morning. maybe some week tornadoes. you will see some video in just a few minutes. right now, things are quiet. you do not have to worry about that kind of weather on your way to work or school this morning. there are a few sprinkles that could come by through the next hour. a slight chance for rain early this morning. it will be quiet for the rest of the day. a mixture of sunshine and clouds. the wind it may gust over 30 miles per hour, but it should be dry with a high temperature at 62 degrees. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. for now we check in with sarah. >> it is a mess out there. we have downed trees. route 7 at old mountain road, we have a downed tree blocking the road. trouble in harford county, watch for those. some debris blocking some lanes.

we have a slowdown on the north side, 28 miles per hour. accident coming in. catonsville, rolling road at route 40, all lanes closed with a downed tree. leaves are also going to be an issue. leaves fell with the storm. 11 minutes on the ad lib northeast side. 12 minutes on the west side. -- 11 minutes on the outer loop north east side. this is the key bridge. so far running smoothly at this hour. be careful on all of the roads. this is the harrisburg expressway just north of the beltway. no delays to report there. thats the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. we will begin with that breaking news. a possible tornado touched down in the northeastern part of town, downing trees and damaging

some homes. >> near mclean boulevard, jennifer franciotti is there on the phone with us now. tell us what you say. >> the folks at the national weather service will have a field day with this. we are a few blocks to the west of that location at northern parkway and mclean. there were fires around 2:00 a.m. this morning. the wind came through this period a below three roofs off of town homes. three people had to be transported to johns hopkins, including one child with a possible broken arm. now the debris field is far and wide. it looks like these homes have been used in virtual bulletin boards for the debris. aluminum siding has been impelled into homes. we will probably see a lot of the roofs a few blocks away that

have blown off. a couple of cars are semester is kind of scary-looking in the dark. one firefighter said thank goodness it happened overnight. if it happened during dinner time, people would be dead. firefighters right now -- they are working in the dark. 2700 b.g.e. customers are affected. safety is of paramount concern. they are making sure citizens are ok. this is not an area where you want to visit if you don't have to be here. the mount pleasant ice rink should be opening around 5:30 this morning as a shelter. all agencies are working together and trying to make sure residents are as safe as possible. >> again, give us a general idea of where we're talking about.

>> if you try to come off of northern parkway, you'll be stopped over in the northeast section. roads are blocked off. this in a community that is in northeast baltimore. i am near a shopping plaza, and northern high school. is so dark. i'm standing at the corner of jubilee court and fleetwood. the debris is far and wide. there is stuff all over the place. >> have you had a chance to talk to some residents? " i talked to a couple came out to look at the debris. winds elements car is smashed. he said it was about 2:00 a.m. this morning and he heard a loud sound. he looked out the window. his girlfriend said to look at his car. he could not believe it.

at that time, you are asleep and you are not expecting this. it was a good thing that most folks were outside. >> thank you. i know you will stay on top of the story. we switch over to sandra shaw to give us an update. >> i am in a different area. i'm in parkville. they have set up a massive staging area. there are at least two homes where families have been displaced because the homes were completely damaged by a possible tornado or straight lined wind. for his a tree that is completely up rooted and has toys all over the yard. there were supposedly almost three touchdowns for whatever it was -- straight line winds are possible turnout 2:00 a.m. last

night. it went through right in the center of parkville. there have been no injuries. there was a call to do a rescue but it was unfounded. no injuries or fatalities associated with this. the danger of this morning would be the downed power lines all throughout the community. putty avenue, are a downed power lines everywhere. you cannot see out here. we have a light now. a tree is completely up routed behind me. some children's toys were displaced. a couple of cars were smashed by trees. and there are two families that work displays. this is very much a developing story. the staging area is on pawlenty avenue. they are collaborating with

bg&e to figure out where the power outages are -- on putty ave. the possible tornado touched down at about 2:00 a.m.. >> we will talk to you soon. we want you to share your pictures of the overnight storm damage with us. visit the u local section of our website, wbaltv.com. by land or by air, expect to see more americans traveling this thanksgiving. >> the federal government is coming under fire for those new, more personal screening procedures at airports. kate amara has more. >> the tsa is implementing body

scanners and pat-downs across the country. nobody will be exempt from the new procedures. if you thought you would have company, you are right. more than 42 million people are expected to hit the roads, the rails, and the skies for thanksgiving. that is up 11% from last year. >> when purse strings and heart strings compete in a tug of war, the heart winds out. >> most will drive. 1.6 million holiday travelers will fly and will likely to encounter the new airport security measures. full body scanners and pat-downs causing controversy. there are growing calls for a boycott on the day before thanksgiving. >> when they want new photography detailed enough to tell if a man is circumscribed or not, that is going too far. >> calling for cooperation on

capitol hill. >> just try to be patient. work with our folks. they are there to protect you. >> critics call the procedures invasive and possibly unconstitutional. >> i'm having the attorneys check out what people's rights are. we want constitutional rights of individuals upheld. >> lines at security will be long get to the airport three hours before your flight. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the new searches are too interested? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 55 degrees on tv hill. we'll be right

