baltimore. and today's other top stories.good morning, tom. the 60-million dollar fine against penn state will be used to fund child sexual abuse programs across the count. country.while it's not clear exactly how that money will be divided up... the baltimore abuse center center... believes it will have a big impact nationwide.including right here at their center. more then one-thousand victims pass through their doors every month and advocates say more training programs are essential. (adam rosenberg-balt child abuse center)"most of us are non profits.. it would be a game changer for anyone of these child advocacy centers that our govt institutions dont provide us with enough funds to be sustainable." sustainable."statistics show one in four girls... and one in six boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18. in 90-percent of the cases... the offender is someone the child knows and trusts. 3 we got our first look at the man accused in the colorado's massacre at a movie theater monday...

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bob in baltimore. go ahead for vince vaise. >> caller: hi, thank you. here in baltimore. great job, vincent. i'm really enjoying this. i just was very curious though. you're obviously very much an expert on the war of 1812. what got you interested in the war of 1812 in the first place? >> when i was a little kid, my dad took me to ft. mchenry, and i ran up and down the ramparts and then i made a little paper hat when i got home, and i had a little wooden sword that my dad made me as well, and i had good history teachers. when i was going to high school and they got me intrigued, and that's how i started volunteering at ft. mchenry and then i became a park service ranger with the national park service and now i've come full circle because new on weekends i get to portray a major from the war of 1812. i tell people bring your kids to these battlefields, to these historic sites, independence hall, valley forge, whatever, because that's what gets them hooked. they don't have to remember all the dates. they don't have to remember the generals, but they remember the experience

mchenry in baltimore. he recently joined us to talk about the fort bombardment and the creation of the star spangled banner. this is about 30 minutes. you are looking at the arrival of tall ships at baltimore's fort mchenry. welcome to american history tv on cspan3 where we'll be live until 2:00 p.m. eastern today, taking your calls and talking with historians about this little-known war. we'll go live to ft. mchenry now, the home of the star spangled banner. we are joined by vince vaise. chief of interpretation at ft. mchenry thanks for joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> before we get into our conversation with you we want to invite our viewers by phone. it's easy to do that in the you're in the eastern or central time zone. that number is 202-737-0002. make sure you mute your television when you call in and we will get to your calls in a moment. when visitors come to mt. mchenry, what is the reason you tell them the war of 1812 is significant in american history? >> this is really the war that

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baltimore county, 0.43% decline. montgomery county, 0.07%, and prince george's loss 0.27% of its tax base. >> the migration data is accurate, but when you look at it in comparison to the total number of people in the state, the inflows and outflows are pretty small. it is not really a significant finding. >> aware did they go? >> the study indicates virginia is now home to 11,000 former marylanders. change maryland said the exodus to the states provides them a $700 million in income tax revenue. >> research shows that taxes are either an insignificant are very minor consideration. >> the findings are expected to drive a gop push to overhaul tax codes during the next legislative session. governor o'malley doesn't write extensively about the change maryland report. we have provided a link to a block that wbaltv.com. >> coming up, be prepared for the future. you may not need a paper map next time you go to the smithsonian museum. >> a multimillion-dollar ad the discovery could soon be up for auction right here in baltim

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city, truck 15, east baltimore, truck 10 west baltimore, squad 11 southeast baltimore. the heads of both of the union that represent firefighters and fire office testified here against the raise saying the members haven't gotten raises and the chief shouldn't either. the firefighters rejected a raise that was proposed to them during the negotiations, their response to that was, sure you are you were going to give us a raise but going to increase the numb of hours we had to work to get the money. the chief got his raise today, both the mayor and head of the yawnion talk about that -- union talk about that after it happened. if we are all going to set this up, i think it needs to stop from the top down. >> we put an offer on the table. they have a right to their position and opinion about the hours they want to work. i'm making sure it's public. we could have been having a conversation about raises for firefighters and for clack, that didn't happen. >> reporter: comptroller and counsel president young voted against the raise. chief jam clack will be remaining the chief of

