t conditions, it is dry. a few breaks in the overcast. 67 degrees at the airport. kind of muggy out there. feels like a summer morning. the rain will come back probably after 7:00 a.m. after that the rain may be off and on throughout the day. when we come back we'll take a look at the weekend forecast. good morning sarah caldwell. what's happening on the roads? >> we are already tracking a problem on northbound 97 at 100. an accident coming in there. and this was a jackknifed tractor-trailer and it is taking up a lane on southbound route 10. top side, outer look loop at the harrisburg expressway. still moving well on the north side. on 795, still in good shape toward the beltway. we'll start with the beltway at

the harrisburg spea. expressway. 97 in the northbound direction at 100, searching for the accident. at least the latest on traffic pulse 11. stan? >> our big story this morning, an arrest in the murder of a maryland mother, but 11-year-old william mcquain is still nowhere to be found last seen on september 30 at his montgomery home. jennifer franciotti joins us with the latest. >> good morning. william's mother, jane was found dead on wednesday in their germantown home, but william was missing and so was his step father. an amber alert was issued. police found the car and arrested curtis lopez the boy's step father and charged hip with first-degree murder. they hoped the find william safe with lopez, however, he

was last seen september 30. they found his mother murdered this week. >> every time she would go somewhere, he would be there. >> william is a sixth grader and it's unclear whether his school followed policy after he failed to show up after four consecutive days. anyone with information is asked to call the police. >> thank you. an inmate escapes from police custody and this morning he is still at large. this man, 21-year-old jermaine stroud took off after being transported when he was arrested for armed robbery, if you know his whereabouts, you're asked to call 911. >> well, dozens of alleged gang members are behind bars, the 35 people indicted include men and

win. the south side bloods are accused of racketeering and guns violations, since 2005 the gang has murdered, maimed, robbed and intimidated witnesses. >> it's not enough just to arrest these folks. we need make sure they are incarcerated for long periods of time and make sure they are sent out of state to federal prisons. when we leave them here, they are able to influence fellow gang members who hit the streets to commit more crimes. >> the man accused of murdering a 16-year-old middle river girl, 36-year-old jason gross told jurors there was no proof row chevy was even dead as her body was never found therefore there's no proof his client

committed murder. >> and the progression claim cell phone records and g.p.s. tracking prove he met with the teen and murdered her and burned her to death. >> and little girl has about 40 stitches in her leg after being attacked by a pit bull. the dog darted across the street and latched on to her leg. >> when he bit my leg, it was, like, shaking around, like, biting my skin off. >> i get down the street. she's laying in front of the neighbor's door with her leg all opened up from this big ole gash that the dog dun ripped her leg off. so all i could do was help her

until the help came. >> the dog was inside and heard a noise and broke through the screen. we're told the dog's owner has been cooperative. >> anne arundel say they were forced to shut down a road east of ritchie highway after a contractor punctured a line. officials are concerned the natural gas could ignite or mix with oxygen in a niche business and residents at the apartments are not being allowed to enter or exit southwest. >> new this morning, a strong earthquake off the coast of the pacific island of new guinea overnight. at this moment no reports of injuries or damages and no reports of a tsunami. it struck on the country's

northern coast. >> maryland police say two people are being -- behind bars after a police stopped help help the change a flat tire but then found the marijuana. >> do you want to help maryland generate electricity? you can donate animal waste. poultry litter or livestock manure is needed. those donating must be able to contribute 10 megawatts and be connected and start supplying power to the state by 201. the governor will promote the use of renewable energy and truce amount of waste that reaches the chesapeake bay. >> when you think of cities synonymous with luck, you think las vegas?

but "men's health" magazine lists bat more as the second luckiest city in america. the number of megaajackpot winners and the number of deaths from falling objects were considered. >> washington, d.c. ranked 52nd. and the least luckiest city? charleston, west virginia for some reason. a lot of things falling from the sky? that brings us to our water cooler question of the day, what do you think makes baltimore one of the luckiest cities in america? share your response at www.wbaltv.com or on our facebook page or watercooler@wbaltv.com. lucky, because i get to work with you. >> aw. 66 degrees on tv hill. at 5:70. protesters in new york are cleaning up their act, sort of. >> and new details in the shooting deaths of eight people at a california nail salon.

