we have an accidents to tell you about in downtown baltimore. on north calvert at east baltimore street. congestion is starting to pick up on the main lines, headed through the tunnels, 895 south is starting to slow down now , the fort mc henry is a different story. it will be nice and clear. if you are headed to the topside, here is what it looks like north of 83, no significant delays to tell you about in this vicinity and jfx remains clear if you are using that to get in the city, 11 minute ride from the beltway to downtown baltimore, here is a look at the west side, traffic is starting to pick up on the outer loop that typical morning ride, do expect congestion as you travel the outer loop towards edmonton avenue. that's a look at time saver traffic. >>> strong storm moved through baltimore this is on fridays night, leaving downed trees and debris. >> sherrie johnson is live in towson, picking up the storm coverage as clean up is underway. >>> that is right. they have big clean up issues going on today. we are here at 628, chestnut in west to

the key index up to 117 in downtown baltimore. barry simms joins us live with where people are trying to deal with the heat, but we will stay in the epoxy tonight and that has to be a concern for people in the city. >> they have the cooling centers open and the pool hours have been extended. we have plenty of other people just trying to do whatever they can to stay cool. >> we walked up and down the street and ask people. >> he has two jobs, figuring out to stay cool. and helping people stay refreshed. >> it's all part of a family-run business in northwest baltimore. >> get your water bottles. take a drink. get your water. let's go. >> they make sure they drink water every 50 minutes. this is camp. there has to be some playtime, even in the sweltering heat. games of the water include drip, drip, drop. a variation of duck, duck, goose. >> we're doing extra rotation to inside and staying in the shade as much as possible. outside, we are doing water games. we're just trying to keep them cool. >> as the sun bakes the outdoor stage at

lawmakersr state m looking for action to curb the violence in downtown baltimore.im dacey has more. >> just a couple of weeks ago, it was republican state delegate pat mcdonough who raised a red flag about safety at the inner harbor after a number of attacks by groups of young people. he does not agree with the racial overtones delegate mcdonough put forth, democratic state senator jim brochin from baltimore county agrees there is a problem downtown. he also agrees that state police should be brought in to help with security. the mayor's office refused to comment on the senator's concerns, instead referring us to the city police department. police claim that violent crime is down in the central district 14%. common assaults are running even with last year. they also say the mayor will be opening a new curfew center at school board headquarters next week, which should help. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal- tv 11 news. >> a number of organizations promote downtown baltimore. >> we did reach out to the downtown baltimore partnership but they refused to comment on this

from the beltway to downtown baltimore, the stretch altogether will take you 11 minutes. everything up to speed through the fort mchenry and harbor tunnel. white marsh north of route 43 it's a 4 minute ride from this vicinity to the beltway and a look at the beltway in parkville harford road. everything up to speed. an 11-minute ride from 95 up towards 83. that's a look at your abc timesaver traffic now over to you. >> thanks in we want to warn you the tough story is hard to hear. sheriff deputies say it's the most bizarre and disgusting things they have seen. >> a man confessed to police he ate his victims. brain and part of his heart. sherrie johnson is live outside police headquarters with the details. this is bizarre. >> reporter: this is a disgusting and disturbing story of cannibalism here in harford county. we are here in front of the sheriff's department's office and we will check in with them throughout the morning trying to bring you updated information. but 21-year-old alexander kinyua is behind bars charged with first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old

it feels like 100 four in downtown baltimore and the heat index is 107 in frederick. we talked about the heat relief, showers out near chicago are hundreds of miles away so we have to deal with the heat tonight and a good deal of tomorrow as well. the shade helps a little bit in the heat. >> right behind me is this glorious people and your problem wondering -- is this gloriaous pool and you are probably wondering why is empty. we had to turn away some families who were here in their bathing suits. in the meantime, many of us are trying to stay cool by turning up the air conditioners and the ge says they are ready to accommodate. john and his kids know how to beat the blistering heat in their north baltimore home. for thousands of people across maryland, blasting their air conditioner in search of relief may put a tremendous amount of strain on electric grid. officials have activated the emergency conservation program. much like last july when many customers were without air conditioning for hours in an effort for it bge to alleviate the strain on the system. >> it is

