the sun will be up a little after 6:00. temperatures right now, let's go straight to it. mid 70's in the downtown area. 69 out at the airport. 70 on the eastern shore. 72, ocean city. your forecast high today looks to be 92 degrees. 91 in southern pennsylvania. and 88 in ocean city. tropical storm claudette making landfall in florida overnight right over fort walton beach. sustained winds are at 50 miles an hour. it's going to lose strength as it heads cross the panhandle, moving to the northwest. it will likely later today be in southwest alabama. the tropics are firing up. we have tropical depression anna and tropical storm bill. i've got all of that plus your seven-day. rights now let's find out what's happening in traffic. >> good morning. not a whole lot happening thankfully. we are off to a great start as we check our speed sensors. 58 miles per hour according to

our speed spencer. 59, southbound j.f.x. from the beltway. down into the city about a 63 mile-per-hour speed limit in the area of frederick road if you're traveling there. drive times. >> 11 minutes outer loop northeast side. 12 minutes west side. five-minute from southbound 95 from the 895 split to the ft. mchenry. a live view in the white marsh area. it's looking very good. southbound, volume very light into the beltway and beyond. we'll give you a live view of traffic on the beltway. this is the northeast corner at harford road. looks good. stan and mindy, back to you. >> good morning. our big story a fight at the inner harbor leads to gunfire. >> it happened late saturday night while police continue to investigate. a nearby worker speaks out about the violence. kim dacey live downtown with more. >> good morning. baltimore police say the shooting happened just after 10:00 saturday night inside the light street pavilion when someone pulled a gun during a

fight. police say a 20-year-old man was shot in the leg ena 17-year-old man shot in the forearm. they were both transported to the hospital and are expected to be ok. right now police are interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage to identify a suspect. witnesses say it was pandemonium after shots rang out. >> just around the corner. you could hear the confrontation that was going on. then you heard the shots and you see everybody running. they ran passed my stand. i followed them pretty much. got out of the building. >> mayor dixon released a statement saying in part we will not tolerate the inner harbor being a hangout for those who break the law, intimidate or create a nuisance of any kind of we have a lot of police deployed in the inner harbor. the commissioner and i will continue to work diligently and swiftly to improve security. if you have any information about this crime, baltimore city police want to hear from you. live at the inner harbor, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> all right, kim. thank you.

city police say they have taken a man into custody for shooting in northeast baltimore. we're told a man was shot in the 4900 block of harford road yesterday morning. the victim suffered a gunshot wound to the face. he was taken to a local hospital where he's now listed in disable condition. resources police believe alcohol may have been a factor in a boating accident. the boat ran aground. he was taken to shock trauma. a male passenger was taken to johns hopkins hospital and two women were taken to a local hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. >> police need your help locating a prisoner who escaped from custody. devan shame pain was being -- champagne was being tropted when he used his handcuffs to choke a sheriff police deputy. if you have any information, you're asked to call the sheriff's office. callers can remain anonymous. the teenage triggerman

responsible for the death of federal witness karl lackl will spend 40 years behind bars. jonathan cornish pleaded guilty to shooting lackl in july of 2007 to prevent him from testifying in court. the judge wants cornish to get a g.e.d. and vocational training and participate in a drug and alcohol program while in prisonon. olympic gold medalist michael phelps intends to resume training despite a sore ankle from a car crash he was involved in thursday night. meantime, he's got some explaining to do phelps will have to tell a judge while he was driving a michigan license officials say was invalid. he was issued a citation. the driver of the other vehicle anyplace a $180 fine and possibly three points on her driving record for running a red light and causing the accident. the message on his official face book site, phelps said he was fine and expressed concern for the woman involved in the car crash. >> officials are look into changing a law requiring carbon monoxide detectors this after three people were hospitalized and others sickened after a leak

at the americana hotel last week. the law was passed in 2007 after two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning. it applies to had he tells, the americana did not have c.o. detectors. as president obama wraps up a weekend of town hall meetings and sightseeing, health care remained a high priority on capitol hill. the president is pushing fard for a government insurance option that many lawmakers are offering different solutions. brook hart has more. >> as he took in old faithful and the grand canyon with his family, president obama appeared newly willing to bridge the nation's divide on health care reform. could he drop the controversial government insurance option? >> that is not the essential element. >> this was president obama saturday in colorado. >> the public option, whether we have it or we don't have it is not the entirety of health care reform. this is one sliver of it.

