the harrisburg expressway looks good southbound from the maryland line down to the beltway. northbound 97 pass cranfield's boulevard, there's an accident there. -- banfield boulevard. let's switch to the northwest corner at the green spring. no problems there. the the j.f.x. looks good. back to you. >> thank you. our big story, baltimore police need help identifying a rape suspect. >> the forced his way inside a home in a west baltimore neighborhood, attacked and raped the victim while her children or home. jennifer franciotti has more. >> police say the suspect best in the victim's head and raped her at knifepoint. it happened on september 23 and early morning hours on franklin street. this is a sketch of what police believe the suspect looks like. in his early 20's, 5 1/7, slim build. "g-force" his way into the 30 year-old woman at 2:20 in the morning. they characterized him as being rootless. the children were in the house at the time of the rape. >> detectives are hoping anybody with information regarding the incident can give them a call. >> police said the victim does

no problems on the harrisburg expressway and the tunnels are checking in incident-free as well. we have a road closure in baltimore city. because of a watermain break at west 29th street between sisson and huntington. just avoid that area if possible. looking for a business you know you can trust? let your better business bureau do the work for you. log on to abc2news.com/bbb for more information. back to you. >>> it's great to go to new york city and see the empire state building lit up for an occasion, right? take a look at this. it's lit up for the communist colors of china to celebrate the 60th anniversary of communist rule in china. guess what? people are upset. the group human rights watch wrote a note to the management expressing disappointment with the decision. the owners of the empire state building released a statement reading the empire state building celebrates many cultures and causes in the world community with iconic lightings. >>> for most of us a trip to the hospital just a car ride away but for one sailor the coast guard needed to be called. the sailor was sta

. >> traffic moving smoothly on both directions of the harrisburg expressway as you 3r0e67 the beltway. no problems as you hit the 695 -- we have heavy vog on the west side between -- volume on the west side between liberty road and baltimore national pike. only real incident, a watermain break in the city, west 29th street between sisson and huntington. that has the intersection closed. looking for a business you know you can trust? let your better business bureau do the work for you. you can always find more information at abc2news.com/bbb. back to you. >>> 6:31. baltimore county politician have two people in custody in connection with a murder of a 74-year-old man. the body of david weeks was found in his home in rosedale this past friday. now a man and woman have been renting the room for him, they are the ones accused of killing him. police say that weeks had planned to have the couple evicted on friday. a relative found his body in the home. >> he's gone. we can't just come over and say, hey, what's up? how's your day going? just having him being gone is hard. oh, yeah. >> the re

the harrisburg expressway, no problems. no problems on the j.f.x.. looks easy. that is the latest. let's get the latest on the buses and trains from kurt kroncke of the mta. >> good morning. we have a delay. 870 running 11 minutes late. light rail looking good. buses as well. a few construction diversions including the 15 bus at saratoga and green. why put unnecessary miles on your car? call for schedule information. i'm kurt kroncke. back to sandra shaw. >> have a great weekend. for the majority of the weekend to the weather will be nice. we have to get through the next 24 hours or so. the reason is clear. an intense light showers and storms extending from the great lakes through the ohio valley and even down to the deep south is as all lina squall line. we will see temperatures in the 70's. the next chance of showers enters the forecast by the early evening tonight. let's talk about the temperatures. 57 downtown, 55 and marshall, considerably milder than the last several days. 64 degrees in ocean city on the beach. the upper elevations in western maryland will see the rain sooner

we can give you a live view of traffic on the harrisburg expressway just north of the beltway and moving freely from the maryland line all the way down. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. good morning. >> thank you. our big story, a man suspected. strangling his girlfriend and then stuffing her body down a man shoal in police custody. >> with that arrest, police hope to close a nearly year-long investigation into the woman's disappearance. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti live at city police headquarters with the story. good morning. >> good morning. police have identified the victim as being 28-year-old yealed vasquez. she was -- elda vasquez. according to charging documents, her then 40-year-old boyfriend, victor hernandez cruz, now facing murder and assault charges in connection with her death. cruz and vasquez had been involved in a relationship at the time. a report showed she was granted a protective order against him. that happened just a month before she disappeared. her body was found in the 500 block of benninghaus road last week. charging documents show a

