>> taxes and medicare, i'm tracie potts with the latest on the campaign trail, next. >> chances are you either drove in, saw, or heard the rain last night. we'll show you some of the areas that could stay dry. >> and hopefully next rain will hold off for the weekend. big weekend, artscape weekend. the forecast as 11 news today continues right now. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us today. >> a lot of rain fell last night. >> really gully washer. i want to show you something. i want to go back on the radar, and we'll do a little historical thing. anywhere from .75 of an inch to over three fell in this area. a couple of miles could have made the difference. here's what the radar looked like at 10:00 last night.

pretty heavy storms from lightning and buckets and buckets of rain falling from carroll county down through central howard county into montgomery county in the d.c. area. by 11:00, that heaviest band of rain is right over the city, and downtown at the science center, 3.05 inches of rain was measured with that. it moved through, and then it's moving through this morning. still a couple of showers on the eastern shore, but no active rain to the west of the bay. but what generated the rain yesterday is still sitting there today. >> more of the same? >> more of the same today. so flooding is a possibility today because the ground is pretty saturated. let's keep an eye on it, and that's what the forecast is all about it. traffic implications from all that rain? we'll check it out with sarah. good morning. >> good morning to you, john. good morning, everyone. we're still recovering. roads are still wet, and we have flooding southbound on the j.f.x. just prior to cold spring lane. light rain taken up by the standing water. as a result, we had an accident

overnight. so be extra careful as you travel south on the j.f.x. left lane is open, but watch for the closure of the right lane n. terms of what's going on elsewhere, inner loop just prior to 97, we're tracking a reported accident, and then we have a couple of down trees. that's in pasadena. watch for closures related to that. westbound 50 at the bay bridge, not too bad at the moment in terms of volume, but we do have a disabled vehicle to watch for on the westbound span. here's a live view of traffic. we'll update you on the j.f.x. right at northern parkway. going away from us is southbound traffic. no sign of delays leading up to that accident. but again, center and left lane getting by, so just try to stay to the left. northwest corner of the beltway at green spring, no delays. inner loop traffic going away from us. everything looks good on the inner loop. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you at the desk.

>> we are still following the news out of colorado. a terrible, term story. >> unimaginable what happened here. this all happened in aurora, colorado. that's about 10 miles outside of denver. we're told about 12:30 this morning at a showing of the new movie, "the dark knight rises," the midnight showing, witnesses say someone -- a suspect released some sort of a canister. they heard a hissing sound, gas emerged, and then the suspect started shooting. >> we're told that person has been arrested, and there is no evidence of a second shooter. emergency crews at hospitals on standby for more patients. we know at least 50 people were injured. again, 14 people killed in that terrible situation outside of colorado. we'll continue to follow the story for you throughout the morning. >> all right. our big story this morning, maryland lawmakers on a statewide tour to promote an end to in-state tuition referendum. >> the maryland dream act will be on the ballot this morning. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti live in the studio with the fight over this legislation.

good morning, jen. >> good morning. on thursday, delegate pat mcdonough kicked off a tour, working to defeat in-state tuition. on wednesday, umbc president dr. freeman hrabowski says he sees the benefit for all students. parents who pay maryland taxes will be charged in-state tuition rates, but delegate pat mcdonough says it's a bad move. >> it's going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars in about three or fours years. frankly, we don't have that money. number two, they're going to displace a lot of young people taking slots that they don't deserve because they're not here legally. >> but supporters of the dream act say it will pay off in the long run, and we'll have more on that for you coming up live at 6:30. stan, back to you. >> thank you very much. police arrest a man after he leads police on a pursuit from baltimore city into anne arundel county. we covered this live last night at 5:00 p.m. police say they tried to stop 26-year-old darryl watson jr.

