been confirmed. hospitals are reporting a growing number of swine flu cases. in the er saw 136 people with like illness. >> we need to do everything we can as individuals, as part of this larger public, to do our individual parts so that we can get through this particularly acute season. >> state officials believe that the h1n1 scene could be available in maryland within the next week or so. they do not know how many doses will arrive, when and in what form. >> we will have information widely circulated as soon as we know when the vaccine is coming, how much we are getting, and when we can get that out. >> the number of maryland hospitalizations has been updated to 195.

every jurisdiction has been required to submit a swine flu strategy. in baltimore city and baltimore county, elementary school children will be able to get their swine flu shot in school. >> and there is continuing coverage on our website. you'll see how local officials are preparing for an outbreak. you can go to our web site and click on medical alerts. >> three men accused of brutally building an elderly fisherman have pled not guilty. and they were indicted on what police call a racially motivated attack on a 76-year-old man to rid charges include assault, attempted carjacking, armed robbery and hate crimes. >> a stiff sentence for the man who crashed a stolen pickup truck into a home last year, killing the woman inside the 30-

year-old was convicted of manslaughter charges. dave collins joins us live with the latest. >> he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, although he could be eligible for parole, prosecutors and the victim's family members agreed that the punishment fits the crime. >> judge kathleen cox calls this a cruel irony. the man who drove the stolen truck into a first floor bedroom crushed the woman to death and walk away unscathed. cops made sure he did not get away and punished. he was sentenced to 20 years in prison on manslaughter charges. >> i think the punishment fits the crime. >> she was the heart of our family. losing her is probably the most difficult than any of us have had to deal with. we feel like justice has been served if he will just get his

life together and come back in 20 years as a new person. that is all we can pray for. >> we can hopefully move on and deal with it a little better. >> family members described the victim as a giver. always putting family and others before herself. his defense attorney says that miller had a terrible start in life and he had drug-addicted parents and that eight years of age, his dad was mother. he believes that his mom couldn't -- committed suicide. he has since been estranged from his 7-year-old daughter. he launched into a lengthy apology, saying that he is truly sorry and that he had a lot of remorse and that he absorbed their pain and if he could sacrifice himself for the pain and anguish, he would. >> and he started that day abusing alcohol and drugs and stolen pickup truck and blacked out behind the wheel and slammed into the home. police picked him up walking

away from the scene. they tied him to the truck with his own cell phone. when police called, they got his voice mail. >> he has had numerous brushes with the law including prelude to pay child support. >> breaking news tonight. at pizza hut was apparently rob. >> this is the 1000 block of the street where this pizza hut is located. employees ended up in the freezer somehow were locked him there for about 15 minutes. police have a description of the suspect. reporting live in baltimore county, to 11. >> 29, the search continues for

the man who killed an elderly man. there were reports of a man in cardiac arrest. when they arrive, they found the man dead at the scene. an autopsy later revealed the depth was a homicide. tonight, police are hoping a sketch will help catch a rape suspect. they're desperately trying to find him. we are live at police headquarters tonight. >> the 33-year-old victim described the suspect to police and now they hope that the sketch will help lead to an arrest. >> the victim was walking home alone and it was about 1230 in the morning. police have released this composite sketch in an attempt to find a rape suspect. investigators are relying on video from surveillance cameras.

>> the detectives were able to learn that there are cameras in the area and they were able to get some footage of that as well as they were able to obtain a composite drawing based on the victim's information. >> the victim told police that as she approached the man, he was fitted -- seated at a bus stop. the suspect had a hand gun and forced the victim to a vacant residence. >> police say the man took the woman to this vacant house in northwest baltimore. she told investigators that she was raped behind the house. >> after the assault took place, the victim was able to make it to the firehouse and notified them of the incident. >> paramedics called police and the investigation began. according to the sketch, but the man is about 5 foot 8 inches tall 200 pounds of a muscular

build. baltimore police ask anyone with police -- with information to call 410-396-2076. reporting from baltimore, the bba ltv 11 news. >> henry from friedrichs has been killed while serving in afghanistan. the lance corporal died over the weekend while on his second tour of duty. the department of defense has not yet said how the serviceman was killed. >> we have an update on friday's murder/suicide case. they are handling funeral services. the state police believe that financial problems may have motivated charles dalton to kill his wife and two children before committing suicide. officials discovered the bodies on friday after receiving calls from a family friend.

>> we have seen a lot of turnover, but now the question is, is it a greater economic problem or is it just a challenge for the area. we spoke with some of those business owners for this project economy report. >> these signs are becoming more and more common, but what the cause of it is this a cause of much debate. >> it is a walk and that she makes all the time. you own your own business, but you have to come out and pay your own parking meter? >> every two hours. i actually have to move the car every two hours but i try to get away with not. >> that has to be less than ideal. >> it is not a lot of fun. i have accrued a lot of parking tickets. >> parking is just one challenge

for businesses and many have gone under, recently. >> a it is not a real business friendly town. i was hoping they would have been permit for a spirit of would be happy to pay it, whatever it is. >> over a zachary's jewelers, they say they are not worried about competition from nearby malls. he says he would not trade this space for anything. >> these are the best you would find in america today. 44 5 million people will buy. he did not get that kind of foot traffic everywhere. >> there are lots of different voices, often not fully in agreement. >> if you look around town, there is ample parking space available. >> but when it comes to vacancies, they say it should

be someone's full-time job. >> they have very pro-active people. the some of these challenges show that you need government that is very pro-active. but it is not sure whether this is you need to the location. >> a popular member of the wbal family is back at work after nearly dying last month. that story is next. >> more speed cameras are popping up in maryland. we will tell you when and where they will start snapping pictures. >> everyone is talking around town, including everyone who plays on the raven's defense. what they have to say about the

offense and renaissance. >> there was a little rain for the area. and now and will dragons and colder air. we will check it out in just a minute. it is 67 degrees at the airport. at the inner harbor, is