. >> if you're traveling southbound on the harrisburg expressway you have pretty much a smooth ride betweenhe pennsylvania state line and the beltway here. the southbound lanes are going to be on the lefthand side of the screen. traffic moving pretty smoothly. no problems at the tunnels. 695 checking in clean so far, but we have a crash on 95 southbound approaching whitemarsh boulevard an overturned vehicle takes away the left lane. traffic gets by pretty smoothly to the right. keep that in mind. as justin mentioned we'll have winds picking up later in the morning so wind warnings posted at the key and bay bridges. our friends that drive tractor-trailers, definitely use caution there. looking at the jfx -- this is actually downtown, mlk and fayette street, traffic looks great downtown. back to you. >>> the head of the chicago public schools about to try a controversial new plan to fight the violence plaguing city youth. what is the plan? well, chicago ceo ron huberman says they are going to spend millions of federal dollars on less than 3% of all the school children. many kids living in chi

southbound on the harrisburg expressway is checking in with no problems as we look here, this is a view just north of 695. you see traffic moving along nicely there. no problems to let you know about on the jfx either. around the beltway, checking in pretty clean as well but we have an issue on southbound 95 approaching whitemarsh boulevard. we have an overturned vehicle that is blocking the left lane. traffic does get by pretty smoothly to the right so just keep it in mind as you make your way south this morning. two wind warnings at the bay and key bridges. that affects high-sided vehicles. if you have a tractor-trailer or truck just be advised about that. downtown at mlk and fayette street. traffic quiet making your way towards 395 this morning. back to you. >>> new at 5:30 -- a powerful typhoon slammed into japan causing widespread damage as well as flooding. this storm hit the country's mainland early this morning. with strong winds and heavy rain. which has flooded roads, homes, toppled trees as well as power lines. heavily damaged some buildings as well. emergency officials say t

. >>> no problems to let you know about so far on the harrisburg expressway as you make your way towards the beltway. on the northeast corner at harford road you see traffic is moving smoothly in both directions of 695. however, we have a watermain break in baltimore city, at west 29th street between sisson and huntington. that intersection is closed as a result. and two construction projects, northbound 97 at new cut road. the two left lanes remain closed at this time. same on northbound 95 approaching the beltway. the two left lanes are closed for overnight construction projects but they will be wrapping up in the hour. back to you. >>> from fire rescues in east baltimore to the box. the man who didn't hesitate when a little boy needed help to escape from this burning building. >>> a father and his little boy planned to do some fishing in texas but reeled in a creature -- you won't believe this. we'll be right back. fresh express... <. you s ...and when it's not fresh express. at fresh express, we harvest everÑo úw the peak ofno, ...then capture that natural goodness for salads so cons

right now, 56 degrees in baltimore. 56 in harrisburg. 60 in new york and a chilly in the upper 40s already 47 in pittsburg. and 48 degrees in cleveland. so on the surface map. there is the cold front that pushed through the region today. brought the blustery winds. that is about going out to the atlantic. and high pressure system builds in nicely for the daytime for tomorrow. very sunny and dry day. but temperatures are going to struggle to reach the 70-degree mark for tomorrow. and even in the evening hours, for tomorrow, right around 7:00, beautiful sunset. and clear skies again. thursday night to friday. but you can see another system, another stronger cold front, that is starting to organize itself in the ohio valley. friday morning, at 6 a.m., dry. and western portions of maryland could see rain showers, but more or less the bigger system will move in to our area late fly friday night to morning hours saturday, is the best shot for rain showers. saturday 8 p.m. to the west. moving in late friday to early saturday. strong cold front and drops down the temperatures for the weekend. enjo

