many anne arundel county residents had a rude awakening. high winds came through causing trees to fall. some homeowners found themselves without power. >> reporter: baltimore gas and electric trucks were out in anne arundel county. 19,000 homes lost power because of the storm. about 12,000 have their power back now. anne arundel fire department made about 18 calls since midnight related to the storm. most of them were to handle downed lines and trees in- housees. the neighbors say it seemed like a normal storm then all of a sudden out of nowhere the winds picked up it got pretty scary. >> my wife and i heard crash, boom, bang. we were saying holy cow what's going on. >> like a tornado came through. >> reporter: tracey sands and her husband came over to help her mother-in-law after a tree fell into the neighbor's house. then sands' mother says the ordeal was frightening. >> she basically corraled everybody she heard the winds got them in into a closet and made sure everybody was safe heard the tree fall and came outside and said wow. >> i'm

as you look at ann i arundel county south bound lanes at route -- anne arundel county, southbound lanes moving up to speed. bunker hill road at york road shall reports of downed trees and wires under the 83 overpass. not blocking any lanes. crews are on the scene trying to make repairs. a vehicle fire downtown at bank street in eaton street. a crash lingering in dundalk at dunn haven and dundalk avenue. and northbound 97 at dorsey road a vehicle fire blocks the left shoulder. now back to you. >> all right. thanks. >>> it's 6:01. we learned yesterday the wolf is always at the door hoving and puffing trying to blow the house down. we will go to dutch village apartments on fleetwood by the mount pleasant golf course a mile away from the extreme makeover home. abc2 news sherrie johnson is there live with overnight developments. tell us. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. we are here at friend shp academy of engineering and technology in northeast baltimore where many people spent the night here. we are talking about the folks of dutch village apartments and town homes. head to stay he

a quick heads up in anne arundel county in fort meade. both westbound lanes of route 32 are closed at route 198. that's because of an accident. if you are going east and west, try using route 175 this morning as an alternate. in baltimore city, two accidents, one at reisterstown road on southbound lanes and another crash eastbound edmonton and working an accident up in dundalk at west fill road and now back to you. >> thanks. >>> a loch raven grad stud -- grad studying chemistry is in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. morning of jared paul jones are hoping he will be okay and the driver will be found. charlie crowson joins us in the studio with more. charlie. >> reporter: megan, thank you. bets young -- betsy and jim jones left maryland after learning their son was a the victim of a senseless hit-and-run. they are pleading for the person responsible for hitting the 21-year-old to turn himself in. jones is from glen arm in baltimore county and a junior at miami. according to witnesses washings crossing the stre

if you are traveling in anne arundel county, details coming up. >> an autobody shop in anne arundel countyo the ground, killing two people. details next. >> president obama in south korea today as glo

in anne arundel county arundel middle school is closed because of the power outage. let's get to justin berk. he has more on the severe weather this morning. i know there's been a question about whether or not this was a tornado or just high winds. >> yeah. right now it appears as if high wind and when there's wind damage this its easy to assume it might have been a tornado. straight line wind blow down and straight out from the storm. it is up to the national weather service to go out and investigate. so if you are hearing about a possible tornado in parkville, let's highlight possible and highlight the question mark. the national weather service will do a full investigation and come up with the conclusion during the daylight hours. baltimore city we talked about fleetwood road and the apartment damage and it extends into baltimore county as well. we will continue to watch this because the wind have maxed out on the johns hopkins university applied physics lab of 57-mile-per-hour wind gust with the storm that blew through. still mild out here. 54 degrees and still b

. >> reporter: the moon is glowing and campus is quiet, but step inside this classroom at anne arundel community college... it's 11:58 p.m.-- yes, p.m.-- and intro to psychology is about to begin. student sarah sharp is armed with caffeine and carbs to stay alert. >> i live across the street, so it's like my bed is calling me. >> reporter: like other schools around the country, anne arundel's enrollment has surged in the past few years. classrooms like this one are typically packed during the day. that's what made midnight the right time to offer a new section of intro to psychology. the idea was unconventional, but professor paul vinette jumped at the chance. >> we're all very much encouraged to do things that are entrepreneurial, cutting edge, meeting the student where the student is. and when i thought about this for a minute, i thought, "wow, this could really tap into the market of students who wouldn't typically get to school." >> reporter: like cynthia marshall. she watches her three children during the day, then takes two buses and a train from washington, d.c., to go to class.

