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good morning, it'' tuesday, october 12th. you're taking a live look out ttissmorning. good morning, i'm patrice harris. let's got a cheek of our forecast. it's tuesday morning. meteorologist steve fertig is here with what weecan expect today.3 beautiful day again yesterday. little bit today as we have a chance ffr showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. -s yoo step out this morning, all of the comfortable temperatures beeause offthe cloud cover. 68 degrees in baltimore, 65 in d.c. ú%d there's a look at ssowers that moved through last night. anne arundel county received a little bit of help, otherwise not too much happening, .100 of an inch. most of the activity stayee north as it moves from west toú eass. a mild start and getting up to 77 degrees for the high but still warmer than average, a

chance of an afternoon oo evening showers and -hunderstorms. we will talk more about what in a little it. now let's see what the commute looks like. -ere is candace dold. good morning, candace. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we talking about a wate waterman break that shouts down harford road. you are taking a live look at crews try o work this, bbt unfortunately causing majjr mmyhem sooyou will want to use bel air road as an alternnte route. as far as what it looks like on the beltway. %-54 miles per hour. 53 mierlz hour with only an 8 minute clip from 83 up to 795 and nothing to get in the way from 795 toward 95, 11 minutes, 54 miles per hour there. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you.3 thank you, candace. 5:02 fox 45 early edition.

a 12-inch watermain broke along harford road this morning. megan gilliland is live with a3 look at how things are shaping up this morning. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we are live along harforr road3 between joppa road and crews haveebeen on the scene when this watermaan bboke in not one but two places, of course. whhre the break occur. two spots up the street is where the other one is. since that happened. this road had been shutdown, but minutes ago, ccews did open one lane of haaford road. they say they are goong to keep that lane open ttrough the morning rush hour commute to try to ease sometime traffic headed through the busy street here when the morning rush hour is close harford road down again s3 that they can try to repair the wattrmain break in bothhof these two places. the good news is water has been restored to all of the customerú in thissarea.

up to the early morning without -ny water. there's some relief at that point, but as ou are headed home from work this morning, you are going to expect delays in this area. no matter even with it oppn, you will see heavy traafic beeause there's lane shhfts and detoors in places. try to keep you away from this areaaif poosible. we will be out here and bring you the latest condittons on the for now reporting live in. parksville, i'm megan gilliland. the death oll rises as deaddy shooting. a man was found shot in the head on shirleyyavenue near park heights avenue on monday morning. this the 6th person shht and killed siice saturday. you can see the muuder scene spread out all over the city bu3 police do say two of the hommcides may be related. commissioner fred bealefeld and other police leaddrs trying to come up with a plan to keep baltimore safe. >> the big push frommthe commissioner to the rank in file

%-guns.ly again baddguys with all these cases have guus, you %-cases have criminal recoods. >> espite this weekend's crime is here down about 16% compared to last yearr fouu cars and several homes are daaaged in a fiery crash caused byya driver trying to get away from police. police say a stolen car went out of control on northwest avenne at 3:00 yesterday afternoon. it crashed into three parked %-fire.tting all of the caas on were so intense, they damaged the siding on several neerby homes. the suspecttran from the scene and jumped on to an mta bus, but the bus driver stopped and ú%lice arrested the suspect. the recent spike in crime

has city redent residentsssayinh is enough and they are joining community groups like one in charles village whhre dozens are iivolveddin a commuuity watch program. the one resident karen stokks another victim was found behind her open shaw home. now she is working to immrove thh qualityyof life in city neighborhoodd >> neeihborhoods have to get involved. they cannot look the other way when any criie is being conducteddin the neighborhood. thhyygot to reconnect to the police, they've got to become involved. >> some neighborhood associations are taking steps as to follow he staaus of suspects caught ccmmitting crimes in university of college park ishe assault that allegedly ook this is 31 years old adon cruz, police arrested him after male student accused him of grabbbng her inside of the student union.

police say fterwards a similar attack was reported but they're still not sure f the two are related. testimony is expected to begin today in the trial of a baltimore county maa accused of 45 years old dennis is facing his first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife tracy. she disappeared more than 5 d.c. for a monty crew concert. police never found tracy's body ú%t they found other discoveries. tunnel on the night she disappeared even though that is not the route m she would have taken to d.c. her car was found a few days latee. he charged with his wife'sú murder in 2009 even wwthout a body after dettctives said that3 they found new evidence. the ccuple was crumbling and

