degrees. even if you have fog in your neighborhood, it's not going to cause any slipping like yesterday. 39 at b.w.i. humidity at 93%. a mix of sun and clouds today, still a nice day, just not as sunny as yesterday, with a high temperature near 61. we'll check the forecast for the weekend when i come back. first, let's say good morning to sarah, see what's happening on the roads. >> good morning, everyone. it's always good for the morning commute when we're not dealing with fog. right now, a pretty smooth ride. we're at 58 miles per hour traveling down toward i-70. problem-free on i-70 and toward the beltway. looking at a nice start on 795. let's check our speed sensor here at providence. no problems to report on the outer loop on the top side over toward the harrisburg expressway. had major problems on the harrisburg yesterday. not the case this morning. a nice start all the way down. j.f.x. in pretty good shape. 95 heading down through howard county, excellent start there. let's give you a live view of traffic. we'll see what's going on. first at providence, so far, so

good on the north side. we'll switch over to a live view of traffic and show what you it looks like at reisterstown road. the northwest corner, very light volume. we'll enjoy the quiet start. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. over to you, jen. >> our big story -- we'll find out later today when an independent panel thinks about the nightclub shooting at that killed a city police officer and a civilian. the city commissioned the review board shortly after the january incident. 11 news reporter kim dacey is live downtown right now outside that nightclub with more. good morning, kim. >> good morning, jennifer. the shooting happened here in january. then in february, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake scommigsed the independent panel to look into the incident. one officer and one civilian lost their lives and three other civilians and another police officer were injured in a brawl that got out of hand. the independent review board consisted of four national law enforcement experts. they've been working since april, charged to review the incident and recommend changes to policies and procedures to

prevent a similar occurrence in the future. the state's attorney office says torbitt was shot 20 times by fellow police officers who didn't recognize him in plainclothes or see his badge. they announced in august no charges would be filed against the officers who shot torbitt. torbitt's sister spoke to 11 news after that announcement. >> i feel as though they know the truth, and it's time people stop covering up for the police officers. there's no way in the world, if you're standing over someone and shoot them 22 times and no one -- no justice come out of that. >> the results of the independent review will be released today at police headquarters at noon. we will be there and we'll bring you the very latest tonight on 11 news. reporting live downtown, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you, kim. city hall officials are hoping residents will help them select what services they cut from the budget to make up for a $5 million shortfall.

they've just completed a survey that asked citizens what programs they could do without. meanwhile, the mayor is trying to give a 2% raise for some city workers, and she's looking into the possibility of eliminating unpaid furloughed days for city workers, something that's been part of the budget the last three years. >> i think it's been prudent to depend on further state. it is a temporary gap of the budget, and we work to reduce the number of furlough days. priorities continue to be public safety, education, and those are the things we want to build upon to be able to deprow our city. >> among the programs on the chopping block, recreation, youth programs, and health services. city officials say they take the survey into consideration, but nothing is a done deal. the city is holding three workshops, giving citizens the opportunity to weigh in on the budget. the first is next wednesday at edmonson high school. new this morning, election day is less than a week away and

already accusations of fraud. according to the "baltimore sun," a baltimore city councilwomanless the city's election board mailed out incorrect absentee ballots to voters in her district. she claims at least seven voters in her seventh district received sixth district ballots in the mail. two-term councilwoman is running a write-in campaign for the november 8 election to try to keep her seat in the council, which is now for a democrat. >> thousands of u.s. military veterans are joining occupy wall street. they say corporate contractors in iraq made big money while the troops defending them came home and now can't make a living. former u.s. military men and women marched in the formation at the new york stock exchange, chanting, "we are the 99%." meanwhile, more than 1,000 anti-wall street protesters gathered in oakland for a series of demonstrations. sporadic vandalism was reported on wednesday as protesters marched through the streets. bank signs were damaged and anti-wall street messages were spray painted on store fronts across downtown. a general strike also took place, including an attempt to

disrupt shopping at the port of oakland, which seemed to be unsuccessful. and here in baltimore, protesters downtown no longer have power. after four weeks of protests, city mayor stephanie rawlings-blake pulled the plug on the occupy baltimore camp. this move comes amid safety concerns over the tangle of extension cords rigged to provide power to the tent city. the mayor said the protesters are welcome to use the square within certain parameters. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the city should take active steps like cutting the power to disband the occupy baltimore demonstrations? you can share your response on wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an email to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> republican presidential candidate herman cain is facing allegations of sexual harass frment a third woman now. kate apple ar is is live in -- amara is live in washington with the latest developments.

