. >>> bge crew, fire and police responded to a block in east baltimore. what crews discovered was another smell from a different kind of problem. brian kuebler explains. >> reporter: crews were investigating a gas odor in this neighborhood last night, a danger you could smell, but what they ended up finding was danger residents here see all too often. >> some activity around the place. you can never really tell. it's everywhere. >> reporter: neighbors weren't jumping to be on camera after police discovered the strong odor reported was a marijuana growing operation on the second floor of a row home. after entering the home, fire crews and officers noticed the smell coming from upstairs. the stairway was blocked. once officers climbed through they found what police are calling a substantial growing operation. >> detectives have been here since last night. they walked around the clock. we want to know where the plants came from where the drugs were going land who was involved -- and who was involved. >> reporter: police say this is a very active investigatio

see it is stopping here on broadway and east baltimore picking up folks here, just launched at 6:30 this morning. you can see it there. let me tell you something, today it's a fleet of about 21 free shuttles that serve baltimore city. the buses serve residents, employees, students and tourists, way to reduce congestion. this service just started at 6:30 this morning, as you can see it's up and running. now the green route runs from city hall to fells point to johns hopkins, the hybrid service is every 15 minutes and today baltimore city mayor, stephanie rawlings blake and others will gather at 10:30 to launch the green line officially. the mayor plans to call on congress to support the rebuild america jobs act. it includes $50 billion in much needed funding for transportation projects around the country. this would help road, rail and airport transportation projects, plus an additional $10 billion for an infrastructure bank. we saw the green route for the charm city circulator on its way on the move and picking up people since 6:30 this morning. repotting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news

it consists of eight new hybrid electric buses that connect east baltimore to key downtown destinationslike fells point and harbor east. free of charge. >> the charm city circulator is a great way for commuters to connect to other forms of mass transit, in the city such as light rail, marc train and the subway. >> reporter: east baltimore resident, angela lapray doesn't have a car. and getting downtown was tough, until now. >> because they have an excellent schedule set up. it's going to provide easy transportation. that's the main thing. >> reporter: the new route will help johns hopkins employees, too. as the stop is right outside. >> it's also going to bring other people to this location, to the life sciences concentrations. >> reporter: from sunday to thursday, the bus runs every 10 minutes from 6:30 in the morning, until 8:30 at night. >> reporter: the green route will cost $1.3 million a year to operate and join two are the routes in the city, totaling 26 buses. money angela lapray thinks is well spent. >> it's free. >> reporter: andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> and the green

these women are helping with a special construction project in east baltimore. they left their restaurant to help habitat for humanity. about 75% of the work for the women build project is performed by women. they wear specially designed hard hats and tool belts. >> chilly day today, but the least we had plenty of sunshine, no storms nearby. you cannot see it on the radar, but there is a storm spinning out on the atlantic ocean. there is a storm out in the rocky mountains producing a lot of snow at higher elevations. there is also a storm coming into the west coast, california, oregon commack and parts of the bj organ, and parts of washington state. egon, and parts of washington state. westminster standing steady of 50. 48 in frederick. it is already beginning to drop into the 30's in far western maryland right now. here you will see that storm spinning out over the atlantic. it is kind of stalled. it cannot move because there are systems further east that had it blocked. because this cannot move, the high pressure here cannot move, and the storms out west canno

at first, the board not sure what was causing the strong odor in the east baltimore neighborhood. a smell that tonya said impacted her health. watson was getting out of the health -- the house. >> she suffers from bronchitis and lupis. she had trouble leaving her home and going across the street. "i went over there and it laid down. the police call the ambulance. >> tort was not sure what was happening. >> it was all over the place. >> police and firefighters arrived around 8:00 monday night, the started investigating complaints of a possible natural gas leak. concerns grew over a possible fire because of a lingering burning smell. >> fire department responded on the scene. there were no visible signs of any type of fire. there was an odor in the area. bge told the fire department the odor was not natural gas. >> the police could not get to the second floor. >> there were some barricades that were put in place that prevented officers from going upstairs. the fire department called for their hazmat units and police called for a bomb squad. unsure of what they were handling, police

