>> this is ellicott city. ellicott city on main street. the train fell off the tracks. >> is it on the road? >> no, it derailed. >> is anything on fire? >> not so far. >> ok. hold on for just a second. it didn't hit anything? >> i don't think so. >> can you tell follow there's any passengers -- is it a passenger car? >> it looks like a cargo train. it sounds like something's leaking, something's hissing coming from the back. >> from the rear car? >> yeah. smells like fuel. >> get away from it, ok, and get people as far away from it as you can. >> officials have made security upgrades to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again. authorities installed a fence atop the stairs leading to the elevated track over main street and have increased police patrols near the site of the accident. >> the alleged gunman in the perry hall high school shooting is under mental supervision at a state psychiatric hospital and this morning it's revealed the weapon robert gladden jr. allegedly used was an antique shotgun, found unhocked in his father's hom

>> this is ellicott city. on main street.he train fell off the track. >> the crash on august 20th claimed the lives of two young women. they were sitting on a bridge at the time the train derailed and they were buried under all of the coal that spilled out. >>> now a follow-up that led our newscast last night. the fire in an apartment building in temple hills, maryland. a hero eme a 20-year veteran of prince george's county fire department. he heard screams for helped and raced inside the building. he found an elderly woman on the second floor trapped by smoke and flames. >> she says i can't breathe. it's hot. it's smokey. so i took my regulator off and started sharing my air with her. >> but their air was running out and captain kill patrick couldn't get the woman out himself. he stayed with her and directed fellow firefighters to their location praying the whole time. tonight he's being called a hero. >>> it only happens once in a blue moon. the phenom you can witness tonight. we're going to talk about it. >>> and planning

the 9-111 calls after the ellicott city crrsh. crash. 3 the baltimore grand prix gets underway.the unexpected excitement that has alrrady taken placeé placeé 3 3 3 3 and a hazing ritual goes horribly wrong. wrong. 3 how a soldier almost died from taking a hammer to the chest. 3 hello, i'm karen parks, jeff barnd is off onight. the 9-1-1 calls from the howard county train derailment have been releassd. two women were killed in the crash, something... it appeaas... witnesses were unaware of... paahleen cairns is streaming live from the scene tonight... where there have been somee new developmentsson this very tragic story. story.there is new ffncinn, to stop people from getting onto the tracks in old ellicott city. new safety measures have been put in place sinne the tragedy ten days ago., (caller) dispatch : howard co 911 caller: you have a train derailed on the bridgg.. train had eighty cars... 21 derailed.... caller) (diipatcher):howard co 911 (caller) im in ellicott city and the train just fell over. (caller) ellicott city the r

(dispatcher):howard co 911(caller) im in ellicott city and the train just fell over. (dispatch) wheee is it sir?(caller) elliiott city the train fell over. the train fell off the tracks(dispatch) is it on the tracks?(caller) no it derailed!!!" tonight, there are also additionall police patrols.. to prevent any tresspassing on thee tracks. lv in ec kc fox 45 news --late edition. a cherry hill pastor and activiss says she's the target f vandalism. 72-year old cleoda walker believes the people hired to protect residents... are now targeting her! the worr "dead" and an expletive were spray paiited on the hood of walker's car outside her cherry hill apartment.walker believes the &pvandalism was done in retaliation by some security guards ho watch over the neighborhood. walker and others recenlty filed a 25-million dollar lawsuit against the security company after complaints ttat some of the guards were making iilegal stops and false arrests. 3 3 police are investigating the incident. e contacted the security company... tenable protective services...but no one called us back

>> this is ellicott city, the historic ellicott city on main street. the train fell off the tracks. >> is it on the road? >> no. it's -- it derailed. >> the freight train was carrying mounds of coal. elizabeth nass and rose mayr were killed when coal spled out of the derailed cars and buried them. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the derailment. >> if is the last unofficial weekend of summer. thousands will be heading to the beach or firing up the backyard barbecue if mother nature cooperates. gary mcgrady is in the weather center thousand with a first look at your labor day forecast. what's the word? >> it all depends on what happens with what's left over from isaac bottom line. it's coming in our direction and what i think as we head through this holiday weekend, unfortunately we were real hot today, been real nice the last few days, but what we're thinking for this holiday forecast, it does look a bit on the unsettled side, okay? not so much tomorrow, but as we get into sunday and labor day, i think there's going to be a bett

