>> good morning. tgif. i'm mindy. >> and i'm stan stovall. >> we have a check of our forecast. cold. wet. >> it's still ugly this morning, but this storm, the entire system will be ugly up north. in new england it will be a full blown nor'easter. travel plans there will be terrible. but here we have what everybody's tired of. wet weather. now the radar, i circled the beltway. the baltimore beltway. see a lot of green kind of running along the i-95 corridor? the northern spur, the old typical -- a good chunk of carroll county. there's hints of snow. >> yes. ran into a few snow flakes just

outside the beltway. >> and that's north of the city. so we have a little bit of that to contend with. but the roads are warm enough, i don't think it's sticking. we'll talk about all this in the insta-weather plus forecast. now we'll see if it's affecting the roads. >> a serious accident at president and lumbar street. it could be blocking an intersection. another crash to watch for is an accident at wilson avenue. also fog warnings on the bridges. be careful. 12 minutes on the outer loop west side and 5 south heading towards d.c. we are looking good on the major roadways so far. 70 in the area of 29, both

directions, looking just fine. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. our big story this morning. 12 mid shipmen have been expelled from the naval academy in the last six months. >> a controversial yet albeit legal drug. >> good morning mindy and stan. authorities say it was all part of an ongoingal investigation after other mid shipmen came forward. the drug is a sin netic drug that when smokes provides a similar high to marijuana. it's legal in the u.s. but now 12 mid shipmen have been expelled for either using or possessing spice. the latest was kicked out on monday, the only female in the group.

>> if it's legal and they are selling it, i don't see where it's really fair, but at the same time they have a responsibility to be clean and straight. >> i think it's totally appropriate for people who go to this substitution -- institution be held to higher standards. >> last year they banned the possession of spice. spice is easily found in drug paraphernalia shops and on the internet. it's unclear how they got ahold of it and if anyone else was involved. >> thank you very much. a baltimore city police commander has been suspended after a gun traced back to him was stolen at a business. his personal gun was allegedly transferred to a friend several years ago and on saturday it was stolen from a restaurant.

it was traced back to brown, and now police are looking as to how the again ended up in the hands of the owner and if the transfer was legal. they say this is how they handle things. he was in charge of units including the swat team and the fox trot. now as a baltimore jury has sided with a handfull of police officers shown on camera frisking patrons. the jury agreed with just one of the men and awarded just one dollar in damages. police entered the bar in search of another man in a drug case. and three teenage girls have been arrested for making bomb threats. each is a belair high school student, one of the schools affected. they face a host of charges including disturbing school

operations. they are all in the custody of their parents. >> in the hospital after coming down with an infection and fever, robinson said he planned to go to the hospital for a previously scheduled routine procedure but ended up developing an infection. doctors treated his infection with antibiotics and he says he is still cancer-free. >> wishing him a very speedy recovery. >> the statement positive for the or yeals. -- the orioles. >> this season has one optimistic about the team's chances with the addition of flad guerrero and the leadership of manager buck showalter. the first home game will be played monday against droifment that brings us to our water

cooler question of the day, what are your predictions for the orioles 2011 season? you can share your comments to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> earthquake and tsunami survivors in northern japan are trying to rebuild their lives following the march disaster. this is the town that was leveled by the tsunami. many residents still cleaning up mud and debris from their shops and homes. it's reported so far 11,500 people have been confirmed dead and 16,000-plus are still missing. right now the main concerns are the tadgeses of water, soil and food. >> here in the state, radiation has been detected in milk. the environmental protection agency found radiation in milk. but the level found is well

below the level of public health concern. they say it's less to be what one would naturally get from a five-hour flight. >> 36 degrees on tv hill. coming up, gunfire breaks out on a high school football field in texas. >> plus, voters are having a rough week. and tornado damage. more on that news ahead. >> and it is wet out there. be careful. more weather and traffic when