for a seat belt violation. it started in the 1800 block of druid hill avenue yesterday evening, but he took off. that led police on a pursuit right to the edge of baltimore city, where they then called off their chase. sky team 11 followed the car on to i-97 -- i-95, then on to i-97, then on to route 100. the car eventually exited off telegraph road. it crashed into a vehicle after it crossed the center line. the suspect bailed out, started running off into the wooded area. officers with canine units did eventually catch up with him. they found him in a vacant house about half a mile away. >> very scary, because had i left work when i was supposed to, i could have been a part of that accident, which thank god, i stayed at work a little late. >> police say watson was not the owner that have vehicle he was driving n. violation of a parole warrant. no one was injured during the chase. >> we knew the storms were

coming last night, but man, was that heavy rain. currently there are thousands of bg&e customers without power this morning. let's look at some of the flooding in south point last night. it's no surprise the low-flying areas like fells point had street flooding. jayne miller sent us this video. >> on the other side of the city, the storm caused some problems for the artscape location. we got reports of damage in that area, as well as tents being blown over and scaffolding falling out of place. as you can see in this video, flooding was not that big of an issue at that point. organizers hope to have all those problems fixed by 11:00 this morning when artscape officially begins. it's billed as the largest free arts festival in the nation. more than 300,000 people are expected to pour into baltimore for this year's artscape. the festival runs through this coming sunday. for more information about artscape, visit our website, wbaltv.com. just click on entertainment.

>> we're expecting another busy and heated day on the campaign trail. as president obama and mitt romney clash over jobs, medicare, and taxes. romney's wife is speaking out about her husband's tax returns. 11 news reporter tracie potts has the latest in our commitment 2012 report. >> niagara and chicago. >> mitt romney releases a new ad this morning on small businesses president obama talked about in florida again today. thursday, the president targeted medicare, telling the state's millions of seniors that romney will make them pay $6,400 more. >> where are you going to get it from? $6,400. how many people here want to think that's a good idea? >> romney's tax returns remain a hot issue, whether he'll release more. >> it's a slide show. that's all it is. the american people are asking the question, wror the jobs, and i asked, where are the tax returns? >> the job is his own. the job that should be protected is the job of men and women in this country who want to get jobs. >> democrats insist voters

should know how much millionaire romney is paying uncle sam. >> what is it in his tax returns that are so scary to hit mom knee? >> nothing, his wife says. >> he's been a generous man in everything he's done. he gives 10% to his church. he went to the olympics, took no pay. he went four years as governor of massachusetts being took no pay. >> democrats also continue to hammer romney on his work at bain capital. >> he did create jobs, but they were in singapore, china, india. >> a new cbs/"new york times" poll gives romney a slight edge nationwide and shows he's closing the gap in key swing states. the same poll gives the president just a 39% approval rating on the economy. from washington, tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> time is now 6:08, 73 degrees on tv hill. coming up, a recall from ford that asks drivers to keep from driving their vehicles. >> also ahead, there will soon be a new cruise ship for all you sports lovers out there. what you'll be able to do while

cruising along the ocean. that's in this morning's consumer alert. >> all the things that made the stormy weather last night are still there this morning. we still have a chance for stormy weather. the forecast just ahead. >> and that overnight rain that caused accidents around the area, many of them impacting major roadways, we'll update those.

>> good morning. well, it's almost 12 minutes now past 6:00, friday morning, the morning after a lot of rain. you can see the wet rooftop there on our skycam view of the city. downtown, 77 degrees. downtown yesterday, they got over three inches much rain from those storms, which are now leaving the area. still a few showers in delaware on the eastern shore, but there's more rain to the west. i'll explain it in a minute, but the thing that created the rain yesterday, or allowed it to develop, is still there, and it will be there all day today. we still stand a chance to see quite a bit of stuff. on to the temperatures. yesterday was a relief. we were only in the 90's for highs. it was 100 the day before. today we'll only be in the 80's. we're making some improvements. but in the record books, so far this year, we've had 18 95 degree or hotter days, and we've had 600 or hotter days, all right? we still have a lot of summer to go. we'll see what happens. temperatures now in the 70's.

