senator ben cardin understands the importance of innovative biomedical research, for patients, their families, and our economy in maryland. call senator cardin today. ask him to protect the 90,000 maryland jobs biomedical research provides and the hopes of patients everywhere. it's not just the future, it's life.

senator ben cardin understands the importance of innovative biomedical research, for patients, their, and our economy in maryland.

today maryland senator ben cardin met with the people on the front lines of the battle.laudia coffey was at washington adventist hospital to hear wheyishes they are worried about for your sake. >> reporter: this is the first meet and greet be physicians and nurses in the area and they had difficult questions for the senator. mabel had been a nurse on the front lines at washington adventist hospital for more than 13 years. she's seen the health crisis up close and agrees something needs to change. >> we see a lot of patients that come in and they are basically at the end stage of their illness because they have not beenble to get the proper health care because of their being uninsured. >> reporter: tough questions like this that they had today for senator ben cardin. it was a far cry from the rowdy town hall meetings the maryland senator and other elected leaders have seen in recent weeks. >> the debate among doctors and nurses is how to provide quality health care to all people without sending costs through the roof. >> a lot to be learned from the maryland hospital comm

. >>> senator ben cardin wants more first-time home buyers to have more time to get that $8,000 tax credit. he is among a handful of lawmakers pushing for a six- month extension. a group introduced a bill and the tax credit is set to expire on december 1st. >>> the health care plan from max baucus is running into trouble amock some fellow democrats. many of them say they are afraid a new tax on health insurance policies would hit middle class americans who say they already pay enough for health care coverage. mean while, president obama is keeping up the pressure on congress to pass the health reform bill. >> i may not be the first president to take up the cause of health care reform. i am determined to be the last with your help. >> obama took his campaign to students saying congress must resist the scare tactics to do a makeover. >>> this health care reform is a hot issue. we want to know what you think about it. drop us a line, leave us a message on how you feel about this. friend us on facebook and twitter. all you have to do is write us. we want to get your comments on the air, abc2ne

. >>> in light of the watermain break maryland senator ben cardin is calling on the senate to invest more in america's infrastructure. cardin says friday's flooding in dundalk was a dramatic reminder that infrastructure here "is in dire straits." and he says our situation is not unique. cardin and other senators proposed the water infrastructure financing act to provide more than $35 billion in funding for clean safe water and improving the infrastructure. >>> on the weather front we've had some water from the sky, not a lot but precipitation at times, especially north of the city. in fact on maryland's most powerful doppler radar right now we're seeing some showers that have previously doused i-83 making for a slick commute due north, now making it a little damp as you head toward perryville and even toward delaware, just a little precip coming down in that direction. overall, the big picture, you see a little more shower activity developing over northern virginia. that may cross our area here in the next couple of hours. for tonight, expect passing showers at times. not a heavy rai

we caught up with maryland senator ben cardin. >> our objective is to carry out what president obama has called for, that is a health care plan that will reduce the growth rate of health care costs and provide affordable quality health care and insurance for every american. >> as thousands of people headed inside the comcast center to hear the speech on health care reform some critics stood outside arguing for a better plan. abc2 news sherrie johnson continues our team coverage. >> reporter: it was a line that ran about a mile long outside the comcast center at the university of maryland in college park. people waiting to hear president barack obama discuss health care reform. >> everyone does deserve it but if it's the wrong way it's not effective. if we do the wrong decision and wrong way to do health care reform i don't understand what, you know, why we're here. >> i'm hoping to, like, hear, kind of an explanation of everything. i'm not as informed as i should be. i'm just hoping to hear something a little more concrete. >> reporter: while many people headed inside to hear preside

president joe biden and health and human services secretary will be joined by maryland senators ben cardin for a discussion on health care reform at the leisure world retirement community in silver spring. 9 news now digital correspondent alex trevino is live in silver spring with more. alex? >> reporter: we are at the leisure world retirement community in montgomery county. residents have been up nice and early awaiting vice president joe biden to speak on health care. that's expected to happen here in the crystal ballroom in an hour. the secretary of health and human services will also visit this retirement community to discuss health insurance reform. now, they will address concerns and questions for folks who live here at he's your your world retirement. a couple of moments ago a woman nudged me and said when is the vice president coming and i told her 10:00 and she advised me that's a long time to wait. 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> new this morning on 9 news now, virginia state police have released a video of what they say is an alleged car jacker running away from a crash scene. you'

