>>> this morning one of baltimore's finest is in critical condition. we have the latest on the shooting of an baltimore police officer. >>> caramel low anthony makes a huge donation. >>> you are lucky if you hit the lottery. if you never cash that ticket it is a whole other stor . we'll tell you about that coming up. in the meantime good friday morning. thank you for joining us this morning. we'll check in with jamie later in the show. in the meantime we appreciate you being here. i'll send it over to justin with a look at the weather. >>> moderate to heavy rain in carroll county. frontal boundary sliding through. getting injection of energy and moisture from the west of the system that will reach us over the weekend. heavy rain in westminster. moderate toward the east i-40 down through liberty reservoir and 795. hunt valley heavy rain. light rain around the city itself. looks like we'll have this band of rain slide through in the next hour or two. 65 glen burnie. some spots in the upper 50s. it's rained for a couple of hours then we'll try to break ou

live here in northwest baltimore. myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> myranda thank you so much. and thank donnie mose during this difficult and busy time for him as well. >> in other news. off duty baltimore county police officer is killed in a traffic accident that occurred earlier today. it happened in the 3500 block of black rock road in reisterstown, around 1:40 p.m. police say 32-year-old jason simons was on the way to work. when he suddenly lost control of his pickup. his truck hit a guardrail. trapping him. >> double loss in the sense that he is the stepson of lieutenant mike howl that died in the line of duty last year in august. >> officer howl died of a stroke after returning from murder-suicide. simons was a seven year police veteran on the force. >> we also have breaking news in baltimore county tonight. rescue crews pull a young man out of a query. near the intersection of greenspring avenue and query heights. the fire department said the boy was swimming there and got trapped. he has been t

and killed a man in northeast baltimore. homicide detectives were called to belaire road and herd man avenue at 2:00 a.m. today. man shot several teams in the chest. he was rushed to the hospital where he died later. officers not releasing the victim's name. >>> city police are investigating a triple shooting in north baltimore. happened about 8:45 last night near york road and rabbit avenue. 3 people shot. one of them died. so far no arrests. >>> 8 years today these were the scene that is gripped the nation. country attacked by terrorists. today americans all across the country pause to reflect and remember the worst act of terrorism ever to occur on u.s. soil. >> andrew. anthony. vincent abathe. >> lawrence christopher bell. >>reporter: at ground zero in new york thousands stood in the cold rapey weather to pay their respects while family members read the names of the people who lost their lives when the 2 planes crashed into the twin towers n.all 2751 names read and the crowd paused for 2 moments of silence. mark exact mo

. >>> a baltimore county woman competes on "jeopardy." a live report coming up on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. >>> baltimore city police want to alert you of a scam. good evening, i'm marybeth marsden. police are looking for at least one man coning people out of hundreds of dollars but posing as a city worker and threatening to shut off their water. brian kuebler spoke with one victim. >> reporter: the latest scam is as simple as it is clever. baltimore city police are warning that a man dressed up as a city employee is telling residents to pay up the exact amount of their water bill or they will be shut off. >> we learned about this, actually -- end of last week and yesterday we found we have our potential first victim. >> reporter: we spoke to that victim by phone today who tells us the man was dressed up like a city worker and knew exactly how much she owed. he asked for the money in cash, she paid the $500. we're convinced this victim was -- hop on the baltimore city web site, click on "look up water bill" information, ty

and wave making the way through northern baltimore city, into baltimore county right now. and look downtown. and actually delayed the o's game as they had to pull on out the tarps it was raining at the stadium. look like we will continue to see the showers taper off a bit as the heaviest rain is moving north. pikesville heavy rain. and up to towson, rain coming down over to belvedere square. and continue to see the off-and-on showers over in reister -- randallstown right now. and looking at decent shower activity as we head through the next half hour or hour. and pop up showers across the central portion of the state. that's the next couple of hours and overnight. and shower activity we will have to deal with for the next couple of days. winds out of the east five to 10 to 12 miles an hour and causes a coastal flood advisory for the chesapeake. and minor flooding, foot above the flood stage -- or through the overnight, during the high tide. as we head through the overnight. so looking at the temperatures cooling off tonight. and we will see cool temperatures for tomorrow.

it is the baltimore book fair in mount vernon. we are told among featured authors this year, chris gardener who is the focus of the movie pursuit of happiness and apollo astronaut and maureen mccormick from the brady bunch will be making a performance. >>> a garage sale with a special meaning to tell you about this morning. how a couple plans to use it to expand their family. >>> it is not exactly pirates of the caribbean but it is a buried treasure that makes one man in everything yetier this wealthier this morning. if you're an nfl fan, now's the time to get fios because with nfl redzone and fios widgets, you can catch touchdowns and big plays sunday afternoons, live. nfl redzone? yup. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v (announcer) catch nfl redzone on fios tv. ohh... how many friends does a person need, sharon ? 'cause i'm thinking 90,000 is 90,000 too many. i can't imagine having too many friends, lewis. oh i can. i open the door to my apartment and 90,000 friends jump out from behind

