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inside next on fox 45 mourning news. any idea what type of verdict you might see. today the mayor could learn her fate when a verdict in sheila dictio dixon's may be pronounced. you don't have to wait for black friday where you can find holiday deals this weekend. good morning. it's friday, november 20th, i'm patrice harris. we need to get a check of our weekend weather. meteorologist steve fertig is here with the details. lots of people whatnot to know what to expect this weekend. it's going to be the tale of two forecasts. we have the nice start to the weekend and the rainy finish to the weekend. the question is when does the rain come in and when does it leave? here is what is nice we can tell you that the rain will hold off until late sunday. this is the dry air moving in and strong breezes, 10-15-mile an our breezes a little higher much 57 in salisbury so even milder there, but 50 in hagerstown, look for temperatures to climb to 60 today. not a huge climb, but we start so mild that the finish isn't bad either. 60 at 3:00 p.m., when the temperatures will back off from there when the winds pick up. we will tell you about the rain coming in this thi weekend and n to expect it. right now candace dold is filling you in on the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. thankfully we don't have to talk about the rain from yesterday. nothing like yesterday. a broken watermain on old eastern avenue at back river neck road and we were there last night and captured the scene for you. you can see the road closure and obviously a lot of equipment on the scene stick with eastern boulevard to get around that. 695 right at the same vicinity at the key bridge, you can see the inner and outer loop lanes moving along just fine. smooth sailing there. the outer loop lanes, looking at a pretty normal lane, 11 minutes, 54 is the average speed. from 795 to 95, a 13 minute clip with 60 miles per hour, all? all not too bad. and 60 miles per hour from the harbor tunnel, a 9-minute ride. patrice, back over to you. there's still no verdict in mayor sheila dixon's test trial. jury deliberations will continue this morning. those jurors have to decide if the mayor is guilty of stealing gift cards intended for the needy. megan gilliland joins us from the courthouse with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. today could be a very big day, after two weeks of trial, dixon's attorney admit that it's starting to wear on her. all the mayor can do now is wait. the jurors are expected to make their way to the courthouse in a few hours. the mayor's fate is in their hands and the verdict could be made today. during closing arguments yesterday, the jury listened as the defense attacked the state's case suggesting that the prosecutors didn't deliver the case they promised, but the state fought back with a trail of receipts that ties dixon. defense did not deny the fact that she used the gift cards, but they argue that she thought they were gifts of the at one point, the prosecutors pointed to the mayor and said she did not get to where she is in life if she is on easily confused. >> i think there's a good chance that this jury will be considering the evidence for some substantial period of time. >> reporter: during deliberation yesterday the jury asked the judge a number of questions, including the definition of misappropriation and asked for transcripts from the witnesses which the judge did deny. after four hours, the judge told them to go home, get a good night's rest. dixon is facing five counts of theft related charges. if she is convicted of any of those charges, she will be asked to step down. patrice, back to you. >> megan, if the mayor is acquitted, there's questions now about who is going to pay for her legal defense? do we know more about that. >> reporter: we know she is facing possibly $200,000 worth of legal fees if she is acquitted, she could submit the bill to the board of estimates. if approved, the taxpayers could pay the tax bill. we will have to see what the jurors say today. fox 45 morning news. we will talk with political analyst, john diddy about the mayor's future coming up lay it this hour. stay tuned to fox 45, because we're going to have coverage of the mayor's trial in all of our news kafts casts and an in-depth analysis tonight at 10:00. for more information go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the dixon trial to see all of the coverage of the mayor's case. we want to know what you think? do you think the mayor will be acquitted? that is the question of the day. we will take the calls in the 7:00 hour. you can sound off through phase book. or text your answer to 45203, enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for no. we have a follow-up to a story we brought you as breaking news last night. a woman was gunned down outside of a funeral home in west baltimore. she was there for the funeral of her boyfriend when was shot and killed last week. at 7:30 last night the 33 years old woman was shot in the chest. she was taken to shock trauma where she is in serious condition. police say the woman was attending services for anthony mcfadden at the joseph a brown funeral home in northern avenue. no arrests have been done in his murder, police are investigating to see i determine if the two shootings are related. she will introduce an amendment guaranteeing women ma'am' grms grams fromammograms. mikulski says it's better to be safe than sorry. the person who voted the reform is said expected to take place tomorrow. 60 votes are necessary for by the. that vote will take place on saturday evening. the senate will begin debating on the bill when they return from next week's thanksgiving break. some shoppers ar retailers g shoppers a head start. wal-mart and best buy are starting their sales this weekend. joel d smith is live with the reason they are doing it this weekend. i guess i know what i'm going to be doing this weekend. >> reporter: wal-mart is not the only place with this new idea of extended black friday a couple of weekends into november. every saturday in november, wal-mart has been having sales that interesting. maybe you don't want to fight the crowds on next friday. this is one of the things that is available right now. just for today is the last day of the black better blackberry . i'm here with john. why have we extended black friday for a whole couple of weeks. >> we are seeing that our customers have wanted to get out earlier and shop earlier. >> reporter: he says it's working. people are coming out for these problems. >> we have the easy bake old school, easy bake oven just $16 and for the more modern kids, band hero, and rock band, we're giving a $40 gift card with any of those bundle packs. >> reporter: the vizio t.v. how much. >> $228 starting tomorrow. >> reporter: taking it black friday and extending it even further. you don't have to wait until the big day next week to get good deals this weekend. >> i need a bigger t.v. deal, joel. bigger, we will talk next time. coming up this is the place to be this sunday before thanksgiving right there. what you can get at the farmers market other than food. thanksgiving is coming up and many of you are already getting a head start on preparations. this sunday is the busiest day of the year at the baltimore farmers market and bazaar. joe felder joins us live with all of the details for this morning's hometown hot spot. good morning, joe. >> good morning. >> so saturdaso sunday people gl of the ingredients that people need. >> yes, sunday is the super bowl of the farmers market. >> what can people get for the thanksgiving. i know you have a little of everything. >> we have cale, turn up, greens, mustard, sweet potatoes and beets, and cabbage, and turnips. >> i don't know if i can wait until next thursday looking at all of that. other than the food, you have even more at the farmers market? >> there's rides, there's different food booths. pastries, and coffee. if anybody wants to come down and get their produce, they can and want to have breakfast, they can do that, too. >> we will go wipe the drool away and check back with you. the baltimore farmers market and bazaar is on sunday starting from 10:00 a.m. until they sell out. for more information go to foxbaltimore.com/morning. it looks good after a nice big piece of pumpkin pie first. looking dry, last night it certainly didn't. we had plenty of rain moving through and thunder, too. it was an active evening last night, 3 quarters to a half inch of rain. meanwhile right now not a whole lot to worry about. you see the shower activity moving off to the east and we will get drier air with it. it will bring with it winds that will be a little gusty. certainly we can call it breeze hey, but the hd radar indicating a lot of rain headed to the north. if you are headed out of town and you're headed to the north extreme of new england, a couple of showers but even that will be moving out later today. this rain is coming our way toward the end of the weekend as it makes its way up the coast. for now we enjoy the dry conditions. here is what with the frontal boundary pushing off to east, more sunshine, could be patchy fog and especially the eastern part of the state before it gets out of here and the drier air moves in. the high pressure will bring us a nice day and also for tomorrow. note the clearing skies as the clouds move further north. then watch what happens as a lot of moisture starts to move back in. it starts to cloud up into sunday. rain holding off until later in the day. here is what we're going to watch, the low pressure center as i mentioned. that low is going to come up the coast and right here as it moves through sunday night into monday, meaning that sunday, late sunday we get the shower chances and into monday probably holding off until after the ravens game. good news with regard to that. 54 degrees in baltimore as we speak and bun in d.c. we have a 57-degree reading in salisbury. up in hagerstown, only 26 in oakland. the temperatures are going to climb to about 52 degrees for the eastern shore and so it will be comfortable enough there, but the winds will be a little breezy 5-15-mile-an-hour winds. mainly clear skies, plenty of sunshine back to the west or the central part of the state first. 60 degrees for the high temperature here with mostly clear skies and a 10-15-mile-an-hour wind. back to the west further, and the 10-15-mile-an-hour wind out of the west. tonight clear skies, temperatures drop a little more, the result of 39 degrees with a northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour and as we move through the day today, look these temperatures to climb to about 57 degrees at noon, backing off to 53 at 6:00 p.m. after getting to the high of 60 around 1:00 this afternoon. 58 saturday, 55 on sunday, again, heading to the ravens game, just cloudy skies for the rain. 55 degrees for a kickoff temperature and 54 on monday with more rain. 60 degrees on tuesday, partly cloudy skies, 56 on wednesday, and 53 degrees on thursday. is he nervous or is he just cool? i don't know. it's going to get cooler by thanksgiving. we will talk about that further. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox flief powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back with a look at what is happening on the roadways, and traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are tracking numbers of a different number on the roadways. now looking at 51 miles per hour and going up to 56 at the beltway. as for the beltway, 64 and 54 now traveling on the west side but then there's trouble. look at this number, 9 miles per hour, that is on the outer loop lanes. this is due to a disabled vehicle that takes out the left lane at frederick road. we can show you the scene at frederick. look at that. it's going to be a straight stack of cars there that is headed down from the security exit all the way down toward the scene. it's going to be a busy friday morning for people heading on the west side now. a pretty calm ride on 95 once you approach it there from the 695 exit up toward 395 and making the push through the tunnels as w th. key bridge nothing to complain about there, which is good news. we do have trouble in baltimore county. we need to talk about an old broken watermain. we need to talk about the old and this is the case this morning. that is going to be the shutdown with a lot of equipment on the scene. stick with eastern boulevard as an alternate route. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back over to you. candace, thank you. coming up should the 9/11 terrorists be tried in court in new york insurin city? >> we ask our inñw concerns about the strength of the economic recovery pushed stocks lower in thursday trading. the dow slid to close at 1,033,244. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 also finished sharply lower. aol is cutting a 3rd of its workforce. it plans to layoff 2300 people. aol will seek volunteers for layoffs before cutting jobs involuntarily. the move is for the spin-off of december 9th, time-warner. in doing so the ceo said he would forgo his annual mortgage. despite governmentests to help the mortgage's bankers association, points that 9.3% of loans were delinquent. that does not include homes that were in for enclos foreclosure. when we look at it, it's almost six homes out of 10. $4.8 trillion will be to pay the interest on that debt. for business news, i'm stan case. coming up a verdict in mayor dixon's corruption trial could come today. what that verdict could mean to her political future. ahead, the 9/11 attorney general erik holder announced last week he is planning to try alleged 9/11 mastermind in new york city. since that announcement, holder has had to defend his position repeatedly. he is being requested why the trial is not being handled by a millitary court. good morning armstrong. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. >> what is the problem with trying muhammad and all of the other detainees that are coming to new york in civilian court in new york? >> reporter: you know, patrice, it's just that people may assume that because it's happened in '01. people have gotten over the emotions. why bring that emotional roller coaster trial to new york to remind people of the tragic loss of their loves ones and why it happened. why would you try to ignite the al-qaeda terrorist cell. you know they don't attack a place once, they come back several years later. why bring that kind of activity to new york city. and new york city more so than israel has more juice than any other place in the world. we know the main targets of the islamics is the jews. why would you bring that to the community. just because you're seeking -- does the president and his admnistration think that this is a public he city boost for them that they're going to seek hold the trial there and hold the death penalty. you could even insight americans, their own anger over what happened at 9-lynch. 911. >> your problem is more with holding it in new york, and not that it has to be in a civilian cord than a millitary court. >> reporter: to have that circus on the biggest stage in new york city, it's too traumatic. it's too emotional. you will raise -- especially given what happened at fort hood. it's too much. >> what happens then, armstrong, if they want the death penalty and then they don't get the death penalty? >> reporter: i don't know if you realize this. even to have the trial in new york, you have to change the label of the crime. you cannot label it in a certain way. just have it in a civilian court here, you have to reduce the crime to something even less than the crime that they committed. to me, i don't understand what this admnistration is thinking about. i believe before it's said and done, eric holder and this admnistration will back away from that position. >> armstrong, thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up next the queen of talk is calling it quits, when oprah winfrey's last show will be. and the mayor's fate is now in the hands of the jury. i'm megan gilliland. the verdict some legal analysts are predicting, straight ahead. and you know it's friday, but it's not black friday. so why are these items so cheap? i'm joel d smith and up next we will tell you why retailers aren't waiting for ( piano music playing ) by putting an end to paper medical records, we have ushered health into the digital age. saving lives, sometimes when seconds count. managing chronic conditions. making amazing new discoveries. and, oh yes, saving a lot of trees. kaiser permanente. thrive. welcome back to fox 45 morning news. on this friday morning, 6:29 is the time. i'm patrice harris. it's time to get a check of the weekend forecast. meteorologist steve fertig is here. good morning. >> good morning to you, and last night we had stormy weather move through. >> it was dreary. >> it was, it was, but now we get the benefit of that system moving through and clear skies build behind t we have stronger winds this afternoon, it will be breezy, 5-15-mile-an-hour winds. so that will be a part of the big story. what we're looking at the shower activity from yesterday moving off to east. now high pressure is moving off to the east bringing us sunny skies, too. it will look pretty. we start at 54 in baltimore. 51 degrees in d.c. and up in hagerstown a cool spot at 49. we head toward 60 degrees with a northwest wind at 10-15 miles per hour. clearing skies today and mild, breezy as well and rain arrives late sunday into monday with cooler temperatures on the way next week. we will talk more about that as we head closer to thanksgiving. we will see what is happening on the roads with candace dold who is here with the track edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we're are checking in on the west side of the beltway, a disabled vehicle at the frederick road has left us with had scene. this is going to be right at 70 and it's going to be a sea of brake lights traveling on the westbound lanes. the good news is the incident just cleared but unfortunately we are left with the residual delays. the delays are running from 795 to 95, a 13 minute-delay, 25 is the average speed and 25 minutes to get there. it's an 11 minute clip and 54 is the average there. and 55 on southbound 95 from the phofort mchenry tunnel headed to 895, an 8-minute drive. from the harbor tunnel toward 895, a 9-minute drive, 54 is the average speed. that's a look at the morning travels rchtio. patrice, back over to you. mayor sheila dixon's fate is now in the hands of the jury. they will decide if she is guilty of stealing gift cards intended for baltimore's needy. jurors began deliberating after closing arguments yesterday. they were at it for four hours but still no verdict this morning. every second that passes, it's a second closer to learning mayor dixon's fate. the jurors are expected to be back in court in a few hours. now the jury had four questions for the judge yesterday. they asked if transcripts of what the witnesses said, for transcripts of what the witnesses said during trial but the judge denied that request and told them to rely on their notes. then the jury sent another question asking the judge for the legal defense of misappropriation. shortly after that the judge dismissed them for the day suggesting that they all go home and get a good night's rest. thrtthere's nothing more the prosecution and the defense can do today but wait. >> i thought we made the point we needed to make. i'm satisfied that we made those points and we will have to see what the jury does. >> they were absolutely fan as fantastic. beyond that, no comment. we will wait to see what the jury does. dixon is facing five theft charges. some analysts are predicting it will be a hung jury. if that were to happen, the whole process would start over with a new jury and a new trial. if she is convicted, she could be removed from office immediately. stay tuned for the continuing coverage of this story. we will talk with political analyst john diddy about the mayor's future later this hour. we will have in-depth analysis every night at news fox at 10:00. when that verdict comes down, we will take you to the courthouse live. be sure to log on to our website at foxbaltimore.com and click on the dixon trial icon to see all of the coverage on the mayor's case. we want to know what you think. will the mayor be acquitted? it's the question of the day. we will take your calls in the 7:00 hour. you can go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think. many people have sounded off on facebook this morning. you can send us a tweet at fox baltimore or text your answer to 45203, enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for on no. a card crashes into a yard of a northeast baltimore family for a 3rd time in less than three weeks. as they were finishing dinner, they heard the sound of crushing metal. when they went outside they saw a car bounce off the guardrail right in front of their home and spun out through the road before slamming into a neighbor's fence. that road is 25 miles per hour, but the homeowner thinks that speed is to blame. >> there's nothing that is going to come of somebody he getting injured or killed, you know. i don't even think about lawsuits. i'm not worried about anything outside of this fence. i'm worried about the family that i have inside. >> you might remember our joel d smith was live at the knots home earlier this week. they told him the city added rumble strips and signs to try to slow cars down. that is not working. they are hoping speed cameras will eventually be installed in the neighborhood. with less money to spend, retailers are competing harder than ever to get shoppers into their stores this holiday season. many aren't waiting until black friday to start the deals. so i can get deals this weekend, joel. >> you can get deals this weekend. there's a deal that is expiring today. the blackberry here at wal-mart, 2 year contract, you get a $100 coupon back. that is of the things that is expiring today. that is okay, because tomorrow they're getting people in. easy bake oven $16, the band hero is here, deejay hero is here. they are called bundle packs is the viziotv, the 26-incher, $248. that is $100 off. this is not the only place doing this. over at best buy they have great deals on flat screen t.v.s. they are competing with less money out there. wal-mart will have 60% cut on some of their toys and consumers, they don't have to wait anymore until black friday. it's very much spread out. the thing last year, consumer spending was up on black friday, 7%, but the overall spending was up 4%. that has folks wondering if this kind of strategy will work. we talked with one of the folks here at wal-mart to find out what this new idea is about. >> i think the theory is that we know that the economy is tougher this year. we are out there to save people some money so we are offering them deals earlier in the year. >> reporter: it seems to make sense. he says the saturday only deals they have had so far fa have ben popular with folks. and will continue through black friday. if you are one of those folks who get ready for the friday circulars. you may not have to do that. you may need to start shopping earlier, avoid the big lines and one of the strategies is it won't be a traditional black friday with the big rush. they're going to be open from thursday at midnight all through friday, so a full day of black friday so to speak but hopefully without the rush wasn't changes at wal-mart as well as the early deals. we're live at middle river, i'm joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. oprah winfrey will announce the end of her talk show. the last show will end at 2011 after its 25th season on the air. there's been a lot of speculation when she announced last week that she will lauch her own cable network. rock legend bruce springsteen is in baltimore. he is pe performing at first mariner arena tonight. it's the first time he has performed in baltimore since 1973. wow! still ahead a verdict in mayor dixon's corruption trial could come today. what that verdict could mean to her political future. >> reporter: friday remains a busy commune during the 6:00 rush. this tells the story this welcome back, 6:40 on this friday morning. the sky watch hd radar shows us a quieter picture right now than last night when the thunderstorms were rolling through here. now it's off to east and moving up to the northeast of new england. high pressure is going to build in for us and bring us a nice looking afternoon with lots of sunshine. winds will be a little stronger as we get about 10-15-mile-an-hour wind gusting even higher from time to time. we're also keeping our eye on the system down here in the gulf pressure area. this is going to move up the eastern seaboard reaching us by late sunday into monday. that is the next chance of rain. a lot of dry air, not looking too bad. partly cloudy skies. could be a little patchy fog in spots after last night's rain. northwest wind at 7 miles per hour. the barometer indicating 30.08 and steady, and the dew point is also showing us is pretty dry at 40 degrees. as far as the temperatures are concerned, we have a 54 in baltimore. 57 down in salisbury, up in hagerstown, 49 degrees there, and 36 out in oakland and that is the real chilly spot. but the frontal boundary is off to the east and as i said the low pressure makes way for the high pressure built in, to bring us more sunshine. the drier air and the clouds begin to roll in ahead of the next system. this won't get here until after the weekend. as far as the rain this weekend, cooler temperatures next week. this is the high, 59 in baltimore, around 60 degrees, but look at the cool air. that pocket of cool air, that is headed toward us by next week as we get closer toward thanksgiving. it will be feeling more like thanksgiving as we get toward the end of next week. today not too bad as far as the temperatures. northwest wind at 5-15 miles per hour on eastern shore. the central part of the state, we get up to 60 degrees, mostly clear skies, further points west, 59 degrees with mostly clear skies, a west wind at 10-15 miles per hour. tonight, 39 degrees with clear skies, and a west, northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour, a chilly night and indicating temperatures warming up today, a little bit by noon hour. we should be around 57 degrees, not a lot around the warl um wa. a high of 61 at 1:00 and then the temperatures head back. heading to m&t stadium for the ravens game against the colts. kickoff temperature around 55 degrees with a northwest wind at 5-15 miles per hour. late showers after the game. cloudy skies for the game and then showers coming in after that. there could be moderate to heavy downpours as we get toward monday. 