the train goes right through the middle of ellicott city and has for almost two centuries. people always walk near the track, but now there is a call to make this temporary fence permanent. >> people come to congregate. >> traffic is moving. >> they are trying to keep things alive even as they struggle. >> horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> time for a look at the other stock -- top stories. heavy rains it damage to the basements, in even shutting down the metro station. unfortunately, they do not have a way to fix the problem. >> a community is on edge falling another violent attack in one area on north carolina avenue near brent elementary. investigators are looking at similarities between this attack and one that recently put a man in a hospital with severe injuries. >> the democratic national convention is under way. trying to get president obama reelected. michelle obama will be there in support of her husband. >> diane sawyer is in charlotte tonight, with more on what we will see tonight. we joined diane sawyer, where she has moved from tampa to charlotte with the rest of t

take a listen to this. >> howard county 911. >> i'm in ellicott city. the train fell over. >> the crash on august 20th claimed the lives of two young women and they were buried under coal that spilled. >>> help wanted. a sign of recovery but when it comes to wages new jobs are paying less. that story right after the break. >> and a d.c. community turn out for an annual family celebration. hosted by d.c. councilman marion berry. ♪ ♪ i'm thinking sweet ♪ and i'm thinking new ♪ i'm thinking all these brilliant colors ♪ ♪ shining through ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] [ female announcer ] 40 delicious flavors that feel as good as they taste. yoplait, it is so good! >>> some disturb, news tonight for job hunters. new report out says more than half of all the new jobs created during the recent economic recovery have been low wage paying positions. according to the national employment law project, most of the new jobs paid $12.83 an hour or less. they include positions in retail sales, fo

we have our first crash of the day in howard county right in ellicott city on waterloo road and snowed in river parkway. for those of you heading to interstate 70, we'll be delay free from columbia pike up to 695. this is how traffic is shaping up on 695 right now. the west side is nice and clear. and here, we're starting to pick up on the outer loop. but you're still looking at a 11 minute ride from 695 and 95. the parkway will remain clear. and for those of you using the jfx, no problems to report, traveling southbound from the beltway to fayette street. that will take you 11 minutes as well. that is a look at your abc2 news timesaver traffic. >>> a shooting in perry haul high school, a gun at stemmers run. the school leaders know they need to do something to make your child feel safe whenever they go to school. and they think he have the answer. sherrie johnson is live this morning. i know that early this morning, you spoke with school officials. what are they saying? >> reporter: basically later today baltimore county public school administrators are set to share ideas with top sch

that race in ellicott city by the way is on october 7th. >>> the university of maryland college park right now joining other universities all to offer free classes online. they will be available starting in the spring. the university is the most recent to offer classes at no charge. and this is happening and it's an online platform that aims to expand access to education. other schools offering classes include harvard, stanford and johns hopkins as well. >>> this morning our thoughts are with "good morning america" anchor robin roberts and that's because she has receiving a bone marrow transplant today. her doctor will appear live on gma and update her condition and her recovery. she was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder and went on medical leave in august in preparation for the transplant that's happening today. >>> two very special guests are going to be on the "katie" show this afternoon. sharon and lexi love. they are going to join katie and be talking about yeardley love. they're going to talk about what it was like when her ex- boyfriend. the university of virginia lacrosse

safety board released its preliminary report on a train derailment that killed two tearnlings in ellicott city last movement the report says the train was traveling at 25 miles per hour. the 19-year-olds girls were sitting on the train tracks when the cars carrying coal toppled over. -- released its preliminary report on a train derailment that killed two teenagers in ellicott city last month. y las >>> a confirmed case of a very rare disease. a little girl with the bubonic plague. we are checking more headlines coming up next.  >>> developing overseas, an explosion at appear ammunition depot in turkey killed 25 soldiers. -- an explosion at an ammunition depot in turkey killed 25 soldiers. so you the afghan defense ministry fired hundreds of afghan soldiers in an investigation into insider attacks against nato trainers. the crackdown follows a rash of killings. afghanistan is re-evaluating soldiers to try to stop those attacks. >>> a powerful earthquake that rocked costa rica has left behind relatively little damage. the quake struck wednesday deep below the ocean off the coast

north and southbound traffic in pretty good shape through the ellicott city region.this is 70 west of the beltway. was down 70 on the ramp to the outer loop, you'll find possible lane closures with this accident. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. we check in live again with ava marie. she is telling us about some new libraries. >> 3 baltimore city public school will unveil their branch libraries. will live outside thomas johnson elementary and middle. this is so exciting. we took some video from inside the library. >> we are so excited about this new library. we have 4000 brand new books from the weinberg foundation. we have new technology. >> when you walk into it, it makes you excited to be in there. >> it is one of the most beautiful libraries i have ever seen. we have kept covering over the windows to the library so no students have been in there yet. we will have an open house from 2:30 until 6:30. >> new books, new tv monitors and some things that will benefit the kids. >> the technology is state of the art. we have apple computers, interactive computer s

