>> police want to know who is responsible for a string of break-ins in broad daylight. >> surprising turn in the al qaeda scheme to block a u.s. plane. details are coming out. >> charm city is about to play host from the presidential visit. >> there was some heavy rain overnight. [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. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> is the rain and all day event? >> this will not be the prettiest day.

take an umbrella. you could see a shower or thunderstorm. most of the rain is in the eastern shore counties. it extends down to rock hall and several on the eastern shore. baltimore city, sprinkles. not a big deal for the morning commute. we keep a chance for a shower or thunderstorm all the way through tonight with a high temperature of 76. there will be a lot of dry hours today. >> good morning. extra time is recommended this morning because the roads are still a little wet. 57 down towards 70. problem free as you travel towards the fort mchenry on 95. 895 looking good at the harbor tunnel. speeds around 45 on the j.f.x. to the construction zone. drive times not bad.

11 minutes on the west side outer loop. 11 minutes on southbound 95 from the beltway down towards 32. this is a harford road. outer loop traffic is still light as you travel towards the harrisburg expressway. 95 out of white marsh moving very well at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> new details on the foiled al qaeda plot. >> the alleged bomber was working for the cia from the start. tara mergener joins us live to explain. good morning. > good morning. this is a dramatic twist on the plot to bomb a u.s. plane. the person al qaeda was counting on was actually working with the cia.

a spy infiltrates a terrorist cell and gets his hands on a bomb and delivers it to u.s. intelligence. report, theair person al qaeda thought was a suicide bomber was a double agent working with authorities and cooperating with the united states. >> our adversaries are very creative and determined and persistent. that requires us to always be thinking proactively and not just reactively. >> al qaeda's yemen branch was planning to blow up a u.s. plane. thanre using a new device the one involved in a similar plot to bring out a detroit- bound jetliner in 2009. >> it was more advanced than the christmas day bomber, the underwear bomber's bomb. -- gear. >> this new design is said to be made with a different chemical formula with duel detonation systems that make it easy to set off.

the foiled plot is a major coup. there are concerns that too much information has become public. >> this has not in any way become declassified by the cia and the administration. it is unfortunate this has gotten out. this could interfere with operations overseas. >> security at u.s. airports remains unchanged this morning. the tsa is working with international carriers. on preventing attacks within its explosives. >> is there a common thread? >> there may be. experts believe the recent bombs are the work of one person. they think he is responsible for the 2009 on there were bomb and at times a year later to bomb two cargo planes.

this could be his work or the work of one of the students. >> thank you. the record marshall airport experienced its second security scare in a week. a stun gun was found inside a woman's carrier bag. the gun was confiscated by police. a man brought a loaded handgun through security and on sunday morning. a man was linked to a rape of a teenage girl in frederick after he submitted his dna to police in tennessee on an unrelated crime. >> the governor and michael busch and mike miller will hold a press conference later today. they are expected to lay out a

road map for next week's special session. lawmakers fail to pass a spending plan before time ran out of the session. the new budget is expected to have tax increases and some spending cuts. increase is to the gas tax are not expected to be on the table. the presidential campaign will make a swing through the baltimore area next month. president obama will host a fund-raising lunch at a private home on june 12 and a public campaign yvette could possibly be scheduled later that day. >> some of northeast baltimore neighborhoods are on alert after a series of burglaries. jennifer franciotti is live with more on that story. >> all of these break-ins happened during the day. eight in the last few weeks in northeast baltimore. it starts with a knock at the front door.

the suspects go to the rear of the house and try to get in through a door or window. they have been forcing their way in. police are not sure how many people they are looking for. the same people may be responsible for all of the break-ins. >> there is a possibility. we're trying to link everything. we want to get the word out, so always lock your doors and your windows. >> police say qvc strangers in your neighborhood, please give police a call. they say no one has been home at the time of the break-ins and that nobody has been hurt. unfriend, wbal-tv 11 news. -- jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> an employee noticed damage at a ymca. morning classes and activities

were canceled. an atm was damaged. a girl recovering after losing both of her feet in a lawn mower accident. a man was backing up his riding mower in forest hill when it accident ran over his daughter. he said he did not see her. both feet had to be amputated. >> two people were killed in an accident. donald jones and ronald buchholz were killed near fallston on tuesday morning. >> you got a lot of traffic out there. there is way too much traffic on busy times of the day. this is a bumper to bumper almost. >> two other people were injured at the crash.

