[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> from wbal-tv 11, this is breaking news. >> good afternoon. i am jennifer franciotti. we begin with breaking news, a shooting outside the empire state building in new york city. the shooting took place on the fifth avenue side of the building. two people are dead, including the gunman. it is believed that the shooter was laid off and shot a former

colleague before he was shot by officers. in other news, a state delegate is asking for the public's forgiveness after admitting he drank alcohol before his boat collided with another boat. accident injured six other people. delegate don dwyer up his apology outside of shark,. with a neck brace and a cast on his foot, he was wheeled out of the shock trauma to make his confession to the media. >> it is true that i was drinking before driving the boat. it is also true that my blood alcohol content was 0.2. >> officials still have not released the names of all of the victims, but they say they are suffering from cuts and bruises and broken bones. the accident is under investigation, but officials

believe that the boats were on a collision course. >> two boats headed towards one another, and they ran into one another. >> i deeply regret my actions i ask for forgiveness from the public. my heart and prayers go out to the families involved in the incident. i pray for them to have a speedy recovery. >> 11 news has since learned to his passenger was during the accident. it was john moran, a university police officer who was off-duty. he will not face any disciplinary action. investigators at checking print tabs and a popular eastern shore bar where witnesses allegedly say they saw dwyer for the accident. dwyer urge people not to drink and drive on the road and on the water. >> do you think he will be held to a different standard? >> i am sure. people look at him differently. >> dwyer was released from

shock, last night. officials hope to reopen in street and ellicott city. when the train derailed tuesday morning, it dumped several tons of coal onto elizabeth nass and rose mayr. they died of asphyxia, meaning that the coal suffocated them. clean-up continues. >> dozens of the dump trucks are coming in to get the coal out of town. that is why we need to keep the streets close. there's a lot of fixing up our infrastructure to do as well. >> a makeshift memorial for the has beenms constructed. we have continuing coverage on our website, wbaltv.com. we have the pictures from the scene and statements from federal and local officials and

more on when ministry will be open. howard county police have arrested and charged a man with a deadly stabbing in laurel. the 20-year-old faces second- degree murder charges in the death of robert and foster. the stabbing took place last night in a mobile home park and north second street. witnesses told police that the two were fighting prior to the stabbing. tropical storm isaac is bearing down on haiti. in danger of thousands of people still living in temporary housing after the earthquake. >> it is expected to today and into tonight and saturday, bringing heavy rain of 8 to 12 inches, perhaps as many as 20 inches, which would have a devastating effect on this coastal, mountainous country. the prime minister is urging everyone to mai -- to re

main calm and take up windows. here in haiti, a storm of bringing all that rain could cause problems, because they have a history of mudslides and flash flooding. 2.5 years after the devastating quake, the problem is that so many of the people have no other place to go to seek shelter. the red cross and haitian officials and volunteers are in many of the cans urging those who can to go into the homes of relatives, public buildings, and 9into schools. there are very few safe places in this country for someone to go to escape a serious storm. another concern is that the heavy rain can spread the cholera epidemic here, which has killed some 7000 people in the poorest country in the western hemisphere. >> meteorologist ava marie

tracking the tropical storm isaac. she joins us live in the weather center. >> unfortunately, it looks like isaac is strengthening a little bit. you can see that large area of clouds just south of espanola. we'll have details when we come back in a few minutes. i want to give you a look at what is happening here. 87 degrees downtown. 84 at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. we are expecting temperatures in the 80's as we go to the afternoon. it is a going to be a warm day with increasing clouds, high of about 88 this afternoon. we got into the 70's by 9:00 p.m. details on the forecast, including a chance for rain. >> one more preseason game stands between the ravens and the regular season. they piled it on the jacksonville jaguars, easily winning the third preseason game.

you saw it right here on tv 11. the defense was part of that first half. as for the offense, joe flacco finished the scoring drive for the touchdown pass. it put the ravens up 10-0. they would go on to win a whopping 48-17. we will reair begin tonight on wbal-plus at 8:00. an amazing story of survival. a teenager flees her captors two years after her kidnapping. lance armstrong and drops his fight against doping claims. his decision and how it will affect his legacy.

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a teenage girl reported missing more than two years ago escaped the home where she was held captive and assaulted. police recovered her young child, which she said was the result of rape by her captor could he was 15 when she disappeared and was able to -- she was 15 when she disappeared and was able to stick to a home of her relative. >> they seemed like a regular neighbors. i did not think all this activity was going on, holding some any hostage. i have a three-year-old son. that is kind of scary. >> a 24-year-old man and his mother had been arrested in connection with the case. still to come, a major grocery store chain announces idea is freezing prices on some of its items. which ones, and how long it will remain in effect. amazing video from a bus crash.

