most of that is gone now. a couple of showers could pop up this afternoon. high temperature of only 73. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. first we say good morning to sarah. >> good morning. 63 on southbound 95. problem free all the way down to the fort mchenry. speak is around 51 traveling south on the harrisburg expressway down to the beltway -- speeds around 51. no problems on 70 from 29. a nice start on 97 through the glen burnie area. an update on some of our cameras. this is 795 at franklin boulevard. traffic moving without delay down towards the beltway. no problems to report on 83 at

shawan road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> police are investigating an apparent double homicide in northwest baltimore. this happened after midnight. reports of a shooting victim on the front porch of a home. officers found a second victim. police are looking into a stabbing in middle river. police were called their middle river road and found a man suffered a stab wound to the chess. his condition is not known at this time -- a stab wound to the chest. >> a meth lab is found. police received an anonymous call. officers arrested three men who

let them into the room. all the rooms on the fourth floor of the hotel where -- police arrived run on a clock 30 to find three victims in the area. it is unclear who might be responsible. >> police are looking for suspects after some residents get an unpleasant wake-up call. there were two home invasions. both of the victims were elderly women. one woman awoke to a stranger in their room. her son was able to scare him off. there was another incident in which a woman encountered a man in their room with a

flashlight. were five home invasions in the past five days. neighbors are afraid they will strike again. >> maybe we're going to have to get the community watch, somebody to stand watch. call the police and stay watch. i don't know what is going to happen. >> police are looking for two male suspects. call metro crime stoppers if you have any information, 1-866- 7-lockup. a man accused of killing and then eating parts of his victim. alexander kinyua admitted to vandalizing a computer lab. he was not charged but kicked out. he is referred to as the virginia tech waiting to happen.

he confessed to the killing in harford county. >> democrats in the senate hopes to pass a new law that help women weren't equal pay two men. say the bill is bad for business. hallie jackson has our report. senators are expected to vote on this today. >> this bill is near and dear to the heart of senator mikulski. some insiders say it may be more of a political point. >> it is about the whole health. >> spoke with us about the act. women still earn just 77% of

each dollar earned by men for the same kind of work. >> it is about $8,000 a year and over a lifetime it could be hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> the proposed law hopes to make that gap go away. congress would have to show a difference in pay is not because of somebody's sex. >> insuring paycheck fairness for women should be a no-brainer and they need to pass the bill. republican >> it puts unnecessary burdens on businesses. >> taken check the box, "he doesn't like women." it is a political game and the sickness. >> and business groups have come out against the act and point to other laws on the book that

already prevent pay discrimination. >> house would help provide equal pay for women? >> it would protect employees who want to share their salaries with others or find out information about salaries. grant program could help women better negotiate. >> 56 degrees on tv hill. major companies announced their latest developments. >> the trial for jerry sandusky is expected to start today. >> this is the beltway at 295. so far so good on the roads this morning. can lulu have some beef pasta, too?

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>> welcome back. 5:09. taking a light jacket if you're sensitive to the cooler temperatures. low to mid 50's up north. 52 in parkton. 57 degrees at the airport. we will make it into the the low 70's this afternoon. about a 30% chance we could see a couple of rain showers. most of you will not see any rain today. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. >> jury selection is expected to

begin in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. the supreme court denied a chance to delay the trial. opening arguments are scheduled for next monday. he's accused of using --a abusing 10 boys and he has denied all charges. wildfires continue to burn out west including this fire in colorado. one structure has been destroyed. the nearly 180 acre fire started on monday. another fire is burning in california. is trees -- these trees have not been touched by fire in one of the 40 years. >> the world's premier trade show for computer and video games.

latest products are expected to be showcased. >> are you into videogames? >> not at all. >> i have not played since po ng. utility bills are usually higher in the summer. you can expect to pay more power in general. >> is facebook trying to expand its audience to a younger crowd? >> word of a downed tree blocking some lanes in southern anne arundel county.

