captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us this morning. >> we're getting used to the rain. >> it was in the 40's this morning. be prepared for that. there is some rain out there but mostly just sprinkles. you'll see some showers later on. 45 at the airport. cooler in the northwest suburbs. is calm.s cad it will be chilly with a high temperature around 54. i have much better news in the seven-day forecast. first we say good morning to sarah. >> mostly good news on the major roads. conowingo road we do have an

accident. some possible delays are forming. we might start to see some delays southbound on 83. annapolis road, a truck fire. we check speech centers. 56 on southbound 95. -- we check speed centers. a smooth ride on the j.f.x. 56 on the west side. 11 minutes on the outer loop west side. five minutes down towards the fort mchenry. on the west side, building in volume as we checked old court road. no official delay appeared the key bridge in pretty good shape on the east side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a fight over a paintbrush. that's what police say led to an arson and a tire shop. >> an employee faces a laundry

list of criminal charges. kim dacey is live with new details on this investigation. good morning. >> a bulldozer is the only thing that remains where the tire shop used to be after the fire. sources tell us there was a fight among employees just moments before the fire. one of those employees, 35- year-old jason hicks, has been arrested. -- he is facing charges. it wasn't long before a fire at this west belvedere tire shop escalated to three alarms last monday afternoon. sources tell 11 news that the blaze may have been caused by an argument over a paint brush. here's what we've learned. jason hicks and other workers have been using tar and gasoline to paint tires at the shop. apparently, hicks got into an argument over a paint brush being used by another worker. that paint brush eventually caught fire along with the tar and gasoline mixture they had been painting with. witnesses claim hicks pulled out

a lighter, flicked it on, and everything caught fire. sources also say hicks tried taking the burning mixture out of the building and dropped it. police have since arrested and charged him in connection with the fire. 11 news went to hicks' last- known address to get a statement from relatives, but no one answered the door. we also stopped at the house of the owner of the tire shop, but apparently no one was home. one person was injured in that fire. it took fire crews several hours to contain the flames. the building was destroyed in the process. hicks' charges include first- and second-degree arson, assault, and reckless endangerment. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police are investigating a police-involved shooting this morning. officers arrived at a home on st. victor st. with a confronted a man with a gun.

>> officers entered the house. they found an individual who was armed, an adult male 40 to 50 years old. officers asked numerous time that the drop the weapon. he turned toward the baltimore police officers, at which time they fired at least one in defense of shot. >> this morning that suspect is in critical condition at shock trauma. two of the men in annapolis are recovering from gunshot wounds. somebody shot james wilson and guan brown. brown is listed in critical condition. so far police have not identified any suspects. >> recovery crews will be back on the chesapeake bay to try to locate the victim of a plane crash. the pilot managed to swim to safety but told police his elderly mother died in the

water. her body has not been recovered. a crash that killed one person and injured four others. this happened on liberty road sunday afternoon. the victims are being treated for serious injuries. >> police are investigating a deadly motorcycle accident. juan carlos calderon mejia was not wearing a helmet when it lost control of this bike and it skidded into the back end of a tractor-trailer. >> jury selection begins in the trial of the mental hospital patient. he is charged with first and second-degree murder in the death of a woman at the clifton hospital. he reportedly told police he snuck into her room, kissed her, then strangled her with a string.

>> it is the first monday in october which means is the start of the new term for the supreme court. kate amara has more on the docket at the high court will consider this year. >> this new session is likely to be dominated by a challenge to president obama's health-care overhaul. the big question looming over the start of the 2011 term -- will the justices hear a challenge to the health-care law? both sides have asked the supreme court to step in and make a decision before the next election. >> it will settle a pressing national question now, and it will establish a precedent about the limits of congressional power. >> lower courts are divided over the constitutionality of a key component. can the government require people to buy health insurance? >> there is always this question of the court trying to identify the boundaries of legislative authority, and this presents a good case of it. >> while court-watchers believe the justices are nearly certain to take up the health-care issue, they have already agreed

to hear nearly 50 cases so far, including whether the fcc ban on broadcast indecency violates the first amendment, the constitutionality of suspicionless strip searchers for minor offenses, and a fourth amendment case challenging law enforcement's use of gps to track individuals. >> the fbi claimed that they didn't need a warrant to put a gps device on somebody's car, and they tracked this person 24 hours a day. they claimed that this was just an extention of other surveillance methods. but the court of appeals here said, no, you need a warrant for something that pervasive. >> arguments this week in an interesting case. the court will test whether congress can remove non- copywrited books, music, and art from the public domain. this case has pitted libraries, educators, and google against the government. live in washington, i'm kate amara, wbal tv 11 news. >> thank you. facebook is looking to make more

