the north, but anne arundel county got a few that made it further south. 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

. >>> also, a freshman at an anne arundel high school is in the hospital. the two seniors who now face legal action and how the fight started. >>> plus, it's not a sight that is often seen at the commercial building in washington, d.c. the smell workers have to deal with today. >>> also, she was >>> now out about why her boss may have jumped to conclusion. >> we have got our safes clear sky i think the only issue traveling this morning is sun glare and we are a half who are away from the official sunrise. how about the traffic? let's see what's going on out there with kim bound. >> reporter: thanks. well, on the major roadways, we don't have problems but some rortle of debris on outer loop at he edmonton and a pair of crashes in baltimore county. we will get to when good morning maryland returns after this. so who is "making stuff up"? the news media say it's bob ehrlich... with attacks that have been called "false" and "misleading." made up attacks bob ehrlich knows aren't true. but here's what's not made up. bob ehrlich's $3 billion in taxes and fees. the

a woman in anne arundel county claim she was doused with bleach. bob ehrlich and martin o'malley are at it again, but are the are at it again, but are the i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. >> change is on the way, because this storm is getting out of here, but the storm that brought us some heavy rain will bring some strong winds for friday and saturday. clearing skies and cool temperatures, great for the running festival on saturday, but the winds could be a factor. coming home, the wind will be at your back. sunday looks beautiful, sunny and 70, and a little cooler up in new england for the ravens and patriots. is

in order to do that, the majority of anne arundel countyyvoters must pass a slot's referendum, known as question a. >> it means $400 million to the state that's presently going to west virginia to charlestown and delaware. it means to anne arundel county over immortant than the money, 4,000 jobs dedicated to aane arundel county residents. >>reporter: he said one of his main goal system to clear up any misconceptionn about the plans to add slots near the mall. >> slots and a family-friendly mall do not go together. >>reporter: specifiially from ads that oppose the plan and suggests the slots be located >> of course, it's not in the pall. it's free standing by itself and you have to be 21 to get in. that's the state law. >>reportee: if question a passes, the slot's parlor will fails, the commany will have to keep on walking and showiig >>> invessigatorssstill aren't sure what sparkkd that massive wareeouse fire yesterday. heavy flames and thick smoke raaed through the plant yesterday afternoon. investigators say it's still too earlyyto tell whether the fire was intentionally set. no on

it means to anne arundel countt 30 million and more than the money, 4,000 jobb dedicated to anne arundeleporter: one of his main goals to to clear up ann misconceptions about the plans to have slots at tte all. >> slots and a family friindly mall do not go together..3 >> reporttr: specifically opposites tte plan and suggests that the sloos will be loccted inside of the mall.3 ú% of course, it's not in the mall,,it's freestanding byú itself and you have to be 21 to >> reportee: if question a passes the slots aalor will be built mmediately. have to start all over aggin and find a new location. cordish says he is feeling lucky. >> we got great momentum anddiim very, veey optimistic. i'm going to keep on walking and sending voounteerr right up to november second. >> reporter: cordish began his door to door campaign a close to 660 homes. >>> commng up laye lay later one earll he, helen holton gees her day in court. the charges she is facing and why a conviction wouldn't force her out of i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. buried in his website - a promise to r

en anne arundel county. the coast guard wants to remind everyone tonight of the rough waters that the strong weather systems can leave behind. crews had to rescue two voters from the patapsco river. one man from colombia and one from seven were brought safely back to land. some dramatic rescues content in pennsylvania. crews had to rescue several people from their rooftops in darby, just southwest of philadelphia. water was so high it nearly submerged cars. the pictures and videos are certainly stunning, but not everyone was under the weather from all that rain. take a look at this video from ulocal. he grabbed his surfboard and to the advantage of the waves on the chesapeake bay. if you have some great pictures or storm video, be sure to share them on our website, wbaltv.com. an investigation is underway tonight after an anne arundel county student told police she was sexually assaulted by a classmate. it happen before noon at annapolis high school. investigators say the victim and the suspect reportedly kn

. >> reporter: a baltimore sun poll out shows that in anne arundel county, voters are evenly split on the casino next to the mall. and according to the mall, 47% want it and 45% don't. and 8% are undecided. and with the 5% margin of error, it's a dead heat. i happen to believe if question a were to fail, it would be unlikely that the slots would be in anne arundel county. and there's a controversy over a different poll with o'malley holding a 14 point lead over challenger, ehrlich. >> well, there are examples in american history of polls saying that one candidate's up and then, they don't succeed. >> sun poll? [ laughter ] are you serious? there i mean, really? >> two days ago, gonzales has 5 and i haven't heard that one. and yesterday, ehrlich tried to reenergize his base by picking up an endorsement from rudy giuliani. >> both of the polls were conducted by opinion works. and stay with wjz-13 for more. for the latest poll information and updates into next tuesday, go to wjz.com. >>> and the police are investigating the triple shooting last night in east baltimore. three men were sho

