it just wasn't here in baltimore anymore. but it was also around that time that richard nixon decided that he was going to start a war against public enemy number one: drugs. >> but it was president ronald reagan who turned that rhetorical war into a literal one. >> you have to show that you have a drug criminal problem. so how do you do that? through arrests. >> at a time when drug crime was actually on the decline, not on the rise. >> we went crazy arresting people for crack cocaine because of this so-called epidemic that we were having. >> incarceration rates began to just soar off the charts. >> and we just put tons of black people in prison from our inner-cities. ungodly numbers. >>more arrests meant more federal money. it's the system that still exists today - in the form of federal job stimulus and other us department of justice grants for crime control and community policing. >> it's not a war on drugs. don't ever think it's a war on drugs. it's a war on the blacks. it started as a war on the blacks. it's now spread t

baltimore had arty.s the former colt players make their way out, they will form a gauntlet, joined by governor 'malley. tom matty coming to the curbside. lynnidow of the late tony, hart, two to his left. friends and family, those who loved and knew art donovan, fans, who only knew him from afar. all saying good-bye to a man who is such an important figure in altimore sports history, and a man who transcended sports. art donovan helped put baltimore on the national stage, and he kept baltimore on the national stage every time he showed up on the tonight show, on an espn commercial, on late night with david letterman. and for the many who thought so highly of art donovan, they had to think highly of baltimore too. it was an adopted home, a home he loved. born in brooklyn, but it became a national figure in baltimore. and while he loved his hometown, this truly became his hometown. a funeral service with so many powerful moments. one that stood out during the prayer of the faithful, art donovan's 86-year-ol

baltimore.summer is still chugging along. 84 degrees in westminster. 86 at easton. muggy 88 at salsbury. changes on their way with showers and storms. hd doppler swinging around the baltimore area right now shows nothing going on. there are some showers in the west virginia mountains over toward roanoke and southwest virginia. also, some storms mostly to the east. will trend to the north and east where the baltimore area. chances of rain will increase past midnight. after midnight, the possibility of a shower thunderstorm. firstt is the peak of the me your shower. i get outside. meteor shower. get outside. side ofn the warmer this front that is stalling in our area. these are the ones that will bring us showers and storm tomorrow. high pressure is coming out of canada again. it is cool and dry and comfortable behind those fronts. the second half of those -- this week is looking really nice. tomorrow, more clouds and sunshine. thunderstorms are like in the morning until about lunch time. clearing

in baltimore city watch for police activity west baltimore at gill more street.n the west side outer loop approaching 70 things will slow down. 95 moving well, just a minor slow down in the southbound direction as you approach the beltway. everything rolling along just fine on the west side at baltimore national pike. this traffic report is brought to you by jiffy lube. could you drink a cup of coffee that's a year old? that's what your asking your car to do when you don't get your oil changed. >>> in four hours a local legend art donovan will be laid to rest in this city he learned to call home. donovan died sunday at the age of 89. hundreds are expected to attend his funeral at the cathedral of mary art queen on north charles street in north baltimore. it begins at 11:00. you can watch live coverage at wjz 13 and also at cbsbaltimore.com. >>> the ravens head back to the football field. last night was only a preseason contest. ravens fans still had plenty to cheer about. the offense and defense crushed the buccaneers winning 44-16. the next preseason game, next

,, >>> this is wjz tv, baltimore. >> good morning maryland. now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team. your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >>> it is the top of the hour, and what started out as steamy has turned into stormy in a lot of this area. kristy's got traffic after marty's first warning weather. >>> it's turned into a real storm in the past 5 minutes. before we put the radar in motion and zoom in on something, here's the current active severe weather alerts. for eastern baltimore county, harford county severe thunderstorm warning until 6:45. for central harford county until 6:30 we have a tornado warning in effect. now what i want to do is focus in on one particular area here. this would be central harford county just southeast of bel air. and that is going to be one heavy duty cell of rain, and i think this may be, you know, just a little west of crazy well. little west of crazy what we're talking about here with concern about rota

there were nearly 20 people shot in baltimore. gang experts say...it may involve turf wars, something police hinted at.. months ago. ](anthony batts) (file) "we have a gang called the black guerilla family which is trying to take over a territory or area.. theyre charging other drug dealers 20 percent interest to be able to sell drugs in their community or area.. ((cairns)) "turf wars may be to blame for some of violence in baltimore city according to gang experts.. kc fox 45 news at 5;00 you can find a link to that website, where you can search for gangs in your area... by going to fox baltimore dot com slash newslinks. you can track other criminal activity in your neighborhood with 'spotcrime.' you can search specific crimes... and get email alerts when crime happens. log onto fox baltimore dot com and click on spotcrime in the hot topics section. another violent week in baltimore prompts another ,march to end it. city leaders are planning a 300 man march in northwest baltimore. organizers say they want to take a stand against t

