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. >> where talking yesterday -- mean able were talking yesterday -- me and ava were talking yesterday. enjoy this break. it is a beautiful morning. 61 degrees at the airport. dew points in the 40's. we'll make it up to 86 this afternoon. it will turn out to be very nice day. will check the seven forecast in just a few minutes. >> good morning. -- we will check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> take 95 or washington

boulevard as your alternate to southbound 295. baltimore street is shutdown in the city between stockton and carrollton because of fire department activity. west lexington is a better bet. another problem, a closure in harford county. 136 is shut down at the broad creek bridge. 11 minutes on the outer loop side. five minutes to travel south and 95 from the 895 split down to the fort mchenry. here's a quick live look at traffic. we switch over to some building volume on the west side. those delays will be falling into place very soon. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a domestic violence suspect

is in critical condition this morning. >> investigators say police had no choice but to get physical when the man resisted arrest. jennifer franciotti is live in towson with more on that. >> the girlfriend is telling a different story. she said police went too far. investigators said they did was necessary to take the suspect into custody. the mother of this children says police came to apartment on sunday after a neighbor called 911. she said she just renewed a peace order against him. police say he took off before he could be arrested for domestic violence. they found him hiding inside a closet. >> they saw him reaching for something.

our use of force guidelines for officers do not require them to wait before somebody produces a gun or knife. our officer attempted to strike him on the hand because they saw him reaching for something. because they were struggling, he was struck on the head. >> he was taken to hospital for treatment where we're told his condition worsened. the woman said her boyfriend was not hiding in the closet. she said he was asleep on the bed. more on that coming up at 6:30. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the mother continues to call for justice in the death of her son after a fight with an off- duty police officer. christopher brown after the officer chased him and placed in any chokehold. told his story last night. --

she told her story last night. >> i would say everybody is not safe. >> prosecutors have promised the brown family a full investigation. >> a deadly late-night shooting in baltimore. detectives arrived just before 10:00 p.m. last night and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. he was pronounced dead at sinai hospital. no word as to a suspect or a possible motive. >> prosecutors not expected to seek any jail time. eli werdesheim could face up to 10 years in prison. he was convicted on second- degree assault. prosecutors will reportedly asked a judge for a suspended sentence. a man could face a 10 year

sentence for stealing rare historic documents. he pleaded guilty last february to charges of conspiracy and theft. his sentence may be reduced. >> loud cries for justice on the mitchell courthouse steps. a political consultant was convicted in the robocall scandal. julius henson was sentenced to 60 days behind bars for his role in the automated phone calls. his co-defendant received home detention for his sentence for his role. the lawyer says his client is being unfairly treated. >> i'm hoping that cooler heads will prevail.

they got their pound of flesh. on.e people get probation. this is tacky. >> no word on when the judge will rule. a worker was crushed by a forklift. this happened in jessup. the man was operating a forklift inside a trailer. no word on his identity or how the accident happened. >> what do students, drivers, and homeowners all have in common? waiting for congress to act on legislation that could impact their lives.

congress has a lot to do before several key deadlines. >> the house stayed in session past 11:00 p.m. last night. time is running out on the student loan rates and transportation funding. >> i would rather not pay more loans. >> he hopes student loan rates stay low and so does congress. stafford interest rates will double sunday if lawmakers don't do something. democrats and republicans agree that shouldn't happen. >> how to pay for it becomes a major problem. >> it looks like the senate struck a deal to pay the cost. mostly through a change in pension funding. but the house still has to ok it. also in the mix, a big transportation bill. members of congress have been negotiating for weeks about this. >> that to my knowledge is not yet resolved whether that will

be an extension or multi-year bill. >> but with time running out -- >> we're very close to having everything done. but until we get everything done, nothing is done. >> congress has a lot in common with those college kids they are trying to help. >> they don't do anything for the whole semester and then they start cramming and pulling all-nighters before spring break to get everything done and that is how congress works. >> congress is looking to strengthen the national flood insurance program. it is set to expire at the end of july. >> someone has taken herself out of the running. connelly's arise says she is not interested in being part -- rice says she's not interested

in being part of the ticket. >> 6:08. >> the passing of your efforts ephron when we come back. >> still some problems on 295. we will talk about some closures in the city

>> good morning. this is a live view from the skycam. 67 degrees downtown. the sun is shining. it will be another dry day. i am live at a new organization in baltimore. the baltimore committee tool back. you're the vice president of the board of directors. what an incredible space that to have an so many tools for people to use.