police aren't releasing a motive but we'll

>> welcome back. your time coming up 10 minutes after 5:00. 69 degrees at the maryland science center. and it's dry for now. even a few breaks in the overcast. the rain is going to come back. even though it's not raining at your house right now, probably a good idea to take an umbrella. 64 in parkton. t forecast for today, dry start. after 8:00 we're going to see off-and-on rain showers when we come back we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast. >> covering the nation this morning, we're learning more about the gunman who opened fire in a california salon. 41-year-old scott stormed into the crowded salon carrying several weapons and wearing

full body armor. friends say one of the victims was his ex-wife and that the two had been involved in a custody battle over their son. authorities say this is the deadliest shooting in orange county, california. >> and 31-year-old joshua and an accomplice broke into a family's home in connecticut in 2007. they beat everyone. they trained mother and the two daughters. the men then poured gasoline around the house and set it on fire. the father is the only survivor. the jury will now decide if he will join his accomplice on death row or be sentenced to life in prison. >> and doing their own cleaning in lower manhattan. michael bloomberg's question that they clean the area. any protesters which return

will have to follow new rules which include a ban on tarps and lying down. they are known for sparking the movement. >> the time is 5:11. 66 degrees on tv hill. thinking of catching a flick, stay tuned for our box office preview. >> and if the recent bank charges are getting you down, we'll tell you about some alternatives. >> and north on 97 an overturned vehicle. we'll update you on that and check on other problems around check on other problems around the area.

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>> good morning. sarah caldwell with a look at your morning commute. right now we are starting off with an accident. on the troomp westbound 100 we're hearing they have shut down ramp. also tracking a disabled tractor-trailer at ordnance road and southbound loop 10. and on the outer loop top side at the harrisburg expressway. we'll give you a live view of that. on the beltway where it meets the harrisburg expressway, you can see lights flashing and looks like help has arrived to get tractor-trailer out of the way. we'll keep you posted. because of the closure on the ramp westbound 100 there's a backup as they clear an overturned vehicle. that's the latest on traffic

pulse 11. for the latest on the buses and the trains we go to kurt kroncke of the m.t.a. >> moving nicely on the marc trains and no delays on the pen camden line. a few bus did versions including lauren. the under armor festival will cause delays affecting bus linesen in and around the city. allow extra travel time during the race. for more information call 439-4000. or visit www.maryland.gov. tony? >> we have -- we had some big thunderstorms develop yesterday. things are nice and quiet right now. there's a break in the overcast for now. they are going to fill in quickly. might get a peek at the sun

around sunrise north and east of baltimore. so even though it's not raining at your house right now, you might want to take an umbrella with you because the rain, you will see, will start to move in. we give it about two hours and then all this stuff will have to work its way through. lit take until late evening to start to clear out so on your way home from work things may start to clear out. >> you can see thousand temperatures drop off, off to the northwest -- that cooler air will be settling into maryland over the weekend, but right now it's mild. the dew points are in the mid to upper 60's. 64 at parkton. 63 in taneytown. forecast for today, rain showers likely starting later this morning and into the afternoon. the high between 70-75.

rain showers will end late this afternoon becoming partly cloudy and breezy overnight with temperatures in the lower 40's and upper -- lower 50's and upper 40's. wind gusts tomorrow maybe up to 30 miles per hour in the afternoon. so for all of you running in the marathon or one of those races on saturday morning, it will be windy but dry. high near 6. sunday looks like a good day for going to the ravens game. next chance for rain, tuesday and wednesday. >> in this morning's consumer alert the new iphone 4 s debuts. preorders topped 1 million the first day apple and phone companies began taking orders for the phone. it will be on sale and the

iphone has better battery life and a new chip and new mobile soft aware that allows users to sync wirelessly. and are you sick and tired of being charged fees? bankline. >> if other new bank fees are making customers angry -- >> it's ridiculous. >> doesn't seem right. i'll cancel my account. >> more people are turning to internet-only banking. >> they have lower overhead costs so sometimes they offer interests on deposits, higher yield banking and savings accounts and lower fees including courtesy overdraft. >> a reporter with bank rate.com monitors brick-and-mortar and online banks. >> there are down sides.

