5:00 a.m. >> an early-morning shooting investigation in middle river just before midnight. somebody shot three people, killing one of them. >> a former possible doctor was found dead inside his hospital home. >> we have to come to work everyday. >> it takes into my pocket -- it digs into my own pocket. >> painful prices at the pump. >> good morning. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. tuesday, february 19. >> 5:01. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. >> good morning.

it is a little cold. a pretty good idea to take an umbrella with you. 34 at the airport. i think we will climb safely above freezing before the rain arrives. i wouldn't be surprised if there is some sleet or snow mixed in. rain coming in later this morning. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> good morning. that rain could change things on the roads. pretty quiet out there. 55 on the north and the west side. called minutes on the west side outer loop -- 12 minutes on the

west side outer loop. 55 on 295 at 100. volume is picking up at baltimore national pike by moving well from 795 down. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> police are looking for more information about a deadly triple shooting in middle river. police responded near kingston road. three people were found suffering gunshot wounds. one of the victims died. homicide detectives are currently investigating. a murder trial for robert gladden jr. last week a judge denied his plea to have the case

transferred to the juvenile system. he faces first-degree attempted murder. the suicide of a doctor. >> there allegations he took inappropriate pictures and video of his patients. kim dacey has more. >> police say dr. nikita levy treated hundreds of patients at johns hopkins hospital but there could be more out there. police were called to his home on monday morning and found the doctor dead inside. they confirmed nikita levy took his own life. he was being investigated for allegations that he photographed and videotaped his patience during appointments. in a statement, an employee first floated the hospital on

february 4 and within a day it was determined that levy had been illegally photographic patients and possibly others with his personal equipment and storing those images electronically. the doctor acknowledged the allegations and was fired on and8, 10 days before police discovered his body. levy had no known disciplinary actions in the last 10 years. he received his maryland license in 1988. officials notified a few of levy's patients about the allegations. a call center has been set up for possible victims. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal- tv 11 news. >> anthony batts 1 named a new director of education and

training today. he will introduce major joseph smith to recruiters and training instructors. smith replaces maj eric russell. the i-team learned william kern fired his service weapon during the exercise shooting the trainee in the head. he remains in critical condition this morning. there was a home invasion and robbery in north baltimore. a woman was heading to her apartment when a man came up behind their with a gun. police say the man took the

woman's purse inside the apartment. >> i am scared about that. we thought this was pretty safe but it is not. >> it is not the first time this has happened in the committee. >> police say no one was hurt. >> a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a death of a student. police say edmond st. clair died on saturday night. he was stabbed after there was a fight on campus. anyone with information can call state police at the number on your screen. >> 5:07. oscar pistorius return to wait

south african court room. >> lawmakers are considering a ban on smoking in your car when kids are inside. >> client is starting to build pretty early -- volume is starting to build early.

>> a prosecutor charges oscar pistorius with murdering his

girlfriend. the prosecutor said oscar pistorius shot reeva steenkamp four times through the bathroom door of this home. police evidence will show there will be no murder charge in the shooting. new details about what caused the fire on the carnival cruise ship. a leak in a fuel oil return line started the fire in the right engine room. it caught fire and that disabled the ship. >> lawmakers are considering a ban on smoking inside cars when a child younger than seven is inside. opponents say it will not be easy to enforce. sponsors say it will be treated like a seat belt law.

that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what is your opinion of a proposal to ban smoking in cars if a child under seven years of age is on board? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. not bad at the moment. we start with 95, about seven minutes so far down to the fort mchenry. 795 looks pretty good with speeds around 60 miles per hour down to the beltway. around 12 minute travel time on the west side. near the airport, 54 on 97 through glen burnie. we will keep you posted.

