the heaviest stuff is moved out of baltimore city. there was some tremendous flooding downtown and there probably is some flooding, anywhere from two to 4 inches of rain reported with this batch of storms. the heaviest stuff is through the eastern part of baltimore county. these are not moving very fast and we have some heavy rain in baltimore county as well. and the hunt valley area spreading into harford county. there will produce anywhere from half an inch to 1 inch of rain before the storm moves out. here is a wider view. it can see how fast it is moving. the back end is coming into carroll county. if it is raining at your house, it will take another couple of hours for the rain to come to an end. the soaking rain will cause flash flooding. there is no severe weather being reported. around baltimore, the storms are technically under the severe criteria. we're not getting wind gusts over 55 miles per hour. the ground is saturated so it may take a 40 mile per hour wind. beware of that for the rest of the night. we had 95 but the fro

these comments came after a 90 minute meeting with house speaker and members of the baltimore city delegation at city hall. we have been following the developments. let's go live to the newsroom. >> the meeting is essential because there is not enough votes to pass a gambling bill. the delegation is a big voting bloc and opposed to a sixth casino. the governor has assured delegation members that a mechanism can be put in place to offset a loss of revenues. no horse trading for votes, just the facts. if a new casino opens in prince george's county, what can be done to prevent baltimore from losing gambling -- gambling revenues? >> you have provisions to make sure the city and county are held harmless in terms of local share. >> the local share of gambling revenue is used to offset hosting a casino. on the table with a proposal to increase in baltimore city posture by 5%. >> we believe we can put it in a pot for anne arundel and baltimore city and divided up into percentages where anne arundel would get the full expectation of money and baltimore city would get its full expectation of money. >>

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mary's county, baltimore city, and baltimore county. as the week goes on i am told that as the medical examiner looks at the deaths that have been reported we may see that number climb. >> bge says it has restore the power and is beginning to assess what kind of job it did in the aftermath considering the circumstances. this is a report they are required to do, right? >> that is correct. what is amazing about this is bge is calling the june 29 storm one of the most damaging storms year history.ur >> june 29, what many thought was a routine summer thunderstorm turned out to be much more. a rare derecho, downing trees and causing one of the worst power outages in bge history. >> rare we started ducking for . it was bad. a storm i had never seen before. it came through like a freight train. we did not think anything of it. >> some not getting power back until almost a week later. bge not able to foresee or prepare for such a catastrophic effect, had to quickly figure out how to turn the ligh back on for three-quarters of a million customer

whole, not just baltimore city's casino but baltimore city, than we really don't have a response." l).....at city hall, john rydell, fox 45 news at 5:30." the... money generated ...by took... center stage - today ...in baltimore.../. state ... health officials... discussed... how to spend money ... generated ...by last year's... "dime-a-drink"... increase.../.the... tax... generated... more than ...68 million dollars...// post... of... the money ...is... now... set aside... for health initiatives.. including aid... for the... disabled.....today.. healtt advocates ... discussed... using the money... to... support... long term home care. baltimore's mayor ii nothappy with new censusnumbers. numbers.she claims census workersmissed counting more than15-thousand residents in the city.so hhr administration numbbrs compiled by the feds. (mayor) "any endeavor that would potentially yield additional federal resources is important so we are waiting to hear from the federal government on the results." results."the mayoo is still vowingto boost baltimore's population by ten thousandin the ext d

baltimore city police say this is no longer is a problem. they released guidelines last year saying police officers must allow these recordings and if they do not, they face department sanctions. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the body at the woman was found questionable. she was found inside an apartment. the man who also lives in the building was arrested and is being questioned about the woman's death. the body was so badly decomposed. >> $40 million for the city of baltimore. ray lahood was in town for monday's announcement. part of the funding will go to replace the kirk avenue depot and to reduce noise pollution. the money will also add some new construction jobs. talk about a big jackpot. $1.8 billion during the 2012 fiscal year. that shatters the previous sales record. those huge mega millions and powerball jackpot. more than $500 million will go into maryland's general fund. >> we're not trying to hurt each other. do you start? one woman started speaking spanish to our children at birth. she says it doesn't take a big commitment