>> good morning. it's just about 10 minutes past 5:00. it's a wet morning and the temperature is 39 downtown. that even looks wet. humid is up. barometer is way down. the low pressure center

offshore is stiring things up. our breeze picks up later in the day today. here's a look at the rainy part of our storm today. you can see along the coastal area from baltimore, northward, it's raining, but in new england, there's snow ranging from pennsylvania, new york state and on up in this morning. if you have travel plans in that direction, you might want to check first to see if things are being delayed. our rain situation does taper off. we'll talk about that ahead. >> covering the nation this morning one person is dead after a shooting outside a texas high school. witnesses say they were in the middle of a girl's football game when somebody drove on to the field and opened fire. officers believe the shootings were gang-related. the football game was not a

school-sanctioned activity and it happened after school hours. >> and the governor signed a measure applying to police officers, firefighters and other government workers that prevents unions from negotiating wages and eliminates automatic pay increases. opponents vowed to push for a repeal in the measure. >> well, leaving behind quite a bit of damage. for example in a mobile home park in sarasota, powerful thunderstorms and heavy winds caused damage to more than two dozen units as five tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in the region and wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour also damaged one hanger at the airport and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. still ahead, today's business news in the "bloomberg business report."

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>> this is not a good day to drive anywhere. >> no. all the road spray coming in this morning. even though it's not raining so heavily, the road spray, ugh. at president and lumbar street we might have an intersection

blocked or partially blocked. atkins road at wilson avenue in parkville, an accident to watch there as well. also watch for fog because of the rain and drizzle. otherwise the major roadways are checking out ok. up to speed on the j.f.x. maybe a bit of a slowing, as we should be, because the roads are wet. so no delays to report. a look outside at 70 in the area of 29. you can see both directions are moving fine there. harrisburg expressway at shawan road, problem-free. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. now for a check of the buses and the trains we head to vanetta. >> good morning. a few scattered bus delays.

they are running with a 5-10 minute delay. watch out for the 36 line. it has diversions. light rail and the metro, running problem-free from end-to-end. the mark trains are showing no delays. now back to john collins. >> thank you. take a look at our radar. i circled the beltway around the city of baltimore, itself. and we see a band of rain moving from the i-95 corridor to washington, d.c. right along the shoreline. once you move north into the north western half of baltimore county and then much of carroll county, we're getting snow mixed with rain there. so you're likely to see snow on your road in this morning. i don't think any of it is

accumulating, because the roads are still too warm. in the mid 30's but colder as you move north. closer to freezing, in fact 28 in oakland in far western maryland right now. here's our satellite combination of everything moving on. this is all snow up here in parts of new england and in parts of pennsylvania. here where the heaviest rain ends, it's all moving east. but we have a couple more hours of this, then we get out from under the worst of it. lousy travel conditions in new england today. high pressure eventually comes in, but there is more stuff out to the west that will be spinning around. so any break we get in the weather this weekend will be short-lived.

>> we have rain this morning, the most significant tapers off. then we might have some spotty rain activity. a little warmer than yesterday. northwest winds will get breezy. insta-weather future cast shows any rain we have left over this afternoon and into the evening hours. as you start to clear overnight tonight, then during tomorrow we have rain chances that might pop up in the area. kind of spotty. i think most of the day will be dry. then in the evening we have another chance for rain shower activity. so it's an on again-off again situation. skies clear tonight. tomorrow might be a couple of snow flakes mixed with a couple of brief showers. 49 the high. sunday looks dry. but sunday night into monday we

could see a couple scattered showers. we'll be in the mid 50's for a high near 70 on tuesday with thunderstorms possible and mild wednesday as well. again, a chance for thunderstorms, and then we dry out by thursday. >> in this morning's "consumer alert," if you have or are looking to purchase an electric car, you'll be able to charge up in baltimore city. the two charge-pro cities are inside the fitzgerald parking garage. they are a lot like gas pumps with electric fixtures. now almost 2 million homes are backlogged to fail. the number of distressed homes is down slightly from january of last year. the lower number looks at a

recovering economy but a number plan to pull down with sales and homes said to be distressed are those more than 90 days delinquent or in forclosure. >> relaunching one of its most popular offerings for food and another snapshot. t. tgif jane king with the "bloomberg business report." >> it is jobs day here on wall street. we get march numbers from the labor department. this is always a biggy. we surveyed more than 80 economists. although more americans are headed back to work, a study commission says many of these jobs are in retail, hospitality and unlikely to pay enough for workers to get by and pay for basic needs. a single worker needs to make

at least $30,000 or just above $14 an hour to pay for necessities such as food and be able to save for retirement. oil prices remain stubbornly high. right now about 170 a barrel. yesterday we had mixed whoas. >> in the meantime if you're in the market for a new toyota. the automaker says it's raising prices for most 2011 sy jan and lexus models. this will be effective in may and that might push more customers ahead. how about ihop? announcing the kids eat free dinner promotion. so from 4:00-10:00 p.m. kids can get a free dinner with the purchase of an adult dinner.