tell us about the lending. >> we have over 10,000 tools in here. our idea is to bring tools to change. we have tools for landscaping, building, construction and for cleanup, painting. we hope to add tools for water cleanup. have over -- we have over 150 different types of tools and over 1000 shovels. >> you have an order going out right now. >> is a national organization that builds playgrounds. there will build a playground at the local elementary school. the order is about $3,000 worth of tools and it will be able to

borrow the tools for about $90. >> it is only 3 cents on the dollar. what an incredible thing. that helps organizations pushed their money even farther. people can go to their website and this is only for charitable organizations. >> that is a fantastic program. we know about food bank but not about a tool back. kudos to you for doing the math in your head. let's talk about the weather. we have a big area of low pressure that has stalled up in new england. we can think this for the beautiful weather we've seen.

this is producing a northerly flow. temperatures in the 40's and 50's upstream. the air is very dry. for us.her gem not quite as cool as it was yesterday but it will be a comfortable morning. the tropical depression will come out on the other side of florida into the atlantic tonight. it will probably strengthen again and get its tropical storm status again. it looks like it will not bother anyone. i don't think you have to worry about debby around here. rip currentsangers recurrenc on the delmarva beaches.

the seven-day forecast is going to change. 92 tomorrow. 97 on friday. the heat index will be over 100 degrees. chance for thunderstorms each day over the heat and humidity. a little break from the heat coming up early next week. let's check the roads. >> we have been tracking an accident southbound 295 shutdown at 648. you may want to take 95 or washington boulevard. baltimore street is still shut down in the city because of fire activity. west lexington is your alternate. some closures in harford county,

136 shut down at the broad creek bridge. they are doing some bridge support worked. here's a quick live look at traffic. 50 and 97 through the annapolis region is looking pretty good. not showing any delays. here's a quick live look at traffic. we continue to build in volume at security but nothing significant making your way down towards edmondson. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. more than 12,000 people in colorado have been evacuated as the well fire continues to burn out of control. the fire has destroyed 6200 m acres. right now more than 450 are actively working to stop the fire. legendary lady has passed away.

nora ephron died on tuesday of complications from leukemia. she is best known for a romantic comedies such as "sleepless in seattle" and "when harry met sally...' " she was 71. >> good news for the housing market. home prices are on the rise. prices were up 1.3% in 20 major markets -. new home sales up 7.6% and mortgage rates hit record lows last week. get ready to see some increased

traffic on the road. 5% more people are expected to travel to this fourth of july compared to last year. lower gas prices could be a driving factor and independence day is falling on it wednesday this year. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. are you expanding your holiday plans for the fourth of july this year? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. electric cars may be able to cut the cord one day. oreo stirs up controversy. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> super 8 motels are being sued because of security breaches. credit cards were compromised.

this led to $10.6 million in fraud losses. uit.'ll fight the agency s electric vehicles may be able to go wireless one day. coils engage the charger when the car is parked over them. it may be a while till it comes to fruition. stocks rebounding yesterday. concerned about europe's debt problem limited the gains. a cookie controversy from oreo. they posted a rainbow oriole on its facebook page in support of gay pride. some

of disagree with their stance and threatened to boycott kraft. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> it looks good to me. i will eat it. >> the orioles welcome a west coast slugger to camden yards. a big night for albert pujols. keith mills will join us for sports. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers.

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>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> we want to remind you that southbound 295 is closed near 648 because of an accident. baltimore street is set out in the city between stockton and carrollton because of fire activity. here's a quick live look at traffic. this is the west side. some delays starting to form prior to 70 down towards edmondson. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it will be another beautiful day today. 57 in westminster. 61 at the airport. mostly sunny skies today. breezy and warmer with dew points in the 40's. we will make it into the mid 80's today. the heat is back to the forecast. here is keith mills. >> thank you.

good morning. the orioles and angels wrap up their series tonight at camden yards. the angels might be the best team in all of baseball and that includes the yankees and the rangers. brian matusz trailed 1-0 in the fifth. unchespearce la one. tom hundred replaced matusz. 17 hits. the angels win. the yankees beat cleveland. michael phelps is back in the pool.

he will square off against ryan lochte again tonight. this is a teammate of michael 's. she is headed to london. is 20 years old and grew up in michigan. she moved to baltimore three years ago and headed toward second straight olympics. we're headed to the golf course for the shot of the day courtesy of pete gilbert, 87 yards away and check it out. drum roll please. whoa! how nice was that? >> that was beautiful. >> i hate playing with pete.

and tony pann. 65 degrees on tv hill. some unusual items were stolen from baltimore property. >> a domestic violence suspect ends up in the hospital. >> parents of a boy are awarded a big malpractice judgments. [ male announcer ] millions of dollars for new schools and teachers...