the developer hopes to bring the largest casino to anne arundel county, and had argued that it violates our requirement for all developers to work together to promote slots. in an interview, the developer called the television advertising and direct mailings aimed at the anne arundel county casino lies. >> this is a lie. >> the company issued a statement saying that they disagree with the attorney general's opinion and that it will be up to the lottery commission to make its own decision on the matter, regardless of the attorney general's opinion. the lottery commission will meet again at the end of the month. >> the sparks are flying again as bob ehrlich released his latest attack advertisement, countering claims made by martin o'malley. david collins is checking the facts. to see all of his reports, had ead to wbaltv.com and click on politics. still on the job and preparing for a business trip to florida, after helen holton pleaded no contest. the city council is asking for $1,100 to fund her upcoming trip. she will be attending a government conference in palm beach. the formal reques

vote or an against vote on question a is there will not be slots any time in our life times in anne arundel county. >> that's because they hold the slots license, which is against the commission. a no vote will eventually have the effect of moving the casino away from arundel mills, not killing it altogether. >> we get slots with whether they give them to us or someone else gives them to us and that's what they are not really telling you. the maryland constitution does not go away if you vote against question a. >> another problem with a month ten sham laurel park proposal is that pen national gaming owns the majority steak in the track. it also runs that new casino up in perryville and it's against the law for one holder to have two licenses, if question a can be defeated there might be with be a way to change that afterwards. >> now we want to get to that story we told you about the miners on their way up through a rescue shaft, all 33 of them could be above the surface by tomorrow afternoon, diane alvear has the very latest from the san jose mine. [ singing ] >> reporter: they are chanti

-- on slots in the anne arundel mall. we continue our commitment 2010 coverage. >> this will allow slots zoning near the anne arundel mills mall. voting no does not mean slots will go to the raceway. that starts the zoning process all over again, but this time with the newly elected members of the anne arundel council who have to contend with opposition. the company, who will be able to keep their license, could start from petition drive for slots at the mall. and this backdrop, the county executive believes a no vote will kill the chance for slots in anne arundel county. >> of this question fails, it is unlikely we will ever see slots. >> according to a "baltimore sun" poll, -- the survey asks, "no matter how you plan to vote, is the mall or horse track a better place for slots"? should there be slots at all, or do you care? 38% said the horse track, 27% voted for the mall, 18% to not want them at all. 10% claim they do not care. the poll also ventured into expanding gaming. would you favor or oppose adding table games l

. >> our opposition is doing a good job at trying to hoodwink the citizens of anne arundel county to believe that our fate is tied to their fate. that is absolutely not true. >> the red brigade is part of the notes like that the mall campaign. a rebel mills neighbors are determined to set the record straight to counter what they call bogus claims. exhibit a, the proximity of the stand-alone casino. >> this is the actual renderings from their engineer. it shows that the casino is a mere 30 feet across and interior ring road from the mall itself. >> traffic is another bone of contention. state highway study identified 19 failing intersections. opponents argue that the area cannot handle another 40,000 vehicles per day. >> there traffic engineers are saying no one will take route 295 northbound exit of urumqi mills boulevard. it blows your mind when you hear some of these things. >> they also take exception with parking at the mall. the developer says he plans to create 6500 parking spaces. the net effect will only be to four hundred new spots. the group suggests -- 2400 new spot. the m

back to you. >> kim dacey in anne arundel. you have a sinkhole you are dealing with. >> yes, we are on gambrills road and it is closed between sleepy hollow and antrum. we are getting new information. i spoke to phraofrs and they say -- moves and they say the call came in about the sinkhole. it takes up most of the northbound lanes of gambrills road. you can see it is on like a causeway over a drainage ditch is what they said. the water in that ditch became so high from all of the rain yesterday that it rushed across the road and caused this giant sinkhole in the northbound lane of gambrills road. i walked up there a few minutes ago and it is impressive. it takes up most of the northbound lane and it is pretty wide across. the officers said they have never seen anything like this before, never seen this big a sinkhole. they say it will take a while to fix. the tkraepblg ditch is there -- the drainage different is there and piping so it is not a simple patch. it takes more than that. they mentioned it could be days before it is

but voters will decide if slots will open at the ann arundel mills mall. research suggests voters are split down the middle on slots. >> early voting is underway. 11 news caught up with governor o'malley voting yesterday. kim dacey was out and about as early voting kicked into high gear. she showed us the governor wasn't the only one taking advantage of this new practice. >> vote! >> these students from george washington elementary are helping announce the opening of the early voting polls. when the doors opened 10:00 a.m. friday, there was a line to vote at edmonton high school. >> i came out to vote because it is my duty as a citizen to vote. >> the early voting polls will be open from 10:00 to 8:00 with the exception of october 24. if you are registered to vote, you can visit any polling place open for early voting. baltimore has five. >> i find it very convenient. in case it rains next tuesday or the lines hopefully are long, i will have gotten it out of the way. >> congressman elijah cummings and stephanie rawlings-blake were among the first to cast t

