>> we have had a nice trend. i didn't see the august heat coming back. we had some rain yesterday evening. there is a touch of fog in some neighborhoods. 62 degrees right now at the airport. the forecast for today -- a mixture of sun and clouds. a 20% chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon. most of you will not see any rain. when we come back, we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. >> good morning. that train derailment in ellicott city is causing some problems in downtown ellicott city. main street is closed in downtown ellicott city. the detour is 40 west.

avoid the downtown ellicott city if you can. in westminster, we have a crash. we're checking into lane closures. looking okay on the major roads. 11 minutes on the beltway on the topside. six minutes on 95 northbound between 100 and the beltway. this is the beltway at wilkens avenue. looking good. this is 83 at padonia road. north and southbound is moving just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we continue to follow breaking news in howard county. two people are dead following a train derailment in ellicott city. >> this is right on main street

were passes the railroad museum. nadia ramdass is joining us live. >> we are live in howard county sheriff's department because we could i get a picture from the actual scene. downtown ellicott city has an emergency crudes from baltimore and howard county. take a look at some video was shot a few moments ago. just before midnight, a csx train derailed off the historic bridge. 21 out of a free trains derailed and turned over. the cars contained coal. rescue workers discovered two people dead at the scene. a family is searching for their daughter and her friend who they believe were at the site of the incident at the time of the

incident. we will continue to try to figure out if that is their child. we have been sold to the train operators were not harmed. csx is investigating the incident and bring in their heavy cranes to move the rail cars off of some vehicles. we were told a number of trains and piles of coal fell on these vehicles. the vehicles were searched and nobody was found. this area of main street and frederick road is pretty busy right now. the roads are completely shut off. they don't expect this. to be opened until the integrity of the bridge and the rails are given the ok. this will be a long day for

people who have planned to travel in this area. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> another marylander has made the ultimate sacrifice. 20-year-old patrick feeks is a navy seal from edgewater. he was among 11 casualties in last week's crash of a military helicopter. he was assigned to a special warfare unit. >> a police officer was killed in a crash. investigators say the officer and his partner were chasing a suspect just before 1:00 near the powdered milk exit. police say he lost control of his car and ran off the highway into a ditch. one officer suffered non-life- threatening injuries.

officials are still looking for the car and the driver the officers were pursuing. >> officers found victor portillo stabbed to death in the basement of a home shortly after 6:00 a.m. on monday. a blood trail led investigators to a home a few blocks away. >> they banged on the door. >> that's when i told there there was a lady and a baby in there, just in case. >> investigators have declined to discuss the connection to the incident. a deadly shooting last night in southwest baltimore. a man was shot just after 9:00 p.m. on monday evening. his identity has not been released. police have made an arrest in

last week's triple shooting. investigators say tyroll hill shot two men dead. police have not told us what prompted the shooting in the first place. >> hundreds of laid-off steelworkers are hoping to get some answers about their future. benefits for almost 2000 are about to end at the end of this month. they are open to find a new steel company to purchase the plant. >> i have been a union member for 38 years and i'm not receiving that service. all i'm getting is a bunch of lip service.

>> the plant was purchased for $72 million from rg steel. top-ranked republicans began distancing themselves from rep todd akin after he made some comments about raped an abortion. hallie jackson has more. >> todd akin has to apologize but said he is staying in the race. >> that is something that nobody on either side of the aisle agrees with. >> that is why the head of the republican national committee says gop representative todd akin should end his run for missouri's senate seat and forget about showing up at next week's convention in tampa after akin's statement that a woman's body can prevent pregnancy in the case of "a legitimate rape." >> "a legitimate rape." like some rapes are not

legitimate. >> both presidential candidates are weighing in. >> the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. >> i cannot defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> the chorus of party members getting louder among those who want akin to consider dropping his senate bid to give republicans a better chance of defeating the democratic senator, even though akin apologized. >> todd akin has other views that i think are way outside the mainstream. >> this changes the race. >> this makes it much more of her race to lose rather than a battle that was going to be fought pretty close between the two sides. >> akin has until the close of business today to withdraw. he can drop out after tonight but it would take a court order to get his name off the ballot. >> 52 degrees on tv hill.

we have 18 of his own -- he is 18 of his own. it is a landmark day at a controversial club in sports as the glass ceiling is broken at augusta national. >> things are pretty quiet this morning. we'll talk about today's forecast and take it through the weekend. >> avoid downtown ellicott city if at all possible