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. right now one problem if you travel in southern anne arundel county along 468. use extra caution. a downed tree is blocking all lanes. 61 miles per hour on 97 to the glen burnie area. 59 on the west side. problem free and 95, 64 miles per hour. no problems to report on >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, 895. not tracking any delays.

heavier volume on the southbound side. 83 at shawan road, no problems to report in this area. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ellis checking with kurt kronke of the mta --now let's check in with kurt kronke. >> shuttle buses operating between timonium and hun t valley. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. on the buses, the five and 22 buses diverting at edmondson and sinclair because of construction. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. another quiet and cold start. 52 in parkton. maybe a light jacket. you can see have the jet stream is digging down to the south. that will stick around for a while. you can see this circulation

does not want to go away. it will give us another chance for a couple of showers. only a slight chance like yesterday. hit or miss. the showers are down to the south. there is another upstream. you could play the tape of yesterday's weather. only a 20% chance of that. most of you are going to have a dry date today. temperatures between 70 and 75. that is below the mark. we should be around 80 this time of year. enjoy it. once you get into july and august, you'll be begging for this kind of weather to be back. a small craft advisory in effect. wave heights one to two feet. partly cloudy skies tonight and

a slight chance for a couple of rain showers. temperatures drop back into the 50's. it will get warmer by the time we get the weekend. tomorrow, more of the same. low to mid 70's with a chance for rain shower. we jump back into the upper 70's by thursday and friday. the weekend looks dry. >> a new survey of about 500 utility executives says you can expect to pay more for electricity. people can expect monthly power bills to go up about 10%. blamed rules for using more renewable energy. it is important for new spouses to put it all out there. money habits. expert

tips on keeping perfect financial harmony. >> wedding season it is in full swing. new couples are beginning their financial lives together. rebecca says it is important to talk before you make the walk down the aisle. >> you are entering into a partnership and you want each other to know everything about the partnership. >> avoid too much wedding de bt. >> it is a big debts to carry. >> 0 your spouse's spending style -- know your spouse's spending style. combining you're not

your accounts, if one of you is spending a lot more than the other is spending, it will be a problem because it affects the other person. >> a financial goal to work on together like sitting for a house, a car, or a first anniversary vacation. >> very good advice. could facebook be getting younger? children can use facebook under parental supervision. controls that would allow parents to decide whom their children can friend. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think facebook should open themselves up to allow children under 13 to have their own pages? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> starbucks is turning to

french bread to try to perk up profits. jane king has the bloomberg business report. hi, jane. >> hello. good morning. the obama administration has cited federal contractors for the largest number of affirmative action violations in at least nine years. there been a surge of violations. fedex and hewlett-packard were cited. a senate subcommittee plans a hearing on whether the labor department is doing enough to make sure contractors are doing enough for veterans. more buzz about the next i fought on the horizon. -- iphone. the new iphone is more likely to be introduced in september.

a mixed close for stocks. futures are flat this morning. starbucks continues to look for more ways to make money without the reliance of coffee. they have agreed to buy bay bread. they plan to expand a french bakery brand. akes up 1/5 of their u.s. sales. >> disney is expected to make a big announcement today. >> this has to do with junk tv ads. michele bachmann looking to push nutrition.

why more school cafeterias are shutting pink slime. >> thank you. 5:22. 56 degrees on tv hill. >> jack young has its own plan to help cut spending. some of the ideas it is proposed budget, still ahedgu ve

>> jack young unveils his new spending plan to fix the city's budget. >> it will fund more than $70 million and prevents fire companies from permalloy closing ang. the plan came as a surprise to the mayor's office on monday. >> i think it is still early for me to give a definitive answer. learned about it when it was printed in the paper. >> hopefully the mayor will agree with may. >> the city council has until the end of the month to pass a balanced budget. >> proposal to put rolling billboards on fire trucks got a

second reading last night. the measure would allow advertising on this side of fire trucks which will increase revenue to fire companies and that could help keep three fire companies open. a vote could come as soon as next week. >> 56 degrees on tv hill. 5:26. an organization petitioning to repeal the same-sex marriage law. >> they came and check on me. i was not so depressed and crying so much. >> an honor student spends the weekend behind bars because of a misunderstanding. >> we have some rain in the forecast. >> we had some closures as you travel in southern anne arundel

county. we will check on the major roads. >> this is a live picture from london. guests will be arriving as we speak and the que

>> 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. my husband calls this -- [laughter] >> i have also seen -- [laughter] we have to explain this. >> i get this.

i sympathize. we like the cooler temperatures. "turn the fan off!" i get it. >> i'm not talking about you. >> there is a price to pay for that comment. >> i'm trying to think of something nice to say. temperatures in the 50's right now. a north wind at 5 miles per hour. a mixture of sun and clouds. 73 for a high. if you want to see the venous transit today, you can see the planet venus traveling across the face of the sun. i have details on my facebook. t a really cool thing -- it is a really cool thing.

