. the forecast as we continue. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. >> i thought you wanted me to do what interplanetary forecast. mars, maryland. the martian lunar forecast for today -- you will like the seven-day forecast. we will make it into the upper 80's this afternoon. we have some sprinkles this morning. heavy rains in parts of delaware. white sprinkles around baltimore -- light sprinkles around baltimore.

a mixture of sun and clouds. not a big deal. high temperature of 88 degrees. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. relief in sight. your territory? let's check your morning commute. one closure in darlington. route one is shut down. avoid that by taking 95. we will have more details coming up. 95 looking good out of the northeast traveling down from the white marsh area. 61 towards 70. no problems out of the owings mills area. a problem at the bay bridge. the right lane is closed. 95 out of the fort mchenry is moving well and building in towards the tunnel.

this is 295, showing building volume southbound down towards 32. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> art modell is in the hospital. he's being treated at johns hopkins hospital. no information about his current condition. he was seen last month at a ravens preseason practice. his wife died in 200011. >> a sheriff's deputy was killed in a crash in darlington. it happened on conowingo road this morning. they don't know the identity of the deputy involved. informationyou more as it becomes available. a police officer is recovering after injuries he received in a

crash wednesday evening. his cruiser overturned in pasadena just before 9:00 p.m. he was treated for non-life- threatening injuries. the rainy weather may have played a role in the crash. funeral services will be held tomorrow for a police officer. officer forrest taylor had his cruiser colliding with another vehicle. he died last week after complications from surgery. >> a recent report of west nile virus has authorities taking steps. nadia ramdass is live in milford mill with that story. good morning. >> good morning. state agriculture officials are stepping up their efforts to

control the mosquito population by spraying those affected neighborhoods in the coming weeks. they are spraying here at milford mill. milford mill is just one neighborhood that has shown evidence of the west nile virus. that's where crews will concentrate their efforts tonight. they will start spraying for mosquitoes around 7:30 p.m. tonight around campfield road. if you live in that area, officials are urging you to stay inside during the spraying. >> the idea is that we will get in there and the sprays will knock down the mosquito population, which is most likely carrying the virus, and of course this reduces human exposure. >> in addition to milford mill, the harundale marley area of anne arundel county will also be sprayed in the coming weeks. to see a map of those areas, go to our website, wbaltv.com. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news.

>> thank you. a man is facing a host of the drug charges after his young son ingested a dangerous amount of methadone. his son stopped breathing after apparently swallowing the drug. police recovered cocaine, marijuana, and math that amphetamines and two weapons -- methamphetamines. >> the investigation into last month's train development in ellicott city. officials have ruled out speed and weather as a contributing to the accident. two college students died when they were buried by coal.

>> prosecutors contend frank williams and william ward orchestrated a hit on rodney pridget because rodney pridget disrespected the gang that they belong to to. police have made an arrest in a murder at a hotel. a person is charged in the death of another person. the murder happened last month when a fight broke out in the parking lot at the ramada inn. >> president obama will accept the democratic nomination, wrapping up the party's convention in north carolina. bill clinton argued that president obama was handed a bad

hand. tracie potts has more. >> bill clinton making the case to reelect barack obama. >> no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. >> defending health reform. >> are we better off because president obama fought for health care reform? you bet we are. >> he attacked lies about medicare reform and condemned mitt romney's plan. >> we simply cannot afford to give the reins of government to someone who will double down on trickle-down. >> ohio put president obama over the top. >> all 188 votes for the next president of the united states,

barack obama. >> president obama joined clinton on stage. the president speaks tonight. vice president joe biden did a walk-through. his speech moves inside amid the threat of severe with the bank dampening the democrats' final day. we're still waiting to see what changes video will make to accommodate the crowd. from charlotte, i'm tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 6:08. 74 degrees on tv hill. the price of one your favorite game time snacks will go up. >> a tornado rips through wisconsin. >> ava marie at the towson town

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the sun has yet to come up. temperatures near 78 degrees downtown. i am live at the towson town center as we get excited for fashions night out. a lot of chances for you to get involved. you have blogged for towson town center. take something basic and turn it fabulous. >> you start with a dressed like this. it is a stunning dress. it is not a show stealer. you are one of the judges tonight. we have started with a great belt. then add a statement necklace and it takes the dress to a new level.

you can add a clutch like this. go for a heel. take a look at these. art they beautiful -- aren't they beautiful? >> you have matched the gold. >> gold is big this year . it can take the alpha to a new level -- it can take the outfit to a new level. >> you're adding some accessories. i will be one of the judges. it is open to men and women. $500 gift card is the top prize.