rob roblin is live in east baltimore with more. >> money will be coming in the baltimore but it willob the united states. all $787 million will be going to cities and states across the country to replace aging transit systems. $40 million is coming right here at the baltimore. >> will be used to replace the facility here on kirk ave. it will be torn down and a new green bus facility will take its place. >> we currently have four out of eight that will not accommodate the new hybrid buses. this will allow us to build all the vehicles and side. >> i'm proud to announce the quality of public transportation serving greater baltimore will be getting better. >> ray lahood made the announcement. >> the president was able to sign a two-year transportation bill that will put hundreds of maryland there's to work building roads, bridges, and transportation facilities. >> this is not encapsulated. a lot of the fumes and noise that will drip down into the community, this will be a green building and a better environment. not only for the employees but also the neighborhood. >> we are investing in

baltimore is not alone. it is estimated $1 trillion is needed to update the system. >> there is not likely to be a federal solution to the problem. what it comes down to is water rates as we began to reinvest in the systems. it is likely that water rates will rise over a period of time and significant in some places. >> the city replaces about 5 miles of pipe each year but hopes to increase that pace to 20miles. >> police say a person is accused of leaving the scene of an accident that killed a man. accident happened back on liberty road. woman is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. one man is recovering after being shot in the back in south baltimore. this happened just after 10:00 p.m. last night. paramedics treated him at the scene before taking him to the hospital. >> a massive fire in essex. take a look at the video. flames ignited the back water treatment plant. you can see the thick black smoke. firefighters got this blaze under control in about 30 minutes. >> some commun

that's the power of german engineering. >> baltimore city and baltimore county middle and high school students have an eye on engineering. >> they are spending their summer on a college campus, sharpening their skills with some hands-on experiments. tim tooten has the story. >> the summer science project started out in this morgan state university engineering classroom. students are preparing a payload for middle they launch in the middle of campus. >> we put a carry in it and it will be taking -- we put a camera end it. it will take video and record what is happening. >> the goal is to launch three payloads designed by students with temperature sensors and digital cameras. >> just the experience of being able to build something. that actually get to see what they build and they can see the experiment. >> i am very excited see what it can do and how it works. >> from the lab to the launch pad, students walk across campus to help connect their payload to the test balloon. >> we are going to need a ranch to tighten it. if we go high enough, we may get into windshear. >> if all goes as p

baltimore city police are investigating a suspicious death in downtown baltimore. just after 5:00 a.m., officers responded to the report of a possible shooting on the 300 block of south charles street. it found an adult male with trauma to his upper body. the victim later died at the hospital. so far, detectives have not been able to find any evidence to indicate that a shooting occurred at the scene could and autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death maryland state police are searching for a driver who they say hit a man on the ramp from i-7 to the inner loop of the beltway and kept going. -- i guess 70 to the inner loop of the beltway and get going. he was standing next to his disabled vehicle this morning. he was struck by a passing vehicle that did not stop at the scene. there is no information or a description of the striking vehicle. police are asking anyone who might have information to call them. police officers in the eastern district of baltimore city spent the day getting to know residents the protected just a little bit better. the end o

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but many roads are already blocked in baltimore. baltimore.phin street is closed from mount royal avenue to howard street mt. royal avenue closed between north avenue and charles streetcathedral street is shut down between preston street and mount royal avenue preston street closed between cathedral and howard streets oliver street closed between maryland and mt. royal avenues lanvale street closed from mt. royal avenue to rutter street it's a long list of information so we've put it all on our website, fox baltimore dot com slash news lis linksi will have up to the minute conditions for you tomorrow on fox45 morning news starting at 5am.candace dold fox45 news at ten. 3 a... senior citizen... takes on... a pair of robbers.../ and... it... was... all caught... on surveillance cameras..../ 3 two men, ... one armed with a gun.../ the... other with a baseball bat,... tried to rob.. .a... florida internet cafe..../ thats .... when... 71-year-old... sam williams... pulled-out... his gun ... and... fired...//. one... suspect... was shot in the arm -