north and southbound traffic in ellicott city looking great at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> today we pause to remember the nearly 3000 people who lost their lives 11 years ago. >> the nation's leaders will visit memorial sites. hallie jackson joins us live with that story. how was president obama marking this anniversary? >> president obama will start his day with a moment of silence after talking with his team to make sure what happened 11 years ago does not happen again. it has been one year since the sound of bells last echoed at ground zero. this year the nation has begin to mark the anniversary of september 11. leonnse secretary panetta visited shanksville, pennsylvania, yesterday. >> i want to pay tribute to those who died on 9/11. >> ceremonies are planned at the pentagon and at ground zero in new york. you'll not see any partisan bickering today. campaigning takes a backseat to commemoration. >> i am at mitt romney and i approved this message. >> both candidates are pulling their ads off the air. national security is still a

ellicott city.../. pyranda... stephenn... live... near... phhre it happened.../ with... more... ...the agency found. 3 jeff, the national transportation safety board began investigating last in historic ellicott city... soon after it happened. and now... a preliminary eport speed was a factor in that deadly wreck. the c-s-x train was traveling eastbound around midnight august 20th... when it came off the tracks - sending several cars loaded with coal onto the road and along the track. two teenagers - 19- year-olds elizabeth nass and rose mayr ... were killed when they were topplee by some coal ...while sitting on the railrrad bridge. according to the n-t-s-b's preliminary report, the weathhr at thee degrees with calm wwnds and no rain. the report also shows the train was traveling at 22-miles per hour - which is the maximum authorized speed. n-t-s-b investigators also reviewed track mmintenance records and railroad equipment - but o far... haven'' reported anything out of the ordinary. 327 i'm sure they're going to give it, you know, turn over look at everything because it certa

at 7 a-m at centennial park in ellicott city. live in mount washington, keith daniels, fox 45 news at ten. &p3 3 we have breaking news tonight out of east baltimore. a man has died tonight in police custody. ooficers say the man swallowed some drugs after he was arrested. they attempted &pto revive him and rushed him to johns hopkins where he died. the death is under investigation. a... former... baltimore copp.. faces.... charges... for... illegally tracking down... a... license number... undercover officer. .. - keith ... now-lin.../ fired... two years... ago... for... the ásameá offense.../ is... charged... with illegally... accessing... a... police computer.../. prosecutors... say... the... man nowlin ... was... looking up... was... a friend... under investiggtion... for... ppssible.. drug dealing. (brown) "he had no idea about the reason quite frankly that his friend was asking him and so, no, he had no idea it was on an undercover officer." officer."brown... expects... his client will plead guilty...// the... penalty... is.

(((reak 1)) ray rice is launching a campaign to support thee ellicott city community... in phe wake of the deadly train derailment.rice has partnered wthhthe city's business &passociation to set up aa facebook auction of donated ravens items. items.starting today... local business owners nd restaurants will offer themed specials around rice's jersey number... 27.the specials run through october 10th.that's 27 days... and 27 perrent sales will be donated to coomunity recovery efforts. efforts.for a list of restaurants and items for auction go to fox balitmore dot com ssash newslinks. ((2-shot toss to weather)) 3 ((ad lib meteorooogist)) 3 ((traffic reporter ad libs)) map bel air map wilkens map quarantine 3 3 3 3 3 we have breaking news..just newsroom...rightn ow you're looking a a live picture aati- american demonstrations in tahir square...inncairo.ááááad lii over sceneááá 3 tough talk... on another question on the maryland ballot. ballot.our town hall meeting... about the dream act...its our cover story, up next. ((bump out)) ((break 2) with no added sugar. just one gla

janice park is strraminn live in ellicott city to tell us whether homeowners homeooners expect hingsgettbetter or worse this year. teaching science to city elementaay schhol students ggt &pnational science foundation. stephanie rawlings- blake were on hand at arlington elementary school in northwest baltimore to announce a 7 point 4 million dollar grant between johns hopkinn university nd the city school syssem.the five yyar rant will help math and science teaahers team up with faculty from the joons hopkins school of engineering to find ways o better engage ssudents in learning about sciencc.. 3:11"hoo proud you must be, to school...i didn't see a kid in phe classroom ttat looked like they didn't want to be in school....they weee excitee abouttschool"...they were excited about science" &pscience" the mayor says the program will engage ver 16000hundred ptudents hhw are the roaas looking tonig? report. e report..- pbelairwwlkensmaps395map - 3 one teenaaer ii the target f a cruul joke...how the last laugh. i'm candace doll in os annelesson thh see oo new girr. check it out this is the