>> you don't have an a.t.m. on every corner. >> you should make sure the online bank is fdic ensured. >> some of the online banks allow you to take a picture of your check and deposit it that way but there are things you need to figure out. what do you need from your financial snution >> if you're uncomfortable with strictly digital banging, think about other options -- >> credit unions which offer free checking and lower fees. >> that was linda ba kara reporting. the downturn in the economy is hurting babies and with the release of the iphone, it spells out more black bare bad news. research in motion is reported in our bloomberg business report. tgif. >> research in motion, the company behind the blackberry

has had some week. after restoring service to users, compensation claims from u.s. users and next damage control as its reputation as a maker of secure and reliable email devices has been tarnished and the apple iphone 4 s comes out and google and sam sung revealing its latest destroyed phone. google is trying to ink deals with record companies to start its own music store to go head-to-head with apple's itunes. >> and the company's strategic value for hu will you said it drew offers from amazon, dish network and google. yesterday mostly lower on the dow. the nasdaq rallied for a fourth

straight day on the strength of chip makers. 2007 was a record year for births in the u.s. but ever since, it's been on the decline even as the u.s. population grows. they closed the link to the souring of the economy and suggests people put off having children during the bad economy and may catch up once the economy improves. >> jane, we hear there's a rodent problem in new york city. mostly big cities. certainly baltimore has had its problems with rats as well. >> yes. i've seen a few rats, especially on the subways. my son is fascinated with them. but de con did a survey by residents, including baltimore, and locals point out what they consider the rattiest neighborhoods. i'll tell you where they are locally and have that in my next report. >> thank you, jane. the time is 5:22, a balmy 66

degrees on tv hill. find out what movies are good in the box office preview. >> and our water cooler question of the day, what do you think baltimore -- what do you think makes baltimore the lucky -- one of the luckiest cities in america?

>> well, one is retired, another is having a midlife crisis and the third is having a no-life crisis. >> these are the leading men in the film "the big year." here's rafael seth for your box office preview. >> we need little adventure. >> we're doing this in a year. >> three men chart a course for adventure in the big year. steve martin owen wilson and jack black set out the sthed rules and routines of everyday

life and chase the thrills they have been lacking. but boys will be boys and they soon find they must embroiled in a cut throat birdwatching competition. and move over bacon. ren mccormick cut loose again in "foot loose." this stars kenny, a rural kid transported to the south where danceing is outlawed. but with help from the preacher's daughter, julian huff, he may become beaumont's lord of the dance. rated pg-13. >> do you really think that's a good zd >> a scientist has bad idea in "the thing." >> a pail yentologist in antarctica they find a popcicle and decide to do experiments on an alien life form not knowing it will eat them and assume

their form. >> also opening in select cities the thriller "trespass" starring nicolas cage and nicole kidman. >> and third remake. the original starred james a necessary who played dill engine "gun smoke." [laughter] [applause] >> tony, come on, now! i got this. >> whew. >> quit dating yourself, my friend. >> the time is 5:27. 66 degrees on tv hill. coming up, a shooting right across the street from the university of maryland and what police suspect was the motive -- plus -- >> the search continues for a missing 11-year-old. >> and it's getting crowded. another jobs bill floated on capitol hill, this time from the g.o.p. i'm kate amara in washington. >> we have rain on the way and

we'll check our seven-day forecast in minutes. >> and one accident impacting your ride on the harrisburg your ride on the harrisburg expressway.

