>> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> really refreshing. >> everything in context. everything feels nice this morning. accountable start for us. -- a comfortable start for us. a couple of clouds hanging around but no precipitation. there could be an isolated storm pop up this afternoon. high temperature of 89. >> great to have you back. we have a problem on columbia road. reopened. that was the one that we had earlier appeared there were some closures. 97 at old frederick road, word

of an accident in howard county. another problem along pulaski highway. no problems to report on the j.f.x. that is running smoothly into town. 11 minutes on the outer loop side. -- the outer loop west side. a live look outside in our cameras. 295 picking up in volume. we're seeing some intermittent brake lights. this is 50 at sandy point. looking at a nice start at the bay bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a major announcement of anne arundel county concerning the police chief. >> after receiving a no- confidence vote from the police union, the police chief said he is stepping down.

jennifer franciotti is live in the studio with more details. good morning. >> the no-confidence vote came after teare was accused of not doing anything about county executive john leopold's alleged misuse of police details for personal and political use. until a full-time replacement is found, major pamela davis will lead the department. she is a lothian resident. she has been on the police force since 1993. she will be the department's first female police chief. she holds a master's degree from johns hopkins. she's also a graduate of the fbi national academy. >> i think that is a good step, a good interim step. but i do think in the long term, because of what the department is going through and because there will be more investigations, they probably need to do a national search. >> the announcement of the retirement of james teare was made on wednesday by the state's prosecutor's office. his retirement date is effective on august 1. jennifer franciotti reporting live. >> the fraternal order of

police outline some major problems. among those are corruption and high crimes that they say need to be addressed as part of a massive overhaul of the department. they want city officials to review police policies. you can find the complete report on our website, wbaltv.com. a new contract has been approved for fire trees james clack and that includes a raise for the top official. two fire companies shut down and a third is set to close this fall to fill a budget gap. >> dozens of processors gathered outside about the super block project in west baltimore. the city board of estimates gave

a thumbs-up to the proposal. a waiver would be followed by five years of incremental tax increases. the full city council still needs to approve that council. the dispute between the mayor and the comptroller continues. pratt contends that the mayor is circumventing the procurement process with the phones. >> they want a response to her. you don't have to vote no to a contract -- >> during the meeting, a motion for a new phone system contract with ibm was rejected. the door was left open for some

further negotiations. >> take a look at this video. crews were called to cherry hill on wednesday evening. a mat caught fire and spread throughout the playground. penn state has an investigation into the jerry sandusky situation. we have the latest from state college, pennsylvania. >> as jerry sandusky sits in a jail, some await another verdict. >> our mandate is clear. >> penn state hired louis freeh in november to lead an independent investigation into the school's handling of the sandusky scandal. >> this examination will look

into any gaps in the university's control environment, compliance programs and culture. >> the report is expected to be critical of joe paterno. and shed light on what he did and what he did not do when sandusky was seen showering with a young boy in a coaches' locker room back in 2001. the late coach's family is already on the defensive. also posted to the website was a letter written by paterno in the final weeks of his life. he said, "i feel compelled to say that this is not a football scandal." the football president is bracing for a critical report. he said there was never any incident involving sandusky that involved criminality of any kind. the university will get the report the same time the public

does. what steps are necessary to put this era behind them. that letter was sent to his former football players, as well. he defended the athletic department as a whole. chris pallone, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 6;07. 67 degrees -- 6:07. jesse jackson jr. disappears from the public eye. >> elementary school kids owning cell phones. >> ava marie live in what used to be the camden train station right next to camden yards. >> we are tracking an accident in howard county. we will check on an accident in this city that

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>> good morning. this is a live look from the skycam. 74 degrees downtown. not to humid to start today. we'll talk about the afternoon

in just a few minutes. i'm alive at what used to be the camden train station. it is now a sports museum. i'm here with the executive director. you get the feel this was a train station. there is a train off to my left. this museum is preserving everything about sports in maryland. things that we're proud of it in the state of maryland. >> sports heritage is a big thing of our culture appeared right now we're watching the orioles and hoping they are successful. that is what we do. we have something coming along that we want to talk about. we're in ducting two -- we are inducting cal ripken and eddie murray. we have an order fact today --

cal.ve an order faartifact from this is a jersey from his last year. the orioles commemorated that with a patch. there are ways to identify the uniform. tickets go on sale today appeared using get tickets to the gala starting today by calling sports legends. >> it does support the museum, helping to keep this going. people can come here and see this jersey which was the last one that cal ripken war as an oriole. the u.s. more information about the gala. >> they can call the museum or go on line to baberuthmuse um.com.