maryland senator ben cardin voted for the amendment, senator barbara mukulski couldn't make the vote but also supported the bill, it passed the senate and is now on to the house. acorn may not be the only one in trouble here. the filmmaker could face stiff penalties in maryland where it's against the law to record audio without the other person knowing. the baltimore city state's attorney also says because the audio was illegally obtained it's useless to prove anything against acorn here in maryland. >> so the audio portion of the tape that has been seen on youtube can never be used by prosecutors. presented as evidence in court. >> reporter: not in a court of law but growing in the court of public opinion. in baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> tonight, a leading republican is calling for an immediate and thorough investigation into acorn's activities. abc's jake tapper is following the story in washington. he'll have a full report at 6:30 on abc2. >>> we've got a serious accident in baltimore county to tell you about. two people have been sent to the hospital. it happened arou

barbara mikulski and ben cardin plus kathleen sebelius. this town hall starts at 10:00 today. you have to be a card-carrying member of leisure world to listen in live in person. it's described as a private age-restricted community in montgomery county with as many as 8500 residents. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, kimberly. >>> massachusetts governor will have the authority to name the late ted kennedy's temporary replacement in the u.s. senate. the senate state approved legislation that allowed governor deval patrick to name the successor. opponents say it's not fair because lawmakers stripped mitt romney of the same power when it appeared john kerry might be elected president. patrick is expected to make the decision as early as tomorrow. massachusetts voters will pick a permanent replacement in a spial election in january. >>> a shootout at the border. four people were injured when gunfire erupted at the nation's busiest border crossing. police say it began with human smuggling at the border between san diego and tijuana. officers say a total of 74 people were crammed into

. >> senator ben cardin met with doctors and nurses hearing concerns about health care reform. the event was a far cry from the rowdy town halls that were routine this summer. medical professionals told cardin what they liked in the plan and what they did not like. >> we see a lot of patients that come in, and they are basically at the end-stage of illness. because they have not been able to get the proper health care. because of their uninsured. >> senator cardin said president obama did a great job last week calming fears about health care in the speech. let your congressman know what you think about the health care reform. you can find the contact information at foxbaltimore.com/your voice. >> and fox 45 works to answer all of your questions. what is the secure for health care? watch our special on our website now. log onto foxbaltimore.com and click on the cure for health care icon. >> police in new haven connecticut have a person of interest in the murder of a yale grad student. a researcher named raymond clark. the body of 24-year-old annie le found behind a wall in a uni

senator ben cardin understands the importance of innovative biomedical research, for patients, their families and our economy in maryland. call senator cardin today. ask him to protect the 90,000 maryland jobs biomedical research provides and the hopes of patients everywhere. it's not just the future it's life. they have alzheimer's and heart disease, diabetes and cancer. and they've heard that biomedical research offers hope, that it could control, maybe even cure, their disease. senator barbara mikulski understands the importance of innovative biomedical research, for patients their families and our economy here in maryland. call senator mikulski today. tell her thanks for protecting the promise of biomedical research and the maryland jobs it provides. it's not just the future it's life. >> the record low is 53 tomorrow morning. wednesday morning, the record low is 50. it we could start september off with a chilly mornings. we will warm things up to 80 on thursday and friday, but the warnings will be cool and comfortable still. for the weekend, -- the morning's will be cool and com

meanwhile ben cardin came up with his own bill.t includes $1.5 billion in grants to control urban an suburban storm water runoff. >>> a newly fixed hubble telescope is showing far out sites. today nasa unveiled the first deep space photos taken by hubble since its billion-dollar repair mission last spring. maryland is home to two organizations responsible for the management of the hubble program. >>> maryland is a great state as far as the difference in weather that we get here. and i mean right now, today, and the picture we're going to show you is a classic example of that. look at the picture now from our live harbor cam. folks to the west of us are seeing sunshine. while here in baltimore it's mostly cloudy. to the north it's raining. and over on the eastern shore it's been just flat ugly. no matter what you want, we got it. here's our temperature at bwi marshall now, 71 degrees. 66% humidity. wind now from the northeast at 7, the pressure rising 30.14. your tides tomorrow, high tide occurred 10:51 in the morning. low tide 4:51

