bob >> good morning and thank you for joining us for 11 news today. >> let's check the weather. >> we will actually see some sunshine by this afternoon and throughout the weekend. after that cool day yesterday, we had a high of 66. do not be disturbed by this morning. it will take until noon for the fog to burn off. 76 will be the average temperature. tomorrow will be lovely. >> it is looking good so far. no delays to report. we are looking at an easy ride around the area. the speed sensors are up to

speed at this time. some extra congestion through the day because of the shows at the maryland state fair grounds. be careful in that area. let's give you a live view of traffic. here is a live view. we are hearing in medical college of to the side on 895. back to you. >> our big story this morning, and presidential push for health care. president obama is taking his message to the airwaves. >> the debate is intensifying on capitol hill. the goal killion joins us live

this morning with more details. -- nikole killion joins us live this morning with more details. >> president obama has appearances scheduled on all the sunday morning talk shows. >> we are the only nation on earth that leaves millions of people without health insurance. >> president obama goes one-on- one with most of the major networks for a series of interviews this weekend on health care. is it over exposure? >> this is his attempt to speak to as many different people as he can on an issue that is important as something like health care. >> first lady michelle obama is helping to make the case. she is holding an event to discuss how an overhaul will impact women and families. congress receives a later -- the latest version of a bill from max baucus.

>> i cannot support a plan that does not have the affordability of health care. >> osborne was some ark. -- but some are concerned that the rhetoric has gone too far. >> this kind of rhetoric is very frightening. >> i believe we are in the middle of a modern-day political rebellion. american people are saying enough is enough. >> some of these protests have taken on a racist tons according to some. the white house says it does not believe it has anything to do with the president skin color. >> did you say the first lady will have a health care event today? >> we can expect that she will be talking about health care a lot more. she probably will not be getting into the nitty gritty in terms of policy details. she will take more of a softer approach with soccer moms. she will talk about the impact

of this plan on families. >> live in washington, nikole killion. >> new details in the dili samurai sword attack. police do not believe the student meant to kill the intruder. our reporter joins us live outside of police headquarters with details. >> good morning. baltimore city police say they have reconstructed the crime scene and they have a better idea on how the suspect ended up dead. according to police reports, some jojohn hopkins students reported their laptops stolen. in a 49 year-old man was dead in their backyard. a 20 year-old had admitted to fatally cutting the man with a samurai sword. a call was made to campus police

from a neighbor. an off-duty police officer responded and searched the area. he noticed the back gate was unlocked. police say the students decided to conduct a second search including the garage and found everything as it should be. >> the suspect was down. >> police say the suspect lunged at the student. he fatally cut the man. >> we do not believe there was criminal intent in this case. the student feared for his life and was defending himself. >> rice has an extension -- extensive criminal history. he had just been released from jail a few days earlier. we do not know what he was doing in the backyard. >> i do not think he was there doing a good thing given his

history. >> baltimore city police are looking for any connections this case may have had with other break ins in the area. reporting live at police headquarters, wbal tv 11 news. >> city council president is asking police to shut down a club near the belvedere hotel. the club is a dangerous establishment according to her. a double shooting had been willing to bear as well as several acts of violence. and essex man is involved in a child sex pornography case. prosecutors say that he posed online trying to entice teenage girls. he asked the girls to send them pictures of their private areas. >> acorn faces more trouble this

morning as congress cuts off all federal funding. the action comes after several undercover video surfaced of employees encouraging prostitutes to lie about their profession. all the staff is to be retrained. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. do you agree with congress' decision to cut off federal funding to acorn? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> coming up, we have a preview of this sunday's big game. >> fears over the swine flu virus may be subsiding. >> how about that morning commute? looking pretty good so far. looking pretty good so far. no volume-related delays.

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when but morning. -- >> good morning. it is going to be gorgeous this weekend. some showers of being pushed further to the south this morning. the general trend for today will be clearing skies and upper 7's with more sunshine that this afternoon. details on the seven-day coming up. >> in the medical alert, officials hope to spread the word about swine flu and how people should take precautions. after months of government

warnings, a sparse crowd showed up. one of the first schools confirmed a case of the virus. stennis are being encouraged to practice proper hygiene. the county wants to identify six ck students before they infect others. >> many have a fever along with a cough and sore throat. >> the u.s. government says it is prepared to give up 10% of its swine flu vaccine supplies to other countries. health experts say one those of the vaccine rather than two is effective for most adults. it could become available as early as next month.

of one of local school system wants to increase the code of conduct. >> here is a live picture over downtown baltimore. we will update weather and traffic up next. stay with us. you♪

