. >> smith: someone like jay guilford. >> he was young, he was cocky. he was never scared of nothing. >> 911 emergency. >> yes, we're working on a tower site. we just had a man fall from a 200-foot tower. we need an ambulance. >> okay, i'll get them down there. >> it was not even a year, jay ain't even been in it a year when the accident happened. >> smith: guilford's death wasn't an isolated case. over the last decade other men have been falling to their deaths. north carolina. arizona. kentucky. florida. iowa. since 2003, there have been nearly 100 climbers killed on radio, tv and cell towers, a rate that is about ten times the average for construction workers. >> jay guilford, actually, this is what he was using... >> smith: to find out why, reporters at frontline and propublica investigated the 50 cell related deaths. but did they address the question of responsibility for... after pouring over thousands of documents, we discovered a complex web of subcontracting that has allowed the major carriers to avoid scrutiny when accidents happen. >> any of

if you're watching us in hartford, in guilford, works of arts inspired by pets going to the dogs and cats and birds. >>> here is an early look at headlines in entertainment. jessica simpson is going to weight watchers, for four million bucks. after an endless pregnancy they thought about cravings about salted canteloupe, she signed a deal. one not so good sign, she is looking forward to "guilty pleasures" every now and then, too. >>> finally, the l.a. times reports while "hatfields and mccoys" is a smash hit, he's unaware of it. he is off the coast of africa on a treasure dive. >> he lives a charmed life. >> i'm not over the buttered pop tarts. >> i'll take one now. >>> this comes to us from maryland the youngest contestant ever scripps spelling bee. >> ingluvies. >> e-n-g-l-u-v-i-e-s. >> that is incorrect. >> lori ann madison started with an e instead of i. but the director praised her noting it was one of the toughest competitions they ever had and by the way, she is only 6. unbelievable. >>> i'm lynn berry this is "early today" just your first stop of the day today on your nbc sta

breaking news we have been falling for the past hour, a major back up on i-83 due to an accident at guilford avenue. captain roy taylor has the latest. >> the good news is the accident is totally cleared up and they are trying to open up 83. the problem is, the officer that shut down southbound jones falls expressway ended up walking away from his vehicle to try to filter out some of the cars that were cox in the backlog. as soon as they get this officer back to his vehicle and get these cars down the road, they will be able to open up i-83 southbound totally. >> or record-breaking weekend for the 137th running of the preakness stakes. the maryland jockey club reports this year's preakness was bigger than any in that past. lisa robinson is live at pimlico with how things played out on saturday. >> i have been covering this for years, and i have to tell you, when you look at the crowd, the entertainment, the weather, it was a day that went very well. pimlico officials could not be happier garrett >> it shows it can be done -- pimlico officials could not be happier. there were lots of complime

then a second shooting happened near york road and cold spring lane near guilford elementary school. homicide detectives could be seen with several markers for shell casings near the body of a young man. and then another triple shooting, this time in east baltimore, a few blocks from comington square park. three men were shot, one died, the other two are expected to survive. police have not said if any of these shootings are related. no word yet on any arrests. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> nearly 2000 workers are having to figure out what to do, they're going to do it for the summer after an announcement that rg steel in sparrows point will remain idle for a week and a half now. the department of labor says it's working with employees to help find them other jobs. earlier this year the mill had to lay off hundreds of workers for a number of weeks. no word yet on how long the mill will be idle at this time. >>> nearly 2000 workers today -- rather, 60 members, i'm sorry, of the maryland national guard will say good-bye to family and friends in a deployment ceremony that's happening in e

then a second shooting happened near york road and cold spring lane near guilford elementary school.omicide detectives could be seen with markers for several shell casings near the body of a young man. and then another triple shooting, this time in east baltimore, a few blocks from callington square park. three men were shot, one died. the other two are expected to survive. now police have not said if any of the shootings are related. again, no word on any arrests. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> you can put off that selling so-called smart meter courtesy of bge. the maryland public service commission says customers can do so until the panel issues a permanent order on whether people can opt out of those meters entirely. you must notify bge in writing that you do not want the smart meter installed. customers must notify the utility in writing if they don't want those meters at all. we thought that beared repeating. >>> republicans in maryland and the house of delegates do not think that a special session should be called to take up a proposed gambling expansion bill. gop leaders sent a l

then a second shooting happened near york road and cold spring lane near guilford elementary school. homicide detectives could be seen with markers with several shell casings near a young man. this time in east baltimore a few miles from cullington square park, three men shot, one died, the other two are expected to survive. police have not said if any of these shootings are related. no word on any arrests. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> it's three minutes after 5:00 right now. nearly 2000 workers at sparrows point will be looking for work. rg steel says they will remain idle starting in about a week and a half. the department of labor announced that it is working with the employees to help them find other jobs. this is the second time this year that the steel mill will be idle. earlier this year the mill had to lay off hundreds of workers for several weeks. there's no word yet on how long this will last. >>> today at hereford high school, a special ceremony taking place honoring past and present military personnel. the event start with a moment of silence, followed by the singing of ou

. >> southbound on the jones falls expressway under the guilford avenue bridge, there are at least two cars involved in an accident. there are two separate accidents at that location. southbound jones falls expressway has been shut down. they are sending some northern district units down. it will be shut down until they can get the scene cleaned up. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the hurricane season does not officially begin until june 1, but someone forgot to tell alberto about that. a minor system we are tracking is just to our south. let's switch the view and i will show you what is going on in the tropics, down of the south atlantic coast. just barely an official tropical storm at 40 miles an hour, that is the threshold to get a name. is moving east at 8 miles an hour. a little cluster of storms and not really impacting any land areas. all the clouds and showers are off the coast and out over the atlantic. the forecast track kicks it safely to the south and east. by wednesday afternoon, it is tropical depression and moving out towar