baltimore city it is around the city points. let's go to the maps and where we -- where we are talking about. and baltimore city and west side an accident. that's going to tie things up. we'll swing it around to the west and you are seeing another accident that popped up last hour. that's going to cause you issues that's 129 and park heights avenue. and to around 21 miles an hour. we move to the south, seeing congestion picking up. and the national pike, notice the indicator showing a 33-mile per hour average speed after exit 16 and head forge 15. -- heading for 15. and this is at liberty. a ride. notice how things are getting more congested. and showing things and looking good. we have some drive times from 43 and 695. a 95 to 83. and you from going to 795 and 95 that's a 12 minute ride. thank you. >>> and breaking news and we have confirmed with authorities that cal ripkin's mother has been reported missing. this is a photo. she was seen wearing a white blouse. she own as silver 1998 lincoln town car with the tags. and a littl

of baltimore city firefighter is in jail tonight, charged with running a prostitution ring of a southwest baltimore row house. >> kai reed is live downtown with this story tonight. >> the firefighter was charged in a separate prostitution case to years ago but kept his job, but now he and coit are in trouble again. amar simmons has been a baltimore firefighter since 2002 but prosecutors say he has also been working in the prostitution business, too. >> we found handguns, a small amount of marijuana, and various letters and documents that would suggest that an online prostitution and human trafficking operation was being conducted from the location. >> detectives had been investigating simmons and kuwait since last year. -- simmons and coit. an informant told them they had a three-six girls working for them as prostitutes at any given time, either at the warehouse are at several hotels in the baltimore area. this is not the first time they have been in trouble with the law. both were arrested after arranging a prostitution meade up two years ago. they were given probation before judgment a

this traffic report is brought to you by la academy decuisine. >>> a baltimore city firefighter is arrestedbi raid. inside of a business warehouse in west baltimore is where police say 29 year old jamar simmons and 33 year old franklin coit were running a prostitution ring. simmons is a baltimore city firefighter. simmons and 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 id

baltimore city police are releasing the name of an officer shot and killed an armed man outside of a 7-eleven. ellie blog was the baltimore early sunday morning. after a brief chase, the officer fired a shot. he is a six-year veteran of the four is currently on administrative leave. 11 news has learned one of the sheriff's deputies has been suspended without pay. he is now the subject of an internal investigation. suspected abuse of police powers. >> in harford county, they have found the body sank 35-year-old man was running along the bush were ever with a friend when he was whisked away by the current. authorities were called to the scene as a large storm was coming through. the medical examiner's the performing an autopsy. >> the federal reserve chairman on capitol hill today. the fed shares as lawmakers need to help in the fiscal crisis never johnson joins us from capitol hill with more. >> the federal reserve chair gave his midyear report to congress today. he urged lawmakers to take their part to urge the nation's economy. ben bernanke offered evidence to the senate banking comm

baltimore city police wife up patrols.sneak has more on how the night went. >> reporter: most of the crowds are already gone. not too long ago, these walkways were packed with people, and among them were a love of baltimore city police officer. their job was to keep things safe and they seem to have done that. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of eyes fixated on the sky over the inner harbor as fireworks lit up the night. >> that was a big one. >> my little kids love watching it. it make mess happy to see them happy. >> reporter: the massive crowds only adding to the excitement and patriotic energy of the show. but mixed in with the clutches of people were hundreds of baltimore city police officers. their job was to keep this celebration violence free. last year, several fights broke out and a 4-year-old was hit by a stray bullet. >> reporter: the security started with these new barriers. >> reporter: all police officer are now in uniform to make sure their presence is known. >> we have the ground forces, and earl support

just as 3 city fire companies closed due to lack of funds, baltimore's fire chief may be getting a pay raise. the mayor will make a request mar to the city to get the chief incremental salary increases each generate through 2018. he will get a contract extension. the mayor's office says he deserves the race based on his strong record -- they raise based on a strong record. was the scene. the man was on his boat when he jumped into the water and never resurfaced. his wife and a bag standard managed to pull him up. there is no word on the men posing condition. anne arundel county executive john leopold will stand trial on charges of using his bully still for personal and political gain. the jury trial will begin september 4. he is accused of using police officers has campaign workers and other occasions, instructing officers to drive her -- him to a sexual liaison with a county employee. students are making more progress in the state tests especially when it comes to math. they have a grasp of the basics. the scores to show a slower progress in reading. to see results from your school, y

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

the baltimore city firefighter is behind bars deceptive and charged with running a prostitution ringut of a city where house. jennifer franciotti explains. >>jamar simmons has been a member of the fire department since 2002 body was arrested and charged a similar prostitution case and managed to keep his job. police and fbi agents raided his headquarters at this warehouse in southwest baltimore monday. >> we found handguns and ammunition by small amount of marijuana and various documents that would suggest an online prostitution and human trafficking operation being conducted from the location. >> detectives have been investigating since since november of last year. a cyber-step led them to the website. an informant told police that simmons and his partner had three-six girls working as prostitutes in a given time either at the warehouse or at various hotels in the baltimore area. this is not the first time that simmons and his partner have been in trouble with the law. both men were arrested after raging prostitution with an undercover detective two years ago. simmons was given prob

as you head around 83 baltimore city, we have an accident tying things up this morning. just abe ware of that. off 83 heading towards the city limits. to the boards to show you it's about the construction as well. making are way into harbor tunnel or fort mchenry we are dealing with issues this morning. long-term construction patterns. also dealing with an issue downtown. monument street is due to the sink hole so we have closures north patterson street and park avenue and north glover street and use route 40 or 95 as an alternative route and we were mentioning about the tunnels this is one of the spots 895 northbound as you make your approach into harbor tum and you will deal with tieups so expect extra volume and also keeping an eye out towards the northern tunnel that began the fort mchenry appropriate going to be dealing with issues. you side for a shot and notice clear roads out there. thus far but that's subject to change during the course of the morning. another check on traffic in less than 10 minutes. now onto you. >>> to have you are making -- if you are making

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baltimore city delegate curt anderson says.......before city legislators agree to move forward.....otherve to be addressed first......like repairing city schools and building new ones....(16:51)if you live in baltimore city and you represent the city then you can't care about what goes on in a casino in prince georges county or someplace else you gotta care about what's going on in baltimore city first.... plans for a prince georges casino have failed twice in recent months.(12:47)the house hasn't voted on a gaming bill the senate hasn't voted n a gaming bill and obviously the administration believes that his discussions with prince georges county....mayor of bltimore and the county exectutive from montgomery county the votes will be there for a special session. 3 any expansion legislation passed would require voter approval in november. governor martin o'malley wants maryland's power grid to get repaired faster after devastating storms... storms......like the one late last monthstrong winds knocked down trees......and knocked out power to more than a million customers across the statea

baltimore city happens to be seeing the biggest gain in home values. values have increased over 46%. >> all this is good news. good news for all this with a we own a home or not. it is good news for our jobs and good news for our economy. >> the state got more economic news this afternoon. all three bond rating agencies have affirmed the trouble a standing. they can buy bonds at lower interest rates. there are seven so-called targeted areas where home buyers can qualify for lower interest- rate trading can see the map and find out how you can seek help for your mortgage on our website, wbaltv.com. >> new details concerning a large brush fire that sparked a graduation -- evacuation. it turns out something else was ablaze there. we explain. >> state forestry officials within the department of natural resources have confirmed the causes of the fire was a discarded fumble substance found near what is being described as a marijuana grow area. as you can imagine, sheriff's deputies are now involved. >> it was june 24 white well fires scorched 50 acres -- whe

they have no leads i possible suspects or motive, so anyone with information should call baltimore city police. >> lawmakers joining the effort calling upon lawmakers to raise the federal minimum wage in hopes of making a around $10 an hour and by 2014. lowell melser was at city hall wary rally was held and joins us with the latest. >> right now, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 which comes out to $15,000 per year. earlier today, baltimore lawmakers were pledging and calling out for raising the rate. >> ladies and gentlemen, we're here today to demand that congress pass the rebuild america act which would raise the federal minimum wage for nearly 30 million american workers. >> tuesday, baltimore city council president flanked by other leaders including the mayor calling out on washington to raise the federal minimum wage. it was part of a national effort to urge lawmakers to approve the proposed rebuild america act which would give a pay raise to people like bruce who lost his $13 per hour job and now works for minimum-wage in telemarketing. >> i went the weekend have without just a m

