the after math, crews worked through the night repairing the damage left by yesterday's record flooding. >> hello, i'm jessica kartalija. >> here's what people are talking about today. a powerful storm system rolls through the area and bridging heavy rains and flooding and now the crews have their hands full. and wjz-13 has complete first warning weather coverage and marty has more on how much we have and first, we'll start with mike schuh. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: well, we're in chase, about two miles away from the martin state airport. for such a large avenue, it's shut down. as you can see, there's water across the roadway here. state highway trucks have been out blocking this almost since it all began. not allowing cars to go through and a few frustrated drivers

wondering, how do i get around the detour. this is still flooded. let me show you what happened in fells point last night. this area has sense drained >> reporter: the rain and wind came in waves. and flooding up the streets with water and traffic. >> we don't know when we'll be out of harms way. >> reporter: the pleat weren't allowing anyone near the water. >> we're trying to get over there and i parked eight blocks that way. >> we've done it twice since 2002. we had the vehicles relocated. >> reporter: many gauge this to isabelle. >> well, they're preparing more, they remember what happened. there's more activities and more roads. >> reporter: nine businesses were evacuated includes whole foods and the nearby creek floods during these rains.

sky eye chopper 13 shoes how it spread. the walkway was also blocked off. >> we've had the swimming pool effect before, but not like this. >> reporter: there's frustration around here. this is eastern avenue and if cars coming over the hill see that it's closed and there's a church here. people are turning around in the area, but what has some of the congregation upset is there's no real warning about what's going on until you get here and this is mrs. hawkins and a member of the congregation. >> i think it's a mess. it's a mess. really. and for the police to come and ask us if we could use it. they could turn you have towards the court. and they're affecting people and the congregation. >> reporter: we've been here an hour or so and the water hasn't gone down. this is one of the last ones to

drain in the county, the state doesn't know when it will be open. also, there are a few more roads closed. these are the traditional slow draining spots. and wjz-13's coverage continues with marty in the weather center with updated rainfall totals. well, i have to tell you, jessica. good afternoon, everyone. and once we look at how much rain fell, you can understand why the water is coming through the watershed. this is the first warning doppler. i found yesterday, at the height of the afternoon rain, 24 hours ago, just so you can see really where the intense river of moisture was on the north, south grow days. -- gradeation.

that's over a 5-inch report from westminster and they had a more intense rain than any other portion of carroll county. look at the graphic, it will follow the north, south area and around there, naval hair, 9 and 3/4 inch of rain. there and i'm rounding here. and frederick and in western maryland county, 5.25 inches and vbi, 6. # 0 inches of rain and downtown, 5 3/4 inches of rain. look at wild wood, that's unbelievable. 13.80. almost 14 inches of rain in a 36 hour period! you can tell, the east west -- look at this, salisbury, under an inch. below, they're near the coast and they're clearing out. we'll have the first warning

details about the week's end and weekend coming up shortly. j. kart, back to you. and remember, wjz-13 is always on. for the updated forecast, go to wjz.com. drivers better drop the cell phone and keep their hands on the wheel. on has the latest. >> reporter: the state's new ban on hand held cell phones while driving begins today. it means that they have to get pulled over for something else, like speeding to get a ticket. the tickets will cost $40 the repeat offenders could be fined 1 must understand for each offense. and maryland has laws already to keep drivers from texting. it's part of a national out

reach. all right, thank you. and that's not the only new law, there are sex offender laws and regulating childhood support payments. we're following a developing story this noon -- mario has been arrested for assaulting his mother. and according to the baltimore sun, the r&b singer was arrested this morning. the police officers responded to his mother's home. she was admitted that she battled heroin in the past. she said she was in fear for her life because of her son. he was arrested and released. white house chief of staff, rahm emanuel stepped down from his post today. joel brown reports for joel brown and president obama is grilling the replacements and

rahm emanuel is eyeing a new office. [ indiscernible ] rahm emanuel is stepping down as white house, chief of staff to run for mayor of chicago. >> we're all very excited for rahm emanuel as he takes on a new challenge. >> reporter: his replacement is pete raus. the president will pick a permanent after the election. that makes the timing so surprising. rahm emanuel acted as the political point man twisting arms and sometimes, butting heads to advance the agenda. the white house will need that clout as the democrats struggle to contain control of congress. the chief of staff is at the center of all of the decisions working behind the scenes as gate keeper and adviser.

