>> the first defendant in the robocalls case goes on trial today. big names are expected to testify. >> what do you want me to do with this money? all this cash, jack. >> dramatic stuff. caught red handed as they try to destroy evidence. more on that dramatic phone call. >> it looks like the clear skies will go away for a bit. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us this morning. >> it is warm but rain is coming our way. >> later this morning and this

afternoon, we will see some rain moving in. you will see what i mean. look on the left-hand side of your screen. that is slowly drifting down towards baltimore. it will take a couple of hours to get into the beltway. often on rain showers. we're in the upper 50's and low 60's. we will come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. >> good morning to you. we will see what happens on the roads once that rain comes into play. we have an accident on belair road. we will keep you posted on that. no delays on the west side towards 70. 70 looking good. a problem free ride down from owings mills.

harrisburg expressway, 65 miles per hour traveling down from shawan road. this is a quick live look outside and belair road. this is inner loop traffic. we will let you know once we see things change. this is traffic at the key bridge and the east side of the beltway running smoothly to and from the key bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> new developments in the penn state sex abuse scandal. >> more people are stepping down from their post. >> the man at the center is speaking publicly for the first time in an exclusive interview with nbc news. >> jerry sandusky says he is not a pedophile. spoke with bob costas. he says he is innocent although

some details in the grand jury report oare right. >> have showered after workouts . i have hugged them and i have touched their leg, out intent of sexual conduct. his >> attorneys said his client is not guilty of sexual assaults. >> coaches do that. that is a far different thing. >> also, the board of the second mile announce its longtime ceo resigned. grand jury report claims jerry sandusky got to know his victims through the group. organization will work hard to weather the storm.

>> it will not be a tough challenge. >> the big 10 conference will remove joe paterno's name from the championship trophy. >> new york city police worked overnight to clear out occupy wall street protesters. these are live pictures as police clear of the park. police began handing out notices at 1:00 a.m. this morning in declaring the park on sanitary. -- unsanitary. for the evictions have gone peacefully --so far the evictions have gone peacefully. >> the robocall trial goes to court today. kim dacey has details on the

trial. >> julius henson was paid more than $100,000 by the ehrlich campaign in the 2010 election season. he is accused of teaming up with former ehrlich aide paul schurick to come up with a strategy to keep black voters at home last november when ehrlich was trying to unseat democrat martin o'malley. the robocalls that went out to voters in baltimore city and prince george's county were, state prosecutors say, 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. >> according to pretrial filings, the defense expert will testify that by the time the calls went out on election day around dinner time, the race was already decided, suggesting henson will try to convince jurors the calls posed no harm, because they wouldn't have done any good. on the witness list is ehrlich himself, his wife, kendall, and city comptroller joan pratt.

today, the trial is expected to begin with hearings and motions and an argument by henson that the indictment against him is technically defective. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. caught, red handed. are weeks away from sensing of jack johnson and his wife, lesley, on bribery charges. hearing the newly released wiretapped conversations that helped convict them. you hear leslie johnson making frantic phone call to her husband, asking what to do with a bribery check. >> where is the check? >> yeah. >> if you want me to do with the check? -- what do you want me to do with the check?

do you have them banging? do you want me to flush it? >> yeah. >> then she asked what to do with nearly $80,000 in cash. >> what do you want me to do with the money? >> put it in your panties and walked out of the house. >> all this cash. >> stuff it in your panties. >> the couple is scheduled to be sentenced in december. leslie johnson is expected to receive a 1-year sentence. >> agents were serving warrants on magnolia avenue is when shots

were fired. one suspect fled in a white suv. >> there was gunfire. we all ran because of the gunfire. everybody just bolted. >> the suspect crashed into a pole. federal agent is expected to be recovered. republicans are beginning a food fight. legislators cut what house efforts to limit servings of potatoes and boost whole grains. to many pace can be counted as a vegetable -- tomato paste on pizza can be counted as a vegetable. 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. >> 6:09. 62 degrees on tv hill. looking for some toy deals this holiday season? food >> lovers a buzzing about the arrival of another legweg mans. >> a distressed debt drives away from texas pete's house and leaves his baby girl -- distressed dad drives away and leaves his baby girl. >> some great wines and drinks at the event. >> we have

