next on abc 2 news works for you. >> the government issues a new tractor alert for the nation and stations like m and t are among the soft targets being warned. >> who would try to wrap a charge. >> good question. it's one the baltimore city police are asking too and it's not the first time. >> nod, the abc 2 news, the latest at 11:00. first, baltimore city's spending board is expected to approve massive budget cuts tomorrow morning including layoffs or furloughs, for just about every city employee. good evening, i'm mary beth marsden, while they are exempt from contracts city workers find what the cuts could mean for them and those they protect. they are live at the city fire department tonight, chris? >> reporter: the city police met with the personnel. with the city facing more than cuts tension, anger and confusion among city firefighters. the head of the firefighters union says he has talked with a number of his long time colleagues. >> and they have mentioned they have never seep morale lower than it is now. we have absolutely no support from city hall. >> that was the backdrop for a meeting tuesday night between many of those firefighters and their chief, james clack, who arrived in baltimore from minneapolis less than two years ago. >> we do know they are hurting and they are worried about what's coming, they didn't get a pay raise this year, because of the issues with the economy, and they are worried about next year and -- >> reporter: mayor sheila dixon says she needs to cut $60 million from the budget to close the gap caused by the economy. his job is to integrate that without sacrificing safety. >> how do we meet this lower budget and have the least effect on the firefighters but, more importantly, the least effect on the public. >> the head of the union says all of the firefighters could be furloughed for 70 days and more than 90 of them could be laid off. and that could closeup to 10 companies permanently. >> that would put the citizens in really grave risk but we also sometimes have to think about ourselves too, and it's going to start putting firefighters at risk of injury or each death. >> yeah. >> reporter: the mayor's budget is expected to be approved yesterday by board of estimates, she is opposing it. she basically controls what happens there, it is expected to be approved. but negotiations with the fire department and with the police union will continue through october the 1st. >> live in downtown baltimore, cristian schaefer, abc 2 news. >> state prosecutors are trying to explain were oh unexplained cash came from in mayor dixon's bank account. they interview her but they all said they didn't give her the nearly 10,000 unexplained dollars. now this all comes as the mayor stands accused of lying about gifts from former boyfriend and developer ronald lipscomb as well as stealing gift cards needed for needy families. a civil lawsuit against a baltimore city police officers has been tossed out of court. at issue a youtube video last year that gained national attention. >> i don't have a father. >> shut your mouth, i'm talking. >> the civil lawsuit was filed by the family of the teenager who is being yelled at and man handled. 17 you're veteran salvatore riff areay was put back on routine patrol about a year ago. they have also finished their investigation and is still waiting on a panel to determine if riff areay will be disciplined. there is no word tonight if the keep's family will appeal. a baltimore man pleaded guilty to selling guns from his potato chip stand inside lexington market. prosecutors say 53-year-old michael papa take knack as was sentenced to 15 months in prison. under fire nationally for the video scandal, the video activist group a korn announced scott hershberger, a democrat, will conduct an internal investigation. the video showed akorn workers advising a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute how to cheat on their taxes. they have already authorized the city attorney general to investigate. >> i did sign off on it, he is proceeding, and i think that all of us including his office needs to be guided by the facts as they uncover them. >> it's still not clear who exactly will be investigated, akorn or the makers of the video who apparently violated the two party consent law. >> it's clear who the perpetrators are and who the minus are. don't shoot the messenger, go after the wrongdoing. >> they voted to cut off federal funding for akorn. >> the family of then 2-year- old payton pa attach knee, burned after they poured a sid on a slide, have settled. details of the settlement have not been named. the acid was not properly secured by the school. the $60 million suit was supposed to go to trial next month. >> good news in the fight against crime in baltimore county. 