tomorrow morning we will have a good chance of showers after clouds throughout the night. let's check out trafficked with sarah caldwell. >> a couple of early morning accident. northbound 23. in a find lane closures. the harrisburg expressway looks good southbound from the maryland line down to the beltway. northbound 97 pass cranfield's boulevard, there's an accident there. -- banfield boulevard. let's switch to the northwest corner at the green spring. no problems there. the the j.f.x. looks good. back to you. >> thank you. our big story, baltimore police need help identifying a rape suspect. >> the forced his way inside a home in a west baltimore neighborhood, attacked and raped the victim while her children or

home. jennifer franciotti has more. >> police say the suspect best in the victim's head and raped her at knifepoint. it happened on september 23 and early morning hours on franklin street. this is a sketch of what police believe the suspect looks like. in his early 20's, 5 1/7, slim build. "g-force" his way into the 30 year-old woman at 2:20 in the morning. they characterized him as being rootless. the children were in the house at the time of the rape. >> detectives are hoping anybody with information regarding the incident can give them a call. >> police said the victim does not know the assailant. anyone with information is asked to call police. residents in the area are taking extra safety precautions. jennifer franciotti reporting. >> thank you.

baltimore city police need your help this morning tracking down a male driver who drag the police officer five blocks. the suspects refuse met with police officers bu -- suspect named ricky hughes met with officers but then took off. >> the officer was hanging out of the window. he did not get hurt really badly. another officer fired shots at the car, shooting out the back window. hughes was nowhere to be found when they found the vehicle. yesterday afternoon in south baltimore we're told in another case an officer shot a suspect who apparently had a weapon. a gun has been recovered.

the suspect is in critical condition at shock trauma. >> of baltimore city police officer if it's out on vaunt for charges involving drugs. sylvester was already being investigated for allegedly shaking down drug suspects for cash. he was caught in september during an undercover sting. internal troubles continued for the city police department. the commander of the southeastern district this morning is on suspension pending an internal investigation. he was suspended forb personnel suspendeed--. his name is bergeron. >> there's a discovery in a cold

cases. >> the mystery has haunted her family. she vanished last october 28 after leaving work at volunteers of america. her car was parked outside the west for spark home that she shared with or friend. saturday two hundred founder body in a wooded area on ridge road in ridge lawn. >> city detectives were doggedly trying to solve the crime. then again when the hunters found the remains of mia nichols, that was what they needed. >> the live-in boyfriend tyrone webb was charged with murder. mia nichols was shot twice in the head. tyrone webb was suspected early on an investigation. one witness said mia crying at work in october and said tyrone had been buzzing all morning with her and threatened her,

saying she better not come home. they discovered a history of violence in the relationship and speculate on possible motive that was an already violence situation. tyrone webb had already gotten one woman pregnant. it's possible mia nichols was planning to leave them. the news came as a shock to the couple's neighbours. >> we never heard anything from them. nothing that gave us bad vibes that something was going on like this happening. >> investigators believe she was killed sometime between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. on the 20th. the place of death is listed as the spot in the woods where her body was found. >> this morning authorities have arrested a man who shot a bb gun

at an mta bus. the driver was taking students to school when she stopped to pick up passengers in southwestern baltimore. that is when she noticed the man pointing a gun at the front window. the suspect fired a gun several times but the windshield and not break. >> some florida parents are not happy with the vocabulary word being taught in advanced placement course. "kama sutra"is the word. many parents don't want their teenagers being taught about a book that lays out the basic rules of love and marriage and is known for erotic illustration. >> it has no place in the classroom, especially if the parents are not aware of the subject. >> that brings us to our water cooler question. do you think the 10th grade advance placement classroom is an appropriate place to

refer to this term? email us your response. coming up, some bad news for baltimore firefighters. city officials tried to squeeze more money to kill their budget gap. -- fill their budget gap. >> no matter what people do to you, they cannot take that away from you. >> kidnapped and raped at 14 years old, elizabeth smart appears in court as she talks about the incident in detail. that is next. >> this is the beltway at liberty road. we will have an update on the weather and

>> top of the morning to you. 57 degrees downtown. happy friday. october 2, first friday of october. we have some news. >> this monday tony tan will join us to expand our weather

coverage. sandra will bring you weather updates from around town and there from events going on and being out in the field. >> he was here yesterday. everybody is excited. it will be fun. let's look at the current forecast. we're looking at a massive storm system to our west that is causing the potential for strong storms in columbus, ohio and down through detroit and louisville, ky. this is what is headed our way. we're dealing with a warm spot we will plabe mild in the 60's. you might wake up to some rain tomorrow morning. what about the rest of the weekend? we will check that out in a moment. >> elizabeth mardin is having to relive the nightmare. she's 21 years old. she sat in the same room with her alleged abductor as she testified, telling the court she was raped daily after being

abducted from her bedroom seven years ago. the man has twice been found incompetent to stand trial. smart says mitchell was motivated by sex and use religion to get what he wanted. he and his wife were found with smart nine months after she disappeared from her house in utah. >> a man fell into a construction trend in nevada last night. he had to be rescued. it's not a construction worker. he was being freed from the trend in las vegas in this shot. he called 911 for help before any construction worker saw him. he was hospitalized, suffering from arm and leg pain, expected to make a full recovery. still ahead, the state is granting a tax extensions to the end of businesses affected by the water main break. >> tweaking your problems, that the head.