>> good morning. we have a live view from the skycam. a few clouds in the sky. 65 degrees downtown. a very mild start to the day. a front is moving in. temperatures could change. we'll get to the forecast in just a bit. we're talking about the wine and beer tasting event coming up this thursday. i want to say hi to miss paddington's class. i was there yesterday. we want to say hi to mitchell, the owner. have been a longtime sponsor of

the annual wine and beer tasting. what is your thinking behind the drinks? >> getting ready to have holiday seasons for the next six weeks. thanksgiving will be a week after the santa clause anonymous tasting. it is a great time to have a bunch of wines available. you have friends and family and you should never run out and you variety.ave a lot of frida everybody likes different things. the idea of picking wines and beers will be to show that variety. >> the event this thursday in timonium. you can order some wines. thank you for allowing us to comment and check this out.

we do have showers out to the west -- thank you for logger us to come in and check this out. tony, focus on how warm it is right now but that it could get colder into the afternoon. >> kind of difficult to forecast where we will land. that is a good point. thank you. we have some rain knocking on our doorstep, some sprinkles around frederick and hagerstown that is moving to the east. upstreamsee rain of behind that. shower is extend back into ohio -- showers extend back into ohio. have some clout activity. on the eastern shore, you guys have the best chance of seeing some sunshine -- we have some

cloud activity. i think the rain will catch up to in the next couple of hours. difficult to forecast the temperatures. 60 at the airport. 65 downtown. temperatures drop off into the 50's where it is rating. if it is in the 60's were you are, it will dip into the 50's and may be jumping up a little bit this afternoon. rain showers likely starting later this morning with a high temperature between 60 and 65. rain showers are likely tonight as temperatures drop down to around 50. the seven-day forecast -- rained again tomorrow. rain showers on wednesday with a high of 58. breezy and chilly by the end of the week. 55 on friday. back into the 60's over the weekend.

there's a chance for some rain showers on sunday for the ravens game, 30%. that is the seven-day forecast. 6:16. >> a busy ride on the beltway. we have six separate accidents. -- have two separate accidents. one accident is already backing up traffic. south on 95, speeds around 58 miles per hour. no problems on 97 for the glen burnie area. the rest of the major areas of our cooperation. two problems on the beltway. this is harford road. no sign of delays yet. this is a live view in the area of the key bridge. looking good so far to and from the key bridge. the delays on the northwest corner of the beltway.

we will keep you posted. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. negotiations have avoided another shutdown of the government, at least for the next few weeks. there were $180 billion in cuts. spared.mps worse baere the now have more time to work on it long-term spending bill. search for a gunman. koppers have been called in to search for a suspect who reportedly robert proctor people at gunpoint. inebriates were warned to stay indoors. a distracted father accidentally ditches his child. he packed up three of its kids and left his starter behind.

was found sitting in her car seat in the parking lot of a domino's pizza. police did not plan to punish them. >> oh, boy. the good news continues for residents in the owings mills area. first came plans to renovate the mall. the second wegmans will set up shop on reisterstown road. it will serve as a anchor store in a new shopping center. developers hope allow the same effect on the new vacant property along reisterstown road. no word on when the store will open. groupon is offering some epic

deals. walmart takes the cake on holiday deals. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> bloomberg did the math. mark may have the lowest prices when it comes to toys. prices for a group of about 80 toys are higher at target and amazon. toys r us beating out walmart's early black friday opening. have a door-busting bill beginning at 9:00 p.m. thanksgiving night. sneak peek on the deals available on their own facebook page. we would reports on inflation and retail sales. markets were taking a breather yesterday. the bloomberg maryland index lower on losses for joseph a. banks.

at big deals. -- epic deals. a chip for the taping of "-- a trip for the taping of "ellen." i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> there were a number of problems with breast implants back in the 1990's. new technology has greatly improved in plants and cut back on complications. latest is a memory jaigel. >> they have a better shape to them. they have more projection. if they leak, it was a sticky mess. now it is a gel that is cohesive.

