. >> for the next 750 days, anyone who uses straw street near johns hopkins university will have to make some changes -- charles street near johns hopkins university will have to make some changes to their commutes. an earlier look shows some of the road closures and detours as part of phase one of the project. these are small headaches compared to what is in store. there are four phases total. phase two is when you see the traffic is most impacted. the goal is to improve pedestrian safety and traffic flow in the area. he will expect to see a wider road and pedestrian and bicycle lanes. >> your insta-weather-plus podcast -- forecast -- >> chilly this morning and comfortable during the afternoon. changes are on the way. there is some shower activity in parts of western maryland. very light, a few sprinkles associated with this. there is much more sitting of to our south and west. there are some -- there is some thunderstorm activity into parts of the gulf coast region. the storm will be dragging quite a bit of moisture into the mid- atlantic. a slow-moving storm tracking west of the mount

sheldon joins us live from johns hopkins university. >> we are about a month away from the election. a lot of voters we talked to seem to be passionate about both candidates. you'll remember from the 2008 election that college-aged voters were energized and excited headed into the election. based on the conversation we have had here, the same seems to be happening this year. >> the dining hall, it is never this fall. i think everyone is really excited for the election and the debate progressed more than seven it lasted as piled into the dining hall in the johns hopkins campus to watch governor romney and president obama. >> what is the mood on campus heading into the election? >> it is are more excited than usual about politics. a lot of times, political awareness is not evident right now, people are very excited about obama and ronnie going head-to-head. >> the party was hosted by the college democrats in college republicans club. it allows it to see were candidates stand on the issue that mattered to them. >> mitt romney and paul ryan can bring a healthy economy and sustainable bud

as runner travel, mccullough will be closed to green spring avenue, route will pass johns hopkins university and travel around lake montebello , the final stretch will travel through patterson park, down to canton, where portions of boston will be closed. the runners will cross the line at mt bank stadium. parking restrictions will go in to effect at midnight. for a list of all of the marathon road closures, go to abc2news.com. i'm loren cook, that's your abc 2 time saver traffic report. >>> i'm chief meteorologist here live at the maryland zoo in baltimore. it's a treasure, a maryland treasure that it's easy to forget about when it's here in the backyard. we are near the elephant exhibit. as we zoom in, that's dolly or ana, one of the female elephants here in the mid-30s, and again, just an awesome scene out here. there are several big elephants at the exhibit, we will show you more as we go through the news. have you nited it's cooled down a little bit today? let's show you the temperatures, they have been falling off from the 60s now through the 50s. you can see most of the numbers closer

. >> new york city mayor and john hopkins university graduate michael blumberg was in baltimore tonight to rally for the civil marriage protection act. the mayor said that for him, there are many reasons to support same-sex marriage. >> we are just a few days away from making history in maryland. until every vote is cast, we have to do everything we can to make sure we are successful. >> that includes the maryland mayor it called the endorsement from the york city mayor michael bloomberg who made the trip to baltimore to stand along with mayor stephanie rawlings like in the honor martin o'malley in support of question 6 on the november ballot. >> all of us believe along with the glory -- growing majority of americans that welcoming a couples to the rights and responsibilities of marriage is the right thing to do. >> with great gratitude, we thank you for everything you've done for our city and for our state. thank you for your generosity in stepping up and being such a great supporter and leader on this issue here. >> he called a marriage is civil-rights issue and talk about the economi

. >> we aim to part of a johns hopkins university and develop stakeholders to get an idea of what is important to the city in terms of violence. >> citizens on patrol groups like this one in federal hill are doing their part to help. >> both want to get together and show unified front, that we do care about safety in this neighborhood. but citizens on patrol has been around for many years now. to find that you can get involved, contact the city police department. sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> tonight some leaders in the jewish community are pushing for voters to back question 6, the same sex marriage law. rabbi that other prominent figures talk about the importance of jewish ethics and moral values, which they say mandate that everyone be treated fairly under the law. but when two people choose to marry, whether they are gay or straight, they do so because they love each other. they share common values. they believe in a future that will be better if they commit to one another. >> they touched on the nation's commitment to religious freedom, which they believe is up held by cres