>> welcome back.

things have settled down since last night. it is in the 50's in most neighborhoods. it will be a windy day. the threat for severe weather has ended. on the right-hand side, everything is going off the coast. a couple sprinkles are possible early this morning. you may have to drive around some debris in your neighborhood. it will be a windy day. over 30 miles per hour later this afternoon. it will be mild this evening with a high temperature near 62. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> we want to share a few e- mails we have been getting about the storm. >> i have one here from brian. >> a lot of people are thinking

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there. we're doing pretty well on the major roadways. rolling road route 40, watch for closures as well because of a downed tree. we are monitoring a lot of problems. record -- there is a downed tree with lane closures at harford road. at route 7 and mountain road, another downed tree to report per we have defected traffic lights in many intersections. route 24 in the bel air region. another down treat in darlington at trapped church road. be extra careful and watch for those downed trees and debris let's look at the key bridge. wind warnings in effect here and the other area bridges. this is the harrisburg expressway. so far, no problems to report here. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. i'm going to guess there are

some delays in. >> we have some diversions because of the storm damage. the 36 bus is diverting. the 19 and 55 buses are diverting at mclean. delays on the 19, 36, a 15 bus, running 15 minutes late the penn station extension is running with a 10-minute delay. no delay on the brunswick lines. now back to tony pann. >> i want to remind everybody you can go to our website, wbaltv.com and place your storm reports there. go to wbaltv.com and will try to read some of them on the air. most of the activity is well off shore. there are some sprinkles showing up on the radar and in northern carroll county. the could be a passing shower or

sprinkle, but the threat for severe weather has ended. let's take a wider view and see what is going on. this is the center of the storm. it is in the northeast part of ohio. a big shield of showers out ahead of it. will sweep a cold front off the coast. the wind will kick up again. because of the pressure, the wind may gust between 30 and 40 miles per hour. that could be enough to knock over some small trees again. there is a high wind advisory for all the counties painted in blue. we could against the wind gusts between 30 and 40 miles per hour again later today. we're in the 50's already this morning. 53 in parkton. we should be able to sneak into the low 60's later this afternoon. maybe a few sprinkles early this

morning. otherwise windy and mild with a high temperature in the low 60's. breezy and quiet tonight. temperatures will drop back into the 40's tonight. if 30% chance for a rain shower on thursday as a another system moves through. it will be chilly by the end of the week. overnight lows will drop into the 20's on saturday. it looks like a nice weekend with temperatures close to 60 in the afternoon. there could be some rain early next week. how about that? >> discount operator metrobus is expanding its destination list. they are looking from the baltimore area to virginia, baltimore -- and toronto. you can get more information on

a website, wbaltv.com. >> amazon.com wants to make your move the dreams come true. jane king joins us live with today's business news in the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. wall street is excited about general motors. just a couple of years ago, it was along way off from bankruptcy. the initial sale is scheduled for today. they should begin trading on the exchange tomorrow. they have boosted their offering range 30% yesterday. they had planned on selling shares from $26 to $29. the offering may raise more than $15.5 billion. keep in mind the i.p.o. would mark the second largest in u.s.

history. on the housing front, state attorneys general investigating some of the banks. a fund would compensate victims of foreclosure fraud. the fund would be for borrowers who could prove they lost their home in an improper foreclosure. it looks like we will open higher today. quite a selloff yesterday occurred growing concern about china. they are slowing down their economy. amazon to jumping into the movie producing. they are launching amazon studios, a website along with one of brothers 3 you ca. the goal is to get commercial feature films made. it is not a simple vanity feature. back to you. >> jane, thank you.

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john harbaugh has experience with playing a repeat in joe flacco. >> we're going to have to prepare for tony, along with clausen. have two -- they have two good working quarterbacks. we're going to test them, either one of them to find out what they are made of. i think that is what you have to do to rookie quarterback spirit we will find out how ready they are. that is our job. >> the ravens on the road this summit. a week from sunday, the nfl has flexed the ravens' schedule. originally scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff against tampa bay. the league has moved back a kickoff time to 4:15, it is a week from sunday when the ravens

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after a possible tornado touched down overnight. we are following breaking news straight ahead. >> i am with that same line of strong storms that cut through the center of park fell. is live report on the damage just ahead. >> the threat for severe weather has ended. it will be a windy day. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> we are tracking those problems in north east baltimore. closures around the area.