the president promoted the so-called public plan. it's galvanized opponents of his reform push. >> this isn't about republicans and democrats. >> critics complain private inyou are sheers would -- insurers would go bust. >> the public plan is an uneven playing field, will destabilize private insurance. >> leading senate democrats say the public plan fight's already over. >> the fact is there are not the votes in the united states senate for the public option. there never have been. so to continue to chase that rabbit i think is just a wasted effort. >> north dakota's kent conrad promotes a member-run co-op system instead. >> we ought to look at it. i think it's a far cry from the original proposals. >> the price could be democrats' votes. west virginia's john rockefeller calls the public plan a must. backers see it as a long-time answer for the uninsured, 8,000 people are lining up for free donated care at the los angeles

forum until tomorrow. president obama wants health care agreement here next month. today he turns his attention to the nation's veterans, addressing them at a gathering in arizona. in washington, i'm brook hart. back to you. >> an australian man will live the last few days of his life exactly how he wants them, after winning a landmark case granting him the right to die. a car accident left him paralyze bead low the neck ex-argued his caregivers fed him against his wishes. court says he understand the consequences of his decision and will allow him to refuse food through a tube though caregivers will still be able to keep him hydrated. he describes his life as "a living hell" and wants his final days to include taking painkillers and watching television. that brings us to our "watercooler question of the day." what do you think of an australian court's decision to grant the man a right to die? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. 68 degrees on tv hill.

a shooting in wisconsin kills three and injuries two. the latest on that investigation. >> first, the young man dies while in police custody. why officials are now investigating if foul play was involved. >> and here's a live look at traffic. the beltway at harford road. we'll have an update on weather and traffic.

>> welcome back to 11 news today. hope you're doing well. it's about 75 degrees downtown. as far as our radar and satellite imagery goes, it's very quiet. we had a nice dry week. temperatures where they should be in the upper 80's to low ?ients for august it looks like today we're going to head into the low nieptsz as well. partly cloudy. maybe a little light, patchy fog that will be burning off at

sunrise about 6:20 today. 92 degrees the forecast high with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. 88, ocean city. 91, southern maryland. tonight keeps us mild at 65 to 70. we now have hurricane bill in the tropics. it's headed in the general direction of the east coast by friday. details coming up in a little bit. back to you. >> thank you. "covering the nation" this morning three brothers are dead after a gunman opens fire with a semiautomatic weapon. police in wisconsin say the 23-year-old shooter killed the 13, 25, and 32-year-old brothers while at their home in western wisconsin. a fourth man was shot before the gunman turned the gun on himself. that victim was not seriously injured. the gunman is listed in critical condition. police say it appears all of the victims knew the suspects. >> investigators in tennessee are looking into how an 18-year-old man died while in police custody. a local paper set reed died after officers arrested him friday night. reed led officers on a

high-speed chase that ended in a crash. reed appeared uninjured and was taken to jail but his brother who was with him at the time said he could hear reed being beaten. officers say he was combative when arrested and had to use some restraint. officials are awaiting autopsy results. >> coming up, prime-time is getting a new meaning. more viewers are using their cell phones to watch television. we'll tell you when most people tune in. >> can't find that new release at your local red box kiosk? how movie distributors are making it harder to rent for $1 a day. >> and an update on t

>> be very, very quiet. we're hunting rabbits. >> don't tell anyone it's quiet. >> it's a serene monday. >> it is. we are enjoying a very quiet ride as we check our speed sensors. 57 miles per hour on 95 in the area of lombard towards the ft. mchenry. looking at about a 60 mile-per-hour speed sensors on the southbound j.f.x. 61 on the west side. checking drive times, 11 minutes outer loop north and west side. same thing on southbound 95 from the beltway southwest down to 32. overall look really good out there. here's a few live shots for you. 95 in the white marsh area picking up a bit. southbound in volume. that's going away from us just past white marsh to the northeast. looking good on the northeast corner of the beltway. major roads leading up to the

beltway equally smooth at this hour. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. good morning, kurt. >> good morning. we have on the light rail a 30-minute delay north and southbound. metro is on schedule. the marc train system on-time service no delays. and a few construction delays on -- or diversions on the buses. the 33 bypassing arm stad gardens. three bus at hopkins place and pratt. look for the 36 bus diverting at the alameda and kirk avenue. i'm kurt kronke. now back to sandra shaw. >> good morning. we are monitoring the landfall of tropical storm claudette. let's look at some video it made landfall before 2:00 a.m. on the panhandle area. there's a potential for this to dump about 10-inches of rainfall in the panhandle and in southwest alabama and periodic doses as it makes its way across land.

it's got 50 mile-per-hour sustained winds. it may be weakening throughout today as it does cross the land masses, move together west at about 15 miles an hour. let's take a look at our radar and satellite imagery. we have that going on down there in the panhandle. this is what we're look at with tropical storm claudette. we also have a whole lot of nothing going on. we have our weather influence by the bermuda high. strong ridge of high pressure is in full control. it gave us a beautiful weekend. no rainfall so to speak. it looks like we're dry again today. 75 downtown. 70 at the airport. 70 generally on the eastern shore. going to be a hot one today statewide, even in the mountains of western maryland. we're up to about 87 degrees for a daytime high. partly cloudy skies. winds light and out of the southwest in baltimore. 92 degrees. normal high is 85. surging above that under this high pressure ridge. a nice stable air mass in place. it will stay in place until wednesday or so. 88 on the shores of ocean city today with partly cloudy skies.

on the chesapeake bay, winds out of the southeast at five to 10 knots. waves a foot or less. the water temperatures in the 80's. 100-degree record highs on this date, 1997. and on this date back in 1979, a 53-degree record low was set. but tonight we're going remain mild. 65 to 70. partly cloudy skies. the winds out of the south. high pressure. that's the dominant surface feature. cold front will not make it through here until wednesday. when it does, it's going to stall out to our northwest. we'll have chances of showers and storms. only about 30%. in the meantime, we're going to remain dry and warm. take a look at the movement. this is tropical depression anna. it looks like it's going to hit where tropical storm claudette hit last night. more concern to us, we're monitoring what is now hurricane bill. as you can see, right now it's located to the east of the lesser antilles. by friday, it will be a major hurricane with sustained winds, category three level.