as we go through the day tomorrow, it is the 92 degrees in downtown baltimore. it may come with a few severe thunderstorms. >> blasting the air- conditioning obviously increases demand for electricity. baltimore gas and electric promise of better service rare peek rewards customers lost power for an extended period of time. it has not activated its emergency conservation program. animals also seeking some heat released today. a far cry from the arctic circle. 4,000 pounds of ice and other treats. our viewers are showing us how they are handling the heat. it is keeping catherine and her grandparents cool. follow the forecast or you can also find the area's cooling centers. a major decision tonight, the city council shot down amendments and passed the original plan. it is a move they say is bad news for the company. isthe mayor's spending plan moving forward. they gave preliminary approval tonight for the $2.8 billion operating budget for fiscal year 2013. in a statement after the vote, the mayor said thank-you. this plan closes a $48 million deficit while fulfill

route 152, baltimore, another accident, in downtown baltimore, north calvert, east baltimore, everything will be up to speed, traveling through fort mc henry and harbor. if you are using 695, topside, delaney valley. no delays, 11-minute ride on the outer loop from 95, up towards 83. that inner loop clear if you are heading to 95, as far as the west side is conditioned, this is going to be the southwest conner, at the beltway, 295, not too many cars in this vicinity, a nice ride traveling up towards interstate 70. that's a look at your abc time saver traffic, over to you. >>> we heard lynette say it, the national weather vis confirmed ten tornados. >> they hit montgomery to harford, queen ann's county. clean up is just getting underway this morning. >> linda so leads off the live team coverage. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this is some of the damage that we found here in fall fallston, this is the fallston pharmacy. see the roof was besidely damaged in this store, took off the roof here in the adjoining medical offices. you can see the building, damaged he feel heavily. we got off

maybe tough to get below 80 degrees in downtown baltimore. no precipitation in the area today and not much of that until maybe tomorrow or friday. how many 90 degree-days have we had? last year we had eight. so far this year we have had six, and that is normal. we are on pace for a normal start to spring going into summer. it was hot today but about what you would expect as we inch into summer in the mid-atlantic region. some thunderstorms to the southwest but a strong high- pressure squashing development around here. it is going to stay warm through the night. 100 near downtown baltimore. nineties in cecil county throughout the eastern shore. you see the cooling effect at ocean city and 86 degrees. only 81 in oakland. that is a comfortable spot. when you factor in high temperatures and the moisture in the atmosphere, it feels like 104 degrees. a heat advisory going through 10:00 tonight and it will take a long time to cool off. it will be hot again tomorrow. a light wind and sun set at 8:36. the summer solstice officially as 7:09 this evenin

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still 91 degrees in downtown baltimore -- not cooling-off very fast. the good news is there is some heat relief. we will talk about that with the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> cooling centers throughout the city will remain open to marc for those seeking air- conditioning relief. the centers will also provide free water to anyone who needs a cold drink. you can follow the forecast on our new apps. they are like a woman with a special session held on mcganey expansion issue in maryland, at least for now. governor o'malley and -- appointed workers to agree. >> the work request trying to come up with a consensus on whether or not to expand gambling in the state of maryland. governor o'malley says he is frustrated but indicated the session may not be over yet. >> it was proposed as a world- class casino, not just a casino but a destination, a 13-acre facility with four thousand slots and 250 table games. now a sixth casino in maryland is not likely. >> for some reason, suddenly the house decided it would not share in that consensus for reasons th

of 95 in the white marsh area a 14- minute trip southbound from the beltway all the way to downtown baltimore and it will remain clear once you get on to the beltway. no problems to talk about from parkville up towards towson as for the west side hearings's what it looks like old court road -- . [audio not understandable] no delays in this vicinity from hunt valley to the beltway. it will be nice and clear and if you are use the jfx to get into the city, 11 minutes from the beltway to downtown baltimore. and that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. stay with us. there's much more to come. you are watching "good morning maryland." you know what's exciting? graduation. when i look up into my students faces, i see pride. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> 5:44. thanks for joining us. your s

sunshine in downtown baltimore at 81 degrees. only a few evenings storms and then giving way to clear conditions by morning. the load tonight 53 and 60 downtown. sunset at 8:31. this area of low pressure that is slowly moving in and diminishing in moving away, it is still triggering some isolated showers and storms in the mid atlantic. that will become less and less as we go through friday in a weekend. high pressure is producing warm, dry conditions in the midwest and will be coming our way. 80 degrees in cincinnati at this hour and all that work the slowly pushing east. our temperatures will respond and we will see numbers a little warmer than normal as we go into the upcoming weekend. still hanging on to the north of us making its way through central and southeastern pennsylvania tomorrow. the same scenario on saturday. mostly sunny skies around baltimore with the possibility of an isolated shower or storm in parts of pennsylvania and new england. it looks like generally dry, warm weather will carry us through friday in a weeke

