there is to report francis scott key highway. is the northwest corner of the beltway at old court road. you can see the fog out there. traffic is moving ok. this is the key bridge on the east side. there are some fog warnings on the bridges in the area. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now over to john. >> thought is an issue. -- fog is in issue. queen anne county and kent county schools are delayed 90 minutes because of the fog. temperatures are route 7 with fog this morning. it will be hot and of the schubert side -- temperatures are in the 70's. we will have more on the forecast coming up in just a minute. >> good morning, everybody. the countdown continues to sunday's home opener for the ravens. they play the cleveland browns. nothing in the nfl cannot turn a game around quicker than turnovers. joe flacco and the offense leads the league in turnovers. 3 against the jets. four interceptions against the bengals, including this one from pac-man jones. it has to change. >> you turn the ball over seven times, that is seven

the shirts were designed by james keo, owner of the gallery in the francis scott key mall. but mall management objects and sent a letter telling the store to stop sellg the shirts saying sale and display of said goods with derogatory or offensive political messages violates the tenant's agreement to operate in a responsible manner. he says he has previously complained about a neighboring store that sells t-shirts th obscenities on them. but that nothing has ever been done to stop those sales. >> it just hit never wrong way when they called me a racist and inflammatry for what i consider to be this patriotic t-shirt when they sell x-rated material next to my store. >> reporter: he made the t-shirts in part as a show of support for the policy of frederick county sheriff chuck jenkins who working with the federal government, collection the citizenship status of evryone arrested. >> i don't think it is offensive by the fact of saying maryland supports arizona. there is nothing offensive about it. it is a first amendment issue as far as i'm concerned. and if that business owner

i am a parent at francis scott key. i would like to echo some statements that i would like the feeder pattern to remain as it is. i think we are in danger of postponing the system. i appreciate all the work you have done to study the proposal. i think it is something that really makes sense and should be implemented. thank you. >> my name is david robinson. i am a parent. our school community prepared a statement in which we request a pause in the implementation of the middle school feeder program, specifically to deal with spinach capacity -- spahish nish capacity and also the issue of choice. we have, since the release of the draft map, opened the conversation with all of the spanish immersion elementary schools. we continue to work with them and partner with the district to turn this into a very positive experience for the whole district. i personally am always inspired in working on these issues by how much we all share a commitment to the values we hold for our kids. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] >> i have two c

and an accident reported at francis scott key and we're working an accident in towson. meg yap, back to you. >>> a health alert this morning, the food and drug administration is putting restrictions on the use of diabetes drug. a vandia. it can be used by those who have type ii diabetes. and the drug is linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, however. the maker has long defended saying it is safe and an effective treatment for those with diabetes. >> a study suggests mammograms may not be as effective as previously thought in women over 50. the study and published in the journal of medicine say women have a lower risk of dying of breast cancer but it was linked to mammograms. >> we want to remend you the race for the cure is coming up. that's hard to believe it is next week. and it is set for the 3rd. and we want to you join us. we'll be broadcasting the event live on the air on sunday at 7 and ends at 9:00 in the morning. if you would like to register you can save yourself 10- dollars. when you get there click on the lifestyle tab. >>> potter fans are g

the francis scott key mall sent a letter to the store telling it to stop selling the t-shirts.ight the management sent out a new e-mail changing its position. chris gordon has the report. >> reporter: the t-shirts are on display in this store window. they say maryland stands with air wear the flags of both states displayed. the t-shirts were design by james kio, owner of the galry. he was first told to stop selling the t-shirts in a letter from the francis scott key mall management. now it says it made a miss take. it sent t letter in error and that it welcomes the diversity of views. the gallery owner will continue selling his t-shirts. >> to me it a lot bigger than the t-shirts and a lot bigger than frederick. it is about the fact a lot of people in this country feel victimized by political correctness and they're afraid to speak the truth. and people who came in over the weekend, that was the general consensus of what they had to say. i want to come in and shake your hand. i want to thank you for what you're doing. i'm in complete support about it. >> reporter: the president