same on the southbound of the harrisburg expressway and the tunnels are checking in without incident.ave a watermain break in baltimore city that has west 29th street between sisson and huntington closed at this time. just try to avoid that area if possible. again, you can follow me on twitter. i'm trying to get up to 300 followers. twitter.com/marylandtraffic. back to you. >>> we're nine minutes away from the top of the hour. the ravens passed two quizzes and the san diego project. now comes the real test. the ravens play the new england patriots sunday at 1:00. let's go to owings mills to see the ravens getting ready. >> i'm obviously there amongst the, you know, greatest franchises of any sport. when you win three super bowls, three championships in any sport you're considered a dynasty. >> taylor has been able to run. he gets it again and pounds it in! hardly touched. >> there's always something about it. that's where you measure where your program is. because they are such a great team. they have a great coach and they are very fundamentally sound. >> we're just going in there, h

here is a live view of traffic on the harrisburg expressed by north of the beltway. no problems to report. that is the latest. over to you. >> thank you. taking a look at some of our top stories. rescue efforts continue in indonesia because of the earthquake that occurred there. thousands are set to be trapped under collapsed buildings throughout the province. tuesday. officials say 190 people were -- 120 people work killed by the quake in the tsunami that followed. an earthquake strike indonesia today. thousand people. the captain sully reunited with a co-worker on a flight that left this morning. he is responsible for the miracle on the hudson. >> bank of america ceo ken lewis will be retiring from the top job and leaving the bank's board of directors as well. he has been under harsh criticism since the acquisition of merrill lynch on january 1. his departure is said to have no impact on an investigation. some bad news saturn of motives. altogether. to find other gm dealers to service their vehicle. current owners will have to find other gm dealers to service their

in harrisburg. 46 in pittsburg. some of the areas back to the west, over pennsylvania, west virginia and then in ohio, including garrett county in maryland. under a frost advisory with temperatures dropping down to the lower 40s, upper 30s. but around central portion of the state. looks like the temperatures will only drop down to the mid 50s and we will see those mid 50s, lower upper 40s, that is, as we continue to see the cooler air come in from the northwest. cooler temperatures across the area. but we will see a warm up as we go down the road. high pressure starts to slide in and helps to bring in warm temperatures from the northwest. closer look at the clouds breaking union. back west few clouds. over western maryland and also pennsylvania. but looks like that will start to clear up by tomorrow morning. on the future scan. you can see that sunshine is out through much of the day. looks like a decent day. cool note. with temperatures in the lower 70s. but we will continue to see the changing of the winds from th

we did events in harrisburg where they were tried to shout as down in travel are rights to free speech. we were not intimidated. we were not intimidated. [applause] i want you to think about this. here is what is at stake on card check. we were all in the open. we had fellow activists like you with us. we were going to be ok. we had the police there as well its things got crazy. we were going to be ok. we were not going to be intimidated. go to a factory to floor. where one individual worker that is where the intimidation will occur. it will come to the working mom or that data or the individual trying to make it fresh out of school and they will intimidate them. they will go and pressure them and they can go to their homes and back to them to sign this. -- and badger them to sign this. what is about is the one person on the floor of the prison -- of the business somewhere. we will not let it happen. we're going to win on card check. [applause] the assaults on the economic freedoms are coming from all directions. have you seen that advertisements for michael moore's new film? capitalis

temperatures in the lower to mid 50s. 46 in harrisburg. 53 in new york city. 52 back towards cleveland. continue to see cooler air nudging in but we have warmer temperatures making the way across the northwest. west of under nap police, warm front heading our way. so that continues to push our direction into tomorrow afternoon. and then also by saturday. bumping the temperatures into the mid upper 70s. ahead of the warm front will be showers. even a few embedded thunderstorms there. you can see the rain that is moving across northern indiana ft. wayne, west of toledo ohio. columbus and dayton getting rain right now. and continue to see it progress our direction. especially by saturday morning to saturday afternoon. looking at the showers pushing through. as far as the hd ray dar right now. see it coming >> few showers over west virginia but that is west of us overnight. winds shifting out of the south and helps our temperatures increase through the next couple of days. and in fact, on the future scan, shows the clouds starting to build in through the afternoon. so starting out with sun

