the problem free ride greenspring. that is the latest on traffic. back over to you. >> first lady michelle obama ways into the health-care debate. she will be speaking about women and families affected by the health-care debate. >> our reporter is in washington with more. >> is mom's old advice and healthy eating run of the table. >> can the u.s. afford major health-care change? backers of the baucus plan in the senate, the lowest cost plan yet. >> it is budget neutral. >> republicans do not buy that. >> you can count on it costing $10. >> massachusetts lawmakers moved to have been the democratic governor and an interim placement for ted kennedy. republican woman could be on board. she wants to make sure that retired coverage is affordable. >> i have deep reservations about requiring people to pay heavy premiums during this economic climate. >> i am encouraged. i think people should feel>> in maryland, president obama is appealing to young adults, the bulk of the nation's uninsured. >> we are ready to go. [applause] >> president obama will appear on

accident on the inner loop of the beltway approaching the jfx that has traffic slow from about greenspring avenue, the two center lanes remain blocked so give yourself plenty of time before heading out. we're still dealing with the gas main break that is causing delays at riva road and truman parkway but aside from that traffic looks pretty nice around the area. >>> hit kim up on twitter. in the meantime, "good morning america" is next. and we'll have one of the "good morning america" contributors to our show. >> she had a job with the network, a producer and all of a sudden got fired. now what? she's made a big what of it and telling other people how to get a job out there if you're running into a dead end. her story coming up. >>> i'll be live in cougartown. cockeysville middle school. 9:00, see you then. (announcer) they're highly trained specialists. true professionals, always ready when they hear the call... guys, pancakes! (announcer) it's another job well done. because when it's pancakes, everyone's in it together.

they live view at greenspring. back to you. >> our big story. president obama is in the spotlight again at the un. today he is the first u. n. president -- u.s. president to chair a meeting. >> and the g-20 is in pittsburgh. nikole killion is live with this report. when is the president is scheduled to arrive? >> he is scheduled to arrive in pittsburgh later this afternoon. >> as the president and other world leaders arrive for the g- 20 summit -- >they will be welcomed by welcoe signs and protests. some scaled a bridge to put up a banner and were arrested. more rallies are expected today and police are stepping up patrols by ground and coast guard. >> security is in place. the traffic has been made aware of this. >> barricades around the senate venue. they will talk about economy and other topics through climate change. nuclear weapons will also be discussed. president obama is chairing a meeting with leaders of the security council. >> the nuclear power reputation -- nuclear proliferation is growing. the prospects of wars and acts of terrorist

when you walk into the door at patient first in greenspring station they arm you with the essentials. the face masks, tissues and hand sanitizer. internist dr. paul woo says they've seen lots of sick people but not everyone has the flu. >> i hear all the time my sinuses full, my head will pop open. my nose is runny, coughing, sore throat, aches. >> reporter: while many of these seem like flu-like symptoms patient first reports seeing more fall allergy patients than just about anything else as of late. >> allergies don't usually have the fever and the muscle aches. it usually has a lot of sneezing, a lot of runny nose and watery eyes. if you're sick, go see the doctor because they can help figure out whether it's a common cold or the flu. or allergies. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: when in doubt protect yourself with good hand washing and hasn't sanitizer. avoid sharing cups and utensils. shoot me an e-mail if you've heard about something in your community. with what's going around, i'm kelly swoope, abc2 news. >>> 75 degrees now at bwi marshall. just a gorgeous wrap-up. our last

cameras are present, around 50 locations throughout baltimore in all, including northern parkway and greenspring, northern parkway and falls, and cold spring and loch raven and east 33 and the al meade da. all expected to be up and running next month. >> prenatal health festival planned for later in the week will not be paid for with stimulus funds after all. officials decided not to use federal money on food, tents and chairs for saturday's fit family festival in raleigh for healthy babies. leaders the baltimore economic recovery team decided that spending $18,000 on the event would not be appropriate. officials are trying to solis private donations to pay for the festival. >> a maryland care giver so-called is arrested after police say he left three mentally challenged adults in a hot van, while he was eating dinner. it happened sunday at the mountain view diner in frederick. three blind and deaf men in the van for more than an hour. 47-year-old brian fleming is charged with neglect. diners even tried to get the men to unlock the doors. >> they noticed that, you know, some of them unresponsive

