england area is getting pummeled by strong showers and storms and we are dealing with light patchy fog. thick air, like pea soup if you will. very warm. 73 downtown now. 82 on the shores of ocean city this morning. 72 at the airport and 77 on the lower eastern shore. we are surging to between 88 and 92 today. weekends variable out of the northwest early shifting southwest but partly cloudy and just a very slight chance of isolated storm or two. most of the day dry which is pretty good since we have been up and down with the rainfall. that is it for now. >> let me congratulate you. >> thank you. >> she got the gig with "regis and kelly." now down to business. on the roads 648 normandy road in glen burnie an accident and route 32 and 198. northern baltimore county a downed tree blocking york road

toward freeland. take the harrisburg expressway. live look outside on 895 north of childs street problem free. fort mchenry looking good. live view on the north side at harford road looking good on the entire beltway. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." back to you. >> our big story this morning, new indictments against mayor dixon. only one day after helen holt was reindicted the investigation has reportedly discovered new details and new evidence against the mayor. >> the new charges include minister allegations about gifts she received and restores perjury charges previously dropped leaving many wondering where is the new information coming from. jennifer franciotti live outside city hall with the latest. >> the new indictments offer much more detail. the mayor's boyfriend ron lipscomb cut a plea deal with

prosecutors and it is speculated much of the information may be coming from him. the mayor face as laundry list of previous and new charges including three counts of theft, three counts of fraudulent misappropriation, two counts of perjury and one of misconduct. it gives specific details of items lipscomb gave to dixon when they were dating to fur coats to thousands of dollars in cash. dixon never reported the gifts because the indictment says lipscomb was doing business with the city at the time. >> right now as i have said and i'm going to continue to say it i'm focused on running the city and serving the citizens of baltimore. that is where my focus has been and will continue to be. >> the new indictment alleges the mayor took gift cards intended for needy families. what the mayor's attorneys believe will happen with the charges at 5:30. >> the baltimore city health

department says a safe streets employee was among the victims shot over the weekend. the individual is recovering from multiple gunshot wounds. safe streets is one of the programs working to reduce gun violence in the city. officials say the rash of violence over the weekend is a reminder that homicide is the leading cause of death for city residents between 15 and 34. howard county police are searching for the person or persons who stabbed a 19-year-old on a basketball court. skyteam 11 was over the scene in the 5700 block of columbia road. the victim was stabbed five times. no word on his condition or possible motive. >> dog owners and baltimore city parkgoers will talk about off-leash hours. the meeting with the department of recreation will focus primarily on patterson park. it starts at 7:00.

respective off-leash hours are between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. three other parks are under consideration. both east and west side of the city seem to be in agreement with the proposed red line rail. they don't want it. folks in cannoten traveled to help protest it yet. it would run from woodlawn to hopkins bayview. they would rather keep the line underground. construction could be begin 2012 and is expected to cost about $1.6 billion. >> a new study says hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus companies ordered to shut down because of safety federal violations have stayed on the road under different names including some in maryland. it found offenders owing thousands of dollars in delinquent fines. they also will scores of violations from operating without the proper license to

failing to test drivers for illegal drugs and alcohol. the names of the maryland companies have not been released. the study was after a charter bus skidded off the road in texas. bonding over beer at the white house. that is what the president will do today with harvard professor henry gates and sergeant james yellowly after yellowly arre ll arrest arrested gates. nikole killion joins us from washington with more. >> beer and blunt talk about race today at the white house. >> my hope is that as a consequence of this event, this ends up being a teachable moment. >> the beer summit will take place at a picnic table seen here weather permitting. president obama will drink bud lite. henry gates red stripe. blue moon for james crowley. >> the private meeting is two weeks after gates was arrested

outside of his cambridge home by sergeant crowley. gates accuse the crowley of racial profiling. it intensified after the president put it this way. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly. >> now mr. obama says it was a bad choice of words. >> i could have calibrated the words differently. >> the 911 caller who made the initial report is also trying to clear the record. >> people called me racist and said i caused all of the turmoil that followed. some even said threatening things that made me fear for my safety. >> that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think of the president's decision to host a meeting between professor henry lewis gates and james crowley at the white house? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> a federal grand jury has indicted the white supremist accused of killing a security officer. james van brun faces first

degree murder. the 89-year-old fired a rifle after walking that the museum killing steven johns. von brunn remains hop liesed. look -- hospitalized. this house belongs to peggy cooper cafritz a well-known d.c. socialite. they worked to control the fire located near american university. cafritz is reportedly on vacation when it broke out. the time is now 5:07. some thieves in need of cash didn't rob a store. they ripped the a.t.m. out of it. >> a mexican police commander and his family are dead. why it could be connected to the country's drug problem. >> this is a live look at traffic. we will have an