. >>> the watermain break in dundalk prompted senator ben cardin to call for the u.s. senate to look into america's infrastructure. the senator says friday's flooding a dramatic reminder that infrastructure is in dire straits. he says our situation in maryland not unique. he and some fellow senators have now proposed the water infrastructure financing act. it will provide more than $35 billion in funding for clean safe water as well as improving the county and country's infrastructure. >>> this next story is going to make you yell at the tv. bartenders are used to seeing customers with bottles but one couple with a baby bottle caught the attention of patrons. interest turned to current when they realized the woman and husband left their 4-month-old in the car. the bartender says the couple would take turns checking on the baby. other times they just left the infant in the car alone. >> it was right in front of the window so we all watched it. there was quite a few of us. everyone in the bar was pretty upset about the whole situation. i'm a parent so i mean, it broke my

senator ben cardin understands the importance of innovative biomedical research, for patients, theirur economy in maryland. call senator cardin today. ask him to protect the 90,000 maryland jobs biomedical research provides and the hopes of patients everywhere. it's not just the future, it's life. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. >> thanks for joining us. sandra shaw has a quick look at today's forecast for us. >> and the great. it may be a repeat of yesterday but warmer. plenty of sunshine. 62 downtown. in the 50's in the outlying suburbs. 55 on the eastern shore. in nice warm up today. details on the seven-day forecast coming up. >> baltimore county police are trying to stop a suspect that is attacking the male customers in front of a bank. >> our reporter has more details on the story. >> >> they do not want anyone to end up dead as the pull -- as demand is increasing attacks. the walk up or drive through after dark. >> i should have seen something. a lot of people are driving by. it is wide open there. customers at night. he jammed a gun into a woman's c

. >> this situation has prompted senator ben cardin to call on washington to pump more than $35 billion into improving the country's infrastructure. a situation he says is in dire straits. >> federal dollars, according to the city, are critical in maintaining crumbling pipes. >> we have a aging infrastructure, you know, the mandate in upgrading that, came from the federal government, without any financing and money. so it is really important that we get support from the federal government. >> for now, the city is in repair mode. and promising to perform what maintenance it can with what little money is left. jeff abell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> the city said it could very well cost more than $2 billion to make necessary repairs. >> meantime, maryland gets millions of dollars to fight terror. homeland security chief janet napolitano was downtown to announce grant money. that money comes from the federal stimulus plan. $150 million goes toward port security. >> it is designed to help protect critical port infrastructure. to combat embo advices devices and mwd threats, and assist with the

democratic senator ben cardin said there is no question acorn has to put corrective measures in place, and fast. >> there is confidence that the funds that they are spending are being done in unlawful purpose. >> cardin suggesting what cameras caught in acorn offices across the country, is simply inexcusable. >> joy lepola, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> the state prosecutor's office said they would not pursue the case at this particular point in time. >> maryland congressman elijah coming tried today to clarify what first seemed to be a no vote on a plan to cut federal funding to acorn. he said he first voted against the amendment yesterday because of the way it was added on on to a bill on education funding. but in a statement today, congressman cummings said if a law similar to that approved by the senate were voted on by the hour i would have no choice but to vote yes, stripping federal funding for acorn. >> bring on the weekend. here is jessica starr with a look at the weather forecast. and tough this week. >> it has been very gloomy this week. but sunshine peeked out this afternoon. a

. >>> maryland senator ben cardin introduces a new bailout bill. find out what industry he wants to help out. >> and the big winners from the prime time emmy awards. >> the greatest job i'll ever have. >>> weather and traffic on the 1s now at 6:41. we've got a beautiful peach a and -- actually sort of idescent orange and pink and to turquoise sunrise. sun coming up in 15 minutes in a partly cloudy sky. from georgetown to hyattsville, fairfax city gaithersburg, a chill in the air. highs today in the 70s with clouds in and out. cloudy this afternoon and tonight and tomorrow and passing showers are likely on tuesday. a small chance wednesday. uray, partly cloudy. both of those days warmer into the low 80s. near 80 on friday but should be dry. a nice weekend to follow. i'll be back with the bus stop forecast coming up in ten minutes. ashley, how's the traffic? >> i come bearing some good news. if you were traveling along -- well, we had an earlier major accident that shut down central avenue east of the beltway in the eastbound direction. that investig

the two outstanding senators from maryland, barbara mcckullsy and ben cardin are in the house.we have in congress, steny hoyer is in the house. lieutenant governor anthony brandt is here, prince george's county executive jack johnson is here, mayor steven braman is here. state senate majority leader tom miller is in the house. congresswoman donna edwards is here. congressman elijah cummings. congressman chris van hollen. congressman sarbanes is here. congressman butch roads is here. and president of the university of maryland, thank you so much. you know, who? you know, the last time i was here, it was in the heat of a very long and a very tough campaign. and in that campaign, i promised to be a president who -- you guys can sit down, by the way. in that campaign, i promised to be a president who didn't just clean up yesterday's crises. i didn't want to be a president that was just content with standing still. i promised to be a president who would build a better future, who would move this nation forward, who would ensure that this generation, your generation had the same chan

