the in -- we're dealing with a slower-moving front. nothing major went through here. a little light rain shower around hagerstown right now but a good and better chance of seeing storms ignite when the storm pushes through later tonight and tomorrow. upper 70's even on the eastern shore. warming up to 88-92 and some of the storms if you're stuck on them could be strong. right now sarah? >> one problem of note if you're heading out daniels road and old fred ricks road lane closures because of work going on there. and our speed crenscrors, 95 from the -- if you're heading out 11 minutes on the outer loop north side and five-minute

ride from the 895 split toward the fort mchenry. in the area of white marsh running smoothly. volumes moderate at this time. still early. looking good here. that's the latest for traffic pulse 11. >> our big story this morning three suspects are in police custody in connection with a hate crime earlier this week. >> one man admits he's a white sprem assist so 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti live outside police headquarters with that story. >> good morning. self-proclaimed white sprem assist calvin lock they are in is behind bars and zachary watson and emanuel miller. watson claims lock they are in approached the 76-year-old victim james privet for water and a cigarette and erupted into racial especially tets and

when he said no allegedly beating the man with a hammer. among the injuries a fractured eye socket. we asked dr. jay rue how such a seemingly minor exchange could escalate so quickly? >> it's easy to frustrate people who feel as if they've got nothing to lose by -- you know, little tiny little -- triggers a massive response like that. >> now more than a dozen offenses including attempted murder and right now all three remain behind bars without bond. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. baltimore city police are investigating a homicide a man was shot in the 100 block of south high land avenue. four hours later the victim was pronounced dead.

if you have any information on this case you should call baltimore city police meanwhile police are searching for cell phone video of a shooting. two men are being treated for gunshot wounds but police say they are not being cooperative at all. a reward of $2,000 in this case. 1866-7 lockup. >> a dozen members of queen an's football team are recovering after a football practice. the first responders turned the football field into a makeshift triage center 12 students in all collapsed in what is being described as heat exhaustion. they were equaly quick to quarterback rumors that something other than heat caused the students to collapse. >> we have no further information.

there's been a lot of reports of chemical issues, that is not true. >> after being cooled down at the scene all the affected students were taken to hospitals for treatment and are expected to recover. we're learning more about what led up to a deadly plain crash a preliminary report found the fuel light was contaminated and two control cables were corroded and the engines stopped before the crash. the small plane went down in a field about a quarter mile and 61-year-old pilot and his passenger 66 letty williams died. the complete investigation report could be released within about a year. >> some good economic news for the port of baltimore. $3.5 million is headed this way thanks to the stimulus recovery act. that money will be used to create jobs and reduce rates of recess pri tori illnesses. the granted will also help increase the port's efficient

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killing his wife. >> ultimately he was laying in the aisleway completely naked. >> a plane en route to st. st. is forced to land after a passenger gets unruley and naked. >> and here's a live look at traffic. the beltway at liberty road looks fine that the hour but volume picking up. mo

>> and a very good morning. 78 degrees in the outlying areas, 81 in the metropolitan area, incredibly warm, muggy air mass that's hanging over the mid-atlantic and we're going to be dealt one more day of this. tomorrow transitional and a good chance of thunderstorms firing up tonight. stronger storms over the ohio valley and up to the north of pennsylvania but bottom line we're going to be warm and humid today and tonight. more coming up. back to you.

>> sandra, thank you. well, if you hear a loud screech sound over the weekend it could be the cash for clunkers program coming to a halt. obama officials announce the program will end monday at 8:00 p.m. less than five weeks after it started. >> there's going to be another rush. >> car dealers expect heavy traffic in show rooms this weekend now that word's out cash for clunkers ends monday. >> i think it's a great program and i do hate to see it end. >> i think it's a food program. too bad the money's running out. >> but the obama administration acknowledged $2 billion added to cash for clunkers is draining fast. on the radio president obama called it good news. >> we're now slightly victims of success because the thing happened so quick, there was so much more demand than anybody expected. >> the trouble for dealers is sales are happening a lot

faster than rei mean bursements. >> we're probably owed $45 million at this point. >> great program just probably not the best execution. >> secretary of transportation said he's tripled staff for dealers claims. >> they are going to get the money. we have the money, congress provideed the money. >> file, girl. >> the program credited with 450,000 trade-ins, guzzlers for more efficient vehicles. >> when you sell a car, it puts trucking for raw materials, puts supplyers to work, assembly lines to work, advertising on your station, good for everything. >> "g.m.a." plans to -- gm plans to hire more workers and have been paying more for production. >> and whether cash for clunkers has been seen as success many thought mismanaged

funds would doom his chances of an overhaul. >> covering the nation this morning police are searching for ryan jangens the man accused of murdering his ex-wife and throwing her body in a dumpster. police say jenkens car and boat trailer were found this washington state a former contestant on a vh1 reality show married her in march. her mother claims he was jealous of her ex-boyfriends and that the wife had the marriage annuled. >> a southwest airlines pilot was forced to turn his plane around and land after a male passenger stripped naked in the aisleaway. a male passenger exposed himself to the woman sitting next to him and then punched her in the face as other

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>> so happy it's friday. >> but it's so hot out there i

bet they are literally sweating this morning. >> probably. i haven't gone out to check. >> probably needs some antiperspirant. >> no. we do have a few issues to watch for. no delays but tire reads the on the knot side of the outer loop at harford taking up the right lane so stay in the left lane. you should be just fine. on i-95 to south of 100 looking good. north and southbound in howard county and one problem to mention, that is in the area of el cat city daniels road at old frederick a car fire there. one problem that may affect lanes of travel. use caution there. otherwise great, no delays on i-70. moving well on the west side and the rest of the major roadways at this time. so we'll keep you posted. now let's get the latest on the buses and trains to kurt kroncke with the mta. >> good morning, sarah. looking good no thraze to be

pen camden or mark trains. the dwirgs on sinclair due to construction and fifth and 18 buses running a little late. with the mta transit team i'm kurt kroncke now back to sandra shaw. >> good morning. we have a couple unsettled weather days to make it through before the good part of the weekend, which will be sunday. this morning not a lot of precipitation. all the activity is still well to our west and it is significant. associated with the front a deliberate mover, that said the muggy air mass you can feel outside today to see showers and storms more organized tonight as the front makes its approach through the state. 81 in cam bridge, 7t easton and

if you think it's really hot there's a reason, it's actually warm and muggy outside. that's really what's causeing the problems. 80 degrees for the mountains. you're going to see a limited amount of sun today. for us basically partly cloudy for the majority of the day then the storms are going to start firing up. high 89 going to feel like it's in the low 90's with all that humidity storms associated with the movement of that front. it's been a strong movement to our west and change patterns significantly. 91 in ocean city today and mostly sunny. 97, the record was set back in 1899 way back in the record books and the record low for today 81. set in 2000. our average low was 63 degrees. better chance of seeing showers and storms. winds out of the west generally at about 5-10 miles an hour.

the position of our front moving in from the ohio valley and pushing through the mid-atlantic later on. won't come meetly clear the area. really food chance of seeing -- we will see nicer conditions prevail, though, so as far as the hurricane goes that's playing into things a category three storm and looks like it's going to skirt between bermuda and the east coast of the u.s. right now 685 miles to the south of cape hatteras and you're going to see it skirt canada but close call, 120-mile-an-hour sustained winds and losing a little organization but it will affect rip currents and such. nice on sunday, lingering morning shower, 82. dew points drop. 83 on tuesday, too.

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and the remaining card value will be bought for 20% of the remaining amount. >> and investors wait for word from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. deborah kostroun joins us for a look at the business report. >> good friday morning. wall street paying close attention to wyoming listening to any comments from fed chairman ben bernanke at the annual fed conference going on in jacksonville hole. how lessons learned during the financial crisis can help shape things moving forward. the theme is financial stability. meantime the s.e.c. shiping on at&t and verizon wireless, the federal communications commission now examining whether at&t and verizon are

engaging in anti-competitive behavior by departmenting competitors connections and making it difficult for providers to switch providers, they have a combined 60% of the u.s. market and one wireless watchdog says this may signal the obama administration isn't afraid of taking on abusive practices of large corporations. >> and economic reports indicating the recession may be ending. but we've been actually watching asian stocks fall all morning long on earnings concerns. index futures pointing toward a little bit lower open and finally the skies are getting a lot friendlier. american, southwest and unite ready all running deep discounts in some cases you can fly coast-to-coast for 99 each way and they have some airlines flying at a loss but that's better than parking the plane

and incurring bigger losses. i'm debra course tron wbal-tv 11 news. stan and mindy, have a great weekend. >> do the same. see you back here for your next report. >> coming up another look at your morning commute and traffic and weather together. >> the end of training camp could have brought what looks like a possible serious injury to the quarterback of the defending super bowl champions. we'll show it to you coming up next. >> oh, we're so broken up about that, too, here in baltimore? >> poor ben. >> and don't forget to email us your answer to our water cooler question of the day, what would you do with the money if you won the mega millions jackpot tonight. watercooler@wbaltv.com. hey smart,

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>> home stretch for ravens players in training camp as the team now points to the final weekend of this year's training camp and then they have their second proceeding games and -- but those at least will be prepared for with one a day practices at the team facility until owings mills and wind things up at mcdaniels college. j.o. saying he so misses all his teammates but doesn't miss practice in the least. in any form in training camp, in the regular season or any time of the year. john harbaugh wants to avoid position-by-position break downs as his team gets set to break down camps but harbaugh wants to make sure he finishes training camp with the same intensity he saw his players

bring to training camp. >> come on, eli. >> i think we know we have a chance to abreally good team we don't look at it like we're good enough here, not good enough there or -- we just want to make every part of it better every chance we have to be the best football team we can and if we're the best ravens we can, but we'll be plenty good enough. >> pittsburgh steelers closed out triangle with ben roth capital partners a final half-hour of training camp practice hobbled from the practice field to an injury cart where he left practice after sustaining what appeared to be an ankle injury. the steelers head coach did not talk with media after practice but the team spokesman said another player stepped on roth capital partners' foot but the team did -- on right license burger's foot but they t team didn't have under information.

>> interesting development. >> that's a shame. i hope he recovers. >> uh-huh. >> right after the two games they play against baltimore. right after this. >> right. time 5:27. coming up in the next half-hour on 11 news today. >> three people are behind bars in the hate crime beating of an elderly man this weekend. this week. details are next. >> i'm nicole killion in washington. it's the last weekend for you to get a deal under the cash for clunkers program. what you need to know before heavyweight heading to the car lot, coming up. >> and details on your weather coming up. >> and so far so good to be area roadways. car fire in el can city to tell you about and reports of debris to be north side.