we are dealing with several accidents trouble in downtown baltimore war crash shut down mull bury street at cathedral and we are on the scene and traveling in the area you want to use park avenue as an alternate. and in howard county another crash shut down the westbound lanes of interstate 70. that's going to be right at route 32 and as we take a look at interstate 70 at columbia pike you won't see delays in this vicinity but they are going to be out there. traffic diverted onto route 32. that portion of the road will be be closed all the way through 7 this morning. if you are use the jfx, no delays from the beltway downtown and the beltway going to be nice and clear. that west side is looking at an 11-minute trip on outer loop from 7 # 5 towards 95. -- 795 towards 95. 11 minutes from 95 up towards 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. >>> news time 5:33. we have new video of a crash in done town baltimore early this morning. -- downtown baltimore early this morning. firefighters say that they had to use of life to rescue three people. no word on the cause or the victims' co

in downtown baltimore, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> dool cool. looks like a lot of fun. >> who knew billionaire warren buffet had a big appetite. coming up, the hefty price someone paid to dine with the investor. >> waking up to more than a foot of water in their homes. a look at the damage when we come back. >> rain in the forecast, but not until next week. we'll look at the forecast in a few minutes coming up. stay with us. s here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> welcome back to "11 news sunday morning." thanks for joining us. >> tony is here with another look outside. it has been pretty nice so far. >> it hit 90 yesterday. the humidity is so low. the humidity will be in that monthly range. 72 degrees in annapolis. the high temperature right around 92 degrees. we do have rain in the forecast. i'll show you the p seven-day coming up in a few minutes. >> some cities are receiving more than a foot

you are looking at an 11-minute ride from the boltway to downtown baltimore. looking live at howard county interstate 70, everything is going to be 95 just north of the beltway. no concerns heading up toward the tunnels or heading southbound towards 495. that's the good news. and no delays to talk about on this west side. an 11 minute from 795 down towards 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. >>> it's 6:02. we have to warn you the story we are about to is difficult to hear. >> because the details are disturbing. a man told harford clonty police he ate part of his victim and sherrie johnson is live to give us details on the case. >> reporter: yes, we are here live in front of the harford county sheriff office i went inside and spoke to some of the deputies there. basically, what we know is that 21-year-old alexander kinyua is locked up without bond this morning charged with first- degree murder in the death of 37-year-old kujoe agyei-kodie. he lived with the suspect a family. he was here on a student visa from ghana. and the suspect

. >>> a budget rally planned today in downtown baltimore. they will show forth spur jack young's plan for -- for the plan to have money for the fire stations. this will all set to take placed at 1:00 this afternoon in front of city hall. >>> another rally today at city hall today too concerning the proposed beverage tax. united food and commercial workers will voice their concerns over the proposed 150% increase for the beverage container tax. they say it would cause grocers and bottlers to cut workers not raise prices, this will happen at 9:45 before the committee on taxationings finance and economic development they have their voting session. >>> this afternoon officials will meet to discuss putting advertisements on trucks in baltimore city. it would help raise funds they need to help keep three of the fire companies from closing on june 1st. >>> maryland congressman will be speaking out today about a rep cent spat of leaks and classified national security information. he plans to take part in a nudes conference in d.c -- news conference

in downtown baltimore, another crash shut down mulberry street at cathedral.park avenue is an alternate. looking live at the south side of 95 no concerns whatsoever here. it will be a nice easy ride heading down to the dc area. and if you are heading out to the beltway, 11 minutes on the outer loop from 95 up towards 83. the west side will remain clear and an 11 minute drive from 759 towards 95 and traveling -- 795toward 95. you that's a look at your abc timesaver traffic and here's forecast with lynette charles. >> good morning. the forecast is going to be a nice one especially if you like lots of sunshine. satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot. mainly clouds back off towards the west as of now. we can see a few high clouds trying to stream in here and there throughout the day. but we will get more sunshine in here than we saw yesterday. look at the temperatures, pretty much seasonable ocean city 63 degrees. i will have the forecast coming up. but, the temperature right now in baltimore coming at 60s and that's more of the same heading into richmo