>> the reason for breast augmentation remains the same. >> 6:21. 62 degrees on tv hill. a serious accident on the outer loop of the beltway is slowing down the morning commute. >> a confederate flag controversy in a new jersey high school. winston says the school was denied her right to free speech -- one student says the school was denying her right to free speech. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers.

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. it is busy out there, especially on the northwest corner of the beltway. speeds at 29 and getting worse. we have an accident that is blocking some lanes. watch for that to impact your ride. harford road, another accident. 38 miles per hour on southbound 83 at shawan road. is harford road -- this is harford road. this is the backup as you make your approach to 795. that ramp is partially blocked.

we will keep you posted on that. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we are watching some rain moving in. a few sprinkles around frederick. this is moving to the east. it will take another hour or hour and a half to reach baltimore. the beginning of the drive time around baltimore will be just fine. that is the forecast for today. off and on rain showers starting later this morning. high temperature between 60 and 65. we will check the seven a forecast in just a few minutes. >> thank you. >> sweatshirt display confederate flag gets a teenager suspended for make new jersey school. >> tory says when she showed up to our middle school wearing the sweatshirt with the confederate

flag, her vice principal giver a choice. >> said i had to take off the sweatshirt oral have to face the consequences -- she said i had to take off the sweatshirt or have to face the consequences. chose my heritage -- it shows my heritage. >> a violation of her first amendment rights. >> indian children can wear a turban. that is their birthright. this is my daughter's heritage. >> she was not suspended for the sweatshirt. >> it stated she was disrespectful when asked to remove chris sweatshirt. -- it stated she was disrespectful

when asked to remove her sweatshirt. she says she does know the history behind this flag. the teenager insists -- some people in your town disagree. >> it is a negative connotation. it's hurting people's feelings. >> she says she wants to transfer to another school and where the sweatshirt there. 62 degrees on tv hill. but who call the white house home is about to join the nbc news team. >> herman cain struggling with this campaign. >> i'm kim dacey live at

mitchell courthouse. the first trial in

>> 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. would make it through the morning commute before the rain arrives? >> we have some rain ran frederick that is moving to the east. around baltimore, most of the committee will be fine. -- said the commute will be fine. temperatures are near 60 right now. shooting for a high around 64. we'll come back and check the seven-day forecast going into the weekend. back to the news desk. >> the hits keep on coming for her mccain. -- for herman cain. >> more accusations of sexual harassment. kate amara joins us live with more on the story.

>> herman cain is looking to shake off distractions as he takes his campaign to iowa today. republican presidential contender herman cain on the stump in the midwest today, trying to put controversy behind him. >> i mean, they asked me a question about libya, and i paused so i could gather my thoughts. >> it was a pause heard around the internet. >> i got to go back to see -- >> an awkward moment in an interview with "the milwaukee journal sentinel." >> got all the stuff twirling around in my head. >> this comes as cain continues to be plagued by allegations of sexual harassment. the ex-boyfriend of accuser sharon bialek came forward monday to corroborate her story. >> the public has a right to know this information to help them make an informed decision. >> herman cain says it's just not true, and his campaign brought out a character witness of its own. the candidate's wife sat down on fox news channel last night. >> i seriously in my soul

don't think he's that type person. >> all this comes as a new cnn poll shows herman cain support has slipped 11%. he has dropped to third place behind mitt romney and a surging newt gingrich. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> that is quite a drop in the polls. how is he doing with female voters? >> in a new poll, women have started turning away from herman cain ever since these harassment allegations began. >> kate amara, thank you. >> a political consultant set to go on trial today. kim dacey joins us live with more on the high-profile

