a touch of fog in some neighborhoods. we expect mostly sunny skies as we go into the afternoon. the high temperature of 68 degrees. we will come back and check the seven-day forecast going into the weekend. first was a good morning to sarah. >> a pretty nice start with a few exceptions. an accident on the j.f.x. and northern parkway appeared a bit of a delay on the west side as you make your way past 70. construction is clearing. harrisburg expressway, a medical call on the outer loop. not a lot happening elsewhere. a bit of a delay through that construction zone overnight. construction zone past 70. eight minutes down on 895 to the

harbor tunnel tolls. 95 at the tydings memorial, construction in place on 95. the left lane is getting by. this is the north side it york road. no sign of delays as a result of that accident on the harrisburg expressway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. the boxing world is morning a true champion. joe frazier lost his fight with liver cancer monday night -- the hding world is morurning champion. he was known for a devastating left hook. he was just 67 years old. >> our big story this morning, it is election date in baltimore city. kim dacey is live at western

high school where the polls are expected to open in less than two hours. >> the most publicized election is the one for a baltimore city mayor. voters will be casting ballots for comptroller. how many people will show up at the polls? turnout in september was a all time low, 22%. there are far more registered democrats than republicans, a lot of attention was focused on the democratic primary. the mayor cannot on top but she is not running unopposed. alfred griffin will also be on the ballot. he shared the experience he brings to the table. >> i am not a career politician.

this is my first time going into politics. i have community experience. i lived abroad for six years. >> the polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. stay with 11 news for results of throughout the day. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. you can track the candidates on our website, wbaltv.com. find the tools you need to know on wbaltv.com. click on politics. herman cain said he will hold a press conference today to answer this latest charges of sexual harassment. kate amara has more. >> this fourth woman is a former employee of the national restaurant association. she went on camera.

>> my goal was to get him to admit the wrongdoing. >> the first of his accusers has gone public. she claimed she was groped after they had dinner together at. >> i hope other women will be able to come together because she said she went to cain to last for a job. it was shocking to me that he would use that power in such a way. >> how was your day? >> last night, herman cain deny the allegations. >> i said, i know we got to do. there's not an ounce of truth in all these accusations. >> cain said he will answer these charges at an event today. one analyst said his days as a candidate could be numbered. >> this could be the end for

hurricane. >> sharon bialek calls herself a proud republican and says on fors no motive aati going public. >> a man was shot by police. sows near melrose avenue -- this was near melrose avenue. officers opened fire. it was not clear how many officers were involved in that shooting. 19-year-old karon shaw shot four men early sunday morning. say two of theors men were employees. >> police are lookout for two more suspects connected to the

shooting death of freddie jones jr. one man is in custody. jones family turned him over to police after recognizing him on surveillance video. 15 years in prison for the woman charged in the death of the johns hopkins researcher. a jury convicted levelva merritt and john wagner last summer. levelva merritt was convicted on it robbery charge. detectives say wagner confessed to the crime. >> erode block in the fight to put graphic warnings on cigarette packs. >> occupy wall street protesters are bracing themselves for the cold.

>> this is the beltway at old court road. an accident on the j.f.x.

>> welcome back. 48 degrees downtown. ofthere is a little bit fog out there this morning. this will turn out to be a nice day. 39 at the airport. 32 degrees in frederick. mostly sunny skies after some fog in the morning. sunshine will push the temperatures into the upper 60's this afternoon. enjoy it if you can. seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> it desperate search under way for a missing boy in washington

state. he was last seen on sunday morning after his mother reportedly left her in hiser car. she says when they return, the boy was gone. the search has been focused around the mother's home. when it was three months old, his parents left him in a vehicle and a target parking lot. >> pennsylvania investigators encourage anyone to come forward if they know of any charges against jerry sandusky. one incident happened that penn state and was witnessed by graduate students. authorities were never notified. >> a judge blocked a proposal to mandate graphic images on cigarette packs.

the cigarette makers ardor the requirement violates the free speech and then in. they are suing the government. the requirement has been blocked and that could take years. >> occupy wall street protesters prepare for a harsh winter. this video was shot during last month's snowstorms. the new tents are as big as a tiny cottages. organizers say seven tents are going up and another 20 are being ordered. they cost about $24,000 and are being paid for by donations. >> 90 minutes late for schools in queen anne's county because of fog. 40 degrees on tv hill.

ford fix is some problems. >> game artist targeting e- readers. >> fog warnings in effect at some bridges this morning. an