that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. it is quiet but we expect some rain over the next few hours. take an umbrella with you. 30 in catonsville. 37 downtown. i think everybody will climb above freezing before the rain gets here. i cannot rule out the possibility that some snow or sleet will mix in with the rain. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> 5:12. 34 degrees at the airport. >> a huge price jump at the pump. >> have you ever dreamed about stepping into barbie's dream

house? all that and more is coming

>> welcome back. 5:15. 37 degrees downtown. we will get through most of the morning commute dry. the clouds are starting to thicken up. we have clear skies around baltimore. the temperature should jump a little bit before the rain gets here.

a pretty solid area of precipitation that is mixed in with some snow. the western suburbs of hagerstown, there will probably be some freezing rain or snow to begin with. winter weather advisers for garrett county. we will probably miss that in baltimore. the temperatures are below freezing. the wind is coming out of the south. mostly cloudy skies. rain showers likely. there could be some sleet or snow mixing in. breezy and cold tomorrow. it will feel colder than that because of the wind. rain or snow on friday,

saturday, and sunday. >> good morning. we have one problem westbound on 175 at snowden river parkway. you may find some delays. up to speed at baltimore national pike. 795 from franklin boulevard, we are running smoothly. a nice start on the harrisburg expressway down to the beltway. 55 on the b-w parkway near 32. 65 on 95 just past 32. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> maryland house republicans will hold a press conference to

talk about their opposition to a proposed gas tax increase. the average price for a gallon of regular gas jumped 40 cents in just the past month and 30 cents in just the past few days. there are high crude oil prices. >> supply is low. opec made the decision to reduce production. >> it winter price spike is a very dramatic. 570,000 bmw cars are being recalled. it includes convertibles from 2008-1012 and 3-series models.

dealers will be able to fix that problem. >> chrysler recalling 300,000 vehicles and that includes the pickup trucks including the dodge ram 1500 pickups as well as dodge dakota pickups from -2011. there is a missing adhesive patch which could result in a loss of vehicle control. day one in court for macy's. a cruise line is changing its tipping policy. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning.

you have to carry more cash on a cruise line. there will start automatically charging most passengers about $12 a day for gratuities. marthais suing stewart's. expect big changes to e-mail today. microsoft is releasing a new version of outlook. 1/3 are making a switch from google' s g-mail. the dow managed to end higher on friday. now is your chance to get a

closer look at barbie's dream house. fans can buy tickets and there are at two locations which allowed more than 350 barbie dolls on display. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> did you write all that down for me? that looks cool. things are " right now -- things are cool right now. we will make it up to 45. rain will comment later today. -- rain will come in later today. snow in chicago with a high of 18. dry in denver, 47.

seven-day forecast is coming up. >> we have another accident in howard county. westbound 175 at snowden river parkway. another ad old columbia road. we're in the green on the west side. 700 looks good in towards the beltway -- 70 looks good in towards the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> 5:22. still ahead -- >> congress is in recess. what is being done to stop the what is being done to stop the sequester.

it's my coffee when i want it. you press a button, you have great dunkin' coffee. i got my coffee for the morning, i got my dunkin' k-cup packs for the rest of the day. only available at dunkin' donuts restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee.

>> if congress does not reach a deal on sequestration, $85 million in cuts will go into effect. >> maryland, virginia, and watched it, d.c., -- and washington, d.c., are vulnerable to the cuts. >> makers are on a break. >> president obama is back at the white house after a week of golfing in florida. congress is still away on a break. floaters' visit the capitol are upset that lawmakers went home. congress has just over a week to avoid self imposed spending

cuts. >> it is alarming. it is less than a few weeks away. >> lawmakers are not entirely on vacation. they are back in their districts talking about the impact of the sequestered. >> we have to stop the sequestration cuts. we cannot strand our researchers. >> meat inspectors could slow production. in san diego, 30,000 military jobs would be in jeopardy. >> insiders say staffers are negotiating. >> i believe at the member level behind the scenes there is a lot of maneuvering back-and-forth. >> it is not creating a lot of confidence lawmakers will agree

on alternative savings before march 1. lawmakers agreed to the sequestered back and 2011. so for it has not happened. there will have four days left when they return. danielle leigh, wbal-tv 11 news. >> changes are coming back could affect the way you receive your money. >> the government will stop mailing social security checks. you can get your checks by direct deposit. recipients are urged to get direct deposit. >> 5:27. 34 degrees at the airport. >> police are warned there could be more victims of a doctor who is accused of secretly filming his patients.

