suspect killed by an samuri sword is speaking out. >> it looks like we'll end up paying today for yesterday's beautiful weather. we fin right now. this is wbal tv 11 news today. >> good morning. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. first let's get a check of the forecast. today, we'll see a change in conditions. today, you'll be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. we have a slight chance of showers. on the lower eastern shore. your forecast 73-76.

let's find out if that rain is affecting the morning commute. >> you make your approach to the inner loop on that ramp, we have an accident coming in. it appears it is a vehicle off the road. probably a bit slick. can you see our speed sensors looking good. drive time is up to 11 minutes. 5:00 from south 95 to the 895 split. and 7:00 minute ride down to the harbor tunnel tol. 95 at 395 looking good. lumbar at president looking good. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> our big story this morning, a baltimore city police officer is recovering from stab wounds.

the incident ended with one officer wounded and a suspect dead. the suspect pulled out a knife-like object and stabbed the office in the back. he was wearing a bullet prove invest. both officers have been put on routine administrative leave. it's all unfolding in the 2800 block of orleans about 10 blocks east of johns hopkins. that investigation continues. reporting live.

>> thank you. this morning, no charges have been filed against the john hopkins student who defended himself from a would be burglar. the 40-year-old was killed after he broke into a home in the 300 block of east university parkway. when the 21-year-old student who lived there heard the intruder, he came down armed with an samuri swoerd. in a tussle, his right hand was almost completely cutoff and a wound to the body killed him. >> he couldn't run, they already had campus police on the ground. why would they still kill him? >> the renters of that home told police days earlier, someone

broke into their home which left them on edge. police said there had been numerous burglaries in the neighborhood. they will work to determine if this man was responsible for those break ins. >> this was the team captured just before 4:00. both drivers involved in the collision had to be cut out of their vehicles. they are being take tone shock trauma. trying to determine what caused this pickup truck to crash into a home near route 140. one person flown to shock trauma with serious but not life threatening injuries. >> a 17-year-old boy will be tried as an assault for his alleged sexual assault against a 7-year-old girl. the judge wishes he could have

placed him in a juvenile program but the risk of him reoffending at age 21 is too great. he lured the girl from a play ground to his home. >> the former baltimore city police lawsuit getting a new lease on life, clark is suing the city over his dismissal five years ago. clark was never charged in that case. the court of appeals has agreed to hear his case in march. >> baltimore city police is looking for ways to trim 5% off their current budget, everything is on the stable accept for the department's core purpose.

anything we are doing that doesn't involve protection of people and reduction of crime will reduce in costs. >> there are reductions we can make and we have to make in terms of contractual employees doing jobs here. i have heard discussions about furloughs. >> city hall has asked all agencies to help close the deficit. talks are under way with unions about possible furloughs and layoffs. the budget axe is falling on two of the city's parades. the columbus day parade and thanksgiving day parade have been cancelled. there will still be plenty of

events in little italy for columbus day weekend. >> the top democrat on the senate finance committee releases his long awaited healthcare reform bill. so far, no republicans have signed on. >> the finance committee charm is still confident gop backing will come. today, he releases his healthcare reform measure without it. >> i expect by the end day, by the time we go into committee on final passage there will be republican support. >> gop senators have helped shape the plan. it would require americans to buy health insurance or be fined. rely on co-ops to bring costs down, no public option. >> are you fired up? >> chauz

>> in pittsburgh, the president rallied for support. the president said he still prefers the public option. >> earlier he brushed off the punishment too. when we are done here today, we will not have taken any steps helping american families.

>> senator expects his committee will take up the measure next week. iowa senator claims republicans have been set aside. in washington, brook heart. >> one of the pion ears of the smoking ban is expanding that ban to public play grounds to within 40 feet. council will vote monday night. they look to a bopt a total ban. some said they would be willing to consider it in the future. that brings us to the question of the day. should local government ban smoking near play grounds? send your response to watercooler@wbal.com. >> the time now 6:10.

coming up, the morning financial news. >> a new type of credit card looks to give you a bit more flexibility in the way you handle your payments. >> a school bus driver is in hot water for what he did or didn't do to prevent a brutal attack caught on tape. >> some light scattered showers. details coming up in your weather forecast. looking at a live picture. no problems here. we have a problem on south bound 95

>> a very good morning. it's 69 degrees.

about 10 minutes till. a little patch of shower activity. unselt willed and the reason for that. this slid to the south. a stall out just to the south of the city today. going to serve as some energy to move up from the deep south. we are going to see some showers tomorrow. today, hit and miss activity at best. the chances of showers object about 30%. right now, in about the upper 60's across the board. cooler air will provide that front. a slight kwhans of showers here today. more clouds than sun around

balt. the same applies to ocean city. winding out of the northeast 5-20 10 miles an hour. a record high set back in 1991. the record low set in 1873. the average high is 78. 57, the average low. we'll be above that because of the clouds tonight. low pressure to our west. it's go to be stall out mostly

cloudy by about 5:00 in the afternoon. keep the umbrella handy. here you can see on the seven-day forecast. mostly cloudy skies throughout. much cooler. partly cloudy skies to 78 on friday. saturday and sunday, mid 70's. partly cloudy skies and gorgeous weekend for us. the train will impact travel for us. we are looking at a pretty nice ride elsewhere. volume continues to build. we'll look at delayed shortly. a strange shot. whatever you do, don't drive towards the light.

we'll keep you posted. how are you? >> taking a look at some top stories. a yale university animal research student is in cussed toy for the murder of student annie. it's unclear what relationship, if any he may have had with her. her body was found in a facility in the basement. >> a 17-year-old charged with second degree murder after he started arguing with the 17 victim, through him to the ground and attacked him with a switch plead. it's not clear what started the fight.

