six inches of snow. how do you like that for the western part of pennsylvania through the day today and overnight into tomorrow morning. that is where real winter weather will be. closer to home, this is what we're looking at you check out our future scan model. showers that get a little heavier, it's rainshowers for us, heavier by this afternoon. you see the yellow indicating he exactly that. the blue to the west an indication of the snow up in pennsylvania and some of that activity will start to move into the northern part -- into the western part of maryland overnight tonight do you due to a coastal low or nor'easter that will be moving up our way through the day and overnight as well. it will be strengthening and the showers stay with us and they will become more scattered as we move through the latter part of this week. high pressure to the north seeing the northerly flow, bringing in the cooler temperatures and the low pressure center moving up the coast will be bring us the increased rainfall as well. it will be damp, it will be cold, it will be windy as well and the winter weather advisory into pennsylvania is where the more activity will be with regard to winter weather. for us, 48 degrees in baltimore, 45 in hagerstown and 32 in oakland. temperatures are not going to climb a whole lot with the rain as much as an inch, an inch 1/2 and even two inches in some spots through the day today and tomorrow and into saturday. it will be, as i said, damp and cool. 58 degrees for the high. the central part of the state, only 58 degrees for the high, a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind. to the west temperatures getting to 45 degrees for the high for a temperature. a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind and moving through the week, we will stay cool tomorrow, 46 and the same for saturday with more rain and 49 degrees on sunday. 57, we bounce back on sunday, and 56 on tuesday and wednesday, a whole lot better as we get into the middle of next week. we want to let you know as always that you can check the fox 45 sky watch weather because it's it's available at your finger tips. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms are over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click otheon iradar. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we have the rain as an added threat to the commute. parts around the key bridge is along 83 and as steve was talking about, the beltway as well, around perry hall and towson and the northwest corner along 795 and also 70. that is going to be a major concern for everybody that is traveling out this morning. as far as the speeds they're pretty far down there. check it out 40 miles per our on 45 in the northeast corner and 50 on the jfx and 51 traveling on the northwest county. an average 55 on 95 through howard county. we do have trouble to talk about in howard county. an accident that completely shuts down eastbound 32 between shaker drive and burke land parkway. there's a left shoulder that is getting by, squeezing by, though, you will want to (sic) k with route 100 as an alternate route. nothing to get in your way through the catonsville and around the liberty road exit as well. check it out, it's going to be a stop and go delays on the outer loop lanes and we're seeing a bit of a ride on the inner loop direction inside. good morning, everybody. i'm kristen berset with a first look at sports. a very unforgettable game on sunday. chad lewilewis separating chad o from his helmet. it will be classified a helmet to helmet hit. lewis answered yesterday when asked if he thinks he will be fine. >> i would do it the same way i done t i would never slow down the way i played this game. i never played this game to hurt anybody. the bottom line when i turn to the goal i'm like a missile. when i'm locked in, and i'm locked in. worrying about fines, i let that take care of itself. the vulnerable ravens defense has a tough assignment this week. after taking on phillip rivers, tom brady, and palmer they get a site at the bona fide legend. brett farb and the minnesota vikings. there were members of the ravens team who were in grade school when brett started out. they look at him with respect. >> he is a true, true professional and a true warrior anytime he steps on the football field. what you get from him is he is very unpredictable. >> he is a competitor, you want to get out there and play against the best. >> watch him sometimes 12. i never thought i would play against him, and it would be critical if they get somebody like that, somebody you watched playing growing up. >> he can still play, that's the bottom line. they signed him for a reason. i thought it was a gutsy move when they did it. it's paid for them, 5-0, they had a good team before brett farb got there and he just enhanced. the former giant super bowl hero was on the practice field with the new teammates one day after being signed by the ravens. tyrie is expected to contribute with special teams and play a little receiver. he is excited to help the team out anyway he can. >> the main thing i can get out there and help this football team, they have all the pieces in place, and are the top unit. i'm just another piece to the puzzle and i'm happy to be here. elsewhere, it's official, matt stover is a colt, the kicker signed with indianapolis. he will fill in for colt kicker velitari. he tried out on tuesday in indy and had auditions and he did at the end of last season when he was not offered a new contract. and that's a look at your morning sports, i'm kristen berset, fox 45 morning news. no matter where you're from, we're looking for all of you ravens fans who sent us phots oshotowes showing -- to the phod >>frank luber and shawn casey join us to discuss it, good morning. >> good morning, patrice. >> we're making progress in this and but now we're at a new crossroads here. you got two sides opposing philosophies about healthcare, and you have to come up with a final bill. is there he any chance that this will have bipartisan support? >> no, there may be a low republican here or there that is going to support it. i wouldn't call it progress. i would call it regress. what is happening is that the bacchus bill is a shell bill. once it goes into harry reid chambers of secrets, they will start replacing it. the plot here is to gut a tarp bill and put the public option with nancy pelosi over there. it's not what comes out of committee, it's what passes in each house, it's what the final committee does to the bill. >> what they have in effect pass a bill that doesn't exist? >> right or haven't read yet, there's no legislative language in the bill. people shouldn't pay attention to what is being said now but what is in the final bill which is a key. >> let me ask you, you brought up a public option. there's one side that said, we can't pass a bill without it being there. there's another side that says we can't pass a bill with it there, that is the line in the sand. how does it play out? >> harry reid has to be harry huhue dine, but he what he can e is through the use of reconciliation. >> you think it will get that far. >> i do. i think it will go to 51 votes. >> i think it's going to be trickery or chick a innery that will get this thing through, because on its own it won't. we will have to see about that. gentlemen, thank you. we will talk to you next week. up next the university of maryland college park gets ready for a mass vaccination, the reason for the preparedness drill. 7:28 is the time. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning. when i first saw the new outbk it looked so different to me. but when i got back from my first trip... ...the look was unmistakable. more room for adventure. the all-new subaru outback. more room for adventure. let's get a check of the forecast with meteorologist steve fertig. the weekend is almost here. >> the cool air is almost here and the dampness is going to be heavy rain that gets later today. it's going to be cool and windy. >> the weekends is something to look forward to. >>the weekend weather is a to look forward to if, you have the nice place inside. you were joking of if the raven will be colder than they were here? >> it's going cold and we will talk about the warm upcoming up then. in the meantime cool, 46 degrees starting at the bus stop, 46 degrees at 9-10 miles per hour. the temperatures won't be climbing a whole lot. 48 degrees in baltimore so it's warmed up a couple of degrees but that is about it. 45 degrees in hagerstown, 45 in salisbury. rainshowers for us, but we were talking earlier. you need to know that there will be a little bit of snow making its way toward the western part of pennsylvania and more than a little bit. in fact, they can get as much as six inches of snow overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. for us, it's going to be rain around here only the western part of maryland, we think there could be rain moving in overnight tonight. there is going to be a wet go of it for the next several days. here is the rain moving in by 10, and 12 afternoon, tapering down but showers hanging around as the coastal low or nor'easter make its way up the eastern seaboard. we will talk about the reprieve and the dampness by the middle of next week a little bit later. by now we want to see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold who has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. the showers did move in and now we're left with a bit of a wet ride especially on the beltway, parts of 83 and 795 as steve was talking about along with 70 as well. that is going to be a threat to the commute and some trouble to talk about in howard county, now double trouble. there's a crash on the eastbound lanes of 32, that completely shuts down all eastbound lanes there. it's going to be right between shaker drive and burke inland parkway. know we have a new accident in the mix in that backup. it's going to be right at 29. route 100 is the way to go this morning taking the eastbound lanes, right now from route 29, down toward edward lane boulevard, only looking at a 23 minute clip. that is going to be the best option. as for 95, traveling through howard county from 295 down toward route 100, we're looking at a 25. but 95 through the county area, it's not going to be a pretty picture, now looking at a 14-minute drive. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back to you. candace thank you. 7:33 on fox 45 morning news. police say break-ins are on the rise in northeast baltimore. the belvedere community has been hard recently. and it's what the criminals are stealing that has the residents on edge. here is megan gilliland with more. >> reporter: police say criminals here in belvedere are using a two step process to rob you. they're going up to parked cars at restaurants and shopping centers like this one going up to your car and breaking and stealing your gps unit. once they have your gps unit, they are searching for your home address and since you're parked outside of the restaurant here, they are going to your house and rob you there. burglaries up from 25 this time last year to 35 as of october 3rd. one woman tells us thieves climbed through her window in broad daylight. a few weeks layte she says her neighbor was also hit. >> they took practically all of my gold and then they went through and picked the silver that they wanted to take. they took a laptop and they took a small camera and an i-pod. you feel violated. >> reporter: many of these thieves are getting to your home using your own gps devices. detectives say there have been more than a dozen instances across baltimore city. the best advice for you is when you're leaving your car take the gps with you and be sure to wipe off the marks, it serves as a target for thieves. in forth baltimore, i'm megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. stayed tuned for continuing coverage of this story. we will bring you a live interview with the city police commissioner coming up in the 8:00 hour. the h1n1 vaccine was developed in record time and later this morning, many of those involved with creating it will be meeting at university of maryland in baltimore to reveal how they did it so fast. joel d smith is there this morning toe talk more about the making of h1n1 vaccine, good morning joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we're going to get a sneak preview of some of those answers, we are with dr. bill wl betterton, a main person in getting this ready. this was quick, how was it able to be done so fast? >> it was because the federal authorities the nah and the cdc worked together closely in creating this vaccine. one of the unique things about the set of trials and vaccine is that we were using traditional manufacture process. that was able to expedite a lot of processing so we could make this vaccine available very rapidly. >> reporter: because you used traditional means, does that mean that these are safe things that have done before? >> sure. this is a manufacturing process that has been used for decades. we make hundreds of millions of doses every year based on the manufacturing process, so billions of doses over the decades. this is a process had process y well understood. >> reporter: how do you feel when you hear that so many parents are reluck tant to use this? >> i understand, but as a scientist, i know that these seens are made in the same way. it's considered a string change which we do every year just to update the vaccine. we swap the three old ones and swap in the new one's. this time around we swapped in a new one and made the stand alone vaccine. >> reporter: those are the answers and we will get more answers to the h1n1 questions and that is why we are here at the bio club inside and a a shortage of the regular flu vaccine forced a clinic to shutdown. the centers for disease control says 77 million doses of the vaccine have been distributed to far and up to 115 million are still expected. meanwhile students and faculty at the university of maryland will take part in a mass sick sinnatio vaccination e seasonal flu. university wants to test as ability to vaccinate a large number of people quickly and safely, partly because the school one of the pg county's designated site to handle mass vaccination should a large out scale disease outbreak occur. we held a job boot camp yesterday and nearly 2,000 turned out for it. the boot camp put unemployed people in touch with dozens of employers. people were able given a chance to make tapes selling themselves in 30 seconds. >> reporter: my name is nancy and i'm currently looking for a position administrative assistant. i have eight years experience. i have good customer service skills and good communication quality. i would like to work for a company where i can grow personally and froaftio professy while bringing good qualifications for your company. another job boot camp will be held in a few months. to learn more about the fox 45 job boot camp go to foxbaltimore.com. coming up lower your energy bill. we got someone from bge who will tell you bs in stock. see your gmc dealer today. now one maul michigan town is by bringing new prisoners they can keep it open and save the residents from unemployment and debt. this money was supposed to pay for things like fuel, ammunition and training for u.s. troops, but the washington times have learned that senators took 2.5 million of that money and divert it had to their own pet projects. through our own analysis we reported that republican and democratic senators inserted 800 pet products called earmarks into the spending bill this year. bringing the company back from the economic recession has been the focus of the obama admnistration since taking stage last january. the treasury department isn't fully staffed. yes, more than half of the 33 highest level treasury employments have not yet been filled. several people are still awaiting senate confirmation and nine posts haven't even