7 of the 8 major violent crime categories have dropped this year compared to last year. the number of solved violent cases is well above the national average. our officers achieved a 75.9% clearance rate for violent crimes which is about 31% higher than the national clearance rate as of the end of 2008. this includes an almost 889% clearance rate for murder investigations. >> they say traditional community policing practices combined with new technology is helping to keep crime down. but don't tell that to a baltimore county church which was burglarized again two months after a string of similar break-ins. judy gobs is live outside baltimore police headquarters and, delia, are police making a link between the two. >> reporter: detectives are trying to piece together information on this most recent case. but the m o's appear to be the same. thieves braking in through a back window. >> at st. andrews on taylor avenue church members spent the day cleaning up the mess burglars left behind. >> i just came in this morning, i found the dead bolt was fought thrown on the door. when i opened the dire i found a mess in the hallway. overnight someone broke in through a window ran sacking the church office, stealing two laptops and one hard drive. the safe, though, remained intact. >> they went through out the building, no doubt about it, because of cabinets left open and -- but this is the only place i really see any damage. >> it's sort of like the sign of the times. people more and more don't show or feel the church as a being sacred place as many of us grew up believing. >> shocking to some but it's been done before. in fact in july 8 churches why burglarized in the cockyville, towson and take mown yum avenue. the culprits got in through a back window to steal electronics. >> who would try to rob a church. >> reporter: there are two unique aspects of the taylor avenue break in though. a brief black out in the area last night and the police substation just two doors down. a disheartening chain of events. >> i have been with this church some 50 years and it's the first time i've known it to be broken into like this. >> reporter: certainly a tough day for church members there. detectives remain on this case. a search for the suspects continues. delia gonzalez, abc 2 news. water threats have reseeded but workers in jump suits sprayed disinfectant to protect against mold. >> once it gets to a certain point it starts to spread throughout the entire house, gets behind walls and everything like that. >> taking a lesson from the aftermath of hurricane it's oh bell the county moved quickly to pump out flooded basements and residents aren't just dealing with water damage. at last word some two dozen homes were still without electricity t water main break in dundalk has called for the u.s. senate to look no to america's infrastructure. it is a dramatic h reminder infrastructure is in dire straits. our situation in america is is not unique. they have proposed the water infrastructure financing act. it will provide $35 billion in funding for safe, clean water as well as improving the infrastructure. abc 2 news is working for you with everything you need to know about the flooding that has faked you. just go to abc2news.com. and it is officially now fall 2009 as we go in the autumn season. we started off with some clouds, a couple showers out there across the area, but not a lot of wet weather. what we're seeing is some very muggy conditions. boy, you've felt that in you have been outside at all this evening. take a look at maryland's most powerful radar. a few light showers being picked up by that, a lot probably not even touching the ground. temperatures only around 71 degrees right now at bwi so these temperatures very slow to fall tonight. muggy conditions. we'll call it about 65 or so for the overnight low temperature. cloudy and humid, a stray shower. the better chance for wet weather comes in tomorrow. we'll talk about that and warmer weather for these first days of fall. all coming up in just a mint. stocks hit one-year highs today, the dow pushed towards 10,000 closing up 50 points, the s & p finished up 7. mccormick and company lost more than 1%. after a good day they fell 3%. after ceo ed hill assured customers everything will be okay after a cease and desist order was filed near his bank stock fell 18% on the day. your paycheck may not agree but, for the third year in a row, maryland is the nation's top earning state. the census bureau is reporting that maryland had the highest median income level at just over $70,000. here is the part you may already know. the cost of living in maryland wipes out that income. a speculation whether robert ehrlich will run for governor again in 2010. if he does a research poll shows that democratic governor martin o'malley would lead in a rematch 39 to 48%. that's with 13% undecided and a margin of error of just over 3%. a new tractor alert involving stadiums and more. the heads up from washington. and one local county wants to pull the plug on tanning beds for teens. >> and i'm meteorologist wyatt everhart. muggy conditions headed north into the 80s in the next few days. talk