good morning, kate. >> this third accuser said cain's unwanted included an invitation to his corporate apartment. >> excuse me. excuse me. >> a testy herman cain thursday, refusing to comment on the controversy growing around him. according to the a.p., a third woman is now accusing the republican presidential candidate of sexual harassment when they worked together at the national restaurant association in the 1990's. >> don't even bother asking me all of these other questions that you all are curious about, ok? don't even bother. >> the woman says she considered filing a complaint against cain for aggressive and unwanted behavior, but never did. the candidate and his campaign continue to deny the allegations. >> the third phase, they try to destroy you. well, got a little of that this week. >> the cain campaign blamed g.o.p. rival rick perry for spreading the story and

demanded an apology. perry denied any involvement. >> all of this is cumulatively adding up to a very bad situation. >> crisis experts say at this point it could be tough for herman cain to salvage his run for the white house. >> the failure to get the story straight right from the start is fatal in most cases. >> but the cain campaign says it has actually seen an increase in fundraising this week since the news broke. live from washington, i'm kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. mindy, back to you. >> what are the chances that one of these accusers will go public? what are you hearing about that? >> well, an attorney for one of the accusers had been trying to get a confidentiality agreement waived so this woman could tell her side of the story publicly. however, late wednesday night, the lawyer told the a.p. that instead what he'll do now is try and seek approval from the national restaurant association for his client to just issue a statement, and we could see that today. >> kate amara live in

washington, thank you. it's 40 degrees on tv hill at 5:07. a hearing today concerning the gender pay gap among americans, why some women fall behind men when it comes to paycheck. >> plus, guns turn up at t.s.a. check points every day, but even officers are surprised by what one passenger had on recently. details are ahead.

>> welcome back. 10 minutes after 5:00. partly cloudy skies out there. quiet start for us on this thursday morning. 45 degrees downtown. colder in the suburbs, as is typically the case. everybody is above freezing this morning. that's a good thing. let's take a look at some of the other numbers. 36 in frederick. 37 in parkton. 42 degrees in rock hall on the eastern shore. forecast for today, a mix of sun and clouds. it's going to be nice, about the same temperature as yesterday, just not as much sunshine. high near 61 degrees. when we come back, we'll take a look at the forecast for the weekend.

for now, to the news desk. >> thank you, tony. covering the nation this morning -- after weeks of testimony, the day has come. closing arguments in the involuntary manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. dr. murray is charged in the 2009 death of michael jackson. if convicted, he could be sentenced to four years in prison and lose his medical license. you may be surprised to hear that security officers find about five guns a day at airport check points across the country. that's according to the t.s.a. chief. he testified in a wide-ranging senate homeland security committee hearing in washington. he says more than 900 guns have been recovered just in year, adding it's often the result of passengers forgetting the weapon is in their bag. in one recent case, a dallas passenger tried to board a case with two pistols, three ammunition magazines, eight knives, and a hand saw in a carry-on bag. oh, my. >> new information will be laid out later today revealing the difference in pay between men and women with a lower degree of education. senator bob casey of pennsylvania and congress woman caroline maloney of new york will highlight a new report

which shows, on average, women with a high school degree or less earned lower hourly wages than men with the same degree. in addition, among those less educated workers, women tended to work in industries with lower wages than men. 40 degrees at 5:12 here on tv hill. coming up -- really remarkable story of a handicapped teen fulfilling his high school dream by scoring a touchdown. >> plus, an investigation into fake ipads this morning, where they were discovered and what you need to know before purchasing the apple product. >> and we're taking a look at the area roads this morning. week give you a live view of the j.f.x. and check on the major roads. major roads. that's coming up.