we will go back to tony in the weather center. now when you wear your little black dress -- >> i will know how to access to riorized. >> gold goes with more skin tones. >> i'm so glad that gold is back in fashion. stan is out of date. thank you. she will be one of the judges. it is muggy this morning. dew points in the low to mid 70's. it has the summer field. a system is coming through in maryland right now. it is producing some light rain showers and sprinkles. around baltimore, do not expect

anything more than sprinkles. maybe take an umbrella with you. about a 30% chance you'll run into a shower. hurricane rajai dleslie. the system on the east coast will help to kick the storm off the coast. it will produce a dip in the jazz stream. that allows the cool, dry air to spill in from the southern part of canada. for today, it is warm and muggy. a mixture of sun and clouds. we put that 30% chance for a shower or thunderstorm. another hot one tomorrow. temperature will be close to 90. a good chance for showers and thunderstorms late saturday and into sunday morning. some of gorgeous weather coming

up early next week. temperatures dropped into the 50's during the overnight period. 6:15. >> good morning. a few problems in harford county. route one is shut down because of an overnight accident. the investigation continues near route 1. avoid that by taking 95 this morning. on 95, southbound 95 the past 543, an accident is off the right shoulder. things are moving well out of the white marsh area. 61 pass 70 towards baltimore national pike. on 97, average speeds around 62. this is 95 south of 543. traffic is flowing just fine.

295 southbound is picking up in volume. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. four people are dead after a collision between a school bus and a tractor-trailer. both drivers and two passengers on the bus were killed. the sheriff's office has not revealed any more information about the crash. a tornado swept through wisconsin on tuesday night. it had winds up to 120 miles per hour. no one was inside at the time of the twister and no reports of any serious injury. two masked gunmen kidnapped a bank manager in an early morning

robbery on wednesday. a device was strapped to her waist which they claimed was a bomb. the robbers got away and the bomb turned out to be a fake. >> the nation's biggest online store is challenging one of the biggest streaming movie services. amazon.com signed a deal with epix. the deal will bring popular movie-o amazon's streaming service. netflix can offer epix content through next year. more than half of americans who use mobile apps have

decided not to install one once they found out how much personal information they would be sharing. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would sharing personal information online prevent you from using a specific app or website? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. it will cost you more to score those chicken wings this football season. jobs are back in the forefront on wall street. ellen braitman has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. wolfe street gets the weekly jobless chains. job openings decrease in august for the first time in four

months. many have taken over the child care duties. that is hurting employment in the child care industry. grandparent's helping out a lot more. most grandparents are babysitting and providing financial support for the grandchildren as they tried to save their children money. that has given more than $8,300 over the past five years. stocks were hit and miss yesterday. the monthly jobs report comes out tomorrow. the bloomberg maryland index was down. under armour was one of the losers. a big day for amazon and kind fans. say goodbye to the 99-cent wing

promotion. it will cost you more. restaurants passing on the rising cost to you and me. that is business from the new york stock exchange. >> i guess i have to switch to tofu. 6:21. 74 degrees on tv hill. the orioles' state at the top of the standings was brief. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers.

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we are tracking some closures in darlington. route one is shut down because of an early-morning fatal accident. 95 is a better bet. we have some problems on a 95 but not affecting travel. the right shoulder is closed with an accident. so nottill at 64, impacting traffic. we'll update you once we get more on all lanes closed or delays. no delays on the west side, 57 miles per hour approaching 70.

nothing on 70 in terms of delays. here's a quick, live look at traffic. this is 95 at 543. the accident is clear. everything running smoothly. picking up in volume on 95 south of the beltway. delays down towards the 895 split. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. another warm and muggy start on this thursday. a few sprinkles on hd doppler. some heavier rain in delaware and around denton. nothing more than light showers around baltimore. a mixture of sun and clouds. 30% chance you'll run into a shower. high temperature between 85 and 90 this afternoon. the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. here is keith mills.

>> thank you. good morning. here come the yankees. the yankees in town this morning. they open a four desk game series with the orioles. first place is on the line -- the opening quarter-game series. adam jones with a home run in the second inning. a good start for miguel gonzalez. nice play from j.j. hardy. that is the tough play made it look easy. runners on second and third. the perfect squeeze bunt by adeiny hechavarria. mark reynolds hit a homerun in the ninth inning. the comeback falls short. 6-4 is the final. the yankees beat the rays.

the ravens contained to get ready for monday night against the bengals. the ravens beat the bengals twice last year. a perfect 6-0 in their division. the bangles, eagles, patrons, and browns -- the bengals. >> they are an excellent football team. one of the most talented young teams in the league. a great young quarterback. maybe the best receiver in football, perhaps. a big physical offensive line. a bunch of first-round picks in the secondary. you name it, they have it. we're looking forward to it. >> judging from that, the ravens have no chance. cowboys beat the giants. >> the father of the shooting

