a historical low turnout. that is the big story this evening. the polls closed eight you hours ago. analysts expect 10% of the city's registered voters cast their ballots in this election. in the race for baltimore city mayor, no surprises. rawlings-blake has been declared the winner with 89% of the precincts reporting. 13% voted for the challenger. we have this report now. >> i want to thank everyone for being here tonight. thank you so much for believing in me. thank you for being here. >> mayor rawlings-blake thanked her friends and family for the wind. most voters did not make it to the poll. >> we worked hard, sending out

mailings, hurting -- putting the word out. >> only about 10% of registered voters voted. >> each runs about $1 million, $1 million and a half. it is worth the money. we need the people to vote. >> an elementary school, usually one of the busiest polling places. >> i am surprised they did not come out to vote. this is a neighborhood that boats. >> there were no sharply polarizing issues. >> a political analyst links the low turnout to voters not feeling it engaged. >> i think the people have detached themselves. they find it unpleasant.

they have thune out. >> beside the citywide races, ballots include charter amendments. some do not think change in the election cycle to coincide with a statewide election will solve the problem. >> you get credit enough but more confusion. -- greater turnout but more confusion. >> as of 7:00, 35,842 votes had been counted. 2500 voters went to the polls per hour. reporting live. >> you can check the bottom of your screen 4 of the election results throughout the newscast. find complete results and analysis at the time on our website wbaltv.com. be sure to click on politics. one of herman cain's

unoriginal chooses has decided to go public. she worked at the national restaurant association and received a financial settlement after five in a sexual- harassment charges against caine. today, a defiant herman kane continues to file charges. he will not drop his bid for the white house. >> because i am doing this for the american people and for the children and grandchildren. >> yesterday, another former national restaurant association employee accused him of groping her during a meeting over dinner in 1997. questionable conduct does not add up to a crime. that is according to jurors on public corruption charges. we have the very latest. >> senator currie walked out of

the courthouse with a smile on his face. most left looking worn out by the six week trial. it took four days of the -- collaboration to decide. currie walked out of the courthouse elated. >> this is the greatest moment of my life. this is the greatest moment of my life. >> he was charged with conspiracy, bribery, extortion, and making false statements. prosecutors argued the quote free chain paid him two hundred $45,000 to use his political office to benefit the stores. jurors believe currie did it fail to show his ties. but prosecutors did not present in of evidence for a federal crime. >> he was looking up for their interests. he was cognizant of the ethical lines.

we are not convinced that he always met the goal on that. >> defense attorneys argued that there was nothing illegal about his consulting work, even if the senator failed to disclose the money he made from the carefree chain -- the grocery chain. verdict that the jury's settles the question of federal liability. a substantial proportion of corruption trials resulted in acquittals. prosecutors should never complain about the outcome of a fair trial. currie will stay in office. it will remain to be seen if the crow changes the way he does business. what would you do differently? >> i have no idea. i do not know. >> i think we are through. >> he was removed from his position when he was indicted. it is not clear if the verdict

means he will be reinstated. the former executives who were tried on related charges were also acquitted. reporting live. the man is in custody, accused of strangling his grandmother. police say he is facing first- degree murder and assault charges. authorities say his grandmother was found dead inside her home early saturday morning. a police officer is recovering after being dragged during a drug investigation. the officer approached a pickup truck. that is when the -- truck driver took off, dragging the officer for two blocks. looking for a late model brown ford pickup. anyone with information should contact police immediately. we know the identity of the teen was count -- shot by police. they were forced to shoot the

teen when he refused to put down a pellet gun. they were responding to reports of a man carrying a gun about 3:00 is today at demint request and our officer for spotted the suspect, -- 3:00 this afternoon. >> when our officer first spotted the suspect he was carrying a gun. there were multiple attempts to get him to put the gun down. >> we are told he had two of the run-in's with police. he remained in critical condition. police believe a quadriplegic man found dead eight months ago was murdered. investigators first thought he had died of an overdose in february. when an autopsy determined someone gave him the deadly dose. close to 1000 residents are without heat and hot water after

