it remains in effect for harford county, adams and york county up in pennsylvania.y'll probably add in cecil county a little bit later. down in the atlantic, we're waving hurricane bill as it trudges its way across the atlantic. bill has increased today to a very strong storm, now packing winds of 110 miles an hour. moving towards the west northwest at 14 miles an hour. national hurricane center still feels like the storm system is going to be curbing on towards the north and to the north atlantic, and it should not bother the continental united states. we might see some high tide and some rip currents and things of that nature along the seaboard, but the storm does not look like it's going to hit the continental u.s. the satellite picture throughout the day, lots of sunshine, lots of heat and humidity, giving rise to shower and thunderstorm activity. there is that system pulling through the area. it gave us some torrential downpours in the downtown area. now right now maryland's most powerful radar, that's where it's indicating the heaviest activity right now is ri

the dark green shade over harford county is the flood warning. there's a band of thunderstorms moving across carroll county, just coming into westminster. also around annapolis, beginning to move over the bag. the bay bridge. some vendors strong activity there. 3 inches to 6 inches of rain causing flooding situation. pg&e says many people are out of power. >> anytime we have weather like that, traffic tends to be a little dicey. at norman avenue there are some downed wires. also, as a local road is shut down in taos and due to flooding. -- ain towson. with side is running smoothly. and no delays at liberty. >> now to our big story. city police continued searching for the person who shot a correctional officer. >> friends and colleagues of the victim are speaking out. and jennifer franciotti is in the newsroom with details. >> erica carr described as an exemplary employee. was it some danger from her job that led to her murder? at the baltimore city detention center, employees are learning about the murder of one of their own, erica carr, found sho

we may have dropped that flash- flood warning for harford county early. it may have change. this is an automated system. cecil county under a flash- flood warning until 6:30. harford county you're out of the woods. in anticipation of what could be tomorrow, the arrival of danny. humid and periods of rain, nothing to do with danny, it's a warm front over the area. 77 and77 human through the afternoon. >>> yet to come. >> police are searching for suspects in the death of a baltimore city corrections officer. coming up, reaction from her coworkers. i'm gigi barnett, a live report is ahead. >> reporter: joy this traffic control, we have accidents and debris, more coming up. >>> a lesson in life. the long snapper, it's a powerful book about an improbable scenario. a good friend of the show returns as we continue after this. >>> this is wjz, wjz dt and wjz.com, baltimore. >>> good morning, maryland. now, don scott, marty bass, breaking news with mary bubala, your first warning weather, and traffic control with sharon gibala. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> it's friday. >> it'

and towards havre de grace, 71, starting school in harford county. harford middle school in pylesville, relatively cooler 65. 67 darlington elementary school, bel air elementary school at 68 and 70 fallston high school. generally clear to partly cloudy skies, more clearing to the south, more clouds up to the north. as a frontal boundary draped chose to the area could spark some showers and storms. our afternoon high temperature on the low end of the two-degree guarantee of 85. getting the latest on danny in a couple of minutes. >>> 5:42. here's kim. >> we have a smooth ride on 95 southbound out of harford county traveling down towards the beltway and towards the harbor tunnel thruway. no problems at either the harbor tunnel or fort mchenry tunnel toll plazas this morning. however, downtown, could be a whole other story. we still have utility crews on scene at several intersections. utah between baltimore and s.a.g. bona part avenue, police on the scene there. and rob street darleigh avenue. jfx at north avenue, traffic moving along nicely in both dir

in harford county, jeff hager, abc 2 news. >> the teen is being held at the harford county detention center on no bond. meanwhile, his stepfather has been charged and released. >>> baltimore's police department has launched an internal affairs probe into a marriage proposal. it isn't the actual proposal that is being investigated, it's the improper use of a police boat and helicopter that were part of the proposal. abc 2 news terry owens explains. >> reporter: marybeth, this is a story that everybody is talking about. as we first reported last night at 11, it all happened on the inner harbor and involves state delegate john cardin, the nephew of u.s. senator ben cardin. he says he wanted to make his fiancee's night perfect. his plan to propose to her on a boat august 7th. but that proposal apparently involved having a baltimore city police department helicopter hover overhead as city marine police pretended to search the boat. no one is saying how that was arranged, but police

we have an accident in harford county on bill arrowed. d southbound saratoga street is closed between green and mlk. an accident in the county in stevenson, green spring valley where deer was struck. that's that old valley. up to speed on a major road race. moving just fine. we will have a live look at the beltway. from liberty road to 70 on the outer loop westside they're tapping the brakes. 95 south of 895 is looking good. volume picking up, but no delays. that is the latest. sandra has a pretty good forecast. >> nothing like starting a monday this way. conditions will be in the 870's. the one variable is the little disturbance of to waiting to the north. it's from the carolinas and virginia. a stalled out front to the south of maryland. southern maryland and ocean city are getting light shower activity this morning. the area of high pressure is dictating the weather patterns of the north of those areas. that means central maryland has a nice dry start. a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. 54 degrees right now in york, pennsylvani