>> good morning, everybody. and welcome back to 11 news today, i'm stan stow value. >> and i'm mindy basara. seems balmy throughout this morning. >> feels like a summer morning. the dew point is in the upper 60's. the close ter temperature gets to the dew point, the stickier it feels. the beginning of the dry temp is going to be ok. pretty good idea to take an umbrella with you. taking a look at the current conditions. 67 degrees at the airport. humidity 97%.

forecast for today, the clouds are going to thicken up over the next few hours and after 7:30, 8:00, the rain will start to move back in and stay with us off and on throughout the afternoon. the high of 73. we'll check the weekend forecast. fist let's say hello to sarah caldwell. >> good morning. we are tracking a few problems already. northbound on the harrisburg expressway just past the beltway, originally reported as a disabled tractor-trailer it's now being reported as an accident. and northbound 97 right in the troomp westbound 100 an accident taking up at least one lane after the ramp. so watch for delays as you make your way north on 97. let's take a look at a live view of traffic. you can see the flashing lights with the accident clearing just north of the beltway on the harrisburg expressway. let's switch over to a live

view. watch for the closure on the ramp. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a maryland boy is still missing, but his step father is behind bars charged with the murder of the 11-year-old's mother. william mcquain was last seen on september 30 at his montgomery county home. jennifer franciotti is live with a closer look at this investigation. >> good morning. the sixth grader was last seen on september 30, as you mentioned. investigators not only want to know where he is but why it took so long before anyone reported him missing. >> these are pictures of william. at priority and focus right now so locate william mcquain. >> police in montgomery county make a desperate plea to help find a missing boy. officials launch an investigation after william's mother, jane mcquain was found dead in their germantown home. >> an amber alert was activated

for ms. mcquain's vehicle and her son. based on the amber alert, ms. mcquain's vehicle was located at an econolodge at 8:30 a.m. this morning. >> police arrested lopez and charged him in the murder of ms. mcquain's death. the search continues for the missing 11-year-old last seen on september 30 at his home in montgomery county, the same spot where his mother was found murdered wednesday. >> every time she would go somewhere, he would go somewhere. >> william is a sixth grader at niche martin luther king middle school. according to a district policy after four consecutive absences a guidance counselor gets involved. it's being looked at if

protocol was followed after he was missing from school for almost two weeks. >> and now police just want you to give them a call if you have any information about william mcquain's whereabouts, and you are asked to call montgomery county police. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a gunman is on the loose after shooting a man in the back in a baltimore parking garage. he is listed in critical condition. it happened across the street from the university of maland social work. when the suspect approached the victim in the university plaza garage there was a struggle. >> during the course of that he was struck multiple times with a handgun round. >> the suspect took off afterwards. while it appears to be a robbery attempt, police aren't confirming a motive or whether or not there were any witnesses.

>> in this morning's commitment 2012 report presidential republican candidate herman scane currently ahead of the pack but according to an nbc news "wall street journal" poll he trails president obama by 11 points. the president still leads by two points. when pitted against a generic republican, supporters say they would probably vote for president obama. >> and the protect life act received a vote in the republican-controlled house while president obama signed an executive order barring federal funding for abortions, republicans say this bill would ensure that order won't be overturned. the bill is expected to die in the senate where the democrats have the majority. >> on capitol hill the back and forth over job creation continues after killing the president obama's $447 billion

plan, republicans offered up a counterpoint. kate amara is in washington with more. >> good morning, mindy. this legislation is called the jobs through act and doesn't include a single item from the president's bill. in a 10-minute phone call the president and john boehner talked jobs. mr. boehner said republicans are willing to address new transmission and infrastructure . >> we'll continue to work with him. >> the call came as senate republicans introduced their own jobs legislation. it would overall this tax code and cut business regulations and boost offshore oil regulation. >> they believe that government and spending creates jobs. we believe business and growth creates jobs. it would repeal the health care law and most of the elements are non-starters with democrats

in the white house. >> what are we doing but wasting time? >> want to spend money on public works projects and cutting payroll taxes. >> anytime they are serious about working on putting people back to work, we'll be prepared to work for him. >> president obama said he'll break his jobs bill up and put each piece up for a vote. >> the time now 66 degrees on tv hill. still ahead this morning. more and more kids are getting psychiatric care in emergency rooms and we'll tell you why that may be. >> and you may want to clean off your cell phone this morning. we'll tell you about some really disturbing findings. >> email us your comments on today's water cooler question of the day. you can share your responses at www.wbaltv.com or on our facebook or watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> we're lucking out on most of

our major roadways. the harrisburg expressway northbound we'll update you on the impact for your ride to