we're still in the warm air, still in the humid air this morning. we're still about 10 degrees warmer than warmer. regional view of temperatures. the boundary is right across us, and we're still kind of technically in the warm stuff. but the cooler and less humid air is just to the north. eventually, eventually we'll get there. and that warm, humid air is pushing up from the south, and it's producing rain all the way up into new york state. this is calledover running rain up there. they're getting rain this morning. our heavy storms are off to the east right now, the ones we had last night. here's the boundary that generated all the heavy stuff last night. that boundary is still there. that's a trigger mechanism, so more stuff could happen during the day today, the low pressure things move along the boundary, and they just stir things up.

we still got our big toe in this humid air, so there's still lots of stuff to help generate a lot of rain, and we'll still be on the warm side. our forecast, cloudy, humid today, thunderstorms very much in the forecast, could be heavy. north to northeast winds at 10. 82 to 87, the high. that's closer to normal. west of the bay, these chartreuse-shaded areas, flood watch in effect for today, because we got so much rain yesterday that we add more to it, and we could see more flooding. in some cases, the ground is saturated. yesterday's rains moving out of the picture. but more in the forecast running across the area. by saturday, that will begin to move out of the picture, and we'll eventually dry out, get some sun in the picture, so part of the weekend still has some rain in it, but sunday looks all right. there might be some thunderstorms out west in the mountains. our forecast, seven days, 80's for highs now. the humidity will back off by saturday, as well as the rain chance. but until we get to saturday, we still have a chance for heavy rain. sunday looks dry.

monday night into tuesday, more rain with that cold front. and now we want to check the traffic and see what's happening here. >> all right, thanks so much, john. good morning, everybody. let's get you up to date this friday morning. the rain will impact your ride overnight. we had a couple of accidents that are still clearing. we'll start here on the j.f.x. in the southbound direction just prior to cold spring. we have the light rain taken up by an accident, but it is due to the standing water there. that's going to be there for some time. so either take the center lane or left lane, and you can avoid it. in terms of traffic elsewhere, we still have problems in pasadena due to the rains, some downed trees left over there. be careful, because lanes are closed as a result. also, some closures of course in advance of artscape. it starts this morning at 11:00, then through the weekend. wanted to remind you of that too. let's have a live view of traffic. going away from us is southbound traffic, and moving well toward the accident scene.

again, stay to the left to get by t. let's switch over to a live view of traffic at route 24 coming down from harford county at the bel air-he willer ton road exit. no problems to report heading down towards white marsh. over to you, mindy. >> taking a look at our top story this morning, late, breaking news in colorado. 14 people killed, 50 injured. this happened in aurora, colorado, 10 miles outside of denver, about 12:30 this morning. "the dark knight rises" midnight showing, that's where this happened. one person has been arrested. there is no evidence of a second shooter. we will continue to follow this late breaking story throughout the morning. >> while police are on the scene of that mass shooting in colorado, the f.b.i. is now getting involved closer to home. 11 news washington bureau reporter holly jackson joins us live with more into this horrific incident outside in colorado. >> good morning, stan. unbelievable, really. we've been contacting our sources here in d.c.,

contacting federal agencies to see what their involvement is in denver, and it's our understanding the f.b.i. agents in denver are working with aurora police, and a number of other police out there in aurora regarding this mass shooting at that movie theater, the premiere of "the dark knight rises." we've contacted fema. fema at this point is not involved. we're wondering if the department of justice is going to be, since the suspect has been arrested and is in custody. again, 14 people shot, nearly 50 injured. reports are that there was a gas canister that was released and a suspect had several guns, three guns at this point. so we are, again, working here from d.c. on the federal angle. we've made a number of phone calls, sent a number of emails at this early hour, and we're going to bring you the latest information as soon as we get t. the f.b.i. also involved in mass casualty incidents. they were assisting in another very memorable colorado shooting, the columbine massacre. so we are waiting to get more information. stan, back to you. >> i was about to ask if they were involved because this is a case of domestic terrorism, halley. >> it's entirely possible, stan, but at this point, it's