near the intersection of greenspring avenue and query heights. the fire department said the boy was swimming there and got trapped. he has been transported to sinai hospital. no word on his condition. >> national scandal heads to court. as attorneys for acorn in baltimore fire back. civil lawsuit has been filed in baltimore city circuit majority this after workers were secretly videotaped. two filmmakers posed as a couple trying to get a loan for a brothel. but it is against maryland law to secretly record audio or sound. >> it is obviously political. and obviously as a result of this, there has been a loss of finances and so forth. so, i think, all litigation has a degree of importance, but here, we're not just looking at a local issue, but a national issue, which might have some interesting results in terms of survival. and the continuation of the type of services that acorn has offered. >> acorn and the two employees fired are seeking more than $5 million in damages. >> now, that brings us to the question of the day. do you think acorn should

when you walk into the door at patient first in greenspring station they arm you with the essentials,ues and hand sanitizer. intern turnist dr. paul woo says they see sick people but not everyone has the flu. >> i hear it all the time, head is going to pop open, aches, sore throat. >> reporter: while many of these seem like flu-like symptoms patient first reports seeing more fall allergy patients than just about anything else as of late. >> allergies don't usually have the fever and the muscle aches, usually has a lot of sneezing, runny nose and watery eyes. if you're sick, go see the doctor. because they can help tease out whether this is a common cold -- or the flu. or allergies. >> reporter: when in doubt protect yourself with good hand washing and hand sanitizer, avoid sharing cups and utensils. shoot me an e-mail if you've heard something in your community. i'm kelly swoope, abc2 news. >>> 6:51. we've seen the president make his basketball picks, show his white house swing set. went off the record on kanye kanye west. >> he made the news. >> sherrie johnson joins us live with wha

on the inner loop traffic slows between greenspring and the jfx but now lets check the buses and trains with mark jones. >> good morning. you'll find on the marc train brunswick 892 operating with a 15 to 20-minute delay. other trains look good. the buses showing the 3 and 35 running 20 to 30 minutes late. number 17 with a diversion at corporate and international. due to construction. and look for heavy volume of passengers on the 36, 19 and 5 buses for your travels. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. >>> a california woman is a step above the rest when it comes to loving shoes. her obsession has landed her in a record books. room after room in her house is filled with shoes. and not the kind you wear on your feet. we're talking about a shoe table, shoe chairs, shoe phone, shoe rupg, you name it, she probably has a shoe version of it in her house. you see that shoe chandelier? >> it's a museum. that everything in the house that possibly can, shoe related is shoe related. i used to buy everything i saw that was a shoe. then the last couple years i just buy the things that are real

it's going to be a slow go from greenspring avenue.unately will be a slow go if you're traveling the outer loops had morning as well. cars are starting to buildup from parkville to towson. good news for those of you traveling the northeast of whitemarsh. you can see that a little bit of volume is starting to pick up along the southbound lanes. cars are starting to cruise along so no concerns there. as we take a look at dundalk, we are still dealing with the effects of the watermain break. broening highway is shutdown. as we take a look at the pictures from friday, water is gushing everywhere, severe flooding. it is a different story today. broening highway will remain shutdown at avon avenue. the truck trying to ak set the marine -- access the marine terminal. stick with 695 and the keith exit. for more information, log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on traffic edge. let's send it back to you, patrice. >>> thank you, lauren. >>> if you have something happening in your community, you can share it with baltimore. you load photos, video

a nice ride on the northwest corner and greenspring. we will keep you updated on any more problems that come up. >> thank you. our reporter is live. >> the idea is to provide it with a plastic card they can use for buses, the rec center or the library. but some think it may be used as a law enforcement tracking system. the smart card is giving to boarding process right now from the mta. overburdened or underused. the concept is modeled after the debit card for the washington metro area. the city wants to issue a one pass for transportation, possibly school id cards, of rex center, and libraries. >> we are asking the question, is there a 14 year-old male in this record center. -- recreation center. of our young people. >> the council person wants to hold a hearing on this issue within the next couple of months. we will have more at 5:30. wbal tv 11 news. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. what do you think about the city's proposed one pass program? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com >> a baltimore city

