good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. we have a new guest in the studio. meet page and boppy. how are you? >> good. you>> you look so pretty today. >> see yourself on tv. >> that you? tell us all about ride for kids coming up here in a couple of minutes. that is going to be exciting. >> absolutely. >> how old are you? >> 5. >> that many? >> big. >> i know you'll be rosetta for halloween and you're going trick-or-treating. what is your favorite kind of candy? >> all of it? >> reeses pieces. >> that's justin's tour. >> we're going to talk about halloween candy. parents worrying about getting too much sugar and making halloween more healthy. we're going to talk about it and see if we can do it and still enjoy the candy. sound good? ok. >> you're going to preschool next year? even kindergarten? soon you'll be going to college. tell your mommy and daddy to save everything they have. don't put -- don't buy anything anymore. just put it all away into your college fund, ok? miss miriam is going to be here. we're going to ask her questions about how to get you to college. ok? >> you like dogs? we have a dog coming in the studio. her name is penny. she's up for adoption. we're going to get your questions answered. if you have questions about your dog or cat you can call us and the dr. fioramonti will answer it on the air. >> you know what i wanted to be web i grew up? a baseball player. i went down to florida a couple days ago. and i played out my dream. isn't that neat? >> cool. >> i got this jersey. my friends put this big tournament on. we went out and there's a guy named big swaggarty. want to feel this? >> pretty cool. >> it's a dream. we're having a great day today. >> absolutely. you want to see what the weather is going to be like today? and for halloween? justin berk, over to you. >> paige, one more question for you but first i want to know why we're whispering and give everybody at home a chance to adjust the volume before i go back to my normal voice. paige, i'm assuming as a 5-year-old, like many 5-year-olds and people who are older, love snow. let's take you out to colorado. big snowstorm out there. look at the tv. 13 degrees is pretty chilly. but this wouldn'tland park in -- woodland park in colorado. one of the areas, still dealing with night. we take to you colorado springs, that is denver in the distance. now we're looking at some of the front ridge. 24 degrees there. some spots around denver, colorado have a foot of snow. it's that deep. some places over three feet. and it's still coming down. i am so jealous. we'll see how many more pictures we can dip up. in baltimore, just a cloudy day, 57 degrees now. we're aiming for maybe 62, a slight brightening of the sky but a mostly cloudy day. the breeze will actually take our temperature back down through the 50s this afternoon, through the evening and plan for the chance of drizzle and fog overnight. we'll talk about how that colorado snowstorm will actually bring us a chance of thunder on halloween. more on that in a bit. 9:03. hopefully the volume has been adjusted. back to you. >> the whispering is over. to the hard cold facts. top storytime -- a health care bill to expand coverage to 95 percent of all of us would be formally unveiled, that will happen today by house democrats. the plan includes much of what the president is calling for and lawmakers hope to vote on the bill sometime next week. the latest on the swine flu vaccine. federal health officials are scrambling to get more of the h1n1 vaccine to the public. more than 23 million doses of the vaccine are available now. and manufacturers have had production problems but the supply appears to be steadily growing so that is the good news this morning. swine flu clinics are being held today and tomorrow in columbia for children with special health needs. as well as preschoolers. preschoolers includes ages 2 to 5. the clinics are from 9:30 in the morning to 12:30 this afternoon but keep in mind they are by appointment only so if you would like to make an appointment and your kid qualifies in that category call 410-313-62550. a -- 6250. a reminder, if you have a question about the seasonal flu clinic, h1n1, swine flu, we have an interactive map. go to abc2news.com. today the president paid tribute to soldiers killed in afghanistan. the president traveled to dover air force base in delaware to meet with the families of fallen troops and greeted the flag-draped remains of 18 americans killed in action. the president is considering sending large numbers of additional u.s. forces to afghanistan. next year, but not as many as the war commander wants. general stanley mcchrystal still wants about 40,000 additional troops atop a u.s. force of 68,000. >> the president is also trying to bring an end to hate crimes. he signed new federal laws against hate crimes that would now include assaults on people based on sexual orientation. there's surveillance video of a hate crime attack earlier this month in queens, new york. police say two men shouting anti-day remarks viciously beat a man named jack price as he left a deli. one of the men was arrested and charged. the new law will now include violence based on gender, sexual orientation or disability. the new measure is named in honor the matthew shepherd, a gay wyoming college student who was murdered 11 years ago. >> one of the things we talked about is that we see same-sex marriage being implemented