we are here in this 600 block of broadway, johns hopkins hospital in east baltimore. this is one of the locations for the new charm city circulators green route. this is one of the stops it will make, the mayor, stephanie rawlings blake and business leaders and others will launch the green route. service at 6:30, and the green route runs from city hall to fells point to johns hopkins, service is every 15 minutes and the mayor plans to call on congress to rebuild the jobsability. $50billion in funding for transportation projects around the country. it would help road, rail and airport transportation projects, plus an additional $10 billion for an infrastructure bank. today's event kicks off at 10:30 this morning, it will take place at the intersection of ashland and rutland avenues. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a officer assigned to protect stephanie rawlings blake maybe sore following a crash. it happened at the gillford avenue exit around 8:30, the officer was returning to city hall when a vehicle hit his suv. drivers expected to be fined and the mayor was not in

reporting live from east baltimore. corinne redman, abc2 news mr. news around nation, the body of a child-- >>> news around the nation the body of a child has been recovered near a plane crash. three adults and three children were on board ranging from 5 to 9. police think everyone on board has died. the plane was flying from stafford to mesa arizona to pick up the kids for thanksgiving.>>> a california teen walked into submit a restmation and left the store with stolen goods -- resume and left the store with stolen goods. the cameras were on him when he walked in and he handed in his resume and walked out with a air soft gun e confessed and maybe this wasn't his brightest of ideas. >>> all right. belove the stories and this is going -- we love the stories and this is going to warm your heart and make you thankful for thethings you and your family have. army sergeant is back from afghanistan but his kids had no idea. they were reading a book and called their dad a hero and the hero wanked in -- walked in and surprised the two kids. >> i missed you.

coming up, more on the why these players were in east baltimore. >>> an attempted carjacking in the parking lot of this supermarket and a warning from police with the suspect still on the loose, coming up. >>> an anthrax attacks, a number of people killed and a maryland scientist blamed. why the federal government is shelling out millio,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> herman cain is reportedly reassessing his run for the white house after nabbingizations. >> reporter: herman cain is trying to determine if a nabbingization will drive supporters away. a georgia woman said he shad a 13-year relationship with cain. hours before, he was already denying the allegations. >> i have nothing to hide. i have done nothing wrong. >> reporter: on a conference call tuesday, he told staffers the allegations from white and other women have taken a toll on his family. he was leading national polls until the first accusation surfaced in late october. since then he slipped from 30% to around 13%. newt gingrich told cbs news this doesn't mean cain is out of the race. >> i was supposed to be dead in june and july. i'm not goin

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at an east baltimore carry-out on halloween night. kai reed has more. >> according to baltimore city police, this surveillance video was the key to finding out who killed freddie jones june jr.. three suspects were involved in an altercation with jones monday night. the tape stops when the suspect in the orange hoodie pulls out a gun. customer eddie jones jr. was shot and killed. markel jones' grandfather recognized his grandson in the video and called police. >> his parents called the police. they said they saw their son's picture on the news and recognized him as the shooter and couldn't live with themselves knowing something like this had happened a. >> markel told police he was conducting street robberies. he said freddie jones tried to resist and he shot him three times with a .45 caliber handgun. no one came to the door, markel jones' home. he's charged with first-degree murder, assault, and handgun robbery. >> it is sad. it is shocking that someone in this neighborhood would do that. >> a neighbor was disturbed by the news but g

the heavy stuff now east and northeast of the baltimore metro. e northeast maryland getting some heavy rain. it's east of our region, and that will continue over the next few hours. locally you can see west of the city, really just west of us. northeast of us still moderate and pockets of rain. just a matter of time before it's finally clearing up from the city on west. east of us probably at least three to four more hours where you'll be dealing with this rain. 52degrees now. temperatures around 10:30 we're up to 67. the front came through temperatures started dropping. winds right now out of the south at five, the humidity dropped down to 86%. the barometer just beginning to pick up. 39 in oakland. later tonight snow shower activity, maybe a light dusting of wet snow. 54 up in elkton with rain. it's moving up toward northern delaware, southern pa shortly. right now we have a southerly wind as this front has gone through the area. the winds have turned around. more of a west wind. that should turn things around. this low pressure really gets its