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning to you. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. not a bad start out there. fog warnings have been listed at the bay bridge. southbound j.f.x. and northern parkway, looks like this

accident is gone. some overnight construction is clearing. police activity on the topside. watch for that in the outer loop. 48 miles per hour on southbound 97 through the glen burnie area. a smooth ride and 95 through howard county if you travel around 32 down toward the capital beltway. 295 checking out ok. this is 95 at the tydings memorial bridge. a little bit of construction in the right lane. two left lanes are getting by. the beltway in york road. so far running smoothly even with that medical call. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. could morning to you. >> 8 few delays this morning -- good morning to you.

the 19 bus, a diversion at eutaw street and baltimore. light rail on schedule. metro subway on time. marc trains looking good. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines so far. i am kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. there is some fog this morning. it should burn off quickly once the get past sunrise. 45 in annapolis. 39 at the airport. 40 in randallstown. a few degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this time. skies are clear. it will be a beautiful afternoon after starting in the 30's and 40's. the average high is 59. we see some showers and thunderstorms rolling across the midwest. it has been rough in oklahoma.

they have the big earthquake. snow on the backside of this system across the southern part of colorado. this is a slow-moving system. perhaps wednesday night we will see a chance for rain with that system. high pressure is parked on the east coast. a quick update on the tropics. this turned into a tropical storm. this is pretty unusual to of a tropical storm in november. all of the computer models and keep it off the east coast of the united states. interesting to have a tropical storm on the map at this time of the year. mostly sunny at home. high temperatures in the upper 60's. tonight, partly cloudy skies. chilly but not cold. beginning clouds tomorrow with a

high of 64. there could be some rain on wednesday night and thursday. 53 on friday. back into the 60's on sunday. >> thank you. the owner of cafe hon had a change of heart. denise whiting said she is giving up her trademark on the word "hon." here's her emotional retraction yesterday. >> going through this process, it belongs to the people of baltimore. now baltimore is going to defend it, so i did have to hold onto it. it was never mine to start with. >> cafe hon has been closed but it will reopen later this week. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day.

do you think denise whiting's decision to not trademark the "hon" name is a sincere statement of regret, or a calculated p.r. move? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> e-readers and talbots continue to be top sellers. that has made them a target for scam artists. >> sales on the rise, the-books have exploded in popularity. consumers are being warned about e-books.volving the-boo stick with sellers and offers you already know. if the author seems unfamiliar, do research to see what other

books they have written. some of these e-books could have mal-ware attached. never clicked on links inside an e-book unless it is the purchase from a site that you know. if you think you have been scared, raise a red flag with the customer service department where you purchased the book. ." ford fixes a problem with their touchscreen operation. it would take too long to reboot. the system cannot understand voice commands very well and doesn't always respond to touch. automaker will send upgrades via

flash drives. they can install the fix themselves or a ticket to a dealer. san francisco has been named the best city to get around and without a car. in york's city region comes third. first baltimore did not make the list. >> military equipment may be made with counterfeit parts. jane king has the bloomberg business report. good morning to you. >> the senate armed services committee found counterfeit parts on defense equipment and not least seven aircraft. the work on items made by boeing and raytheon. the committee announced 8000

cases of counterfeiting totaling about a million parts. they will hold a hearing on this today. bankamerica had a settlement with a judge. this affects customers with debit cards overdrafts. some customers will get some money back. it will be about 45 cents for every dollar they were charged in overdraft. market features are a little bit higher. we did turn higher yesterday as the european central bank predicted the european debt crisis will be under control in two years. microsoft unveiling a new smart phone that has the same amount of storage as the old iphone 4 and retails for about $50. no stopping at apple fans.

an analyst says the iphone 4s is still flying off store shelves. i'm jane king reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. >> a lot of college kids want to graduate early. >> they are facing a tough job market. they feel graduating sooner will give them an advantage over new graduates. details of sam's club offering a deal for military families. >> thank you, jane. we will see you at 6:15 for your next report. >> 5:23. 40 degrees on tv hill. our sister station in pittsburgh pays up after losing the football game. >> dr. conrad murray reacts to the guilty verdict against him. [ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money?

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>> most of the baltimore area is still smiling after sunday's ravens win against the steelers. >> our sister station had to pay off after their bet with us. >> we are good to our word. >> or wearing a purple -- your wearing a purple -- we are wearing the purple -- >> and black. >> baltimore is playing very well against the steelers this year, not so well against everyone else. >> a long season. >> we will be watching you, baltimore.

