in today's water cooler question of the day. >> and we made it to another weekend. woo-hoo. 11 news continues right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm jennifer franciotti here for stan stovall. thank you for joining us. >> we have had some nice days. is it going to continue through the weekend? >> well we won't have traffic problems. a little cloud cover out there right now. you might see a little sprinkle activity on your windshield. but you can leave your umbrella at home. northeast wind now. the winds have shifted to the north-northeast. they will start to pick up. it will be a breezy afternoon. clouds will break up and we'll see more and more sunshine. but temperatures will have a high of 58.

but it will still feel chilly due to the wind. let's say good morning to sarah caldwell. >> good morning. we are starting off with a problem in carroll county. an area to avoid with an overturned cement truck leaking fuel and medevac is on the scene. southbound 29 at old frederick road, an accident. delays in the southbound direction. i-70 looks good in towards the beltway. we'll keep you posted on that. some closures in effect eastbound cold spring at roland avenue due to gas line repairs in that area. you can alternate on the westbound side. five-minute ride from the 5 split to the fort mchenry. southbound 95 from the beltway

down towards 42. 795 coming toward us in the southbound direction building. a live view of i-70 at 29. no sign of delays. that's the latest on photographic traffic. jen -- that's t latest on traffic pulse 11. >> fire officials are continuing the investigation in park heights. >> good morning. the fire started at 9:00 last night. at elmer avenue. fire officials say the fire started in a garage behind the home. police and fire crews worked after the blaze was out and it was safe to go inside the garage and they found one person dead. >> firefighters performed search and rescue operations after extinguishing another fire where they found the body of an unconscious,

non-responsive victim expired. preliminarily appeared to be from smoke inhalation and burns. >> the state medical examiner will do an autopsy to determine the official cause of death. no word on their identity or what caused the fire. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you kim. and in harford county two people had to be rushed to the hospital after a two-alarm fire at the intersection of green and mores road. no word this morning on the conditions of the victims. >> a 10th grader at a baltimore city high school is in mount sinai hospital after a 14-year-old pulled a knife on a fellow student. it is an attack that has parents and students concerned about the overall safety of the school. >> they are scared because of the bullies.

>> my son goes to school here. i want him to be safe. and i was not pleased to hear about it. >> well, school officials have not discussed a motive for the attack and parents tell 11 news they were not told about the stabbing but just told after-school programs were canceled. >> and an apparent murder-suicide. a grandmother was murdered by her grandson and police believe he then stole her car and then took his own life. >> the daughter became concerned when she got a phone call from the grandmother's employer stating she had not been to work in two days. another family member went to check on things and found victim in the basement.

she had been shot several times. >> police later found her grandson dead inside her car with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> the deadly police-involved shooting outside a downtown nightclub that claimed the lives of a police officer and ended up raising just as many questions as answers. outside the lounge that led to the death of plain clothed officer and shawn gamble, the board found fault across the board. among the key failures, the lack of a point person in command at the scene. a breakdown of communication with police dispatch and failure to conduct accurate ballistics tests to determine who killed the police officer and gamble. it was hindered after the officers failed to answer questions. >> they declined to answer

questions on the basis of legal advice. >> at this point the widespread criticism, the mayor says she stands behind the leadership. >> in this morning's project economy report, the labor department releases its october jobs report this morning. 11 news washington bureau kate amara takes a closer look at the numbers. >> it's the level of growth we've been seeing. it's enough to hang on and keep the unemployment rate from rising, but it's not going to start bringing the unemployment rate down. >> the labor department out with its jobs report. may be a check-up but economists aren't in the belief it's improvement. >> actually to just read the water is a disaster. >> this economist says the private sector isn't ready to fill in the gaps of the public

sector's shedding of jobs. this as the latest jobs act failed in the senate. jobs creation efforts stalled in the senate. >> you say how are you going to create them? >> and lawmakers in both parties are blaming each other. >> ask the 14 million americans why they are out of work if they are better off than four years ago. >> new this morning a new study due out today finds total inaugural grand prix race fell far short of expectations. an independent review grouped to determine the labor day event totaled $47 million for baltimore. $26 million came from out of state venders and 2/3 of the $70 million organizers expected the rates to generate. >> a baltimore county high school soccer team is being red