>> welcome back. the time is 40 minutes after 5:00. beautiful shot of downtown. 66 degrees at the maryland science center. it is dry now but we expect rain. the early part of the commute will be fine but after 7:30 or 8:00 rain will move in. mostly muggy and partly cloudy. 67 degrees at the airport. the forecast for today, the further we go into the morning, the better chance for rain. take an bronze medal with you. the high temperature, 73. when we come back we'll check the forecast for the upcoming

week. stay with us. >> in thong's medical alert an increasing number of children getting psychiatric care in emergency rooms. a study from 19to 2007 revealed underinsured children made up over half of the visits. publicly insured visit -- publicly insured force parents to bring their children to emergency rooms for their mental health treatment. >> one in every six cell phones in the united kingdom is revealed to be contaminated with fecal matter. but 92% of their phones and 82% of the people who responded had some kind of bacteria on their hands. 60% of hands phones contained

e.coli. fecal bacteria can linger on surfaces for hours and spread easily. >> so it's on the phone. who knows where the bacteria is. >> bingo. just keep washing those hands. >> the time is 5:42. coming up keith mills will join us live on the latest on the run for the world series.

>> good morning. sarah caldwell with a look at your morning commute. we are tracking a problem still from the ramp on the outer loop from the harrisburg expressway to just fast beltway. they are working to clear a jackknifed tractor-trailer that went into the guardrail. it may be a while before they clear it completely. delays are forming as volume

picks up around the area. we'll keep you posted on that. meanwhile, as you travel south on route 10 there's a delay. there's an 11-minute ride on the outside loop top to bottom. and here's a live view of traffic for you. we'll start with the rather than on the northbound harrisburg expressway from the outer loop you can see a lot of activity happening as they work to clear the jackknifed tractor-trailer. cleaning up a fuel spill with that also. use caution. you can see some traffic is getting by on the fast shoulder. a live view of the key bridge shows a clear ride. tunnel traffic moving without delay this friday morning. that's the latest on this traffic pulse 11. we go to kurt kroncke of the m.t.a. good morning. >> good morning. we have a delay on the brunswick line. 780 running five-10 minutes

late. light rail between mccormick and hunt valley stop is delayed. the 3 and 11 buses running southbound at cathedral and monument. the underarm or running event will cause delays and diversions affecting many trains. allow extra travel time during the race. visit www.mta.maryland.gov. for more information. tony? >> we have rain knocking on our doorstep. we'll check on that and the seven-day forecast coming up. ava marie is downtown at the finish line. what's going on? >> i'm standing at the finish line outside m & t bank stadium where we're going to see a lot

of happy faces after they finish the marathon. you guys met through running and what brought you guys together? >> we were joining a team, a.s.a., and we met on the road and got up the road and did the race and we have been friends ever since. >> we have been inaccept areible ever since. we make it a girl's weekend and spend the night in a hotel and run and get ousts together and come home. >> you guys are also supporting something very serious, fallen soldiers and cancer. so let's first talk about this shirt you guys are going to be wearing at the race. >> this is a shirt i made up last year when i ran the marine corps marathon, the faces of all the fallen soldiers out of camp lejeune and felt like i needed to do something to bring awareness to the fallen

soldiers around we get a lot of responses. mostly it's war veterans who come up, stop us, thank us, talk to us and pat us on the back and then off we go. >> that sounds wonderful. what a good cause. you have been battling breast cancer, major ji anyway, and what does this run mean to you? >> everything right now. it's my strength. my friends. i've met some really awesome people i can call my friends, and it just gets me through the next treatment treatment. we'll put it on the calendar and run the races. >> thank you for being here and good luck. i'll be rooting for you guys and i hope a lot of people get awareness out of what you guys are doing. we'll check on the forecast. in the morning hours, it will be chilly starting off in the 50's toward the 60's toward the middle half and end of the half marathon, all in all people

