harford county in churchville, route 22 and 136, gas main work there as well. jfx, no problems at northern parkway. back to you. >>> "good morning maryland" time coming up on 5:31. overnight, another police-involved soog in the city and -- shooting in the city and we're first on the scene. our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill was there when two baltimore city police officers were trying to make a drug arrest in the 2200 block of orleans. happened after midnight. an officer with the monument street initiative was forced to shoot after the suspect attacked the other officer with a knife. the officer had a bulletproof vest that protected him from getting hurt. the suspect died at the hospital. we'll have a live report a little later on from linda so on where the investigation now stands. >>> and after breaking the story yesterday we spent the rest of the day in the johns hopkins university neighborhood. >> we heard there was praise and criticism directed towards the hopkins student who used a samurai sword to stop a robbery. the alleged robber d

also in harford county on the harford county/cecil county line, route 1 closed in both directions at the conowingo dam because of a crash. try pulaski highway or 95 as alternates. on the inner loop at providence road we have reports of a crash there with some debris in the road with possible lane closures, just be aware. and the jfx at cold spring lane looking good in both directions. back to you. >>> 6:32. pete "on the street" o'neal was out there on the scene of this crash in northeast baltimore. sources tell us a car carrying students from morgan state university slid on the wet roads, crashed into an suv on loch raven boulevard near havenwood. happened around 10:30 last night. no one seriously hurt but one boy in the car had a very bad day. he had just gotten out of the hospital because he was mugged. he's now recovering from this car crash. >>> rumors about an electrical short circuit caused a stampede that killed five people, injured 24. this happened in a school in new delhi as students were coming in to take an exam. five of the people injured are in critical condition. the s

gas main repair in harford county, route 22 at route 136. a disabled vehicle by the airport, 195 at aviation boulevard. >>> see you for "good morning maryland" at 9:00. obviously at 9:00. >> we'll be in pikesville. >> say hello. this is one way of getting vitamins and minerals. this is another. new total blueberry pomegranate cereal gives you 100% of the daily value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals.

also in harford county, darlington, route 1 at castleton road at the conowingo dam on the harford county/cecil county border, a crash, both directioned closed. try pulaski highway. jfx at 41st street, traffic looks great in both directions. back to you. >>> our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill at the scene of this crash in northeast baltimore. sources say a car carrying students from morgan state university slid on the wet roads and crashed into an suv on loch raven boulevard near havenwood around 10:30 last wright in. no one was seriously hurt. a one boy had a really bad day. he was released from the hospital earlier yesterday for a mugging. now he's recovering from a car crash. >>> one day before the eighth anniversary of september 11th officials launched a web site asking people to contribute images of the terrorist attack. the photographs, audio and video will appear on line as part of a project called make history. the footage will be part of the national september 11th memorial and museum set to open in 2012. officials plan a news conference this morning to unvei

let's look at the 695, northeast part of the beltway at harford road.at's a big slowdown towards providence road headed to the top side of the beltway. that's really just volume, no incidents on 695 to let you know about. dc commuters, a heads up. southbound on the bw parkway in south laurel between route 197 and powder mill road, bw parkway southbound is shut down because of a crash, the right lane might -- sorry, the right shoulder might be getting by but if you 23450ed to take 95 -- need to take 95 that is probably your best alternate. don't hop on the parkway soon. pleasant hills, near bel air roads near mountain and fallston roads, use caution at that intersection. jfx at north avenue, traffic building but looking good in both directions at this time. back to you. >>> 6:46. you think what can go wrong with your car? your floor mat probably not on the list. >> but toyota says they can cause a deadly problem and it is issuing a major recall. linda so has the details. >> the recall affects some of the most popular models for toyota and lexus. this mor

another push as we've been showing you in harford and eastern baltimore county. we've got this cool easterly wind. we've got the moisture flowing up on the other side. our forecast model indicating the chance of rain lingering across the region as we head through this afternoon and on in through this evening. doesn't show much as we head through tomorrow but an easterly wind is going to provide us with rainfall and that is the case trying to break up as we head through the start of the weekend. today mostly cloudy, showers, 74 in baltimore. as we go through this afternoon, looks like scattered showers and temperature about 70 westminster. 72 parkton. as we pull on down towards the south, 73 degrees in annapolis. cooler weather and more rain expected for tomorrow. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> thank you. we don't have any problems to let you know about on the beltway as we check at liberty road. we have building volume down towards the baltimore national pike but traffic is moving well, out downtown east lombard street at president street, police are dire

harford county students already brought letters home to parents informing them of the change. health officials there say instead of shots school children are inoculated with the flumist. here's the problem though -- that mist requires a four-week waiting period before you can receive another mist. whether that's the seasonal flu or the h1n1 vaccine. no most cases kids under age 10 need two mists of h1n1. >> that being said, to the extent that these folks will need them four weeks apart, we didn't want to delay that process. in light of the urgency of getting children the h1n1 vaccine. >> i'm pretty confident. we know this virus has been around for a little while. i have trust in the health care system that we have here. in maryland. >> reporter: let's tell you tonight that health officials say they will still administer the seasonal flu vaccine after they get through the h1n1 vaccine. we're told there will still be plenty of time for your children to be protected, since the seasonal flu roughly begins in november and doesn't peak until february. delia goncalves, abc2 news. >>>