it will pass john hopkins university. the final stretch will travel through patterson park, down to canton. the runners will cross that finish line at m&t bank stadium. for a come complete -- for a complete list of all road closures go tobc2news.com. >>> there's still time to sign up for komen maryland race for the cure. wmar is proud to sponsor. proceeds help marylanders fight breast cancer. sign up at abc2news.com/think pink. >>> firefighters in annapolis are breaking breast cancer awareness month by wearing pink t-shirts. that's leading to a bit of a problem at city hall. medics and firefighters are selling those shirts. the $12 they get goes to the breast cancer research fund. the city says they're breaking the law because they haven't registered to solicit money. >> we think we've done nothing wrong. we're not out for hassle, trying to create controversy. we're out trying to raise money for persons that may have breast cancer. >> no citations has been issued and the mayor says he will waive the $35 fee if the fill ou

on the phone from johns hopkins university in maryland seth the assistant professor for the department of geography and engineering. thank you for being with us. i know you developed a model to predict which areas will have the most power out nls. what did you find from that? >> when we ran our modaal with t the latest track update from last night impacts from northern virginia up through new jersey like you said and they'll extend quite a was in inland. >> i know you have been studying the relationship between hurricanes and power failures for seven years now. as you look at the model that you're viewing now, what is your biggest concern with this storm? >> well, it's going to impact a pretty large area with a high population density. a lot of people out, which is going to cause difficulty getting power restored because a lot of need for repair crews and utilities will have to get those in place beforehand. some of the outages will be pretty prolonged. >> do you think seven to ten days is, in fact, accurate? >> that seems like a pretty reasonable estimate given the impacts and the wid

today companies are expected to attend they include verizon, johns hopkins university, and the aspen group just to name a few. >>> well, there's a special event at the national aquarium today. the bee more for healthy babies program will be celebrating families. today more programs will help reduce infant mortality and build healthier families is going to be announced. also feature free tours of the aquarium. >>> call him a beltway baby. >> a pregnant woman was on the way to the hospital to give birth and then things don't always work out as planned. her son couldn't wait to join us all. they are trained for situations like this one. when testifyny queen and her -- tiffany queen and her partner arrived on the beltway, they are contractions were -- her contractions were just two minutes apart. >> we got our ob kit ready. prepared the mother for the delivery. baby came out. it was very smooth delivery. father was present in the back of the ambulance and it was is very emotional experience and out came a little baby boy. >> all right, pretty emotional for tiffany queen too. this was the

companies are expected to attend include verizon, johns hopkins university and the aspen group. >>> baltimore over control of the edgar allan poe house to the museum. so over the next year what is this going to mean? it's going to mean they will work with the newly reestablished nonprofit to craft a plan to make the poe house self-sufficient. after that, the nonprofit will take over the operation. the city's spending panel approved the deal and will pay the railroad museum $180,000. it's expected to reopen sometime next year. >>> the successful be more for healthy babies program will be celebrating healthy families at the national aquarium in baltimore. now baltimore marks two years of the decreased infant mortality rate. today, more programs will help reduce infant mortality and help build healthier families. that will also be announced this event will be taking place it's going to feature free tours of the aquarium for families. >>> a new twist on the 695. >> the outer loop became a makeshift delivery room. this was yesterday morning. can you believe this? the parents, they were on their wa

kiones and his crossing the border and becoming a brain surgeon that saved people's lives at johns hopkins university. and those are my long range goals. language access and easing legalization. immediately, i hope we have to make the community more accessible and welcome the immigrants and not afraid to talk about the important issues. and i'll give you copies of the things i'm leaving out. >> thank you, commissioner haile. next we have haregu gaime. >>> thank you, chair kim and supervisors. my name is haregu gaime and i'm an immigrant in the united states who lives in san francisco now. i've been on the commission for two years now. and for the most part in the last two years i feel [speaker not understood]. commissioner haile worked here prior to me, spoke of all the work that's being done. and i feel like we're leading up to what this commission is capable of and i've been getting exposed by going to the different districts that [speaker not understood] the city of san francisco has, one of them being your district, actually, last month, chair kim. and one of the things that i'm learning is how m

kiones and his crossing the border and becoming a brain surgeon that saved people's lives at johns hopkins university. and those are my long range goals. language access and easing legalization. immediately, i hope we have to make the community more accessible and welcome the immigrants and not afraid to talk about the important issues. and i'll give you copies of the things i'm leaving out. >> thank you, commissioner haile. next we have haregu gaime.