65 degrees on tv hill. if you were waiting to buy a new flat screen tv, you may have waited too long. >> a massive effort to contain a fire in southern california. >> recognizing the loss of a children's author. isripley's believe it or not coming to the inner harbor. >> we are tracking a new accident along bel air road. we will check for

>> good morning. this is a live in view of the inner harbor. 68 degrees at the maryland science center that is not far from where i'm at this plan. i am live outside of ripley's believe it or not moratorium. i'm here with tim o'brien, the vice president of communications. this is exciting. >> this is a great way to kick this place off. nick l ave the make: that wa

wallenda walk, 300 feet out over the harbor. we are going to have the legends of the themes galleries. unusual.and the in us we have everything from a 10,000 ball on one meter of water. we will have baltimore engraved on that. we have the mini cooper car covered with 1 million crystals . we have a 12-foot dinosaur. >> you have a castle made out of matchsticks. >> the hogswart castle.

>> we will kick off with the tight rope walk over the inner harbor. he will be walking america falls later this summer. we will go back to tony. the auditorium is going to have a movie theater that has 3d movies. >> i have been to one of those theaters. your seat actually moves and then during a rain scene, you get sprayed. >> we should forecast for that. >> you can do that if you're pushing a button. thank you. great to see new stuff coming in

at the inner harbor. most of the rain is off to the eastern shore counties. easton, you guys will see some rain to start today. elsewhere, things are basically dry. nothing going around in the city at the present time. let's take a wider view. we can see shower activity in ohio. this is still a good distance away. we will keep a chance for a shower for most of the day. there are some breaks and you might get a peek of the sun. there will be a lot of dry hours to do stuff outside. temperatures will drop down into the 30's and some of that cooler air will slide over towards us. it is rather mild. 64 at the airport. 63 in jarrettsville. mostly cloudy skies.

a chance for a shower or maybe a thunderstorm. it will not be a washout day. high temperature around 76. it turns chilly thursday and friday. upper 60's both days. the overnight lows will dip into the 40's. there might be some frost in western maryland. 75 on mother's day with a 30% chance for some rain. >> good morning. volume is starting to build. we have an accident to report at route 1 and harford road in the fallston region. a busy intersection. 51 on the southbound j.f.x. and moving well for the construction zone. 54 passing liberty and approaching security as a travel down towards 32. 295 checking out ok north and

southbound and a smooth start on 97 in the glen burnie area. this is 95 at the fort mchenry. southbound traffic moving well. give yourself a few extra minutes. this is 50 at maryland 8 over towards the bay bridge and we are not tracking any problems on the bay bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. north carolina at becomes the 30's state to ban same-sex marriage. the constitutional amendment that defines marriage between a man and woman received over 60% of the votes. firefighters are battling a brush fire threatening homes in parts of los angeles county and has already destroyed several buildings. so far note evacuations have

been ordered. about 200 firefighters are at the scene -- so far no evacuations have been ordered. an author has passed away. maurice sendek give us some memorable stories including " where the wild things are." he suffered a stroke at the age of 83. >> mastercard is introducing a digital wallet to designed to speed up purchases online. it will be available to retailers and consumers later this year. customers will be able to store their information into the digital wallet. the system will also work with

debit cards. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would you be willing to switch to a digital wallet, or would you stay with a traditional wallet and credit card? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. flat screen tv prices are on the rise. more americans are taking trips to disney theme parks. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> the fiscal second quarter earnings for disney are up 24%. that is despite the box office flop "john carter." it is looking to integrate more marvel characters into its parks in the future. an earlier takeover bid from a drug giant -- is a hostile offer

