traffic looks ok heading into the downtown area. closures in effect downtown. we will keep you posted. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. at least two people are dead after shots were fired at a party in eastern toronto. this happened on monday night. more than one person is responsible for the gunfire, according to police. one man was among the injured and is currently in police custody. most of the country is officially suffering from a drought. nearly 60% of the country is in some stage of drought. the biggest drop decoration in history. a member of the kennedy family will appear in court today. the daughter of robert kennedy was arrested on friday morning after the car she was driving crashed with a tractor-trailer. >> a list of the best landmarks for families to visit. the statue of liberty is in first and the washington monument is in second. the gateway arch in st. louis comes in third. the golden gate bridge in san francisco ranks fourth. others include the space needle mount rushmore, rushmo and the hollywood sign. the average amount

the downtown extension -- a downtown extension is something we have been working for since the 1980'sand the five story transit center and its public rooftop city park would be adjacent to a 60 story transit tower with the design enhancing the skyline with an it -- with another iconic piece of architecture. i know we have several members from our new oversight( and i would love to hand over to them. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i appreciate the opportunity to bring this in front of the today. and project area that our partners and the redevelopment agency have been working on for several years. on may 24, the planning commission took action to recommend approval to the zoning related to this and recommended approval of several general plan amendments to make this plan a reality. i will just make a few comments and then turn it over to talk about the work on the planned project and then the department of planning will go over some of the details. the plan has several goals being met with this action today. one is to implement a provision of the downtown plan that long ago recommende

it will be a very busy day downtown. there are closures along mount royal between north and charles all the way through the weekend in advance of artscape. we have an accident along the 32 in sykesville. here's a quick live look at traffic. not a lot. 95 looking good coming down from white marsh. harbor tunnel looks good. the big story is right at lombard and light street. closes remain in effect and big time delays expected downtown. kim dacey will have a live report. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> our big story this morning, it could be days before the water main break is fixed. >> drivers are encouraged to take an alternate route. kim dacey joins us live with the latest. good morning. >> we are right at redwood and light street were the road is blocked off. this is blocked because of the water main break. crews remain on the scene. you can see the same call in the middle of light street. it looks like this will take a while to cleanup -- you can see the big sinkhole. the water main broke yesterday at the w

our big story continues to be the water main break downtown. >> if you travel downtown, it might wanto remember the closures for the next couple of weeks. jennifer franciotti joins us with the latest. >> it is affecting foot traffic and people who live and work in the area. several businesses lost water because of the water main break. other businesses are affected by the closures in general. light street is shut down between baltimore street and lombard. drivers have been forced to take alternate routes. >> normally it is fine. this is ridiculous. >> the try to go down and there's a traffic jam. >> the water main that broke was built in the late 1880's. >> as an older east seaboard city, that is one of the things that we have to deal with on a regular basis. >> the department of public works thinks it'll take about three weeks to replace the broken pipe. in the meantime, above-ground pipes like this are providing water to area businesses. so for the downtown business partnership has not received too many complaints. some business owners worry about their clients who drive-in. >> it h

i feel for the people that have to work outside. 85 right now downtown. that is not a good sign when we see those 80 degree temperatures first thing in the morning. very hot and more humid. heat index will make it feel like 105 degrees. we could see some thunderstorms this anafternoon. the atmosphere is unstable. >> good morning. let's check on a couple of accidents. we start in phoenix. closes remain in effect as an accident is clearing. a vehicle into a pole and there is one fatality. at garrison boulevard, we have an accident in the city. some closures related to the fire department activity further south in the city. light street, closures remain in effect because of water main repair. jennifer franciotti will have a live report to tell you about those closures. mount royal is closed from north avenue to charles street. that is in advance of artscape. here's a quick live look at traffic. the beltway at york road is not bad. volume picking up over towards the west side. 795 at owings mills, not seeing any delays. a nice ride down the west side of the b

downtown is very walkable. we encourage people to explore all our restaurants and our establishments. >> reporter: traffic is moving around light street as folks figure out ways to get around. more than a dozen routes use lombard and light that means frustration for those who ride the bus. >> we'll get transit ambassadors to help direct that traffic so if a bus is diverted, people will know where they clan go to pick up lap route they might normally get. we're also encouraging people to take a look at our website to see those diversions. >> reporter: now if you look down there too, you see a bge crew. one of the things they're going to do, when they tear the street up, the 700 feet, they're giving all the utility has chance to come in land do what work they need to do. bge has been down here all day. you have the cable company, phone company, any lines. because the road is tore up, this is the best time to repair. this what you're hoping to do is they can fix everything and not have to worry about it again. the