they are the delays that we have there are gone at greenspring. but you'll still have to tap your brakes between york and harford. it will take you about nine minutes to get there. baltimore finds great deals on maryland mountain get away. >>> the state is leapfrogging its usually repair process. as hike shoe reports, the damage is to the area below the water line. >>> there's two stretches of bridges are 50 and 70 years old. drop down to the water line. shop underwater. here is where the problems lie. >>> that's where we noticed, earlier this year, that there was some deterioration of the actually the substructure. and some of the pilots. >> reporter: both bridges have defects in the constreet and steel pylons. the term for the damage, advanced deterioration. problems found by a stepped-up inspection plan, put into place after the i-35 collapse in minnesota. >> that inspection program was recently enhansed. recently, he changed over to a hands-on inspection, which puts the investors closely to that. >> the state has to determine the extent of the

greenspring, a volume heading towards j.f.x., not too bad there.ic pulse 11. >> warm, sunny day in store for us. clouts not entering the scene until later on this afternoon. 67 downtown, 62 at the airport. across the board we are looking at 80s today. above the normal high, which is 79. enjoy one of the last few days of summer if you can. >> be sure to check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. our next live update coming your way in 25 minutes. >>> we're back now, 8:00 on a tuesday morning. the 15th day of september, 2009. it is a really pretty day here in the northeast. we're getting some warm temperatures going up to, what, about 80 degrees? >> yeah. >> then what happens, mr. roquer? >> then things cool down. >> fall's here tomorrow, right? >> that's right. look out. it's coming. get ready for it. >> we're happy about that. we don't mind. nice people gathered on the plaza this morning. thanks to them for showing up early. i'm matt lauer along with al roker. meredith was here, had to leave a little bit early. she's

and greenspring valley road and park heights avenue.fx is pretty much jammed from the beltway down to 28th street. give yourself plenty of extra time. >>> good morning. i'm megan pringle. signs, bumps, traps not enough to slow you down so baltimore county is putting speed cameras up to enforce the speed limit. baltimore county council gave the green light last night and speed cameras could be in place by october in 15 selected locations. in montgomery county they've been catching unsuspecting drivers for generating tickets by the mail for two years. now baltimore county is next after a 6 to 1 vote by the county council. 30 protesters gathered outside the meeting. they say the cameras are a hidden tax for drivers but law enforcement says that's not true. >> this is smart technology. we're using technology in our occupations today. this will make our public safer. >> the cameras should be in place in school and construction zones. >>> listen to this -- if you've headed to beantown recently you have a new travel option. jetblue is launchin

south of the beltway, 61 in the air of greenspring. not a bad ride. plenty of green on the area roadways and thankfully no delays. but at liberty west side picking up in volume as you make your way down toward edmondson but still nothing significant enough to create delays. at white marsh we are seeing brake lights but overall a smooth ride. that's the latest. >> sarah that wet weather is associated with a slow-moving frontal boundary that is actually going to play into our weekend forecast as well. light scattered showers this morning clearing out by later on this morning and certainly by noontime. your bus stop forecast cloudy, showers, 69, partly sunny this afternoon. 74, breezy, winds northeasterly. that's going to drop the humidity out of here at least temporarily. more on your saturday forecast, coming up. >> now 11 sports. >> another big ravens weekend coming up. the cleveland browns in town on sunday. 1:05 kickoff at m&t bank stadium. the ravens heavy favorites. one of the reasons, cleveland's defense. he doesn't get touched until about the 6-

they include northern parkway at greenspring avenue. northern and falls road. northern and park heights avenue. and cold spring and rowland avenue. and east 33 and the al meade da. just a few of the nearly 50 intersections on a list being finalized by transportation officials. but one city council woman is surprised that the speed cameras are only being placed at intersections. >> i don't understand that. that's where we need the red light cameras. for going through a light. but we need these monitors to be between lights. where people race, to the next light. >> but city officials say five mobile speed cameras will be installed in construction areas. some folks that live in mount washington were hoping a speed camera would be installed along kelly avenue, but it is not on the list. kelly avenue is one block from mount washington elementary school. >> if there is anyplace where you have children crossing, people, these cars do not slow down. and, i think, the most important thing is the safety of the children. >> if one of the cameras catches you speeding durin