received nominations. that's the latest from washington today. until tomorrow from the washington times. i'm julie bedane, back to you. read more about those stories by logging on to foxbaltimore.com and clicking on washington times. and cool and damp that, is going to be the theme with some winds that will be gusting at times. it's not going to be the prettiest stretch of weather coming your way but it will improve by next week. you will have to watch for a while. check out the hd radar you and check out the showers moving through the ray. righ-- area. moving through and a little bit of a break of showers overnight, now the rainshowers returning and it's all coming in from the moisture in the midwest. that piece of energy coming our way, brings us the showers that will be moving in through the day today and also that energy will be transferred to a coastal low that will be developing. that will be bringing us more rain through tonight. we got our share of rain on the way. we will tell you how much in a bit, but to the north we see the cool air in the blue. we are the milder temperatures, warmer to the south but we are warming up 46 degrees that we're not talking about anything right here other than rainshowers. snow is something we're keeping our eye on the north just in pennsylvania. we see the blue up there. that is where we expect to see the heavier snow today and overnight. in fact, the heavier snow they have seen ever and 6 inches of snow at that. meanwhile, there's the coastal low to follow. you see the yellows earlier moving through here this afternoon, showing more moderate rain falling there. and then the rain continues to move through as the low pressure center intensifies. when it does it brings in colder air on the backside of it. that is why you see the blue indicating snow for the western side of pennsylvania and other parts of pennsylvania as well. some of that will sneak into the western most counties in the higher elevations overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. there's a part of maryland that we will be talking about a little bit of snow there. the rest of us it's just rainshowers that continue to playing us with the cloudsment winter weather advisory up to the north across the border into pennsylvania. as far as how much rain, pretty healthy dose of that. an inch of rain, rain for the baltimore area, an inch 1/2 as we move through the next couple of days, two inches or more up through wilmington, delaware as the low strengthens while it moves north and east. that is why it's heavier expected to be the case in the northern part or the northeast part of the our region into delaware. 48 degrees the temperature in baltimore, 45 in hagerstown, a lot cooler though in he can lobbed at 32 degrees. the temperatures today going to be rather chilly. 42 degrees for the temperature in the eastern shore. these will be record low, high temperatures, meaning we always see temperatures warmer than this at this time of year. 48 degrees will be the temperature we expect to get for the high in the central part of the state, 10-20-mile-an-hour wind. frurg4th points west, getting to 45 degrees. the rainshowers tonight will be breezy and chilly with a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind. as we move through the day today, look for the temperatures to stay where they start staying in the mid-40s all day long. 46 tomorrow and again on saturday with rainshowers, 49 on sunday as i said, the special weather that is going to be inclement before we see the return of milder air. 57 on monday, 56 for both tuesday and wednesday. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. 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 is back with a look at the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. and good morning. well, it's going to be a pretty hectic ride out there and you can see why. the green on our radar showing where the rain is falling. check it out on 83 going through baltimore city right now, also parts of -- just a little bit of 83 north of 695. on the beltway from yo towson al the way through pikeville along 795 as well. and the west side of the beltway on 70 or 95 through howard county. this is live information that we continue to get. as for the travel times, look at the numbers, down pretty low there, 35 on 95 in the northeast corner now at 48 miles per hour on the jfx. a slow 38 on 83 through baltimore county, and the same number, there on the west side of the beltway. now here is what we're talking about, there's trouble in howard county, crews are just clearing an accident on the eastbound lanes of route 32. it completely shutdown all lanes, that was right near broken land parkway. now they're clearing that out and the lanes are re-opened. there's another accident in the backup and that is right at route 29. route 100 is the way to go this morning. 95 that is going to be incident free, moving through howard county up through 695. some trouble at the fort mchenry tunnel, a new accident crews are responding to the scene as we speak. it completely takes out one left lane and the left tubes through the fort mchenry tun. 895 is the better option for you. as for the beltway it's going to be jammed traveling from overly toward towson and the 83s and trouble on 83 southbound lanes, that is going to be at padonia road. that is a look at the morning travels, patrice, back to you. thank you, candace. still ahead, worried about keeping your home heated this winter without spending too much money. bge wants to help. an expert will be here to answer your questions for our take action thursday. so if you have a question about saving on your energy bill, our phone lines are open now at (410)481-4545. you can also send us a tweet at fox baltimore. >>cold temperatures are starting to make their way into the baltimore area. and that has many people thinking about how to stay warm this winter without spending a lot of money. bge is out with a new calculator to help you determine how much you will spend on energy in your home before you actually use. linda with bge is here this morning. she is also taking your phone calls on saving on your energy bill for our take action thursday. good morning. >> good morning. >> what is this online calculator, what does it do? >> the online energy calculator gives you a better idea of how your home is using energy. the most important thing that customers can do to impact their utility bill to conserve energy is to first know how their home is using energy and then make the necessary adjustments to redoes usage. online energy calculator has a lot of specific tools that a customer when they go in can put information in specific to their accounts, specific to their homes and then, you will get assessments back on how you might be able to save. >> when you say specific to your home t will ask you questions like what? >> first you will put your account number and that allows the computer to retrieve previous usage data. then you put if your home is a 2 story, 1 story 3 bedroom, what the square footage is, details specific to your home and what the calculator does, is it will assess how your home is using energy compared to other similar homes in your area. >> okay. >> you can ask it specific questions, like, why was my bill higher this month than it was last month? it will give you a chart in many cases to show you that. >> based on the information you put in there it can ultimately tell you based on your pattern of usage, this is how much you will end up paying this winter or this month? >> it will give you a general idea of how much you have been paying and then it will give you recommendations for how to reduce that usage so that going forward you can see your bill go down. >> what are the most common recommendations because they're probably general things that everyone can do? >> there are a lost things. one of the things that you can do is ask the computer to give you low cost or no cost reameses. some the things you're going to get, for intans, yesterday i was playing around with it, i put if that there were no compact flewsenflorescent lights in my . the first recommendation was putting in compact florescent homes. it will also tell you some higher costs, long-term solutions that may want to cur. like if your furnace is 10, 15 or 20 years old, maybe you want to think about getting a new one. >> linda, we're going to have you stick and answer questions for us. linda is taking your phone calls after the break. if you have questions of how to save on your energy bill this winter, our phone lines are open at (410)481-4545. can you also send us a tweet at fox baltimore. 