right along 95 between harford and cecil county.we go through the overnight period and into tomorrow the scattered showers are going to be remaining with us. here's your forecast for the next seven days -- a cloudy day tomorrow with scattered showers, things will start to clear up on friday. saturday and sunday looking real good with quite a bit of sunshine. we'll talk again tonight at 11:00. >>> that is all for us on abc2 news at 6:00. i'm mayor maria. thank you for joining us. we'll be back tonight at 11:00, we hope to see you then. remember, the news always on at abc2news.com. have a great night.

harford road, inner and outer loops checking out fine. the rest of the major roadways in great shape. back to you both. good morning. >> thank you. our big story a violent weekend in baltimore city as police investigate four separate shooting incidents on sunday alone. >> mayor sheila dixon tells 11 news she is fed up. 11 news reporter kate amara is live at police headquarters with more. >> three of those four incidents were deadly. the spade of shootings began when israeli mason was shot several times in the 2000 block of mcculloh street. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. the next killing, three hours later in south baltimore. 35-year-old andre williams was gunned down in the 100 block of west craw street. another man was murdered just afternoon on sunday after being shot in the area of west cold spring lane and reisterstown road. and according to balm bum police, the search is on for whoever gunned down a man on west pratt street just after 6:00. officers say that victim may have been shot about a block away and then staggered to

one accident in harford county at 136. use extra caution. possibly some lanes closed their. otherwise we are doing well. problem free on the west side. '95 looks good. a problem. the tunnels. every bridge is look great. -- problem-free on the tunnel's. everything else looks great. >> our big story, a post doctorate student at the university of maryland was arrested on drug charges after buying some drugs on the internet from the philippines and injecting it in his girlfriend who is now dead. officials say they have studied the effect of opiates and alcohol on the brain. the couple was using bupe in a way that is dangerous because they were injecting it. >> it is less harmful to the body and it helps the craving. there are attics that take a good medication and turn it into an abusive situation. >> an autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death. police believe that the death of dr. john was an accidental overdose. this morning, police are investigating a shooting that help and last night in west baltimore -- that happened last night in west baltimore. no word o

working a crash in the area, that's going to be in street, maryland, in harford county. that is route 136 at scarboro road. be aware of that. at the jfx here at -- this is northern parkway, traffic looking pretty good with no problems. back to you. >>> 5:31. when you get in your car you check your mirrors, make sure the seat is where you left it, bucking bucking -- buckle up the brakes? linda so has the details. >> reporter: it's the largest recall toyota has ever had to make. at effects more than 3.5 million vehicles. the massive recall was prompted by a 911 call a california man made that killed him, his wife and a highway patrol officer. >> 911 emergency. what are you reporting? >> our accelerator is stuck! we're in trouble. there's no brakes! >> ok, and you don't have the ability to, like, turn the vehicle off? >> no, approaching the intersection! we're approaching the intersection. hold on! >> reporter: it's a chilling 911 call. the problem stems from driver-side floor mats that can move around and jam the brakes. the recall affects some popular car models, toyota c

we got it in northern harford county. looks like we just got another shower trying to pop here near finksburg between reisterstown and westminster. there it is crossing route 140 just on the other side of liberty reservoir. fallston, 14/100 inch of rain in roughly a half-hour. 62 degrees, that east wind keeps you cool and damp. mid-60s for most of us. not a washout but keep the umbrella and both hands on the wheel because you may be slipping and sliding with the wet roads this morning. let's check the roads with kim. >>> usually rain is not a good sign to start off the commute but so far no incidents or real accidents to let you know about at this time as we look at route 50 and 97 in anne arundel county. no problems us a make your way towards the capitol beltway, and in pikesville we have a lane closure, that is northbound reisterstown road at seven mile lane because of construction. alternating traffic gets by in the southbound lanes. downtown, you'll see the traffic lights out at east lombard and south president street