work two incidents in anne arundel county. i will let you know about those in two minutes. >>> 6:44. i was with god and i was with the devil. and god won. and then he said he was going to drink and drink a lot. super march wrote miner who gave rescuers rocks and led them on a soccer chant said this in the first interview. we watched each man get pulled up. first time in 70 days. the chilean president was there for all 33 rescues and said it best to miner number 21. welcome to life. >> we have experienced a night that we will never forget. full of emotion, full of joy. >> now the miners are in the hospital being evaluated. few have pneumonia and others the dental -- be need dental work. but for the most part they are doing fine. you can watch the reunions over and over again. and from four to five yesterday afternoon when they were pulling out the guy with the mistress and the wife, internet traffic ran up live 4 million viewers were online watching this. so continue to follow the progress of the 33 survivors. log onto our webs

voters will zi -- will decide whether slots will open at ann arundel mall. research shows voters are split down the middle when it comes to slots. >> governor martin o'malley was voting yesterday at old pimco middle school in -- pimlico middle school in baltimore county. she said the government wasn't the only one taking advantage of these new practices. >> these students from george washington elementary are hoping to open early voting polls. when the doors opened at 10:00 a.m., there was a line for voting. >> i came out today because it is my duty as a citizen to vote. >> early voting polls will be open from 10:00 until 8:00 with the exception of october 24. if you are registered to vote, you can visit any polling pleas that's open for early voting. baltimore has five. >> i find it very convenient, and in case is rains next tuesday or the lines are long, i will have gotten it out of the way. >> congressman ligia cummings and stephanie rawlings-blake were among the first to cast their blots. others are urged to do the same, either early or on november 2. >>

anne arundel county versus annapolis not much to cheer about. anne arundel with the ball.moves by joseph. he takes it to the goal line. anne arundel to the air again. this time to romeo harris. romeo, where art thou? how about the end zone? a great stick form. anne arundel wins big. dunbar versus still, always a hard fought game. last night no different. he stretches for the touchdown. 6-0 city. second quarter, dunbar gets on the board. he goes untouched for the score. dunbar leads 8-6. finding the end zone, dunbar goes on to win 14-6. >> all right. looking forward to meeting you. it always seems like we're saying good-bye to too many people who have entertained us. >> this week we said good-bye to tony curtis. first known for his good looks and later for his talent. >> when you think of tony curtis, one of the importal images is him in drag opposite jack lemon. >> nobody is asking you to have a baby. >> as an actor, curt tist was not afraid of taking on risky roles. >> you can't go lynching me. i'm a white man. >> in the defiance ones, playing a white racist escaped convi

but anne arundel county, hey got 3-inch.-p>> i was looking on face bbok and hey were talking about howú >>> just a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. looking at hd raddr you and seeú a couple of bands moving from the northwest to east. traveling pen and ne pennsylvanw jersey, seeing more activity a frontal boundary may sag further south. that is what cannbring us the afternoon showee or thunderstorm in isolated locations today. 62 at the bus stop with a northwest wind at 5-10. 68 degrees, so it's mild with all of tte cloud cover and that is in the baltimore and surroundinn areas in the low 50s. 73 degrees at 6:000p.m. after hitting the high of 7 at 2:00 this afternoon right round there, anyway. let's see hat happening on the roads with andace dold. she is here with the track edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you,3 steve. the big story is at harford road winn road a broken watermain break. right now crews are on he scene tryinggto get this, but you can see it's just a mess. 1 lane is open, but you want to stick with the

. >> anne arundel has already been hit hard. jay korff is live with more on the weather related troubles across a state of maryland. >> a tremendous amount of rain is coming down. sheets of rain are falling on to was in annapolis. and we have been getting pounded for hour after hour after hour. as you can see behind me, there are a few brave souls out here. we all knew the storm was coming but very few with thought it would have the endurance and the power it has had. >> water. lots of water. >> the four elements -- water, wind, earth and fire commanded maryland's attention thursday. >> this is a tropical depression. wow. >> hours of pounding rain approved the main culprit in anne arundel county. overwhelming the historic annapolis city dock. i do not think it is safe for anybody to be out here. >> tonight was a little bit surprising with all of that water and air. indeed deep down the street, kind of a fine print >> it is already up to the building. >> employees at the marriott hustled to sandbag the entrance. nearby trees topl