the public, august 5, which is tomorrow 6:00 to 585 charles drew. 28th at frons scott -- france scott key. august 1, 6:00 to 58 -- september 1st at marina middle school. we have opportunity to give fee back on line at the district's website. and also the staff and i want to -- and i want to thank the staff for this, is making themselves available for individual appointments, drop-in appointments, and we are facilitating meetings with school communities or others interested in talking to the staff about the work they have done that has brought us where we are today. i hope all members of the public will avail themselves of that. lastly, i want to repeat that commissioner kim said that the next meeting of the committee will be september 13 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. here in this room. >> thank you very much. i one-and-one to thank -- want to thank staff for the website. it is great. glad to be online. next is a report from the budget and business service committee. commissioner yee? >> sure. basically we had one discussion which would be consider an informational item. the discussion really was

our february teacher of the month is ken leon from francis scott key elementary school, and she teaches kindergarten. [applause] karen works on treasure island with many students who are homeless or victims midday or had a family member who was murdered. she found a connection with her students through knitting and taught them to be in patterns and math. gave his students the self- esteem and hope to be someone with a goal in life. the best part of all the -- the best part where all the hugs and smiles from students when they would come to school with a sense of peace and hope in a world that could be a better place for them to live. our february teacher of the month, karen. congratulations. >> thank you, everyone. like the other teachers have said, it is different talking to a group of adults. i'm mystified girls. anyhow, i want to tell you i'm very thrilled and honored to get this award. i could not do it without all the wonderful people i work with. our principal and all the teachers and our staff -- we have such great families at our school, and children that are amazing. thanks for

. >>> if you drive around the toll plaza near francis scott key bridge tonight expect to see a lot of police presence to prevent alcohol related deaths. police will be conducting so bright checkpoints. last year the maryland transportation police arrested more than 900 impaired drivers and issued more than 2400 dui citations. >>> wouldn't it be nice to pull up to a parking meter instead of putting in money you got to enjoy a nice park setting. >> it's happening all across the world and right here in baltimore. that story after the break. speaking of a nice park setting. >> fitness experts say working out outside could be the difference between losing 5 pounds and 20 pounds. if they have their way, we're facing a mountain of debt and a massive tax increase. employers will continue to leave our state, taking their jobs with them. the next four years will impact the next decade, so we've put together a road map to 2020. a plan that brings jobs back to maryland by reducing spending and lowering taxes. let's make the maryland we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. .

it all began when a store inside he francis scott key mall began selling a t-shirt with a message supportingrizona's tough stance on illegal immigration. some complained that the message, which reads "maryland stands with arizona" was offensive. the mall sent the store a letter telling it to stop selling the shirts. earlier tonight, management of the mall reversed its position. it said the letter was a mistake and should not have been sent. >>> still ahead on news 4, cell phones emit riduation. many of us don't know about the levels of radiation. liz crenshaw has a special report, next. >>> a robber left behind a trail that led the police right to him. >>> plus, warmer temperatures chevy chase bank is becoming capital one bank. with the most locations in the dc area, we figured they could use our help. ♪ down a bit. too much. [ crowd cheering ] [ grunts ] [ garth ] capital one bank. now with the most branche and atms in the dc area. what's in your wallet? >>> ever since cell phones became a necessity and not a novelty, there have been confcting opinions on whether the radiationhey emit is ha

. >> a store inside the frannis scott key mall started celling a t-shirt, supporting the arizona stancef immigration. some thought it was offensive. the mall told them to not seing the shirts. last night, the management said the letter was a mistake and should not have been sent. >> it fls like summer is not over yet. >> good au it. umn has been cooled. some of the red maples, already beginning to showcolor. live view, as you see, northwest, washington. way off on the horizon, son's corner. regan national, elsewhere to the beaches, and this mild continue will continue, and tomorrow, warping things up. many locations got down to ar 40. western maryland and virginia. now back in the 60s to near 70. and the green zone is in the 50s in many locations. high pressure, pushing down from eastern canada. meantime, across the nation, a front through the miwest. the front may get close to us on thursday, may give us a passing shower. rockies cleared out. lookat this picture from the central rockies, sent in from kathy, who lives near grand lake. at 8,000 feet. the aespn are in peak color, we will