anne arundel county police have released a sketch of a man accused of raping a woman in laurell. the victim said she was attacked after taking out the trash on xenia meadow drive monday night. if you have any information on the crime, you are urged to call anne arundel county police at this number. >> tonight, "travel and leisure" magazine has released its list of america's most and least attractive people. charm city got a very dubious ranking. lowell melser has more. >> it is hard when your this good-looking. i was saying before, i am offended by this because i am a city resident. i take umbrage with "travel and leisure" magazine. a poll of their readers and ask them to rank 35 cities from around the nation, including baltimore, on topics such as best restaurants, airports, and vacation destinations. it also asked them to write the prettiest and ugliest cities. baltimore unfortunately ranked pretty high. could a city known for its charm and beautiful old buildings really be home to some of the ugliest people in the country? we went straight to the top to find out. mayor stephan

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wind will pick up again -- winds will pick up again today through the afternoon through four and anne arundel county through queen ann's and northbound. so if you are near route 50, to easton or north to the pa line through pennsylvania, that's where we have the possibility of wind reaching 40 miles per hour today. there may be more tree limbs that come down. midday high temperature of 61. and then we will cool off with the strong gusty winds as we do clear out this afternoon back into the 50s. but problems this morning with streetlights out and down debris. and we have the latest on the commute with kim brown. >> reporter: this morning's commute is going to be filled with road hazards than accidents. at least right now. as we look at cameras, we are here in ann aid rundle county route 1 hundred -- anne arundel county, route 100. we don't have reports of roads closed because of debris issues in anne arundel county. harford baltimore county and baltimore city was hit the hardest. this is what we have in the city. we are working a pair of accidents at bowley's lane and in parkville, closures al

. >>> tonight police in anne arundel county are investigating a reported rape in laurel. victim told police she was walking behind an apartment building in the 8100 block of scenic meadow drive last night taking out the trash. as she walked back, she spotted a man standing in the bushes. he started following her and grabbed her and threatened her with a weapon and then raped her. anyone with information is asked to call the anne arundel county police department at 410-222-8610. >>> well, the woman convicted faking canser to scam her friend was sentenceed to six years for probation violation in carroll county. she was found guilty in a series of mortgage fraud scams. she received a 10-year suspend sentence. last month, she was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to repay more than 14,000 dollars to her victims in the cancer scam. >>> the state of maryland is getting help in the fight against gun crime and gangs. the justice department is giving more than $300,000 to the state. a $190,000 grant will pay an eye siftant attorney general to go after gangs and gun crime

any one with information is asked to call anne arundel police. a seven-year-old boy is dead after being hit by a car on belair road in northeast baltimore. the little boy was hit, after he ran into the street chasing after all. the child was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive. >> residence in one community remained on high alert as the search intensifies for a man who raped a woman earlier this week. we have the latest on the investigation. >> this president is relieved to see my -- this president is relieved to see more police presence. >> that night, we saw police, they came knocking on our doors. if they let the people in the area now what was going on. i am glad the police are around here more fluent week. >> tonight, detectives went door-to-door, alerting residents of the violent sexual assault that happened. if in the days since monday's attack, they have encouraged people to be on the lookout for this man. >> a 23-year-old female was walking out to the dumpster behind her apartment complex. she noticed the suspicious -- suspicious

we are work a couple crashes in anne arundel county and we will get you updated on those in a couplets. now back to you. >> some people are wake up in a strange place this morning after yesterday's storms caused them to get out of the apartment in northeast baltimore. abc2 news sherrie johnson is live in a temporary shelter set up to house the people. good morning, sherrie. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. we are live here at friend shp academy of engineering and technology where, yes a. lot of folks spent the night away from the home. the comfort of their bed and they spent the night here. we are talking about the people at dutch vilage apartments and town homes. they had to stay here because the homes were severely damaged after the high wind yesterday morning. about 170 people actually tong advantage of the temporary shelter and they didn't expect to be spending the day at shelter budget they handled it as well as could be expected and while they waited they talked about what they saw and what they heard when that storm woke them up. the house-- >> the how started shake an