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you can see north of cincinnati and there are some showers and thunderstorms associated with that piece of energy. maybe a thunderstorm will pop up this afternoon. the best chance will be at the beach. they sneed the rain down there. 57 in westminster. we will start out with the clouds and the fog in some neighborhoods. a slight chance for a thunderstorm. high temperature between 80 and 85. we have had temperatures below average. we were in the 70's on sunday. the average is 85. i think we'll keep the trend going through the middle portion of the week. if you take the boat out, wave heights near a flooot.

smooth sailing for the rest of the week. generally nice weather. mid 80's wednesday and thursday. it will warm up a little this weekend. andr 80's on saturday sunday. the next chance for rain will be early next week. 6:14. >> good morning. we have some problems in downtown ellicott city. frederick road and main street are close near old columbia pike. take 40 west as your detour. it is a mess in the historic area. in carroll county, we have a crash. watch for possible lane closures. the major roadways closer to baltimore looking okay. 61 along the topside of the

beltway. 62 on 95 south down near 32. no problems on the major roadways. this is the beltway at wilkens avenue. this is the harrisburg expressway at padonia road. traffic is moving fine north and southbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. a slaughterhouse in california is closed because of abuse allegations. the operations have been suspended. there was an investigation after receiving video that allegedly shows dairy cows being shocked and shot before being killed. the video was shot in july. bad weather is expected to fuel

three of idaho's largest wildfires. they have evacuate two communities. the fires could spread faster and further because of gusty winds that are expected today and tomorrow. the home of golf's masters tournament is opening their doors to women as members. they'll have welcomed their first two women members. condoleezza rice and an investor nker will receive their green jackets with the club reopens this fall. >> southwest airlines raised fares by $10 and several

other airlines were quick to match the increase. southwest carries big influence in air fails sales. when it leads in price hikes, others usually follow. a travel survey shows a 33 million people will be traveling 50 miles or more during the long holiday weekend. most of the travelers will hit the runways for their trip and that is up 2.9% from last year even though the price of gas is up compared to 2011. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. will you be traveling more this labor day weekend then you did last year? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. the signature rotisserie chicken at boston market will soon taste a little different.

jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. lebron james and during his 10th year with nike basketball. nike testing our limits with a sky high price tag for the lebron 10. it has technology to track and measure your performance. nike is banning the knight midnight releases. boston market is moving salt shakers. expect to see the changes in the next six months. a slightly lower close for stocks yesterday. the bloomberg maryland index was

hired. looking to buy some things at walmart, they are bringing back their popular layaway program. that gives shoppers nowadays to pay instead of 60 days compared to last year. fee.e is no cancellation of at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> 6:19. they say everything is bigger in texas. let's hold true for the orioles' bats? >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers.

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>> now insta-weather plus and traffic pulse 11 together. >> good morning. kim dacey checking on your morning commute. big problems in downtown ellicott city because of the train derailment. frederick road is closed near old columbia pike. take 40 west as you're a detour. that area is kind of fake mess. we have a crash in carroll county in westminster. 11 minutes in the outer loop in the northwest corner. nine minutes on 895 southbound

between the harbor tunnel and 95 on the south side. this is wilkins avenue. outer and inner lips are moving just fine. this is the harrisburg expressway at padonia road. it is foggy this morning and it looks like everything is moving just fine north and southbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> there is likely to be some fog this morning. visibility to be down to half a mile. 59 in taneytown. a nice cool morning. low clouds and fog. there is a slight chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon. high temperature between 80 and 85. the seven-day forecast is coming up in just a few minutes.

here is keith mills. >> good morning. the orioles and rangers play the game two tonight. game one to the rangers last night, 5-1. nate mclouth had a first hit. adam jones had the second one. sometimes it is where you have them. 1-0 orioles. they deny score again. oh, man. j.j. hardy. that falls in. it is 3-1 texas. josh hamilton scores on a double by nelson cruz. 5-1, texas wins. the orioles that half a game up on oakland. chris tillman will start for the

orioles tonight. the ravens a couple of days away from their third preseason game. they will continue to get r eady for that today at owings mills. the team must cut down their roster from 90 players to 75. john harbaugh is well aware what that means. some guys are playing for their football lives. >> everybody is pretty loose and comfortable. you can tell guys are starting to get a little tense. guys want to be on this team and to be a part of this. >> kickoff on thursday at 7:30. pregame coverage at 7:00. pete gilbert and night on hand for

the pregame radio show. michael vick was injured last night. that to be a significant injury in regard to the ravens. >> things are getting interesting. >> 61 degrees on tv hill. here is what is ahead -- >> two people are dead this morning in ellicott city after a train derails. >> the white house breaks out the good china for some special young guests. >> that train derailment is causing some problems as far

>> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i am stan stovall. >> i am jennifer franciotti perry thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> the fog will stick around for

the drive time. -- i am jennifer franciotti. it should be dry. there is a 20% chance we could see a thundershower pop-up in some areas. we'll come back and take the forecast into the upcoming weekend. stay with us. >> thank you. the cleanup in ellicott city after a deadly train derailment. >> nadia ramdass joins us live with more on the story. what is going on? >> good morning. this is the very latest. that train that derailed this morning was coming from cumberland, maryland, and going towards fort mchenry carrying coal.

downtown ellicott city is flooded with emergency crews as they continued to work on this incident that claimed the lives of two people. just before midnight, a train heading eastbound the relic of the historic bridge on main street in ellicott city. 21 out of 80 freight trains derailed and turned over. rescue workers discovered two people dead at the scene. their identities have not been made public. a family is searching for their daughter and her friend. we have been informed that two train operators were not harmed in the incident. csx is in the process of bringing in their heavy cranes to move the rail cars off some

vehicles which fell in late howard county parking lot. we're told a number of heavy trains and piles of coal fell on top of the vehicles. nobody was inside the vehicles at the time. the family came up to us searching for their daughter who is going into work jeer at james madison university. the last time they heard from her she was tweeting from the bridge and they have not heard from her since. we will stay on top of the story. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. more than half a dozen people are recovering after a bus crashed into a home in silver spring. 10 of the 15 people on board suffered minor injuries.

investigators are looking into an accident involving an mta bus. the bus and a car collided in woodlawn. nobody on the bus was hurt. no word as to who was atault. >> t record drought is drying up some of the major rivers. the coast guard is hoping to unplug the bottleneck. >> a short ride leads up to the army corps of engineers. on board are three engines, a total of 10,000 horsepower. >> we can move around 5000 cubic yards an hour. >> his crew is 47 men and they

control the dredge. >> i am running a big vacuum cleaner. >> the vacuum cleaner is sucking up sand and mud before spitting it out. the goal is to maintain a channel that is at least 9 feet deep, which makes for more work this year. >> you look around and -- >> they keep this from colliding with river traffic. >> we cannot stop them. >> we are not here to impede navigation. the average real car is 100 ton . the average semi is 25 tons.

>> "money" magazine knows that maryland is a pretty nice place to live. four maryland towns cracked the top 25. city is making the list include a waldorf and gaithersburg. >> some good news for foodies looking for a deal. restaurant week will be extended by a weak by some restaurants. some are offering the deals through the end of the month. you can visit the baltimore county restaurant website for that information. no ambassadors and no heads of state. a younger crowd at the white house. 54 students for the first ever

kids state dinner. they are all winners of the healthy challenge. they to design a recipe using the nutritional guidelines. >> me and my mom -- we sampled some health food and i asked my mother if we could get some and she said yes. >> yes, you can eat healthy. congratulations to the recipe of sizzling tofu with green onions and sugar snap peas. >> sounds yummy. >> now insta-weather plus and traffic pulse 11 together. >> word of an accident southbound on >> follow breaking

news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, blocking the left lane. in ellicott city, we have some closures on frederick road where it turns into main street. take 40 west as your detour and avoid that area. report of a crash in carroll county in westminster. the major roadways closer to the city are ok. moving well on 795 south towards the beltway. 60 on the j.f.x. near coldspring heading down in towards the city. this is the beltway along the topside at harford road. this is the accident at8. .895 now two left lanes are blocked. 895 approaching the tunnel.

that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. there is a little bit of fog in some neighborhoods. 62 at the airport. we will make it up to 83 today. we have a 30% chance for a thunderstorm. most of you will not see any rain. smooth sailing all the way into the weekend. the big time heat is taking a little break. >> it will probably come back. 6:37. a pioneer of stand-up comedy has given us her last laugh. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. will you be traveling more this labor day weekend then you did last year? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com.

>> remembering a woman who paved the way for female comedians like joan rivers and roseanne.

phyllis diller was a staple on comedy shows for four decades. she was known for cackling la augh. phyllis diller died on monday at the age of 95. >> rosie o'donnell said she suffered a major heart attack last week. she said she experienced some arm pain and other heart attack symptoms. she took an aspirin and went to the cardiologists the next day. her corner artery was 99% blocked. she is recovering in her home. >> 6:41. 61 degrees on tv hill. >> there has been a bad crash on southbound 895 approaching the tunnel.