he's been criticized as wielding too much power, but that's no accident, they say. >> the chief of staff does it how the president wants it done. >> reporter: the personnel changes are common. in washington, joel brown, wjz- 13 eyewitness news. we'll have more on the shake up of the white house in the 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 news. and to sports, there's big news for the raven's fans. ray rice may play sunday. he was at practice yesterday, four days after suffering a bruise on his knee. he'll be ready to play this weekend. and you can see the game against the steelers here on wjz-13. you can catch all of the action live at 1:00 sunday. the game will be followed by the post game show. mark viviano will have the

highlights and reaction and then, it's marty and mary and the bulldog, live in canton. a big day of football live here on wjz-13. and still to come on wjz-13 eyewitness news at noon, unrest in ecuador, special forces step in after police officers try to kill the president twice in one day. and comic book heaven, the biggest attraction decides there's no place like home. marty will have the first warning weather forecast when we return. ,,

>> >> the president was held hostage in ecuador. and he has been there for treatment after being injured in a police riot. the police raided the hospital and reduced to let people leave. five were injured and an american in ecuador says that reports aren't encouraging. >> the initial word was that there was a national police

strike and the country on a national -- the country was without protection. >> and the president was injured when he con fronted the police who threw a tear gas cartridge at his face. and back here, there's some good news for comic fans. comic con isn't going anywhere san diego will host the comic convention for five more years. this past july, tens of hows of comic book collectors flocked to california to see their favorite celebrities. they bring $163 million to the city. still ahead at noon, let's look outside. please stay tuned, marty will have the forecast and here's a look at midday's stocks and last night's winning lottery numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,

this is a wonderful, five month old pug. while mike was talking -- i was dog this up until the time when

jessica talked about the rainfall -- [ indiscernible she's five months old and she needs a home and she's a fun little dog. you can tell she's a pup. >> she's cute. >> she's all excited that she's here. and this is the number. [ indiscernible ] [low audio] we still are dealing with the event if you will

until the water clears out of system, if you will. we'll still have the flood warning in effect until 5:00. and northern and southern baltimore county and southern baltimore city and st. perry's county. and somerset, there's a coastal flood watch in effect. it's all in effect until 5:45 and it's over, said and done with and we'll get on with the weekend. and the barometer is rising. and now, up to 29.73. the high pressure is building in to the low. it's a steady wind and 58% humidity. and that's the temperature at 68 degrees. 45 degrees in oakland and 61 cumberland and 70 degrees and 68 in ocean city and 68 in pax river and 66 degrees in easton and 65 elkton and 64 bel air

and upper 60s columbia, annapolis and kent island. the district at 71 degrees. going, going, and gone. actually, this low slowed up and it's causing problems up the 95 corridor. and the high pressure is building in and the skys are clearing and actually,the weather story tomorrow morning when i'll doing the news with jess, it will be how cool it's gotten during the night. 73 degrees and breezy and clouds and sun and 47 tonight. put it into perspective, that's only 15 degrees above freezing. 15 above freezeing -- or i'll turn my mike on. i like that, 67. >> and 47? >> back to you. wjz-13 is always on, here are the top stories at this hour. for the updates on the news, go

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in today's health watch, a study shows how often unemployment and depression go hand in hand. almost 10% of adulls with depression don't have a job.

it's not clear if unemployment causes depression or if depression makes it harder to hold a job. one in ten americans suffer from depression. there >> >> a reminder of the great prostate challenge. on sunday, october 3rd, you can get free prostate screenings through the mount olive baptist church. it's all part of wjz-13's continuing community commitment. be sure to check back in today at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. hear from three children on a tour bus that plunged off of the road in montgomery county. for >> and there's a new procedure that puts contacts on your eyes permanently. and join us for the stories and all of today's breaking news after dr. phil and stay with us. the five-d-d,,,,,,,,

after months of martin o'malley telling us,

"maryland is moving forward"... and moving maryland forward. ...this jobs report tells the truth. maryland's economy stalled. man: "we face an uphill struggle in trying to regain the jobs lost." o'malley attempts a cover-up, falsifying the jobs report to help his campaign. man: "whatever we can do to make it disappear, we need to do it. that's coming straight from the top." martin o'malley -- first he makes stuff up. when caught, he covers stuff up. we need a governor who tells the truth. welcome back, we'll take a look at the five-day forecast. the skies are clearing out. 72 today and tomorrow, beautiful, 69 degrees and those are the overnight lows. . sunday, mostly cloudy and 64 degrees. and that's great football

weather >> >> yes, great football watching weather. don't miss tonight's lineup. "blue bloods" at 10:00 and eyewitness news at 11:00. and tune on this week, the ravens take on the steelers. >> possibly the best rivalry in >> possibly the best rivalry in ,,,,nfl today.

i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. buried in his website - a promise to replace the tax code with a 23% sales tax and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. a bush tax panel said families would pay $6,000 more a year. a reagan tax advisor calls it a very dumb idea. but that's not his only bad idea. harris was the only senator to vote against expanding the child care tax credit and against the state's cancer treatment program. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us.