we do have flooding in anne arundel county.watch out for a sinkhole and more flooding in millersville -hat has shutdown between central avenue and route 648. as an alternate. we are dealing with more flloding between putty hilll3 taae a look at 695 at harford road. you will notice no reel problems. it doesn't look dangerous. the roads are slick so you don'3 want to reduce yyur speed. here a live look at warren road. cars are moving alonn okay. it's going very, very slick. we do have down trees in the -rea.3 warren road is going to be shutdown at bossily avenue. as we can go back to the map, wú have another fallen tree that shutdown boss lee avenuily at y vvlley road. and more flooding in cecil county. route 222 is oing to be shutdown t happy valleyyroad. that's a look at the traffic edge. pattice,,let's ssnd it back to you. yesterday and well into the overnight hourss all over the city heavy rainn3 forced businesses anddstreets to close. in morning some are slowll we ú%ening. megan gilliland is live at fells point wwere residen

one anne arundel on crane highway at hospital drive.ast side occupy how that disabled vehicle tractor- trailer is gone but you might find a lingering delay. there's a sink coal at gambrills. one at nottingham and bel air is closed. take harford road instead. there's a look at your drive times and speeds. 29 smore miles an hour -- 29 miles an hour, huge delays on 50 approaching the bay bridge running from route 2. that's all the way to the bay bridge. there's no two-way traffic. that is what's causing all of these. there's a look at the west side at baltimore national pike. this traffic report is brought to you by disney on ice. see all the toy story gang from october 7th through the -- 27th through the 31st. back over to you. >>> we have a live update on this developing story we've been telling you b let's go to captain mike perry over a huge fire in dundalk. >> reporter: this is sours point and across from dundalk high school where an old vacant distiller ri has caught fire. it has now collapsed completely on itself. the fire departmen

. >> and a battle in ann arundel county takes an ugly turn. >> and days before the vote, city workers voice their concerns about the offer. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning and welcome to "11 news saturday morning." i'm jennifer franciotti. lisa has the morning off. why and i'm kerry cavanaugh. first a look outside with john collins. good morning. the stars are out, the air is crisp and clean. >> 50 feels different after a warm day than it does after a cool day. why is that? >> i think the air is dry and crisp right now. we were in this mode since the middle of september where it was wet and cloudy, so this just feels really good. let's take a look at the numbers we have. in the early morning hours, when the temperatures are this cool, that relative humidity factor is relatively high. that number will drop off considerably later on. the dew point temperature is 47, which means a really dry atmosphere. in some areas there are also calm winds. 29.93 the barometric pressure. >> a good forecast coming up for the weekend. eventually we put rain in th

some signs for the slots and 80 and the anne arundel mall and they were caught on tape. -- ed anne arundelmalfi they were caught on tape. fox so many of them have been disappearing that the folks at the headquarters of that campaign actually put video cameras up on the roof. this weekend, they and a police officer got the call. right-handed. >> indians caught on state -- caught the culprit red handed. >> you can see he goes right to work, pulling up the billboard. that is about when the police roll up. after a quiet conversation, 50- year-old david corn again is putting handcuffs. a little while leader reid gets its picture taken again with this mug shot. >> -- a little while later he gets his picture taken again with this buckshot. to open the casino, they need the approval of anne arundel county voters next week. >> thank god somebody finally got caught because these signs are expensive. this is about $60,000 worth of damage. >> we knocked on the door at the court again home today. a woman close the blind, but would not comment. there's no evidence that corrigan was working on behalf of

the voting poll, ahead of the anne arundel election will it work to keep slots at the mall. >>> and we will return to savage mills where lynette is running from the ghosts and learn why this weekend could be a great time to visit. get a fall fest preview coming up. >>> all right. now we are looking outside with the preview of the wind with us the rest of the day. it's 53 degrees and we are looking across the beautiful inner harbor. occasion ially wind are up to -- shall you may see the camera bounce. we will talk about that weekend outlook coming up in just a little bit. stick around. there's more "good morning, maryland" after this.

. >>> anne arundel county police are investigating a shooting that seriously injured a man in severnt a party around 1:15 sunday morning. witnesses say they heard several shots before a man was found on the street. two vehicles were seen speeding away. >>> a grad student is out on bail after being charged with sexually assaulting a female student at the university of maryland college park. police say the assault happened last week in one of the busiest place on campus at the stamp student union. victim says a graduate student identified as adam march ten ease cruz ran his hand underthe -- ubd a skirt of a student at tearwell of a food court and they arrested the suspect on the same floor. >> it's likely it could happen anywhere. the stam sp a heavily populated area. and there are upwards of 55 or 60,000 people on campus during the day and come from all over the world. so an individual who has an opportunity and wants to take the opportunity may in fact do so. >> now over the weekend, a second student stepped forward and said she was a victim of a similar assault at the student union