>> pain at the pump. gas

>> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. police are investigating a deadly triple shooting in the middle river. this happened just before midnight last night on eastern boulevard. police say one victim died. >> a trial is expected today for robert gladden jr. he faces first-degree murder.

a judge denied his request to move the case to juvenile court. >> major joseph smith will be introduced as the new director of police training. this comes one week after a trainee was shot during an exercise. >> we have some rain moving in. in my mixed in with some sleet or snow -- it might nixon put some sleet or snow. i think it will get above the freezing mark before the rain arrives. rain showers likely. high temperature of 45. breezy and cold tomorrow.

maybe some rain or snow by the weekend. snowstorms any major on the horizon. i start thinking about golf on march 1. >> at least the rain is holding off. we have problem spots in howard county. westbound 175 at snowden river parkway. two accidents of note. 95 looks good coming down from the tydings memorial bridge. for the self in the white marsh area, problem free. 12 minutes on the west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a former doctor at johns

hopkins commits suicide amid allegations he took inappropriate pictures of his patients. >> there still could be more victims. kim dacey is live with the details. >> good morning. baltimore city police say have a lot of evidence to go through. there could be more victims out there. on monday morning and found the doctor dead inside. they confirmed nikita levy took his own life. at the time of his suicide, he was being investigated for allegations that he photographed and videotaped his patients during appointments. in a statement, an employee first notified the hospital on february 4 and within a day it

was determined that levy had been illegally photographing his patients and possibly others with his personal video equipment and storing those images electronically. the doctor acknowledged the allegations and was fired on february 8, 10 days before police discovered his body. his friends and neighbors declined to comment about the doctor's death and the investigation. levy had no known disciplinary actions in the last 10 years. he graduated from cornell university in 1984. he received his maryland license in 1988. hopkins officials notified a few of levy's patients about the allegations. not all have been identified. a call center has been set up for possible victims. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> fire officials are trying to

figure out what sparked a blaze in glen burnie on monday. this is what looks like around 5:30 on monday evening. crews not go inside to fight the blaze because it was so strong. no injuries were reported. >> house republicans will hold a press conference to voice their opposition to a proposed gas tax increase in maryland. gas prices have been on the rise for the past 30 days. tara mergener has the latest. >> gas prices were on the rise and they show no sign of slowing down. up and up. in just one month, a 13 beset

spike in the price of gas. the national average is around $3.50 a gallon. the issue is supply and demand. rising crude-oil prices. u.s. refinery closings. opec has cut production by 1 million barrels a day. lingering operational problems at oil terminals damaged by super storm sandy. this comes at a tough time. most of the country's workers are taking home less pay since the expiration of a payroll tax cuts last month. business owners are now feeling the strain including this new york city taxi driver. >> i find the prices are getting out of control and the government is not doing anything

about it. >> if prices continue to rise, his tacos will be taking a bigger bite out of his customers wallet. but it allying depends on how high the coast. >> aaa expects gas prices to slow but continue to rise through april when they expect to hit $4 a gallon. tara mergener, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 5:37. 34 degrees at the airport. could news about the flu. -- good news about flu. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. what is your opinion of a proposal to ban smoking in cars if a child under 7 years of age is on board? you can share your response on

wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. th

>> some good news when it comes to the flu season. >> the number of people getting sick is coming down. many doctors say in december they saw at least 8-10 patients a week. that is now down to one a week. don't let your guard down just yet. people who suffer from allergies might be able to find some

relief. >> acupuncture could be an effective allergy treatment. those treated with acupuncture reported fewer symptoms and used less madisoedicine. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. was down 175 -- westbound 175 at snowden river parkway, we have an accident. south on 97, 63 in the glen burnie area. problem free on the harrisburg expressway. the west side looks pretty good.