friends on capitol hill by forming their own political action committee. the political power of the social networking site is largely recognize. facebook is expanding its offices in washington were experts believe they will try to distribute money to politicians in washington to advance their interests. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think facebook is going too far if it forms a political action committee to lobby capitol hill? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> m&t bank stadium turned into a no-fly zone for the new york jets as the ravens defense shut down quarterback mark sanchez. the defense took over,

capitalizing on three jets turnovers that turned to touchdowns. the ravens go into their bye week in first place because the steelers lost yesterday. keith mills love lots of highlights and reaction from coach john harbaugh. >> 43 degrees on tv hill -- keith mills will have lots of highlights. >> we're hours away from a verdict in the amanda knox appeals trial. the latest on the deliberations. >> it started with a handful of people in the new york financial district. but now the occupied wall street movement has gone nationwide. >> we are live from the maryland spca and we're talking about their annual online auction. you can get this football signed by a ravens player.

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>> good morning. this is m&t bank stadium. ut the jets in the jetp their place. we're talking about the maryland spca and their paw to help incorporate the animals.

you have an animal of for adoption. >> this is lacy. is the shepherd mix -- she is a shepherd mix and she is available for adoption. she knows many commands. >> the auction begins tomorrow. these are some great items. they were all donated. >> we have hundreds of items. >> this is beautiful. >> this is a $500 value bracelet. >> michael oher signed this. >> for all the ravens fans. >> you can get involved by going online beginning tomorrow. we are seeing scattered showers

mainly in the western suburbs. anyone could see a chance for rain today. we will head back to tony in the weather center. >> later on this week it will be gorgeous. a great program. thank you. you could help out a pet that needs a loving home and maybe get a sign football by michael oher. this storm has stalled over the mid atlantic. this will keep things cloudy and chilly. we will get some sunshine back in here and some gorgeous weather for later this week and into the weekend. you can see a twist in the clouds down near richmond. that will rotate back up towards us in baltimore today. right now there's not a lot of rain showing up around baltimore. we can see some rain moving up

from southern maryland. even some snow in west virginia above 2,000 feet. that is pretty impressive that we have snow on the radar at the beginning of october. there is some chilly air underneath this area of low pressure. 45 at the airport. 43 in parkton. not cold enough to snow here. take a light jacket with you. a high temperature of 54. the average high temperature is 71. mostly cloudy is our forecast for today. high temperature between 51 and 56. tonight, partly cloudy skies and a slight chance for a shower. we will drop back into the 40's again. there could be some rain in the morning again. 65 tomorrow. sunshine wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday

with temperatures climbing into the upper 70's by the end of the weekend. 6:15. >> good morning. southbound 895 at the harbor tunnel we have a disabled vehicle. take 95 to the fort mchenry. an accident coming into us approaching marriottsville road. a truck fire at annapolis road. a problem on southbound 83 that is off to the side. no lanes of travel are affected. you may see some closures southbound 83. harford county, watch for an accident in the clearing stages. checking air speed sensors. a smoother ride of most of the major roads. those delays at old court road will be following and moving into place. it looks like the disabled vehicle has just been cleared as

to make your way southbound. you might want to consider the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a verdict is expected within hours in the trial of amanda knox. she was convicted of murdering her british roommate. she addressed the court while holding back tears. she called the charges grubb was. the court is expected to decide whether the conviction should stand or be changed. in los angeles, testimony continues in the trial of dr. conrad murray. several people are expected to take the stand today include the pharmacists who sold the propofol which contributed to michael jackson's death. at least three demonstrations are planned today including a zombie flash mob. more than 700 people were

arrested over the weekend. thousands of people nationwide are speaking out against what they call it corporate greed of big business. >> consumer spending numbers remain stagnant for the past month. consumer spending rose 0.2%. incomes fell for the first time in nearly two decades. consumer spending numbers remained virtually unchanged. consumer spending accounts for about 7% of economic activity. to get away from this jury weather a cell starts to more and is good and all royal caribbean tours. they are reducing the deposit requirements for new bookings during the sale by 50%.