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

anne arundel county police are on the scene. now back to you. >> kim. >>> 5:21.ther celebrity has been sent packing on "dancing with the stars" with three couples eliminated, last night a fourth was sent home. >> the situation and karenna. >> sorry jersey shore. lonnie shore pauley shore eastern shore fans, the guy with the abs got the lowest scores and he is boot aid long with his partner. so next week the stars dance to tv theme songs. that's going to be fun. one celebrity ties the knot and another calls it quits. alex stone with details in this morning's show biz wrap. alex. >> reporter: david schwimmerer got married in early june. the director and former friends star tied the knot with british photographer soy buckman. the two met in london while he directed his 200 # movie "run fat boy run" michael douglas had to back out a promotion tour dewing to his ailing health. the 66-year-old finished the final round of chemo and radiation therapy last week in his battle against throat cancer. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: christina aguilera and her music executive husband

still have flood warnings in anne arundel, saint mary's, stafford counties.se are up for a few more hours and depending how quick the waters recede they will be allowed to expire or extend. a lot of that going on yesterday. for the immediate metro things are calming down. all the rivers are high. they will be cresting in the next day or so as the water works its way downstream. keep that in mind if you live near the areas that normally flood. even in alexandria it will be a crest coming down in another day or two. this morning, we have spotty showers and drizzle. most temperatures in the a 0s and 60s now. we may see a 70 or 71 in extreme parts of the eastern shore but generally 50s and 60s. sun is up at 7:04. today slow to climb to the mid- 60s by 9:00. that maybe optimistic. low 60s with few showers and the drive home i think is mostly sunny, around 72. should be a really comfortable day. except for the winds which will gust close to 30. clear and chilly tonight. the winds drop off. 44 to 54. blanket weather. northwest winds five to 15. if you don't like to

that ne is in anne arundel county.whole lane of the it's 15 feet deep. luckily it's not a major road ann t ssouldn't affect your %-that's the hope at least.ing. look at it right there.3 a live shot at that sinkhole in severna. knows how to deal with floodater cooditions, but even many of and should be used to it weree overwhelmee bb this much rain. joel d smith is in bolie's quarters whereerrads have been if you're sed to it, too much rain ii too much rain, nothing you can do. >> reporter: when ww are we got, it was too much, especcally for ssall rrods like this susquehanna avenue totally subamericannesubmerged anddit he down veey much. the water is coming in as fast as it's going out. let's take a look at other spots. it's close to the water. we are going to et have water. look attthe pier area, even before hiih tide. supposed to be cooered by the higg waves. locals say it's not hhrriiane make it muuh eaaier to look at. theyywanned to take a look. -hey were wondering how bad the roads were going to get. we are havingg

. >> anne arundel county will have slots but let's put them at laurel park. at laurel park gaming already takes place. >> the ad claims if they reject ballot question a on november 2nd a slots parlor would be built at laurel park race track. not true says david carr dish who wants to build it at anne arundel mills. >> they are misrepresenting 0 the voters that they , can if they turn down the mills, immediately go over to laurel. it's illegal. you can't have two licenses. >> reporter: right now that's true. the pen national company owns 51% of laurel park and it just opened maryland's first casino in perryville. the slots law prevents one company from holding two licenses but opponents say anything can happen even at laurel park if voters reject the ah run dell mills plan. >> we don't think it's misleading. it is an alternative situation. will it require some creative thinking? it is one location throughout the county. >> reporter: he says they make it clear the machines would be in the mall. nothing could be further from the truth. we're building a separate

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a few lingering in anne arundel and stafford county. so watch out for high water an road closures there. most of the state of new jersey is under a flash flood warning at this time. winds will be a factor gusting to 30. and gusts near 30 out of the northwest and with the northwest wind the storm is pulling away and the drier air is moving down and the temperatures are cooling. 63 reagan national. 61 culpeper. manassas is 59. winchester 58. in in the valley 60 luray. oakland, garrett county you go from 900 feet to 3,000 feet and you are down to 52 degrees. clouds this morning with spotty showers. 66 by 9:00. 70 at noon. 72 for the drive home but more sunshine as we go through the afternoon and that's a good thing. weekend looked mix with saturday being the better day. i will have more on that coming up. right now here's angie. >> some issues that carried over from yesterday is how we begin. it's in crystal city, virginia. happy friday. we are looking at route 1 and south ball street. we have all lanes closed in both directions due to hig

. >> reporter: a poll out this morning shows in anne arundel county, voters are evenly split on whether or not to build the casino next to the mall. and according to the poll, 47% want it and 45% don't and 8% are undecided and with the 5% margin of error, the race is a statistical dead heat. >> i happen to believe if question a failed, it's highly unlikely slots will be in anne arundel county. >> reporter: the race for governor has widened. >> and there are many examples of polls saying that one candidate's up and a week later, they don't succeed. >> governor ehrlich refused to believe the results. are you serious? -- well, two days ago, gonzales had five, well, that's a good pollster. i haven't heard that one. >> the sun's polls were conducted by opinion works. >>> and former governor bob ehrlich is getting help from a national name. rudy giuliani told the crowd that he would do a better job of leading the recovery and governor o'malley has received the endorsement of michael bloomberg and on a national stage, president obama is on the campaign trail in road island. he's focusing the e