. >>> 20 guns off the streets, stolen from a pawn shop in harford county. this happened in havre de grace. the burglary happened at the bank pawn shop in downtown havre de grace. police say the suspects broke in during a blackout in the area that may have affected the pawn security system. >> apparently from what i was told somebody had hit the transformer up by the farm. >> it's not the pawn shop's fault. it can happen anywhere. it was an opportunity that somebody definitely took advantage of. >> knowing that, yeah, there's guns on the street, yeah, that's scary. >> residents say that there was a power outage that lasted about an hour and police were actually in the area protecting nearby banks at the time. >>> check out this incredible individual yes we want to show you. a fire truck finally free of a giant sinkhole, this is in los angeles. the 22-ton truck was stuck for hours before a tow truck could finally pull it out. firefighters were called out to check on the watermain break that apparently weakened the street so much it couldn't support the weight

a ray of sunshine is covering farm fields in baltimore and harford counties. people are slowing, stopping, and even snapping. >> definitely different from what it usually is. >> i never noticed them before. don't know where they came from. there was green one day. yellow the next. >> reporter: zach rose is the man behind the yellow that brightened jarrettsville and other neighboring communities. >> we decided to try sun flowers, we use grow soybeans. >> reporter: he's the third generation. selling the sunflowers. >> we plant them in mid-july, we'll start harvesting them in the first of december. >> reporter: this is actually the third year for the sunflower crop. the first year they started with the 150 acres and it did so well they expanded to 600. >> a different option. gives us a different market. it helps diversify the farm a little bit. we also have beef cattle. it just helps us spread our risk out. >> reporter: and spreading the risk is important, rose says because the tough economy has hit the farming industry hard. >> the dairy industry is really hurti

a harford county 6-year-old who has been battling stage 4 brain cancer for two years.'s not just a red suit. it stands for an amazing young man whose heart and courage put this out there to help other kids. >> that is dave anderson, a pizza shop owner. >> at the same time they are going through this, to cure this horrible disease. >> dominic believes he is a hero, and why not? on his birthday super man came to his home. >> on saturday dominic turns 7. there will be characters from sponge bob. it is the party he would have wanted. >> seeing the super heros rg the best thing, if it rains, the superheroes gow go inside and all the kids, their faces light up. >> now in the hospital, dave says dominic's story holds a message for everyone. he said dom wrote these words. >> "first you have to believe in something before it will happen." dominic is a super hero, and we get our courage from him. >> he certainly is. >> our hearts go out to the family and hope that everyone shows up today for superhero day. this morning at 10:00 in bell air there will be a car wash to benefit st.

and seemed to be concentrated around northern harford and southern york county.hat's why they had the flood warnings. those are probably very, very high and rushing. do not cross water in the roadway. you do not know how deep it is. turn around, don't drown. 62 here. cool, 58 at elkton. and oakland, 59. winds now have come back around the northwest, indicating the storm is passing us. should start to dry things out later on tonight. but we still have a few echoes later tonight. this storm didn't have a deep area of low pressure, we had a huge pressure gradient. big high here and a low here. and look at the pressure just running to the east and northwest. maryland, some areas still getting solid rain. one, two, three inches. but look at this cutoff. south of washington, not a cloud, not a drop. very, very sharp cutoff. an unusual situation. this storm would have been something. fred, by the way, is dying. down to our tropical storm. we'll be saying goodbye. for us, nice weather moves in tomorrow. look for warmer temps. even warmer on sunday. about 78. how do you l

still a few sprinkle we found in harford county. that one shower we showed you on the border between carroll and fredrick county. that will make a run back at us from the coast. we'll show you the maps in a couple of minutes. only getting to 73 degrees for a two-degree guarantee. again, plan for wet weather, more widespread showers later today and the breeze picks up as well. >>> 5:10. let's check the roads with kim. >> we've got a smooth ride on southbound 83 on the harrisburg expressway as you make your way to the beltway. checking in west side at liberty road, traffic seems to be moving smoothly in both directions. no problems at the tunnels either. however, still a crash southbound 95 approaching caton avenue, continues to take away the left lane. and northbound 95 at the beltway, in the rosedale area, the three right lanes remain closed for that overnight construction project. that will be reopening in the 5:00 hour. in harford county, this is churchville, route 136 at route 22, a crash temporarily blocks all the lanes in both

just south of the harford county line on harford road. authorities say two vehicles, a pickup and suv were involved and appears they hit head on. the crash is still under investigation. police say it looks like one vehicle crossed the center, both drivers were taken to shock trauma. there is no word on their conditions tonight. >>> maryland's most powerful doppler radar continues to track the scattered showers making their way through the region. right now the shower activity in the process of crossing route 50 and spreading a few showers into the annapolis area. those showers are heading on down towards the southern poreses of anne arundel county. there's also a shower making its way through the frederick region as we speak. our forecast for the next couple hours, look for mostly cloudy skies, a few sprinkles, temperatures falling into the upper 70s from around 80 degrees, for the next couple of hours. rain is in the forecast. we'll show you where, when and how long, coming up. >>> speaking of temperatures, some baltimore county parents

a crash in harford county, churchville, route 136 at route 22, that has all the lanes in both directions blocked and closed at this time due to the crash. shnooks avenue, shnooks road is your best alternate to get around that crash. jfx at cold spring lane, traffic looks good in both directions. back to you. >>> new at 5:32, "the new york times" is reporting commandos freed a "new york times" reporter kidnapped in afghanistan last week. officials say the afghan translator was killed in the operation. reporter steven farrell was taken hostage along with his translator in the northern province saturday buttimes now reporting he's free this morning. >>> and lawyers for sheila dixon claim state prosecutors made the same errors that caused the first indictments to be thrown out. she's accused of stealing gift cards for the needy. her attorneys filed the motion yesterday. >>> an update on the rape allegations against pittsburgh's ben roethlisberger. attorneys for the woman who accused him of assaulting her said she would drop her civil lawsuit if he acknowledged the rape and apologized. reno-b

