heading towards bel air. we'll talk about that next. >> as we look here at the jfx, you see delays, traffic pretty much stopped at northern parkway, but believe it or not these clear up as you make your way past cold spring lane. the right lane is flooded so it's closed. tack an extra 15, maybe 20 minutes to the commute as you travel down 83. >>> let's check the buses and trains with mark jones. >> the situation on the brunswick line, flooding, five to 15 minutes on the brunswick line of marc. 3 and 51 buses are 15 minutes late. number 16 bus dwerlt diverted at potee and patapsco due to high standing water and heavy volume on the 13 and 5. >>> let's go to china and see this. not much to show you. oh, here we go. this is a sandstorm that came in and hit northwestern china. people could walk through the barely visible streets, flights didn't go in or out. >>> if you look at the powerball odds are one in 10 million and here your odds are better than one in 10,000 and you can win a new home in a great neighborhoo

bel air road at the park road and northern parkway at reisterstown in the city. slowing at harford road and nothing to report on the outer lupe and stop and go from the beltway on the north east side. and the harrisburg expressway, free and clear and no problems. here's a live look at 95 north and white marsh. this is brought to you by toyota. there's been a lot of people wondering about the recalls. to get the facts and the information, go to toyota.com. >> all right, in this morning's coffee with -- ladies and gentlemen, rob, welcome. how's it going. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's all of the daily show fans applauding for you. we may get to that, but this is an intense story we're doing and unfortunately, it's real life. call of duty, one of the great active games these days and that's what anyone plays online. and that's coming out. and this has to do with raising awareness and funds for veterans. what's the percentage of the vets? >> well, it's 20%. if you don't know, it's two to three times the national average. that's crazy, it's hard for me to wrap my h

county and picking up for bel air.lso same thing for aberdeen. northern parts of baltimore county we have pretty solid rain in place. up the way up to the maryland line and west of that, northern parts of carroll county a little bit more spotty but you can see where the yellows are, that's where the rain is more solid that the point. that continues south down into pg county where we have a thunderstorm making its way through right now with these brighter colors moving towards annapolis. so we will show you from the overnight, really intense thunderstorms and yesterday, afternoon, into the early hours, last night, but, that settled down and flood rains continued on and off throughout the night. so you can see them make their way through but you are not noticing as bright a collar as with the thunderstorms yesterday. that's when we had numerous reports of hail in some case an inch and half. that was montgomery county and inch an 3/4 in frederick county. that's big hail. now, wind wide-- wise the out of the east keeping u

we got word of an accident on bel air past the route one exit. we will have the latest on that in our upcoming report if there are lane closures to report. here are live drive times for you. 16 minutes on 895 southbound between the 95. 95 at 395 things moving just fine in and out of the city. >> breaking news overnight. an electrical fire knocked out water to an estimated 100,000 people in the baltimore area. >> flames broke out at a towns and pumping station. jennifer franciotti is live at the scene with more details. >> we are getting some new information. the fire did not take place at the pumping station. it happened at an underground line that affected a pole. is caught fire underground, raced up this pole and is now affecting the pumping station. here is the department of public works personnel. many people are without water this morning. >> yes, they are. about 150,000 people in a very large area. we are dealing with stevenson lane over to old harford road and falls road. it is an enormous area. they will be out of water until bge gets the

that's darlington at greenspring and watch for debris in bel air.ing factory road -- otherwise, the speeds looking good and everything's at full speed. we have a delay on 295 and they're the southbound lanes to the right there. there's a look at 795 and running smoothly there. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. toyota, buy right the first time and save more in the long run. >>> a frostburg university student is shot to death and another in the hospital and the third charged with shooting the other two. gigi barnett has more. >> reporter: good morning, don and everyone. the police say that the clues in the case point to first degree murderer and family and friends of the student say it's self-defense. >> reporter: a fight at an off campus party leads to deadly gun fire. this student shot others with a shotgun after he was confronted early sunday morning. the students accused him of assaulting a younger woman at a party earlier that night. a 20-year-old was killed and another was seriously wounded. both the two played for frostburg's basket