also green haven, at sully and serious crash has been reported with a driver entrapment and anne arundel police are on the scene. linda so is out in the field with the latest details on that serious incident that we had happen yesterday at fort mchenry tunnel. >> reporter: we will have an update on that tunnel fire that caused backups through the fort mchenry tunnel. i am linda so. what you can expect this morning. >>> baltimore city teachers have concerns about a proposed new contract. i am sherrie johnson, find out why they are trying to stall the vote. ♪ [ domenic ] grew up right here. ♪ really that's about all we ever did is just work and play here. pretty well. i think up here in this area, we're, we're kinda like a novelty almost now, because there's so few of us left. but farmers are farmers -- we enjoy what we do and we keep doing it. and i just keep trucking, just keep going. ♪ and i just keep trucking, just keep going. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property t

but as we look in anne arundel county, no issues on the 97 corridor at route 100. it's moving very well in both directions. a pair of catches in baltimore county one in bald wipe and one in white marsh. i will let you know how it will impact your commute in few moments. linda, back to you. >> now to a developing story in baltimore county. police found more than 3 million dollars in marijuana thanks to the nose of a neighbor. sherrie johnson is here to tell us how the operation was able to hide in plain sight for so long. >> reporter: thanks to a neighbor with a keen sense of smell, the drug operation came to a halt. this morning, joseph guadagnoli

anne arundel county rolng knolls at 8 inches. now right now 71 degrees the current temperature with plenty of sunshine. winds out of the north-northwest at 17 miles an hour. but they're still gusting upwards of 25 miles per hour. i do think they're going to calm down tonight. and it's going to be a fairly nice night, but it will be a littlebreezy. if you're going out, make sure you take the jacket. 70 in frederick. 70 in sterling. manassas at 68 degrees. chantilly at 69 degrees. satellite and radar showing that system pushing off towards the east. that is the good news. so what is the bad news? well, the bad news is we've got a couple more systems moving our way. here is the first system. this is a upper-level low that is going to make s way down towards the south. as it does, it's going to create some cloud cover late tomorrow, and especially into the day on sunday, with a few showers ring the day. then we'll watch another system move o of the tropics, move up towards our region, and then we're going to combine that with high pr

another closure gambrills and antrum in anne arundel county and we have kim there that will report on that. if you are traveling there, watch for those closures due to another sink hole. so the big problems, sinkholes, flooding and downed trees. we will see what the maim roads are like. pretty good at harford. toward us is outer loop and no significant delays. now west side and so far looks pretty good down toward i-95. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." back to you. >> our big story, while it seems the remnants of what was once tropical storm nicole have passed we continue to feel the effects. >> as the waters are receding we can see the damage left. jennifer franciotti is live from perry hall with a sink hall situation. >> drivers will be dealing with troubled spots. kim dacey will tell but a sinkhole in anne arundel but we are we are on bel air road and perry hall which is shut down southbound from route 43 white marsh boulevard northbound at necker avenue. we have an excavator and it is digging up a portion of the northbound lane to get the pavement out of the way so crews

most recent was sunday morning on campus just behind anne arundel hall.he is 19 years old. officers say three men approached him, knocked him to the ground and stole his wallet and cell phone. police obviously investigating all of these and asking for your help. you are asked to call police and they are urging students not to walk alone and reminding them of the blue light emergency phones they have throughout campus. back to you. >> this morning, three men are in custody after a crash that followed a police chase in takoma park. they held up the eastern carryout and took off in a dodge. as police chased the driver lost control. it was near the hole of the takoma park mayor. there were three separate deadly shootings in the district. michael moss cornish was killed yesterday morning on harvard street in northwest. two men were also shot and kid early saturday morning. angelo jones of northwest d.c. and jonathan johnson of southeast d.c. looking at the day ahead, a navy seal killed in action will be buried today at arlington cemetery. he died last week whe

-- has been seen in anne arundel county. >> cleaning up after the storm, from a road work standpoint it did not prove too difficult for many jurisdictions. baltimore county workers were busy repairing this sinkhole on route 1 about 2 miles north of the beltway. >> the sinkholes by far are the most serious and obvious problem we saw on the roadways. the rest of the problems we saw were flooding in the roadways. we were concerned about people driving through those waters. again, as we move into the weekend, that danger is going to pass because the water is going to disappear. >> emergency officials tell 11 news considering how much rain the region received, it is really remarkable there was not more damage to the roads. >> in terms of the event itself, this was really a lot of rain, and we were concerned about what the effects might be. we were very pleasantly surprised this morning to find that the damage was relatively minimal. >> over in anne arundel county we found another sinkhole not too far from i-97. >> that is a deep hole. >> neighbors say they heard rushing water all night go

high water has already pounded parts of anne arundel county. flood problems, but fears in an already hawala of annapolis. >> lots of water. >> water, wind, birds, and fire commanded the maryland's attention thursday. >> this is supposed to have been a tropical depression? >> alan lin laraine was the main culprits in a anne arundel county. . overwhelming this historic docki. populated on this temperatures night by only the curious. >> wading knee deep is kind of fun. >> putting the sand bags before i tried. >> that it was jay korff reporting. north of baltimore the situation was even worse. this was seen in roseville as the flooding forced to police to shut down a notice roads. several drivers will pulled to safety. >> the storms brought down the cobbled streets in northwest washington. this trees landed lacan at 38th street near lynn brol road. a few blocks away, another tree is now to open sealed of a car in the 2100 block of the board place, no one was hurt. the storms knocked out' or do thousands of people in the region. the crews are trying

