a lot of it was diversionary. >> and it was the inspiration that caused francis scott key to write theurchase a flag and get more information act wbaltv.com. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> mostly clear skies across the mid-atlantic. high-pressure is anchored across our region. a wide range of temperatures. it is cold at night under those skies, and then it warms up dramatically in the afternoon. clear skies and the closest hint of unsettled weather is all the way out to detroit and the great lakes. temperatures dipping down into the 30's around baltimore. 50's along the coastal areas. no reports from oakland in the past couple of hours, but allegheny county is indicating 58 degrees. pretty comfortable for november. loh 60's in elkton, chestertown. upper 50s and salsbury and chestertown. temperatures overnight will range from the 40's into the 30's in the suburbs. hurricane season officially ends on the 30th of november, but we have tropical storms frosean sitting out there inear the bermudbermuda. the rainshowers and says he

however, if you trying to get to the polling location inside francis scott kee elementary here n south baltimore... come on down... we're told that will still be open today.live in south baatimore, egan gilliland fox45 morning ews. howard county police open fire on an armed man after he refuses to drop hii weapon. it happened around 33o clock monday afternoon..... behind a distribuuion business in an industrial park on coca cola drive in hanover. investigators say it all started n this hanover neighborhood ear anderson avenue and mount street.... whhre someone called pollce abouu a man alking ith a handgun. pooice arrived... orderrd him tt drop thh weapon but he efused. &p that'sswhen officers opened fire. (ms. clemmer/neighbor) "if hees n a residential neighborhood with a gun refusing to drop it, ttey don't haveeaawhole lot of choice. i mean it's hard enough to be a pplice officer in this day and age." age."the suspect was taken to shock traumm. police are working to learn the suspect's identity and his condition. meanwhile, they say no officers were hurt. some girl scouts in bowie ar

however, ii you trying to get to the polling locatton inside francis scott key elementary here in south baltimore... come on down... we're told that will still be open today. live in south baltimore, megan gilliland fox455morning news. a frostburg state university student remains behind bars this morning... accused of student.and she's enying he charges agginst her. her.in court documents recentty released... shanee liggins claims someone else stabbed 11 year old kortneigh mccoy.the documents also suffered a 2 to 3 nch stab pound to her neck.witnesses say mccory was stabbed to death while trying to break up home.kortneigh's mother ... kara mccoy, ssys she's not a vengeful person nd hasn't though much about liggins.sse believes her daughter dded... trying to bb a peacemaker. "but to see ssees touched so many people's lives in such a positive way, it does my heart listening and she heard what i said, and she caree" 3 held withouttbail.as for being - friends...they are planningga memorial at her former high school in north baltimore at phe end of the month. month. 3 this recent murder... i

. >> francis scott key wrote "the star spangled banner." the budget crisis in baltimore could cancel the fire display. another $15,000 needs to be raised. the city will continue to accept donations before making a final decision in about two weeks. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. are you concerned that baltimore might not have a fireworks show on new year's eve this year? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 6:10. 34 degrees on tv hill. you cannot reserve a hotel room with your smart phone -- you can reserve a hotel room with your smart phone. >> a preview of the last day for regis philbin. >> allegations involving syracuse university's basketball team. >> a bit on the chilling side today. we will look of the seven-day forecast. still >> tracking some delays on 95. we will check on one more >> welcome back. this is a live shot at old court road. it is much colder in the suburbs. temperatures should be in the upper 20's and low 30's as y

francis scott key, just words. and, mr. speaker, i would just say to my good friend i understand there are a few believe that in god we trust is just words. but i would say today it is far more than words. it is worth defending just as that pledge of allegiance is worth defending and that declaration of independence is worth defending and i am grateful we will have an opportunity to do just that today and the challenges he say done exist with court suits and public officials who are saying that it's not in god we trust as our national motto but something else, it's worth us standing today and taking 40 minutes to do what so many presidents, so many congresses have done support that to say they are different than the rest of the world and those words will continue to stand behind where you stand and, mr. speaker, i continue to reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: nobody said that the national motto in god we trust is just wo