in states above the mason/dixon line, not below. the question is, with those two vast differences, who has the middle? >> about two dozen people tried to accomplish it at johns hopkins university last night over the national debate of gay marriage. local clergy, quality maryland, impact alliance, and the black family alliance all attended the discussion. the group who organized the event remained neutral on the issue. a howard county man is behind bars charged with possession of child pornography. clifford clarkson was arrested in his home in elkridge tuesday night after authorities found video files of children involved in sex acts, downloaded from computers in the home. if convicted he faces up to 55 years in prison and fines totaling more than $100,000. this story, a disturbing one by a mother. if your children have access to x box on-line you need to hear this. >> had you told me when i bought all this equipment a warning of some type that you were going to allow pedophiles into my home i wouldn't have bought it. >> a woman in north carolina claims a man was able to send pornographic images to her children using the game system. and one of the woman's younger children, a 10-year-old saw it first. >> he comes running in here, frantic, asking me, i mean, to come look. come look, something is wrong with the x box. >> i click on the message and pops up this -- this gruesome, nasty pornographic picture. >> it is a man's genitals. >> he starts to cry and he's scared that it's something he's done and there's nothing he's done so i grabbed my mom and i tell her you need to look at this. >> so the family warned the guy that he was sending images to children but it continued. the mother called police who even saw the images but said it was a matter for x box. the company told her they could only delete the gamer's id but he could have several and might very well continue to try to make contact. >> i know there are bad people out there in the world. my children do, but you -- if i don't let them in my front door don't let them through my children's game systems or my tv. i don't know how to stop it. >> the only way to be completely safe is not allow your kids to play live or on-line. self-containing games pose absolutely no threat though. let's talk about your money. the mta wants to increase tolls and some people are speaking out about a dozen people testified last night at a public hearing on the proposed tolerates. for almost 19 miles of highway under construction. we're talking about between gaithersburg and laurel. the mta board proposed rush hour tolls of 25 cents to 35 cents. that is a mile for two axle vehicles. the largest trucks would pay nearly $3 a mile during peak hours. less than an hour away from learning just how well the recovery is going here in our state. the governor will preview the american recovery and reinvestment act jobs report at 10:00 this morning. last month "good morning maryland" reported that maryland had been projected to see as many as 66,000 new jobs created under this program. a developing story -- furloughs are going into place for baltimore city firefighters, that is now official. their union accepted a package deal the city is trying to cut more than $60 million from the budget. the firefighters voted to accept five unpaid days off instead of salary reduction that was proposed last week. baltimore mayor sheila dixon wants more children to spend time in the library. the mayor announced the new power card program yesterday. this happened at the orleans branch of the pratt library system. since september pratt and baltimore city public schools have joined forces together to get every child, ninth grade student, registered with the library card. verizon also volunteered to help with the program through a grant. >> a lot of people think we are the best-kept secret in the city and we don't want to be a secret anymore. verizon said what could you use? we said advertisement, radio advertisement. where we can get out on the airwaves and tell everybody about this power card. >> 1/3 of city high school freshmen are registered for a library card and hope to have everyone else registered in by the next few weeks. some say the world series is going to go seven games but if the yankees played the way they played last night this will be over in a hurry. cliff lee made short measure of the yankees last night, struck out a-rod three times. the opening game goes to the philadelphia phillies 6-1, game two tonight, pedro martinez on the mound for the phillies against a.j. burnett. the yankees broadcaster susan waldman, become the first woman to call the world series game on the radio. did that with john sterling who coined the freeze "y-yankees win." susan becomes the first woman ever to call a play by play of a world series game. congratulations to her. it's a tough situation to be with, especially for children. >> coming up, a local business is teeming up with the pediatric tumor foundation. and also ahead, a happy and healthy halloween. that's right, i said healthy. we're told it's possible. we have a nutrition and wellness expert to explain this morning. good morning, we've got a very special treat for you. look who is here. come on over. isn't she beautiful in her kimono. so cute. we're going to tell you why minnie and all her buddies are in town in baltimore and how you can see them this weekend. stay tuned. hi. hey, i need a new cell phone. well, right now you can get verizon wireless plus fios tv, internet and phone. wow. that really is beautiful, isn't it? it's gorgeous. who would know? no one would know. would anyone know? hey, buddy, what are you doing here? i believe that answers my question. 