>> sense of last century -- stan saw that last set jurcenturey. >> 468 is shut down. looking pretty good on 97. no problems on 295. a smooth ride on 95 through howard county. so far so good on the north side. 63 miles per hour there. this is an update on greenspring. looking good to and from the j.f.x. just past ruxton road, southbound traffic very light volume from the beltway all the way down into town. we'll keep you posted as problems, th come in.

that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> residence in maryland city are on edge in after a series of home invasions. >> two men shot up in a residents' bedrooms. this is a cause for concern. kim dacey has details. >> i heard her screaming in there so i ran in their. >> his wake-up call on monday morning was the sound of his mother screaming as he came face-to-face with a stranger in her bedroom. shunning a big flashlight interface. >> i went to the bedroom and the guy was in there. i jumped on the guy and we started fighting on the floor. >> the home invasion followed another one about 10 minules away. >> then he went out.

i didn't hear anything for a couple of minutes. i came out and called the kids. >> there is a possibility that the cases are connected. there have been five home invasions or attempted home invasions in the past five days. >> maybe we're going to have to get a community watch, somebody to stand watch. call the police and stand watch. i don't know what is going to happen. >> that was kim dacey reporting. anyone with any information should contact the metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. there was a robbery that turned deadly. authorities say somebody walked

into a store in belair road and shot someone to death. >> he always helped me. he had very good manners. i can see why anybody would do that because he is a good person. >> police are asking anyone who might have seen anything suspicious to give them a call. >> a teenager spends all weekend in jail because of a mistake. tiarra brown was arrested. police say they had already charged another woman with the stabbing when they picked up brown. they swore out a complaint against brown to get the teenager locked up no questions asked.

it took until monday night to release her. >> she did track and field. she worked all this year to pay for graduation. she missed her graduation because of a misunderstanding. >> the war was wrongfully issued by a court commissioner -- warrant was wrongfully issued by a court commissioner. >> a group tried to rob him and he was stabbed in the leg. police have made no arrests. >> most of the donations come from out-of-state. a national group called the national organization for marriage. one of the goals of this group

is to drive a wedge between gays and african-americans. the maryland marriage alliance says, "we're not a party to that campaign strategy." 56 degrees on tv hill. kids bring all kinds of things home from school, including terms. >> who is affected most? >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think facebook should open themselves up to allow children under 13 to have their own pages? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> tracking a few accident in hanover. will update you on that. a downed tree in southern anne

>> welcome back. 5:39. 60 degrees at the maryland science center. you might want to take a light jacket. southern pennsylvania, low 50's. york. eur 61 in annapolis. we will make it up to 73 today. a mixture of sun and clouds. about a 30% chance we will see some rain showers. most of you will have a dry day today. better news if you like the warm temperatures in the seven-day

forecast. >> a new study finds those with damage in certain brain networks are more likely to experience the oppression. >> people were more likely to be depressed three months later. they can use this information to help patients whose scans show they may be a risk for depression. children with staph infections bring those germs home. >> with the half of family members have the bacteria then sells. one in five had a difficult to treat version of staff. that is higher than the general population. it spread easily through household items. >> 5:40.

56 degrees on tv hill. the baltimore orioles building project continues. keith mills has more on their top draft pick. >> we have a game of going behind us and we're waiting for the italian festival. >> a nice start to what should be a cold day. tony will tell us how long the cool weather will last. could be home to bacteria. so use lysol disinfectant spray on soft surfaces everyday when you're cleaning up to kill 99.9% of bacteria. lysol. mission for health. [ male announcer ] we have more than 3,000 daily flights