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ballimore raven ray rice is launching a campaign to support the ellicott city pommunity after that deadlyrailment. derailment.in ...tonight's word on the web,../. web,../. carrie peirce... tells us... how the football star... is... to... help... local businesses. 3 it's been three weeks, since a train derailment kiiled two college students in ellicott is getting some much neeeed ty help. p3 this was the scene last month ... after a train ran off the tracks.. spilling coal onto main street and burying 19-year-olds elizabeth nass and rose mayr.. who were sitting on the bridge.damage from the accident is estimated at $2.2 million dollars.... including the cost of environmental cleanup.it also took a toll on nearby businesses who were forced to clooe their doors.... while the crash was under investigation.that's why ray rice has partnered with the ellicott city business association to set up a facebook auction of donated rrvens items.anddbeginning tomorrow, local merrhants and restaurants will offer themed specials arounddrice's jersey number 27. the specials run through october 10th... that'

that is the set speed limit in that part of ellicott city.sitting on the tran overpass were killed when the train cars carrying coal toppled over. >>> the nfl launches a new effort to fight a disturbingly common disease in former players. >> also ahead be a 7-year-old girl diagnosed with bubonic plague. details on the recovery and where her mom thinks she caught it in the first place. we'll be right back. hi there. chase freedom isis offering 5% cash back at gas stations this quarter. wow, thanks! beep. beep. activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom. but it makes millions off west marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote to build a... world-class resort casino in maryland. creating thousands of jobs and... ...according to the official department of legislative... services, hundreds of millions for our schools. while saving taxpayer money by cutting casino subsidies. question seven. good jobs and better schools in maryland. not west virginia. take this fascinating muller

ellicott city at 63. d.c. is at 64. northwest we're in the 60s. pretty comfortable 66 reading. if you're heading out to the game, 55 at first pitch. 9th inning, low 50s. keep it cool at 60 on the way t. 55 during the nighttime hour. tomorrow a crisp morning. we'll time out the wet weather. the forecast has a warming trend. that's coming up. >>> beautiful weather for the orioles. a double header with the blue jays. they're trying hard to make their case in the post season. jamie costello is the biggest chore leader. jamie, what are the fans saying. i've seen so much orange than i've seen in years. >> let's be frank about this. these are the playoffs this week and next. that's a winner takes all. they're leading 4-0 as we go into the top of the 7th inning. i want to show you this line has been nonstop sense 9:00 this morning. it has been a long time since we have seen a walkup like this. we set shop up on the deck in center field where adam jones sent his 32nd home run of the year followed by a solo shot and steve johnson, five shutout innings. let's hear from the fans tonight. >

support the ellicott city community... in... the wake... of.. a... deadly... train derailment. derailment. &price... has partnered ... with the ellicott ccty business association... to... set up ... a ...facebook auction... of... donated ravens items.../.and... beginning tomorrow,.../ local... merchants and restaurants ...will offer... themed specials... around... rice's ... jersey number... 27...//. the... ppecials... run thru... october 10th.../ that's... 7 dayss.... and... 27 percent....of sales ... will... be donated ... to... community recovery efforts efforts for... a... liit of restaurants... and... items... for auction,.../ go... to... fox baltimore dot ccm slash newslinks. 3 breaking news to tell you about... a man was struck and killed by a metro train at the west coldspring metro station. the accident happened on an elevated art of the tracks. ppssengers have been taken off the train. and all trains are shut down for the time being. orioles in town tonight... add some traffic to the roads. - howwdoes the rest of the drive home look ttnight? tonight?carrie peirce has

one man has broken into 10 homes in ellicott city, columbia, and wood bine. police are warning people to lock dead bolts. call 911 if you have information. >>> a 16-year-old girl named katie is making national headlines after she and her mother took their battle against bullying public. a group formed a group called kkk, kill katie club. police got involved and ended up arresting two of the students in the club. >> whatever happened at m&t bank stadium tonight, hopefully we will not be talking about the refs. the deal includes regular raises and pension details. most importantly we get our experienced officials back. >> we're taking on the browns. >> taking on the browns. john harbaugh has never lost. i want this to be a 34-7 game. let them go home in the third quarter. end it early. >> we want good weather. >>> it's clear. it's a pretty good looking skyline. it's muggy and mild. notice it's been a line of showers and storms. first, frederick, and we'll see embedded thunderstorms roll in here. take a look our to the west. powerful storms going into leesburg a