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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. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> tony pann has a quick look at today's forecast. >> jayne miller is the ball about twice as far as i do. >> i will not make fun of her on tv. this to be a great golf day. a little breeze out of the northwest. 86 degrees will be the high temperature. the dew points are still in the 40's. another gem for us here in baltimore. the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> a domestic violence arrests turns ugly and sends the suspect to the hospital. >> jennifer franciotti is in towson this morning with more details on the story. >> the girlfriend is saying the

suspect was caught in one way. police are saying it happened in a different way. they said they did what they needed to do to get a suspect taken into custody. he is in critical condition after an encounter with police. but how that confrontation played out is still unclear. the mother of his two children says police came to her apartment on sunday after a neighbor called 911. she denies that she was punched and tells 11 news she just renewed a peace order against him. >> the police want me to be against him so bad. all have to throw in my face is protective order. i don't care about that. they can charge me with violation of protective order. i don't care. >> investigators say he took off before they could arrest him for domestic violence. police returned on tuesday to serve the warrant and tell us they found him hiding in a closet. >> we saw him reaching for something.

our use-of-force guidelines for officers do not require them to wait until somebody produces a gun or a knife. our officer attempted to strike him on the hand because he saw him reaching for something. because they were struggling, he was struck on the head. >> that's bull crap. he was not in the closet. he was sleeping with his child on the bed. >> he was awoken out of a dead sleep, beat him with a flashlight, and tasered him in front of her. >> they could have locked him up. they did not have to beat him up. they didn't have to do that. now this boy's over there dying. dying. all they can say is the protective order. if he dies, we will be gone away from each other forever. >> he does have a previous arrest record and is facing charges of assaulting a baltimore county police officer. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police have picked up a man wanted for murder in north carolina.

authorities alerted them that an accused killer was heading to baltimore by bus. they picked him up at the welcome center on 95 near route 32 on tuesday morning. he has been on the run for more than a month. a man is in the custody of south carolina police accused of killing his girlfriend. she was shot in the back of the head when it went to pick up their son. he is being held without bond. >> johns hopkins hospital has been ordered to pay $55 million in one of the largest judgments in state history. the jury found the houseboat negligent by delaying an emergency c-section resulting in ntal physical

disabilities. virgin >> means urgent -- urgent means urgent. >> the hospital plans to appeal the judgment. >> more than $10,000 of tires were stolen from a school bus yard in towson. somebody stole 21 bus tires and rims. there were no security cameras monitoring the bus depot. >> these are approximately $500 per tire and this can add up to eight substantial amount. it.re's a market for want to try to apprehend those who are responsible for the theft. >> they plan to upgrade security

at the bus lots. two employees are charged with using county gas. substantially higher than average use at the pumps. two people now face theft charges. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we have an accident still blocking southbound 295 in the area of 648. consider 95 or washington boulevard as your alternate. baltimore street remains close between stockton and carrollton because of fire department activity. take west accident as your alternate. delays on 95 from the northeast. southbound traffic is stopped ago from white marsh down

towards the beltway. there are some west side delays developing approaching security and down towards edmondson in the outer loop. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie it is joining us from the tool bank. organizations can take a vantage of it. >> i am live at the baltimore city tool bank. they lend out tools to people and the community. we have some customers. >> i thought it was wonderful. it will be a blessing for the community. there are tons of tools here and people can bar of the tools -- and people can borrow the tools.

>> this will be a resource in the community. baltimore city needs to be cleaned up. we're seeing parks being cleaned up. this gives a clear opportunity for pastors to clean up their communities and churches. are excited and we can see baltimore city being cleaned up -- we're excited. >> you are helping to encourage other people to come out. let's get a quick check of the seven-day forecast. it will get hot in the next seven days. upper 90's by friday and a chance for thunderstorms this weekend. what a great organization. >> that is a great idea.

65 degrees on tv hill. unusual sight waiting for a manager. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. are you expanding your holiday plans for the fourth of july this year? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com.

