his launching an investigation into the baltimore housing authority. senator grassley is a member of the judiciary committee that oversees housing authority. in a letter to hud secretary, senator grassley writes that his office has received numerous phone calls and the bills concerned about topics of interest with fraud and waste of taxpayer money. the baltimore sun first reported this inquiry, which comes on the heels of articles critical of the city's handling of cases. the city has a show about $4 million to outside attorneys to defend the cases. in his hot platter, senator grassley demands documentation showing how they used $67 million and stimulus dollars. how the housing authority became one entity. names in financial reports, and

any conflict of interest statements submitted to hide it. the names of all law firms and contract since 2003. documents outlining steps federal officials took after an audit leached -- the audit found that 61 units least by the city had 570 violations. inspectors fell to report 380 violations. senator grassley to his back and i was issued a statement in part, hud is good at writing checks and not making sure the money is spent as intended. so for the issues that have come to light in baltimore want attention and answers. baltimore will not fall into the same pattern as other housing authorities. they get sidetracked from providing safe and affordable housing to low income residents. hide its to figure it out and fix whatever is wrong. senator grassley is making a number of unfair accusations. >> we have been confident that

there is no wrongdoing. the legal fees and save taxpayers for and found the claims. >> this afternoon, the mayor's office issued a formal statement that read some part -- we just finished talking with the city housing commissioner. he response to some of these allegations. he will hear from him tonight at 11. >> he is the biggest al qaeda figure since osama bin laden to be killed by u.s. forces, today the president called the deaths of american-born answar al- awlaki. a major blow.

joined live with the latest on the story. >> president obama would not say if he ordered this attack, but he said it approved al qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. >> he was one of the top global terrorists, america's most wanted list. killed early friday in yemen. >> his death marks another significant milestone in the broader effort to defeat al qaeda and its affiliates. >> president obama called the killing a major blow to the terrorist network. officials said he was involved in a series of plots against the united states. from the christmas day of underwear bombing to a failed attempt to blow up cargo plans last year. he was believed to have links to the 9/11 hijackers and inspired the actions of the fort hood shooter. >> this country is much safer as

a result of the loss of awlaki. >> he said he tried to help as long. >> i do not agree with his view. i do not agree for the u.s. to go killing people around it the world. >> there will be loads of people, a lot of people in this country and elsewhere who would like to do something. that is different from having the capability to do something and do something successfully. >> some civil liberties groups are questioning the authority to kill an american without giving him a trial. administration officials declined to comment on the legality. it would not get into details. >> back here at home, a deadly

traffic accident is under investigation tonight. it happened inking still. 85-year-old was making a left turn on bellaire road when her car was hit by a honda civic. it happened just before 10:00 this morning. she was pronounced dead at the scene. the other driver was taken to the hospital where his condition is not known right now. you numbers out today shows merely recorded a record low number of victims killed in traffic collisions. 496 people were killed in 2010, that is down from 550 in 2009. the governor hopes maryland's stricter testing while driving law will lead to even fewer crashes. starting tomorrow, it will be illegal to not only send but it read a text message while behind the wheel. the law does not apply to testing 911 or using your gps. >> internet's education alert, a

historic number of maryland high school students are leaving high school with their diplomas. more of them are taking and passing the high school assessment. tim tooten is live in the newsroom with more on maryland student performance. >> the progress at times has been slow, but while more students are graduating, a growing number of them are putting school across the state to work. top officials found reason to celebrate. >> the state's high school valuation numbers are the highest they have been in 15 years. they include all graduates, not just those who finished in four years. statewide, the graduation rate is 85%. 71% in baltimore city, and 83.1% in baltimore county. in other parts of the state, the graduation rate is 95% in carroll county, 85.7% in hartford county, and 85.9% in

howard county. the good news is even if it takes five years, students understand the goal. they are staying in school. our teachers are doing a better job of delivering instruction. i think you see that reflected in what we feel are positive steps. >> there were more signs of progress on the new hampshire as a high-school assessments. last year students met the requirements in english and government. the state reports that 85% have students passed. 8.8% met the requirements by using an alternative plan for academics. >> after having only three years of the high school assessment requirement, i think the kids are making -- are kidding babar. they are making that progress. it is not as much of an issue as it was four or five years ago. what's a good number of the students to attend schools have

the medical arts academy have already passed the assessments. >> i brought it home to my mother with straight a's. >> there is still concerned about the number of maryland schools failing to make adequate yearly progress. last year, 55% met the strict federal standards. >> you can track all of disinformation on our website. log on to wbaltv.com and click on education alert. >> thank you so much. tonight, and local recreation council is busy cleaning up and repairing soccer fields after several people writing for wheeler's tore up the ground. we're told this is the second time serious damage has happened to their fields of this month. it happened early thursday morning. council members are spreading the word that it not only causes in cancellations, it can cause injuries to hundreds of kids using the field.