. >> it can be found in a store in the francis scott key mall. maryland stands can arizona. they were told to stop selling the shirt because of its offensive nature but he refused. >> there is way more offensive things you can find even in a wal-mart. >> i don't think it is that big of a deal. >> it is no not fair. >> other people speak the truth about what they feel and they are sick and tired about the political correctness. >> the sale of the shirts will continue. he has already sold about 200 of those shirts. >> it is 5:57 period of time a lot more still to come in the -- a lot more still to come in the second hour. >> a virginia man who interacted with state of the unions for years has now been charged with child pornography possession. >> the shock revelation from arlington. later, cracking down on distracted driving. efforts to get people to

on the front of my calling, francis scott key with a flat in the back on.nd is asign is a flag cross with four stars. >> in the process of coming up with their designs, the students will learn more about marilyn's important role in the war of 18 to fall and the history of fort mchenry. >> -- 1812 and the history of fort mchenry. >> the money raised from the corn will come to maryland and bring national attention to baltimore. >> this will help our state and help us show what baltimore was about 200 years ago. >> be artwork has to be submitted by october 8. for the mailing address, go to our website, wbaltv.com. >> that is all for us at 5:00. >> southwest airlines could have a much bigger presence here at bwi. could that mean that there's will go up? >> the dna evidence takes center stage at the kenneth harris murder trial. >> >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news in hd. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a building tumbles to the ground in northwest ba

francis scott key wrote "the star spangled banner." did you know there are four versus.y sing the first one. he wrote the words. the music comes from a british drinking song that was popular at the time and wasn't our national anthem until 1931. >> what would we do without the key bridge? traffic is smooth making your way to georgetown. okay. this is the beltway deb. the inner look at route 1. it is pushed to the left shoulder in many. stacked around the kenilworth avenue exit. branch and southern avenue a  disabled vehicle is taking away the right lane. backed up at the suitland parkway and howard county a downed pole and route 94 is closed between florence and old annapolis. over to howard. >> sunny and breezy today. in the low to mid-80s south. low 80s tomorrow. mid-80s an warmer on thursday. the weekend is looking good. high unless the low to mid-80s. >>> as for wall street we have been up in eight of the last nine sessions. looking lower but economic data is out. >> the "early show" is next with more on primary day nationwide. >> down load a hurricane tracker at w

it was this day in history that francis scott key wrote the words to the star spangled banner. he was born and raise the in western maryland. he traveled to fort mchenry in september of 1814 to negotiate the release of dr. william bayne held captive by the british. he succeeded in getting him released but was unable to leave due to the british bombardment of fort mchenry so key was taken a prison aboard a british ship where he wrote the star spangled banner which is of course now we know our national anthem. >>> in honor of kelly ripken -- on this day your husband cal ended his consecutive inning streak today in history. ron washington came in for him. ron is now the coast of the texas rangers. >>> here's a great story coming up. >> a great story. last week it was announced that the nation's highest military award, the medal of honor will be given to a living serviceman for the first time since the vietnam war. >> it's for an extraordinary act of heroism in a region of afghanistan known as the valley of death. here's abc2 news martha ready -- raddatz who talked to the soldier a

196 years ago on this day 1814 francis scott key is credited with writing the lyrics to "the star-spangleder" after witnessing the british bombardment of maryland's fort mchenry in the war of 1812 and originally a poem and set to a popular drinking tune at the time and american colonial verse of "american idol" that stands the test of time. >>> politicians love to rally votes promising to be tough on crime. meet a candidate who showed he is more than talk. william keating in a diner and a man snatched a purse outside the window and then this. >> right on main street. sunday morning. where there's a guy running down the street with a purse and a whole group of people shouting stop or get him. >> the guy that saw him running by, he called me. you ought to see what happened and we heard the commotion. >> keating and another customer chased down the suspect and turns out he was already wanted. oh, and the purse contained thousands of dollars because the owner arranging a wedding. keating is a congressional candidate and used to bad guys. he's currently the norfolk district attorney. >>> time n

keys. and the bottom ninth inning, luke scott, the first home run in a month. that is the second hit he has ever had of of where mayor appeared bases were loaded for lance burke. he gets to the double play by a whisker. that was used as we get to the bottom of the 11th. luke scott, doubles after getting the home run. and then wigginton. please stay with us. >> these are the nice days. >> falwell refresh -- will officially begin on wednesday. we may be greeted with a sprinkle on monday and tuesday. we will have cool and comfortable mornings. then we may have a chance for a thunderstorm. there may be a lingering and thunderstorm threat into thursday and friday. >> it is still looking pretty good. thank you for joining us. we will see you back here tonight after the game. everyone knows a fee is a tax. you raised some taxes during that period, particularly the property tax as well as a lot of fee increases. as you know, there's a big difference between fees and taxes. but...they're the same. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. there's a big difference