decline." ddwntown and buildings for f - lease)buildingg in downtown baltimore...ts of office space.probably too much there's plenty of prime office space available! (showwshot labelld prime')(kirby) 12:38:28 "well mmst of it has to do with the rrcession... so it's nothing unusual." experts agree - downtown decline - is a naaionwide "well i think the drop... - typical of major cities in the united states."but there's little sign of improvement.in baltimore - a few buildings are now in foreclosure (shoo labeled 'foreclosuue 1') ....handed back over to the lender....a couple are up for sale or auction.and many have seen their assessed valued drop... (kirby) 12:38:40 "we had banks downsize and they left some buildings. we also had just general... state was assessmenns."(nats of gavel @ 12:31:30) it's a concern raised among city leaders this week.... when it was revealed property values downtown - as a whole - are down about a quarter of a illion dollars since the receesion. 12:35:19 precession is aanice word. it's probably been more like a depression."((standup))) pro

even tougher in downtown locations, including downtown baltimore. high pressure is producing the heat and clearing skies and suppressing thunderstorms accept or the wind is blowing in the higher terrain of southwest virginia. easterly flow coming into the mountains is helping to trigger isolated storms but not around baltimore. mostly clear and warm and barely below 80 degrees. 70 in the suburbs. first sunset of summer -- 8:36 this evening. summer officially begins at 7:09. cold front stretching from eastern nebraska into michigan. behind it, look how nice and comfortable that is. it's going to take another day and a half to get here. tomorrow is a hot one all the way out to chicago. tomorrow is expected to be a repeat of today with a front moving through the area friday. friday will be hot and humid before temperatures get back to normal over the weekend. 20% chance of a thunderstorm popping up as we had past sunset tomorrow evening. on the day, a light, southwest breeze. with water temperatures in the mid '70s, if you are near the bay, that give y

. >>> a growing mystery in downtown baltimore. the strange smell taking on the inner harbor seems to be getting worse. monique griego has more on the possible cause. >> reporter: if you come down to the harbaugh bar the smell -- harbor the smell is not hard to miss. take a look at what's in the water. >> the inner harbor over powered by trash, dead fish and an overwhelming odor. >> we woke up in the morning and smelled sewage. >> at first the smell and dark water were blamed on an algae bloom. this week the cause is widening. >> this smells like sewage. it's different . >> tyny myers from blue water baltimore say all signs point to a sue age leak or over flowing system because of last week's storm. >> basically it was just a field of gray water sitting on top of the harbor. >> one of the first things that tipped myers off was the appearance of these, they may look like rocks but they're actually balls of greece. myers said they can only originate in sewer pipes. when you crack them open, stink. >> tam pon applicators, condoms. >>

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one man is dead after a shhoting in downtown baltimore... and this morning... poliie are on the lookoot for a vehicle that flee the scene.the shooting happened aroundd8 o'clock, last night on central avenue. the man as found shot in the head several times... he was &ptaken to johns opkins ... where he later diid.police are searching for a black exus... that was seen leaving the scene of the crime. ooe man is shot... and ive restaurant in gaithersburg a - say about 100 peopleewere e - fighting in the parking lot of the ánew red rock cafeá during a árapper karaoke ightá. police think the fight started restaurant... and thennspilled outside.so farr police haae noo identified any suspeccs. a laurel marine becomes maryland's 6th service member to ie in combat thii year. year.theedepartment of defense announced the deeth of 21-year- old ... eugene mills the third , sunday morning.he served two tours of uty... fireffght ... in afghanistan. he was a graduate of atholton high school in cclummia. friends say he was inspired to join the marines after septemmer 11th. mered

downtown. >> it was an eye opening field trip for some baltimore middle schoolers today. the took part in the economics education program. it was a close look at handling money. students were assigned a real- life situation, everything from paying daily bills to investing for the future. >> learning at an early age that they have to understand the difference between wants and needs and have to live within their means. we had students that have done the simulation and have gone to their parents and said i cannot believe you spend 10% of your net monthly income on my cell phone. they are really starting to understand how their decisions at this age are affecting their parents, but in turn the understand how they have to make those decisions for themselves in the future. >> the students were all sixth graders from a middle school. >> less than 24 hours since the new maryland live casino opened, business is booming. 10,000 people have visited the facility, on top of the packed house they had last night. some people were upset that they were not able to play on opening night.

