we saw some really strong storms last night. huge hail around the timonium area. this morning things are still active. really in southern maryland and around the ocean city area. let's take a full look at h.d. doppler. still a massive showers and storms. none of them are severe but strong storms just south of annapolis and around ocean city. let's switch our focus and look at the severe storms last night that rolled through. whenever you see purple on h.d. doppler, that's intense. one little section just to our west around frederick and the other to the north around timonium. today partly cloudy, 87 to 92. out ahead of that front, the humidity. and the front's not through here yet. that's why we're remaining unsettled. i know with those storms that we have some reciprocal effects with traffic. what's the scoop? >> the cleanup is going to probably last for a while. we're dealing with downed trees in many locations. morgan station at route 99. we have lanes closed with a downed tree there. also eastbound i-70 at 32 we

have an accident with a single vehicle involved if you're heading out in reisterstown, a downed tree with lanes closed. also a problem at cranbrook and york. at park heights and green spring valley, right in stevenson, we had some downed wires to report. so a busy ride this morning. let's check on the major roads. the beltway at baltimore national pike, west side. so far looking pretty good. we're also moving quite well on the north side. no problems to report on the j.f.x. this morning. 895 approaching the harbor tunnel. we'll keep you posted on those problems this morning. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. stan and mindy, back to you. >> good morning. thank you. a dozen people are shot when gunfire erupts. >> among those injured, a pregnant woman and child. jennifer franciotti has the latest. >> good morning. police tell 11 news the shooting happened just before 9:00 last nights in the 2600 block of ashland avenue. they say there was some sort of a cookout or a gathering when someone walked into the crowd and started firing.

at last count there are a dozen victims. the injuries range from shots to the shoulder, to the back, to the arms. we're told mostly leg wounds. among the victims a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old child. >> a female sustained a gunshot wound to the left arm. we also had a pregnant young lady who was shot as well. she sustained a gunshot wound to the leg. all of the injuries sustained by the victims at this point appear to be nonlife-threatening. >> there's no update on the conditions of the victims. we do know police are still looking for a suspect in this case. live downtown, jennifer franciotti. wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. a family of an 11-year-old girl is coming to terms with her death this morning. maryland natural resources police say they recovered the girl's body early yesterday morning in the sassafras river in kent county. rescue crews are been searching for her since friday when she fell off a boat into the river. sky team 11 was over the scene last week.

police found the girl's body about a half a mile with a from the accident scene. >> the state fire marshall's office says a 57-year-old woman intentionally set a house on fire, injuring herself and another person inside. the fire broke out just after 10:00 saturday morning at a home on hillman court in aberdeen. investigators say the woman set fire to a sofa in the basement. she suffered burns and smoke inhalation. a 60-year-old man who lives on the first floor was treated for minor burns to his face. the aberdeen police department is now assisting in the investigation. despite promises from the owners, it seems the chronic carbon monoxide problem continues at the cove village apartments in essex. just before 4:00 yesterday afternoon emergency crews were called to the complex once again for reports of c.o. poisoning. at least three people who live in barnacle court were taken to the hospital when dangerous levels of carbon monoxide were discovered in their home. >> we're not exactly sure exactly where it came from. bg&e did come out and shut off and secure the gas to the home.

>> in the last two months fire crews have been called to the complex several times for c.o. scares and several residents have been hospitalized. >> thousands of baltimore county residents are still without power after a line of strong storms last night. you can see the damage done -- done to this neighborhood. for some residents, just one look out the window was all they needed to send them running for shelter. >> pounding rain, hail, banging on the windows. we saw all of these starting to swirl. we went to the bathroom. >> i heard a loud snapping noise. it was real loud. we saw a swoosh going around our house. >> i was really freaked out. it was really frightening. >> so far there's no word of any tornadoes touching down in the area. you can see more dramatic images of the storm damage on the homepage of our website,

