>> it was. today we're going to see an increase in the temperature range. up to in the mid 80's, but we're still not going to have the humidity. we're dealing with a cool start, especially in places like york where it's only 54. 67 downtown. 60 at the airport. mid 60's this morning on the eastern shore. plenty of sun. sky conditions today absolutely gorgeous. 84 to 88. that's seasonable. seasonably warm, right where we should be. winds out of the northwest. tonight's forecast, gorgeous. mostly clear. 62 outlying areas. 68 downtown. for the most part we're going to remain dry i think you're going to like the extended forecast. i've got that for you coming. right now let's say hey to sarah. >> good morning. it looks pretty good. looking at a very quiet ride around the area. checking speed sensors, 61 miles per hour. problem-free as you get toward the west side. down on the south side of the

beltway an easy ride as well. so the entire major roads rung smoothly. a live view of 95 at 895. rather, sandy point, first. across the bay bridge a smooth ride from the beaches this morning. if you delayed your departure until this morning, you should be problem-free there. southbound traffic coming toward us, the rest of the major roads looking good. we'll keep you posted. that's the latest. over to you. >> thank you. our big story, baltimore county police want to know why two teens were hanging out on light rail tracks on sunday. >> one of the teens is now dead while the other remains in shock trauma. whether they were actually hit by a train remains a mystery. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti joins us live with the latest. >> good morning. one of the teens is listed in critical condition here at shock trauma. the other did die over the weekend. and the discovery was made on sunday afternoon between the falls road station and the lutherville train station. again, this happened on sunday afternoon when an m.t.a. worker

made the grewsome discovery about 100 yards south of the lutherville station. a spokesperson for the m.t.a. says it doesn't appear the teens had been passengers and none of the conductors reported seeing anything or hitting anything. >> we are inspecting every one of our trains to see if there's any hit hint of an accident, collision or coming into contact with a human. that would easily show. >> anyone with information is being asked to call the m.t.a. we'll have more on the story at 5:30. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. police in tennessee continue to investigate the death of former baltimore raven steve mcnair which has now been ruled a homicide. mcnair was found shot multiple timed alongside 20-year-old sahel kazemi who was also found with a single gunshot wound to the head. the former waitress's family says the 20-year-old had been

dating the football star for months. >> all scenarios are on the table. as we talk to witnesses, look for laboratory testing, wait for the results of testing from the medical examiner's office. all options will remain on the table. >> steve mcnair leaves behind a wife and four sons. he was 36 years old. stay with 11 news for continuing coverage of steve mcnair's murder on our website. there's video from the scene, reaction from the ravens and more footage from the football star when he announced his retirement. you'll find it right on the homepage. >> a baltimore teen is charged as a an adult with the shootingf a 5-year-old girl. police say 17-year-old lamont davis shot the girl known as raven as well as a teenager he was fighting with. the girl was walking on south pulasky street when she was shot in the head. she remains on life support. this weekend's celebrations kept authorities in harford county busy with three incidents involving illegal fireworks. first involved a 43-year-old man

who was badly burned after fireworks ignited in his face. the other happened in edgewood, a 23-year-old suffered burns to his leg and face. both victims were taken to shock trauma. in aberdeen, fire crews were called in to put out an apartment fire that was sparked when an errant fire work land on an awning. fortunately nobody was hurt. in all fire marshalls confiscated more than 50 pounds of illegal fireworks saturday night. >> today president obama begins two days of talks with russia's president in moscow. there is word the two will announce progress on arms control. 11 news reporter brook hart has more on today's discussions. >> president obama sat down with russia media he said what he hopes to communicate today to russia's president medvedev and its people. >> with that come special responsibility that are very different from positions of many other countries around the world. >> u.s. officials confirm today the two leaders will announce

progress on arms control, specifically cutting the number of nuclear warheads, securing nuclear materiel has been a priority for both countries. >> we know that people are trying to get their hands on this materiel. we get it through our intelligence community. >> but issues remain in replacing the arms control treaty that expires. russia wants the u.s. to scrap plans for a missile defense system in eastern europe, something russians see with suspicion. >> we have areas of differences. missile defense is a big one. >> americans, too, have become more weary of russia. just 29% see russia as an ally compared to 52% seven years ago. the shift came as former president putin forged closer ties with iran's ahmadinejad and pressure on nato expansion. as president obama received a personal paik on a tradition russian doll, he says he wants to reset the u.s.-russian

relationship. just last week russia offered its airspace to flights of u.s. troops and weapons into afghanistan. the president hopes the issue of arms control helps open more agreement elsewhere. after moscow he heads to italy where he'll have an audience with the pope. then it's to ghana in africa. in washington, brook hart, nx news. >> political analysts are still trying to figure out whether the sudden resignation of alaska governor and former vice presidential candidate sarah palin will help her political future or end it. the alaska republican stunned many on friday when she announced she would be leaving office just two and a half years into her first term. yesterday palin posted on her facebook page that she was leaving to answer a higher calling some. wonder if she just joined the ranks of republicans who recently flamed out on the public stage. >> it is not clear what they are strategy here is by exiting the governorship two and a half years through her term and putting herself on the national