>> a picture made of coffee beans has made it into the " guinness book of world records ." it is made with a million coffee beans and is called "awakening." the previous record measured to would is 69 feet. >> a burglar was not using his head when decided to break into a storage facility. take a look at this. he got the door open, he tried to squeeze through headfirst. was as far as he would go. he was stuck for nearly nine hours before the morning shift

manager of showed up to work. took a picture of it. severed a large bruise on the back of its head from the pressure of the door. his friends will say, what were you thinking ? >> that was pretty funny. >> some closures in effect on 295. >> sometimes they're little mice the runaround and those things. imagine if your head is stocke uck. 61 degrees at the airport. stay tuned. stay tuned.

>> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:44. a deadly accidents takes the life of a driver. just after 3:30, the driver of a car lost control at annapolis road. the driver was thrown from the

vehicle and the car went up in flames. the unidentified driver was pronounced dead at the scene. in late-night deadly shooting in baltimore. detectives arrived on norfolk avenue just before 10:00 p.m. last night. he was pronounced dead at sinai hospital. no word as to a suspect or a possible motive. prosecutors are not expected to seek jail time for a teenager convicted of assaulting an african american teenager. eli werdesheim was convicted of charges of second-degree assault and false imprisonment. prosecutors will likely ask for committee service and a suspended sentence. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> that accident, the

investigation continues. that is why southbound 295 is closed in the area of 648. 95 or washington boulevard can be used as alternates. we haven't accident in the city at st. paul street -- we have an accident in the city at st. paul street. taneytown pike there is an accident. here's a quick live look at traffic. 95 out of white marsh is stopping go down towards the beltway. on to the beltway, pretty good shape on the north side. delays approaching liberty down towards edmondson in the outer loop. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie joins us from the tool bank. i love the idea.

>> where live at the baltimore committed the tool -- we are live at the baltimore community took bank. you helped to bring this all together in donating the items. it took a lot of work to get the tools. >> we have a strong board that lets us reach out to a national sponsors and key organizations in baltimore. >> home depot is a part of this. >> home depot, ups, and black and decker help us get off the ground. other organizations joined in. we have 150 different types of tools and 10,000 total tools in the barn.

they come from stanley black & decker as well as products that are in home depot stores. >> you can always use help from the community. >> we need time tools we may not have in stock. we have 150 different tool types and there are still categories we need. we need financial sponsors. need to continue to make sure that our financial supporters continued to grow. >> they still need some help. you can come down and volunteered your time. we go back to tony. this is so much fun.

>> you're hanging out with the tools. like non-profit organizations come down and get the tools. >> i know you're thinking. >> 3 cents on the dollar is pretty cheap. thank you, ava. we'll talk to in the next half- hour on the digital channel. we can think is a big area of low pressure for this beautiful weather. our flow is coming out of pennsylvania and new york. the dew points are in the 40's. the air is very dry. 61 at the airport. 59 degrees in parkton. we will make it into the 80

possible without the humidity -- into the 80's. debby will come out around daytona beach. it will probably regenerate as a tropical storm. i do not think it will bother anybody. you might see some big waves in maryland. other than that, we don't have to be worried about debby coming up sure. breezy and comfortable -- coming upshore. if you take the boat out, the wind will increase. wave heights one to two feet. the heat index on friday will be over 100.

30% for a thunderstorm each of those days. big with the story is the oppressive heat and -- big weather story is the oppressive heat is coming back. >> time now for a last look at one of our big stories. jennifer franciotti joins us live with what happened. it sounds like we're hearing two different stories. >> police said they did was necessary to subdue the suspect. this all unfolded on tuesday. the woman said police came to our apartment after a neighbor called 911. police told them that he punched her. had just renewed --she had just

renewed a peace order against him. police found him hiding in a closet. he went to reach for something. they hit him in the head. he was taken to the hospital. according to the girlfriend, he was not hiding in the closet at the time but asleep on the bed. this is being investigated by baltimore county police. he is being charged by assaulting a baltimore county police officer. >> 65 degrees on tv hill. coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> coming up, we'll take a last look at weather and traffic together before you head out to [ male announcer ] millions of dollars for new schools and teachers... thousands of new good paying jobs... all without raising taxes. that's what a world-class resort casino

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>> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- are you expanding your holiday plans for the fourth of july this year? >> jessica has huge plans. >> sounds good to me. >> hmm. >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> the first monday of july. >> what are you going to do? >> we have the closure of southbound 295 at 648.

take 95 or washington boulevard as your alternate. route 97 at pleasant valley, an accident. here's a quick live look at traffic. 95 is pretty slow out of the white marsh area. west side delays from liberty down towards edmondson. >> another nice day. >> get out and enjoy it if you can. no humidity. 92 tomorrow. 97 on friday. here it comes. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one.