the search for ways to make downtown baltimore safer3 3 3 3 3 3 more questions this morning surrounding the case of cannibalism at morgan state uni. university.police arrested alexander kin-yy lass week and charged him with the murder of a fellow student ku-jje agyie-kodie.innestigators say kin-ya admitted to chopping up the victims body... eating his heart and part of his brain. those who know the defendann are wondering if the violeece could have been prevented. (1:00:48) "i don't think he waa mentally ill. he seemed like a normal person a regular college student but i definitely didn'ttexpect him to do something like that....." that....." six days before the killing... police charged kkn-ya with the assault on anotherrstudent. he's now being held without bond. 3a man is shot in theehead early sunday morning... in northwest ballimore. his girlfriend were walking on pimlico avenue when a man approached them and asked if theyyhad any money. the two got into an argument. the suspect thhn pulled out a handgun nd fired one shot in which striked dabney in tte head. dabney later diid at sina

in downtown baltimore and at bwi marshall, nothing in the rain gauge yet. 98 at the airport. 100 again at the inner harbor near the maryland science center. the record high as 100, officially measured at the airport, so we were within a few degrees but not quite. other areas are showing signs of beginning to cool off a little bit. as the front makes its way through, by morning skies will clear around baltimore. it will feel a little better. after the storms moved out, this will bring in the less humid air and high-pressure should give as a nice looking start for the upcoming weekend. the steamy stuff will be pushed down towards the gulf coast. the insta-weather + futurecast showing most of sunday looks good and sunday evening, another front will be coming in triggering a few isolated storms sunday going into monday morning. that will get passed and it turns even cooler into the middle of next week. the trend is downward. 84-89 tomorrow. it will be less humid. no. when on the bay at 10 knots. 70's this weekend and may be a storm arriving late sunday evening. ocean city, should be decent

we are still dealing with 100 degrees in downtown baltimore, 96 at the airport. the heat advisory continues on the eastern shore and in southern pennsylvania. the cooler, drier air to the north and west of us is moving in. we will talk about that in the forecast, coming up at a few minutes. >> bge is giving customers a heads up on how it will deal with these extremely high temperatures. >> the pool here at druid hill park is a welcome sight, and is pretty empty. there were so many people this afternoon we tried to jump in this poll, but we had to tell them the bad news that the pools will not be open until saturday. in the meantime, many of us will continue to use our air conditioners, and bge says they are ready to accommodate us. john says it is no-brainer how he and his kids are beating the heat. with thousands of people across maryland blasting their air conditioner in their home, there is concern and may put a tremendous strain on electric grids, forcing baltimore gas and electric officials to activate its emergency conservation program. much like last july

weather tz-- the suspected killer of north carolina teenager phylicia barnes ppeared ii coort in downtown baltimoreht secuuity today. today. crime and justice... eporter ... joy lepola... has been covering the case.../ ann... joins us with the latest.. suspected killer michael quickly as he cameeurtroom as -3 &pin....surrounded by several correctional officers . in coort, johnson's attorney... entered a not guilty plea to ooe counn of first degree murder. famiiy members of phylicia barnes.... sat just feet away. maay wore the olor purple in phylicia's memooy. following today'ss hearing... johnson's attooney talked about the autopsy report sugesttng it lacked substtnce. 3:55 there is no indication of trauma or injury to the physiial body so it was preety much ruled out circcmstances. it would have been more appropriate to to be aa unddtermined death 4:04 this is the first time... phylicia's mother and father havv been in the room as johnson since the murder. remmmber johnson dated he weet on family vacatioos. johnson was consideeed family. a trial date has been set in august... but johnson's defense

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the democratic senator is joining a republican delegate, raising concern about the safety of downtown baltimore after a number of attacks by young people from downright be-downs to flash moss at a convenience store. -- b. to dallas to flasch mobs at a convenience store. -- beatdowns to flash mobs at a convenience store pipper. they also agree that police should be brought in to help with security. >> have the police start to control the downtown's down with them. it is a valid suggestion >> the mayor's office refused to comment on the senator's concerns. instead compliance -- instead, they renamed as to the police department didn't correct if you look at the track record -- the police department. >> if you look at the track record, we have improved. >> police claim that reince is down in the central -- that violent crime is down in the central district by 14%. however, common crimes are the same. the senator says this offers little comfort to its constituents who he says to tell him this message more and more every day -- >> i'm not going down there anymore. >> one thing we found rather strange

now on 83 as we check in and take a live look north of downtown and northern baltimore county, no problemsrt here at shawan. it will be a easy ride to the beltway and remain clear getting on jfx. as far as the beltway is concerned, here's a live look at green spring in pikesville. no concerns as we travel that outer loop from 795 towards 95. that inner loop is going to be nice and clear traveling up towards 83. no problems on east side. looking at a quick 11-minute ride on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. >>> 4:had -- 4:42. did someone hack into mitt romney's personal e-mail account? also, what some high school graduates are asking to do with graduation rehearsal now got parents considering a lawsuit. you are waking up to what's new in maryland and as we go to break a live look at baltimore's inner harbor. we are back in a minute. >>> news time 4:44 and five things to know on this wednesday. president obama hitting the campaign trail heading to california attending four fund raisers in san francisco and l.a. one event includes the lgbt leadersh

