back, and the intent was to weed out announcement that do not have a wider public safety impact. >> if someone is walking down the street at night with their family and they are shot, that is a bigger story than someone who got shot because he did not pay me the $25 for the obama was trying to buy. there is a dos for the dope -- pay me the $25 for the dope i was trying to buy. many are using the twitter feed to figure out where incidences are occurring. he considers it a critical safety tool. >> what are they looking for, where, what is the lookout for your neighborhood? informed citizens are safe. wbal-tv news.

frontre was a powerful that came through yesterday that brought about one inch of much needed rain to the region. now the temperatures are only in the 60's and that is where they will stay through the afternoon. 62 at the airport. 64 in catonsville. dixie two at parkton. -- 62 at parkton. we will stay dry. tomorrow and the following days, we may see more rain. >> a young woman faces numerous charges after prosecutors say she was texting and driving when she struck and killed a motorcyclist in anne arundel county. it happened to the 20 ---year- old weavedthe 20-year- into the path of the motorcyclist. she is charged with reckless driving and text messaging while driving.

and anne arundel police say they have linked a bus driver to to robberies at the same bank. he robbed the bank twice in september. -- she robbed the bank twice in september. she has worked as a full bus driver in prince george's county since october. toice say she confessed using the stolen money to pay her bills. the biggest bugs marylanders have seen this year have been cicadas. in china,

but the asian giant barnett is being blamed for more than 40 deaths in china. experts say unusually dry and hot weather is making it easier for the huge hornets to breed. >> this is public enemy number one, the asian giant hornet. they have killed 42 people since july. and brought fear to china. and the most danger -- >> [indiscernible]

>> at least 1600 have been injured. the hornet's than them is highly toxic, so powerful it can dissolve human tissue. more than five things can cause renal failure. authorities have struggled to control the hornets, which can travel up to 25 miles per hour. hundreds of exterminations have been mobilized to destroy their nests, which are at their biggest this time of year. firefighters are taking no chances with the aggressive swarms of hornets. >> this is one of 4000 nests they have destroyed in just the last week. each one can contain more than 1000 hornets. you do not want to stumble across one of these. is a leadingnet creditor, the sharks of the insect world. and like sharks, they only attack if they are disturbed, but that is little comfort to the villagers here. the authorities say they are now in control and the cold weather

will send them into hibernation soon. but for now, the heat wave continues, as does the hornet menace. news -- in the news, beijing. >> details on a new study involving cell removal. that is in the medical alert. >> looking down to the south, there is some rain moving back toward maryland. we will time it out in the full insta weather plus forecast. here is a live look at ocean city. they have weather -- more cloud cover right now. the

x we want to get back to the breaking news we first reported that the top of the show. captain roy taylor flying over it. what do you have? >> this is harbor east right now right off of lancaster street baltimore east and street. a body was found in the water. it has been pulled up onto the pier. they do have detectives doing an investigation to figure out because and if there is any kind of criminal activity. right now, it is being treated pretty much as a homicide investigation until they determine otherwise. i'm captain roy taylor. >> nbc's education nation in new york city continues today, including 300 educators from across the country.

roughly one dozen are representing maryland. they are meeting about student achievement. and whether educators have enough time to put new measures in place in the classroom. some say it is a good developer with strategies to succeed in the classroom. >> those who are new and facing challenges, it opens everything up. tim tooten will bring us all of the summit developments as it wraps up today. that is on 11 news at 5 p.m. you will also be able to find .eports live at wbaltv.com and in today's consumer alert, expect bigger crowds on black friday this year. a five-year high on the number of people signing to hit the stores on black friday, which falls on november 29 this year. 55% of shoppers are likely to

shop till they drop on turkey day and will spend more than they did last year. , amcer shutdown freebie theaters is giving away free small pop corn stew people with government or military ids -- free small popcorn to people with government or military identification. until the senate returns to d.c., the shutdown end, or they run out of free popcorn. lending someone you're set of wheels could mean handing over the keys to your privacy. in a survey of 1500 drivers, carinsurance.com found that of those who had barlett a car in the last few years, 63% said they admitted to opening the console or the trunk. the majority said they were looking for a place to put their stuff, but others said they were

snooping around. your best bet is to take your things out of the car before loaning it. probiotics are often suggested for babies with colic. new science suggests they will not work. a clinical trial found there was not enough evidence to prove it works. thetrials did reduce probiotics fixed crying, and that they and could be more helpful for babies on breastmilk rather than formula. had cancer patients have their lymph nodes removed after chemotherapy and to determine if any cancer is present. but a less invasive procedure was 91% accurate in identifying women with remaining cancer after chemo. the test results came back clean

when cancer was actually present up to about 12% of the time, but accuracy improve when techniques were used to narrow down the lymph nodes that should be removed. >> now the forecast with meteorologist ava marie. >> did you notice something different as you stepped outside this morning? boy, was it cold. we are bouncing back a little bit at this point. a lot of 60's now, but low 60's. if the two at the airport. 61 in gaithersburg. -- 62 at the airport. 61 in gaithersburg. this cool trend is going to last for at least most of the work week. north wind gusts about 10 to 20 miles per hour. it adds a chill to the air and makes it a bit more difficult if you are out on the day or just having a picnic. mid to upper 60's this afternoon. by 6:00 p.m. we are down to 66.