they worked closely in helping @2regarding downtown at study f the planet, -- downtown study of thelan, it does set aside several million dollars for downtown congestion and traffic studies to be determined in it the future. there is money set aside for that purpose. supervisor kim: is this plan moves forward, along with affordable housing and child care, i continue to remain concerned about pedestrian safety. it is already a pedestrian oriented area. we have a lot of pedestrian safety issues. as much as we could incorporate that in the future plans so that people feel safe walking, i think that is incredibly important. >> when the shadow analysis came up and we had a potential appeal, i did look at the different open spaces in the city that were impacted. i appreciate your analysis. in chinatown, there was a very strong lack of access of open space. your analysis showed a small fraction of time. one of them was about six of the year. n balancing that significant impact on those three open spaces and the otherv<(q minor 6 open spaces would be significant improvement of parks and ope

traffic is already snarling downtown.is problem is going to stay with us not for days but perhaps weeks. >> chopper 13 over a broke 20 inch water break. >> it looks terrible. it looks like a bad movie. it's cracked. >> it happened at the height of rush hour, about 5 o'clock on monday. the city moved quickly to close roads, reroute traffic but some residents and business effected. >> i would classify that as dangerous. >> this whole street is shut down. it's backed up. nobody can get anywhere. it's a big inconvenience. >> the magnitude of the break quickly overwhelmed the city's ability to contain it. traffic came to a grind ing halt. >> today i was lucky it only took me 5 minutes to get home. i figure any commute for the -- my commute for the next week or so is going to be bad. >> it's been compared to being on life support. it's a race against time to prevent future break downs. >> i think everyone was frustrated when we had to increase the water rates, but this is what it's for. >> reporter: you're looking at the inters

. >> reporter: the water main break causing problems into downtown baltimore. between redwood and lombard street, light street is closed. if you are heading out to 95, this is what it looks like at 395. no problems to report in this area. it will be a easy ride through the fort mchenry tunnel. drive times to check in and see how the beltway is shaping up. 11 minutes on the west side, on the outer loop from 795 toward 95 and no concerns using the jfx to get into the city. 11 minutes from the beltway to downtown. megan, over a you. >>> the problems caused by the water main break in the heart of downtown baltimore are shining a light on the city's aging infrastructure. we know the city plans to replace two lines something that is going to take three weeks and charley crowson is live with the work being done on light street. this is going to be a mess because there's so many plans to go downtown over the next three weeks including this weekend with artscape. >> reporter: that's coming up this weekend. people may begin to change their plans. the two lines being repl

she is telling them if you're downtown in this general area it is best to try and stay downtown for the time being. they're trying to ease up some of this traffic gridlock that we've been seeing here from sky high chopper 13. if you do have to leave downtown, try using the south side or some of the tunnels to get out of downtown. if you have to leave downtown and go north, go north and try to avoid light streets. these water main breaks they have been a huge problem in baltimore over the last decade or so. there have been a number of them. there are some real amazing estimates of how much money it would cost to fix these problems. hundreds of millions of the dollars in baltimore alone to fix this infrastructure. until that funding comes through, we're going to see many of these. the water main is still broken. it is a 20-inch main. back to you. >> thank you. stay with wjz for complete coverage of this water main break. we will continue to update you during this newscast. >>> well, one ravens player has millions of the reasons to smile tonight with time running out the team agrees to a n

live downtown, linda so, abc2 news. >>> it's going to be a busy morning.e getting new information and reaction after a deadly plane crash in montgomery county. we will show you where it was around 7:30 last night near the davis airport on poke andas road -- poke honous road. -- poke honas. >> the plane crashed into a wood area on the edge of the airport and a mechanic says the pilot who died was his friend and he says he was experienced. one woman says that he came close to hitting her home. >> they approached the two gentlemen ones would moving and not coherent and the other was just there. >> heard like a rumble you know, and i felt the earth shake like a small quake you know. >> we don't note name of the pilot or passenger as of right now. the faa is expected to be back out on the scene investigating. >>> there's new information about the baltimore county police officer who shot and killed a man. they say he had a sword. he shot ronald cox while he he was served a warrant. he is on rue -- the officer is on routine administratively leave. >>> bge will ch