we take to you harford county where there's really not much in the way of action going on now. we're expecting to have ourselves a few more showers as the day wears on. this is fallston high school at 60 degrees. winds out of the east but already gusting to 16 miles per hour. and as we take it on in through today at the bus stop and we're all safe because megan is still driving, just plan for showers. again, not a washout but 62 to 66 the spread. heavier rain moves in this afternoon and tonight. >>> good morning. the commute start is good out there on the the marc train, no delays there. light rail and metro subway looking good for travel. on the buses the number 19 with a 20-minute delay. the number 20, 23 and 40, all diverted at fayette and linwood. police activity. corporate and international, construction there. and saratoga and greene, watermain break repair. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. aren't you tired of bleach accidents? spray 'n wash bright and white is an in-the-wash laundry booster. st add with your detergent. the colorbooatecogsagemygh yucs and whiten

flood warning in affect for baltimore and harford county but you'll notice the gail warning is now.l weather service canceled that and i have a feeling they'll cancel this in the next hour or so because the heavy rainfall has passed out of the region. temperature wise around the area. in york, 61 downtown. 61 in easton. win chester, virginia at 68 degrees. throughout the day the slow moving area of low pressure continues to pummel us with heavy amounts of rail. some places getting more than 3 inches. but as you can see, the rain is in the process of coming to an end. across the area right now, maryland's most powerful radar still indicating some heavy rainfall here in the maryland, baltimore county, harford county line and the pennsylvania line. that shower activity will continue for about the next hour to hour and a half. it will start to come to an end through the evening. you can always go to our website, to abc2news.com to check out our interactive radar when you click on the weather tab. it pulls up the radar and this is what you can do. you can zoom out and do just about anyth

a little slow on the east side of the outer loop between harford road and loch raven boulevard. we'll still working a crash on southbound of the harrisburg expressway, this is at belfast road. multiple vehicles involved. some of it has been cleared to the shoulder, some remains in the median. that has traffic slowing at about mount carmel road. still fire activity in the city at patterson avenue and reisterstown road. we also have a crash still on the scene in baltimore city at constitution street and east monument street. jfx at cold spring lane, traffic moving very well. in you're looking for a business you know you can trust, let your better business bureau do the work for you. you can log on to abc2news.com/bbb for more information. back to you. >>> it's 6:46. this has been our lead story all morning. it's breaking yet. it involves the murder of a college student hundreds of miles away in massachusetts. >> the suspect, alexander skowran, has been found dead in stevens city, virginia, in the northern part of the state. abc2 news linda so joins us live in the studio. she's bee

you're getting wet in harford county and this storm is going to move back either to the jersey shoreline or delmarva tomorrow and will spread more wind and rain our way. locally we're looking at spotty showers that erupted overnight. this band of rain to theney from bel air to jarrettsville, sliding back into baltimore county. you'll get wet on 83 towards the beltway probably in the next hour or so. 66 this morning. this afternoon's two-degree guarantee 73. but given the date i think we'll end up at 72. you know, adding up to nine. still within the range of the two-degree guarantee. expect the breeze to pick up as well. >>> 6:01. here's kim with a check of the roads. >> thank you. traffic is moving smoothly in anne arundel county. this is route 50 at route 97 as you make your way towards the capitol beltway and baltimore beltway. so no problems to let you know about. no problems at the tunnels either. northbound 95 in rosedale, crews are late lifting the construction, so it's causing a little delay there. accident still in churchville, route 136 at route 22. they are reopening a couple l

. >> a little boy in harford county battles brain cancer and becomes a super hero in the process. he has his own comic book and his own suit designed for him. the >> saturday is super hero's de, and there is a special reason for that. two dozen characters will line the streets supporting a boy battling brain cancer jennifer franciotti has more. >> outside this pizza shop is the denominator, a symbol of courage and determination, and alter ego of a boy in a comic book. the harford county 6-year-old has been battling brain cancer for two years. >> he is an amazing young man whose heart and courage to put this out there to help other kids. >> the manager had a comic book made along with a special super suit. >> of the comic book stands for hope that you go through these treatments and hoping it is going to work. >> dominic believes he is a super hero, and why not? during christmas, that man came to his house. on saturday, domenic turns 7. 23 super heroes will line the street for a super hero day, along with characters from sponge bob. >> the best thing is if it rains, the super heroe

