david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. ." -- >> looking at your photos from ulocal. this tree wants it's own parking space in parkville. this house is holding up this tree. you can check safety tips on lealtv.com naand our mobipe apps. police are investigating a deadly shooting where they found an unidentified man suffering from a number of gunshot wounds. he was taken to the hospital to be treated but later died. they're hoping to recognize the suspect seen in this video. they say this man is the primary suspect in the death of terence anderson. if you feel if you can help police, your urged to call metro crime stoppers at 866-7-lockup. an important benchmark is looming. >> eyes is a precious commodity right now. take a look at the length of one company goes to to keep it in stock. -- ice is a precious commodity. >> problems for the o's. details in sports. >> he did miser is in warnings through the day tomorrow. how what will the weekend be? right now, 97 at [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the new santa fe steak melts. get extra grande flavor wit

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david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a sinkhole and east baltimore st. forces dozens of businesses out of their buildings and it could take weeks to fix. have been around 1:30 this afternoon -- happened around 1:30 this afternoon. it backed up traffic for miles. kai reed is live in east baltimore with the latest. >> that sinkhole shutdown east monument street between patterson park and milton avenue. according to city officials, this will not be a quick fix. witnesses to call 911 said the road in the 2300 block of east monument street was caving in and they smelled gas. >> you could smell the gas really strong. now it has died off a little bit. >> the sinkhole was 10 feet in diameter and caused by old infrastructure, according to officials who said that a brick tunnel or colewort collapsed underneath the street. it was built in 1930. >> with all the bad storms we have had lately, you have had a lot of activity in that kohlberg right there. -- in that culvert. with traffic over the top of that, it week ended . >> at least 40 businesses were forced to evac

david collins explains how that happened and why. >> the state health department issued $2.5 millionmedicaid recipients who are deceased. the paratransit program shelled out 740 four thousand dollars in gas taxes, even though it is exempt from paying it. summer given improper refunds. the maryland office of legislative audit its uncovered these in on its performed every few years. it all cost taxpayers a bundle. >> we have a soft estimate of $63 million. >> the soft estimate of $63 million? should alarms be going off? >> i would like more people to be concerned. >> $63 million exceeds the money generated by doubling the plus tax, doubling the vehicle titling task -- tax, doubling the vanity plate fee. much of the 63 million wasted dollars may be lost and gone forever. >> is any of this recoverable? >> a lot of it is lost. >> a quarter of it is a consequence of agencies not addressing previous audit findings. 26% of state agencies -- the agency's inspector general says the agency now has a tracking system to measure progress and results in each one. >> why is it so difficult to resolv

i'm david collins. >> very interesting. 70 degrees on tv hill.verage of the severe weather cleanup. >> we are live for b.g.e. crews have tried to remove a tree that fell on a transformer. >> will sit down with a spokesperson from b.g.e. to talk about the recovery efforts. >> there is a little bit of rain out there this morning. will check the forecast for the fourth of july. >> an accident that a shutdown one >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. i know it will be hot. will we be more storms -- will there be more storms? >> so many people are just so brutal. "why didn't you warn us? >> this kind of storm, you cannot forecast more than six or eight hours. b.g.e. did not have a chance to pull and crews from all over the country. you cannot forecast this storm 12 hours in advance. you cannot tell on told tt almost on top of you. in defense of b.g.e., there was no way to prepared for it. it has a

i'm david collins. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. kim dacey checking on your morning commute. we have a crash reported on the inner loop topside of the beltway on the ramp to the northbound harrisburg expressway. another one north and the j.f.x. at northern parkway. we have some wires down related to this storm. the right tube is blocked at the fort mchenry. stay to the left to get by. a crash with police on the scene. we have a lot of stuff in howard county. 97 is close at monticello avenue because of some live wires. a downed tree is closed at florence. arabian corporation, a crash -- arabian court, a crash. everything is moving just fine in both directions here. you can see on the far left, the right tub remaine disclosed. southbound looks good. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. we go back out to ava. >> good morning. we're kicking it poolside as we talked about pool safety. this was a very popular place this weekend and they still have power. i'm with john, the head guard. you can only do so much as far as safety. the first