downtown is a mess and it's going stay that way because of the water main break in downtown baltimore. the city has a plan but it's going to take a while. charley crowson is live at the work scene and charley being we hear from the board of public works that will hit up city hall for more money but is there money there? >> yeah. 31,000 dollars is what they will ask for for emergency funds and whether or not the money is there is going to remain to be seen. that meeting is scheduled for later this morning. and we can only assume it's going to be to address this, this huge water main break from monday afternoon. blocking traffic from all the way down to lombard back up to baltimore. big congestion and commuting problems buch businesses and hotels and residents water piping and getting water pressure back is a concern. we are showing you temporary pipes brought in. this is running water to businesses on the west -- east side of the street. west side is without power. we talked to the manager at the 7-eleven and they are having trouble so they are closed for business. we want to show you

we are updating the breaking news from downtown. long still over that large water main break. >> this is on light street. we have yet to see any public works crews arrive on scene to work on this. a lot of water flowing out here. muddy, muddy water flowing down light street, across lombart street, across pratt street into the harbor. reporting live i'm captain jeff long back to you. >> all right captain jeff. i know from time to time we do have this happen in our city streets. i think we were talking about gay street we had a big main break. now traffic with christine. >> traffic is very heavy, as you can imagine pratt street is getting backed up. fayette street even president street. if you can hop over to 83 instead. as you can see there look at the delay at light street right now. just absolutely would be to fayette or lumbart. heavy over to the beltway. still heavy back to the beltway. on the outer loop, stop and go from york road to weister road. from wilkins to security. north side interloop south to harford road low to mounta

downtown business officials are urging folks to still come downtown, it is still open for business. they are encouraging folks to use public transportation or find alternate routes. sheldon dutes -- sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> just another reminder of the challenge of repairing and replacing an aging water system, and is expensive. jayne miller has that part of the story. >> in southwest baltimore today, the 54-inch of water transmission line that is under repair was unearthed, revealing the trouble the city is trying to stay ahead of. there is always the potential of a disastrous water main break. >> basically the pipe is deteriorating rapidly. the whole project is replacing these three sections of pipe. yesterday a 20-inch water main broke at a key intersection. it was disruptive, but by no means unusual. cracking pipes are problems nationwide. a report published this year on the nation's aging infrastructure estimates of a trillion dollars will be required to update the country's drinking water system grew 2035. >> there is not likely to be a giant federal solution for the

>> we're looking at a live piketure of downtown -- picture of downtown baltimore.it's going to be a hassle for any of you heading around the inner harbor or downtown baltimore the next few weeks. we'll have a live report in just a bit. >>> 4:44 and five things for you on this thursday morning. a sheriff in arizona known for controversial stances now going on trial. sheriff joe arpaio is being sued by a group of latinos that lawsuit accused him of racial profiling. >>> the space shuttle enterprise officially goes on display today at the intend sea, air and space museum in new york city. >>> and another attraction in baltimore the historic mansion house at the maryland zoo reopens today. built in 1801 the house has been a home to a restaurant, a day school and to bird. it opens tonight at 5:30. >>> can you buy local? that's the challenge and it starts on saturday. today governor o'malley is hosting a buy local cookout at government house. so this is basically what you're encouraged to do. use one locally bought product for each of your meals. >>> and check this out.

more problems if you're going into downtown baltimore. that massive water main break still shutting down light street between baltimore street and lombard street. if you can stick with mass transit. if you can't some other good alternates would be hopkins place or even fayette street. and if you are using 695 this is exactly what it looks like at old court road fortunately no delays it will be a nice easy ride down to route 40. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> pretty nasty picture shows up online. now three people are out of a job. >> yeah, the fast food chain is facing some tough questions this morning, you will look at this and go yuck. an employee standing where he should not be. ♪ >> all right. a video this morning. teaching kids how to take care of their teeth with a catchy little tune. we'll show you more of this when "good morning maryland" continues. ahh, now that's a clean mouth. i wish i could keep it this way. [ dr. rahmany ] you see, even after a dental cleaning... plaque quickly starts to grow back. but new crest pro-healt