own tall ships which led the procession into the city, the "pride of baltimore 2" looks like it did in 1812, and the british said because of this act of piracy they are going to come and destroy the city of baltimore. >> we have a call from muncie, indiana. leonard, welcome to the program. muncie, indiana, you're on the air. go ahead. looks like we lost leonard. vince vaise at ft. mchenry, tell us about this 25-hour battle between the u.s. and british. how large was the u.s. force at ft. mchenry and what about the british force, the fleet and i understand there was a concurrent land battle that happened outside of baltimore. >> that's right. here defending the fort you had about 1,000 defenders. there were 16 ships in the bombardment squadron and an armada of another 50 ships beyond it. now, in the city of baltimore, there were 15,000 soldiers dug in, and this is an interesting part of the story that hasn't always been told is that you had free african-americans. had you some of the richest gentlemen of the city. you had some of the poorest people of the city women, children,

the baltimore city delegation met with the governor in speaker last week. expressing concern that a sixth location could harm the planned casino. the city wants to use gaming revenues to reduce the property tax rate and for school renovation. the governor's office and language that would be included in the bill. the administration wants to pull the shares and divide the proceeds in birds. the warning is a guarantee that the local share would be not less than the amount it would receive prior. caesars entertainment which could be awarded a license next week also were the delegation explaining why expanded gambling benefits baltimore. the senior vice president support special session legislation that would allow live table games in all locations. they cited creating 500 jobs. this for mark -- result in market stability but there is a plea to make changes to the current law including lowering the tax rate on revenues and capping the tax rates on game revenue. the national which operates the cecil county casino put the governor on notice. >> the governor has a h

about it in the insta-weather-plus forecast. >> a man is shot and killed in home invasion in baltimore city, and two others are heard. it happened on a lothian road in baltimore. we will keep you updated on the tv 11 and wbaltv.com. now to the latest on the search for the accused gunman over the weekend. investigators said saturday night, 29-year-old tuan thiam went to a spa and ellicott city and got into a fight with a man outside a female victim was working inside and had a protective order against pham. pham is wanted for attempted murder, assault, and gun offenses. all baltimore city police officer is on administrative leave after officials say he shot and killed unarmed 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 shootin

the city of baltimore itself, what was the goal of the brit did they want to burn the city? did they want to capture the city? >> that's right, that's right. yeah. washington, d.c. when the british burned the government buildings in washington, that's was because we burnt government buildings in york up in canada. a lot of the battles of the war of 1812 were fought along the canadian-american border. the americans didn't do so well up there. however, baltimore was a pro-war sentiment. baltimore sent out the fast sailing schooners that raided the british merchant ships and the "pride of baltimore 2," baltimore city's own tall ships which led the procession into the city, the "pride of baltimore 2" looks like it did in 1812, and the british said because of this act of piracy they are going to come and destroy the city of baltimore. >> we have a call from muncie, indiana. leonard, welcome to the program. muncie, indiana, you're on the air. go ahead. looks like we lost leonard. vince vaise at ft. mchenry, tell us about this 25-hour battle between the u.s. and british. how large

the deleted all of the video including many videos of his young son. >> the aclu sued baltimore city police and now the aclu wants all police departments to set guidelines explaining citizens have their right to record the actions of officers. they also want officers to receive training so that they know the policy. >> as long as they are not interfering with the work of the police department, they have a right to record police officers to help keep the police accountable. >> baltimore city police released a general order j16, a collective stance following lessons learned from the past. >> it basically outlines citizens have a right to videotape in a public place as long as it does not interfere with the rest, safety of the officer, or the person being interviewed. >> it warns not to impede by standard from photographing police activity. they should not demand, review, manipulate, or erase any images. >> i do not think there's any department that has been demonstrated a better commitment to show that it is ok to record police activity in public places. >> officers to break the guidel

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and the governor and house speaker michael bush are meeting with baltimore cities, the house of delegations and the mayor supports the expanded gambling to allow table games and-- in the planned baltimore casino e wants to call -- he wants to call a special concession once the agreement is reached. the proposal has complicated the compromise. >>> the twins took advantage and took a beating to the o's. we are talking 6-4. last night's game was better than monday, the final score 19-7. the twins had 3 hits and rbi and the o's adam jones hit a 3- run homer. so baltimore kept things more interesting. >>> stay with us this morning. if you are waking up with us, you should be thinking aboutmaybe work out a lot of you do -- working out. a lot of you do. soon you may be grabbing pills many we will tell you about a new pill and what the fda aprobed that could help you shed more than 20 pounds. >>> and we know the beaches are a great place to get away, butyou might want to stay there especially after hearing the latest results about seaside living. >> all right. i am meteoro