anne arundel county police are investigating an alleged rape.a 23-year-old woman said she was attacked while taking out the trash at the 8100 block of scenic meadow drive. anyone with information is asked to call the anne arundel county police. and jesse duffy and vincent davis were arrested after police found more than 2100 starter marijuana plants in their home. it also pirating electricity to power the operation. it had been running for the past year and they had plans to dismantle it. the 34-year-old arrested last month after allegedly plotting to bomb undercover -- undercover officers -- his trial has been set for april 14. >> president obama made a stop in his boyhood home of indonesia today. it is part of his nine-day asian tour. mr obama expressed support for indonesia, which has been hit by a tsunami and a deadly volcano. >> the united states will continue to support the relief efforts anyway that we can. i hope my presence is a reminder that in good times and in bad times the united states stands as a friend with indonesia. >> one of t

we have a serious situation in the pwhreub area of anne arundel county.hie highway closed because of a downed pole between 11th avenue and town accepted. take morgan road to avoid this. southwestern boulevard at wilkins also. reisterstown at tufton and falls road possibly lane closures and could take a while to clean that up. disabled vehicle in upperco falls road at benson mill road. essex a report at old eastern and 702. we have a live look at 95 at 100 and looks pretty good there north and southbound. no delays to report. switching to a live view in the northwest corner of the beltway at old court road even there is looking ok for this time of morning. no delays there. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." back to you. >> weather is looking very good out there. the sun has made its way up and we will see an abundance of it today. we have a nice clear path all up and down the eastern seaboard thanks to a very strong ridge of high pressure that will hold up not only today but all weekend. to the west there is a frontal system and that is generating p

anne arundel out to check if they were at it as well. baltimore three quarters. you can see martinsburg and winchester under the advisory at a quarter mile as well. culpeper, orange, fredricksburg, quantico, stafford, everybody at the charles county seeing quite a bit of fog and patchy drizzle. 30s for web chester, martinsburg, cumberland 36. petersburg 34. look at the elevation we're not cooling off, oakland 50. we are also at 50 at reagan national right now. most areas in the 40s. light south winds 7 miles per hour and the humidity high 93% with dew points in the upper 40s. look at this, across the countries cold air for the northern rockies . the warmth is shooting ahead of a storm system, chicago 61 degrees. this is how we start with warm air, but with all this cold in western canada and the northern rockies we've got all sorts of flying in the mountains. we'll tap into some of that cold middle of the week and again toward the weekend. short term though we're mild this morning with the showers pushing through parts of the midwest, grit lakes. they'll move eas

he's currently facing drug charges in anne arundel. prince george's county jury acquitted him last year. >> and right now, leftwich is being held without bail at the harford county detention center. >>> a glen burnie man is recovering from multiple stab wounds he suffered while he was stopped at a red light on east ordinance road. the victim told police, he was approached by two males who began assaulting him. when he tried to drive off, he crashed his truck into a tree and was taking his truck with nonlife-threatening injuries. >> families across baltimore will gather together in just a few days to cell brace thanksgiving -- celebrate thanksgiving. but for some families, there is a member missing. >> parents come together to support each other. they all have a son who was murdered, and the cases remain unsolved. >> to lose one person, that person belongs to somebody. and that's how i feel. i don't want to hear, oh, we only lost these many people last year, compared to whatever year. >> reporter: sneed's son, terrence thomas, was murde

anne arundel county the brookland area downed wires. closed 11th avenue and townsend avenue. but major roads checking out ok. we will have a look at the west side at liberty road. volume is building there but we are not seeing delays yet. outer loop is fine. over to a live look at 95 at 1935 both directions fine. 83's good as well. that is the latest. now for a check of buses and trains. >> good morning, kim. we have on the marc trains on time service on penn, camden and brunswick. metro subway has a 15 minute delay westbound. light rail on schedule. a few buses 20, if, 40, eastbound to the 11 bus with a diversion at charles. with the m.t.a. i'm kurt kroncke. back to sandra shaw. >> good morning, kurt. happy you are doing well. things are high and dry over the mid-atlantic. high pressure is dominating not only the mid-atlantic but all up and down the east coast. that means plenty of sun throughout the weekend and mild are than normal. very atypical for november where we tend to see gray skies and chilly conditions. there is a front to the west that won't affect us until sunda

anyone with information is asked to call anne arundel county police. a proposed wal-mart and the heart of baltimore city is one step closer to becoming a reality. the baltimore city council vote unanimously approved a preliminary measure for the wal- mart. the wal-mart would serve as the anchor store in a mixed-use development. a developer charged with revitalizing the annapolis market house unveiled plans to renovate and resuscitate the market. some call it a blueprint for success with the old market, which gets in the front of the waterfront city. >> he operated effort stand here until he retired in 1993. now his former stall sits empty, like most of the market house. >> i had my fresh-squeezed orange juice machine. >> there are many theories on why the market has faltered. some say it is competition from supermarket chains. but now developer has a plan to turn things around. his company has overseen a similar projects, including renovations at belvedere square and grand central terminal in new york last night he unveiled his mission to the market ho

