hampstead school garden is one way they're getting kids to eat better. >> it's very nice. we get to eat healthy foods. >> jalapenos. there's a lot of healthy stuff in our garden. >> reporter: this isn't the first time that this has had the white house calling. >> reporter: and they have been invited to the white house town meeting with michelle obama. and in 2009, a white house chef toured their garden. so while the ride to the white house will be fun, students on board seem to get the main message. >> mainly be a better person and be healthier. >> reporter: monique griego, wjz eyewitness news. >> and students who got to go on the trip today were chosen from a lottery. so they were lucky. >> that's great. >>> we have rain on tap. we've had 10 beautiful days. 71. east/northeast winds at 8. barometer just starting to fall. come back and take a look at the rain after this. our 4 new rich & hearty soups really have people talking... [ guy ] ring, ring. hold on a sec... progresso... i love your new loaded potato with bacon. that's what we like to hear. where was i? oh right...

hampstead hills' garden is one of the ways they are getting children to eat better. >> it's very nicealthy. >> tomatoes, jalapenos, a lot of healthy stuff in our garden. >> reporter: but this isn't the first time that hampstead hills and the healthy eating has had the white house calling. >> they got a call from michelle obama. and then in 2009, a chef toured their garden. >> reporter: students on board seem to get it. >> well, great kids. students who got to go on the trip were chosen from a lottery. >> that garden. jalapenos to tomatoes. it's going to get some rain, that garden. >> a little rain. not that much tonight. i think during the day tomorrow, we'll see periods of moderate rain. temps holding warmer at 71. northeast winds at 9. barometer just beginning to fall, as low pressure moves in our direction. we'll have that rain moving in. we'll have the forecast right after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> here's a live look outside right now. centennial park today. the leaves really are starting to change, rather rapidly. >> certain varieties are starting to change. they're dropping l

. >> kevin counselor is from hampstead hill's academy, who hopped on a bus. >> she's trying to breakords for numbers of kids' jumping jacks. >> reporter: the principal says it's part of the michelle obama's let's move plan. these students seem to love it. >> it's an effort to end childhood obesity and promote healthy eating and nutrition. >> reporter: childhood obesity has more than tripled in the last 30 years. in maryland, it affects 9% of kids ages 6 to 11. and 17% of kids ages 12 to 19. >> it's very nice. we get to eat healthy foods. >> jalapenos, tomatoes. there's a lot of healthy stuff in our garden. >> but this isn't the first time hampstead's garden and the healthy eating have had the white house calling. >> and they were invited to the white house town hall meeting with michelle obama. and a white house chef toured their garden. so while a ride to the white house will be fun, students on board seem to get the main message. >> mainly be a better person and be healthier. >> the children who went on the trip were chosen from a lottery. >>> coming up on wjz's eyewitness news at

we have rain passing to the west of westminster and manchester hampstead gets in on it and mist and drills and fog for everybody else. 59 towson and 61 glen burnie. lightning strikes with the mist, drizzle and fog and bands of heavier rain on and off throughout the day. and the 72 is the best we will do. now to the roads with tanya. >> reporter: arundel expressway northbound before the beltway, the off-ramp is closed. be aware of that. let's look out there. we are okay. this is the outer loop at frederick road going smoothly through kate opsville. inner loop incident at 2 -- inter loop incident at 295. this is the jfx at northern parkway looking southbound. light traffic in both directions. travel is doing okay as well. whenever you have the road spray tough watch out for visibility. drive times are okay because of the light traffic. 83, 95, 95 is about 6 minutes from white marsh to the beltway. that may change in the next few minutes. outer loop is doing fine. the next thing that will change is bel air to providence taking 6 minutes. >>> breaking news on this thursday morning involving an

some sprinklers try to get going north of hampstead.tern maryland has been dealing with the wet weather through the afternoon. they extend west to cumberland and oakland does well. it will not be around for a great deal of time. that should usher in some decent fall weather for the week. so far today, nothing officially on the rain gauge. 67 at the airport, normal being 64. the record high, the enormous it has ever been is not that warm. 82 degrees is the record. the record low, a cold 25. mostly in the 60's right now. columbia at 65. same kind of numbers on the eastern shore. the cold front passing a throw and now down to 45 degrees. a batch of showers on insta- weather + futurecast coming through tonight. by tomorrow morning, it should be clear again. 50 downtown, wind northwest of with the passage of that. the same front sliding through tonight and tomorrow morning in the western end will arrive later in the week. there should be a little bubble of high pressure that will produce some high pressure showing up on the insta-weather + f