. >>> take a look at the time lapse photographer, ellicott city. most of the afternoon with the sunshine. here come the clouds. the clouds will be in place. still dry in many location. havre de grace a beautiful shot earlier on. it allowed for the temperatures to get to 80, 81. here's the shot downtown in high definition. we sit at the 5:30 hour of 81 degrees. a very mild afternoon. humidity up there. dew point at 60. that barometric pressure around 30 inches. that's going to change as more stormy weather comes back into the picture. 81 in town. d.c. at 83. we should be right around 74 degrees for your afternoon high. 82 we made it to at bwi. the record stays in the books for another year. in terms of the winds, it's a kick out of the southerly direction. expect a breezy type of condition. you notice the clouds bill lowing back in across the region. your planner features clouds, maybe a spotty shower or storm. the 76 degrees. it's a mild 72 at 11:00. muggy, mild once again. 78 on our way to 80. here's maryland's most popular radar clear overhead. w

ellicott city -/ the... n-t---b... is... peleasiig its... early fiidings... of the accident! welcome ... to... the late edition.../, i'm jeff barnd.../, jennifee's... off.../. off.../.myrandaastephens... live.../ near... where it happened / - with... more... on today's... report. 3 jeff, investigators with the national transportation safety board have officially rulld out weather nd speed as 3 factors in last month's train derailment here in historic the official cause of the s crash ... is still a mystery. the c-s-x train was traveling august 20th... when it came off the traaks - sending several cars loaded with coal onto the road anddalong the track. two teenagers - 19- year-olds elizabeth nass and rose mayr ... were killed when they were toppled by some coal ...while sitting on the railroaa bridge. according to the n-t-s-b's preliminnry report, the weather attthe time oo the accident was 65- degrees with calm winds and no rain. the report also shows the train was traveling att 25-mills per hour - which is the maximum authorized speed. n-t-s-b investigators also reviewed tr

. >> howard county officials released the 911 calls moments after the train derailed in ellicott city. 21 railcars jumped the tracks and dumped cool on -- coal on two young women. both of the college students died. >> i'm in ellicott city, the train derailed. >> where is it, sir? >> the train fell off the truck. >> is it on the road? >> no, it derailed. >> is anything on fire? >> not so far. >> ok. hold on for just a second. it didn't hit anything? >> i don't think so. >> can you tell if there's any passengers -- is it a passenger car? >> it looks like a cargo train. it sounds like something's leaking, something's hissing coming from the back. >> from the rear car? >> yeah. smells like fuel. >> get away from it, ok, and get people as far away from it as you can. >> in the meantime, officials have made security upgrades to prevent a similar tragedy of happening. authorities installed a fence atop the stairs leading to the elevated track over main street and have increased police patrols near the site of the accident to discourage trespassers. the accident is still under investigation.

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waverly elementary school in ellicott city is part of a program to teach kids chinese and spanish. >>hey also expose to different cultures. so we bring the eastern side of the culture and mix it with the western side. they learn. i hope, you know, from these learning experience, they grow up to be a-- a well rounded global citizen. >> reporter: hispanic consumers are the fastest growing market, all the reason educators teach themes languages. >> very challenging but it's very cool to learn about the culture. >> reporter: gestures, visuals and role play. students pick up the chinese language pretty quickly. they learn greetings, numbers and songs. a language education, giving students an edge in the global economy. sherry johnson, abc2 news. >> the pilot program is at waverly. >>> the controversial comments that ram prowl made -- mitt romney played at that closed door fund-raiser continues to dominate the race. this is still making the headlines, i understand. >> reporter: this has really been a rough couple of days for the romney campaign. now democrats and republicans are attacking h

robbers struck during a dunbar pick up at this giant food store in ellicott city, a few days after christmasback in 2010. wearing disguises and using throw away cars and used disposable telephones and represented out hotel room -- rented out hotel rooms in advance. >> the defendant admitted he stole in excess of half a million dollars, $555,000, over the course of the 5 robberies, much of it has not been recovered. >> howard produced $2000 worth of new $20 bills from his groin area. he later led authorities here to the edge of the forest park golf course where he buried 10,000 more in cash. >> people who commit the crimes, robbing, they need to understand this is one of the top priorities for federal law enforcement. you can anticipate you are going to be at the top of the list of the local police and fbi and other agencies. >> howard is scheduled for sentencing in u.s. district court november 20th including a 6th robbery he did not participate in. >>> people living in howard county approved a name change op they street. the group is changing the name coon hunt court, a street in the oak lan

. >>> continuing coverage of that deadly ellicott city train derailment. two people were killed that nied. transportation officials are saying it caused $2.2 million. the ntsb release lad preliminary report today but there does not give us a cause. officials said a final determination could take from a year to 18 months. >>> well this was a he said, she said in prince george's county last february. continues en-- since threne county police officer has been accused of lay tacking a teenager, the whole thing caught on tape. >> this might be a case of the video speaking for itself. we might not have ever known what happened that night in february. the video contradicts what the officer claimed in his report. you see the 19-year-old. then you see the officer with a gun drawn before he swings his hand making contact with dorm's face. he said the teen was pay salting him but the police department said they investigated and eventually charged the officer. >> played on the community's stereotypes that this young black person was some sort of menace, and he wasn't.