in frederick, route 355 northbound lanes are closed prior to i-70 at the entrance of the francis scottkey mall because of a wreck. route 15 sound at point of rock road, we have an accident reported. we were dealing with the wreck 108 in olney at dr. bird road. it was closed in both directions. we are seeing some traffic get by. watch for their direction as you head past it with the police there. 95, 395, also running well right now. hov restrictions are in effect. keep in mind metro is on a regular schedule today. mark not running. vre is on a holiday schedule. route one northbound at arlington drive closed because of a wreck. no problems for you heading into the district. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> a cigar for the record books could have someone puffing away for months. the folks from guiness were in havana, cuba to certify the longest cigar in the world. it measures more than 266 feet. it was rolled by famous cuban cigar making king jose escilar. he has won the honor five times in a row. >> oh, my gosh. >> can you imagine the secondhand smoke from

or john kennedy or dwight eisenhower or ronald reagan or francis scott key, just words. and, mr. speaker, i would just say to my good friend i understand there are a few believe that in god we trust is just words. but i would say today it is far more than words. it is worth defending just as that pledge of allegiance is worth defending and that declaration of independence is worth defending and i am grateful we will have an opportunity to do just that today and the challenges he say done exist with court suits and public officials who are saying that it's not in god we trust as our national motto but something else, it's worth us standing today and taking 40 minutes to do what so many presidents, so many congresses have done support that to say they are different than the rest of the world and those words will continue to stand behind where you stand and, mr. speaker, i continue to reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: nobody said that the national motto in god we trust is just wo

this is near the francis scott key mall. please be careful.w a lot of parking lots are filling up, but you've got to be patient. take your time. i did see one of the left lanes blocked as well, your far left southbound lanes. traveling on the beltway, not seeing any major issues and no major congestion. that's a very good sign. here's the view at connecticut avenue, if you're trying to get to connecticut avenue and making your way from i-95 to i-270, you're at 60 miles an hour. traveling in d.c., here's the view at new york avenue and 14th street, not seeing any major issues. pedestrians out walking about, getting their early shopping on. no problems for you traveling in and around d.c. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> looks like at&t and t-mobile close to'sk scrapping their $39 billion merger. at&t plans to take a $4 billion charge against earnings to reflect the potential break-up fees it would have to pay if the deal does fail to go through. at&t plans to focus on winning the antitrust lawsuit filed by the justice depart

we had an accident in frederick, 355 northbound lanes near the entrance to the francis scott key mall. that has cleared. 270, no problems for you out of frederick in toward the beltway. you should be running pretty smoothly. no accidents are incidents reported. beltway look good in maryland and virginia. 395, 95, no problems for you. hov restrictions are in effect. metro on a regular schedule today. marc is closed. vre on a holiday schedule. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a shooting at a hospital parking lot. this happened late last night at the university of illinois chicago medical center. one woman was shot. we have no word on her condition. police say the shooter is her ex-boyfriend. they are still searching for him. at last word, the hospital was still on lockdown. >>> closer to home, violence on one d.c. streets that authorities investigating a shooting and stabbing. d.c. police say a man was shot in the 1300 block of columbia road northwest around 1 charleston 25 this morning. they say of his a robbery victim. then about 40 minutes late are, a man was fond st

this one northbound route 355 at holiday drive near francis scott key mall. that accident is now clear, and you have your lanes back. be careful. i know a lot of you are heading out to the malls. here's the view at democracy if you're trying to head over to montgomery westfield mall. if you're heading to tysons, one of my favorite malls, not seeing any major delays in this area as well. definitely be back in ten minutes with another look at your traffic. joe and eun, back to you. >> danella, thanks very much. >> it's here. black friday. this was the scene at macy's at midnight. shoppers were here to snatch up the best deals, and some in our area shopping even earlier than that, hitting the stores at 10:00 p.m. last night. my goodness gracious. the earlier start time means some of the best deals are already gone, joe. you missed it. >> dag nab it. some of the deals are still out there. megan mcgrath is live at the alexandria mall. >> reporter: i've covered a lot of black fridays, as you know, but i have never seen anything like this before. take a look. we hav

here in washington, police escorted several hundred protesters through georgetown, and across the francis scott key bridge to virginia. but the action right now is new york city. cnn's amber lyon is there. what happens happening right now on the bridge? >> reporter: well, things are getting a little tense behind me. i apologize, candy. we have protesters in the middle of the road right now. that's why they're trying to get past me. a couple dozen of them sat down in the middle of the street, right in front of the brooklyn bridge, and they continue to sit there right now. we've seen several police officers go in and, as i speak, they're arresting protesters. a big goal and worry tonight was whether or not the protesters would go and cross the street and police even set up barricades to try to keep them out on the sidewalks and kind of organize this march. but as you can see right now, they didn't follow the barricade whatsoever. you see guys in white shirts walking through the street. they completely came out here and they blocked out traffic and are continuing to walk across the bridge. what it