reform was passed into law and six weeks until election day, healthcare still a key issue in america. in washington, scott macfarlane, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some insurance companies are already finding ways to go around a key element of healthcare reform. anthem blue cross, aetna, and cigna, will low -- no longer cover children on single policies. insurers worry parents will wait until their child becomes ill to sign up for coverage. and that will cost insurance companies more money. >>> time now, 8:17. florida governor charlie crist says florida will stop enforcing a ban on gay adoption immediately. an appeals court judge ruled today that the key factor in approving adoption should be the best interest of the child. and there's no rational basis to exclude potential gay parents from that consideration. florida child welfare officials have 30 days to decide if they will abeal. appeal. >>> new research on mammograms are out. shows the annual x-rays are less crucial for cancer detection than previously thought. researchers from norway are reporting that routine mammograms reduce the death rate by no more

big comeback keyed by this. luke scott off mariano rivera in the ninth, home run number 27, ties it at 3-3. in the 11th, yankees with bases loaded, and mike gonzalez gets out of it. josh bell, brian roberts, ty wigginton, double play ends the inning. and then the bottom of the 11th, the orioles win it. luke scott at second, ty wigginton, opposite field. 4-3, the orioles avoid the sweep. and i don't care when, where, what time of the year it is, you beat the yankees, it's like beating the steelers. home opener for the ravens sunday against the browns. good vibes about that one. >> absolutely. keith, thank you. >> 6:26, 66 degrees on tv hill. much more to come on 11 news today. >> it's the first full week of general election campaigning. good morning. i'm tracie potts in washington. what both political parties face, coming up. >> it's premiere week on nbc, time for the return of your favorite shows and a first look at some that might become your new favorites. we'll have a preview. >> we're dining out this morning live at cl

>>neil: and mark mentioned scott brown and he was with the president after he got in on some key spending initiatives, so some tea partiers expressed disappointment with senator brown. do you? >>guest: disappointment toward scott group. however, you have to remember, that he represents massachusetts and we can't expect massachusetts to turn 100 percent conservative overnight. it will not happen. and when i say alining with the republican part we need to work together right now. we have lad our different friends in the -- differences in the primary. but we have lad wins, like o'donnell. and now the republicans can embrace us and put the force they used against her in the primary and put that force to get her elected in november. that is what i mean by alining ourselves. >>neil: but it is not like you always strike gold. you mostly strike gold but there are some disappointments including new hampshire that the republican candidate just conceded that race, a very close race, trying to succeed judd gregg in new hampshire. what do you thing of that, and the fact that sometimes the party messag

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scott mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some insurance companies are already finding ways to go around a key element of health care reform. anthem blue cross, cig in will no longer sell individual health care policies covering children in california and some other states. that's because of the new rule that bans insurers from denying coverage to children who have pre-existing conditions. insurers worry that parents will wait until their child becomes ill to sign up for coverage and that would cost insurance companies more money. children will still be able to get coverage as part of a family plan. >>> time now 6:16. this morning president obama will address the united nations. he'll call on members to unite around the israeli palestinian peace process. in the u.n. speech yesterday the president said the u.s. will demand accountability from the country's it's trying to help. >> to developing countries this must be your moment of responsibility as well. we want you to prosper and succeed. it is not only in your interest, it is in our interests. >> now today in addition to the middle east peace efforts president obama will

scott mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right. some health insurance companies are already finding ways to get around a key part of the health care reform that targets children. anthem blue cross will no longer sell individual health care policies covering children here in california and some other states. that's because of the new rule that bans insurance companies from denying coverage to children who have pre-existing conditions. the insurers worry parents will wait until kids become ill to sign up for coverage. that could cost insurance companies more money. children will still be able to get coverage but as part of a family plan. >>> this morning president obama will address the united nations and ask the world to unite around the israeli palestinian peace process. in a u.n. speech yesterday the president said that the u.s. will demand accountability from the countries he's trying to help. >> to developing countries this must be your moment of responsibility as well. we want you to prosper and succeed. it is not only in your interest, it is in our interests. >> today in addition to the mideast peace efforts, president obama

