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we have a crash southbound 83 at belfast road. that crash is off to the right shoulder. not impacting the commute too much but you probably will see it if you head past that direction. as we peek at the jfx here at 41st street, traffic looks great in both directions. back to you. >>> looking at news around the nation -- big round of applause for the u.s. coast guard. they seized more than 700 pounds of marijuana off the coast of miami yesterday. they say they noticed the small boat was bobbing in the ocean for about 30 miles from the shore. they moved in and then saw two people trying to unload the drugs. the drugs had been assessed at a street value of about $600,000. >> this is good morning, miami. this story in miami. a donation to a good will had workers taking a double take. the item, a bronze life-sized statue of a ballerina, valued at $500,000. i bet though don't steal that in miami. the ballerina statue is one of 10 made decades ago and back then collectors paid $500,000 for each piece. officials at good will say we don't want it. they are returning it back to th

still working a crash on southbound 83 at belfast road. it's off to the shoulder, police are on the scene and getting a little rubbernecking attention from southbound drivers causing a little slowing approaching that area. give yourself a few extra minutes there. and jfx at northern parkway, traffic moving nicely, no problems to let you know about. >>> now a quick update from sherrie johnson. >> there's new information in a gang rape case in baltimore city. concerning diplomatic immeanity. i'm sherrie johnson, i'm have the latest. (announcer) "new simply cookies from pillsbury. simply wholesome ingredients and nothing more." how doe between chy and soft tacos? why don't we have both? old el paso. hard n soft tacos. mexican style. ♪ ♪ why not make this year's holiday one to remember? call 1-800-royal-caribbean today. >>> we have an update on the story involving the gang rape in baltimore city. "the washington times" confirms that one of the three accused of the rape is actually the son of a foreign diplomat. abc2 news sherrie johnson is her

we'll still working a crash on southbound of the harrisburg expressway, this is at belfast road. multiple vehicles involved. some of it has been cleared to the shoulder, some remains in the median. that has traffic slowing at about mount carmel road. still fire activity in the city at patterson avenue and reisterstown road. we also have a crash still on the scene in baltimore city at constitution street and east monument street. jfx at cold spring lane, traffic moving very well. in you're looking for a business you know you can trust, let your better business bureau do the work for you. you can log on to abc2news.com/bbb for more information. back to you. >>> it's 6:46. this has been our lead story all morning. it's breaking yet. it involves the murder of a college student hundreds of miles away in massachusetts. >> the suspect, alexander skowran, has been found dead in stevens city, virginia, in the northern part of the state. abc2 news linda so joins us live in the studio. she's been following this story all morning long. >> reporter: we've just learned alexander skowran has be

this is going to be on the southbound of belfast road.ad not looking like a bad alternative route this morning. as we make a push we have another crash reported. this is going to be on the southbound lanes just after the cold spring lane exit. you may want to use charles street as an alternative route. you may want to watch out on the debris at charles street. if you are using the belt, it's going to be a slow go all of the way from parkville to towson. that congestion will continue as you make your way to the north east corridor of 95. in whitemarsh, you will see cars starting to buildup on the southbound lanes. we are still dealing with the effects of that massive watermain break in dundalk. broening highway remains shutdown in both directions at t avon avenue. as you can see, it left a lot of damage. crews have been out there all morning trying to clean it up. for the trucks headed to the marine terminal, you want to stick with 95 and get off at the keith avenue exit. that say look at the morning travels. for customized traffic reports

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we're still working a crash on southbound 83 that is going to be at the belfast road exit. it remains off to the shoulder, still rubbernecking delays but nothing too serious. also in harford county, darlington, route 1 at castleton road at the conowingo dam on the harford county/cecil county border, a crash, both directioned closed. try pulaski highway. jfx at 41st street, traffic looks great in both directions. back to you. >>> our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill at the scene of this crash in northeast baltimore. sources say a car carrying students from morgan state university slid on the wet roads and crashed into an suv on loch raven boulevard near havenwood around 10:30 last wright in. no one was seriously hurt. a one boy had a really bad day. he was released from the hospital earlier yesterday for a mugging. now he's recovering from a car crash. >>> one day before the eighth anniversary of september 11th officials launched a web site asking people to contribute images of the terrorist attack. the photographs, audio and video will appear on line as p

work is under way along thesouthbound lanes below belfast road. state highway crews are cutting a path for a 17-foot wall that will buffer a total 13 13 homes in the noise of the interstate t comes in response to residents making noise of their own. >> the morning and the evening rush hour traffic is horrible, as a matter of fact. you can barely talk to somebody outside on your property. >> this sound wall is for communities that existed prior got existence of the highway. >> work on the sound wall is expected to be completed in the spring. in the meantime, southbound motorists on i-83 should expect occasional lane closures between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. if you are a regular commuter on i-83, good news about your gas situation. the exxon station on mount carmel road has reopened. it's the only bais place to fill up between hunt valley and slues bury off the highway. it has been closed since june 9th. both tanks which were only two years old have been removed and new ones have been installed. >>> regardless of where you're driving this holiday wee

that earlier crash at belfast road has been cleared to the shoulder.owever, you will see long on and off delays stretching from the pennsylvania state line. you might want york road as an alternate. another crash in howard county, washington boulevard at duckets lane. on the eastern shore, caroline county, route 404 at noble road closed due to an accident. queen anne's county, route 301 and 304 closed in both corrections because - directions because of a crash. still foggy on the eastern shore. jfx, traffic heavy on the beltway to st. paul street. give yourself plenty of extra time this morning. >>> we'll be right back with "good morning america." >>> "good morning america" continues with the latest on the flooding down south. at least six people killed. more missing, as entire neighborhoods are evacuated. sam is live with the latest. >>> plus, a reversal of organs. this man was born with his heart in the wrong place. so, what happens when he needs a new one? we'll take you inside his incredible transplant surgery. >>> and old flames, re-igniting on fa