just need to dress warm but will shed layers as it warms up by 10-15 degrees. they said dress as if it's 10-15 degrees warmer than it is outside because you'll warm up and not want to be carrying all that around. >> you're going to be out there during our live coverage and hear a lot of stories like that. a lot of neat people running for a lot of different causes. we'll talk to you again in the next half-hour. we had some big thunderstorms around. last night. those have dissipated but all that is off to our north. you can see more coming in from our south. there's no rain around here now, the beginning of the drive time is going to be fine but after 8:00 i think the showers will catch up to us. all the rain moving to the northeast. as we head into the morning and afternoon the chances for rain will go up.

it will probably take you to threat toonch get showers out of here. temperatures are in the 30's and 40's across the upper midwest and the cooler air will be settling into the mid-atlantic. but right now it kind of feels like a summer morning. the temperatures in the upper 60's to 70. 67 at the airport. 64 at parkton and 65 in jarrettsville. rain showers likely starting later this morning and into the afternoon but dry to start the day. temperatures between 70-75. sunrise at 7:15. still a chance for a shower this evening then becoming cloudy this evening. temperatures will drop back into the 40's and fifties and should be clear for the fall festival. >> and if you're running tomorrow morning, the wind is the only thing to contend with

gusting up to 30 miles an hour late in the morning. 6 on saturday. windy. if you're going to the ravens game sunday afternoon, good football weather. sunshine with a high near 69. not bad. next chance for rain tuesday into wednesday then next week a high of only 53 on thursday and overnight lows in the 30's. >> thank you tony. the time is 5:51, 66 degrees on tv hill. next, thousand ravens are preparing for sunday's game. >> and take a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. hope you have them.

>> good morning, everybody. pitching, pitching, pitching. that was buck showalter's answer yesterday to this question, what's his priority this year in the offseason? he was part of the corporate field day involving orioles sponsors and advertisers, buck also said he thought about moving upstairs to the front office but decided against it after consulting. and moving back to texas, justin verlander. rangers ian kinsler grounds into a double play and then

miguel cabrera. sometimes it's not how hard you hit it but where you hit it. ryan rayburn scores 3-2. the tigers lead 7-5. they win. rangers lead the series 3-2. game six saturday in argue to know. milwaukee over -- the ravens resume their season sunday against houston texans. jimmy smith and lee evans did not practice yesterday. despite the absence of andre johnson, a major challenge for the ravens' defense this week is that guy, arian foster. one of the best in the league rushing for 100 yards against the ravens last year in houston and well aware that beating the texans starts with stopping foster. >> big, fast, physical. hard-nosed downhill runner. they run the stretch scheme to a t. he gets on a track and sees an

opening and puts one foot on the ground and gets north and south. he's a big guy, a load. you've got gang tackle him. >> that's how i feel about stan, by the way. >> i always run downhill. >> better running downhill an -- than uphill. >> i interrupted you. >> pete will be a part of our pregame. >> thank you keith. coming up, for the first time in two years, those receiving social security could get a raise. >> the steel middle is fine for polluting the air. details on the lawsuit at 6:32. and check out this beautiful masterpiece. look at that. may not look like it, but that's dessert. we'll tell you why it's getting so much attention at 6:40. >> rain on the way knocking on the doorstep to the south. forecast in a few minutes. >> and we're tracking a problem on the harrisburg expressway. if you travel northbound.

delays developing there. we'll update you on closures as well, next.

>> police have a suspect in custody, but they are still looking for a missing maryland boy. i'm jennifer franciotti. details are next. >> it's getting crowded. another jobs bill floated on capitol hill. this time from the g.o.p. i'm kate amara in washington. >> we know where we rate when it comes to fitness, culture and traffic even our rudeness, but how does baltimore rate when it comes tom luck? believe it or not, there's an answer. >> and there's a muggy start to the morning, but will the skies