54 for the high, 60 and drier for tuesday. 56 for wednesday as another frontal boundary pushes through. could bring us showers as if you have travel plans as we head toward thanksgiving. bee and schoo cooler. the overnight lows dropping to 30s. i just realized the big, big bird's head with a b on it that maybe is freaking him you on. fox 45 sky watch weather needs to tell you it's at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. he go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is here with the track edge. candace, i think that bird really scared him. >> reporter: it's going to be a nail bitter. if you're headed out to the main roadways, it's going to be a little nerve-racking out there. 49 miles per hour, doing much better on the beltway traveling through overlil overlily at 65 2 traveling through pikesville. then we get to the west side and that is where it's going to be a pretty annoying ride. 29 miles per hour and 19. here is what is happening, at scene at liberty road and you can see the straight line of brake lights. looking at 70, there's more trouble there. it is just going to be a very persistent delay on the outer loop lanes. this is buzz of an earlier dis-- because of an earlier disabled vehicle. that has been cleared but we are left with the residual delays. once you hop on the 95 exit, though, nothing to disturb the drive from the 695 exit to 395 and the through the tunnels as well. very light activity at the key bridge if you're going to travel at 695. we have trouble to talk about in baltimore county. in old eastern avenue, we can show you the scene, here it is from last night. we captured the video for you. unfortunately the road is going to be slowed down with a lot of equipment, just use an alternate route. that is a look at the morning commute, patrice, back to you. coming up a verdict in mayor dixon's trial could come today. what that verdict could mean to her 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she be able to put this behind her and continue? >> no for a simple reason. she has a perjury trial in march. people want her to make a statement once she is acquitted. she can't say much because she has the second trial going on. it's difficult for her to come up with something. >> there's speculation that if she gets off on this trial, there won't be a second trial. let's assume that is the case. or at any point when she comes tout address her constituents, does she have to do that, and what does she are to tell them. >> i think she has to address her constituents, say it was a difficult experience, thank people for her support in the past i may have had errors in judgment leading to this. i'm grateful for the people of baltimore for staying with me, et cetera, et cetera and move forward. you want to make this a one day story. >> people don't want a more in-depth explanations because there was a lot of evidence presented. even if she was is acquitted, and the jury says she is not a thief, but is she inept to run a part of government with this part of gift cards. there's still something shady going on. does she still have to give more explanation. >> mayor dixon was ethically challenged. she stopped things at the border. i think she is going to have to come up with something, but the problem is people who think she is guilty, even if she is acquitted, and people who think she is innocent, even if she is found guilty. i think she is not going to change anyone's mind. any type of statement really may not have any big impact. >> we shouldn't expect to hear much from her. how are constitutents and taxpayers going to feel if they have to pay for her legal fees. >> that's could come to a problem. people will say you got yourself into this mess, why am i paying for your high-powered attorney to get you out of this mess. >> some say if she is acquitted, she will be stronger than ever. she will be able to move forward. see i'm a witch hunt. i survived it. i'm stronger than ever, i'm in control of the city. >> very much so, if she is acquitted she gets a steroid effect. prosecutors came after me. they came after me. i was found not guilty. in many ways it could make her stronger and a tad more obnoxious. >> will this change any of the relationship with how business is done between the city and developers? >> i think she is going to have to be extra careful. i think people will be looking at something to see if there's something out there. i think she has to be careful. when in doubt avoid any conflict of interests. >> john, thank you. coming up in the 7:00 hour, the healthcare reform bill is in the senate. we will look at how it differs from the house version and its schansz ochances of passing. up next, ladies, "new moon" yes, yes, new moon is coming out this week. we're going to get to that, but first a true story about a baltimore raven and his inspirational adolescence. candace dold has more in the low down. big movies! >> had a is true, patrice. we start with "the blind side." mike orr has a home with the team. he has come a long way from his homeless upbringing. you can learn more about his heartwarming story in "the blind side." >> "the blind side" is a true story of michael orr who was a homeless teen in memphis and was taken in by a well to do family and he owe involved to be a nfl prospect. >> i didn't have one before? >> a room to yourself? >> a bed. >> sandra bullock and tim mcgraw play the heads of the charitable family. >> i got to hand it to the family. they worked as a team to get him to where he is. what a better example of a team work than a family supporting each other and working together. >> one of the film's many messages proves that salvation works both ways. >> they were doing great and having all of this success but something was missing. michael showed up and that was sort of the final piece to the puzzle. >> honey, you're changing that boy's life. >> no, he is changing mine. >> and orr himself hopes that the film can help change the lives of others as well. >> people to have way more talent than i do, they never made it out. if people hear my story. they know if you give somebody a chance, there's hope for that person. >> reporter: even though "the blind side" hits close to home. we can't forget about another little release this week, one had a ithatisonethat is expectea $1 million of the box office. the saga continues with i "new moon." >> he she forms a new relationship with a super natural hunk and with new passion comes new perils. "new moon" is rated pg13. the fear of alien invasion goes into overdrive in threaters this weekend as an american astronaut wrecks havoc on 51. it touches down in threaters today. i'm candace dold and that is the low down. thank you, candace. coming up in the 7:00 hour, get ready to pig out. it's so tasty, i can't wait. the clever cleaver brothers put a new twist on pork chops for your next tailgate. and the mayor's fate is now in the hands of the jury. i'm megan gilliland. when we could have a verdict, straight ahead. so you want to get $100 on a t.v. like this, but you don't want to fight the lines of black next on fox 45 morning news. sn. >> any idea of what type of verdict you could see? when a verdict could be offered down. you don't have to wait until black friday, when you can find holiday deals this weekend. she knows flamingos, but what about football. i go up against the owner of cafe hon in hampden in this week's quick pig ki pigskin predictions. good morning. it's friday, november 20th. i'm patrice harris. we made it to the weekend. will we enjoy the weather? meteorologist steve fertig is here to fill us in, good morning. >> good morning, i think you will enjoy the beginning of the weekend a whole lot more than the very end of the weekend, but the very end, i mean the end, as in the evening on sunday night. >> which means as long as it holds off for the ravens game is all i think people care about? >> i think that the rain will hold off. it will be a cloudier day, but the rain will hold off until late sunday. the rain has moved off to the east and it has made way for drier air and lots of sunshine on the way for this afternoon. could be patchy fog in spots this afternoon, especially for the eastern shore right now, but that will also dissipate is the drier continues to move in through today and tomorrow as the high pressure builds in to the south and west. again, we're looking pretty good for today and tomorrow. 51 degrees for the starting temperature in baltimore. at this hour, 50 in washington d.c. and up in hagerstown 46 as we go west. oakland, and 36, we will see the temperatures climb to 37 at noon. after the high of 63 is at 1:00, and we back off to 53 at 6:00 p.m. let's see what is happening on the roadways right now. candace dold is here with a look at the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. i di do want to show you what it looks like on the west side of here it is at 70. it's going to be an absolute mess right there. it's backed up on liberty road, traveling on the west side stretch. this is the same deal moving through the catonsville area as well. as for the dry time, we're looking at the outer loop lanes from 795 to 795, very heavy as you just saw. an 18 minute-delay, 30 minutes for the actual time and 21 miles per hour. so it is going to be an extra busy friday morning if you are heading out on that stretch. as for the outer loop lanes, from 95, up toward 83, running normal right now. increasing volume, a 12 minute clip is the average speed there. 95 doing much better and 895-##-#### well both traveling and 95 both traveling at 5 mines per hour and southbound 895 from the harbor tunnel, down toward 895, just looking at a 9-minute drive. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. still no verdict in mayor sheila dixon's theft trial. jury deliberations will continue this morning. the jurors have to decide in the mayor is guilty of stealing gift cards intended t for the needy. stay tuned for the jurors, megan. >> reporter: day two for the jurors and it could be a big one at that, the jurors are expected to make their way inside the courthouse in a few hours. the fate of the mayor is in their hands and they can come out with a verdict as early as today. the jury license license listene attacked the prosecution case. the state fought back with a paper trail of receipts that tie dixon to the gift cards. throughout the trial the defense did not deny the fact that the dixon used the cards but argued she thought they were giftsment at one point state prosecutors pointed to the mayor and said she did not get to where she is in life by being so easily confused. as jurors begin to deliberate, there's already talk of a possible hung jury among legal analysts. >> i think there's a very good chance this jury will be considering the evidence for some substantial period of time. >> reporter: now during deliberation yesterday the jury asked the judge a number of questions, including the definition of misappropriation and also asked for transcripts from witnesses which the judge did deny. after four hours the judge told them to go home and get a good night's rest. dixon is faced five theft related charges. if she is convicted of any of those charges, she will be forced to step down as mayor. >> there is speculation of whether this is a hung jury, but if the ma mayor is acquitted who will pay her legal fees. >> reporter: that is the big question. she is facing $200,000 in legal fees. if me is acquitted, she could submit that bill to the city board of estimates. if they approve that, taxpayers will have to flip the bill. that is a hot button issue right now. we will take things one day at a time. we will see what the jury has to say. a verdict could come down today. stay tuned with fox 45 morning news for continuing coverage. we will have live reports of the trial in all of our news casts. when the verdict comes down we will take you to the courthouse live. we want to know what you think. will the mayor be acquitted? it's the question of the day. we will take your calls later this hour, but you can go to foxbaltimore.com ask tell us what you -- and tell us what you think or sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at foxbaltimore.com or text your answer to 45203, enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for no. a woman accused of killing an infinite i infant in her carn indicted. police arrested her and charged her with second-degree murder in the death of 9-year-old