harford county back to school. let's show you what it looks like at the highland in bel air, 68 degrees and 92% humidity. a little muggy this morning, really nothing oppressive but still hanging on to a little summer heat before we cool down as some storm comes through during the weekend. i say some storm because we're going to be hit from two different sides that we'll talk about in a moment. 67 baltimore. 72 easton. and 81 and muggy in ocean city. if you have interest for the beach pay attention because we've got that updated forecast which does include ocean city and what could be hurricane danny by the time it passes on saturday. right now, clear to partly cloudy skies. we'll probably have an increase in clouds, chance of a thundershower popping up this afternoon and high temperature around 85 degrees. >>> 5:11. the roads with kim. >> construction in the harbor tunnel has two-way traffic getting by in the northbound tube but that project will reopen probably in the next half-hour. looking at the outer loop of t

there is a flood warning in effect for harford county. in centreville there are scattered thunderstorms. and in northern baltimore county, reaching back across northern carroll county towards hagerstown right now. in baltimore county, 2300 people are out of power. 2800 in harford county. there's more rain in the forecast today through tomorrow. details on that coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, john. baltimore police searching for weber shot and killed an off- duty corrections officer in east baltimore. -- searching for whoever shot and killed the officer. >> she was well respected by her peers. they wonder if it was danger from her job that led to her murder. grief counselors are on hand at the baltimore city detention center. correctional officer erica carr was found shot to death in her car early thursday. >> i was devastated. she was exemplary. very well respected by all the employees. she will be sorely missed. >> if it's unclear why the 37 year-old would have been on ken hill avenue in east baltimore. she lived in a middle riv

baltimore county, harford county and york county. york county goes until 7:30. the other counties go until 7:15. and notice these white shaded counties also. that's an indication that we are aware that there are thunderstorms going on. if anything does change, we'll be here to let you know about it. >> wjz 13 is always on. check in with eyewitness news for up-to-date first warning weather. and for updates any time, log onto our website, wjz.com. >>> it is billed as a potential life saver. but tonight, the already controversial hpv vaccine is coming under intense scrutiny. could it actually be causing serious health problems for yuck young women? teri okita reports on the startling results of a new study. >> reporter: 27-year-old barbara rose archielo is at risk for certain diseases. but today she it getting gardasil, the vaccination for hpv. >> the vaccination was suggested to me to help prevent some of those soft tissue cancers. >> reporter: but the side effects of the hpv vaccine are a source of controversy. now, a new study looks at the adverse effects associ

it is barely a shower making its way through harford county and baltimore county. down to the south a couple of showers that are dying down quickly. earlier today we saw a few different rounds of these showers and storms come through, and they really left their damage in some places. rainfall amounts were incredible. salisbury 2.20 inches. and that was from two different rounds of heavy rain. we saw in ocean city nearly two inches. a lot of the roads were flooded. they've had to close a couple of roads with nearly two feet of water. also in elkton, that was in one hour from the thunderstorms earlier today. most of the heavy rain we were seeing is in harford county to cecil county, also down in southern parts of the eastern shore. things again, as we said, are quieting down. we don't have any watches or warnings in our area at this point. winds are very light out there. there's a lot of moisture out there. dew points 71 degrees. temperature very close to that. when you have the combination and light winds, we know the fog is going to for. we're starting to seat alre

it's the beginning of a great school year in harford county public schools. i'm very excited to be the superintendent. and you can see the excited faces on this bus. >> reporter: in june, the board of education selected dr. tombak to fill the position after the death of jacqueline holocaust. this morning death -- haas. >> it is god to meet him. >> and what as they head into a brand-new school? >> a little nervous. >> it's kind of exciting. a little nervous. >> i'm really excited, but it's huge. i'm going to get lost. >> reporter: school administrators are looking forward to a great school year, hoping to improve student test scores and exceed federal expectations. with a new state-of-the-art school to kick off the school, administrators say students have the tools they need to succeed. in bel air, sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >> and dr. tombak says he plans to keep the good momentum going with harford county schools. two new schools will open next year. >>> well today the newly renovated u.s. naval academy reopened to the public. museum is the oldest naval mu

it is responsible for the flood warning for harford county until 7:00 this morning. but there is another area of showers coming into western carroll county. others showers past hagerstown. and in annapolis there is thunder storm activity that way as well. pretty active storms this morning. it won't be raining all day, but the threat of rain will be hanging over us all day. we will have to keep an eye on this. we have two things coming in. a tropical storm as well as some fronts in the area. let's look at the current situation as far as the warnings. if we look at the main computer, there's a flood warning in effect for harford county and there's a flood advisory in cecil county as well until 7:00 this morning. temperatures are warm. all in the 70's in our area despite the rain. high humidity all day. the front is all across the area. that will be the focal point for showers and thunder storm activity today. humidity pushing from the south. the final front of the west will take awhile to comment. a complicating factor in all that will be danny. it is spinning around in