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. >> new york mayor and john's hopkins university graduate michael bloomberg stood along with mayor stephaniengs-blake and governor o'malley in support of the same-sex marriage act. >> we are a few days away from making history in maryland and until every vote is cast we have to do everything we can to make sure we are successful. >> and that includes an endorsement from new york city mayor michael bloomberg who stood with rawlings-blake and o'malley. >> i think all of us believe that welcoming committed gay couples to the rights and responsibilities of marriage is the right thing to do. >> with great gratitude, mayor bloomberg, we thank you for everything you've done for our city and our state and your generosity in stepping up and being a great supporter and leader in this issue. >> bloomberg called gay marriage a civil rights issue and talked about the economic impact of the marriage equality law in new york, pointing out that more than 8,000 gay and lesbian couple couples have been married in new york city since may of last year. >> we've calculated that same-sex marriage has generated mo

. >> new york mayor and john's hopkins university graduate michael bloomberg was in baltimore last night rally for marriage equality in the states. bloomberg stood alongside mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and governor o'malley in support of question 6 on the ballot. bloomberg says supporting marriage equality a civil rights issue and the right thing to do. >> when two people commit their lives to each other, testify -- government has noerate to stand in their way. >> the latest polling numbers show a majority of voters in the state support marriage equality want to feel like a winner? the maryland lottery will join us with hot 5 scratch-off tickets. >> reduce the impact hurricane sandy can have on household finances. some of the documents you need to secure. >> dr. kim hammond is here to answer pet questions. you can email your questions to >> welcome back, it's time for the lottery hot 5. good morning. you have raven scratch-offs with us and five points about the scratch-offs. >> the hot five is the hot five about ravens fantasy, the top five points we want to talk about. first, it's a

that stat coming to us from johns hopkins university. a sustained power outage between seven and ten days. maybe up to two weeks that people will be without power. a lot of fears and concerns. we're three day ace way. this thing hasn't even made landfall yet. >> there's no telling if something could happen. but that whole seven to ten days without power, that makes me wonder if there will be mass exodus from some areas. >> just to push this ahead, we'll have better numbers and a better idea of what the national hurricane center is predicting at 11:00. >> all right, thank you, nick. >>> he is a member of the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. but graham nash is using his voice for more than singing. supporting the soldier accused of passing classified documents to wikileaks. well, nash is joining us live. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your

. >> a john's hopkins university study estimates 5 to 7.5 million k through 12 students miss one school out of every 10. maryland, where the rate is 11% is, one of six states tracking the issue. >> it's a hidden problem, like bacteria in a hospital that creates havoc. >> repeated absences of most common in kindergarten and in high school and low income students are more likely to miss class, often due to transportation and health issues or because they have to work or take care of family members. >> we have to go the extra mile. we are texting parents now. the school system itself is texting principals and saying there are a large number of students absent from your rolls. >> baltimore schools use robo calls to alert parents about absences. social workers talk to families when students are missing too many days of class and students are being rewarded for good attendance, like this elementary school. >> who is excited to come to school every day? >> which won a field trip, a grant and a visit from the mayor. >> elementary school! >> elementary school! >> we won! >> we won! >> he was pre