. >> police in anne arundel county are investigating a suspicious death. early friday, police responded to a report of the sick or injured person, but found a body when they arrived. he suffered a parent trauma to his upper body. an autopsy will take place sometime soon. >> cool today, but no clouds in the sky. and i stay out there. if that will be changing. there is a weathered them -- there is a weather system out there. it is moving east. you might notice, on the lower right side of the screen, there is a little pulsating ring. that is an indication that there was -- near richmond -- an earthquake, a magnitude 2.4 earthquake said about 5 miles deep in the ground. it was about 20 miles to the north of richmond, roughly 95 miles away from baltimore, at about 5:15 p.m. it is not a very strong earthquake. i thought i would mention that. we will have more on our forecast, which will not be earthshaking, but will change the scene. >> water damage from this week's rain has forced baltimore city's community college to a close one building on the liberty canvas.

. >>> and in anne arundel county, the wet weather may be be bhind the sink way. section of the road just gave way this morning. this is one of three sinkholes reported in the area. repairs could take days. >>> and the heavy wind and rain knocked out power to thousands of people in our area. crews were working to restore ectricity in maryville, virginia this morning. right now there a still about 7,000 people in the area without power. >> it's so nice to look outside and see this, the blue skies and calm weather. we want to get the lightest on it now. >>let's do that. meteorologist veronica johnson standing by. veronica? >> thanks a lot, guys. the rain is gone, but it's not necessarily calm because th winds have been picking up throughout the day today. we've been getting gusts throughout the area, around 25 to 30 miles per hour. i don't thi it's going to be until later tonight that we see the wind start to subside. take a look as far as temperatures go. throughout the area low 70s with a gusty wind between 25 and 30 miles per hour. and you mentioned those amazing

now we will go to kim kill who is in anne arundel county with a bigger sinkhole and a problem that will last much longer than this one. >> that's right. it could be several days before this is fixed. county road people were on the scene looking at the situation. it is one of the biggest sink holes a lot of folks have ever seen. the police cars that are light up the area drove off a few minutes ago so it is a little darker. we shot some video and got up close and personal there so you can see what is looks like inside and see how big it is. it takes up most of the northbound lane here of gambrills road. sleepy hollow and antrim. a very bad situation. also a drainage pipe under there so the county roads guy said it could be several days before it is fixed. it is more complicated because of the pipe so not just the average fill and fix. we spoke to hill earlier and he said that once it is daylight that is when the real work begins. >> we will peculiar miss utility to locate the underground utilities then we will excavate to see what caused the problem and determine what we do to fix it. >>

the anne arundel county teacher's union chooses that back drop for a news conference today saying it's critical that people vote yes on slots at the mall saying it translates into school construction funds. >> they will have the technology we need for our children. no moreover head protectors. we're talking about all the interactive video we need. >> reporter: teachers are joined by police and the local chamber of commerce who says the cornish company has a proven track record developing the shopping mall. >> anne arundel mills has far surpassed our expectations in terms of the tax receipts its generated. >> reporter: a neighborhood group surrounding the mall is lobbying against question a, they have received support from a group that wants to build at a track. >> reporter: track management is saying if people don't vote against question a it will cost a lot of jobs and revenue in the horse racing industry in maryland. >> you would continually lose customers to that facility. it would be new, it would be modern. there would be more things at their disposal that we can't do. so it would

to the continuing coverage of the slots batel in anne arundel county. baltimore developer david cordish, if he builds a slots parlor near arundel mills mall, he says it may be more about than just gambling. he unveiled plans for multifaceted entertainment complex featuring live int entertainment and high class restaurants and slots. but it's going to be called maryland live and will be built if voters don't stop it. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: it will be about more than just gambling. david cordish says it will be a destination with several restaurants a concert hall and yes close to 5,000 gaming machines. >> in the people coming in it will be a world class world class entertainment regional destination. this is not a slot box. this is something that the people will visit. you will come to the airport and come over and come from all over maryland and come here. >> reporter: cordish says what brings people to maryland live is a top notch facility anchored by top notch taints. on board a cheese cake factory, locally owned obricky's seafood ruth chris and conc

