the topside at dulaney valley moving without delays. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it is the final weekend before president obama and mitt romney meet for the first debate. >> the debate is to focus heavily on the economy. >> tara mergener joins us live with the report. good morning. >> just five days now until that first presidential debate. it is one of the last chances for them to sway the undecided voters. as the clock ticks down to election day, the presidential hopefuls are running at a furious pace. >> thank you, thank you. >> and getting ready for the first debate where the economy will be front and center as it was on thursday in springfield, virginia, where mitt romney pounced. >> china is growing much faster than we. our economy needs to be reinvigorated. we cannot afford quarter more years like the last four years. >> president obama pledged to create more jobs and to get the economy moving again in his next term. >> it will take a few more years. >> another round of ads has hit the airwaves. both are making 11

. >> the incident happened last night on a bus across from dulaney valley high school. more information as it becomes available. >> baltimore city police are investigating the death of a man who died while in their custody. >> jennifer franciotti is live with the latest on this investigation. good morning. >> good morning. anthony anderson died on friday night after a confrontation with police. his granddaughter's birthday party when officers assaulteda number of family members say they witnessed the event. two detectives are telling a different story. they say they caught anderson in a drug deal. >> they observed him put what they suspected to be some type of narcotics in his mouth in an atttempt to hide them. so they placed him under arrest for that, took him into police custody, put handcuffs on him. he then started complaining of discomfort and pain. it was believed at the time that he may have ingested some of the drugs that he had and maybe was choking on them. >> police say the officers have been placed on suspension with pay pending the outcome of this investiga

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and for those of you using 695, here's a live look at the top side in towson and dulaney valley road, everything up to speed. no concerns getting up to 83 this morning. meg -- megan and carley. >>> the economy is in the tank. but this morning the nfl replacement referees. [audio not understandable] >> a doctor is offering help when it comes to aphysical ating the games. [ harry umlaut ] here we go. [ sally umlaut ] what? the five stages of muller. ah yes... stage one: suspicion. "it's a yogurt, how good can it be?" stage two: revision. "actually, this ain't bad." stage three: surprise! "look at this cool cornery thing! i love this stuff!!" stage four: desolation. "it's gone!" stage five: anticipation "i guess i could always have another"... "have you been through the five stages of muller yet?" "yeah, just now." [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. >>> no o's magic last night at yard shut out by the blue jays final score 4-0. >> as the team sets its sights on the post season scammers are gathering up -- shall gearing up. -- gearing up. what should people be looking out f

. >> reporter: everything is up to speed on 695 at dulaney valley road. i will show you how things are shaping up on 95 and 83. and jamie costello and -- shaping up on 95 and 83. and jammy cos test -- jammy cos tell -- jamie costello and i are having a competition on who cancome up with the best o's cheers. >>> thanks for joining us this tuesday morning. the blink of an eye shawnice singletary's life changed. >> her family says she remained positive through the experience and now strangers are reaching out to help. a computer company from massachusetts presented her with a special computer at johns hopkins hospital. it allows her to do all kinds of activities online and also make phone calls and send text messages just by moving her eyes. >> it helps a lot. it helps me to be able to communicate with my family. >> the cost of the equipment would have been more than $8,000 as far as finding the person who shot her, police say they have no suspects and right now no motive either. >>> time for five things to know on this wednesday morning. a hearing on the de

but to give you a live view of traffic at dulaney valley.n road, looking at delays towards 28 straight. tony has a check on the forecast. >> beautiful start there is little on the chilly side, but sunshine. it will warm up quickly today. rain across the midwest. illinois back into indiana, those rainshowers will catch up to us tonight and tomorrow. after a chilly start, we will make it into the low-to-mid- 70's. >> thank you for joining us. another update at 8:56. >>> we're back now at 8:30 on a tuesday morning. it's the 25th day of september, 2012, and it's another in a string of beautiful days here in new york city. let's keep our fingers crossed that it's nice where you're waking up as well. out on the plaza, some nice folks gathered. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, al roker and natalie morales, and coming up, we have got a tour of celebrity homes. everyone from an oscar winner, it a sports superstar, have put their homes on the market recently, and barbara corcoran is here to take us on a tour, and some of these are a tad on

nothing to get in your way here in dulaney valley road. it will be a nice easy ride making the drive up to 83. looking at some drive times, you will notice the west side of the beltway nice and clear. just 11 minutes to travel that outer loop from 795 all the way down to 95. and 95 going to be in great shape traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel from the beltway to the toll plaza. it's going to take you 8 minutesso no delays there. megan over to you. >>> two minutes after 5. first a shooting at perry hall high school the first day of school and then a middle schooler who brought a loaded gun into a classroom. this happened yesterday in essex. and this morning linda so is live at the middle school this morning. what kind of changes will be made because i imagine a lot of parents are concerned about school safety right now. >> reporter: in the coming weeks, school resource officers will be given hand-held metal detecting wands to be used if they feel something is suspicious. and more resource officers will be assigned to county middle an