just too early to know. the f.b.i. agents in denver, as you can imagine, are absolutely slammed. and then here in d.c., they're coordinating the effort, working with each other to communicate. i am sure we will have updates for you on that throughout the day. but a good question. >> halley jackson live from washington, thank you. >> and in this morning's consumer alert, lays will announce plans today to develop three new players of potato chips. the company will produce three winners. the winners can choose 1% of the net sales in 2013. that's not bad. this will be the largest promotion in lays' 75-year history. if you're looking to burn off some extra snacks, there will soon be a cruise that can keep you active. princess cruise will have a two-deck, outdoor sports zone called princess sports central. it will taken a baseball batting teenage, laser shooting range, a court for basketball,

tennis, badminton. the ship will also have a driving range for golfers. the royal princess will debut june 2013. get ready for fall airfare sales, and chick-fil-a responds to accusations. ellen braitman has those stories and more in the morning's bloomberg business report. >> good morning. black and hispanic homeowners received significantly more government-backed loans than white homeowners in 2010, suggesting racial discrimination persists in the mortgage industry. this is according to a joint report by seven community development advocacy groups. government-backed mortgages insured by the f.h.a. or guaranteed by the department of veterans affairs, and a study says they often require smaller down payments and lower credit scores that can be more expensive and take longer to get approved. all right, expect some airfare sales if up to the get away this fall. "usa today" says many carriers will slash prices by up to 20%, and the deals may lift off

sometime toward the end of august o. wall street, we did have gains across the board yesterday. investors pleased with most results. bloomberg maryland index also higher, some help there from ciena. yesterday we told you about the chick-fil-a president speaking out against gay marriage. the company responding via its facebook page. chick-fil-a says the company plans to leave the debate to the government and political circles and says it will treat every customer fairly while sticking to its mission of "serving great food." that's business at the new york stock exchange. ellen braitman, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. back over to you. >> ellen, thank you. 6:20, 73 degrees on tv hill. still ahead -- back on the right track. >> the orioles try to put together back-to-back wins for the first time since the fourth of july. keith mills has highlights from the series closer in minnesota next in sports. >> and take a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers.

>> good morning once again. sarah caldwell with a look at your morning commute. kind of busy out there. let's get you up to date. we had a crash southbound on the j.f.x. just prior to cold spring. that is clear, but still some standing water there in the light rain. we're also tracking a new accident, as you can see on our maps, southbound 95 at 216, a

crash reported. so as you make your way in howard county down towards 216, you may start to see some delays. 295 a better bet. southbound on the j.f.x., this accident gone just prior to cold spring, but we still have the right lane taken up by standing water, so stay to the left. downed trees in pasadena at olivia way and third street, so be careful. artscape closures in effect through the weekend. that's in mount royal, and light street shut down between baltimore and lombard. here's a life view of traffic. we'll update some of our cameras. here's 83 at northern parkway. j.f.x. into town looking good, aside from the standing water in the light rain at cold spring. let's switch over to a live view of traffic at route 24 coming down from harford county. we are problem-free from the tydings memorial bridge all the way down to the fort mchenry. harbor tunnel traffic looking good. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. john has a check on your forecast. >> good morning. well, it's cloudy out there this morning. some of the streets are still wet, but the rain as moved

east. still a couple of showers in delaware right now. and that's about it. that's the remnants of what occurred last night, anywhere from .75 to three inches of rain fell in the area. the front that generated the stormy activity last night is still here. we still have rain in the forecast today. our temperatures will be in the 80's here in baltimore. closer to 90 in southern baltimore. only 70's in pennsylvania and out in the mountains to the west. some of those rains today, again, could be heavy. we'll tell you more coming up in just a minute. >> hey, john, good morning. the orioles' road trip continues today in cleveland against the indians tonight. it comes after they split the series with the twins 4-3. they win yesterday in minneapolis. good win. that keeps them in second place in the american league east, now nine games back of the yankees. the starter gave up two early runs, and then watch chris davis getting it back with one