from airshows to all of these beautiful tall ships, thousands of people have been flocking to downtown baltimore for all of the celebration of fence. -- celebration events. they are waiting to do an economic impact festival. this is already helping downtown businesses. >> the numbers are tripled. we use this as a celebration. we have been selling out of food. >> they are serving up a few more pieces than expected. even though they said they have not seen any dramatic increase in business, it is still better than the grand spree weekend. >> the track and to the inner harbor, we kind of got cut off. it was a little slower than normal. >> this is located less than a mile from fort mchenry. >> we have not gotten too much business from it. a lot of our customers are afraid they could not find parking when they came down. we picked up if you people. >> back in little italy, they are grateful these are bigger than they were for the grand prix. >> i wish we could celebrate like this every year. i would give this an a plus plus plus. this is magnificent. >> we have pictures of your celebrations. just had

. >> a busy week in downtown baltimore. commemorating the bicentennial of the war of 1812 by land, by sea, and by air. lowell melser is live in federal hill where preparations are now underway. >> things are just getting started here at the inner harbor for this year's star spangled sailabration. as you can see behind me, they have a ferris wheel set up and a couple of tents here and there around the inner harbor. they are expected in several hundred thousand people to be in baltimore from thursday through monday. it is expected to be the city's biggest maritime event ever. the inner harbor may seem quite right now, but within the next couple of days, it will be transformed to resemble a scene out of 1812, at least on the water. >> we are very excited. years of planning, hundreds of volunteers, hundreds of partners, corporate and in government and federal. we are very excited to welcome the world to maryland. >> 45 attala ships will start arriving -- tall ships will start arriving for maryland star spangled sailabration, wh

downtown baltimore, brian kuebler, website -- abc2 news. >> john's attorney expects to push the date back. >>> just after 7 last night police said someone called in and found a boy lie fling a nearby field with a gunshot wound to his head. they discovered the teen lives in baltimore county. the teen is still in critical but stable condition at shock trauma. while his identity is not being released, investigators are offering a $2,000 reward. anywith information call -- anyone with information, call the police. >>> he is under arrest charged with murder. this was june the 12th when baltimore county police were called out for a mon found shot several time unless his car. the man was identified as miguel bailly. smith has been charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery and is being held. >>> well, you've heard of wine trails and bike trails. we'll take you on the trail for ice cream. >> they needed two cones under the dome. we'll take you to city hall where words were flying and who said what to whom. >>> it was a giant ship that caused a giant problem. look at this. transportat

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beat that by just three degrees. -- the coolest high temperature. 73 at the inner harbor in downtown baltimore, 69 insurance bill. -- 69 in jarretsville. light, southeast winds and a slight chance for a couple of isolated showers to wander through central maryland over the next few hours. to the west, a pretty dramatic temperature rise, 90's in chicago and kansas city. last hour, denver was 100. triple digit heat in the desert southwest as well. we will see some sunshine breaking through the clouds tomorrow, a southerly breeze and temperatures warming. maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. same thing wednesday. thursday, same scenario. this brought is out near chicago that will finally pushed through here on friday and try to cool things off a little bit by next weekend. temperatures will steadily rise for the next few days. 83-88 amar, south winds at 5-10. baltimore water temperature at the harbor is 75 degrees, so the water is warming up. sunny and warm on wednesday and thursday out in western maryland. the eastern shore, increasing humidity with the rising temperatures. mid-80's tomorrow

if you're waiting for someone to come home and they're coming from downtown baltimore, it's going to be a slow slug as they try to get out of town. now that the streets are back open, traffic is starting to flow but it's heavy with the rush hour traffic and people coming downtown to go to the orioles game. wyatt will have that later. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> to help you get where you need to go, get the abc2 news time saver traffic. get the latest delays, backups and you can get them on your mobile device. head to abc2news.com/traffic. >> on the same date president visited, the wife of mitt romney is making a stop. we asked bob ehrlich what it means to the voters. >> very tough campaign. it's going to be a very close campaign. it's already started out to be -- it's not going to be pretty to watch. >> ann romney will be a guest at a private fund-raiser at the bw iment mary -- bwi marriott. >>> firefighters are still vasting -- investigating the five alarm fire which started just before 2:00 on broad way. it housed a grocery store on the first floor. it brought the neighbor to

