we start with 29 at 108 in ellicott city.you travel towards the new jersey turnpike, there are some closures in effect because of an overturned tractor trailer at exit 12. it is just a mess. and overturned dump truck and a major mess at exit 12 on the new jersey turnpike. >> i used to drive up there a lot. >> coming off of the delaware memorial bridge. >> we have a 30% chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon. high temperature of 88. a good chance for rain tomorrow. scattered showers wednesday and thursday. a good stretch going into the weekend. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good day.

ellicott city coming in at 72 degrees. 68 in elkton and emmettsburg at 67. winds will pick up a southerly flow as we go into the afternoon at about 5 to 10 miles an hour. and that humidity is rising. so as we look at maryland's most powerful radar we have all five sweeps on. we are nice and dry as of now. but change is coming to the forecast. more into the overnight we will see heavy rounds of rain lingering into tomorrow morning. stepping out and about and if you can't get back to the house you will want to take the rain gear with you. but we do have patchy fog reduced visibility and with that, let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. 95 was clearing up. and what does it look like now. >> reporter: 95 through the fort mchenry tunnel no delays whatsoever. 895 no delays but that will change on june 20th where major construction will begin to replace concrete deck in the area that continues through october. so, you will want to avoid 895 at all costs use the fort mchenry tunnel and key bridge. heading out on 83 no delays from hunt

look at what we have in ellicott city. a nice sunrise this morning, plenty of blue sky definitely going to prevail. we look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now and we are dry. let's get a check now of the traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. we are dealing with an accident in baltimore city. it's right on shannon drive at dudley avenue. and unfortunately congestion is really starting to pick up on many of our main lines, including the beltway, as we check in and take a live look at the west side at old court road. that outer loop really will start to jam up even more as you make the drive from security boulevard all the way down to route 40. and if you are using 895, here's a live look at o'donnell street. no problems to report here. fort mchenry tunnel will also be clear. but a week from today all of that construction, major construction will begin at the harvard tunnel. so do expect significant delays. traffic will be reduce today just one lane in both directions all the way

the last time i showed you ellicott city, it was 49, so temperatures have dropped a bit. 59 degree ss we should be for this time of the year. high pressure doing its thing for today. it's going to keep those clouds at bay and sunshine will prevail as we head through the next several days here. it's going to be a great day to get out and enjoy, a great weekend to get out there and enjoy because we're not really seeing too much. 86 degrees is what i'm going for today. yes, a little bit above average, but no complaints because this is what you've been waiting for. look at the beach forecast, 81 degrees for today, partly cloudy skies to mostly sunny. mostly sunny as we head into saturday. and then it gets hot at the beach as we go into sunday with that temperature coming in at 91. but we like it, just get in the water, that water temperature right around 67. let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. well, some good news in fredrick where a crash has just cleared from interstate 70 at patrick. it briefly shut do

between i-95 and sevenern as well and to elk ridge and off of 100 out of ellicott city as well and that is where we're keeping an eye on the storm and can you see the storm and what it looks like and that has lost the tornado vortex signature, a good thing, trust me, but continues to be able to put out fairly strong wind and some wind in there and this is around bowie earlier and we can give an idea of what this storm is capable of producing with the wind. 35 miles an hour with that and more than that. that is not severe thunderstorm wins and that is with a core and stronger winds and that is into southern sections and into the central park of anne arundel county and if you have that and that is to glen burnie and i believe that is going to be broad enough to get strong winds in emk ridge, and -- elk ridge and ellicott city, you're on the western frames of the system and that is one to watch and continues the pulsing where it wants to rotate and backs off a bit. and this heads up to bwi. bwi and the core of it and that is around everything there. riviera beach, you're out of this for no

ellicott city pretty much abe bowl so a lot of flooding in that area. howard county, frederick county, up toward the north side of montgomery county, that's where we've seen the worst problem with flooding and delays. >> robert, it seems to me, correct me if i'm wrong that on friday rush hour starts early but it can end early as well. now it's almost 7:00 and it's nowhere near done. that's a little unusual. >> it is weather related and it is unusual. you are correct, around 5:45, 6:00, especially the beltway through college park and down to the south end, towards 395 really starts to thin out, but obvious we're not seeing that today. i actually think a big cause of it, too, a lot of people are leaving work later, and i eve seen even more traffic now heading out of the area than i normally have at this hour building out toward 29, kohl'sville road, out towards 66. i think a lot of people were just being safe and working a little late today. >> they were taking topper's advice and it's not working in their favor, at least traffic- wise. >> a lot of people