7:53 is we are back with linda foy from bge, she is taking your calls of how to save on your energy bill for our take action thursday. if you have any questions, our phone lines are open right now at (410)481-4545. you can also send us a tweet at fox baltimore. our first caller is melissa in parkville. good morning. >> good morning. >> what is your question? >> okay. i wanted to know what is the best number or temperature to put your thermostat during the wintertime in order to save money? >> okay. >> melissa, what we recommend in the winter is 68 degrees or cooler if your home, the folks in your home, if your health allows you to do that. you can really save significantly by just turning your thermostat back 1 or 2 degrees and so that is our recommendation, but again, you have to make sure that that is something that works for your family. >> that sounds cold to me, 68 degrees. >> do you have sweaters. >> right, and that would be the answer. it would be worth the savings in the end. >> exactly. what you think about it, you're heating your hole house. depending on how many people are in your house, you may, or may not have people in every room, so you're wasting a lot of energy. >> so i will close the vents in those rooms, how about that? >> carolyn. my question is i had one of the bge thermostats installed and i came home and it's completely blank. what can i do about that? >> you're talking about the peak rewards thermostat? >> yes. >> you need to call us because we need to call and probably check that. there may be a way to walk you through some things. have you made any changes to it or did it do it on its own? >> definitely give us au call ask we will address that. >> talk about what the peak rewards thermostat is. >> it helps us and helpsous customers. in the first year of participation customers can get up to $200 in credit toward their account. peak rewards is the most beneficial in the summer months but customers with adjust their thermostat because it's a programmable thermostat because it helps them save energy throughout the year. >> linda foy for bge thank you for calling and we're going to have more information on our website if you would like to get in touch with bge and their calculator. coming up in the 8:00 hour, celebrate fall with a trip to [ woman ] ♪ early light breaks through [ sniffs ] ♪ music and dance ♪ calling you ♪ ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ ♪ is folgers in your cup they busted into it and grabbed my navigation system. it can help you get home, but it can help thieves. how they're using it to commit crimes. and sell yourself in 30 seconds. how people are reaching hundreds of employers on our website. and she is america's favorite dancer. januarjeannine gives us a sneakk on the so you think can you dance tour. good morning. it's thursday, october 14th. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. we're waking up to a cold and rainy start to the day, my goodness, it's black outside still, not too pretty. it looks dark and dreary. good morning. >> testify fier tisteve fertig l us on the dreary details. >> i would like to leave it to megan, she is doing a good job. it could be like where it is back home for you. >> right. >> in the western part of pennsylvania today where they can see as much as six inches of snow. >> my parents will be shovel out today. >> take a look at the coastal low that will be moving up the eastern seaboard. in rain around here in maryland but in pennsylvania as you heard they can see as much as six inches of snow or more as a matter of fact, as we move through the day today and tomorrow. for us it will be an i have been or two inches -- an inch or two inches of rain and there's a line to the mason dixon to the west in pennsylvania a lot of wintery weather expected there. for us it's 47 degrees starting the day the only staying around 48 degrees for the high with a 10-20--mile-an-hour wind making for a cool day. chilly and damp for the rest of the week. some heavier rain today and tomorrow and a warm up. that part does sound good, next, probably thursday and wednesday of next week we will be into the mid-60s then. that will be improvement for sure. right now candace dold is here with track edge to let you know what it looks like on the roads. >> reporter: steve, they say a picture tells 1,000 words. it looks like a thousand cars all of the cars approaching the westbound 50 trying to approach westbound 57. it's going to be jam packed. this is because of an accident on the northbound lanes of 97. it's right at route 178. as for altent, ritchie -- alternates, ritchie highway is not doing too bad. and once you get past the accident sente it's going t scee lighter. traveling from the jfx, we're looking at a lengthy 18-minute trip and no relief on 795 either from westminister pike down toward 695, right now a 12-minute ride. on the top of 83, some trouble there, a crash at padonia road, from free land road to 695, a moderate congestion that we're going to have to deal with, a 25-minute trip. that's a look morning travels. megan, back to you. police say break-ins are on the rise in northeast baltimore. the belvedere community has been hit very hard recently and what criminals are stealing has many residents on edge. it appears criminals are using a two-step process to steal all of your things. burglars are breaking into cars, taking gps, and using the stored information on that gps to find your home and rob you again. brasagain. bluer reesburglaries are in belm 25 to 35. a few weeks later the neighbor was also hit after thieves climbed through a window into her house. >> they took all of my gold and went through and picked the silver that they wanted to take. they took a laptop and a took a small camera and an ipod. you feel violated. police say they're best advice, take your gps unit out of your car when you leave and do not leave it in the car at the hands of criminals. stay tuned to fox 45 morning news for continuing coverage of this story. we will bring you a live interview with the city's deputy police commissioner. that is coming up later this hour. a recent poll shows only 1/3 of parents are planning to get the h1n1 vaccine for their children. most site the safety of the vaccine for a reason although health officials insist that is not a concern. this morning the same experts who helped to create the vaccine in record time are sharing how they did it. that is where we find joel d smickesmith with the making of e h1n1 vaccine. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. it was very fast. that is the reason they are here at the bio breakfast. we are here with one of the doctors who helped to develop the h1n1 vaccine. compare it to how fast the seasonal vaccine is developed. >> sure, the seasonal vaccine is developed between, march is the starting point and ready for drix as wdistribution as we know september and october. this particular virus we identified in april and had ready for manufacturers in late may. it was an extremely compressed timeframe because we wanted to be able to test the vaccines. we started testing them in early august and we have it ready for roll out and now we're in our second week. >> reporter: we have learned that some parents are not sure whether to do it or not, when will we know if there's problems with this if they come up. >> we already have early data on a few people that have been immunized. this includes children from 6 months of age all the way on up and there was no upper image -- upper age limit. we had 80 years old. we haven't seen safety signals. we don't expect any and we are continuing to monitor this one very closely as we go into the campaign. >> reporter: he is the father of twins and he says he has no problem giving the h1n1 vaccine. that is the biggest endorsement you can get. i'm joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. still to come, don't get it twisted. slowly, oh [ laughter ] >> you're laughing? >> yes, patrice is up to the challenge of break dancing yoga. [ laughter ] , 8:07 is the instead of watching saturday night cartoons on t.v., your kids can watch the characters in full life. >> had a is where we find meteorologist stev jessica starh the latest in the hometown hot spot. >> reporter: we have bears this morning, not only are they going to be cartoon characters, there's going to be an ample amount of an maz animals and ber activities. to get more information i'm joined by david. >>good morning, how are you. >> reporter: tell me about the event and talk to me. it's kids month and there's activities going on. >> comcast family toon day, we launched three years ago to promote downtown baltimore as a family destination. kids can come down with the family, of course, and have a great time with the bearstein bears and have a great time with pablo. and it's a great time to interact with one the great museums that the city has to offer. >> reporter: a little bit of kid's month? >> there activities throughout the city. we latched kids month as i said three years ago as a way to promote downtown baltimore as a family friendly destination. there's activities that are happening this weekend at the b and o railroad museum, the at aquarium, also we partnered with the city and be fit. we're doing an event with the ravens. we want to promote physical activity with kids and it's an activity that we're going to do hopefully for the next couple of years to promote downtown baltimore. >> reporter: thank you, david. you need to come down and promote comcast toon day. you can get all of that information by -- i'm scared with the the bear with the red eyes. you can log on for more information at foxbaltimore.com/morning. the weather if you're coming down on saturday, we will be on the cool side, a chance of showers and a high temperature of 46 degrees. for a look at the full forecast, let's head to steve in the sky watch center. >> it's like a circus act with animals hanging on another animals. they got to keep the mouths closed. sky watch hd radar looking like this. we are seeing some showers out there today and we have some -- we had some rain overnight. we are seeing the rain reappear on the sky watch hd radar. we get close, you can see on the beltway showers to the north around towson where we is the area of yellow. we saw heavy rain along perry hall and now on i-70, and heading west toward frederick seeing rain there. there's rain that is somewhat heavy, but it's going to become heavier through the afternoon for all of us it looks like as we get into the late afternoon. we will have the coastal low or nor'easter bringing us heavier rainfall for sure. meanwhile it's going to be coming from the west us in the midwest ask that is going to transfer energy to the coastal low that will come up the coast and bring us the heave heavier rain and it will be bringing us snow for the western part of pennsylvania especially. else why in pennsylvania we could see some snow. for us it's intense rain but it becomes intense. noontime showing the yellow over us, the blue over the western part of pennsylvania especially where they can see as much as six inches of snow or more for today and overnight into tomorrow. we will start to creep down into the western most part of our state on the west side of the low pressure center moving up the coast. in the higher elevations even we in maryland to the western part of maryland that is seeing some as though. snow. the rest of us we will be staying with the rain and the rain will be staying for the next four days or so before we start drying out. the high pressure bringing us cool air from that direction and the low pressure center that is going to transfer the energy as i said to the low pressure center off the coast and that will be bringing us -- again increasing rainfall. let's take a look at what we can expect. the winter weather advisory to the north up in pennsylvania where all kinds of wintery weather expected there. for us all kinds of temperatures that won't be bulging. 48 degrees in d.c. 50 in salisbury. 44 in hagerstown, there's a cool 32 out in oakland where the cool air could support a little bit of snow. for us it's plain rain accumulating nicely if you want to call it nicely about an inch 1/2 for baltimore. about an inch and a quarter for d.c. and up toward wilmington, delaware a little bit moreover two inches expected there because the coastal low is going to strengthen as it moves northeast. heavheavier downpours. that will be the warm spot, northeast winds at 10-15 miles per hour. elsewhere we won't get out of the 40s. a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind, the rain getting heavier this afternoon. back to the west look for temperatures to only get to 45 degrees. these are record low high temperatures. meaning we always see temperatures above that, but today, that is going to be the different case with the 40, mid-40s for highs. 42 degrees overnight tonight, so not much of a drop off then. they will be breezy and chilly with a 10-15-mile-an-hour wind. moving through the day not much of a temperature wise. we will get on with here to look at tomorrow. 46 degrees and the same for saturday with the showers. 49 with should showers on sunday, still possible, then we bounce back on monday much 57 degrees, a little better than with partly cloudy skies, a lot better by tuesday and wednesday, however, look at that mostly sunny and the 56 is going to feel rather nice. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms and interactive tools will let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. this is the time of year you want to pay attention to that, too. candace dold is here at the track edge and wants to see how the roadways look like this morning. >> reporter: thank you, steve. if you are heading out the door, you want to pay attention to this. there's a lot to talk about on the roadways. we are looking at the red radar, the green showing where the rain is falling. along parts of the jfx and 92 through the baltimore county ask along the best way as well and parts of 95 moving through the city heading through the tunnels as well. of course, the speeds look at these numbers. 