wbaltv.com. >> health care reform continues to top the agenda this week on capitol hill. today law makers are back at work trying to resolve their differences. 11 news reporter nikole killion has more from washington. >> i take this bill to the floor. it will win. >> house spear nancy pelosi optimistic on health care reform and still holding out vote for a possible vote before the recess. today a, according to reports, she starts talks with members of the house committee still at odds over a bill. >> the only thing bipartisan about the measures so far is the opposition to them. >> the senate differences also remain, prompting lawmakers to delay a vote until the fall. even some democrats concede there's not enough support yet. >> there are not the votes for democrats to do this just on our side of the aisle. >> the biggest sticking point continues to be cost and how to pay for the trillion dollar plan. over the weekend the congressional budge eliminate office sent a letter -- budget office sent a letter saying the

spending o would only save a modest $2 billion over the next 10 years, but the white house is hopeful a bill will still get done. >> the president believes we're making progress. and as long as we're making process, that's a very good sign. >> we don't want the process to bog down. we want to keep moving forward. and i believe we will. >> well, maryland will hold a swine flu summit in annapolis today. state health official and school leaders will discuss immunization, surveillance and reporting of the virus. leaders will discuss emergency preparedness. this after state health officials announced maryland's fourth swine flu death last week. well, goodbye, sarah palin. former alaska governor sarah palin said goodbye and washington's lieutenant governor shawn parnell took the governor's oath of office sunday. palin announced her resignation earlier this month pledging to continue to fight for alaska. in a speech palin said part of her reason for leaving was to avoid the unproductive typical politics. that brings to us our "watercooler question of the day."

what do you think the future holds for former alaska governor sarah palin? can you e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 71 degrees on tv hill at 5:08. coming up, a grusome scene out of texas where authorities say a mother decapitated her newborn child. >> and a former champion boxer is dead after he was shot during a robbery. >> a live look at traffic. this is the beltway at baltimore national pike, route 40. looks all right in that spot. we'll have more on your morning commute when we come back. pa mommy, what does v-e-g-e-

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>> a very good morning. it's 75 degrees downtown. the tropical moisture will hang all the entire week. temperatures in the upper 80's to near 90 all week long. right now we're tracking still some strong cells of storms to our south, really on the eastern shore around st. michaels, lower southern maryland, ocean city

getting some strong storms as well. there's a little patch of showers near gaithersburg and d.c. that's headed in our general direction. so today unsettled. 40% chance of scattered showers and storms statewide. we're going to get up to about 88 degrees in central maryland today. 85 for ocean city. we're going to remain quite humid tonight at 66 to only 70. scattered thunderstorms a possibility. there's a cold front to our west. it is slowly approaching the i-95 corridor where it's going to stall out tonight. more in your forecast coming up. >> thank you. "covering the nation" this morning, just a horrific story out of san antonio, texas where a woman decapitated her own newborn baby. they say the woman used a steak knife to decapitate her 3 1/2 week old son. investigators say the woman stabbed herself in the stomach and chest after admitting to what she did. she told is police the devil made her do it. according to police the child's aunt, grandmother and two other small children were in the home when the crime was committed.

family and friends are mourning the loss i've world champion box eastern humanitarian. vernon forest was shot and killed late saturday night in atlanta. his manager says forest stopped at a gas station to put air in his tire. one person helped hip. and just as he was about to give that person money for their help, police say several robbers snatched his wallet. forest gave chase, but after he gave up he was shot several times and killed. >> eight people, including four children under the age of 10 were killed in a horrible crash in new york. authorities say a family a minivan was going the wrong way on a parkway in westchester county on sunday when it crashed into two vehicles, rolled down an erchg baxment and burst into flames. a 5-year-old child was the only one in the minivan who survived. two people in the car were hospitalized. police say this was the second wrong-way crash on that same highway on sunday. the earlier incident sent five people to the hospital. >> 5:12. coming up, are you or someone you know paying a lot of money

for rent? why now may be the perfect time to purchase a home. >> plus how one city plans to save a ton of money in trash trips. >> and we have a serious accident in white marsh. if you're traveling there we'll update you on the location and talk about downed trees from the storm.