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>> good morning. sarah caldwell with a look at your morning commute. not bad out there. thankfully no incidents to report. as we check speed sensors around the area, we're still moving well on the west side as you make your approach to i-70. 62 on the north side passing through providence. and over toward the harrisburg expressway, if you want to head south on the j.f.x., we're at 58 miles per hour on average. 97, running smoothly to and from the airport. same goes for 195, 100, all the major roadways in the airport vicinity. a live view of traffic, going away from us, outer loop traffic. no problems to report on the harrisburg expressway thankfully. nothing like yesterday. maryland lines clear all the way down to the beltway. here's what it looks like on the j.f.x., southbound traffic, and no delays all the way into town this morning. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on buses and trains. for that we go to kurt kroncke

of the m.t.a. >> on the buses, the 7, 10, 30, those buses diverting at lombard and broadway. on the light rail, metro, on time. m.t.a. introduces new marc service for commuters. penn line service from baltimore to perryville, making stops at the martin and aberdeen stations. for marc service information, visit mta.md.gov. now back to tony pann. >> thank you, sir. we're off to a quiet start on this thursday. a couple of clouds hanging around, but no precipitation. the temperatures are above freezing, unlike yesterday. that's another good thing. 39 at the airport. 37 in parkton. it's 42 degrees in rock hall right now. we do have a little cloud cover out there. yesterday it was crystal clear. this morning, high, thin clouds coming in. there's no precipitation in that cloud deck, but we are watching the storm that came out of the rocky mountains yesterday. remember that? we talked about all the snow

around denver. it's heading toward chicago right now. it's producing some rain at this time. there's no snow with this. trying to get a little snow on the back side of it across portions of missouri, but i don't think that's going to happen. heavy rain across central illinois. this is actually going to dive down to the southeast. it looks pretty impressive. if you would just take that east, you'd think we'd get a lot of rain tomorrow. but it looks like most of it is going to dive down to the south. for today, a mix of sun and clouds. high temperatures range between 58 and 63. i'll call it pleasant. that's right in the neighborhood of where it should be for this time of the year, becoming mostly cloudy tonight, no precipitation. but the clouds will thicken up. temperatures will drop back into the upper 30's and low 40's. sun sets this evening at 30 minutes after 6:00. most of the energy is going to dive down to the south through the carolinas. there will be a trailing cold front coming through maryland i think sometime during the middle of the day. with that around, even though most of the energy is going to miss us, got to keep a slight chance for rain showers in the forecast for friday, and it's going to turn breezy behind this front as well, as it goes

through in the afternoon and evening. but it looks like we're setting up for a pretty nice weekend. 30% chance for rain tomorrow, 58 for a high temperature. and then sunshine on saturday and sunday. a little chilly on saturday, 55, but we make it back up to 63 on sunday. we'll be in the mid 60's early next week. again, don't forget, daylight-saving time comes to an end saturday night, sunday morning. >> in this morning's consumer alert -- a fake ipad ring is discovered stretching across the country. nbc reporter kimberly king broke that story in dallas. >> there's no doubt about it. real ipads are a hot commodity, so much so that crooks working from this grand prairie parking lot to atlanta to florida are continuing to dupe customers with fakes and quick sales. >> one of the individuals actually got out of the car and approached the people at the pumps. >> grand prairie detective alex has made two arrests, but is tracking more suspects. >> from florida to georgia to

mississippi, i recently got a call out of atlanta, georgia, where a detective saw this piece that was done earlier with nbc 5. >> that atlanta detective saw nbc 5's problem solver story on the internet. he knew about a female suspect who had rented an enterprise car in jackson, mississippi. >> we compare names who actually rented the car, and it ended up being the same suspect. >> police were able to trace one of the rental cars here in this parking lot off i-20. one of the witnesses saw mississippi plates, called police. now police think there coulding up to 10 people involved in this ring. detectives have now learned suspects are using their girlfriends or wives or mothers to rent cars in mississippi and then drive to texas and atlanta to sell fake ipads. >> the gentleman approached her at a gas station, and the gentleman told her that he had an ipod for sale if she wanted