30 miles per hour on 95 in the northeast corner, a very slow 20-mile-an-hour crawl on the jfx. 35 on 83 moving through baltimore county and 49 there on the west side of the beltway. now i want to show you exactly what i'm talking about out there. it's going to be a mess. look at this on 50 right approaching the 97 exit. the cars are not even moving, complete gridlock approaching 97. now that is because of an accident on the northbound lanes, just a little bit farther up, it does take out one lane at route 178. general highway is going to be a calm ride and so is ritchie highway, once you get past the activity, 97 is going to be incident free from glen burnie up to 695. some trouble at the tunnels right now, a crash on the is be side, you will want to stick through 895 and scoot through the harbor tunnel. a very slow crawl on the jfx and the same with a crash at the southbound lanes at padonia road. that's a look at the hectic morning commute, patrice, and megan, back to you. coming up a spike in crime has baltimore city on edge. we talk to the deputy police commissioner on what they're doing to cut down on crime. slowing [ laughter ] >> next, yes, it is as hard as it looks. see if i'm up to the challenge of break dance usually when i head out to a challenge, even though it's new to me, i have a certain level of confidence, i will be able to do it. >> that was the case when i was invited to break dance yoga. this is week's up to the challenge it was bad, bad, from start to finish. >> i should have known i was in trouble when i saw my instructor steve in action. >> it's pretty much yoga taking the beep boy. >> i'm not a b girl, but i was going for an a plus in trying to learn miss moves as crazy as they look. >> it's pretty much working on your core, strengthening your flexibility and stability. >> fortunately for me the break dance meets yoga class is more about learning poses, but i was still scared. >> how difficult is this going to be for me to pick up today? >> 1 to 10, i 2 sa i would say . >> we got started with stretches and i swear your middle name would have to be plastic to do some of these. >> that is a stretch. wow! , the stretching was challenging enough. >> i'm ready, yeah. >> i had no idea how bad it was about to get until i saw the first basic move. [ laughter ] >> you can do it [ laughter ] >> really, that is what you want me to do? wait a minute, we're supposed to start with basic steps and workup to advanced? >> according to him, that was the easiest move of the day. so i gave it a try. [ laughter ] >> that is it. yeah! >> easy my foot, that was hard and no amount of practice was going to keep me up and balanced for long. so i decided to just move on to the next move with medium difficulty. i must be crazy. >> let's see if you can raise one leg up above. >> it required balancing on my hand. this time i had to balance on my head. >> no, no, don't let me go. >> one try of that was enough. it was not going to get any better. against my better judgment i asked to see the last move of the day, the advanced one. [ laughter ] >> i'd have to be in the circus to do this, but i tried it anyway. >> okay. put an elbow underneath. >> you got to be able to take it away. >> you know how much i weigh. you want me to put all of my weigh on my arms right now. >> that was pretty good. >> i could be in the circus, because i look like a clown. >> pick yourself up. >> there you go. >> that was it, no more trying. i just wanted to get my grade and go. >> so basically, i failed from basic all the way through advanced? >> hum. >> i don't even need his grade. ki give myself a grade on this one. >> you got one basic pose and one medium pose. i would raise that a little higher -- a little more credit than you're giving yourself. >> i think it's better to leave the break dancing to the professionals. >> [applause] that was -- wow, that was really hard. >> i didn't know what to expect but that was really hard. >> it looked hard. >> unless you're in a swimming pool. >> there's no way i could hang my feet over my head. my girlfriend was supposed to try it with me. i'm laughing because i'm dog the story and i'm looking at her. >> how did she do? >> she didn't. she did well as laughing at me. >> it was fun and it was fun. that guy is a professional. he knows what he is doing. if you want to give break dance yoga a try you can do it at the canton club. they have another class. for more information give them a call at (410)276-5544. or you could log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning news inside you want we have been talking about a new spike in crime and the way criminals are finding your home. deputy commissioner debbie owens is here to talk about that and more about a charity event that you have been involved in. >> yes. >> this has been the story we have been addressing all morning. how do you -- i mo i know police trying to combat that. >> what we have been telling people over the years is don't leave things in the car, especially the gps systems, because people try to steal them, but now with a new rash of things that is going on where people can get to your home. one don't leave them in there. and we're working as a police department and units that i don't want to talk about helping to combat what is going on right now. people should let police know if anything occurs with that, and most importantly don't leave those things in the car. >> let me move on to the charity event, something for fun to talk about. tell me what is going on. >> next monday night, at the m and stadium, the big brothers and sisters are having the biggest tailgate. the reason we're involved is i'm one of the celebrity chefs. we're raising money for the big brothers and sisters. the police department have adopted guilford elementary school. and we go out and we have littles, we have lunch with them and help them do the homework. it's a great event, it's a great way to lays money for big brothers -- way to raise money for big brothers and sisters. it's a way to forge trust and get them on the right path. >> you will be a celebrity chef. >> yes. >> do you have a secret recipe. >> i have a secret recipe that i'm not going to reveal. >> who are you going up against with this? >> the city council president and there's people from across the city, businesses and others. >> so the kids will also get to get out and meet some the ravens players and so forth and get out on the field? >> correct. >>there's another event where they can get out to the field and meet the cheerleaders. i believe one of the players gaither is going to be there. there's a host of other things going on, plus they get to from table to table and eat a whole host of special food. >> you hope that your littles will choose your food. >> that is okay. >> we thank you for coming in this morning. have fun with your event. for more information on the little tailgate party go to foxbaltimore.com/morning. coming up, find out all about pumpkin fest straight ahead. ♪ later she is america's favorite dancer, jea lawn. all year long. the best time to feed is when it will do the most good. there is no substitute for the fall feeding, trust me. it's the best thing you can do for your lawn. i use scotts winterguard. welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 8:30 is the time. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. we are waking up to a cold start to the day, steve keeps on telling me that we should be happy because pennsylvania they're going to have snow. >> they're going to have to get rid of six inches of snow in parts of pennsylvania. >> so we should cherish the rain. >> you should cherish this disgusting weather. >> we have the coolness and the winds that are going to make for an uncomfortable day even if we don't have to deal the snow. you will see that the rain is picking up and has continued to pick up through the morning and will through the afternoon. you can see there's a winter weather advisory to the mason dixon line west to pennsylvania. 46 in cockeysville and baltimore. 