for now, live in north baltimore. keith daniels, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> two cops were in the 200 block of or lean street around 7:30 this morning when they tried to arrest two men on drug charges. one of the suspects stabbed an officer in the back and the other cops started shooting. >> the officer was not hurt. the knife was lodged in the vest, did not penetrate. so lucky he had his vest on. >> the suspect who tried to stab the cop died at the hospital. the other suspect is in custody. >>> a teen arrested for a shooting in northeast baltimore. daryl lisbon was arrested and charged with murder, police say he shot and killed trenton marshall at the bus stop on a bicycle near friday. he shot marshall in the head. >>> baltimore is trying to reduce the $60 million deficit. to help cut cost, two high profile events have been canceled. john ridell joins us with more. >> the city is canceling the thanksgiving parade and columbus parade this year. the columbus parade is believed to be the oldest in the u.s. by canceling tho

starting to make the way over to baltimore county. northern baltimore county. and they are seeing lightning and thunder associated with it as well. zoom in closer. westminster getting rainfall. steady. through carroll county. moving into baltimore county. so reisterstown and owings mills will start to get rain and north of cockeysville, probably next half hour to 40 minutes. not a fast-moving line of showers. but definitely there is some lightning associated with it as well. as we have instability out there. in the last hour, looking at the lightning count, 385 strikes. so nice aggressive line. but nothing severe. just average garden variety thunderstorm making watt through the area. timing this, we can look at the composite view here. showing the motion of the storm as it continues to move along the frontal boundary that will continue to push through. stretching anywhere from harrisburg on down. up toward allentown pennsylvania still looking at that rain that will continue to push across pennsylvania. and through maryland. back to the west still remaining show

. >> fbi searches the home of baltimore police officer. what he is accused of doing at crime scenes. >>> we have canine flu. swine flu. is there anything else out there that i don't know about. >> trouble for the dog world. find out how close dog flu is to baltimore. >>> we were distraught. to said least. >> woman expecting a baby finds out it is not hers. what went wrong? >> another warm autumn day but change is on the way. cooler day ahead in my sky watch forecast. >>> good evening. >> baltimore police officer is arrested on federal charges. he's accused of stealing reward money and property seized during searches. >> we are live outside the federal courthouse tonight with the story. melinda? >>reporter: well, detective mark lunsford is a baltimore city police officer who was assigned with a special drug task force. so he often worked with federal agents to try and catch suspected drug dealers. but few months ago he became a suspect himself after the feds got a tip regarding corruption. lunsford was accused of stealing expensive jewelry

this one is in baltimore city. baltimore city school leaders telling us baltimore international academy number 335 is closed today due to electrical problems. if you go to school there you have the day off. however, if you work there, staff should report to the walbrook building. >> i'm surprised none of the dundalk schools are closed. no word of them >> no. >>> we'll look at the news and then lead you up to "good morning america" at 7:00. justin berk? >> good morning. we take you to the parking lot and our view at the veterans elementary school. i want to show you this, because now that the lights are up we can show you. we've had thick fog in spots. looks like it's not really effecting them at this part of ellicott city, 51 degrees. definitely a cool one. 51 perry hall and monkton. we have low clouds and fog in those two locations. strefn up to cecil county and elkton. 56 on the eastern shore in rock hall. we've had low clouds and fog developing especially around baltimore north and east and we may have patchy fo

we're live in west baltimore. keith daniels, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> thank you, keith. >> steady rain all day. now, just a few drizzles. >> and i understand more is on the way. meteorologist jessica starr, i tried to paint it well. but i couldn't. you cannot dodge the truth. >> no. dealing the heavy rain showers today. and the good news is that the rain is tapering off. and like karen said drizzle out there. but still light rain showers in the vicinity over toward the eastern shore. you can see most of baltimore, harford, carroll counties dry. but zooming over to kent county can north of chestertown. dealing with light to moderate rain showers. thanks to the system that moved inland today. that fired up some strong winds today . and, well, heavy rain showers and periods of rain showers throughout the day. and there is the bigger picture of the system. in our area. so there is the next day planner. dealing with the breezy conditions overnight tonight. 61 at midnight. 59 at 6 a.m.. and most of the day is cloudy wit

samurai swords are not illegal in baltimore city. like going to the garage with a baseball bat. >> people are allowed to use deadly force in defense of their home. if there's a felony being committed or about to be committed or if they themselves reasonably believe that they or a family member are at risk. >> our legal experts say the fact that the burglar had no weapon shouldn't really matter. if he lunged, prompting him to defend himself. police are still matching witness statements with evidence found at the scene to make sure there are no discrepancies. again, you want to know what your neighbors are saying about this? go to abc2news.com. should the student who killed the robber be charged with anything? right now the response is overwhelming with 95% of you saying no. log on to abc2news.com, tell us what you think. >>> 6:51. president barack obama is pushing his economic and health care plans. he spoke to auto workers at a gm plant in youngstown, ohio, yesterday. he told them the economy is on its way back from the brink due to

