it is about defense. >> 16 times a gold glove winner was brooks robinson. his connections are what made him mr. orioles. the statue is on bail today. speaking of the current orioles, they were there for the ceremony. a dozen of them, as buck showalter took the time just before the game to be out there and be part of the history and part of the karma of this season which has them at 91-67 after another one run victory tonight over the boston red sox. to grab the share of first place. top four. it.oks loved bottom 4, chris davis. crhaash davis. admire it, chris. you should. 30th home run of the season. he said he would not talk about 30 until he got there. 3-0. top 5. how about mark reynolds? he might win a gold glvoe. i do not know how he did it. he did. he came out from playing hide and seek. his arm is sore but he is ok. bottom seven, manny machado. tied at 3-3. it proved to be the game-winner. if you give the orioles' bullpen all leave, they will stand. jim johnson,, 1,2, 3, in the night. yes, in, they got the win. 28-9 in one run games. the fact it was a

brooks robinson day coming up on saturday. so if you have a sun, a daughter, someone named brooks, get online with orioles.com and register them. you might be able to sit close to brooks robinson. 4-0 the orioles. the yankees are in minnesota tonight. oakland plays in texas. we're' chasing the yankees tonight. back to you, kelly. >> i can tell that enthusiasm in your voice. keep it up. >> let's talk about another sport. the ravens are getting ready for the team to take on the browns to beat the new england patriots. it was a rematch of the afc championship game. it was a nail biter. smith scored two touchdowns for the ravens. this happened less than 24 hours after his younger brother died in a motorcycle crash. >>> we told you again and again there's no such thing as free money, but we were wrong. just this one time we were wrong. thousands of marylanders are eligible for free money as part of the massive mortgage settlement. the money is for people who have been nor closed upon. if you're impacted, you would be giving a postca

oriole himself, brooks robinson. that statue will be unveiled before game time tomorrow night down here at the ballpark. >> and here we are with potential playoff push here and brooks gets his last statements, oriole himself gets to go last and conclude what has been a great year of these unveilings. >>reporter: it has been an incredible year here for the baltimore orioles. they remain a game behind the yankees with six to play, a game behind in the a.l. evident east. also they have a one-game lead on the oakland a's for that first wildcard spot. if they get the first wildcard spot, if they do, that one-game playoff will be played here at camden yard at a date to be determined on down the road. now from the series with boston, they go on the road to finish the 2012 season in tampa, a three-game set with the rays. but for fans, again, tonight is student night and fireworks. tomorrow night it's all about brooks robinson and on sunday it's bobblehead day for fans over the age of 15, first 20,000 into the ballpark, they'r

they will honor brooks robinson, with a bronze statue. many of those red sox fans say that if their team doesn't win they root for the orioles to cheer against the yankees. does that make sense? it looks like the yankees are also going to pull out another win tonight. we will see as this weekend goes on and we push closer to the playoffs. we are live at camden yards. >> all right. thank you. what a weekend it'll be at the yard the last home series of the regular season on fan appreciation weekend. that means three nights of promotions, tonight was student night. tomorrow the brooks robinson statue and fans will get a rreplica of it. on sunday the last home game. the first 20,000, 15 and older will jet a bobblehead. >>> and if you are heading down to the game this weekend or just watching from the couch we want to see your orioles pride. send us your fan photographs and you could win a 200-dollar shopping spree at the zone. details on the website. >>> come up in about 21 minutes we continue our coverage introducing you to the voice of camd

oreo himself, brooks robinson. his statue will be unveiled to go along the with the likes of cal, palmer and also eddie going to be out there as well. brooks robinson gets his name and statue immortalized this weekend at camden yard. >> we've seen crowds in the middle of the week, almost 30,000 every game which is fantastic, all things considered when three weeks ago we were at about 10,000 tickets a game. >>reporter: it's amazing to think 30,000 fans here on a weekday night, that would be a great turnout for the orioles, big for the weekend. tomorrow's game is sold out. as we told you, friday is going to be firework tonight as well as student nont, then it's brooks tomorrow night and then it's bobblehead afternoon on sunday. and they chose j.j. hardy, so the first 15,000 fans coming in, they'll get a j.j. hardy doll for sunday. this is appreciation weekend for the fans here in baltimore and no one with would imagine they are just a game behind the yankees right now and a game up in the wildcard race. they've got t

