the cable which measures over a mile and is a substantial cable is dragging against the ground and is picking up and interfering with power lines, everything in its path and if you had power flicker and go out, well, that s the worst possible scenario that this thing is doing across the countryside. and one more thing, whoever this student was who was looking out the window he needs to be commended for looking out the window. i tried it for years and never saw anything that exciting but that s pretty fantastic that he spotted this. zachary boyd should get some credit for that. well, thank you for calling in and sharing what you witnessed. so we have an eyewitness account from a teacher in the state of pennsylvania who said not only did they look up and see it but it was visibly dragging its cable. tom costello, and taking out the
again, we realize people are tuning in and the story you might have heard a bit of is true. it s in the trade known as an aerostat. as a semirigid air ship filled with helium that s divided up into different sections on board. this is mostly a flying radar device. there s the still picture that we saw on social media. we have conveniently circled the air ship in red. focusing your attention to the middle of the picture there. it has been loose, untethered. the tether can measure from 5,000 to 10,000 feet long. this has as far as we know no on-board system of propulsion of its own. it has been traveling at about an altitude of 16,000 feet. in basically a northern direction. there are there is a wing of f-16s stationed at atlantic city, new jersey. the air national guard. been in existence for a long, long time. they were scrambled today to get kind of eyes on this thing. of course, the difference in traveling speeds between an air ship traveling at the speed of the wind and
good moon monday morning. how was your 4th of july? pretty good, nice and comfortably cool. no complaints from the weather department. this is nice weather we re having. fantastic stuff. no one s complaining. we have a lot to talk about today. if you look beyond the cameras there are three guys in ties. so we ve got scott donahue. one is dale, and we re going to talk about the financial future. the recession has been a story about a year. how much has things changed and what does this mean for you, does it change the plans for retirement forever? scott donahue is also here, maybe not wearing a tie. he s not a tie kind of guy. usually comes in his boat shoes. he s here to talk about everything in the automotive industry. obviously the big story, gm. speaking about ties, we ve got to work on that. me wearing one? i think you could pull it off. no. that s reserved for the fellows. a quick look at the forecast on this monday morning, coming off a great weeke
our storm center weathernet camera capturing 63 degrees on the thermometer but a cool north/northwesterly wind at 3 miles per hour. but 63 is an anomaly. in the northwest we re in the 50s. ellicott city 54. in towson and frederick there s a dense fog advisory in carol and frederick counties until 9:00 a.m. patchy fog north and west of the beltway. once it burns off we re looking at a mostly sunny day, cooler, pleasant, two-degree guarantee, 85 this afternoon. temperatures stay near or below normal for the remainder of the week into the weekend. details coming up in a bit. right now the roads at 6:00 a.m. with kim. thank you. traffic is flowing unusually smoothly and incident-free for a monday after the holiday. don t really have a lot to tell but as we check around 95 southbound as you make your way from harford county. that is running smoothly from 695/895 split. also around the east side of the beltway between loch raven and whitemarsh boulevard. 95 southbound, running
tucker and a lot more. now, from the fox studios in new york, i would be a classic even though we have to give them dance lessons richard j. jon crandall we enjoyed it. i am jamie kolbe for kelly wright. julie: developing out we are awaiting for two big events executive happened during this hour. president obama speaks at a special fourth of july celebration for military families on the south lawn of the white house. and the former president george w. bush taking part in another celebration in oklahoma. i am julie banderas and we are live as fox reports tonight. also tonight, a repressive regime raises the stakes. north korea launches a volley of ballistic missiles off its eastern coast trying to prove its military might and during the world to stand in its way. it is the speech that shocked the nation. so i choose for my state and for my family more freedom. i will not seek re-election as governor. julie: everyone wants to know why is governor sarah palin steppi