we will have a live look downtown. we will continue to follow the breaking news and developing story of the water main breakdown town. we are back in a bit. >>> in health news this morning, a huge breakthrough we want to tell you about all involving a drug that could reduce the risk of becoming infected with hiv. researchers have been working for nearly 30 years on this drug. now the fda approved the drug called truvada which is taken as a pill intended for people at high risk for the, posure of hiv. >>> a new report says people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or mci have a higher risk of dying. they might be wondering why and what it's about. mci is a stage between normal and aging and dementia. so researchers looked at more than 700 people over the age of 70 and found that they were twice as likely to die during the five-year study than thosewhose brains operated normally. >>> we hear more and more aboutdiabetes and there's an effort in baltimore to fight it. today the american diabetes association of maryla

there are amenities to have the world-class downtown we would expect.mbitious program to remake the public realm by substantially widening the sidewalks to accommodate the expected growth of people walking on the streets and to improve the functioning of muni in that area. augmenting the bicycle networks and making other modifications to the street networks. here is an artist's rendering of what it might look like in the future. dedicated transit lanes so that buses don't get stopped. mid block crosswalks and other things necessary to make a world-class downtown walking environment. a couple of other notes and related transportation policies -- the plan proposes to reduce the amount of commercial parking in the area. it's one of the most effective ways to keep congestion down in the future. the plan does call for taking on a parking study to really assess how much parking can be accommodated based on our capacity. you heard about the 5.5 acre park on the roof of the transit center -- it will be one of the largest public open spaces and it's an area curr

an active seen downtown. learning how people and businesses in the area will be effected. >> thank you, sheldon. he just got down there and got us all that impression. for more information on the brake and what this will mean for you, visit our web site, wbaltv.com. >> now, your lebanons the weather + forecast with tony pann. -- your insta-weather + forecast with tony pann. >> it is not quite as strong as it was a couple of weeks ago, but in the upper 90's near 100 over the next few days. last night in the heat and humidity, we had some big storms develop and even damage in some areas, but tonight it's not as widespread. most of the activity now is down in southern maryland. prince george's county and then down in st. mary's county. in baltimore, we will be ok. 93 at the airport. 89 in parton. dew point around 70. when we back to that in, the heat index is over 100. 95 in westminster. the forecast for tonight, partially cloudy skies and a chance for it thunderstorm this evening. during the day tomorrow, the h

83 downtown. we will show outseven-day forecast coming up -- you the seven-day forecast coming up. >> reporter: 895 nice and clear but we are dealing with a massive water main break in downtown baltimore. here's what it looks like this morning. light street remains shut down. i will have the details and we will let you know when this break will be fixed coming up on "good morning maryland." [ male announcer ] we got a real mom and the family car to do an experiment. we put a week of her family's smelly stuff all in at once to prove that febreze car vent clips could eliminate the odor. then we brought her family to our test facility to see if it worked. [ woman ] take a deep breath, tell me what you smell. something fresh. a beach. a clean house. my new car. [ woman ] go ahead and take your blindfolds off. oh!! hahahaha!!! look at all this garbage!!! [ male announcer ] febreze car. eliminates odors for continuous freshness, so you can breathe happy. and our schools and teachers. thousands of good p

research quantifying economic benefits resulting from construction of the transbay transit center and downtown extension, including an increase of $3.7 billion in the value of nearby property. this is an informational item. >> yes, this is an informational item. for many years, we have been talking about the benefits of building the transit center. we have talked about environmental benefits, benefits that improved the overall health of the public. we have talked about alleviating congestion. we have talked about the housing that will be built because the state give this land and help fund a project that is now allowing the city to build housing. we talked about the numerous benefits in terms of creating jobs. what i recently asked for our economic consultants to do was to actually quantify the benefit of building the transit center and extending caltrain into the transit center to the surrounding property values. the conclusion is that the values will increase by $3.7 billion as a result of building the transit center and extending caltrain. for anyone who has thought that extending caltrain