baltimore loved art. today, people came out en masse to remember and honor him. a great hall of fame football player, a great storyteller and proud father and husband, art donovan was one-of-a-kind. today, family and friends came to the cathedral of mary our queen to say goodbye to art. >> unforgettable. a wonderful person, always. the guy you could go to for a good, honest answer. just a neat, neat guy. colts win twohe world championships, in 1958 and 1959. at the service today, a former colt, now minister, gave the eulogy. countlessnk of the hours art devoted to this city, its citizens and the agencies, and all the hours he devoted to nonprofits and groups serving the youth and citizens of this state. tapestry of all that is the in maryland, and over past six decades, you will see his life woven throughout that tapestry. but i believe his most enduring legacy and most important is as a husband, father,, and grandfather. >> art touched so many people. to make fun of my spats. what is that? that kind of t

showers approaching, but far from baltimore now. a little bit of clout cover starting to spread in and storms popping up in western virginia and western pennsylvania. of this activity will gradually move toward baltimore. we have a better chance for a shower or even in overnight thunderstorm. we have been mostly on the warm side of this stalled out front. just 68 at international falls right now. another beautiful weather pattern beginning wednesday. is whereow shaded area the national weather service is indicating a slight risk for severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening. scatteredcome more after lunchtime tomorrow. if you're going to do some boating and fishing tomorrow, keep an eye on the sky. we will likely see some showers and storms crossing the bay. almostezy, cool, and fall-like in western maryland wednesday and thursday. shore, look for a beautiful day on wednesday. a nice day on thursday as well. showers and storms on the close tomorrow. they're not on wednesday, a beautiful beach weather on thursday. beautiful

. >> right now we passed a ban on these machines in baltimore city. >> reporter: baltimore city councilman wrote the bill that passed committee. eco machines are not welcome within city limits. the thoug is the kiosks may make it easy for criminals to cash in on cell phone robberies which are on the rise. there are currently no machines in the city of ball. the working theory is the phones are being stolen in the city and being cashed out in the machines in the counties. >> i'm seeing more cases, especially the high end, smartphones being stolen and the fact that there are eight of these machines in a ring around baltimore at malls in baltimore county and anne arundel county, and that these machines have come in at the same time that we're seeing the spike, that seems more than coincidence. >> reporter: in order to give his bill more teeth, the councilman decided to float the ban to the surrounding counties. there's enough interest in and around the beltway that representatives from eco atm traveled from san diego to address the baltimore city council. >> the immediate reaction is let's wo

extra innings baltimore north will hold the event. >>> in baltimore we know how much the fans love the ravens. now people outside of charm city are figuring that out too. a new study ranks that ravens fans are eight for loyalty among all the nfl teams. the study used team box office revenues relative to stadium capacity, market population and on field success to come up with the rankings. according to the findings out of the 32 nfl teams the dallas cowboys have the most loyal fans. >>> all right. let's take a look at what's going on this morning on the satellite and radar. not a whole lot going on. we actually have dense fog to talk about this morning in some areas. we have reduced visibility, less than a mile in york this morning also in hagerstown, 1 in wind chester, 5 frederick, 7 easton. the worst of it in the rural areas this morning. that will start to burn off by mid-morning hours and we will see plenty of sunshine for today. in terms of temperatures, we're all along the board. 70 in the city, the upper 50s in woodbine, 64 manchester. the temperature will come in at 83 degrees b

the baltimore colts.dn't take long to figure out the most prominent player in canton is john unitas. the bronze bust of course but another bronze statue, too. the black high tops. the jerseys. and the game that earns the greatest tribute, you know which one. >> in 1958, they played in what's considered to be the greatest game ever played. >> the baltimore colts are such an important part of nfl history. and an important part of the way we tell this story. we always want to make sure they will be remembered. there's no greater game maybe than the 1958 championship game. >> and i would encourage you, if you have not had a chance to get to canton and you're a football fan, go. you can spend several hours and thoroughly enjoy going back to the history and see how well baltimore indeed is represented and of course there is now a full-time baltimore raven in the hall. jonathan ogden. the very first draft pick ever by ozzie newsom and company. and he is the first ever to go into the hall of fame. and very specia

phone robberies most ly in north baltimore.ice announced the arrest of three young people but are looking for more. they are responsible for 20 robberies and carjacking. the target was people's cell phones. at a meeting organized by marry pat clark police show ed citizens the trends of the robberies. >> went right up the corridor in the northern district. remington, camden, roland park all the way towards northern parkway. >> after seeing that trend some suggested the suspects may have been cashing in the stolen phones out kiosks. baltimore police have not confirm that had yet. >>> an college student sdud i college student was killed