total- anne arundel-baltimore city- baltimore county- the damaging weather comes as more than 300 thousandparing to attend artscape in the city. city. joel d. smith is live on the charles street bridge to see how the exhibits and tents survived the storm. good morning joel d. america's largest free arts festival, attracting 350,000+ attendees over three days. artscape features 150+ fine artists, 3 stages... 17 generators350k attendeeds12 city blocksopen one hour earlier... 3 we continue to foolow the breaking news out of colorado.. colorado..((ááápat ad libááá)) libááá)) you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((break 2)) 3 3 ---shooting update --24 year old james holmes in few hourspolice presser in a - 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 for more information about the spca go to our website foxbaltimore dot com slash morning. we continue to follow the breaking news out of colorado.. colorado..((ááátom ad libááá)) libááá)) but up next.. .we're cooking with bananas.how to turn the fruit into something fabulous on the grill. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((break 3)) [ male announc

the heaviest precipitation in baltimore county in baltimore city. we will update the radar and inspect the seven-day going through weekend. >> tonight's batch of storms has been causing major headaches over the viewing area. we have a check on how people have been ferrying trade your have been running around all night. >> we were getting ready to go live and do a live report but the lightning was so bad it was safer to come back to the studio. we got to see some damage from the storm. we want to show you some of the effects. there was a minor flooding that leaked into the entrance of the emergency department. firefighters came and cleared debris from a drain and the flooding that happened quickly cleared out and there was not any impact on patients. after we left hopkins, our photographer and i saw this downed tree at the intersection of madison and caroline street. it is hard to tell if it fell over because of lightning or high wind. that intersection is closed and police the officers were riding on the scene before we left. take a look at this nex

rules.and the baltimore bridal show is coming to the baltimore marriott waterfront on saturday augustm to 5 p-m. attorneys say they have tapes of jerry sandusky's messages to one of his victims. victims.((" uh, when you get this message, give me a call. i'll have to talk to you later. thanks. i love you.)) you.))coming up... who they say the former penn state assistant coach called... and when they were recorded. plus... caught on camera... and caught in his jaws... watch as a shark reels in a real catch. you're watching fox 45 good day the first time i saw fios, it was absolutelely amazing. for years and years we had to put up with cable. once we got fios, it was like somebody like took our computer, shook all the junk out of it. [ male announcer ] don't settle for the same old cable technology. now you can move up to verizon fios with no annual contract required for just $99.99 a month for a year, you'll get a fios triple play and our whole home solution -- including a high speed wireless router, plus a new multi room dvr and hd set top box free for 6 months. with fios the internet

a baltimore city police officer who stoll roceeies ffom a northeast baltimore grocery stooe... been asked to resign from the force.investigators ssy back in march... iara anderson intentionally under-charged darlene early... y about 3- hundred dollars.bott of them pled guilty... and received probation before jjdgment. earlyywas also ordered to 3 baltimmre ciiy fire chief james clack says he's recent pay hike to charitt.the by the mayor... has come undee fire for it's bad timinggthe closing fire companies....andd raising heaath iisurance premiims for firee ighters. clacc says heewill donate the raise to the baltimore fire -& increass in pay in their next cootraat. fishermen are preparing tt throw theeline in ocean city's 25th annual tunn tournament 3anglers are compettng for payouus that average out at about 5-hunddee thousand dolllrs each year. parricipants can win in two single fish aad total ammunt caught. 3the touunament asts three days... and is the nntion's largest tuna fishing tournament. from fish to cows... friday the 13th came a little early check out this strrnge scen

baltimore city... county... baltimore city... baltimore county... carroll county...now in northeast the cleanup and how much longer so many will be ii the dark and in the heat. good morning joel d. (ad libb schools, businesses, traffic lights.... you name it, so many are still feeling tte results of those nasty storms, and it looks like it will take the rest of the week to restore power to 3 333 all federal agencies are set to open monday, though officials said workers can take unscheduled leave or tell- llberal leave. live n towson, joel d. smith, fox 45 morning p3 3 toll from the storms across th - the entire id atlantic region has reached 177.. including at peast two deaths herr in maryyand.in anne arrndel cconty.... 25-year-old kevin o'brien was driving along harwood road near richardson road... when a ree fell on top of his s-u-v .....illing him. two of o'briens frienns who were also in the car with him ooly suffered minor injuries. " it'' sad toosay that i'm just thankful that i don't outcome out of it there was ly only have to prepare one funeral, the other tw