more pets are expected to celebrate halloween this year. jane king has more in the morning's bloomberg business report. >> good morning. can you imagine a world of general motors and ford emerged as one? there was a secret merger proposed in 2008, a year before a bankruptcy filing. they held talks before turning down the offer. this came from a book, "once upon a car." anyone talking about kodok filing for bankruptcy may have the wrong picture. they say they have no intention of filing for chapter 11. bankruptcy is one of the options the company is considering. stocks plunging on dismal

reports for chinese manufacturing and german retail sales. the bloomberg maryland index taking a dip on losses for under armour. pet lovers are saying, what a bad economy? nearly 50% of hall and revelers will dress up their pets -- nearly 15% of halloween revelers plan to dress up their pets. i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> very cute those costumes. >> that does not work for my dog. 6:20. 43 degrees on tv hill. delays at the harbor tunnel will slow your morning commute. >> joe flacco may want to buy so

much for his defense this week. keith mills joins us live without the defense saved the day against the jets. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think facebook is going too far if it forms a political action committee to lobby capitol hill? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers.

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. kind of busy. we had a disabled vehicle but that has now cleared. southbound 295, a new accident at the b-w parkway. you may find some delays because of an accident. at annapolis road, a truck five. another problem on southbound 83 at padonia road. you may see some delays as volume picks up. falls road, the latest accident in the city. in harford county, conowingo road, watch for an accident clearing. this is what looks like on the northwest corner as volume picks up. delays in place as you make your way past 795.

some delays approach to the harbor tunnel. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. it is a chilly start on this monday morning. temperatures in the 40's this morning. take an umbrella. most of the rain will hold off till later this morning. 45 at the airport. 48 downtown. off and on a light rain showers. the clouds will fill in pretty quickly. high temperature only 54. we have some good news in the seven-day forecast. we send it to keith mills, who has not been asleep yet. >> sleep? what is sleep? the ravens offense put up 10 points in the first quarter against the new york jets. then the defense said, boys, step aside. 34-17, the ravens hammer the

jets in a defensive effort that triggered memories of the 2000 super bowl. mark sanchez got pummeled. ed reed, first play of the game. seven-0 ravens. jets told one under 50 yards of offense the entire night. mark sanchez level like haloti ngata. 26-yard touchdown. the hatcher came in the third quarter. mark sanchez leveled by terrell suggs. webb goes 7 3 yards. -- 73 yards. the ravens and are 3-1, all alone in first place.

>> best defensive performance i thought i'd ever seen or the most amazing defensive performance i thought i'd seen was the pittsburgh game with the seven turnovers against that offense. but this topped it. to have three returns for touchdowns off of turnovers by your defense is just -- i don't know, has it ever been done before? >> not by this team. >> i love the way the ravens welcome back derrick mason. they got into a fight with them. he started it. thank you. 6:27. concerns about a rabid cat in one maryland county. >> and arson arrests and a fire that burned down a tire shop. i'm kim dacey with that. >> barbara mikulski joins an elite company of trailblazers. how she was honored. >> several early-warning accents to watch for and some delays starting to fall into place.

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody.

welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. >> thank you for joining us this morning. i had to put the heat on yesterday. >> temperatures are in the 40 + right now. take the light jacket with you. mostly cloudy is our forecast for today. a chance for some off and on light rain showers. high temperature only 54. the average height is 71. i have much better news in the seven-day forecast -- the average height is 71. >> an employee of a tire shop faces arson charges. >> kim dacey joins us live with some new details on a crime that allegedly started with a fight inside the shop. >> all that is left is a bulldozer. the entire building is gone. sources say there was a fight among employees just minutes before the fire started.

one of them is facing charges. it wasn't long before a fire at this west belvedere tire shop escalated to three alarms last monday afternoon. sources tell 11 news that the blaze may have been caused by an argument over a paint brush. here's what we've learned. jason hicks and other workers have been using tar and gasoline to paint tires at the shop. apparently, hicks got into an argument over a paint brush being used by another worker. that paint brush eventually caught fire along with the tar and gasoline mixture they had been painting with. witnesses claim hicks pulled out a lighter, flicked it on, and everything caught fire. sources also say hicks tried taking the burning mixture out of the building and dropped it. police have since arrested and charged him in connection with the fire. 11 news went to hicks' last- known address to get a statement from relatives, but no one answered the door.

