thanks. president obama says he did not betray democrats by cutting a deal with republicans on extending tax cuts. the agreement would extend expiring bush era tax rates to all taxpayers for two years and extend jobless benefits and cut payroll tax. emily schmidt reports from washington. reporter: president obama says the tax deal debate is good but it s time to get things done. the american people are watching and they are expecting action on our parts. reporter: for the white house, action means persuasion. president obama working the phones, vice president biden on capitol hill trying to convince house democrats to make the compromise a done deal. democrats said while many voice support for the white house. there are also numerous members who stood up and had great deal of problems with the problem with the deal that was proposed. reporter: white house economic adviser larry summers said if democrats defeat the deal, there s a much larger risk of a double d
a media analyst is fired after what he said about muslims on a cable news network. also ahead this morning, it s a measure on a state s ballot that has to do with muslim religion. why some loan makers want to keep the islamic law out of courtrooms. and ahead this morning, breast cans are awareness month. many of you have been giving money to fight the disease. but sometimes not all your money goes to support the cause. so we will tell you what you need to know on this friday morning. and speak of friday, happy friday thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. jamie is off but justin is here anxiously waiting to tell you about your weekend weather. hey, justin. i am so anxious about that. 5:31. more anxious to let you know it s not as chilly as you expect this morning. we can thank clouds that rolled in to prevent it from dropping into the low 40s and upper 30s and with a bump sitting at 50 right now. in chestertown 51 in dundalk we are cooling down a little bit on this s
what a beautiful sunrise in the baltimore area, official sunrise itself is coming up at 5:44, but we are looking at temperatures in the 60s to near 70 around the bay. still holding at 70 in centreville. down to 63 perry hall. 50s north of the border in southern pennsylvania. that s the fresh stuff coming our way. although the clear skies still linger to the north, starting to hold clouds back to the tail end of this boundary. we may have to fight off a few clouds this afternoon. we re expecting our two-degree guaranteed high of 83. we ll talk about the holiday weekend weather in just a bit. 5:30, let s get a tour of the roads with kim brown. cleanup continues in baltimore city. traffic moving well on the beltway. delaney valley road, both loops are moving about with no problems. no issues on the outer loop towards the i-70 interchange. here on the southwest side, frederick road, outer loop looking good. kim, it s 5:32. day 70, hurricane alex expected to make landfall toni
about. westbound lane at liberty road, taken away because of the ongoing utility problem there. cold spring lane, traffic is quiet. megan, back to you. on this thursday morning, expect to see more police presence on the streets across the city. the dixon administration is using multiple agencies to track down two rapist that officers say are praying on women in east baltimore. sherrie, good many good morning. this is all in an effort to reassure people officers are doing all they can to track down two rapists. mayor sheila dixon s agency is trying to catch the men praying on women in east baltimore. police have formed a special task force. on tuesday, officers discovered a woman s body in the same area where at least two other rapes have occurred. the latest case hasn t been ruled a sexual assault, but has put extra push with police. the latest suspect is linked to the october 31st rape in the 400 block of north colvin. . vacant homes, going to be boarding them up. we w
condin. thank you for joining us. i m megan pringle. jamie and justin are off. this is friday-eve, thursday morning. good morning everyone, things are off to a gray start for us, that s for sure. let s look at maryland s most powerful live radar. you can see clouds and precipitation starting to form to the west of baltimore. moving into pennsylvania that will continue to start to spread towards the east. we ll all be seeing it before too much longer. rain amounts are very light in nature. we re not seeing heavy rain, just showers here and there. generally mist and drizzly. temperature right now in the low 50s across the region. we re seeing light winds as well. be aware there is fog out there this morning when you step out the door. that s going to make things tricky. rain on and off throughout the entire day. let s see how the roads are shaping up. looking good so far as we look at the harrisburg expressway. no accidents working. tunnels looking pretty good. 95 and bw p