do you think the city of baltimore should: maryland state police to up control downtown violence? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> police are investigating an early-morning shooting in west baltimore. it happened just before 1:00 this morning. police say a man and woman were shot. no word on the condition of either suspect. there is a shooting in northwest baltimore. a person was shot in the head on wednesday appeared the victim was taken to the hospital where he later died. no word on any suspects or a motive. after that shooting, police were called to another shooting in east baltimore. we did first tell you about this shooting yesterday morning. the victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds. there is no word on that person's condition. >> police have released surveillance video showing a person of interest related to a sexual assaults. police want to talk to this man. a woman was walking around 1:30 in the morning when the suspect grabbed her from behind and sexually assaulted her. >> definitely an

we have several accidents in baltimore city downtown. watch out for a crash on fayette street at howard street. and there's another accident to keep in mind on president's street at pratt street. traveling on the beltway, here's what it looks like right now on 695. in the parkville area everything up to speed. 11 minutes on the outer loop from 95 up to 83 and the west side looks like at liberty road traffic starting to pick up a little bit in this area. but you are looking at a 12- minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95. and if you are use the tunnels keep in mind that all that construction is still underway on 895 south of the harbor tunnel. no backups just yet. 54 miles per hour along the northbound lanes but that changes as the morning progresses. stick with the fort mchenry or key bridges. >>> 50 people are out of their homes following the brush fire in queen anne's county. >> linda so is here with new information on when the people will be allowed to about back into their homes. >> reporter: hope is soon. a decision

. >>> tonight baltimore city police are investigating a crash in downtown baltimore. the crash happened at 4:00 this morning at west mulberry and cathedral. firefighters used the jaws of life to rescue three people. no word on the victim's condition tonight. >>> the suspicious death of a baby has been ruled a homicide. police have charged a mother's boyfriend in connection with the death. jeff hague are as more. >> reporter: the suspect, 22-year-old charmel thomas has committeed violent crimes but the latest one involves a defenseless infant. wednesday morning paramedics responded to a 911 call where they discovered a 1-year-old baby girl in cardiac arrest. she later died and detectives turnedder that attention to thomas. >> he revealed at some pont he did pick her up and shake her. detectives did cbsnews/new york times pollable bruises on the child. >> reporter: according to court documents, thomas face charges of assaulting a police officer in march who was trying to break up a party in east baltimore. during that incident another office are had to tase the suspect

patrick's day in downtown baltimore. large groups of teens trordz the streets as police emergency recordings capture the chaos. >> i don't need no one. please just listen up. i got someone flashing lights, a male is on the ground. >> reporter: a few weeks later, another mob of youth takes over the 7-eleven, raiding the shelves and punch an employee. >> they all do something bad. >> with school out, summertime can men more kids out and about after hour. >> some kids run the streets. >> reporter: city leaders are thoapg stop youth violence with a weekend curfew center. the center will open friday and saturday from hid night to 6 a.m., and besides keeping kids off the streets, its goal is to also hold kids accountable for where their parents are. >> it's going to keep them out of trouble, because instead of them taking them home and they can leave out again, they'll be here. >> the center will be open june 15 through august 11. >> the baltimore mayor and the director of the city's schools worked together on the program. >>>

the kids out learning about things we can do to clean up the harbor, downtown baltimore. >> the goal is by 2020 to make the harbor cleanoff that we can grab crabs. wart pollution would make it unsafe but they are living here and every saturday and sunday in july we have it. we have some microfell many disc -- microfilm discs that are covered in microorganisms. >> if you can get a shot. they take these out of the harbor, these filter feeders. they work to clean the harbor. >> if you have a magnifying glass, you can see little animals living in the harbor. people come and say it looks like it's dead and nothing's living there. that's furthest from the truth. if we clean it up, life scan bounce back. >> don't forget to come down here in july and you can check out the healthy harbor initiative. it's healthy harbor baltimore.org. we'll have much more coming up. >> still a little crab cookout. what do you think? >> lovelis and we're talking about hazy sunshine this afternoon. we'll put the computers to work and show you the time lapse. we couldn't buy a cloud. that allows for annapolis to