>> that's a great thing. and speaking of comfort food, i understand there's good news when it comes to crispy cream? >> yes. who doesn't want to hear about doughnuts at this time of the day. a price of a krispy kreme higher on raw material costs but it's also planning a major relaunch of its coffee products. i'll have more on that coming up in the next hour. >> the time is 5:22. 32 on tv hill. coming up your morning commute and weather. >> and our water cooler question of the day, what are your predictions for the 2011 orioles season? send us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com.

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but he's no ordinary rabbit. he's the son of the easter bunny. he runs away on the eve of his day beautiful. he is hit by a new york slacker. >> and a family deals with angry snirts "insidious." they have moved their brood into a new home only to find it chocked full of evil and their son falls into an unexplained coma. so the couple moves to another home only to find out it wasn't the house that was haunted in the first place. that's the box office preview. >> i'm scared already. >> that's quite a choice you have there. >> interesting range. >> very much so. >> the time is 5:26. 36 degrees on tv hill.

coming up in the next half-hour of news. >> expulsions at the naval academy. >> just to the northwest of the city there's a little bit of snow mixed with this rain this morning. it won't last all that long. the insta-weather plus forecast is coming up. >> several zonets report. we'll have that for you n blue diamond almonds! more bold flavor! more variety! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds... more than a snack. ♪ [ conductor's baton taps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] every john deere mower at lowe's undergoes a ten point dealer inspection and set up before it's deemed ready to perform, for you. check out the new john deere

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we don't really see a substantial change. we might alter it a little bit. that's about it. going around the region of baltimore. essentially our viewing area, i've circled the baltimore beltway. you see the green there. there's moderate rain coming in. you can see that enhanced yellow just coming in at the bottom of that circle. then north of the circle you see pinks and whites. that's where the snow is mixing with the rain. temperatures north are right on the edge. in the low 30's. but the snow i don't think is sticking to the pavement. it's too warm. so anyway, we'll talk about the rain kind of ending coming up. >> one of the complaints was tweals from me. i asked him when is it going to end? because you know when we have rain we usually have a messy morning commute.

that's what we have this morning. nothing too bad, but a few incidents to talk about. a crash at president and lumbar that could block the intersection there. and parkville, and we have fog warnings on the bay bridge and on other area roads throughout the area. watch your speed on the major roadways. the outer loop top side checking in at 11 minutes. southbound between the harbor tunnels and on the south side 95 looking at 90's into the city. switching over to the live view of the harrisburg expressway, things moving fine northbound and southbound. you can see those roads are slick, so use extra caution this morning. >> our big story this morning, the naval academy reports it's

expelled 12 mid shipmen this month. >> all were taken out for the same reason, a controversial, albeit legal drug. >> authorities say this is part of an ongoing navings started last fall thanks to some whistleblowers within the academy. >> spice. k 2, whatever street name you use, it's a new sin net i can drug that when smoked provides a similar high to marijuana. it's a legal substance in the u.s. but got 12 mid shipmen expelled since december for using and/or possessing it. >> if it's legal and they are selling it, yoss where it's fair but they have a responsibility to be clean and stay straight. >> one female was expelled. the navy band the use of sin

net i can drugs in 2005. last year it banned possession of it. spice is easily found in drug paraphernalia shops. it's not clear how the mid shipmen got access to some. >> i think it kind of depends. i'm not 100% sure. >> academy officials say the eventual expulsions were the result of others coming to top brass. >> frankly, that's what i'd like to see out of the people who are running our navy and armed services. >> miles o'brien's son has just been accepted into the academy. >> i think it's totally appropriate for people who go to this institution to be held to a higher standard than you and i who are on the other side of the wall, so to speak. >> they couldn't say if there's a connection between the cases or if they are individual cases. wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you very much.