. ♪ >>> a long time eyesore in east baltimore is coming down. >>> we'll tell you how the super committeeate cop end up ben -- could end up benefiting one county. >>> and an apparent attack on occupy protesters goes viral. >>> a building scheduled for demolition in east baltimore has raised concerns over how the fallout coil act the neighbor's health. >> reporter: whether it's lead paint or asthma, residents want to note risk -- know the risk of tearing it down. >> it's an eyesore. >>

we have milder conditions from baltimore out to the east. we have a storm system that tracked across the eastern tier of maryland overnight. we saw some showers in ocean city that were light in nature. the roads were wet along 95 this morning in baltimore. there could be a few slick spots. we see a wide variation of temperatures. we had clouds overnight. 51 in annapolis. 48 in ocean city. we don't have to go too far to the west where skies were clear overnight. 37 in gaithersburg. 34 in frederick. you may or may not have to defrost your windows this morning. temperatures will drop a couple more degrees as we head towards sunrise. clouds are moving east. we will see pleasant weather. the storm system will exit to the east. this will stick for us for the next few days. generally pleasant weather. the next storm system is out in the plains. eastern shore up to baltimore, we see some clouds and becoming sunny this afternoon. a bit cool today. mid to upper 50's. some areas may hit 60. we expect 53 at lunchtime and upper 50's at 4:00 p.m. the skies

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. >>> in east baltimore some generous volunteers served some of the most in need. at beans and bread, they feasted on the traditional food. they want people to remember these people need help other days as well. >> this is like an every day thing for us. we don't just do it on thanksgiving. >> if you're interested in volunteering with any have the services call 410-732-1872. extption 111. >>> the first family volunteered. they distributed food bags for children and seen why ares in need. >>> thanksgiving is about feasting but people aren't the only ones hop want full r--- who want full bellies. >> reporter: that's a baster, but no turkey. danielle is at the national aquarium in baltimore. she is here to make sure the jellies get their feast. >> when they sit on the bottom, they're full. >> sometimes they will have a big meal and rest it off. >> reporter: they're making sure the sharks are well fed. john gets the fun job from are a which are fish that -- archer fish. >> they are more interested in the fish. >> reporter: to huge stingrays. >> very social animals, jus

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a hazmat situation in east baltimore. capt. taylor is at the scene. what can you tell us? >> this is the 1600 block of east lombard street, the freedom academy. a group of students assessed a glass jar found on the property. it wound up breaking. the contents in the jar were not known. the children complained of irritation to the guys. the school has been evacuated. they are not saying the kids are injured, but they do want to transport them to hopkins pediatric to check them out. hazmat teams and the department of and firemen are attempting to figure out exactly what this substance was. as we get more, we will update. >> thank you, captain. our big story, today's increase in tolls will be followed by a sect -- second round in july. steven? >> while these toll hikes are universally hated, transportation officials contend that they are critically necessary. polls in the tunnel and the key bridge increase from $2 to $3. the $5 to $6 on the memorial highway. the rate for the bay bridge is now $4. the hikes are needed due to increases in maintenance costs. the $2.6 billion into

baltimore. that happened at east 33rd street. fire officials say 30 people from both vehicles were hospitalized --13 people were hospitalized for both vehicles. baltimore city police are investigating a cross between a special needs a school bus and a another vehicle. the two collided on east 38th street this morning. six children were taken to the john hopkins children's center as a precaution. we are told the driver of the other vehicle was treated for chest pains. a fire that left a 6-year-old boy dead has claimed the lives of his mother and aunt. 36-year-old simon monroe have died from their injuries at washington adventist hospital. that happened sunday morning. the six-year old was also killed in the fire. investigators have concluded that an overloaded power strip in the living room caused the fire. it was ruled accidental. >> onetime republican front- runner acknowledges that he faces a firestorm with the latest allegation that he carried on a 13 year affair. he is reassessing his candidacy. >> facing his worst crisis yet,

explain it coming up in a few minutes. >> two firefighters were hurt while battling a fire in east baltimore. kreuz responded to a fire around 9:45 a.m. and we are told firefighters were able to gain quick control the blaze and it is unclear if anyone was home at the time. on both were treated for non- life threatening to burn than no word yet on what sparked the fire. investigators are trying to figure out what killed two people in southwest baltimore in this fire. it happened around 3:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. >> we understand there were two people on the third floor that did not make it, one male and one female, and both suffered currently heavy smoke inhalation and expired at the scene. >> neighbors identified them as a woman in her 70's and her adult son. authorities say two firefighters were treated at bayview for minor burns. an accident in white marsh sends five people to the hospital. it happened shortly after midnight on a philadelphia and ebenezer road. a vehicle hit a pole and split into three pieces. it took kreuz 20 minutes to rescue people from the vehicle that were flown t