baltimore county, about 87,000 people still without power. baltimore city, 79,000. then you go to anne arundel county, 66,000. a grand total of about 368,000 people still in the dark this morning. they are working on it, give them time. you probably are just one of the 318,000 people without power today. >>> fridays forms -- friday storm hit fast and very hard. many communities have a devastating impact. first warning weather coverage continues with mike holmgren in west baltimore where people are struggling to cope with the aftermath. >> reporter: the serious pain and wind howled in the darkness. huge gusts toppled streets. >> i never really saw this type of wind before. it's pretty wicked. >> and in the daylight, the damage was clear. greg barnes chevy was a loss putting him at a loss for words. >> there is no words to explain that, not at all. >> you are kind of in shock. >> a look at what could happen. i could've been in the car the time. >> his neighbor hal dashed his neighbor now has the power, and a son who is terrified. >> it looked like the lightning was ri

we're following breaking is at a baltimore city. police are investigating a serious shooting in west baltimore. we're told that happened about half an hour ago. homicide detectives are on the scene because of the serious nature. baltimore county police have linked a suspect in a recent burglary to a sexual assault case. ricky marion bostic tried to break into a home on thursday night. upon further investigation, detectives believe the is the same man who sexually assaulted a woman and her roommate back in may. >> we took his fingerprints and we compared them to evidence recovered from a may 24 sexual assault. the fingerprints were a match. >> he remains behind bars tonight charged with first- degree burglary and sexual offenses. anne arundel medical center officials say an electrical fire and utility closet prompted the evacuation of more than two dozen mothers and newborns. a staff members and helped to escort people out of the building. the fire was found inside a third floor utility closet. fire crews were able to extinguish the

baltimore city... baltimore county... carroll county... &phoward coonty... harford county...imore with the latest on the cleanup and how much longer so many will be in the dark. ood morning oel d. traffic lights.... you name it, so many are still feeling the results of those nasty will take theerest of tteeweek to restore power to all. in so many areas, here's the story now... downnd trees still littering roads and and &pbaccyards. power lines didn' &pstand aachance. b-g-e crrw have restored power to more thaa one hundred thousand customers.... but still nearll 250 thousand remain without power his morning. it's turned from a race to pestore power, to more of ann endurance test noww... and customers are doing whatever they can to maae things 2044 just sitting in the come back on soon. 3040 it was a bit of a will come bacc on 2044 just sitting in the basemeet..... hoping it will cooe back on soon. 3040 it was a bit of a maze though, so many trees knocked down... day.422baltimore ounty ublic school buildings aae without power and will be closed on monday.many schools, offices,

but i think it's mainly baltimore east. even baltimore may be completely dry.uture cast by 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. notice how the showers and storms are mainly from delaware into new jersey with a few isolated storms possible near st. mary's county and even towards ocean city. it's mainly eastern areas that have any threat to see wet weather. even that, very spotty in nature so most of us have the dry weather today. so if you plan to be out on the bay, great weather for that. variable winds around 5 knots and waves around 1 foot and the next high tide. we already had one around 3:00 this morning. next one is 3:41 this afternoon at fort mchenry. day planner for baltimore, around 8:00 a.m., lunch time expected to move up to 84 degrees. as we look into the afternoon, high temperature tops off at 87. there's a chance for more clouds this morning and maybe that isolated storm. best bet does come east of the area. for tonight, temperatures into the 60's out in the suburbs. 70's as you get downtown. partly cloudy skies and seasonable, right where we should be for th