but again if your commute tax you through downtown we are here at light and -- takes you through downtown, we are at light and redwood, you want to avoid the area. live in downtown, linda so, abc2 news. >>> once again since the problems is north to south your best way in and out downtown will be using roads east and west. this means using lanes like fayette and baltimore and saratoga and electrickington or mulberry that should get you on your way. if you are south of the break, your choice narrows to eastern avenue and once again abc2news.com your place to go for up-to-the minute traffic conditions and live traffic cameras at our website once again, abc2news.com/traffic. >>> now for a lot of you, this may remind you of this. what happened a few blocks away at the corner of howard and lombard 11 years ago. it was tomorrow and it was the howard street tunnel fire and water main break that shut baltimore down for almost a week. you couldn't get anywhere. you couldn't get to work because businesses were shut down and couldn't park in the garages nearby. >> water main break should be fixed in

live downtown and our water bills going up.g this. >> welcome to orange cone city tomorrow. watch us as 4:30.

expect heavy delays traveling downtown.ween redwood and pratt and lombard street closed at light street. so you want to stick with mass transit if possible. or take the martin luther king junior boulevard or franklin street as alternate routes. 695 has a crash blocking two lanes of the inner loop at peninsula expressway. expect delays in that area. no problems to report on a 95 moving through white marsh and here's the harrisburg expressway. up in hunt valley, no problems whatsoever heading towards the beltway. that's your abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. >>> a coveted item for anyone under 21 looking to buy booze. >> and a break for a 15-year- old issued a legitimate fake id. is there such a thing? we will explain how it happened. why should our wallets tell us what our favorite color is? every room deserves to look great. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. so when we can feel our way through the newest, softest, and most colorful options... ...across every possible price range... ...our b

it's a beautiful shot downtown. some of the current stats is we sit at 77 downtown. dew points still pretty high at 71. a few clouds across the area, we'll call it mostly cloudy right now. but again that's going to change. we'll see some sunshine go to work later today. radar is clear right now. going into the afternoon hours. but things are going to change. you go upstream and you find a cluster of showers and storms working over northern innskin northern ohio. still about 400 miles to the northwest of baltimore right now. and that's going to be pushing towards the south and east into our area. but den clear skies overhead right now on maryland's most powerful radar. roll you through the timeline into the 90s today. watch the line of shower asks storms develop over -- and storms develop over central pennsylvania. that slides to the south and we'll be talking about showers and storms by the evening commute going into materially importance of tonight -- into the early portion of tonight. once again more storms tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon with the daytime h

this time head over to the downtown area. southeast no problems to report on the 11th street bridge. 295 is looking great. one more look outside if you're planning to head over to the beltway north of town. we'll take a look at our mdot camera. no problems at new hampshire avenue heading westbound all the way to silver spring and bethesda. i'll be back with more traffic in a few minutes. annually, back to -- anny, back to you. >>> you will want to grab your umbrellas just in case. temperatures will get into the upper 80s by noon. by 6:00 temperatures around 89 degrees. a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast. here's a look at your satellite and radar picture where we've got some showers and storms that came through yesterday. we have a frontal boundary that also will continue to sink south and until that gets south of us. we'll continue to see some unsettled weather. current conditions 81 downtown. 76 college park. 77 for arlington. 76 in crofton. bethesda, you're at 75. gaithersburg, you're also

san francisco downtown is a major job center with over 250,000 jobs.50% of the workers in san francisco use sustainable transportation to get to the downtown. we believe the open space elements in the affordable housing component of the plan are incredible and we feel that staff and all of the work that has gone into this plan represents really important values regarding these issues. we also recognize that the project areas are modest relative to the critical importance in value that this project provides for san francisco in the region. lastly, we believe that financial contribution that the new development will provide for the downtown extension is critical. other public infrastructure is a critical part of this plan and it is the purposei existence. the $500 million is essential to realizing the dtx and other open space improvements. this plan gets us as close to paying for itself as we have ever seen in san francisco. we really encourage you to support the amendment before you today. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i want to thank s