parents say the attack came from an older male student tuesday morning on the grounds of the dulaney valley high school. they said their daughter consented but only because she was afraid of what happened if she did not. >> she is not of the presence of mind to give legal consent. >> no charges have been filed. there's not an age difference between suspect and victim that would make it a crime. the investigation is ongoing. we're still a few weeks away from election day but millions of americans already casting their votes. hallie jackson has more in this report. >> experts say more and more people have been casting ballots before november. >> i need you to start voting six days from now on october 2. >> the obama campaign making the push to get people to the polls soon, and not just here in ohio. more than 30 states allow folks to cast ballots early and in person. >> you're telling people, you don't have to wait until november 6. you can vote right away. >> in 2000, 18% of voters cast ballots before election day. in 2008, the number climbed tothis year, early ballots will 30%. top m

no problems to report that dulaney valley. this is 70 west of the beltway. traffic is running without delay. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> al qaeda posted a statement on a website urging muslims to kill u.s. representatives. >> the u.s. has stopped working with the military for now. several people died at the hands of a suicide bomber. tracie potts has more. >> joint operations are suspended indefinitely after four americans were believed to have been killed by afghan troops. >> we will do all we can to minimize those risks. but we will not lose sight of the fundamental mission here. >> a suicide bomb killed nine workers and three others at the airport. the group claiming responsibility angry over the video that sparked protests throughout the muslim world. afghanistan has now blocked it on you to. >> chris was able to help protecting our city. we were unable to protect him. >> libyan authorities and the fbi are cooperating. libya is running the investigation into his death. >> these are the people who were the losers. these are the al qaeda typ

outer loop northeast side, those delays continue towards dulaney valley.o and from i-95. southbound traffic is inching along approaching padonia down to the beltway. taney, over to you. >> lots of sunshine out there, a little bit on the cool side. there is a little bit of rain in the midwest. in the short term, more of the same trip lots of sunshine going into the afternoon on the cool start. 80 degrees later on today. another nice when it tomorrow. chance for public showers -- as for a couple of showers friday night, saturday morning. >>> 8:00 now on a wednesday morning. it's the 12th day of september, 2012. picture perfect morning here in the northeast. by the way, deejay jazzy natalie is playing a little old school music for us here. we've got queen and david bowie, "under pressure," part of her play list that she goes to. >> great song. >> still to come, don't forget we still have that olivia newton john song that she's promised coming up later. meanwhile, out here on the plaza i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker. >> what do we have

the alleged assaults took place just before 10:00 last night in a bus across the street from dulaney treatment and she is expected to be ok. we will bring you more information on this story as soon as it becomes available. sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11 standing by, and the roads are wet, which means -- >> it is busy out there. 100 and howard county, we have an accident. and just in from 195 to 32. ridge road, watch for an accident. another one on northbound 29 in the area of 5-70 -- i-70. this debate begins at 795 all the way down. this is impacting your right on southbound 795 out of the owings mills area. ivey of traffic, 83 n. padonia road, southbound traffic. greenspring avenue, going away from us is inner loop traffic, just starting to build towards the j.f.x. >> right now i.t. is pretty nice out there. a mixture of clouds and some sunshine. temperatures in the low end of the 60's. as we enter the next couple of days, those temperatures drop off into the 70's. this will be the warmest day as we head into the upcoming weekend. at the airport it is 62 degrees. southwest wind

once you get on to the northeast side from miller retorts dulaney valley, watch for a slow go.rimble road, watch for a crash. delays in this there. it will switch quickly to 295. southbound delays. over to you, tony. >> weather is quiet -- that's sarah. i know you would rather watch her, but you have to watch me. there is a little bit of rain this morning. it will pick up in intensity into the afternoon. moving to the east. there is a chance the severe weather this afternoon. breezy, high near 79. mixture of >>> tell us what it was like when you first heard justin cry. >> i know this sounds crazy, but he sounded like he was singing. he did. >> that's pretty good. that's justin bieber's mom patty opening up about raising the pop superstar. apparently she knew he was destined to tinge from the very beginning. we'll have kathie lee's exclusive interview with her coming up in our next half hour. >>> meanwhile, inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer alongside savannah guthrie. look who else is here, our good friend ryan seacrest in our green room. >> surprised he's not tweeting. tweeting a