he embraced baltimore when he came to play for the baltimore colts. games in 12 seasons and was the first to go to the hall of fame from the colts. he was the first football player to go to the sports hall of fame. he was as famous off the field and on. inspiration to several generations of fans and athletes. his career as a story teller continued until his passing at age wi89. he loved to reminisce about his playing days and sharing his humor wherever he went. he published an autobiography co hosted a talk show and was on espn. to say he was loved is an under statement. it is a testament to theover yell life he lived. go to wbal-tv.com and click on sports. [ male announcer ] now you can get a kindle fire hd, with high def screen, ultra-fast wi-fi and access to 23 million movies, tv shows, music, and apps -- all for much less than an ipad mini. i couldn't believe how good the value was for the money i paid. it gives you all the options with the apps as far as netflix, hulu, great internet browser. [ male announcer ] act now, and as part of this specia

how the move will hit baltimore's economy. take of the heavy stuff from this morning has moved off the coast, but there is still a cold front moving this way, which means we cannot rule out a couple more showers and storms. we will track those when we come back in the forecast. temperatures and now climbing to the upper 70's. humidity running high >> and consumer alert, a major hit to the baltimore economy as organizers say they're moving the event out of the city. this brought $10 million to the area this past week but organizers say it has outgrown the accommodations. now they will move the event to washington, d.c., in 2016. the baltimore convention center is at 83 percent occupancy. >> the sheraton hotel of the corner would be torn down. the new arena would be constructed on conway street at that intersection. a new hotel of 500 rooms would go on top of the arena. the good old portion of the convention center would be replaced with a multi-story convention. if you are looking for dinner reservations, you can soon get them

should not impact the baltimore region. but it may impact portions of maybe frederick, washington or allegheny county. although looks like it will be moving off to the east and northeast very, very slowly. most of that will die out. we have a risk of more shower activity developing overnight. temperature-wise, we've got a little warmer today. got up to 81. last hour. now we're down to 79. 84 in d.c. and easton. 85, pax river. but the dew point is back up to a very humid 72 degrees. so talking about temperatures. chelsea is in the outback with a look at temperatures this summer. august, july. some very interesting numbers. chelsea? >> reporter: thanks, bob. when you think about it, it's been rather cool over the past couple of days. take a look at this graphic. in fact, the last time we saw a temperature in the 90s was on july 21st. that's about 17 days okay, when we had -- days ago. when we had a temperature of around 92 degrees for our high at bwi marshall. and historically, august is usually a hot month for us. in 2012, w

also ahead. >> marching orders from baltimore county school superintendent. i'm tim tooten, coming up what he told his top leadership team. >> a bad stretch much games for jim johnson to play, will he remain the orioles closer? the story later in sports. >> we've got some clouds and showers south and west of baltimore, we'll see if that impacts our weekend. the seven-day forecast coming up. >> an unusual wakeup call for thousands of residents in baltimore city this morning. >> lowell, this is mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, we're busy getting ready for my annual back to school rally saturday august 17 from 12 to 4 at memorial plaza outside of city hall. >> it's a robo call message baltimore city residents received early this morning about the mayor's back to school rally. some receiving that call at 5:00 a.m. even the mayor herself received the message and immediately posted an apology on twitter. it appears the call was sent out by accident by the baltimore city school system, they too apologized. >> in tonight's education alert, technology and world languag

now it's time for basketball at the baltimore arena. the washington wizards announced this week that they'll tip off in charm city against the new york knicks, who celebrate the team's fifthth anniversary. >> it proves, along with the events that we've had that baltimore is a primary market. >> reporter: arena general manager frank blemish worked on a deal to get the game in town. and he's expecting sales to soar. with baltimore native carmelo anthony on the court. >> i think he will be a phenomenal draw. you put the two together. >> reporter: the wizards used to be the baltimore bullets. but the team moved to washington in the early 70s. the last time a team visited charm city was during this game in the late 90s. he says the match will be a mixture of history and basketball. >> a fan of basketball and history itself. i think the novelty of having the wizards play and professional basketball played here in baltimore. >> going to be a big game. so the question now is, when do those tickets go on sale? well, the answer, the wizards have

right over baltimore. that is a been we're keeping an eye on. it should be a little bit nicer for the weekend. >> reasons to get excited. baltimore bullets will return to their roots. >> the old-school washington wizards lopez to new york next -- will face the new york knicks . it will be a homecoming for sam ll.sell -- casek >> chris davis is showing off his homerun swing again. he could not make a better time. that is coming up and sports. -- in sports. . >> big money tonight. it is america's baby jack pot game. the evening. this is powerball will stop the -- $448.4 wanted 25 million. here's tonight's first number. with 58. 5. said that he is using his money for the retirement. tonight how's winning powerball number is 32. but state will up. -- let's take one more look at our numbers. [ male announcer ] you know what's so awesome about the internet? it gets more and more entertaining every day. and once you've got verizon fios, that's when you get it -- america's fastest, most reliable internet takes your entertainment to ridiculous levels. i