one note to downtown. - 6 in columbia. 97 in rising sun.as come down and this evening it is in the upper 50's. it's hot out there, but it's not as human as it was yesterday. here is the weather set up watching the front move across canada and the northeastern part of the united states. there are some big thunderstorms developing along about frontal boundary in new hampshire. thunderstorms to our west also in the ohio valley. tonight, i think we will stay dry. clear the partially cloudy tonight. temperatures will probably back below 80 and we will make it into the 80's in the suburbs. the line of strong thunderstorms developing across that boundary up in pennsylvania. there's been a chance we could get severe weather, but the best chance will be in pennsylvania and new jersey. you will eventually did into maryland to the best chance will be early tomorrow night and some large hail, heavy rain possible. the forecast for tomorrow is hazy sunshine to smart -- to start with another hot day. it will be over 100 and then the chance for thunderstor

in particular, the caltrain downtown rail extension to the expansion of access to the labor market means greater access to top talent that will continue to drive innovations, particularly in the knowledge service sector. improve travel efficiency and decreased traffic construction -- congestion by getting more vehicles off highways 101 and 280, which will save tremendously in time savings estimated at $360 million. and as importantly, decreased ghg in michigan and an increase in the growth in net regional product of $87 billion. last but certainly not least, the health benefits that have been demonstrated for people who live and work in communities with high quality transit, benefit from the increased physical activity, improvement of health, and better access to health foods and mental care. any significant benefits of arts and the improvements that will go along with the transit center, including the rooftop park, the amphitheaters, public plazas, and the retail space is, all of which will be hialeah magnetized and beautiful places to be. moving on to our research, we examined numerous

, parking downtown. to the regular customers don't come. we will have a lot of office workers in downtown that will tele commute or choose to take vacations. there will be some impact. if you look at the positive impact of this event on the bay area and on tampa far outweighs the short term challenges that some of our residents will face. and we have been prepping them for that. we've been prepping them for the transportation issues. we've been telling them this will not be a normal week in tampa, florida. we need them to be understanding. you look at the 7,000 residents directly across from where the convention will be held. the ingress and egress will be challenging. i told them don't come out on your balcony. you may find a laser dot on your forehead. i'm sure the secret service will be monitoring what takes place on harbor island. so there will be challenges. but we're excited about taking them on. >> tell us a secret about how to get around, how to get a cab, how to get a reservation. >> call mike a

delay free from towson to downtown baltimore.bor, that massive water main break still causing beg problems on light street. it's closed between baltimore street and lombard street. now everything is up to speed traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel. and the harbor tunnel. and you're taking a live look right now at 9 95 and white marsh here at route 43. nothing to get in the way a nice calm ride headed all the way into the city. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> you're going to need a bigger boat. name the film. >> jaws. come on charlie. how about kneading a bigger cage? the panic that any of us would have had after what this guy experienced. we're going to tell you the story when we couple back. back -- come back. >>> it is five minutes before the hour. we were channeling steven spiel berg today and talking about a close incantser, a second ago it was jaws but a group of fish herb american spending the day off the coast of florida came face-to-face with a great white. >> look at this. one of the guys jumped in the water wit

benefits of the increased property values, but we will see it as a result of extending caltrain to downtown san francisco. our economic consultants can second that there will be increases to the value of the property in san mateo and santa clara county as a result of extending caltrain to downtown san francisco. that might be the next study we give. i'd like to ask libby and tim to come up and give the transport -- the presentation, please. thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you very much for that kind introduction. tim and i the persian the opportunity to present the findings of the key benefits of the chances center -- we appreciate the opportunity. the transbay transit center and the transit center district plan are critical to san francisco's future as a world-class city, and they build on san francisco's economic strategy and will be helpful to the entire region. through our review of existing academic and professional literature of around the world, the transit center and the development of a new, walkable, contact -- compact, transit- oriented neighborhood around downtown san f

heading downtown e. ex-- downtown expects delays.mb -- redwood and lombard streets the road is shut down. more problems where we are dealing with a fatal accident in phoenix. it continues to shut down old york road at paper mill if you are traveling. use jaretsville park. one person has been confirmed dead and another taken to sinai with life-threatening injuries. no problems on 83 but the beltway is packed. this is what it look like at liberty road. it will remain slow to route 40. and here in overlea very congested at bel air road. >> before we go we want to let you know there's breaking news out of syria. good morning america will have it. now off to new york. have great day and thanks for joining us. there she is ! hey, i got a leak ! yoo hoo ! wait a minute, come back ! um, miss ? up here! right. like 85% of us, you have hard water stains and that cleaner's not gonna cut it. truth is, you need something powerful. you need lime-a-way. it's 4 times more effective at removing limescale than the leading bathroom cleaner. because lim

