of the forts. you also had trenches that connected the forts all the way around the city. you can see up here where in between, you had the covered ways going all the way from one fort to the next and the next battery and on so that troops could make back and forth without being seen. now besides the forts, they also built other types of defenses such as block houses in certain places along railroads for channel attacks, and they had other things that they actually built for protection within the whole system of the defenses of washington. so it was actually a system of fortifications. and if you attacked one, like if you attacked here, would you catch fire from the forts on both sides of that fort. so they were mutually supporting, and it was -- it would have been very hard to actually take one fort because of all the fire that you would receive coming from the various forts. so it was -- it's not important, necessarily, about how many forts there were. it's the system and the mutual defense that

wow, this is james fort. but it took many years to connect all the dots to be able to tell where and how the fort laid out from that point. i wasn't sure if we were on the west side, the east side, inside, outside, you know, for a long time. but we went ahead and announced in 1996 that the fort -- some parts of this fort is here. as it turned out, almost 90% had escaped erosion. and so many people came over here and so many died, their possessions were just scattered and buried in things like a cellar, ditches, wells, it just -- wherever there is a hole in the ground, it got filled with some pretty amazing artifacts. so right now the collection goes over 1.5 million objects have been found. the way it's done, you open up an area, usually on a ten-foot square, find a streak that goes through -- pal i sade lines, say okay -- and just follow these things, a square at a time. and then a big area to understand it all. and we'll see a big area when we go at the next stop. all right. let's head to the trenches. if y

so this is a great example of a fort on a fort. this dark area is the palisade line from 1607 that we found everywhere, all the way around. we found it in the first year down along the river. and it's just darker soil. i think you can see there's dark soil here, and there's even some darker circular impressions where the upright logs had disintegrated. and we've traced that from the river all the way up to here. this is a reconstruction-ish that doesn't go deep enough to expose this layer. you can't see it in profile. it only goes down to about here. and you see it's a little off. and we did that on purpose because we didn't want to disturb any of the remains that we have not dug. a lot of times we'll just uncover these what we call features and map them for the future and then cover back up. we don't even dig them. we don't have to. so we know that the line was here anyway. but it's good -- this gives you an example of this layer. then when the bombproof was -- when this room was put in, it cuts through. this is gone. from here ti

at fort hood be preventd? >> it's really painful for me to say, but my conclusion after our investigation was that the massacre at fort hood could have been prevented. >> this is not a case where dots had to be connected, in order to figure out that we had a serious threat. the dots were already connected. there was just a fail tower act. >> reporter: the report states that although none of the d.o.d. noir the fbi had specific information about the attack, they had sufficient information about hassan's radicalization, the violent islamist extremism, but failed to understand it and act on it. the report describes how as early as 2003, hassan's radical ideology was no secret to his fellow students in the army. >> his rhetoric was so ark larming and so radicalized that two of his fellow officers described him as a ticking time bomb. >> he did things like repeatedly told classmates and superiors that his devotion to shirria law superseded his devotion to the constitution. that alone should have had him dismissed f

, fort pocahontas. >> right. yeah. in 1861, the fort pocahontas was built by the confederate army. and it -- by wherever they scooped to get earth to put up bank to protect the guns, the original -- the original 1607 settlement was being disturbed. however, where they piled the dirt, that was preserved. but so we decided that we needed to see the most preserved part of the fort under the fort, and so we looked archaeologically at the earthworks first because you had to get through that to get to the earliest site. so, that's the reason that we had to remove some of the fort, but i'd say we dismantled it, because we recorded it all. and the artifacts that were in that dirt pile were unbelievable, as a matter of fact, too. now, as far as preservation goes, and the time limit, i'd say we know for one fact that the armor and arms and the metal objects are probably going to be gone. because what we find there's not a whole lot left of them if they're in dirt deposits. whereas when that confederate earthwork was built,

at fort hood be preventd?lly painful for me to say, but my conclusion after our investigation was that the massacre at fort hood could have been prevented. >> this is not a case where dots had to be connected, in order to figure out that we had a serious threat. the dots were already connected. there was just a fail tower act. >> reporter: the report states that although none of the d.o.d. noir the fbi had specific information about the attack, they had sufficient information about hassan's radicalization, the violent islamist extremism, but failed to understand it and act on it. the report describes how as early as 2003, hassan's radical ideology was no secret to his fellow students in the army. >> his rhetoric was so ark larming and so radicalized that two of his fellow officers described him as a ticking time bomb. >> he did things like repeatedly told classmates and superiors that his devotion to shirria law superseded his devotion to the constitution. that alone should have had him dismissed from the mili