key. >> reporter: the california attorney general has sued bell city officials to try and get back most of their salaries. several residents say if they're not convicted, they'll move forward with a recall. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> the investigation is not over. officials say more charges could be filed. each of the defendants will be back in court next month. >>> now to business and tech news. oakland is facing the loss of hundreds of jobs which are moving to pleasanton. clorox plans to keep corporate headquarters in oakland, but some 500 workers will be moving to the new campus. clorox is the largest corporation headquartered in oakland. up to 1,000 workers will remain in the upper floors of the company's office tower. new tenants will be moving into the bottom 12 floors. >>> ac transit's boards of directors will meet tonight to consider cutting service. the proposal would cut weekend service in half. ac transit says that would save the agency about $11 million. in all, ac transit is facing a $56 million budget deficit. the agency says these reductions are necessary because the drivers and mechanics union won't accept cuts. tonight's meeting starts at 6:00. >>> a new governors pol

scott said that puts the u.s. in line with countries like saudi arabia, india and the united arab emirates. >> they're give government the secret key so they could read blackberry e-mail. adthe u.s. to the list. the "new york times" said president obama is pushing for new wire tap laws that would give the u.s. access to blackberries encrypted e-mail as well as messages like facebook. they said the obama administration will push congress to create the law, forcing tech companies to have a backdoor into the messages. mr. obama's position has been perplexing. candidate obama called for an immediate end to the wire taps which were illegal at the time. senator obama wanted taps stopped even after congress made them retro actively legal, but since then his justice department has been defending the very same trapping cases saying the government should not have to turn over records to people who have been illegally spied upon. brent? >> thanks a lot. the giants are off, but key decisions could be made later on. san francisco is a half game up in the nl west with six games to play in the season. the final three-game series is against the pa

scott graham. thank you very much for joining us. the other big component of this is the massive traffic backup. of course, this is rush hour and this is a key area to getting in and out of the area. >> it's affecting travelers all over the area tonight. eric thomas is in metro traffic and has the latest on situation as far as traffic is concerned and perhaps alternate routes, eric? >> reporter: the situation is obviously very dire. if coming from -- . >> we're having trouble hearing eric right now. let's see, whole we're waiting to see if we can get eric together, you are seeing the emergency crews on the scene and they wrapping up the colors that you see there and the mats, they use those for the pre-age patient -- triage patients. do we have eric at this point? >> while we wait to get him, shawn was talking about the tree age area and we do, according to the assistant chief scott graham, we have one dead in this bus crash, four concerned trauma patients taken to trauma units, four priority patients as well and that is according to assistant chief graham. >> right now, the latest we have gotten is that they have extricated or taken everyon

four key races starting in alaska and right now likely voters in the new poll, joe miller the republican, 38%. and lisa murkowski who is a write-in candidate the incumbent republican, 36%, and scottdams the democrat 32%, and sampling error is 3%, so it is basically a tie between lisa murkowski and joe miller. >> nobody expected this when murkowski threw her hat into the write-in ring. we have not had a senator elected with the write-in since strom thurmond. this is a long-shot, and people are wanting to know how to spell murkowski. >> do they have to spell it correctly or say lisa m.? >> well, they have figure it out how to write in, but murkowski is identifying who is moderate and liberals from the democratic candidate. and in alaska, it is a state long significant to federal aid, and she will continue with the earmarks and the pork and the federal support coming to alaska, and joe miller is campaigning on a no ear marc, and cut the federal government pledge, so lt of peopa lot of t are going to see the interests. >> we will invite them to "the situation room." and to california where the democrats are looking better. barbara boxer is 52%, and carly fiorina, 43%. can they rest e

scott brown, who had support from tea party members. what you make of how he has voted since he came to the senate? he did not get the seat completely from key party support, but what do you make of that? caller: typical politicians. the tea party movement is a core american belief system that has been around for 250 years. it is a bold idea coming to the surface, so it will take a while to settle in. we will have to take our lumps and deal with things for quite some time. it has nothing to do with obama. look at the presidential election, mccain and obama were aggressive -- were progressive his, both of them. the simple idea of our founding fathers, the idea of freedoms, this is not a new idea, politicians use it to confuse the common sense voters. we will have to take on america. john mccain was not conservative, he was progressive. host: what about j.d. hayworth? caller: you have got to look at things and say, all right, this is what we're going to do, we are going to take these politicians and give them term limits, but then it is up to american voters to be active and use common sense. if you are a business and have two dollars, you can