we did have a few showers come through baltimore county, harford county. also got one shower making its way right down 270, making commuting from dc up to frederick and vice versa a very pleasant afternoon for those people. yeah, right. temperaturewise now, in eldersburg 79. 7 westminster. chestertown 79. 74 kingsville. havre de grace 77. 78 in the downtown area. tonight, cloudy skies, just a few sprinkles. during the day tomorrow, more scattered showers but again not torrential downpours, just scattered showers. heaviest rainfall remaining to the south and east. what we're going to find is some wet weather moving into the region, those little areas of low pressure traverse along that frontal system. your forecast for tonight, mostly cloudy, a few scattered showers, overnight low 67. during the day tomorrow, cloudy, cooler, scattered showers, 73. the extended outlook, the heavier rain will hold off to thursday and linger into friday morning. by friday afternoon starts to clear up. saturday, sunday, monday, tuday, there's the money shot there. lots of sunsh

it happened on wilkens avenue in southwest baltimore. the woman then took the kitten from the boys and another woman brought it straight to barks. >> if you have children that are doing this kind of cruelty and violence they go on to do violence towards people also. it's a known fact. so, children like this need to have help. they need to be caught, they need to be helped in some way. with their violent behavior. >> the kitten has been named miracle. and miracle has a broken jaw and will need surgery. police are investigating. meanwhile, the city's recently formed anti-animal abuse task force will hold a public meeting next week to discuss this growing problem here in our city. it will be held next wednesday at 6:30 at poly. >>> 5:33 now. here's a look at what is happening today. september 10th. lieutenant governor anthony brown set to host a week of service activity and breakfast for homeless seniors. >>> also today, the susquehanna river commission will vote on whether to relax regulations governing water use for gas development as wel

if baltimore, we'll take you up to carroll and northern baltimore county.s under mostly cloudy skies, temperatures about the same as where we were yesterday. in fact almost a repeat of yesterday. eastern shore trying to get to about 70 in easton. for tonight, again, as we try to clear out, 44 around the beltway, could find upper 30s far north and west and for tomorrow a recovery, not much, at least we'll get more sunshine but still in the upper 60s. kim? >>> so far so good on the roads. 95 southbound, no problems to let you know about as we head to the capitol beltway. bw parkway is checking in clean as well, so is route 29 down to montgomery county. no issues around the baltimore beltway so far. both loops are checking in without incident and the tunnels are clean as well. we have a crash in harford county that remains on the scene at route 136 in scarboro road. a disabled tractor-trailer in the northbound lanes of the jfx approaching ruxton road. again, that is not really having too much impact so far. mrlg and fayette -- mlk and fayette streets, traffic

baltimore. the shooting happened a few moments ago. the officer was trying to get into his home when he was shot in the stomach by two suspects. we have a crucial route and we will have more details as soon as they become available. -- we have a crew in route and we will have more details as soon as they become available. representatives such as barney frank announced a proposal requiring credit card users adhere to the recently passed credit-card accountability responsibility and disclosure act three months earlier. this would keep credit-card companies from changing their terms and boosting interest rates before the act takes effect. >> at the time it was passed, we would go along with that only if we did not see a pattern of abuse. >> if the new proposal passes, the reform act would take place in december instead of february 2010. some children and infant products from tylenol being recalled. there is a possible contamination of one of the ingredients. the products were made between april and

baltimore ravens fans call it amazing. they are still undefeated after beating the winless cleveland browns. it was never even close. they were up 27-3 in the fourth quarter when joe flacco found derek mason down the sideline for the day's final touchdown. mason also caught the 800th pass of his career. the ravens once 24-3 and take a road trip to new england next sunday. >>> now on a morcellement jews around the world are observing their most holy day of the year. the day of atonement. it ends a 10-day period of soul- searching where use ask for for giveness for their since of the past year. they abstain from food and water to focus on their prayers. >>> we had rain this afternoon and into the evening. it's 695 on liberty road. 95 near the white marsh area still crowded but moving slowly. wyatt is joining us with his first forecast. >> you really have to watch some of those exits and on- ramps. we have had showers across the baltimore area over the last couple of hours, a couple of views here on maryland's most powerful r

and 253 more students in baltimore received diplomas. sheila dixon issued this statement late this afternoon -- we are excited about seeing positive results from a changing culture at all our schools and givings us all hope that students can realize their full potential. >>> and baltimore county schools, new data released by the maryland state department of education shows 23 of the 24 high schools met all yearly progress benchmarks of adequate. the graduation rate for 2009 is just over 83%, the highest since 2005. and the dropout rate for baltimore county schools is 3.47 % this year. >>> we had a nice wrap-up to summer 2009. of course the the -- fall begins tomorrow. summer kind of coming to an end. on a nice note though. on our satellite and radar pictures, really no precipitation anywhere in maryland. even on the far western edge like -- that, nothing that way but we see more cloud cover blowing in this evening out of the south and southwest. temperatures have been in the 70s this afternoon. we're still 74 in towson. 75 baltimore, ann