seven i-295 and i-70 are easing up with the exception of this one southbound on the harrisburg expressthe beltway. your drive time is 40 minutes on the outer loop and 13 minutes as you make your way towards 83. here is a live view of traffic at harford road. that delay is gone and that is good news. this is a live view of the west side where there is a little slowing. we are doing pretty well overall this morning. >> we're looking at some clouds out there. it will be mostly cloudy today and mild right now. the temperature has risen to 60 degrees but we will be in the 70's today and a better chance of showers after midnight through tomorrow morning. it will then clear and we will see some on sunday. >> thanks for joining us. we'll have another update at 8:55. ♪ >>> 8:30 now on this friday morning, october 2nd, 2009. our plaza packed with a sea of mariah carey fans. and folks, it will not be too much longer. an entire half hour of music just moments away. and a lot of these people have been here all night, and i don't think that they can wait much longer. >> they'll just have to wait a c

your tapping the breaks as well the spot -- the southbound harrisburg expressway. 19 minutes to get fromown to 95 on the outer loop. five minutes on southbound 95 from the 895 split towards fort mchenry. over to the west side, also backing down. >> gorgeous sky conditions there. 44 at the airport. 45 around easton. sunshine will warm us up into the mid-60's. nice start to the month of october. sun setting at 6:49. seven-day forecast shows a slight chance of showers tomorrow evening. chance of showers early saturday before we clear out for the second half of the weekend. >> you can check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. traffic information. ♪ >>> 8:00 now on this thursday morning, october 1st, 2009. that song, mariah carey says, "we belong together" and tomorrow she belongs to our plaza crowd because she's going to be here for a live concert. i'm meredith vieira along with matt lauer and al roker, and i'm feeling self-conscious. i'm all dressed one gloves and you guys -- >> i think i'm on the cusp of coats. >> thinking about it. >> thinking about that ti

. >> as we look at the harrisburg expressway just north of the beltway you can see traffic moving alonges on the lefthand side. that is pretty good approaching the beltway. however, the jfx, delayed from 695 through to the 41st street bridge so keep that in mind. we have several accidents in the area. one in milford mill, windsor boulevard at lord baltimore drive. that earlier crash we had in rossville, that southbound 95 approaching the beltway, that has been cleared to the left shoulder but the delays are till very long and slow from harford county. a new crash to report in severn, westbound dorsey road at connelly drive. we'll be right back with "good morning maryland" in 90 seconds and that's how verizon fios works. any questions? so will the tv in my house look that amazing? yep. fios has 100% fiber optics straight to your home. and i get $150 back when i switch to fios? that's correct. i got a question, i got a question. is anybody here buying this? read it and weep pal. switch to fios now and get $150 back. unlike cable, fios delivers 100% true fiber optics straight to your home.

time i spoke with morgan was at 2:00 saturday when she called me after she arri arrived safely in harrisburg where she hooked up with her friends and they drove with one of the friends to the concert in charlottesville. >> okay. what do the friends know, what story are they telling? >> well, you know, the friends really don't have a lot of information, either. you know, morgan was with them and then got separated, you know, from what i understand, she went to the rest room and they then got a call from morgan that she was outside the arena and the -- because of the rules of the arena they would not let morgan back in and so morgan's last phone message was to her friends who drove letting her know that she was outside and -- but they really don't know what happened after that. and, you know, don't really know why morgan stepped out of the are arena. >> was she distraught? i mean, obviously she was upset because she couldn't get back in the concert but did the friend say anything other than that, out of the ordinary at that point she was outside the arena? noimplts. no. she was excited about t

as you look further points west, 46 up in harrisburg, in pittsburgh 39, and it's the case for the western part of maryland. look for temperatures to climb to 61 degrees by the noon hour. 62 is the temperature that we expect -- to get at 6:00 p.m. after getting to the high of only 68 or 69 degrees again for midday. let's see what is happening on the roadways right now with candace dold. she has the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. and good morning. if yo you're heading out in baltimore city, you need to know about a new incident, it's a broken watermain that klut compy shuts down a street. the main lines there's no problems to talk about. southbound jfx from 695 to the downtown region, right now we're only looking at a 15-minute trip. 695 in the city at the fort mchenry tunnel, it starts to pick up a bit on the 95 stretch. right now we're looking at an 11 minute clip, so far it's only going to build from here. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. >>> candace, thank you. 6:03 on fox 45 morning news. >>> a day after a young girl dies from swine flu