. >>> baltimore police made an arrest in the rape of a 13-year- old girl last month in east baltimore. detectives used dna evidence to arrest wright . she was taken in to vacant building and assaulted. more tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >>> after 100 days in jail in aruba, the man suspected in the death of a missing woman maybe sent home. a judge on the island says prosecutors have not made enough progress investigating her disappearance. prosecutors are working on an emergency appeal but if that fails he will be released in 24 hours. >>> syracuse university fired the long time assistant coach accused of child sex abuse. manuel guy -- >> reporter: syracuse university fired bernie fine after a thinker man accused him of sexual abuse. one accusers recorded phone conversations with fine's wife. >> i know everything that went on with him. >> reporter: that's lori speaking to bobby davis about the abuse. davis says fine began molesting him in 19844 and it lasted for more than a decade. the former syracuse ball boy claims he had a sexual relationship with fine's wife when he was 18. a thi

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. >> two firefighters were hurt walcott -- while battling a fire in east baltimore. it was around 9:45 a.m. this morning. the firefighters are able to gain quick control of the blaze, but it is and here it -- unclear if anyone was home at the time. but firefighters are expected to recover from their injuries. in the meanwhile, a gathering to remember two victims killed in a fire on saturday afternoon. it happened in the 400 block of south fulton street. neighbors tell us that donna rhetoric and her son, ernie, r.t. -- a daughter of richard, and her son, ernie, are the victims. police are still investigating the cause of the fire. >> lisa robinson is live at city headquarters with the latest on this next story. >> police say one way to help them break this case, residents keeping an eye out. >> i think it is horrible. it is a bad thing. >> it is scary. because it is so close to where i live. >> 3 arson attempts over the weekend have northwest baltimore residents on edge. three separate homes were targeted in the 4100 block of belleview avenue, the 3900 block of grovel

police said dna matched a sample in the state's database >>> the state of an east baltimore soup kitchen could be in the hands of the courts. the beans and bred outreach center feeds hundreds every day. st. vincents plans to spend $5 million to expand but a neighborhood associate is not thrilled with the idea >> the homeless are coming in from the west side of the city to this neighborhood and the numbers vice president grown >> o -- numbers have grown. the maryland court of special appeals is set to decide the fate to have project >>> it's time to name that park on crest lane. how about slooifer park named for sergeant slooifer. how about fisher park, linda fisher who sold muffins while fight to go get off of welfare. the official park name will be announced march 28th. name that park, kelly. >> we'll see. >>> tomorrow, he could be on a plane headed down. he's been behind bars for months in convection with the sda appearance of robin gardener. on day three he said she disappeared while snorkeling. if released, he's going to face a possible grand jury indictment in connection with $1.5 m

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. >> reporter: they rolled into east baltimore with a police escort. 100 corvettes all for a good cause. >> rerecognize we need to give back. to recognize there is a need. we recognize people need our help. >> reporter: people do need help. with thanksgiving approaching a lot of people are wondering, more than ever, where their next meal will come from. that help came from these corvette owners and club members who brought turkey and canned goods with them. >> a lot of people don't have a hot meal. it is all of us basically coming together to be -x help those who can't help themselves. >> we don't need to wait until thanksgiving. we can do it j> i love these gatherings. there needs to be more. >> reporter: she's right. there is a need for a lot more. a lot more giving. a lot more of the positive images that kids saw. and a lot more of the smiles that people share between each other and the thought that tomorrow will be a better day. >> that was the first