witnesses expected to take the stand. >> consultant julius henson goes on trial first in this case. we do have an idea of how he will defend himself. essentially, by the time the calls went out around dinner time last election day, they were too late to do anything anyway. political consultant julius henson was paid more than $100,000 by the bob ehrlich campaign in the 2010 election season. he is accused of teaming up with former ehrlich aide paul schurick to come up with a strategy to keep black voters at home last november, when ehrlich was trying to unseat democrat martin o'malley. the robocalls that went out to voters in baltimore city and prince george's county were, state prosecutors say, 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. >> according to pretrial filings, henson will argue by the time the calls went out on election day, around dinner time, the race was already decided. a defense expert, the filings

say, will testify that o'malley had already won, suggesting henson will try to convince jurors the calls posed no harm because they wouldn't have done any good. the case promises well-known witnesses. ehrlich himself will be called by prosecutors along with two other former aides. city comptroller joan pratt, even ehrlich's wife, kendall, may come up at trial. court filings say prosecutors intend to use as evidence records of phone calls involving the former first lady. the trial will begin this morning with hearings and motions including an argument by henson that the indictment against him is technically defective. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. the trial of the man accused of raping a girl is set to begin today. prosecutors say three people took turns holding down the victim in a room used to secure party supplies.

of the accused has pleaded guilty to lesser charges -- one of the accusers has pleaded guilty to lesser charges. >> investigators are looking for cornelius johnson in connection with the shooting of andrew johnson outside of mo's seafood . anyone with any information on the whereabouts of scoreless johnson should call 911. a man robbed a convenience store at gunpoint. it happens yesterday morning in nottingham. no word on how much cash he got away with. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. a busy ride on the northwest corner as reproached 795. we haven't outer loop accident -- we have an outer loop

accident. the j.f.x. in good shape. no problems on the harrisburg expressway. near harford road, we're attracting an accident. 40 miles per hour on southbound 83 coming down from shawan road. start with harford road. traffic starting to back up. this is old court road. outer loop traffic is backing down heavily approaching that ramp to northbound 795. that ramp is blocked. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now go to ava marie. >> we are live at chesapeake wine tasting. there is a big event this thursday at the crown plaza on thursday. this is an organization that

helps bring christmas to children in need. this is happening on thursday. we will look at the chalk chocalates.c these are incredible. a major cooldown by the end of the week. sunshine will be backed out by sunday for the ravens game. >> never thought about that. >> i will try that. we watched some actors scrolled on screen. of them will not be brad pitt -- one of them would not be brad pitt. >> we are still taking your answers 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

>> chelsea clinton has a new job with nbc news. will be a special correspondent for nightly news.

focus on in power people makes her ideal for the new series. is not the only presidential daughter on the peacock network. jenna bush is a correspondent on "today." brad pitt has said he gives his acting career another three years. after that, he is more interested in producing or directing and spending more time with this family. he and his partner have six children. >> an extreme james bond fan spent $198,000 for a rolex watch worn by roger moore. in the movie, it had a rotating

saw. the buyer needs to supply his own battery. >> talk about disposable income. 82 degrees on tv hill. >> coming up, your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> we have some rain coming in from the west. we will check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. 65 downtown. stay tuned.