lane closures at 136 in harford county. the other roadways are doing well. southbound 95 is just five minutes. here is the harrisburg expressway north of the beltway. it is free of problems. here is a live view of traffic at the bw parkway. it looks good. that is the latest. let's check on the buses and trains. >> good morning. we are looking very good on the bus as despite some construction diversions. the 17 bus at corporate and international. the metro and the subway are on time. no delays on the light rail. back to you. >> hope you are doing well today. a very quiet morning over central maryland this morning as far as clouds and rain ago. an upper level low is rotating over canada. we are seeing the after effects down here in the mid-atlantic. it will be variable this afternoon. not a bad morning. 56 at the airport. 57 downtown. as we head to the mountains of western maryland, it will be rainy at 51 degrees. it is not so bad here. 65. a cooler day. the winds will not be as intense today as it was a yesterday. as you take a look at the shores, 58 is the f

here is a live view as the switch over to harford road. that is the latest. over to you. >> good morning and thank you. >> could smart cards provide too much information? >> could it be a new crime- fighting techniques before police? 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 patrons to use during the boarding process right now from the mta. they are trying to figure out which ones are being 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. then we know that this wreck center is speaking to the needs 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. wba

topside of the beltway at harford road looking good. remember wjz 13 is always on, for traffic information any time, log onto wjz.com. >>> thank you. here's what people will be talking about: doctors work into the early-morning hours to save an off-duty police officer who was ambushed and shot multiple times while entering his own home. we have the latest, mike. >> reporter: both sides were arm, he was ambushed and shot multiple times and brought to the closest hospital because of his injuries and that was surgery here at sinai. a flood of blue. >> officers responded to a shooting in high great avenue in the northwest district. >> reporter: it's here where multiple shots were fired. >> he was attempting to get into his home when he was approached by two suspects trying to rob him. >> reporter: the officer was robbed. >> gunfire was exchanged. >> reporter: he's rush to the hospital for emergency surgery, his colleagues try to find out who is possible. >> we are welcoming calls with information. >> reporter: police give this red bike atte

. >>> there's a few acres of sun flowers in harford county. i'm joel d smith, i meant to say, a few hundred acres. fin that's ingredients for life. safeway. on tuesday i go in even earlier than usual. thank goodness for eggo, a nutri-grain waffle... with a quick smudge of cream cheese. at least that part's easy. there's only one way to eat an eggo... your way. l'eggo my eggo. >>> welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 6:30 is the time. you're waking up to a big, bright beautiful field of sun flowers. in fact that, is 600 acres worth of sun flowers. we will take you there live in a few minutes and explain why we're looking at that. you know, it's a pretty picture, so that should be reason enough, but there's no reason and joel is going to explain in a minute. i'm patrice harris. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig. and since we are losing the sun of the summer, we have to rely on the sun flowers to give it to us. >> that's true. the sun angle, but we do have a sunny day this week. >> this week down the road. >> only a couple of days aw

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it is wet in harford county. winds shifting to the northeast. we have a push of cool air coming out of the great lakes. next storm system back there will come out of the northern plains and re-enter geez. clouds come back in tomorrow. tomorrow evening late afternoon look at moderate rain rolling in. timeline at midnight through sunday morning could have heavy rains here in the order of one to two inches as the system slides off and gives us some drying weather by sunday afternoon. here these way it stacks up today. after the morning rain back to 72. that's cooler than last couple of days. 52 overnight. quick peak over the weekend. rain returns tomorrow through sunday evening. >> we have heavy volume around the beltway. no incidents to speak about despite the slick roads as we peak at the northeast corner of the beltway. slow on the westside of the outer loop between 795. no problems at the tunnels. if you are headed to d.c. southbound 95, 295 and route 29 are checking in incident-free. as we peak at the jfx at the northern parkway we have vehicl

there is more news coming up. >> changes at harford high school., i'm pete gilbert. coming up next, home openers for the two division one teams. the orioles going for a second consecutive victory at the consecutive victory at the neweee stadium. or are you? introducing three of the most important things every home should have in an emergency -- a portable radio, a flashlight with batteries, and water. one gallon per person per day, for at least three days. the more prepared you are today, the less you'll have to worry about when an emergency occurs. radio, flashlight, water. a message from the baltimore metropolitan council and your local emergency responders. >> i was interested to see last night how the terrapins would respond. last year they traveled to cal and frankly had their butts kicked. they lost to the bears. ok, back at the james bird stadium. how would the terps respond? early on it looked like they were ready to put that game behind them. off and running is mr. smith. 8-2. gone. 81 yards. leading 14-6. by the first quarter, this is tig

and starting to make it in northwest harford county. nice heavy shower in reisterstown. oakland had heavy rain a moment ago. owings mills coming down good there. and flashes of lightning. more of the lightning contained to the north central portion of the baltimore county, north on 83, you run into heavy rain and then also lightning and then crossing the county line there into northwestern harford county. toward jarretsville, coming down. you will get lightning strikes as well. but garden variety. nothing severe. but continue to see that rain pick up in pace. now you can see the lightning pushing the way across the central portion of the state. continue to see that move along the frontal boundary. as it continues to move through over the next couple of hours here. but it looks like the heaviest is up there just in northern portions of baltimore county. when you cross into peninsula. up in lancaster, looking at heavy rain as well. this continues to move through parts of southern, southeastern pennsylvania. and then behind it, still a little remaining light showers, but it