. >>> green line starts today, sherrie johnson is live in east baltimore with more on the launch and what it could mean for rebuilding jobs in the city. >> we've seen the charm city circulators driving around town. we are here in the 600 block of broadway in front of johns hopkins hospital. this is actually one of the stops that the new green line will make. later this morning, mayor stephanie rawlings blake along with business leader and others will launch the green route. service is at 6:30 and the green route runs from city hall to fells point to johns hopkins and this new hybrid bus has serviced every 15 minutes and the mayor plans to call on congress to support the rebuild america jobs act including $50 billion in much needed funding for transportation projects around the country. it would help road, rail, and airport transportation projects plus additional $10 billion for an infrastructure bank. today's event kicks off at 10:30 this morning. reporting life, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> the owner of mount washington tavern plans to rebuild afa fire driedz droid the land mark.

we are in east baltimore, the students will take on the athletes. it's part of -- underarmor up and coming roster. we will see brandon jennings, derrick williams, walker and vasquez, taking on top high school players in a game against st. francis academy. >> we are having technical problems with sherrie johnson. she is st. francis academy, getting ready for a exhibition game between the mba stars and high school stars. we will hear from sherrie johnson later. >>> time for a check of the weather forecast with justin. >> good morning, 5:17, much of baltimore will be sleep deprived things watching a tremendous victory in pittsburgh. this morning, we also get to benefit of earlier daylight, and we will get the benefit of a beautiful day. check out the picture, distinct tiff frontal boundary from the lower great lakes in through p d missouri, oklahoma city, which oklahoma had+ñto deal with earthquakes over the weekend, the threat sf severe weather today, /7móñand the pattern is and active 1géáhthe western half of the nation, we get the benefit of dry wea

sherrie johnson is live in east baltimore with more on what the launch could mean for you and rebuilding jobs in america. >> reporter: we've seen the charm city circulator buses all over time. today, a new green line kicks off and kicks off in a half hour. we are here on broadway in front of johns hopkins. this is one of the stops for the green line bus route. baltimore city mayor and others will launch the green route. service starts at 6:30 this morning. the green route runs from city hall to fells point to johns hopkins. the hybrid bus has service every 15 minutes. the mayor plans to call on congress to support the rebuild america jobs act including $50 billion in much needed funding for transportation projects around the country and helping road, rail and airport transportation projects, plus an additional $10 billion for an infrastructure bank. right now a committee is gathering ideas from leaders to make its final decision on how to cut up to $1.5 trillion from the budget and voting by thanksgiving and pass it off to congress by december 2nd, so congress can vote by christmas. toda

baltimore. the sunrise is at 7:46. some high-pressure to our east. this storm is approaching the the middle of the country. some of the high clouds are moving and. this is going to pack -- this is going to move south of us on friday. it started off as a blizzard in the colorado rockies. there is some decent rain stretching just west of the mississippi into parts of arkansas. you see that the approaching us tomorrow. during the day, we should hold with partly sunny skies. friday, a better chance of some rain developing. it still looks dry, southern pennsylvania and most of maryland. by friday, that system is moving out and the weekend looks gorgeous. a lot of sunshine for both saturday and sunday. temperatures out or maybe a couple of degrees above normal. we will sneak in one more decent day in the mountains tomorrow. slightly better chance for some showers around the eastern shore, a 20% on friday. the best chance for rain is down towards ocean city, where the rain chances are 50-50. tomorrow looks beautiful there as well. if you're traveling toward

. >> we're learning more tonight about the victim murdered in an east baltimore carry out. the family of freddie jones hopes surveillance video leads police to his killer. lowell nelson is live with that story. and >> chris today we pointed out the fact that there was twitter leave no police activity in and around the -- yesterday we pointed out the fact that there was no police activity in and around the area. they have released to as a key piece of evidence in this case. surveillance video clearly showing the three faces of the suspects in this case, and also showing what happened leading up to the shooting. freddy jones jr. on the cellphone as surveillance video shows three men in their teens or early twenties entering the carry out on green mount ave. monday night at 6:30. one of the suspects as something to him and shoved him, an argument breaks out, and the suspect pulled out a gun. jones was shot multiple times and died at the hospital. crystaled jones, his wife was very upset while talking to reporters wednesday, saying she was frustrated by the fact the police wait

