to death and the suspect may have left an unmistakable trail to follow. >> we're tracking a line of showers and thunderstorms headed this way. insta-weatherplus is next. >> you're watching wbal tv 11. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal tv 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> good evening, everybody, and thanks for joining us. a line of storms are moving through the state. >> let's get an update from tom tasselmyer. >> this line of storms moving through bearing down on baltimore. it is not a severe line of storms. you could get the best of 30 or 40 miles per hour. some lightning strikes embedded in the showers as well. tracking down in two parts of central and howard county.

a share ahead of it as well. some gusty showers and storms. more in the forecast. >> now to the big story. lee the steelworkers are fuming about the potential loss of benefits. >> they sold the property to a liquidation property. barry simms is live tonight with more on our big story. >> the union president said it can become a place where steel is being made and a successful place as well but former employees want to know why their benefits are going away at the end of this month and also with the union is doing to help them? >> i am not worried but i am concerned. being 57 years old i am trying

to find a job. it is difficult. >> it is damaging and demoralizing. the jobs at sparrows point are gone. benefits such as health-care disappear august 31. michael is not looking forward to starting over. >> i have 37 years' service now down there. i would have never thought that i would be out looking for a job. at my age. >> the steelworkers' union is trying to handle questions and frustrations and rumors that the leadership's about the members. >> there is no money. because it is bankrupt. they're done. >> the new president is trying to get that message to the thousand or so people who want to know what is next. >> i have to start over. >> rather than letting rg steel what the way, they are negotiating for benefits to be

continued to the end of the month and telling members to get the health care they need and three months of prescriptions. they plan to work on a contract with a liquidation company to purchase the plant for $72 million. the union wants to help find a new company to take over. >> my ultima goal is to find a strategic steelmaker to by the plan and start back over with the same kinds of contracts that we had in the past. >> reaction to that proposal is not so optimistic. >> all i am getting is a bunch of lip service like i have been getting for the past three months. they want to extend it six more months while we have no benefits, nothing. >> that was the former union -- that was a former employee. the union president thinks it could take up to six months to come in and operate sparrow's point. >> crews are on the scene of a gas leak in baltimore county.

crews repairing bases were drained around 10:00 a.m. this morning when they struck a two- inch natural gas line. bge sealed off the area. a baltimore county teen has succumbed to his injuries after falling from a catwalk. he and a friend were at the catwalk just before 4:00 p.m. yesterday. the catwalk collapsed and the friend was able to hang on and called for help but no word whether or on the property. >> detectives are investigating the stabbing that happened around 6:20 a.m.. the crime scene is four blocks long. david collins is joining us.

why is the crime scene so large? >> the crime scene covered such a large area because whoever is responsible left a blood trail. around 6:20 a.m., police responded to a call of the injured subsesuspect. >> they found a young male in the basement. he appeared to be stamped. he worked at east point mall. according to his brother, he was stabbed several times in the neck. language is an issue. detectives flinn in spanish are assisting. green evidence tags marked a blood trail. police declined to discuss whether it belongs to the person or persons responsible. the trial goes for blocks. police ran out of evidence

markers and used orange cones. the blood trail ends in this house. according to neighbors, police with their weapons drawn converged on the home calling 'policia.' >> the gentleman looked out the upstairs window. when he did they pulled him out. >> their hands were cuffed in front, not in the back. neighbors are hearing all kinds of stories about what may have happened. many cite an uptick in crime. >> usually it is never of this way. >> i have lived for years here. a nice area. somebody getting killed is not something that would happen to

me personally. it is ve personal. >> according to the family members most of the people had left. they do not know who is responsible. wondering who in the world would hurt vicr. an all-around good guy, they said. >> and has been an interesting day on the campaign trail. >> president obama unexpectedly took to the podium at the white house to wait in on the campaign. >> president obama had a take can it take. >> he interrupted his press

secretary to -- >> drop by and say hello. >> the president's remarks follow these by mitt romney. >> it seems the first victim of the obama campaign is the truth. >> the campaign has been relegated to waging a campaign based on frustration and anger. dividing people, distracting people and trying to win an election by default. >> this comes as the lead from the team launched a new ad. >> on july 12, president obama quietly entered the requirement. >> you cannot just make stuff up. >> the president blasted the claim as pat late false and addressed another controversial act. >> she passed away in 22 days. >> i do not think that mitt romney realizes what he has done to anyone. i do not think that

governor romney is somehow responsible for the death of a woman who was portrayed. >> the campaign issued a statement criticizing him for not denouncing the add center. and failing to stand up to the attacks. >> more at 6:00 p.m. >> controversy swirling over chick-fil-a on the campus of the university of maryland. more on the controversy next. >> bad weather blowing in. joe flacco talks about that in sports. sports. >> we will well another great t all this walking i've been doing is