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>> stunning a security camera video shows exactly what happens as the bus careened out of control and slammed into a house in maryland. it happened monday in silver spring. >> video cameras to give new

perspective to the terror the out of control the vehicle carried. from above the driver's seat, the operator attempts to gain control. >> i was like, god, what is this? >> he had just parked his car outside his house. the daughter, whose bedroom faces the front of the house, was at school. >> it could have been another story. >> another, captors the passengers as they brace themselves for impact. yet another view, what the driver saw, equally as frightening. passengers and the driver appeared calm and relatively orderly. for the family who live here, the terror of the close call still lingers. >> me or my daughter.

to seek her bedroom destroyed like that -- i will be trying to calm her down. >> despite the damage and loss of his taxicab, seeing a from this perspective only drives home the conclusion that it could happen much worse. >> it was a close call. alert,"day's "consumer thatials at wegmann's say drought conditions won't affect prices on their shelves. it will freeze prices on more than 60 products, including chicken, tilapia, frozen veggies, cereal, and peanut butter. you can find a complete list of the products on our website, wbaltv.com. the drought in the midwest is

being felt at local grocery stores. food prices are starting to creep up and will only get worse. >> every day, the farm is nearly 350,000 chickens. those chickens produce tens of thousands of eggs each day, and to produce that many, they have to eat. the cost of feeding the chickens is starting to skyrocket. feed prices are climbing after a massive midwestern drought. chickens get a constant source of feed. this feed made up of corn and soy, all but from the midwest. what does that mean? it means paying much more every time they feed the chickens. for consumers, it means paying

more every time they go to the grocery store. >> beef, pork, chicken, corn flakes, tortillas, everything that uses corn will be going up. >> we are talking pennies more for a dozen eggs, but those will add up. like watching the price go up at the gas pump, expect to see more money come out of your pocket at the cash registers. >> we have had to make cuts that our farm to make it through this time. >> nothing in an industry that lives and dies by the weather. there is hope for the future. >> we will get through it. it will be tough, but we will get through it. >> now your 11 insta-weather + forecast with ava marie. >> we are giving you a live look at hd doppler. this is over the past three hours. you can see the rain creeping up.

we are looking at a crossing the eastern part of north carolina and starting to reach richmond as well. it has not quite reached the southern tip of the lower eastern shore. but it is moving that way. we will have to wait for more the activity to come in from the storm. first, i want to show you the tropics. big story right now. this has been strengthening. that is expected, right over the open waters. is at 60storm iisaac miles per hour. just about 180 miles south of espanola. very strong winds associated with this, especially on the easterly side of the storm, the strong this side of a tropical system. this continues to track towards cuba as we head into the weekend.

this could once again strengthen and get over the open water and possibly land somewhere along the gulf coast, possibly alabama, as a category one hurricane. oil from the west coast of florida, to louisiana, some sort of tropical impact. let's go back to our state. temperatures are in the 80's right now. downtown, 87. 77 in hagerstown. same case in ocean city. cooler, with all the clouds as well. satellite pictures showing the thickest of the constant to the south. this is the area of low pressure that is going to impact us in the weekend. this brings chances for rain. notice the storm system is to starting to reach the southern end of the state. in moves and it through saturday and continues to track north into sunday. we have to account for the chance of rain in the entire

weekend. increasing clouds. as we get into tomorrow morning, we talk about the rain chances. some areas may get soaked for a good portion of the weekend. rain on saturday and even sunday. by monday, we finally dry out. >> students head back to school and they may notice changes in the cafeteria. meals will be held here. new usda standards are putting more fruits and and veggies on a lunch tray. >> that is a beautiful tree. >> the standards require schools nationwide to offer lunches with fewer calories, less sodium, and more walgreens. > -- more whole grains.

>> i love vegetables. we are eating healthier and it is good for our body. >> in minister hopes the changes will reduce obesity and diabetes and high blood pressure. >> these programs for these children -- if we can get them early, they will let a healthy lifestyle and can avoid those illnesses. >> shipping a young child's intake of good foods should not be tough, but i school students may have a tough time with a smaller portion sizes. >> one of the challenges for schools getting kids to eat more vegetables is to make them appealing enough. here they haev something that the kids actually love. parents are happy with the changes. >> i have gotten some of the

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