david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now to a warning from state officials. a code red alert is in effect for baltimore city as temperatures may be shooting past 100 degrees. tom tasselmyer is tracking olcott in the weather center. -- is tracking it all. but the heated last week, the region goes until 8:00 tonight. downtown baltimore has topped 100 degrees. just a hot, humid weather we are dealing with is creating programs in the baltimore area. that may change later tonight as we get toward midnight. an area of heavy thunderstorm activity coming up out of pennsylvania. some tornado warnings have been issued in central pennsylvania. we could have some storms here later tonight. we will attract those and check the forecast and a few minutes. >> it was breaking news yesterday at 5:00. a massive sinkhole devouring a section of a street in east baltimore. skyteam 11 was over the scene as the news broke over east monument street. utility crews and police began racing to close the street to all traffic to try to get everything under control. this is what it looks l

david collins has the follow-up. >> it is not the destruction you first notice, it is this mail. the odor of burnt plastic is strong and unmistakable. -- is the smell. >> a plastic playgrounds that has been set on fire. the inferno resembled a hollywood disaster film, and no wonder. just about everything in this playground in the cherry hill section of south baltimore is either made out of plastic or rubber. the program -- a playground alex like a moonscape. >> there was monkey bars, a tunnel, and a fenced in area for little children, a playhouse, a little slide. >> charity allen runs a day camp here. as many as 15 children attend. the have now lost a wholesome option to keep them busy. the campus relies exclusively on donations. the kids are taught leadership skills, how government works, and good citizenship practices. the fire made a big and upsetting impression on the children. >> i looked up in the sky and all i saw was black smoke coming from over here. >> it made me feel sad. >> work on the street is that teenagers playing with a lighter or matches set papers on fire and t

david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we wish them the best of luck there. the 32-year-old man is in serious condition tonight after a bge bucket truck he was driving overturned. happen early this morning in annapolis. the investigation into what caused the crash remains under investigation, but officials suspect it was mechanical in nature and does not appear to be driver error. the department of transportation is asking drivers to avoid york road in cockeysville after a water main burst early this morning. officials say the 12-inch break happened near high-voltage cable and gas line, so crews had to hand dig around the area to repair the break. they hope to have that fixed by later tonight. >> this is independence day and many americans are celebrating our nation's birthday through traditional picnics and parades and fireworks. created an storms unexpected holiday wrinkle for many residents on the east coast who are still living without power. utility crews are working around the clock to try to restore that service. >> for most of us, it is a holiday. on

david collins joins us live from towson with an update. i know lot of folks have probably already started calling at. >> there is a lot of this going on, but also help the skepticism. neighbors are helping each other here, but being power deprived is getting on everyone's last an hour. they are hot, uncomfortable, and irritated. many are looking for distraction's either at a pool, mall, or parade. politicians on parade. it is an annual tradition for gop candidates. governor martin o'malley canceled his public appearances to deal with the power outage emergency. he is monitoring recovery and pushing for quicker results from the state's emergency operations center. but for those without power, patients, like electricity, has run out. >> we have a problem with the tree down here that has taken out all our lines. >> the level of frustration. the power outage problem is obvious, yet so far she and her neighbors are the only ones who seem to have noticed it. rebecca is tired of being power deprived. >> i am having to go to my knees's house to sh

david collins joins us from city hall with a follow-up to a story broke in to jammer. >> since coming to office, jack young says he abstains out of an avoidance -- an abundance of caution. we also challenged that ruling or that exploration because it let him off the hook on a lot of unpopular and tough decisions. since then, he has asked the city board of ethics for an opinion and some feel that ruling severely limits his ability to effectively serve. >> the ad team has learned that jack young could lose his seat, and be fined and cause contracts to become null and void by voting on issues relating to to private entities. >> this is one of those cases where the law parts company with common sense. >> he must recused himself from voting on all matters involving dpw, the city housing authority, the mayor's office of information technology, johns hopkins hospital, and a local head start center. what is the opinion do? >> it basically handcuffs him. >> we examined five months of minutes and found at a to hundred 72 items, jackie, abstained 201 *. -- jack young abstained 201 times. another