swing, a monster home run, number 15 for chris. it's 2-1 twins. 3-1 in the seventh. davis at third. nick markakis, and trevor plouffe throws it wide and high toe joe mauer. he can't hold it. davis slides in. it's 3-2. and in the eighth, mark reynolds has been scuffing all year, but not this week against minnesota. that bloop falls in. matt wieters and wilson betemit score, and they are the eventually winning runs. 4-3, the final. jim johnson closes it out. miguel gonzalez starts tonight, as adam jones runs the fly ball down to end the eighth. big play right there. second round of the british open underway at the royal lytham and st. annes course in northwest england. we saw this yesterday, the great britain tiger woods fan club. drum roll, please. and then tiger did not let the lads down, so to speak. good first round all together, 30 on the first nine holes, 37 for the last nine, 67 for

tiger. he's three under. adam scott is the first-round leader, flirted with a 62 thanks to shots like this, birdied eight of his first 13, but he's six under after a first-round 64. phil mickelson having all kinds of problems. this is him yesterday, the search party had to look for the ball. he is now six over. he's three over today, six over for the tournament, and he is really struggling. tiger tees off at 9:43 this morning. opening ceremonies of the olympics one week from tonight. >> how about that? >> thanks, keith. 6:27, 73 degrees on tv hill. >> still ahead -- we'll have the latest on that late breaking news from colorado. plus -- >> could the dream act end before it even begins? we'll tell what you one delegate has to say. >> i'm sarah caldwell taking a look at the j.f.x. a busy morning rush, especially for motorists on the j.f.x. dealing with standing water and some other problems around the area. an update on traffic pulse 11 coming up.

>> gorpg. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks so much for joining us. a lot of rain fell last night. >> that's right. the pro verb yam cats, dogs, lizards and frogs, it was everywhere. any where from .75 of an inch to over three inches of rain was measured in the area. a quick look at the radar last night. about 7:20, storms were still way out in far western maryland, a few showers over baltimore. by almost 10:00, the heavy line of rain was running from frederick county, carroll county, western howard county, into montgomery county. by 10:00, almost 11:00, the heavy yeast rains -- the heaviest rains are ready to move into harford county. now the rain has mostly moved out of the area, at least for the time being. the thing that caused it is still there, so we still have a chance for some heavy rains and possibly some flooding today. that forecast is coming up in just a minute.

>> our big story this morning, more on the late, breaking news out of colorado. we've been following this story very closely. >> yeah, unbelievably, 14 people killed, 50 more people injured. this all happened in aurora, colorado. this is 10 miles just outside of denver. it happened at 12:30 this morning at a "the dark knight rises" midnight showing. witnesses say the suspect released some sort of a canister. witnesses heard a hissing sound, and then some gas was merged from the canister, and then he started shooting. officers say they found the gunman near a car behind the theater. >> that's right, the police chief says a gas mask, a rifle, handgun, at least one additional weapon were found inside. that was in the car behind the theater. one person has been arrested. the shooter has been arrested. no evidence of a second shooter in this incident, and police say the suspect spoke of possible explosives in his residence. they're checking that out. police checked for explosives

in the parking lot and the theater, and they have secured those areas. the police chief said 10 victims died at the theater, and four at area hospitals. >> and the f.b.i. has now joined the investigation to find out more about this suspect that has been apprehended now by police in aurora, colorado. but again, 14 people dead, 50 more people injured at a midnight showing of "the dark knight rises" in aurora, colorado. we'll have more as more details become available. on to our big local story, the debate over providing in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. >> the issue will be on the ballot in november, but one state lawmaker is looking to defeat it before the voters get to the booth. jennifer franciotti live near in the studio with details. >> good morning. defeated in the minds of voters so that when they cast their ballot, it will work. delegate pat mcdonough has kicked off a statewide tour. he did so last night in middle river. the theme, stopping maryland's decline. >> quite frankly, if they go to school for four years, it costs about $40,000 in taxpayers'