anne arundel county police are investigating a suspicious accident in pasadena. police say 49-year-old adam john o'connor was hit by a car while crossing the street. he is listed in critical condition. it is still under investigation. >> more job opportunities in store for baltimore and it all began with the ribbon cutting ceremony this morning. during their reorganization, general motors took away many chevrolet dealerships. a new store rings 100 jobs to the area -- brings 100 jobs to the area and support for local business. >> i think it is better for everybody. i could say that we are back and we are better. >> today's event featured tours and prizes and performances of high performance corvettes and more. the one nation rally was organized by labor and civil- rights groups in order to show support for the democratic agenda and opposition to the tea party movement ahead of the upcoming november elections. >> on washington's national mall and the steps of the lincoln memorial, a rally called one nation working together. >> one nation demanding jobs, justice, an

. >> in anne arundel county they are just turning to dry out. many businesses sandbagged buildings but for some it was already too late. >> it is too high. >> in alexandria residents are frustrated by yet another flood. some want the city to implement flood control measures. >> because the flooding is here, it keeps people from coming to old town, to the restaurants and businesses. >> across the region at least 3 inches to 10 inches poured from the sky. trees toppled on to live wires. >> this was supposed to have been a tropical depression. wow. >> all in all, a difficult summer for this region. with the thunderstorms will solve this summer and extreme heat, the weather channel says the d.c. area had the worst summer this year compared to the rest of the united states. fortunately the calendar marks october 1 today, we can start to put it all behind us. >> thank you so much. take a look at this new video from northwest d.c. a trade fell down in a park at the intersection of nevada avenue and reno wrote. neighbors stood -- to the north it did not

. >> he worked for the casinos to put stocks in anne arundel mills mall. >> they have a license to develop casinos at the mall. they did not hire ehrlich and he did not work for them on this issue. they retained a top aide to ehrlich. in 2009, they sought his strategic advice of the late in the land -- the light of the land in anne arundel. they say he did not leave any elected officials on their behalf. the ads took place after they apply for a license. the location commission awarded them one. stocks came up during their first televised debate. -- slots came up. they are the operators of dave casino in cecil county. >> the only casino in maryland today supported you with $16,000. >> he did not respond to his statement. according to public record by the state board of elections, they illegally donated $16,000 to the o'malley campaign in august. they have repeatedly said he prefers to see slots at racetracks. recently he stepped up the rhetoric telling the grand opening crowd at the hollywood casino on december 30th, "i do not think we should be delayed into accepting slots at the mall --

this time it was on campus just behind anne arundel hall. a 19-year-old student was walking by himself early sunday morning when three men approached him and attacked and robbed him, taking his wallet and cell phone. this similar to five other muggings we have seen since the end of august. those happened just off campus and campus police warning students in those situations not to walk alone. all of these occurring very early morning on a saturday or a sunday, students walking alone and usually a large group of men that come up and overpower them, knocking them to the ground and robbing them. if you have any information about these attacks and robberies you are asked to call police. >> courtney robinson live in college park, thank you. it is 4:36. still to come, some special reunions at a maryland hospital. we will take you inside the emotional ceremony. >> 7 is on your side with a heads up for verizon customers. why you will want to closely check that next bill. >> first, if is a rainy start to this workweek. steve rudin will tell us how th

. >>> a construction worker was killed when the roof of an anne arundel school collapsed. he was trapped underneath. he was rushed to the hospital. state regulators are looking into his death. >>> a dispute outa washington, d.c. nightclub leave as maryland man dead and five people are facing charges. vic has more. >> police say a washington, d.c. nightclub owner and four of the employees are start charged with -- are charged with murder. ali mohammed was denied entry into the club and returned with a brick rand threw it threw the window. he was then attacked by the other five. the man died in a hospital. >>> the police chief in washington, d.c. said show's shutting down the nightclub today. >>> maryland's highest court will consider emergency measures to combat fraud lent foreclosures. a judiciary committee gave judge the power to des miss it. the committee chair is cited hundreds of bogus affidavits. the court of appeals will consider the proposal tuesday. >>> a resounding no from baltimore teachers on a ground breaking contract that would change the way they receive pay

a student was attacked near anne arundel hall. and forced to give up his cell phone and wallet. yesterday's attack has students demanding more protection. >> we haven't seen any reaction on the issue of crime. we'd like to see some resources provided to us from the administration on cutting down on this, especially because it looks to be like it could be moving closer if not on campus. >> reporter: student government leaders met last night to discuss this latest attack. since summer there have been eight robberies near or on the college campus. >>> police are looking for the killer of a silver spring man. michael cornish was found wounded in northwest yesterday. he died later at the hospital. a second person was treated an released. the gunman has not been found and there's no word on a motive. >>> dc police want to know who took a shot at an officer them patrolman was not injured. but it happened this morning near the dc star nightclub on queens chapel road near bladensburg road in northeast washington. police are investigating reports of shots in the neighborhood. >>> a final