brooks robinson statue unveiling is tomorrow. >> 6:28. a family hoping someone can shed some light on a mystery. >> it is all about the fans at camden yards this weekend. >> wil >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. ava has a quick look at the forecast. >> most of the rain is happening right now. at the airport, just some fog and 67 degrees. the dew point is that 65. temperatures will stay mild, near 80 degrees. showers this morning. mostly cloudy through the rest of the day. the rain could become a back in the next seven days. >> a better idea of how the presidential race is shaping up. president obama has a healthy lead in some battleground states. >> tracie potts brings us with the race stands right now. message tomney's downers last night as polls show a tight race. seven points behind in new hampshire. both sides came out swinging with ne

pregame they honored brooks robinson. they unveiled his statue. came out to throw out the first pitch. he's 75. doesn't quite have the arm he once did, but he enjoyed what he saw from the kid playing third these days against the red sox. manny machado from baltimore brings in a run. mark reynolds out at third. orioles taking a 1-0 lead. the hot corner played so well here in the fourth. machado, beautiful hand. throws a strike to second. 5-4-3 double play. then machado at the plate with the game tied at 7. he's only 20. goodness gracious what me might do in the future. amazing what he's doing right now. that proved to be the game winner 4-3 as the orioles improve to 91-57, grab a share of first place on the night they bring past and present together. something special indeed here at camden yards. >> we had a lot of pressure on us to win with brooks here. appropriate that third base man made a couple nice plays. just such -- i can talk about mr. robinson all day long. >> just try to be me. just try to catch the ball at first ppt but to do it on this

saturday is the unveiling of the brooks robinson statue. all the fans will get a replica. that game is sold out. sunday, the final home game of the year and it's the fan's choice bobblehead giveaway. some will get a jj hardy bobblehead. saturday's game is sold out. also, remember that the orioles are on the front cover of sports illustrated. get a copy of that and put it away in your museum. we're coming up on the 7:05 pitch. back to you. >> let's talk about something else. when you typically think of the weather predicting animals, punxsutawney phil comes to mind. believe it or not, baltimore has its own forecasting crustacean. mike masco is here to tell bus baltimore bill. >> yeah, baltimore bill, the weather predicting crab was at the inner harbor. bill is known as a weather expert. he was born with one claw raised out of the water, which allows him to detect warm currents. we have our baltimore bill. he joined us to give us an idea of what the weather will look like over the next seven weeks. apparently it's going to be an early winter. >> i always think to maryland's

we know its been emotional but just a half hour ago brooks robinson hugged cal ripkin. unbelievable. we are seeing light-rail, orange and black, coming off that to come inside here. the yankees have fallen down the ladder. now the orioles are owning this town again. we just revealed the statue. it's of cal throwing the by. vi is here, brooks is here, earl is here, palmer is here, kenny is here, eddie is here, so are the fans. though are just going by saying it's incredible. this is what it was like and it's like this again. i want to bring in brian. our great reporter. you have a great story tonight. >> yeah. i guess last year we did a story about the economic impact much the first ravens home playoff game in years. that economist said as we did that -- by the way if the orioles ever get good again it'll mean so much more money. we decided to dig in. it's the economic impact story but beyond that, it's about this after 15 years. there is so much orange,. >> i can't wait to see it. we are seeing graduates from all the era's, those in first grade are coming out to support

that's brooks robinson day. that's when we unveil his statue in the monument park. we'll be right here. i have news to tell you about for nick markakis. a must win tonight. do you understand, kelly? >> fingers crossed, jamie. they're going to win tonight. now let's go to mike masco. >>> you saw the clouds over jamie's head. maybe a rumble of thunder during the course of your evening. at 5:00 take a look at the current city temperature of 81. d.c. is 83. eastern shore numbers into the 80s. that sunshine allowed for the temperatures to really boost up. maryland's most powerful radar is clear overhead. we could see pop-up showers. if you're heading out to the game, first pitch, 77 degrees. showers, storms, southwesterly wind. so this will be a mild game. it's a warm evening, 76 degrees even into the nighttime hours. it's going to be a wet scenario. we'll time the arrival for storms tomorrow coming up. >>> the closure of a pawk buccaneer -- baltimore county medspa led to a multistate investigation. the practice continues in pennsylvania, delaware and maryland when three