to buy it, but he gave her a fedex box with a fake box from best buy. >> that was kimberly king reporting. police continue to search for the suspects f. someone approaches you attempting to sell an ipad, make sure it's the real thing before you hand over cash. >> thank you, mindy. whole foods is giving meat lovers a price break, and a fix is coming for apple's iphone battery problems. now jane king joins us live with the business report. hey, jane. >> hi, jennifer. good morning to you. if your new iphone keeps running out of juice really fast, a fix is on the way. apple working on a software upgrade to address the battery life for phones using the new operating system. you can expect this in a few weeks. some tech blogs have said the source of the problem is the phone constantly updates its location info much the glitch is the second one for iphones. ticketmaster expanding its reach to more than 70 simon-owned malls nationwide. six locations are in maryland,

including at marley station and glen burnie and ar undell mills and hanover. ticketmaster kiosks will be available. good way to avoid the fees and shipping charges when do you order those online. as for the markets, futures right now indicating a lower open. we are continuing to watch europe here this morning. e.u. leaders have suspended aid payments to greece. we also later today have reports on jobless claims and the services industry. we did have two days of heavy selling, but yesterday, a bit of a recovery. the federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke, says economic growth has strengthsened. keep an eye on shares of whole foods today. they may take a hit after failing to boost fiscal 2012 profit forecasts. consumers are being more careful about their expenses at grocery stores, and the good news, the company says it probably won't raise prices in meat or dairy any further. that is business at the new york stock exchange. i'm jane king, bloomberg news, reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> thanks, jane. millions of people are out of work right now. they're looking for a job.

apparently the government is now paying people to study cybersecurity. >> this is one of the areas that really could see some big growth in the coming years. of course, on the heels all those cyberattacks, people expect more of them to happen. the feds are looking to beef up cybersecurity before they go to big companies and silicon valley. how to actually take advantage of government help to learn about cybersecurity is coming up in any next report. >> good idea. thank you, jane. see you back here at 6:15. >> 5:22, 40 degrees on tv hill. coming up -- a remarkable moment for one handicapped teen. >> going to happen. i didn't think it would. >> the play that led a football player to a touchdown and the message his coach wants to send. >> and don't forget to email us your answer to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the city should take active steps like cutting the power to disband the occupy baltimore demonstrations? share your response on

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>> a high school senior in ohio fulfilled a longtime dream of playing football last weekend. >> the special young man even scored a touchdown. justin spoke to him and his coach. >> the fairfield union falcons didn't have the best season, and they finished the year with a tough loss. but it didn't take long for their frustrations to be forgotten. >> so, on friday night, it was just an opportunity to shine. >> all season, trent was by his coach's side, elected this year to serve as a team captain. >> he's my right hand man anymore. he's always telling me what we need to do and what needs to improve. >> trent dreamed of getting on

the field one day, but, up see forget past 10 years, muscular dystrophy has forced him into a wheelchair. >> trent is just a special young man that touches everybody's heart. >> that's why the coach wanted to give his right hand man a chance to fulfill his lonime dream. they came up with a play, practiced it over and over, and after the clock ran out friday, both teams took the field one more time. >> it's going to happen. it's going to happen. i didn't think it would. i think it would be. >> but sure enough, there was number 25, big t as they call him, running the play, a 29 sweep. >> got the ball, and got the ball, ran it in the end zone, and got a touchdown. >> the crowd went crazy. trent's coach calling it one of his greatest moments in 33 years of coaching. >> hopefully our young people, our players will take his drive, his heart and run with it for the years to come. >> it's emotional. i mean, i still get butterflies thinking about it. >> that's awesome.

great story for sportsmanship. >> absolutely. and all the other teammates will remember that forever. >> the time is 5:26, 40 degrees on tv hill. new this morning -- a fire in owings mills and a move by a mental hospital after three patients were killed within 13 months. >> the independent review into the shooting death of police officer william torbit is complete, and the results are ready to be released. i'm kim dacey. i've got more on that next. >> and we'll have an update on the baltimore journalist still in libya weeks after being released from prison, the latest on matthew van dyke is straight ahead. >> and the weather is pretty quiet today, but we have rain in the seven-day forecast. >> if you're trying to prepare for your commute, we'll let you know how the major roads are shaping up.