baltimore. after serving a warrant yesterday, police seized computers, guns, drugs, condoms, sexual aids, and the ledger's that showed the operation had been going on for quite some time. >> i do not have an exact figure. i have not seen the ledger's. what is being described by the detectives, this operation was definitely not in its infancy. >> both simmons and coit are facing prostitution, drug, and weapons charges. simmons has been suspended without pay. this is not the first time that simmons has been involved with prostitution charges. we will take a closer look at explain. -- and explain. >> breaking news right now out of baltimore county. if a promising young swarmer has been killed after a late night accident in louisville. police confirmed he died after losing control of his car and hitting a tree near high view drive. the accident happened before 10:30 p.m. last night. he was a member of the 2012 class and was an avid swimmer. part of the north baltimore aquatic club. no word on what c

north and west of baltimore have been counseled including howard, baltimore, frederick.ll keep the watch going for just a little while longer on the eastern shore to see if any of them regenerate. i think we're past the worst part of this weather pattern. some areas in virginia got a good downpour. a few spots in central baltimore county picking up half an inch to 1 inch of rain as this tractor. now it is much weaker and producing lighter rain in parts of northern delaware. not much rain measured at the airport and the inner harbor. a hot, humid day. the record high established two years ago will get by for another year. 101 degrees back in 2010. 90 downtown. some areas with showers have cooled in to the 70's. we will see a gathering -- is slowly cooling trend. 70 in downtown baltimore and a cool front is triggering the activity. tomorrow, not as comfortable pressure sliding down to the north of us and will feel a lot better outside tomorrow. in the middle of the country, it is still blazing hot, 102 degrees in kansas city. monsoon season is underway with thunderstorms b

baltimore city, and northern anne arundel county.yer and 11 news have been monitoring the warnings which has now been upgraded from a watch to a warning. >> let's go straight to tom tasselmyer tracking it all. >> warnings in frederick, pa., and parts of the region associated with the watch in effect. these warnings pop up for specific storms that develop. this one here drifting south and east. like the other storms in our area, it could produce winds gusting up for the 60 miles per hour. this is just east of cockeysville making its way down across and should pass through perry hall in the next 59 and 20 minutes or so moving from northwest to southeast along the beltway. it looks like it will track along the bay and head towards kent county. here's the motion over the past hour coming out of northern baltimore county through lock haven and moving its way toward perry hall. the potential is for hail damage and wind. another warning in effect for montgomery county with the same scenario. the possibility of damaging winds and hail. stay

anne arundel county... 3 baltimore city... baltimore county... howard county...or &plinks to a complete list in your county.. go to our website .. fox baltimore dot com slash morning. 3 3 map 295belairmap 3 & still have more than a hundred phousand b-g-e customers waking upp ithout power this mo. morning.here's a look at the latest numbers.accordinn to &pb-g-e's website... total... anne arundel county...baltimore city... baltimore county... carroll county... howard county... b-g-e's progress has been impressive by sheer numbers, but still too slow for anyone waiting in the dark. joel . smith is llve in glen burnie... to explain how far b-g-e is reachiig out for help, and when they're predicting power to be back for everyone. good morning joel d. ((ad lib)))utility crews have comeefrom as far away as florida... texas... and quebec, canada... to lend hand with all these lines. and aim to have everyone hooked p pgain by friday.why does it take so long... it's simppe... this s mannal labor, around potentiilly deadly power lines. lines. live powerrliies... wee ffund t

light street is closed between baltimore and lombard. monument is closed because of the sinkhole repair. we had a problem westbound 50 at the bay bridge, a disabled vehicle, and that has now cleared. 10 minutes to travel south on 95 down towards 32. we take a look near 83 at timonium road. running smoothly in both directions. those speech continue on to the j.f.x. into town -- those speeds continue on the j.f.x. into town. things a moving well at the bay bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> day four of the london olympics could be a record- breaking day for michael phelps. >> he needs one more medal to tied the all-time record. >> he will team up with ryan lochte once again. gymnastics women's team goes for gold. ,he men's team failed to medal coming in fifth place. >> monday was a huge day for missy franklin. she won gold in the back street. -- backstroke. ryan lochte failed to medal in the freestyle. more coverage on our website. you can follow along with the medal count. >> preparations underway for this year's grand pri