48 in annapolis. these temperatures are going to stay where they are, low 40s to the north. look for the temperatures to top out around 48 degrees. we have already been there, again, temperatures not climbing a whole lot, windy and damp, too. it's going to be a few days before we see any kind of improvement and we will spell it out for you in a few minutes from now. let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she has the track edge to let you know what it's going to be like. >> reporter: unfortunately you don't want to look at this. it's going to be the case on many of roadways, take a look at westbound by approaching the westbound 97. it's going to be a slow crawl. the cars are creeping along there. this is all because of an accident on the northbound lanes of 97. it was right at route 178. the good news, it's finally in the clearing stages. take a look at the numbers traveling there on the northbound lanes taking it from route 50 up toward the 895 spur. we're in the red with 29 a-minute ride. now general's highway and ritchie highway are going to be problem-free. once you do finally approach the beltway after you make the commute on the northbound lanes taking it right now from the jfx down toward 70. of course, that is going to be packed. we're looking at a 21 minute clip. on 83 an accident with a car fire is on the southbound lanes right at padonia road at freeland road to 695, 25 minutes. that's a look at the morning travels. megan, back to you. here are the stories we are following this morning. the commander of baltimore's southeast district is being demoted. police say major roger will return to patrol after being suspended last month. department officials were concerned with a spike in crime in his district and some were concerned about the amount of time he spent on his work computer. i'm joel d smith at the bio park for the university of maryland for the b iring o breakfast. they're talking about how fast the folks here helped to get the h1n1 vaccine out to the public near record time. a lot faster than the seasonal flu is what they did it and what it means for the future. the down side is a lot of people are still deciding that their children do not need it. they are trying to get across that it's save a safe as safe ae flu vaccine. so prove that, they're saying all of their kids got the h111n1 vavaccine. the home american world raffle is scheduled today. the winner gets a 5 bedroom home in phoenix. each ticket cost $100 and 20,000 tickets must be sold but the raffle is a few tickets short so the drawing day has been extended to february 26. celebrate the signs of the season with the irvine center. there's all kinds of activities, pumpkin fest, kristin roycester brought a little of the festival with us. we have fun things with us. you look great, chris it be a. >> you are ready for the season. >> i'm in the spirit of fall. >> this is what pumpkin fest is going to be all about? >> yes. >> we have puppets during the eco puppet show. our naturalist will tell the history about natural history and conservation so we brought one of our olds and chipmunks along. and a lost things for the kids to do, a lot of art projects, so when they're not watching the show they can do all kientsdz of art projects. >> pumpkin fest is going on this saturday from 11 to 4:00 and sunday from 12 to 4:00 at irvine nature center. and we have so much for children, we have pony rides, art projects, puppet shows. >> yes. >> we have a straw bail mountain for them to climb. we will have nature games, trail walks, and you know, we are also d we're on 116 acres of woodland and meadows, they will be able to explore our interactive exhibit hall. there's so much, pony rides, did i mention those. >> i can't believe that i did not mention. this is my fall harvest friend. we won't give him a name but he has accompanied me today because the children will be able to make scare crows with their families. >> fun. it's a fun event and economical one because children under 3 and adults are free. it's $10 for children over 3 and if you admission you get a free pumpkin. >> great, christina, thank you very much. great time for the family this weekend. pumpkin fest is at the garrison center on saturday -- at the gar see ogarrison on saturday. it's $10 per child. adults and children under 3 go for free. we have this week's dining deal coming up next. ing, 2 for $5, herbal essences hair products, now 3 for $10, and other real deal savings and weekly specials. enjoy more savings -- only with your giant card. preferred package. - good choice. ( laughs ) - i know. only meineke let's you choose your service, choose your savings. like an oil change for just $19.95. at meineke, you're always the driver. unemployment is on the rise and fox 45 is doing something about it. we had a job boot camp yesterday and nearly 2000 people turned out. the boot camp put dozens of people in contact with employers. people had a chance to make tapes selling themselves in 30 seconds. >> yes, may name is kwan massie. i'm a college graduate. i manged in finance an. i'm in sales, and project development and project management. i'm interested in joining an organization that would allow me to build on those skills. i very much enjoy visiting customers, visiting partners, dealing with the ceos and the businesses in the community to increase your sales and to increase your business. i look forward to working with you. >> now after yesterday's success, fox 45 management says another job boot camp will be held in just a few months. to see more of these videos and to learn more about our fox 45 job boot camp, just go to foxbaltimore.com. now let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig for a look at our cold forecast. cold and dreary, patrice and megaan. it's going to be an ugly day today unfortunately and for the next couple of days a lot of clouds and showers and winds out there that will make it all that more enjoyable. take a look at sky watch hd radar that had showers moving through yesterday. we had a break and it's back and we expect it to be the case for today and the next several days. as you get closer, you will see around the beltway better now but it's been on and off through the morning. you can see north. i-70 now we're seeing showers and heavier there also toward points west toward frederick. we have to deal with this this morning. we have to deal with it this afternoon more so as the rain gets heavier as the coastal low continues to strengthen offshore and move up the eastern seaboard. meanwhile it's coming from a lot of moisture out to the west and you can see the midwest seeing points down there. that will transfer energy to the coastal point low and that is what is bringing us the heaviest activity. the north of the us in pennsylvania with cooler temperatures there. for us 46 degrees at bwi. you see lots of cold air to the north and that will be the general trend. we will have the temperatures staying in the 40s for high. typically we have temperatures warmer than that in the 60s this time of year. this is like the first week in december when we have highs in the 40s then. real cool air with us right now. we take a look at the surface features. there's the low pressure center in the midwest that will transfer some of that energy to the developing low and the nor'easter that is coming up the coast. watch the showers moving through. black at the blue up toward pennsylvania. that is representing the snow and some of that activity overnight will start to seep into the western part of maryland. we do expect to see some snow out in the western most part of maryland as we get into tomorrow morning, in fact, i can advance that, that would be helpful. there you go, and you see the snow moving in again into the morning hours. a real difficult commute tomorrow morning for people out in the western part of maryland. for those of us closer to the baltimore not as difficult there. but still slippery with the rainshowers that will continue through the next several days. then we take a look at what we can expect with the weather advisory. as far as rainfall, we will do that first and you can see as much as an inch 1/2 of rain expected through baltimore and close to the same in d.c. as we go north and east toward wilmington, delaware cecil county in general for us. we look at rain because the low is going to intensify more and that will bring the low. we will see heavy downpours later in the day into your friday as well. 74 degrees is the temperature in baltimore. these temperatures not changing at all through the morning, 50 in salisbury. that will be the warmest air east, 45 degrees in hagerstown, 32 in oakland where we do expect to see some snow overnight there. as far as the high temperatures, ready, 54 degrees for the high in the eastern shore. you won't see the temperatures climb a whole lot. i'm trying to make it sound better than it will be. 48 degrees for the central part of the state, so chilly here. these are going to be probably record low high temperatures meaning we always see temperatures warmer than this this time of year for the highs. it is going to be cooler than that and that will be for the next several days taking the 40s for the high temperatures. part of maryland 42 degrees overnight tonight, temperatures don't drop a whole lot. as a result it's just plain rain for the most part. unless you are in the western part of maryland or headed that way. 48 degrees today and cooler still tomorrow by a couple of degrees. 