trevor. the child died on september 23rd after suffering severe trauma. son hatrauma. dobson had been watching him for only three days. 47 years old james hensen is now charged in the rape of a 21-year-old woman. she was attacked in her apartment in the 200 block of victor parkway. he is currently serving a 15 year sentes sentence for burgla. a funeral has been scheduled for a baltimore soldier killed in afganistan. there will be a funeral mass for 43 years old army reservist christopher cough lynn. it will be held tomorrow at the cathedral of mary of our queen. he died from a roadside bomb. a car crashes into the home of a baltimore family for the second time in less than two weeks. they heard the sound of crushing metal. when they went outside a car bounced off of a guard rile right in front of their home. it spun out into the road before slamming into a neighbor's not fence. that road is 25 miles but the homeowner thinks speed is to blame. >> there's nothing good that is going to come out if somebody is injured or killed. you know, i don't even think of lawsuits. i'm not worried about anything outside this fence. i'm worried about the family that i have inside. you might remember, our joel d smith was live at the knots home earlier this week about the same situation and they told him that the city added rumble strips and signs to slow down cars, but it just is not working. they hope speed cameras will eventually be installed in the neighborhood. black friday is officially a week away, but some retailers are giving shoppers a head start on the big deals. best buy and wal-mart are starting black friday sales this weekend and joel d smith is live at the wal-mart in middle river with the reason that they're having the sales early. i told you joel, keep an eye on a big t.v. for me. >> i got my eye out. we have plent plenty to choose. we just opened this wal-mart at 7:00. i would have been crushed run over by the herds, but that doesn't have to be this way this saturday. wal-mart has been doing big deals. this one expires today but you have the rest of the day for it. a blackberry comes with $100 back with a 2 year contract. tomorrow? of the deals seem linin like thy would be black friday specials. the easy oven, $16 and you got t.v. here, a little too small for you the 26-incher. it's $100 and it's not even black friday yet. best buy has a deal on the flat screen t.v.s. this is happening to get people thinking about shopping earl eitherrier in thearlierin the s. they know the money out there is less than usual. we asked the manager, what is the idea of all this behind for real? and what he said, was that you have to get people in here thinking about it. their strategy is also to lessen the amount of people coming in all at once and maybe could hurt each other and have to wait in long lines if they get the early deals, maybe they will spend it. stats say they spend a lot on black friday and maybe not the rest of the year. we will see how the stats play yoout. come out on saturday and check the circular and maybe you don't have to fight the crowds. joel d smith, fox 45 prorn 45 mg news. what you can find at baltimore's farmers market. high pressure br and make the most of your holiday. christmas costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. get ready to sink your teeth into sweet potatoes and turkey. thanksgiving is less than a week away and you will need to prepare. head down to the baltimore's farmer's market and bazaar. this sunday is the busiest day of the year there. we are joined this morning by joe for this morning's hometown hot spot. >> how are you today. >> we have smooth katle. >> -- kale, the red potatoes and beads and, cabbage and turn up. how many people do you get on average? >> sunday is the real super bowl market but on an average sunday, we might have 10,000 people come to through the market. >> on the busiest sunday, how many do you get if 10,000 is the average? >> my guess is this sunday we may have 15,000 people come through the market. >> why is the market so popular? you can get produce in a lot of places, why are you all so popular? >> it's fresh produce, everything that we have will sunday, will be picked on saturday. it's there fresh for everybody for thanksgiving. >> there's something to be said for getting your produce local? >> that's right. it's locally grown. we have been at this market since it started in the old market at falls way. >> we will check in with you a little bit. the baltimore's market and bazaar is in saratoga street on sunday's starting from 8:00 a.m. until sell out. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. last night we had a healthy dose of rain that moved through with thunderstorms, too. take a look at the sky watch hd radar looking a whole lot better this morning after a half an inch to .75 quarter of an inch fell last now. now we have higher pressure. it's looking like a nice start to the weekend. you will see up in new england is where the bulk of that rain is moving. the frontal boundary moves off to the east. this area of low pressure that is producing some showers in the western part of the gulf is going to move to the eastern seaboard and right along toward us for the end of the. changes on the way as we get into late sunday and into monday as we see rainshowers moving in once again. some of them could be heavy. as we look at frontal boundary, it's off to the east. low pressure is out of our way with the front. drier air, we will enjoy plenty of sunshine as the high pressure moves in from the south. while we see a bit of a break from the showers and clouds, you will start to see the clouds roll back in as we get into sunday. that ahead of the rain to follow as that low moves up that coast. here is what we're going to be watching that low pressure center as i mentioned, down toward the southwestern part of the gulf coast that will be moving toward the eastern seaboard and right toward our area by sunday night into monday after we believe the ravens game. if you have tickets to the ravens, cloudy skies and cool temperatures. it looks like we avoid the rain until after the game. 51 degrees our temperature in baltimore and 50 in washington. 56 in salisbury right now. cooler out in hagerstown, 46 and 36 in oakland. we're looking at these temperatures climbing into the 60s today and right around 52 for the eastern shore. so not bad, but a 5-15-mile-an-hour wind with mainly clear skies, central part of the state getting up to 60 degrees even, with mostly clear skies and a 10-15-mile-an-hour wind. back to the west a high temperature of 59 degrees with mostly clear skies. tonight, clear skies roll out for a bit of a cool down for sure. it will be chilly, a 5-10-mile-an-hour wind. temperatures climb to 57 degrees at noon, 53 at 6:00 p.m. after getting to the high of 60 right at 1:00. partly cloudy and 59 for the sunday. for the game heading to m&t bank stadium for the raven against the colts. 51 kickoff temperature, 55 degrees, cooler than we thought cloudier skies. look for a chance of rain after the game. hopefully that will be the case and into monday we have the another chance. bower then and 60 on tuesday. wednesday traveling showers, 55 for the high, and thanksgiving itself, cool, 53 degrees and cloudy and it gets chilly overnight into the 30s. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to training coming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back with a look at what is happening on the roadways with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are looking at how fast they are traveling on the roadways. on 95, not too bad for a friday morning right now. looking at 35 miles per hour in the northeast corner. 61 traveling through pikesville, but then the west side that dips down a bit. checking in at li liberty road. you can negotiate your way from liberty road toward security boulevard. now we can show you the scene at 70. look at that, the cars are creeping along there making for an extremely lousy ride. that only continues moving down through catonsville as well. this is all because of an earlier disabled vehicle. we had it pretty early this morning. unfortunate we are left with the residual delays. no problems to talk about moving through 70 right now. it's in excellent shape moving through howard county, but we do have trouble in howard county. a crash in the insure lanes of route 29, right at broken land parkway. 95 is going to be the better bet for the alternate route. it's calm through howard county and all the way through the city and the tunnels as well. that is a look at the morning commute, patrice, back to you. still ahead the senate reveals the healthcare reform bill. we take a look at whether it can get the votes needed to pass. she runs a successful restaurant, but does the owner of cafe hon know wisk®. powerfully clean. perfectly priced. who says lightning [ tnever strikes twice? introducing the supercharged new blackberry storm2. wi-fi enabled. ultra responsive. tons of apps. and because it runs on the network with 5 times more 3g coverage than at&t, it just may be the perfect storm. ♪ this is the sound the whole gang will love -- six fresh, delicious donuts for just $3. affordable treats to share with friends, family, and co-workers. grab six donuts for only $3 today. america runs on dunkin'. new this morning, the port of baltimore could soon be getting a major make over. later today the governor is expected to reveal that sports america will invest more than $500 million in upgrades to the port. the project is necessary to ensure that the port can handle larger ships. they're likely to become the norm once the widening of the panama canal is finishes. the deal should bring shows of jobs to baltimore. baltimore sports fans can anticipate some changes at the city's major stadiums. the port of public works voted on wednesday to spend more than $12 million to make camden yards more energy efficient. at the will get new high efficiency light bulbs and the cooling is systems will be retrofitted. the upgrades are expected to save $60 million over the next 11 years. denise has spent the last few weeks, redecorating cafe hon. just this week she put up a brand new pink flamingo shiny and new. >> yes, i did. >> it's been the talk of the town. i hope she has been too busy talking f flamingo to keep up wh football. >> good morning. >> you haven't been paying attention to football. >> i have been a little busy. >> you have a shot at winning this one actually? >> i hate to lose. >> competition, i like that. we will get started with this, indianapolis colts at baltimore ravens. what do you think? >> i have to say ravens, even though we have a new kicker. >> yes. >> i mean, this is going to be his first time out of the box? >> it would have to be because house is out of there. >> yeah. >> what i think we should do is run into the colts locker room before the game, and kidnap matt stover and bring him over to our locker room. >> excellent idea. >> we are both going with the ravens. washington redskins at slays das cowboys, big rivalry. >> you know, i like the redskins cheerleaders. my sister was a cheerleader and my girlfriend is a cheerleader. >> i have a friend who is a redskins cheerleader so i like them, too. i have to go with the the cowboys. i'm going to gu go with the cows with this 1. >> cleveland browns and the detroit lions. the cheerleaders could play the browns and win. i'm going with the lions. >> i was going to go with the lions. >> you can go with the lions. >> cincinnati radars. >> i was giving him the pink flaflamingo, so we are going wih the bengals. >> you had quite a party. >> it was the flamingo. >> that's smart, i'm going to go with the bengals. >> pittsburgh steelers at kansas city bridge? >> i don't know, my friend is at 57 street cafe in pittsburgh. i don't want him to win. i got to go with kansas city. >> all right, then he will be out. he will be back in time for the ravens, but i'm going to go with the steelers. i'm going to go with the steelers on this one. you can give us your pigskin predictions. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on contests. the senate debate on its version of healthcare reform is expected to begin this weekend. that is if the senate majority leader can get the 60 votes he needs. republicans are vowing to block debate with the filibuster. if it does make it past the first hurdle, they do have to come up with a new bill. chris wallace joins us this morning to weigh in. >> will harry reid get the 60 votes he needs to get this started. >> that is right. we need to make it clear, the vote they are going to have on saturday night is to bring it to the floor and begin the debate. he does need 60 votes to beat the republican filibuster. he is going to need every democrat plus the two independence. at this point he has 5 58 votes and it's up to two women. to give you a sense of how much a single vote is worth in the latest version that harry reid has put up for a vote, there's $100 million added for programs in louisiana. that gives you the value of the vote in capitol hill. my guess is, yes, he will get the votes. it will be a desaster if they can't bring it to the floor to begin debate. >> what is the problem with getting the debate started and hashing out all the differences and i know there's several. what is the problem with getting to that point? >> for example, blanch lincoln is running for re-election in arkansas. it's going to be a tough fight. healthcare reform is unpor ular. even if she -- unpopular. even if she votes bringing to the floor, in the next campaign, it will be she voted for it. there are people who at this point they are opposed to the bill but are going to vote to bring it to the floor and try to change it there. >> chris, what are we going to see on your show? >> because of the fact that the senate is going to be in session for a rare saturday session, we will have four senators who will make sure if they have voted at that point. we will be talking to them about the healthcare reform, afganistan, the president's trip to asia and the economy. we will settle everything here on fox news sunday. >> you can see fox news sunday here on fox 45. coming up on fox 45 morning news, a maryland senator takes aim at new mammogram recommendations. the addition to the senate healthcare bill she is proposing. and forget about black friday, how about black saturday or black sunday? i'm joel d smith at a local wal-mart. up next we will tell ñw welcome back to fox 45 morning news, 7:31 is the time. i'm patrice harris. it's friday, we're headed to the weekend. the ravens play here at home and we need to find out what kind of weather they're going to be playing? >> it's going to be cool. i think this is an opportunity this weekend i think for the ravens. >> we can do this. i think we have to. i think we're in the mind-set that it's going to be tough but we're going to do it. >> i think the colts could come in a little flat, feeling a little overconfident after the last weeks. >> i don't know. maybe we can catch them off-guard. maybe the showers caught you off-guard yesterday. it shouldn't have, if you listened to our forecast yesterday. we had showers and thunderstorms. maybe the thunderstorms did, caught me off guard, how strong they were. now it's looking a whole lot better. 56 degrees in salisbury and in hagerstown 46. it's unusual to have the storms like we had yesterday this time of year. we won't have it today, certainly we will get a lot of sunshine. this morning, 45 degrees at the bus stop. more sun on the way as the temperatures will climb to 60 degrees before 1:00. before the noon at 57. and at 6:00 p.m. at 53 degrees. it will be above the seasonal average for this time of year. we will talk about shower chances for this weekend. i will let you know when you can expect them in a few minutes. we wanted to let you know what it looks like out on the roadways. here is candace dold to tell you with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we have been checking on the beltway this morning, and check it out on harford road. the delays are forming on the outer loop lanes from theville region headed toward towson. it's a friday morning, so that is what you should expect there. taking the southbound lanes, the usual deal, so a pretty normal ride. a 2 minute-delay, 14 minutes for the actual time and 43 for the average speed. as for the outer loop lanes taking it from 795 down toward 95, a 27-minute ride, 23 miles per hour, and 54 miles per hour on southbound 95 from the fort mc henry tunnel down toward the beltway doing much better there, only an 8 minute 35. a 5 minute clip from the harbor tunnel, to 895, traveling at 50 miles per hour. that is a look at morning commute. patrice, back to you. we have breaking news and a story we have been following all morning. a woman who was gunned down outside of a funeral home in west baltimore last night has died. the 33 years old woman was shot in the chest at 7:30 during her boyfriend's funeral. police say the woman was attending services for the anthony mcfad enat north fulton avenue. he was shot and killed last week. no arrests have been made in his murder. police are voafghtin investigato determine if the two shootings are related. mayor sheila dixon's fate is now in the hands of the jury. they will decide if she is guilty of stealing gift cards intended for baltimore's needy. jurors began deliberating after closing arguments yesterday. they were at it for four hours before being sent home. sheer is megan gilliland with what happens today. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. today we could learn mayor sheila dixon's fate in just a few hours. jurors will walk inside of the courthouse today to begin day two of deliberations. yesterday they had four questions for the judge. they asked for transcripts of what witnesses had to say during the trial. the judge denied that request and told them to rely on their notes. then the jury sent another question asking the judge for the legal definition of misappropriation. shortly after that, the judge dismissed them telling them to go home and get a good night's rest. now there's nothing more the prosecution and the defense can do but wait for the verdict. >> i thought we made the points that had to be made. i'm satisfied that we made those points. we will have to see what the jury does. >> reporter: dixon is facing five theft-related charges. some legal analysts are predicting that it will be a hung jury. now if that were to happen, of course, the whole process would then start over with a new jury and a new trial. if she is convicted, however, she will be removed from office immediately. from the courthouse, i'm megan gilliland, fox 4 45 morning new. fox 45 will have live reports on the trial in all of our news casts. when the verdict comes down, we will take you to the courthouse live. we want to know what you think. do you think the mayor will be a acquitted? that is the question. day. the phone lines are open now at (410)481-4545. can you also go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think or sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at fox baltimore or text your answer to 45203, enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for no. senator barbara mikulski says she will introduce an amendment to senate health kay e reform bill guaranteeing mammograms for women after the age of 40. a new study says that women don't have to get a mammogram until they are 50 and only two years after that. that could lead insurers to deny coverage. mikulski says it's better to be safe than sorry. with less money to spend, retailers are competing harder than ever to get shoppers into their stores this holiday season. many are not waiting until black friday to start the deals. joel d smith is live at wal-mart and there's a list going on here of things we want you to bring back. >> reporter: make sure you check it twice and get it to me. i will decide who is naughty and nice and who is getting the goods. there's a lot of deals today and a lot more tomorrow. you would think you have to wait until black friday considering it's november, but not this year. retailers think that there's i a small amount of money out there and they want to get to it sooner. >> one of the shoppers we want to talk to today, is chuck kramer. good morning chuck. >> reporter: i'm looking at your cart, what do you have in there? >> a couple of dvds. >> reporter: you're here shopping today, but you're looking for something else. >> i'm here looking for t.v.s. >> reporter: the deal we're talking about here it's a vizio26-inch, t the hd t.v., and $246 tomorrow. that's $100 off its normal price. is that a good deal. >> yeah, that is a good deal. >> reporter: are you a black friday shopper. >> yes, i take the wife out in morning. >> reporter: you think if you get that deal, you don't have to go out on black friday. >> i might get it. >> reporter: the here to is working with them. there's a limited amount of out there. let's get these people shopping earlier and maybe they will will shop for these things. i will take a look at things around here. wal-mart is not the only place that has these deals. black friday has been extended for almost two weeks. check out the prices, and maybe you don't have to go out on black friday. coming up pea cons and pork chops it's . >> reporter: it's a friday, and the rush is getting us, and price matter. jcpenney. a retired army general testifies about the millitary's guidelines on how to deal with islamic jihad. you can read that story and more in today's washington times. julie bedane has this morning's briefing. >> reporter: good morning, a few things we're following from washington today. he is one of the most wanted terrorists, the leader of the afghan taliban with close ties to al-qaeda and osama bin laden. u.s. officials believe that he is on move. in the washington times exclusive today, our national security team reports that mula omar has moved into the pakistani city of kar achi, a city that is quickly becoming a new hub for taliban leaders. two u.s. leaders told us that they believe the pakistan intelligence agency helped move him there. did the millitary ignore warning signs from major nidal hasan. as the congress conduct investigation and review the procedure following the deadly attack in the millitary base. they say that the millitary may not have investigated major hasan's behavior for fear of being politically correct. they focus on white supremacy and racist views. there's no guidelines on jihaddist behavior. senate majority leader races to secure the 60 votes to move the bill further in the senate. republicans will not vote to even start debate this weekend, because they say the bill is too flawed and riddled with taxes to pay for new programs. in particular they are pointing to what they have pegged a marriage penalty tax. a single individual making more than $200,000 would not be taxed but a couple making $250,000 combined would. that is the latest from washington today. until tomorrow from washington times, i'm julie bedane, back to you. read those stories and more by logging on to foxbaltimore.com and clicking on washington times. thank you, patrice. we're looking at a dry looking sky watch hd radar scan right now. that is after last night when we had more activity out there as the showers pushed through and some thunder as well accompanied that rain that pushed through the area last evening. and about a half an inch to .5 o.75of an inch of rain a good d. a lot of rain in new england with the low pressure moving further toward the north. meanwhile we're keeping an eye on the low pressure center producing some showers and steadier rain actually toward the western part of the gulf which will be moving toward the eastern sea gulf and on toward our neck of the woods bit end of weekend. we will stay dry today and tomorrow but by sunday late in the day we will be talking about some rain coming our way. 57 degrees for the current temperature in the inner harbor. a southwest wind at 5 miles per hour. the humidity is at 67%, and the pressure is at 35.10 and rising. we're at 51 degrees in baltimore and 56 in salisbury. in hagerstown, 46 degrees here and oakland 36 degrees. so really chilly to the western part of maryland. with the frontal boundary moving off to the east, you can see high pressure building in clearing the skies out and the clouds will follow as the low moves up the coast as i was just telling you. that is going to bring a rainier finish to the weekend, but probably holding off until the nighttime hours on sunday and into your monday. meanwhile these are the projected highs for today, near 60 degrees in baltimore. much cooler back to the west, this pocket of cool air is going to be moving our way by the second half of next week. as we get toward thanksgiving, it's going to be feeling a whole lot chillier around here. enjoy the 62 degrees we should get for today for the high in the eastern shore. there will be winds at 5-15 miles per hour. it will get breezy at times but a lot of sunshine. it should be breezy in the afternoon for the central part of the state. northwest winds at 10-15 miles per hour. we will look for temperatures in the western part of maryland. and then tonight clear skies which will allow the temperatures to drop with the winds diminishing down to 39 degrees for the overnight low. it will be chilly. again, moving through the day today, we start off with mild air this morning starting off in the 50s, whoops, didn't like that one. let's see if we can bring this one. given degrees at noon. look -- 56 degrees at noon. and after getting to the high of 61 degrees at 1:00. tomorrow partly cloudy skies, 55 on sunday, late showrks late sh. if you're headed to the ravens game, you can expect those showers to hold off until after the game at least that is the way it looks right now. 55 degrees for the kickoff temperature. so we will be a little bit cool. you will want to the jacket with you. 55 degrees for the high temperature on monday with the rainshowers due to the coastal low. 60 degrees and drier on tuesday. 