>> an illinois bus driver on leave after he didn't stop a fight. a 17-year-old stu department was attacked not once but twice. when that stu den was done, another student jumped in. the attackers were suspended and could face criminal charges. in this morning's consumer alert, he have rts to get out from under mortgages leaves them as bad as where they started. they saw their payments increase. another 27% saw their payments unchanged. lenders end up lowering late

fees and they end upright back into default. >> j. p. morgan chase will help consumers manage their debt and it helps consumers avoid drawing interest on everyday items like groceries. wells fargo and discover card are rolling out cards of their own. when fed policy makers meet next week, they'll likely keep interest rates near record lows.

all this under scoring that the recession is probably over. stocks advancing for the seventh time in eight days. tracking those gains higher. locally we are watching the bank base. the nation's third largest bank now in discussion to exit the debt guarantee program. city group had $17 million of outstanding debt and has been the biggest user of the government program. that provide expires at the end of next month. at the new york stock exchange reporting for wbal tv 11 news.

turning to sports now. the 2009 future deal. the oriole schedule has been released. they will open their season on the road against tampa, that's april 6th. for either league play, they host the mets, marlins and nationals while taking a trip west to play the giants and padres. the season closes down october 3rd against the detroit tigers. >> another check on weather and traffic is straight ahead.

should local government ban smoking near park play grounds?

>> good morning. checking on your morning commute. one problem we have been able to confirm. where the accident that was originally reported has been confirmed. it is in the median. the good news is it is not blocking any plain lanes of travel. no delayed yet.

that's the latest. back to you. some light showers in the area. a cold front moving through. that approach sliped down from the north will stall out to the south today. rising with some light shower activity. that did not update. we should only be 75 for this afternoon. details on your seven day coming up. not going to be 85. >> when it comes to taking up residents in a tree top. in in mont, it's a 500 pound black bear pefrped in the tree of a homeowner.

they don't know how or if they are going to try to coax the bear down. leave him alone. they say mozart was a musical prod gi by the age of 4. dylan loves to play the video game gid ar hero. he's broken the world record wracking up 1 over 1 million points he shatered this song by playing the metallica song. >> jones always had a natural ability to really focus in on

things. >> i never expected to break a rorld record. maybe something really small, not this big. he says he's absolutely terrible on the real guitar. >> no. there's a difference. much more to come in the next half hour of 11 news today. >> police officer is stabbed in the back, the suspect accused in that stabbing is now dead. details straight ahead. >> here's a live view as val assume continues to build. >> a little spotty showers around. a look at the forecast coming up. >> ray lewis is branching out with a brand new business.

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>> a slight chance of showers at about 30%. it luke like we'll see a high cooler 73-76. i'll tell you why that's the case and what we can expect going into the rest of the week, coming up. two baltimore police officers are on routine leave after an

overnight arrest ended in gunfire. two police officers went to make a routine drug arrest. one suspect pulled out an object and stabbed the police officer. >> both officers have been placed on routine administrative leave. police are working to resolve that incident. wbal tv 11 news. court papers show the developer at the center of the city hall corruption case paid for a poll for one of the mayor's opponents. he put up more than $8,000 for

the poll for carter. carter denies knowing anything about it. the delegate carter has not been accused of any wrongdoing. >> the mayor formed the animal task force after the first of a series of animal cruelty in the city. tonight's hearing starts tonight. the member also take information from the meeting and present their recommendations to the mayor. >> huge honors this horning for a half a dozen maryland public and private schools. western high school at the top. the oldest all girl, public high school in the country. seventh district elementary along with south high school and hammond middle school, highland

elementary school along with steven dekator middle school. the private schools named to the blue ribbon school are st. paul school and st. john regional school. >> the ground breaking of the new george washington carver center. the school will cost $59 million to build. this will replace the old carver which is among the oldest billings in the state. >> the maryland new food bank and sdrib use center. the food bank will recycle left overs into soups and stews. they will help give training and

land employment. >> a new project for ravens linebacker ray lewis. he and his partner are opening a facility called mvp. a bowling ally, restaurant and meeting space. >> on the site of what used to be the hunt vly wal-mart, they broke ground today. >> five, four, three, two, one. [applause] >> within a matter of months, this huge empty building will become the site of a new entertainment complex called m.v.p. it will be something here for everybody. a family gathering, a date or private event space. bowling, restaurants, a sports bar and private event rooms in one spectacular complex.