>> not a good start to the monday morning. >> no, definitely not of we're just hearing bay fatal accident. -- about a fatal accident. possibly some lanes closed as the ambulance arrives on the scene along with other rescue personnel. it's a busy ride in the white marsh region. we'll keep you updated on that and how it affects traffic this

morning. in terms of other problem spots, of course, the storm is a big story as well. we have downed trees and debris in many locations. debris blocking all lanes in the cockeysville region. in stevenson some downed wires. in the area of reisterstown a downed tree blocking lanes there. also, morgan station in the woodbine area. watch for closures related to a down tree. eastbound i-70 at 32, sing still-vehicle -- single-vehicle accident. green spring, this was baltimore national pike. we'll see if we can get greenspring. pretty much the same situation. an easy ride on most of the major road dse -- roadways. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. now the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the m.t.a. good morning. >> good morning. we're looking pretty good so far on the buses and the trains. light rail, metro both on

schedule. and marc as well. we do have on the buses the 77 with a diversion at edmondson and ingleside due to construction. 17 at nursey and winterson also with construction. i'm kurt kronke. now back to sandra shaw. >> a very good monday to you. we're starting out with a lot going on on h.d. doppler. most of the showers and storms are centered in southern maryland. also the eastern shore around st. michaels and easton. ocean city, you're about to get pelted with more strong showers. this is quite an impressive line extending through d.c. and going to move up through our area so more from where this came. we're going to remain unsettled today. this is what we dealt with last night. anytime you see purple and the sort of rotation around timonium, we're dealing with high winds. very strong hail and very impressive, large hail that fell down last night. and torrential downpours. severe weather line that moved through. many people sent in photos if you'd like to check some of the damage out go to our website,

wbaltv.com. it's really impressive. if you were in the midst of those storms, you know how intense they were so what we're dealing with this morning, just that tropical feel to things. we're looking at 75 to begin things downtown. very balmy. 72 at the airport. 72 in easton and st. michaels. 76 in ocean city. dew points, that is a measure of the moisture. anytime we're dealing with upper 60's, we're dealing with a very unsettled air mass with an immense amount of moisture around. that's going to be the case not only today but the entire rest of the week. welcome summer it took us a while to get there this week we're going to be following suit. it looks like 88 our forecast high which is really generally where we should be this time of the year. chance of scattered showers and storms this afternoon. not only in baltimore but statewide. we also have a southerly wind flow that will pull in more heat and humidity from the deep south. so south-southwesterly flow. waves one to two feet. as far as the records go, 101 set as the record high in 1940.

on the july 27, 1962, 52 as the record low. last week in july and we're going to feel like it. 66 to 70 our temperature range. mostly cloudy. still scattered showers and storms. the reason for all of this is the movement of this front. the trough out ahead of us this morning. all of this humid air is serving as a trigger for these showers and storms. front will approach the i-95 corridor. we'll probably be around -- it will probably be around the vicinitiy by early this evening. so front will stall out overnight, leaving us unsettled. then wheel clear out tomorrow, a chance of isolated storms but then yet another front gets through by wednesday. and another approaches the area on friday so all week long we have a chance of late-day showers and storms. we're going to remain in the upper 80's. >> in this morning's "consumer alert," in the down economy many

consumers are beginning to wonder why rent when i can buy? according to the associated press, the mortgage payment for a medium-priced home in 45 metro sears within $221 of the median rent. that's close enough for many people to choose buying other renting and turn the housing market around. when perspective buyers couple their lower costs with low interest rates and add tax incentives, buying becomes more attractive than ever. solo powered public trash compactors are catching on. philadelphia is the latest city to roll it out, putting 500 compactors on the street. big belly senses when the container is near full then uses solar power to squeeze the trash inside to make more room. the city of brotherly love says it can reduce collection trips up to 75%, save almost $1 million a year. other big cities using big belly include boston, chicago, and new york. you pay tax and expect certain services. but if you have a crash on the state road, your taxes may not cover the state's expenses.

