2004 for shooting the tires on a construction worker's car. report stated alexis haddeflated the tires he said he didn't disclose the charge because he was told it was going to be remove from his record e killed 12 people last week. this is not the pattern to leave and not come back at least according to those who knew her best. friends say leiloni ryan was on track for a better life and wouldn't walk away nowch the 42- year-old was seen a week ago when she left her home and now her roommate says she walked to a bus stop and left behind cash and a cell phone charger and her clothes. >> i believe something happened to her. this isn't her. she wouldn't just i can't-- she wouldn't just walk away. she wouldn't just walk away from her life. she was doing good. >> she is 5 feet 1 inch tall about 140 pound and filipino with dark hair and dark eyes

and we contacted police but have not heard back on this case. for the latest on two elderly pit bulls who ended up at barcs after the owner was told by his landlord he could no longer keep them in the apartment. all of this stems from the ruling that declared pit bulls inherently dangerous opening up earns landlords to liability issues we will featured the dogs bear and sasha in a story last week and since then barcs has been flooded with calls from people who want to adopt the pair. they came from baltimore city others say as far away as ohio. >> we have had so much support it has been amazing. we have had applications coming in the past couple days and have over 10 applications right now for sasha and bear. we have just had support from people a want to help the owner. >>backs says it's a perfect -- barcs says it's good he can ample of why it's not a goodlaw. they hope stories like this

will get the dogs adopted in good homes. the search is on for two men who reportedly robbed a sprnt store and punched -- sprint store and punched an employee in the face a number of customers noticed them stealing several cell phones and the employee confronted them and demand the phones back and that's when he punched him and ran out with a car waiting outside. several customers chased him but couldn't catch them. police are looking for a white station wagon with dc plates. the international spy museum is considering a move to a historic library to give it more space for exhibits and link to the convention center. it is at the historic carnegie library including underground exhibit space and glass pavilion to house a visitor's center cafe and store. the spy museum hold the largest collection of international espionage artifacts place on display. check it out if you haven't seen it. we are off to a break. you watching good morning maryland. more on the breaking news when we continue. [ male announcer ] if paula ebert had her way, she would help her child.

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the first couple was sent home on dancing with the stars and if you don't want to know, look's way from the television -- look away from the television in 1, 2, 3, 4 roll video. player keyshawn johnson and his partner were the first to go. were you surprised? >> no. >> okay. it was latten night johnson and his partner danced the samba you can watch dancing with the stars every monday on abc2 and you can come back to your tv now. >> all right. some apple lovers are sold on the new io7 software however the changes reduced one four- year-old boy to tears. >> no. i don't want it. >> you are going to have to get

used to it. >> no. i don't want it. >> oh my gosh. that-- he is is not happy he wants everyone to know the ipad is his and he lets his child play wit. the 4-year-old is fine with it and gotten over the new operating system he was upset because his dad told him he would they have see the old one again. change is hard -- would never see the old one again change is hard. >> we won't see a lot of change over the next several days. we do need rain and it's in the forecast. i will show you when that arrives coming up. >> reporter: we are dealing with heavy delays on the west side of the beltway. 795 also going to be congested due to an accident. we are following a deadly crash in north baltimore. we will have all the details. latest drive times and best alternate routes after the break. beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today.

now from abc2 marled's most accurate fore-- maryland's most accurate forecast. >> good morning. a beautiful sight in parkton. beautiful sunrise across the area. look at the hughes. love it. it's going to be gorgeous for today. lots of sunshine in the forecast. but, don't let the picture fool you because it's chilly outdoors this morning. we are dealing with temperatures in parkton at 43 degrees right now. and the wind out of the northwest will pick up today at about 5 to 10 miles an hour and in reisterstown the temperature is at 43 degrees and in stevensville at 53. the temperatures are below average and in some portions of maryland, western maryland well we have frost advisory until about 9 this morning. and all the way up toward the north you can see it in the new

coloring. as we look at maryland's-- in the blue coloring. as we look at maryland's most accurate forecast we will stay dry with temperatures a high of 71. let's check the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: well, we are following a deadly crash right now in north baltimore. northern parkway shut down at york road. it's not expected to open throughout the morning rush. so right now your best alternate is charles street and alameda or lake avenue follow me on twitter at maryland traffic for the latest updates. more problems on 95. a accident northbound near route 100. 695 also going to be in bad shape. 95 downtown is going to be clear. tunnels are clear but the beltway is not. we are down to 19 miles per hour on the outer loop here at interstate 70 and earlier crash 70 eastbound prior to the beltway. but the beltway 26 minutes to travel from 795 down to 95. and 795 expect delays as well due to a crash southbound that has been moved to 695.