two men are recovering after a double shooting in east baltimore. shots were fired around 7:30 tonight on aiken street. there is no word on their condition. the search for the gunman continues. we know the names of the two people killed outside an anne arundel mills mall last night. they were gunned down last night in the mall parking lot just before midnight. officers were able to identify a vehicle of interest. that led them to a standoff with the suspect, james coleman, who confronted officers with an ak- 47 and a shotgun. police shot and killed the suspect. >> we do not believe this was a random act of violence. the preliminary investigation is in the early stages. we believe the victims may have known the suspect. >> one officer suffered what is believed to be non life- threatening injuries. investigators say coleman had an extensive criminal history. a university student stabbed and killed last weekend was laid to rest. . services were held today for courtney mccoy. she was murdered during an off- campus party at western maryland university la

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. >> back in the east baltimore neighborhood where police say alvin wright sr. viciously raped and assaulted a 13-year-old girl, word traveled fast about his arrest. called more city police, while pleased to have an alleged child rapist off the streets, say they are still bothered by the details surrounding his arrest. it was back on october 17 when police say he kidnapped a 13- rolle female victim, she was walking in the 800 block of north carolina street and then dragged her into a unit which was vacant. >> she was forced into an abandoned row home. she felt for the first four into the basement. the suspect then came in and viciously attacked and sexually assaulted her, and then later fled on foot. >> the victim was raped multiple times. she literally had to stack pieces of wood and brick on top of each other to climb out of the unit before going home and calling police. the victim was taken to hospital where dna evidence was gathered from the attacker. because of the nature of crime, it was given priority status. the dna match to alvin wright who was in the s

reporting from east baltimore. >>> word that more than fit the maryland organizations will receive state funding to fight violence against women. tonight, the awards were announced. the funding will be provided to nonprofits. >>> the new gop front-runner is fighting allegations that he sexually harassed two women in the 1990's. herman cain said he was not aware of the claims. he has backtracked, and again he remembered some details. is this a game changer? >> as many as 2/3 of republican voters have not decided who they will vote for. the iowa caucus is in eight weeks. herman cain will have a difficult time surviving the scandal. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> herman cain spent much of the day on the defensive. he is denying allegations that he sexually harassed two female co-workers while he was ceo of the national restaurant association. >> i am unaware of any settlement. i hope it was not for much. >> he is currently a front- runner in the race. two recent polls show him with a narrow lead over mitt romney. do you think he will overcome this? >> i do not. i think he will

at first they were not sure what was causing the strong odor in this east baltimore neighborhood. a small that tonya said impacted her health. the smell was coming from this house two days from her home. she suffered from bronchitis and and lupus. she had trouble leaving her home and going across the street. george was not sure what was happening. >> the police came and ambulance. there were all over the place. >> police and firefighters arrived around 8:00 monday night, they started investigating complaints of a natural gas leak. bge becamstarted checking. >> there were no visible signs of any type of fire. there was an odor in the area. bge said ti was not gas.' >> there were some barricades that were put in place that prevented the officers from going upstairs. because of the oder and not being able to reach the second floor, the fire department called for,hazmat units. >> some in the neighborhood and wondered if 8 math lab had been set up in the house. police took extra precautions for the neighborhood. what did they find it? >> there was no fire or math lab, we did find a sig

the incidents happened in pairson park in east baltimore, typically from 10:00 at night until 2:00 in the morning. police encourage anyone with information or sees anything suspicious, call 911 immediately. >>> good samaritan turns in to a robber and a mother is the target. a woman told police she pulled over on blackberry lane to change the gps. a man walked up asking if she needed help and demanded the money. the woman had a baby in the car. the man did not have a weapon. we've learn ex-games champion lives nearby and people drive by to check on his property. >> makes you wonder, did he stake this spot out and think this is where people often stop, there is private, not a lot of traffic. an easy spot to get somebody vulnerable. >> lis are looking for the -- police are looking for the woman driving the get away car. >>> cummings and bernstein will be holding a summit on witness intim nation. brings together officials and witness service providers sharing ow to protect and care for the victims and witnesses of crimes. cummings is the keynote speaker. it's at the university of baltimor