of $13 a share and cash. that was the same offer that was made back in april. it's fallen on more concern over europe's debt crisis. the bloomberg maryland index lower on losses for under armour. as it chooses says no dice -- massachusetts says no dice to a new casino. do not believe that flat screen tv prices are going down. they have a shot up 11% since december of last year. newer models are retaining their value. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> 6:20. 65 degrees on tv hill. >> josh hamilton brought the

fireworks to camden yards. keith mills will have that next in sports. >> 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. kind of busy. we have a new problem in baltimore county. we have a downed tree and it is blocking falls road.

the harrisburg expressway is shaping up ok down to the beltway. we have an accident at harford road. not tracking any delays on 95. we are looking good in the construction zone of the j.f.x., 51 miles per hour. 12 minutes in the outer loop west side. 10 minutes southbound on 95 from the beltway to 32. this is the fort mchenry. southbound traffic looking good at the moment. no problems at the harbor tunnel. no problems towards the bay bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. it has not been too bad for the morning commute. most of the rain is over at the eastern shore counties. there'll be rain for the next 45 minutes. cloudy skies and some sprinkles

around baltimore. still a chance for a shower or thunderstorm to pop up at any time today. mostly otherwise with a high near 76. we will check the seven-day forecast when i come back in just a few minutes. here is keith mills. >> thank you. good morning. there have been roughly a quarter million games giver take a couple. last night, josh hamilton did something only 15 other players have done. he hit four harm runs in a game. 10-3 the rangers beat the orioles. this hit the top of the fence. that was his first home run. that was followed by this, adrian beltre, back to back. josh hamilton off of zack

phillips. adam jones ran about 3 miles trying to chase the home runs. darren o'day is the picture. again this goes to dead center. four home runs for the josh hamilton and a tip of the helmet to a the oriole fans. >> as the game went on, i was getting worn out less and less in the outfield. i get worn out here in baltimore. [laughter] i came out after the fourth one. the crowd lets you know. they are true baseball fans. their fans of their own team but they love the game and appreciate when somebody does something of that caliber. >> he is on pace to win baseball's triple crown which

has not been done since 1967. the ravens sign jacoby jones to a two-year contract. ozzie says he expects terrell suggs to make a full recovery. he underwent surgery yesterday in north carolina. the surgery performed by dr. bob anderson. the surgery was a success but he did not say if he will play at all this year. you never know what you might see any baseball game. we saw a great power display. >> that was impressive. >> no question about it. >> a woman is about to face justice in texas. >> police all looking for suspects in a series of recent break-ins.

that story is next. >> we are tracking a downed tree and we will check for an accident in fallston at one more in the city. that is next. >> ripley's believe it or not is coming to baltimore. someone will tight wire walk t

>> 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. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. when are we going to see the sun again? >> today will not be a terrible day. if you of outdoor plants, you might be able to sneak them in there. off and on rain showers -- if you have outdoor plans. high temperature of 76 degrees. the weather will improve and it will turn crooler. >> rash of burglaries. >> 8 homes have been hit. jennifer franciotti is live this

morning with some more details. good morning. >> good morning. these break-ins are happening in broad daylight at. police say this is happening during the day and they believe these break-ins could all be connected. all the burglaries have been in the northeast baltimore area. at least eight in the last few weeks and it all starts with a knock at the door. >> they receive no answer and attempt to gain entry by the rear of the house. either through a back door or a window or forcing that open. >> police have responded to burglaries in five areas. this area has been hit three times. homes have been burglarized twice. police are not sure how many people they are looking for. the same people may be responsible for all of the break-ins. >> there is a possibility.

