>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal tv 11 news at noon. >> i am sarah caldwell. what sort of closures and headaches you can expect and tried to avoid. >> transportation officials say that the jones falls express

will not be able to handle as much traffic as it is normally able to do. >> the problem area is north of 29th street. the problems will start there. >> starting tonight at 7:00, one lane in each direction of the jones falls expressway will be unusable in advance of repair work that will start in two we could read pipes are 20 feet below the surface. it could cause trouble for commuters during the morning and afternoon rush hours. taking out one lane northbound and southbound will leave the thousands of drivers with basically no word to go. >> at 2000 cars an hour, we will have to find other ways port they will be stuck in traffic.

>> officials are revising to use public transportation or find another way to get to work. >> park heights ave, charles street, pairing parkway -- we have a map on our website and detailed driving instructions. it will tell you how to make your way all the way in and back out. >> we have all that if a mission on our web site, wbaltv.com. >> thank you. take a look at his video. a jeep crashed in a rural farm store in parkville. apparently the driver hit the gas. it sent the jeep straight into the building. no reports of injuries inside the store. you are looking at video of a charred, vacant home at kennedy ave.

we are told that the fire started in the vacant building and started to at least two other buildings. fire investigators are still working the case. fire crews are trying to figure what started a two-alarm blaze in south west baltimore that destroyed three homes. it broke out at 9:30 this tonight at yale avenue. two of the damaged homes were vacant but one was occupied. everyone was able to get out safely. >> at the noon hour we have a sunny skies and temperatures are climbing rapidly. north wins are gusting to 17. temperatures will be rising today into the mid-sixties for hides. if you like that, because ideas about typical for this time of year, on saturday we are going farther.

then we will keep going and another 10 degrees on sunday. pretty good forecast coming our way. >> "session 2012" -- it may be turning into a special session. gov. o'malley joined our studios this morning to talk about the budget. >> what we need to revisit is the framework of the compromise we thought we had on the final leg. there are some who say we ran out of time and others who say we veteran of trust -- we ran out of trust. we need to focus on a budget that is balanced, that protect our priorities and allows us to keep maryland moving forward so that we can put this recession in our review mirror. >> if lawmakers cannot make any budget deal, budget cuts will go into effect in july. we will have reaction to the governor's comments tonight at 5:00. baltimore county has managed to

balance its $1.65 million budget, and it comes without tax increases, lay-ups, or service cuts. even while staring down a loss of state aid and tax revenue, the county executive says his spending proposal is ballots thanks to labor concessions, early retirement programs, and other consolidations. he says difficult decisions lie ahead when it comes to pension reforms. a baltimore city homeless shelter started the morning without power and cannot stay open without electricity . the prisoners aid association online gough street says it has a funding agreement with the city and hud does not been honored. the administration says that is not the case. >> this particular administration, for reasons only known to them, has neglected to pay us, will not return phone calls, and is not helping us to

be in a position to pay ourselves. >> the mayor's office says the organization is responsible for utility bills. testimony continues in the trial of reuben dunn. prosecutors say he was driving drunk when he hit and killed two teenagers. his ex-girlfriend testified that once they reached 25, shdunn tod her to drive. dunn's attorney says she is lying and that she was the driver all along. >> if this was mr. dunn in that position, ms. miles would never have been charged. >> dunn is charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence. three people face charges after a robbery victim take matters

into her own hands. katherine ginder, cody tumolo, and a third unidentified men are accused of robbing a young girl outside a domino's pizza. police say happened just before 11:00 wednesday night. we are told one of the male suspects mugged the girl and hopped into a getaway car. we now have an idea of what the new mount washington tavern will look like. the historic landmark was destroyed by fire late last year. owners say they plan to reopen as early as this fall. the owners have been working with architects to make sure that the historic nature of the building is maintained. officials maintain the fire was accidental. a police chief less than the up to zero weeks from retirement killed in a violent thursday night to out. we are hearing the whole ordeal involved drugs.

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capt. roy taylor and sky team 11 fly above it with the latest. >> this is the outer loop of the beltway just past charles street, where a jackknifed tractor-trailer has tied up at least two lanes here. they have a vehicles able to get by on the shoulder to get through this accident. there is a fuel spill at the location. traffic from here all the way past providence road at the present time. it will be very slow going until they get this cleaned up on the outer loop of the beltway. >> ms indeed. thank you, captain roy. the mayor of newark, new jersey is being called a hero. the house next door to the mayor, corey parker, caught on fire. the mayor and a security team rushed into the home to save a woman.