. >> it happened in harford county. keith daniels live tonight at the place where the woman got away. keith, what can you tell us at this hour. >> maryland state police are investigating this one. serious charges of a frightening abduction that ended here. at this convenience store. >> maryland state police say they found the woman here, at this 7-11, at abingdon, and philadelphia roads in harford county. badly bruised and bleeding. >> amazing. amazing that she got away. and she would fall back. >> troopers have arrested 40-year-old paul johnson. he faces several charges, including kidnapping, assault and carrying a concealed weapon. investigators say johnson met the woman in aberdine. they were traveling from there to edgewood, just before midnight monday. when the woman started feeling unsafe. with johnson's demeanor. >> at one point, you know, it is possible that he could have had her in a strangle hold or something like that. >> troopers say the woman asked to get out of car and johnson refused to let her go. they s

and the traffic is starting to break up on harford road and that will continue into providence. back over to you guys. >>> a key card can be a lot of different things to a lot of different people. but it's a key piece of evidence in the yale university that you'll hear today. but for one young man, this is a building block. >> reporter: let's welcome brian burg to the eyewitness news. give us a thumbnail of what you're getting ready to do here. >> we've spent the last several months building the largest project that i've ever created. i've used over 200,000 holiday inn key cards to make a hotel room that people can come and experience. and this is a global relaunch for the holiday inn. they've launched 1200 locations. >> i will give them some props. they've reinvented themselves. so props to them. >> from the logo on down. >> yes. they're very iconic. >> reporter: let me ask you this, is it like building a house with a deck of cards? is everything self-supporting? is it going to fall down if you look at it wrong in. >> this project is different because it's key cards. but this p

harford road. not yet delayed. wjz13 is always on. log onto wjz.com. >>> here's what people will be talking about this morning. breaking news from overnight in east baltimore. city police shoot and kill a man who stabbed an officer in the back. >> reporter: police say the officers were in the 2800 block of orleans street investigating suspected drug activity when the stabbing took place. the officers were trying to arrest two suspects when one lunged at the officer with a knife, striking him in the back with a blade. the officer's protective vest protected him from the stabbing. the other officer shot the suspect several times. police this morning are still trying to identify the suspect. don, back to you. >>> one person is still recovering this morning after a truck slams into the side of a house in carroll county. it happened yesterday in finksburg. the truck's erratic driving caused several accidents before it slammed into the house. the incident is under police investigation. >>> new information this morning about a fatal crash in

forte -- harford got the victory. towson linebacker goes the other way.end zone. that proving just a moment ri setback. francis with great blocking. not touched on his way to the end zone. 12 yards. 7-0. gets back on track for the patriots. gorgeous pass to robert flynn. could not find the end zone. towson moves to four round. 45-0 your final. check out "extra points" at wbaltv.com. your home for the baltimore area high school football. that's a look at sports. i'm pete gilbert. had have a great day. >> the time is 5:55. it's 54 degrees on tv hill. here's a look at our next hour. >> a horrific discovery in frederick county. the bodies of four people were found inside a house. >> county leaders are setting up shop today in the dundalk area in an effort to help residents affected by last week's massive water main break. details coming up. >> an approaching storm brings clouds and a chance for rain. details in just a moment. >> last week's water main break in dundalk is another reminder of the aging infrastructure facing most american cities. the 72-inch wat

rain in the city itself but you don't have to go very far north to find more precipitation up toward harford county, jarrettsville, even reisterstown getting doused with some showers here in the last hour or so. tonight, 65 degrees, cloudy and humid. there will be a few passing showers. not expecting much rain out there. but on and off showers, also set to continue into the day tomorrow. we'll talk more about the first couple of days of fall. it's hard to believe it's here already and the temperatures getting warmer. more on that coming up. >>> a kentucky high school football coach is speaking out for the first time since being acquitted in the death of a player. he calls the teen's death a terrible tragedy but refuses to apologize to the boy's family saying he did nothing wrong. abc news diana avillar has the details. >> we the jury find the defendant david stinson not guilty. >> reporter: it took the jury just 35 minutes to find kentucky high school football coach jason stinson not guilty in the death of his player max gippin. the 15-year-old collapsed following brutal august practice last

in harford county, kelly swoope, abc 2 news. pram. >>> now, the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful.com radar. >> chokes you up. >>> i beth they look good today. so nice and warm out, people drive by, look at the sunflowers. really pretty. >> absolutely cristian. >>> stop and look at maryland's most powerful radar here. nice sweet. what looks like rain on the eastern shores is just actually some false return there, it is dry there. i want to say this. nice time loop out of parksville, looking nice there, blue sky, down to the 40s in most spots, but as the day wore on a few clouds, things did warm up nicely out there for us this afternoon. still looking good as we speak. partly cloudy sky, mostly sunny, be an optimist about the whole thing. as we look out to the west, more cloud cover, more moisture trying to work its way in here. baltimore across central maryland, so we're sunny right now in this last little piece of day light we have left here. days starting to get a little