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baltimore city... baltimore county... carroll county...r county... 3 as frustration levels rise... baltimore city is reminding those affected... there is help out there. there.megan gilliland is here with more the resources... that just aren't being used. good morniig guys,take a look at this ppcture here.in city wherr thousands of customers are without power... theee is not one person inside the emergency shelter at the baltimore junior academy... on food, water and ac...waiting to be used. this is the second mpty shelter we found yesterday. the other one is on east federal street... it has cots... but they're still in thh boxes... ready if you need them..eantime... just down the street... neiggbors are sweating wittoot a-c.they're unhappy ith how the city responded and ay they're aree't enough shelters hilda james, south baltimore: 37.46 "put them in all the different aaeas and help out everybody. help everybody out. we've been out ever since friday, and still no guurantee when we gonna get back on." doreen dates: 40.03 "what is the gove

simmons is a baltimore city firefighter. coit are both facing gun and prostitution charges. >>> a beloved former principal who sent three decades in the school system has been murdered in florida. 76-year-old william nor man was the first principal of chesapeake high school. police found nor man floating in a canal near miami with a flag i can bag tied over his head. two men have been charged with his murder. >>> today a maryland man has pleaded guilty to collecting child porn. robert j hudson was found in possession of hundreds of images and videos of children under the age of 12. if his plea deal is accepted he will serve between 7 and 9 years in prison. >>> it's been more than a year since 1-year-old sean johnson was shot to death on his front porch in northeast baltimore in a suspected case of mistaken identity. the three men charged pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. all three face life in prison if convicted. they're trial is set for august 30th. >>> should people of same sex be allowed to mary in maryland? soon yo

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i'm in downtown baltimore.hese once classified as high risk were never fixed and when the next fix will happen. >> reporter: staff members are fired up. what's behind the budget problems here, that's coming up. >> check in to these stories and breaking news. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. >> this is wjz-tv, wjz-hd and wjz.com, baltimore. from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now is complete coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station.

wjz is live in east baltimore. rochelle ritchie explains, city engineers are blaming an aging system. rochelle? >> well, that's right, denise. the infrastructure here dates back to the 1930s. that was during the great depression. so many aren't surprised by the problems plaguing city streets. >> reporter: it's a familiar sound and problem on baltimore city streets. >> reporter: in just several days, the city has had two major issues with its aging infrastructure, tearing apart the asphalt. >> this is the nature of the aging inpractice structure-- infrastructure city. baltimore is not an exception. >> reporter: a water main break. and yesterday, two feet deep and 6 feet long sinkhole, opening into a storm drain built in the 1930s. >> right now, we're sending a crew in in order to do a walk- in section of the large storm drain. >> sky eye chopper 13 showing the gaping hole. causing confusion amongst pedestrians navigating their way. >> closed and no business. just a few customers coming in. >> reporter: the city says

total...anne arunnel countt...baltimore city... baltimore county...any left in the darkk battery powered items are draining. now a battery company is bring rrllef to the aree and lending somm relief and re-chhrge for free. laurel to show us how duracell is helping storm victims stay powered up and connected. 3 good morning joel d. - 3 3-3 3 a missouri woman's facebooo post has caught the attention of child welfare officials. as george sells repoots...the woman allegedly posted a video that appears to show her instigatingga fist fight between two small kids. kids.and a warning, some of this footage... may be hard to . watch. --reporter pkg-as follows -- (nats) it is video hatús hard to watch. for many, even harder to believe. a mother egging on hhr little girl, not even out of diapers...in a fist figgt. "got some action! got some action! úall better ball up some fists!" "she needs her daughter taken awaa from her until she can better asked not to be identified, alerted us to the video. she knows the mother of the little girl in these pictuues, and fear