francis in east baltimore, a part of an exhibition game with mba professional athletes taking the court against the students and it's thanks to underarmor, this morning i have mike parker joining me live with underarmor. thank you for coming out with us and talking to us. >> you are welcome. >> tell me what is going on today? tell me about what you guys are putting on. >> the mba season is supposed to begin november 1st, we rex are experiencing a lockout. the greatest players in the world to play the game. underarmor is committed to the game of and training. to the introduction of our new shooter, and the campaign we launched november 1st, those two things speak the basketball player whose are right now in the gym working hard to get better. we want to support that as well as kind of speak to mpaign of a which say bout not where you are from gee photographically but from a mental standpoint, the whole idea of hard work, commitment, what is inside of you that makes you go the extra mile to be a better basketball player. we are here to support that. >> reporter: what players are you talki

francis academy in east baltimore, students will be able to enjoy a exhibition game, they are excited about. this all takes off later this afternoon, it's a game filled with underarmor's up and coming roster of athletes. we will see brandon jennings, williams, walker and vasquez, taking on top high school players in an exhibition game against st. francis, they are free and open to the public. the tour is here in baltimore, called are you from here. while the players have time off, why not give back to the kids? the game kicks off at 3:00 pothis afternoon until 5:30 here at st. francis academy. charlie, i'm told that our own kuren redmond, i'm told her son, darius goes to school here and playing in the game tonight. we will excited for him. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> around the nation, unsuspecting car led officers in a high speed chase sunday. it was a police car stolen and it started when an officer tried to arrest a man for stealing another car. police were able to catch up with the thief. one officer suffered injuries. a helicopter made a unsmooth landing in a neighborhood, no

. >>> meth lab in east baltimore. neighbors living there complained of the smell of natural gas. bge couldn't get inside and called in city fire. firefighters went in and believed they saw a meth lab which can be dangerous. no one was hurt. this is no fear of a possible explosion. >>> warning for you this morning for you are out shopping, baltimore county police say a woman at the center of a crime spree made her way in to our area. linda so is standing by with what police are looking. >> this woman is no stranger to violence. police believe she is a former member of ms 13 gang and wanted for a thanksgiving carjacking. here is her pictures her name is stephanie schwab. she kidnapped and stabbed a woman in baltimore county. it happened at 2:00 in the afternoon on thanksgiving day in the safeway parking lot on route 40. police say schwab asked a woman for a ride and got in to the car and drove to the shopper's food warehouse. schwab demanded the victim keep driving. schwab stabbed her in the hand and ran off. police are warning people to be on the lookout for schwab. >> we are aski

francis academy in east baltimore.hey are going to be going head to head with basketball stars here and i got to tell you it's thanks to under armor, i have mike parker, joining me live with under armor, this is an exciting game. you will have killball walker and jennings, folks here for this game. >> we are excited about it being that obviously the lockout was taking place and the guys still want to play basketball, they have passion. it's going to be a great time and looking forward to it. >> why is this event important for the kids? >> really, it's all about giving the kids an opportunity to get close to players. and bringing that experience to them up close and personal as well as kind of giving them a chance to see how guys work hard to get where they are and making it tangible and something they can relate to. >> the tour kicks off in baltimore. >> after today, we head up to new york, we take on two of the high schools, boys and girls, brooklyn and lincoln, high school. it's going to be fun heading up this. >> on

reporting live from east baltimore, corinne redman, abc2 news. >>> today is not just about the turkey and great meal but also a day for gathering around with the family and friends in front of the tv for a little football. what better way to celebrate than the ravens. it's going to be the nfl's first ever brother versus brother coaching matchup. san francisco at the 49ers with their coach jim harbaugh against the ravens john harbaugh. ravens beat bengals last week to make the record 7-3. tonight they are take on the 49ers here at home at m and t stadium and kick off is set for 8:20. >>> just before the game the 92nd annual cat paul, the -- catapult learning turkey bowl. five hours to be exact from kick off. the cardinals against the dons of loyola who is look to avenge last year's loss to the cards in a from -- cardinals from last weekend. you have scott garceau and jammy costello -- jamie costello live on the campus of towson. justin. >>> 5:11. susan wrote in saying happy thanksgiving and she is up and cook for two days just put the turkey in the oven. expecting 16 for denar -- diffe