they're in the fort but they're not part of the fort. we do find artifacts that date later, in later use. but most of it became the churchyard. so, that's where -- what we have there are burials. >> it devolved into agriculture, so it was all planted in corn. thank goodness, because john smith has proclaimed this is a very fine place to erect a great city. but if it had been, we would not have the archaeological resources to find. >> we'll go to san diego next for gene. go ahead -- howard, in san diego. i'm sorry. >> caller: yes, hi. thank you for taking my call. i had a question about any linkage of george washington or the washington family to jamestown and the area. i know his grandfather came over in the early or 1720s or 1730s, john augustine washington, and i see small towns named washington. of course, it was a common name in virginia and northern north carolina. i've also read something somewhere and i'm not sure here but that perhaps some washington family relatives came over earlier. do you have any information on that? >> not

at fort hood have been prevented?me to say but my conclusion after the investigation was the massacre at fort hood could have been prevented. >> this is not a case where dots had to be connected in order to figure out that we had a serious threat. the dots were already connected. there was a failure to ask. >> the report states that none of the dod or the fbi had specific information about the attack they had sufficient information about hassan's radical isolation to radical islamic extremism. they failed to act on it. the report as early as 2003 his radical ideology was no secret to fellow students in the army. >> his rhetoric was so alarming and so radicalized that two of his fellow officers described him as a ticking time bomb. >> he did things like repeatedly told classmates and superiors his surreal law -- that alone should have dismissed him from the military. >> was there an episode maybe the slide presentation that he had that fellow students were so alarmed by what they heard, they fled the classroom. >> ever

that's james fort out there. and there was a lone cypress tree that used to stand out in the river all by itself, and that kind of marked the territory. but we thought, you know, with our anniversary coming up, the 400th anniversary, in 2007, we were thinking maybe it's time to mink again. we know a little bit more about the kind of artifacts that might represent an early settlement and i had the privilege of working on contract with the park service looking at their collections from jamestown and putting them on electronic database. and i noticed that there was this early collection of arms and armor, and it came from the area of the confederate earthwork on preservation virginia property. and it just looked like a fort. it was early. it was military. and at that time point bill kelso and another colleague nick lichetti got involved and looked at the field records to see maybe if something had been overlooked, you know, some feature that looked like a palisade wall or a ditch. and sure enough, they kind of saw s

at fort hood be preventd? for me to say, but my conclusion after our investigation was that the massacre at fort hood could have been prevented. >> this is not a case where dots had to be connected, in order to figure out that we had a serious threat. the dots were already connected. there was just a fail tower act. >> reporter: the report states that although none of the d.o.d. noir the fbi had specific information about the attack, they had sufficient information about hassan's radicalization, the violent islamist extremism, but failed to understand it and act on it. the report describes how as early as 2003, hassan's radical ideology was no secret to his fellow students in the army. >> his rhetoric was so ark larming and so radicalized that two of his fellow officers described him as a ticking time bomb. >> he did things like repeatedly told classmates and superiors that his devotion to shirria law superseded his devotion to the constitution. that alone should have had him dismissed from the military. >> re

at fort hood be preventd? for me to say, but my conclusion after our investigation was that the massacre at fort hood could have been prevented. >> this is not a case where dots had to be connected, in order to figure out that we had a serious threat. the dots were already connected. there was just a fail tower act. >> reporter: the report states that although none of the d.o.d. noir the fbi had specific information about the attack, they had sufficient information about hassan's radicalization, the violent islamist extremism, but failed to understand it and act on it. the report describes how as early as 2003, hassan's radical ideology was no secret to his fellow students in the army. >> his rhetoric was so ark larming and so radicalized that two of his fellow officers described him as a ticking time bomb. >> he did things like repeatedly told classmates and superiors that his devotion to shirria law superseded his devotion to the constitution. that alone should have had him dismissed from the military. >> re

at fort hood have been prevented?me to say but my conclusion after the investigation was the massacre at fort hood could have been prevented. >> this is not a case where dots had to be connected in order to figure out that we had a serious threat. the dots were already connected. there was a failure to ask. >> the report states that none of the dod or the fbi had specific information about the attack they had sufficient information about hassan's radical isolation to radical islamic extremism. they failed to act on it. the report as early as 2003 his radical ideology was no secret to fellow students in the army. >> his rhetoric was so alarming and so radicalized that two of his fellow officers described him as a ticking time bomb. >> he did things like repeatedly told classmates and superiors his surreal law -- that alone should have dismissed him from the military. >> was there an episode maybe the slide presentation that he had that fellow students were so alarmed by what they heard, they fled the classroom. >> ever