we also stopped at the house of the owner of the tire shop, but apparently no one was home. one person was injured in that fire. it took fire crews several hours to contain the flames. the building was destroyed in the process. hicks' charges include first- and second-degree arson, assault, and reckless endangerment. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a woman is being treated at shock trauma after a crash involving a suspected dui driver. a dodge dakota truck slammed into a cart sending it off the road. the driver was said to have suffered serious injuries. police say the driver of the truck was driving under the influence. a warning for people in cecil county after a rabid cat

attacked two people. the feline is described as an adult with calico coloring. anyone scratched or bitten by a cat featuring that description should call a doctor or go to the emergency room. >> 3 speed cameras will go on line this morning. they are at middle river school, and catonsville high school. drivers will receive a warning for the next 30 days if they are caught going 12 miles or more above the speed limit. there will be in operation monday through friday. >> barbara mikulski is joining some very elite company. she was inducted into the women's hall of fame. deborah weiner reports from seneca falls. >> seneca falls, new york, the

side of the first women's rights convention. barbara mikulski into the national women's hall of fame. >> i am reminded once again of the founders of our revolution. i believe it beats in the hearts of every single person here. every woman and man here, just the way it did in 1948. >> she was honored as a political trailblazer. >> i had to greece to work in the community but never anything quite as significant as this honor. >> she joins the light of harriet tubman, eleanor roosevelt, too -- 47 women in all honored at the national women's hall of fame in seneca falls. absent from the hall was crowded scott king. a void noted by a baltimore

librarian. >> many women were not in the hall of fame that i thought should have been. i made a list and i decided i would go home and make some. >> the honor was exacted on behalf of her mother. >> we think the young lady that nominated my mother, she is here tonight, ms. kelley mccoy. >> it is an incredible honor. >> 11 women were inducted in this year's class, standing on the shoulders of the early pioneers. deborah weiner, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. it is getting busier out there.

some delays falling into place. you may want to consider 95 through howard caton. westbound 70, watch for possible delays because of a crash. annapolis road, we have a truck fire. another accident at falls road in the city. the one delay is on the west side. 20 miles per hour down to liberty. southbound 83 at padonia road, another accident. that one is off to the side. harford county, conowingo road, watch for possible delays around a crash. 95 out of white marsh, you are seeing some delays. this is the beltway on the west side. those are your outer loop delays beginning around 795. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie joins us live from the maryland spca. good morning.

>> we're previewing their online auction that begins tomorrow and runs to october 25. it gives you a chance to get some great items and benefits the maryland spca. this is a signed football by michael oher, number 74. we have some cute outfits. eight kids out that with a dog -- a kids outfit with a dog. charm city cakes are giving you a t-shirt and books and you can get a cake made by them. this is just a sampling. you can go online and see the items up for auction. we're showing a chance for showers today and tonight but still lingering into tomorrow morning. we are ready to say goodbye to

all that wet weather. we will warm back up this weekend. we should be in the low 70's. we could be up to 75 on friday. that sounds good to me. >> sounds good. 6:38. 6:38.

>> an artist when out on a limb, pulling off a daring stunt in

eastern china. he is performing a series of death defying acts. he balanced himself on top of on a stage made of poles and wood. this was all done without a net below. he said he was very nervous but that things to get more comfortable below he was out there. >> oh, my goodness. remember when we brought you footage of the animal olympics? i think that was last week. they're ready for round two. we have a race between a monkey and a bear cub. the monkey seem to have an easier time of it. poor bear. he did manage to redeem himself.

he is an excellent roller disco participants. >> roll, bounce. that.azed at they do walk on two feet sometimes. very good. 43 degrees on tv hill. details on a police-involved shooting in baltimore city. >> we are tracking some closures in harford county. an update on that and more. >> we have a little more rain in the forecast. good news by the end of the week. the purple lights are still shining. 45 at the airport. 45 at the airport.

