>> line, local, late breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00 p.m. in hd. >> a somber remembrance of a detective who lost his life one week from today. i'm jennifer franciotti. good evening. the detector was killed last saturday was celebrating his birthday. he was one of three officers

killed this month. we have more on that story, but first baltimore city police are investigating three shootings that happened since last night. the most recent happened just after 3:00 p.m. in west baltimore. and a shot in the head of west fayette street. no possible modem -- motive. a janitor spotted what appeared to been [inaudible] it was not before the damage was already done. baltimore county police are investigating and vandals and extensive damage including using graffiti in the gym and a locker room. it has been cleaned up. right now, no word on the suspects involved. early this morning, many residents had been rescued

after this fire extended through the upper floors and the roof as well as an attached apartment building. two people and one firefighter suffered minor injuries. one person still accounted for this evening. it is estimated that 24 families were displaced from the fire. >> we experienced some of the coaster of the season overnight last night. 35 degrees. right now, it has warmed up significantly, but it will be partly cloudy tonight with cloud approaching from the system. this is to our north and west. it will take a long time to get here. more cause tomorrow for sure. 65 at the airport now. lower 60's on the eastern shore

and 62 on the state line. i will break down your seven-day coming up. >> x-employees are suing the walt disney co. saying they were blindsided when disney decided to close the inner harbor sports bar in june. the workers plan to file a class-action lawsuit claiming the disney violated federal law by not giving them enough notice about their plans to close the alleged fraud. the proper amount of time was given. they say time was not given to the employees and there was not economic necessity for disney to close the establishment without notice. a 50-year-old man was arrested this morning after being caught vandalizing these campaign signs. they've found hundreds of signs in the back of this man's truck.

this is not the first time campaign signs have been vandalized. there are reports of the removing the smaller signs. these are having to deal with approving a slots location. this is the first time that early voting has been allowed in a general election. you can visit any polling place in your jurisdiction from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. until october 28th. the polls will not reopen tomorrow. gov. martin o'malley and bob ehrlich are urging candidates to take advantage of early voting. republican bob ehrlich visited harford county to encourage voters to get out ahead of the november 2nd election. later tonight, governor o'malley is expected to attend a rally in baltimore county. live coverage for both events

tied at 11:00 p.m. and the latest sign the report that shows bob ehrlich has out raised governor o'malley. the 2010 campaign season is heading into its final week. they had the biggest guns in the trenches. president obama was winding down a four-day campaign swing with a stop in minneapolis. with control of congress up for grabs, plenty of work and not much time left. brian more reports with more from washington. >> in florida, sarah palin's from your fellow republicans for a big win on election day. >> the momentum is with us. now was not the time to let up. >> two-party favorite marco rubio is expecting plenty of republicans to join in with the changing washington park seed change of power. >> i believe november 2nd will be an extraordinary day in florida and across america.

president obama touchdown in minnesota to wrap up a four-day campaign swing. he and fellow democrats are struggling to turn back the tide of anti-incumbent sentiment. >> this election is a choice. it is addressed between the policies that got us into this man -- into this mess and those getting us out. >> in nevada, and president obama stood up for senate majority leader harry reid. >> i want to have a partner in the united states senate named harry reid. >> decision to the house and 10 is now just 10 days away. brian moore, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we have a wealth of information on our website, wbaltv.com, from candidate profiles too bad checks. with a voters guide to the polls. click on "politics close vote on

the top of the home page. coming up, a man infected in hiv after a blood donor lied about his sexual history. the founder of wikileaks defense documents. documents. would they are

woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

>> members of the baltimore city police department are remembering one of their on. detective stevenson was killed last weekend. >> it is another sad day for the men and women in blue for baltimore city. right now inside this funeral home on the road, friends and family of detective brian stevenson have gathered for his viewing. it was one week ago police say

the 80-year veteran of the force was murdered during a dispute over parking space with a group of people. the off-duty detective was killed when someone in the curve for a chunk of concrete at him hitting him in the temple. those who knew him say he was not the confrontational type. >> most of the time, you would not even know he was in the room. he was not a loud mouth or combative or argumentative. this really caught me off-guard. >> police have charged the 25- year-old man with murder. he is the one year through the piece of concrete. police have said more people could face charges. at the time stevenson is out celebrating what would have been his 38th birthday the next day. viewing will end at 8:00 p.m. and there is another one tomorrow. the funeral is monday. live in baltimore county, wbal- tv 11 news. >> it is being called the

largest legacy confirmation in u.s. history. the whistle blowing website, wikileaks, has posted details of civilian deaths including those on known or even not recorded. there have been differing accounts of how many lives were lost during fighting. the founder is defending the release of the documents today at a press conference in london. >> this is the truth. the attacks on the truth began long before the war starts and continues long after the war ends. >> the pentagon has denounced the link -- leak. a report out of colorado as saying a man undergoing a kidney transplant was infected with hiv after getting a blood transfusion by a donor who lied

about his status. this is the first known case of something like this happening in at least eight years. in june 2008, the man donated the blood. the cdc said he did not report any hiv risk factors. his blood tested positive for the disease. the current testing cannot detect hiv early in the first 10 days. the risk of this happening is one in 1.5 million. pete has the sports. big news with navy football today. >> for a long time, this would always be a source of embarrassment. now is fine. we will check out the midshipman's trade had in sports. i>> a great day to do anything outside. we will warmup, but we are tracking system to our north and west. i will let you know how that affects your 7-forecast ahead.