carded because of a dance called "the berny." like the dead character in the title of the film "weekend at bernies." but when the soccer team performed their version the principal stays boys took it too far. >> from what we heard apparently we were doing sexual gestures which i don't see how you can do that from a dance when we clearly have pictures of how we were doing it and it's just disappointing that they said that. >> the curly, they did that dance earlier in the year and they never got penalized. ethan scored the goal and we all ran over to him and did dance. >> the principal then suspended the entire team for their final game causing them to forif it which resulted in a failure to meet requirements for the playoffs. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think school officials overreacted by suspending perry

high school soccer team causing them to miss the playoffs? send your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> the time right now is 6:09. 47 degrees on tv hill. still ahead why you shouldn't expect too much room on your airplane if you fly for the holidays. >> a tour boat turns into kindling. what happened just before this deadly collision. >> and get ready to shell out even more the next time you reserve your airline ticket. which airlines are expected to raise their fares and which are expected to follow. >> your seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> and a serious accident in carroll county. if you travel through key mar, an o

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>> and welcome back. the time is 12 minutes after 6:00. a quiet start for us. a little cloud cover out there but not too much in the way of rainfall. 52 degrees. significantly warmer this morning than last couple of days. but temperatures whether or not warm up much more than that. instead of turning up the coast like most storms have done, this storm will move east. a little front coming through maryland right now producing the sprinkles we have out there this morning but the bulk of the rain is missing us to the south and will stay in the central part of virginia. so if you have travel plans and

you're driving south, you might run into that rain. if we look up north, we can already see the clearing line around state college and pennsylvania. the clouds will break up and we'll see more and more sunshine and this afternoon it will be mostly sunny by late in the day. 5 in park on the. temperatures will not move a whole lot. it will become breezy behind this front. so it will feel cooler than that. we start with the clouds and sprinkles then sunshine breaks through. overnight, mostly clear skies and the temperature will drop down to around 30 in the subirs. scun seth at two minutes after 6:00 and high pressure over the weekend meaning quiet conditions. as we head into the weekend, we start out chilly on saturday with a high of 54.

but we'll make it up to 60 on sunday and daylight savings time comes to an end. you set your clock back one hour. the sun goes down now at around 5:00. it will be mild and monday and tuesday it will be in the mid 60's for the high. sarah caldwell? >> good morning. the one big problem is in carroll county. if you travel in keymar, courthouse near 194 are the closure points. take 194 as your alternate. an overturned cement truck leaking fuel. it was a medevac situation. at last check it was all closed. southbound 29 at old frederick road. watch for delays due to an accident. closure around eastbound cold spring lane due to road work. you can get by on the westbound side. watch for delays. a live view of traffic.

at dockwood road coming toward us, outer loop traffic. outer loop traffic running at a good clip. we'll keep you posted. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> taking a look at our top stories for you, we could learn the fate of the doctor facing charges in the death of michael jackson as early as this afternoon. attorneys wrapped up closing arguments in the trial of dr. conrad murray. prosecutors claim he was negligent but the doctor claimed jackson gave himself a lethal dose of the medication. incredible video shows the final moments of a philadelphia tour boat before it was literally run over by a 250-foot barge last summer. two people were killed when the massive ship overtook the duck

boat and took the barge under. the driver of the barge admits he was distracted bay cell phone call on his child's medical up date. he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. >> the first event to be held in the cathedral will be the installation of dr. marianne bud as the new bishop of the episcopal diocese. the church underwent extensive repairs to its towers that were damaged in the august quake. >> in this morning's "consumer alert," it's happening again, another airline has found another way to raise its prices. u.s. airaways and delta are jacking up fares by up to $10 per trip. they are to boost revenue during this slow time in the

travel season. if you own a kindle, you can now take your e-reader to a virtual library. you can get the new books through a lending library. users can borrow up to one book a month with no due date. very cool. >> more american men are calling mom and dad their roommates and travelers can expect more crowds this season. more in the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. for a growing number of young american men, their childhood bedroom is their new bachelor pad. 25-34 years old, the men living with their parents has increased. you can blame a bad economy. the women continue to be less likely to room with mom and dad. at the university of west virginia more young women ro

getting college educations and are less likely to ben employed. -- to be unemployed. and we've got a surprise interest rate cut from the european central bank. groupon still has its eyes on wall street. it's raised $700 million in its public offering. 3% more than it was expecting. more than $12.5 billion. if you're traveling by plane over the thanksgiving holiday you may find it a little less crowded at the airport. they warn airlines are cut to capacity so your plane will likely be jam packed. i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> 47 degrees on tv hill. >> as the ravens get ready to take on the steelers.

keith mills joins us for trash talking. >> and don't forget to email us your answer to our water cooler question of the day, do you think school officials overreacted by suspending perry hall's high school soccer team for an on-field dance causing them to miss the playoffs? share your response at watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> here's a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers.