the event goes on from 6:30 to 9:00, september 20th on greenspring drive in timonium. >> if you have an event you would like to see on the air e-mail us now and tell us the date, time and why we should come out. a worthy cause. let us know. right now let's go back to weather. >> justin? where's that rapping science teacher? >> he's coming up. we want to talk to some of the students. check this out. talking to the students here, there's two jordans in the class. can you see what this one looks like? >> hi, jordan. >> stand up for a second. in the blue-striped shirt. all the students call him joe flacco. do you see it? >> i do. >> we were thinking of joe flacco, maybe michael phelps hybrid. >> he's cuter than both. >> he signed your jersey? flacco signed his jersey. what we were talking about is this mascot, this logo for this new school. this is carrington. good morning. >> hello. >> look at your shirt. stand up. you're tall. what is the deal with the logo? >> the logo of the rocket is for that we are scientist and technology school and when we were in kindergarten we picked this as o

you can see 53, 54, 55, 57 cars on greenspring drive. >> an e-mail from bobi.'s hosting a free child birth education session. different child birth educators are coming together to talk about their classes. again, free, 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. at towson library. 320 york road, sunday the 13th. if you want more information bobi says call her, the number, 443-375-6829. >>> you know by now e-mail us at morningshow@wmar.com. we'll get it on the air for you. >>> we have wegman's and darius rucker coming up. hey, i'm worried about mrs. lowenberg next door. why? i don't know, she's running around the lobby, yammering about fios tv, internet and phone all for $79.99 a month? seems crazy... actually, fios customers get that price for 6 months. it's like getting three services for the price of two. so am i the one that's crazy? no? (announcer) now get three amazing fios services for the price of two. tv, internet and phone for only $79.99 a month for 6 months. plus a free multi-room dvr for three months. record shows in one room-- watch them in up to six other rooms. call the

fillim greenspring avenue toward the 83.it from 695 toward downtown region, so far no mishaps, just the volume that you will have to deal with. that will take 16 minutes. that's a look attthe morning commute, patrice, back to you. >>> we are following breaking news just into our newsroom. we have confirmed that a student at montebello academy in northeast baltimore has died from the swine flu. joel d smith is live at the school with the very latesttand joel, that is so sad. >> reporter: it is patrice and it's obviously a tragic morning for the family of destiny parker, the 13-yearrold 8th grader who goes to -chool here in montbello. she had been fighting the swine flu. a very tough morning for the parents who have learned about this as they show up to the school. they have to decide, o i send my kids today. do i take the day off from work and hang out with them. it's a tough decision for parents this morning as well. part of the reason that the police presence is here because they want to have a good presence as tensions mig

once again on the beltway from greenspring avenue to the jfx you're looking at a very quick 3 minutes and once your on the jfx it's going to be smooth sailing from 695 to east fayette street, you're looking at an 11-minute drive. that's a look at morning travels. patrice, let's send it back to you. >>> lauren, thank you. 6:01 on fox 45 nowrngz. >>> there's new information surrounding the case of the samurai sword death. police say the john hopkins student did not intend to kill the suspected intruder, but the family of the suspect disagrees and they're speaking out. >>> while his family says he shouldn't have been lurking around that house, they believe the student had intent to kill that night. a fatal confrontation laced with complexity. it started tuesday morning with reports of a suspicious person lurking. >> he raised his sword and asked inmates to call police. >> reporter: police arrived at the 300 block of east university parkway, look around and found nothing, but investigators say john hopkins student john upon little owe whd been robbed the night before, went searching himse

