joel d smith is live this morning.t way every morning and i knew it was going to be there after that rain. >> reporter: definitely. something is going to be there. i come the same way as patrice and we are used to seeing water on the shoulder, but today a lot more than that. all the way out to almost the last lane. if you look at the video it was almost to the left lane. just that left lane getting through because there's so much standing water there. that's why the bottleneck begins there and goes yo all the way bk an exit 1/2. you will have to do that because of all of the rain coming down overnight causing the standing water in a traditional spot and a lot more than we're used to seeing. if you're on the right lane getting off at the cold spring lane which is the usual thing to do, less than a quarter of a mile to away. you have to get to the left to get around it. you are so quickly get over to the right, a challenge if you get off of cold spring lane. maybe at falls road, that is the best bet. if you're coming thi

joel d smith is live on the phone with more on what is happening out there.ood morning, joel. >> reporter: it happened at 1:15 in the morning, hillen road and false hill drive. there's a fire near an electrical pole power line got hit and then it took out all of the power going to the pumping station right here. that is in effec affects close 0 people. including government businesses. in particular they're worried about hospitals right now. they're asking people in towson area to try to conserve whatever water is left in their pipes to try to get as much as possible to the hospitals that need water. this could last throughout the day. 2 had bee200,000 people withoutr until 4:00 and another four hours after that until it gets to the houses. it happened at 1:15 and unfortunately they haven't been able to get it back on. conservation is the key. if you have any questions of the water may affect you. a hot line (410)887-5454 number for all the latest on this water situation now inson. asking t you to conserve 200,000 people without water. we will have an update f

joel d smith is live where current governor is launching his campaign. >> reporter: this is the spot where current governor martin o'malley is going to relaunch his campaign. it starts with a special tour called moving maryland forward visiting three major cities, columbia, and glen burnie to name a few. this comes on the heels of the poll that shows that things have very close, maybe a virtual dead heat as the rasmussen. this comes as recently poll, that was done in february, that one had a 6 point spread. right now it's half of that and within the margin of error of a dead heat. back then the marginner o margir was 6 points. it was because ehrlich was officially entered the race before it was suspected that he would. this race will remain close all the way through november whether the candidates like it or not. >> i'm hoping very much that this doesn't turn into a personal bashing campaign, you know, i did better than you as governor. >> people don't want that and if governor o'malley and governor ehrlich shook hands and said we are not going to do anything, it still will be dirty

joel d smith is live in ellicott city with more on what we can expect relief. this isn't the news people want to hear early in the morning,

joel d smith is live at northeast baltimore with the incentives available right now. right now is the key word but get your hands on it as soon as possible. >> reporter: i mean before the end of the weekend the way it's going in should other states. we heard that in illinois it took 8 hours before all the money was gone. that was allotted by the department of energy and i think we're hearing yesterday somebody also ran out early. here to tell us more about appliance we have dean landers. good morning. >> exciting times but busy time. >> no doubt. >> reporter: what was state that ran out quickly. >> massachusetts, two hours. >> reporter: two hours because there's only certain ants of money. >> certain amounts of money and they allot different amounts for the energy star projects. >> in maryland if you apply with a refrigerator that is 55% over the rating. and on washers, if you hit a tier 3 washer which is all the front load washers, you qualify for an extra $100 over and above

joel d smith is live in churchton this morning with that part of the story. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. it's not necessarily the number but way this is coming about. some the guys out there don't necessarily agree with, but they know this is the way it's going to happen. we are here with captain bob, evans right now and he has his shop here and we have some the guys that we're talking about. look at that beautiful color right there. good stuff. captain bob, what do you think about the study and how they got though these numbers. >> the study they do it every year. the crabs from what they can see are up. i think it's a cycle type of thing, you know. >> reporter: something is going to happen anyway, but they just got to it by making sure it happened. >> exactly, right. >> reporter: when did you get these guys here? >> yesterday. >> reporter: how many pots did you do it. >> i put out 700 crab pots. >> reporter: you have been doing it for 40 years. >> 40 years. >> reporter: can you tell what kind of season it's going to be in. >> you c

that is where joel d smith now with more on opening day. exactly has to happen between thousand and that 3:05 pitch, joel. >> reporter: we have a lot of things that are going to happen here. we have a band pumped up. you know on the field, that's the red carpet for the oscars, here for the orioles they have the orange carpet. the guys are going to come in from center field. we will have opening first pitches from the legends. >> they kickoff the 1970 world series celebration. >> reporter: 40 years and they're back. we have monica with all of the answers. what is different this year in stands if we notice anything. >> all of the seats on the seating board are new this year. they have been replaced. all of the fans are going to notice that the rose designation has been changed from letters to numbers to make it easier to know how far you are from the field or the front of the section. >> reporter: not too much. >> cup holders and just trying to improve things here on the park. also on our club level, we have made some improvements as well add

