>> good morning, everybody. welcome back to the 11 news today. >> thanks for joining us. we will get a check on weather and traffic. >> we have a little bit of patchy fog right now. that will start to burn off. that is the good news. it is going to be humid again throughout the afternoon. the radar is clear across maryland. that is the news. we hope to see some sunshine and a bit later on this morning. the temperatures are holding steady in the upper 70's. it may be clouded by lunchtime. we may have scattered

thunderstorms around dinnertime. we are watching it very closely. >> it is not raining right now which is good for commute. the roads are wet. watch out for that when you are driving this morning. we are seeing some problems on the north side of the beltway. an accident on the inner loop of the beltway past hartford roadblock in the right lane. we have a downed tree blocking harford roads in both directions in glen arm. the alternate is going to be bel air road. traffic lights still out on ritchie highway. the outer loop of the beltway on the north side is looking pretty good. it is the inner loop that we are seeing those problems. i-95 southbound looking good. we will give you a live look a

top part of the beltway. things are moving find in both directions. 95 at 100, things of looking good north and southbound. that is the latest. back over to you. >> police are calling it a hate crime. a 76 year-old man is attacked while fishing with his wife. >> police have one suspect in custody. our reporter is live outside of police headquarters with an update. >> good morning. police say the only motive appears to be raised. the victim is in shock trauma with severe injuries in the head. fishing spot. racial slurs and started beating the victim, leaving him

with a severe head injury. the only apparent motive seems to be raised. hate crime. park in the victim's truck. miles away. they were able to apprehend one suspect. he is a registered sex offender in maryland. police say he is accused of beating his wife because she associated with african- americans. some fellow fisherman could only shake their heads after learning what happened earlier that day. >> [unintelligible] it is terrible. >> just evil.

>> the mayor and police commissioner are expected to hold a news conference earlier this morning. reporting live, wbal tv 11 news. >> thank you. some are criticizing the police initiative being aggressive and creating more violent. the commissioner is advocating this -- -- advocating a more direct approach to suspected gang members. >> cops ought to recognize a gang member when they see them. some of them have covert signs and symbols. when we see that, we should respond to that. we should engage. i want them to be welcome to the harbor. do not act like a jerk.

we want you to have a good time. leave all of this gang stuff at home. if you cannot come and go back home. we will deal with you there. you do not get to act like a full here. >> i think it is ludicrous. which is up a young white male for wearing certain colors or a young latino male? it is racial profiling. >> police say they are receiving very little cooperation from the shooting victims in identifying who ever shot them. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. do you think the city's new approach to downtown crime is aggressive police work or racial profiling? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. investigating what led up to the death of a three year-old boy. charles brandley was rushed to -- rushed the young boy in to the hospital after a 28 year- old -- a 28 year-old man taking

care of him says hethe three- year old was flown to the hospital. just a fall. >> our officers were able to learn that he reportedly had fallen downstairs. they were not able to corroborate the story. the injuries were not consistent with that of a fall. police have not determined what relationship bradley had with the child. so far no charges have been filed. >> the police is discussing health care, this time he is addressing religious leaders across the country. >> many of the state leaders see reform as an imperative. >> millions of people of faith are supporting health insurance reform. >> a coalition of clergy members from around the country are kicking off a new campaign beginning with a conference call from the president. he is likely to preach the same

message. >> you will see the consistency iof ensuring that we cut costs. >> robert gibbs trying to downplay criticism over the last comments of a public auction from the illustration. >> that is not the essential element. >> gibbs says the president and health secretary are open to ideas which is what they have said for months. >> sunday must of been a very slow news day. here is the bottom-line. absolutely nothing has changed. >> beers over potentially losing the public option has a route -- fears over potentially losing the public auction has riled up some. and democrats may go it alone without republican support on a

health care reform bill. one republican senator says democrats need to scratch their entire approach and start over. in washington, nikole killion, wbal-tv. >> coming up, research shows you may be able to have some anti accident rich snack. -- anti-oxidants rich snack. >> we will give you a live look outside

>> it is going to be a muggy day outside. you will need your umbrella later this evening. a ticket with outside right now. clear across much of maryland. a lot of the rain we saw last night has made its way off the coast. temperatures are mainly in the 70 colon cancer. -- 70's. we will talk about how long this storm pattern will last in the forecast coming up. >> you probably heard this before, sleep apnea may increase your risk of dying. researchers from johns hopkins university study the sleep patterns of more than 6000 people. those with the most severe cases were most likely to die

from any cause during the eight year study. -- steady timeframe regardless of their age or whether they smoke. men would sleep apnea were found to be at an increased risk of premature deaths due to cardiovascular disease. decrease levels of oxygen related to sleep apnea are the cause. >> some snacks me give you the same amount of anti-oxidants may give the same amount as vegetables. whole grain cereals are rated solis -- are a good source followed by corn. >> plain popcorn is a good source. >> coming up, a group of homes in brooklyn give new meaning to the term green.

