weekend. the cold front that will do all of that work will come through tonight. 73 degrees of the airport. semaphored degrees down some of the maryland science center. most of the day will be dry. a high temperature of 82 degrees. some thunderstorms could come that may be severe this evening. we will be back in just a few minutes with more weather. let's check the roads. >> a nice ride out there on the major roadways. closures due to repair work that is wrapping up in towns and. we will have a live report in a moment. -- towson. we will have a live report in a moment. 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast.

southbound 95 from the beltway looking good. here is a live look at harford road. everything is moving very well to and from i-95. coming toward us is our live traffic. some activity on the shoulder. -- is outer loop traffic. some activity on the shoulder. >> water pumps are once again running this morning. >> that is good news for thousands of residents who lost water yesterday. officials need your help to bring everybody's pressure back up to speed. jennifer franciotti has the details. >> that means do not run all of the water at the same time. they needed to conserve. power is restored just before sundown last night at the compensation. they're able to start putting

water back in the system. a fire began underground taking out a utility pole. the result, low water pressure or no water at all for about 200,000 customers. if you have water this morning, they are still urging conservation. >> that will take away from water that needs to go to further places away from this pumping station. >> bge crews spent all day taking out those burnt cable lines. it took longer than expected, but they got the job done. wbal-tv. >> a late night car crash in anne arundel county killed three people.

it happened shortly before 11:00 last night. at least one car caught fire. a pickup truck crossed the center line and struck the suv. the two people inside died. >> a firefighter and others were sent to the hospital. a fire occurred last night at an apartment. they say two women were treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation. all three were taken to the hospital. >> one of our firefighters fell from the second-floor window to the ground suffering burns to his hand and other musculoskeletal injuries. >> no word on what caused the fire or the condition on the victims. >> a diplomat cause quite a scare on a denver-bound airliner.

he was trying to sneak a smoke in the bathroom. >> passenger on >663united 663 d to cover up smoking in the bathroom by saying he wanted to set his shoes on fire. a flight attendants smelled smoke and notified in air marshal on board. fighter jets were then signal to escort the plane. after a safe landing in denver, he was questioned by federal authorities who found no bomb. >> based on what i heard, the authorities reacted appropriately and used all caution. it was quite an inconvenience, but better than a tragedy. >> it comes less than six months after an accused underwear bomber was indicted on federal

charges such as using a weapon for mass destruction. in 2003, a man admitted to trying to blow up a jetliner with an explosive in his shoe. he was sentenced to life in prison. nbc news, denver. >> former governor bob ehrlich is back in the race. he announced his candidacy in the governor's race last night for this year. he thanked supporters and friends. >> we need to help the small business people again. needs to be a means of job creation and revenue enhancements. we do not want to hit them again and again. >> he joined another candidate

to defeat gov. martin o'malley. >> one person is apologizing for a major omission. the governor admitted -- omitted any records is to slavery as one of the causes for the civil war. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. what do you think about the decision to bring back confederate history month in the state of virginia? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com and officials say someone tied a dog to a pole on easter sunday. and a group of kids around 13 years old pummelled the dog with bricks.

a man tried to save the dog and was hit by the bricks. they both are doing well. the dog will soon be put up for adoption. >> the search for four missing coal miners in virginia could resume today. a vigil was held last night to honor the 25 miners who lost their lives during an explosion. one survivor spoke about the incident. >> there was very severe wind, dust, dirt, debris blowing. these guys are still in there. [crying] a lot of my very good buddies. people do not understand the camaraderie between coal miners. >> officials say it is unlikely they will find the remaining four miners alive.

coming up, talks between air carriers may mean you will pay more this summer. >> a soldier captured in afghanistan. >> more weather and traffic w

>> welcome back. 73 degrees at the maryland science center. a warm start for us. it will be dry until this evening, when things change. temperatures in the suburbs, amid-upper 60's. we should be dry up until five or 6:00. the high temperature for this afternoon is 82 degrees. thunderstorms roll in this

afternoon. -- this evening. to the news desk. >> covering the nation, lawyers for some massachusetts teenage girls involved in a bullying case will be in court today. verbal abuse and physical threats against a freshman led her to commit suicide in january. they will be arraigned as adults. >> for the first time in months, the taliban has released a video of an army private captured last year in afghanistan. he plays to return home to his family in idaho. he says the war in afghanistan is not worth the lives lost. this is the first time the taliban has released videos since christmas. no way to verify when the video

was taken and if the man is still alive. >> coming up, he may be paying less to watch those new releases, but you are probably getting less. >> stressing over your tax return. how you may be able to get around that april 15 due date in our consumer a large. >> some closures to watch out for. we will check the a waffle iron? nooo. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer

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we are checking speed sensors around the area. we are getting a little sluggish but it is standard around southbound 95. 11 minutes, your drive time on the north east out lou -- alter loouter loop. here is baltimore national pike. light volume there. same situation as a switch over to the north side. an easy ride as recheck the early morning roads. give it some time. the volume will build. let's get the latest on the buses and the trains with the mta. >> good morning. looking very good. 19 bus southbound diversion due to construction. 21 bus diverting @ lafayette and

also at caroline. no delays on the camden are brunswick lines. metro subway is also on time. now back to tony pann. >> thanks. it is pretty quiet for us on our way to work or school. that could change by this evening. look at the ohio valley with showers and thunderstorms. snow is on the backside of this thing. a dynamic system moving through maryland. it will change the weather bigtime by the time we get to the end of the week. it may chop off 30 degrees from the temperatures we had earlier this week. it should reach baltimore overnight tonight. after that, showers and

thunderstorms will catch up to us. some high cloud cover out there. they will thicken up as the storm gets closer to us. nice and milder right now. 68 in westminster. 70 degrees in chestertown. a mixture of sun and clouds. thunderstorms possible this evening. high temperatures in the low 80 kooky. -- 80's. during the day tomorrow, a front will push off the coast. there could be brain very early in the morning. the big area -- there could be reined very early in the morning. -- rain very early in the

morning. it will be breezy and chilly during opening day friday. the rain in begun however. dry weather saturday -- the rain should be gone however. dry weather expected on saturday and sunday. a drive forecast through the middle of next week. -- a dry forecast through the middle of next week. >> april 15 is right around the corner. if you cannot get your taxes done, you can file a tax extension. it is fast, easy, and a six month grace time frame. it does not believe you of paying the taxes that are due. you will be penalized if we do not, so you need to estimate if you think he may well and

ascendant in by april 15. the battle -- if you think you make zero and sent it in the payment by april 15. -- think he may welyou may owe n the payment by april 15. kretzer money problems in greece were wall street -- >> money problems in greece were "the wall street journalorry wall st. we will check with the bloomberg business report. >> ben bernanke telling an

audience that our economy is far from being out of the woods. costco says its sales climbed 10% last month. we will get latest weekly jobless -figures. the airlines are discussing a merger. united is one of them. a 6% drop in volume -- value from a previous year for one magazine. and taking a look at baseball teams, the new york yankees were the most viable. the orioles didn't turn a profit last year.

-- were the most valuable. the orioles did turn a profit last year. >> a new game will only be sold overseas. words can be spelled backwards. they are trying to attract younger players. >> not as smart players. we're giving it a little bit more variety. >> the rules will remain the same in america. you can apply the new ones to the original board. movie studios are stripping away bonus features. studios are blocking the action

to go straight to the main menu forcing viewers to watch all of the previews. mmovie studios hope this will help encourage customers to buy retail the beeddvd's/ . >> the orioles find themselves in themselves1 ru in a r run 1 inning last night. inning last night.

>> you like to see consistency from a baseball team, but not when it comes to losing close games. the orioles are 0-2. they lost last night at tropicana field. tejada his first hit of the season. 1-0 advantage. evan longoria has had a bat on fire. 2-1. adam jones with great defense. he keeps the rays off the bases.

solo home run 4-2, rays. roberts ends it in centerfield. the orioles go down. 4-3 shares the final score -- is the final score. i am gerry sandusky. hope your day is off to a fantastic start. >> coming up in the next half hour of 11 news today. >> in washington, president obama in prague today signing a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia. that story is coming up. >> we expect some thunderstorms tonight. we will talk about that in just a few minutes. >> we will update you on closures in towson

>> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. >> thanks for joining us. let's get a check on weather and traffic. >> you know it is not going to last. >> the next couple of days it will be much cooler. the change will take place tomorrow. right now it is dry. temperatures are already in the 70's. the average high temperature is 62. the high-temperature will be 18. we expect thunderstorms to come in this evening. some may be strong or severe. some may be strong or severe.