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>> welcome back to 1 11 news today. i'm jennifer franciotti here for stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks so much for joining us. today is miracle tie day. i'm wearing mine as a little belt. >> nice, a little sass. that's awesome. >> and jen is working on this story today. >> joseph a. bank clothier, they do this every year, where children and johns hopkins pediatric children's hospital, they come one artwork, and then their artwork is turned into miracle ties. and they're awesome. this is by alyssa of oden ton, maryland. she is fighting leukemia right now. all these children are so brave, and they're courageous, and the money from the sale of these ties will go directly to the children to help them with their child life activities that they do. it's a lot of enrichment programs. >> you can get them at joseph a. bank? >> mine is a christmas tree tie. i love this. it's a holiday tie. >> that's very nice. >> where's yours?

>> mine is lady bugs by victoria murray of essex. really nice design as well. >> we'll be there later today, and the story will be on tonight between 5:00 and 6:30. >> outstanding. let's talk weather today. not as much sunshine as yesterday, but no rain to talk about. let's look at the current conditions. right now, upper 30's. 39 at the airport. partly to mostly cloudy skies. the forecast for today, a mix of sun and clouds, still call it nice, just not as much sunshine as yesterday with a high temperature near 61. we have a little bit of rain in the forecast. it's really not bad going into the weekend. i'll show you that. >> great. >> nice start on the roads, not dealing with any accidents thankfully, and a nice start on all of the major roadways. if you're getting ready to head out the door, we'll see what's going on. west side, right at 58 miles per hour, so far, so good down toward edmonson this morning. no delays to report on the north side, 62 miles per hour over in the parkville region over toward the harrisburg expressway. speeds around 59 on the j.f.x.

south end, just south of the beltway. if you want to head to the airport this morning, nothing major happening on the area roads to and from the airport. let's give you a live view of traffic. here's what it's looking like on the faceburg expressway going away from us, southbound traffic. it's building just a bit, but overall, smooth ride to the maryland line all the way down east side of the beltway in great shape at the key bridge. and that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> new this morning -- baltimore county fire crews remain on the scene of a house fire in owings mills. crews responded just after 3:00 this morning in the lions wood neighborhood t. appears that the fire may have started on the second floor and luckily everyone was able to escape without injury. fire officials say there's no official word on a cause yet, and the red cross will help displaced residents. also new, the maximum security hospital just days after the third patient death there in 13 months. there's a new doctor at the

helm. he's the c.e.o. of the spring grove hospital center in catonsville. he will now take on the top post at clifton t. perkins hospital center. two patients were murdered there in one week. just last year, a male patient killed a female patient. he's committed to the state's mental health system and ready for a new challenge. the baltimore journalist who joined rebel fighters after being jailed in libya for six month social security returning home this weekend. the family of matthew van dyke says he's expected to arrive at b.w.i. marshall airport on saturday evening. the 32-year-old was captured in march by those loyal to longtime libyan leader, muammar gaddafi. rebels helped free him in august, but he stayed there to find out whether friends made it through the fighting safely. >> our big story this morning -- it was a shooting that raised questions and protests. a city officer was gunned down by fellow officers outside a downtown nightclub. this morning we'll learn from an independent review board has to say about the death of officer william torbit outside the select lounge.