northern baltimore county, much of western and central harford county. pretty good stuff going on out there. as you can see. it's all moving off to the east and southeast. heavy just stuff in hereford. another strong cell around gettysburg. >>> you can see, a whole crust of activity. another approaching hagerstown. another southeast of the bay area, just on the catoctin mountains there. >>> looks like most of us will see something going on this evening over the next several hours if we keep watching. and another batch developing across the counsels of western pa. pretty good chance of cooling rain. i guess you might call it a nice break from what we have called the next few days. got a report out of parktson, only 69 with the rain. and 74 in oakland. mind in cumberland. >>> dew point was up to 71. yesterday at this time. >>> tomorrow, about the same. we're a little cooler with the risk of more showers. 89 today. that was our high. yesterday, got to 94. it's a 5 degree drop. airport picked up almost three quarters of an inch. the city, under an inch. 86/6

thunderstorm warning is in effect for baltimore county, baltimore city, carroll county, as well as harford county adams county in pennsylvania. they have now taken the thunderstorm warning for anne arundel county off. but i've got a feeling they're going to extend this on up into cecil county, because that's where the storms are heading. there it is right there on the radar. here is baltimore city there is the beltway right there. watch the storm as it gets in. boom, just explodes. and it's heading up towards the bel air region right now, in the process of crossing 83. very heavy shower and thunderstorm activity. extremely heavy rain, gusty winds. a lot of lightning. we've had over 2,065 lightning strikes just ñrin the past 30 minutes as it makes its way towards the north and east. now let's talk about hurricane bill. hurricane bill has intensified. it's now 110 miles an hour storm. 1,959 miles east-southeast of miami, will track towards the north and east, and it should not impact the continental 9ñ it is however, going to cause some rough surf along the carolinas. it does not look like it's goi

you may remember back in june when the board of education of harford county selected dr. tomback to fill the position following the death of haas late last year. dr. tomback is no stranger to education. he spent the time with the baltimore county public schools, received his doctorate from the university of maryland and the superintendent addressed the board of education in june in bel air. he said he's looking forward to the new challenge and an upcoming school year. >> it's really a question of making sure that both sides know exactly what the expectations are, and to prepare for those. once numbers begin to solidify to make sure we have the capacity to meet the needs. >> reporter: dr. tomback will board a yellow school bus. i think you can see it behind me. he's going to board that in a few minutes. we're going to ride along with him. reporting live in bel air, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 6:09. the orioles back home against cleveland after a 4-5 road trip, not bad considering, really. guthrie was on, didn't walk a soul. and he won his ninth game. year. felix bounce

we take you to parkville middle school, psyche, harford county starts school today. we're mostly clear, 70 degrees and sunny to partly cloudy with temperature pushing 80s this afternoon. the low ends of our two-degree guarantee, 85, with a chance of thunderstorms. >>> 6:31. here's kim to psyche you out on

we don't have problems to let you know about on southbound 95 as you make your way down from harford county through to about the whitemarsh area, whitemarsh boulevard to the 69 a split. however -- 695 split. however, system working a crash, at bel air road at cotrington, that remains on the

as we mentioned harford cecil county is pushing out. 95 a slow trip. harford cecil county has flood warnings going between 6:30. do not attempt to drive through flood r flooded waters. we don't want to hear kim talking about your car, right? >> reporter: for a complete list, check your wake-up window at the bottom of your screen or follow me on twitter. i'm tweeting like crazy now. traffic is moving along nicely there. no problems it he tunnels. no problems even at the beltway. it's really the side streets and residential areas. stevenson lane and mittton lane, circle road closed in both directions at ruxton road due to flooding. jennifer road at farn um way there's wires down that had that intersection closed there. like i said twitter.com, i'll get you completely updated. >>> if you always wanted waterfront property, today, you are living your dream. it's 5:34 with the morning news with linda so. >> reporter: this isn't the type of waterfront property anyone wants. let's look at the mess one baltimore county family is dealing with this morning. this i

. >>> harford county has a new way to find missing people. the county sheriff's department has joined with a group called a child is missing. the program uses technology to search for missing children and other people as well. once deputies learn about a missing person, a group makes automated calls to homes in the area describing the missing person and his or her last known location. the message includes a phone number for the harford county sheriff's office. >>> maryland school districts are hiring fewer new teachers than before. it's not necessarily because of the budget cuts. school officials say there aren't as many openings for new teachers because fewer teachers are retiring, and fewer are willing to leave a secured job. >>> money problems may force a baltimore tradition off the streets. the city's mounted police unit is in danger of folding after 121 years. the city is making budgets everywhere. the amount of police units is running out of money to feed and board its six horses. police say the horses are more than good relations. they