110 miles per hour. here's a look at this impressive tropical storm bill. winds right now in excess of 74 miles per hour making it a hurricane. the first hurricane of the season. we'll keep you posted. cal ripken world series happening. best chance of scattered showers this week comes on wednesday. >> in this morning's "consumer alert," there's enough people watching tv on mobile devices to identify prime-time for those viewers. according to flo tv, the hottest viewing hours are between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. usually when the majority of the viewers take their lunch breaks. the average daily viewer spends more than 30 minutes watching tv on their mobile device. the war between movie distributors and df df rendal kiosks is heating up. warner brothers is delaying the kiosks access to new d.v.d.'s

for 28 days after they go on sale. this follows universal's 45-day delay. red box is suing. they promise to keep providing customers new releases. >> let's get latest from wall street. markets overseas are making investors nervous. a look at that story and the rest of the day's business news in the "bloomberg business report." good morning, jane. >> good morning to you. stock futures are right now pointing to a lower start to trading. this after asian stocks dropped the most in almost five months, partly on concern over declining consumer confidence in the u.s. hong kong's hang seng sank more than 2.5%. japan's nikkei down about 3% this as the government report showed the economy grew for the first time in five quarters. chinese stocks fell the most in nine months on concern that this year's rally has been over done. and we watched the retreat continue across the european

markets as well. what does this mean for wall street? stocks do face an up hill battle which is looking weak here today. that's on the heels of a drop friday. stocks falling for the first time last week in five weeks. we had an unexpected drop in consumer confidence that fueled concern that the recent rally isn't justified. under water homeowners no longer have the monopoly on fo for forfeitures. the paper says many hotels don't see the point in trying to renegotiate their loans after facing the worst decline in revenue since the 1930's. complicating refinancing many hotel loans were packaged as commercial mortgage-backed securities. more than 1,000 non-casino hotel properties are either in foreclosure or have stopped paying off their debts. at the new york stock exchange, jane king, bloomberg news reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> thank you. we'll see you back here at 6:15.

>> 5:21. 68 degrees on tv hill. coming up, another look at your morning commute. >> and e-mail your answer to our "watercooler question of the day." what do you think of an australian court's decision to grant a man the right to die? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com.

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>> if you haven't been to the public library in a while, you might be surprised. >> the books are great but we discovered there's more to keep both you and your kid busy learning and entertained. it's all free. >> feels like the home stretch. summer's winding down but your kids are still wound up. >> it's a wonderful gesture for them to have something to do during the summer time. and it's free. i think it's wonderful. >> debra davis is one of many parents discovering the benefits

at the library this summer. and free is the operative word. with 21 branches throughout the city there really is something for everyone. >> we had a number of young people who came in and wanted to expand their library experience with gaming so we bought some wii machines. and now the gaming is a regular part of what we do. >> just a small part of the revolution of libraries over the years that have grown from a place to find a good book to an experience. >> now you can get a cup of coffee. you can relax with your latte and get on your laptop. we have wireless. >> you won't have to look far to find your children if they're not gaming on the wii, they're probably strategizing, trying to come up with their next move on the life-sized chess set found at the central library. >> i am going to move this right here. ithis can only move die diagnal.

>> young minds at work, exactly what young adult specialist liz sunderland wants to see. >> they come to the wii program. there's benefits to the summer reading program. and to the reading program there's benefits to the wii. we tie them together as much as we can. >> when more people come in, they realize the value of the library. >> that discovery could include a few surprises. did you know you could even borrow framed artwork from the central library? yes, if your walls are look bare, problem solved. >> you just have to bring everything back. that's the only thing. we're free but we'd like you to return things. >> sarah caldwell, wbal-tv 11 news. >> so they're getting a lot out of their library experience. they're about to put those benefits to good use. the wii experience continues into the school year after school gametimes will be available at the central library and other branches. so just give your library a

call. >> very cool. >> and everything's free. >> i'm surprised by the rental of the pictures. i had no idea. >> exactly if your walls are looking bare, you know, you can just go to the library and get yourself a new painting. >> but you have to return it. >> don't get too attached to it. >> you know how you get bored with what's on your walls. change it up. >> would you like to see my etchings. >> exactly. >> come quick. i have to turn it back in. >> all right. 5:27. it's 68 degrees on tv hill. coming up in the next half-hour of 11 news today -- >> an eyewitness speaks bout what happened when two people were shot at the inner harbor. i'm kim dacey live with the very latest. >> i'm nikole killion. is the president ready to compromise on his health care plan? i'll bring you that story coming up. >> we now have our first named hurricane of the atlantic hurricane season. hurricane bill churning to the east of the lesser antilles.

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