robinson. their statues are already there. brooks is going up and that's going to be tomorrow afternoon, ceremony at 5:00. of course, the o's, they need to take care of business and do the winning that needs to be done so they can close the gap on new york and continue their playoff run. >> so many generations of fans are getting something out of this season. you know, we've got folks who have been orioles fans for their entire life, for 70 years, they can relive these great memories of these former players, but also enjoy the success on the field and certainly for the younger players -- for the younger fans, they're learning about these older players and what they've meant to the ball club. >>reporter: again, megan, that ceremony will be tomorrow night here at camden yards. the game is sold out. that ceremony will be at 5:00. then an on-the-field presentation for brooks right before the first pitch at 7:05. >> a lot going on there, charley. i don't mean to put you on the spot, i know saturday's game is sold out, what about sunday, a

his statue tonight alongside of frank's, alongside of palmer's and one more to go and that's brooks robinson. he will be here tonight. look the -- cal, that is 17 years old. that placard. an old friend of minute. mike was there -- you can believe it? >> it's the bingest game in 15 years and so great to see all these kids. half of them -- all of them have never seen a winning team if you are 15 and under. it's great to see baltimore get so pumped up and the ravens starting on monday, it's outstanding for the city. >> reporter: no yankee fans. do you see any? >> that's the big thing. no stinking yankee fans. >> reporter: feels good. we will cover this coming up at about 5:15. the cal ripkin revealing of the statue. cal will be inside. he will speak but this crowd is ready. look at that brim. that's the straight brim. you ready for this? excited? >> yeah. >> reporter: good deal. all right. we will send it back to you. very excited, baltimore city and again on the other hand we are heartbroken over loss of art. >> in years past when we would have a sale out crowd they said it would be more yanke

and the or yous meanwhile back at it tomorrow in a day that brooks robinson will have his statue. e'll be back a >> ok. here's your weekend forecast. the tomorrow, 72 degrees. 20% chance of showers that's late in the evening really going into sunday night. another chance for showers comes monday night into tuesday. by then it's ok. >> october, can you believe it. september has evaporated. i'm telling you, it's crazy. >> thank you for joining krystal conwell : we see a lot of problems with the... number of students that we have. resources. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day basis. anncr: question seven will help. the department of legislative services says question seven... will mean one hundred ninety nine million a year... for schools...gaming revenue that would have... gone to other states. and independent audits will guarantee the money... goes where it's supposed to. krystal conwell: i think people should vote for question... seven because i think it will be a great benefit to children. >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring ric

saturday and they will unveil the brooks robinson bronze statue. sunday they are giving our bubbleheads -- giving out bobbleheads. >> continue the theme, before the game, my ears stephanie rawlings-blake will present center fielder adam jones with the key to the city -- we want to send a congratulation out to capture mat weeder. he and his wife welcome their first child into the world. he was born early this morning. >> yesterday at this time we were talking about how the chance of rain would affect the football game. tonight we are talking about a chance of maybe rain during the baseball game, right? here is what is happening right now on the radar. one batch that we had overnight is on its way out. west virginia, kentucky, a new area is coming its way. the trajectory is going to be a little southerly. we are not a prime target. we will probably be on the north edge. for the game tonight, the forecast, as the game starts a little after 7:00, it will be in the low 70's and there will be a lot of clouds and maybe a brief shower. it is a big navy. by

saturday there will unveil the brooks robinson bronze statue. sunday, j.j. hardy bubbleheads as the maker final push for the playoffs. after the homestand, the orioles will end the regular season on the road in tampa bay. keith mills will have more in sports. >> carroll county moves a step closer to making english its official language. one section of the proposal would make it necessary to preserve common language. there will be exceptions for schools and to promote trade and tourism. >> it is relatively straightforward. it adopts the english language for purposes of carroll county government. >> the next that is a public hearing. no date has been saiet. getting compensated for giving back. >> something incentives for organ donors are a bad idea. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. what is your one go-to item when you have to satisfy a fast-food craving? >> shelley says -- [laughter] you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> we have some

will unveil a statue honoring brooks robinson. on the field, the orioles, big against the yankees. keith mills will have highlights. >> you want to stick around for that. 6:11. >> a jury convicts a former police officer for the murder of his former wife. >> what is being done to improve cell phone etiquette? >> cold air spills into the northern plains. >> word of a new accident on 70 in the westbound anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in maryland. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland. >> welcome back to 11 news today. this is a live look at ocean city. you can see the sun is starting to come up. 52 degrees at the beach. we're looking for mild conditions. 67 in rigidly. you hardly need