the next recipe and we plan to visit with, the builders club of hampstead hill. >> just a reminder thatnight is football night here on wbal tv 11. we will review the game against houston on sunday after the sunday night football game. state with jerry, p and q. that is all for us at 5:00. here is what is coming up at 6:00 p.m. >> without a body, prosecutors tried to prove that a man who committed murder. how, coming up. >> over 30 gang members are facing federal indicted -- indictment charges. i will tell you where most of them are from. >> and baltimore owners complained about the baltimore bottar attacked as they try to get it lifted early. >> this is wbal tv 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> good evening, everyone. we begin with an 11 insta- weather plus alert. we are now under a tornado watch. >> we will check in with tom tasselmyer. tasselmyer.

. -- congratulations to hampstead hill. >> a great job oby the youngsters, and enjoy the game. >> senatorrie's wife said she is to blame, not her husband, for not disclosing his financial relationship with shoppers. >> a jury determines convicted murderer walter bishop jr. is eligible for the death penalty. we will have the story. >> conowingo dam remains closed this evening to traffic after a fiery crash last night. i am lowell melser and i will have details and a live report. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00. >> during courtroom testimony, center ulysses currie's wife took full responsibility for his troubles. the wife of senator ulysses currie told the jury that she is the one responsible for making all the mistakes on the financial disclosure forms. >> she testified that because of her mistakes, her husband now faces federal bribery charges. david collins has the latest for us. >> senator currie's the failure to disclose his financial relationship with shoppers is a key element in the prosecution's key element in the prosecution's case.

so expect delays in the area, both coming from halfstead and -- hampstead, also from baltimore county. >> look at that line of traffic. okay, captain mike. thank you. >>> police are releasing new information about a young woman found dead at a trash chute at a downtown apartment building. denise has an update in this bizarre case. >>> it's an unusual story that has people living at the park charles building on edge. 23-year-old emily hauze was found dead sunday. now, police are saying her death is not connected to the plunge of a man last year. detectives say his death was an accident. many residents doubted the police theory of a bizarre coincidence and say it is difficult, if not impossible, to accidentally fall into one of the building's trash chutes. >>> homicide detectives are waiting for the medical examiner's ruling to help them with the investigation into the most recent deaths. >>> a baltimore county man is accused of killing a teenager with a hatchet and dumping his body into the city. u.s. marshals tracked the suspect down. mike hellgren has details of this wide-ranging inv

accident in hampstead. close at willow street. use extra caution and there. delays, 16 miles per hour on the out of all the way down to edmondson. backing up traffic and on southbound 795. thankfully, no significant delays on j.f.x. southbound. delays on the northeast at 95. 20 miles per hour there. outer loop north side, slow go from harford toward the harrisburg expressway. live view of traffic. we start in the white marsh area. southbound heading towards the beltway. idea of traffic in 295, southbound traffic starting to improve. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we had a cold front go through a couple of hours ago. it is starting to kick up the win, but little precipitation. temperatures have dropped into the 50s. we started out this morning in the 60's. 54 in parkton. for today, a mixture of sunshine and clouds. it is going to be windy, winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. it is going to be a dry weekend. sunshine, high temperatures in the low-to-mid-60's. we could wind up with our first frost of the season saturday or sunday morning. we are ba

agot a message from misty parsley in hampstead that said yucky rain and i think that is best way to describeoutheast eastern wind not a lot of rain but enough to make things wet. moderate rain pushed through and bel air fallston and cecil county and we have got more rain back towards eldersburg and wider view of maryland's most powerful doppler radar ban of rain and lightning strikes embedded in the storms earlier this morning. this one coming up around dc and we are spreading more steady rain so plan for that in and out. temperatures to 72 this afternoon. throwing fog into the mist and it's slow commute. here tanya. >> reporter: we have yucky traffic as well. accidents including 95 north at 359 and the inner hoop -- 395 and the inner loop. it's a park lot on the outer loop. stop and go traffic near 795 and moving south let's look at liberty road we have a sea ofbrake lights here as well outer loop to the right. and that outer loop is going to be slow even near baltimore national pike. now with your latest local news, here charley crowson. >> montgomery county police need help finding an 11-