downtown in the mid-90's. there is a chance of thunderstorms today but the best chance is toward the afternoon. the front has not moved through yet but it will this weekend and that will bring cooler weather. >> good morning, everybody. if you going onto the parkway, one accident already at 100. a single vehicle. police are trying to clear it. 95 is your alternate. we want to remind you of those closures along with art scape closures near preston and all of those streets. 11 minutes is your drive time on the west side. 10 minutes on southbound 95. here is a view of traffic. we will update you coming from the eastern shore toward the bay bridge. no delay there. 95 showing a nice start at the fort mchenry plaza. no delays to report to the tunnel. that is the very latest. >> police are trying to determine what caused an accident in southwest baltimore. police responded to the area just before 11:00 last night where they found a motor bike rider was injured. paramedics treated him. no word on his condition. we can

it's pair of 7s downtown and most of the areas into the 70s.oss the area right now. that will be us but this is the front that we have to keep an eye on this afternoon. it's cool air to the north and hotter air to the shout and that separation and that soundry in right now -- boundsry fought now could produce scattered showers and storms. muggy around 7:00 at the 8:00 hour. lunchtime how about 88 degrees the two degree to around 92 degrees for the afternoon hours. we're talking temperatures falling into the 0 #-z through the 8:00 hour andwell time out those showers and storms to get you prepared for brush afternoon today. and take you right into the weekend coming up in just a little bit. now a check on traffic and lauren is in the traffic center. >>> good morning mike, we have heavy delays on route 295 this morning there's a four car crash right now right along the southbound lanes at interstate 195. traffic jammed all the way back to the beltway. so definitely stick with 95 as your alternate route. now for those of you who are heading downtow

they have been diligent about steering people away from the downtown area. any juveniles that are caught breaking curfew that started at 11:00 tonight will be taken to central district downtown. sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> throughout the baltimore area, as we celebrate the fourth of july with a parade like the ones that catonsville and towson in dundalk. a tradition is nearly eight decades old. the fourth of july festivities continued in other parts of the baltimore area. this is towson. this parade kicked off at 10:30 and ended when it reached york road. the parade included a bucket brigade and portions of the donations that were connected -- collected will be donated to the cool kids campaign. a beloved holiday tradition, catonsville on the fourth. the resident planted themselves in those chairs they had set out weeks ago. the celebration has been held for the last 66 years. the ge says it has restored electric service to nearly 90% of customers affected by friday storm. the company had power back on to more than 645,000 customers. just more than 63

downtown, not so much. you get that heat island effect. it's still in the 80s downtown. after a high of 96, it's 86. the 96 was an improvement of 104 on friday. we're going in the right direction. 81 at andrews. 79 in manassas and upper 70s in leesburg. actually sounds comfortable. 79 in winchester. you jump the divide, 72 in oakland. that really sounds comfortable. now the radar, there's a couple showers back in ohio. remember, that's where the complex of thunderstorms originated yesterday in indiana and ohio and rolled right through west virginia through us. so, there's a couple of showers and thunderstorms i'm watching. about to cross the border between ohio and west virginia. that's why we will keep a chance of an isolated thunderstorm in overnight, but not a big chance. so your day planner, your wakeup weather, 70s to start. 74 to 82. by 10:00, it's going to get hot again. heating up rather quickly. we'll come back and show you the record highs. and we'll also talk about the roller coaster temperatures over the next week, which includes fourth of july. >> thanks, to

through downtown baltimore. the first phase of construction starts on conaway street. closed from howard to light street from now until august 3. it takes 22 million pounds of concrete, 15,000 tires and 2200 fence panels to construct the course for the grand prix in baltimore. the process got underway on monday one month before the track is set to open. >> we will build in the next 30 days at two mile race track. we will pay attention to this details. it would take a couple years to build. we're doing it in 30 days. >> this year they're taking extra steps to make sure business is situated along the downtown tract and not suffer. >> we have a nighttime construction schedule. we're making sure that we're working with the city and crosswalks will be open at bus stops will be available. it is critical to us that we make sure that this city is able to function and hold a great event at the same time. >> that is welcome news to the general manager of sabatino's . he said the close proximity to the track deflated busin