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>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. 1 accident at hanover road and anderson avenue. otherwise, muddy creek road is closed down because of a downed tree. 61 on the west side outer loop from 75 all the way down. a smooth ride from 95 over towards the harrisburg expressway, 62. here is a live view of traffic. travis is building between 175 and 32. no official delay to report. 95 from the white marsh area. southbound action is move even though the volume is picking up. we will keep you posted on any

problems that come in. 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. the five, 13, 46 buses operating with delays. shuttle buses in place between timonium and hunt valley because of construction. metro is on time. you're invited to attend an open house for the red line transit projects. the next open house will be on wednesday from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the university of maryland baltimore campus, 621 west lombard street in baltimore. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet but cold start. first let's say good morning to ava marie. she has drifted down to little italy. >> good morning. we have a bocce ball game goin

g on. getting ready for the st. anthony's italian festival which will be happening this weekend. i'm here with jerry elliott. this is such an important festival but it has an interesting history dating back to 1904. >> the great baltimore fire was occurring just to our west. the sparks from the fire were coming down on the rooftops in little italy. the people in little italy were getting frightened by it. some people were moved to patterson park for safety. people said to let's get the statute and bring it down to the waterfront and prayed to st. anthony and let's eliminate the fire.

the wind shifted during the night and the sparks went west and the neighborhood was saved. after that they promised they would honor st. anthony on june 13. we have started -- we have a assault high mass on sunday at 9:30. -- we have a solemn high mass. we process the statute to the streets of little italy. then the festival starts out with start eating and having a lot of fun. >> give thanks for st. anthony. what does it mean to the community? >> it is simply that is all encompassing. it signifies the rebirth of baltimore after the great fire

and brings together the baltimore communities and all of the members of today's society who want to remember how baltimore was report after the fire and came back together. >> thank you, jerry. great food at the event. there will be music. come down on saturday and sunday to little italy. two streets will be blocked off for the festival. we will go back to tony in the weather center. i will be everybody's best friend. i was told to bring back the cookies. >> that is a fantastic festival and the food is outstanding. that is an interesting story of how it got started. i'm sure ava is going to play some bocce ball.

the temperatures are in the 50's this morning. 52 in westminster. there is a bit of a breeze so i feel cooler than that. you can see have the jets stream dips down. we have the same area of low pressure stalled off the newfoundland coast. it is sending spokes of energy along the back side. one went through last night. with a slight chance for rain shower into the forecast for later today. that is now moving across southern maryland and down into virginia. maybe something will popup behind that as we move into the afternoon. most of you will not see any rain today. a mixture of sun and clouds. high temperatures between 70 and 75. the average high temperature is 80 this time of year.

the record for today is 101. if you take the boat out, a small craft advisory is in a fact. tomorrow, about the same. very little change. maybe a rain shower, a slight chance. we will turn the corner when we get into the weekend. upper 70's on thursday and friday and back into the 80's into the weekend. >> thank you. 56 degrees on tv hill. the orioles start a season against the red sox. keith mills will have sports. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues

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>> time to get to your answers to our watercooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you think facebook should open themselves up to allow children under 13 to have their own pages? >> 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. >> good morning. we begin with the nba game five of the western conference finals last night in san antonio. the spurs and the thunder. tim duncan, his career began 15 years ago. 3.dnnder by tim duncan had 18. huge shot by james harden, nails the clutch three. ree to tieili's there t it is no good.

game 5 of boston and miami tonight. the red sox and the orioles open up a series tonight in boston. the red sox and blue jays are tied for last, three games out of first. the orioles selected kevin gausman of lsu in the first round last night. big right-hander. he throws hard and finished 11-1 at lsu this year. he is close to being a major league ready. big ben mcdonnell the number 1 overall pick in 1989. adam jones took an mri yesterday and it was negative. he is expected to play today.

good news for the orioles and the orioles need some good news along with a couple more wins. ravens minicamp opens today in owings mill. getting close to training camp. >> bryson offers to buy out more than a thousand workers -- verizon offers to buy out more than a thousand workers. >> spot the real betty white? that is the one that is moving. are you sure? >> deal with one medical condition is hard enough. >> i will get one of those for the weather segment. you guys will not know the difference. >> most people think you're kind of a stiff anyway. >> we will check the seven-day

forecast in just a few minutes. >> there go. we're checking on your morning commute. so far so good on the major roadways.

>> a series of home invasions has residence on edge. >> political gimmick or equal rights issue? the next battle to woo women voters. while >> once overnight -- >> violence overnight. >> the forecast as we continue. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute