back in august, a burglar broke into a home on guilford avenue and stabbed a man in the face to confronted him inside. >> any time this happens, it causes some alarm. >> towson carl stokes says thursday's shooting does raise concern, but for the most part, charles village is a safe area. >> by and large, this is a very safe area. the reason that an incident that happened a couple of times of year get so much attention is because it is infrequent that these incidents happened. >> residents seem to be taking the shooting in stride. >> i lived in this area for 11 years. crime is everywhere, so what can we do about it? >> i have been here for a long time, so i feel safe, i guess. >> councilman stokes says he is in the process of organizing a community meeting with police that should take place sometime in the beginning of next week. police tell us the victim is in serious but stable condition. anyone with information on the shooting should call 911 immediately. >> state police have not identified the man who was trying to get away from a state trooper in anne arundel county. the driver sped pa

. >> police are investigating a body found in guilford mills. he was found 10:30 on wednesday night on salt lake drive. it is not clear how the man died. was an identity theft ring involving more than 250 victims. anthony thomas and another were both sentenced in january. there paid restaurant servers to slight credit cards. a permit application is still under review this morning. it requests the group can protest in a square with a group has been gathering since october 4. demonstrators are part of those in new york city. no word on whether the review will be completed. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. it is getting a bit busier on the area roads as volume picks up. we have some accidents to watch for. we start eastern boulevard. you may find some delays. getting slow on the west side. 14 miles per hour approaching 795. coldspring at greenspring, the accident still being worked on. there is water main break repair at prices down. this is traffic and on the west side, the volume picks up in the outer loop

carolina to talk about his jobs plan and also took part in a round table meeting with educators at guilford technical community college in jamestown. the president's expected to wrap up his visit to emporia within the hour and it's back to the bus tour. the republicans claim this is a campaign trip at taxpayer expense. mean while tonight the republican candidates for president will face off in a debate in las vegas. nevada's unemployment rate is above 13% and is the highest in the nation. the state also has some of the country's highest foreclosure numbers. so the economy is expected to dominate the debate along with immigration and border security issues. one republican who will not be there tonight is former utah governor jon huntsman who is boycotting the debate because nevada moved its caucuses ahead of the new hampshire primary. >>> those engineers who rappelled down the side of the washington monument this month are inspecting another beloved d.c. landmark damaged in the august earthquake. this is the second day for the inspections at the washington national cathedral. today the team

northbound to 95 at 100, crash, a guilford and mission.beltway. live view of the west side, a mess on the inner and outer loop all the way down. >> good morning. rain shower activity in the area, all the way back to western maryland. we will tend -- continue to see all of this all day long. 58 at the airport. humidity up, barometer down. at the moments, winds are calm with rain activity falling. tonight -- should not really call it a cold front -- should really call it a cold front because temperatures will drop significantly over night. freezing tonight. >> thank you for joining us. another update at 8:56. >>> it's 8:30 on a thursday morning and also the 27th day of october, 2011. nice people braving some not so nice weather out on the plaza this morning. thanks to them for sticking it out and saying hi to people back home. meanwhile, inside studio 1-a i'm matt lauer alongside ann curry and natalie morales. just ahead a remarkable medical story. >> the parents of twins were told their children had cerebral palsy and might never get out of

watch for an accident on the jkx near guilford road.h for a crash at elkridge and 175 in anne arundel county. a lot of activity out there. let's look at traffic light in the area of pulaski highway at white marsh boulevard. the accident is that allender. >> good morning, we have light rain, fog, and drizzle around baltimore but nothing have a. you can see some thunder storms around d.c. which are moving north. they might arrive around baltimore within 45 minutes or so. keep that in mind. for today, rain showers are likely this morning and maybe a thunderstorm and it will get better this afternoon. the high temperature will be around 72 degrees. on the weekend, showers again tomorrow as the cold front goes by and a 50% chance for rain on friday. friday. drive over the weekend and i need a home performance with energy star audit. this sensor will show why my living room gets too hot and too cold! get up to $2,450 dollars in rebates and keep saving with home performance with energy star. get started at bgesmartenergy.com. . >>> 7:30 now on

. >> remember the argument after gabriel guilford's was shot. there was this reflexive attitude from the left, oh, the shooter must have been listening to right wing talk rhetoric and that is -- there was never any direct connection between that shooter and talk radio or right wing rhetoric of any kind. i don't think bill o'reilly said to this person go to the church and kill the doctor. you are creating an environment where you have demagogues and someone acts but that is the vague link i would argue that is going to happen in a free society where you allow people to argue and make their point and bill o'reilly is a talk-show host and is making his point. i disagree with it deeply. i am not someone who is anti-abortion. but that to me is within the bounds of free and honest conversation. he is accountable for what he said. >> let me quote a fairly wise quote to. talking about commentators saying they make money by making our problems worse. the more bitter the divide over an issue the more intractable problem, brighter they shine but their vitr