is going to poin out that this bridge is an iconic bridge here in washington, it's called the francis scott key bridge that is in need of repair. it is one of the tens of thousands of bridges in this country that have been rated structurally deficient. the key bridge needing immediate repair. it happens to be a mile from where i'm standing right now. it also has the virtue of being geographically convenient for the president. it's a beautiful day here in washington. expect him to go after the senators. and remember that bill hits the senate floor tomorrow. $60 billion in new infrastructure spending and it's expected to go nowhere. but this is part and parcel of the president's campaign ever since he made that post-labor day speech for jobs and the economy, the $60 billion part of his jobs and stimulus package of $447 billion, thomas. >> mike viqueira at the white house, thank you, sir. we'll bring you the president's remarks as i said just in a few minutes from now. >>> u.s. stocks are on the rise a day after cash worries in greece sent them into a nosedive. xmpts are saying strong corporat

or john kennedy or dwight eisenhower o ronald reagan or francis scott key, just words. and, mr.st say to my good friend i understand there are a few believe that in god we trust is just words. but i would say today it is far more than words. it is worth defending just as that pledge of allegiance is worth defending and that declaration of independence is worth defending and i am grateful we will have an opportunity to do just that today and the challenges he say done exist with court suits and public officials who are saying that it' not in god we trust as our national motto but something else, it's worth us standing today and taking 40 minutes to do what so many presidents, so many congresses have done support that to say they are different than the rest of the world and those words will continue to stand behind where you stand and, mr. speaker, i continue to reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: nobody said that the national motto in god we trust is just words. nobody said any

however, if yoo the polling location inside francis scott key in south baltimore... come on down...orr,,megan howard county police open fire oo an armed man after he refuses to rop his weapon. it happened around 3 o behind a distribution businesss in an industrial park n coca cola drive in hanover. investigators say it all started in this hanover neighborhood near anderson avenue and mount street... where someooe called police about a man walkinggwith a arrived... ordered him to drop the weapon but he refused. &p that's when officers opened fiie. the woman charged in the death of a johns hookins researcher will speed the ext 15 years in prision. prisson.a judge senttnced lavvla merritt for her role in 23-year-old sseven pitcarin. merritt and her boyfriend ... john wagner were convictee of rrbbing and then stabbing pitcairn to death in charles piilage last year.wagner was sentenced to life n prison last month. merritt accepted a plea deal, which cleared her of murder. new this morning... a baltimore jury will be back aa itttoday... deliberating the fate of state senator ulysses curri

everybody is aware of francis scott key writing our wonderful national anthem. before my time runs out, i want to finish with something else francis scott key said, february 22, 1812. he said this. quote, the patriot feels himself in the service of god. he acknowledges him in all his ways, has the prom of almighty, and will find his word in his greatest darkness, quote, a lantern to his feet and a lamp unto his path, unquote. francis scott key continues, he says, he will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name a christian nation. we've got a lot to do if we're going to live up to our commitments, our oath. a balanced budget amendment with a spending cap is what we needed to do. that's what we passed out of committee in regular order. that's what i would vote for tomorrow since that's not coming. i don't want to push through a balanced budget amendment that requires ever upward spiraling taxation because as we've shown this year, without a balanced budget amendment, congress

. >> it inspired francis scott key to write the national anthem. >> we posted a link with information on our web site. it would be fun to have. >> it would be. >> 5:28. what's the temperature on tv hill? >> 29. >> an iconic landmark that reopened after an earthquake. >> 20-foot swells caught on camera. you'll hear their story next. >> as lisa mentioned, it is 39 degrees now at tv hill, and a little colder as you head toward the western suburbs. mostly dry weather. we'll talk about that when the insta-weather plus forecast comes up. >> welcome back to 11 news sunday morning. thanks for joining us. >> lotes take another look outside with ava. i have to admit we were talking about being at sea. >> that 20-foot swell story. >> fortunately today we're talking about a quiet day. winds will be coming out of the south. after the chilly windy day we had on friday, we're expecting highs around 63 in washington, d.c. 66 for southern maryland. western mountains getting up near 60 this afternoon. clouds increasing tonight. we'll tell you why when we come back in the insta-weather plus forecast. >>