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today in hd. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back. i am stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. let's get a check on weather and traffic. >> it was a rough night last night. a line of storms came through last night. we're checking to see if it was

a tornado. the check the damage the filter if there's a twist in the damage field, then they know it is a turnover if it is straight lined winds, it is one big push. you cannot see that until the sun comes up for we don't know if it is tornadoes that came through. either way, they were over 80 miles per hour. you'll see a lot of debris on the roads. the thread for severe weather is over. there could be a passing sprinkle early this morning. hd doppler is fairly quiet. a mixture of sunshine and clouds. the wind will gust over 30 miles per hour. high temperature near 62. go to facebook or our web page, wbaltv.com, and post your storm reports last night. >> we have been getting some all morning.

>> it was very scary last night. the areas affected minute parkville and northeast baltimore. we'll be hearing from jennifer franciotti and sandra shaw surely. number over towards mclean, downed trees all over the -- number northern over towards mclean, down the trees all over the place. plenty of problems to do what appeared an accident at middle river. another down tree in catonsville. rolling road a route 4 a. harford county, you have closures at harford road. route 7, the philadelphia road and mountain road. there are defective traffic lights around. in darlington, a downed tree report was closures. near the key bridge, so far

running smoothly but there are wind warnings at all area bridges this morning. wet leaves are all over the place as well. give yourself extra time and be careful when you get out there. so far so good on the harrisburg expressway just north of the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> our big story, a dramatic overnight for folks living in the northeast part of baltimore. >> possible tornadoes touched down tearing down trees and power lines. we have live team coverage. sandra shaw is standing by. we head out to east baltimore city. jennifer franciotti is steny by to give us an idea of what is happening there because we're parkway.mbeorthern this is the dutch village apartment complex. this is a resident who lives in this apartment complex and is

without power and is in the middle of the debris field. >> i heard something against the window, a lot of wind. stuff was everywhere. debris was everywhere on the ground. >> are you amazed? >> yes. i have never seen anything like this before. >> the sec you are going to work. >> they just knocked on our door saying we have to evacuate our apartment and go to the plaza up the street. >> do you understand why? >> i am not sure. >> it is for your safety. nobody was hurt and your house. >> no. >> you are walking around with a flashlight. i'm going to hold up this aluminum siding. this is one piece of thousands.

this is from at least three homes a couple of houses away. the roofs blew off those homes. three people had to be transported to area hospitals, including one child with a broken arm. surveying the damage, we are seeing pieces of debris through second floor sightings. plywood, tops of trees, drywall, entire sections of roofs. there is broken glass and nails all over the place. firefighters have been going door to door. there are about 75 firefighters in this area alone. fire department says a bunch of the city agencies have gathered in a command center not far from here. their primary focus is resident safety. no other injuries have been reported. the mayor will be joining the

command center in just a little while. we will bring you more information as it becomes available. this area is being evacuated. we send it to santer shot in parkville. i know the temperature -- we send it to sandra shaw. we know the temperature has dropped 10 degrees. >> what is happening is the showers and a risk of severe weather is gone. we will see the wind picked up today. it will be blustery. last night it was either a straight line wind or it was a to carnatic touchdown. there is a staging area right here that putty avenue where they're trying to assess the damage. there are massive power outages. we have massive damage. this is a truth that was completely up rooted in somebody's yard last night -- this is a tradee.

the wind cut right through park felt. you can see the children's toys over the yard. we have live wires, downed power lines. there is one behind me. there are power crews behind me. they have set up a staging area so they can get b.g.e. court made it and find out the most vulnerable areas. the site with the tree is common for this area of parkville. here are some photos that we took earlier. there are a lot of downed trees. we have a lot of damage as far as ahoms go. two families were displaced over in towson. towson police are handling that. no reports of injuries here in the parkville.

proper. no fatalities. that is the good news as these things came through. the damage is widespread. varied damage across the area. the big concern will be the debris and the downed power lines. it is very much a developing story and we'll have more as the rescue crews and power crews and police and firefighters do their job and help resume normal sleep. in this neighborhood, this is the area that suffered the most damage in the center of parkville. reporting live, sandra shaw. >> we're hearing from parkville residents via e-mail. this is from jacob. >> i have one from melanie in parkville. she says there are trees

uprooted. several trees are down in their yard. one landed on a chain-link fence. an entire tree is down on a neighbor car. please give us more information we're getting it this morning. you can share your pictures of the overnight storm damage with us. visit the u local section of our website, wbaltv.com. >> arundel mills school is closed this morning because there is no power. >> 55 degrees on tv hill. the government takes up the potentially dangerous alcoholic energy drinks. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the new tsa searches are too intrusive? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> we are tracking all of those problems on the road.

