your west from baltimore county and it's going to come down pretty hard. we got big puddles, a quarter-inch of rain could be dumped in a half-hour. it's heading towards bel air as well. we expect to have that rain continuing to move across the region as we head on in through this morning. so bel air and as we pull back wideer from eastern baltimore county from perry hall up 95 towards aberdeen plan for wet weather, and another band of rain on the lower eastern shore, cambridge through salisbury now. showers on and off throughout the day. our afternoon temperature 74 degrees. let's check the roads with kim. >> thank you. so far so good on the roads, no accidents or real incidents to let you know about as we peek at 95, whitemarsh area, looks good in both directions, starting to build volume wise a little on the southbound side. you can twitter me at twitter.com -- marylandtraffic. and a lane closure in pikesville, northbound reisterstown road at seven mile lane, construction blocks the northbound lanes, two-way

traffic gets by southbound. downtown on east lombard and south president street, traffic lights out. police directing traffic there. harford county in churchville, route 22 and 136, gas main work there as well. jfx, no problems at northern parkway. back to you. "good morning maryland" time coming up on 5:31. overnight, another police-involved soog in the city and -- shooting in the city and we're first on the scene. our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill was there when two baltimore city police officers were trying to make a drug arrest in the 2200 block of orleans. happened after midnight. an officer with the monument street initiative was forced to shoot after the suspect attacked the other officer with a knife. the officer had a bulletproof vest that protected him from getting hurt. the suspect died at the hospital. we'll have a live report a little later on from linda so on where the investigation now stands. and after breaking the story yesterday we spent the rest of the day in the johns hopkins university neighborhood.

>> we heard there was praise and criticism directed towards the hopkins student who used a samurai sword to stop a robbery. the alleged robber died. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: this morning baltimore city police are expected to beef up patrols here at university parkway near johns hopkins university. so far we have not seen any added patrols but this comes after a rash of burglaries in this area and a student used a sword to kill a suspected burglar. the suspect was killed yesterday after he -- the suspect is named donald, a man with 29 convictions for breaking and entering. this is exclusive video we first brought you on "good morning maryland" yesterday and police say after he lunged at the student that is when the student attacked him with the sword. it's been an alarming wakeup call for other students. >> this is the kind of thing that students at any urban campus need to be paying

attention to. >> it's unavoidable. some things are going to happen. >> the dean of student life sent a letter to students reminding them in case of burglary call 911 and do not attempt to confront the intruder, rather secure yourself in a locked area until police arrive. so far there's no word yet if charges will be filed against that student. reporting live in north balm, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 5:33. the anti-gang law in maryland is not tough enough and prosecutors say they want the laws to crack down harder. the state's gang prosecution act went into effect in 2007. the state's top law enforcement officials including baltimore state's attorney patricia jessamy met with the house judiciary committee in annapolis. prosecutors say the wording makes it too difficult to legally define the offenders and punishments are not tough enough. >> we need a better strategy. >> prosecutors also discussed

ways to prevent gang activity. here's a look at what is happening today. september 16 -- a hearing scheduled 10:00 this morning on a motion in the case against sheila dixon. and a bit of controversy on the campus of goucher college spend when former deputy chief of staff for president bush karl rove makes a planned visit. that starts tonight at 6:00. nays are 179. the resolution is adopted. >> regarding joe wilson for shouting "you lie." listen to what a former president is saying. jimmy carter feels that congressman wilson's outburst was based on racism. he says it's part of an inherent feeling of some people in this country who feel a

black man should not be president. the fda has now given the green light for the new h1n1 or swine flu vaccine and researchers at the university of maryland could not be more pleased. 24ed done they had done all the trials a few weeks ago. the h1n1 could be available to us by mid-october at 90,000 locations across the country. meanwhile, data from the university of maryland was used to license the vaccine. no major side effects were reported, just soreness and some flu-like symptoms. 5:35 now. president barack obama is pushing his economic and health care plans. here's video where he spoke to auto workers at a gm plant outside of youngstown, ohio. this was yesterday. he told the crowd the economy is on its way back from the brink. tomorrow the president heads here. he'll speak at a health reform rally at university of maryland college park.