. >> that was david collins reporting. police are still process in the car for information. there is a $2,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction. >> the mall in columbia will be transformed into an open-air plaza surrounded by restaurants and stores. today, whole foods market opened it will announce a store in columbia. rob roblin has details. >> the company headquarters building here in colombia was built in 1974. it was and still is the centerpiece of columbia. today inside the historic building, another store will occupy 45,000 square feet of the building. >> it is great to take something that already belongs in the community and make it grow with the next generation. >> is just the beginning of the redevelopment of columbia. >> at think it will become what it probably was envisioned to be at the beginning. it will be a place where you come and park your car, but you never come back to it. it will be a fun place. >> while columbia will be redeveloped in a few years and whole foods is just the beginning, it is important not to forget the past and the origins

david collins joins us live in the studio and has details. >> for anti-tax legislators and others the study confirms what has been discussed anecdotally but others point out that while the numbers are legitimate, the study does not provide the reason why people moved out. rolen's rich taking flight. leading the state in droves. according to the group changed maryland, 31,000 residents have moved, taking with them $1.70 billion in tax revenues. republicans say the study validates what many have thought for years. >> marilyn's business climate has been in decline. the recent tax increases have not helped. >> the study looked at the migration of wealthy residents between 2007 and 2010, during the time the general assembly passed a millionaire tax that expired in 2010. they raised 10 other taxes and fees on various items. >> they need to reverse course with regard to our tax policies. that maryland should not be a high tax state but is having a detrimental impact. thehe goveor disputes findings. the non-partisan study charges the study is not complete. it does not cite the recent the left

david collins is looking into the issue. he joins us live from north baltimore with some answers. >> the answer is an expensive one. the total estimated cost for just the b.g.e. territory alone is $9 billion. based on a study done nearly 10 years ago, as much as $400 a year for the next 15 to 20 years for each of us individually. it is this verses that. melissa mason likes living in a community where all the power lines are underground. >> i was not out very long with the storm. of course, underground mines feed into the upper ground lines, which caused me to be affected like anyone else. >> maryland law requires power lines to be underground in new subdivisions. according to bge, 60% of its paralyse our underground. -- 68% of its power lines are underground. 38% are -- 32% are above ground. >> it is expensive even without challenges. >> 9,000 miles of wire to be buried comes out to $9 billion. >> it would cost somewhere between $340 and $415 per customer per year to retroactively put the wire underground. >> the study found

. >> david collins has that story. >> the i-team has discovered that maryland state agencies have wasted as much as $63 million over the past three years. in most cases, it is money that cannot be recovered. the state health department issues $3.50 million tax dollars to medicaid recipients who are deceased. the maryland transit wasnistration's program uncovered during a routine examination of each state agency every three years. it is costing taxpayers a bundle. >> $63 million? >> schaub alarms not be going off? >> i would like more people to be concerned. >> why the general assembly chooses to let them slide. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> we ended one little part of the heat wave, we did not hit 100 degrees in downtown baltimore, after three consecutive days. today's high was just 96 degrees. that is still way above the normal high of 87, but at least it did break the heat wave a little bit. 94 degrees out at bwi marshall. this is now the 16th time the temperature has topped 90 at the airport this year. on the same day last year, we had