in bel air, i'm mike schuh, wjz. >>> and thank you, mike. the city says it's hauled away 20,000-tons of spring cleanup trash. >>> the count down to preakness starts with bittersweet. before the first race took place, the ashes of the general manager were spread across the track. today continued with several races. we'll have more coming up in sports. >>> feels like summer when you see the horses. yeah, you get the feel and the summer activities and horse racing and baseball. it's cooperative for all of them. >> and let's hope that the horses have a better start to the season. >> well, the weather will cooperate. it's cooler and windy, 53 degrees now and dry out there and a west, northwest wind at 23 miles per hour and the barometer at 29.86 and we'll have the forecast in a moment. , >>> the flag is flying out there and we have winds at 35 miles per hour today. steady at 23 to 25. it's been a breezy, windy day. it's comfortable and the temperatures are in the 60s. down from 83 -- 84 degrees yesterday. it knocked the temperatures down 20 degre

and 50 elkton and 51 hagerstown and 52 bel air and rock hall.0s, columbia and annapolis and kent island. it's a real easy scenario for the next five days. all of the consternation gets offshore. this slides away. by tomorrow, 69. proud dirks 39 tonight. tomorrow, still 63 and still, the drying breeze. look at thursday. almost 70 with sun, friday, sunny and 80. saturday, sunny and 82 and sunday, sunny and 80 degrees. the air is away and we'll get me time this weekend. >>> be careful on the morning's commute. >>> yeah, we've had accidents and the streets are wet. three of the accidents in the city. one on hillen road and one at hillen street. still blocking two right lanes on marketplace and utah. there's delays on 795 southbound. westside delays on the outer lupe and 49 miles per hour is your average. there's a live look at the delay at old fort road. this is brought to you by toyota. >>> all right, thank you. this morning's coffee with is with brook shields. let's welcome the 18th interview who's saying good morning baltimore. >> we appreciate t

and we're down to 67 in bel air and 67 in westminster and 65 in bel air.n kent island, 66 degrees and rock hall. there's the cold front to the west. er the warm air hangs on today. and that means business. yesterday, 90 and today, 82. that's still 20 above normal and a cold front will be coming through and we'll see a few thunderstorms later on energy 83-degrees is the high this day and tonight, thunderstorms and a few showers overnight and an overnight low of 50. tomorrow, 64 degrees is the high and clearing skies and breezy for the o's and blue jays. and a beautiful run of sun and 71 and 68 and sunday. >>> and leaving soon, listen up to kristy breslin. >> well, the drive has not been a bad one, we're looking at a few delays on the beltway system. the northside slowing as you approach harford and traffic breaks free after that. delays from 795 to security boulevard and 95 minutes to get through and still slowing there and that's from whitemarsh to the north eastside and the harrisburg expressway, a bit of a struggle to swan road. and baltimore city, one a

we have light rain all the way from bel air down through crofton and annapolis. that is going to pick up with that next batch. also rain in southern parts of the eastern shore. that is heading southeast ward. so it's picking up at this point. and that's going to continue down. overall, this is what it looks like earlier today. the clouds came in overnight and the rains started to pick up. and we continued to see it coming down from the northwest. it will continue pushing southward, as we head into tonight. and tomorrow, it will be gone. and sunshine is going to return. but while we have this rain around, the winds are also out of the northeast. that is pulling in pretty chilly air. 49 degrees in baltimore. we've only made it to the low 50s so far. 59 now in d.c. and this is a warmer day. we do have that wind coming off the water as has been the case the past couple of days. so not much of a fluctuation there. but for the rest of us, much cooler than it has been lately. here's the front, off to the north, slowly trying to push south of us. and when it does, it's g

westminster and bel air, 55 and 59. 59 rock hall and on kent island. we're at 57.e'll max out at 52 degrees. there's not a lot shaking going on. it's not impressive and a deep area of low pressure. getting out of here, you have the wind shift, and the cool front. the temperature is rising tomorrow and we'll have a good amount of sunshine. today, it's kind of blah. today, 62-degrees is the high and 46. the clouds break early on. the normal, 56 and gentle spring breeze and 70-degrees is the high. and we'll ramp up for the weekend and we'll have the five- day forecast shortly. >> the orioles are struggling still and the road trip continues in boston. you can watch the game saturday night at 7:00 and sunday afternoon at 1:30. live here on wjz-13. >>> and wjz-13 eyewitness news at noon will be right back. guys remember, we're a solar system. mars is down...and... um, it's only 10am. who hasn't had their jimmy dean breakfast this morning? mmmm! now lets orbit i feel awesome. you're all awesome. jimmy dean breakfast sandwiches, fight the morning fade. >>> the coast guard