we're trying to link everything. we want to get the word out, so always lock your doors and your windows. >> if you notice strangers in your neighborhood, call police immediately. this woman has lived here for 25 years and she says she is not taking any chances. >> keep your doors locked all the time. when the dog barks, it alerts you. he comes to the door to see what is going on. >> police are not releasing what the thieves have taken. they say nobody has been honed during the break-ins. >> police of looking for a suspect in a deadly afternoon shooting. a man was found unresponsive after being shot around 1:00 p.m. on tuesday. the case was handed over to homicide detectives after the victim was pronounced dead. >> a woman is accused of having

sex with a friend's son. police in taxes charged her with sexual assault with a child under the age of 17. dr. men's alleged she had sex with the sun when he was 13 years old -- documents allege. choose henson is accused to try to suppress black voter turnout in the 2010 race. after three days of testimony, he told reporters he feels confident. >> i think we explained the case very well. i think it went extremely well. >> he says he believes the case against him is very thin. >> a woman will have to undergo extensive surgery after

a dog bit off her lips. >> saw a young lady sitting over there on the grass and two other people helping her out and she was completely bleeding around her face. >> police say the dog has no history of biting or attacking anyone. >> a judge upholds a released to -- there have been unnecessary stent procedures. a judge ruled on tuesday that his license cannot be reinstated, agreeing he violated five provisions of the medical practice act. he faces civil lawsuits from his former patients. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute.

some problems we are tracking. falls road, we have a downed tree and some lanes closed in upperco. take black rock road as your alternate. route 1 at harford road in fallston, another accident. clifton avenue at garrison boulevard, watch for a crash. we're starting to see some delays fall into place. down towards edmondson. we'll see what looks like on 83 in the parkton region. traffic is starting to build. this is traffic on the j.f.x. where we're looking at delays southbound down towards 29th street with the left lane closed. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie joins us live outside the new ripley's believe it or not museum. i bet you are learning some

interesting new skills to request will be learning about the tight rope in about five minutes from nick wallenda. this is so exciting that the auditorium will be opening soon. >> three weeks we will be opening. >> high wire over the inner harbor. i cannot imagine how difficult that is. >> he is not fearful. this is a real belief it or not -- believe it or not. he will be walking out to a barge anchored about 300 feet offshore. he will be walking a one-inch wire and held the 24-foot long puole for his balance. he said he will walk in the rain.

>> this is a belief it or not -- believe it or not. what else will we see? >> we have a large dinosaur made at a pop tart rappers. we have a castle. mini cooper. >> nick wallenda will be walking the inner harbor. he begins at 5:15 and we'll be broadcasting is live. will be important because nick will walk in rain. there's a slight chance for a thunderstorm. the cold front has not passed through yet. we're cooler for the end of the week.

another chance for storms on sunday. we will be keeping an eye on thunderstorms for nick. >> that will be exciting. thank you. 65 degrees on tv hill. using hockey to show off his skills. more of

>> a new king reigns over st. louis. this is the largest chess piece in the world. this set a new guinness world record. this will kickoff the chess championship. >> it is your move. ever let the boss whin? how about if the boss is the leader of a superpower? after seeing an hon tigehim hun, putin had plenty of

room to do his maneuvers on the ice. he had a goal in regulation and an assist and a goal in a shootout and he was not checked during the match. >> he was not looking all that manly. >> he is a pretty accomplished guy. >> 65 degrees on tv hill. >> delays on the j.f.x. this morning. reports severna accident. -- he willasara on subarea find you for that. 65 at

>> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:44. three men are recovered as police search for a suspect in a triple shooting in harford county. this happened 8:00 p.m. last night on edgewater drive. two of the male victims were found. police learned and found a third victim. all three men are in stable condition. the governor and mike miller will hold a press conference later today. they are expected to lay out a road map for next week's special session. lawmakers fail to pass a spending plan before time ran out of the session. it is expected to feature tax

increases on high-income families. the gas tax is not expected to be on the table. the 2012 presidential campaign will make a swing through the baltimore. next month. president obama will host a fund-raising lunch at a private home on june 12 and a public campaign event could possibly be added to that schedule later that day. >> experts say public school students are being disciplined without a school suspension. tonight, david collins explores the growing problem and tackles the question, how young is too young to be suspended from school? >> an analysis of data finds that 751 students ages 4 and 5 were given out-of-school suspensions for being disruptive in the classroom. michelle is upset her son is not spending much time in the classroom.