from greenspring to the jfx you're looking at a quick 3 minutes. if you are using the jfx to get into the city this morning, from 695 all the way down to east fayette street, you're looking the at an 11-minute drive. >>> you will want to be aware that the baltimore book festival will shutdown mount vernon street at one place. that's a look at the morning commute. megan, let's send it back to you. >>> first on fox, furloughs and layoffs that is how the city is closing a huge budget deficit, but some are upset how certain spending has been approved at the same time that more than 2 dozen city workers are being laid off. joel d smith is live this morning with more. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, megan. we have learned that the baltimore finance director says that 27 jobs are being cud cut because of the financial crisis, others are being furloughed. we have learned that $12,000 in government travel have just been approved. >> furlough is a tool for reducing costs during difficult budge times. >> reporter: 27 employees are being laid of

once you approach the beltway taking it from 83 to greenspring avenue, those cars are cruising along, that will only take 3 minutes. down tr westminister pike, down to 695, that is looking good only a 5-minute commute. patrice, let's turn it over to you. >>> we are following breaking news this morning. firefighters are on the scene of a deadly fire in west baltimore. megan gilliland joins us live from there with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we're in the 2,000 block of west norwood street. firecrews are still on the scene of this fatal fire. they arrived before 5:00 this morning. we are talking with kevin cart wright with the spokesman with the fire department. when you guys got here, tell us what the scene was like. >> the firefighters arrived this morning to a fire that unfortunately claimed the life of an elderly gentlemen. they gained entry to the fire and smoke and extinguished that fire. they performed rescue operations when they found the body of an elderly man already expired. the neighbors say he was a very active gentlemen and unfortuna

once you hit the beltway from the outer loop lanes from jfx up to greenspring avenue, right now a quick and easy 3-minute trip there. from liberty toward wilkens so, far so good, we're only looking at a an 8-minute ride. that's a look at morning commute. patrice, back to you. >>> a frederick county community mourns the death of a family of 4. they were killed over the weekend in a murder-suicide and this morning many are still coming to grips with the loss. megan gilliland joins us now with the latest, good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, police discover the bodies inside a mount airy home on friday. we have learned from investigators that the fire used the shotgun to kill his family and their dog before killing himself. in mount airy. >> i prayed for him. >> reporter: it was a weekend of prayer and reflection following a devastating tragedy, police found 38-year-old charles dalton senior, his wife 37 years old jennifer and the couple's three children, dead inside of their home on contour road. >> it's hard enough to let one person go, but to see the entire family go

from greenspring avenue to the jfx you're looking at 4 minutes.the jfx, you expect a lot of congestion heading down into the city, from 695 to downtown east fayette street. you're looking at an 11-minute drive. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back to you. >>> 7:43 fox 45 morning news. baltimore police are involved in an overnight shooting that left a drug suspect dead. police say they opened fire after the suspect stabbed an officer in the back. joel d smith is live at police headquarters with the latest, good morning joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. that officer can thank his bulletproof vest for the reason that he is unharmed. that vest stopped a knife early this morning. but the person who allegedly did that stabbing is now dead. police say it happened around 12:30 in the morning at the 28 block of or lean street. two members of the drug task force spotted drug activity. they confronted two suspects and were in the process of making an arrest. one of them pulled a knife and stabbed an officer in the back. the knife went

at greenspring, barely moving. watch for the delays to linger.ford, but 95 and 395. >> a busy morning for you as far as the weather goes. things are pretty quiet. the reason for the rising temperatures, plenty of sunshine out there. we will see that persist throughout the day. winds northeast of the at 10 to 15 mi. per hour. we continued the trend for the next several days. >> we will see you again in 25 minutes. >>> 8:30 now on this tuesday morning, september 1, 2009. last unofficial week of summer. we have a great crowd on their last days of summer vacation right here in the big apple. >>> coming up, check out this guy. he is a balloon artist. it's amazing what this guy can do with a balloon or two. he'll show us in a bit. apparently, he has a surprise for us as well. we're not sure what that is. >> what is that? >> i don't know. sort of reich the moulike the m crocodile? >> i don't know. >>> we'll head to the kitchen and get a twist on italian style. do you like linguini? >> oh, do i. >>> on a more serious note, we'll have more on the californ