to the northeast, around harford county, you folks getting a thunderstorm. it's going up route to 95. it will be in cecil county shortly. watch out for that down 95. another batch to the northwest of ocean city. if you're heading that way, look out for thunder and lightning. another cell across maryland, a bigger batch lined up all along the mountains. all the way down into virginia and portions of west virginia. i don't think we'll see that here but it's possible we have a chance of picking up an isolated shower, otherwise a quiet night but tomorrow looks like things will get active. >>> let's check in with sharon gibala. >> it's a quiet night on area roads and hoping that stay that way. two accidents, one on orchard road at richie highway. a second one at meadow veil road a pedestrian struck there. another one in the clearing stages. as far as drive time, there's your speed and your drive times. the topside is where we see any delay. 13 minutes between 18 and 45. there's a look at the topside at harford road. everything at full speed there. no issues on the

harford county still has horses in the roadway.headed down the street in glen arm. -- we have a downed tree in glen arm. 295 northbound 197 an accident on the shoulder. >> we are dealing with another humid day with afternoon thunderstorms. >> sandra shot is live on "live! with regis and kelly" that will

we've got that floosh flood warning until 7:00 in harford county. more heavy rain could be expected. stay tuned, pay attention and look out for standing water because then you end up on kim's traffic report. >>> looking on the bright side of things, traffic is moving nicely on a lot of our major highways as echeck on the beltway and liberty road. no real problems to let you know about there. keep in mind in howard county marriottsville road there is a downed tree that blocks both directions on the intersection this. southbound jfx an accident blocking the left lane. philadelphia road remains closed in both directions between route 543 and abingdon road. circle road at ruxton road closed due to flooding. >>> the late johnny cash used to sing the song how high's the water, mama, 2 feet high and raising. >> that's the song we're humming this morning. it is bad out there. linda so joins us to show us the exclusive video. >> reporter: it will take a lot more than a good song to make some people feel better today. for one baltimore county family, all of t

doppler radar shows this hour activity, pretty good rain along the chesapeake bay and harford county down to the inner harbor to the east and southeast of the inner harbor. a little thundershower in glen burnie. heavy thunderstorms south of the district of columbia. centered around clinton. prince george's county has a thunderstorm warning in effect through 1:00. this is producing a lightening strikes. 60 or 70 of them in the last hour. in denton there is thunder shower activity and thunderstorms. more activity will blossom in the afternoon. the tropical air is just waiting for an excuse to produce some rain. we could see the kind of stuff we had last night. temperatures have not moved much. we have not seen much sunshine break through the clouds. 75 at the airport, 76 in annapolis, 75 in middle river, 77 in stevensville. 77 at westminster. there is storm activity in bg county -- pg county. in cape maine, new jersey there are storms. strong storms in the atlantic ocean and around pittsburgh. now we're looking at danny. it's having a hard time getting its act together. it does not look

some of these might make it into baltimore and harford county for the next hour or two. for the west of us, far western portions of washington county. and around the eastern shore, one tiny little shower there. east of the region. it's very minor. we expect to see activity pop through the afternoon. and hopefully we'll see this moving in our direction. to give us more cooling showers. and at least give temporary relief to what we've seen the last couple of days. let's take a look around the region. it was significantly cooler today than it was yesterday. the dew point is a little higher at 72. makes it feel like 92 here. the hot spot, once again, ocean city, feels like 103 in washington. cool spot, oakland, about 81 is the way it feels. bernadette joins me now with the first look at the tropics. getting a little active. here it is, late in the season pretty much. >> it is very late in the season for this to be getting started. but we have a tropical depression. just off the coast here. small winds, 25 miles per hour sustained. but the thing is, it could become a tropical

he was convicted in june of shooting a harford county sheriff's deputy. the deputy was assisting the cecil county narcotics unit when they raided ratledge's home last december. the deputy was wearing a protective vest and suffered only a minor wound. ratledge was shot three times. >>> to video you'll only see on abc2 news. a baltimore city officer injured after she was rear-ended after sitting at a light this morning. it took place at wabash and northern parkway in northwest baltimore. the officer will be ok. no word if the driver will be charged. >>> our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill also got this video of a fire on oak hill street also in northwest baltimore. crews are investigating this house fire that started around midnight. we're told everybody inside made it out ok and are being helped now by neighborhood services. >>> the board of public works scheduled to vote today later on the $500 million in budget cuts. that is proposed by governor martin o'malley. he outlined the budget cuts yesterday in an effort to close a $740 million

we've got that flash flood warning through harford and cecil county. we've got tropical moisture coming from the upper level system. look how impressive that is coming off the gulf of mexico. that's giving us a tropical feed ahead of danny which is a rather weak storm. it passes well to the east of ocean city with minimal impact. this will be gusty winds and will be high surf. herve yea rainfall may come from the southern system out of the gulf as opposed to danny but either way we'll get hit with heavy rain leading into today and the weekend. flash flood watch with more storms likely 77 degrees. got a race in hunt valley tomorrow that creates a race. that is going to be a little bit of a wet one. we'll check the ocean city forecast in a couple of minutes. you can catch us online at abc2news.com. use our interactive radar. here is an example where we can track the latest lightning strikes, this particular one in hamp stead hit at 5:55. here's kim. >>> get your complete list of all of the road closures and incidents tweeted right to you. south bound 95