was a very mysterious activity in which nobody ever found out there were no fingerprints on the new belfast the sensenbrenner pager fact which i suppose mr. sensenbrenner wrote that night and got up there because nobody ever saw it in the judiciary committee but it is one of those mysteries in the legislative process that have not been fully examined and maybe we would get a judiciary committee chairman are maybe even a constitutional subcommittee chairman that will step up to the plate and find out how a several hundred page bill could be substituted for another in the middle of the night. the rules committee was meeting after midnight when this was acted upon. i own they digressed to show you that to there has been bipartisanship on the rules committee. there are very few important bills in which ever republican and every democrat votes in its favor and that is what happened to the sensenbrenner con years but then whatever else happened to it, it is one of those problems that need further investigation. the witnesses have raised i think i stopped counting at 11. there are a number of smal

we've succeeded in belfast, mishal demanded to know, if he had been ordered to ignore the i.r.a.? mishal's strategy is to give little ground on wt till now have been non-negotiable western demands as a precursor to any dialog. regardless of how far he says hamas has moved already, his language remains steely, combative even. he was against hillary clinton's of the demands ofush administration that hamas denounce violence and recognize the state osrael and abide by all the previo undertakings on behalf of the palestinian people. not surprisingly, mishal vehemently disagreed with clinton's warning that internationa donations for the reconstruction of gaza had to be kept outf what she described as the wrong hands. and he ridiculed the seeming contradiction in her invitation to iran to attend a regional conference on the future of afghanistan. at the same time as she shuns hamas that it's a terrorist group but as mrs. clinton put it, one that increasingly is a client of iran. so mishal argues, despi a new presidency, there is no change in attitude in washington. they refuse to accept

we cleared out an accident on he 83, it's right on the harrisburg expressway at belfast road.no need to take an alternate there. the activity is now complete. heading from the towson toward parkville. it's getting busy there as well. the volume continues to build on 95. we will get it here at whitemarsh boulevard, we don't have brake lights yet, but they're going to start to pick up heading down toward 695. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. >>> candace, thank you. >>> a plane hijacking in mexico, why the hayeker says he did it. [ female announcer ] there are few guarantees in life. here's one for your skin that's clinically proven. olay professional pro-x wrinkle protocol is as effective as the leading wrinkle prescription brand at reducing the look of wrinkles. that's because olay has teamed with a highly specialized group of dermatologists and created a wrinkle protocol that gives you the results of the leading wrinkle prescription brand, without a prescription. olay professional pro-x. this is a guarantee you're guaranteed to love. >>> crystal clea

he 83, a crash in northern baltimore county this morning, it's on the southbound lanes, right at belfast road. york road and falls road are going to be the best options there. now these conditions are changing, but you can keep up with them round the clock with personalized traffic reports for your commute. just log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on traffic edge. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice, back to you. >>> candace, thank you. still ahead, bad news for the maryland basketball program. which of the schools top recruits is having legal problems. >>> and funeral arrangements for a family killed in a murder-suicide. when they will be laid to >>> new this morning, funeral arrangements are set for the family from mown airy killed on friday in a murder-suicide. the family will be laid to rest in a private memorial service on saturday. police say 38 years old charles dalton, shot his wife and two children and then turned the gun on himself. investigators say financial trouble may have been a part of the motive. the family will be buried at pine grove cemetery. >>> baltimore

it's right at padonia road and we are left with delays from belfast road heading toward the flashingorning commute, patrice, back to you. >>> candace, thank you. >>> 7:04 a fox 45 morning news. today marks the 8th anniversary of the 9 wil 9/11 a. for the first time the 9/11 is being recognized as the national day of service and remembrance. you're looking live at the commemorations that is about to get underway at new york's ground zero. there will be also be one at the pen gone anpentagon and the fiet shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 93 went down. >>> baltimore's finest are honoring the fallen heros of 9/11. the annual run to remember 5k is taking place again today with a finish at federal hill. joel d smith is live at the city's war memorial. i know it's rainy out there, but don't guess that is stopping people who want to be there. >> reporter: patrice, people want to be here because they are honoring those who died and they want to get here and show their support for those who are still living and serve our community every day. this is the 8th annual run to remember. it's th

significant delays, bloct the right lane and harrisburg expressway and belfast road, that crash continueso block the shoulder. eastern boulevard and kingston road in middle river, a pedestrian struck. i'm getting word of various lane closures so give yourself a few extra minutes. jfx at northern parkway, traffic is slow and heavy southbound headed towards downtown this morning. we'll be right back with a morning news update. getting dirty the art of getting clean salsa doesn't stand a chance against the power of wisk®. wisk®. powerfully clean. perfectly priced. >>> 7:27. overweight kids is a serious problem in this country, the baltimore ravens and nfl network have taken notice. abc2 news sherrie johnson is in to glen burnie with reaction to an announcement for one lucky elementary school. >> reporter: a lot of teachers and students have started to arrive here to get their day started. this is an exciting day because this school will receive a check for $50,000 in an effort to try to get kids to work out more and prevent childhood obesity. the nfl network has partnered with governor marti