they could send you a whopping bill. tonight at 11:00, i-team reporter david collins exposes the controversial practice. >> it's called a crash tax. it reaps millions of dollars from drivers each year yet few are aware of it. russell knows all about the tax. the diabetic drove out and -- passed out and drove off route 50 and hit a utility pole. he later got a bill from the state. >> double taxation. i do pay taxes for highway control, but yet they charged me for highway control. >> he and others are feeling the squeeze. insurance companies are refusing to pay and the state isn't backing down. tonight at 11:00, how you could get caught in the middle, owing thousands of dollars. and what's happening to drivers who don't pay? for the 11 news i-team, i'm david collins. >> some economists are saying the recession may be on its way out the door. michelle steele joins with us a

look at that story and the rest of the day's business news in the "bloomberg business report." good morning. >> good morning. the u.s., the world's largest economy, may be about to mark its longest losing streak since records began. but it might not be as bad as everyone thought. economists surveyed by bloomberg ahead of a report from the commerce department saying gross domestic product or g.d.p. is an overall measure of economic activity, probably shrank in the second quarter at a pace of 1.5%. that's much better than the drop in g.d.p. in the first few months of the year. economists say this is a sign that trade and government spending. one leading economist tells 11 news, "the recession is in its final hours." the g.d.p. report comes out on friday. now let's get to the markets where we saw a mixed close friday but an increase in home resales which helped the dow complete the two-week rally. we're watching what shares of citigroup do today as well.

they closed under $3 on friday. but according to barrons, an analyst says citi may rise to $4 a share as the economy improves and its global business grows. that's business news at the new york stock exchange. i'm michelle steele, bloomberg news reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. stan and mindy, back over to you. >> we'll see you back here at 6:15. >> 5:22. it's 71 degrees on tv hill. coming up, another look at your morning commute with traffic and weather together. >> and e-mail your answer to our "watercooler question of the day." what do you think the future holds for former alaska governor sarah palin? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com.

>> a second cemetery in chicago under scrutiny that it stacked bodies and resold plots. a family filed a lawsuit against glennwood memorial gardens claiming the cemetery tried to resell a blot where two family members are buried. police are investigating after a human bone was found lying in the ground there. police charged four workers at burr oaks cemetery in a similar scheme. >> it seems -- >> a paralyzed california law student is now fighting to take the bar exam after her application was never processed due to a filing error. sarah pants to know if they never -- wants to know if they never received it, why is she getting a refund? officials say because it was not paid by credit card, the application was not processed. governor schwarzenegger says

it's outrageous someone who has overcome so much in life is now being penalized by a bureaucratic error. video released of a suspect accused of conning americans. he called people in the united states and told them they won an international lottery. victims were told to pay thousands of dollars in fees and taxes to claim their prizes but there was no lottery and victims never received anything. what do you do if your bank denies your mortgage application? according to one new zealand man, you withdraw all the money you have in the bank and then ask for it in small bills. the man said he watched as the teller counted out his entire withdrawal, $9,520 bills. the bank says they rejected the man's application because as an artist he doesn't have a weekly income. >> all righty. 5:27. coming up in our next half-hour of 11 news today -- >> 12 people are hurt when a

gunman opened fire at an east baltimore cookout. details are straight ahead. >> our new governor has a very nice family, too. so leave his kids alone. >> former vice presidential nominee sarah palin stepped down as governor of alaska. that's the topic of our "watercooler question of the day." >> and severe storms rolled through the area last night. on h.d. doppler this morning we're still tracking a lot of activity. we have the seven-day up. you see a chance of the storms all week long. >> because of that storm we have downed trees around the area blocking lanes. we'll update you on that and we'll also check on a serious accident in the white marsh area. that's next.

>> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks so much for joining us. going to get