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. >> also spelled ellicott city with seven "t"'s. >>> hey, it was an all-star turnout at the cal ripken annual luncheon. abc2 is a proud partner. three awards were handed out to people who helped. the cal ripken foundation is focusedded on building character, teaching life lessons. an outstanding day with the ripkens. >>> and all the ships left the harbor. there's still time to recognize the bicentennial of the war of 1812. dedicated to the memory of some of those contributions. >> one of the things, our history is not highlighted and african-americans played a pivotal role in the war of 1812. >> on the second stop, the monument. the kid were treated to a special performance, an african-american soldier was wounded in the war of 1812. >>> all right. before we go, kelly joins us with a look at what's coming up. >> summertime. abc2 works for you. things you should never buy second hand. >> all right. and will the heat or the thunder win tonight? what do you think? >> the heat wins out, right? >> we'll see. >> the heat winning this afternoon. we're in the 100 plus heat index range. watch f

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take a look at our melanie lawson cam -- at our ellicott city cam, dundalk showing us the ominous lookinglouds. ocean city, had a couple people early on. here come the clouds as they rolled. now we're left with temperatures in the 60s. so here's the harbor cam. it's a nice looking skyline. you can see the sun reflecting off the pavement. still a pretty dry humidity value at 45%. that wind had a kick between 15 to 20. warmer and dulles at 73. d.c. and we're talking temperatures with the sunshine that were warmer down our southern points. here as the winds between 10 to 15. last hour we had a reported wind gust of 21. the winds will remain breezy. we'll take you through hour by hour. waking up tomorrow morning to 61. a peek or two sufficient sunshine -- of sunshine. showing a pretty clear picture for much of the city limits. cecil county, down toward elkton, a flareup over -- kent county. we'll be watching it. there's a band of steady showers over central pennsylvania. this is drifting from north to south. it will be in the vicinity, our immediate vicinity as we head toward the immediate ho

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nw of ellicott city. police of not release his name, but they say he is from baltimore county. he is in stable condition. police don't believe the gunshot was self-inflicted. as police are searching for a man was stabbed another man in takoma park, this happened late yesterday afternoon near new hampshire and eastern avenue as. the suspect amended the victim's backpack, which had a laptop inside. witnesses believe the thief targeted him because he saw him walking from the mcdonald's. >> i think he saw him walking from there. prexy produced a knife after they struggled and assaulted the victim. >> the victim was stabbed multiple times but is expected to recover. several witnesses saw the incident. police are still looking for the attacker. >> ousted egyptian leader hosni mubarak is on life support after suffering a stroke. the 84-year-old was moved to a military hospital in cairo. he is serving a life sentence for failing to stop the killing of protesters during an uprising against his rule last year. this comes amid protests from the military government. >> business news, hotel

i'm going to call it mostly cloudy, more of the same in ellicott city.re in the way of cloud cover for today. now, temperature 61 degrees baltimore. more of the same in pennsylvania. york, pennsylvania. as we look at the eastern shore, temperature at 55 degrees. it will be cooler along the eastern shore for today's. the reason why, high pressure anchored off the coast. on shore flow and that keeps the conditions a little bit on the cool side. we look across the middle of the nation, that's going the slides in here, we are really going to heat thing up as we go through time. a slight chance for a shower overnight, but drying things out as we go in to wednesday, thursday and friday. here is the temperature today, 75 degrees, as you head out and about, take the jacket. it's cool but grab the rain gear, this is what it looks like, summer begins wednesday. now a check of the time save traffic with loren cook. >>> good morning, we are dealing with several accidents, trouble in southeast baltimore, a crash on eastern avenue, cane street, to 95, expect heavy del

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look at ellicott city, a nice shot, ocean city, that's going to be the place to be for the next couple days as those it temperatures will go up into the 90's. downtown looking great. looks deceiving, we will see the temperatures rise, 95, still a hot reading downtown, easton at 93, 95 toward washington dc. look at -- i'm sure a lot of clocks maybe showing 98, the heat kind of confining itself in the city limits but it's a dry heat. winds out of the west. that's a down sloping wind off the mountain. that dries up the air. we will see more of a southerly wind. it'll bring in humidity. values between 20 and 30%. that's not bad but again increase in humidity for tonight going into tomorrow morning. 11:00, we will be at 81, 78 around 8:00 and 98 degrees around 2:00 on the way for the century mark for a lot of locations, take a look and excessive heat alert, advisory in effect for all of baltimore. you go up toward philadelphia, excessive heat warning because they are thinking at least the national weather service they could approach 115 degrees. it's all about the heat. the ohio valley, bac