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>> we are so fortunate to have princess tiana make her live debut. >> reporter: who is that? >> a very special princess that is part of "the princess and the frog" production that will come out late november, early december. >> reporter: i'm excited. we have stuff going on here. can you tell us? >> reporter: one of the neat things about our show is that we travel all around the world with mickey and minnie and celebrate different festivals. this one celebrates the cherry blossoms. we have a fun fan dance we do in which our choreographers do something special. it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: you were telling me about the costumes. they are beautiful. i mean, the little shoes that minnie has on. >> she has the most beautiful costumes. she has a couple of costume changes throughout the show. her and mickey, they had to work really hard at getting those changes on time. >> reporter: tell us what they are doing now. >> this is part of the festival. there are different positions that our choreographer went and studied, different photos, in the culture to bring to life on the ice. >> reporter: that is going to be so exciting. matthew, thank you so much. we're looking forward to seeing a lot more. we'll be back in the show in just a little bit. tickets are still available. get them on disneyonice.com. they cost anywhere from $14 to $54. there are still tickets available. we actually have a show tonight and more throughout the weekend. the show is here until sunday. stay tuned. we'll be back for more. i hope you guys enjoyed that. they are so cute, those costumes are beautiful, aren't they? >> very much, linda. we've heard that you have a skating background. we're hoping you can do a demonstration if possible. if you have an extra pair of skates, in the next half-hour. 9:17. 55 degrees on the thermometer. temperature have actually been falling all morning long. in fact, coming to work, 4:00 this morning, it was 60 degrees. so we've lost five degrees on the thermometer and there's a good reason for that. besides the fact it's just the early morning hours we have to deal with this wind from the northeast. for those baseball fans that were watching the game last night and saw the heavy drizzle and mist that invaded yankee stadium, well, that northeasterly wind, that has been dragging all this cloud band on down towards the south, as that storm departed off the coast it really opened up the gates for this brand new air mass and looks like this maritime polar air mass is going to lock us in with the clouds, with the cool temperatures. much different story when we pinwheel our way across the nation's heartland. look at this mess. severe weather expected from central kansas all the way through texas. where there could actually be tornadoes or large hail this afternoon. that storm also responsible for throwing the snow back towards denver, heavy snow there, about a foot in the metro area. with over 30 inches in jefferson county just to their west. what a good time for them. the snow is just out towards the plains. still dealing with that for another day or two. while they are dealing with the cold side of the storm we'll get the warm push, that also means rainfall into the halloween weekend. 62 today. we stay dry but tonight expect that moisture really to lock us down with some drizzle and fog at daybreak. 48 degrees. quick peek at 62 tomorrow but i want to jump ahead to saturday. we'll jump to 73. late in the day. unfortunately for the trick-or-treaters, through sunday, plan on rain. back to you. passion. this is what this is all about. i want to you meet bob heddig. >> great to be here. >> say hello to paige. this little girl, when she was 1, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. that that's why we're here today to raise money for pediatric brain tumor. how did you get involved? >> being in the right place at the right time. with the right people. about 16 years ago i was introduced to the ride for kids, met the foundation's president, mike trainor, he filled me in. i raised money for others and i didn't think all the money was going where they said it was. after doing research on the pediatric brain tumor foundation i discovered they were about as squeaky clean as they could be. >> he raised $86,000 just recently? >> yes. >> you're going over $100,000. let's talk about the event first. what you want to do is you want to give this bike to somebody. >> one lucky person is going to win this motorcycle. and this is the most incredible supersport bike on the market. they are not available until december of this year. it's the bmw first foray into the world's super bike racing and everything. >> the ultimate bike challenge? >> yes. >> then we have another event going on november 14th. >> this culminates the entire ultimate bike raffle. tickets are $40 or three for $100 to get the amazing t-shirt that paige is wearing. you can wine and dine with us. we have a live auction. one of our customers donated a 1969 bmw, to be auctioned off to the benefit of the foundation. other fun stuff. >> we were talking before we started the show. i want you to talk