starts 11:30 a.m. at the comcast center. abc2 news.com. leave us a message on how you feel about it, whether you support the reform bill or not. you can friend us on facebook and twitter. just write us. we want to get your comments on the air. all she wanted to do is have a meal with her 7-year-old daughter. >> instead, a soldier's trip took a turn for the worse with one man, his actions and words that her and her daughter will never forget. and he played for the titans and ravens before being murdered in tennessee. the physicals the former quarterback was worth in the business that he owned. but first, before you head out for work and school here's justin berk with the forecast. >> 5:36. harford county, fallston high school, heavy rain knocking on the door, 63, winds light out of the north-to-northeast and already 3/100th inch of rain. the rain will be a little heavy in harford county but we're

looking at showers on and off throughout the day. plan for mid-60s at the bus stop. let's check the commute. >> it's a good one now on light rail and metro subway. both on time. marc showing no delays or difficulties but on the buses, number 53 and 59 diverted in the area of reisterstown and seven mile due to a watermain break. 17 bus diverted at corporate and international, construction on the scene. number 15 with the diversion at saratoga and greene. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones.

welcome back to "good morning maryland." >> let's find out about our weather. some areas, some not? >> some areas wet, yeah, some not. wanted to elaborate a little bit. seeing puddles out there, that could be worse than actual rain falling, that's when people do spin out. please be careful. it came through sykesville and baltimore county, from pikesville and owings mills, now sliding through eastern baltimore county. we'll zoom in a little to harford county now, talked about from perry hall and kingsville picking up about a quarter-inch of rain, knocking on the door stepof bel air and

fallstop, very heavy, about to cross harford and bel air road. also wet weather streaming through the lower eastern shore. on and off showers throughout the day. even if you're not wet now there's still a chance of rain into the afternoon. our high around 74 degrees. 5:41. here's kim with a check of the roads. >> so far the rain not having too big of an impant on the commute. 95 looks a little wet approaching the whitemarsh boulevard area. volume building down towards the beltway and towards the harbor tunnel thruway but no real problems at this time. construction going on, lanes closed in some areas. pikesville, northbound reisterstown road is going to be closed at seven mile lane because of a watermain repair. two-way traffic alternates in the southbound lanes. lombard and south president street, traffic lights out. police directing task and churchville, route 22 and 132,

gas main repair. jfx at cold spring lane, traffic starting to build but no delays or problems at this time. now an update with linda so. >> a baltimore city cop is stabbed in the back by a drug suspect. i'm linda so, what happened next and how the officer is doing.

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"good morning maryland" news time 5:44. two plain clothes officers patrolling orleans street had to use deadly force. >> this happened before 12:30 this morning. linda so live with what happened. >> reporter: the undercover officers were investigating drug trafficking in the area. police say things quickly got out of hand when a suspect stabbed an officer in the back. officers with the monument street initiative were making a drug arrest in the 2800 block of orleans street. this is exclusive video from our our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill. police say they were forced to shoot the suspect after he attacked one of the officers with a knife. the officer was wearing a bulletproof vest that protected him. the suspect died at the hospital. >> the suspect tried to stab an officer in the back. the officer's partner witnessed this withdrew his service weapon and fired multiple shots in defense of that officer. >> reporter: the officers are on routine administrative leave. police haven't released the name of the suspect shot and

killed. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. a look at some of the other top stories. still no word yet if police will file charges against the johns hopkins student accused of using a samurai sword to kill an intruder. police say the suspect has been identified as 49-year-old donald rice and they say he was an habitual offender. rice died at the scene. lawyers for accused city councilwoman helen holton produced what they say is evidence holton is being singled out. documents reveal that developer ronald lipscomb also exceeded campaign contribution limits paying for a political survey for a state delegate, carter, who ran against sheila dixon in 2007. lipscomb has been at the center of a city hall corruption probe which already led to indictments against holton and sheila dixon. another high-profile case in baltimore grabbing headlines again. the state's highest court agreed to hear new arguments in the lawsuit involving that

kevin clark being illegally fired. he was fired in 2004 by then mayor martin o'malley who claimed that clark was dismissed because of a domestic dispute between he and his girlfriend. a claim clark refuted since his firing. 17-year-old crofton buoy who admitted to raping a 7-year-old will be tried as an adult. police say david razewsky lured the girl from the playground to his house where he allegedly raped her. the prosecutor says he will be better able to be helped in a juvenile facility. the trial is set for september 29th. a baltimore county judge upheld nearly all the of the award for the 89 homeowners who live in the jacksonville area. in 2006 the equivalent of four tankers of gas seeped into the groundwater before more than a month before the leak was even discovered. a woman was serving in the