headmily and friends will to north baltimore for a funeral service for the baltimore colts legend. >> jennifer franciotti is live with more on the story. >> good morning. hundreds of people are expected to attend the funeral. they are here to pay tribute to a man who had a huge personality and a great big heart to go along with it. born in the bronx and so authentically baltimore, number 70 kept us laughing with his unique way. a hall of fame are on the field. just a lovable character off the field. artie donovan loved life and loved people. >> one time he said to me, "you holucky we were when we played what, buolts?"i said gs? i used to call him "bugs" because he had big eyes. "because they still remember us." >> and now the sports legends museum is honoring hall of famer artie donovan with a special display.the tribute features a colts jersey, the book "fatso," and four new photos of him. two of him are as a marine serving in guam.whether you saw him play or watch some on the late-night talkshow circuit, just about everybody has a story about artie, including coach harbaugh, who was

baltimore fans get excited. for the first time in 14 years washington wizards will take on the new york knicks in the inaugural baltimore classic. pre-season game is set for october 17. o seeill get a chance carmelo anthony play. sam cassell is also a baltimore native. no ticket information released yet, but if he were a second -- season-ticket holder are ready, you will be able to get seats before they go on sale. the ravens are heading to tamper right now for their first pre- season game. tomorrow night against the buccaneers. also making the trip, jerry sandusky and pete gilbert. everything you need to know during the pre-game show tomorrow starting at 7:00. kickoff at 7:30. if you have to night's winning power baltic it, you are in for a huge payout. details on the mass of jackpot coming up. >> this river boat goes a river boat? rob robinson explains. >> if you ever wanted to own a river boat, this may be year forced and only chance to buy one. >> the liberty bell has been here for two years and now they wan

there could be more around baltimore later this evening. for now, a live look downtown where the skies have cleared out a bit. >> maryland state police are trying to figure out how to get a 650 thousand pound transformer to pennsylvania. it is sitting on main street in west esther. they have delayed the trip week has it is significantly overweight. the transformer arrived from mexico by barge. police say they are now working to obtain permits because a number of bridges need to be reinforced. there is no word right now on when the big move will take lace. >> in tonight's education alert, time is running out for parents who need to make sure their children have the required immunizations for school this far. -- this fall. they are required to have to ,easles, month -- two measles mumps and rubella shots. the most up-have to-date immunization records by september 20 or they will be forced to send the students away. >> every child should go to their pediatrician on a regular schedule from the time they are an infant, and that each of those vis

wjz is live at baltimore county courthouse. derek valcourt was in court and has more on karla porter's defense. derek? >> reporter: well, prosecutors are trying to portray karla porter as a cold and calculating killer. but defense attorneys say she is the victim of horrendous obuse. and today, they called psychologists to talk about it. >> reporter: karla porter says after years of physical and verbal abuse from her husband ray, she felt she had to hire a hitman to kill him. and in march of 2010, that's what she did, with help from some of her family members, she arranged for hitman, walter bishop, to shoot her husband in the head, at the hess gas station. she frantically called 911 and said he was shot by a robber. >> you know the person that -- >> no, i never seen him before [ crying hysterically ] he was black and he just came in the side door. i went out and i came in and -- >> but under pressure during a police interrogation, she finally confessed. >> are you understanding what we are saying to you? >> i think so. >> we kn

. >> and there will be new security measures at baltimore county schools. let's sayyou're a visitor, you have to go through i new system that will create a background check and create a personalized id card. we're told this information will be stored on a secure server. >>> as you're getting ready to go back to school, consider helping those less fornlt with our annual school supply drive. we're collecting all of the essentials for kids in need. we've got donation sites in every neighborhood. head toabc2news.com/school supplies. >>> new tonight, a 16 year old charged with sexually assaulting two children. police are not releasing the teen's name because of his age, however we know he's charged with assault, child abuse and several sex offense charges. >>> a 25 year old man was digging a hole trying to put a deck [technical difficulties] when the season i did soil collapsed on -- sandy soil collapsed on top of him. chriswilson owns the home and he hired medallion construction to do the work. >> i just got down on my knees and started digging as fast as i cou

baltimore sun.ebrating the 30th anniversary of one of the first heart transplants performed at johns hopkins hospital. >>> analysis of tonight's preseason opener, against tampa bay. 20 ways for you to observe the 20th anniversary of the otakon convention. for more, read the baltimore sun and the updated forecast from wjz 13. >>> the smithsonian is welcoming two new additions. these are two rare sumatran tiger cubs. so far, she's being a great mom, nursing and grooming both cubs. unfortunately, if you visit the zoo, you won't see the cubs right now. they won't be publicly exhibited for several more months. >>> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. >>> we are here live at the wjz mobile weather lab. outside the new exhibit, the black tipped reef in the middle of downtown, where there's a lot ofabilityitivity. we'll talk about the forecast coming up in the next five days coming up in just a few moments. >>> and as we have been showing you, a big day at the national aquarium. officially reopens. ,,,,

take a baltimore fires has met team began to show up and run the test on the substance. to cut their running a battery of tests to see what the and -- to see what the substance is. -- >> they're running a battery of tests to see what the substance is. >> i think it is a new normal in america. we have to deal with suspicious things happening. the new normal all around the world. >> onlookers did not seem to surprised with the situation as the buildings were evacuated. in the end, he said he was told by officials as substance was not hazardous or explosive but still bother considering he gets one threat a week. >> sadly, it has become our normal to expect negative things to happen. not moreank god it was than what it was, but again, these things do happen. take up the fbi finished gathering evidence at 2:30 this afternoon and let staffers back in. the congressman told me he is glad not only that staffers did not get hurt but folks that work and live in this area. live in mount vernon tonight. wbal-tv 11 news. >> police have arrested a northeast baltimore man on child porno