this is video of the downtown los angeles facility. the fight lasted about 15 minutes. guards used pepper spray to get everything under control. guards say it was a racially motivated fight. the inmates were taken to the hospital and they suffered moderate to minor injuries. >>> and they claimed the life of one man an injured two others in san francisco. here is some home video of that fire. it started just before 10:00 on clear are you court. -- on clear are you court. -- clearry court. at least 12 people have now been displaced. >>> a disturbing case of animal cruelty in monterey county. it comes after they discovered more than 113 dead kittens in two homes in seaside. they were wrapped in towels and put into containers. they found cremation boxes of about 15 other cats. >> it never fully prepares you for the things you see with your training. >> reporter: 50 cats were found alive and were treated for flees and respiratory infections... so far no arrests have been made. >>> and they are looking to clear up a rat infestation. the natural food company had an ongoing pro

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will be placed downtown. -- barrier will be placed in downtown. the race will begin august 31.kets are on sale now. just as we are getting used to those lower gas prices, reports say they are going back up. gas prices rose 9 cents per gallon over the past two weeks. the nationwide average is $3.50 per gallon. the current price is 20 cents lower than the average price last year. the average price in maryland is at $3.47 for a gallon of regular. the presidential election is 100 days away and mitt romney is in israel. he is in the middle of a trip meant to boost his foreign policy credentials. he took a stand against president obama. >> in jerusalem, mitt romney issued a strong statement of support for israel. >> we cannot stand silent as those who seek to undermine israel follows the criticism. -- voice the criticismir. >> that criticism of president obama who wants to disarm iran with diplomacy. a top aide said the republican candidate will respect israel's scission to strike as necessary. >> my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iran is one and the same -- we wi

hit 100 degrees in downtown baltimore this afternoon. we are kaline back little in the city -- we are cooling back a little in the city. it is hot out there, it feels like 106 in downtown baltimore. the heat advisory goes until 9:00. thunderstorms have been popping up. isolated storms in parts of frederick and carroll county. the most severe storms expected to be out to the west of us in garrett county. we love to keep a close eye on the radar. i will be back in a few minutes with the forecast. >> plenty of people will be packing the inner harbor tonight for fourth of july festivities, and city police will have a prominent presence. jayne miller joins us live with details on the stepped up security. >> you can really see it right now. in the past 20 minutes or so, we started seeing all these extra police officers arriving. they are all in uniform tonight. there are detectives on patrol tonight. all the police who are here are in uniform. joining me is the acting police commissioner, anthony barksdale. we were with you yesterday when you

coming downtown every day. >> yeah. but most of the delegates, if they're not in downtown tampa will be at the beaches in pinnellis county, which is about a 25-minute bus ride. >> one of the surprising things, i guess, or one of the catches, you're trying to get the federal funding that you needed for securi security. >> i think both mayor fox and i spent a good bit of time in washington, d.c. both charlotte and tampa got $50 million for security. that wasn't an earmark. that was a necessity. we could not host the event without the security-related money. it's only security related money. just to give you an example, i am having to hire i am having to hire 3,000 more personnel. 50 will go to feed, clothe, house and equip those 4,000 law enforcement personnel. so that $50 million will go. it's a serious, serious use of money for security related purposes to keep the nominees safe. in this environment of no earmarks that became a little challenging. but thankfully the congress came through and we are spending the money as

here's the shot downtown, beautiful shot, but it's a hot shot. again, the heat, the humidity keeping everyone dodging it, air conditioner to air conditioner. 95 easton. dover, delaware at 95 degrees. heat, humidity combined making it feel like 104. look at frederick, 107 right now. shot heat advisory. that stays into effect until 9:00. that are going to reissue this for tomorrow. the heat index will run between 100 to 105. code red alert is in full force. the cooling centers will be open. 8:00, 93 degrees and muggy. 11:00, 86. we'll get down to 78. that's from 98 to 100 tomorrow. s in it's dry. that changes as we head into the evening. nothing happening. i want to send it well up to the north. big storms moving through. look at these purple boxes. those are tornado warnings in southeastern canada. that's associated with the cold front that stretches back to the northern plains, northern lakes. we're pinpointing that. that will start to enter our hear in 26 hours. that's going to time up nicely with our forecast, tracking this cold front that's go