tracy wanted dennis out of her townhome which she owned. this trial issexpected to last about a week..3 hh is scheduled to be senteece this morning. prosecutors say they will ask ffr a 15 year ssntenceewith all but 5 suspended for dennis m!!mclaugh lonlaughlin.3ú a woman a us couped mclaughlin of posing as a police officer3 and attacking her. he previously served a 10 month sentence on anooher sex offense charge and scammed he city on collect paychecks from the department of pubbic works while in jail. a baltimore county soldier dies in iraq but ii didn't happen hile in combat. his death was caused by a medical ccnditioo that didn't have to kiil him. -he father of the catonsville native said his son died back in september from a pulmonary embolism, but he believes itt3 could have been avoided. the family says the sergeantt3 went to doctor while training3 in kuwait anddwas prescribed

antibiotics before being sent back to duty. once in iraq, he reportedly had to wait for three weeks for medical equipment to arrive and >> it's really bitter pill to find out it was preventable. >> the aamyysays bruno's ddath is now under investigation. he will be laid to rest on wednesday in arlington cemetery. he leaves behind a wife ask two children. >holding the baltimore city policc departtent accountable. a professor from the city of maryland is said to review the arrests and seeeif the department is complying with the terms of a recent settlement. officials agreed to forgo a zero tolerance policy aftee citizens claim that thhy were wrongly arrest. the bill s expected to last

facility saffr. joel d smitt is live there. to show us. >> reporter: good morning, patrrcc. ú%have sergeant lewis jones right me right now and rick is behind me. there's a new facility. tell me why this ooe is going tú be better. >> we had to replace the old one and when we did that, we made to help maintain the health of the dogs and make it safer and make them healthy. >> reeorter: the kennel itself, this is new and i want some of this stuff and you're ú%lking about at my place. >> we have 3 and 4 outdoor ken nels. the dogs will be able to go outside ann in aa they police. the exterior concrete is heated aad as with humans, cold joints dogs we waat to prevent that aad keep them as healthy aa

possible. >> reporter: how many canines are in the unit right now? >> six. >> reporttr: how lonn has rickkbeen doing it for? >> rick as been doing it for 5 years. >> reporter: real me these dogs are meant do do one thinn. >> protection. they are from the transportatio3 ann explosiveedetection canine team program. it's a national program. theyycover thh airports and transit facilities aaounn the united states. >> reporter: to keep everybody safe that is what it's for. -ater we wwll keep rick a chance >> these are partners out on the streets but they are pets to them, aren't they. with them, so these guys know -ach other very, veey welll in particular this location gives them a place where they can kennel them if they go on vacation. before that, they had to go find at k-9 unit to leave thee aa.

>> i like thh heated floors. the man accused of shooting 13 peoole at a fort hood in texas will appear in court todaa. major nadal hassan has an article 32 hearing. it will determine if there's enough to put him on trial for measure dr der and attempted premedicated murder. the hearing should last about three weeks..3 after more than two months underrround the trapped chilean miners are just hourssawayyfrom freedom. the rescue mission for the 33 miners is set to get underway tonniht. %-go 2000 feet underground and start getting thh miners out one at a time at midnight. officials tested the capsule earlier thii week and say they're hopeful it will work. the miners have been trapped underground since early august. arrangely, they weroriginally, t expeeted to e rescued until deeember. with just weeks to go until

the election, governor martin o'malley nd former governor bob ehrlich face-off in a heattd debate..3 up for discussion, obs, taxes, education. o'mally says he has creattd thousands of jobs during his time in office. ehrlich blames. administration for stifling job growth. point fingers at each other. the question is who has done to improve public education. ú%eir constitutional rights and ú%e passing functtonal tests. >> those kids are being denied. >> and you want to cut theirú funding for education if you are elected and he cut school ccnstruction funding. ú% they cut $1500000 of school construction this year. >> another exchange between owe alley and ehrlich s expected to oocur innthe next few weeks. >> stay tuned to fox 45 morninn news, for conttnuing coverage of we will breakdown the debate wiih help from a political

anist. that is comin!!politicaalagee3 thapolitical analyst. that is coming up in the 6:00 hour. for mmre information go to foxbaltimore.com/votee2010. with serious crime.s are charged >> hhw county police re p>> and a cold front that sags to the south brings us a chance of showers and a few thunderstorms this - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected.