is this brooks robinson? spectacular play. look at mark reynolds. he cannot do it any better. joe saunders took a perfect game into the sixth inning. nick markakis to left. 2-0. j.j. hardy, same spot. nick markakis cruises in. 3-0. joe saunders in trouble and replaced by luis ayala. that was it. 4-0, the orioles win again. the rays beat the yankees. the orioles are one game out of first place. joe saunders was not as dominant as serena williams. she did not lose a game. this is the round of 16 in the u.s. open. she dominated. no one on the planet playing as well as serena williams in tennis. she won last night 6-0, 6-0, and she moves on to the quarter finals. the ravens move on to their season opener monday night against cincinnati. number 72 is one of the 15 rookies or second year players on the team. he was impressive in his first camp. he could start as left guard. there is rare race and anquan boldin. justin tucker all rookies. college football last night. virginia tech over georgia tech in overtime. how about them o's, huh/ >> thank you. >> a baltimore mother is gunned do

brooks robinson, that's going to happen. that game, by the way, sold out. and, of course, don't forget about the buckle up rallies. buckle up for the o's. those rallies are going on all this weekend and they want you to get pumped up and help cheer the team on. so today bank of america center downtown, there is a rally there from 11:00 to noon and south point. they're also going to be hosting one, that's today from noon until 1:00. and then tomorrow at barks which is near m and t bank stadium, the buckle up rally. that one is happening from noon until 2:00. so a lot of outdoor plans happening surrounding this game, lynette. the pressure is on. >> i know. >> hopefully it'll be nice out. >> i know. so we have the wet weather this morning, megan. but by the game i believe that we will be dry. so that's some good news that we like to hear on a friday. happy friday, by the way. let's get down to business and talk about what's going on right now on maryland's most powerful radar because we do have the wet weather that's coming down around baltimore right now. i'm

and to battle more, and on broor broo brooks robinson's night, the o's win 4-3 and are tied with the yankees. virginia tech taking on cincinnati bear cats. this came down to the end. bear cats quarter back munchy legeau. the bear cats win 27-24. to mor begantown, bailor visiting west virginia, no defense required in this game whatsoever. gino smith passing for 656 yards and eight touchdowns as the mountain ears win 70 to 63. uav loses to virginia tech, and hour 56-9. >>> thank you, coming up, how one city is using twit tore help stop gun violence. >> and hey scott. kinda late in the year to be feedin' your lawn, isn't it? you wouldn't expect penny there to puggle through winter without being fed? well i'm not a vet but she'd starve probably! and so will your lawn, man! fall is the most crucial feeding of the year. it's the time when roots rebuild and store up nutrients for winter. now's the time to feed it with scotts turf builder winterguard. [ scott ] that's it man! feed your lawn now and she'll be green and lush as the banks of bonny doon come springtime! and a "bonny doon" to you

brooks robinson. >> beautiful. >> great. >> thank you. >> coming up in the next hour, president obamavowing justice for the killings of four americans in the middle east. the latest on america's response in a live report from washington at 6:05. >> officials say a group of airport workers filled more than 100,000 liquor bottles. >> what do legos, transformers and g.i. joe's all have in common? >> i had them all when i was a kid. i still have them all. >> things are pretty quiet now. we have lake-effect of rain in the seven -- a little bit of rain in the seven-day forecast. >> your morning commute not bad out there. we'll update you coming up. >> police are still searching for a suspect after someone is shot here on the campus of morgan state university. in that story is next. the military forces had to libya the military forces had to libya as the u.s. vows

brooks robinson's orioles legend sculpture will be unveiled. at camden yards, wbal tv 11 news. >>> new this morning baltimore county police are trying to determine what led to a shooting at security square mall in wood lawn. it happened around 11:00 last night. police say a man was shot at least one time in the leg but would not confirm if it happened inside or outside of the mall. the victim was taken to shock trauma but his condition is unknown. police say so far no arrests have been made. >>> police say officers found three men suffering gun shot wounds in the 1100 block of carroll street around 6:30 last night. investigators say the victims suffered nonlife threatening injuries and now police are still looking for suspects. >>> two people are recovering this morning after an accident. according to police, crews rescued two people after their vehicles collided near smallwood road in pasadena. that was around 6:00. a 56-year-old man suffered serious injuries, but is expected to recover. the condition of the other victim is not known. >>> atte