46 for friday and saturday. some rain still halfy tomorrow and start -- heavy tomorrow and starting to taper off tomorrow and more so on saturday. 40s all the way through the week and weekend and then 57 degrees a little bit better on monday. partly cloudy skies. this is going to be real welcomed relief. you know this is going to feel real good. 57 degrees on tuesday and wednesday with a lot of sunshine on tuesday. mostly sunny on wednesday. something to look forward. fox 45 sky wrach with the is at your -- sky watch is at your finger tips. you can use the powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back with one last look this morning at the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. it's going to be a miserable ride out there. we do have the rain, of course, to deal with. and can you see the green on the radar showing where it is, along the parts of 695 and the 63 bridge now moving to points east with wrl com w comal welcome re. the roads are going to be damp. 25 on the jfx, now at 40 miles per hour on 83 moving through baltimore county. and look at this number, it dipped down on to 24 on the west side of the beltway. and now as far as incidents, there's a whole long list of them. let's get started in baltimore county, a car fire takes out the ramp from southbound 83 on to padonia road and the delays start stacking up before warren road. you will want to exit off at shawan and take york road as an alternate route. farther do you want on 83 moving before 695, here it is, you can see the raindrops on the camera, so that is going to be obviously affecting the commute there. it is a little bit of a slick roadway there, but as far as the volume, it does spinout and once you approach the 695 exit, but to relief on the top end of the beltway, delays from perring parkway all the way down toward the jfx. that's a look at hectic morning drive, patrice, and megan back to you. still ahead get a meal for half the price. we have a get a taste of new orleans here in our area. it's dining deals day, which means, for $25 you get a $50 gift certificate to copeland of new orleans. it's all at our website. chef and owner, and kimberly johnson join us from the restaurant this morning. good morning to the both of you. >> good morning. >> i'm great. you told me what you're cooking and i want you to get started. the sooner you get started the sooner i can eat. >> this is the croel. >> is the butter that we put it altogether that gives it all the flavor. it's butter with flavors. >> i smell that. >> we infuse it with new or lear orleans seasoning. >> we're going to put a little bit of green onions and put in chopped partl parsly and a dabbf garlic. >> what does the parsly do to the dishes? >> it enhances the flavor. >> it feels good going down. >> while you let that go ahead and simmer for a minute. the holidays are coming up and you all have banquet rooms at the restaurant that people can take advantage of for the holidays? n yes, we have a banquet room that hosts up to 60 guests and we do catering and party deliveries for the holidays. >> that's great. people are looking where to have the holiday parties and the thanksgiving coming up. is the time now to book those or can people wait? >> i would book now. >> because it fills up. >> the phone is ringing off the hook. >> already. >> if they come and book the room then they can also get some of this food. >> absolutely this creol, is one of the most popular dishes. we can cater for people 20 to 40 people. the ceo creol is a popular choi? you can help them design the menu. >> the best thing of cope lands is we cater to any palette. if you like spice, then we can do it. >> is new orleans known for no spice. >> no, new orleans is known for flavor and having a good time. >> you saute the shrimp and the sauce is a creol sauce and it's onion, and mr. copeland likes to put the teasings on it. >> here is where the challenge comes. i ry try to make this at home, t won't smell like that and won't taste like that? >> it's a great dish for bunch, dinner -- lunch or dinner. >> i will talk to the people here to bring fox 45 to the banquet room. thank you. to get your half off gift card to cope lands of new orleans, just go to our website at foxbaltimore.com. you have to go right now, because these sell out very quickly, just like he said. call for the banquet room now. go online and get your gift certificate right now. coming up next, she is america's favorite dancer. ♪ ♪ save 60% off family outerwear. st. john's bay sweaters for him and her are $14.99. save an extra 10% on women's boots, already 40-50% off. go to jcp.com and see everything on sale. style, quality and price matter. jcpenney. the new crop o of talents is hard at work. but the finalist from season 5 are pretty busy as well. they are traveling around the country for the annual tour and point they're bringing the beat to baltimore. i sat down with winner jeannine mason for a pass to the back of the show. these are the girls. ♪ and here are the guys. ♪ n they're the top contestants that america voted during season 5. now they're personally thanking their fans right here in baltimore and they're are going all out. >> it's going to be crazy for us. there's a couple of us who don't stop literally, quick changes and line, you know, there's a lot of speaking which is nice. you get a lot of more personal feel. there's some jokes, which is good, get excited for that and just all the pieces. >> reporter: the show features pieces that you have never seen and a few you came to love during the competition. >> jason and i my contrary piece is my favorite piece of the season. i love it each time i do it. i'm looking forward to performing it live for the fans. ♪ you will probably be mesmerized by the moves, but be sure to keep your eye for this dancer annapolis native kaitlyn kenny. >> she, like her lines and her legs and her movement, she is just beautiful. >> you can always count on kaitlyn to bring her grace to the stage, but everybody will have to hope their charming during a collaborative performance. my favorite dance is there's a dance with water. >>we're able to clean up the water or do the water bit, but it's live so there's water all over the stage. it will be interesting how many times we fall on our faces. >> it sounds like mayhem, but the dances don't want to hold back. >> 2, 3, 4. >> they know they wouldn't be living out their dreams if it wasn't for you. >> that's our goal, it's just to everyone to leave happy and having seen everything that they want to see. ♪ ♪ [applause] [ cheering ] you can see the show at first mariner arena tonight at 7:30. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. man, i'm happy now. i want to go to the first mariner, because it's going to be rainy here, go inside. >> is that what you were going to say? >> there's many people who you might not realize. it usually includes the top 10, but kaitlyn made the top 12, but they were so impressed with her that she is coming back. it's going to be the top 12. you will see the maryland girl on the stage. we won't deal with snow like they are in pennsylvania. they're going to get about six inches of know up toward pittsburgh, yeah, absolutely. 48 degrees, cooler and still wet ask ugl-- and ugly for the nexte of days. look at thursday and friday we will keep our eyes on that. >> we will go to see the dancers because it's going to be cold everywhere else. >> that is going to do it for us. we will see you back here tomorrow. have a good day. real-time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company

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