the trail combines the wineries of baltimore and harford county.unty executive jim smith was on hand for the event in harford county. >> wineries generate over $40 million in economic activity and $12.7 million in direct revenues from wine-making and associated activity. >> 293,000 people visit maryland wineries and wine festivals a year. >>> famed actor burn reynolds has been released from a florida drug rehab center. the star was being treated for an addiction to painkillers. the 73-year-old is best known for his roles in "deliverance." >>> 73. where did the years go? >>> looks like right winger tom delay's feet want to go to the left. former house republican leader hurt while rehearsing for "dancing with the stars" but delay says it will take more than a foot injury to keep me off the show. the debut is monday. he's partnered with check berke who already won twice on the show. >>> here's some dramatic prior video from arkansas. this five-alarmer destroyed four historic buildings right in the city of morelandton, just outside of little rock. crew

a flood warning remains in affect until 8:30 tonight for baltimore county, harford county. and there is a gail warning out for chesapeake bay. i have a feel they'll drop that warning. and so i would assume it would go away very quickly as the system moves away from the region. tomorrow on saturday, your tights at fort mchenne. our winds from the north at 8- 14 miles per hour. sun comes up at 6:45 and set at 7:19. temperatures across the area right now, definitely a cool day. 60 right now in new york. 62 in hagerstown. down at pax river, 66. charlottesville got to 69 because they're out of the clouds and the rainfall. ocean city saw 71. 63 in dover and right now in atlantic city, 65 and rain. tropical storm fred continues to meander around the north atlantic. with winds of 70 miles per hour, not a big deal at this point in time. just becoming a disorganized area of low pressure but we'll continue to monitor fred. in the meantime, let's see what is going on with this area of low pressure that started out over the weekend down off of cape hatteras. this thing would normally mo

outer loop, no problems between harford road and charles street but in dundalk, broening highway continueso be closed in both directions at avon avenue as they clean up that watermain break from over the weekend. use caution there. you can use dundalk avenue, hollow burt other merit avenue. east point road and north point avenue crash has been cleared. and dark head cove road closed in the westbound direction because of an ongoing sewer problem. traffic gets by in the eastbound lanes. jfx at north avenue, traffic running smoothly. back to you. >>> it's now 5:41. massive flooding caused massive headaches in dundalk over the weekend. >> it's going to be a long week ahead for folks as they try to recover from that massive watermain break. i'm linda so with the latest on clean-up efforts. with all the pet hair in the air, i'd spend class preoccupied, bothered by itchy eyes. but now i have new zyrtec® itchy eye drops. it works fast, with just one drop, to relieve my itchy eyes from allergies for up to 12 hours. no other allergy itchy eye drop works faster or longer. which is good, 'cause there'

as you can see, harford road, between fork and the gun powder are closed, as baltimore county policeontinue their investigation and the accident scene cleanup. so expect delays in the area. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you captain mike perry in sky eye chopper 13. >>> lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have been working toward healthcare compromise for weeks. joel brown reports for wjz, the new plan has a lower price tag and no government-run insurance option. >> reporter: as congress debates a healthcare bill aimed at giving coverage to all americans, some people say they don't want to be forced to buy insurance. >> are you against this general idea of the government saying you have to have insurance? >> yes. i am. just on -- i don't think anyone should tell you you have to do anything. this is a free country. >> reporter: bety deluca is retired and on medicare, but believes healthcare should be a choice, not a mandate. teresa rhino thinks mandatory healthcare coverage would bring down the cost. >> it's like car insurance. were has to have it. you're penalized if you don't.

and also just around the rockville region along westminster and harford county getting some activity. here is your forecast. cloudy skies, scattered showers, 6 trees for the overnight low. things are going to be a little bit on the drizzly side tomorrow with a few scattered showers, but how long will the showers last. that forecast coming up. >>> thank you norm. >>> health care reform continues to be a hot-button issue in america. max baucus introduced his highly anticipated version of the health care overhaul. the $850 billion plan would require everyone to buy health insurance and ban insurance companies from providing coverage. but no surprise here. it isn't exactly going over well with republicans. >> as i understand what it looks like, it includes massive cuts in medicare, tax increases on individuals and tax increases on business. >> if congress goes along with these viewingses the bill might as well be called the insurance industry prove it enhancement act. >> he has scheduled to appeared on several talk shows and david letterman next week. tomorrow he'll bring his push for hea