money to do that revenue for them. and then they can't get a job. >> delegate pat mcdonough launches an official effort to convince maryland voters to defeat the dream act in november. the dream act would allow students whose parents pay maryland taxes to be charged in-state tuition rates. delegate mcdonough says it's a bad move. >> going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars in about three or four years. frankly we don't have the money. number two, they're going to displace a lot of young people taking slots that they don't deserve because they're not here legally, especially minorities in community colleges. >> but supporters disagree. on wednesday, umbc's president joined a local faith-based civil rights and labor organization in catonsville calling for the law to stay on the books. others in support of the dream act say vote yes on november 6. >> it will benefit a lot of students that can't afford college. most of them did really well in high school, but they can't afford because they had to pay

three times more of the regular tuition much >> these people, they're not losing anything by giving other people, other students a chance to have an opportunity of an education. >> and again, the voters will have to decide on november 6. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> good morning once again. sarah caldwell with a look at your morning commute as you head out this friday. roads are still drying out, so that's something to keep in mind. otherwise, we are tracking a few problems related to the wet roads. southbound 95 at 216, getting word of an accident, so you may start to tap the brakes as you approach the exit for 216. we also have some flooding to report southbound on the j.f.x., just prior to cold spring lane. the right lane is blocked due to standing water, so be careful. stay to the left there. in pasadena at olivia way, along with third street, we have down trees to avoid, blocking some lanes there. and then artscape closures in

effect, and that includes the ramp from the southbound j.f.x. to st. paul along with portions of mount royal cathedral, howard, oliver, all of those roads in the mount royal district. light street shut down due to a water main break repair between baltimore and lombard. a quit look at traffic. volume on the harrisburg expressway. coming toward us is southbound traffic, and it is building just a bit getting you down toward the beltway. once you get on the j.f.x., no delays to report. but again, watch for the right lane closure at cold spring. switch to a live view of traffic on 95 at 32, no sign of delays here, but definitely picking up in volume. you might see delays once you get closer to 216. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. over to you, john. >> thanks, good morning. we still are in the warm, humid air mass, and we still have a front straddling the area, so we still have a chance of rain. last night's rain have moved off shore, but you can see the stormy conditions reaching back into the mountains out west. so things haven't changed much

for today. temperatures will be a little cooler. we are starting in the 70's, but we'll only be in 80's for highs instead of 90's. you can see the green over the great lakes. that's the cooler air starting to push in, not quite here yet. all the yellows in the plains states and down into texas, that will translate into 100's today out in the plains. the stormiest weather for new york down to atlanta, that's all the stormy weather that's still in the area. the rest. country in general is in pretty good shape, very hot in the central part of the nation. pacific northwest does have a rain chance today, and it will be the coolest spot with highs only in the 60's. more on the forecast locally with flood watches in effect coming up. >> thank you, john. 6:36, 73 degrees on tv him it's not always easy buying a house even with interest rates as low as they've ever been. >> they seem to be on to something, how they're offering a dream home for a near fraction of the cost. just wait until you hear the very flat rate when we come back.

>> how would you like to win a $680,000 house on the coast of france for $12 in want a bad deal. that's the way a new french real estate company is selling homes these days. this is very creative. the company sells chance toss win a house for $12. after it collects enough money for the property, cost, and commission, a lottery ticket is drawn, and the lucky winner

gets the house for $126789 the $860,000 house is in an exclusive suburb. the company expects it will take six months to raise enough money to draw a winner. very interesting. >> certainly is. more than 100 stocky, white-bearded men gathered in key west for a look-alike contest, and it had nothing to do with santa. this competition was forer nest hemingway look-alike, part of the festival honoring the legendary author. the best papa hemingway will be chosen tomorrow night. >> wow. i saw some of those fellows, and they really do look a lot like him. still ahead -- a look at this morning's top story. >> and we'll also look at your morning commute as you head out this friday morning. a couple of accidents to avoid. we'll update those coming up. >> the stalled-out front that generated the rain last night is still with us this morning and will be with us all day long.