in the newsroom, david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 5:12. 77 cool degrees. discouraging news on the jobs front. still ahead, the latest jobs report and its impact on the economy. >> there's a new law on the books in one maryland county. how a local father hopes his loss will save the lives of others. >> john has the liveu >> it's generally clear. there are a few high, thin clouds here and the moon and stars are quite visible this evening and on radar, it's all clear here. we go to the north and from the great lakes, the northern great lakes through upstate new york into new england we're seeing rain. there's a front up there and you notice that rain is drifting to the south. all right? that front will be coming in eventually. and that front will break the heat wave eventually but not today. all right? today, all that stuff should stay north of us which means the heat stays with us. here's the view from our camera looking at tv hill. you can see our towers there. those thin, cirrus clouds, beginning to see the first light of dawn filter in this morning around

david collins has the follow-up to a story broke in september. >> the 11 news i-team learned that jack young could lose his seat simply by voting on issues related to three city agencies and to private entities. >> this is one of those cases where the law part company with common sense. >> according to this opinion, young lust recused himself from voting on all matters of voting on dpw. and johns hopkins and a local headstart. we examined five months of minutes and out of 572 items, jackie dung abstained 201 *. the mayor and controller abstained 45 times. he has to abstain because he has a brother who works as a laborer. another handles a juror grievances. his sister answers 311 calls. his wife schedules appointments. a relative is a teacher at a local head start center. >> one of the gaps in the ethics board ruling although it may be perfectly legal is the have not made the case that the city council president's relatives will be affected by any of that. >> jack young declined to comment. the appeal reads in part -- my constituents demand i seize the opportunity to weigh in all matter

david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> plenty of the baltimore city council tonight including auditing city agencies and term limits. lowell melter joins us live from city hall with a preview. >> a busy night. city hall this evening. bill henry has been the most vocal sofar introducing four different bills which he tells 11 news he hopes to improve the way the government operates in the city. >> i would be proud of the council put any, much less all, on the ballot for the people to vote on. even if that does not happen or does not happen quickly, getting the conversation started, for me, is an important part of it. >> bill henry will try his best to rock the city council vote introducing four charter amendments he says will make the city government more efficient and cut down on the city's "strong male role system." he wants to reduce the number of votes for the mayoral veto to two-thirds of the council. >> we have a ridiculously strong male role system of government in baltimore. it is so strong that it infringes upon the legislative bodies ability of to be a legitimate check on the execut

david collins is in annapolis. >> the governor is calling for a special session to begin august 9. state house leadership expects it to last three days. house speaker michael bush says there are enough votes in his chamber to have passage. >> we will be calling a special session to resolve the issue. it will not only allowed us to move forward with the creation of additional needed jobs in the state but it will also allow us to be able to realize fairly quickly approximately $100 million in additional revenues for maryland's no. 1 ranked public schools. >> the bill to do that is still being drafted. it would allow a casino to operate in prince george's county and would allow table games in maryland casinos. one issue is taxing game revenues. there had been a special commission to address the issue. earlier this week, bush said the that was not a popular option in his chamber. recently, one casino operator said that it would not seek a tax break on such revenues. voters will ultimately decide whether to expand gaming the special session is supposed to start thursday august 9. we wil

david collins takes a closer look. >> marylanders ridge taking flight, leaving the state in droves. according to the group change maryland, 31,000 residents have moved, taking with them $1.70 billion in tax revenue. some said the group's study validates what many have said for years. >> the recent tax increases have not helped. >> the study looked at the migration of wealthy residents between 2007 and 2010. that is during a time when the general assembly passed a millionaire's tax, which expired in 2010. >> we need to reverse course with regard to our tax policies, that maryland should not be a high tax state, but is having a detrimental impact requested governor this gives the findings. the press office said millionaire households actually increased by 19% since the took office in 2006. some charge the study is incomplete because it does not cite specific reasons why people left. >> the report does not present any evidence at all about tax .olicies or people's motivation >> the study finds the largest jurisdictions it is from 2009- 2010, baltimore city lost 1 pender 5%. baltimore c