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right now get this attractive lease offer on a cadillac cts sport sedan. ♪ cadillac. the new standard of the world. >> and welcome back. things are pretty quiet now on this wednesday morning. last point it was rough. 57 degrees downtown. -- last night it was rough. it will be a windy day, but we do not expect any severe weather today. let's look at hd doppler. it is picked up a few echoes in pennsylvania and scooting across carroll county. but that is it. we have a slight chance for a rain showers early this morning. otherwise a windy and mild day with high temperatures and below 60's this afternoon. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. for now, to the news desk.

>> 55 degrees on tv hill. some the ravens players help of the community. we'll have details next. >> this is a live picture over the downtown area. it looks very nice out there right now. a few hours ago, in parts -- we'll update weather and traffic pulse 11 for your morning pulse 11 for your morning

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cold spring and greenspring, there is an accident. another at moravia park. are some closures with a down trade. harford county, a downed tree. another at route 7 at old mountain road in joppa. watch for defective traffic lights. trapped church road in darlington, a downed tree. that is the scene this morning. we have some accidents as volume picks up. one coming in on southbound 295. this is harford road. still moving pretty well in this area. this is southbound to 95. there is an accident just pass 175 and it is blocking some lanes. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> a few diversions because of the storm damage.

the 36 bus is diverting at alameda. the 22 bus diverting at kirk ave. the 55 bus is running with 15- minute delays. no delays on penn, camden, and brunswick lines so far. light rail does have a delay to the penn station, 10 minutes late. metro subway on schedule. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. the threat for severe weather has ended. there could be a few sprinkles this morning. everybody should have it weather band radio in their house. we had storms come through last point that caused severe damage. you don't have your tv on or radio on, you can set these to go off for your county so you're not woken up every five minutes. it will only go off for your county. it is a great way to protect yourself at night.

you should program it that way. we have a couple of sprinkles on hd doppler. that is all we expect for the early morning commute. the center of the storm is in canada. a big shield of showers ahead of it. a cold front will work through the state of maryland. the wind will kick up because of the pressure and we could see wind gusts perhaps up to 40 miles per hour later this afternoon. there is a wind advisory for all the counties painted in blue. be prepared the could be some minor tree damage later this afternoon. temperatures in the mid 50's right now. 56 at the airport. we should be able to sneak into the low 60's this afternoon. a slight chance for rain this afternoon. -- this morning. tonight, partly cloudy and breezy. temperatures will drop back into

the 40's per during the day tomorrow, another disturbance will pass by to our south. we have a 30% chance for a rain shower. it will turn chilly by the end of the week. you'll notice a big dip in the temperatures. expect a high of 52 by thursday. the overnight lows will drop into the 20's saturday morning. then we should recover. it looks like a great weekend. sunshine and temperatures around 60 on saturday and sunday. there could be some rain early next week. back to the news desk. >> some ravens players did some service for the committee yesterday. >> they helped distribute warm clothing to men living in the helping up mission house. is about much more than just the clothing. >> the men residing at the

helping up mission in east baltimore got suited up for winter with new hats and gloves. the biggest thrill might have been meeting who handed out the goodies. several ravens players and even in harlem globe trotter. >> they get a chance to see the people that they see play football. they can reach out. >> the helping up mission are some of the biggest ravens fans. the players are glad to help out. >> i came out last year per it was a lot of fun to hang out with some of the guys. just to get to do something for them. i did it loesser and figured why not come back? >> the also have a message. >> my message is all about hope. i come from a less fortunate

area myself. in order to get where i am today, somebody had to instill that in me. >> they need support. i should reach out to them. >> it is a message not lost on who appreciate the camaraderie. >> what the mission tries to is that residents we're not second-class citizens. >> you can still reach out to those less fortunate and to help. it makes me feel good. >> in east baltimore, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> that is great. >> it is good to give. 55 degrees on tv hill. so much more ahead -- >> including a look at one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers.

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announced it is taking caffeine out of the popular energy drink. the company still insists four loko is safe. >> we firmly believe that consumers legally but adult purchasers, we don't have the kind of propblems that are said. >> the federal trade commission will warn these drawings are illegal to market. drinks like four loko contain as much out all as three or four beers. experts say it masks the out all. >> i tasted one. >> my heart was skipping. i just feel like i'm on some other drug. >> critics claim the products are being marketed to underage drinkers. they have become popular on college campuses. >> your kids will not even know

it is dangerous until they get into trouble. >> nine students were hospitalized last month in washington state. one drink was approved in advance by another government agency. tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> time to get to one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you think the new tsa searches are too intrusive? keep e-mailing those responses to watercooler@wbaltv.com. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website. >> here is a look ahead tour next our. >> back to the ballot box for baltimore teachers.

>> what is next after protesters take to the streets over major parking problems at morgan state? >> suspected drunk driving incident is caught on video. you have to see it to believe it. >> the threat for severe weather has ended. we'll check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> the cleanup continues this morning. parkville and northeast baltimore, areas with downed trees.

>> the debris field is used after a possible tornado touched