traffic back to owings mills 14 miles per hour there and an accident in pikesville on millford mill and that's your timesaver traffic. three people are dead and another is critically injured in a two car crash in north baltimore. jeff hager has been following the morning -- the story all morning. >> reporter: police have this intersection shut down at northern parkway and york road where the accident occurred just after midnight at 12:30 last night. police had the intersection shut down for more than 6 hours, it's expected to remain closed as this investigation continues. it is an investigation which includes the role police played in the events leading up to this crash which killed three according to deputy police commissioner jerry rodriguez. >> officers in plain clothes were in the area of hartford and 25th and observed a honda commit a suspicious activity which caused the officeers to

believe that criminal acts had been committed by the individuals in the vehicle. they attempted to stop the vehicle and the vehicle didn't yield to the officers. the officers followed the vehicle for sometime which got them to the intersection of northern parkway and york at which time the vehicles the officers had been involved in criminal activity collided with another vehicle. >> reporter: back live here we are told that the car they were pursuing the honda had two occupants and they are dead. it ran into a jeep. the driver of the jeep has survived and he is in critical condition. and he had a passenger with him who didn't make it through the horrible crash. as for the pursuit itself, we asked police about that and they said that at this point they won't tell us if the sirens are on or if the police engaged their lights or whether it was a high-speed chase. they are interviewing the officers following behind the honda. trying to get a better idea

before they release it to the media. we will bring you the updates as they become available. reporting in north baltimore,jeff hager abc2 news. we have all new information on the deadly stand off at the kenyan mall. four days in, since the militants first stormed the area saturday afternoon. we have reports now out of. >> i robby war large explosionare being -- large explosions are being heard. we reported in the past hour reports of gun fire and the sight of smoke coming from the building. now kenya defense forces say they gained control of the mall but you are seeing and hearing reports of fire and shootouts going on inside there. we have a new photograph coming up of the possibility of an armored vehicle going inside. 51 people are still reported missing as a result of the stand off now going on in the 4th day as the kenyan defense force went inside sunday and we know that 62 people have been confirmed dead and it was originally reported to be 69 and that number has been

downgraded. there are reports of possible u.s. involvement some recruits in the united states possibly from minnesota or even alabama two areas of importance there for al-shabab could possibly be on ground but in a cree rent -- recent interview for reuters a spokesperson for al shbab said any foreigners were involved doesn't know what's going on. that is developing situation where smoke explosions and gunfire is still reported outside the westgate complex. maryland attorney general doug gansler is ready to run for governor and his campaign announced he will start his statewide tour today with events planned in rockville ellicott city and baltimore. lieutenant governor brown is also in the race to become the next governor. gansler makes it official today. u.s. representative sar banes joined the list of those

to endorse brown for governor. he has half of the state's congressional delegation. anthony brown asking for the backing of senator barbara mikulski and she gave it to him. the reason for his decision to back brown the work to implement affordable care act and military service in iraq and his coordination of the state's effort to accommodate military base expansion. a late night birthday celebration leads to a bottle to the held head to -- head to jacoby jones. they were celebrating bryant mckinnie's birthday. jones was hit in the botel by a stripper phoned as sweet pea -- known as sweet pea. he has been sidelined since week one because of a sprained knee. no comments from sweet pea. today we will find out how bad manny machado razz hurt in the knee. he will -- was hurt in the

knee. he hate siege and got to first base and his leg gave out. he was carted-- hit a single and got to first base and his leg gave out. he was cared off the field. this will pretty much do it for the o's wild card chances unless a miracle happen. this morning the president will address the united nations general assembly. he will then meet with palestinian president' bass and join president. pommer president bill clinton and discuss the benefits and future of health care reform and access to quality health care around the globe. burger king wants you to feel less guilty about eating french fries. so today they launch a cinkel cut fry with fewer-- cinkel cut fry with fewer cal-- crinkle cut fry with fewer calories a small order of regular fries

has 350 calories. and it's teacher tuesday at mcdonald's. every tuesday for the rest of the school year coffee is on the house. it's just one way mcdonald's wants to say thanks to the teachers. remember bring the school id if you want a free cup of joe. he is back the weather predicting crab will make his second forecast. last year he said we would have a early winter and this year will determine how long the fall will hang around or if winter is around the corner. he will take the plunge this morning near the light street pavilion at 10:30. lynette you ought to steam him. >> i knew you would say that. let's talk about what's going on with the weather. satellite and radar not picking up on anything. we have plenty of clear skies. lots of sunshine is going to prevail as we continue throughout your afternoon and over the next several days. we do have high pressure in control right now. we are going to be cool and we are going to be dry so with that we are talking about temperatures that are going to be a little bit on the cooler

side this morning a lot chilly as well. as we continue right through the rest of the day and through time, we are going to be talking about temperatures that are at 45 degrees right now in manchester. annapolis at 46 degrees. and look what we have in cambridge the temperature around52. but this is what i want to show you in dundalk. look at the beautiful sight of the key bridge and beautiful sky continuing into the afternoon as well as havre de grace this morning. again, more of the same. we are talking about a beautiful sunrise this morning. not a cloud in the sky really. and as we work through the rest of time, well, we are not going to see much change in the forecast as we look at abc2's most accurate future trend. this goes into motion and we are not picking up on any cloud cover really until we hit thursday. and that's because we will have an upper level disturbance that will work et cetera way in here. but we stay -- its way if here but we stay dry. 71 for the high today and if you have a fabulous photo, we want to see it. tweet it at abc2 weather. and here's a check of the 7-day