joel d smith is live there.loser to the ground. >> reporter: we are closer to the ground with the people. and they're quite grounded. very excited as well. we have the family here. introduce everybody here. >>this is my wife michelle, my john jonah and my daughter sydney. >> reporter: are they excited? >> yes. >> reporter: explain to me about the savings. >> when we were looking at solar we were trying to get off the grid and save us some money, it's going to save us 50% of our electric bill. >> reporter: you are going to explain how it works here sydney? >> the sun refrents off the refr panels and goes into the house to make electricity. >> reporter: pretty smart. we have a lot of sun out there don't we? >> yeah. >> reporter: is it cool to have these? >> it's pretty cool. >> reporter: he is excited about it, as well as the family. you're going to have the govern here today, that is pretty cool. is the governor trained to do this do you think? >> i don't know. i'm sure that they have given him everything he need

joel d smith is live in northeast baltimore with more on the deal and how much you can save. good morning, joel, are we talking about big bucks here. >> reporter: we're talking $50 and up to $100 in some cases and up to $300 depending on what you're rig to get. you got to be quick, in massachusetts that started yesterday they were done in two hours. 56,000 people got online and got the money back. it could go fast. you think you could be done today? >> i do. certainly by the weekend. >> reporter: and what are people telling you when they're coming in about what they want to get and how interested are they? >> maryland for appliances is only on washers and refrigerators. the money on refrigerators is only $50 and washers is up to $100. it's not a significant amount of money but they have been waiting to take advantage of the program. >> reporter: what can you tell people. when they see that it's going this fast, they want to get the rebate but you can't guarantee it will be there. >> this is whoever posts marks this first is one that is going to win the dollars back. >> reporte

joel d smith is live in ellicott city with more on what we can expect relief. this isn't the news people want to hear early in the morning, joel. >> reporter: no, but you shouldn't be too surprised. around this time they seem to go up and everywhere it's about the same price here at the shell station. we're not trying to indict this particular pump. $2.86 for unleaded. that is we are seeing everywhere. it's going to go up, but not get to $4, maybe $3 in the next few months. don't get hung on this. day-to-day things are changing. it may come down again soon before it goes up. gasoline supplies are near 17 month highs, well a off bof the 5 year average. that means that prices should come out. oil prices rise when the dollar weakens compared to the world's other major currencies. because they seek out commodities as better ininvestments. u.s. consumption remains weak so supply is still high and demand has to catch up. >> crude oil is trading at $87 a barrel highest level in the last 18 months. by midweek, last week, prices did start to decline for crude oil which h

joel d smith is live with more. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we're live at carlie court in wood lawn where in a few hours there will be the chesapeake bay crews. trying to find any clues about the disappearance of 24 years old sahri reagan. she was last seen six weeks ago. we are talking about february 21st when she went to catonsville to meet someone near route 40 and rolling road. they are not sure exactly who. she has not been seen since. she has a her name tattooed on her neck. police say so far leads have been very hard to come by. >> detectives do not have a whole lot to work with. she went missing on the 24th when she left her house. she went in the woodlawn area of baltimore county near route 40 and rolling road and she vanished. >> reporter: anyone with information on her whereabouts could be eligible for a reward of up to $4,500. all you have to do is call metro crime stoppers at 1866-7-lock up if you have anymore information. they will get here around 8:00, the wooded area bind m behind me area that they are checking. 40 cadets along

. >> joel d. smith action fox 45 news at 5:30. >> a woman is dead after a stabbing in annapolis. it happened around 2:30. police arrived and took the woman to the medical center where she was pronounced dead. this is the first homicide of the year in anindianapolis. police are investigating with a shopping that happened around 1:30 along north point road. investigators say 2 men were walking down the street when one man shot the other. the victim was taken to hopkins bayview. no word on his condition. police are still searching for the suspect. testimony continues in the attempted murder trial of lamont davis. accused of shooting 2 people in july. the most seriously injured, a 5-year-old girl shot in the head. the other victims took the stand. >> the 17-year-old who was struck is in custody at that juvenile facility out of state. he was shot in the warm. today he was brought from pittsburgh to take the stand here in baltimore. he watched footage captured by a blue light camera of the ordeal. wheel he told jurors he saw the person who shot him, he never idea resident arsis the gun

joel d smith is live at fells point this morning with the details. and we put this question on facebook and a loot of interesting responses. no one seems to belief this joel. >> reporter: hard to belief but they say it could happen. i took the polar bear plunge last year. i have been called very brave when it comes to wear. take a look at the water, i don't think i can get in there anytime soon. it's hard to imagine that. the group called the water partnership say it's been done and they can do it here. a 10 year plan to clean up the harbor. how? one the ideas is to create floating wetlands that will help filter the poluted water, reoxygen iced it and pull it out. the big obstacle to achieving all of this is money as usual. the clean up could end up costing hundreds of millions of dollars at a time when the city is facing a huge deficit. we went to the inner harbor and started people what d asking peo you think of this water. >> it's fine. >> it is really bad. it has high bacterial count that is off the gage of what is acceptable. so it is very, bad.