this is where we should be now for this time of the year. 57 in ellicott city but then we have the warmer air in edgemere at 69 degrees. more of the same in stevensville and 64 along the eastern shore in centerville and 62 right now in galena. good morning to you. all right let's get down to business because the satellite and radar picking up on the clouds i showed you, a few showers in virginia and a big line of showers back out to west virginia. that's the line that will begin to move in as we go into the afternoon. and we could get some severe weather. so the severe weather setup we have a warm front that's going to traverse the area and we have the warm moist humid air mass that's moving in and then we have an upper-level low that is spinning and then that cold front that is going to trigger the thunderstorms. so we have the biggest threat will be hail large hail gusty winds and lightning and possibly an isolated tornado as we go into afternoon and evening. we will be here to teem you update and safe in this situation. the future trend picking up on the showers and storms that will be

. >>> a teenage who was shot in ellicott city remains in critical condition this morning. it happened after 7 last night. police say they found the 15- year-old in field off frederick road. police say they suspect foul play in this but they don't have any suspects or a motive. >>> the person of interest in dew ye beech is dead. they found the body of 27 26- year-old pawan kumar at motor lag in new jersey about four hours away from dew wee. police wanted to talk to him about a body found in 6 ah of a 26-year-old danielle mehlman. we told you about this yesterday. police are continuing to investigate if there's a connection between the two. >>> news around the nation the north carolina mother is upset with her son's school. her third grader was stripped accepted after being accused of taking a classmate's mother. her son returned a dropped 20 dollar bill to a girl. several students accused johnson of taking the money. ate siftant principal took her son into the bathroom and told him to remove everything but his undershirt and boxers. >> she asked me if she could she told me

it happened in ellicott city just after 7 on tuesday evening. the teen was found off frederick road. he was flown to shock trauma. at last check he was in critical condition. >>> grand reopening in the ceremony in towson town senter. >> new stores are popping up in the mall. >> nearly 2,000 firefighters struggling to contain a number of wild fires out west. new video this morning of a sudden evacuation. lauren. >> reporter: well, everything is up to speed on 695 at route 295. i will show you what 83 locks like coming up in my a -- looks like in my abc2 timesaver traffic report. this is new york at times square a beautiful way to start the day. there's much more to come. you are watching "good morning maryland." >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >> check this out because this is a time-lapse video from phoenix. a sandstorm hit mir copa arizona an hour from phoenix and you can see the storm move in sand cover the sky and then it moves out. >> that's awesome time-lapse video. the high park fire in colorado reportedly 50% contained. not befor

detectives say the teenager has been shot in ellicott city. police got the call around 7:00 this evening in the 11,400 block of frederick road. details are sketchy but police say they found the teenager in a field with a gunshot wound. he was transported to shock trauma. there is no word on the details surrounding the shooting. a recent craigslist transaction turned into an armed robbery that led to gunfire. it is the most recent in a string of online deals designed to more victims into dangerous situations. kerry cavanaugh joins us downtown with the latest pre >> please just assigned a special team of detectives to address a rash of recent craigslist robberies. the dow had laid to rest last month when they arrested one man for four incidents but they are happening again, most recently in bolten hill. the promise of a good deal on car lord a couple to boldin hill on monday night. according to police, vacate -- they found the adam craigslist and came prepared to pay cash. >> once they got to the location, to black male suspects announced a robb

and we can take it outside in ellicott city as we are looking at a few clouds, but, again a.ttle sunshine out there as well. that's the scenario there today. more of the same in manchester. a little cloud cover but also a little blue skies as well. so very reminiscent of what we have been seeing. but the temperatures are a little bit cool they are morning. look at the 40s. 44 degrees middletown. jefferson 48. 47 westminster. and 46 in towson right now. and we are looking at 49 in hickory. northeast right around 48 degrees and then we see the low 50s from chestertown to middletown and goldsboro. the weather pattern well we are in between two systems right now. the one up towards the north the upper-level low and we have a system down to the south that's going to be bringing them the possibility of some severe weather. and for us today, an isolated shower i don't think we will see any severe weather whatsoever. and future trend picking up on the fact that high pressure will build in here as we go into friday and i think you will like the weekend. but today's temperature around