>> welcome back to 11 news today. the man shot by police last week has passed away. police responded to an industrial park for a report of

a man with weapon. for nichols refused to put down his weapon and officers opened fire -- jeffrey nichols refused to put down his weapon. the seven police officers are now on routine paid administrative leave. slow traffic delays in baltimore city after a sewer overflowed. crew is were dealing with the spillage into the windfalls. is began around wilkins avenue on sunday. crews are still working to examine the inside of a sewer main on monday. this will probably shut down until it is fixed. food fight over plans to improve the nutrition of school lunches. is fighters cut ---legislators

are trying to boost whole grains. tomato paste on pete's it can be considered a vincible -- on pizza can be considered a vegetable. >> that brings us to your answers 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? >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning.

a busy ride. two promise on the beltway. -- two problems on the beltway. those delays are heavier than normal for this hour. have an accident on the ramp to northbound 795. southbound 795 backing up out of owings mills. one accident has been cleared up in the past few minutes. southbound 83, a live view of traffic. this is perring parkway. we have some outer loop delays. they will get heavier. this is the outer loop at old court road. we have a problem on that ramp. that ramp is blocked. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie joins us now from

canton. >> we are live at the chesapeake wind company. -- wine company. we're talking about santa claus anonymous. a great way to kick off the holiday season. you love chocolate at the event. you are the mastermind behind these chocolates. you'll have these at the events. >> we will have all kinds of chocolates. i do spice-in fewest shots -- spiced-infused chocolates. >> this all goes to a good

cause. these are incredible flavors. pineapple. >> i have to try that. i do like wasabi. >> we also have a latte coffee beans. we have some care about with sea salt. >> this is amazing. the wasabi goes well with chocolate. let's check the forecast. a mild start to the day. there are showers on the way. this is really need tat. we have the wasabi. >> is the wasabi started to kick in? >> i was trying to make it

through the forecast. >> you were very brave. >> wake me up. >> wine and chocolate. i'm sure she'll recover from the wasabi chocolate. can see rain upstream -- you can see rain upstream. starting to move into carroll county. there is a lot of rain upstream. it will be with us off and on and into tonight and probably into tomorrow as well. might get a peek at the sun, especially east of baltimore. difficult call with the temperatures. right now, it is nice and mild, 65 downtown. it is much cooler where it has

been raining. 58 in emmitsburg. the temperatures will probably dip into the 50's. rain showers are likely starting this morning and into this afternoon. it will not be a steady rain. high temperature between 60 and 65. rain showers are likely tonight. seven-day forecast into the weekend -- a good chance for rain tomorrow with a high temperature of 58. breezy and chilly on thursday with highs around 50. 55 on friday. back into the 60's over the weekend. we have a chance for rain on sunday, 30%. not a big deal at this point. the rain will catch up to us today. back to the news desk. >> a political consultant

heading to trial, accused of trying to hold down voter turnout. kim dacey has the details. >> he was trying to unseat martin o'malley. robocalls were part of that effort and in violation of state election law. defense expert will testify that by the time the calls went out, the race was already decided, suggesting the call supposed no harm because they would not have done any harm. the trial is expected to start with hearings and motions and an argument that the indictment against julius henson is technically defective. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal-

tv 11 news. >> here is ann curry with a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> good morning. an exclusive interview with jerry sandusky. what about the allegations against him? happened when he was caught in the shower with young boys. also, herman cain takes a long pause when he was asked about president obama's libyan policy. we will catch up with the service will but who brought justin timberlake as her guest to the marine col ball this weekend as we get started here on "today." >> we will come back and check the weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. your day. stay with

>> reports of a fatal accident. >> northbound 795. big delays development. get off on reisterstown road if you take northbound 795. that ramp is blocked. delays down to edmondson. outer loop delays on the northeast corner as you make your way from 95 over towards dulaney valley. the 32 miles per hour on 95 out of the northeast. we start with 83 down from the parkton region. delays developing down towards

-- the outer loop is backed up as your approach that ramp to 95. -- 795. >> a lot of rain right now. it is mostly in the far western suburbs. that rate will catch up to us -- that rain will catch up to us. looking for more weather and traffic together? be sure to join us this morning for 11 news at 7:00 a.m. on wbal plus. >> you'll find more local news as well as up-to-date traffic and weather information. you can find it all on comcast channel 208, verizon fios 460, and 11-2. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one.

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