david collins has the details. >> firefighters upset over the contract offer, closures, and the fact that their boss and his staff of got raises, are letting off steam through social media. tweets are airing gripes about policies. the spokesperson issued a statement that says, "our goal is not to silence the voice of the membership. it is to establish guidelines and boundaries to communicate their concerns. we want members to communicate in a constructive way." an expert and professor believes that the department has the right to do that. >> there are constraints you may visit upon public employees that are legal. when the supreme court and defend your right to freedom of speech, they mean you cannot be put in jail, not if you criticize your employer that he cannot fire you. >> the tone was a strong. don't know if someone could hate their employer more than i do right now. i dare someone to find a happy employee right now. another says he has zero ties to the city. they are a reason boost for him. the president says he will tell his members to follow the advice of the attorney. >> if

david collins is joining us live in the studio. david, what kind of problems are people having? >> its unethical. they're shooting up by as much as 50 cents per gallon and hotel rooms usually going for $59 are suddenly demanding as much as $500. electric power is still being restored and in the midst of all love this, some are taking advantage of the emergency. >> some establishments are trying to take advantage. >> they are investigating price gouging complaints regarding huge increases in room rates. one establishment which usually charges $59 per night object of their prizes to $500. this hotel suddenly demanding $700. the prices on generators skyrocketed and the complaints do not stop there. one consumer reported the price of gas shot up by 50 cents a gallon. >> in maryland, we do not have a price gouging statute. the >> they can be challenged under the fair practice laws of the state. then there are storm chasers, tons of them. they're good at taking your money but not in actual repair work. they realize they have nothing in return will the work is in complete or so bad it

david collins joins us from city housing. >> the state offers several low- interest loans and assistant down payment programs. economists see it boils down to more demand and less supply. home sales are trending up according to real estate data across the state. baltimore city is saying the biggest gains in value. prices have increased more than 46%. quex in as good news for all of us whether we own a home or not. it is good news for our jobs and good news for our economy. >> the governor's housing secretary and a city commissioner credited statewide initiatives. they did it in front of the east baltimore home of brandyon lurie. >> things are headed in the right direction. >> the new state initiatives including 1% interest. the targeted areas initiative offers a 2.8% cite rate. -- 2.8% rate. >> taking actions we know will work to protect and promote home ownership. >> the upward trend also boils down to more demand for houses and less supply. as homeowners poorhouses of the market to rent them. >> we're seeing a pullback and the supply of housing that forces people who would like to buy

reporting live from kassam, david collins, wbal tv 11 is. >> police in ocean city are on high alert as they search for the man behind a series of sexual assaults on women late at night. the incidents are happening in poorly lit areas between 15th street and 62nd street along coastal highway. the most recent this past weekend. the man would strike up a conversation with his victim and then forced her to the ground and attempt an attack. the suspect is described as a white male, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, in his mid-20's or early 30's. police are asking for anyone with an ice -- information to contact them. hertford county police are searching for the person who shot a man near the edgewater shopping center in the middle of the date, it happened at 1:30 p.m. saturday afternoon along pulaski highway. the gunman was described -- described as an african-american man with a light complexion, 5 feet 7 inches tall. anyone with intermission should crime -- should call crime stoppers. the victim has been released from the hospital. >> the man accused of plotting an elaborate terror attack has yet t

we begin with david collins with the state's emergency response. >> sadly, the death toll in marylandheat wave has risen to six. the latest fatalities are all adults from baltimore city, wicomico, and under county. >> we have now -- and montgomery county. >> we have now had six fatalities as a result of this storm. three of them are he related, two of those three involved seniors. >> this is the primary reason why the power is still out. why the power is still out.