>>> and baltimore city hall is in the pink. a symbol of our local fight for a cure. >>> yesterday, i gave you a two-degree guarantee of 67 degrees today. the high today officially at bwi marshall? got to, 66. which means we did hit that two-degree guarantee. we've now hit it six days in a row. do you live on bank street in baltimore? don, you scored an abc2 umbrella. we'll be right back. >>> the state health department is making new remitses for schools and the flu vaccine. urging officials to postpone the seasonal flu vaccine and administer the h1n1 vaccine as soon as it becomes available. delia goncalves is here to explain why. >> reporter: it can be confusing because information about h1n1 is constantly changing but here's the latest -- since h1n1 is the predominant strain of the flu virus some of your children will be getting that vaccine first since they are most at risk. harford county students already brought letters home to parents informing them of the change. health officials there say instead of shots school children

baltimore metro upper 50s already. 56 in westminster. you folks out here may get to like 49 or 50 overnight. some spots in the morning, and with clear skies, light winds, that's how you get the cool temperatures. 75/58 today. our average is now 82 and 61. the records, 102 and 49. some suburban areas tomorrow morning could get to 49 degrees. very light winds. light winds, moonlight, clear skies. any heat that accumulates, that is away from the water bodies, can really drop temperatures. at the low levels of the atmosphere it can get quite chilly. down to the south and east of us some showers and thundershowers continue along this stalled front, but it's slowly moving into the ocean to the east, but this front is going to kind of remain in this general area over next couple days, and it's possible by late thursday or friday some of these clouds can come back to the region as high pressure that's building to our north and northwest. this high is going to move off the east coast, eventually the winds go back to the southwest. we'll see a bit

. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore. this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. more new developments tonight in the acorn scandal. >> and more calls for investigations, even from the non-profit group itself. now, fifth undercover video is released. >> latest apparent shows a acorn worker in san diego california helping a couple pose as a pimp and a prostitute planning to transport underage girls from el salvador into the country. >> where is the best place. like all of these answers he wants right away. >> why? >> because i have a lot of contacts. >> they may be able to assist in crossing the border? >> yeah. >> worker told the couple he wants all further communications about this plan on e-mail only. governor arnold schwarzenegger has called for a complete investigation. and after a series of undercover videos, including one right here in baltimore, acorn's own ceo said it will stop taking clients and bring in independent investigators. >> on capitol hill several lawmak

two more new high schools are also planned for baltimore county. >>> angry parents in baltimore county want some answers. they say their kids at ridgeleigh middle school have been learning in hot conditions. what's being done to fix the hot air issues? >>> and as you may have heard patrick swayze lost his bat well cancer. more tonight on his two loves, movies and his wife. >>> and taylor swift tells her side of the story. what kanye west did after she talked to the ladies of the "the view." >>> and let's go to hereford middle school in monkton, we're getting a little rain now. norm coming up with the full forecast. seem smooth and strong to irreversible damage. no different. irreversible loss of enamel. enamel shield enamel loss by forming against acid attack. toothpastes dentists check most. save your enamel. be gone for good. enamel shield. with the rinse. >>> fans, friends and family are remembering patrick swayze tonight. both for his screen career and his battle against the cancer that killed him. the 57-year-old actor died last night in los angeles, diagnosed with pancreatic canc

c kc3-0 all-time in baltimore. chiefs will likely be a run first team, playing into the ravens strength. since 1999, the ravens had only 18 players to rush. the fewest in the nfl. lewis doesn't seem concerned about larry johnson of the chiefs. >> we understand as a bottom line, a defense you don't let nobody come run the ball on you. we've been good at that around here. hopefully we can continue that sunday. >> reporter: on the flip side, the ravens had the fourth best rushing offense last year but if the preseason is an indicator they plan on mixing it up more this season. joe flacco looked comfortable throwing downfield hitting on a number of deep balls. there's never been a doubt about flacco's arm strength. the ravens always played to their strength which of course is running the ball. flacco though is hoping they pick up where they left off web the regular season gets going. >> let's see what we can do. i think we did a good job proving to the coaching staff we can hold up in the passing game and do a good job

downtown baltimore. a few minutes. we're going to take you down there live to see what is happening. good morning, i'm patrice harris. we need to check in with meteorologist steve fertig to see what is happening with all of this rain. steve, a messy morning. >> it's a messy morning. we will hear from candace with regard to the roadways, that is something you will have to deal this morning that is wet and messy all morning. the radar indicating where the rain is heaviest. we have been watching it to the south and east of the city. to the west, it's been heavy and raining there on the morning all morning long and i-83 seeing downpours as well. the heaviest rain, though, has been along the eastern most part of the north eastern shore and also into delaware. delaware under a tornado watch this morning and into the early afternoon until about 12:00 noontime for the folks there, and also now extending into southern part of new jersey. we have a thunderstorm watch for the extreme south part of new jersey. to th

good boy. >> in downtown baltimore. kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> that is a cool looking dog on. so far area veterinarians and shelters have not reported major problems. >> they are monitoring the spread of the illness. >> definitely is a lot. my son's shoes are normally covered in it. >> one unique way of getting rid of the problem, our cover story later on fox 45 news at 10:00. >> no full-time jobs they are taken. >> also ahead. how some people are retraining into what could be reception proof jobs. . >> but next, why s . >> breaking news to report out of northwest baltimore. off-duty police officer has been shot. it happened in the 6000 block of high gate drive. there are reports at this hour that the officer has been shot in the stomach. we have a crew on the way to the scene. and we will bring you more information as it becomes available. >> in other news tonight. ntsb wants baltimore subway system checked for a similar problem that may have caused a metro crash in d.c. mta engineers will inspect the su