he's in the harford county detention center with no bond now. according to charging documents, smith struck loni talbot twice with a bat after his dad refused to let him spend the night at a friend's house. those close to him say the boy may have snapped because talbot made a threatening gesture with his fist. >> he's a good kid. he's never acted out like this before. i've known him for eight years. he's not this type of person. smith's stepfather has been arrested and charged with assault in a separate incident involving his daughter. >>> 6:34 now. here's a chance to save money if you want to fly. southwest airlines is now cutting fares and we're told some seats could sell for as low as $59 each way. but be warned, the lower prices don't cover many days around the thanksgiving/christmas holidays. tickets have to be purchased by september 3rd. >>> many of you are shopping for back-to-school supplies and clothes for children and many of you are saying that the kids are going to be heading back with less. >> i don't want to spend more than $20 on

in fact right now cecil county and harford county under a severe thunderstorm warning. now it looks like the track of this particular system will take it generally skirting it northeast of the baltimore area. but i'm not gonna be surprised if we hear a little bit of a rubble across areasville, bel air, into perry man. so all in all a little bit of rough weather crossing again the northeast corner of the state, also moving into the new arc area, up in delaware. there is a look at severe thunderstorm watches and warnings right now. just give you a little better idea here. through 7:15 in cecil county, through 7:30 in harford county, dangerous lightning, the potential for small hail with these and certainly dusty winds in excess of 50 miles per hour. these are fast moves, tracking at 45 miles per hour shooting down into the eastern shore and into feds. so it's gonna be a quick system that moves through. this will not be quite as quick. our heat advisory up tomorrow from noon to 10:00. a score cher of a day on tap for monday. if not hot enough today we expected it to be hot

of the beltway and east where we had that one thundershower develop in -- about joppatowne in harford county roll its way up 95 on in through cecil county. that was yesterday afternoon. otherwise looking at a dry setup. a little bit of patchy fog. the satellite and radar composite, a little bit deceiving in the early morning hours but essentially back here is where the cold front sits. ahead of it we have the warm flow of air coming up from the south. more showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. though it doesn't look very active right now. our forecast model indicating the fact that showers should generate lunchtime through about 2:00 in the western mountains of maryland on in through the nortrn suburbs of philadelphia, northern new jersey and new york. that line starts to fill back in, get a little more active as we head through the latter afternoon and evening hours and around the bay to the eastern shore we have the threat of showers continuing through this evening and overnight and tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. there's our timeline on the eastern shore. slowly trying to g

also a local storm pass through 9 -- 95 in harford county through aberdeen and cecil county. those areas may have the best chance of patchy fog in morning. otherwise what looks to be cloudy on the satellite imagery i think is trickery from the high humidity. but the clouds will roll in. sun this morning, this afternoon, better chance of thunderstorms developing with our two-degree guarantee high of 85. more on that in a bit. >>> 5:10. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> as we look at 695 and the bw parkway you see traffic is light and running smoothly in both the northbound and southbound lanes. however, we're still working that crash, bel air road at cotrington road. and the harbor tunnel southbound is closed, that will reopen because of an overnight construction project. two-way traffic gets by in the northbound tube. he -- elkton, route 279, bell hill road, all lanes blocked at this time because of a utility repair. and westbound northern parkway at falls road, there was a watermain break. that has been repaired. only one lane gets by this morning. looking

however, through the harford county area or 95 northbound, expect the off-ramp to be closed at riverside parkway. a crash at the exit ramp. and pasadena, cloverhill and gre grenada road closed at the intersection. use geneva as an alternate. and route 7 at creswell avenue is closed because of flooding. in dundalk, there's a fire at north point lane. avoid that if possible. fayette and st. paul street, no problems to let you know about there. here on the outer loop at 695 at liberty road, we have -- excuse me, 95 southbound headed through howard county towards the capitol beltway, traffic flowing freely at this time. back to you. >>> it's 6:30. it's bad. you see the reports for yourself every single morning on our air. >> today at noon people will leave their homes to make sure we understand their pain. sherrie johnson has more on our top story about a violence rally to stop it. >> reporter: good morning. it was another violent weekend in the city of baltimore and today community leaders are holding a rally to fight against crime. last sunday 18 people were shot in five different incident

may be more northern baltimore county. harford and carroll county. winds calm. humidity levels at 71 percent. pressure 29.86 and falling. looking at the almanac. high of 89. below 90. and we should be at 86 for this time of year. prescription a quarter of an inch at bwi thurgood marshall airport. and inner harbour, you know this is zero. nothing downtown. as we saw threatening clouds around us. but it looks like we are going to continue to see the chance for showers and thunderstorms off-and-on for the next couple of days. temperatures across the region. 83 degrees in new york. 74 harrisburg. 70 in pittsburg. slightly cooler northwest up around the great lakes. behind the frontal boundary bringing in a little cooler air. but not a big change. but we will see a break from the oppressive heat. which is good news. through the next several days. pop up showers and thunderstorms moving along the frontal boundary. but kind of, there is the remaining line, up there toward harrisburg. that will move down across the northeastern portion of the state. maybe cecil, harford

