that will cool things off. you can see the rain around hagerstown. it will move into baltimore in about two or three hours. rain showers likely by late this morning and into this afternoon. high temperatures will be in the 60's. it will fall off late in the day. we will come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. >> good morning. your tuesday morning commute is shaping up just fine. 61 miles per hour at bel air road. no problems over towards the west side of the beltway. a nice start. 70 moving well in towards the beltway. this is 95. 51 miles per hour at 32. problem free at 295, as well. 97 moving without the like north

and southbound. this is 83 at shawan road. problem free. the j.f.x. is equally smooth into town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> that notorious robocall case heads to trial today appeared among the list of witnesses is bob ehrlich. kim dacey joins us with details on the julius henson trial. >> julius henson was paid more than $100,000. he is accused of teaming up with paul schurick to come up with a strategy to keep black voters at home. the robocalls that went out were part of that effort, in violation of state election law. >> i am calling to let everybody know that governor o'malley and

president obama has been successful. >> according to filings, a defense expert will testify that by the time the calls went out, the race was already decided, suggesting julius henson says those calls pose no harm. on the witness list is henson himself. the trial is expected to begin today with hearings and motions henson argument by g that the argument against him is defective. >> possible delays in baltimore city after a sewer overflowed. crews were dealing with the spillage into the gwen's falls. this began on sunday.

crews were still working on it silverman yesterday. this kerrey was shut down yesterday -- this area which shut down yesterday. >> a store was robbed in bel air. police are looking for a white man in his early 20's. a series of attempted arson involving molotov cocktails. the homemade bombs were thrown into three houses in the liberty heights area on sunday. the fires were put up quickly and nobody was hurt. that has not eased the concerns of residents. >> it is a bad thing. >> it is scary because the it is so close to where i live. >> investigators believe the incidents are connected to a

string of incidents back in september. >> the supreme court will hear arguments over president obama's health-care overhaul. they will hear arguments next march and the court is expected to rule late june. the white house spokesperson said the administration is pleased the court has agreed to hear the case. it has been called on constitutional long before president obama signed it into law. fighting to keep pizza and french fries on children's menus. the usda will be forced to pull back on its attempts to limit potatoes and sodium. food companies that produce frozen pizzas rollick the congress to put a stop to the

changes. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the federal government is getting too involved in reviving standards for school lunch nutrition? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> hurricane -- herman cain trying to recover from an awkward interview and more accusations of sexual harassment. kate amara has more. good morning. >> herman cain is looking to shake off distractions as he takes his campaign to buy what today -- iowa. herman cain on the stump in the midwest, trying to put controversy behind him. >> they asked me a question about libya. >> it was a pause heard around the internet, and awkward

moment. >> have all the stuff in my head. >> cain continues to be plagued by charges of sexual harassment. >> the public has a right to know this information to help them make an informed decision. >> herman cain says it is not true. his campaign brought out his wife on fox news channel last night. >> i seriously in my soul don't think he's that type of person. >> all this comes as a new poll shows herman cain support has slipped 11%. he has dropped third place behind mitt romney and a surging newt gingrich. back to you. >> how is herman cain pulling with the female voters?

>> not too well. two polls show that women have turned away from herman cain absences sexual harassment began. >> thank you. 62 degrees on tv hill. occupy wall street protesters kicked out. >> the man at the center of the alleged sex abuse scandal at penn state speaks out. >> the occupy wall street protests it getting kicked out of it new york city park

>> welcome back. temperatures in the 50's and load 60's. we have some rain in the picture today. let's look at hd doppler. we can see some light rain moving into the northern part of frederick county. it will be a couple of hours before air reaches baltimore. the early part of the drive time will be dry. the report of the day will be dry and that off and on rain showers into the afternoon. high temperature around 64. we'll come back and check if forecast going into the weekend. >> the suspect at the center of the penn state alleged sex abuse scandal is speaking out. this is the first time we're hearing from jerry sandusky since his arrest. he claims he is not a pedophile.