u.s. army found a very different threat on american soil. >> tasha hill was taking her daughter to a cracker barrel in georgia when a man leaving the restaurant violently swung open the door. >> i had to push my daughter out of the way, turn to the man and just said, excuse me sir, you need to watch yourself, you almost hit my daughter in the face. from there it went downhill. >> the man stood in her face and began to yell. >> he said no, you're black (bleep) -- he said - >> what happened then? >> punched me in my face. >> repeatedly until tasha hill actually blacked out. remember, her daughter was there with her. the whole thing happened in front of a terrified 7-year-old girl. police eventually arrested the man charging him with battery, disorderly conduct and cruelty to children. an update on the estate of

former ravens quarterback steve mcnair his widow michelle says that the inventory lists nearly $20 million in assets including nearly $17 million in stocks and bonds. he also owned a restaurant worth $45,000. mcnair's farms incorporated cattle farm business in mississippi worth $1.2 million and $700,000 home in mississippi. one thing that was not listed in the inventory, the couple's residence valued at over $3 million. because mcnair had not done estate planning his widow michelle must go through the probate process. could nba superstar shaquille o'neal outswim olympic sensation michael phelps? >> out, shaquille o'neal. what a race! >> no. >> what? >> can you believe that? phelps beat shaq by just 2/10 of a second in the final race of a three-stage competition. shaq won the first race but no

match for the olympic gold medalist in the final two legs. last night's episode was the final in the "shaq vs" series you've been watching all summer on abc2. the water by the way was 14 feet deep ! 5:50. we were just talking about this earlier. i'm glad we got that story on but, michael phelps had to swim two laps of the pool. yeah. it was a five-second start there, too. exactly. shaq swam pretty good for a big guy. it was interesting. 68 degrees. as we're cooling down a little in the baltimore area, we're looking at showers rolling through right now. most of the rain in on the lower eastern shore and we've been watching its on in through harford county. also fallston, bel air, jarrettsville, heavy rain, big puddles, definitely a slowdown. looks like some clearing but there's a stationery boundary that is stalling across

maryland. we have a northeasterly wind, going to lock in the moisture. we have more moisture trying to come up from a separate system on back towards the south. you can see it rotating across the lower mississippi valley. we're pretty much stuck in this pattern. though there's a little bit of clearing that may try to work through as we head on in through friday afternoon and saturday looks like this moisture is going to try to come back at us, at the end of the weekend. today not a complete washout. when you see raindrops a lot of people think, uh-oh, but it will be hit or miss showers and wet feel to the air as temperatures only about 74 degrees this afternoon. some drizzle, showers, fog tonight. down to 62. tomorrow, looks like pore rain tries to develop -- more rain tries to develop midday. it tries to end by friday morning, 75 in the afternoon, 73 saturday. 69 with more rain returning sunday. kim? the beltway is running smoothly. no problems to let you know about on the outer loop or inner loop. here at 95 you see the roads are a little wet so as justin said definitely use caution

before heading out, traffic appears to be heading pretty smoothly as you head down towards the beltway and tunnels. no problems to let you know about at either the fort mchenry tunnel or harbor tunnel. and pikesville, northbound reisterstown road, that lane will be taken away because of construction projects they are doing. southbound lane we will have alternating traffic in those lanes. as you make your way downtown, east lombard and south president street the traffic lights not working. police on the scene directing traffic there. in churchville, harford county, 22 and 136, crews are doing gas main repairs. could cause some delay there. and jfx, no problems at the 41st street bridge. back to you. 5:52. if you can make a cop smile after getting pulled over you will probably get a warning but find out how one man truly defined a new term. and if you ever ruined your favorite electronics device, we've got a story for you. two moms figured out a way to keep from you spending hundreds on a replacement.

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minutes, you're getting pounded. bel air and fallston, 74 this afternoon. 66 and rain tomorrow. we clear out by friday afternoon and saturday. we'll be back with much more after this.

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