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>> how is it looking so far? >> pretty good. a couple of accidents. nothing major. northbound 97, there's an accident approaching benfield boulevard. at the beltway, no problems. normally at about 6:00 or 6:30 we get delays from down, but that is not the case right now. in green spring things are looking good. if you're heading out on the 83 this morning, the harrisburg

expressway and the j.f.x. are looking good. the rest of the major roadways looking good. that is the latest. now to the buses and trains with kurt kroncke. >> we're off to a strong start on the mta. no details on rigdelays on the . subways on time. the 17 bus is diverting at corporate and international do to construction. >> happy friday. we have a lot to talk about. there's a system that's moving through the great lakes region into the ohio valley. strong showers and storms this morning. the mass of moisture is headed in our direction for the

weekend. it won't be so bad. it will lose a lot of strength when it gets through year. if we are dealing with a warm front today. we will be in the low 70's. first chance of showers later in the early evening. let's look at decarr tetris. 67 downtown, 55 at marshall, 52 on the eastern shore. 64 degrees in ocean city. let's look at the mountains of western maryland. a chance of showers earlier out there. high of 61 degrees today with clouds increasing throughout the day. the same thing today for us, high of 73 and a chance of showers in the evening. in ocean city, they want to get showers until tomorrow. mostly cloudy thereby later this afternoon. on the day, not very good, a

small craft advisory with gusty wind. gusts reaching 25 not at times and waves up to two feet. 72 of the average high for this october 2. we will be a little bit above that at 73. 89 is the record high set in 1986. on october 2, 1997 it was 35 degrees. tonight we will have the clouds around still with showers. 55 degrees. wind at 10-15. the entire system will make its final push through here. a line of showers will tharoor qwest this morning but moving. -- a line of showers will be moving through. the best shot of rainfall is overnight into tomorrow morning. heavy rain associated with a batch of showers.

the next 24 hours is when the rain will be out of here and things will be looking good. evening showers possible, 50% chance of morning showers tomorrow and left with partly cloudy skies tomorrow. sunday looks fabulous, mostly sunny and 73 degrees. 73 degrees on monday. >> general electric and comcast are in talks over nbc universal. ge owns 80% of nbc universal. ge is in talks with contest. this would spin off the nbc universal unit into a new company to be merged with the content assets of comcast. comcast is the largest cable provider. this deal would allow comcast to take 51% economic control of nbc universal. you'll be able to tweak your electronic problems this holiday

season to best buy. -- tweet. they will take those messages on best buy's twitter website and it paid has been optimized to make it easier for you. there is a chocolate festival running through saturday. it kicked off yesterday with some samples and treats using chocolates and candies. there was live music and the show. they had a chance to meet miss maryland usa as well. >> investors are watching the president's olympic gamble on wall street. now to jane king. tabb if friday. >> happy friday. tazing olympic gold, the president and first lady are in denmark hoping to get the international olympic committee to name chicago for the 2016 summer games. it will be an economic goldmine

for whatever city is chosen. billions of construction dollars. it would generate $2 billion in sponsorship for chicago. social security applications are soaring as more workers opt for early retirement during the recession. there were 150,000 extra retirees this year. the program may run out of money in 2037. as for the market's major sell- off yesterday, after disappointing manufacturing report and an increase in weekly jobless claims. futures are pointing to a quietly lower start this morning. it does not look like a rebound at this hour. good news for parents and kids this holiday season. mattel and hasbro are shifting to lower prices. mattel says 80% of its stores will be less than $30. and hasbro has stores under $50. i'm jane king reporting for wbal-tv 11 news.

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>> on the economy, it does not look like a raise is in the

future for baltimore city firefighters. thifirefighters are hoping to see a 2% pay raise. it's been an ongoing issue. >> our firefighters, are public safety individuals are very important and they are a priority to the city. we will work with them through this. but right now because of what we are facing, sometimes things have to be on hold. >> arbitrator said the decision was not based on the city or state budget deficits. >> dundalk businesses and houses, the state of maryland is giving an extension for taxes through november 15 for withholding tax. those filing by the november dates will not be charged interest, late payment fees, or

penalties. >> today we will get to the news about jobs for the month of september. >> be an agglomerate has flirted with 10% -- the unemployment rate has plummeted with 10%. >> president obama seemed to be among those not expecting good news. >> it's going to take a number of steps to reverse the current job climate. >> last week the number of first-time filers for jobless benefits went up, an unexpected rise. this person in texas was laid off. >> sometimes you have to settle for a job just to pay bills. >> california's republican governor touted stimulus millions he said would bring green jobs, workers swapping diesel engines for hybrids. >> when i came into office there was this kind of belief that you can only predict the environment

or the economy. >> it is government alone driving the economic recovery? consumer spending was up in august as car buyers to the advantage of cash for clunkers, but car sales have fallen sharply since then. the fed chairman says jobs will remain scarce. >> the unemployment rate will be about 9% by the end of the year. >> this woman was laid off and is getting job training at the goodwill. >> i am learning new things and meeting new people. >> she says it can't hurt in a painful job market. the obama administration predicts unemployment will average 9.8% next year, bound to fuel debate about whether government aid has worked or should keep coming. >> the time is 5:27, 54 degrees. coming up next half hour -- >> baltimore police looking for

rape suspect who brutalized his victim. details ahead. >> a presidential bid for the olympics, details ahead. >> a massive storm system is brewing on a doppler. i will let you know a timetable for how it will affect us by the weekend coming up. >> for most of the major roadways are looking good. one accident on 97. we will update you on and check we will update you on and check on

>> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal 11 news. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i am stan stovall. >> on mindy basara. it's friday. we are wearing our callers today. >--