56 tuesday with some showers, thanksgiving itself, 53 degrees and partly cloudy skies. let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we're checking on the numbers on the roadways. the average speeds and now it's dipping down a lot heading on 95 in the northeast corner, looking at 95 miles per hour. doing better in the overly area at 60 miles per hour. that west side it does dip down a bit. we can show exactly what the scene looks like at 695 at liberty road. check that out there, it's going to be an annoying ride from liberty road heading toward 70. this is going to be the case throughout the morning. the inner loop lanes they are doing much better, the coast is clear headed toward pikesville. right at greenspring avenue, it's going to be a much prettier picture both the inner and outer loop lanes moving up to speed. 83 north of 695, haven't had much to talk about there this morning. we can show you what it look like coming do you want pike head toward the 695 exit. so far there's a lot of space in between the southbound lanes and the northbound direction as well. on the jfx it's starting to slow down a bit, in fact, we're in the read from 695 headed into the downtown region. not too much to talk about in the downtown area, but as far as the fort mchenry and 895 through the harbor tunnel, we're in the green in both corridors. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. still ahead the jury deliberationdeliberates from thf mayor sheila dixon. we want to know what you think. will she be a great broth brings out the best in your dishes. and your dishes get the whole family together... to share and connect. college inn broth. your recipe for goodness. safeway knows how to make it affordable. with a commitment to thousands of new, everyday... low prices throughout the store. and when you use your club card, get plump, juicy safeway turkeys, 47¢ a pound. ♪ so you can get what you want... when you want it. at the price you need. that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway. that's ingredients for life. jurors in mayor sheila dixon's theft trial will continue deliberations this morning. they will decide if the mayor is guilty of stealing gift cards intended for for baltimore's ney as they return to court in less than an hour from now. that bring us to the question of the day. do you think that the mayor will be acquitted? the phone lines are open at (410)481-4545. our first caller is david in baltimore, good morning, david. >> what do you think? >> i don't think she will be acquitted. >> why not. was there enough evidence in your opinion. >> there's no evidence. she received the cards. she my what the cards were meant for. this question has prompted a lot of responses in our twitter page and our facebook page. one of our twitter responders said, yes, i'm sure she will be acquitted. many tax dollars to get her to trial, the prosecution rested after a day and a half, just doesn't smell right. that is one person's thought on it. on the facebook page, we have quite a few responses. one of them, rondah wrote, i believe she will be found not guilty. don't understand how she got the gift cards mixed up, though, you know if someone gave you two of something or 5 of something. >> but nicole posted on facebook, i hope she gets off scott free and clear. they have been trying to find something on the mayor for years to get her out of office. we're getting a lot of different opinions on this matter. >> let's go back to the phone lines now. carline is on the phone from baltimore. good morning. >> what do you think will the mayor be acquitted? >> i hope she is not acquitted? , why not? >> because she did the crime and she needs to do the time. how can she take the people off the streets and put them in jail for stealing when she is doing it? >> if the jury finds her not guilty. if they acquit here, is that enough for you to say, she didn't do it should. >> no, it's enough for me to say something is going on. >> interesting. let's go to our new phone line, lisa in baltimore, good morning. >> good morning. >> what do you think. she is going to be acquitted. >> yes, she should be acquitted. they should take her out of that seat. she should be a mayor setting an example. she did the wrong thing. they should find her guilty and get her out of the seat and put someone else in it there honestly. >> thank you for your call this morning. thank all of you for your calls and comments on the facebook page and twirt. twitter. can you keep them coming. they may air on news at 10:00. you can post your comments, send us a tweet or a text to 45203, enter fox 45a for yes, and fox 45b for no and as i said, your response might air tonight on the news at 10:00. spending christmas with larry the cable guy. the guest confirmed for his holiday special. it's so tasty, i can't wait. >> the clever cleaver brothers show us how pull those pork chops out of the freezer. you will need them to make this week's clever cleaver brother's recipe. >> thanks for joining us again for another fun episode of tailgating with the clever cleaver brothers. we have a fun recipe for you. we call it game ball pork chops with peco pea con ginger butter. >> you can buy the boneness, or the loin leg. we did the whole pork loin and cut them into chops. >> those look beautiful. now we're going to season it up with the super hero. just want to shake that out. give it a shake. >> we blended all of the right seasoning for you folks. you can make it at home if you want with chili powder, black pepper sauce and it will be good to go. blarblack garlic powder. >> cook them on your grill. cook them slow, and use the meat thermometer, 165. >> it should be a little pink on the inside when you take them off. >> now we will make the ginger butter. we are going to get onistic of butter to room temperature. >> that is butter. and then we are going to go with chives. >> and i'm going with the lemon zest. you can use a knife, just take the yellow off the outside, don't get the white part. that is bitter. >> we will go with the orange, the same thing, the zest that is where the full flavor of the oil and the lemon are? >> just put fresh ginger, watch out for the knuckles; i'm using our favorite hot sauce, cholula which has a mild peppery flavor. just look for a nice wood cap. >> we call it the flavorful fire. >> put it in the refrigerator and take out and slice it and put it on your pork chops. >> best wishes and great dishes. to get today's recipe go to foxbaltimore.com/morning news. before this weekend's big game we have had plenty of fans send us photos that show off their support for the team. that at parkville will stay warm through the season with this ravens afghan. and looking for luck at m&t stadium. 4 fans from brooklyn stadium visit the johnny uniteis statute. you can send in your video or photos directly from your cell phone at next on fox 45 morning news. >> any idea of what type of verdict you may see. >> today the mayor could learn her fate. when a verdict in sheila dixon's theft trial could be handed down. the queen of talk is stepping down. when oprah will end her decade long talk show. we are offering deals earlier in the year. you don't have to wait for black friday, where you can find holiday deals this weekend. good morning. it is friday, november 20th. i'm patrice he harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. we are happy it's the weekend. and meteorologist steve fertig is here to tell us what to expect weather wise. >> i'm ready to shop on saturday and sunday. >> i will give you my list. i'm registered for the holidays. >> for the gift ideas. >> i'm going to give you a list of things if you are going to go shopping. >> as long as it's at the dollar store. >> you notice i haven't said anything? >> i noticed that. we regard to the weather situation this weekend, we have dry conditions moving in after the rain that moved through last night. we're looking a whole lot better. as the high pressure moves in, we are looking at plenty of sunshine through the afternoon. temperatures will climb a little bit, 60 degrees for the high right now. 52 in baltimore, and 55 in salisbury, and 45 in hagerstown. we will get to the 60 degrees with a northwest wind at 10-15 miles an hour. we will also take a look at some clearing skies with the mild conditions, breezy, 10-15-mile-an-hour winds for today, but then rain arrives late sunday into monday. cooler temperatures as we head toward thanksgiving. that is something you will definitely want to know. you do want to see what is happening on the roads as you head out this morning. candace dold is here with your traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. and good morning. well, we are talking about some trouble in baltimore city right now. a new accident completely shutting down all lanes of martin luther king junior boulevard at mulberry street. you can stick with pratt, or packet street as an alternate route. checking 69 695 a much calmer re there. 95 from the fort mchenry tunnel toward the beltway, pretty normal. 55 is the average speed and the same number on southbound 895 from the harbor tunnel toward the 95 exit. that will only take 9 minutes. as for the beltway, it's been a heavy ride this morning. southbound outer loop lanes from southbound 795 down toward 95, 33 minutes, 19 is the average speed. that is a look at your morning travels, patrice, back over to you. jury deliberations continue this morning and mayor sheila dixon's theft trial. the jurors have to decide if the mayor is guilty of stealing gift cards intended for baltimore's needy. throughout the trials the defense has not denied the fact that dixon used the cards but they argue that she thought they were gifts for her. as the jurors deliberate, there's already talk of a possible hung jury among legal analysts. >> i think there's a very good chance this jury will be considering the evidence for some substantial period of time. >> dixon is facing five theft related charges. if she is convicted of any, she will be removed from office. now fox 45 will have live reports on the trial in all of our news casts. when the verdict comes down, we will take you live to the courthouse. you can always log on to our website, foxbaltimore.com and click on the dixon on trial icon to see all of the coverage we have done on the mayor's case. new information in a story we have been following all morning. a woman who was gunned down outside of a funeral home in west baltimore last night has died. the 33 years old woman was shot in the chest at 7:30 during her boyfriend's funeral. police say the woman was attending funeral services for anthony mcfadden on north fulton avenue. he was shot and killed last week. no arrests have been made in his murder. now police are investigating to determine if the two shootings are related. senator barbara mikulski says she will introduce a an amendment guaranteeing women universal access to mammograms beginning at the age of 40. a new study says that women don't have to get a mammogram until they're 50 years old and only two years after that. it has caused a backlash. it could lead insurers to deny coverage. mikulski says it's better to be safe than sorry. the first senate health care reform is expected to take place tomorrow. 60 votes are needed to begin debate on the bill. and senator harry reid says that vote will take place on saturday evening. the senate would begin debait on the bill when -- debate when del begin on the bill when they return from thanksgiving break. best buy and wal-mart are starting some black friday sales this weekend. good news for you since you're going out shopping and joel d smith is actually at the wal-mart at middle river with reasons why they're starting so early. good morning, joel. >> reporter: i can only hold this t.v. for so long. i know it's wanted badly. 