. >> baltimore city records show they installed as water main back in 1889. >> 1889? that was quiet and long time ago. >> as the city public works department works on fixing this, you never know when the line is going to explode. >> the problem may not happen again for another century. the water main break created chaos for some businesses and they remained sought -- shut for much of tuesday. >> the lady from the health department says we do not have water so we could not be open. we had to shut down. >> they shut you down? >> they shut us down. >> installing temporary pipes, they're working to get the water flowing to buildings. this manager said it was a perfect opportunity to offer a water main break specials. >> we have a lot of people just coming by to check it out. we're hoping to get extra business from the workers that are around here. the impact on transportation is tremendous. these are two major city blocks. traffic officers are trying to assist motorists 30 tours and changing water -- traffic problems. even rush-hour is a major concern. >> because of the t

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,

middle school students dropped nearly 1.5% in reading but did better in math. >>> baltimore city leaders reacted to the news this morning of the test results. the city school district didn't see much change from last year. they actually saw a drop in reading with 67% of students performing at proficient or advanced levels, which was a drop of about 2% than last year. >> you know, most of the schools met their targets in reading. what i see is that there is a feeling that we made so much progress in the three years that i was year. >> is the city school districts say students performed about 2% better in math scores. when you get to www.abc2news.com, click on the education button to find out how your child's school district scored. >>> all right. let's take a live look. there you go. traffic is moving very, very smoothly. there's definitely been a significant cool-down in the past 48 hours. but brace yourself. could we see another round of warmer temps in the coming days? let's check in with the man with the answers, meteorologist wyatt everhart, with a look at the first forecast. >> well

two people died in baltimore city. maryland has had 31 heat related deaths so far this year. >>> a number of those deaths occurred during the widespread power outages. today the governor sets a deadline for state energy advisors to create a plan to improve maryland's electrical deliverly system. here's monique griego to explain what the governor is seeking. >> the damage caused by the recent storm rivalled that of a hurricane. >> there's branches everywhere. >> tree s crushed cars and took out countless electrical lines. this neighborhood was only part of the customers left powerless for days. >> we're used to it. it happen happens a lot. every time we get a major tomorrow this area goes out. >> the problem led the governor to issue an executive order, giving state energy leaders 6 # 0 days to -- 60 days to come up with an improved energy plan. >> what are the best ways we are make our grid more resilient. >> they will look into the cost and how to pay for improving infrastructure and bearing some lines. this week in a

>> reporter: we have a few problems in baltimore city.e dealing with the big sink hole on the east side. so east monument street will be shut down between wolf street and patterson park avenue. repairs will be finished sometime next week. but in the meantime, you will want to stick with or liens as a alternate. and here's a live look at harrisburg expressway at shawan road. everything up to speed in hunt valley. no problems heading towards 695 and it will remain clear as you get on to the jfx. and here's what 95 looks like heading into the city. traffic is picking up at 395 but no significant delays. it will be a nice easy ride through the fort mchenry tunnel. that's the abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. >>> when you go to the hospital you expect to leave in better shape when than what you got there but that's not the case for dozens of people who were infected with hepatitis c from a medical technician. linda so is here to tell us there appears to have

anne arundel county...baltimore city... baltimore county... carroll 3as rustration levels rise... y is reminding those affecttd... there is help out there. there.megan gilliland is here with morr the resources... thaa just aren't being used. good morning guys,take a look at this... wwecaptured this picture emergency sseeter at the there - baltimore junior academy... got food, water and aac ready to e used.but the message might have gotten lost... because some residents tell us foogotten.they've beenn doreen datts: 36.15 "they in city!"for those of you city!" sweating it out... here is help in the city.there's the aad also another one on east federal strret... that remains empty too.it has cots... that are still boxed up... readd tt be used. minnie williams, south baltimore: 38.46 "we didn't see no cots, no nothing. didn't nobody say anything about it."ppm carter, city of baltimore housing: 29.18 "it hit a lot of us by surprise, the major damage. i guess we didn't expecc it to be thhs muc" everyone to sprrad the word that therr is help.we'll have updates for ou on our show... but fo

