>> good morning. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> let's get a check on the forecast. >> it is going to be a hot one today. typical august weather. it is heating up. yesterday it was not bad. we hit 85 degrees at the airport. we are under a risky air quality to a downtown. it is unhealthy to breathe in. with the humidity, it is not going to feel much better. we are starting out warm in the metropolitan area. 69 degrees at bwi marshall. 63 degrees across the state line in north pennsylvania.

as far as their highs today, 87 degrees-91 degrees. it is feeling more humid as the deep. -- dewpoint are starting to creep up. what does traffic look like? >> good morning. we are dealing with one early morning accident on a road. some delays and lane closures. otherwise, traffic is in the green. in nice ride as far richer drive time. 11 minutes on the outer loop north side and west side. and it is a smooth down the 895 split and fort mchenry. we are looking at a nice ride on the i-895 towards the harbor tunnel. that is the latest. back to you. >> good morning. thank you. our big story is a baltimore county couple is behind bars

for distributing and promoting child pornography. >> the victims and all range in age 2 - 15. police believe more children may be involved. our reporter is live with more. >> these are upsetting details. it does not get much worse than this. according to baltimore county police, most of the filming was done in the middle river home of the couple. they are facing numerous charges. in mid july, detectives were able to confirm that child pornography was located inside of john nicholas home. 15 days later, a search warrant was served on the home. they seized computers and several cd's and dvd's. police say the couple were participating. >> our two suspects were performing the sexual acts in the child pornography and

filming it appeared they are distributing it to other people. >> the details in the court document are to graphic to go into on television. police believe they have narrowed down the ages of the children between 2- 13. they are actively looking for more victims. they are asking if there is anyone who may have had their children in contact with this couple to please call baltimore county police with the information. we will have more on the story coming up for you. reporting live, wbal-tv. >> is a paramedic is under internal investigation this morning after a man shot by police was declared dead at the scene and later found still to be a lie. the incident started at 4 + 30 saturday morning. they interrupted a burglary at a supermarket in northwest baltimore. when the suspect lunged at the police with a knife type weapon, the officer fired and struck him

in the head. after a medics pronounced the man dead, police saw the man move in called the medics back. >> a patient assessment would involve a head-to-toe search. we would check their airwavys and circulation. the paramedic will be placed on administrative suspension. the suspect remains in critical condition at sinai hospital. >> the new crime report shows an 11% drop in murders in the state last year. it is based on information provided by police to permit across the state. the report cited a 20-year low in baltimore city for violent crime. it decrease 2%. baltimore city police force

patrol could be disbanded if it does not get a private funding. the budget ranges up to $250,000. it was cut from the budget. the city police commissioner says the seven officer unit is a priority. he vows to keep it going through private donations. it is the oldest continuously unit in the entire country. >> governor o'malley is plann ing to announce a metoprolol line this morning. he will announce a proposed route. we will have continuing coverage tonight at 11:00. and speed cameras are set to be set nears bolsons. they are trying to crack down on speeders -- near schools.

they are trying to crack down on speeders. they could be in place as soon as october. >> there could be an action on that cash for clunkers program as early as today. the program could come to stop by friday unless senate approves another $2 billion for it. our reporter has more. >> weeks ago, we expected car dealers to be singing this. >> [unintelligible] >> sales are brisk. dealers and car makers are crediting cars for clunkers with more sales. it brought this woman in. she traded in her band for a new ford escape. she double her steely efficiency. and she helped give afford its first sales increase in nearly two years. >> it really elevated as soon as the program became official a week ago friday. that is what put us over the

top. >> the popular program is dazzling its cash. house lawmakers want to top it off with another $2 billion. the white house wants the senate to do the same. >> it is unlikely we will make it to the weekend if the program design get more money. >> the house is trying to rush a $2 billion extension before they find out what happened with the first billion dollars. >> without those things, we are handing people for $500 to go out and buy a new car. >> some are -- $4,500 to go out and buy a new car. >> some are saying that there is fuel efficiency improvement. >> a good deal, supporters say all around. not everyone is cheering. charities that rely on used car donations say they are losing from this.

democrats see an overall whein from the program. >> a growing number of children are becoming part of the cell phone nation. that is according to new data this morning. 58% of children between certain ages have a cell phone. that has increased since last year. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. what do you think is the appropriate age for a child to have their own cell phone? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> how about when they can pay the bill? >> that is a great response. >> 67 degrees on t.v. hill. someone is older today.

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laura ling and euna lee who were arrested in march on a reporting trip. he is trying to get them released. secretary of state hillary clinton is talking about the hikers that went missing as they crossed into iran. they entered iran by mistake. they are meeting with iranian government to try to free them. >> action home, president obama " pratt -- will celebrate his first -- back in a home, president obama will celebrate his first birthday in the white house. no word yet on what the first lady or the first daughters bought the president for his birthday. >> 57 degrees on t.v. kill. coming up, -- on t.v. hill.