in north baltimore. they are giving the med field rec center a major face lift with new books, educational tools and fresh coat of paint. at the end of the day each room will be judged to see which team achieves the best makeover. >>> the ravens and governor are joining the local push to keep gym in school as they participate in a county pe class today. the governor are at cochran middle school to help launch a new program which will use a $50,000 grant to refurbish gym facilities and encourage student fitness in many maryland schools. >> it's good to get a gym break. >> yeah. >>> still to come on wjz's eye witness news at noon. an a pauling case of child abuse, what an oklahoma teenager says happened behind closed doors. >>> roland polansky is still in the hands of swiss courts. >>> take another live look outside this afternoon. marty will be back with our first weather forecast. >>> an oklahoma woman is under arrest this noon after her 14 year old son turns up malnourished claiming he had been kept in

baltimore 77 in dc. 76 in hagerstown. temperatures only in the 50's off to the west and will continue to see the westerly flow of wednesday and winds pecking up a little bit in the overnight tomorrow. blustery as the winds are strong out of the west. looking at tonight temperatures down to 63 degrees with winds out of the west at about 10 to 15. we'll see some more sunshine to talk about but cooler temperatures in the forecast in just a bit. >>> the art of lying. fox drama lie to me is in the second season with the star of the show says about his own lie detector skills. >>> >> do you know how to tell if people are telling you the truth. test your skills when lie to me enters the captivating second season. the show east based on scientific discovery of the psychologist who can read clue embedded in the face, body and voice. the star of the show actor tim ross plays a doctor who is world leading deception expert. but he says in real life he's not exactly a human lie detector. >> i'm terrible at it. i'm the worst. of all of

first the ravens never beaten the chiefs here in baltimore. and the second, last running back to gain 100 or more yards against the ravens is the chiefs larry johnson that topped the mark on december 102006 in a game the ravens won. their only victory in four games against the chiefs. and memory of johnson's performance that day is stuck in the collective craw. >> we don't ever want anybody to run the football against us, and, you know, it so happens that this running back was the last one to do it. we have always said our defense is based on number one stop. we don't ever want anybody to feel like they can run the football on us. >> it is very important. running back has 100 yards more than likely they are winning. they are handing them the ball. so we are looking forward to the challenge. larry johnson is top 2 or 3 in the league, no question. >> last running back to run over 100 yards on us. so stop the run. against those guys. and stop them. >> he plays the game the way the game is played. and we understand that. they like the run the ball

you can't ride the ducks in baltimore anymore. we're talking about the amphibious siteseeing vehicles known as ride the ducks. the company says its baltimore operation was its most challenging and has decided to concentrate on other cities. the company didn't think it could make enough money here to invest in upgrading its fleet. the vehicles drove through downtown before entering the water for a harbor tour. they are based on a world war ii design. they stopped operating yesterday. >>> hands off my baby. the new line of warning gear one couple created to keep strangers from spreading their possible swine flu germs to their adorable triplets. >>> if you want to fly to boston from baltimore now you have a new airline to choose from. i'm kelly swoope. i'll tell you who is expanding and why. coming up. >>> you too can now be part of the fab four. we'll take a look. rogaine? i'm just a skeptic so i don't necessarily believe that anything is going to work but i was like, hey, this actually works. (announcer) only rogaine foam is shown

sitting at 75 in baltimore. 74 in d.c. we will see the temperatures on the cool side of things tomorrow. so moms and dads out there dress the kids warm for the morning bus ride. temperatures around 68. cloudy skies w showers. in the afternoon. with temperatures only in the lower 70s. detailed look at how this cool air stick social security around coming up. >> thank you, vytas. >> things are heating up at a baltimore county middle school. literally. parents and teachers at ridgely are saying you they are stuck in classrooms that sometimes reach 100 degrees. the school was renovated in 2007. adding energy efficient windows with tight seals to go along with new air conditioning. but the new ac units were cut from the budget. now the kids are just sitting in those hot humid rooms. >> so just a matter of us getting back with the engineers, and just looking for a solution that will be viable and feasible for us in the near future. >> well parents have been brings the issue of air conditioning for almost two years. because state

man i am going to live in baltimore, city of championships. every time i come back to baltimore we win championships. >> these days, he works as the ravens director of player development. helps players to determine what they will do away from football. fitting profession, because bergans is dealing with a non-football challenge. >> i find out i was diagnosed last may, 2007. >> the diagnosis, a.l.s.. lou gehrig's disease. named after the yankee hall of famer that is to this day, its most famous victim. >> today is the day, i can consider myself luckiest man on the face of the earth. >> it is a very reflective statement. he had the opportunity to do something he loved to do. for a very long time. and do it at a high level. and in a lot of ways i can relate to that. i can say that, hey, i have had a great life. thus far. but the thing that -- tag line i am putting on the end is that it is not over. >> that sums up oj's approach to having the disease. no depression. no self pity. not even real acceptance. instead, he is choosing to fight. and he i