good time, but leave all this gang stuff at home. >> so far no arrests have been made. >>> in harford county, a 15- year-old remains in the county detention center after police say he attacked his stepfather with a baseball bat. according to charging documents, it happened after stan smith, junior was told he couldn't spend the night at a friend's house. smith's stepfather himself has since been arrested and charged with assault in an unrelated incident involving his daughter. >>> legendary jam band phish got back together earlier this year and went out on tour, much to the delight of fans in our area. the band decided to make a stop at mary weather post pavilion over the weekend. and fans property their reputation with them. 31 people in all were arrested, most on drug possession charges. police say four of the men charged were selling drugs out of an rv. it was seized along with various drugs and $12,000 in cash. >> i think that to see people selling drugs openly out of a vehicle like this is not common, but perhaps for this type of show or this type of crowd, that's not so unusual. and th

a vehicle accident in harford county. captain mike perry with more. >> hi, vic. we are in the 2700 block of rocks road, which is between rocks and fallston, harford county. apparently, a sport utility vehicle has overturned, trapping the driver for a short period of time. they are transporting him to a local ambulance. he is going to be going to shock trauma by maryland state police medivac helicopter, which is sitting nearby the scene here, just off the roadway. they do have rocks road, which is route 24, closed. in its entirety. in the 2700 block, as maryland state police helicopter remains on the scene. once the victim is transported, they should open the road within about an hour or so. so expect delays. >> thank you very much, captain mike perry. >>> tonight, we now know the name of a man found stab -- stabbed. 48-year-old andrew gene coaly was found slumped inside a ford explorer with stab wounds to the chest. he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where he later died from his injuries. >>> in anne arundel county, a family is disappointed to l

i think harford county. >> they are starting. >> baltimore city, baltimore county, and harford countypartners with baltimore county in this. you can get a $10 off any tree that you buy in one of these -- in the nurseries. if you come to bioview farms. >> and the state has put out a program called marylanders plant trees. that's a $30 off coupon. >> you need one coupon per tree. we ask you to fill that out so we can give that to the state and they can track how many trees are going up. >> we are going to be mapping the trees. we will have maps where the new trees are being planted. in addition to that, the city of baltimore gives away free trees, 1,000 trees in the spring and fall to any residential person. and we are starting a new program where we are working through neighborhood associations to give away free trees and reduced-priced trees. there are a lot of opportunities for residents in baltimore to get free trees. >> now is the prime time to think about putting those trees in. >> yes, october is a good month to plant trees, and late september. we don't want to do too much, but w

harford county, one in, white hall and norrisville road.ig reminder, if you use light rail, get an early start there. and we're taking a live look on the rights side of the screen. you can see break lights on the top of your screen. so don't be disseed there. looking good all the way into town. that's the 40 intersection where we're looking for alternates. this is brought to you by toyota. now over to manic monday. >>> we have a bunch of folks that make robots. the robotic productions are spectacular that the kids make. take it away, pal. >> reporter: so as we started to tell you before, everybody makes a robot, each school z and this is the wood lawn's entrip. and this is park hills too. >> we call our thunder bolt two. >> that is the 007 logo on your shirt. >> which is james bond. >> reporter: hi. >> hi. >> reporter: look how smart the kids are in parkville and they're going to high school at that young. this does what? it moves back and forward. >> and it picks the balls up. >> reporter: don't attack me, i'm warning you. it's early. >> e

. >>> in harford county, a 15-year-old remains in the county detention center after police say he attacked his stepdad with a baseball bat. according to charging documents it happened after stan smith jr. told he couldn't spend the night at a friend's house. so the stepfather himself has since been arrested and charged with assault in an unrelated incident involving his daughter. >>> bud hamilton is counting his blessings this morning. he was driving along putty hill avenue at the height of last night's storm and he watched as a tree came crashing down on his car. luckily the tree just missed the roof of his car but as you can see that is about all that was missed. >> a little sooner, a little further along i think i would have hit the roof and i would have really been in trouble. >> while the storm knocked out power to thousands of area homes authorities are trying to determine if lightning was the cause of a fire that happened in middle river. >>> if you park downtown you can't afford to miss this next story. soon you could be adding more to your meter. how much prices are expected to cl