two homicide investigations underway in baltimore this morning. the first happened in west baltimore at winchester and cary streets. police say a 31-year-old male was shot and killed there. the other happened along your rabey park drive where a man was shot and taken to a hospital where he later died. no word this morning on a possible suspect or motive in either cases, but if you have any information, please call police right away. meanwhile a 14-year-old was -- is in custody after he beat his grandmother with a hammer. this happened yesterday morning on 34th street as the teen was getting ready for school. because of his age and pending formal charges, his identity has not been released. >> in this morning's session 2011 report, governor o'malley is expected to reveal a is up mental budget. some say it should impact

negotiations. lawmakers continue to struggle reaching an agreement. things like fee increases and policy changes. those were inserted by governor o'malley using the budget reconciliation and financing act. and looking at the big picture, time is quickly running out as legislators are leaving town in a few weeks. they have a lot of business to take care of. >> one is blue. one is black. that's how we'll be when we're done. >> they are a called budget -- a number of staff meeting to reconcile versions of the spending plan. tax fee increases, plus significant policy changes did not start out as legislation. >> the budget we are submitting to the general assembly today -- >> the governor inserted it into the but urpa.

it's a long-stappeding practice but some believe governor o'malley has taken it to a new level. zp the intent was to balance the current year's budget when we knew what we were starting with the next year's budget. >> some argue it should have been a bill so all stake holders, especially the public, could have participated in the debate. >> instead of bringing in a bill on a particular subject dealing with the subject matter and what the cost is going to be, they insert it into what is called this burpa process, and it comes to -- >> one prohibits registering of vehicles that have not had all taxes paid up on them. another budget item the public may not be aware of is the elimination of the electric

rate payor leave. it allows the state to set the bus prices to beat the fair recovery. the spending plan contains a 2.5-million fee. there's concern the expense will be passed on to taxpayers. >> people didn't have a chance to testify against it. so everybody should be concerned of the widespread use of the burpa. >> this can be fast-tracked at a moment's notice. wbal-tv 11 news. >> the time now 5:37. 36 degrees on tv hill. coming up a study reveals the risk of high blood pressure could have a lot to do with your mother. >> and one step closer to preventing askeden infant death syndrome. that's next in our "medical alert."

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>> good morning. it's 20 minutes before 6:00. it's wet again this morning out there with light rain in the area. 39 degrees. take a quick look at our h.d. doppler radar i circled ballot minor give you a reference point.

north of the city we -- and almost all of carroll county, there's an element of snow mixing in with the rain this morning. it's not accumulating, though. the roads are wet out there. take it easy. let's take a look at our bus stop forecast for you this morning. predominantly rain. temperatures ranging from 40-50. this afternoon sun breaks with a lot of clouds and the possibility of isolated rain but 47-52, the temperature range in the afternoon hours, so a slight improvement later today. we'll talk about this weekend, coming up. >> in this morning's "medical alert," brain researchers in australia say they may have discovered the cause of sudden infant death sin drom. they identified two areas of the brain when an irritant like

is a livea enters the airway. they suspect this occurs when a child has a problem with this reflex, causing them to stop breathing for long periods. very interesting. >> very much so. meanwhile, a study shows high blood pressure could be part of your inheritance from your mom. blood pressure levels were taken from moms. more than half of those who descended from the same female ancestor but only seven out of the non-mother -- they identified a part of d.n.a. that's passed down to the children. >> today the orioles will open up playing against the rays. last night the yankees' season officially started. >> signs of struggles continue.

i'm kate amara in washington.

>> good morning. kim dacey, checking on your morning commute. we got rid of that parkville accident. but a crash at president and two lanes northbound on president street are blocked. also we have a vehicle fire at hanover and macomb mass street. we also have fog warnings on the chesapeake bridge and other roads around that area. otherwise it looks like we are looking good on the northwest part of the beltway. no delays heading towards the city just yet. this is 95 toward fort mchenry tolls. no problems at all. the harrisburg expressway,

north and southbound moving problem-free as well. for a check of the buses and trains, we go to the m.t.a. >> we continue to show scattered bus delays including the one,0,12,15, and 22 lines. be prepared for five to 10-minute delays. light rail and the metro continue to run problem-free, from end to end. and the mark train system is showing no delays. i'm have netta brooks. >> we want to pass a note along. we double checked it, because it is april 1. carroll county schools will be opening two hours late due to snow. we have no reports that it's sticking to the ground, but on radar, here's carroll county.