about the young woman that made such an impact on your life. >> 16 years ago i met a young lady named christina higgs, 11 or 12 at the time and diagnosed with a very bad brain tumor. i don't remember the exact medical terminology. her life expectancy was not too good but fortunately through the research that the foundation has sponsored and paid for over the years she is still around, she's graduated college. the foundation now actually has college scholarships. there's tons of hope for paiges out there. that's why we raise the money to give kids a better chance. >> good man. keep raising the money. bob's bmw, tell you what, you want to hear this growl a little? get her off the bike here. we're going to start this baby up. should we stand back? you know what you are doing? >> it's loud but i think it's ok. >> start it up. >> yes. gun it. oh. >> you're a good man, bob. paige, you ok? get me out of here! >> that one is a little louder than the side car. >> raising money for paige. >> between paige and the dog and the studio, thanks. all your favorite disney characters are in charm city this weekend. >> a new boyfriend. mickey. he has a special trick for you. take it away, mickey! >> oh, look at him. isn't he great? we're going to have so much more fun. you have to stay with us. all that's coming up. thank you. but before we go to break we want to let you know, if you have a business, charity or organization and you want a brief shoutout on the air, send your mugs to 5400 -- 6400 york road, baltimore, maryland, 21212. our "cup of joe" segment. we'll be right back. now we've got the dog on the motorcycle. where is this show going? welcome back. thank you for joining us. if you want to go ice skating you usually have to wait to winter, go to a rink, travel to the midwest but wait. baltimore has got some skating this weekend. >> here she is up on skates, linda so. tell us. >> i don't mean to disappoint you but i don't have the skates on. you don't want to see me skating. but we've got great skaters and we'll bring them out in a bit. this is all about disney on ice. a brand new show called "celebrations," here is matthew buttrey, here to tell us more about it. he's put it together. from the ground up. >> i've been able to help put the show together. i can't say it was all me, no. with -- but yeah, in early june we started predocuments in l.a. we -- preproduction in l.a. and brought it to lakeland, florida, to put the show together. and this is our product. >> reporter: and the theme? >> celebrations. you have the opportunity to celebrate your favorite holiday with your favorite disney character as well as traveling all around the world to -- for celebrating different celebrations >> reporter: can you give us a sneak peek? >> we've got a couple of things up our sleeve here. we even learned how to fly kites on the ice. in our chinese festival that you see here. so much fun. it's not as easy as you think flying these kites. first we started learning it on the ground. if you can fly it on the ground, you can fly it anywhere. then we decided to put it on ice. >> reporter: that's amazing. this is kind of the celebration going on where? >> in china for the chinese new year. we also celebrate with princes and princesses in our show. we have the new princess, tiana from the cartoon "the principle -- the sin press and the frog which comes out in late november, early december. >> reporter: you have a lot of princes and princesses? >> yes, cinderella, prince charming, snow white and her handsome prince. the list goes on. we have fun characters from "alice in wonderland." >> reporter: so much fun. we're looking forward to it. can we get mickey over here again? can you hear us? yeah, mickey, come on over here! i mean, you've got to get a close-up of this costume. it's just beautiful. isn't it? tickets are still available. they are $14 to $54 right here at first mariner. come here, you did a great job. we have a show tonight, one tomorrow, saturday, sunday. sunday's the last day so you want to get one. mickey, thank you so much. you want to say hello, baltimore? aw. isn't he cute? you can't miss this. hello, baltimore. thank you, mickey. >> thank you. looks like fun out there. very colorful and pretty. >> a lot of high school seniors are looking forward now to college but getting there is not easy. miriam king has a few ideas. she braings -- breaks it down. >> healthy eating during halloween? good luck but there are ways to eat healthy with the candy around. tips just ahead. off to college. another round of s.a.t. scores come out today. early applications are in, the wait begins. we got to bring in miriam king. here she is. >> nice to see you again. >> the university of baltimore. our expert in guiding you through this whole college procedure. let's talk about the applications. what do we need? we have to fill it out, get the kids on-line. we didn't have to do that when we were young. >> true. but you can do it all on line. that gives you a chance to really clean it up, not make mistakes and in many cases you don't have to pay a fee because you're applying on-line. >> you got the application in. then you have to write the essay. that's what some people have to really sit down and buckle down and write. >> i do have some advice about the essay. it's important to write about what you know about, not about some popular theme that you may not know about but really to write from your own