>> there is a 40-count indictment and there are specific details, multiple accusers, multiple eyewitnesse'' to various aspects of the abuse. there must be plenty of fire. what do you say? >> i am innocent of those charges. >> innocent? completely innocent? >> i could say i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged thetm and i have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact. >> the judge who set belt doted to the sec about organization

and work there as a volunteer -- we do hear from the pennsylvania governor who said he would have handled things differently at the arraignment. >> protesters in new york city were cleared out overnight after the mayor issued an eviction. he said conditions are becoming hazardous. he said when things are cleaned up, people will be allowed to return later. 5:12. 62 degrees on tv hill. a new tenant sure to make foodies happy. >> some good news on the major roads. roads. we will update

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. not a lot happening to watch for. we have speeds around 60 miles per hour around bel air road. 57 make your way to the west side as to approach 70. 70 looking good in from 29. the b-w parkway in great shape, as is 100 towards the airport. in live view of traffic and we check first the east side of the beltway. this is near chesaco avenue. so

far problem free. at broken land parkway, north and southbound traffic in good shape. still not the money to any delays this morning. 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. any delays? >> we have a few delays on the buses. the verses on the 19th boss diverting at baltimore. trains are looking good. --- the verges on the 19 bus -- diversions on the 19 bus at baltimore. >> we could see some rain out in the far western suburbs and some light sprinkles in frederick county. some light rain in hagerstown.

it will take a couple of hours to get here. rain showers will become likely later today. is a lot of rain upstream. showers extend back into west virginia and into ohio. this is not heavy rain, but the rain showers will be with us off and on. very little breaks in the overcast. most of you will have a cloudy, overcast tuesday appeared wide range of temperatures. 66 in annapolis. 64 in catonsville. i think it will cool off once the rain moves in. everything is in the 50's upstream from us. rain showers likely. high temperature between 60 and

65. tonight, rain showers likely. temperatures will drop back into the upper 40's and low 50's. another chance for rain to mark as an area of low pressure moves through. it will be chilly by the end of the week. 55 on friday. back into the 60's over the weekend with a chance for some showers on sunday. >> a new wegmans is coming to our area. a new wegmans will be part of a new town center. print nextel cuts prices by $10 a month -- sprint nextel.

an extra $30 will provide 12 gigabytes. the deals do not apply to smart phones. amazon began shipping le fire.nd of >> the ipad still dominates the computer tablet market. the fire soon arrives. >> these companies are smart enough to know not to go ahead on against the ipad. they are going after a different market. >> there will look to serve with tv shows and movies as well as games.

neither the fire or the tablet have cameras. each is it wifi-only device. they carry a much smaller price tags. >> for the person that does not build their lives around technology. that is where i think these towels will find a home. >> the fire is priced at $50 less than the tablet. the barns and product is more about today. amazon talbot speaks about how we will use technology tomorrow. people want a chance to choose with their wallets starting this week. >> attention filling the air in

the occupy move in new york city. jane king has the bloomberg business report. good morning to you. >> watching the applications that kids download on drio ids. most of the threats come from apps which are available from a third-party sites. a blow to the occupy movement in new york. protesters have been promising to shut down wall street and hold marches on thursday, the two-month anniversary of the movement. now their camp is facing a shutdown, at least temporarily. as for stocks, yesterday's

markets taking a breather. stock futures this morning are pointing to it lower start today. on panetta saying defense budget cuts of as much as eight trillion dollars could lead to the termination of a joint strike fighter jet. a super committee has just eight days to reach an agreement on spending. tickets on delta it just went up as much as $10 on most domestic flights. i'm jane king reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. >> i understand groupon and have the answer for a heart to shop for people. >> they are calling these epic deals. maybe groupon has what you are interested in. and what retailer is beating out

walmart on thanksgiving day. >> thank you, jane. we will see you at 6:15 for your next report. >> 5:23. 62 degrees on tv hill. how about cockroaches on a plane? one couple's lawsuit against a popular airline. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the federal government is getting too involved in revising standards for school lunch nutrition? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. ♪

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>> 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. nice and warm outside. my sinuses say rain is on the way. >> carlotta's knee. >> it hurts right here. [laughter] it hurts when i stopped doing that. we have some rain in the forecast. not yet. you can see some rain in the mountains that will be visiting baltimore within the next couple of hours. the beginning of the drive time will be ok. off and on rain showers this afternoon. we will make an up to about 64.