man in baltimore. he was outside a 7-eleven store early saturday morning with a semiautomatic gun. when officers responded to the scene, he took off, leading officials on a police chase, it was brief. one of the officers fired a gun, killing him. police say the officer involved is a six-year veteran of the force. now an update to breaking news we brought you friday morning. police attempted murder suspects after shooting and killing a suspect while serving a search warrant in baltimore county. baltimore county police said that a man attacked them with the sword, leading to the shooting did police arrested george peoples, laura karr, and and another person. coming up, two small girls heard in iowa. the search continues for two girls missing in iowa. they were last seen friday afternoon. hundreds of volunteers searched the streets and bike trails for any sign. so far, the searches of, and he paid the family of joe patern -- the searches have come up and keep yempty. joe paterno was one of high- ranking o

so now he is going to help out baltimore city schools. he says he can. he has 35 years experience and he is going to talk about how a similar plan could actually work here. we will let you know how it goes. >>> tomorrow we are going to find out who gets nominated for the 64th annual prime time emmy awards. critics think the abc hit show modern family is going to win again. this year's nominee will be unveiled tomorrow morning in los angeles. so we will keep you posted on that. >>> the dark knight opens on friday and already tickets are going on sale. listening to -- listen to this for 100 to $150 on craigslist for a movie. some are more than that. so people have been snatching up the first seats for the midnight showing for the dark knight. >>> now "good morning maryland." >> reporter: we are live in downtown baltimore where the water main break is snagging traffic. detours to know about and what the city is doing to get it fixed. >> some want to play blackjack and some want more places to gamble. state leaders come to baltimore to hash this out. taking

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light street is shutdown between baltimore and lombard. we're not tracking any significant delays at the moment. here's a quick live look at traffic. this is wilkins avenue. we had a vehicle fire. all lanes are getting by. starting to see some delays fall into place just past 70 down towards wilkins avenue. this is 95 southbound at 32 and building down towards the capital beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony has a check of your forecast. >> just a few clouds to start the day. some scattered thunderstorms are likely. 75 at the airport. the dew points are running in the upper 60's and low 70's. he's a sunshine to begin. scattered showers and thunderstorms and some could be strong. high temperatures in the mid 90's. here is keith mills, the man. >> good morning. the orioles back home this morning and opened a six-game homestand against the rays. the rays are two games back of the orioles, chasing the orioles and oakland for the second wild-card spot. shin-shoo choo and the indians beat the orioles. the only mistake by tommy h

baltimore city... baltimore county... carroll county... howard county... as frustration levels rise... baltimore city is reminding those affected... there ii there.megan gilliland is here with more the ressurces... good morning guys, we went . around the city yesterday... have a-c... who don't have water.on cold spring lane... theyyre sweating out there. there.angela: 3.41 "girl, i had sweat stains on my bra..it was that hot." hot."but just down the take a look.a shelter at the baltimore unior academy... filled with food... waterrand a-c... empty... not one person baltimore: 10.44 "nobodyywas there!? that's strange." angela: 5.08 "a lot of people are afraid to leaae their &phomes."pam carter, city of baltimore housing: 27.05 it's &pbeen a slow day." shelter we found yesterday. y 3 there was another one on east federal street. there's also a location in east baltimore and one in eet baltimore.these shelters are open to everyone... and are available today.spread the word if you know someone who needd a little help.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morniig news. &po

we might see one in the baltimore region. generally i think it will stay south of baltimore. there's more activity on tap probably wednesday. the bay temperature around 78. tonight, generally a pretty nice night. mid-70s in the city. 93 tomorrow, about like today, but more humid. and a chance for thunderstorms in the afternoon. same thing for wednesday. a pretty good shot, 95, 72. slightly drier. thursday, friday, 93, 93. >> thank you. check in tomorrow morning starting at 4:55:00 a.m. for the updated first warning weather forecast. >>> the orioles are out west hoping to turn things around with a win in seattle. we have highlights next. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. this week, the farm comes to you. fresh sweet corn is an amazing 6 for a buck. deer park water is just $3.33 a case. and honey bunches of oats just $1.88 a box. real big deals this week and every week. >>> it's about 8:20 in seattle. >> how