11 news reporter kim dacey live outside the lounge where the january incident took place. good morning, kim. >> mayor stephanie rawlings-blake commissioned the independent panel in february to review police actions that night. >> early morning on january 9, police officer william torbit and 22-year-old sean gamble were shot and killed outside of this lounge in downtown baltimore. three other civilians and an officer were also injured. torbit was shot 20 times by fellow officers who didn't recognize him in plainclothes or see his badge. they announced in august no charges will be filed against the officers who fired the fatal shots. >> it's our conclusion that all the officers acted reasonably in a highly chaotic situation in which they had a reasonable belief that they and other civilians in the area were in imminent fear of substantial bodily harm or death. >> officer torbit's sister spoke to 11 news after that

announcement. >> i feel as though they know the truth, and it's time that people stop covering up for the police officers. there's no way in the world, if you're standing over someone and shoot them 22 times, and no one -- no justice come out of that. i feel as though they need to look further into it and justice need to be served. >> the independent panel commissioned by the mayor did just that. the panel consists of four national law enforcement experts who were charged with reviewing the incident, as well as policies and procedures. today they'll announce their findings and recommendations to prevent a similar occurrence in the future. that announcement is expected at police headquarters at noon. we, of course, will be there, and we'll bring you the very latest tonight on 11 news. reporting live downtown, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you, kim. new details this morning surrounding a homicide in parkville. baltimore county police say they fond a woman dead inside her home on sarah lane wednesday afternoon.

they wouldn't release her name or tell us how she died. there are current knoll suspects in this case. -- there are currently no suspects in this case. police continue to piece together details of a shooting in west baltimore. it was at the intersection of edmonson avenue and franklintown road. a 19-year-old was shot five times. another man was shot in the leg. police do expect both victims to survive. >> city police hope security surveillance video can help track down whoever shot and killed a man inside an east baltimore carryout. it's already been the scene of another murder. the footage shows the victim, 52-year-old freddie jones, getting into some kind of argument and then a confrontation with three people inside the yau brothers carryout monday night. the tape stops just before jones is shot and killed. police say unlike the previous murder at that same location in april of 2010, they have evidence that will help in tracking down the suspects. meanwhile, a councilwoman says she is looking into taking action that would close that business. >> the hunt is on this morning for an inmate who officials say escaped from work detail in

glen burnie. investigators say 20-year-old simms walked away from his assignment on wednesday morning in a landfill on dover road. simms has an arrest record for robbery, handgun violations, and assault. police say he's known to frequent the severn and annapolis areas. if you know his whereabouts, you're asked to call 911. >> a hartford county jury spares the life of a convicted triggerman in a murder for hire plot. jurors sentenced 29-year-old walt irbishop jr. to life plus 20 years for the murder of william porter. bishop is the fifth person convicted in the conspiracy. the alleged mastermind, karla porter, will stand trial in the spring. he will not be eligible for parole until 2061. >> quitting smoking is tough enough for a lot of folks. for some, prescription drugs work. a new study says not so fast. we'll explain. >> and when a group of researchers want scientists to focus on when it comes to autism. >> if you're traveling in the

city, just getting word of an accident on pulaski highway. we'll update that.

>> welcome back. 40 minutes after 5:00. partly cloudy skies, no rain in sight. 45 degrees downtown. it's a little cold neither suburbs, but we are above freezing this morning in most areas. that's a good thing. let's look at some of the other current conditions out there. it's chilly, like i said, but not as bad as yesterday. 36 in frederick. it's 39 at the airport. 33 in york, pennsylvania. forecast for today, a mix of sun and clouds. it's still going to be a nice day, just not ads sunny, with a high temperature right around 61. when we come back, we'll check the forecast for the weekend. for now, back over to mindy and jen.