cal ripken and eddie murray. this is an opportunity for the committee to celebrate. >> we will talk about all the items in the museum. they have so many items here about all sports in maryland so all sports fans can find something. >> there are so many cool things around camden yards. >> the downstairs is a little spooky. it is an old train station. >> thank you, ava. there is a lot of fun stuff to do around camden yards. 68 in parkton. it is a comfortable morning. dew points in the 60's and that is a treat. 57 in york, pennsylvania.

this is a great way to see were the moisture is located in the atmosphere. there is a front that has been stalled south of us. this went through and broke the heat wave. there showers and thunderstorms. we have been right on the edge of it for the last couple of days. we could use some rain but we'll get a couple of chances for some isolated thunder chances. a mixture of sun and clouds. 20% chance for a storm in the afternoon. high temperature around 90, which is right around average. the average high is 88. that is the highest average temperature we get to in baltimore. the record for today is 97. if you take the boat out, it should be nice on the water.

if you're going down to the ocean, a better chance for thunderstorms at the beach. 90 on sunday at ocean city. we're looking for the rain but it will be scarce for the next couple of days. sunday, monday, tuesday the rain chance goes up a little bit. just typical summer baltimore wheeather. 6:15. >> there are some accidents. there's one in howard county along route 97 at old frederick road. southbound 95 at russell street, reports of a disabled vehicle. pulaski highway in the city, an accident at monument. a little bit of a delay forming on 295 down towards 32.

this is a live view it as you make your way south on 295. this is traffic on baltimore national pike. not bad but they all look a bit more volume in the area of security and down towards baltimore national pike. we will keep you posted. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. republican opposition to the health care law turned into a house vote for repeal. they try to repeal the obamacare law. five democrats crossed party lines. the bill makehas no chance of passing through the senate. speculation continues to grow about jesse jackson jr. he has been out of the public

eye for about a month now. nancy policy expressed support for jackson. -- nancy pelosi expressed support for jackson. new evidence in the george zimmerman case is expected to be released today. he was released on bond for a second time last week and is charged in the death of ttrayvon martin. >> more companies are turning to social media websites to market its products free stuff. 7-eleven said they have increased sales of things like sandwiches and slurpees.

starbucks will give away the new energy drinks. and tomorrow is cow appreciation day. you weif you wear cow clothing,u at chick- on tentree fil-a. some parents of giving their children cell phones. 90% said they spend less than 7 $75 a month on cell phone service for their kids. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think is a

reasonable age for a child to get their first cell phone? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. facebook changes things up for its users again. excedrin sales are on the rise on ebay. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. amtrak is turning its fight from private investors to help fund bullet trains in cities in the northeast. the plan is worth $151 billion. they are trying to upgrade their infrastructure. excedrin has been removed from store shelves. consumers say the generic versions do not work as well. there is concern that other

drugs may have got mixed up with other pills. stocks took another step backwards yesterday. the bloomberg maryland index took a dip on losses for sourcefire. in number of users signing on facebook rose in june. the average time spent on facebook went out. good news for facebook as it is county to sell more ads to boost revenue. there's not a calendar view with your friends profile pictures. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you, jane. 6:20. number 52 is hoping to give back to kids in london. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. hope you have them. #f#f#f#f#f#ff

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. tracking a few accidents. we start on route 97 and old frederick road. another one coming in on northbound on the j.f.x. at guilford road. we have a crash at pulaski highway and monument street.

another in the glen burnie area. here's a quick live look at traffic. this is harford and we're picking up a little bit of a delay over towards perring parkway but nothing major in terms of delays. tapping the brakes on the west side near liberty. this is the harrisburg expressway at padonia road. watch for the accident on the northbound j.f.x. near guilford. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it is a nice start on this thursday. the temperatures in the mid 60's. 65 at the airport. 64 degrees in westminster. a mixture of sun and clouds. about a 20% chance for a thunderstorm later this afternoon. high temperature in the upper 80's but the humidity will be in the comfortable range. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. here's keith mills.

>> thank you. good morning. we begin with the ravens and ray lewis. ray about to begin his 17th training camp. before that he is spending some time in london speaking to a youth football team. >> there will be a long letter saying how impact fall if i could share some time with them and speak with them and they shared with me they didn't have the money. simple like that, i am not looking for money. to have me come there for the decision were me telling my team i want to go to london. i want to talk to the kids and talk to those young men. >> that would be the london warriors. rookies and free agents practiced in 12 days.

the orioles will practice today. they are squarely in the playoff race. the orioles open up a series with the tigers that go to minneapolis and four games in cleveland. those games will go a long way with what the orioles to it regards to the trading deadline. dan duquette said he would like to pick up another picture. the orioles will start the second half seven games back of the yankees. their best record at the break in seven years. toronto and boston are nine and a half back. no team in the division has a losing record. two years ago the orioles were 27 games out of first. >> 67 degrees on tv hill.