. >>> traffic remains heavy on the inner loop between greenspring avenue and dulaney valley road. side of the outer loop between 795 and route 70. still dealing with a few accidents around the area, anne arundel county, crash remains on scene at northbound 97 at route 32. just use caution there. reisterstown butler road at route 30, the crash is still there. in the city, a couple of incidents, clarks rain and reisterstown road. and watermain break, wendell avenue at quateman. jfx at northern parkway, traffic still running heavy from about the beltway all the way through to north avenue so give yourself plenty of extra time before heading on the jfx. we'll be right back with "good morning maryland" at 9:00. hey, i'm worried about mrs. lowenberg next door. why? i don't know, she's running around the lobby, yammering about fios tv, internet and phone all for $79.99 a month? seems crazy... actually, fios customers get that price for 6 months. it's like getting three services for the price of two. so am i the one that's crazy? no? (announcer) now get three amazing fios services for the

southbound lanes of belfast road and it is leading to a whole lot of congestion on the beltway from greenspringto the jfx, you're looking at a 4-minute trip and do expect heavy volume if you're using the jfx heading into the city. from 695 all the way down to east fayette street, you're looking at an 11-minute drive. that's a look at morning travels. patrice, let's send it back to you. >>> we are continuing to follow a developing story this morning. a nationwide manhunt is underway for a murder suspect with ties to maryland. megan gilliland joins us now with the latest in this story. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. 22-year-old alexander skowran is the man who police across the country are searching for this morning. they believe he murdered his exgirlfriend. while the body was found in massachusetts where both went to college, both the suspect and the victim are originally from pasadena, maryland and they still have family in this area. take a look at this picture. skowran is the suspect in the murder of giselle rodriguez. police found rodriguez dead inside of her clint

once on the beltway, we are look the a 3 minutes from greenspring avenue to jfx. if you're using the jfx to get into the city from 695 downtown to east fayette street you're looking at 8-minute drive. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back to you. >>> 6:02 on fox 45 morning news. >>> the water is gone but its effects will last for weeks if not longer. the dundalk watermain break sent munzer hundredmunz hundredshundn up. that is where joel d smith is there. >> reporter: you save what you could, not much to save. you can see that the rugs have been torn up. the t.v.'s are lying after the huge 6-foot watermain break on dundalk avenue and the browning highway. these weeks have had a lot of mess to clean up over the last three days. if you look over right now, they still got to be shocked if you think of the streets being turned into rivers. it sent thousands of water into the air and into their homes. the folks of turner station and water's edge affected the homes. people tried to get around if they could. people looking for special things to their hearts

on the top end, from the 83 exit toward greenspring avenue, so far so good, only looking at a 4-minute. in reisterstown. there's a crash at daniel court. we don't have closures as a result of that. once you approach 795, thankfully heading on the southbound lanes it's starting to pick up from owings mills toward 695. that's all because of an accident on the outer loop lanes. it's right between 795 and liberty road. be aware that this is going to be a little bit extra busy. you're headed out around 6:15 this morning. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back to you. >>> candace, thank you. coming up -- >>> who will be crowned the best dancer? a preview of the new season of so you think can you dance. >>> you cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. >> and president obama's motivational speech to students, why kids weren't the only ones watchi hey there, this is your lamp. why don't you show the lady how romantic you can be by turning me off? you'll set the mood while using a lot less energy. maybe later you can hook me up with a cfl. it will show how much you c

you're looking at a quick 3 minutes to get the greenspring to the jfx. from 695 to east fayette street, you're looking at an 11 minute drive. you wasn't be to aware that the book festival has shutdown st. paul street at calvert street. you can use madison as your alternate. patrice, let's send that back to you. >>> we're following breaking news out of northeast baltimore this morning. police found the body of a woman at sinclair and chester street just after 1:00 this morning. she had been stabbed several times and was pronounced dead at john hopkins. there's no word on a suspect or motive but we will bring you the latest as soon as it becomes available. >>> a baltimore city police officer is fighting for his life this morning after being shot several times during a robbery attempt. megan gilliland joins us now live from cyanide hospital where that officer just underwent surgery. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. he we learned that officer is in serious condition. he will need leg surgery but later he is expected to recover from all of this. the shooti