>> in this morning's medical alert, smokers trying to quit should consider nicotine replacement products before turning to the prescription drug. >> this is according to researchers at wake forest university, because a new study of the f.d.a. shows significantly more cases of depression and suicidal behavior linked to chantix compared to other nicotine replacement products. chantix carries a black box warning for these side effects, but an agency review did not show an increase in psychiatric hospitalizations among patients taking the drugs. and a call for the scientific community to recognize the strengths and abilities of people with autism. >> this out of canada, where researchers want the group to overlook the negative aspects of the condition. they say people with autism can process large amounts of data, remember information correctly, and identify patterns in large sets of cat a. experts say parents of autistic children are giving the support and encouragement they need.

they can make substantial contributions. >> the time right now is 5:41, 40 degrees on tv hill. the ravens gearing up for their matchup with the steelers. this is a big, big game sunday night. keith mills and 11 sports will join us live in the studio with what joe flacco is saying. >> and mum's a word at the rawlings conservatory. we're live this morning, talking about the new exhibit. that's coming up. >> and here's a live look at traffic, 83 at pad own i can't road, an incident reported in the city. we'll have an update. [ dennis ] juggling insurance policies

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harrisburg expressway. thankfully nothing happening on the harrisburg expressway at this time. we had a rough ride yesterday. 56 miles per hour as you travel on the west side outer loop past 75. and still moving well through ellicott city as you travel on 29 south. let's give you a quick live look outside. harrisburg expressway at padonia road, traveling without delay toward the beltway. a live view of the east side of the beltway right at the key bridge. toll plaza looks good, and traffic to and from the key bridge in great shape. and that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and trains. for that we go to kurt kroncke of the m.t.a. >> we're moving along nicely. no delays on the penn, camden and brunswick lines or marc trains. both light rail and metro subway on schedule. buses dwerlting at lombard and broadway. 3 and 11 diverting at cathedral and monument due to construction. with the m.t.a. transit team, i'm kurt kroncke. now back to tony pann. >> partly cloudy skies this morning.

nice and quiet. we do rain to talk about going into the weekend. first let's say good morning to meteorologist ava marie live at the rawlings conservatory this morning playing with the plants. what's going on, ava? >> good morning, tony. yes, we have an exciting new exhibit that is now open at the rawlings conservatory. it's all about mums, which make fall perfectly. everyone has them in gardens. it's a fascination, because they're flow there's actually stay alive through cold weather. you're the supervisor here at the conservatory. and, you know, the title of this is mums and memories, because it ties into the past of baltimore. tell us about that. >> well, conservatories have traditionally had wonderful mum shows over the years, and baltimore is no exception. we had our first really big one in 1901 at patterson park, and that continues every year through the city, you know, through times to have this tradition of growing mums that you just can't find anywhere else. >> you said this takes a lot of

work to prepare this entire show, to get all these mums ready. >> we start working in -- we start growing in july. we start actually planning the show even earlier than that. and we basically have two different methods of growing them. one is called a disbud, and one is called pinching. the budders produce the really, really large mums you're going to show folks in a few minutes. they take time. it's a labor of patience and love, and they produce flowers that are just absolutely huge. >> i have to say, they are spectacular. we're going to get a closer look at those when we come ballpark. let's get the basic information about this event t. started last saturday, but runs all the way through november 20. how can people come and get involved? >> wednesday through sunday, 10:00 to 4:00, that's when we're open. we are constantly, by the way, looking for volunteers to help us keep the show fresh, so i invite people to come and stay and get to know us a lot better

and give us some of their time and enjoy the show and learn about baltimore's past. we have an extraordinary past. >> it sounds like a awful event. we'll preview it all morning long and learning about baltimore's history. well, let's get a check at the weather. h.d. doppler radar is showing the storm system off to our west, the one that dropped heavy snow in colorado. it still looks pretty impressive as it moves into the midwest, but it's likely to die to our south. for that reason, we may not see very much rain with it. we'll head back to tone toy get more information on that. kate was telling me that back in the 1900's, this was the place to be, the conservatory. it was the event for the wealthy. >> it was the cool place to hang out. it's a pretty neat building there. it's nice. i've been there once, and it's a beautiful place to visit. thanks. we'll talk to you again next half-hour. there's so much history around here. that's what's really cool about living on the east coast, especially around baltimore. partly cloudy, temperatures above freezing, unlike yesterday. 37 in taneytown. 36 in frederick.