total...anne prundel county...baltimore city... baltimore county... carroll county... howard county... b-g-e crews are working powee to ttousands of customers.crews at the command center ave been working round the clock since friday.b-g-e hass alled in a team of 38- hundred people.. including reiiforcments from otherr parious storm roles.... many of them working 12 hours shifts. "iq: you think about it, they literally hit the rack.... oq: to have those types of hours." hourr."b-g-e expects to work throughoot the week and into the weekend. so far... they've restored service tt more than 600 thousand customers. 2 men are facing charges today... for trying to steal a highway light pole on interstate 695.the men were spotted on the ramp from route 2 in glen urnie... monday morning.... trying to load it onto their truck.the pole... which was lying on the ground at the time... is valued at more than 17-hundred dollars. the suspects arr 46-year-old james phaneuf... and 47- year-old quincy hawkins. state biologists say this year's crab population has levels.áthe crabbing seaso

around baltimore../.a... driver... sent us... this video...t,,, in his car...on,,, east baltimore street.... water... gushing out... of this... manhole here's another one...near... calvert and pratt streets.... at... the inner harbor.../water.. bubbling... out... of that manhole... in... the middle lane../....and... drivers... doing their best... to avoid the problem where ... are... the storms... right now? now?meteorologist... emily gracey... joins us... with... a... look... at tonight's... wicked eather... ? emily? 3 many... of... you.../ had... the best view... of today's ... storms sent us... this picture.../he ... says... its ...the... hopkins loading dock... flooded.../you.. can see... the buckets.. . floating... in the water tonya... sent us ...this picture.../ this intersection,.. . underwater..../...there... are... a... couple drivers... trying... to get through ...the water.../...but... as... you can see./.. it... mostly covers ...the wheels... on... that... one car when... news... hits your neighborhood, see it.. shoot it.. send it

baltimore city... baltimore county... carroll county... howard county... harford county...ontinue to work arounddthe clock, and their progress is impressive to ome, but still too slow dark. joel d. smith ii k..- live in glen burnie... to reaching out for helpp.. and the big question-- when will tte power be back for all? good morning jool d. ((ad lib)))3 3 3 crews at the maryland emmrgency management agency are working around the clock monitoring the recovery efforts. efforts.megan illiland s streaming nnwwfrom mema with &pthe latest from the strategy . room.good morning guys,ad lib... 3 3 the aaerican idol finaliits baltimoreeyour chance to win tickets to the american idols live tour.. is coming up in just 20 minutes. youure watching foo 45 ggod day baltimore. ((brrak 5)) >> the duggers live a life of controlled chaos and make it look easy. after all only 19 kids, $3,000 a month for groceries, 40 loads of laundry in front of millions of viewers for 6 seasons. >> go, go, go. >> why do you think the whole country is so fascinated with your family? >> if we can get them to si

for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. and look for more from the wjz first warning weather team. >>> maryland'smaryland's first -- william donald schaefer pledged to make it better. there were grants today for neighborhood prohibit projects. >> reporter: residents three their backs into this. >> at the end of brookfield. >> reporter: like any farmer will tell you, the work won't wait. and in baltimore, nothing says do it now like william donald schaefer. >> one-sided. for the city of baltimore and its citizen. >> reporter: it's a description of the former mayor and comptroller that never changed. today, a $1.4 million schaefer legacy gift was donated for a civic fund established by the late governor. >> i think he was wonderful. >> reporter: today, money was distributed to 30 projects like the white lock community farm. >> i have a 5-year-old. and i bring her down here to show her the different vegetables and so forth. >> reporter: baltimore is identified by neighborhoods and each of these, there are efforts to make impro

jasmine baltimore baltimore 3 kelvin says, "i have 2 pit bulls 6 months old and they are very friendlyed. when i go to my mom's house.... my mom's cat does not like the dogs. what can i do for them to get along?" a beautiful day today. today.meteorologist steve fertig says get out and enjoy it... because changes are on the way.your 7-day forecast next. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. philanthropist of the year... why it not just about the money...on fox45 news at five.

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