. >>> and speed camera could soon be keeping an eye on drivers in the baltimore area. we'll tell you where they are being installed. >> hello. >> first on fox tonight. spike in crime in northwest baltimore and some say a lack of space at reck center could be to blame. >> joy live outside the recreation center with the very latest on the story tonight. joy? >>reporter: the center that you see behind me used to be a police pal center until several months ago when the city department of recreation and parks took it over. well with the transition came a lot of new programs. programs aimed at the entire community not just at risk youth. will says that's resulting in kids returning to the street and committing crimes. while we were outside the cc jackson recreation center we were caught in a crime scene after man shot in the ankle by man wield ago shotgun. >> this is exactly what we talk about. when the kids don't have anywhere to go. anything to do, this is what happens. this is the result. it's unfortunate. >>reporter: now tonight at 10:00 we are taking a lock at the numbe

today mostly cloudy, showers, 74 in baltimore. as we go through this afternoon, looks like scattered showers and temperature about 70 westminster. 72 parkton. as we pull on down towards the south, 73 degrees in annapolis. cooler weather and more rain expected for tomorrow. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> thank you. we don't have any problems to let you know about on the beltway as we check at liberty road. we have building volume down towards the baltimore national pike but traffic is moving well, out downtown east lombard street at president street, police are directing traffic there. and a couple of other incidents, pikesville, northbound reisterstown road at seven mile lane, that northbound lane is closed because of construction repairs. alternating traffic gets by southbound. northbound harbor tunnel is probably going to be reopened pretty soon. and in harford county, route 22 at route 136, gas main repair so give yourself a few extra minutes. jfx at northern parkway, traffic looks great in both directions. back to you.

live in downtown bal baltimore, fox free for all friday news at 5:30. >>> off duty baltimore county police officer is killed in a traffic accident. happened in the 3500 block of black rock road and rice town around 1:40 yesterday afternoon. police say 32-year-old jason simon was on his way to work when he suddenly lost control of the pick up. his truck then struck a guard rail. >> this is a double loss in the sense that he is lieutenant howl died in the line of duty last august. >>reporter: officer howl died of a stroke after returning from a murder-suicide scene. time on his was 7 year veteran on the police force. >>> deadly stabbing this morning in northeast baltimore happened on sinclair lane and north chester street at 1:15. police found a woman stabbed several times. she died later on at hopkins hospital. >>> confirmed case of swine flu in baltimore city public schools. this one sends a girl to the hospital. the 13-year-old is a student at montebello elementary junior academy. her school is closed today but it was for a pre-scheduled teacher professional day. officials say the school

should baltimore city and baltimore county help to pay for damage from the watermain break. 85 percent yes. 15 percent say no. cathy from glen burnie writes, absolutely. we pay tax upon tax and our infrastructure is crumbling. this is where the stimulus money should be going not cash for clunkers. >> well, families wave through the aftermath of the flood damage, police are chasing away scam artists trying to take advantage of the situation. private contractors have apparently turning up in the damaged area, claiming to be sent by the county. apparently they are convincing residents to sign contracts with them to fix their homes. >> baltimore county has not sent any private contractors, telling you that we say you should sign a contract to have this work done. so be aware of that. >> now, early on, there were county crews out there helping to pump out basements. >> residents know it will take time to finish the recovery, but many of yet to even start. it is not that they do not want to. instead they are being told not to. joel d. smith has more from dundalk with homeowners living life o

things are changing in baltimore city.rants in the city are getting a tuneup in the health department. the transfat ban officially in effect. restaurants now obligated to use ingredients that don't have transfats. mayor sheila dixon signed the bill banning transfats last year in march. >>> 5:47. in the bible it says "when i became a man i put away childish things" but for his entire life one man did the opposite. >> the result, one of the world's largest toy collections. >> reporter: fire trucks, mail trucks, ice cream trucks, big cars, small cars, old cars, new cars. if there's a toy heaven it might just be in pittsfield, massachusetts. >> people always ask me how many toys you have. i don't know. >> reporter: try about 7,000. stacked floor-to-ceiling in a four-story addition to the back of donald kaufman's house. >> it makes a lot of noise. >> reporter: it's pretty fun, huh? >> it has to be fun for a kid. >> reporter: his family founded the kb toy chain and don helped run the company for years but for him toys were never

now we have rainshowers arriving through much of baltimore. the heavier rain, northern virginia, making its way through. not expecting any thunderstorms out of this, but we are expecting a little bit of heavy rain in some locations. it will be a sober the rest of this evening. the forecast, temperatures, 64 degrees baltimore, a little bit on the cool side. 61 at the airport, ocean city 71 degrees. tonight's forecast, it will be rainy, heavy at times, upper 50's, low 60's. how much longer the rain will last for the rest of the weekend forecast, coming up. >>> now we go to a horrible scene on i-95 this morning. a tractor-trailer and car collided at 2:30. the accident -- right exit 4395. and man and woman dialed and child suffered second and third degree burns. the adults were taken to shock trauma. the driver of the truck was taken to an emergency medical center. officials have not given out an update on the conditions. >> an ultimatum for the officials in iran, you have three months to open up your nuclear facility or face sanctions. today, teh

the officer was with the baltimore city police department for 20 years. tonight he's suspended without pay. much more from police and more from the u.s. attorney later tonight at 11:00. for now, live outside of baltimore city police headquarters, delia goncalves, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> we are following yet another developing story tonight. baltimore city fire officials now investigating the death of a man who was trying to get medical attention at a local fire station. abc2 news christian schaffer joins us live from engine 52 at woodbrook and liberty heights avenue. >> reporter: it's not clear what was wrong with the man or what he died from. we do know he came here tuesday morning looking for help with -- but engine 52 and its crew weren't here. they were out having maintenance done on their oxygen mafntion. the city's fire houses are not emergency rooms. crews leave, they have fire calls, rescue calls, training and maintenance all the time but a lot of people who live in the neighborhood near mondawmin mall and baltimore zoo have come to see engin