well, more from anne arundel county. we're happy to have you here.shore elementary school. [ cheers and applause ] . >> thank you. >> thank you so much, our kids are thrilled to be here. absolutely. and did we get teen challenge, maryland? >> yes. >> and teen challenge, thank you. you're great, we appreciate it -- i think we -- >> oh, living legacy foundation. living legacy foundation in the back. thank you for coming down. we appreciate it so much! and we have everyone so far. let's hope so. >> hey, ron. there's one person i would love to acknowledge and i noticed to the left, we have the three photographers down there. is carroll in the truck or out with you? >> well, i think that carroll is in the truck. i'm not sure. >> carroll is with me every monday. a big hand for miss carroll. [ cheers and applause ] >> she has to be acknowledged. >> she's with us since the beginning. and thank you, we appreciate it. >> and we have the other folks. the usual crew is here. the coach, joe matthews. >> and good morning. >> good to see you. >> shirley. >> hi, shi

the fire started at 9:30 this morning anne arundel road. firefighters say they found the bodies when they were sifting through the rubble after the fire was put out. >>> if you see breaking news we want you to see it, shoot it, send it. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on he see it, shoot it, send it icon. >>> one kid broke a finger. three students were sent to franklin square hospital. two ssudents were charged. >>> a private christian school in baltimore city cleaned out by burglars last friday night. karen parks outside the school to tell us what was taken. >> reporter: this happened here at the purpose and potential christian arts academy here in northeast ballimore. friday night some time into saturday morning the burglars broke into this window right here behind me, a classroom window now covered with brown paper. one inside police say burglars sold school supplies, music equipment and 17 brand new computers that the school purchased with an $8700 grant, the only grant they receive once a year. the students, all 60 of them, used the c

police make an arrest in a deadly robbery attempt in anne arundel county. we'll have details. >>> a string of college robberies has students on alert and police searching for suspects. >>> political corruption, new details today on why the f.b.i. targeted a powerful maryland lawmaker and his wife in a federal investigation. >>> and looking live outside now another sunny start to the day. but how long will it stay? meteorologist tim williams has the forecast. >>> and benefit just about to begin. we're live at meadowwood park. details coming up. eyewitness news is seconds away. >>> good morning. welcome to eyewitness news this sunday. >>> it's the 14th of november. a pretty frosty start to the day. temperatures across the area ranging just around freezing to about 40. it's a bit cool out but nothing like we haven't seen just about every morning for the last week or so. good bit of sunshine out there. just saw sharon with the sunshining brightly on her face. we will see clouds increasing through the day and into tomorrow. but for the most part we have another

. >> three face charges in anne arundel county after a violent attack at a mall. it was saturday night in a food court at anne arundel mills mall and police say they were called there for reports of a fight. when they arrived they found an 18-year-old man had been stabbed. officers charged deandre sims in the attack with two teenagers. >> looking now at this day ahead a local marine killed in action will be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery today. he died in combat in afghanistan late last month. the 19-year-old grew up in waldorf, maryland and attended north point high school. his family says he was a helpful and loving person. lawyers on both sides of the chandra levy murder trial led back to court. prosecutors rested their case last week. they were expected to call more witnesses including a former prison cellmate of the suspect. they ran in problems bringing him to court. the defense begins today. we have a warning for drivers for this week ahead. a speed camera will be activated along paint branch parkway in college park the first of many. the other

." >> in anne arundel county police looking for suspects after a robbery and shooting inside a pizza par lower -- parlor in glen burnie. according to police, four people entered the eat ri. during a confrontation, a man was shot. >> that person was transported to the hospital in extremely serious condition. the four suspects fled the building in an unknown condition. detectives are working at this time canvasing for winds and trying to identify the suspects. right now we have no further description. >> anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call anne arundel county police. >> residents in one community in laurel remain on high alert. this is when police alleged -- police allege a man raped a woman there earlier. >> shena moore is relieved to see more police in her neighborhood. >> that night i think we saw police and they came knocking on our doors and they let us know and i guess they let the people in the area know what was going on. i'm glad that the police are around here more than usual. >> tonight detectives went door-to-door in the 8100 block alerting laurel resid

