. >> i'm jessica kartalija at the national institute of health here in bethesda, maryland. three-quarters of alls furloughed. what that means for sick children next. >> reporter: i'm mike schuh live at state health head quarter where where -- where the flu season has arrived two weeks early. >>> in for marty bass in the first warning weather center. we have warm weather straight ahead and then rain by next week. your complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >>> she's a well known mouth artist. she joins us on today's coffee with. stay tuned, the eyewitness news morning edition will continue in a moment. i got you white chocolate pumpkin. oh, please don't call me "pumpkin." no, white chocolate and pumpkin. oh! pumpkin. ha-ha! pumpkin is back at dunkin' donuts. hurry in for delicious pumpkin coffees and lattes today. america runs on dunkin'. >>> it's a purple friday since the ravens play in miami on sunday. it's also 6:30. this live look at the harbaugh or giving you a look at what's happening on the eastern shore. foggy enough some school systems are effected. s

i'm jessica kartalija. how an elementary schooler managed to slip on to a flight to las vegas with no ticket or id. >> i'm mike schuh live in millersville with this story about the school bus driver who is now the bank robbery suspect. next. >> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, making sure the city's tax bills add up right. >> sharon gibala with wjz traffic control. if you're about to head out, we're starting to see the speed sensors, over to you. >> picabo street knows what it is like to be on the sidelines. on "coffee with" she talks about having four kids. and sports. a lot of parents can relate to this. stay tuned. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the bottom of the hour. a purple tuesday under armor as the ravens play. sharon is watching the roadway. marty with weather. >> i think it's pink. >> oh! >> based on what tv instrument you look at. one is more light blue. pink for breast cancer awareness. >> ok. >>> 47 degrees now on tv hill. and that is going to be now 25 degrees off of yesterday morning's temperature. he

jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> five dozen crisfield families are on a waiting list to have their homes rebuilt. >>> a big night for sports fans in st. louis. as the cardinals were playing in the world series and the rams took to the field for monday night football. a long night for the struggling rams. russell wilson connects for two big touchdown passes including one to take a 14-3 lead. the rams managed to keep it close but never really catch up and lose 14-9. >>> turning to baseball, the story isn't much better for the cardinals who are on the brink of elimination in the world series. the boston red sox scored a huge win thanks to jon lester. he threw seven plus innings. david ross delivered the big hit leading to a 3-1 win. boston takes a 3-2 lead in the series. game 6 is tomorrow night in boston. >> we pointed this out a while back, the new audience. last night, monday night football was played in downtown st. louis and the world series game was played less than a mile away. how is that possible. i'm not even sure it's a mile. to be honest about it, you got busch stadi

i'm jessica kartalija in for don today. wjz has weather and traffic together. sharon we'll get right to you. first to chelsea in for marty. >> thanks. good morning. >>> we have a couple spots with patchy fog on the eastern shore, including easton. temperatures in central maryland around 62 degrees. the 50s in western maryland. 54 in cumberland, 58 degrees in hagerstown. this is what you can expect for today, 66 degrees as you step out the door, 86 degrees by midday. plenty of sunshine in the forecast, mostly clear skies by dinner time, 71 degrees. >>> now over to sharon at traffic control. good morning. >> good morning. it looks like i spoke too soon about the lack of problems out there. we have picked up our first one of the morning, 95 southbound just approaching the fort mchenry tunnel. we're not seeing any delays though. we don't have any delays on the beltway either. 55 is your average on the top and west side. no problems on 95 between white marsh and the beltway. 52 between the beltway and the tunnel. that could be because of that accident. no real probl

here is jessica kartalija with the story. >> good morning. oh officials are officials are y -- officials are trying to determine what went wrong. >> three people were rushed to the hospital after they were injured in a welding accident. the contractor died. fluid leaks or mechanical problem caused a load noise or explosion. they're seeingif that rail kaz moved because of it. >> we know they're put ting their lives on the line to make this system safe. i'm sorry but will work with my colleagues on the board and all of the staff to get to the bottom of this. >> the tunnel explosion and fire happened near the union station platform. a portion of the red line was shut down for track work. free shuttle buses helped passengers get around the district. in 2010 two workers were killed by a piece of rail equipment. this past may fire erupted underneath a rail car at the silver spring metro station. metro has several several derailments, including this one in august. >> we know that we're undergoing major track work on the red line. that's why we have