>> this is something the community has never seen before. they are going to be blown away. this is a destination location. one of the partners and an m.v.p. himself, baltimore ravens linebacker ray lewis. he was here to shake hands and tell how excited about this he is. >> you go out and have conferences and say let's build something together. that's where my next phase of life is going you know building and giving back to the community. he is the spirit and the man behind the whole project. as he is on the football field with the ravens, se like that here. >> this is the first of what may be the first m.v.p. centers

around the country. if everything goes as plans, m.v.p. will be open to the public in march. you are going to head out on the interloop, you make you exit to the ramp, we have an accident still clearing. delayed not too bad. it is starting to slow up just a bit at 795. south 95 coming out of white marsh area. we are developing doe lays there as well. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. more cloud cover today.

we are going to be cooler. our highs today between 73-76 degrees. winds shifting to the northeast 5-10 miles an hour. tonight, mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. the high only 69. by friday, we start to dry out a bit. but looks like a great weekend. >> 6:36. 65 degrees. dan brown's newest book might change the way you look at some of the most common sites in

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to market the book and city with this video. >> plan your trip to the nation's capitol at washington.org. >> i think the book exposes its readers to a different perspective of washington, d.c. as for the scottish rite, they say so far, no harm, no foul. >> as long as people understand it's a work of fiction, everybody will enjoy it. >> d.c. officials are going cha-ch cha-ching. parents in baltimore koinlt are getting hot under the color about temperatures at this schoo

>> welcome back. no charges have been filed against the johns hopkins junior who killed a burglar in his garage. his family said they shouldn't have killed him since he was unarmed and would have surrendered. >> a 17-year-old accused of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl after he lured her from across the play ground into his home. one of the cities that began the indoor smoking ban has began to

work on banning smoking from play grounds. some say they would be open to consider it in the thank you r future. we asked should local governments ban smoking near city parks and play grounds. >> barbara rights, are you serious? what else is its government doing to try to control? >> of course it should be taken serious to prohibit drugs from a play ground. >> george of washington rights, yes, definitely as soon as they ban cars, buses and trucks. why don't they just ban toe

backa. >> some barlt county parents are steamed over the condition at their children's schools. so much so, they took their complaints to the streets. we have more. >> for all intends and purposes. ridgely middle school is sealed with no circulation. >> these parents whose emotions are running high over a hot issue. >> parents made a $14 million investment but left out one of the most important features, air. we need something to breakthrough to them that we have a problem. stu departments say it is

unbearable. when the county gives us tests for their benefit, we are moved into nice air conditioned areas. but when we are taking tests for our-v benefit, we are forced to sit in temperatures 10 degrees hotter than the outside temperature. >> both leaders did respond to concerns earlier in the day. >> it's a matter of getting back to the engineers. i'm working with the school system to address those concerns consistent with all the other pressures and needs of the entire system. they have now turned to the council for help. go and see for yourself.

>> wl r b everyone >> good morning. seeing how your morning commute is shaping up. a couple of accidents to report. beginning approaching 795 at the outer loop. drive times up to 17 minutes. from the beltway southwest to 32. we are looking at some standard delayed. we'll put you over to a shot at

the westside. get whying getting perfect. >> a little bit of showers rolling through. a little bit of light rain falling. currently some light showers. it's right over us now continuing to push to the south. that's really in your forecast for today. about a 30% chance of some hit and miss showers throughout the day 69 downtown, 68 outs at the airport. we are looking at i had to ucher 60's. we are headed to a high state

wide. a chance of showers in the forecast in baltimore as well. the high we are going to be a little bit below normal. it locks like boo the shores today. on the waters of the chesapeake, winds not too bad. the record low set back in 1876, 9 high and low are secure for another year. a chance for shower activity tomorrow. we have a front that will

proceed. a lot of rain down there. in a cloudy overnight and then tomorrow, we see all this moisture open up. tomorrow is a good day to carry your umbrella. things looking good in the seven-day forecast. by saturday and sunday, 785-76, something to look forward to. a good weekend in store. time now for the last look at our big story this morning. >> at about 1:00 this morning, two city police officers were in the 2800-v arrest.

one suspect pulled out a knife and tried to stab the afterser we are told the officer it was stabbed was wearing a bullet prove invest. we know police are working to identify the suspect in this case. the two officers are on administrative duty. reporting from downtown. >> thank you. coming up today on oprah, she remembers michael jackson. shee their historic interview from the ranch and oprah tells where she was when she heard the news about his death.

>> coming up, new developments on the murder of that yale graduate student while police take a 24-year-old graduate student >> the growing backlash to president barak obama said to be based on the color of his skin according to former president carter. >> the chimp who shares her motherly love with big cats. wooel weem set her. >> the time is 6:53. >> just ahead, we'll take another look at whether and traffic.

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>> starting to see some of those usual delayed. watch for delayed. speaking of delayed, check out that westside delay. we are down to 18 miles an our.

looking at delayed south bound. northbound, outer loop at 59 miles an hour. mostly cloudy today. check it out, only 49 degrees, will be one of those gray, raw, baltimore days. looking forward to the weekend. >> thank you for joining us for the day. >> be sure to do am 1090.

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