he has been suspended 12 times since the start of the school year. he was diagnosed with disruptive behavior disorder. >> he is having temper tantrums when he is not getting his way. >> he has a behavior disorder. it has been determined he belongs in a mainstream classroom. but when he acts up, should they be suspended? >> it is probably very harmful and not very appropriate. >> suspension practices are now stirring debate on a state and local level. tonight, the 11 news i-team exposes how often this happens and why a growing number of experts consider this a bad idea. for the 11 news i-team, i'm david collins. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. it is getting busier on the j.f.x. in the southbound

direction. there are some additional delays. speeds around 26 miles per hour. we have an accident in the city at clifton area. falls road in upperco, a downed tree is blocking some lanes. harford wrote in fallston, one more accident. 95 looks pretty good coming down from route 24. problem free on route 24. 83 near york road from parkton, building in volume as you get closer to mount carmel. this is traffic on the j.f.x.. added delays from the construction zones. watch for a single car accident. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie is previewing the ripley's believe it or not museum. so exciting it is coming to the inner harbor. >> we had a believe it or not.

we will have nick wallenda high wire over the inner harbor. this is incredible. you will be doing this later today. this is a sneak preview. we did try this before. i will hand to the microphone. if you could tell us the technique. >> focus on the opposite end and turn your feet out, just like that. that way you have more coverage on the wire. keep your other arm out. your arms are an extension of your balance. go about 3/4 of the way across and we will stop. two. go another step or you can hold on as much as you

want. you let go when you want to and we will see how you do. there you go. you got it. >> this is exciting. you will be up above the inner harbor later today. >> i am relaxed about it. will help to set this up. i will go back to the hotel and take a nap. >> that nap will be crucial. starting off at 5:15 at the ripley's believe it or not cite. out to a barge at 300 feet and walking uphill. we go back to tony. what an honor to get a lesson from nick wallenda.

>> that has to be on their family crest -- "do not look down." can you imagine if you were up 500 feet off the ground? >> he is doing niagara falls in june. this is just a practice round. >> weather-wise, nothing going on around baltimore. it is basically dry. maybe a sprinkle. most of the rain is over the eastern shore counties and back across delaware. we'll keep a chance for a shower through early tonight. we can see that front coming across ohio that is producing some showers. that is why we will keep that chance and through this evening. this will not be a washout

situation. there will be dry bank hours this morning so you might be able to sneak in what you're doing outside. you might get a peek of the sun today but generally it will be cloudy. temperatures dipped into the 30's across the midwest. relatively mild and kind of humid. 64 at the airport. 62 in parkton. light rain over in chestertown and the eastern shore. mostly cloudy with a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. not a steady rain. high temperature of 76 degrees. it will cool off significantly. upper 60's on thursday and friday. the overnight low temperatures will dip into the 40's. i think this saturday morning will be the coldest part of the weekend. mother's day on sunday, back up

30% chance forea rain. >> still had, some of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >>

>> time to get to your answers to our watercooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- would you be willing to switch to a digital wallet, or would you stay with a traditional wallet and credit card?

>> we will post more of your answers on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> it might be a little too convinc andenient. >> have an accident southbound on the j.f.x. near falls road. that is causing some additional delays. falls road is shutdown in upperco because of a downed tree. take black rock road as your alternate. belair road at harford road, we have a crash. this is traffic on the west side. after heavy from 795 down to edmondson.

we have the accident southbound near the construction zone. >> we did not see a lot of rain in that shot. >> most of the rain is over now the eastern shore. we have a 50% chance of a shower. 76 for the high temperature. 60's for the next couple of days. overnight temperatures will dip into the 40's. maybe some frost in western maryland. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one.