stage that she may not yet be prepared to operate in. >> a disaster both in the sense that she was very incoherent in articulating what it is why she was quitting and, a, what she wanted to do with it. >> sarah's resignation will take effect when she'll hand over power to the lieutenant governor. she still stands to make millions through a recent book deal and upcoming speaking engagements. that brings us to our "watercooler question of the day." do you think governor sarah palin's resignation helps or hurts her political future? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> well, a that's righted, smoke-damaged church didn't stop a congregation from worshiping yesterday. they temporarily moved into the pier 6 pavilion. parts of the church were damaged after lightning struck a steeple, sparking a fire during last week's storms. despite the cosmetic setback the foundation remains unbroken. >> wherever we go, that's where

the power of god is. the peace of god. that's why we're committed to remaining positive and focusing, in touch with all of our members and keeping them positive so that we can stay on path. >> there's no word yet on the plans for next week's church services. >> 60 degrees on tv hill at 5:08. coming up, more legal troubles for a former d.c. mayor, marion barry, why he was arrested this weekend. >> next thing you know everybody under water. everybody under water. >> a relaxed fourth july celebration quickly turns to chaos in indiana when a bridge collapses. >> a live look at u.s. 50 and sandy point. looks pretty good. there is a degree of volume on the road. if you're getting on the road from the beach right now, it looks all right.

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>> a very good morning to you. it's in the 60's right now. checking out i-95 north of maryland 152. we're looking ok right now traffic wise and weather-wise a beautiful -- we had a wonderful weekend, below normal temperature-wise. for the most part of this week we're going to remain dry. that's not the case over the carolinas where a stationary boundary has stalled out. we're dealing with low pressure to our south. around here we're sheltered from that. and high pressure will dominate our landscape, meaning mostly sunny skies. 84 to 88, the temperature range, which is seasonable. i've got more on your seven-day forecast coming up in a little bit. back to you. >> thank you. covering the nation, former washington, d.c., mayor marion barry is out of jail after being arrested on stalking allegations. according to police a 40-year-old donna watts flagd down police saying barry was stalking her. a spokesperson says he was on his way home when he bumped into watts. he was taken in for questioning then released.

he's expected to appear in court later this week. >> at least 25 people were injured when a wooden bridge collapsed following a fourth of july fireworks show in indiana. no one was killed but officials say more than 50 people were dumped into the lake. some 50 rescue crews rushed to the scene, pulling several people, including children, out of the lake. a preliminary investigation into the collapse showed a structural failure of the footbridge. >> 5:12. 60 degrees. coming up, one popular social networking site is stepping up their game in efforts to protect you. >> meanwhile, another is potentially the gateway to porn for children. a warning parents need to know about twitter. >> and as far as your commute if you're heading back from the beach, we're look at a nice ride. we'll update you coming up.

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>> sleeping in this morning or what? >> oornlg that or everybody's -- either that or everybody finally made it back from the beach. it was hectic yesterday. right now a really nice ride out there. so enjoy it if you are heading back from the beach this morning. looking really good. let's check the speed sensors. 59 miles per hour on the northeast corner heading toward providence. problem-free at 64 miles per hour. all the major roadways leading up to the beltway still in the green. we'll enjoy it. we have a pretty nice ride so far this morning. incident free. volume son the light side. let's give you a light view of traffic. 95 north of mountain road. very empty. just a few cars heading

southbound towards the white marsh area. still not backing down at white marsh. we're enjoying a qeeet ride on the -- quiet ride on the west side. we'll keep you posted. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get our first check on the buses and the trains. good morning. >> good morning. we're looking pretty good this morning. a couple diversions. the 17 line diverted at mursry due to construction. 22 diverted at university and 41st street. we have the 19 and 22 lines running with a five to 10 minute delay. light rail and metro running problem-free. and the camden, penn, brunswick, no delays. why put unnecessary miles on your car when the marc is available for your daily commute? call 866-ride-mta. for the m.t.a. transit team, i'm vanetta brooks. >> hope you're doing well. hope you had a great fourth of july weekend. saw a few clouds yesterday but

that's clearing out today. we are seeing activities down to the south, churning over the carolinas. we have an area of low pressure resting long a front. it will remain to our south. in our neck of the woods we're going to see basically high pressure build in. that's going to stabilize things. even though we have a cool start, we're going to surge up into the mid 80's today. cool meaning only 58 degrees at b.w.i. marshall. this is almost unheard of, how cool we've been. the low humidity for the move july so far. we're going to see it the rest of this week, too. it feels so nice out there. these dew points have remained so low. we're looking at mid to upper 50's. typically this time of the year we're looking at a 65 or a 70 dew point reading. haven't had much summer. but it's going to be really pleasant. got news is no major rainfall is expected. that's good only because we're about four inches above normal. 82 for the mountains of western

maryland. mostly sunny skies as we zoom across our area. looks like 87 in baltimore today. 87 is our normal high. mostly sunny skies. as we head down to the shore it looks like 83 over in ocean city so if you still have a few days at the beach a beautiful beach day with a high u.v. index as well. today winds variable. five to 10 knots. waves a foot or less. water temperatures in the 70's. yesterday we only hit 77 degrees. it's july 5, 77. 62 was the low. 101 is the record high. the potential that we could see this time of the year but not so this week. that was set 1979. a record low of 51 was set. our average low is 65 it looks like in our outlying suburbs we'll be in the low 60's, kind of in between, it looks like, around baltimore. then downtown it looks like we'll be about 68.