. >> this year's baltimore maryland -- marathon has a change. organizers tell us the company gave notice months ago saying it wanted to work another community project. the marathon is october 12. >> we had some showers around the area today helping to keep the temperatures down but the rain is moving out in time for a nice-looking weekend and in time for the o's baseball. those showers will be out of here in the next few minutes if it has not stopped in your backyard. most areas to the north and west are seeing the drying trend. a little while longer on the eastern shore and down toward annapolis where the rain may linger for another hour or so. for most locations it has been unusually comfortable august afternoon because of the clouds and showers. in the low 70's now to the north. we can temperatures look like they will be quite nice. more on that in a few minutes. >> this weekend, thousands of converging -- thousands are converging on the nation's capital to reenact the famous march on washington. tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary. we sat do

one easy way to do is taking part in baltimore county restaurant week. it officially starts tomorrow, but today there's a kickoff event happening at parish grill. it wraps up august 25th. 51 restaurants throughout the county are offering fixed prices for their lunches and dinner menus. check that out. >> not a bad idea. >>> as you're waking up this morning, perhaps you were woken up in the middle of the night because there were some storms rolling through our area. hopefully we're done. >> are we done with that? >> we are not done with that. i wish we could say we are. for the moment we're done. as we go through the rest of this morning and this afternoon, we do have the risk of more showers and thunderstorms to pop up across the area. right now we look at the satellite and radar, we're pretty much calm as of now. we do still have plenty of clouds around and we do have those clouds at the ground for today. so we are teuking about some patchy fog in -- talking about some patchy fog in spots and back towards the west, they'll be dealing with severe weather

. >>> today, baltimore councilman, nick mosey plans to file a resolution asking baltimore to boycott florida based businesses. hesays it encourage as vigilante attitude. >>> student leaders at city hall talking about gun violence. students from the intersection listening campaign spent the summer speaking to teachers, students, leaders and community members to get opinions on how to reduce gun violence. expected to release the results later today. >>> we could learn about wrong doing within the arundel county police department. laura newman expected to announce findings of a task force. it was looking in to allegations against the department dating back to john lepoled's administration. >>> porter is accused of hiring someone to kill her husband in towson three years ago. porter claims the threats and abuse got so bad she had no choice but to kill him. she never reported abuse or threats oh police. >>> attack and purse snatching at a mall turns in to bravery. 26-year-old adam gray assaulted a woman inside a jc penney and took off with her purse. five men chased gray down outside the

live in baltimore county, don champion. >> thank you. federal investigators are shining new light on the heck crash that killed a father and daughter from howard county as well as a man from townsend. a preliminary report by the ntsb says the aircraft's pilot was not certified to fly using only on bore instruments. there was no indication that that pilot obtained a weather briefing before taking off, eventually crashing in rural pennsylvania. officials with the company that owns the helicopter say they think it was caught in a thunderstorm. 58-year-old bernard kelly, his daughter and a man of toson were also killed in the crash. the pilot's identity has not been released. we are working to learn more about the conditions of a man and woman both struck by a car in baltimore county, near the wal-mart along washington boulevard. when 11 news arrived on the scene, police told us the driver was cooperating and they had not determined who was at fault, at this hour the investigation is ongoing. meteorologist john collins is here with a first l

expect delays and in baltimore city we have a fire in a vacant home on west baltimore street. it's going to be shut down between gilmore and stricker streets. and problems persist in baltimore county. there's car that crashed into a -- there's a car that crashed into a tree. stick with 83. that's the best alternate. jfx55 miles per hour southbound at 695. overall len 11 minutes from there to fayette street and 695 shaping up nicely no problems across the key bridge and here in parkville in the green with the drive time of 11 minutes, from 95 up to 83. 12 minutes on the west side to travel from 795 to 95. megan over to you. >>> here are some of the top stories. the state department is pulling the nonessential government personnel out of pakistan. u.s. officials say the president says domestic and foreign terror groups created a threat to americans. americans are being told not to travel to pakistan. >>> a large and fast moving wild fire in southern california has destroyed at least 26 homes in other structures in the area. the fire started on wednesday afternoon and firefighter