baltimore is headed to court. acorn is fighting back to the film makers who secretly recorded some of its employees. the two film makers posed as a pimp and a prostitute trying to get a loan to open a brothel. it's against maryland law to secretly record audio. >> it's obviously political and obviously as a result of this there's been a loss of financing and so forth. so i think all litigation has a degree of importance, but i think here, we're not just looking at a local issue but a national issue which might have some interesting in terms of survivable and the continuation of the time of services that acorn has offered. >> acorn and the two workers fired are seeking more than $5 million in damages. stay tuned to fox 45 morning news for continuing coverage of had story. we will talk with attorney julie rubin about the lawsuit's merit coming up later this hour. >>> baltimore school officials confirm their first case of swine flu. a female student at montebello elementary junior academy has h1n1. she is at critical

. >> baltimore's budget deficit. how city workers will pay the price. >> the skate board confrontation what the mother of the boy plans to do next. >> the autumn heat is around how high the temperatures will go and how long before we get wetter weather. >> niejel's predictions for season 6 of, so you think you can dance. >> what does it mean? means we have to tighten up. baltimore's budgets bust. what jobs will be cuts. whol be furloughs how it will effect residents. >> one of those obvious things that you cut. when you are trying to save money. >> also tonight questions surrounding city worker travel expenses. >> hello i'm jeff barns i'm jennifer gillbert another round of budget cuts including furloughs and layoffs. we have the latest with john. >> reporter: this call fors the layoff of 27 people including a top fire commander and others furloughed between now and spring it is an effort to reduce the deficit of 60 million dollars. >> furloughs a tool for reducing cost during difficult budget times joochl booklet mor

in downtown baltimore, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> deanna's father, bubba green, is a former baltimore colt and among the many friends who showed up to support the family in court today, hall of famer lenny moore. >>> a legal setback for an accused killer facing the death penalty. a federal judge ruled prosecutors will be able to use fingerprint evidence in connection with a murder that happened in january of 2006 at security square mall. 25-year-old brian rose accused of willing warren fleming, a mall merchant while trying to steal his car. a judge had thrown out the fingerprint evidence calling it too unreliable for use in a capital case. >>> tonight baltimore city police are investigating a possible fire bombing. the incident happened around 1:00 this afternoon in the 800 block of clintwood court, in the curtis bay area, when crews arrived on the scene they found heavy smoke coming from the first floor of the two-story brick home. >> we understand that this fire preliminarily began due to a domestic incident, involving an adult man and two women. it's reported that a woman threw som

jetblue will run four non-stop flights daily from boston to baltimore and baltimore to boston for $39way. all part of its inaugural flight. jet blue also arrange to give out free crab hats and gifts. compliments of visit baltimore. >>> nine new families will soon call a vacant east baltimore block their home. habitat for humanity of the chesapeake will kick off construction of their new homes tonight. they will be building in the 2400 block of fayette street. a few blocks from the biotech center being built across the way from johns hopkins hospital. these are not typical homes, they are module homes and will be put up with the foundation, that costs less, takes less time to build other homes. they are also more energy efficient. the nine families could move in by mid-october. >> nearly all our homeowners are first-time home buyers. nearly any of them would say they never thought this could be possible for them. they don't qualify for a traditional mortgage but have a stable income. they are in the gap where there's not a lot of opportunity for them. >> the families moving into the ho

we have high tides up there for baltimore. i know there's a variation along the north and southern fringe along that bay shore but general 10:51 this morning, especially 11:50 tonight we could have the highest high tide and localized flooding. also small craft advisories, the pink shaded bay areas that you see out there. here's the reason why. it's 32 mile-per-hour wind gusts so far in ocean city. and you think that's bad? 30 mile-per-hour winds in sparrows point with temperatures in the lower 60s. we're going to stay in the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. about 68 degrees for a two-degree guarantee. and plan for more widespread showers this afternoon and heavier rain overnight. it's 6:00. let's check the roads with kim. >>> at southbound 95 through howard county towards the dc metro area, traffic appears to be moving at a good pace. i'm getting word of a crash southbound 175 that may involve a tractor-trailer. we're still working a crash on southbound 83 that is going to be at the belfast road exit. it remains off to the sho

the duck came to baltimore back in 2002. if you have a story to tell us, up load pict pictures, video and written stories, by going to our web site slash your.take also send photo directly from the cell phone to pick at fox baltimore.com. >>> we still may have some rainy days ahead of us. >> jessica tells us when the rains will be coming tonight. >>reporter: it is time to give every american the same opportunity that we give ourselves. [applause]. >>reporter: president obama says failure is not an option. we breakdown his health care speech. what in fact and what is fiction next. >> i'm so elated and so happy she is joining us. >>reporter: ellen is the ne newest adegrees to "american idol". why the judge thinks the talk show host will be a perfect fit. >>>. >> questions net surrounding the community group acorn. workers at baltimore acorn office are secretly videotaped helping a woman posing as a prostitute cheat on her taxes and create under age sex ring. joy joins us with the story. joy? >>reporter: an independent filmmake