bel air and columbia 43. 45 degrees in rock hall. every once in a while a passing fair weather cloud will passover the area. a huge dome of high pressure will lock itself in place and run our weather now through tuesday. today 74, sunny. just gorgeous. tonight clear skies, 46 your overnight low. and this time tomorrow morning 46, not 43. 80 degrees tomorrow afternoon. we'll keep it at 80 on saturday. sunday easter sunday we made it up to 77 from 74. 74 monday, 72 tuesday. don take it away. >>> how is the hurry up going? here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> good morning, it is looking good. in fact one issue that could get in your way if you're headed out. that is in anne arundel county in the brooklyn area, route two, richie highway at hammond lane. otherwise looking good. speeds looking good in the 60s, everything looking god on the beltway, beltway at 295 and the beltway at 97. 83 at warren road, seeing more volume, but no delays. this traffic report is brought to you by toyota. an important message for toyota owners there has

you ares la's in parkville has an outstanding soccer program andjoseph's on bel air road in nottingham an accident scout problem. a man you entrusted with your children has been charged with abuse but police think there may be more to this story. we're live at county head quarters in towson well, that man volunteered at those two schools. police say alexander michael sims always put himself in situations so he could be near children. that's why police want parents to talk to their kids to find out if there are any more victims. later today a letter will go home with students at the two schools where sims volunteered. he also volunteered in two cub scout troops. police say sims sexually abused a 9-year-old girl. that abuse allegedly happened at least twice last summer off school groundballeds. the girl waited until last month to tell a family member because she was s. >> she went to his home, played video games with his kids, sat in his lap. he abused her. he has admitted to sexually abusing this young. >> reporter: sims posted $75,000 bond and was released from jail. if you think your

use pulaski or bel air roads as an alternative. times -- 95 northbound, route 100, to 395. nine minutes. 29 -- route 70 to 32, nine minutes, 695, outer loop, 70 to 95, six minutes.  >>> this is police brutality, pure and simple. >> at least one fan says police got physical after the duke game. if the job is finished in annapolis. now,

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review for the property that begins at 9:00 in the morning at the county government headquarters in bel air. >>> just a fantastic looking day of weather for april. not bad at all across maryland. as we worked into the afternoon hours here we have seen cloud cover rolling out of the west. fortunately no showers with that. take a look right now. looks like a dry commute as the clouds will not be rain producers but will be moving out of here. we'll get into brief clearing later. temperature-wise, we've been up close to 70 earlier today. now hanging on to 66 at bwi. 68 in washington and you'll find a 70-degree reading down toward culpepper, virginia. the rest of the evening, down to the low 60s. variable cloudy skies. enjoy it and enjoy a dry start tomorrow. after tomorrow early, things begin to change. we'll talk about when the rain comes in and when it blows out all coming up. >>> let's talk pets. specifically stink bugs. what exactly is a stink bug? they are those pesky, creepy, crawly bugs that invade our gardens and communities. they are easy to spot, too, with the brown armor plated o

chesapeake there, nor to northeast and a couple of light showers moving their way out of the north and east, bel air, maybe a little bit of light rain there. inner harbor, we want from a clear sky to increasing clouds right now. may see a brief passing shower but again it won't be much and it will quickly end. 72 degrees, west-southwest wind 13 miles per hour. humidity actually rather low and i want to show you through the day today how the weather changed. look at that blue sky early on. then in the afternoon, see storm clouds, then clearing, then a few more clouds rolling in so back and forth we go and a very similar scenario as we go into the day tomorrow. temperaturewise, this is the positive side of things. 72 not bad for baltimore and dulles. couple degrees above average. 68 in dover, cooler from patuxent river back through atlantic city, those spots in the low 60s right now. scattered showers across primarily pennsylvania. this cool front, the boundary where the cool air is lined up kind of edging its way about halfway into pennsylvania, it's much cooler back up into northern ohio. the bo

conduct a site plan review for the property on wednesday morning at 9:00 at the county headquarters in bel air. >>> the flights in a number of european countries began hitting the skies today, but in britain, many planes remain grounded as volcanic ash continues to blow through the country's airspace. some stranded brits took to the water to return home. hitching rides aboard navy vessels. others stuck in spain are hoping to grab a spot on a cruise liner sent to rescue them. >> people have been incredibly resourceful in getting back and taking whatever because it's not certain when the guys are going to open up again so people are just trying to get home. >> the big challenge will be getting through the backlog before air travel can return to normal. >>> and like a frozen river melting in the springtime, the airspace over europe is slowly coming back to life tonight. that means thousands of travelers left out in the cold can now start moving forward. here's abc's aaron katerski. >> reporter: at airports at several u.s. cities today there were big smiles. this family returned home to chicag