i think if there isn't a majority, you probably won't have a special session. >> reporter: at baltimore city city hall, jeff hager. >> the clock is running down for the governor to call a special session and for lawmakers to approve table games. now baltimore's delegation argues it could hurt, but do they have a case? kelly swoope is live with a look at the numbers. >> investigators looked into how the new maryland live! casino affected the casino in perryville. in 26 days the casino took in $28 1/2 million. it appears to be cutting into perryville's take. in june they generated less than $8 million. that's a 21% drop in revenue from the month before and almost 10% less than hollywood casino made in june of last year. keep in mind, maryland live! hasn't been open a whole month yet. now it's important to point out these numbers are very small sample size but they could fuel the argument if this friend continue -- friend continues. >>> tommy clack was feeling the heat in a court of law. after calling clack a shameless swindler and rotten criewk, a judge sentenced him to two years. prosecutors

baltimore city... baltimore howard county... harford .. - county... 3 b-g-e's crews continne their progress is impressive to some, but still too slow for those aiting in tte dark. dark.. joel d. smith is live...... to explain how far b-g-e is reaching out for help... and the big question-- when will the power be back forrall? good mmrning joel d. ((ad lib)))utility crews have 3 3 3 3 3 &p emergency management agency are working aaound the clockk monitoring the recovery efforts. effortt.megan gilliland iss streamiig now from mema with the latest from tte strrtegy ro. room.good morning guys,ad lib... many people turn to gasoline- powered generators to keep appliances going when the power goes out. bbt there aree serious dangers with that. that. the city fire department says you should make sure &gen feet away from your home to avoid dangerous fumes from filtering innide. insiie.and if you think you've been exposed to high levels of carbon monooide fumes call 9-1-1 mmediately and ooen all doors and wiidows of your home then get out

city. this is more proof that baltimore needs to be repaired.t two feet wide. 6 feet long and 20 feet deep. it closed east monument about 1:00 p.m. yesterday between north patterson park avenue and north mumford avenue. this section will be closed for at least a week, possibly longer. it depends on how long it takes crews to repair it. now strong smell of gas forced businesses to close and bought bge repair crews to the scene. they found no leaks but it did affect 14 homes and businesses. the department of public works says the hole was likely caused by damage to a 120-inch brick storm drainage that carries much of the area's rainwater to the inner harbor. now you can head to the website at abc2news.com and we have a story on -- in our slide show and it has a list of alternate routes that you can take if this is an area that you drive around for your morning commute. so we have a list of alternate routes for you. it's in the slide show on our website. reporting live in east baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> and new this morning, two mon

this police chase originated in baltimore city. we know that baltimore city stopped chasing that car. we just arrived here. that is where the car went off the road. we're working to get more information from police as to why this person was running from police. as of right now, we know the driver of that car is in custody here in anne arundel county. denise? >> and did he appear to be injured? >> reporter: we're not sure if he is a -- if the suspect is a male or female but he did not appear to be injured. >> thank you. we'll have much more at 11:00. >>> let's go to bob tracking the radar. bob? >> just a plint ago, the weather service issued -- minute ago, the weather service issued a warning until 7:30. look at the heavier rain coming down from baltimore county. right now it's over the city. could be gusty winds. also to the west of us we've had another system develop with another warning over the hagerstown, morgansville. we have some activity in the region. it looks like it will continue. and more stuff happening tomorrow. could

a man and a baltimore city police department. a man was arrested for allegedly assaulting somebody at a ticket counter. a witness said he recorded the arrest on his cell phone. police seized the phone. >> as long as they are not interfering with the work of the police department, they have a right to record officers when they are doing the jobs out in public to keep the police accountable. >> baltimore city police say this is the lumber an issue. there released new rules saying recorders must be allowed. if any of lizard breaks the guy like, they faced department sanctions. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. ravens training camp officially begins later today. joe flacco and rookies will start practice sessions at the under armour performance center in owings mills this afternoon. keith mills will have more on training camp coming up on sports. >> 76 degrees on tv hill. the first u.s. catholics learned his fate today. >> a pencil player mayor could be in contempt of court -- a pennsylvania mayor could be in contempt of

among the massive crowds were also a lot of baltimore city police officers.their job was to keep people safe and they seem to have done that. >> fire works. >> hundred s of thousands of eyes if i can ated on the -- fixated on the sky over the inner harbor as fire works lit up this night this independence day. >> that was a big one. >> when i see my little kids watching it, it brings back memory. to see them happy makes me happy. >> the massive have crowds only adding to the -- massive crowds are only adding to the excitement. mixed in with the clusters of people were hundreds of baltimore city police officers. their job was to keep this celebration violence free. last year's 4th of july saw a man stabbed to death and a 4-year-old hit by a stray bullet. >> they are using different tactics to keep things safe. police are using a new way to deploy officers. all are in uniform to make sure their presence is known. wsz -- we not only have the ground forces, but aerial support. >> they took what happened last year very seriously. >> for many 4th of july at the inne