a natural gas main brent. a round-the-clock 30, construction crews had a gas main -- the round kennecott 30, construction crews hit a gasman. they have to disconnect and reconnect service to each of the homes affected. >> the reason we are doing that is to ensure we can check all of the gas off. make sure it is aired had so there are no leaks anywhere. we would expect that process to result in our ability to restore service. >> they are expected to begin restoring service tomorrow. tonight, the howard county department of health says a resident at a senior living facility died of legionnaires' disease. they said he lived at the let's senior facility. there does not appear to be any other cases. in the city, authorities have

discovered two cases of legionnaires' disease. two patients began showing symptoms in september. they have made a full recovery. the center is serving only bottled water, while an investigation continues. a former waitress has filed a harassment complaint against her boss. she is claiming she lost her job because she complained about the way he treated her and others. we have more on her allegations. >> it was something i did not want to deal with. >> she wants customers of this restaurant to know her discontent. it is written on the flyers' she is passing out. >> i wanted to keep my job. enough is enough. >> haywood worked here for four

years. she filed an equal opportunity employment complaint. she said she was discriminated against by a female manager. that african american employees and customers were treated differently. when she complained, she was fired. her uncle, who runs the united youth council, is helping her with the complaint. >> she was harassed. she was called the rogatory names. it is not important. >> i enjoyed my customers, my co-workers. there are some things that do not sit well with me. in particular, i was not addressed by my name, i was known as a lady. >> the owners ignored her complaint. she was fired for insubordination. >> i was told i was causing too much, and by allegations were unfounded. >> another former employee said

she quit working in september. she claims she left because of the same manager. >> she followed me about to arrest me about things -- around it to harass me about things i felt were not important. >> the group released this statement "these claims are without merit. we have zero tolerance for discrimination. our reasons for termination are well documented. they have nothing to do with the issues she has raised bit quote the group also says they take these allegations very seriously. they are committed to creating a fair work environment for all of their team members. the company tells us they have not received a copy of the complaint. reporting from the newsroom. a day after city officials threatened to end a contract, mayor rawlings-blake is weighing

in. why she believes the race was good for the city. and doctor murray is spending his first night in prison. why is they may not be as long as hoped. >> i was hoping i would be able to answer the question today. i will try to do it as soon as we can. >> or a lot from the child sex abuse scandal. why sources say joe paterno baby on his way up. -- may be on his way out. >> the forecast ahead. >> the forecast ahead.

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debt. the balkanizes still owe $1.50 million to vendors. the mayor says the race was still good for the city. >> it was an opportunity to showcase the best of baltimore won a world stage. we need to make sure the management matches the magnitude. >> the city will give organizes until the end of the year. dr. murray spent his first night behind bars. at the 22 days of testimony and less than two days of deliberation, the jury found him guilty. he now faces up to four years in prison. a recent california law could mean a shorter stay. >> unfortunately, the failed

system now in place, it will be difficult to achieve an appropriate sentence of incarceration >> he will remain imprisoned within next 3 weeks until he is sentenced. more turmoil surrounding the child sex abuse scandal at penn state. joe paterno may be on his way up. allegations involving a former assistant coach. we have the latest from state college. >> it had the feeling of a college pat riley. -- pep rally. but many understand that this was no game. [chanting] as joe paterno returned, the turmoil surrounding sets of these allegations continued to grow. former penn state defensive coordinator jerry sandusky is

accused of abusing multiple boys over a 15 year period. >> it is going to take a clean sweep of everyone involved. >> many believe that includes the winningest coast and -- coached in college football history. >> i think, unfortunately, it all came back to roost. >> at his weekly news conference -- his weekly news conference was canceled. >> as i said before, there has been no contact about anything to do with anyone stepping down. >> the icon that coach did report suspicions about sandusky to supervisors and has testified before the grand a jury. questions about what he knew and what he did or did not do continue to linger. >> i know you guys have a lot of

questions. i was hoping i was going to be able to answer them today. i will try to do it as soon as we can. i cannot do it today. >> he continues to focus on the final home game this season. it will also be the last game in his historical and career, possibly. >> and state has two more regular-season games. now your forecast with chief meteorologist. >> mild temperatures in baltimore and up and down the mid atlantic coast and into southern new england. temperatures much warmer than you would expect to be 62 degrees in vermont. 69 in boston 71 degrees in baltimore. 70's down in the carolinas. all the way west to the legal, kentucky. 70 at the inner harbor.