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>> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. >> 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. >> tony pann has a check of today's forecast. >> good morning. it will be a warm and muggy day today. there is a 30% chance we could see a few showers. not as wide coverage as the last couple days. a mixture of sun and clouds. high temperature near 88. we have some relief in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you. president obama is in charlotte preparing to make his pitch to the nation for a second term in office. >> hallie jackson joins us live

from charlotte. we're expecting to see outside the bank of america stadium, not inside. >> right. president obama is speaking on the stage inside because of the threat of thunderstorms. some say it is not about where he speaks to what he says. instead of president obama speaking to about 74,000 people here, it will be more like 15,000 here, an audience which will include a new york delegate. >> i think the message should be that we are one country. united we stand, divided we fall. >> that message may be a hard sell where unemployment is over 8%.

>> he can make people feel like he's doing work that is making things better. >> even though republicans do not agree. >> i think he will say, if you give me four more years, we will do better. >> the convention ends tonight. the august unemployment report comes out tomorrow. we can see the momentum go forward or stunted, depending what it says. >> democrats made some changes to the party platform. >> delegates voted to make a couple of changes by adding a reference to god declaring jerusalem as the capital of israel.

it was interesting to see because they took the floor vote to add that in and it shows some division on the topic of israel went this week it is all about unity. >> hallie jackson, thank you. on tuesday, martin o'malley took center stage. last night, it was barbara mikulski. >> when women are in the halls of power, our national debate addresses the needs of american families. women leading means the congress is working to create jobs. the make child care more affordable and strengthen the middle class. >> this was not her first public role at the convention. she spoke in denver four years ago. state >> officials are taking aim at the mosquito population.

nadia ramdass joins us live with more. when will the spraying began? >> it starts tonight at 7:30. state agriculture officials are stepping up their efforts to control the mosquito population by spraying those affected neighborhoods in the coming weeks. they are spraying here at milford mill. this woman had been paying close attention to her mosquito bites. there has been confirmed evidence of the west nile virus in her millford mill neighborhood. she is rethinking her safety. >> it is kind of scary. i get bit a lot. i had six mosquito bites. i've been watching the stuff on the news. i'm wondering, "oh, gosh, do i have it?" it is very scary. >> because millford mill has evidence of west nile, the state agriculture department will spray the affected area around 7:30 tonight. officials are urging anyone who lives in a one-mile radius

around campfield road and reisterstown road to avoid going outside during the spraying. >> the idea is that we will get in there and the sprays will knock down the mosquito population, which is most likely carrying the virus, and of course this reduces human exposure. >> they need to do what they have to do. so i'm happy. i mean, if it's going to stop it and more people won't die or get sick from this, then do what you have to do. >> but milford mill is not the only area that is apparently at risk. state officials say there's been west nile virus activity in the city, baltimore county, northern anne arundel county, prince george's county, montgomery county, and the eastern shore. in addition to millford mill, the arundel marley area of anne arundel county will also be sprayed for mosquitoes in the coming weeks. -- the harundale marley area.

for more information on that and to see a map of those areas that will be sprayed, go to our website, wbaltv.com. >> the father of daniel borowy sits down to talk about his son. he recounts the unforgettable moment he learned his son was the victim of the shooting>> driving down 95 i get the call that it was daniel. i'm like, "what was daniel?" my son told me daniel was shot. and i had my moment. but i knew at that point in time that it's not time for that moment. >> a grand jury indicted robert gladden jr. with 29 charges in that shooting including nine counts of attempted murder. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> let's get you up to date.

volume is picking up around the area. we still have a closure in darlington. route one is shut down. take 95 as your alternate. we are tracking a problem southbound on 95 at the beltway southwest. that is impacting your ride on the west side towards 95, 34 miles per hour approaching 70. mountain road at 100, an accident in pasadena. a live view of traffic near wilkins avenue. you can see those delays heading down towards 95. 95 southbound at the beltway. here's a quick, live look at traffic. 95 south of the beltway out of the white marsh area starting to see some delays down towards the 895 split. that is the latest on traffic

pulse 11. ava marie is giving us a preview of fashion night out at the towson town center. >> the entire nation celebrates fashions night out. many chances for you to get involved. a chance to block the runway and may be win a prize. $500 gift card. come to the towson town center at 6:00 p.m. the contest is open to men and women. maybe one of the judges will select you. i will be one of the judges. they will have some make of demonstrations where you can ey eye.he smoko if you're planning your outfit for today, temperatures in the upper 80's.