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into august after comments from the ceo against gay marriage. it resulted in michael huckabee declaring a well received chick- fil-a appreciation day and a kiss-in day by gay-rights groups. >> the head of the company is allowed to have an opinion. i do not think that should resonate to the company is self. >> they started this on-line petition to change.org calling for the arrest a to remove the chick-fil-a from a student building. >> i am still customer. i can understand the position especially at a place such as the campus. people are very active. >> they said they would keep eating at the restaurant. >> whether or not the ceo or the company believe something does that change the fact that food tastes good. i believe in everyone's right to petition and boycott.

i think the owner, the ceo supports traditional family values and i think that is great. i commend him for it. >> officials would not comment on the petition or the future of chick-fil-a. judging by the lunchtime crowd, things seem to be status quo. >> i like to eat the food. because i do not subscribe to their politics does not mean i will not eat their food. it's great to get involved answered a petition. >> if you would like to take a closer look, we have provided a link on our website. >> showers coming in from the west. you may hear some thunder although this line does not have a bunch of lightning a seceded

with it. we can see the lightning strikes better and a few of them popping up. down in parts of montgomery. is not severe storms. these are producing some gusty wind and some rain. we will be dealing with them for a couple of hours in baltimore and over to the eastern shore. the threat of showers will not be lingering around much past that. total precipitation is not bad. we're not talking flooding rain. where the showers have moved through and a few pockets of rain, we're talking a couple of tenths of an inch. the rain has been a lot lighter. officially, not enough to measure just yet. a few traces since midnight.

the high-temperature today was cooler than normal because of the cloudiness and the showers in the area. we only get 80 degrees. 105 the record high in 1983. the hottest it has been this late in the year. a lot cooler than that tonight in western maryland. only in the 60's. westminster has cooled to 64. the temperatures will cool a bit as rain showers move through. there's a broad area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere triggering the showers but gradually, high-pressure near the surface will be from the west. temperatures will stay below normal. 58 tonight, 68 downtown. showers ending before midnight and partly cloudy. some fog may form. it may help to produce some overnight fog. partly cloudy tomorrow and a slight 20% chance of a storm in

the afternoon. a cooler than normal tuesday. winds on the bay are light. a fall-like feel. barely 70 tomorrow. temperatures in the 60's. the eastern shore not quite that close but below normal and the lingering chance for shower tomorrow. at ocean city, the chance of a shower or afternoon storm at 20% for tuesday and wednesday. in the atlantic accord and is about out of sight heading toward europe and weakening because it went to the azores as a hurricane. the southbound hurricane -- the hurricane center is keeping an eye on this. that could become the next couple storm. the next name on the list is isaac. also closer to home, a cluster of showers in the gulf of mexico that also bears watching. a slight chance of a shower and partly cloudy skies for wednesday through friday. highs in the low 80's.

the weekend looks good with highs in the mid-80's. >> from the susquehanna bank sports center, this is 11 sports. >> with you from the ravens performance center in owings mills where they were able to beat the rain today. they got their work done on the practice field before the nasty, dark clouds have blown in. they're done for the day. the of beat the rain. the next challenge becomes stop beating themselves in the red zone. that is what it will focus on thursday night against the jacksonville jaguars. on defense, carroll williams turning down a reported offering of three years and $15 million. he will finish out the year in his contract and he is that confidence in his play at the starting -- as the starting quarterback. focus is their farga last game experience.

joe flacco wants to see the offense work on finishing drives with touchdowns. the ravens got into the scoring zone four times and wound up with only four field goals. >> i think the biggest thing i can look at in the last couple of games, especially the last game is finishing off for us, getting down to the red zone. if he wants to score points and run away with a couple of games here and there when you're getting the chance to give them often, i think that is one thing. when we get down there is this week -- down there this week. >> it is a short week because they will kick off their preseason game thursday night against the jacksonville jaguars and we will bring you a full coverage of that with our simulcast. pregame coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. and as the kick off roads around -- rolls around, we will

have the coverage for you. the ravens against the jack bauer on thursday. the orioles takes them into taxes as they take on the rangers and they continued to find ways to win. it took two out of three out of the weekend from the tigers and that puts detroit farther down in the wild-card standings. that is the magic formula, keep winning series after series. they have a knack for this year. 41 games less. the fun part of the season around the corner with the zero is backing -- back off in the race. this club knows how to win when it has a lead and knows how to win in close games. the numbers premeds shout at you. the orioles are 51-0 when seven innings.settin when they get into close games they're coming out on the winning side way off and that the losing side.

those trends alone should put the orioles in a pretty good situation as they head down the final 41 games of the season. the head down neck-and-neck with the tampa bay raised -- rays. some wild weather in owings wells. we have the seven-day forecast after this.

>> nearly 2000 local steelworkers get the pink slip. they find out how long the benefits will last after some believe the sale of sparrow's point move too fast. a move that can make some parents cringe. the top party campuses. the top party campuses.

>> they are not severe but there gusty and they have some heavy downpours and lightning strikes. this line will pass this in the -- us in the next few hours. another slight chance tomorrow. wednesday through friday, to bidders at or below normal. the typical high is 85. we will run below that. some fog in the morning and high pressure will be with us into next week. >> looking good. >> thank you for joining us. >> have a great evening. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--