>> good morning. sarah caldwell with a look at your morning commute. not bad on most of your major roadways. we are still dealing with a accident in keymar so between courthouse mill sh medevac is there. at old frederick road the accident off to the side, so delays are not bad through that area. cold spring lane at roland avenue, roads are closed. let's see how volume is building on the west side. once you get down toward i-70 things start to open up. at puddley hill avenue, running

smooth on the north side. moving well toward the fort mchenry and into howard county. tony has a check on your forecast. >> we have a little bit of cloud cover to start the day. maybe a couple of sprinkles. it's not going to slow down your drive time. 43 in taneytown. 45 in park to know. we'll start with the clouds and sun will break out by the time we hit the afternoon. the high around 58. the forecast for the rest of the weekend when i come back. first let's send it over to the man. here's keith mills. >> now 11 sports with keith mills. >> good morning, everybody. the ravens hit the halfway point against steelers. 6-2 and 5-3 record is huge. the ravens have a two-game lead over the steelers because they will have swept the series and

owned the tampa bayer. a lot of talk -- and owned the tiebreaker. joe flacco winning at heinz field means blocking out the noise-making plays early and dealing with the inevitable emotional swings that always play into a game in pittsburgh. >> when we have won a lot of football games, my job is to continue to get us to do that. >> winning on the road, you know better than anybody is probably harder this year than it's ever been. you guys have had mixed success. 1-2 on the road. in pittsburgh probably harder than anywhere. what makes it so difficult? the field and game are the same length, but it's not the same game, is it? >> we like to look at it as being no different. but there's certain crowd noise you have to look at. and we didn't play very well. that's why we lost. didn't have anything to do with anything else. >> now remember last year's

regular season game in pittsburgh. t.j. houshmandzadeh had the game-winning touchdown. don't forget 6:30 sunday, ravens countdown. you can watch it all here on wbal-tv 11 news. what a big night. the orioles scheduled to talk to dandy kessday as they continue their search for a general manager. he is the cousin of the former -- and he spent nine years in boston as the g.m. phillies talked with scott pro phone call, a member of the orioles front office a couple years ago. steelers-ravens sunday. more on that right now, right? >> we did a little trash talking. this is becoming a tradition where we do a little trash talking between the stations, us and our sister station. check it out. >> all right. big game this weekend. our steelers taking on the ravens. >> yes. you know what's going to happen, don't you?

first place on the line. >> baltimore treated the first game as if it was a super bowl but here we actually go to super bowl. but the steelers have beat at any ravens twice to get to the super bowl in 2009 and last year, i don't know if you remember that at all. >> i remember. i remember it very, very well. vividly. so there's a deal. when the ravens lose, you are going to have to wear black and gold showing up monday morning and then send us the footage so we can show everyone here in the pittsburgh area if we happen to lose, what do you think? >> chances are small of that happening. >> we'll try to wear some purple and black. >> who wears purple? >> we'll see you at hines feemed sunday night. >> that's lame. >> we pointed out they are both wearing purple and black. so just wear it again on monday. >> guy saying steelers are going to win.

i said you're right we have no chance at all of beating the steelers. guy looked at me like -- >> that's true. a ravens fan usually doesn't pick a fan with a steelers' fan but a steelers fan walking by will shout out something derrog tori about the ravens. >> you can see our trash talking on our website at www.wbaltv.com. the time is 6:27. a barber accused of violating the trust is next. >> and a fire kills one person. i'm kim dacey live with details coming up. >> and did a simple mistake cause a 6-year-old boy to lose his legs? what his family says happened and what didn't when they took him to the hospital. >> and we're starting to see a little more volume forming in

certain areas.

>> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today.

i'm jennifer franciotti in for stan stovall. >> i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us. tony, it feels mild out there this morning. >> compared to yesterday, it is. today we're in the 40's. not bad to start the day. temperatures will climb into the upper 50's by this afternoon. the wind will be picking up, so it will still feel chilly. even though the clouds will break up, there's about a 20% chance you will run into a morning sprinkle. but you can leave your umbrella at home. >> our big story this morning fire crews are investigating a deadly fire this morning. >> hi jen maintainedy. the fire broke out around 9:00 here on the 5200 block of elmer avenue. it was the garage behind the home that caught on fire and then that fire spread to the dwelling. police roped off the area. after the blaze was out and it