very cool in urbana at 49 degrees. 52 in ellicott city and glen elk around 50 degrees.'s check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren and you've been talking about lots of accidents do we have some on the road right now. >> reporter: a new accident in anne arundel county on the northbound lanes of crane highway and more problems in east baltimore we are dealing with another accident on east monument at edison a using 83 to get into the city, absolutely nothing to get in your way. it will be a nice easy ride from the beltway to east fayette. as far as the beltway, parkville at harford road everything up to speed. and it is a easy ride up towards 83 and west side pretty calm. here's liberty road. traffic starting to pick up a little bit in the area but no significant delays as you travel the outer loop towards route 40. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. >>> candlelight vigil will be held to keep a accused child sex abuser in prison. they are fighting to keep him locked up and this morning linda so is standing by with details. >> reporter: they planel school

as as we look at ellicott city we can see a few clouds but we see more sunshine. this is exactly what we saw yesterday. make sure to get out and you enjoy but as you get out this morning, this is what we are talking about. and we have a lot of complainers in studio this morning. but make sure you do have that jock. -- jacket. chestertown and 52 in emetsburg. let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with the complainer lauren cook what do you have for us. >> reporter: i am not as bad as charley. if you are heading out on the road, we have trouble in howard county. there's a crash on hanover road at anderson avenue. big problems on 695 this morning. there's a new accident right on the outer loop at ritchey highway. here's delays up in pikesville at green spring. traffic is moving slowly in both directions and the inleer loop will be clouded -- crowded and the outer loop slow towards 95. 83 at shawan road in much better shape. no concerns on the hunt valley area. it will be an easy ride driving towards the beltway and it will remain clear on the jfx. you are just lo

in ellicott city right now, as we look at the weather bug sites this morning, and as we slide over toean city, oh, just a beautiful day to be on the beach. it's going to be a little bit breezy and i will have that forecast for you in a second. right now, temperatures coming in the upper 50s in baltimore. easton also york and win chest they are morning. a quick check on tropical storm carlotta forecasted to be become a hurricane a little later today. right now the wind are sustained at about 70 miles an hour. it is moving off a to the north and west at 9 miles an hour. now future trend not picking up on a whole lot as we go through today. tomorrow, the next day, and plenty of sunshine in the forecast. that's what you are seeing on the hour by hour with the temperature coming in right around 82 degrees. here's beach forecast. yes, it's on the cooler side but we will take it. plenty of sunshine as we head through the remainder of the weekend. that water temperature coming in right around 70 degrees. and that 7-day forecast looks nice as well if you like the dry weather. if you like the h

ellicott city at 59 degrees. good morning, colombia, you're at 55 degrees and we're seeing 55 in northeast. middletown right around 62 and 59 in chestertown, goldsboro at 54 degrees. so some of those 50s that we're getting out there, you might want to get that sweater. and also winds on the breezy side this will remain as we head through the rest of today. let's get a check of the abc 2 news time saver traffic with lauren cook. you've been busy talking about a house fire. >>reporter: yes, lynette, a house fire has shut down west baltimore street at stockton street. if you are traveling in the area, you do want to stick with lexington street as your alternate route. there is a serious crash on route 295. the southbound lanes are shut down right now at route 648. police just confirmed that this accident is fatal. it led to a car fire, someone actually was trapped neath. so we will bring you the very latest as it does become available. you will want to use 95 or washington boulevard as your alternate route. as we ch

in ellicott city, and benefits, medstar rehab network.it that helps patients with brain and spinal cord injuries. nbc 4 helped sponsor today's triathlon. and our own veronica johnson took part. >> it brings us all together and it inspires us and encourages to us make ourselves better and in turn make others better. >> today's triathlon included able-bodied and physically challenged athletes. everyone taking part ran 3.4 miles, swam 2/3 of a mile and biked more than 17 miles. montgomery county held its heritage days festival this weekend. the county hosts the festival, last weekend of june. at glen echo park. there its a wide variety of music and entertainment programming throughout the weekend including dance lessons and a craft fair. many events free of charge. up next, >>> summertime has gone to the dogs. over the weekend. splash dogs hosted a competition to see which dog could leap into a pool. organizers and owners say it is a great way for friend to get exercise and beat the heat. the winner is iris, a shepard dog, jumped 24 feet. sh

what's going on eight now charlie because you know we're looking pretty good in ellicott city but a fewouds out there than we saw yesterday and goes into motion and we see this -- the sun brightening the skies a little bit. and that's what we'll see through time today. also in mount airy we see some sunshine but also those clouds out there. and i do think that we'll see a little bit more cloud cover than the sunshine for today. now speaking of the clouds, we can see them on the satellite and radar right now but we are dry. we should stay dry through the rest of today and that's definitely some good news if you don't want to see any type of wet weather. now we slide a little bit further to the south and we're heading into the're pacific here because we have a tropical storm that formed about -- an hour or so ago. and the winds now sustained at about 40 miles an hour. it is moving to the northwest at about 9 miles an hour. and this is forecasted to strengthen as it approaches the mexican coast on friday. so it could become a hurricane so we're definitely going to keep our eyes peeled for