. >> we are learning more about last month's deadly day in -- train derailment at ellicott city. the derailment caused more than $2 million in damage. they did not say what caused 21 of the cars to jump the tracks. authorities say two girls died when they were buried in coal while sitting on a road bridge at the time. >> investigators want to know if an alexandria man may have been breeding pit bulls for a dog fighting ring. they seized several dogs may come on topton lane and charged the men with being a unfit owner. this is part of a broader investigation. more charges may be filed. neighbors say they have complained for years about the number of pitfalls -- spitballs and the barton. >> a local woman goes for a swim only to be attacked by a beaver well swimming. the interview you will only see first on a 7. >> what was going through your mind? >> it was a thing i had to get away from. >> at 83, lillian peterson says you are only as old as you feel. >> i was crawling out of the water and it attacked the. >> a beaver chopped on her leg while she was on lake barcroft on tuesday. >

ascienden las dos punto dos millones de dolares en dadanos causo el descarrila miento de un tren en ellicott cityo informo hoy la junta nacional para la seguridad en el transporte en su en su informe preliminar sobre lo ocurrido en el accidente. a pesar de los datos, aun no se revela cuales fueron las causas del incidente. se detalla tambien que el accidente destrullo parte de la via . un total de 21 de los 80 vagones se descarrilaron. el sobrepeso continua siendo un grave problema en la sociedad y los niÑos son los mas afectados... el gobierno federal una vez mas impulsa su mensaje contra la obesidad infantil. maria rosa lucchini con los detalles. 12.5 millones de niÑos y jovenes entre dos a 19 aÑos son obesos en este pais...y los hispanos tendrian mas riesgo de sufrir de sobrepeso. .. "no es la problema de la cultura, porque la cultura esta comiendo buena comida, comida en la casa, esta haciendo muchos ejercicios, es mas la cultura en este pais, porque es cuando muchos pacientes estan viniendo a este pais ellos pasan mas tiempo frente a la television, ellos pasan mas tiempo en las computadoras"

as we slide to the south, we can see showers around randalstown, wood lawn, ellicott city and columbia. this is the scenario through the afternoon as well. 73 aberdeen, the dew point at 73. patchy fog this morning, this is what it looks like hour by hour as we wake up, temperature coming in around 77 degrees by lunchtime, scattered showers and storms in the forecast, 83. now a check of the time saver traffic with mike masco. >>> it's not about construction on the roads, it's about debris. we have two reports, maryland 25, ridge road, you have debris in the road. we just got this in, 136 closed in both directions, due to debris. an issue south of town, at green castle road. outside for a live shot. we will look at right around 83, york road, quiet now, volume will pick up during the course of the morning. 95 northbound, in to the fort mc henry tolls, an 8 minute ride. outer loop, an 11 minute ride. >>> search is on for a baltimore county teenager who mixed chemicals in his home and caused a hazmat incident in parkville. linda so is live at county police headquarters where they are looki

. >>> federal transportation officials say last month's train derailment in ellicott city caused $2.2 million in property damage. that derailment killed two young women. they were signature on a railroad bridge and buried in coal. the national transportation safety board says its information is the cause of that accident to take up to 18 months. >> and the ntsb is out with the report back in july. you may remember it, three planes got uncomfortably close to each other after a change in takeoff and landing patterns. a miscommunication is what led to that incident. the agency also recommends a warning system for all large commercial airliners to avoid aircraft collisions from the ground. >> and safety is a big concern about reagan national and all of the nation's airports. and that's why one viewer brought to our attention of this photo. now it looks innocent enough, but family flying a kite, but actually turns out that is illegal. and 9 wants to know why. kites aren't just illegal, they are also off limits at dangerfield island south of the airport. u.s. park police tell us it is just