and baltimore county is no exception. that's why they spend millions of dollars to keep guns out and kids safe. >> reporter: on the first day of school last year, shots rang out at perry hall high school. >> first gunshot windy off. -- went off. and nobody knew what it was. and i turned around and saw him standing there, holding the shotgun. >> reporter: the gunman, robert gladden, jr. his victim, daniel borowy. principal george roberts says they are not taking any chances. >> we have two school resource officers who have the capability to, if we need them to, to wand the students if we feel there is something on them. >> reporter: baltimore spent $3.7 million to install new security measures like this monitoring system that will be in effect the first day of school. >> reporter: perry hall high school, as well as other schools across the county have a new buzzer system and mandatory check-in procedure and with visitors to the school, have their ids scanned. >> by the first day of school, everything will be more comfortab

we referred to the former baltimore colt. >> yes. >> having said that , raven nation, baltimore football nation, isn't it about time we drop it that we only have two championships? isn't is it about time we start to look at five championships, 58, '59, '71 and then the two super bowl with the ravens. two the colts, three with the ravens. if you look at it historically we have five championships. it wasn't called the super bowl. it was but -- do you know what i'm saying? >> the city does have five championships. >> we have to start referring to it this way. how do you not when we still refer to art donovan the former baltimore colt. it is decades of fun. >> okay. i see your point. >> there's no butt but to it. pittsburgh, i'm glad you got six super bowls, but we have five. that's the way you have to look at it. >> we do. >> it's a fact of life. tell me the 58 e '58 game wasn't as tough as the game we played in new orleans? >> not at all. >> thauj very much thank -- thank you very much. >>> we have showers come ing into the area today. from 11:00 on we're going to have rain. 83 at lunch on

baltimore police had a description of the suspect. they are in the process of going to a location to try to apprehend a suspect. as we get more information, will report. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. temperatures running way below normal levels for this time in august. it's over i would be 85. just 76 as the high today. as thecomes together sixth consecutive day with cooler than normal temperatures. recordhis day with a high and a record low in 1958. downtown baltimore is the warm spot in our region. stephenville at 75. western maryland is not much cooler than we are. it is a hint that warmer air is beginning to work in out of the ohio valley, pushing through the mountains to our west. it will eventually make it to our region, pushing temperatures back to normal in the next two or three days. the dewpoint levels will be rising. the higher the dewpoint, the more muddy fields. -- the more moisture is in the air. so far, all quiet on hd doppler around of the baltimore area. some

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a big day for 50 people in baltimore, they officially welcome u.s. citizens. the ceremony is happening at the u.s. citizenship and immigrations services offices. that's happening today. >>> and keith urban fans listen up, we have more details about his free concert at the inner harbor to kick off the nfl season. his performance is september 5 september 5th at 6 p.m., free seats will be near the maryland science center but you got to get there earlier because it's first come first serve. following the concert there will be a light and sound celebration of the ravens super bowl victory. that will be spectacular and the ravens play out in denver to open up the season. >>> normally the birth of a baby boy doesn't make news unless there's an heir to the throne or their born on the side of the highway. that's the case in this story. a couple was riding to anne arundel county medical center where it looked like the baby wouldn't wait. dad pulled over and immediately called 9-1-1 that's when the dispatcher, megan blizzard calmly helped him deliver his son. >> his head

coming here to baltimore, about oakland and baltimore august 24th, that the game has meaning.eat sports town like baltimore, where you have the orioles and hearing the national anthem and you go to the ravens game -- one ball and one strike. but just sports all around. great golf courses, if you like golf. you mentioned golf, they're losting the lpga international crown next july. it's great to see baseball back. >> mitch: i had the opportunity to play back when earl weaver was here and baseball was so prevalent here in the baltimore area with ripkens and eddie murray. it was hard to come to baltimore and play. >> justin: so much fun walking around this ballpark and being around these fans this weekend. one away in the ninth inning. j.j. hardy ahead in the count, 2-1. fouls it back. now two balls and two strikes. the producer of today's game is larry lancaster. the associate director is ben sotor. >> mitch: the great thing about balfour, he's using his strength, which is his fastball. markakis, three straight fastballs on the outer third. every fastball in this at-bat for j.j.

an accident in east baltimore said for people to the hospital. the multivehicle -- sent for people to the hospital. there is no word on the number involved or the condition of those vehicles. a helicopter crash killed three people from maryland. a preliminary report says the pilot was not certified to fly using only onboard instruments. was no indication the pilot received a briefing before the chopper took off last month, eventually crashing into rural pennsylvania. says they believe the aircraft was caught in a thunderstorm. they were killed in the crash. the pilot's name has not been released. the search is on for a gun man after a double shooting in west baltimore. police say the shooter opened up on two men last night. men areies say both in stable condition at the hospital. a baltimore family is doing its part to help police track down a person who sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl. the victims spent saturday alerting residents about what happened, hoping to find the suspect. family members the teenager was on the way to a bus stop when