>> if you have a lead foot a new drive the baltimore, you might want to slow down. the first of many speed cameras went up today. it will start snapping speeders on thursday. the cameras must be within a half mile of a school zone. this information was gathered based on crash data in noam areas for speeding. >> we told the city wanted speed cameras. the city is telling the

community cable but didn't speak cameras -- back -- that would put in speed cameras. speed cameras are expected to be a baltimore counted by the end of the year. >> they are doing it again, raising money to help combat lou gehrig's disease. it is in support of a former player that was diagnosed with als back in 2007. the event is set for 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night. tickets for the three hour event are $175 for it all proceeds will go directly to charity. to learn more about the event, you can go to our website and then click on newslinks. a surprise for listeners of wbal radio. deep -- the tour dave is back. -- a detour davis back.

he underwent a triple bypass. the entire wbal family is very happy to see dave feeling strong enough to come back to work. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus cast with meteorologist john collins. >> we're getting reports of rain and that has slowed things up traffic wise. a little lightning and thunder with that, but it is pulling out, now. it is a very narrow band. the most serious thunder and lightning was down in parts of virginia. you get a larger scope of what this storm is doing. that is the core of the storm. you can see everything spinning around. it is not the rain. we had a quarter inch but it is the cool air that is what we're the ones to feel for the next couple of days.

what happened during the day today? >> the sun was out. we will drop about five-eight degrees by tomorrow morning and at the airport, we got just over one-tenth of an inch of rain. the rain coldest down and temperatures around the bay and the city are in the upper 60s. -- cooled us down and temperatures around the bay in the city are in the upper 60s. in hagerstown it is also 73. temperatures have actually bumped up a couple of degrees in some areas. sunset is only about 30-40 minutes away. we have another reenforcing from behind this. basically, our air flow is coming out of the north and northwest those north to

northwest winds will dragon that cool canadian air. overnight tonight, it will be around 50. here is the insta-weather futurecast. we would have clear skies overnight, and we may get a sprinkle or two. we will call it a mix of clouds and son. 64-69 is the probably the best we will manage. as we take a look at the map of the state, you can see these areas that are shaded blue. that is a wind advisory. winds could be gusting up to 40 miles per hour. our weapons are only about four to five or so. it will be a -- our winds are

only about 25 or so. late friday, may be a shower. a new system could come in on saturday. then the rain chances will taper off on sunday. >> now, a love of sports with gerry sandusky. >> three games into the season, they are averaging 34 points a game. yesterday they score 34 points. he raven's now bring much more to the game that a dangerous defense. in yesterday's 34-3 win over the browns, they had several touchdowns with one passing touchdown. this was a hook up for dara and mason. rice got his first nfl touchdown. you put it all together and you

have to sacks and four interceptions by the ravens defense and the combination is lethal. that is something we have never seen from the raven's team before. you can tell that the opposing defenses do not know what to make of this raven's offense. >> they ran plays that i've never seen. i'll be damned if cleveland newell was going on. -- a new what was going on. there was nothing you could do about that. you cannot throw the ball 20 yards downfield and then throw it back 20 yards downfield. that is hard to defend. >> you can make an easy case that no one position means more to an nfl team then quarterback. now it looks like the rams may turn the former raven into a quarterback. he threw for 164 yards and two touchdowns and one interception.

one player got a bruised shoulder. meanwhile, the miami dolphins may have lost their quarterback for the rest of the season. he suffered an injury to his throwing shoulder in yesterday's dolphins lost to the san diego chargers. he will get a second opinion on his injury. he has already had two other shoulder surgeries in his career. >> before he gets on the basketball court next month, the freshman basketball center will spend time in a little court. the basketball star faces assault charges from incident in his hometown in august. he has a court date set for october 5. it is time to get your input on our extra point high school football coverage. there were three games to choose

from an patterson and ed benson had a showdown and annapolis will try for an upset and can would faces the gators. to vote for this weekend of the week, go to our website at wbaltv.com. up next, we will look at that 70 forecast, but first a look at what is coming up on the jail a no show. >> bills on the show tonight with sheryl crow.

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>> there is an alert tonight for baltimore city residents. be aware of a telephone scam including water building. how officials tim tell you how you can tell if it is a hoax.

two children have been missing for days. the older girl is nine months pregnant. another area bag gives customers a big break when it comes to overdraft fees. we will have the stor

>> john collins is with us. >> it is nice and summer like out there and we have the brain and now autumn comes. we will be in the '60s through

friday and win chances are low until saturday. -- when it chances are low until saturday. -- wind chances are low until saturday. >> the nbc evening news with brian williams is next. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org

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