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

really from baltimore city on east heading for the chesapeake good downpours of rain. we have been watching this moving along 70 heading towards 695. rainfall rates between 1 to perhaps 1 1/2 inches of rain. that's for the radar and middle river towards dundalk seeing pretty heavy rain at this hour. so certainly heavy rain in the forecast through the morning but watch that taper off during the mid-morning. 73 in town. dc at 75. easton at 75. and everything running along the cold frontal boundary that got hung up between baltimore and dc and that's why we are seeing this wave of moisture running along. but this front drops towards the south for the afternoon hours. and that will allow for cooler drier air mass to come into play. 68 up towards central pa. beyond that upper 50s. that's the cooler air mass heading into the afternoon. the searing heat towards the south. we have a dip in the jet stream and that's going to funnel in cool are air. maybe a little unsettled with the clash of the air masses that canadian air mass and heat down to the south. 87 the two degree guar

baltimore city, we have the water main break, that's going to tie you up. police activity on the pairing parkway, that may tie you up. 695, beltway on the north side. let's go outside and look at the traffic camera, show you a shot. 695, baltimore national pike, all is well on the roads. that's going to be subject to change. 43 to 695, 95 to 83, an 11 minute ride. a check on traffic and weather in a little bit. opening ceremonies for the olympics four days away. if you are headed across the pond, some security tips you need to keep in mind.

in baltimore county, the number stands at 67,000. in the city, more than 51,000. >> first warning coverage continues now. we are joined with more on how people are coping in baltimore county. >> reporter: around the baltimore county area and some of the surrounding counties, there are a lot of road closures because of toppled trees and the down dangerous power lines, but the frustrations and inconvenience many folks are finding when they encounter these roads closed are nothing compared to the hassles of those spending another night in the dark. in howard county, the trees that fell in roger davis' yard took out major electrical lines. >> this is this the worst since we've been here. >> reporter: waiting for roads to reopen and power to return. >> our grandchildren are coming from california, so we're going to have three children in our house, so i really hope it comes on soon. >> reporter: the storm left a mess in ann wall's yard. >> sometimes the house even shook, and we have a brick home. >> reporter: he was inside his house when a 22-ton tre

simmons is a retired baltimore city -- excuse me, a baltimore city firefighter with 12 years on the force. they are both facing gun and prostitution charges. >>> the city police department is making head lines after baltimore's police union calls for an over hall of the department. it calls the crime management strategy out dated and it's proposing changes. it says it will boost officer moral and reduce crime. among the union proposals is a recommendation that more officers be directed onto patrol units which respond to 911 calls. the mayor says the suggestions will be reviewed. >>> a retired principal is found murdered in florida. two people are charged with his death. ron matsz is in the news room -- matz is in the news room with more. >> reporter: 76-year-old william norman was the first principal of chesapeake high school and spent three decades in the school system. his body was found floating in a canal with a plastic bag sealed with tape over his head. two 19-year-olds are charged with premeditated murder. police say the men admitted to heating norman and rolling him into the water

july 6th power outages are still affecting some summer programs at schools across our area.in baltimore city... four school programs have been relocated. in baltimore county... eight schools are closed today. today.foo a list of affected schools.. go to foxbaltimooe dot com slash morning. 3 3 895 mmp 3 the dangerous temperatures are prompting state health officials to issueeheat advisories for all of maryland. maryland.megan gilliland is heee with ore on what you need to know to stay saae in good morning guys,we're talking about nother triple digit day... at this point... it's not just hot....it's dangerous out there. there.here ii the city... officials have extendee the code red heat alert through sunday... that meens 21- cooling centers will remain open through that time... inside you an cool down in the air conndtioninggand grab some free water. 2:08 i've been coming here cause i am a diabetic i have 3 high blood pressure and as you can see i have a water 20 22if you're not staying hydrated in this kiid of weather... heat exhaustton or heat stroke can result... potentially leading to brai