use route 40 or bel air road as the alternate route. that's a look at your morning travels.ver to you. >>> we are following a developing story out of towson this morning. nearly 200,000 people in the towson area are waking up without water. officials say it all started with a bge fire that took out the electrical feeds to a pumping station. joel d smith joins us live from towson with more on what is happening there. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we're on hillen road. we're standing in the middle of road that is because it has been shutdown as a number of utility crews tend to get things back up and running. at 1:30 in the morning, this utility pole caught fire. now from bge we have linda, busy morning, thanks for your time. why is it going to take a while to get this going again? >> typically repairing underground cable is more time-consuming than repairing overhead lines. what we have to do is get access to the damaged cable, pull that out of the conduit and put the new cable in. before we can do that, we have to make the area safe to make sure tha

. >>> temperatures moving up to the 50s, 58, 54 bel-air and cooler towards westminister where we havelittle bit of rain. around downtown baltimore, down 95 and columbia getting in on some of the wet weather. appears we have some pushing through caroll county on the outskirts of westminister. most of the rain on the west side wrapping down the ridge, route 15 in frederick and down to 70 towards the d.c. area and there's more rain towards the west slowy approaching on the area and going through southern anne arundel county right now. area of low pressure, spreading rain and more intense than earlier thought. we'll watch the area of low pressure slide through and as we pull this back to our computer model, we are under the influence of that wet weather and once it starts to rain, it will probably alternate the progress on -- halt the progress. heading through this evening, the rain extends up outside of the philadelphia area and all the way down towards richmond and the carolinas. the heavier stuff to the south of baltimore. it will end tonight and tomorrow, this hook here, that's our lo

we're at 90 here. 90 in bel air. 81 by the water in rock hall. and it's cooler by the bay. of course, 87 in westminster. tomorrow, a day just like today. >> all right. thank you, bob. >>> get ready for another baseball season. the orioles kick off the season tonight. and then their home opener is friday. wjz is live. adam may joins us from camden yards with a look at this year's big improvements. >>> right now, the ballpark is in the midst of a $10 million makeover. you did see here, crews are still working hard tonight, trying to get a lot of it done in time for friday. >>> eager fans look on, at the flurry of activity. behind the scenes at camden yards. >> we wanted to try to get some tickets territory season opener. home opener on friday. and it's sold out. >> a lot goes in to getting the park ready. banners go up. scoreboards are tested. and new grills assembled for the many new food options. >> people are going to see a lot of familiar names around the park, restaurantwise. we'll have green turtle. stands here. pickles, pubs. >> first off, all of the rows are now numbe

clouds trying to depart in pasadena 57. 53 in bel air. 55 with the sun out in reisterstown and manchesterre may be more clouds trying to stroll in ahead of the next system. that will miss us but could, again, mix in clouds during the course of the afternoon. we'll work that northwesterly flow holding temperatures in check, skies partly sunny. 62 is our 2-degree guarantee. that is below our normal which should be in the upper 60s. for tonight we settle back to 40. 30s outside the beltway. tomorrow temperatures back in the mid-60s again. a mix of clouds and some sun. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> you're going to find things pretty much jammed on the top side of the beltway from harford road all the way towards dulaney valley. the west side delays cleared out a little. as we peek at frederick road. outer loop moving pretty good. inner loop slow up towards i-70. still working an injury crash in dundalk, holoburt avenue and vesper avenue. you will see emergency crews on scene there as well. owings mills police still trying to clean up an accident at lakeside boulevard in owings mills

we've got a three-hour loop and looks like some heavier rain just north side of bel air, jarrettsville and it's getting heavy right there at the top side of 83. in fact running through the hereford zone, new freedom, glen rock and back in to northeastern sections of carroll county, where you see the yellow and orange, moderate rainfall. it looks like fast upper level winds helping to enhance the rainfall that is built in across the area and though it will not be heavy all day there will be some intense bands that try to push through. so hanover, if you're watching us on cable and stretching towards westminster and back wrapping around towards taneytown, route 15, appears through sections of frederick county getting wet, especially north of frederick heading up towards thurmont. heavier rain in the mountains through hagerstown and stretching their way to the south and east, rain continues to fall. around the beltway it's light but we'll continue to follow this, as it builds in across baltimore, northern anne arundel county and stretching across to the eastern shore. annapolis, you're no