>> welcome back to 11 news today at 6:44. in the headlines -- police are on the scene of a mass shooting in colorado. 11 news has been following this late-breaking news all morning. police say a gunman shot and killed 14 people. he injured 50 others. this all happened outside a movie theater in a suburb of denver called aurora. the victims were waiting to see the new batman movie, "the dark knight rises." police say they have the suspect in custody, and the f.b.i. is now -- the f.b.i. has now joined the investigation. the latest storms brought with it very heavy rain last

evening. you're looking at video from the fells point area, where the streets were flooded. jayne miller shot this video and sent it to us. a number of spots still have high water this morning, so as you're making the commute, be very careful. you can easily hydroplane and lose control of your vehicle. in a little more than four hours, thisier's art escape will officially open. what's considered the largest free arts festival in the nation is expected to have more than 300,000 people roll into baltimore to take part in the event. artscape runs through this sunday. for more information about artscape, you can visit our website, wbaltv.com, and click on entertainment. >> and we'll get to those artscape closures in a moment, but first, we want to talk about what's going on at the moment in terms of incidents. we have several of them that we're reporting. southbound 95, traveling through howard county, you may see delays right at 216, a

crash. center street at st. paul place in the city, we have an accident. southbound on the j.f.x. just prior to cold spring, right lane is taken up by standing water there. stay to the left or center lane, and you should be all right. eastbound pulaski highway in joppa, we're hearing about a disabled vehicle to avoid. artscape closures in effect through the evening, along mount royal, also southbound j.f.x., the ramp to southbound st. paul is blocked. we have closures in effect on all of the roads in that mount royal area. also want to remind you, light street shut down between baltimore and lombard for the next couple of weeks. that's due to water main break repairs. as far as delays, not doing all that bad this morning. 29 looks great. north and southbound here at 108, and let's switch over to a live view of traffic on 795 at owings mills. if that's where you're heading out, you can see not a lot in the way of volume. southbound traffic going away, moving well from this area toward the beltway. once you get on the west side, still in good shape from 795 all the way down the west side. that's the very latest on

traffic pulse 11. now john has more on the forecast. >> radar right now, we're rain-free here in baltimore. a lot of the moisture though in the atmosphere, a little fog here and there, maybe mist or drizzle. a few showers in delaware and new jersey, but the storm from last night is off shore for the most part. there still are showers out to the west. the front still in the area, so we could see more stuff develop during the day today. what happened yesterday? well, our highs yesterday were cooler than wednesday. it was still in the 90's. 895 at the airport. -- 95 at the airport. today we'll drop 10 degrees. morning lows are in the 70's. .86 of an inch of rain at the airport measured yesterday. but just over three inches of rain at the inner harbor. 1.27 inches here on tv hill. if you were under the right part of the storm, you got soaked. downtown yesterday got soaked with rain. here's a radar estimate of the heaviest rains in the area. when you get into the yellows you see here in carroll county, running from northwest to southeast, that's an area that's got in the range of two

to three inches of rain. also, all this yellow in the southeastern part of baltimore county and right over the city itself, that too got up to three inches of rain around the region. in general, the greens that you see covered the area in rainfall yesterday, and more today. with that saturated ground, we could see flooding. temperatures this morning starting out in the 70's. these are readings in the 60's. insta-weather-satellite combination, rain to the east, that's yesterday's stuff. rain to the west, that's what's going to happen today as the stalled-out front will be a trigger for more rain to develop. little waves move along this front, and each of those waves kind of stirs things up. we're still close enough to that humid air, even though something will come out of it. and very likely it could be heavy once again. so clouds, humid, thunderstorms possibly heavy, north to northeast winds at 10. 82 to 87, the high. 20 degrees colder chance it was