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true genius. mexican style. >> good morning. we are checking under morning commute. a problem spot at 895 with a medical call off to the shoulder. nothing else million -- major out there. watch for congestion near the maryland state fair grounds. drive * up to speed. here is a live view of traffic in the area of 95 near fort

mchenry. no official delay is this morning. a pretty easy ride. i-70 looks pretty good. that is the latest. let's get the very latest on the buses and trains. >> we of looking very good on the rails. no delays. light rail is on schedule. some diversions on the buses. the 17 bus diverting in corporate international. the 15 on saratoga and green. back to sandra shaw. >> it is going to feel pleasant and fall over the weekend. some drizzle and some clouds are lingering around. by midday, the high pressure to

our west and north will settle in. we will see some more sunshine by this afternoon. cloud cover with temperatures in the 60's. that has been our consistent situation. the general trend will be a clearing trend in baltimore. we will see more sunshine this afternoon after a great start this morning. the winds are. to be like out of the southwest. -- the winds are going to be light out of the southwest. an advisory in effect for the western shore of the bay. that advisory with the high tides will be in effect until it o'clock tonight.

waves only a foot or less. 56 is our average load tonight. 62 downtown. the winds are out -- light and all of the west. i high pressure is pushing this mass of moisture further to the south. a cold front is to our north and west. we will be gorgeous by tomorrow afternoon. the game day forecast in san diego, 4:15, partly cloudy and 77 degrees. here is a ledger seven-day forecast. mid 70's tomorrow and mostly sunshine. monday, a chance of showers.

77. fault starts at 5:19 on tuesday. we will be up to 78 with a mixture of sun and clouds. >> in the educational large, disciplinary measures could be taking place for students to break rules. >> they are asking for your input before they make changes. tim tooten joins us. >> test scores are up. expulsions are down. why is the school system trying to change its code of conduct? administrators say it is a matter of safety. >> we believe that our focus should be on prevention and early intervention rather than

providing merely a consequence. >> the school make changes of a the next few months but not without the boys of the community. a high-school senior is a student member of the board of education. he expects there will be a lot of debate over the policy but believes there must be a place where the school system draws the line. >> [unintelligible] some people are put at risk. >> they agree. >> we are focused on things that would jeopardize the security and safety of the entire school community. >> some parents are hoping that school officials do not overreact. >> it is on a case by case basis. we have to look at the

environment that students have to deal with when coming to school. >> and some need a second chance. >> things like fights and cursing, you can sit down and say, why is that happening? >> the school board wants to make changes. >> that was tim tooten reporting. they're holding a public forum monday night as school headquarters. the revised policy will have a reading on tuesday. >> the guinness book of world records release its newest addition and we a kid in video of some of the new records set. the largest ball of plastic wrap was created. from michigan, the largest hamburger available. this ways 164 pals.

-- pounds. and this man from china breaks the record for the highest daughter from a waterfall -- dive from a waterfall. over 40 feet. much more ahead. >> we will take a look at one of your answers to the watercooler question of the day. >> here is a look at the winning lottery numbers from last night.

>> good morning. the ravens leave for san diego. the chargers are one of the most premier teams in the nfl. it is hard to argue with that. the ravens head west with the premier offense led by joe flacco. mark clayton was a huge part of a 31 yard touchdown. it was the eventual game-winner. how did it happen? mark had the experience of joe flacco. >> he has grown up so much. he is our leader ostensibly --

offensively. hamid maturing has given as a confidence. we go out and score points. >> the dania and thomasson -- ladanian as not been in practice all week. a reverse logic -- that is what we are thinking. >> reverse psychology, right? >> yes. [unintelligible] >> ok. [laughter] >> let's get to one of your answers to our watercooler question of the day.

>> this morning we ask of you agree with congress's decision to cut off federal funding to acorn. >> this person says, they should've been cut off a long time ago. they give have become intonations -- heavy campaign donations. keep emailing us your responses. once they did not get very far after he was identified by his cyber footprints. >> and the budget deficit. >> familiar faces to be on stage at the emmy awards. that is coming up. >> we will see a great start this morning. but things will get better as we had a closer to the weekend. details allred. >> we will see how things are evolving on the road . that is coming up. that is coming up.

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>> baltimore city police say they have more information about what caused a student to kill and insurer with a samurai sword. >> after a series of deadly crashes, howard county made some fast changes to route 32 in the name of safety. is it enough? hear what some people have to say. >> the forecast continues as 11 news today continues right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. >> thank you for joining us for 11 news today. >> but