experience. >> when they give you a question, and you say ok, that's the one i can sink my teeth into? >> right. proof it carefully. >> yeah. then you need two letters of recommendation. >> often two, sometimes three. it should be from someone who knows your ability to think, to learn. it should not be from a friend. it should be from someone who understands your academic ability. >> should students and parents send even more stuff? here's a picture of me and the president. here's -- should they even send stuff like that? >> it's a question of the college that you're applying to. sometimes that will be read. sometimes it won't be paid attention to. i think the admission counselor is a good key to what you should do for that particular college, to which you're applying. >> listen to the counselor. >> list on that person because that person is the guide for you for that particular institution. >> explain early action early decision. >> early action is a process by which a college decides who they are going to take in their first group of admits for the next year. it's nonbinding. early decision, on the other hand, once you're accepted to that institution and you accept the admission you have to decline offers of admission from other institutions. so it is binding. and the advantage is that oftentimes students get into very selective institutions in the early decision process, plus they can relax and enjoy the rest of the senior year, but it does really narrow down the selection and if there's a change in circumstances, financial or whatever, you may not want to narrow the choices that early. >> also, if you're a junior out there, start doing the research now? >> that's correct. it's never too early to start the college search process. >> i've used her time and time again. go to abc2news.com and go under the "ask miriam" section there. you can ask anything you need. she'll guide you all the way through it here. you never sweat, do you? >> no. >> you never feel pressure. ask miriam. she came from the university of baltimore. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. megan. >> look at penny. she won't go to college, won't cost money and you can get her for a discount price at the maryland spca. plus look at that face. the number right there, dr. fioramonti brought her in. he was kind enough. with the good friends at the maryland spca. tell us about her. >> a 1-year-old mixed dachshund spaniel. about 20 pounds so she'll be small. she's full grown. cute as a button. look at that. she's at the maryland spca. she and her brother came in a couple of weeks ago. i think her brother has a home, we're not positive but we think so. she's lonely, looking for a home, 235-8826. give them a call, tell them you're interested in penny. let's see if we can get her a home this week. if can you pry me out of my arms. i may keep her. you've been in the long time. one thing we wanted to talk about today. halloween candy. is this really a concern and what exactly is it you need to worry about? >> on a limited basis it's a concern. again, we want to remind all viewers that halloween is coming up, there will be a lot of candy sitting around, people will have bowls of candy to hand out to the trick-or-treaters when they come to the house on halloween. in addition the kids are going to have bags of candy around. their room. from the trick-or-treating they did, to pick up candy. and we want to make sure that everybody keeps that candy up high so your pet can't get it. a lot of times the dog will just get into the bag of candy and eat all the chocolate candies that are in there. it does take a lot of chocolate to cause problems for our pets but you need to remember that dogs can react to excessive amounts of chocolate. increases their heart rate, they can have a lot of nervous problems and neurologic problems so let's make sure we keep that candy up really high. with this time of the season we want to make sure you keep your pets restricted. let's keep them in the house, let's maybe put them in a bedroom that is a little further from the trick-or-treaters, if you're constantly opening the door to give out candy -- it's stressful, they don't like the is no, they bark, get upset, they can sometimes sneak out the front door on you and be running around on halloween, not a good thing. keep your pet restricted, keep gates closed. if the pet gets upset with the kids making noise and screaming and yelling, maybe put the tv or radio on just to give a little background noise so they will hear that. and have a happy halloween. >> one quick thing you mentioned, it takes a lot of chocolate but a dog is never going to say i've never had enough chocolate. >> dog will never say that. she may need a half pound of chocolate before she starts having signs. even if she doesn't have too much chocolate she can get a bellyache like kids do. some dogs get into a bunch of candy apples and things like that and they are ballooned up and mushroomed up and then there's a bad upset stomach we have to treat. >> keep this in mind, you can save your pet a lot of physical trauma as well as a lot of emotional trauma. one more time, give us the number and let's get another shot of penny. >> 235-8826. see if we can get her a home. otherwise megan is going to have to take her home. >> that wouldn't be so bad though my husband put a moratorium on dogs. that's it. she's up for adoption. she's as cute as can be. good dog. look at those ears. >> great. >> she's laid back. i was worried about her. >> she's good. america ferrera stars in "ugly betty." the all new episode is tomorrow morning. we're talking live with america, still ahead. 