>> otherwise we will be traveling to baltimore for a playoff game. >> they were gracious in their loss. >> they were talking counter trash. >> they look pretty good in purple. 40 degrees on tv hill. the fate of a maryland man found guilty in distributing child porn. >> this is election day in baltimore city. >> next year's baltimore grand prix may be in jeopardy. >> it will be another beautiful day today. we have some rain in the seven- day forecast. >> not bad on the roads right now. no delays. one accident in the city

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. another nice day today? >> a carbon copy or may be warmer than yesterday. it was so nice yesterday. there is some fog to start the day today. it should burn off over the next few hours. it should not have as big of an impact on the traffic. 39 right now at the airport. you may not need the jacket this afternoon. high temperature around 68 with a lot of sunshine. there is some rain in the middle of the week. >> a nice start. a bit of fog. accident in the city. it is a lot eastern avenue. use extra caution.

otherwise, a problem on the north side outer loop of the harrisburg expressway. some police activity. 83 is in great shape. so far so good on 95 heading down through howard county, 52 miles per hour. 100 in great shape east and west down. this is liberty road. this is the outer loop. it is building a just a bit in that area. this is traffic in the white marsh area. southbound traffic starting to build in the volume, especially when you get closer to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> voters in baltimore will have to the polls today. >> how many people will turn out remains to be seen. kim dacey joins us now with

more. >> the most publicized election is the one for baltimore city mayor. voters will also be casting ballots for city council and city comptroller. the big question today will be, how many people will show up at the polls? turnout in september was at an all-time low, at 22%, down from 48% in 1999. there are far more registered democrats than republicans in the city, a lot of attention this year was focused on the democratic primary. the mayor came out on top, but she is not running unopposed. republican alfred griffin will also be on the ballot. 38 years old and a married father of two, he says he has no signs, no campaign office, and less than $1000 in campaign funds. but yesterday he shared the experience he brings to the table. >> i am not a career politician. this is my first time going into politics. i have community experience.

i lived abroad for six years. >> the polls will be open from 7:00 this morning until 8:00 tonight. stay with 11 news for updates on the election throughout the day, and the results as they come in tonight. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. next year's baltimore grand prix is in jeopardy. reports show race organizers owe nearly half a million dollars in taxes and another million dollars in fees. city says current organizers may have to sell off to investors to allow the race to continue in baltimore. >> a maryland man is sentenced for distributing a child porn. he will be under supervision and have to register as a sex offender. he admitted he had been

trafficking in child porn. about 670 videos were reportedly found on its computers. -- beforer your love's yeardley love's medical records have been released. she died in an off-campus apartment in charlottesville last year. the jury sent a note to the judge during deliberations asking if the defendant could be found guilty of conspiracy if it did not take place within the last time line. deliberations will resume in the ulysses currie trial later this morning. >> the jury deliberated for less

than nine hours to decide dr. conrad murray's fate. >> we the jury find the defendant, conrad murray, guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. >> dr. conrad murray showed no emotion as the verdict was read. but outside, the reaction from jackson fans was unmistakable. >> i feel that he deserves justice. >> they got the verdict they were hoping for. the jury spent eight hours deliberating, contemplating testimony from 49 witnesses and hundreds of pieces of evidence. they agreed conrad murray should be held responsible for a michael jackson's death.

>> our thoughts what to the family that they have suffered. a pop icon but a son and a brother. >> prosecutors had another request -- put him behind bars now because people would ask that the defendant be remanded into custody. >> the judge agreed. >> his conduct poses a risk to the public. >> dr. murray was placed in handcuffs and taken off to jail. reporting for nbc news in los angeles. >> is now in custody of the los angeles county sheriff's department. and county and kent county school or on 90-minute delay this morning because of fog. 40 degrees on tv hill. a review on whether a soda ben

at school affects so the consumption by children. >> the fog could impact your ride this morning. we will update you on your mo

>> welcome back. 5:39. philip quiet this morning. we have a touch of fog in some leverage -- fairly quiet this morning. outside the city, it is much colder. not bad for this time of year. 39 at the airport. 33 in york, pennsylvania. it will be gorgeous afternoon.

sunshine with a high temperature near 68 degrees. we do have some rain in the seven-day forecast. i will show you that in just a few minutes. >> assessing your risk for stroke me tell you about your risk for memory problems. this takes account your blood pressure scores and diabetes status and other signs of heart status. researchers looked at the stroke scores of more than 20,000 adults and found those with the highest scores were more likely to develop mentmory problems. >> banning soda and other sugar- sweetened beverages from schools does not appear to have a big impact of kids overall sugary

drink consumption. than 7000 students were studied . they found students in schools with sweetened beverage bands dd not buy the drinks during school hours but overall drank the same amount of sugar drinks as kids at the other schools. >> of three drivers admits to driving while drowsy -- one out of three drivers admits to drive it was drowsing. they say they know that behavior is not susceptible. experts recommend getting at least seven hours of sleep the night before a road trip. decaffeinated beverages and traveling with and a weak

passenger can keep you from nodding off behind the wheel. there is nothing worse than driving and the person next to you is snoring. >> 5:41, 40 degrees on tv hill. pete gilbert will have more reaction from college harbaugh, torrey smith, and joe flacco on sundays big win. >> this is 95 at caton avenue this morning. things sentiment moving smoothly this morning -- things seem