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>> i get to be the bearer of the news. there is nothing going on. it is a really nice delayed-free and incident-free ride out there. >> no news is good news. >> exactly. thank you for chiming in on that. let's check the speed sensors. they look girl.

-- they look good. not bad. let's check drive times as well. 11 minutes on the outer loop. a seven minute ride on a 95 south from i-95 -- on 895 south from i-95. here is a lot of you of traffic on pulaski highway. no problems to report on the area bridges. that is the latest. let's check in for a look on the buses and trains. >> we are looking at a delay on the light rail right now running southbound 20 minutes late to bwi. demetra subway is operating on time. -- the metro subway is operating on time. the eight bus is delayed.

back to sandra shaw. >> as we look at our visible satellite imagery, we are not saying a lot of cloud cover today. the sun is going to warm up significantly. the high-pressure zone to our east guest today will be moving offshore today. that will allow for all the humidity to come in from the deep south. it is going to be a typical dog day of august. a very warm start downtown. 76 degrees right now. cooler up in the pennsylvania area. it is typically hot because of the urban heat island of fact. not good air quality today. 80 degrees in the mountains of western maryland. a mostly sunny day there. very beautiful in the upper elevations. 91 degrees around the bay.

it is going to be above our normal high of 87 degrees. as we head down to the shores around ocean city, a little bit cooler. a late dacey brace -- late day seabreeze will occur. whenever we pull in from the south, we bring in the moisture from the deep south. that is what we are dealing with. we are looking at a pretty humid day. 81 degrees at all locations on the water at chesapeake. moderately unhealthy air quality today. nine great day to do anything exert about side. we are in that yellow category. that applies to the mountains and the eastern shore. the board air quality alert is downtown. 101 degrees with the record

high years ago. we have not hit a triple digits so far. the record low was set back in 1966. we will have some clouds tonight. the clouds will thicken after midnight. 66 degrees-71 degrees with the winds of the south. every dome of high pressure today. that will last until the next front which is to our west which will change our weather patterns somewhat by tomorrow afternoon. the chance of showers and storms tomorrow afternoon. it will be cooler on thursday. friday 84 degrees. >> in the consumer alert, thousands of washing machines are being recalled due to a fire house said. there is an internal defect which could cause heat to buildup and posing a fire risk.

the recall involves for frigidaire, can morkenmore. those have been sold from february to may of this year along with other models and brands. the u.s. post office is struggling with a sharp decline in mail volume. it could close thousands of its branches. five of the possible closures are in this area. franklin station, mount washington station and others. president obama's advisor says they will work with congress to extend unemployment benefits for millions of americans. those stimulus dollars would help extend those benefits as money is running out and more and more americans are facing lasting unemployment.

many americans will pay end of their benefits. the administration is looking ahead to an extension. >> wall street is watching developments with the cash for clunkers program which is moving more cars than washington bargained for. we have morph with michelle still. >> -- we have more with reporter michele. >> according to "the wall street journal" the program was meant to get americans driving more fuel-efficient cars and stimulating sales of used cars. the older models do not require -- qualify for a rebate. it is up and more consumers into showrooms. the no. 1 seller is the board focus according to the transportation the permit. the popular program make it a to

billion dollars lifeline from the senate. stocks are rallying sending the s&p 500 above 1000 for the first time since november. a bit of warning regarding the shanghai composite index. chinese stocks may fall by as much as 18% to the next three months. stock index futures are indicating a lower open for us on wall street. we are watching silver spring communications today. it has popular networks such as discovery and tlc, and it released its earnings ahead of the bells morning. that is business news at the new york stock exchange. i am reporting for wbal tv 11 news. back over to you. >> thank you. >> it is 5:22 and 67 degrees on

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>> the ravens got a glimpse of a site that they did not want to see more of. sugs came on to the field with eight boa boot. he sprained his ankle. he did not take part in practice yesterday. he probably will be out for the next couple of days. he was very playful in his interviews with the media. he dismissed the injury as a

couple of day injury. >> i knew it was not a big injury because i hobbled off of it. anytime you can walk on it or hobble on it, it is not that bad. they said just a couple of days. >> he should be fine. he had some hard days. he is off to a good start. >> more agony for the orioles. they lose to detroit last night. they start their road trip 6-5. they lost on a walk off home run. i'm gerry sandusky. hope your day is off to a lantastic start. >> a scary story of massachusetts. a mother visited the craigslist web site to find that her own child had been put up for adoption.

she said a stranger e-mail her about a scam using her son's photo. the photo was taken from the pitcher's blog. the advertisinement was shut do. >> the-burgla naked burglar walo an unlocked apartment, stripped down, stole a laptop computer. he burglarized and other home a few minutes later. he put on a woman's clothes. >> coming up in the next half hour of 11 news today -- >> a middle river couple is

charged with heinous crimes against children. the details are straight ahead. >> i am nikole killion in washington. the president is pushing the approval for more money for cash for clunkers. >> i can tell you the next sh