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shared knowledge is even more powerful. >>welcome back. 5::6 this morning. the north, but anne arundel county got a few that made it further south. where we have seeing showers up toward the rising sun and east3 of perryville and elkton. they will be moving toward the north and east.

we will see a bit of a break before the rain chances later. i know you see it in otionn showing the weet to east movementt mainly to the north, though. there you see the bulk again across the mason decision onn3 line and moving toward -ennsylvania and new jerssy. really most of the actiiity has been to the north but we have had renegade showers ahead. we may have more activity later today as we get some of this ppshing to theesouth. as ww chhck out the lightnnng data, you will see some of the lightning bbck to the western part offpen opinion an pen penng %--here's a closer view showinn sooe lightninn strikes further toward the north and not a whol3 lot of them right now. ttings have diminished a little bit but ii's only for the time beinn becauue we expect to see more activity as we gee into the afternoon, and the 40% chaace of showers aad thunderstorms later. 62 degrees is where we start the day. 65 in d.c. and 62 in hagerstown and what we're looking at s the

frontal boundary that is going to move outh. isolated thunderstorm chances. and that will push through the frontal oundary later tonight. ú% brings us a nicc dry day tommrrow and that highhwill scoot up to the north and east. then comes in the coastal low. you heard us talk about a coastal low. it won't be the heavy rain, ww could get an inch or more of rain and that is significant enough aad we're keeping our eye on hurricane paula. hurriiane paula has just become a hurricane with category 1, 70--mill-an-hour winds, 655 miles southwest of miami, but the course of ii will take -t out to sea as the jet stream helps to steer it toward the east. it could scoot across the pennsylvania f florida before it does. it may make an mpact here, but for us it wiil steer away from us. notiie thh trough that will be steering from us, that will also straighten the coastal low.

while we gettrid of the hhrricane off to the eaat, it streegthen the rainnchances wiih the low developing a little bit morr by thursday into friday. 80 degrees,,ttough. a high temperature today in the eastern shore. the central paat of the state gets up to about 77. we will still be above average, even though we're going to get cooler air moving in from the the west, look for a high temperature a bit cooler at 75 degrees, still above thh norm we will stay warm today for ooe more day and then the cooler air moves inn in faat it moves in tonight..3 not the low where we should be aa evening and thunderstorm -ossible..3 tommrrow a dry day, and 66 for the high, and 63 on saturday, %nd those showers give way to actually looking very pleasant, 66 and 67 for thh sunday and monday. here isscandace dold with the traffic edge. , candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. soofar so good out to the parts of the beltway this morring. checking in on the west ssde -ight now we're at bay miles per

%our -- 58 miles per hour, and and we''e ttlkinn about the troubleeii baltimore county in parkville because of a broken ú%termain. it's a harford road right between joppa road and north %-there so you want to se the l air road as an alternate routee you are taking a live look, seeing the crews tryinn to get to work, but unfortunately it's going tt be causing problems, bel air, again. that's going to be an easy drive both the inner and outerrloopú direccion as well. there it is. 95 traveling through whitemarsh3 and we haven't had any problems %-southbound lanes toward beltw. that only continues as we do travel through rooedale eventually down toward baltimore and up toward the footer fort mchenry tunnel. 95 right near the airport at %-relattvely calm commute theres

well. the cars that ssarting to accumulateein the northbound and southbound lanes. it's going to be at 695. that's a llok at the travel, patrice, back to you over to you. %-seekers.hooiiays for the job ú%e sttres that will be hiring. nd keeping students in anne arundel countt saae. [ dog barking ] mom!

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higg school students charged with committing serious crimes these are high-profile cases that have anne arundel county parents worried. crimeeand justice reporter joy lepola. one student was charged witt attempted rape and the other ú%sault and robbery. >> reporter: troy reid and james downey two students in anne arundel county, both charged with crimes nd yet allowed to stay in school. >> mr. reid was charged with the >> reporttr: that incident allegedly happened september 293 attempted rape charges butú annapolis police never nntified knew nothing aaout it. worried. >> reporter: a friend of reid spoke exclusively with fox 45.

>> he is nnt the kind of guy that would somethhng liie ttat. >> reporter: in james downey case on september 29th, police charged him with assault aad robbery. three onths arlier, ppliie charged the two-time undefeated state wrrstling champion with assault as well. this time he attacked a police in baltimore city. >> t's an issue ttat happens in the community. principals have once charges are filed, the discretion to apply for an altern tiv an alternative >> reporter: the prrncipal was well aware of downey's troubles, yyt downey was allowed to stay in school.ú >> you have to take tte way it is. >> i don'' know the hole sttry and they're just kids. you know, i guess i would like to see what the courts decide. >> reporter: someeparents are worried the system isn't protecting their childden. especially considering 3rdd3 crime occurred last week3 involving an assault at sooth river. ú% ended up at shock trauma.ten

>> police re concerned hat you quickly. >> rrporter: anne arundel %-staaioned at someehighhschools and middle schools. they say it's not aaout police. >> we have plenty of police officers around the schools. we need toobe tighter about the -ules around the school and the violencc wwll go down. >> reporter: in anne arundel county, jooylepola, fox 45 morning news. later in early edition. bge is looking raiss rates, the public form um wher!! forum whee your p [ male announcer ] martin o'malley sworn in. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost.

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