there is even a chance for rain. scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. by next week, you may have to bust out the fall fashion as temperatures will be back in the 70's. >> tony was going to come up with the smoky eye look. >> anything we showed tonight is fair game for the contest. >> thank you. 6:39. the ira man gets a statue -- ir

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>> he has been known as the iron man for decades. he has been immortalized in metal. he will receive a statue. this comes on the 17th anniversary of thihis consecuti games streak. >> 70 years already. -- 17 years already. an event to honor michael phelps

and fellow olympians. posted by the mayor and governor. -- hosted by the mayor and governor. he has a record 22 medals overall. how about that? impressive

>> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:44. art modell is in the hospital. he's being treated at johns hopkins. no information regarding his condition. he has suffered failing health

of late. his wife died in 2011. a share stepney is killed following a crash in darlington. this happened along conowingo road. we do not know what led up to the crash or the identity of the deputy involved. we will continue to follow the story. a jury has convicted two man of a murder at towson town center. prosecutors contend frank williams and william ward authored a hit against rodney pridget. there will be sentenced on oct. 12 -- they will be sentenced on oct. 12. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute.

buy and starts to pick up. we have closures on route 1 in the darlington region. that is because of the accident investigation after the fatal crash. take 95 as your alternate. looking good to and from cecil county. delays on the west side beginning approaching liberty down towards edmondson. in pasadena, mountain road at 100, another scene of an accident. expect delays along mountain road. here's a quick, live look at traffic. this is wilkins avenue. it is picking up in volume. delays stretch back to liberty. delays on southbound 95 from white marsh down towards the 895 split. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11.

ava marie is talking about fashion's night out. >> we're having a fun time. everybody celebrating fashion's night out, including the towson town center. activities after 6:00 p.m. a contest that you can get involved in. you have some outfits of different styles. >> some hints. we have three different styles. this is our modern preppy from the gap. there is a miniskirt and some cute flats. >> i like how you are tying in the colors. >> you can get ideas about what colors go well together.

>> this would be more of the glamorous style. >> this dress, every sequin is on.-sweewn look at these issues. a cutout wedge. >> it ties with the gold in the dress. >> this is a play on stripes. >> the contest tonight begins at 6:00 p.m. there will be a $500 prize. back to tony. that takes a lot of work. >> stan is thinking about getting in.

what will you be judging? >> it will be the fashion. part is the attitude and persona. >> you have to act like you own it. >> i can do a zoolanlder. --zoolander. >> thank you, ava. it is a warm and muggy start this morning. you will feel the humidity. we have some showers and sprinklers on hd doppler. heavier rain back in delaware. rain and sprinkles in baltimore. we keep talking about leslie. the system over the weekend will

interact with the hurricane and kick it off the coast. the front will move leslie away from the east coast. some cooler air will move in from canada appeared next week, the weather will be a very nice. today, a mixture of sun and clouds. 30% chance for a shower or thunderstorm. high temperature between 85 and 90. close to 90 tomorrow. a strong cold front on saturday night. a chance for some showers and thunderstorms. sunshine monday, tuesday, wednesday. overnight lows in the 50's. that will be good football weather for the ravens home opener on monday night. >> time now for a last look at one of our big stories. state agriculture officials

taking precautionary measures. nadia ramdass joins us live from milford mill with more on that story. >> state agriculture officials are stepping up their efforts to control the mosquito population by spraying those affected neighborhoods in the coming weeks. they are spraying here at milford mill. milford mill is just one neighborhood that has shown evidence of the west nile virus. that's where crews will concentrate their efforts tonight. they will start spraying for mosquitoes around 7:30 p.m. tonight around campfield road. if you live in that area, officials are urging you to stay inside during the spraying. in addition to milford mill, the harundale marley area of anne arundel county will also be sprayed in the coming weeks. to see a map of those areas, go to our website, wbaltv.com. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news.

>> thank you. 6:52. 74 degrees on tv hill. 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 before you head out to start your day

>> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- would sharing personal information online prevent you from using a specific app or website?

>> carl tells us what we offer from a lot of folks. we will post more answers on our website, wbaltv.com. >> we have a couple of accidents including the one in darlington. a fatal crash. route 1 is closed. take 95 as your alternate. mountain road and 100, a crash in pasadena. this is wilkins avenue. delays in place from 795 all the way down. this is 95 moving down from the northeast. >> a lot of orioles fans going to the game tonight against the yankees. >> there will be baseball tonight. 30% chance for some rain

showers. high temperature of 88. it will be warm and muggy but there will be baseball. >> the numbers are ran for the past months casino revenues and there is some call for concern. >> who is hungry? >> those stories and the latest traffic and with the bank of dates when you join us on comcast channel 208, verizon fios 460, and 11-2.. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one. good morning! wow.

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