. >>> hall of famer brooks robinson honored by the o's today. >> how about them birds?> giving autographs to current all-stars. bottom four against the bosox. one on for chris davis. two coming home. absolutely crushed. davis' 30th of the year, o's up 3-0. bottom of the 7th. tied at 3, and the magic by manny machado continues. his 7th long ball of the year o's win. 4-3 with the yankees loss today. baltimore is tied atop the al east. and that deserves an all important smack right there. that never gets old. it never gets old. >>> redskins are at tampa bay this weekend. but the place they call home, busy with pigskin activity. hokey nation with major support to face cincinnati. hokies clinging to a 17-13 lead. bearcats quarterback, munchie lebeau. there he goes, 76 yards, the bearcats take a 20-17 lead. and look at the faithful going nuts. hokies not giving up. logan thomas drops back and finds cory fuller. and cory gone. wide open game at fedex field. virginia tech takes a 24-20 lead. and the hokey fans are going nuts. 20 seconds left in the game. bearcats trying to make

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batted .333 with clutch hitting and dazzling third base defense that actually reminded many of brooks robinson. logan douglas who provided great all-around leadership and top-notch relief pitching also had a .318 batting average and his 11 runs scored were the second highest in the tournament. catchers austin and james provided perfect handling of the pitching staff with j.l. contributing hits and austin scoring eight runs in eight at-bats. dillon, blake and kempton all had clutch performances,. blake's big hit to spark the rally against new jersey and dillon's overall solid work in the field, on the mound and at-bat. porter slate scored eight runs out of the leadoff spot while having stellar performance at second base. in his dominant pitching performance against texas gave the team a huge lift. andrew white provided outstanding relief pitching. not just in the little league world series but throughout district 35 and regional play. madam speaker, not enough can be said about the coaching staff. manager eric smith, trevor tomei and mike slate, their commitment to the team and to the families

robinson. >> the legendary 42 played by chad boseman in his breakout role, with ford as the brook indodger who> turbulent times as he broke the big league color barrier. jay-z's "brooklyn go hard." ♪ i'm jackie robinson >> "42" out april 12th, the 66th anniversary of jackie robinson day, it's the only time mlb players wear that number. >> give me a uniform, give me a number on my back. i'll give you the guts. >> you know, president obama actually wanted to stop by the set this summer while he was in atlanta doing a little fund-raising. the white house scheduled a visit. unfortunately he ran out of time before he could swing by. >>> tomorrow, your first look at another movie, the sequel to taken. taken 2. all coming up tomorrow. >>> right now, let's head back to new york and brooke. >>> kevin, still to come tonight -- my moving one-on-one with tv's long island medium and our new tv sit-down with amanda knox's ex. we're going inside his new tell-all about their overturned murder conviction and release from an italian prison. >>> plus, behind the scenes of a primetime tv wedding. that's all ahead

say i'm the life of the party because i'm being interviewed by brooke ♪ >> you just made my day, maybe week, maybe month. smokey robinsonall right, honey. thank you very much. >> we'll look up what you're doing. let's go to break. smokey robinson, "tracks of my tears." ♪ i'm also a survivor of ovarian a writand uterine cancers. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick...and then i got better. so why exactly should that be of any interest to you? well, in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. like the transatlantic cable that connected continents. and the panama canal that made our world a smaller place. we supported the marshall plan that helped europe regain its strength. and pioneered the atm, so you can get cash when you want it.

brooks column. that's exactly -- you cannot imagine a more destructive message at this point. >> so, eugene robinsonstep further? the reason why i'm worried this will last is because it does fit into an overall -- i hate to use the word, narrative, that just won't go away. >> well, it does. it actually fits in to several overlapping narratives about mitt romney, none of them flattering, frankly. it fits into all of them about romney. i'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and take care of their lives. so he's saying that these people don't take responsibility for their lives, they're a bunch of slackers and lay abouts who are just sitting around waiting for -- it's an astonishing way to describe 47% of the american people. >> you put that on top of him saying something you would never heard from jeb bush or chris christie, i'm not going to worry about them. i'm not going to worry about those people. >> no. and actually, if you go back -- somebody pointed this out yesterday. this was not originally me, but if you go back to the obama quote about guns and religion, he w

. >>> and smokey robinson joins me live on why he and former president bill clinton are teaming up. and here we go, top of hour two, brookeor