. >> ann arundel county police are looking for suspects after a shooting in a piecia party. it happened at the 7600 block inside wing's pizza. police say during the confrontation, a man was shot. >> that person was transported to the hospital in extremely serious condition. the four suspects fled the building in an unknown condition. detectives are canvasing for winds and trying to identify winds -- trying to identify winds. >> anything with information is asked to call ann arundel police. >> baltimore county police have made an arrest in a 33-year-old man is behind bars charged with first-degree murder. that shooting happened on november 5 in randalr -- randallstown. >> worried residents of this apartment com flex are relieved. one woman who asked that we not identify her said she is shocked tho to know the man charged is one of her neighbors, but she said trouble plagues her. >> it seems like the police are around here more than the residents. >> the police arrested a 19-year-old man. the victim was found behind this building in the 5400 block of old court road. >> basical

. >>> alarm at anne arundel county after a woman is raped after she was taking out the trash. she says the man came at her with a weapon, raped her and then ran away. anne arundel county police are still looking for the attacker. >>> the ravens ray rice is pulled over for a traffic stop and receives a warning. now some are questioning whether his celebrity status got him off without a ticket. adam may explains the running back is under fire all because of a twitt. >> reporter: ray rice forced to defend himself against allegations of special treatment. following a message he sent to his fans on twitter. he wrote, just got pulled over for a tint. but gave the officer an photograph for his son and he let me go. now rice apologizes for the twitt. the incident occurred at a parking lot at the parking lot of a game store. rice was given a verbal warning for window tinting that was too dark. >> i don't want to make it seem like i was getting special treatment. i must get my tints fixed because they are pretty dark. >> reporter: don't bother looking for that twitt he took it down afte

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. >>> three people are charged with assault after being stabbed in anne arundel mills mall. an 18-year-old was stabbed in the back at the food court. leandre simms a 7-year-old and a juvenile were all arrested. they are not sure what led to the fight. >> meanwhile, police are still -- . >> all right. we'll check on that weather for you. temperature-wise, it was pretty seasonable today, but we did see changes start to develop across much of the east coast. let's take a look first ought our temperature pattern, low to mid-50s, 55 in, 54 in cambridge and 50 over in dover. temperatures not that bad but here is what we're watching, satellite radar trend, cloudy conditions up an down the east coast now. you see most of the rain is beginning to push in out of the south and west, the heaviest of this stuff down in through eastern kentucky right now, western north carolina toward ashville, we've got more precipitation down into the south carolina region. all headed our way. should come in here past midnight but as we check maryland's most powerful radar, nothing on it yet. again expe

look in anne arundel county, traffic looks very good. no problems on route 50 or 97 in both directions. let's go to the maps. we have road hazards and a couple things around the area to let you know b traffic lights are dark. that's up in upper co on hanover pike and emory road. treat that as a four-way intersection. crash activity in golden ring road at kenwood avenue. they are trying to piece together fire investigation right there in towson. joppa road closed at danaway and expect it to remain closed for a while. and brooklyn park ritchie highway closed in both

an emotional dane court as a federal officer's trial for shooting and killing a dog at a anne arundel county dog park. the judge says the shooting was wrong but the officer is getting off without any jail time. >> reporter: courthouse security tried to push wjz cameras away from federal police officer keith shepard, protecting him from questions moments after he was given probation for shooting bear bear. there was evidence to convict shepard on two misdemeanor charges, animal cruelty and firing a weapon too close to homes. shepard's record will be cleared once he completes probation. he has to do community service and pay a $500 fine. >> this type of situation was unusual, it would never happen again, that's why he benefited him with probation. >> reporter: the shooting and last august. shepard was there off duty with his wife and dog and claims bear bear tried to attack them so he fired his personal handgun at bear bear and called 911. >> i'm an off duty federal police officer. i just discharged my weapon to a dog that was attacking my dog. >> it was an excessive use of force under