mostly clear. cool winds. high pressure will exert its grip over our area. we're going to remain dry. a little front will approach from the west tomorrow and stall out to our south. maybe an isolated thunderstorm with but -- but chances are minimal. maybe a shot of showers on thursday afternoon. all in all temperatures well below normal by midweek on. then for saturday and sunday a change in the pattern with more humid conditions and a better shot of seeing some rain. >> a warning for parents. if your child an avid user of twitter, could be ghaining access to pornography. the website allows them to grant access to followers who will read those postings which may include inappropriate links. now twitter users can make their accounts private if they do not,

they open the door to anyone who chooses to send inappropriate links. so parents, the best way to protect your child, make sure their accounts are private. in an attempt to compete with twitter facebook is making changes to its privacy settings designed to give its members more control over what they share and others see. the change will help users share information over the internet and compare with other social websites like twitter. the changes will be noticeable over the next few weeks. >> california's budget problems may be spark new investment deals. and bank of america is ahead of a european rival. michelle steele joins with us those stories and the rest of the day's business news in the "bloomberg business report." have a good holiday weekend? >> you know it wasn't too bad. i was in washington, d.c., enjoying the fireworks on the mall. it was a great time. it was a great weekend for america in general. big monday morning for bank of america, now the top private bank in the world according to

london-based u.b.s. in a study of 248 institutions worldwide u.b.s. is now second, followed by citigroup and wells fargo which got boosted to fourth place after purchasing wachovia. futures indicating a lower open on wall street. this ahead of a report today which economists say may show u.s. service industries contracted last month at the slowest pace since september. as for the markets, though, concern over job cuts sending stocks to a third week of declines. american express, caterpillar and alcoa losing more than 6%. and new predictions california's money travels may end up jeopardizing the president's national health care plans. the economy struggles in the face of the budget deficit. the golden state is issuing our going up in value, at least for souvenir hunters. the historical value as

souvenirs of fiscal irresponsibility. kind of a unique souvenir there. that is business news at the new york stock exchange. michelle steele, bloomberg news reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. hope you guys also had a very restful holiday weekend as well. back over to you guys. >> it actually was. thank you very much. we'll see you back here at 6:15. >> 5:24. it's 60 degrees. coming up, another look at your morning commute with traffic and weather together. >> and don't forget to e-mail your answer to our "watercooler question of the day." do you think alaska governor palin's resignation helps or hurts her political future? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. hi, may i help you? yeah, i'm looking for car insurance that isn't going to break the bank. you're in the right place. only progressive gives you the option totoeme your price. here. a price gun? mm-hmm. so, i tell you what i want to pay. and we build a policy to fit your budget.

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now she wants answers. here's i-team reporter debra wiener. >> families will tell you the diagnosis of autism raise a lot of questions, including where did this come from. but what happens when you find out that your close friends from the very same neighborhood are asking the very same questions? >> when stephanie received a letter from an old friend, it was both comforting and alarming. not only was stephanie raising the thoughts of autism, so were a number of other moms who all conceived their children in this neighborhood. >> not only are her two boys struggling, but my son has autism, another neighbor and her son two doors down had autism. and still another mom, we found out there was another family with two boys. >> six boys under the age of 8 and a seventh is being evaluated. what is the cause? and is there a common denominator? tonight at 11:00, what the families think happened on that street and how come no one wants

to investigate it. for the 11 news i-team, deborah weiner. >> 5:26. coming up in the next half-hour of 11 news today -- >> investigating the death of one teen and the critical injury of another after a grewsome discovery on the light rail tracks. >> it's pretty quiet on the major roadways. not dealing with any incidents at this hour. we'll check volume and let you we'll check volume and let you know if any delays have formed.

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we'll be dry as well. kind of making up for all of that excess rain we had earlier in the spring of the right now a clear scan over baltimore. there is activity to our south as low pressure churns into the carolinas this morning where a stalled front is just sitting out there. but for today we're not going to be affected by that. instead high pressure is going to build in from the west. that means mostly sunny skies, absolutely gorgeous sky conditions. 84 to 88 our temperature range. seasonably warm. 87 is our typical high for this time of the year. the humidity isn't going to be a factor, which it typically is. 62 outlying areas. 68, downtown. there's more from where that came. tomorrow looks like mostly sunny to partly cloudy. again, 84 to 88 degrees. right now let's check out the roads. >> we're trying to figure out where everybody is this morning. i think they're sleeping in. it is a really quiet ride out there. not seeing a whole lot in the way of volume. still up to speed on the north side and the west side at 59 miles per hour.