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. a few problems as you make your way out this morning. southbound 95 an accident just past caton avenue. delays are falling. eastern avenue, we have an

accident and a topside of the outer loop near falls road. westbound 50, an accident coming into us there. this is in the area of the accident, southbound 95, a delay forming. this is all a little tough to see. 50 at sandy point is westbound traffic and there is the accident. we will keep you posted. it is impacting traffic coming off the bay bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. >> we're moving along nicely on the trains. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines so far. light rail on schedule. a few bus delays. the three, 47 buses operating with delays. a diversion at eutaw street and baltimore. a diversion at cathedral and

monument. i am kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> a bit of fog this morning. it is not quite as thick except over on the lower eastern shore counties. it should burn off by 7:00 p.m. or atm -- 8:00 a.m. 37 in parkton. we will see plenty of sunshine. it will be a beautiful day. temperatures will be in the upper 60's today. we can see some rain in the midwest around chicago and milwaukee and even some snow in colorado. that system will be our next weather maker. it will take some time to get here. we have a chance for some rain on wednesday night and into thursday. we have high pressure in control on the east coast and the weather will be just fine.

that system to become a tropical storm. sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. it is well off the coast and is forecast to stay away from the east coast. it will move into the north atlantic. unusual to have a tropical storm on the map this time of year. mostly sunny at home. i temperature in the upper 60's this afternoon. partly cloudy skies tonight. chilly but not cold with temperatures around 40's. increasing clouds tomorrow but dry during the day. some rain showers tomorrow night off and on showers on thursday. chilly into the beginning of the weekend. each is stay dry -- it should stay dry bank on friday and saturday. back to the news desk.

>> good morning. we are playing "where is ava?" this is our second day. we aren't hershey, pennsylvania -- we are in hershey, pennsylvania, at hershey park. it is early in chilly. >> a beautiful morning. welcome to hershey. getting ready to open for this season. townwide celebration will begin. we like to give you a hershey bar. >> i love chocolate. this is a big mistake. christmas and chocolate go together. >> hershey is a quick drive from

baltimore. you can come up to hershey. of candy lane with about 24 rise open. we have great rides and our constant friends -- their costume friends. hershey lodge, all open for people to stay overnight. we have a grade museum with chocolate labs -- we have a great museum. >> we will be talking about that in the next segment. >> everything kicks off on november 18. you can go to hershey.com. >> thank you for this big five- bar. truck the bchocolate nothing says the holidays like

hershey's chocolate. henry winkler won the prize. guessed correctly. we'll have another clue announced later today and another winner tomorrow. >> did she say henry winkler? the fonz won. hey! ~ >> i wonder if she will eat that entire chocolate bar? we will check one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers.

>> time to get to one of your answers to our watercooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you think denise whiting's decision to not trademark the "hon" name is a sincere statement of regret, or a calculated p.r. move? >> that is from shelley, not me.

we will post more of your answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> throughout the labels --throw out a the labels. on sunday night, it was time for him to deliver, joe flacco left his mark on the best rivalry in the nfl. there was one timeout. it seemed impossible. joe flacco to anquan boldin dot the drive started. 71 yards to go. everything on the line. a strike to anquan boldin again. joe flacco for torrey smith. the worst of its four drops.

i cannot believe torrey smith recovered from that night. anquan boldin, a drop at the 10- yard line. six drops for the ravens. joe flacco had one last chance. torrey smith made good. all those below tells went limp -- those yellowtail towels went limp. >> all those people in baltimore that jumped off their couch. >> i thought the flag was thrown of the corner of my eye. >> this was a great win. i thought there was a pass

interference. i did not know that torrery y caught it. have a lot of good teams we still need to beat. >> joe did not know that torrrey caught the pass -- torrey caulked the pught the pass. >> 1200 b.g.e. customers without keyheat. >> people with back pain. doctors say there's still hope. >> cocktails and fine dining for the dogs. what one bar owner is going. >> put a big dog on the counter.

we do have some rain in the seven-day forecast. >> we have an accident and traffic at a standstill on southbound 95 new the beltway southwest. we will tell you what is going on there.

>> voters in baltimore will decide who the number is today during the election. i will have details. after >> a week of refusing to talk about it, herman cain says he will address allegations of sexual harassment today. >> the embattled leader of the baltimore hugs as efforts to tradrk