it shows -- really shows that the fort -- the actual fort where we found it was already -- that location had been put on a map by a mapmaker in 1608 and no one had recognized that that was really, you know, pinpointing the site. >> hear from our callers again. oxford, mississippi, joanne, hello. >> caller: good afternoon. i'm enjoying this enormously. i saw the exhibition at the smithsonian called "written in bone," and it was one of the most fascinating things i've ever seen. i noticed you showed the captain gosnold reproduction. the one that really captured my imagination, you had a video of a woman and there was an interpretive reconstruction of a woman who would walk away from you in the video. you would see how you started with her skeleton and then the forensic reproduction. she walked with a limp. it was stunning. it was stunning. and i was wondering if you could tell us a little bit more about who you think she was and the other reproduction was of the head of a woman who was believed to be a slave and you determined that based on the shape of her back which would have been bent

fort, and then the fort did give the defenders a lot of protection so even though we had over 1,000 defenders, only 5 of them were killed. >> you talked very extensively about the causes of the war and who supported it and who was opposed. how much did the battle of ft. mchenry accelerate the end of the war? >> a lot. basically by that time both countries wanted out of the war of 1812. the british were spending a lot of money on the war. the americans were spending a lot of money on the war. it was clear that no one was going to win. the british were not in a position to reclaim the colonies, but our country was not strong enough to take over canada, so the war ended as a tie. this battle, because it was a victory, gave our negotiators some more wiggle room to push to that tie, and so, really, we can say the canadians and the brit, won the war of 1812, but we could also say the americans won the war of 1812 as well. >> british left baltimore down the river. did they cause any further damage to parts of the chesapeake bay to maryland and virginia as they left? >> they -- they did. ra

in fact, 60% of the army of the 100 army soldiers stationed inside this fort were immigrants. one out of five of the defenders of baltimore including some of the uniformed army soldiers inside that fort, were african american citizens of a very imperfect country who none the less saw the sort of great republic that their children and grandchildren might one day inherit and become a part of. there were people like will williams, uniform, african american soldier inside that fort who died as a result of injuries sustained in the conflict. you had the able lieutenant albert ball of joshua barneys men. that very flag itself, sewn together also suing that flag with them was a 13-year-old black servant named grace wisher. this was very much an integrated defense, a baltimore defense. from many different people came one great nation. the common thread that held those stars and stripes together, sewn together by black and white hands, defended by black and white lives was thread of human dig any traffic information any time log, the -- was human dignity. the dignity of every individua

the fort 83 tomorrow. get down there early if you want to check out the blue angels because it'll be a fantastic day weather wise that. will enhance the crowd and through the overnight a passing cloud or two. the east coast, quiet on the range, you may be out baltimore, nearest active weather toward iowa city and des moines. listl disturbance and could produce cloud cover. maybe a shower by monday. in the meantime high pressure, big dome of sinking air. that will be the story for the 1812 celebration over the weekend. the remembrance and looks great for that. not so much as a cloud. a chance for perhaps a couple of showers sneaking in out of the west as we move toward monday morning. i think we are clear through sunday afternoon and evening. 57 overnight. mostly clear, the two degree guarantee tomorrow 82 degrees. got to love that. cool but not bad. 60, and take a look at the outlook for the next seven days, mid-june, shouldn't it be hotter? you won't have to wait to long. temperatures set to rocket into t

>> fort putnam sits high above the hudson river at west point. its purpose was to help keep this vital area from falling into the hands of the british. the fort retains many of its historical features, starting with the ramparts. the word "ramparts" should sound familiar. it's in our national anthem -- "o'er the ramparts we watched..." but that was written about a different war. >> well, the ramparts are the walls of the fort. those are the defensive walls which we think of when we see a fort. well, not only do the ramparts of the fort still stand but we also have the casemates, which are down below us. >> a casemate was an 18th-century bomb shelter. this one was used to house up to 50 men in case of attack. >> we have the barracks building, which houses a very nice museum inside. and around the fort, you'll see many replica cannon, which are faithful replicas of what were here during the american revolution. >> the fort is open to visitors, but because it's located at west point, which is a military installation, certain restrictions apply to en