about that and when we'll get a taste of real fall temperatures, all that coming up. >> a massive water break in dundalk. trees, houses, this is a major catastrophe. in their home. glow we appreciate you covering this. the federal government has expanded a terrorism warning from transit systems to stadiums, hotels, and entertainment complexes across the country. while officials say on one hand there is no specific threat on the other they are searching important more suspects on a plot to set off hydrogen peroxide bombs. local police departments have been made aware have the high tend warning. >> law enforcement officials have issued a new bulletin urging increased village lance and security at sports arenas and hotels. the f.b.i. and the department of homeland security sent the message to police departments throughout the country. the response to a suspicious package at new york's port authority and an earlier bulletin based on mass transit are height tend for authorities. we believe the things we do every day are the appropriate tactics and strategies used to protect the city. >> reporter: law enforcement is on guard as the investigation of najibullah zazi continues. the 24-year-old afghanistan born immigrant who has admitted being trained in an al queda camp is under arrest on suspicions of trying to carry out a terrorist attack possibly in new york city. he is believed to have worked with others. >> nypd and others are actively hunting down the bombs and the bomb-making facility. they believe there is a garage, a warehouse somewhere, where the bomb parts are still being stored. >> reporter: the jakarta ritz hotel bombing of the summer is proof of the so-called soft targets. to stay ahead of the terrorist they say the police department changes strategy every day. >> the response vehicles, the thousands of police officers, we're moving them every day. they sometimes go to the same location two days in a row, three days in a row, sometimes they don't. that's all part of our strategy and tactics. it just so happens the department of homeland security, janet napolitano will be in baltimore tomorrow to participate in a news and terrorism communication workshop at a downtown hotel. and into your health tonight, the story all women should hear. choosing to have surgery can be difficult. it can come with a painful recovery. but a procedure that is making the surgery and the decision to have it a little easier. >> no restrictions at work, you feel like you can do everything you were doing before. >> oh, absolutely. >> you could say anita pooled win is a success story. life before her hysterectomy was awful. >> every day all day, pelvic pain, the stabbing, the abdominal cramps, the bleeding, constant bleeding for weeks at a time. >> reporter: baldwin talked to doctor rocky argue take, a gynecologist with the center for health about a laparoscopic his toectomy, a less invasive procedure producing the same results. we have little tubes that go in the abdomen at various places and that's, and we put the camera, which is called the laparoscope and then all the instruments that we use through those and we're watching what we're doing on a video monitor. decreased hospital stay, usually decreased pain for the patient. and quicker recovery. >> reporter: for baldwin the results were nearly immediate. it was so wonderful to wake up and even, you know, in recovery, and say "okay, wait a minute, i have no pain" then the next day no pain. >> reporter: doctor argue take says it is an option for most women but it is best to undergo a full study by your doctor. >> most women who make a decision to have a hysterectomy have a serious reason for doing so. a significant reason. there's usually an impact on their life style. baldwin was willing because at 46 shy was past her childbearing years. she says within weeks she was back to work and her life. >> this is what i'm supposed to feel like. i was in pain so long that it was great. every day i still feel like celebrating. >> kelly swoope to your health. >> if you would like more information about laparoscopic hysterectomy you can contact medstar for more details. it if you are under the age of 178 you may soon no longer be able to fake bake in howard county. they made the county one of the first communities in america to compose a complete ban on minors using tanning beds. there's already a law requiring parents' consent on the books but some say that isn't enough. >> just society has deemed it it not correct to give consent to their children not to buy a pack of marlboros we think the same should hold with tanning booths. >> some tanning booth operators worry about the effect on their web site. so far here is what you had to say. 68% agree with the ban while p 2% do not. you can still cast your vote and give us your 2 cents by logging on to abc2news.com. now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful.com radar. so i guess the rain has been kind of hit or miss, we