>> welcome back to "11 news today." it is 5:10, 73 very steamy degrees downtown right now. muggy conditions will prevail today like we have seen all week. but today we won't see the trigger mechanism for strong showers and storms like the last several days. a few low-level clouds are that not really showing up yet are associated with patchy fog. the bulk of the low pressure area that generated the severe weather late yesterday is up into the new england area now. for us today just hot and humid for the most part. 88 to 92 the forecast high. typical late july weather. winds variable out of the northwest initially then shifting southwest. sun up at 6:05 and set tonight at 8:20. tonight the forecast mostly cloudy, isolated thunderstorms, 68 to 73. then tomorrow looks like we will be hot again but a better chance of late-day showers and storms. on the scale of yesterday but more showers than intense

thunderstorms. more details in the seven-day in a little bit. >> covering the world, unidentified gunmen torched and shot up the home of a mexican police commander killing everyone inside. this is video of the home while firefighters worked to put out the blaze. they are unsure whether the officer, wife and four children were killed by begun wounds or flames and smoke. the work resell be seshrk resem doug cartels. mo >> thieves in georgia had an interesting approach to robbery. instead of holding up the store they ripped the a.t.m. out of it. it was on at that point. the thieves backed the truck up to the window, made a tiny hole and tried it to the truck and pulled it away. the a.t.m. will smash through the window. they caused more than $1,000 damage to the store. unknown how much money was

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la fami >> before we talk about anything else we have very important news. >> we do. >> if you haven't heard yet, sandra won. >> yea! >> i'm much more focused this morning. i can tell you. yesterday i was just distracted. i can't imagine how they do that on "american idol" with the votes and you know what time they will make the announcement. >> heart racing. >> and everybody -- the station had gone so far and viewers were

voting. i thought i don't want to let everybody down. >> we were waiting for the announcement and build-up and maybe it was my tv but as they made the announcement there was a commercial broadcast system te test. >> i have relatives who live in the deep south where they had severe thunderstorms and they stayed home and d.v.r.ing it and a severe weather alert came on. >> congratulations. >> i believe it is the 19th of august which is wednesday. it is definitely the week of the 17th and i think it is the 19th. >> big shopping spree, limos. >> we will fiend ond out. >> traffic-wise a couple of early morning accidents in glen burnie then 32. that is clear as well. but we are dealing with a downed tree in freeland all the way up

toward the maryland-pennsylvania line shut down between old york and freeland. take the harrisburg expressway as the alternate. checking speed sensors doing well on the entire beltway and major roads up to it this morning. drive times equally smooth. 11 minutes on outer loop northeast, five minutes on southbound 95 from 895 split to fort mchenry toll. nine minutes on 895 south from harbor tunnel toll to 95 on the south side. 895 north of childs street looking good approaching the harbor tunnel and harford road at northeast corner looking equally smooth. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." now let's check the buses and trains with kurt kroncke. >> good morning, sarah. we are looking very good here as well on the light rail on time from hunt valley to cromwell station glen burnie. metro on time. marc trains no delays on the

lines and buses just the 17 diversion at nursery and winterston. organizations are benefiting from the commuter choice maryland program. it saves m.t.a. customers on passes and provides a tax credit to employers. call 410-767-8755 for details. back to sandra shaw. congratulations, sandra. >> thank you, kurt. i'm excited about it. i really can't wait. meantime we have to talk about this employimuggy air mass thatr the mid-atlantic. yesterday was a very turbulent afternoon. we had a line of not only thunderstorms but radar indicated tornadoes that swept through western maryland then hit the eastern shore. so, definitely turbulent. the area of low pressure that triggered it is out of our direction up to the north over new england this morning. as a result, we are clearing out and seeing a little patchy fog out there. still really the tropical humidity feel but today a little

more dry because there won't be the trigger mechanism for showers and storms. 73 downtown now, 71 at b.w.i.-marshall. 82 in ocean city. balmy there. dew points are elevated not like yesterday but upper 60's to 70. so that is firmly in place and it will stay in place most of the week. we will get a brief break saturday, then sunday we will get a little more humid again. looks like 76 in the mountains of western maryland, more sun. isolated showers and thunderstorms the potential chance. as far as baltimore goes, really hot and humid. but no showers and storms here so just about a 10% chance of seeing something. 91, well above the normal high and winds out of the southwest bringing in the humidity. 88 on the shores of ocean city, so an awesome beach day. winds out of the west-northwest 10 knots on the bay. wavers waves a foot or less.