live in downtown baltimore, keith daniels, fox 45 news at 5-30.ing pooice commisionee fred bealefeld takes to the streets one last time as police chief. streets monday for his regglar citizen on patrol walk... the final time as police commissioner.ealefeld walked north chester street in southeest baltimore. neighborhood leaders say they'll miss the outgoing chief.bealefeld's department targettd violent crime... something he points to as hhs legacy. peonard wills: 19.44.38 "oh, &pcrap. five years ago, it was chaos in this neighborhood. it's calmed down quite a bit." frederick bealefeld, baltimore police commissioner: 19.17.25 &

downtown good cause. the fourth annual "roaring to rrnald'' harleys and hot rrds parade" was held today o raise money for the ronald mcdonnld houueecharities of baltimorehe parade began at the harley davidson dealership in rrsedale and enned downtown many of the families and with some of the riders. "i know their appreciaaive because we cooe down heee and the kids just love us. nothing mooe interesting than seeing a bunch of bikers sit down aa little tables with glitter and glue and crayons and stuff and playing with the kids." kids."all of the proceeds from the event will go towards the charity.the ronald mcdonald 35-thousand families ssnce its opening in 19-82. 3 the danger offbath salts.not the kind you bathe in.why maryland ban these bath salts. and the hhrrific crime that may be linked to them. bee hives and cat eee glasses.the bad reputation baltimore is getting for it's fashhon sense.....the dubious list we ended uu on.and why it magazine... just doesn't likke us very much. 3 local chefs in the national spotlight.see master chef contestants go head to head.. before the rest of baltimore... after a rough friday with tornados....we were getting mo

. >> a welcome ceremony today in downtown baltimore for the star- spangled sailabration. let's head down to rob roblin who has been there all day for the festivities. >> the tall ships are so majestic and they are fascinating to look at. and everyone wants to go aboard and take a look. people were already lined up early this morning, waiting to take a tour of the tall ships. folks from all over the country are here for star-spangled sailabration, and many are quite impressed. >> it is fantastic, the ships, the people, everybody. thank you, we appreciate you coming. has been a great time down here. >> i have never seen anything like it. my first time down here for anything like this. beautiful weather. you cannot be it. >> the kids are getting the experience of coming on the boats and all. i just think is a fantastic. >> this is phenomenal. i remember being here when i was 16 and it is just phenomenal being here with my kids now. >> the crew members who serve on these vessels are happy to be here in baltimore. >> baltimore is beautiful. welcome to the cisne branco. >> we a

in owings mills and then a fund-raiser with maryland governor martin o'malley at a hotel in downtown baltimore. then he will travel to philadelphia for a campaign fund-raiser tonight. his presumptive republican rival mitt romney attended a fund- raiser in atlanta last night where he told supporters that he hopes the supreme court will do the right thing and strike down president obama's healthcare reform law. the supreme court is expected to rule this month on that. >> jurors could hear a second day of graphic testimony in the jerry sandusky trial. the former penn state assistant football coach is charged with child sex abuse. we expect to hear from the alleged victim this morning was allegations triggered the criminal investigation. jay korff has more. >> the first of several accusers to testify, a 28-year-old man who claims that when he was a teenager, sandusky gave him gives, tickets, and access to the penn state football program. in exchange for sexual. sexual the alleged victim claimed it started with him taking showers with sandusky at the age of 13 and escalated to years of repeated sex

. >> taking a live look at downtown baltimore where more than a million people are expected for the sailabrationthanks for joining us. i'm roosevelt leftwich. a good day to go on there. >> the harbor is always so nice. to see that many ships in, it reminds me of baltimore in the hay day. weather is holding up nicely. winds are from the east and that is kind of a refreshing breeze for us, low 80s now and i think upper to low 70s through the rest of the evening. things will stay comfortable. how do they develop through the weekend? we answer that in

you have a lot of people coming in from downtown baltimore. things are starting to pick back up finally from all the road closures. once again, it remains to be seen how soon it will get out of here. roosevelt leftwich. >> we're going to go back to that picture we showed you at the top. you seat tractor-trailer. it's blocking the trailer, 83 warren road. all the traffic is snarled. if you're trying to head north on 83, watch yourself because we had ashland and paper mill road a band accident, so be very careful. we'll keep monitoring this. trying to go 83, your best bet is york road. take it slow and get where you need to go when you're on the go. abc2 news time save per traffic. check out our live cameras on your own. you can even get them on your mobile device. if you're stuck in this, you need us tonight. >>> a huge cleanup from yesterday's five-alarm fire in phelps point is starting -- fells point is starting. one firefighter was injured but was released from the hospital. the gutted building contained a small supermarket. the city inspect