there are closures in the city along fort avenue along the fort mchenry. those of be in effect until 11:00 p.m. we have some incidents. but the district is closed in the city because of an accident. a crash clearing from the right shoulder southbound 95 past eastern avenue. west on 70, it shutdown at 32 because of an overnight accident. we'll keep you posted. you'll find westbound delays as traffic is diverted onto 32. here's a quick live look at traffic. bay bridge traffic looks great at this area. a nice start here on 95. the accident has been cleared from the shoulder. a smooth ride down to the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. overview. >> thank you. -- over to you. the prosecution is expected to wrap up its case in the jerry sandusky trial. an investigator testified that sandusky admitted to showering with young boys but denied it was sexual. he has pled not guilty to all the charges against him. a man received a jail term on thursday. 110 years in prision. he was convicted on 13 of 14 fraud-related accounts in one of the largest p

they begin bombing fort sumter for 33 hours until the surrender. there is a perspective from harper's weekly. they had sketch artists, the precursors of photo journalists on site. they draw the sketch. send it to head quarters. they were cutting from the sketch. lincoln calls for 75,000 troops for 90 days. northerners and southerners both thought the war would last no more than three months. both sides thought the war would end quickly. southerners felt because of their long tradition of marshal ideas of fighting which was one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the south. duels were common. southerners thought it would take ten northerners to defeat one southerner. northerners felt because of their manpower, their industrial base they would just destroy the south in three months. very few people thought the war would last more than six months. lincoln, the desire for revenge and the unity among most northerners is such that he could have raised 400,000 troops. it unites northern whites as never before. douglas acknowledges it. the govern

we have evidence of indian women in this time period being in the fort. and this is a needle made from the rib of a deer. and it's actually if you look closely, it's decorated here, zigzag line. and these were used to make the woven masks that the clonists loved. it appears that the indian women are probably sitting in the fort and producing those for the colonists' use. we also have evidence of facing projectile points or arrow points from the tips of deer antlers. so, that's another native technology that's being produced. this, and here's -- see, these are shell beads made from this mussel. it lives around jamestown. and this is a production site for these beads because they're all unfinished. we've strung these together, but they are not finished. they are all rough around the edges. if they should be finished, they end up being very tiny. they're like this. and so these are -- since they're all unfinished, then we know someone's in the process of making these. and that would be most likely the indian women, because that's part of their role is to mak

fort avenue will be shut down between andres street and the entrance to fort mchenry.hat started at 6:00 this morning and it will continue through 11:00 tonight all the way through sunday. and on -- everything you need to know about where to park for sailabration just go to abc2news.com. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. charlie over to you. >>> today a warning sign will be put up reminding drivers to watch out for motorcyclists. nearly a third of maryland's motorcycle deaths occur as a result of crashes at intersections. so later this morning, all state insurance will be in- stating a sign at the -- installing a sign at the intersection of president and pratt streets. >>> we cannot get enough of dumb criminals, we love them here on "good morning maryland." at least an attempted truck heist, problem is you need to wait until the truck is dropped. >> also this morning is your neighbor guilty of letting that lawn grow a little woolly? coming up if you're in new york, one town specifically you could be sent to jail for it. we'll tell you all about that and hea

huge crowds are expected again today at the inner harbor and fort mchenry.he fort this morning where they're preparing for a very special commemoration. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is how they dressed back then. look how snappy they are. it's going to be coming down at 11:00 today. people are still buzzing about what happened this weekend. >> hundreds watch as the baltimore orchestra honors sailabration with a prepare of a special piece called the overture of 2012. hundreds of thousands packed the inner harbor to be part of the commemoration of the war of 1812. visiting sailors, tourists and lifelong marylanders took advantage of all the harbor had to offer including tours of the tall ships. >> where he -- really nice. scomblsz for many it was -- >> for many it was a great father's day. >> had lunch at the lar boar, walked -- harbor, walked around. >> all eyes glued to the sky for a spectacular blue angels show. that same team gave a repeat performance packing the ground around the fort. >> it's just fantastic. my dad is one of the best aro