didn't get any right here. >> no, a little bit north of the city mary bev. but i tell you our natural tanning season is kind of coming to tend here. >> oh yeah. >> paul is here and we had some sunshine earlier and it's gone. a couple murky days, let's take a look outside shall we. see what is city looks like, pretty nice out there under cloudy skies. not much rain, as mary beth alluded to we're basically dry at the moment. when i say "dry" i'm not referring to the humidity. look at that. 90%. feel more like summer when you talk about the humidity levels out there, they are quite high at the moment. maryland's most powerful radar you see not a lot out there on the radar sweeps right now so we're looking dry at the moment. but it is moist out there. numbers from the day shape up like this. 78 degrees. that was our high, 76 normal this time of year. we ve been as high as 99 degrees when you go back the 190s, but it will be coming normal in the next few days. above 80 degrees tomorrow, again as we go to the next few days, cool it off as we go into the next half of the week. the drop in temperatures and the taste of autumn, none of that today. upper 70s, a few spots going above 80 earlier today despite the cloud cover because that was bringing up a lot of warm air and moisture with it. that's why it was so muggy. it was going to 70 degrees, and it's 11:00 at night, we're not going to drop much more. not a chilly start in the mornings by any stretch but it will be murky out there. we'll keep the clouds around, not much rain again tomorrow. hit and miss light showers. but around during the day, could make the roads a little vic. could fit into your commute if you got to drive a long way. patchy fog around daybreak tomorrow as well. something else you need to factor in, so much moisture in the air we'll likely see some fog around daybreak tomorrow. not a lot of heavy rain along the mid-atlantic and eastern school board. you have to go off to the mississippi valley to find heavy precipitation. we're socked in with the cloudy sky. no big time weather makers here, just a southerly flow. high pressure over the atlantic ocean bringing in that southerly flow. the forecast models not picking up a lot of rain but hitting the shower activity as we go into the day wednesday and again on thursday. i don't think a lot of sunshine. good day on the bay, a foot of chop with light southwest wind. tonight down to 65 degrees, cloudy and humid. a stray shower toward daybreak. good chance for showers tomorrow but i don't expect steady rain. high temp. around 80 degrees and boy it will be muggy out there. we'll keep the muggy air around as we go into the day thursday as well. a warmer day on tap but look at that cool front coming in to pick off the weekend. we may not make it out of the 60s on saturday. >> thanks wyatt. this ravens star is known for his hands. his voice, not so much, but his heart is hall of fame. >> note papa was a rolling stone ♪ abc 2 news is brought to you by le vine as, tolls man and hamilton. well the orioles lost again tonight so let's move on to the ravens. actually, one raven in particular. he is a fan favorite, a team leader, and apparently a song bird. the only thing is ravens aren't exactly phone known for their singing ability. ravens wideout derek mason hosted a karaoke party for seniors in pikesville. >> we are here doin' karaoke, at the assisted living home. this is an opportunity for us to come out and, you know, have some fun. we're having some fun today, all right, you've seen a lot of fun. >> ♪ momma i'm depending on you ♪. ♪ to tell me the truth . ♪ a poppa was a rolling stone ♪. ♪ you all got to sing . ♪ and when you know . ♪ oh he left us was a loan line ♪ [ music ♪ and he won't know ♪. ♪ that i loved him so . ♪ and forever . ♪ it will be you and me . ♪ come on everybody say it with me. ♪ ymca . ♪ let's stay at the ymca . ♪ to have a place to stay . ♪ for a young man to joy . ♪ you can hang out with all the boys ♪. ♪ at the ymca . ♪ it's such a shame . ♪ our friendship had to win ♪. ♪ purple rain . ♪ purple rain everybody sing along, come on. ♪[ music ] >> everybody, it was a pleasure and a joy and i really do thank you and appreciate you for allowing me, my teammates and staff to come here and enjoy the morning with you lady and gentlemen. >> those are some of the best moments of the day. and derek is planning to take his tour on the road. you can expect to see him at more assisted living facilities in the future. we're back for a final look at the forecast next. >> tomorrow on "good morning maryland" the department of homeland secretary is coming to maryland. this story plus weather, traffic and a whole lot more, that's all coming up tomorrow on "good morning maryland." >> closed captioning of abc 2 news is brought to you by luna. >> it's time to love your floors. luna's free flooring sale won't last. call today. now you can save more every time 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