>> there is a little bit of fog to start the day. no precipitation this morning. no precipitation this morning. you can

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geico, see how much you could save. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6;44. another maryland there has made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in afghanistan. the pentagon said patrick feeks was among 11 casualties in a helicopter crash. he was assigned to a west coast base unit. freneau announcements have not been made public.

no word on a suspect behind a deadly shooting last night in southwest baltimore. a man was shot just after 9:00 p.m. on monday evening. his identity has not been released. a deadly stabbing in dundalk. officers found victor portillo stabbed to death in the basement of a home surely after 6:00 a.m. on monday. a blood trail led investigators to a home of some four blocks away. police took three people away from that home. investigators declined to discuss their connection to the incident. >> the campaign trail is moving west as the romney campaign tries to but controversy aside. the president gets back on the stump in two dollar ground

states. we have more. >> after a two-month dry spell, the president held a white house briefing for reporters. >> rape is rape. >> he weighed in on missouri's senate gop candidate todd akin's controversial comments this weekend that a legitimate rape rarely results in pregnancy, which put the abortion debate back in the election forefront. >> what i think these comments do underscore is why we should not have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women. >> president obama leads mitt romney 54%-39% among women voters, according to the last nbc/"wall street journal" poll, a demographic where romney really needs to make up ground. >> he should understand that. >> in an interview with wmur, romney did his best to try to distance himself from akin's comments. >> his comments about rape were

deeply offensive and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> obama's impromptu news conference took some of the spotlight off of the republican duo, but romney and vp running mate paul ryan continue to slam the president's leadership during a joint town hall meeting in new hampshire. >> the problem is he made things worse. >> both campaigns moving on today, hoping not to deal with another controversial issue. a new nbc/"wall street journal" poll comes out later today. previous polls show that the candidates are in a statistical dead heat. >> now insta-weather plus and traffic pulse 11 together. >> good morning. kim dacey checking on your morning commute. we have big problems southbound on 895 approaching the harbor tunnel. a crash is blocking two left lanes.

an accident in the city at york road. watch for possible lane closures. the train derailment has caused some problems in ellicott city. take 40 west as your detour. this is the topside of the beltway at harford road. no problems at all. this is 895, a different story. you can see the accident and two lanes blocked. southbound 895 approaching the tunnel. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. there is some fog to start the day. it could reduce visibility down to about a half a mile. the weather map looks exactly the same as yesterday. there is a ripple of energy we

have to watch in the upper levels of the atmosphere. north of cincinnati, that is a piece of energy and there are a few showers and thunderstorms associated with that piece of energy. we have a chance for may be a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. most of you will have a dry day. the best chance for rain will be south around virginia beach and up into the ocean city later today. 62 at the airport. upper 50's in some of the far northwest suburbs. you may want to take a light jacket. we will start out with some fog and some low clouds. a slight chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon. high temperature between 80 and 85.

we only hit 80 yesterday. i think we will be below the average marked again today. temperatures below average. let's enjoy it while it is here. i did not think there's a big chance for lightning today. wave heights around a foot. quiet and temperatures will stay at or below average through the middle and end of the week. mid 80's thursday and friday. high temperatures in the upper 80's by sunday. the next chance for rain not until next monday and tuesday of next week. >> we have been following breaking news. two people are dead after a train derails in ellicott city. nadia ramdass has been following

the story. >> downtown ellicott city is a busy scene after the derailment took the lives of two people. a train heading eastbound the railed off the historic bridge in ellicott city. 21 out of the freight trains derailed. the rail cars were carrying coal. two people were discovered dead at the scene. a family is looking for their daughter. police are not confirming the identities of those people. the family is concerned that they are the victims. we will continue to bring you the latest on wbal. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. here is matt lauer with a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show.

>> good morning. missouri republican todd akin facing increased pressure from inside his own party to abandon his run for the senate. this after his controversial comments about pregnancy and rape. abouto'donnell opens up suffering a heart attack last week. today's professionals will be here. a high school the like taurine the night her diploma for one single word she used in her graduation speech. one man's final wish to give somebody a $500 tip that has sparked a growing charity. his family will be here to share his story as we get started on a tuesday morning. >> 6:52.

coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> we'll take a last look at weather and traffic together

>> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- will you be traveling more this labor day weekend then you did last year?

>> we will post more answers on our website, wbaltv.com. >> speaking of traffic -- >> we have a busy morning shaping up on the roads. a bad crash southbound on 895 approaching the tunnel. 17 miles per hour. we have a vehicle fire at riverside parkway. we have a crash at york and checking on closures. ellicott city, frederick road is closed because of the train derailment. take 40 west as your alternate. this is traffic on 895 is the tunnel. that is southbound. one left lane is blocked. causing a backup up to the scene because we will make it up to 83

today. the average high is 85. i will put a 30% chance for a thunderstorm. most of the one not see any rain. >> sounds good. the latest on the deadly train derailment in ellicott city as cleanup efforts shut down much of main street. a site off the coast of new jersey that set off a pack of sharks. join us onwbal -- wbal plus. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25.