we will take a look that that next. >> we will check on traffic and weather for your morning commute. st

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>> the biggest thing we have going on is on the inner loop of the beltway on the northeast side. there is an accident there. people take a live look just a minute. the disabled vehicle is 95 northbound approaching the beltway. that is over to the shoulder. watch out for that. a downed tree in glen arm. it is still blocking harford road in both directions. the alternate road will be bel air road. pasadena traffic light is still out. watch out for that at route 2 and ritchie highway. here is a look at the speed

sensors around our area. here is a live look of the north side of the beltway. that accident is not causing very many problems. 83 just north of the beltway is looking okay as well. that is the latest on traffic. here is a final check on buses and trains. >> good morning. we have a delay on the buses lined running 10 minutes late. light rail is looking good with no delays. the metro subway is also on time. the 91 bus is operating 15 minutes late. and other bosses will be diverted due to construction -- bossusses will be diverted due o construction. back to you. >> more rain is on the way.

we have heat, humidity, and a little bit of sunshine. that is all we need for some thunderstorms later on this afternoon. hour winds will continue out of the south and southwest bringing the heat and humidity. 76 degrees downtown. 83 degrees in ocean city. a high pressure is still in control. it is allowing the winds to come out of the south and southwest. it is forcing a lot of the moisture from the tropical storm. there is a lot of humidity outside. we have some patchy fog which will burn off in the next hours or so. more thunderstorms this afternoon. things will clear out again late tonight. we will do it all over again. more humid air in place. more thunderstorms late at and in.

the cold front will move in on friday which will provide a steadier chance of rain. by the end of the weakened, things will get better. hurricane bill is a category input 4. not good news for bermuda. we are ok here. we'll be watching it very closely. it may provide some heavy serve in ocean city this weekend. -- heavy surf in ocean city this weekend. the cal ripken world series is still going on this afternoon with the games which could be dicey with scattered thunderstorms. watch it closely. temperatures will be in the low 90's and upper a's. -- upper 80's.

a stormy pattern through friday. we will seek rain more throughout the day. it will probably be a washout on friday. a beautiful end of the weekend on sunday. we will continue that trend into monday and tuesday. >> today is the big day. our own sandra shot is in the big apple preparing to co-host with regis philbin. >> every morning she forecasts the weather. now she will be on "live! with regis and kelly" she is pretty excited about it. >> good morning, everybody. i am getting ready for live with regis and sandra. everything is very laid-back. we have tim dugunn from "project

runway and." ." other forward to you all watching me. reporting live from new york city, sandra shaw, wbal-tv. >> she is the test queen, so she should do just fine. -- she is the impact chat queen, so she should do just fine. >> the show airs this morning at 10:00 a.m. she did not make the trip alone. we have a reporter there to show us what it looks like behind the scenes. >> you have to take your entourage with you. stay with wbal-tv 11 for live updates and footage. for the very latest on her trip

to new york, you can follow sandra shaw on twitter. >> much more is ahead on 11 news today. >> we will take the ligature answers to the water cooler question of the day. >> here is a look at the winning lottery numbers from last night.

>> time to get to your answers

to the water cooler question of the day. one person writes that the police need to try something. give them a break. there is no quick fix to this problem. they need to start somewhere. keep emailing your responses to us and we will post all of them on the front of our website. >> some economical tom homes are available and giving a new meaning to the phrase in environmentally friendly. >> our reporter takes a look. >> they are unmistakable. brand new townhomes. a son of renewal where abundant -- abandoned homes once stood. >> they are high energy efficient appliances. >> that is only the beginning. energy-efficient lighting, a

solar heated water hersyrt. -- heater. they created the first of these in baltimore. >> we decided to go green. we wanted to demonstrate what is changing in the neighborhood by building grain. the bathrooms are unique. we have a dual flushing system. you do not need to use as much water. >> the townhomes are selling for $152,000. you have to be a first-time homebuyer and there are some other restrictions. >> having a good credit and having an income of approximately $40,000 or more and having about $2,000 in cash to move in. >> the first families are due to

move in during the first of september. >> trying to find the right parties to make this a perfect marriage has been our challenge. so far, we are halfway through. >> it makes the place look more beautiful. >> there are no plans to build more. if you are interested, there is an open house this weekend. wbal tv 11 news. >> did a very nice as does the price. >> here is a look ahead at our next hour of the 11 news today. >> she recently gave up the state in las vegas to prepare to welcome a little one in the world. find out what singing sensation is pregnant. >> and a tiny dot becomes a big hero. >> we will talk about the chance of thunderstorms in our forecast. >> and no delays just yet.

a few incidents to talk about when we come back with traffic.

>> an elderly man was attacked while fishing and police are calling it a hate crime. i will have the details next. >> and how to prepare for the swine flu this fall. i will have that story coming up. >> and crime is caught on a surveillance camera. we will have the details. >> and some storms went through the area so they. are we in more fort today? we will have that in the forecast. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. news today.