the mta is running on time. >> we should get through the drive time ok. take an umbrella with you. it should be dry this morning. this will be a mostly rain invented. wifi to near 1 foot -- wave heights near a foot on the bay. -- this will be a mostly rain defensevent. >> it is almost bring which means it is almost prom season. bring the prom to every girl

>> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. westbound 175, still tracking a crash. another one that all columbia road. most of the major roads down at the airport looking good. southbound traffic on the j.f.x. at 50 miles an hour. so far so good on 95 out of white marsh. 895 at the harbor tunnel is equally smooth. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. we should get through the morning commute without any problems. the clouds are starting to thicken up. there is a mix of rain and snow in the mountains. i think warm air will start to

work its way into baltimore. this will be mostly a rain event. the temperature should be above freezing. winter weather advisories out in the mountains to start the day. that will not be the case around baltimore. 27 in parkton. we should get the temperatures above 32 degrees before that stuff gets in here. mostly cloudy with rain showers developing later this morning. high temperatures in the mid 40's. it will be dry for the next couple of days but chilly. we will make it up to 38 tomorrow. thursday wa

thursday will be dry. time to say good morning 2 ava marie. she has gone shopping for a prom dress. >> i went last year to the prom. >> i got mixed up. >> it is prom season already. i am live at one of the many sponsors, helping to bring prom dresses to a lot of girls in the city. and the with leslie vice president. thank you for being here. sounds like a great event. >> we are here because we wanted

to make sure every group that needed a dress gets a dress. we realize there are a lot of economic challenges. available for you once a year. >> it will be a big event happening on march 2. how can people get these dresses? >> the young ladies will line up outside. everybody comes in and give them a ticket number to wait inside. we call girls 10-15 at a time to owns to try on.gallon >> there could be people right now who say i have these dresses

sitting in my closet. can they get involved? >> if anybody has a gown, they are welcome to donated to us. it can be any style, long or short and it must be dry cleaned. there is a location setup and crystals bridle is our location for this year. we have a wonderful sponsor available to donate. >> we have more information when we come back. >> thank you. a push to create a continental congress center in annapolis. >> it will highlight the role

annapolis played. the group announced a rare collection of signed documents. men like john hancock. >> i think it is important. people don't realize there were 14 presidents in a 15 near period. >> there will have to raise between $3 million and $15 million depending on the site. >> you have to love the history. time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >>, this morning we > what is your opinion of a proposal to ban smoking in cars if a child under 7 years of age is on board? >> keep sending us those responses. >> 5:50.

34 degrees at the airport. keith mills has the latest from the orioles' training camp next up in sports. >> trains are back to a normal schedule today. everything is running on time. we have a few problems in howard county. westbound 175 at snowden river parkway. checking on some building volume at baltimore national pike. close to a delay on the outer loop at 40. up to speed on 795. volume continues to build down towards the beltway from 95 at white marsh. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we expect some rain to comment later on.

34 at the airport -- we expect some rain to come in later on. off and on showers for the rest of the day. highs in the 40's. here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. stay with us.

>> good morning. spring training began a week earlier this year. buck showalter said he would ease his pictures in it and that is what he has done. they re-signed darren o'day to a new contract. darren is spending his second spring training with the orioles. he pitched with the angels,mets, and rangers, he found a home

with the orioles. >> the key is consistency. the manager knows what he is going to get one throws you out there. i work hard to be pretty consistent out there. he likes to pull me in situations where i can succeed at think that play out last year. >> one of the best relief pitchers in baseball last year, 7-1. maryland in boston to play boston college tonight. another key game for the terps. connecticut played at baylor in women's basketball last night. 26. uconon by 9. baylor slowly came back.

briner came back. she goes over the 3000 career points mark in their career. the number-one ranked women's team in the country. jerry buss has died, the former lakers owner. he owned the lakers for the past 30 years. the team won 10 championships under his tenure. he helped create the showtime dynasty with magic and all those guys. >> thank you. sitting could be bad for your health. finding time for fitness.

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