26-inch, this is the flat screen and it's $248 instead of $348. if you come tomorrow, that sounds like a black friday deal? normally it would be, except black friday doesn't mean much this year, because places like wal-mart and best buy are extending black friday idea longer. >> good morning, debbie. >> reporter: i saw you doing some shopping? >> yes. >> reporter: you are shopping for people but you don't know what they are getting? >> no. >> reporter: big deals, is black friday a big shopping day for you usually? >> no. >> reporter: because you get it done ahead of time, do don't you. >> reporter: yes. >> this is perfect for you. do you think that you will specifically look for these deals now that you know that they are out there? >> yes. >> reporter: you got to get on your way. >> yes. >> reporter: get your wrapping today, get out of here. kim is a little more talkative. they know that the money is not quite there as it was in fast years for most people. what do you think of this extending black friday idea? >> i think the economy is tough out there. the longer the deals are out, the better. i'm here, empty cart, but it will be full. i will do it earlier this year shop for the god son and a butch of other folks. hopefully beat all the masses on the day, a better deals. >> reporter: safer because they don't want the big crush of people coming in and knocking each other over for that kind of thing. i guess this is a ward but does this make it tougher for you. you will have to look for deals. >>this is the time, get in and get out and get on the go. it's going to be easier for everybody. >> reporter: today not a big line here. the blackberry expire deal expis today. on black friday it's going to be a whole week of stores trying to get back into the black. i'm live at middle river. joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. knowing that they do this earlier might make me shop earlier. do you know if you can get the same deals online, or do you have to come to the stores to get the deals? >> reporter: it depends on the stores. a lot of the stores are doing the same deals online and there's crazy good deals going on. i saw on one site $0.97 to ship. if you got money, they will figure out a way for you to spend it. that is the deal. >> where the website that gives you the money. >> i don't need the website. joel is right there. i need an ipod, price it and wrap it up. joel. >> where is your money to do all of this? >> you got to covered, you're good. >> reporter: i know you're good for it, you're covered. newed guidelines are calling for fewer pap smears for women in their 20s. the american college of obs at the timofobstetricians is havino the west every two years. routine pap screening should begin at age 21, instead of the oldest recommendation to have a pap test three years within first sexual contact. it prevents invasive cancer. this news comes days after the task force said that the testing may not be necessary for women until they reach the age of 50 of mammograms instead of the previous age of 40. however, many maryland doctors say putting off having a ma'am mammogram could have deadly results. even though the panel's guidelines aren't legally binding some feel that insurance companies may use the study to deny benefits in the future. coming up. >> the good news is -- a lot of women on this island are wanting to go topless. >> larry the cable guy has a new gig. the holiday show that he is going to be hosting soon. this, right there. that is the place to be the sunday before thanksgiving. we want you to see all of the things going on at the farm it is a prethanksgiving tradition. this sunday is the busiest day of the year at the baltimore's farmers market and bazaar. you can stack up on turkey, spices and everything your taste buds desire this holiday. good morning, joe. >> good morning, how are you? >> good. you guys are getting ready for a huge day on sunday. >> that's right, sunday will be the super bowl of farmers market. >> how do you prepare for such a big day? >> yeah, we have everything getting ready. we have kale's, smooth kale and turn up, greens, sweet potato. >> got it all. what is the thing that sells out the fastest? >> everybody is look for the kale this sunday. >> how many people are expected out there. >> my guess is we have 15,000 people coming through the farmers market on sunday. >> oh my, what else is there to offer other than this great food we're looking at? >> well, everybody can come down and get their produce and fruits, if they want breakfast, there's pastries and other food specialty items with other food vendors throughout the market. >> good luck dealing with the crowds and hope you have a wonderful holiday next week. >> thank you, you too. >> the baltimore farmers market and bazaar is in saratoga street on sunday cartin starting at 8:. until sell out until every one of those veggies is gone. for more information go to foxbaltimore.com/morning. we can help make those disappear very easily. we have rain that was accompanied by thunder last evening. it brought us about half an inch to .75 of an inch of rain. that healthy dose has moved off to the north and east as the frontal boundary continues to push off the atlantic. we are looking pretty good around here and down to south and west of us around the gulf coast. seeing some rain being produced by a low pressure center that is being moved up into our general vicinity by sunday night bringing us the next chance of rain into monday as well. the question is, when sunday does it get in here? it looks like it's going to be after the ravens game. thing could be very -- the timing could be very good. the more sunshine and winds between the high and the departing low. 10-15 miles per hour. the clouds moving givin giving o clearing. the clouds move back in here on sunday ahead of the low pressure center moving up the coast and bringing you ace chanc a chance. as we head into next week, sunday night into monday, the low will move up the coast and out of our way. we will be talking about cooler air moving in too, mind the low pressure -- behind the low pressure center on the left side. we will see temperatures dropping toward the 30s overnight. meanwhile, temperatures not looking too bad. 55, and in hagerstown 45 degrees, only 36 in oakland and the temperatures will today, at least climb nicely to 62 degrees, not bad really for the eastern shores high temperature. northwest wind at 5-15 miles per hour. not much of a climb because we start mild. 60 degrees is not a bad temperature for this time of year with mostly clear skies. back to the west, temperatures here just a little bit cooler. 59 degrees by a degree, that is cooler, right, but one degree. west winds at 5-15 miles per hourment tonight definitely cooler. 39 degrees under mainly clear skies, a northwest wind at 5-15 miles per hour. to see what we can expect through the day. we are starting off mild. look at the temperatures climb from 52 degrees to given at noon. we will get to the 60-degree high temperature at 1:00 and we back off to 53 at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow 58 degrees partly cloudy, nice start to the weekend. showers come in late at night headed to m&t bank stadium. kickoff temperature, probably right around 55 degrees, which should be the high temperature for the day. just mostly cloudy skies, considering that the low doesn't get here until a little bit later and then the rain moves in late sunday into monday. monday's high 54, 60 degrees on tuesday with partly cloudy skies. 56 on wednesday, there could be showers as another front pushes through. if you have travel plans, as many of you will headed toward thanksgiving. 53 degrees drying out for thanksgiving. note the overnight low dropping to 34 thursday night into friday morning. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now, candace dold is here with another look at your traffic edge. thank you, steve. it's a friday morning and usually we have to deal with speeds that are pretty far down. a little bit of hope if you're traveling on the main lines. checking in on 95 right now looking at 51 miles per hour and not doing too bad on the top end of the beltway at 64. we will take that. now traveling through pikesville right now at 55 miles per hour, but it does dip down a bit on the jfx. it's going to be a 31-mile per hour ride heading into the downtown area. speaking of the city, we do have some trouble there at road closure to alert you to, in fact, martin luther king junior boulevard is completely shutdown due to an accident in mulberry street. you will want to stick with pennsylvania avenue or pratt avenue as your alternate. right at 395 checking in on that area, it's going to be a pleasant ride. pretty enjoyable there, both the northbound and southbound lanes headed toward the beltway. speaking of the beltway, the west side it has been a hectic ride. you can see we have the reduced speeds on the outer loop lanes from liberty toward 70. that's a look at the morning commute, patrice and megan, back over to you. if you want to stay in and watch a comedy this weekend. sacha baron coul baron cohen pln austrian reporter. we puts people in embarrassing situations to see how they will react to it all. you can win a copy if you are the 4th or 5th caller right now (410)481-4545. that's the number. coming up who wouldn't want to win the lottery especially nowadays. >> coming up we will tell you about the new game to try your luck on. and the good news is for you fellow in here, a lot of the women on this island -- >> this is not your typical holiday special. what larry the cable guy has up his sleeve for his upcoming getting dirty the art of getting clean salsa doesn't stand a chance against the power of wisk®. wisk®. powerfully clean. perfectly priced. play to win, the maryland lottery wants you to cash in. buddy rugal, the director of the maryland lottery is joining us this morning with more. >> hi, patrice. >> every time you come here, you are talking about how people can win, win, lots of money. the newest thing, not quite here but coming. >> the newest thing coming to the maryland lottery after i leave. >> no, we don't want to talk about that? >> it's powerball. we are megamillions. powerball and megamillions, the two groups have agreed to cross sell each other's game. in about two or three months, we hope by february first, maryland will be selling powerball along with megamillions and d.c. and others will be selling megamillions along with powerball. you know, it's like going to the store and buying different loaves of bread. >> here is what i'm going to say. you are supposed to feel lucky about playing the lottery. i don't feel any luck at all. you are one of our favorite guests. you come on and we have a good time, but you're leaving us. >> as they said in the god father, they made me an offer i couldn't refuse. >> you're going down to dr d.c.o the head of the lottery there. >> 13 wonderful years. we have had 12 record years in a row. this is one of the best relationships we have had. no other lottery has had a relationship with media than we have at fox 45. >> you're not going to get that at d.c. >> we're not. >> i talked to fox 5 and they won't show me the low? >> no, not what you get up here. >> you know, this is a new challenge. >> it's the nation's capital. it's the only lottery in a city in the united states. and. >> what does that mean for our lottery. you're good at what you do. how is maryland going to fair once you're gone? >> i have a wonderful team. i have to say that. it's the team. i like to say i'm just the pretty face. >> you are [ laughter ] >> i have this wonderful team that does all of the hard work and is so strong in terms of games and promotions. they do a wonderful job. >> you got your ravens tie on. >> no, i'm not changing allegiance. i'm a ravens fan. i'm going it to stay a ravens fan. i don't hate the redskins. >> neither do i, but we love the ravens. >> so do i. we love the ravens [ laughter ] >> we have to go again. >> we have to go, yes. they're making me wrap. we will hear a tune from a baltimore band as they perform live for us. a lost women on this island are going to go to topless. >> later the cable guy has a new getting something 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sound red neck? >> it was when you see the theme. they asked what do you want the theme to be this year? whatever you guys want to call it. we will have funny sketches and funny jokes. you call it whatever you want. so i came up with a hool palooza christmas luau. nothing says like hoola palooza. >> so you're going to be dawning a grass skirt? >> i sure am with a thong underneath it. >> wow, a little too much. >> let me say that the thong started out as boxer shorts. i got to do laundry fast? >> you do. you look pretty good. you lost a little bit of weight, didn't you? >> i lost 50 pounds which is -- that is an olsen twin. i mean. [ laughter ] >> i mean, look at me. >> let's talk about the show real quick, because we have you in the grass skirt. what else do we have going on. >> that is it. me and the grass skirt, and singing the christmas. that is about all for the show. i'm singing 12 of our favorite songs and the grass skirt and no shirt. it's unbelievable. >> that will probably be enough. >> no, you know what, it's awesome. >> it's a sketch comedy. it's -- i do a monologue, obviously and then we do sketch comedy and i got musical guests. i got like carlin care owe carr. >> and i just want to get a whole cast of characters that you would normally not see together on a show. and that is how i want it to be, fun, light hearted, good sketch work. if you screw up a line, somebody will jump in with an ad-lib and cover it up. i don't want it too scripted. >> we understand. >> too scripted is not funny. >> i know. it sounds like you're going to get'er done. we can't wait to see it, larry, thank you. >> it's going to be good, i love you and thank you to all of my fans in baltimore. you're the best and get ear err. >> check your local listings. fex welcome back to fox 45 morning news on this friday morning 8:32 is the time. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. drier out. meteorologist steve fertig is here to tell us what to expect for today and for the weekend. >> we had thunder and showers that were bringing us about a half an inch and .75 of an inch in places. that was last night. a different story right now. we're looking at dry conditions and as megan and patrice were wondering. what should the weekend have in store. it should remain dry and until sunday late. 52 degrees right now, the temperature in baltimore. 