>> 7 new speed cameras are going up in baltimore county. some new cameras are coming down in carroll county. >> looking for a new police chief in anne arundel county. >> a friend their talent expected for the vice president by the naacp. >> ava marie live at the sports legends museum. we have received a brand new item from the all-star game that just happen. will show you what that is. >> problems on the northbound j.f.x. near guilford avenue.

>> 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. here's hoping this nice with the weather lasts as we head into

the weekend. >> 67 degrees at the airport. the average is 88. we have a 20% chance for a thunderstorm. most of the one not see any rain today. we will check the full forecast in just a few minutes. stay with us. >> the obama reelection campaign takes its turn in front of the oldest civil rights organization. >> joe biden will speak at the naacp convention. hallie jackson has more. >> president obama is leading 2% to 2% with0

black voters. >> i will look to reform and save -- [boos] >> he came to our house and attacked the issues that are important to us on our turf. >> many expect a friendlier tone when joe biden speaks today. the president is skipping the convention this year. >> his commitment to the organization and the broader community is easy to see. >> over 95% of black voters backed candidate obama. >> they are going to need to court african-american voters to get them enthusiastic so they do

vote at the polls. now >> mitt romney -- >> now mitt romney is open to chip away at that support in states like virginia and north carolina. in an interview, mitt romney said he did expect to get some of that negative reaction but he gave the same message about health care that he gives to the rest of the country. >> what to the polls show about african-american support for the federal health care law? >> more african-americans strong support the health care law then oppose it. most americans say they do not support what is referred to as obamacare. >> anne arundel county police

chief james teare decides to step down. john leopold announced the resignation on wednesday as well as who will take over for him next month. jennifer franciotti is live with more details. >> in a statement, he says that the chief has decided to retire in noted to spend more time with his family. there is controversy involving leopold who announced the temporary replacement. until a full-time replacement is found, major pamela davis will lead the department. she is a lothian resident. she has been on the police force since 1993. she will be the department's first female chief of police. she holds a master's degree from johns hopkins and also graduated from the fbi national academy. former fbi agent dr. tyrone powers -- >> i think that is a good step, a good interim step. but i do think in the long

term, because of what the department is going through and because there will be more investigations, they probably need to do a national search. >> police chief james teare is stepping down after receiving a no-confidence vote from the local police union. this came after he was accused of not doing anything about john leopold's alleged misuse of police details for personal and political use. it is unknown how long major davis will be the interim police chief. dr. powers says whoever replaces chief teare should be able to take a stand. >> we draw a bright yellow line on misconduct or corruption of any kind, no matter whether it comes executive's office or whether it comes from a clerk in the police department. and then somebody who knows policing well. >> the best-case scenario is that we get a police chief from outside of anne arundel county who comes in and runs our agency, fixes our agency. >> teare's retirement is effective as of august 1. reporting live, jennifer franciotti. >> if you like to punch that gas

pedal was driving to baltimore county, it might want to think twice about that. hours will receive a warning for the first month. after 30 days, citations will be issued for each infraction. the cameras will operate on mondays to fridays from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. you can see a complete list of the active cameras on our website, wbaltv.com. some new speed cameras are going up in baltimore county, several red light cameras have been shut down in carroll county. the cameras were deactivated earlier this week because not enough people were running red lights. the cameras became too costly to operate.

the camera at 97 and nursery road will remain. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. buy and is picking upper -- volume is picking. an accident on the j.f.x. and guilford avenue. another accident on route 97 at old frederick road. south on 895, of an accident that is off to the side. another accident at pulaski highway and monument street. here's a quick live look at traffic. we're starting to see some delays in harford over towards perring parkway and of the inner loop on the northeast corner. on the j.f.x., just past coldspring lane, you may start

to see some delays opposite the accident. one lane is closed in the northbound direction. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie joins us live from the sports lessons museum. anything new going on? >> lots of new things happening. they have just received a jersey that was worn by adam jones. he was in the all-star game. we're talking about all the different items that you have received. >> we're expecting the adam jones all-star jersey to comment or something that the war from the game. we have lots of jerseys from different teams. this jersey was worn by ray rice in the 2010 season. something on the jersey is a little patch on the upper left

breast area. we just found that yesterday. it is different than anything we have seen on the ravens jersey. part of our job is to discover what is going on with the facts.ent order farti then we have the nick markakis jersey. >> i can imagine it is fun to learn so much about maryland sports history and you get to share that information with the public. people can come here and learn some exciting stuff at the museum. now let's go to the seven-day forecast. temperatures are staying pretty close to 90 for the next couple of days. maybe an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. temperatures stay close to 90

through the weekend. >> ray rice was showing off his big guns. 6:39. 67 degrees on tv hill. most ravens fans don't like pittsburgh. >> bring home the bacon and taking it to the

