>> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal 11 news. >> good morning. adem sarah caldwell. , stan stovall. --i'm stan stovall. >> we are in the upper 60's right now. by tomorrow, low 50's to mid 60's in the area. today called the shabby. we are monitoring a stalled out the boundary to the south of central maryland. a chance of showers does exist this morning. there's rain in the carolinas and virginia. and at the southern shore of maryland. 63 at the airport. about the same on the eastern shore.

partly cloudy skies today with highs at 74 degrees. not normal for the last day of august. more on the trend and a pretty quiet weather trends as well coming out. >> good morning. we still are dealing with a problem we have been seeing since last week. there's a water main break and this is -- and the city, qwest bown saratoga street is closed between martin luther king street and reed street. and there's a gas main break at fayette street between park avenue and utah st.. 50 miles an hour on 70 and 60 downtown. looking good on the road. all green this morning. we will look at the beltway at liberty road. the inner and outer loop is moving fine. 95 in white marsh in both directions moving fine. that is the latest.

back to you. >> our big story this morning, the last two districts return for the school year. >> a lot of excited parents out there this morning. we have live coverage as they return for their first date. tim tooten is outside dunbar high school with more. >> more than 82,000 students going back to the classroom and baltimore city. for those attending paul laurence dunbar high school, they may get the biggest surprise. when they come back this morning, they will find an almost new campus. $32 million pumped into the renovations. students and staff will find a new cafeteria, classroom, and a library. this has been in the works since 2001. gov. o'malley, america, the ceo, analyst dunbar lum i will be on hand to open the east baltimore campus -- and the mayor, and

alumni will be on hand. >> it was sorely lacking in a lot of the more modern amenities with respect to its mission in terms of educating kids in the sciences and in technology. >> that renovation project has been underway for some time. the ceremony is at 8:30 this morning. just outside the beltway in baltimore county, many kids going back to the classroom as well. jennifer franciotti is standing by. >> good morning. you are correct. in baltimore county, is the 26 largest school system in the nation. more than 104,000 students will go back to class in baltimore county. 172 schools expected to open on time today. hopefully, without incident.

that is what school officials are hoping for. dr. joe harris and will be visiting five schools along with a messjim smith, county executi. he wants to make sure everything is running smoothly. 600 new teachers are starting their 2009 school year. this will be exciting for them. it is a little chilly. if you were planning on wearing shorts today, you may want to wear jeans. make sure smalt children are wearing a sweater to the bus stop. there's a chill in the air. jennifer franciotti reporting. but thank you. some good news for students and staff that double its high school. the state has removed it from the persistently dangerous school's list. -- dubois high school.

they got a grant last year to help address problems. the funding helped create a paid internship program for students at baltimore companies. >> researchers will start blood tests this week to determine how many doses of swine flu vaccine will be needed to protect americans. the who predicts within two years nearly one-third of the world's population will get caught the virus. state health officials warn those going back to school to consistently wash their hands and stay home if they are not feeling well. officials advised children and young adults to receive their seasonal flu vaccine as well. the and the h1n1 vaccine when it becomes available. that brings us to our question of the day. about the vaccine. email us at watercooler@wbaltv.com.

baltimore city police investigating a shooting in northeast baltimore at the intersection of harford and old harford road around 6:30 last night. a man was shot in the torso and taken to an area hospital. this was the third shooting in baltimore on the weekend. no arrests have been made. >> state natural resources police are looking into the circumstances that led to a boat crashed on marley creek in anne arundel county. a power boat and a smaller craft collided after 6:00 yesterday. 42 year-old john martin's and hs daughter were thrown into the water. >> the boat hit something and flipped over. i saw them aunt took them -- and took them.

one man is dead. >> we have another week before congress comes back to deal with the the health care reform issue. senator ted kennedy gone, the next democrats will have to figure out if they can get and republicans on board. traci potts has more from washington. >> the loss of senator ted kennedy in the middle of trying to crack a deal on health care means democrats need a new leader. they're looking to the white house for help. >> i think the president has to decide he has to frame this again for us. >> congress deeply divided. >> congress has never been more polarized. >> president obama must set a clear course. >> the president will have to win. >> he has failed to articulate a strong message about what he wants and the final bill. >> what republicans what is to start over -- what they want.

