if you're going to be heading out, east joppa, some fire department activity. the volume that you see on the west side, 17 minutes creating that delay there because of the earlier construction. that's gone so hopefully that will filter out soon. 11 minutes on the outer loop. five minutes from the 895 split to the fort mchenry. i-70 look better than last check. a live view at frederick, where things are moving better also with that late-clearing construction. mindy and stan, back to you. >> thank you. our big story, police have identified the body of a woman found inside a sewer in north baltimore on friday. >> this morning a former boyfriend is behind bars, charged in the case. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti joins us from baltimore city police headquarters with more details. >> according to charging documents this victim was reported missing in howard county in january of 2008. according to a website her ex-boyfriend or one-time boyfriend has confessed to the killing. the body was found in the 5 hundred block of benninghaus road. charging documents identi

we're also watching some continued fire activity at east joppa. otherwise, everything looking got at 83 at the beltway. no issues on the west side on the national pike or on the west side at i-70. for traffic information any time you can always log on to wjz.com. >>> braen storming as the obama administration decides to how to proceed in afghanistan. that discussion expected to take center stage following a deadly weekend in that region. here's the latest with wjz. . >> reporter: president obama's top advisors will meet twice this week in hopes of settling on a new game plan in afghanistan. onnings include scaling back, staying put or sending in more troops. >> i think it would be unfortunate if we just talked about troop strength. >> reporter: the top commander in the region says he needs more forces to get the job done. he's asked the president for another 40,000 troops to focus on protecting afgan civilians and taking on the taliban. >> give the general what he needs. you see, you have to have security in afghanistan, governance in afghanistan

and east joppa, some fire department activity. in terms of your drive times, look good. 11 minutes on the west side outer loop, same thing on the northeast outer loop. here's a live view of traffic this morning. west side running smoothly. we have some delays earlier because of some late-clearing construction. that's out of there. we're look much better. not dealing with any delays anywhere else. we can give you a live view of traffic on the harrisburg expressway just north of the beltway and moving freely from the maryland line all the way down. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. good morning. >> thank you. our big story, a man suspected. strangling his girlfriend and then stuffing her body down a man shoal in police custody. >> with that arrest, police hope to close a nearly year-long investigation into the woman's disappearance. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti live at city police headquarters with the story. good morning. >> good morning. police have identified the victim as being 28-year-old yealed vasque

another problem spot in parkville at east joppa some fire department activity.ing fire there. 14 minutes on the outer loop west side. that the added construction delay there. 11 minutes, outer loop northeast side. and five minutes southbound 95 from the 895 split to the fort mchenry. a live view traffic on the west side. it is barically moving at i-70. hopefully they will get that construction out there have shortly. that is impacting traffic on the west side. jammed conditions approaching i-70. let's give you a live view on another spot. liberty. actually we switched it around. we'll let you know how liberty is doing the next time. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. go to kurt kronke of the m.t.a. good morning, kurt. hope you had a great weekend. >> i did. thank you very much. we are looking good so far on the marc trains no. delays to report. also, light rail on time from hunt valley to cromwl station. metro on time in both directions. on the buses, a few diversions including the 17 at corporate and international due to construction. for the