. >> you know, and i'm going to say to you, peter, that is what democratic senator ben cardin told mearlier this morning on the season foreign relations committee, bob casey echoing the same thing, senate dwror from pennsylvania. what do you think, if sanctions don't work, do the democrats unite behind the president? is there a military option situation you can foresee? >> i hope not, alex, but you know, the president has said that all options are on the table here, but the critical thing, i think, is what we were just talking about, which is that if you have the world saying to iran, look, enough, you can't do this. we know you only need 50 pounds of this stuff to create a weapon. you can do a weapon, a nuclear weapon every year. this is unacceptable. and you know, the question really becomes, if the iranian people, who are already, as pat says, are angry at this regime, say, hey, don't further isolate us. we want to raise our families. we want to educate our kids. we want an economy that works. and you, the rulers of our country, are destroying that hope and the dreams for a better

conversations this morning with two democratic members of the senate foreign relations committee, ben cardincasey both saying those would be the optimum sanctions. thank you for talking, michael isikoff, jim walsh. as always, appreciate that. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> now to this week's potential breakthrough in the fight against aids. for the first time, researchers believe an experimental vaccine can cut the risk of becoming infected with hiv by more than 31%. the study was conducted in thailand and the results have surprised scientists, because recent failures have led many to think such a vaccine might never be possible. joining us now is dr. seth berkeley, chief executive and president of the international aids vaccine initiative. tell us more about this study, how it was carried out and how you got to the 31% efficacy point. >> good morning, alex. this is an important study because it's the first time we've seen the protection in humans. we believe protection is possible because we can do it in animals and we also know that humans can naturally control infection. this study start

we were able to pass an $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit, sponsored by myself and senator ben cardin from maryland. today i join my colleagues, bipartisanly, to extend thi this $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit for another six months until june of next year. unless the congress acts, thi this $8,000 tax credit is set to beings prior at the end of -- expire at the end of november. and all of the evidence is showing that the tax credit is working. if we don't extend this tax credit, what we're going to see basically, homes that are going to be sold in this country will simply be the foreclosure homes. so, mr. president, we need to act in the united states senate in a bipartisan fashion to extend the first-time home buyer tax credit of $8,000. it's the right thing to do to help get housing back on the track, especially in states like nevada, florida, california, arizona who are still really suffering when it comes to the housing industry. it's at the root of a lot of the -- economic problems that we have in this country. so, mr. president, i would encourage this body to act becaus

senator ben cardin understands the importance of innovative biomedical research, for patients, their families, and our economy in maryland. call senator cardin today. ask him to protect the 90,000 maryland jobs biomedical research provides and the hopes of patients everywhere. it's not just the future, it's life. garrido and why did she and her husband hold jaycee dugard for 18 years. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i'm stan stovall. here is ellicott one of our top stories. a baltimore city police officer is in stable condition after a tragic car accident that killed his son and his son's girlfriend. thousands of classmates, friends, and some members gathered to remember michael jones, jr. -- and family members gathered to remember michael jones, jr. and the girl. they got caught in a bad rainstorm and loss control of the vehicle. >>> let's get a check on the morning commute with traffic pulse 11 and sarah caldwell. >> heavy delays, volume-related delays. 17 miles per hour on the northeast corner of the beltway. a lot of the

senator ben cardin and anthony -- will be there for a ground breaking ceremony.k park apartments once stood. >>> terrell suggs may be back in for this sunday's game. he practiced with the team sunday. will damien tomlinson may not play. and the excitement continues to build as the ravens head out west to take on the chargers in san diego. the action starts sunday at 4:00 here on wjz. remember, if you're getting dressed, it's a purple friday. stay with wjz and the m.d.'s news station.

one more politician, senator ben cardin proposed the $35 billion in funding for clean safe water andnfrastructure badly needed as this very old watermain as there's many others across the country. obviously, they want to take care of that before something like this happens again. folks around here, say great idea. wish it would have come earlier. i'm joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. >>> more bad news for first mariner bank. they have started foreclosure proceedings. ththey allege the institution tk part in unsafe and unsound practices. founder and ceo ed hill says the bank is working to raise millions in capital and remove bad debt. >> we have really started something from nothing and we have come to this point and we don't expect it to fail. we expect that we're going to come through this. >> hail says real estate loans from as early as 2003 contributed to the problem. >>> the woman who could become the first african mayor of annapolis is planning to address the controversy surrounding questionable campaign expenses today. zena pierre spent $5,000 to pay a business. the campaign r