>> there was a lot of tail- wagging and barking going on for the sixth annual dog-tober fest. more than 100 local artists and vendors set up shop to raise funds. they wanted to raise $50,000 this year. they were joined by mayor stephanie rawlings blake and other officials. the theme this year is clean water starts in your yard. they want to prevent this from polluting local water. >> your 11 insta-weather + forecast with meteorologist sandra shaw. >> absolutely gorgeous. it felt like this afternoon. a great day to do anything. enjoy bark-toberfest.

this is associated with a system that is very slow moving. it will not give us a chance of precipitation until, say, monday. more clouds tomorrow, but it will still say nice temperature- wise. check of the morning lows. 35 degrees. when you compare this across new england, the only place you will see this is up above the great lakes and go very cold last night. we have the pervert radiation all clearing situation. as a result, the temperature will plunge. things warmed up nicely with the bond and son. 60 degrees downtown, 65 at the airport. -- things warm up nicely with bringing in the sun. 50 in the outlying suburbs. 55 degrees downtown.

winds are still light i of the south. tomorrow, we will remain mild from the mountains of western maryland with a high of 69 degrees, to about 73-74 around baltimore. we will see variably to mostly cloudy skies during the day. the high pressure will be moving offshore. the lower eastern shore is right around 70 degrees. the day forecast as we head into tomorrow, a small craft advisory warning. it will be gusting up to 29. the reason for the mild air is the reason that the high pressure ridge just to our south. with that, rotation, southwesterly flow, and more from the deep south. this system will emerge as a warm front in various slight chance of showers and may be an isolated thunderstorms and a

good chance for rain by the middle part of next week. variably cloudy tomorrow, 70-74, with light winds out of the southwest. a great game for the ravens, great playing conditions. 73 degrees for the 1:00 p.m. kickoff. a chance for showers unsubtle monday, tuesday, and wednesday. we will be nice again by next weekend. >> and now, 11 sports with pete gilbert. >> after 43 consecutive losses, the thought of the winning streak against the irish must have seemed impossible. the navy has now won three out of the last four. first. inside the one. surrounding them outside. starting for the injured events murray come right through the heart of the defense. 61 of his 210 yards on the day.

here is the one-handed grab. the helicopters his way into the end zone. the rookie cap on rushing stores. navy dominated noted game. two in a row now and even three out of four. the first road acc win in two years. a 24-7 lead and shrinking thanks to the unlucky bounce of the ball. it was tipped and caught. a 63-yard and he finds the end zone. maryland was just hanging on he is flat out stock to. maryland wins 24-21 now 5-2 on the season. homecoming for oregon state. delaware state, fourth quarter

to the end zone. he stays there. so does the ball. fumble recovered and the game is tied at 21. williams was not deterred by the big hit. 23-yards, out of bounds, stops the clock. on target to hendrix. they rallied for the win and attacks on another score winning 34-24. as expected, activated today for the ravens. they play tomorrow against buffalo. the ravens also weighed andrew johns. that is the big picture. a celebration going on to commemorate the ravens. the 10th anniversary of the world championship, the 34-7 decimation remains one of the city parks the greatest sports triumphs.

bringing back ray lewis, -- >> just seeing those guys come back, it is a heck of a reward to see that. i think it will be huge, not just for us but for our fans in baltimore. >> the rangers wrapped up their inaugural trip to the world series blowing out the yankees last night four games to two. this effort comes in south philadelphia. there are going with borrowing -- with roy oswalt. that does not bother him. he sounds a lot like joe flacco at the microphone. >> i tried to pitch every game like it is the last one, you know? you are never guaranteed the next day. i am no different. i tried to attack kidder's and make them beat me. -- i tried to attack hitters.

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bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion

in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. >> here is what we are working on for 11:00 p.m. tonight. o'malley and ehrlich encourage people to take advantage of early voting. the debate over spots -- the slots and a man accused of the vandalizing campaign signs. these and

>> tomorrow, a few more clouds, but still mild. not as cold as last night. we will stay in the 70's, so above normal. with that said, we will be unsettled as this slow-moving front of it is a chance for a storm on tuesday. >> and football tomorrow. i cannot wait. >> no ravens. >> thank you for joining us. captione

>> this is a wbal-tv 11 editorial by president and general manager jordan wertlieb. >> this year's baltimore festival was truly a perfect 10. the showcased showed that it is as good as it gets. set against the backdrop of a beautiful fall day, the city hosted thousands of runners and their families sharing with the region had to offer. this week, we celebrate another 10th anniversary as the ravens on the team of 2000, the champions of superbowlxxxv. we will soon like the holiday lots of the washington monument and watch "the miracle on 34th

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public safety is a governor's most important job. that's why governor martin o'malley has instituted new dna and fingerprinting technology that's reducing violent crime... new, stronger domestic violence and abuse legislation... and o'malley passed new laws to better track and convict sexual predators, with even longer prison sentences. as a father of four, i know there's always more that we must do to protect our children and make maryland an even safer place to raise our families. women are charged 40% more for the same health insurance as men. domestic violence is treated as a pre-existing condition in eight states. women are abused by their husbands and then by their insurance companies. and last year they tried to end our coverage for mammograms and other preventive services.