>> welcome back. 6:44. police are investigating a shooting of this morning. officers arrived at a home of st. victor's street with a confronted a man with a gun. an officer fired one shot striking a man in the torso. that man is listed in critical condition. m&t bank stadium was a no-fly zone for the new york jets as the ravens defense shut down quarterback mark sanchez. the defense took over, capitalizing on three jets turnovers. the ravens go into their bye week in first place in the afc north. facebook is looking to forming

their own political action committee. they are expanding their offices in washington where x is pac.experts there will form a others think the site has gone too far and should remain a political. >> this morning we asked -- do you think facebook is going too far if it forms a political action committee to lobby capitol hill? >> very thoughtful, jb. we will post more of your answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> we have an update on your

morning commute. we are tracking some delays and some taxes. conowingo road is shutdown. take dublin road edger alta. a problem on southbound 83, an accident off to the side. -- take dublin road as are all to appeared down to six teen miles per hour in the outer loop approaching 795 towards edmondson. an accident on falls road. all lanes closed at that intersection with fire activity. southbound 295, watch for a crash. a nice ride on southbound 95. this is traffic. volume continues to build in the white marsh area. tatter in the breaks from white marsh down to the beltway northeast. the west side at liberty as

those outer loop delays. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now ava fills a spin on an upcoming event at the spca. >> we're talking about an online auction that you guys have every year. i love the crazy names you come up with. very cute. tell us more about the auction. >> this is lacy. she is a sweet, have the girl. -- happy girl. >> she knows sit. >> and she is up for adoption. >> this is a sampling of the hundreds of items that we have. you can access the auction from our website. it begins tomorrow at noon. we have a ravens football

autographed by michael oher. we also have some tickets. we have a few vacation homes in mexico up for auction. pat gift baskets, and clothing, wind, julie, kids' clothes -- wine, jewelry. >> let's check the weather. scattered showers, may lead toward the western suburbs. have released a raincoat or at an umbrella handy. you may need that tomorrow morning. we do have some changes in the seven-day forecast. >> we will get some sunshine. forget the football. ava marie-signed picture. what do you think? that would be the big draw.

things will start to improve. cloudy and cool and showers off and on. this low pressure is still stalled. there is high pressure off to the west. this would give us the good news by the end of the week. but the satellite. you can see a twist in the clouds -- look at the satellite. this is down around richmond. that will rotate up into southern maryland over the next several hours. we could see some showers developing to the south and moving to the north. some sprinkles will move into baltimore later this morning. there has been some snow in the mountains of west virginia about 2,000 feet. 34 right now in western maryland in oakland. it is chile. -- it is chily. ly.

it feels like it is cold enough to snow. the temperatures will struggle to get out of the 40's. the average high temperature is 71. we're not breaking any records. the record low is 34. mostly cloudy skies today. a chance for a few off and on rain showers. temperatures between 51 and 56. tonight, partly cloudy skies. a slight chance for some rain showers. temperatures drop back into the 40's again. a chance for a few showers in the morning and clearing up in the morning. sunshine for the rest of the week and into the weekend. perhaps upper 70's on saturday and sunday. back to the news desk. something to look forward to. >> police make an arrest in a fire at a northwest baltimore tire shop.

kim dacey joins us live with the unusual details. >> sources say there was an argument among the employees minutes before the fire. one of those employees, jason hicks, is facing charges. the fire went to three alarms. sources say the blaze may have been caused by an argument over a paint brush. jason hicks and other workers were using tarp and gasoline to paint tires. apparently hicks got into an argument. that paint brush caught fire along with the tar and gasoline mixture. witnesses say hicks pulled out a letter, turned it on, and everything caught fire -- pulled out a lighter. charges include first and second-degree arson and reckless endangerment.

kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. here is matt lauer with a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> good morning. decision day in the amanda knox case. an italian jury deliberating her fate. is is the date she will be released from prison? we're live with complete coverage. chris christie -- is he about to enter the republican presidential race? we could have a final decision within 24 hours. the mother who was born deaf and hears her own voice for the first time. she will discuss what it was like. rare video of princes harry and william.

that we get started on a monday morning. >> i will get the tissue ready for you. >> you know me so well. >> we will come back and check the weather and traffic together before you head out to start before you head out to start your day.

>> some accidents today. >> in harford county, conowingo road is closed because of an accident. take -- as are all to that. watch for a crash at the beltway. was down 70, another accident. another in this city and falls.

there's a truck fire at patapsco. this is white marsh. delays developing their bre. this is the west side. >> smooth sailing by the end of the week. today will be cloudy and chil ly. we're in the 40's right now. sunshine through to the weekend. do not forget, tune to am 1090 to hear traffic and weather together on the fives. looking for more weather and traffic cop joins us this morning for the debut of 11 news at 7:00 a.m. on wbal-p lus. >> you can find it on comcast 208, verizon fios 460. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one..