we have more rain in the forecast for tomorrow. >> the roads are looking good. a nice start on this tuesday morning. no delays on the north side at bel air road. a bit of a buildup around liberty. 60 miles per hour on southbound 795. 53 on southbound 83. problem free on the j.f.x. this morning. major roads elsewhere checking out just fine. this is the east side of the beltway. the inner and outer loops running smoothly. this is traffic at 29 and broken land parkway. north and southbound traffic in great shape. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> a political consultant

indicted in the notorious robocall case. >> julius henson is charged with trying to suppress the african-american vote. kim dacey joins us with details on some big names expected to take the witness stand. >> consultant julius henson goes on trial first. we do have an idea of how he will defend himself. by the time the calls went out, there were too late to do anything anyway. julius henson was paid more than $100,000 in the 2010 election season. he is accused of teaming up with paul schurick to come up with the strategy to keep black voters at home last september. the robocalls that went out to voters were asked state prosecutors said, part of that effort in violation of state election law.

>> i'm calling to let everyone know that governor o'malley and president obama have been successful. >> henson will argue that the race was already decided. if defense expert will testify that o'malley had already won, suggesting the call supposed no harm. joan pratt and his wife make a lot at trial. prosecutors intend to use records of phone calls involving the former first lady. the trial will begin this morning with hearings and motions including an argument that the indictment against henson is technically defective. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the public is hearing a taped

conversation between jack johnson and his wife, lesley. they can be heard trying to hide of thousands of dollars in cash hours before jack johnson was ushered out of this home in handcuffs. >> where is the checke ? where is the check? they will check in there. what do you want me to do with the check ? tehe fbi, jack. the woman to flush it -- do you want me to frelush it? >> yeah, flush it. he wanted them to stall the agents are hiding money in her

underwear. was caught red handed -- she was caught red handed. johnson has admitted to extortion. >> win a of the name of the woman struck and killed by a vehicle. train was hit.r a man shot has died. please responded to reports of a man with a weapon. jeffrey nichols did not put down the weapon and officers opened fire. police officers involved are routine administrative leave. >> a man was gunned down in a glen burnie parking lot.

police say cornelius johnson is associated with the death of andrew johnson outside of mo's seafood. an agent is hurt while on the job in south baltimore. this happened yesterday afternoon. the agent was injured when a suspect resisted arrest. injuries are not life- threatening. >> congress fights to keep pizza and french fries on lunch menus . it would force the usda to pull back on its attempts to limit potato and sodium and boost whole grains. titter growers rolley congress to put a stop to the changes -- potato growers. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day.

do you think the federal government is getting too involved in revising standards for school lunch nutrition? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 5:37. 62 degrees on tv hill. fighting high cholesterol. >> you can teach an old dog new tricks. >> we will let you know if we find any problems

>> welcome back. good morning. 65 degrees downtown. it is dry around baltimore for now. we expect some rain to move and

later this morning. hagerstown is reporting some light rain. this is moving to the east. it will take awhile to get to baltimore, at least a couple of hours. lunch time, the rain will move in and we will see off and on rain showers. dry to start, and that often on rain showers for the day. the temperatures will not move very much. maybe a high of 64 degrees. we'll come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. stay with us. >> patients could someday lower their bad cholesterol with a shot. >> that is according to a new study. lowered levels by 64% compared to an inactive placebo. there were no significant side effects in that study. you can teach old dogs a new

tract, if the help of some medicine. >> the operation was for arthritis and other painful injuries. process promotes regeneration of bones and muscles. >> it has done exactly what we have hoped for. we hope to give them a better life in his later years. it does surprise us that it has done so well and we're excited to have this technology out there. >> the pets are more active than ever. i'm have to get one of those. surgery cost about $8,000. >> the ravens still dealing with sunday's loss -- the surging cost about $1,800. beer're talking about a

and wine tasting event, all for a good cause. >> this is traffic. violence is the light right now. sarah cole has more and