rain stretching from annapolis into howard county and in colombia and ellicott city. it will be reining in baltimore city within the next 30 or 45 minutes and then into towson and harford county. just about everybody will get in on the rain this morning. we have a little bit of good news in a certain respect. you can see some heavier rain in pennsylvania then a kind of breaks off as we go into the carolinas. these storms are robbing the moisture flow from the gulf up into our neighborhood. it gets cut off from loss. i do not think we will see as heavy 8 rain as we potentially could. they are doing us a favor. we still will get some rain today. it will be difficult for the temperatures to move much. you'll feel the humidity. the temperatures are still in the 70's. 69 and parkton. 73 in catonsville. off and on rain showers today. some of the rain later today could be heavy. high temperatures in the low 80's. things will settle down as they go into the weekend. still a chance for showers on wednesday and thursday. high temperatures around 80. made 80's on sunday. father's

way what happens when you take your frustration out on a speed camera. 50-year-old bruce may of ellicott city is accused of using a sling shot to fire marbles in hopes of damaging a street camera van. it was parked near manor woods elementary. police say may shot two marbles at the camera. he was arrested and charged with destruction of property and reckless endangerment. police say march received two speed camera tickets in recent weeks. >>> a rough commute for red line riders. track switch problems created delays on the red line right in the middle of evening rush. metro officials say some trains had to be turned around. others had delays up to 30 minutes. riders we spoke to say they're fed up. >> the constant rail breakdowns, switch breakdowns. i'd like to see some more investment, upgrading infrastructure. i think before we start about expanding new lines, we need to take care of the ones we've got. >> metro says crews reset and repaired the switch. >>> a traffic alert for drivers tonight. the wilson bridge project will shut down part of telegraph road interchange overnight. starting at 1

>> it was sent in by diane of ellicott city of the miniature filly named beauty who decided to cool off in the pool and we've been getting a lot of comments on facebook. shirley wrote in i'm thirsty. and dennis christian wrote in saying don't scratch the liners with your hoofs hon. if you ever have a caption this photo idea. e-mail them to us at pix@abc2news.com. >>> talking about capturing an amazing photo, lauren look at this one. 7-year-old alex hawker was posing for a picture in front of the lions' den at the zoo when he got quite a surprise. >> i was -- i was like what was that? and i looked -- and then i. the -- >> well, sean hawker captured the peckture of his son's close encounter with the wild animal. certainly a great picture. >>> well, police in south florida right now are on the lockout for a purse snatcher and they're hoping someone will recognize the man because they got a surveillance picture. you're waking up to what's new now and hot in maryland. >>> christopher brown's mother is speaking out and organizing a rally after a grand jury indicted is baltimore county police

. >>> few of us like the speed camera, however one man in ellicott city really doesn't lick them. bruce laurens received two tickets in the mail recently after a speed camera caught him going too tas and he actually grabbed a slingshot and fired marbles at that speed camera van. the van was parked at manor woods elementary school. police have arrested and charged laurens since that happened. >>> all right we have found out that man who stole a car and used it to kidnap his wife has been arrested. officers say mark jackson was arrested before 6:30 last night. his wife told police he threw her in the car and choked her until she passed out. officers say jackson stole that car from a body shop over the weekend. police did find the car. >>> president barack obama is planning to tour colorado's wildfire damaged areas as soon as tomorrow. firefighters say about 200 to 300 homes have been destroyed with the flames. more than 36,000 people have been displaced in the wildfire is now threatening the u.s. air force academy. firefighters say the waldo canyon fire doubled in size since tuesday

a neighbor found him in a field on frederick road in ellicott city yesterday. he was flown to shock trauma where he is listed in critical but stable condition. police have not released any other details. >>> new details on the dewey beach murder we've been talking about. the man believed to have killed a woman inside a delaware beach motel was found dead himself over in new jersey. investigators believe he killed danielle mehlman in the atlantic ocean side motel. the elementary school teacher's body was found tuesday morning. yesterday police found the suspect dead in a motel room in new jersey. >>> a man allegedly opens fire on his girl friend's children. police say they actually heard the gunshots. >> the latest on this tragic scene at a civic center as we check more headlines. @ >>> a shooting in texas leaves a toddler dead and his brother in critical condition. this happened yesterday afternoon at the holiday inn civic crepter in laredo. police say a 36-year-old man opened fire on his girlfriend's children ages six and 21 months. the boy's mother w