fort avenue is shutdown at the fort mchenry because of sailabration events. that is near the harbor. this is the north side at harford. outer loop traffic, no sign of delays. with well over towards 795. this is the harrisburg expressway at shawan road -- moving well over towards 795. no problems on to the j.f.x. in town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it is shaping up to be a good day. mostly to partly cloudy. 65 degrees at the airport. 69 under partly cloudy skies at the inner harbor. humidity is still pretty low. that will build over the next several days. morning clouds will give way to partly cloudy conditions. 5 to 10 miles per hour. temperatures 75 to 80 degrees. the weekend is looking good. i will break that down coming out. -- coming up. >> good morning. last saturday jake arrieta was sent to the bullpen to figure out what was wrong. he is 0-6 since may. brian matusz was scratched last night. jake arrieta was sound against the pirates. he struck out nine. with strong early -- he was a strong early. wilson betemit with a big shot, a home ru

sherrie johnson is live at fort mc henry with the details. >> reporter: we are here live at fort mc henry special event at 11:00, until 12:00, today is the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812, i'm standing here with ranger vince and ranger jim. they are all decked out in the official reproductive garb. this is amazing. first of all, let's talk about the war of 1812. >> the british stealing american sailors, confiscating ships, american flag didn't have respect. united states made a stand, declared war on this day 200 years ago. >> reporter: wow, what else is going on today? we got the event at 11:00, the governor, all kinds of folks coming. what else can folks take advantage of. >> we are going to have living history. listen to drums, watch and hear the cannons fire and experience the war of 1812. >> reporter: excellent. the theme is from enemies to allies, what do you want people to get out of the event. >> we celebrate the peace. it's great that actually, three countries, canada, united king dom and united states have been friends. now, the trending from cast your vote, is overwhelming

at 6:00, fort avenue will close near the fort mchenry because of 295 sailabration -- because of sailabrationn the way of delays on the north or west side of the beltway. 11 minutes to get used to the stretch on the north side. 10 minutes on southbound 95 down towards 32. here's a quick live look at traffic. the j.f.x. a ruxton road, so far moving very well into town. the fort mchenry, southbound traffic, no delays in through the tunnel. a nice start at the harbor tunnel. key bridge traffic checks out just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> who would do a better job of handling the economy, president obama or mitt romney? >> tara mergener is live with this report. good morning. >> hello. president obama and mitt romney are gearing up for these duel economic speeches minutes apart in the crucial swing state of ohio. the president's first major economic speech will happen at a community college in cleveland where he is expected to defend his handling of the economy and telling voters he feels their pain and for them to stick with him for another term. mitt romney will make a campa

the passs are gone but there's room at the fort.pect large crowds so get there early. >> reporter: you need to plan accordingly especially with park and getting to the fort. >> you cannot drive your personal vehicle to the fort but there's free shuttles from m and t bank parking lot. being pay to park there 20 dollars to park and the shuttle is free. if you take light rail downtown, down at the inner harbor visiting the tall ships walk over to the stadium lot and hop on the shutel from there. >> reporter: as far as the -- shuttle from there. >> reporter: and as far as the fort we have the blue angels one of the key pieces but there's going to be a lot more going on. >> they are doing a festival. they will have food vendors and after the air show on saturday, they are doing the celebration of the american flag. so it's their big flag day event. fireworks at dark and bands and live music and entertainment throughout the evening. >> reporter: thanks for clearing that up. again, 10,000 free passes have been given out, but as sarah told

all is quiet here, i'm live at fort mc henry. this morning, lots of festivities. look behind me, the event kicks off at 11:00, until noon. the stage is already set, you can see all the chairs all lined up, ready for the event. it's part of the celebration to commemorate the war of 1812. today marks the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812, june 18th is the day united states declared war on great britain. big names will be here including bob shaffer and martin o'malley. british and canadian ambassadors will attend. the scene is from enemies to allies. right now, i have our favorite person joining us here, ranger vince. good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> reporter: let's make sure we update people. let's talk about that. >> this is our second war as independence in a way, we won our freedom, we were an independent country but didn't have respect from other countries. british were stealing our sailors, forcing them in to british navy, confiscating our ships and problems the western frontier. the only thing we can do is declare war. it was a narrowly dec

stevens, you were going to catch fire from the forts on both sides. even jubal early and his demonstration on the 12th, realized that and decided to actually leave. now the defenses, as i mentioned, had started being built in 1861. this is kind of in 1864 with the battle of ft. stevens. this is kind of the culmination of the defenses. following the attack in july of 1864, really they pretty much went unmaligned, but they still had some troops to man them, but they weren't worried about that. lee was more or less headed south, and the other confederate troops were doing the same in other parts of the country. so in 1864, it was probably the culmination of the defenses themselves, even though construction went on right to the end of the war and on some of them even afterwards. interestingly in the 1930s, the civilian conservation corps was brought in to work on this fort. after the civil war, it was abandoned, and it wasn't until around the turn of 1900 that some of the veterans of the sixth corps, which had manned the fort, raised money to try to buy t