in the newsroom, david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> and stay with us.uch more ahead on 11 news saturday morning. >> coming up in sports, we'll check in on an historic night for jim thome and the orioles, also a laugher of a win for tiger making a charge at st. annes. >> happy saturday to everybody out there. what a relaxing night friday was for the orioles. a very rare treat. not only got the victory, but did so in blowout fashion, first time in a long time they've done that, just the second time all season they won by eight or more runs. didn't look like when will did you to the first inning, and asdrubal cabrera takes gonzalez yard. he got out of the jam, and eventually offered a quality start, third in the row for the orioles. he got plenty of run support, most coming in the third inning. mark reynolds, not a grand slam, but a two-run double off the wall. wasn't sure it was ever going to come down. orioles taking the lead. up comfortably 4-1. how about 7-1? 7-1 orioles, they're comfortable until front. johnny damon, the 38-year-old, without fear of l

for the 11 news i-team, i'm david collins. >> what if you couldn't access the internet?ith a certain kind of malware. >> facebook is warning computers darn users to clean up their computers or face exile. >> orioles were out west last night and taking on the angels. ahhh, now that's a clean mouth. i just wish it wouldn't fade away so fast. let me show you something. [ dr. rahmany ] as soon as you leave here... plaque quickly starts to grow back. but now there's a way to keep the clean longer. introducing new crest pro-health clinical rinse. it's a clinical breakthrough that actually keeps your teeth 91% clean of plaque at 2 months after a dental visit. plus, it gives you these key benefits. new crest pro-health clinical rinse. crest. life opens up when you do. also try new crest pro-health clinical plaque control toothpaste. >> saturday night baseball, the angels host the o's. having split their first two games, both teams looked to their staff ace to take the series lead. in the end, the angels beat the o's 3-0. with the rest of what's making news in sports, here's 11 s

david collins takes a closer look. maryland's rich taking flight. leaving the state in droves.ng to the group change maryland, 31,000 residents have moved taking with them $1.7 million in tax revenue. republicans say the study validates what many thought. maryland's business climate has been in decline. the tax increases have not helped. >> the study based on i.r.s. data looked at migration of wealthy residents from 2007 and 2010. that is during the time a millionaire's tax which expired in 2010. legislators raised 10 other taxes and fees on various items. >> we need to reverse course with regard to our tax policies that maryland shouldn't be a high tax state, that it is having a detrimental impact. >> the governor disputes the findings. office says millionaire households in maryland increased by 19% since he took office. the nonpartisan maryland budget and tax policy charges the study is uncomplete because it doesn't cite specific reasons why they left. >> the report doesn't present any evidence about tax policies, or people's motivation. >> the study finds the state's largest

david cameron at the house of commons. on friday, the national governors' association heard from author and management consultant james collins -- jim collins on the definition of great leadership. governors around the country met. this is about an hour and 25 minutes. ladies and testament, please take his seat. good afternoon governors and distinguished guests. i call to order the 104th annual meeting of the national governors' association. we have a full agenda. all governors are encouraged to attend. saturday's agenda begins with the meetings of the economic development commerce committee and the health and human services committee. we will then have a governor's only lunch and business session followed by the meetings of the natural resources committee. sunday, we will begin with a governor's only breakfast. the annual meeting will conclude on sunday with a meeting about the next big idea. i know we are all looking forward to all of this. let me start by saying we are very honored to be joined by several distinguished guests. would you please stand. thank you for being here. of like a motion for the adoption of the rules

david letterman says, the city so nice, they named it twice. >> he said that? >> i think that's where it came from. ft. collins, colorado. a sky shot.untains. that's what they have to put up with. 100 degrees in denver again. 92 in kansas city. memphis, 100 degrees. atlanta, you're close to the 90s today. you will be by the end of the weekend. scattered storms for the fourth of july. this is how i would play it out. right near that front, some storms will light up in the northeast. earlier storms in the northern half. southern storms will be later in the day. they all could disrupt your plans for the fourth. >> already 82 in the district college park. mostly in the 70s. another hot day like yesterday. an increase in humidity. >> all that weather was brought to you by sierra. >>> ladies and gentlemen, it's getting down to the wire on "the bachelorette." just three guys are left. and who is emily going to pick? it's today's sneak peek. and we'll see what happens when one of the final three, jeff, asks emily a tough question. take a look. >> when i'm with jeff, i feel like there's no one else around. i love every minute i have with him