now right now, ellicott city, we do have some clouds out there. but we're also getting some sunshine across the area. that's going to be the name of the game. more sunshine this morning and then the clouds will begin to move in. as we go into the afternoon. setting us up for the chance for some scattered showers and maybe even a rumble of thunder in here. but maryland's most powerful radar is all dry as of now. so get out there and enjoy it. do your outdoor activities this morning if possible. and also a coastal flood advisory in effect for the areas in the blue color basically until about 2:00 this afternoon and basically the eastern shore. we're looking at on shore winds providing for that and also high tides. let's get a check now of the after the traffic with lauren cook. good morning. accidents out there and lots of congestion. >>> yes, lynette well fortunately a crash has just cleared from the southbound lanes of 95 at shell road but you want to watch out for the construction that is planned for june 20th. the department of transportation's

check out ellicott city coming in at 49 degrees. that's about 10 degrees below where we should be this time of the year. >> thanks, lynette. >>> teachers and staff at woodside elementary school are holding a fundraiser to help students' families that have fallen on tough times. it's called how big is your heart. woodside elementary school is a title one school which means about 54% of the students qualify for free lunch and 10 qualify for reduced lunch. administrators were so concerned for the students that they came up with a fundraiser to help. >> i think it's awesome. they're going to touch so many lives and there is so many people out there that really needs more help and they feel like no one cares. >> how big is your heart fundraiser will be held today from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 at mothers in federal hill. the cost is $10 per person. if you want more information, we've taken care of that for you. we've posted everything on our website, 7online. when you get there look under education. >>> students at another school are planning

this is the ellicott city vicinity. if and southbound traffic looking good. a problem free ride to and from the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> jury selection expected to begin in the jerry sandusky child abuse trial. opening arguments are scheduled for june 11. he pleaded not guilty to abusing 10 boys. scott walker will find out if he gets to finish out his term in office. he faces milwaukee mayor, tom barrett. >> verizon is looking to cut 1700 jobs from its work force. they are offering voluntary buyouts. offs could follow -- layoffs could follow. biggest social network could add pre-teens. according to an article, facebook is developing technology that would allow children under 13 to use facebook under parental supervision. controls that allow parents to decide whom their children can friend. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think facebook should open themselves up to allow children under 13 to have their own pages? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to wa

an ellicott city man is arrested after damaging a speed cammrr. with second degree assault, destruction of property and he fired glass marbles with a sling shot... at a speed camera van like this one... while the operator was still inside it ,,tuesday night.the operator of the van called police....who eventually stopped and arrested "may". two peee camera violations in - the last ffw weeks.he was released on a 3-thousand dollar bond. "i lost control the speed cameeas are just a pet peeve of mine i um pretty much was having a bad day and i did something really stupid. " &p this is the thirr incident this month involving attacks on speed camera vans and their operators. police are three incidents are related. you maa think of him as cuddly. street... has been causing a ruckus by anting and raving &pon the streets of new york. york.now before we show you ttis video... we want to warn parents that kids may want to step out of the room. room.jeanne moos reporrs on 3 &pwhen you think of elmo you think of warm fuzzy hugs, getting kids to eat vegetables,

look at ellicott city this afternoon, you can see time lapse photography, just a few clouds during the afternoon hours. we had a couple of storm clouds move in this evening and that produced a tee shower. you see that on the d.n.d.o.t. cam. we had a gusty shower in that area. a couple of people on the beach today, a light show on the beach and clear skies overhead. ocean city temperatures cut back into the low 70s for your afternoon. right now, inner harbor cam showing a beautiful shot, clear, calm and cool. temperature right now, at about 65 degrees at b.w.i. the humidity up at 63% with that southwesterly wind, but the day as a whole was pretty dry. 65 downtown, a pair of 6's in frederick, d.c. is the warmer spot at 68 right now. we'll take you through the planner tomorrow morning, waking up with temperature around 63, with a mixture of sunshine and clouds, during the afternoon we get to 70 but there's going to be some showers and storms rocking and rolling once again. we're going to call it isolated shots during the course of your afternoon. we did have if storms, some big storms mov