if was a youth from baltimore with serious underlying medical problems and in baltimore city, a little girl remains in the hospital with the virus. and this morning's flu watch report, jessica speaks exclusively with the girl's aunt. >> i peeked at her to actually stand a couple feet away from my niece and all i see is the machine doing the breathing, my heart was crushed. >> reporter: she describes the first time she saw her 13-year- old niece, destiny, in the hospital. >> tests ran, that's when i was told she had h1n1. >> reporter: hours after she say the 8th grader collapsed at school. she was taken to the hospital where she went into cardiac arrest. >> her heart stopped. they resees tait resesitate her. >> reporter: it's crucial students get the seasonal flu and h1n1 vaccine when it becomes available. >> h1 may well not last for the entire flu season. it may go down and when it goes down, the other types of flu may come up. so it's important to have both seasonal protection and h1 protection. >> reporter: vaccination clinics are popping up throughout baltimore. city and county scho

is baltimore. county executive thanks so much for your hard work and thanks for joining us this morning. as he mentioned, broening highway they are work on that and the cleanup and there will be a press conference this morning. don't forget about the roads. because dunn hill road and dundalk avenue is closed off and, of course, br-- broening highway and as the sun comes up we are getting a better picture of what it looks like out here. the cleanup continues now. back to you on tv hill. >> very good. thanks gigi barnett live in dundalk. remember wjz is on for instant updates and complete coverage. log onto wjz.com. >>> i guess if there's any fortunate weather portion of this is they have nice conditions to get this all done. it's nothing to hamper them from progressing. so we will have the five-day first warning forecast in a few moments. >>> taking a look at what's turning out to be a pretty nice day it gets up to shy of 80 tee frees today. tomorrow, -- degrees today. tomorrow 75. 78 and 82 and 80

maryland. >> this is the scene of coldon square in baltimore. this gathered to pray for the nation. and we all have unique remembrances of that day. log on to welcome back web and share your story with us. look under the top stories and you'll find a place at the end of the article to leave your comments. >>> governor martin o'malley took part in the national day of service to honor those killed in the attacks. he joined volunteers with habitat for humanity in east baltimore today. crews are translating a block into nine modular homes. they will feature environmental friendly elements? and mayor dixon and members of her cabinet took part in the awareness of energy efficiency. >> we're here today with housing building and partnerships to really work on helping people of park heights lower the bg and e and heating bills. >> the mayor and others went door to door to help spread the word about upcoming workshops and upcoming information. >>> the excitement is building. the ravens kick off the season sunday. in case you haven't heard, a preview of th

>> yes, matt from the baltimore ravens, the baltimore ravens, the baltimore ravens, but still joe flacco is really playing well. >> we're doing well. >> quite well. >> you're in the band wagon with a lot of people saying we're going to go all the way? >> i don't know about all the way. >> time for a break, commercial. >> so many things have to happen in the league. they one of those handful of teams that have the super bowl caliber and mantra and ray lewis, one of my favorite players in the team. they are definitely in the mix. >> hopefully the kids will see some of those athletes and want to be more active. but you know what, they don't have to be sports driven, they just have to be active. >> absolutely. it's not about sports, even though we love everybody to love the nfl. it's because like you say -- it's like you say, staying active, whether twirling a baton, going out jogging, it's not about activity so you can live a prosperous life. >> you didn't say we are going all the way. >> yes, just yet. >> thank you for coming in. >>> coming up texting while driving. >> this is going to be

this is in north baltimore. this is just shot by our overnight photographer pete on the street o'neil. you can see drivers have to take it very slowly. that's just a word of caution if you are going to be out and good in the next couple of minutes actually. if you step out the door, heavy rain. it's going to taper off as we head into the next couple of hours. it's already starting to pond on the roadways. taking a look at the conditions outside at this hour. we're looking at a temperature 57 degrees. relative humidity 100%. wind is out of the north- northwest at 8 miles per hour. this is why we have all that rain. there's a big storm off the coast spreading the rain shield all the way back into the central part of the state, now even into the western portion. as far as rain amounts so far, we've been seeing the most of it on the eastern shore seeing almost an inch and a half of rain since midnight. three-quarters of an inch in baltimore. a little less than that over a tenth of an inch to baltimore. that storm wi

visiting baltimore again. in the meantime, as you may know, weddings can cost you a fortune. >> but on 9-9-09, an unusual story. >>> and a fashion designer shows off dresses that are not only inexpensive but useful for the emotional bride. >>> now tracking winds in ocean city, 33 to 34 miles per hour. that storm off the coast now makes its way back on to the coast. more winds, more rain, some flooding expected. our full forecast coming up. >>> right now let's peak at the roads with kim. >> heavy volume and a lot of slowdowns on the west side at liberty road. however, on the outer loop, east side at providence road, a crash with possible lane closures. details coming up. >>> lets check the buses and trains. >> good morning. for your commute you'll find the number 15 bus with a diversion at saratoga and greene. the 17 diverted at corporate and international. construction on the scene. numbers 20, 23 and 40 diverted at fayette and linwood due to police activity. and on the marc, brunswick 872, 10 to 15 minutes la