no problems through anne arundel on 97 or route 50. megan and jammy, back to you. >>> bill sank it's his birthday today at 5:10. happy birthday, bill. he turns 85 today. he's been married for 63 years to his wife janet who is also 85. bill is an amateur wine maker. and the we all. he's won many awards for the wine making a proud air force veteran and retired civil engineer. three girls and son-in-law want to wish him a happy birthday today. >> yeah. happy birthday. if you are having a birthday, we want to whereby you happy birthday on the air -- we would -- we want to wish you a happy birthday on the air. >>> >> bill k. you make a batch called the pringle vintage wine. >> maybe just "good morning, maryland" wine. >> you don't want your name on it? >> sure. i will take it. >> you got it. >>> teenagers love to text no doubt about it. probably more than talking on the phone sometimes. >> the new study shows action could increase risky behavior like having sex and underage drinking. >>> betty white is a huge hit with the younger crowd. now

look at anne arundel county, the sun is starting to peter out on the westbound lanes of route 100 approaching going to the maps, there's a couple accidents. one up in finksburg at route 140. and dd road and we are work an accident on the bw parkway at route 197 in laurel that block the left lane. that's causing some delays starting from about route 198. megan and jammy, back to you. >>> 6:33. some things are better left untweeted. here's ravens superstar ray rice being honest after being pulled over for his windows being too tinted. sherrie johnson takes the story from there. >> reporter: it might be a case of too much information. on monday ray rice was look for a hot new video game "call of duty black ops "as he arrived at store a. baltimore county police officer pulled him over because the tinted windows on the s-uv were too dark. he received a warning and the officer got an autograph for the son and rice said "just got pulled over for my tints, but gave the officer an autograph for his son and he let me go." some people are concerned about preferential treatment. rice clarified the tweet

and look at anne arundel county 97 sort and -- north and southbound looks good.looking at the maps, we have that one vehicle fire in the final stages of being cleared. that's in brooklyn park. crestwell road at richie highway. it's in the final stages of almost being gone. and road closures starting at seven at mount vernon place for the veterans day parade. we have the water mayne break in toeson bosley at fair fairmount but traveling look good. -- but traffic looks good. >>> this morning's health alert, a push to get people to stop smoking. the government's antismoking campaign includes serious new warnings displayed on the back of cigarette packs. abc john hennedrin has details -- hendrin has destates. >> reporter: the cautions could hardly be more stark. warning, cigarettes cause cancer. cigarettes cause strokes and heart disease and more direct smoke kg kill you. >> we tant -- can -- smoking can kill you. >> we want to make sure everyone who picks up a pack of cigarettes knows the risk they are take. >> reporter: by this time in 2012, the fda will put those

anne arundel was lowest with only 3 schools cited for pets. baltimore city had a small total. 8 of their 178 schools were written up. baltimore county was near the top with 10 of theirs but harford county had the highest percentage, 8 of their 53 schools, 53%, had one violation for having mice, rats or bugs. >> very disappointing to hear those numbers. >> reporter: disappointing but not unusual according to former inspector john anchor dough. >> reports say they are being controlled. even in your own house you're going to get mice now and then. >> reporter: but we're not talking about your health. this is about cafeterias where they are cooking for a lot more people. all of them using prepack aged food that just has to be reheated. >> it's a simple operation, not doing much to it, may be tv dinners. >> reporter: critical violations are considered the most serious by the state because they can make you sick. still, plenty of local schools have them. 678 c cited with at least one critical last year. almost 40% of harford county schools, 19 of 53

area back through is a verna park, southern anne arundel county, tremendous amounts of rain coming up, pretty heavy showers here just west of sparta into kent county, where some of the heaviest rain is now right down in the heart of d.c. so plenty of wet weather out here and some of the heaviest stuff, excuse me, pg county across the south of annapolis to maynard andy oh. we'll continue to watch it. through the dayer earlier we had cloudy conditions, you can kind of see the approach of that approaching rain storm system that will bring us rain tonight, tomorrow, and tomorrow night. i think tomorrow night could be some of the heaviest rain. d.c. today, foggy start, wet weather, then you know, finally the rain moves in right at the end here. we could see some fog as well tomorrow in the rain out there so watch out for that. rainfall totals so far have been light and primarily in annapolis back through an then dale. these are our weather net sites. we're dry baltimore north and eastward. denton getting a trees east. get about a 10th of an inch so far. take a look temperature-wise right n

fen anne arundel county 9 -- in anne arundel county traffic is moving well in all directions. one accident is in the city southwestern boulevard at wilkins. police remain on the scene there. in towson, they are continuing that fire cleanup from an earlier shed fire. that has joppa road closed between danaway and pleasant plains road and in brooklyn park, ritchie highway closed in both directions at 11th street because of a utility problem involving a downed pole. glid 6:17-- >>> it's 6:17. women who had breast cancer surgery have the os of reconstructive surgery which includes implants. a study tries to help women decide what is bet for them. dr. timothy johnson has the story. >> reporter: women who have had mastectomies are faced with the decision whether to follow up with reconstructive surgery. most patients who do must make another choice, do they want implants filled with silicone or sail lien which is salt watt -- saline which is salt water. 670 women with reconstructive breast surgery were surveyed. 176 had silicone implants and the other saline. those with silicone rep