you're only at 51 degrees. 53 in towson and ellicott city coming in at 58 degrees. we're seeing the upper 50s in darlington as well, and then we start to see more of the low 60s. but that's still below average in aberdeen and also elkton. right now 55 degrees in goldsboro. you get the point. let's take you outside in dundalk right now where we're seeing plement of sunshine, a beautiful sunrise, a beautiful key bridge right there, you see that sun. the plu skies will continue as we head throughout the day. it's going to be a good one. let's talk about tropical depression debby because it has been downgraded to a tropical depression. that's definitely some good news. it did make landfall yesterday evening. the winds still sustained right now at about 35 miles an hour and it is moving off to the east/northeast at about nine miles an hour, so it has finally picked up forward momentum. and look at that track. yes, it stays away from land as it looks like it restrengthens through time. so this is definitely a good scenario, the one that you would like to if you do have a

many unanswered questions following a shooting in ellicott city. police were called to frederick road at 7:00 p.m. on monday evening. the boy is in critical but stable condition this morning. no word on who the victim is or who might have shot him and why. >> a double shooting on the west side of town. this happened on west franklin street. one man was suffering from a gunshot wound. in southwest baltimore, detectives arrived on the scene of a deadly shooting. a man was found shot in the torso on west pratt street. the victim was later pronounced dead. no word as to a suspect or a possible motive. more warnings about the potential dangers about trying to buy or sell off of craigslist. police say the latest incident happened on monday night on bolton straeet. a couple was met by two men with a gun. the couple brought their own gun. >> she was 6 feet away from them. >> the would-be robbers got away. the woman who fired the shots was arrested on weapons charges. >> a man is being held on $2 million bail after being charged with the rape of a girl. he

however one man in ellicott city possibly went too far. bruce laurens was arrested and charged for using a slingshot to fire glass marbles at a speed camera van. now that van was parked near manor woods elementary school. police say that may have received two speed camera violations recently. >>> will the, stay with us this morning. -- all right, stay with us this morning. orioles fans usually aren't too keen on the yankees. however this might change your mind and be a change of heard about you heard about what the team for a woman who's been following them for a very listening time. >> how the choices are being made today for young adults and they're benefiting the cities. >> it's warm this morning and it's going to be hot this afternoon. i'll tell you how high the mercury will go. details coming up. >> well, lynette everything is nice and clear here on 895 at o'donnell street. i'll tell you how traffic the coming up until my -- is coming up in my abc2 timesaver traffic report. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart

an update on 29 through ellicott city. traffic in pretty good shape. this is white marsh.outhbound traffic continues to move well. closer to the 895 split, you'll start to see some delays. >> absolutely gorgeous. we will wind up in the 80's. a lot of sun through the weekend and more humidity. as we get will feel like summertime. >> half-day for a lot of kids >> this is a wbal-tv 11 editorial from president and general manager dan joerres. >> this week, we reported on the deadly combination of a loaded gun and young children. it's not a new story, but for one local family, it is very real. for all families, it is relevant. according to the children's defense organization, roughly 3,000 children were killed by gunfire in 2009. of that number, 196 were categorized as accidents. while we have the right to bear arms, we also have a responsibility to take the steps necessary to secure weapons and prevent tragedy. if you own a gun, it has to be stored in a manner that children cannot have access. gun-safety classes are offered by both public and private agencies. there is no excu

our live, local, latebreaking coverage continues with 11 news reporter kim dacey, live in ellicott city tonight...kim? guy: i was walking to get the mail about 530 or 6 and i saw him laying in the side of the tonight, state police say they were able to trace blood on the shirt >> at the time, i thought it was just mud. he was wearing a wife beater that was not white anymore. i asked him if he was shot and he rolled his eyes back and nodded. that is when we called 911. >> he was airlifted to shock trauma. investigators believe that is where the incident originated. >> at this point, we believe the boy was driven to that location from baltimore county and we believe he was shot, taken out of the car and shot there in the field. we don't have a motive but we believe he was involved in an ongoing dispute. >> police are looking for multiple suspects but don't have any other details. police agree that this is extremely rare for that area. >> we do get gunshots but people are having beer or shooting at cans or whatever. >> the man who found the team hopes the boy who covers and realizes he pro

that is northwest of ellicott city. police of not release his name.imore county. he is in stable condition. police don't believe the gunshots was self-inflicted. police are searching for a man who stabbed another man in takoma park yesterday afternoon near the intersection of new hampshire and eastern avenues. the suspect amended the victim's backpack, which witnesses say had a laptop inside? . they say he often goes to mcdonald's to use the laptop. they believe that is why he was targeted. he was stabbed multiple times but is expected to recover. >> the data catholic parishes in the district will become one. st. aloysius and holy redeemer will merge this summer. are just three blocks apart. they can no longer staff st. aloysius, but the north capitol street building will still be used for special events. >> much more still to come. prepared to pay a bit less if you are dealing a cabin the district. find out which charge is being tadropped for now. >> he's at the bottom of the swimming pool. >> and 911 call that rodney king's fiance made after finding