98 the record high set in 1940 and low record 56 in 1997. overnight anywhere from 68 to 73. mostly cloudy, potentially an ice lighted storm tonight. -- isolated storm tonight. the low is out of the area. there is a front to the west and there is a trough over us but we have the front farther west. that could trigger more showers late in the day tomorrow. but when that is through we will feel less humid saturday. a high of 87 and partly cloudy. >> in this morning's consumer alert microsoft has formed a partnership with yahoo. microsoft is the world's largest software maker. yahoo was the internet's second largest search engine. the goal is to close the gap on google and raise revenue.

math may not be fun but it can earn you big bucks. the national association of colleges and employers tracks college graduate's job offers saying the degrees bringing the most lucrative starting salaries almost all involve math. engineering degrees pay the most. petroleum starts with around $83,000. chemical, mining and computer engineering are in the top four. computer science is fifth with a starting salary of around $61,000. by comparison a student with a degree in social work would start with about $29,000 a year. no word where tv journalists fit on that list. >> i'm sure way, way down. way, way down. time for a check of wall street where investors are digesting a report finding another rise in foreclosures in u.s. cities. we have a look at that with michelle steele in the bloomberg business report. good morning, michelle. >> good thursday morning. starting out the report close to

home with data on foreclosures. realty track's latest data is out saying the u.s. foreclosure filings rose to a record the first 1/2 of the year as job losses and slumping home prices fueled it. cities in california, florida, nevada and arizona still have the highest foreclosure rates with las vegas having a foreclosure rate six times the national average. but some foreclosures saturated areas like detroit, cleveland and indianapolis posted declines in foreclosure activity. the baltimore-towson area is 148th on the report with just over 5,000 properties listed with foreclosure filings. let's get to the markets yesterday. stocks lower for a second day after china shanghai composite closed down 5%. we saw commodities prices decline as well. speaking of commodities, alcoa the biggest u.s. aluminum producer closed down just over 2% as copper fell almost t2%.

kenneth fisher says chinese stocks will recover from the steepest drop since november and end the year higher. he has about $900 million invested in chinese shares. stock index futures indicating a higher open on wall street after yesterday's losses. that is business news at the new york stock exchange. i'm michelle steele, bloomberg news, reporting for wbal tv 11 news. of back to you guys. >> we will see you back at 6:15 for the next report. >> 5:22, 71 degrees on tv hill. we will check the morning commute with traffic and weather coming up. >> end of the talks, start of the deals. the last deal done for the ravens and it is the big deal. hear why, next. >> don't forget to e-mail your answer to the water cooler question of the day. what do you think of the president's decision to host a meeting between henry louis meeting between henry louis gates and sergeant crowley at hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has

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>> full highways for the rarven including first-round pick michael oher came to terms on a five-year deal. he will report to training camp today to sign the contract and start practicing with the team on friday, the first day of full team workouts in westminster. so the ravens' number one pick on board. you have to say one of the big beneficiaries of having oher in camp is joe flacco. from his perspective, the second-year starter now has all of his talented young offensive linemen including oher in camp ready to go. a good group ready to get

better. >> the protection is there. they did a great job last year, they are young, they will be around a while and did a great job so i don't expect anything different from them. they are a good group of guys that will continue to be that. >> ravens camp is closed to the public today. it will reopen for practice friday morning 8:45 for the first full team workout. o's win last night beating kansas 7-3. chris tillman got his first start and didn't get the decision. he went 4 2/3, gave up three runs. i'm gerry sandusky. hope your day is off itto a fantastic start. >> the day after being upset by paul biedermann in the 200-meter freestyle michael phelps is on a mission to break records break being his own record in the 200-meter butterfly. the win marks his 34th career world record surpassing mark spitz for the most all-time.

he is back on track i would say. suit or no suit. wait. he was wearing a suit but not the controversial suit. >> getting a little riske. >> it the next half hour of "11 news today" -- >> mayor dixon reindicted by a grand jury. at 5:30 the new charges she faces. >> two weeks after the controversial arrest in massachusetts president obama invites the two men at the center of it to the white house for beer. i will have the story coming up. >> stormy yesterday, hot today. i have the full details in the

>> good morning, welcome back it "11 news today." i'm stan ov