we had two incidents in the area, one in harford county, that was route 136 at scarboro road. that crash has just been cleared. same with the disabled tractor-trailer on the jfx near ruxton road in the northbound lanes. that tractor-trailer has been -- got a tow. so they are gone. jfx at north avenue, traffic looks great in both directions. back to you. >>> look what our our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill ran into. this is going on in front of him. this is a story you'll only see on abc2 news. the police chopper was following a suspect in this red van in the middle of the screen, right there. and when police tried to pull him over he took off. so they followed him to caroline and east monument streets where he crashed into a car. right there is the officer who is in the security booth at hopkins hospital. the car crashed into there and this man, we believe, is a preacher here in baltimore. he was in a car that was also hit. the driver of the car, the security guard, both went to hopkins, right there of course. the driver of the van was taken to the hospita

you can see the shower activity making its way through portions of harford county, northern baltimore county and also on the eastern shore. the majority of the heavy rainfall is up in pennsylvania but as we go through the next 36 hours quite a bit of rain is expected throughout the maryland area. here's your forecast right now, or the conditions now, sparrows point high school, 69 degrees with a high today of 68. for the next couple of hours, looking for mostly cloudy skies, a few scattered showers will be in the 70s. tomorrow, mostly rainy. we'll tell you about it coming up. >> i know you'll miss seeing them on harbor cam, i'llle miss the clacking downtown. you can't ride the ducks in baltimore anymore. we're talking about the amphibious siteseeing vehicles known as ride the ducks. the company says its baltimore operation was its most challenging and has decided to concentrate on other cities. the company didn't think it could make enough money here to invest in upgrading its fleet. the vehicles drove through downtown before entering the water for a harbor tour. they are based on a w

if you're coming from harford county southbound on 95, pretty smooth to the whitemarsh area. no problems towards the beltway and tunnels are incident-free at this time. in catonsville though, south rolling road and wilkens avenue remains closed in both directions, crews attempt to clean up the earlier crash that has downed wires and poles in the road. be aware of that. downtown baltimore today through monday at 4:00 p.m., expect east mount vernon placality st. paul street -- at st. paul street closed because of the book fair. and a fire at west 41st street and jfx, 41st is blocked. back to you. >>> 5:31. it's going to get interesting, acorn hit with criticism after hidden camera videos caught staff members giving advice about tax evasion, human smuggling and child prostitution. now the organization is suing the makers of that videotape. sherrie johnson is working on this story this morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, acorn is firing back trying to defend its tainted reputation. the organization filed a lawsuit in maryland against a conservative activist behind the underc

. >>> new at 6:00 -- a street sweeper crashed into a home in harford county. it happened at about 3:00 this afternoon at a home on pal myra drive in churchville. police say no one was in the house and no one was hurt. >>> four men face theft and vandalism charges after police say they stole the four-foot high number 8 sculpture in front of camden yards. that 8 of course is a tribute to cal ripken. police say the whole thing was caught on tape as the four pushed and kicked over the 8 and ran off with it. >> found that the number 8, cal ripken stat -- statue had been stolen, ripped off its foundation, loaded in the back of a pickup truck and drove away. shortly after we received a call for a disorderly in the 3,000 block of lombard street. four intoxicated white males fighting with each other. when officers arrived they found the giant number eight statue in the back of the pickup truck. case is pretty much closed after that. >> the four suspects have been identified as 19-year-old matthew rainier and jason stoneburner, patrick reynolds, from essex. gary parker,

we had showers roll through, baltimore county on through harford and cecil county.the south. we have that cool east-to-northeasterly flow, keeps us damp and there weu8 be more -- will be more showers. another surge of moisture from the deep south and this upper level storm will try to run back at us with some moisture over the next couple days. for today though, a cool one, 74 with showers, back in the low 60s, showers and fog overnight. looks like we'll have a cooler day at 66 tomorrow. with another chance of rain. >>> let's check the roads with kim brown. >>> traffic appears to be moving along pretty well at southbound 95 as you approach the whitemarsh boulevard area. no problems as you make your way down towards the beltway in towards the harbor tunnel thruway. tunnels have no incidents. however, harrisburg expressway, keep in mind, long delays between mount carmel road and the beltway. some crashes, windsor mill and north rolling road and windsor mill road. and rossville, route 7 at the beltway, a crash involving a bus that blocks the right lane. in towson, a cr

same on the east side between harford and providence roads.rd of a disabled vehicle on the inner loop, off-ramp to hollands ferry -- hollins ferry road. and catonsville, rolling road and wilkens avenue closed from an overnight crash. hilltop avenue should get you around that. a fire activity happening that has west 41st street at falls road blocked. i'm getting word it's in the process of getting cleared, should be picked up around now. and northbound on the bw parkway at route 175, a crash blocks the exit ramp to eastbound route 175. as we peek at the jfx at 41st street traffic is not impacted by the fire and moving along pretty nicely. back to you. >>> kim, you just mentioned that fire in hamden. we're actually going to take you to the scene now. this is video from our our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill. the fire started just after 5:00 this morning on 41st 1st street. everyone got out ok. no word now on the cause. again, that scene should be cleared up soon. >>> and we continue to follow the breaking news from new jerse

and east side between harford road and loch raven boulevard.-- we have an accident southbound on the harrisburg expressway at