38 in jury itsville. we have a little cloud cover this morning. these are mostly high, thin clouds. no precipitation in that clouder did. we are watching that big storm that came out of the rocky mountains. yesterday, it dumped all the snow around denver. now it's heading toward chicago. it looks pretty impressive, at least on the radar. there's a lot of heavy rain in illinois, even snow trying to develop on the back side of it in missouri. but this should start to fall apart and actually die south of us during the day on friday. we're going to miss most of it. we may pick up a couple of showers out of it during the day on friday, but we'll miss most of that system. a mix of sun and clouds today as it gets closer to us, but it's still going to be a nice day. sun rises at 7:30. overnight tonight -- a little cold front is going to come through, so we're going to see

scattered showers along that front, but the main energy is going to miss us to the south. just a 30% chance for rain tomorrow. the high temperature, 58. then we're setting up for a decent weekend. i think the sunshine is going to come back on saturday and sunday. a little cool on saturday with a high near 55. back up to 63 on sunday. don't forget, before you go to bed saturday night, set your clocks back one hour. you gain an hour of sleep, but the sun will go down an hour earlier. nice weather into early next week with highs in the 60's. >> not ready for it to get darker earlier. >> no. i don't like it either. sorry for the mic problems, by the way. somebody silenced tony. >> hmm. >> 5:50, 40 degrees on tv hill. coming up, a look at one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> and here's a look at last knit's lottery numbers.

>> let's get to one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> do you think the city should take active steps like cutting the power to disband the occupy wall street demonstrations? >> keith posted, if they were looking for a job as much as

they were protesting, they'd probably have a job. keep sending up responses. we'll read more in our next hour and post all of them on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> good morning, everybody. you don't need to be vince lombardi to know the pittsburgh steelers will be ready on sunday for the ravens. they were embarrassed back on opening day when the ravens ran all over them, passed all over them, forced seven turnovers, and hammered the steelers 35-7. since then we've seen a record-setting day in st. louis from the offense, a record-worst day by the offense in jacksonville. you see the ravens working out yesterday, a healthy ben rhodes would certainly help the consistency of the offense, as would the return of lee evans. regardless who plays and who doesn't, joe flacco knows the margin of error on sunday is far greater than last week against arizona. >> we got to go in there, play the way we know how to play. we can't go out there and make

mistakes, not execute things and, you know, look like crap like we have the last couple of weeks. we got to play the football we know how to. >> joe, three t.d. passes against the steelers in week one, and a reminder, live pregame coverage from heinz field sunday night here on wbal tv 11. 6:30, "ravens countdown". kickoff here on tv 11 is 8:20. college basketball season tips off for maryland tomorrow night, exhibition game against northwood at comcast center. pat summitt, the hall of fame women's coach at the university of tennessee, was on the sidelines last night as the lady vols played carson-newman. she's the winningest coach ever in college basketball, but at age 59, is suffering from early on set alzheimer's. still, she says she's going to coach as long as she can in her 38th season now. her team won last night, 105, before she had 1,071 career

wins. congratulations to patrick craig. these are the miracle ties that young patrick put together. >> that's very cool. >> isn't it nice? >> everything is purpose. >> they've been doing this for years. >> perfect for football friday. love it. wear it tomorrow. we're anticipating. >> if they win, i'll wear it every day for the rest of the year. >> hey, we're looking forward to that. >> coming up in the neaks hour of 11 news today -- the baltimore grand prix may have not been as much a success as previously thought. the bills that organizers are reportedly behind on at 6:04. >> truly where dreams come true, the disney surprise for one cancer patient at johns hopkins children's center at 6:34. >> an unusual tradition for a college basketball team, why the crowd is launching toilet paper on the court at 6:40. >> t.p., right, there you go. things are quiet, but we have rain in the seven-day forecast. i'll show you that. >> and quiet on most of the

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>> nearly a year after the shooting of a baltimore city police officer, an independent panel releases their report on the incident. i'm kim dacey, live with more on that. >> new allegations against g.o.p. presidential candidate herman cain. i'm kate amara in washington i'm kate amara in washington with his reaction.