according to police, baltimore city firefighter and an accomplice were operating and online prostitution ring out of this warehouse at 208 pulaski street. it came crashing down for jamar simmons, and franklin coit. ledger's indicated the operation had been going on for quite some time. >> i do not have an exact figure. it is being described by the detectives, there were some logs and things that suggested this operation was not in its infancy. >> police and fbi agents seized computers, guns, drugs, condoms, and sexual aids. in 2010, simmons had faced similar prostitution charges but received probation before judgment. fire officials say simmons was with ladder 25 and could not comment. >> we have proceeded with suspending this member without pay. we're beginning as we speak our own investigation pending the outcome of the case in the judicial system will determine what his status will be. >> we tried to speak to residents in the neighborhood. none to go on camera. it was common to see fliers advertising for prostitution. both simmons and coit are facing a laundry list of charges includin

you if you will need the rain gear coming up. >> reporter: we have few issues to talk about in baltimore city and downed trees and power lines. your full look at traffic coming up. >> here's a beautiful shot of new york city. yeah, we will talk more about good morning maryland coming up. >> reporter: in today's techbites another outage for twitter. the service is back up and running after users around the world were unable to send or receive tweets for a short time yesterday. twitter denies it was caused by an olympic overload but the games are expected to cause a spike in tweets. discussing the social network disappointing earnings report, mark zuckerberg says it wouldn't make sense for facebook to make a phone but will concentrate on making with manufacturers on integration for now. ultra fast fiber optic internet service is going to cost about 70 bucks a month and will be 100time faster than cable modemservice and google will offer tv service and the search engine will accept request that leverages with a mobile device. put it on the home page anywhere. those are the tech bites. >>> lightn

he took off, leading police on a pursuit to the edge of baltimore city.ky team 11 followed the car onto i-95 and i-97, and then onto route 100. it crossed the center line and slammed into another car. the driver took off into the woods, but officers with the k-9 unit caught him in a vacant house. >> very scary, because i left work when i was supposed to come i could have been part of that accident. thank god i stated work a little late. >> watson not the owner of the vehicle and was in violation of april warrant. no one was injured during the chase. delegate pat mcdonough began working to defeat the dream act, a piece of legislation that would allow children of illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition as long as their parents pay maryland taxes. umbc president believes that it would benefit maryland, but mcdonough believes it would be a bad move. >> it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars in three or four years and we don't have that money. no. 2, they will displace the lives of young people by taking slots they don't deserve because they are

we have an accident -- in baltimore city. we have an accident at park heights and two closures because of the water main break, fleet street and east lombard at light street. as far as your over all travel times go, on the outer loop from 83 to 95, 61 miles an hour average. let's take a live look. nice and clear 95 just south of route 24. 795 at ownings mills, no problems to report. for the most accurate and update to traffic information you can count on us at wjz.com. >>> here's what people will be talking at today. the first funeral in the colorado theater shooting will be held later today as some survivors find reasons to celebrate life. katie medley gave birth to a son yesterday. she's in the same hospital where her husband, caleb is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head from friday 's shooting rampage that killed 12 people. >> she put hugo in caleb's arms and she was holding his hand when the baby was laying with caleb and his blood pressure and his heart rate went up. we know he could hear her. >> also in aurora,

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

otal...anne &parundel county...baltimore city... baltimore county... parroll county... howard county... while some residents here in the city are getting a little frustrated...there are resources available... that just aren't being used. used.take a look at this picture weecaptured.... not emergency shelter at the baltimore junior academm... on cold spring lane.theyyve got fooo, water and ac...waiting to be used.it's the second empty shelter we found yesterday. the other one is on east federal street. meantime... just down the street... neighbors are sweating it out.they're unhappy with how the city ressonded and say they're aren't enough shelters pvailable. &philda james, south baltimore: different areas and help out everybody. help been out ever since friday, and still no dates: 44.03 "what is the povernorrand the mayor doing for us? they're not helping 3us" us!"for those people looking for a little relief... the emergency shelters are open &pagain today from 11 a-m to 7 p-m.the city says it's now &passessing the situation... to see how lonn these situation... to see h