forecast as we see a few more clouds on thursday. but look at the temperatures and look at the sunshine we still have by the weekend. let's check the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: well, we continue to follow a deadly crash in north baltimore east northern parkway shut down at york road. your best alternate routes are going to be charles street alameda belvedere avenue or lake avenue. follow me on twitter at maryland traffic for the latest developments. more problems in the city. we have a crash on west franklin at pennsylvania avenue and another accident out on 95. it's in elk ridge northbound lanes have shut down here at route 100. you will want to leave yourself plenty of time expect delays again following -- follow me on twiter for the latest drive times. the beltway is in rough shape. outer loop going to be the main problem spot. drive time wise, 25 minutes to get from 795 all the way down to 95. and the inner loop is going to be nice and clear up towards liberty road. more problems on 795 a crash has been move to the southbound

shoulder at 695 but we are down to 12 miles per hour at owings mills boulevard. traveling on the harrisburg expressway expect congestion southbound from york road to middletown road. that's your timesaver traffic. top stories on this tuesday morning, a navy report says lies by the washington navy yardshooter combined with the federal investigators's inaction allowed him to work into a secure building where he he dun gunned gown 12 workersch very dismissed omission and made one deleting reference to alexis use of guns in previous arrest. more inclusive background checks are being recommended. u.n. chemical weapons inspectors are expected to return to syria tomorrow to continue vegging allegations -- investigating algage of weapons use -- allegations of the weapons use. the head of the world food program says an agreement is under discussion to call for a cease pyre in parts of syria so weapons experts do try to bring the stockpile under international control. and the winner of last week's nearly 400 million

dollar power ball jackpot has claimed the prize but you will never know who it is. man told official he stopped into a convenience store to buy hot dog buns for his wife and didn't find the buns but instdollars worth of tickets. who gets 20 dollars worth of hot dog buns. i am saying. >> maybe they were having a party. you never know. >> more on good morning on this and other stories and the continuing crisis in kenya coming up in just minutes. >> weep keel -- we will keep you updated on the crash at northern parkway. follow us at abc2 news hash tag gmm see you in a bit for a update on news weather and traffic. [ female announcer ] breyers. together making moments.

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first time. as the kenyan foreign minister claims americans were among the terrorists. breakthrough meetings. is the president headed for a historic one-on-one with the new leader of iran today? could it be a turning point in the 30-year standoff? and watch this astonishing crash caught on tape. this lamborghini breaking in half in new york city. the car is designed to slice open at high speeds. it saves lives. rhea remini's surprising charge last night in primetime. >> the church is looking for me to fail. >> saying the church of scientology is waiting for her to fail on the dance floor. now, the church responds overnight with a harsh statement. the war of words breaking out in the ballroom.

is it coming from here? is it coming from there? >> good morning, america. what a night in the ballroom last night on "dancing with the stars." i'm loving the pace of the new season. first couple this season booted off. >> they flew in last night from l.a. we're going to begin with the latest on that mall terror attack. conflicting reports at this hour about americans possibly being involved and whether or not hostages are still being held. the president of kenya, expected to speak shortly, which could give us some clarity. >> a lot going on right now. live pictures of the mall. explosions being heard. it's a cleanup operation of booby-traps set by the terrorist. tracking all of the developments in this still-fluid crisis. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, george. an active scene here, as helicopters continue to circle overhead. we continue to hear loud gunshots and explosions. we're told it's the kenyan

military, as it combs the mall, floor-by-floor, detonating any explosives and shooting anything that moves. overnight, gunfire and explosions once again erupting from the westgate mall. as kenyan soldiers search for terrorists or hostages that may have still been inside. this, as the first images emerge of what may be the terrorists inside the mall. kenyan officials have not commented on the photo. but they are confirming that the mall was booby-trapped. we are doing cleanup of explosives that had been set up by the terrorists. they sweep, they say, is the final phase of a bloody and intense standoff that came to a head on monday. this video, obtained exclusively by abc news, shows kenyan soldiers fighting to take the mall from its roof and free the remaining hostages, all under a cloud of black smoke and persistent gunfire. this morning, as the signatures at westgate continues to unfold,

we're hearing harrowing stories from survivors. >> i we went in the corner. i was telling everybody, bend down. >> reporter: radio host kamal koor said she was hosting a roofing competition at the mall when the terrorists launched their attack saturday afternoon. >> they were climbing on top of the kids to get to the doors. then, we heard more firing. we didn't want them to fire at us. the guys would come in. they were protecting us. >> reporter: witnesses say the terrorists, part of the al shabaab network, were shooting anyone who couldn't prove they were muslim. some in hiding were scrambling to learn verses of the karan. >> we would adapt that language. >> reporter: among the dead, raffle