50's and.m., upper down into the low 50's and upper 40's tonight. windscontinue to see the mainly out of the north and east. satellite is already showing clouds building back in from the south. nextis associated with our chance for rain. the cold front that moved through yesterday brought about an inch of rain to the area. it is still off the coast of the mid-atlantic. now it is coming back to the north in the form of a warm front associated with the low associated -- the lower left over from tropical storm karen. it could produce some rain even around maryland. models keep it all the way into the weekend. we will see how long it lasts. tomorrow, more clouds and temperatures on the cool side, only in the mid-60's.

there is a chance of rain near baltimore late in the day after dark. a light shower may pop up in the southern tip of maryland by tomorrow morning. it will be dry for the commute, mainly for the afternoon as well. by the evening, most of this rain comes in wednesday night going into thursday. rather rainy a pattern, especially if that low does not want to move out. for now, the best rain chances will be thursday and friday, but we may have to push it into saturday. keep that in mind if you are going to the baltimore running festival. right now, it is not completely dry, but we are trying to be optimistic. >> we are here to answer your plants and gardening questions. she brought a friend. >> this is rudolph. kerry does a wonderful job and

she does punk and art. i made a skeleton this year, a bumblebee. all kinds of funnels. fun stuff. -- all kinds of fun stuff. we have a pumpkin coming in tomorrow. >> that is a pumpkin. >> i would prefer to do something like that, but we cannot touch it. picture,t comes to the dino sent us this picture and asks, "we have had this tree in our backyard for 20 years. what is it and what can we do with the berries?" >> i would have to take a closer look. if you can e-mail me at valley view farms, i will come up with an answer. these inside?ls >> there are some sprays. again, i have checked with our guys and they have trained on

what to use where. have animals and pets --und, let the spray drive dry. usually about an hour or so. >> what veggies do you suggest for fall planting? >> you are late on most of them. if you plant -- you could probably still plan garlic or kale and swiss chard. >> thank you, as always. your maryland lottery pick three and pick four numbers. we will get a check of the forecast with ava. first, a look at how wall stree

>> tonight at 5:00, we will keep an i on capitol hill as president obama is connected to take the podium. is he open to more negotiations? a highly anticipated canton crossing shopping mall is expected to open in baltimore and is expected to have a major impact on the maryland economy. and in it to win it, he's not just participating, but putting it first. now the maryland pick three and

pick four numbers. >> good afternoon, maryland. let's get the pick three numbers. we kick it off with zero. next up, nine. and finally seven. 0, 9, 7. laying win up to $25,000 scratch off. the season-ticket is october 10. let's get the pick four numbers. we start off with a one. another one. and then we have seven. and finally, nine. 1, 1, 7, 9.

the maryland lottery, let yourself play. will be back with a very fall-like forecast. >> the rain comes in late wednesday and it may linger into the start of the weekend. highs in the 60's. >> it was bound to happen. thank you for joining us. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

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to millionaire. today's first contestant is a mom of three, and she hopes she can win enough money to take her entire family on a big vacation and then take another one just for mama. yo, from houston, texas, give it up for brittney carman. what's up, britt? [cheers and applause] so you--you would take the-- you would take the daughters, all your kids, on a vacation. where would they want to go? where the family want to go? >> you know where they want to go? they want to go to brazil. their dad lived in brazil. they want to go to brazil. >> and then you'll do that, and then you want to go where? >> some quiet beach... >> nice. >> in the caribbean. >> yes. >> exactly. >> less people, less thongs. >> less two-year-olds. >> is there such thing as a "less thong"? is there? >> uh... [laughter] i'll leave that to you. >> you know--you know what? we want you to win enough money to do all of that, brittney, all right, so here we go. let's see the money we got for you in round 1. it's all the money we have in round 1. i'm gonna scramble all that up, though.

we gonna shake it up. these are gonna be all the categories to all of your questions right here. i'ma shake that up too. mix it. everything is all shuffled. brittney, are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> audience, are you ready? [cheers and applause] let's play millionaire! here we go. [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ sounding a little like dr. seuss, a style of novelty t-shirt often seen on st. patrick's day says, "i'm not as think as you" what? >> seen on st. pat-- so people drink on st. patrick's day, right? and i'm gonna go with "c," drunk i am, final answer. >> final answer. you didn't--you said you think. you don't drink much?

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