icy roads while a baby is bei born in your back seat. that's exactly what happened matt strase and now his new son has quite the weome to th world story. jane latrell has more on the frantic roadside delivery. >>'m hding my phone with one hand a had gone and gotten one of my other son's blankets wh the otherhand. >> reporter: matt straser relives the frantic roadside delivery of his newborn son. straser and his preant wife and their 18 month-old son were driving down interstate 97 to the medical center, just a few minutes away. but theaby just couldn't wait. matt pled over and called 911 >> the baby is coming out pretty fast. i think my wife said she pushed maybe three times, total. and the baby was completely out. >> reporter:panicked, matt relied on a 911 dispatcher for help, while paramedics rushed to the scene. his older s was crying in the backyard. >> it's coming out, it's coming out. okay, okay, okay. just talking to th guy, like, catch him. i had to put m hand down with the anket. made sure that, you know, he nded on the blanket. >> rorter: at 5:04 this morning, the yet to be nam baby boy straser entered the world at 7 pounds, ounces. therwere no complications but plenty of drama, as his fatr gave the play by play. >> i got it, got it, i got it -- i'm holding him! >> is the baby breathing? >> is the baby breathing? yes. yes. the by is crying? he's crying? okay. the baby is crying. baby is out. i'molding baby. >>eporter: paramedics arrived a short time later and mother and baby are now resting comfortably, while dad rlected on this memorable morning. >> could hardly believe that everything worked out t way it d. that there was just not one thing wrong, except where he came out. you know. everything elseeemed like he did by himself. >> reporter: in annapolis, jane trell, news4. wow, prett unbelievable. congratulations to the family. tt straser says he saving the news reports so hcan show them to his son when he's old engh to understand. so is that new baby a capricn or a saj tear couldn't say? it depends on who you ask. the world has been thrown into a tizzy th the traditional star signs are now outf sync with theel calendar. tom sherod explains ♪ this is the dawning of the e ♪ >> reporter: many people think of astrological signs of entertainment. some believe in the deeply. now the zodc datesave changed. >> time daughter taurus. >> reporter: are you sure? >> i was at one time. >> it says you are an air aries. apparently charts show the common zodiac signs don't line up anymore withctual dates o the ar. mogomery county college professor, harold williams. >> soessentially, on avere, every 2,000 ars, there's a shift one constellation. >> reporter: buthat about zodiac signs determining your personaly? is a bold leo now a timid cancer? >> you have to make up yr own mind about that. the seasons obviously affect our moods and our personalities. so that's true. but whether -- whether these things have any predictive value in your life, tt's for you to decide. >> rorter: by the way, dr. williams is a baptist. but folks on t street -- >> see, i've been an aquaris, going on 50 years and i'm not changing. >> reporter: do you know the song? and they did. ♪ this the dawning of the age aquarius ♪ >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4. >> the sound good. the mnesota astronomer credited with starting the uproar overhe new calendar says this isn't even a new discovery. he says astronomy classes hav been talking abo the zodiac shift for a while now. well, there was aifferent kind of up roar at prince gorges county recently over a mistaken robocall. it woke up thousands of parents at 4:30 in the morning. and one m didn't just get angry over it. he got even. a little revenge. aaron gilchrist has his story. >> reporter: 31ear-old aaron titus looks mild mannered enough, toing away at his laptop. but in th quiet darkness of his bedroom wednday morning, his thoughts turned to revenge. >> i thought, tryin toet over my adrenaline rush, and trying to go back to slp, i thought about how to best express my spleasure. >> reporter: as snow-filled wedndays forecast, prince gorges county elected to open two hou late a robocall went out alerting parents. tus' phone ran at 4:30 a.m. >> get a phone call and the first thing i thi is, who is dead? d i jump out of bed, and my second thought is, i really have keep all of my kids asleep. >> reporter: titus has five littleones, all under 5 years old, including a 1-week-old daughter. eep doesn't come easy for anybody in h house. soe enlisted some friends and turn to the internet, found a mpany that makes robocas, and came up with this. >> this is a prie george's coun school district parent, calling to thank you for the robocall yesterday at 4:30 in the mning. i decided to return the favor. i hope this call donstrates why a 4:30 a.m. call does more to annoyhan to inform. >> reporr: titus' message was actually 2seconds long, d was delivered to the phones of the superintendent and the scho board members a 4:30 a.m. >> i've heard that at least one school board member did reive the phone call. she was a little perturbed. >> reporter: t school district says the call accidentally went out an hour early to all127,00 students' homes. and now it has lot of people talking. >> it's creative. i guess it was a little tit for tat. >> two wrongs don't make a right, but i understand why he did it. >> reporter: news4, prince gorges, washington. >> he says that was the first time a call went out that early and it will be thelast, too. well, youknow,exting behind theheel is dangeus and illegal. but not all distracted driving bans are created equal in our area. 'll have the breakdown on what will get you pulled er, and where. when "news4 this week continues. and o of the stars of "3 rock"as an important message about a dease that affects more people in our area than more people in our area than anywhere e never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 ys. 60 miles in 3 ys-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a ncer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. wead an outpouring of-- of suppo. i wantedo do something bigger than myself. the 60 miles-- it makes a statement. i kn i'm stronger than i was before, both mentally and physally. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a who new level because of training gether. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. knew that there s something really special about ts event. when you accomish thos60 miles, it's truly le-changing. it was three days hope. of love. of empowerment. was three days the way the wod should be. here i am, second year in a row, and i'm alrey signed up for next year's. 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