the morning started cool. 36 to start the morning at the airport. the normal is 39. it has been that pattern. cooler than normal morning. warmer than normal at the end. we get one of those tomorrow before a cold front on thursday. the normal is below 60. the cooling trend continues here. we see a little bit of cloud cover. let's go out in ohio, part of the seven great lakes. it is going to take a day or so for that to get here. clear skies, light winds, already 38 down at ocean city. it is 50 in hagerstown. wide range of temperatures by don hewitt, winds and clear skies. 35 suburbs, 45 filner harbor. -- inner harbor. high pressure is moving off the coast. that brought all the beautiful

weather. it is blocking tropical storm shawn. that is the middle. it looks like -- bermuda. it looks like shawn will scoot around. that will allow the big storm to approach us. it is producing a severe weather. upwards of 9 when it is reported today. that violent weather is going to weaken as the storm left out and loses its punch. a tropical storm as 50 miles per hour wind. it is going to start spending into that direction as we head into friday. it will be beginning of the over the north atlantic. with the tropical system offshore, it takes away the moisture that will feed into this approaching front. tomorrow, we get a sunny day again.

thursday, scattered showers across the region. colder air ball and it. changing the rain and to spell in the maryland mountains -- changing the rain to snow in the maryland mountains. sunshine tomorrow. one more day with temperatures above normal. a little bit of evening fog. some sunshine tomorrow. showers in the evening. rain or snow in maryland on wednesday evening. sunshine tomorrow. a scattering of showers on thursday as it starts to cool off. same basic scenario. high temperatures in the low 60's. 63 tomorrow. 55 on thursday with showers moving through. when the conditions of veterans day. friday at 50. we will see a slow climb of the thermometer over the weekend amid low-60's over the weekend. the raven's new challenge.

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[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- now, sports. >> the raven's coach did not hesitate to talk about the magnitude of last week and's when. it will not hear him talk about it again until the end of the

season. they head back to practice. trying to avoid losing on the road. coming off the steelers win, they face the seahawks. they cannot let the long travel affect their performance. >> you put it in the rearview mirror. that is something we have to deal with today. it was an emotional win. as far as the growth part of it, we have to build from it. you have to learn from it. we said before, if you are smart, he learned from your mistakes. that is how to become a smart team. >> a new baseball executive, dan duquette, hopes to turn the orioles and to a winning organization. they introduced him at a press conference. he spent the last six years out of the leak. he returns to the game.

taking over a franchise. he has one thing his predecessors lacked, a great manager. he has a lot of work in front of him. what's the timetable is right now. the fans are tired of coming out to the ballpark and seeing us lose. if we are going to be competitive, we have to work harder and be smarter. >> terps head coach knows something about it difficult of leadership transition. his first year has not gone as hoped. they face notre dame and close the season with back-to-back road games. he does not sound a disappointed by the record this season. the sons educated. -- he sounds educated. >> when you are bringing a new system, when you relate it to

football, you have a new system of that subtly, defensively, and special teams, then you have all new coaches and everybody trying to learn all those things. there are going to be some hiccups. >> an amazing number of euphemisms and sports. -- in sports. >> you hit it right on the head. you have and would like to see something happen like now. >> patience has its limits. it is getting that -- to that point for orioles. the manager has always had a winning season with his second full year. >> stay with us.

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for november we have had some bonus days. >> really nice stuff. clear and crisp in the morning. some fog overnight tonight. once that burned off, another

sunny day. a front from the west. that will keep temperatures down. the winds shift to the northwest. most of the day, temperatures will be in the 40's. gusts over 20 miles per hour. it quiets them going into the weekend. war high pressure for a nice looking saturday and sunday. 58 degrees to 62 degrees. a little chilly at night. one front coming through on thursday. >> across the board, that looks nice. >> it certainly does. >> that is our news for the night. thank you for joining us. what followed breaking news at weather -- whether any time at wbaltv.com. [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com,

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