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning to you. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. new incidents to report at this hour. volume is starting to build in some spots. this is 95 southbound. so far so good in terms of tunnel traffic. 55 on the west side outer loop making your way past 70. out of owings mills, 56 miles per hour. this is the harrisburg expressway down from parkton.

there aren't any delays to report. southbound traffic moving pretty well. this is traffic in the area of 50 at 97. east and westbound traffic checking out just fine this morning. 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. good morning to you. >> is move commute on the rails right now. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines -- a smooth commute. 55 bus operating with a delay. a diversion at lawrence. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. good morning. >> good morning. it is dry around baltimore right now. we will check the forecast into the weekend. first we say good morning to ava marie. she's down in canton this morning at a wine tasting events.

>> quite a place today. live in canton and the chesapeake wine co.. is a sponsor of the big wine and beer tasting event. a huge business in baltimore. have the managing director of santa claus anonymous. tell us about this organization. i'm new to baltimore. >> santa claus anonymous has been around for 75 years. we have been in the surrounding counties. what we do is we work with our partners. we have three events. we have the winetasting kicking off on thursday at the crown plaza. we have a marathon football the first weekend in december.

our campaign kicks off on thanksgiving and runs up to december 25. these are the three events we do all year. we raise over $300,000. we give certificates to the people that work with for social services in baltimore city and surrounding counties. they take our certificates and they can buy clothing, toys, books. our vendors come back and redeem them with us. get it to the kids and help give kids a christmas. >> you are helping out santa claus. he always needs elves. an it is anonymous. this kicks off on thursday. >> mitchell from chesapeake

wine is the co-host of the beer and wine. have a silent auction event. we have golf and some trips, and huge events. >> we will be talking about it all morning long. we do have a storm system off to the west. that is something we will be dealing with. there's a chance for showers. and because can always use some help this time of year -- and claus. >> we do have some rain moving in. we have some showers into a frederick county and back towards hagerstown. there is a lot of rain upstream. the rain will be with us on and off into tonight and into

tomorrow. this is a big, slow-moving system. there could be some breaks in the overcast in the eastern shore counties. difficult to forecast temperatures today. 59 at the airport. once the rate starts, i think it will cool off a little bit. it will dip into the 50's and then climb up a couple of degrees. rain showers are likely. high temperature between 60 and 65. rain showers likely to might as well. in northwest wind at 10. low temperatures between 45 and 55 degrees. low pressure will move off to the northeast. a cold front will move in behind that. a good chance for rain on

wednesday. we have some chilly and dry weather for the end of the week. off and on rain showers tomorrow. a high temperature around 58 degrees. breezy and chilly on thursday. thursday will be the coldest day of the week. 55 on friday. into the 60's over the weekend. a 30% chancebout eigh for some rain. >> 62 degrees on tv hill. 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. hope you have them.

>> good morning. the pattern for the ravens. it appears they can beat the good teams. they beat the texans and the jets. they lost to teams with sub

.500 records. ray rice averaged 5.4 yards a carry, only carried the ball five times. saw the defense allow a game- clinching drive for seattle. john harbaugh is convinced the pattern we see does not exists. >> every game stands on its own two feet. the comparison between the games, you could draw back as you want. that is the radical stuff. the schemes that you see any situations you face are different in every game. in that game, i did not see more opportunities to run the ball. >> the ravens came out of the game very healthy.

not the same for houston. matt will be out for a least a while. report says he is out for the season. inertwill put matt leo to the game. trying to keep be peace and french fries on school menus. it would limit sodium and boost grains.le that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you think the federal government is getting too involved in revising standards for school lunch nutrition?

>> keep sending us those responses. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> "give the kids some pizza." >> the man at the center of the alleged sex abuse scandal at penn state university is speaking out. >> new technology has improved the quality of breast implants. >> a trial expected to begin today of an alleged rape in a skating rink. >> it is dry in baltimore right

now. we have some rain moving in from the west. >> for now, your morning commute is shaping up just fine. we will update you, coming up.

>> there is a 40-count indictment, multiple accusers to various aspects of the abuse. this much smoke, there must be plenty of fire. what do you say? >> hear what he had to say about the charges against him. the charges against him.