>> as a kid we're told to put all of our change in a piggy bank and take the change to the bank. they decided to check the surveillance tape. the pig made its way inside. he looked around before letting himself out. >> we mentioned that comic-con kicks off today. a police officer in this part turned a hearse tt into the car from "ghostbusters." it has turned into a big fund- raising phenomenon.

they are raising money for the children's miracle network. >> 67 degrees on tv hill. >> a couple of accidents to avoid including one on the j.f.x. >> we could use some rain. we will check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. partly cloudy skies. a live shot from pimlico. temperatures in the 60's. temperatures in the 60's.

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>> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:44. three weeks after jerry sandusky

was convicted, a group will release their independent findings. louis freeh was hired. the board of estimates approves in new contract for baltimore fire chief james clack, including a pay raise. the move comes the same week two companies shut down to fill a budget shortfall. a judge denies the request to release julius henson from jail. request was filed citing the declining health of his mother. is serving a 60-day jail sentence for his role in the robocall incident. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> let's get you up to date.

we are tracking several accidents. there is one on the j.f.x. another on edgewood road and watch for delays. northbound on the j.f.x., one lane is closed at guilford avenue. southbound developing some slowdowns opposite the accident scene. old stage road in glen burnie, we have an accident. liberty road near ridge road, delays and possible lanes closed. we have some delays. 95 at white marsh, i do not see an accident but i will let you know if we hear of one. southbound traffic backed up to the beltway. for the south, you'll start to slow down around powder mill

road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie it is that the sports legends museums. good morning. >> there are so many things that they are still finding out about the history of sports. this is the executive director. this is a new item. >> this came from the collection of jim brady. his collection was donated to us. this is from 1901. it says "indoor baseball in baltimore." i have never heard of that. >> they are not talking about a domed roof. >> this shows a baseball player hitting a ball and there is a door and back here.

umping is going not that we have never heard of before -- something is going on that we have never heard before. >> you have so many different exhibits. you have a gala where you'll honor cal ripken jr. and eddie murray. >> every year we do a gala that raises money so we can continue our mission. we have a terrific opportunity for people to come out and celebrate two of the all-time orioles, cal ripken and eddie murray. tickets go on sale today. september 5, i hope you are there. >> teacher like a mystery to figure out -- it is like a mystery to figure out.

>> that is cool it is a guilt that is open to the public -- that is a gala that is open to the public. thank you, ava. 65 degrees at the airport. 67 degrees in jarrettsville. a very comfortable morning. dew points in the low 60's. 62 at the airport. it will be a warm day today but will not be terribly uncomfortable. here's the water vapor loop. you can see a front stalled down to the south. you can see south of the boundary we have a bunch of showers and thunderstorms popping up. we could use some of the beneficial rain.

i don't think things will change that much. an outside shot we could see a thunderstorm pop up this afternoon. a mixture of sun and clouds. 20% chance for a thunderstorm. high temperature around 90 degrees. about the same tomorrow and saturday. an isolated thunderstorm possible. by sunday and monday, the chance of rain goes up a little bit. we have a localized drought situation. typical summerlike weather here in baltimore with highs in the upper 80's. >> police chief james teare announces his retirement. jennifer franciotti has more. >> the no-confidence vote came

after teare was accused of not doing anything about county executive john leopold's alleged misuse of police details for personal and political use. until a full-time replacement is found, major pamela davis will lead the department. she is a lothian resident. she has been on the police force since 1993. she has served in various capacities within that time. she will be the department's first female police chief. she holds a master's degree from johns hopkins. she's also a graduate of the fbi national academy. the announcement of the retirement of james teare was made on wednesday by the state's prosecutor's office. his retirement date is effective on august 1. that is the latest from the newsroom. >> thank you. here is savannah guthrie with a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> penn state's internal investigation is set to be

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>> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- what do you think is a reasonable age for a child to get their first cell phone? [laughter] will post more answers on a website. that was funny. >> but see what is going on on

the area roads. southbound 95, we have an accident. edgewood road at route 24, an accident. one on the northbound side of the j.f.x. at guilford avenue. this is 95 at white marsh creek pretty heavy. >> it will be kind of warm. we have the lower humidity. 89 today. 89 tomorrow. a chance for some rain next week. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one. here you go little man.

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