>> but they need solutions but the american people need. >> lawmakers are divided. there are more about the cost. there's no consensus on what kennedy would have done. >> kennedy would fight for the public auction. >> kennedy would no that cannot be done in a bipartisan way. >> they're looking to new leader to lay out a plan both sides can agree on. president obama has a few days to figure out how to approach this. he's still on vacation, the rest of the week, but back in washington. traci potts reporting. >> it is 61 degrees on the deal. coming up two firefighters are killed battling several wildfires that forced major evacuation and california. >> people -- eight people are dead after weekend mass murder. the details ahead. >> first i want to give you a live look at traffic.

on the major roadways it is looking okay. on the west side at liberty on your screen. we will get you up-to-date next.

>> welcome back on this monday. it's the last monday of august, but it won't feel like it. if you like fall. highs in the 70's. a mix of sun and clouds. there is a disturbance to our south that won't make it any farther north than it is now. it is over southern maryland. if light showers to the south of annapolis approaching ocean city. it's going to be nice in baltimore with partly clouds at 70 degrees. >> in california they're all wildfires destroying acres of land, houses, and commercial

properties. hundreds of people were evacuated from the town of all burnt-- of auburn. the station wildfire in the southern part of the state, meanwhile, burns out of control, claiming the lives of two firefighters. it's burned 35,000 acres and swallowed two dozen structures. next door to a police investigating a mass murder on the weekend that left eight people dead. seven people found dead inside a mobile home in brunswick saturday morning. two survived, but were critically injured. if one of them a 90 year-old male died yesterday. neither he nor the lone survivor were able to give police details. police have arrested a man and made a 911 call for an unrelated charges. police have not released how the victims died. 61 degrees on tv hill. coming up cameras mortgag, senie

especially it wary of reverse mortgages. >> a possible takeover at a baltimore bank.

>> another looked at traffic. there are problems left over. >> left over from friday. a water main break on westbound saratoga street, the westbound lanes are closed between green street and martin luther king. the alternates will be pennsylvania. there's been gasman break with fayette street clothes between park avenue and utah st..

there's a vehicle fire westbound 195 between washington boulevard and 95. we are checking on that. here is the drive times. 11 minutes from 95 to 83. 895 southbound between 95, 16 minutes. the topside at harvarford road, no problems. things are looking fine on the first day of school so far. that is the latest period for a look at the buses and trains, we go to kurt. qwest the 15 bus is being diverted to saratoga and greene streets because of the water main. the metro subway is on time.

new fall mta bus schedules began yesterday. the newest bus schedule is the 48 quick buzz that begins operating this morning with limited stops from towson to the university transit center in downtown baltimore. go on line but the more or call the number on your screen. now back to sandra shaul. >> we are wrapping up the month of august with cool weather. it's going to feel like late september today. pretty reasonable today so far. we will only make it to the mid 70's. we are tracking a little disturbance to our south that's riding along a stalled front. around annapolis southward there's a slight chance for a shower passing through. it should be brief. in central maryland, partly cloudy skies. 65 degrees downtown. in york, 56 degrees.

mid-60's's on the eastern shore. statewide today, for the mountains, 67 this afternoon. mostly sunny skies there. absolutely spectacular with blue skies. in baltimore, a mix of clouds later on throughout the day. partly cloudy for the most part. at 74 degrees this afternoon. there's a northwesterly flow from canada. we are seeing cooler, drier air. it's not going anywhere quickly. it will be here most of the week. 75 with a slight chance of showers at ocean city. at the bay, wind out of the north at 10 or 15 knots, busting up to 24. if there's a small craft advisory with the waves churning up to 3 feet in the chesapeake. 102 degrees is more like the august 31 gen. patraeus that back in 1953. in august there's a potential to reach those levels. nowhere near that today.