>>>port of baltimore logs another record-breaking year.ey for maryland. >> breaking records. the port of baltimore moves 9 .5 million tons of cargo. >> we don't put all of our eggs in one basket. >> port of baltimore is number one for paper, farm and construction machinery and cars. this year the port added super sized cranes. >> we're comfort with this public/private partnership. >> nearly 15,000 people are supporters themselves and their families from jobs. statewide over all 108,000 jobs are linked to port activities. >> combined the jobs part of the port is clearly the big a take away. >> that translate to $3 billion in personal income and $300 million in taxes. >> in june the port broke a record for moving cars, 23,000 moved through that month. >>> the orioles win their series with the giants out in san francisco. yesterday the orioles were shut out for the first five innings before getting a getting a run in the 6th. the orioles take a 3-2 lead and add four more runs in the 8th inning. then in the 9th adam jones gets a three-run home

volume continues to build at baltimore national pike.f delays 795 from the owings mills area. up to speed down towards the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good to see there's not much fog in the traffic cameras. some of you could encounter some patchy fog. temperatures around 73 by 8:00 a.m. highs in the mid to upper 80's. a mixture of clouds and sun. clouds and sun. more coming up caramel mocha. caramel almond. caramel turtle. [ sighs ] that would've been awkward. with dunkin's caramel iced coffee flavors, there are more ways than ever to love caramel. try the new caramel coconut today. america runs on dunkin'. pretzels! [loudly] no, thanks! pretzel roll from dunkin'. try the new pretzel roll sandwiches from dunkin' -- get any bakery sandwich on a soft, warm pretzel roll today. america runs on dunkin'. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> some interesting answers this morning. this morning we asked, do you think a judge should have the right to change a child's first name? >> tha

we can see most of the clouds down to the south of baltimore for now.courtesy of a stalled out front around the carolinas. still picking up a few isolated showers across that area. high pressure is in demand, in control of our weather for today. that will continue into tomorrow and then we will start to see changes in the forecast again. the temperature in hanover 64 degrees. good morning to you and good morning to westminster where you're sitting pretty at 64 degrees as well. where we should be for this time of the year is at 65. we're seeing that in churchville this morning. also around centerville and mardell 63 and shady side at 64 as well. not picking up on a lot for today. that's good news. we will get rain through the next couple of days. in the meantime enjoy what you have for today and tomorrow. that's lots of sunshine. if you want to do that jog you can pick any of the day to do that. we will see the sunshine in full force until 3:00, coming in around 86 degrees. 3:00 and beyond i must add. if you want to send in your beautiful photo we would

jet blue made sure all the passengers got to baltimore on different flights. no word on what caused the smoke. >>> two firefighters are out of the hospital this morning aftersuffering minor injuries at a house fire on edmonton avenue. several homes were evacuated saturday night. we are not sure of the cause of the fire. a neighbor says he heard noise in the basement and then explosions from the sink and toilet. firefighters say they did detect gas in the sewers. we are told a neighbor had mowing equipment and generators in the basement but it's not clear if they were pouring gas down the stool. >>> break news on the continuing crisis in egypt. the military and muslim brotherhood. within the past few hours an ambush by suspected militants on two police mi buses in northern cyanide left 24 policemen dead. the monday morning attack using rocket propelled grenades happened as the buses were driving through a village near the border town. three policemen were wounded and in cairo the egyptian military maintains a high presence following a weekend of clashes in the

that's a live look down at baltimore's inner harbor. the hard rock is shining brightly at the power plant you say i think we need to keep the umbrellas handy. >> you are right. and we are starting to see showers and thunderstorms popping up on maryland's most powerful radar now. we are lookinin baltimore county so as you step out and about we are dealing with that and this is going to fill in towards the afternoon. around hampstead going through woodensburg sliding off towards the east this morning. also we slide a little further to the south and we see another shower and thunderstorm popping up around reisterstown owings mills and randallstown and also we are seeing this, this morning. >> reporter: we are off to a rany start but we are looking at high speeds on 95 in white marsh. 65 miles per hour southbound right at the beltway. you are not going to have problems heading down to the fort mchenry tunnel. that will be clear as well as the harbor tunnel despite all the construction 895 moving along. and 695 this is what it locks like sou

baltimore city could soon be boycotting florida. >> a resolution was introduced that said baltimore should stand up against the stand your ground law.>> kim dacey has more. >> this resolution is not legally binding. it does ask the city to take a second look at their business dealings with florida. a councilman introduced the resolution requesting the city review it's business dealings connected with the state of florida.it is after the acquittal of george zimmerman. george zimmerman shot trayvon martin just outside of orlando in march of 2012. mosby said the application of its stand your ground law is too vague.the law allows people to use deadly force to defend themselves. he is not asking florida to abolish that law but to take another look at it. >> the rallies and marches -our great. -- are great. when you do it from economic perspective, people take you serious. >> no analysis was done to find out how much business baltimore does with the state of florida. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal- tv 11 news. >> thank you. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think t