not a bad ride for east baltimore's guy, ed hale. owner is going to be honored next month in florida. hale's going to be one of three inaugural into the major indoor soccer league hall of fame. and many credit him with saving the entire league. ed hale has won five championships with your baltimore blast. >>> here's a look at what's coming up tonight at 11:00. your child's cell phone is for emergencies, but for them it's a tool for socializing. cbs works for you with a new app that'll help you keep a watchful eye over the phone. >>> your son or daughter has something from this store on their christmas list. we've got a preview of the toys "r" us black friday deals. we're going to have those and more plus wyatt's forecast. check us out at 11:00. >>> all right. miserable out there. >> yeah, an ugly evening jamie, if you don't make that last run to the store, you're going to be dealing with that for several hours. big wave. much more rain to the west. hour by hour tomorrow, some changes we'll dry things out during the day. look at the t

. >>> we're following breaking news in east baltimore, where the fire department stumbled on a possible meth lab. right now, hazmat crews are at the 3300 block of meckleberry street, along with city police and bge. the fire department responded to reports of a gas leak but found evidence of a meth lab inside. no one is believed in any danger. but this is still an active scene. >>> serious crash, involving baltimore city school bus tonight. three vehicles collided in the block of west patapsco avenue. you can see the damage from sky eye chopper 13. several were rushed to the hospital. no one on board the school bus was hurt. >>> police impersonators, taking advantage of innocent victims. it's a growing problem. and tonight, police want to warn people in southeast baltimore, about a series of new strikes. wjz is live. megan mccorkell explains why the hispanic community is especially vulnerable. >> they struck three times over the weekend, all in the patterson park neighborhood. now, police are pleading for more information so they can put them behind bars. >> reporter: they've got a badge

we have clouds east of baltimore. those oblique clearing out.0's today. 30's in the western suburbs -- those clouds are clearing out. we of better weather on the way for sunday -- we have better weather on the way for sunday. >> baltimore police make the arrest in the rape of a girl. >> kim dacey has details. >> good morning. at the time of the attack, 22- year-old lucky christopher crosby was already being monitored by authorities. he was on probation and wearing a gps device. police will not comment just yet as their investigation continues into what happened inside a van parked behind these houses in west baltimore. investigators arrested 22-year- old lucky christopher crosby jr. he is charged with rape and other sex offenses, false imprisonment, and handgun violations. he and four other suspects are accused of a brutal assault. the victim -- a 14-year-old girl. she reported the attack october 23. according to a court charging document, a van similar to this one was on a lot to the rear of the 1500 block of leslie street. the teenager told in

east. baltimore is starting to dry out. the worst of the rain is down in southern maryland. back to the western part of the state, there are some thunderstorms push into oakland. this is the cold front will be tracking. we could see a couple of showers throughout the morning hours and then an isolated shower into the afternoon. we're mild right now, 60's. we're expected to drop into the 50's by this afternoon. it will be turning much colder and much more windy. now we head over to sarah. >> good morning. you'll notice how much volume we have. a lot of folks trying to get out of town or to work. we have an accident on northbound 95 just past mountain road. another one at 216. two early-morning accidents on 95 to avoid. ridge road is closed because of a downed tree. flooding is an issue in new windsor. this one right church street. you can see it is soggy out there. pretty heavy already this morning, but no sign of delays. we will keep you posted on those problems. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> 17 people are recovering after an accident involving a sc

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a man who was shot inside an east baltimore takeout has died because off injuriesbecausereddie jones has died after a shooting at the acarryout. if you have any information on any homicide, you are asked to call 1-866-7-lockup. today howard county man was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years for the murder of his ex-wife. he was convicted in august. he stabbed her more than 100 times before setting the home on fire and attempting suicide. the state argued that the motive behind the massacre was a text message to white in which he apologized for having a miscarriage. baltimore city has a program aimed at easing off one of the most deadly serious between x responses. child custody and offspring a local couple whose daughter was gunned down during a local exchange said the program could change the lives. >> if you are involved in a better break up, beating your x can create a scenario right per common plantation, even if you have a court order. baltimore city is using a federal grant to set up a means to sit peacefully. cox did describe their daughter as an excellent mother who bal