and nowhere near the record low. low 50's tonight. 49 was below from 1986. 52 degrees tonight in the outlying suburbs, 58 downtown under partly cloudy skies. the cooled trend continues thanks to a high pressure which is strong, helping the air get down from the north. the jet stream is in a pattern conducive to this. the cooler, drier trend will continue for the rest of the week. in traffic, in our neck of the woods near what to a little system that could be our next tropical storm fay. erica is an unorganized mass at 700 miles east of "the n word" islands. the national hurricane center is watching it carefully -- 700 miles east of the windward islands. 76 and senate tomorrow, 78 on

wednesday. 81 degrees on thursday with sunshine. >> thank you, kendra. >> producers say jenna bush will contribute stories on educational issues about once a month on "today. the 27 year-old teacher moved to baltimore with her husband last year. >> iamity bank has acquired new locations after local baltimore bank was shut down by the feds. the bradford bank had $452 million in assets. it's the 82nd bank to fail nationwide this year. on the weekend m &t bank assumed the banks. perverse mortgage scam is trying

to do people into converting their homes equity into cash. financial advisers have been taking advantage of seniors. the number of reverse mortgages is expected to grow to 165,000 this year. hud said the reverse mortgage system is working well, by and large. but last week winning streak for stocks may not extend into today. jane king has a look at the business news in the bloomberg business report. >> we are seeing a global sell- off. asian stocks fell overnight in response to the historic elections in japan where the opposition won a landslide and marked the end of a single party government which was for a half century. stocks in china fell. investors are worried measures to curb lending will end up hurting growth. in europe there is a lower open.

the u.s. is pointing to a lower start as well. there was a mixed close on friday. merck, mcdonald's, at&t were among shares coming under pressure. the deepest recession hair cut a guy can get maybe at home. a growing number of americans are bypassing the barber and beauty salon and taking matters into their own hands instead. there are growing store sales of electric hair clippers. jane king reporting. >> thank you. we'll see you back at 6:15. >> 61 degrees on tv hill. coming up, another look at your morning commute. >> does the start of the new school year have you concerned about the h1n1 swine flu virus. email us at watercooler@wbaltv.com. watercooler@wbaltv.com.

>> visitors continue to pile into arlington national cemetery to get a glimpse of late senator ted kennedy is resting place. the grave site opens to the public yesterday. his grave is marked by a plaque and a simple oak cross. one of only two at the cemetery. the president of the baltimore chapter of the naacp is recognizing senator kennedy's work in congress. it was one of several topics he spoke about while appearing on sunday morning. >> there's no one in the senate or house that has done more for human rights, civil rights, health, than ted kennedy. every bill that affected us in civil-rights, kennedy was eager the sponsor or cosponsor. if you look every year, there was a maze of bills dealing with us and people having

challenges in our community, ted kennedy was there. he was our statesmen in the u.s. senate. >> an iraqi war dead turned pro at least was racially profiled last week after being approached about a gun that was actually a cell phone. the civil rights leader called for better training from baltimore police when dealing with such incidents. it happened in the harborplace light street pavilion. >> members of the west baltimore conservation and finally returned home to their place of worship. fire destroyed parts of the bethel a.m.e. church after lightning struck its steeple last month, forcing members to a temporary place of origin. yesterday that welcomed members back to their drew hill avenue home for sunday services. a homecoming long overdue for some. >> i'm excited, overwhelmed, relieved to be back calm. >> i'm really glad you're able to come back, but is this church has been such a staple in the

community for so long. >> it's one of the area's oldest institutions. founded in 1785. welcome palm. >> good to see them back. coming up on the next half- hour -- >> i am tim tooten outside the almost new dunbar high school. >> researchers begin new tests on the swine flu vaccine. the latest details coming up. >> it feels much cooler and drier outside. we are ending august with a taste of fall. details coming up in the insta- weather forecast. >> moving ok on the major roads. we will tell you a few things we will tell you a few things you need to know

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