>> and not only affects our club, but hundreds of kids. on the within the school but within the soccer program because chances are we probably will not be able to play this weekend. >> bear creek recreation council is offering a reward to any information leading to the arrest and conviction. >> a rash of break-ins has residents there on edge. the latest attempt happened last night. this time, one of the homeowners was inside. >> since the beginning of the month, county police have investigated nine break-ins across catonsville and surrounding areas. now they are investigating another break in right here on oak drive. >> a think it is really brazen. we were home. it was scary. >> she and her kids had gone home from soccer when a loud

noise caught them off guard peter >> we started hearing these really loud banging sounds. it was obvious it was not a hand, it was an object. the kids freaked out. i was, along with my 1-year-old and 5-year-old. we started screaming. >> about one minute later the intruder took off. this attempted break-in has become a recent string of crime in the area. since the beginning of the month, nine burglars up and reported in its surrounding areas. >> i just worry about somebody getting hurt or killed try to defend themselves or being stuck on. >> there are securing their home with obstacles and a lot. our shopping online for video surveillance. >> it is a preventive measure. it is usually a pretty good place to live and we are not worried about it. you need to be careful and cautious. >> if you have a storm door in addition to your regular front door, make sure it are locked. and to the bushes around the site in the back of your house

or cut back so nobody can be in your backyard or on the side. but if somebody does break into your home, like yourself into the closet or back there and stay on the phone to the dispatcher says it is safe to come out. >> he reassured our kids that nothing happened. he high-five's date that we chased away the bad guys. on the other hand, it was a very serious thing. we are glad it was not more serious. >> if you are looking for ways to make your home more secure, the local county precincts will come out and assess your homes and make improvements to make a more safe. >> a very scary situation. >> it is. >> still ahead tonight -- maryland is home to a lot of hall of famers. >> if you had tickets to send a's begin, you but to allow yourself extra time to get your seat. security changes that could slow you down.

>> we will take a look at whether or not he could have a second consecutive break out again.

>> for those of you heading to the ravens and the jets came this week in, give me but to give yourself extra time. the new pat downs will include upper body and need to kinkel searches. that increased security will lead to longer lives. the ravens have added several new turnstiles to help move things around. you may want to help down --

what you are down there, as you may but to check out the eagle. eagle is used to train officers in the coast guard. the eagle is the largest tall ship flying the stars and stripes and is the only active square rigger in the u.s. service. they are doing a tour this weekend. >> we expose them to sailing and fundamentals and we almost used the sailing as a medium to teach leadership, communication, timor, and skills that will be important for a coastguard officer. >> the eagle will be offering tours starting at 10:00 a.m. on saturday and sunday. check it out. >> this weekend the senator will be inducted into the national women's hall of fame. she will be honored as the longest serving woman in the history of the u.s. senate. we will be brought reports starting on 11:00 news tonight.

>> now, your 11 insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a few isolated thunderstorms developing southeast of baltimore, especially part of the lower bay. west of salzburg, a line of showers for anybody heading toward the ocean. it could it come out heavy for a time. a line of showers on the eastern shore, literally on the eastern shore of the bay from cecil county down to kent county. all of this east of baltimore and it looks like things are beginning to dry out west of baltimore. the threat of showers is diminishing. a risk of a shower will continue south and east of town to the early evening. temperatures were warned today. 81 degrees downtown baltimore. for the last day of september, we are only supposed to see highs in the low 70's. we argue the 80 degree mark. it was higher than normal.

that has been the theme of the month, warm and wet. the month will end with over 13 inches of rain, shattering the old record set in 1934 of just over 12 inches of rain. this month will check in as the third with -- what this month of any month in baltimore. we ended up with just about half of an inch behind that for the third place all time. it changes of the way, not as far as raincoats. more than in the weekend forecast. temperatures will get cooler. it is moving south and east into the mid-atlantic. already invading western maryland. oakland is down to 45 degrees right now. contrast that to 75 degrees. we have a 30 degree swing of temperatures across the state. cool air is moving in their direction. a couple of showers on the eastern shore for the next few hours as this front moves its way into the region.

coldest we have seen around here since last spring. cold enough to generate a few showers here and snow showers in the mountains of west virginia over the weekend. it looks like it will be a slow- moving system. occasional showers popping up monday into next week. another storm are rives and refuses to leave. clouds and breezy scattered showers. fifties in the morning and afternoon. temperature will not change a whole lot. gusts of 20 knots on the day. the weather service has posted a small craft advisory. it will be little warmer on the bay. the bay water temperatures will start to drop as chilly air comes in. we do expect rain and snow mixed out in garrett county with afternoon highs in the low 40's. most of the day's temperature stuck in the '30's there. not quite as called on the eastern shore, but cooler than normal with scattered showers.

we should be able to get into the lower mid-60's, but there is a slight risk of a shower on saturday and sunday. 150 mile per hour winds that looks like it will pass to the south and east of bermuda as a category 3 hurricane saturday afternoon at work its way up to the cooler waters of the atlantic middle of next week. highs in the 50's over the weekend, scattered showers with a slight chance of a. a 20% chance on monday. we should be able to enjoy some sunshine with highs in the 70's on tuesday and wednesday. >> good evening, i am pete gilbert. a final injury report for the ravens. on creature rod -- andre gerad, the ravens are thin at corner. the spotlight is back on tory

smith following his breakout game at st. louis. a game plan nightmare for opposing defenses. the jets must respect his speed. it hardly expect it will replicate the record-setting afternoon. there are still surprised rex ryan even knows his name. >> this is really cool looking at rex ryan mentioning my name. i used to laugh hearing him try to talk about other players. he is a great coach. i enjoy sitting out and talking to him. i have a lot of respect for him. >> much respect from the recce. the jets better respect him. despite new york's said back in oakland, we know what to expect sunday night. a personal punishing affair that

will leave the region's ready for their by week. you will never forget the hit delivered from ray lewis on that third down. re rice seems to run well against any defense. despite the perception of a rex ryan defense stuffing the run, the number say something else. >> when you look at the numbers, the one that is scary is we are 31st in the league in run defense. how many teams are there? 1000? no, there is 32. that number, that is alarming to me. >> we have recovered for the game on sunday night. half our pre-game show live from the field. also, a special addition to follow sunday night football.

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