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let talk about a beautiful day, ellicott city, a nice day. temperatures mild, as of this time of the year, we should be in to the 80s. ellicott, in to the 80s, close to 90 degrees, a mixture of sunshine and clouds for the afternoon. here is the shot downtowns a beautiful evening setting up, warm, still muggy, the airport temperature 86 at 5:00, 61% humidity. the dew point at 71 making it feel a little bit uncomfortable across much of the area. maryland's most powerful doppler, one cell over northern baltimore, harford, on the pennsylvania side, we have another storm trying to drift southeast over southern and central pennsylvania, maybe clipping northern frederick during the course of the evening. isolated shower and storm, possible. but the real headline is the storm system, poet potent. parts of the midwest, this front is going to interact with humidity as we go in to the day tomorrow. 86 in town. 93 degrees out in frederick. a lot of humidity in play, making the heat indices running between 92. feels like 100 frederick. it's a warm evening

today county officials and educators will help break ground for new two-story school building in ellicott city the lynwood center school will provide services for children and adults living with autism. >>> today orioles players past and present will try to help sick children and their families enjoy the day. kids with the casey care foundation will play a little ball and meet the players. >>> some of the best and brightest walked through the halls of johns hopkins university. and now it's known to the world. that's because the world university ranking has come out with the top 100 universities in the world. johns hopkins ranked 16 on the list. so coming in at number one mi -- m.i.t. overtaking the university of cambridge in the uk which fell to number 2 on the list. we have it on the website if you are curious. >>> queen anne's county sheriff face as multimillion dollar lawsuit. we look closer at the allegations made against his brother and why it's affecting his job. plus there, are lots of interesting things for sale at an auction. why some of the items bought at this auction are more curio

shower moving toward the ellicott city area here. eventually come into baltimore city. rain totals so far today about an inch and a half to almost two inches in german town. this was significant. eastern shore over an inch of rain, as well. look at these peak gusts. 40 to 50 miles an hour. that'll bring down some tree limbs and power license, but i do have a theory that because we've had so many lines of severe winds over the summer from june right through august, a lot of those dead tree limbs that would have come down today have already come down so that may have played a small role in helping us get through today without tree damage or power line damage anyway. coastal flood concerns remain. that's about a one will remain tonight. we're still going to have tide 1 to 3 feet above normal until the early morning hours so if you live right along the chesapeake bay, southeast earn baltimore county, anne arundel, you have warning. crossing the bay from west to east over the can he not island area today good weather or good shot of that weather today, not good weather. in a

the burglar is striking during the late morning and early afternoon in ellicott city, colombia, elkridge, clarksville and woodbine. the string of daytime burglaries has people in those neighborhoods feeling uneasy. >> why don't they just break the doors in and run in and take people's things? >> >>reporter: police say you should deadbolt exterior doors and hide your valuables in a place a burglar may not suspect. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> police break ground today in a new search for the body of jimmy hoffa, the labor strong man with alleged ties to organized crime, his disappearance one of the most notorious and mysterious in the history of the united states. it's believed he was killed by the mob, but his body has never been found. here's ed payne. it looks like we're having some audio troubles with is story, but what we can tell you right now, crews today will be looking for jimmy hoffa, the teamster boss, this after a dying man gave them a tip that he had seen a body buried in the driveway at a home just outside of detroit, michigan. by the way, jimmy hoffa was last seen outside of

now tonight look at the numbers. 47 now in ellicott city. 43 in middle town. the numbers beginning to really drop here and we will look at mid40s. obviously to the west, west of hancock. 30s on the board tonight. there is a frost warning up for garret county maryland. clear and cold over night. that's the deal and that will continue to be the case and hour by hour tomorrow it's going to be a climb into the 70's after a cold start. more on this coming up. >> musterer identifying moments for people an apartment complex. someone threw bombs in to their homes as they slept. >> fire crews say it's a miracle nobody was killed. we had seven people hurt. christian has that story tonight and how are the victims doing? >> reporter: six adults and one child. they were taken to two area hospitals with injuries including burns and smoke inhalation. they are expected to recover but it's clear that this is a story that could have been much, much worse. the first crashed through a window at the park side gardens apartment shortly before four this morning. felicia was able to

officials and educators will help break ground this morning for a new two-story school building in ellicott city the ceremony for the new lynwood center school takes place at 10. it provides services for children and adults like with autism. >>> a new maryland live casino about to get a lot bigger. it's unveiling phase 2 of the project which is more than 1,000 new slot machines available and electronic table games as well as a new retail store. >>> severe weather in nevada you have to see many heavy thunderstorms turned las vegas and treats into rivers. look at what it looks like. crews had to rescue more than 20 people stuck in the cars because of flooding. some places water several feet high. and they are not used to seeing that in las vegas. take a look at this. a car packed under a garage under a garage not in it. well people watched in horror as the tropical storms in the area they picked up because of leslie and basically a garage dropped on top of this guy's 1984 corvette. the storm knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses and tore down trees and ripped roofs apart. no word