baltimore remains six games out of first place in the a.l. east and tonight they face the san francisco giants. that series kicks off tomorrow night. >>> well, the lingers will take over aberdeen this weekend. the 2013 world series gets under way tomorrow. this is video from last year's tournament. 16 teams from around the world will be interest, including a team from hartford county. coming up in about 35 minutes the ironman himself, cal ripken, jr. will be in studio talking about this big event and how you can come see some of baseball's brightest coming up this weekend. [ male announcer ] you know what's so awesome about the internet? it gets more and more entertaining every day. and once you've got verizon fios, that's when you get it -- america's fastest, most reliable internet takes your entertainment to ridiculous levels. i was streaming videos, movies, music. once i realized how fast it was, that's when i got it. [ male announcer ] and now you can get it too, for just $89.99 a month guaranteed for 2 years, plus your choice of a $300 a

around baltimore it has cleared up. far from oakton but the rest of the area a quiet night, nicer day tomorrow drier air finally moving in 64 oakland, 7 cumberland, 84 dc and 74 over in ocean city. temperatures upper 70s to 80 degrees warm and rather humid night that should begin to change tomorrow winds go back more to the west, northwest drier air, lower dew points should be in the 60s make it feel a lot more comfortable than it did past couple days. pressing through the region it will stall out, virginia, north carolina border. if you are heading down to richmond look for more scattered showers and storms over the weekend particularly central and southern virginia. activity in the mountains should pass through virginia, baltimore, north and west, generally for the weekend we should be on the drier side at least less humid by sunday afternoon more showers showing up south of us by monday probably a better chance there is another front coming in tuesday, which behind that front, will get cooler and dryer for the middle

this year's baltimore marathon a noticeable change. organizers say the company give them notice months ago saying it wanted to work on other community projects. president may be closer than ever to an intervention in serious. "when you start seeing tackle weapons used on a large scale it is a big event of grave concern. the story contains video that some may find disturbing. steve handelsman is following all the latest developments and filed this report from capitol hill. >> critics say their president waiting to intervene gives the syrian government a green light to use chemical weapons again. the wait might soon be over. president obama has reportedly ordered fresh military options from the pentagon. the possible u.s. air strikes against the syrian military or setting up a no-fly zone. a former advisor for addicts a major move like that. >> i expect it will take action, whether it is the no-fly zone or surgical strikes. we will see. >> president obama is reluctant to intervene. after iraqi and afghanistan. he noted today on cnn. >> f

and 74 in baltimore city and 73 for a dew point in glen burnie and 57 annapolis. manchester 73 and more of the same in chestertown and also elkton. the actual temperatures coming in at 79 degrees in baltimore city. 77 in perry hall annapolis chesterton but with the humidity, this is what it feels like already this morning. it feels like we are in the 80s. the mid-80s in baltimore city and perry hall and low 80s in annapolis and chestertown. and as we go into the afternoon, what it's going to feel like we will feel more like we are in the 90s so if you want to play golf be prepared for the hot weather feeling like but also be prepared for a chance for a shower or thunderstorm as we head into the lunchtime with the temperature coming in at 85. but feeling more like 90, 95. let's check the traffic now with lauren. >> reporter: well, i have an update on 895. a disabled car along the southbound lanes at harbor tunnel has been cleared. delays dissipated and the fort mchenry tunnel is okay. in anne arundel county there's a crash along the westbound lanes of route 100 app

. >> heavy downpour is pushing through baltimore. we will track these through t >> if you are like most parents, you adore the chance to save some money, right? and next week will be tax-free week in maryland. he will not have to pay the six percent sales tax on clothes and shoes and items that cost less than 100 bucks. this is the fourth year in a row for tax-free week. >> this is the second most important week of retail sales in the entire year. we are out here to sell maryland consumers, that they should deserve and take advantage of this tax break to buy their back to school clothes for the kids. begins thisweek sunday, august 11 and runs through next saturday, august the 20. >> three winning tickets matched the powerball numbers. a last number sold in maryland. two came out of new jersey. the third from minnesota. all not lost. a lower tier winning ticket was sold in calvert county. check those numbers again. 25 -- powerball is 32. you have to match the first i've numbers to -- first five numbers to win that $1 million. >> now y

for a funeral service for the baltimore colts legend. livennifer franciotti is with more on what will be happening this morning. >> good morning. hundreds of people are expected to attend the funeral. they are here to pay tribute to a man who had a hug personality and a great big heart to go along with it. born in the bronx and so authentically baltimore, number 70 cap does laughing with his unique way. a hall of fame are on the field. are donovan loved life and love people. >> one time he said to me, "you how lucky we were when we played for the colts?" i used to call him "bugs" because he had big eyes. "because they still remember us." >> and now the sports legends easy and is honoring hall of famer artie donovan with a special display. future big features a colts jersey and four new photos of him are as a marine serving in guam. just about everybody has a story about artie, including coach harbaugh, who was supposed to meet him this week. >> there was a dinner at the hyatt before one of our games. my dad was in town. he heard that art