was safe, the firefighters went inside the garage found a one person dead. >> firefighters performed search and rescue operations after extinguishing the fire where they found the body of an unconscious, non-responsive victim expired and it appeared to be from smoke inhalation and burns. >> the state medical examiner will perform an autopsy to determine the official cause of death. also no official word on the cause of the fire. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a barber was charged with sexual assaulting a 13-year-old boy. he molested the victim. he faces numerous charges, including sod my. police are looking for other victims. >> prosecutorsed -- wrapped up

their case against an official for taking money from a food warehouse in exchange for favors. >> a local hospital faces a medical mall practice lawsuit from parents who claim their 7-year-old son lost his legs because of a misdiagnosis. on september 12 eric flynn junior was brought to baltimore medical for? with a high fever, swollen tonsals and a high heart rate. the doctor failed to perform a simple that's could have saved his legs. >> despite it being standard protocol to do a strep test. >> knowing his tonsals were as swollen ads they were he could have just swabbed and done a simp strep test.

>> because no strep test was performed the bacteria entered eric's blood stream and hours later doctors had to amputate both his legs to save his life. the parents are seeking compensation for their son's care. >> sarah caldwell with a look at your morning commute. if you travel in cecil county, at the el kin exit on the southbound side. we'll update once we get more information. in carroll county an overturned cement truck. closures along middleburg road between courthouse middle and 194. meanwhile southbound at old frederick road an accident off to the side not creating much of a delay. but delays on the west side outer loop down to 26 miles an hour as you make your way down from 795. eastbound cold spring lane.

westbound side you can alternate if you head out there. a live view of traffic. we'll switch over, because this one is frozen to the area of old court. you can see volume picking up. going away from us, the brake lights and that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony, over to you. >> we'll do the seven-day forecast. current conditions, mostly cloudy skies. 48 degrees at the top of the hour. forecast today the clouds will decrease as we head into the afternoon. any rain showers will come to an end. breezy with a high near 58. only 54 with a high near saturday. making it up to 60. daylight savings time comes to an end. the sun will be going down to 5:00. >> i like the extra hours of sleep. >> all right. 47 degrees, 6:34 on tv hill.

coming up we'll show you a very cool close encounter with a pair of nature's gentle giants. >> we're still taking your answers to your water cooler question of the day, do you think officials overreacted by suspending the perry high soccer team by suspending them for an on the field dance causing them to miss the playoffs? send your responses t

>> a surfer and some kayakers have an amazing encounter with two large whales, and it was caught on tape in santa cruise, california. sitting on their board and the whale came bursting out of the water. they emerged with their mouths wide-open and then went back in the water. >> our producer said they look like hump backs. maybe they are. >> beautiful. >> cool. >> talk about a happy accident in new orleans. he is a millionaire thanks to a cashier's mistake. when he went to the grocery store to buy his usual lotto ticket the cashier mistakenly added the multiplier and he

said it was ok and gladly paid for the additional charge. >> how lucky can you be? i never asked for the power play. but she put it on the ticket, and i bought it. now i go get my money, i'm going to write her a check. i'm going to give her some money. >> aw! >> the super market will get $10,000 for selling the ticket. >> and he will give her some money and a big hug and kiss. [laughter] >> ha, yes. >> coming up, the obama plan seems to be going nowhere leaving millions around the country competing for very few jobs. >> getting busier by the minute. tracking two problems. still have one in carroll county with some closures. details coming up. tony? >> and we have a little cloud cover out there.

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>> welcome back to 11 news today, the time is 6:42. in the headlines, a 10th grader at baltimore city high school is in the hospital after being stabbed by a student in the stare -- in the stairwell. school officials have not discussed the motive for that attack. >> good news for the chesapeake bay. dead zones are getting better. the oxygen depleted zones which resulted in areas that can't

support life has gotten smaller. >> a baltimore county high school team is being red carded because of a dance that was deemed vulgar. it's called "the berny." when the soccer team performed their dance the principal said the boys took it too far and suspended the entire team for the final game causing them to forif it and file qualify for the playoffs. >> that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the school officials overreacted? >> greg writes absolutely. maybe have the team apologize but they went too far. >> another writes, i think it's ridiculous. they played together, won together and celebrated with a dance together.