. >>> lance armstrong is preparing for a triathlon in ellicott city in two weeks but not everyone ispy about his participation. some of the athletes are criticizing organizers of the triathlon for allowing armstrong to compete. organizers gave up its status as a usa triathlon sanctioned race to allow armstrong to race so the results won't count toward national rankings but organizers say the legendary cyclist's participation will help raise money for the cancer fund for young adults. >>> today virginia tech will honor a campus police officer that was killed in the line of duty. before the game with bowling green the football team will carry a flag with number 152. officer derrick kraus's badge number. he was shot to death last year by a 22-year-old who later killed himself. the flag was donated by students from virginia western community college. a photo of kraus also will be displayed following the marching band performance at halftime. >>> as for other local teams in our area maryland plays the mountaineers in west virginia. the cavaliers of virginia travel to the lone star state t

he's going to compete with other cancer survivors in the triathlon in ellicott city on october 7th. the u.s. antidoping agency recently stripped armstrong of the seven tour de france titles. >>> governor o'malley right now headed to north carolina to help raise money if the state's gubernatorial race. he is chairman of the democratic association. he's scheduled to be in raleigh to campaign with democrats. >>> cross-country farewell tour for space shuttle endeavour continues today. the space shuttle departed houston at dawn and going to fly over tucson, arizona by the request of mark kelly. former nasa astronaut. the final landing spot is l. a. x.. looks like they finally had nice weather and it looks like we finally have some nice weather. we have some rocky starts but now we are smooth sailing. >> yes we are smooth sailing. but we are chilly this morning. look at emmettsburg 43 degrees this morning. columbia at 46. more 40s from edgewater to brandy wine at 47 degrees there. 50 easton as we take it to the eastern shore. 51 in rock hall. galena at 49 and bel air at 46- degrees this m

lisbon, this is 70 coming in toward ellicott city in a little while.orth of that from mount airy toward westminster, some heavy rain, some thunderstorm action going on here extending into baltimore county as well. back toward thurmont, you still have some rain, even hagueerstown but the heavy stuff is well east of you, east of route 15. temperatures are running into the 60s everywhere except for garrett county which is in the middle 50s at 55. easton is 68. culpeper down to 61, one of our cooler spots. gaithersburg at 63. bowie a much milder morning over there than it has been the last few mornings with the temperature there running about 65. outside on our michael & son weather camera, quiet in northwest d.c. we're looking toward virginia toward the west, southwest right now. 69 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. no wind to speak of and the humidity at 81%. one thing i want to point out, there's a boundary here. you can see it from southern new england snaking back toward the mississippi valley. a little twist in the clouds coming through southern indi

. >>> last month's deadly train derailment in ellicott city caused $2 toy 2 million in -- $2.2 million in property damage. two young women were killed in the derailment. they were sitting on the railroad bridge. when it happened a bunch of coal came out of the train and buried them. the investigation into the cause of the accident could take at least 18 months. >>> the airports authority board is attempting to repair its battered image after strong criticism for lavish travel spending and insider contracts. >> last month the federal terrific secretary, the mayor of d.c., and the governors of virginia and maryland all questioned the board's practices and demanded changes. as peggy fox reports, the first big change also came with another strong rebuke. >> i want to make it absolutely clear that this board takes your questions and concerns very seriously. >> reporter: mike, the chair of the metropolitan washington airports authority which runs both local airports and is building the silver line, had one more misstep to clean up. >> i'm deeply troubled. >> reporter: just as they would try

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ellicott city, you are at 50. 45 in frederick and 53 in easton. 43 in goldsboro and cambridge at 55. galena 46 and 48 in bel air to round off the temperatures this mork. -- morning. in dundalk where we did start to see a beautiful sunrise. plenty of blue skies and that will prevail for the morning and we will see a few more clouds trying to move in. look at the picture perfect sky in kent island this morning. this will be the name of the game. pretty to look at but if you are not prepared it will be a shock to the system when you step out the door. high pressure is in control for today. that will lied sof towards -- slide off towards the east. and that's when you will have the chance for showers to work in going into tomorrow. future trend not picking up on a whole lot but we have the chance for wet weather early in the morning and then another round as we go into your commute home around 5:00, 6:00. have the rain gear and take it easy on the roadways. for today, going with 75 degrees and it's going to be a mix of sun and clouds. pleasant and your heading out to camden yards. first p