the white indicates there's snow falling. my guess is it's collecting on the grass and apparently there's some on the sidewalks. if you have any reports, give us a call and let us know what's going on. >> and so we do have snow northwest of the city mixing in with this rain. but along the i-95 corridor, there's rain shower activity. from the south end of the city, towards annapolis right now. let's check the current temperatures right now. readings are into the i had no upper 30's. and only in the mid 30's and low 30's up to the north of the city, we can explain why the snow is mixing in with the city. based on what the carroll county schools have done. in far western maryland right now, here at the sat tithe lite radar combinations, the exingde of gray areas, it's all snow or

sleet situation for a good chunk of pennsylvania, new york state. a lot of snow in the interior portions of new england. this nor'easter is spinning off shore now. we're near the quieter part of the storm. with the south edge of the rain around washington and annapolis, that will be going northward. so the bulk of the rain will be going away from us. drier weather will come in for saturday and sunday. especially sunday. saturday it may still be a little wave go through that could produce a little unsettled weather on saturday. but it will be drier today. >> rain becomes a bit more scattered, so we still have a rain chance kind of lippingering in the afternoon. 42. the high temperature. winds come from the northwest.

insta-weather plus forecast shows that we could see scattered showers moving across the area. but we do clear out this evening. then during the day on saturday, couple areas of showers could move across the region. snow off to our northwest, but nothing like snow today. and we really do dry out. here's an insta-weather plus forecast -- your seven-day forecast. lingering spotty shower activity or maybe a snow flake or two. sunday looks dry. monday maybe a shower. tuesday and wednesday, thunderstorms in the forecast. >> in this morning's project economy report, the labor department releases its monthly jobs reports and economists are expecting to see an increase in jobs. >> kate amara is in washington with a look of what to expect.

>> they expect to show nearly 200,000 jobs were added. with an unemployment rate of 8.9% which even with signs of progress, potential pitfalls remain. >> one is blue. one is black. >> state and local governments desperate to balance budgets are cutting spending and shedding jobs. gas prices coont steady climb and a new survey found 37% of small businesses plan to raise prices in the next six months and only 7% expects to -- there's a negative intact on consumer sentment consumer growth. >> this comes as jobless claims drop to 388,000 last week. >> a lot of cases are that the

labor market is healing. >> but many analysts believe we are in for another year of struggle. >> so we're stuck with unemployment hovering at around 9% for much of 2011. >> in addition to setting the tone on wall street, today's reports will also help investors gauge when the fed will begin to raise interest rates. >> i'm kate amara. wbal-tv 11 news. >> the time is now 5:51. 36 degrees on tv hill. >> we have a look at some of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. it's all about the o's baby. >> here's a look at maryland's winning lottery numbers. good luck. -t

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>> time to get to one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> we asked what are your predictions for the orioles season? >> conner posted on our facebook page is they have a chance to go to the plaufs. the pitching is the only thing that worries me, but we have a good chance this year. keep sending us your responses. we'll post them on the front page of our website at www.wbaltv.com. >> i like conner's optimism.

the orioles open their 58th season in st. petersburg. jeremy guthrie starts against david price. and a collective sigh of relief. hamer brooks robinson. he says he is ok after he was treated at the baltimore medical center for an infection. he was to have -- ahh, duds that bring back memories. he was to have a procedure yesterday, anyway, but a high fever forced him to the hospital early. brooks released this statement thursday. quote thank you for the outpouring of concern. i was originally scheduled for a routine outpatient surgery, the evening before the surgery i developed a fever and infection my doctors chose to admit me and treat me with antibiotics.

i am pleased to say i continue to remain cancer-free. i ask that you give me privacy. i look forward a full recovery. thank you for your prayers. and we wish brooksy the best. no doubt brooks will be keeping an eye on tonight's opener against the braves. the 17th season opener for derek jeter. and the nintse for mark teixeira who christened the season off with a monster home run off justin very lander. the 276th of mark's career. curtis granderson, the former tiger. dodgers beat the giants last night, 2-1. the men's final four tomorrow in houston. but thank you that brooksy is ok. >> what a nice man. >> the best. no question. >> here's a look ahead to our

next hour of 11 news today. >> well, the radar is showing some rain around the area. and a little bit of snow mixed in for baltimore and carroll county. carroll county is having a two-hour delay. details of the forecast going into the weekend, coming up. >> and we are delay-free on the major roadways. but accidents on some of the smaller roads to talk about. [ older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent.

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d this ithe warmfresh bat urter strudee ds w. >> a drug investigation at the naval academy leads to expulsions and questions as to whether the punishment is fair. >> jobs added, yet signs of struggle continue. i'm kate amara in washington. >> it's opening day. time to see how all the orioles' offseason retooling orioles' offseason retooling pays off.