55 in salisbury. 49 in hagerstown, cooler there, and certainly cooler out in oakland. 57 by the noon hour with mostly clear skies and 53 at 6:00 p.m. after hitting high of 63 at 1:00 this afternoon. expect the winds though become breezy at 10-15 miles per hour gusting even higher at times. all in all, not looking too bad out there. what about the roadways? candace dold has the answer with the traffic edge. cans das. >>thank you, steve. we do trouble to talk about. we thought we were finally getting in the clear as we head in the 9:00 hour, but now a new accident in the northbound lanes of 95. it's in aber teen. aber deny. aberdeen. better news from 95 toward the 83, looking at a 15 minute drive, 40 miles per hour. check it out from 795 to 95, still in the red, a heavy gorks 2-- 22 minutes, and 28 miles per hour. taking it to the beltway in the green an 8-minute trip, 55 for the average speed. that's a look at morning travels. patrice and megan, back over to you. jury deliberations continue this morning and mayor sheila dixon's theft trial. the jurors have to decide if the mayor is indictee o guilty of st cards intended for the needy. throughout the trial, the defense has not denied that she used the gift cards but they are saying that she thought the gifts were for her. if she is convicted of any of the 7 charges, we will be forced out of office. it's friday but it doesn't look like black friday or does it? when it comes to the price of things maybe it is. this blackberry on sale today, you get a special gift card back. when it comes to these special things tomorrow, you might as call it black saturday. they are extending the prices, thinking that the amount of money might not be out there as other years. we are talking about best buy and many others. if you don't want to fight the crowds, they are trying to make it easier on you this holiday season. oprah winfrey will announce the end of her talk show today. after its 25th season on the air it will end in 2011. there's been a lot of speculation of what oprah will do next when she announced she is launching her own cable network. she spent several years here in baltimore before moving to chicago and launching her syndicated show. it's the holiday season and now it's the time to think about family and local fans. they are celebrating the things that matter most. with a live performance, the band joins us this morning. the sippinger is goin singer iso us this morning. tell us why this is so important this time of year. >> we are doing a cd release in two weeks. we have a lot of people from baltimore coming out. it will be in downtown baltimore, mount vernon. we want to encourage a lot of families and married couples in particular. we want to sing a lot of the music that restores family and love throughout the holidays. >> tell us about the sound of your music. >> it's soul music, i guess it's simple. a little of gospel, jazz, some of the classic and simple. most people call it soul now sick. >> yo -- music. >> you are here ready to perform and give us a taste of it. good luck. ♪ i w trapped in a world ♪ ♪ i created ♪ i used to love it ♪ now i hate it ♪ but you helped me let go of the past ♪ ♪ and my mistakes ♪ and you loved your love ♪ ♪ and i realize you ♪ saved me ♪ oh, yeah ♪ from me ♪ i realize that you saved me ♪ from me ♪ and you see one day ♪ one day it was over ♪ i just wanted no more ♪ because i wanted ♪ i wanted so much more ♪ and you took my arm ♪ in your hands and you helped me change my life ♪ ♪ you bring tears to my eyes ♪ you saved me ♪ from he me me ♪ ♪ i realize that you saved me ♪ ♪ from me ♪ i, like cooking breakfast for my family. daddy is cookin' ♪ ♪ some eggs right here. with the sausage you follow. ♪ ♪ aaannd, heeeere, it is. yea dad, maybe tomorrow we could just talk? oh, sure sweetheart. ♪anything for you. jimmy dean fully cooked sausages. all of the taste, none of the prep. 8:41 on a friday morning. a whole lot better than we had last night storms bringing us .75 of an inch of rain. right now dry conditions as the front pushes off to the east. we're looking a whole lot betterment you see to the the north and east. if you ever traveling to the north, you wouldn't have to deal with any of these showers. they will be out of the new england area as well. the next system we're watching is this low pressure system bringing some rain and it's going to be moving up the eastern seaboard and as it does it brings us showers as we head toward the end of the weekend. we stay dry partly cloudy skies at the inner harbor and 52 degrees. pretty mild starting temperature. wind are calm and 66%, relative humidity. 31.3 rising on the barometer. dew point is at 41 degrees and here is a look at the rest of the temperatures around the area. 52 in baltimore, 55 in salisbury. cooler at 49. and 36 degrees out in oakland. again, it's the frontal boundary moving off the east making way for drier conditions and high pressure building in bringing us the sunshine. beyond that we're keeping our eye on the low pressure center which could be bringing us a pretty healthy dose of rain, but sunday night beginning as it continues to move north and east. something to keep in mind for next week cooler air moving in. these are the projected highs for today. you see milder temperatures, 56 in baltimore, 60 or so, but back to the west, you see the cool temperatures, this cool pocket of air eventually moving our way by the end of next week. expect a big difference with regard to high temperatures by end of next week when we may be seeing 40s for highs. 56 degrees for high temperature in the eastern shore. central part of the state should climb to 60 degrees with mainly clear skies and northwest wind at 10-fitch miles pe -- 1015 mis per hour. could have breezes higher than that so expect it to be windier this afternoon. back to the west, a high temperature of 55 degrees, a west wind at 10-15 miles per hour. as we move through date -- you know what -- we got to tell you about program. if you have plans it's a friday night. it will be chilly, so you will want to cuddle up with that special somebody, because of the cool temperatures and the clear skies. at least you will have an excuse to do so. as we move through the day today, look for the temperatures to climb to 57 degrees by the noon hour. dropping back to go degrees after getting to the high of 60 at around 1:00 this afternoon. 58 degrees for tomorrow's high with partly cloudy skies, sunday, 55 degrees. if it you're headed to m&t stadium and you see showers on my forecast, it looks like the showers hold off until after the game mostly cloudy skies for the start of the game and staying with the cloudy skies throughout. 55 degrees for the kickoff temperature and the showers arriving after the game is over. 54 degrees on monday with the better chance of rain during the day then. 60 degrees on tuesday, partly cloudy, 56 on wednesday, a travel day for many as you get ready for thanksgiving and the showers may be something to deal with. 55 degrees dry for thanksgiving under partly cloudy skies. gobble, gobble to you. sky watch weather is available to you at your finger tips. you can use the powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you know when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-rad ar. candace dealed is bac dold is be track edge. >> reporter: if you're headed on the roadways, it's going to be a difficult commute if you are headed on parts of 95. then we do have a bit of a slow go on parts of the beltway as well. take it out, 33 miles per hour traveling on the outer lanes. and 32 traveling near ka catonsville. it definitely slows down a little further up in arbetter -n in fact. route 40 is going to be better bet for the alternate route, because this lane takes out two lanes of 95. we can show you the axe lec exae scene at 95. it's going to be generally jammed leading up toward the scene. as for 95 farther down, improving conditions heading from whitemarsh heading toward the beltway. it's starting to ease up a bit. so we will take that for a friday from the 95 exit toward parkville. it picks up a bit in spots traveling toward towson. we have trouble in baltimore county. a broken watermain, at old eastern avenue. we were there last night and unfortunately that road will be shutdown this morning. we won't stick is 95 to avoid the activity there. that's a look at the friday morning commute, patrice and megan back over to you. you can see an encore episode on fox's hit show bones tonight. it starts at 8:00 here on fox 45. you can catch up on past episodes. season 4 is on video now. 20th century fox sent us copies to give away. the 4th and 5th caller at (410)481-4545 will win the dvd. coming up she is known for her flamingo, but how about her football knowledge. the owner of cafe hon takes on patrice in this week's pigskin predictions. how do we get past these dogs? >> point. >> the box office hit is now on dvd. you can win a ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every penny counts. so does every moment. make the most of both this holiday season with great gifts at great prices from l.l. bean. ♪ from l.l. bean. denise has spent the last few weeks decorating her cafe hon. just this week, she put up a new flamingo brand new. >> she is my challenge for this week's pigskin predictions, good morning. >> good morning. >> you haven't been paying attention to football? >> i have been a little busy. >> i have a shot of winning this one, then? >> i hate to lose. >> i like competition. >> indianapolis colts at baltimore ravens? what do you think? >> i have to say ravens even though we have a new kicker. >> yes. >> first, is this going to be his first time out of the box? it would have to be. >> so, yeah. >> what i think we should do is just run into the colts locker room before the game, and kidnap matt stover and bring him to our locker room. >> good idea. i don't know why i didn't think of that myself. >> washington redskins at dallas cowboys, big rivalry. >> you know, i like the redskins cheerleaders. >> really? >> very good. >> my girlfriend was a cheerleader, i followed the cheerleaders through high school. >> i have a friend who is a cheerleader, but you know what, i'm going to go with the cowboys. the redskins have been having an off season. the cheerleaders have been having a great season. cleveland browns at detroit lions. oh my god, the detroit lions could play the browns, their cheerleaders could play the browns and win. i'm going to go with the lion. , you can go with the lions. cincinnati bengals at oakland ravens. >> i'm going to go with the bengals. i saw a guy in the bengals jacket last night. he waited for me to go upstairs to get a pink fla flamingo? what was that the chicken dance. >> it was a flamingo dance. >> you're going with the bengals. that is smart. i'm going to go with the bengals, too. pittsburgh steelers at cans can city chiefs. >> i don't know. my friend pat has a 17th street cafe in pittsburgh. i don't want him to win. so i got to go with kansas city. >> then palo mao is out this week hurting. i i'm going to go with the teeleers on this. you can give us your pig jinn -- pigskin 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will be removed from office. we will bring the verdict live as it happens. joe lepola is live at the courthouse and is tweeting. you can go to the tweeting to find out what is going on in the court right now. and steve has a little dog. >> she is nothing but a hound mix. she is nine months old. this is eva. go to our website at foxbaltimore.com and click on morning news to contact the spca. and we have a break after last night's showers. look for the temperatures to stay above normal for the weekend. look for more cloud cover as we move through the weekend, until late sunday when we see showers moving in. then monday, more showers with 54 degrees for the high and 60 degrees on tuesday. heading out before thanksgiving on thursday, doing some traveling could be some showers. partly cloudy for thanksgiving itself. gobble, gobble. one of the biggest hits of the year is now on video. pixar's "up" has been released on a dvd combo pack. disney sent us a dvd to give away this morning. you can win if you're the 4th or 8th caller at (410)481-4545. we have been talking about this all morning but officially oprah winfrey is going to announce the last show today the >> it came as a surprise. the last show will air in 2011. she announce it had after launching her own cable network. >> what i read is she had cut her sfherself off from oxygen. she started her own network. she said she is not going to do a talk show. she doesn't want to interfere with being in syndication. >> a lot of people are talking about this. >> 25 years. >> she cut herself off from oxygen, not a good thing to do for anybody. just a little pointer. >> always helpful for that. >> friday. >> have a wonderful weekend. >> we will see you back here monday.

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