booker was taken to the hospital. he is ok. the woman he saved is also being treated for burns. i should not leave the police chief debt and four and others injured -- a shootout leaves a police chief debt and for others injured. two officers were shot in the chest and are in intensive care. george zimmerman makes his first court appearance in florida thursday. he is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman claims it was self- defense, but prosecutors alleged that he racially profile martin. zimmerman pleaded not guilty. the world warned them not to do it, but north korea build a rocket and decided to launch it last night. it did not go according to plan,

but they are still burning in a way. >> -- celebrating anyway. >> as far as weather, all

>> on the campaign trail, the war over the women's vote and the latest battle is being waged over comments made by democratic activist hilary rosen. she said that mitt romney's wife has not worked a day in her life. both presidential campaigns responded quickly. president obama said there was no tougher job than being a mom, and ann romney said that raising five sons was a full-time job.

>> maybe i have not struggle as financially, but i can promise you that i have struggled in my life and i would love to have people understand that mitt and i have compassion for people who are struggling and that is why we are running. >> hilary rosen issued a statement apologizing to ann romney, saying that the words for "poorly chosen." north korea went against much of the world when it decided to launch a rocket. the rocket did not go far, but the north. people are celebrating -- north korean people are celebrating any way. >> are now in kim il-sung square. the unveiling of the statues ended 20 minutes ago, but the people are still screaming in the streets. people come in groups with their schools, their factories. it is organized at a fairly

local level. they are still coming out. maybe there is 100,000 people here, maybe more. everything in this country is highly orchestrated. the reaction so far to what is being described as a failure of the rocket satellite launch has been one of celebration. >> even big countries like russia and the u.s. only succeed in the launching of satellites after many failures. although he failed to launch a satellite this time, i am proud that we were able tried to launch a satellite, and weekend gained strength and succeed in launching a satellite in the future. >> people are coming out and expressing their absolute confidence and devotion to his leader, past and present. everyone is now just on their way home and are still coming through the streets. >> that was richard engel reporting. now that that is -- erupting is mou -- mount aetna is dropping

again. so far officials have not had to issue warnings for people believe houses. it is not affecting air travel in the area. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with john collins. >> beautiful, sunny day. not a cloud in we had clouds this morning, but they have dissipated. we had a little cloudy is just off of ocean city. there have been showers in southeast virginia and eastern north carolina. even that is disappearing right now. let's look at the situation as we see it. in a little short on rain. we've not even at 1/10 of an inch so far. we are over four inches short on the year so far. average temperature of this month so far, 52.8.

at edgewood, 57. parkton, westminster, a 54. here is the satellite image. we are high and dry. you can see that there is a big area of high-pressure over the eastern seaboard now. it is holding this storm to the west, away from us. this line, center point, we are east of that. temperatures will be close to normal for this time of year. more southerly winds there that will take temperatures up. this storm out to the west -- initial parts of it will pass to our north. this will bring in warmer air, but it will increase rain chance, especially next week.

all this warm air down to the south of us will eventually start coming our way. this shot of blue here is rain shower activity associated with the war front. our forecast is sunny today, seasonably mild. we are beginning to bite into the 60's at the knee and our. -- noon hour. south west is not as strong as they have been. five to 10 knots on the open waters of the day. today centers or about normal. -- today's temperatures are about normal. some degree of cloudiness. by 3:00 in the afternoon, even though we're still in good shape, clouds begin to move in in western maryland. there might be a shower

overnight on saturday and sunday along the maryland- pennsylvania line. sunday looks dry, sodas monday. -- so does monday. 66 today, 85 on monday. the little cooler tuesday, with thunderstorms. that is a good forecast. >> looks fantastic if you are rushing to file your federal tax return, time is on your side. they are typically due on april 15, but that is sunday, and monday is a washington, d.c. holiday. you have until the 17th to get yours in. state returns are due on monday. a new study finds a large number of patients who experience seizures are misdiagnosed with

epilepsy. more than 1/3 of patients treated for seizures actually have a stress disorder. meds will not treat the symptoms. they are extremely sensitive to stress and convert the trauma into symptoms. allergies are in full swing. that means sinus infections. doctors say infections can be prevented by cleaning the nasal passages with sterile salt water using a neti pot. fleshing the nosepiece sinuses working properly, but keeping it in moisture and cleaning it of debris that may blocked nasal passages. people gathered in baltimore for the dedication of a new facility of johns hopkins hospital. it includes 565 patient rooms

and an expanded intensive care unit. some support for the project city from new york mayor michael bloomberg and the united arab emirates were a family -- royal family. >> we will have the best doctors, nurses, technology, and the best facilities. >> senator mikulski, governor o'malley, mayor rawlings-blake -- >> mayor bloomberg and the royal family attended the coming up, another check of the insta- weather-plus forecast.

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