flash floods in harford and cecil county until 6:30. we've had heavy rain push through the beltway that's now moving up to northeastern maryland. i want to show you across the area where we have the harbor school in owings mills. you saw lightning through your window last night? look at this. not an actual spoke here but we have a big flash in the sky. when you get that interference in the camera, that was lightning coming out. it looked like it was coming down a few shots per minute. 69 degrees with over 2 inches of rainfall from midnight. 1.3 inches at perry hall. we are checking out the listings showing the heavy rain back towards westminster again. we'll continue to watch this. there's lightning back there in carroll county. more on the forecast and danny coming up. here's kim with traffic. >> reporter: that earlier crash at the 895 split, the crash has been moved over to the right shoulder. the tunnels are checking in with no problems but lots of road closures. trees down and wires down in baltimore county. especially stevenson roa

harford and cecil county, upper 50s to near 60. in fact north harford middle is checking in at 57 degrees now in pylesville. the clouds and even the rain in southern maryland, at the bottom of the screen, that will stay to the south of baltimore but as we head in through the day, our mostly cloudy to partly sunny sky will only yield an afternoon temperatures of 73 and chance of rain once you cross the eastern shore, across the bay bridge. as we head through the morning let's check the roads and remind you there are more school buses out there. please be careful. >> definitely, especially if you're traveling through the residential areas, keep in mind the kids are walking to the bus stops so definitely use caution. in anne arundel county, route 50 at route 97, traffic moving nicely as you you make your way towards the capitol beltway and northbound 97 towards the baltimore beltway, no real problems. the tunnels are incident-free. if you're head downtown, utility work keeping some of the same roads closed, fayette between park and eut

it is pushing down toward that baltimore-harford county line there. the cool air rushing away from the storms has produced some gusty winds. expect some gusty winds and some heavy downpours as these storms moved through tonight. not just this evening, the chance for a thunderstorm will linger into the overnight. other areas are enjoying a dry day today. the temperatures dropped at westminster as the storms will through. -- as the storms rolled through. rather high numbers there, 94 in frederick. 93 downtown. scattered thunderstorms on insta-weather plus futurecast. even at 3:00 in the morning. overnight tonight, the risk of a storm will linger. 67 to 72 degrees. this is the cold front that will try to knock the temperatures back further. this front triggers the thunderstorms. tomorrow, some stores are going to pop up especially on the eastern shore. in northwest breeze on the day tomorrow. waves 1 foot or less. western maryland, thunderstorms again tomorrow. look for a thunderstorm with highs only in the 70's. temperatures continue to fall back to the

we were watching bigger storms to our north going through harford and cecil county yesterday evening but today only an isolated storm to break the heat. heat index will be close to 105 so be careful out there. 6:01. here's kim. >>> looking at the outer loop at liberty road. you can see we have building volume as you make your way towards the route 70 interchange. however, traffic is moving nicely at this hour. it's a little heavy for 6:01 a.m. but we're looking good as -- excuse me, east side of the beltway between whitemarsh boulevard and providence road. no problems to report there. downtown, if you're headed to charles street keep in mind that it's going to remain closed between west center street and rest reed street -- west reed street. and southbound 95 approaching rout 100 notice activity on the shoulder being reported as a medical call. near the lexington market, no problems to let you know about there. back to you. >>> the debate over how to reform the nation's health care system comes to baltimore tonight. maryland's junior senator ben cardin will host a town hall meeting t

email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com >> the school buses are moving in harford county today. >> you can always get more on the first days of school from our education reporter tim tooten on 11 news at 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. uncertain scans be creating too much radiation? >> we will get benefits and risks during pregnancy. >> major roadways are running smoothly so far. we will update you coming up. >> 76 degrees downtown. a mouse start again. the sun will be up half past the hour. -- tha mild start again. the sun will be up half past the hour. men 7's in the mountains of western maryland today. it's like to ask for it than this -- mid 70's in the mountains of western maryland today. there may be a slight chance of a thunderstorm. bill >> is in the medical alert, the number of ct scans has quadrupled since the past and is raising concerns about too much radiation. close to 7% had undergone -- 70% had undergone some sort of test. most scans to not pose a risk to the health of patients. some studies suggest that at least 2% of cancers are linked to this type of exposure. resear

. -- 895 southbound. 95 and harford county looking good out of the bel-air, at edgewood area. back to you hear it >> -- back to you. >> one couple damage the lives of many children. >> the couple is behind bars for distributing in promoting job pornography. our reporter joins us live from police headquarters with more details. >> this is one horrific story. these suspects are accused of actually participating in the sexual act that they take with the children that range in age from two-13. >> it is gross and indecent. there is no term other than a foul term to describe this. >> 34 year-old john nicklas and 26 year-old shannon honea were arrested. detectives confirmed that a child pornography was located in the home of the man in middle river. 15 days later, a search warrant was served of the home where police seized computers and several cd's and dvd's. it was not until after police used the material that they say the couple actually participated. >> our suspects are performing the child pornography sexual acts and filling it. they are disturbing it to other people. >> accordi