brian moore has the latest for us from ellicott city. >> an investigator testified that former penn stateootball coach jerry sandusky admitted to showering with young boys back in 1998 and has admitted to bad judgment, but denied sexual intent. a former state police investigator recalled he was contacted by mother who said sandusky molesting her son at a shower -- in a shower. he said a conversation with sandusky where he said i would ask forgiveness from you but i know i would not get it. i wish i was dead. >> this is an 11-year-old boy at the time. he knew something was not right, and he gave his mother a hint to that effect by a comment that he made. knowing on one hand that she would want to know more about it, but on the other hand being conflicted that he did not want to say anything more about it. >> under cross-examination, the young men admitted he had been in regular contact with sandusky until last year and sent him a 2009 thanksgiving card that said "i am glad god placed in my life. you are an awesome friend." he said my perception change, thinking about it as an adult instead

. >> in january, catherine was working at her job in ellicott city when she collapsed.he was rushed to hospital and they found out the pacemaker she had since birth had stopped working. she was clinically dead, but brought back to life. >> the first few days were just horrendous, not knowing if she was going to come through, and if she did come through, with what significant deficits. the support of the special olympics during that time was unbelievable. >> she said her coach visited the hospital frequently. she got gifts and cards and e- mails of support from her special olympics family. rosemary credits that with helping catherine make a full recovery. >> the driver she had to return to work practices. one of the first things when she came out of everything, the first thing she said was i cannot miss practice. >> it is not just a game. if special olympics were just competition, we could do that through other organizations. this is truly a way of life. >> the opening ceremonies for the special olympics are friday night at towson university. katherine says it does not m

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. >>> a hao card howard county man was chasing a van in ellicott city.y bruce may hit the van with his vehicle, then used a slingshot to pelt the van with marbles. may is charged with assault, destruction of property, and reckless endanger. the it is the third attack on a speed camera ban in the county this month. police are investigating whether the incidents are related. >>> an intense search is continuing at this hour aboard a cargo ship docked in newark, new jersey. when a coast guard inspection team boarded the vessel, they heard knocking sounds, they believe may have been coming from stowe aways. >> a massive response to a potentially bigger threat. dozens of ambulances and other emergency vehicles rushed to the port of newark after reports of stowe ways on board this containership. and while an exhaustive search continues, new york congressman says they found nothing. >> i have been in contact with the people who are in charge of the operation all day and they have gone through at least 2/3 of the containers and so far, there's no sign of any huma

a neighbor found him on a field on frederick road in ellicott city last night.e was flown to shock trauma and is listed in critical but stable condition. police haven't released any other details at this point. >>> police tracked down the man believed to have been killed a woman inside a delaware beach motel. they found him dead in a motel room in new jersey. investigators believe he killed danielle mehlman in the atlantic ocean side motel in dewey beach. the elementary school teacher's body was fond on monday. mehlman's mother said she was told the man left a three- opinion suicide note. >> he took a beautiful woman away, a beautiful mother. now, there is a little boy that won't grow up with a mom and he was her life. and you stole that from her and from him. >> patty reyes says she thinks her daughter and kumar were casually dating. >>> on the campaign trail, mitt romney has wrap up his six-day bus tour in his birth state of michigan. he contradicted reports that he was not considering florida senator marco rubio as a possible vp candidate. the republican pres

it was parked at route 144 and tridelphia road in ellicott city. police say 50-year-old bruce may hit the van with his vehicle tuesday. then they say he useed a slingshot to pelt the van with marbles. charges include assault, destruction of property and reckless endangerment. this is the third attack on a speed camera van this month. police are investigating whether these incidents are related. >> we've heard the frustration with speed cameras but you can't break the law. you can't destroy it. >> no. >>> coming up being we'll go live to fox business network in new york. how the u.s. supreme court's decision on health care could affect the market. >>> tripadvisor is out with its list of the best restaurants in d.c. as chosen by traveler. here is a look at the top five. marcel comes in at number one and michele richard, citronel, rusika >>> welcome back. time now is 6:24. this morning, we are waiting for the u.s. supreme court to issue a ruling on health care that could affect your money. we'll get into that with lawyeren simonetti live in new york a

the best way to cool off is to hit the pools, if they're available, as these children did in ellicott city. that water sure must feel good. whilele children are off from school most of the rest of us have to work including these construction workers out in