9:38. i've been having a lot of fun this morning just looking at cameras of snow. in colorado. why not do it again? let's take you out there. my favorite spot of the day. woodland park, colorado. they are dealing with about a foot and a half to two feet of snow. and they are still driving out there. that's what it's all about. 13 degrees there. 54 despite the cloud cover here in parkville. overall, we expect to have a little overcast day. 59 degrees a we may -- as we may briefly hit near 60, pull back this afternoon. plan for drizzle and fog, in the upper 40s overnight. that colorado storm actually brings us a chance of some thunder over the weekend. we'll talk about the chance of halloween rain coming up in a bit. 9:39. more of "good morning maryland" after this. hi. hey, i need a new cell phone. well, right now you can get verizon wireless plus fios tv, internet and phone. wow. that really is beautiful, isn't it? it's gorgeous. who would know? no one would know. would anyone know? hey, buddy, what are you doing here? i believe that answers my question. (announcer) get the best of everything. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v today, and get all four services together - verizon fios tv, internet and phone, plus verizon wireless, all on one convenient bill, all for one amazing price. only... plus get $150 back. get fios tv, internet & phone on the nation's largest 100% fiber optic network straight to the home, with verizon wireless on americas's largest and most reliable 3g network. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v to get all four services, for just... plus an additional $150 back. only from verizon. welcome back to "good morning maryland" on this thursday morning. this is one of our favorite times of day. featured events. you e-mail us what is happening in the community. we let everyone else know. the 100th anniversary of the lutherville firefighter company. they met at the home of james p. reese at the corner of morse avenue and basically founded the company. those 25 people, they were made up of judges and all sorts of community leaders and that's you how it all happened 100 years ago. dennis fulton with the fire company said they could not have survived 100 years without the support of the entire community. and it's something that everybody who lives in lutherville should be very proud of. in honor of the 100th anniversary tonight at 8:00 they will roar fireside sirens. keep in mind the sound is not an emergency, it's a celebration of 100 years. >> great. >> very professional and helpful fire company. >> i think department is in was there that day -- dennis was there that day, wasn't he? >> no, he's not 100. tammy works for penland bowling lanes. each lane is now decorated for halloween. you got to go see it. it's incredible. they are having a rocking bowl tomorrow and saturday. so call tammy now at 410-285-0135 resurface a lane. >> tammy, you can e-mail our pictures and we'll try to get them on the air tomorrow of the alleys. >> great idea. >> e-mail the pictures. the address is on the screen for tammy. for everybody else, if there's something happening in your community we would love to put it on the air, we also love pictures, too. it's on the screen. we'll be right back. welcome back to "good morning maryland." when you think about cancer you typically think about humans of course. but this disease also affects pets. there's a man from texas, he made it his mission, he's walking to rare awareness about canine cancer. abc2 news kelly swoope shows us that he's doing it one step at a time. >> hudson had kibble for breakfast. i get up everyday, walk between 10, 12 miles a day. pitch a tent on the side of the road, that's my world. >> reporter: luke robinson has been walking since march 16, 2008. he along with 3-year-old hudson and 8-year-old murphy are walking from austin to boston. it's two dogs, 2,000 miles. >> we were walking across the country to educate, bring awareness, and build a network of people who have been touched by cancer. >> reporter: robinson was touched by cancer in 2006 when his dog malcolm, a pyrenees he had since a puppy died after bone cancer spread to his lungs. >> his loss devastated me. i made him a promise, made him a couple of promises before he was given rest, one of which was i was going to find out what took him from me. i put my stuff in storage, sold my truck, got on the road with the dogs and started walking. before i started walking i put some of malcolm's ashes in it so he walks with us. >> reporter: they walk to raise awareness about research. >> what scientists taught us that dogs get cancer like humans do. >> reporter: raising hope that one cure might lead to another. >> i wouldn't mind if the shoulder stayed this wide the entire way. >> reporter: in our area robinson did a little urban camping along pulaski highway but admits he's had some close encounters from gunfire in dc to a black bear encounter in the appalachian mountains. >> i think hudson and murphy scared him away. he did smell the food. >> reporter: luke robinson has about 500 miles left on his journey. he's hopeful. >> a two-year, 223-mile walk, you hope it makes a difference in the end. >> reporter: in rosedale, kelly