it happened in the community in laurel in anne arundel county located between several jurisdictions including howard, prince george's county and laurel site. investigators don't know if the suspect lives here or drove from one of the main roads nearby. officers will return to the neighborhood to talk to anyone who may have seen that suspect. women who juan the dogs in the area in the dark are changing their patterns. >> she described it as he was in or around the bushes and then he started following her and then he grabbed her produced the weapon and then assaulted her. >> this is an eye opener because we think we live in a safe community. >> reporter: anne arundel county police ask you call the sex offense unit if you have information on the case. that number is 410-222-3750. and in the studios sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> one minute after six. st. joseph medical center agreed to pay 22 million dollars to settle allegation that is it provided illegal kickbacks to a cardiology practice accused of implant being -- implanting unnecessary extents. it was paid over a ten-year period. the suit

we have some dense fog in anne arundel county, prince george's county.wn in the south, it is a rainfall that will be working it's way along a frontal boundary coming in late tonight. you could see some light showers towards the end of the game. the forecast for today looks like this. mix of sun and clouds. the clouds increase as the day progresses. a bit cooler today, 61 degrees for your high. tomorrow, we do expect rain showers across the region tomorrow. could see a half inch or so of rain during the day and more tomorrow night. wednesday, we have a brief warm- up. 62degrees for wednesday. the temperatures drop off a bit for the weekend as our temperatures will be in the 50s so it will definitely be a cool end of the week. all right. it is time now for ask the weather guys. the suggestment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. today, we hear from our super tramp fans. this has become an ongoing store ihere. it started weeks ago with a question about super tramp and why

anne arundel middle has no power. -- roundable mid--- arundel middle has in electricity. >>> now, and anne is on the scene with more. >> reporter: to give you an update, i spoke with the firefighters who said that three were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries and one is a child. to show you how dangerous things are, this is a live shot i was trying to get to the truck and you can see all of the downed trees and there are live wires down there. the firefighters tell me, don't try walking to get to the truck, it's too dangerous now. dozens of homes are damaged and cars are flipped over from the weather activity overnight and a possible tornado and roofs were blown off and firefighters are assessing the damage and bge crews are trying to get the power back on and dozens are just in shock this morning. >>> and it's a scene from "the wizard of oz." you felt the wind picking up and saw the limbs on the windows. and people's vehicles were moving across the parking lot and you could see the trees ripping up from the roots. >> it blew out our bedroom window completely and

attorney general could filed charges as well as the state local attorney no a fire at an anne arundel county body shop and two bodies were found. investigators say the bodies have not been identified. the two men who should have been inside at the time are missing. >> work with them and always stay. there they work a lot like all night long. >> when he left me, he left me. he said he's going back to the shop to work. he came back over here. >> also at this point it's not clear if the men died in the fire or before hand. >>> one of those two cargo bombs intercepted last month before going off could have exploded over north america. data show's the plane could have been over quebec city at the time of debts on it nation. sometimes the plane travels on a route over the east coast of the u.s. as well. >>> on this veterans day the president is overseas continuing his tour of asia. he began meeting american servicemen and women. as wood johnson reports, he hasn't checked off everything on his "to do" less in south korea. >> reporter: on this veterans day president obama is honoring american

. >> our big story this morning comes out of anne arundel county where a federal officer has been indicted killing a dog. >> keith sheppard is found guilty of killing bear bear, he claims was attacking his dog. >> the judge determined sheppard used an excessive amount of force when he shot and killed bear bear. as a result, he must pay $500 and fines and one year of probation. >> federal police officer keith sheppard did not say much as he left the anne arundel county district court. a judge found him guilty of animal crulte cruelty and firing a gun near homes. back in august a. sheppard shot 3-year-old bear bear with his handgun. it happened at a dog park. he said he did it because he thought the dog was attacking his 911 call. >> i'm a federal police officer. i just discharged my weapon to a dog that was killing my dog. >> is the dog still alive? >> this is a detective. his family, his career. obviously he was not ago on a mission as a result of this overseas to defend our country. hopefully things will be getting back to normal for him as well. >> the judge sentenced him to a year of un