we you're from bel air and you go to school where?>> you're 10 years old and in the 5th grade there, right? >> uh-huh. >> you want to say to anybody before we get started. >>everybody in class, and the staff and my team. >> you want to say hi to your parents, they're right over there. >> hi. >> you ready to do this. let's have some fun and tell them what is happening out there. >> today it's 54 degrees and mostly cloudy. the winds are at 8 miles per hour which is nothing. >> that's right. >> humidity is at 80%, pressure is at 29.82, steady. >> uh-huh? the dew point is 48 degrees fahrenheit. >> what about the temps. >> hagerstown it's 48 degrees. >> you got to put your handout and see how it lights up that way and come back that way. >> 54 degrees in baltimore. >> okay. >> and in salisbury 54 degrees. >> excellent job. what about the sky hd radar. >> the sky watch hd radar there's storms moving around there. >> around the western part of the area right now but there's more coming. >> more coming for the whole state later on. showers ar

use route 40, route 7 or even bel air road instead. once you get past all of that, we are actually in the green moving through baltimore on 95. southbound lanes and the for mchenry tunnel, toward the beltway, 8 minutes at 55 miltz per hour an55 milesper hour. and the beltway, 11 minutes, 54 miles per hour, same speed 83 up toward 795 and nothing to worry about. 795 all the way down toward 95. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back over to you. >>> candace, thank you. >>> more than a dozen suspected gang members accused of dealing heroin and fueling violence in the city are behind bars this morning. some of those suspects are linked to a program that got thousands of dollars in city grant money. megan gilliland joins us with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. federal prosecutors have charged 13 people to be associated with the baltimore blast guerrilla family, one of the city's deadliest gangs. among the suspects, todd duncan known as donny. he is accused of leading the gang's operations in

>> we have delays to watch out for on the northside of the outer lupe, that's 20 minutes there from bel liberty to stephenson and eastbound, 70, we have an accident and that's going to slow things down and 95 southbound, no improvement and that's heavy from white marsh to the harbor tunnel freeway and delays from pa done -- peatopia to the beltway and upland and edmondson and -- and let's look live here at old court and 95 north 100, a lot of congestion there and this is brought tow you by d r -- by value city turn you are which. >> city -- by value city furniture.. >> reporter: don, almost everyone has their water back on in towson and they're asked to conserve. the water pressure isn't back to normal and the department of public works hopes they won't overuse the water they have. the outage was caused by a fire on an electrical pole and many businesses and schools were forced to close and yesterday afternoon, bge restored the power and last night, the water flowed again. all schools are expected to be back in session today. don, back to you >>> this morning, 18 people are without home

that is brought to you by the bel air athletic club.. >>> and in the news, they took it to the wire, but the lawmakers passed laws at protecting children. >> reporter: the lawmakers toughened the sex offender laws. they pointed to the rape and murder of an 11-year-old at the hands of the sex offender. they approved the legislation and the mandatory five year sentence for the sex offenders was raised to 15 year and they voted to take away the prison credits based on good behavior and now, there will be minimum standards for the registration. >>> the general assembly also out lawed the use of talking on the phone behind the wheel. a first time ticket is $40.100 after that. >>> and mayor stephanie rawlings-blake unveiled a budget plan that won't lay off police officers and firefighters. they're bridging the gap and 250 city workers may still be layed off but no word on which departments. >>> and up next, paying for school, tips on negotiations for financial aid. >>> and conan o'brien on tbs on >>> and conan o'brien on tbs on table. ,,,, ge

benefited from the moisture and the cloud cover out there. 49 in annapolis, 50 in chester town and 52 in belake a look at the sky watch hd radar. the showers from yesterday left us with moisture and again the bit of fog that -- well, a lot of fog in fact ta will last for a little bit longer. eventually drier air will work in and we will see improvement for the afternoon and clearers skies and the high today 71 doesn't sound so bad. as far as what is happening on the roadways more specifically, here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we have been talking about the reduced visibility. here it is at the pho the the ft mchenry tunnel. we are starting to see improvement. you go to 895, and there's the dense fog again. use extra caution as you head out there. as far as 895 the southbound lanes from the harbor tunnel toward 895, 54 miles per hour and then the beltway from 95 up toward 83, a heavy ride 26 minutes, 24 miles per hour there. it does get a little bit better with 43 miles per hour and a 10 minute clip of 83 up toward 795. but then it dips down from 795 tow