swoope, abc2 news >> two dogs, he's going 2,000 miles and is expected to reach his final destination of boston in june. luke robinson says they will expand their efforts in into a national campaign soon. if you would like to follow him on his adventure we have posted his journey on our web site, abc2news.com. head there, there's a link for this story. >> jamie says he saw him on pulaski highway last night, right? >> yes. 52 degrees, looking at a chilly day now. further north and east in employer, the issue is the wind, not the strong wind but about the wind direction. northeasterly flow. already gusting to 11 miles per hour but it's about taking that air mass coming down the slopes of canada and new england and dragging all that cool damp air into the region. that's why we've got the low clouds that will look threatening today. we're probably not going to get rain from it. however, we may develop drizzle, i'm expecting that to hold off until tonight but it's possible, especially up 95 if you travel cecil county, delaware, new jersey, could develop some of that drizzle as we head on in through the late afternoon or evening hours but essentially it's just a distant part of the big storm that is dominating most of the nation. we've already talked about this, the heavy snow in denver, how about that severe weather? this storm which is cranking up a lit of wind, the reason they are pushing that snow on the cold side but also severe weather with tornadoes, damaging wind, even the possibility of large hail with this particular line stretching from east central kansas all the way down near the dallas/fort worth area. this storm will continue to pump the moisture up. though the main band of rain is still well on down towards our south and west it will try to push in here by late tomorrow and definitely by the weekend. a mostly cloudy day, 62 degrees. a breeze will pick up this afternoon and tonight. that will help to generate some of that drizzle and fog. again, overnight towards daybreak a better chance of it actually happening but it's possible to move in at any point in time. 48 degrees, locking in the cool damp air mass that will hold us with the clouds tomorrow. we may switch the wind from northeast to east to southeast which could just push us back up to 62. and then we'll try to massage the thermometer to 73. that's halloween. that is another warm halloween in our stretch but it comes with late-day rain, trick-or-treaters will be wet, unfortunately, we stay wet through sunday and a reminder we turn the clocks back one hour november 1st, the end of daylight savings time. tomorrow night you'll be watching "ugly betty." this episode is called the weiner, the bun and the boob." america joins us live in new york. good morning. nice to talk to you again. >> good morning. >> you had the red glasses, the joe flacco eyebrows. it looks like betty is leaving homely behind now. >> betty is definitely growing up a little bit. she's growing into, you know, growing into the professional mature editor that she's become. and there are a few physical changes this season for betty. >> you talk about the bright colors, the lines repeated the next day after the show, the wardrobes we like. how proud are you of this show? >> i'm so proud. still having such a great time. i feel so lucky for that. i do love the show. i love the characters. i love the cast. i love, you know, what it has come to mean for so many people. this character. not just betty but a lot of the other characters have become very inspirational to the fans and as long as there are fans and people who are loving it it's really exciting to make it. >> do you have a lot of girls on the back of your shoulder when you feel like you're on screen? >> i don't feel that pressure. i mean, i know that the character means a lot to a lot of young girls. the younger kind of generation. but i don't really take that into it. i like that betty is flawed, not perfect, she makes mistakes and that challenges come her way and she doesn't always handle them in the best way but she comes out the other end and tries to take the best of it. i think we've done a really good job of keeping the integrity of the character but allowing her to kind of grow up and make mistakes in that process. >> i know the three seasons of course are out on dvd now of "ugly betty." now that you have a new time slot on friday night a lot of people are -- are you ok with that? friday nights on abc? >> yeah. i think that our fans are going to find us no matter what. there are people who have been watching the show from the beginning. i think there are so many different ways that people watch television these days. it's not run home and you have to choose between one show or the other. we've got so many different ways to catch up. i think that our pans will find us wherever we are. >> beautiful america with "ugly betty." thank you very much for joining us. you'll be able to see "ugly betty" tomorrow night right here at 9:00 followed by "20/20" at 10:00 and abc news at 11:00 with the beautiful marybeth marsden. we'll be right back. and that's how verizon fios works. any questions? so will the tv in my house look that amazing? yep. fios has 100% fiber optics straight to your home. and i get $150 back when i switch to fios? that's correct. i got a question, i got a question. is anybody here buying this? read it and weep pal. 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