the majority are in baltimore county followed by baltimore city and harford county. we will continue to see that brett again later on this afternoon. the storms are moving -- continue to see that threat again later on this afternoon. the storms are moving through. a new round of showers and storms will develop this afternoon. with this heat and humidity, there is a chance of scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. the same thing goes for tomorrow. it is. to be a while before we see -- 76 degrees downtown. 83 degrees up toward the ocean city. a high pressure is in control. we are getting a lot of heat and humidity. we will take a look at hurricane bill in a minute. a lot of heat and humidity. the pattern will stick with us for at least 10 more days. -- two more days. harris hurricane bill. this is a very large storm right now. -- this is hurricane bill. this is a very large storm right now. category 3. warm and humid today here. 87 degrees-91 degrees. 85 and partly cloudy by lunchtime. status-thunderstorms for the afternoon and evening. -- scattered thunderstor

one from howard county and harford county. one was caught because some personal information was dumped along with his trash. >> then we found his prescriptions for niagarviagra. >> be careful what you dump and where. if you hire someone to call for you, they must be licensed. if not, you could get fined. to report illegal dumping, called 311. >> some people are trying a new approach to keep the bears out of their trash in their lawn. one bear spent some time in a puool. -- pool. some towns in the area are testing their resistance to trash barrels. a traffic officer is making the rest are more entertaining. she has a funky dance moves and entertains motorists. it helps to pass time and gets the attention of the drivers. she even puts a smile on some of the commuters in new york. that is no easy feat. >> we have heard the phrase, born with a silver spoon in his mouth. this will take it to a whole new level. these x-rays show what you can see when one person accidentally swallowed the whole spoon when he was trying to be moved a

the rain now is concentrated in northern anne arundel county, moving into harford county, and eventually cecil county. it is not a large area of showers. it is mostly rain. the thunder and lightning element of it isn't all that large. and it is moving on. there is more rain out to the west in west virginia, in garrett county, and the western portion of allegany county. today we will be dodging rain drops, and we'll talk about it with the insta-weather plus forecast in just a minute. >> police shot an attempted burglary suspect caught in the act. >> melissa carlson explains the strange twist in the story. >> it was 4:30 a.m. when officers in the 4700 block of garrison boulevard noticed an alarm at shon's food market. a spokesperson said officers investigated and found an alleged burglary in progress. >> on entering the convenience store a suspect, wearing a mask, lunged at police with a knife-life object. police fired one shot striking the subject in the head. >> a baltimore e.m.s. unit arrived and assessed the situation. >> from the assessment, they determined this patient was expired an

police have arrested a registered sex offender accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in harford county parikh paul townsend jr. be a woman while driving their from aberdeen to edgewood. the victims said johnson held her captive in a car while threatening to cut her. after a struggle she was able to finally escape. aberdeen police located the suspects' vehicle but he refused to stop. he was taken into custody after crashing the vehicle. maryland natural resources police have identified the man building a boating accident last night. richard john hanson died on the scene. a power boat and small aircraft collided. a pair of boaters rescued 40 dewey rd. john martins and 13 -- rescued 422-year-o-year-old john martins and his 13 year-old daughter. >> i took them on my boat after that. >> the two refused treatment. >> what a cool way to end the month of august and start of september. we will be in the 70's today and tomorrow. tomorrow there'll be more sunshine. the clouds are pausing to the east as high pressure overtakes the stalled out front. there is some light shower activity in ocean cit

poverty accident investigation in harford county help police -- a routine accident investigation in harford of burglaries. after investing a teenage driver and passengers involved in a crash, they found they had links to other vehicle thefts and burglaries. police arrested a 79-year-old and off at the accident and an accomplice -- 17-year-old involved in the accident an accomplice. >>> police say that back in june, this 30-year-old entered a chat room and had sexually explicit online conversations with an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl. a meeting was set up yesterday in the park and police were ready to make the arrest if convicted of soliciting a minor, he could face up to 10 years in prison. >> we are going to see cuts kick in again this afternoon. a little sunshine is out there right now. '80, '84, cooler than normal temperature range. this front paws to dissipate and washed out. a stall to our south. disturbance in the general vicinity. tonight, a slight chance the pop-up storm to hi. >> ♪ ♪ looking at her >> come on, sara. go ahead, hoda. ♪ love love love >> welcome ba

the inner loop right after harford road, that has the right lane blocked so use caution if you're traveling the beltway. also, we have some road closures in baltimore county, that is in the glen arm section, harford road at long green pike and factory road closed in both directions because of trees and wires down in the road. use plo bel air road as an alternate. and the harbor tunnel, emergency work. and pasadena, ritchie highway and route 10, traffic lights out and police are on the scene guiding traffic. jfx, no problems to let you know about in either direction. back to you. >>> 5:10. coming up nux -- practical parents gearing up for the school year but things are a little different this time around. >>> and check out the guns on this granny. wait until you see how she's breaking records. fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes too good. there is fiber. [ chuckle ] no. i can't taste the fiber in this chocolate. they have 35% of your daily value. hmm. oh, samples. hmm. autobahn. wackenschdol. fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. when a tornado tore rough holly, cado