on wednesday, or cooler, less hot, however you want to put it. west of the bay, the chartreuse-shaded areas, you see all these counties, including the baltimore metropolitan area under a flood watch for today. if we get any additional heavy rain. the rain forecast, well, the one area is leaving us, but there's more out to the west. so this afternoon and this evening, showers and thunderstorms are still in the forecast. by saturday, that stuff will move out, and moisture will move to the south. dryer air will come in, so the latter portion of saturday and sunday look fine. here's the forecast for the next seven days. 84 today. 83 saturday. 83 on sunday. drying trend has to hold off until saturday afternoon. today's rains could be heavy. sunday looks dry. most of monday looks dry. by monday night into tuesday, another round of showers and storms possibly with another cool front coming in. >> our local local story -- a

maryland lawmaker's opposition to the dream act which would give in-state few toigs undocumented i will grants. jennifer franciotti live in the newsroom to explain. good morning, jen. >> good morning. on thursday, delegate pat mcdonough kicked off a statewide tour working to defeat in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. on wednesday, the umbc president says he does see the bivet of education for all maryland students. the dream act would allow students whose parents pay maryland taxes to be charged in state tuition rates. delegate pat mcdonough is worried the state simply doesn't have enough money to support it, and he worries that certainly maryland college students would miss tout on a spot in college to an illegal immigrant. reporting live, jennifer franciotti. stan, back to you. >> what's coming up next -- here's savannah guthrie. >> good morning. coming up on a friday morning on "today," we're following breaking news in colorado. the mass shooting at a movie

theater outside of denver, witnesses say a gunman walked into a midnight showing of the new "the dark knight rises" movie, released a canister that contained some type of gas, and then opened fire. at least 14 people are dead, 50 others injured. this morning, the suspected gunman is in custody. we will have complete coverage when we get started on a friday morning here on "today." >> 6:50, 73 degrees on tv hill. coming up, we will update the mass shooting one last night.

>> we want to bring you up to date, late, breaking news out of aurora, colorado. we've been following this closely all morning long. 14 people have been killed, 50 injured. again, 10 miles outside of denver. it happened about 12:30 at a showing of "the dark knight rises," the midnight showing of the new batman movie. witnesses say a suspect released some sort of canister at the front of the theater. people heard a hissing sound. gas emerged. then he started shooting. >> officers found the gunman near a car behind the theater. the police chief in aurora says a gas mask, rifle, handgun, at least one additional weapon were found inside the car. again, one person has been arrested. no evidence of a second shooter. police say the suspect spoke of possibly his home, revealing that potential threat,. police also checked for explosives in and around the theater, and they secured those areas already. the police chief said 1 victims died at the theater, four more

at an area hospital. the f.b.i. has now joined in on the investigation. more coming up next on the "today" show. >> for now, let's take a look at traffic. >> if you're heading out this morning on 95, that's the one accident we're tracking in howard county right at 216. you start to see delays. otherwise, artscape closures in effect in mount royal. want to remind you of that. this includes the ramp from the j.f.x. to st. paul f. you aren't going to artscape, avoid this area. everything looking good on the rest of the major roadways. we do have light street still closed. let's give you a live view of traffic just to give you an update on volume. looks like it's picking up outer loop at security. no significant delays yet there, but as you make your way closer to i-70, things really build. a live view at 175, southbound traffic in pretty good shape down towards 32 at this hour. >> meanwhile, the potential for more rain today. >> absolutely. what generated the rain yesterday is still there, and we've still got a lot of moisture in the atmosphere.

flood watches in effect west of the bay. more showers and thunderstorms, some possibly heavy, will be in the 80's for highs as opposed to 90's or 100. that will be the case right through the weekend. saturday in the morning, some showers. then we finally dry out for the bulk of the weekend. sunday looks like a good one. most of monday all right. but by monday night into tuesday, more rain. we could use the rain. you hate to get three inches in an hour or something like that, but we did need the rain last night. >> we'll take it any any form at this point, maybe cut into some of the drought conditions here in maryland. john, thank you. if you're looking for more weather and traffic information before you head out the door this morning, be sure to join us for 11 news at 7:00 a.m. on wbal-tv plus. >> you can find it on comcast channel 208, verizon fios 460, and 11-2. >> and again, more on the shooting in colorado coming up on the "today" show. meanwhile, thanks for joining us for 11 news today.

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