that is live look kurt sigh earth cam fort lauderdale. see the high wind and the waves come in. this on the west side of the state. this is on the gulf side megan. >> this is the bigtory -- story -- big story as we look at tropical storm debby. let's go over to lynette charles who has been following that and the weather here. >> all right. yes, you are right. let's start with our weather. and we do have some showers and storms. pennsylvania dealing with thunderstorms all morning. we had a round earlier today but we have a break getting a few peeks of sunshine. but, we will have more showers and thunderstorms possible as we go into the afternoon and some could be on the severe side. now we slide off towards the south and we are talking about tropical storm debby and we can see the circulation in the gulf here but most of the activity is off toward the east side of the storm. and it's been blowing that way because of sheer. we are getting dry air and training into the system and that's why it's so lop side. it's not moving anywhere. winds sustained at 50 miles an hour it's going t

stick with the fort mc henry tunnel. this is white marsh, route 43. nice easy ride towards the beltway. if you are using the harrisburg, cheer onto the jfx. 11 minutes downtown to east fayette. 695, no problems. 11 minutes from 75 towards 795. that's a look at your time save traffic. >>> four times more traffic deaths than homicides in harford county. that's enough to make officials say enough is enough. now, they are watching a crack down -- launching a major crack down to make roads safer. linda so is live. >> reporter: you don't have to look far to see bad behavior. they want to do something about it. this is the sergeant with the sheriff's department. >> in develop, the lieutenant in bel air approached me about combining efforts with the task force, from there we built on that, we included the municipalities, which we have three, aberdeen, bel air police departments. what we started doing in april of 2011 was one day a week working combining officers from the agencies together, targeting a different area each week to enforce violations. >> reporte

allen and ira stormed the fort. they took everyone prisoner. no one was hurt. no one was killed. they found 90 gallons of rum that belonged to tcommandant. e than allen wrote out a chip that he would pay the commandant at some future time and he sent off 85 prisoners and 60 women and children to connecticut. now, part of what i've had to do is sort of debunk that attack that one of the most famous lines in early american history is what ethan allen supposedly said to the commandant at ticonderoga, and he wrote the line himself several years later. i guess he figured he couldn't get the real thing through the printer and what became said is by whose authority do you demand it? he said in the name of jehovah and the continental congress, but according to a young man who was there and the british subat earn whoey hoo said was come out of there you damned old rat which sounds a little bit more believable. well, it didn't go down well with some of the vermonters. they were afraid that the british would counterattack and allen actually was stripped of his command shortly after this by

on going sailabration closures along fort avenue near the fort mchenry until 11:00 p.m. here's a quick live look at traffic. no son of delays at 795 at franklin boulevard. dulaney valley north side of the beltway is running smoothly at this hour. we will keep you posted on 70. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a police officer is on paid administrative leave after a teenager he any confrontation with died. >> he found a 17-year-old christopher brown hiding in some bushes. brown became unconscious and was pronounced dead at the hospital. sources said the officer put the teenager in a chokehold. >> i just want to know what happened. why did the officer have to do that? he had no weapon. >> our homicide unit determines what the facts of this case are and whether there was a justifiable use of force. >> the case will go to the state's attorney's office after the police finisterre investigation. >> a suspect was shot after a group of six suspects was arrested. the suspects are responsible for a string of armed robberies in the area. four of those suspects tried to ge

some advance notice -- tomorrow, fort avenue will close near the fort mchenry. that is for star-spangled sailabration. here's a quick live look at traffic. 95 at the b-w parkway in great shape so far. no problems north and southbound. 395 looks great into town. a smooth ride coming down from franken boulevard all the way down towards owings mills and the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >>>> light rail is operating without any delays. shuttle buses between timonium and hunt valley. metro subway on schedule. the 15 bus is diverting near bloomingdale's. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. we got a good rain out of the system yesterday. some people picked up close to two inches of rain. it will be a slow climb to get the clouds out and the humidity to go away. it will be a fairly comfortable by this afternoon. we have some clouds and the dew points are still in the 60's. they will drop off as we get past lunchtime. t