that is what teamwork is all about. >> shane writes, i think school officials overreacted. getting into the playoffs is a feat all their own. it's not like they were taunting the other team. it's no different than a team rushing the quarterback after a win. post your answers at watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> in this morning's economy report, we get the jobs report today. the labor department will determine how many jobs were created last month for the month of october. tracy potts tells us if the latest will move the economy in the right direction. >> at a job narrow tennessee, 5,000 people lined up for 1,600 jobs, roughly three applicants for every job available and it's been the same across america. >> probably will get thousands of resumes for one position, so it's not easy. >> today's numbers are expected

to show more layoffs and the results 100,000 new jobs predicted and no change in the 9.1% unemployment rate. >> we need to double those numbers if we are going to make a dent. >> the motion to proceed is not agreed to. >> on thursday the senate blocked the latest of president obama's jobs plan. millions to be paid for by a surcharge on millionaires. creating jobs? democrats and republicans accuse each over -- of anything much. >> do anything they can to focus attention negatively on the president of the united states in hopes he can get my job. >> meantime those like chuck nationly are getting desperate. >> i'll take anything. i have a lot of experience. >> we could get an announcement

on the next part of the plan, a tax credit for hiring veterans. tracy potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now traffic pulse 11 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> a look at your friday morning commute. we had an accident on southbound a minor one in elkton and it has been cleared. now this problem in carroll county. middleburg road shut down due to an overturned exrement truck which was leaking fuel in that area. southbound 29 at old frederick road. we have a medical call we're just learningability in greenspring. so if you're going to make your way over to the j.f.x. also owings mills a slow go on the outer loop. eastbound cold spring lane at roland avenue. westbound, you can get by traffic alternating.

southbound traffic just starting to see some brake lights there. just starting to see delays. we'll switch over to the northwest corner of the beltway. right now looking at delays near ed monson. now tony has a check on your forecast. >> a fairly quiet start to your friday. a few sprinkles in some neighborhoods. weather map showing an area of low pressure traveling through the carolinas. instead of making the turn up the coast, this one is going to continue to move up the east. this is producing the cloud cover and the sprinkles. the rain is fairly close almost making it into southern maryland. so if you're driving from baltimore south you could run into that heavy rain. but it should stay south of us. the clearing line is starting

to drop down from pennsylvania and continue to move down to the south. the further we go into the morning and afternoon, the more the clouds are going to break up and the more sunshine we will see. the temperatures were actually warmer today. in westminster we will make it into the mid to upper 50's. and when you factor in the breeze, it will feel cool. maybe some sunshine breaking through. sprinkles possible this morning. it's going to be a breezy day. sunrise this morning at 7:37. overnight tonight clearing skies. and it will turn colder. temperatures will drop down near 30. sun selt today at 6:02. going to be setting closer to 5:02. the forecast isn't bad. chilly on saturday. we'll take it up to 54 and make it up to 60 on sunday.

again, don't forget before we go to bed saturday night, set your clocks back one hour and get that extra hour of sleep. but the sun will go down at 5:00. send it over to the news desk. >> time for a last look at our big story this morning. fire investigators are sifting through debris of a deadly fire in northwest baltimore trying to figure out what happened. kim dacey joins us live. kim? >> well, jennifer, the fire started at 6:00 on the 5200 block. the fire actually started in a garage behind the home and spread to the dwelling. city police roped off elmer avenue with police tape while fire crews worked. firefighters went inside the garage and found one person dead. the state medical examiner will perform an autopsy on that person to determine the official cause of death. no word on their identity or the cause of the fire. reporting live in minority west

baltimore. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> time now for a look at what's coming up next on the "today" show. here's anne curry. >> coming up here on a friday morning on "today," herman cain opens up on camera about the sexual harassment allegations. and we'll hear from one of his accusers. also michele bachmann coming up on our forecast. and a verdict could come as early as today in the trial of michael jackson's doctor and justin bieber will be here live. he's one of the biggest headliners in music. so we'll talk to justin about his latest headline. and plaut be getting us ready for next week's "where in the world" adventure. a clue about his first destination. that's here on "today." back to you. >> always something crazy.

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beltway northeast. and speaking of the beltway, here's the look at greenspring. a slowdown developing on the inner loop. >> looks like we are going to avoid some of that big rain that was coming. >> yes. a few sprinkles that won't affect traffic could happen this morning. we're only going to make it up to 58. near 60 on sunday. overall not a bad forecast for the weekend. >> great sun on saturday and sunday. >> if you're headed to work, get up and get moving. we have something for you. >> after a minute break we can help you from getting cancer. you can join us at 7:00. >> interesting information there. and thanks for joining us this morning for 11 news today. >> we're back with a live update for you at 7:25. >> have a good one.

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