anne arundel county police investigating a stabbing at arundel mills mall.all came from the food court area of the mall. the victim taken to shock trauma. his injuries not believed to be life-threatening. no word on arrests or motive. >> the search continues for two attackers who robbed three people near loyola university. it happened thursday morning on west cold spring rain near north charles street. three people were walking in a parking lot and approached by two people with knives. >> we were looking for two individuals, both adult black males. we believe they are between the ages of 18 and 25, and they are of slim build, about 5' 10" in height. >> anyone with information should call baltimore city police. >> water has been restored to people in baltimore county after a 12-inch water-main break left them without running water. it happened at dunfield road near bell air road. crews were forced to dig a large hole in the roadway. the road is closed to traffic until monday. >> a diamond ring to new socks belonging to jailed bernie madoff went on the auction

there are 200 in anne arundel county. >>> for updates on the forecast, and live doppler radar, along with extra video and picture from the damage, log onto wjz.com. >>> getting dangerous alcoholic energy drinks off store shelves. that process is way. as the fda tells companies, they can still make them without major ingredients. mike schuh has more on the fallouts across the nation. >>> what's inside here is an unsafe food additive. feds today said alcohol and caffeine don't mix. also today, four loko announced it was pulling caffeine from the mix. >> with four loc low's decision, do you feel like you won? >> yeah. >> four loko understood and saw what was coming and made the right decision to get these off the market. you cannot combine caffeine and alcohol. >> several states have banned the stuff. here's why it's so dangerous. >> drinking just three of these is like drinking 18 light beers. and six cups of fully caffeinated coffee. >> and despite the bad press, interest has jumped. as loy lot of people are going, do you have any of that stuff i heard about on the news? >> until an o

. >> the big story comes out of anne arundel county delaware the police continue their search for a man -- for the shooters at a restaurant. >> it is business as usual inside of mr. wang's and pizza. outside friends comfort each other and cope with the death. >> looking back, i want to call him but he is not here. >> instead of celebrating his birthday, they have set up his memorial. >> today would be his 21st birthday. we had a lot of plans. a lot of plans. unfortunately, it is all over just because some kids were robbing the store. >> the police say that at 9:00 p.m. four men entered and attempted to rob the restaurant. the suspects then took off but did not steal anything. flores was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. his friends say that he got along with everyone. >> my friend was an all-around great person. i will miss him dearly. >> so far the police have made one arrest. vincent hunter has been charged as an adult with murder. police are still on the lookout for the other suspects. >> also of anne arundel county, police are investigating a stabbing. police said that a

protests outside of anne arundel county court house in annapolis. people wanted justice for bear bear. >> he should not get away just because he had a bad john. >> the 3-year-old husky was shot at a dog park. keith shepherd was on duty at the park. he fired his weapon at the husky because he believed that bear bear was attacking his dog. they are determining whether his actions were necessary and whether or not his beliefs and actions were reasonable. bear bear started to attack, he said. he shouted at the handler to get the dog. shepherd tried it to get the dog off. then he decided to give a warning. >> i am a federal police officer. i just discharged a weapon on a dog that was attacking my dog. >> did you kill the dog? >> the handler said he had no time to react. he thought that shepard had pulled out 8 taser and then bear bear was shot in the abdomen. don't wan. >> i did not want this to happen to the dog parks that i go to. but there are non-lethal ways to stop a fight. it did not need to come to a dog dying. >> sheppard said that he was not mau

. -- anne arundel county. there's been rain in gaithersburg this morning. areas of rain lingering through tonight and tomorrow morning. hite today of 56. gusty wind on wednesday, 62 degrees. >>> interstate travel looks good, beltway travel is good. no major problems at all. there's no roadwork to clear out. the rain kept them away. if there was activity on the key bridge. let's take you to a geico camera on the other side of town. that is the beltway closed 2 arena drive. everything is settled down in this portion of town. there are still cleaning up. will go to the key bridge, they are cleaning up police activity. a couple of lights remain for traffic from rocklin. traffic in and out of georgetown is unscathed. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:54 on this >>> i love watching them. i know you are a big fan of the show, but they are so good together. down to the final four couples on dancing with the stars on abc. they performed a ballroom dancing and latin dancing. we will find out tonight who will be voted off the show. >> we do what it at my house sold, bu