science at baltimore hebrew university and a visiting professor of political science at johns hopkins university. he has been a consultant to the u.s. department of state and central intelligence agency and he is the author of four books, soviet foreign-policy and also the editor and has been the editor of 14 books on israel and middle eastern policy. and then our third speaker will be dr. stephen blank the strategic study institutes expert on soviet lock and post-soviet world since 1989. he is the editor of imperial decline in russia's changing position in asia and coeditor of the soviet military in the future, and the last speaker is dr. ariel cohen my colleague at heritage who is the senior fellow for russia studies and has been often called to testify on russian and former soviet politics, economics with u.s. congress and regularly provides commentary on these issues through numerous media outlets both domestically and across the globe. i believe we have the right people here to discuss the topic which i didn't come up with the title so i can say it's clever. how russia helps us thought as t

and professing political science at johns hopkins university.he has been a consultant to both the u.s. department of state and the central intelligence agency and he is the author of four books on soviet foreign policy and is also the editor of 14 of israel and middle eastern policy. and then our third speaker will be docked or stephen blank. he is a strategic study institute expert on soviet bloc and post-soviet world since 1989. he is the editor of imperial decline cannot russia's changing position in asia and coeditor of the soviet military in the future. and he will come in the last speaker, my colleague here at heritage of the senior research fellow for russian and eurasian studies. ariel has often been called to testify in russian and formal politics, economics amount before the u.s. congress and rave glory provides commentary on these issues through numerous media outlets, both domestically and across the globe. so i believe we have the right people here to discuss the topic, which i didn't come up with the title, so i can say is clever a

the university of richmond and johns hopkins were the top schools in virginia and maryland. yea! at least something about our area, right? >>> now, if it's a job that you're looking for, though, one high-tech firm is among the fastest growing companies in the area. they've hired hundreds of new employees and plans to hire more. tracee wilkins takes a look at the thriving office in a space that's anything but average. >> so the concept here is, we've taken 100,000 square foot warehouse and we built a town inside of it. >> vokus provides an unusual work environment. >> as you go by the barbershop here, this is actually a conference room. >> it also has a candy store, a coffee shop and a main hallway better known as main street. that's where you'll find the community college. >> this is where we do a lot of our training. >> but the look of this marketing software firm isn't the only unusual thing. in a sluggish economy, this public company had 15% growth this year, and $170 million in revenue. and it's in prince george's. the county trailing surrounding counties and high-tech firms.

johns hopkins. assistant professor, american university. adjunct professor, yale. dr. ruth hamilton allen. killed this morning in reston. she was 68 years old. it happened at her mother's house here on geddys course where they say a family meeting turned into a case of murder. police say the victim's brother, charles hamilton, shot and killed his sister dr. allen and they say their mother, 91-year-old marian hamilton was there. and that she was the one who called the police to the scene. charles hamilton transported away and later charged in the murder. dr. allen, they say, had come to the house on geddys court to discuss a family matter when she was shot. all of this police activity drew a number of neighbors to the scene. >> i've never heard of anything happening like this before in this area. it is a sad situation. >> reporter: now dr. allen lived a couple miles away in this reston home where friends and family stopped by throughout the day to offer condolences to her husband. >> ruth is a great neighbor. i mean, we've been here since '98. and really enjoyed being our neighbor. it is a

johns hopkins. assistant professor american university. ajupgt professor, yale. dr. ruth hamilton allen. killed this morning in reston. she was 68 years old. it happened at her mother's house here on geddys court where they say a family meeting turned into a case of murder. police say the victim's brother, charles hamilton, shot and killed his sister dr. allen, and they say their mother, 91-year-old marian hamilton was there. and that she was the one who called the police to the scene. charles hamilton transported away and later charged in the murder. dr. allen, they say, had come to the house on geddys court to discuss a family matter when she was shot. all of this police activity drew a number of neighbors to the scene. >> i've never heard of anything happening like this before in this area. it's a sad situation. >> reporter: now dr. allen lived a couple miles away in this reston home where friends and family stopped by throughout the day to offer condolences to her husband. >> ruth is a great neighbor. i mean, we've been here since '98. and really enjoyed being our neighbor. this is t

of political science at baltimore hebrew university and visiting professor of science at johns hopkins university. he has been a consultant to both the u.s. department of state and the central intelligence agency, and he is the author of four books on soviet foreign policy and is also the editor, has been the editor of 14 books on israel and middle eastern policy. and then our third speaker will be dr. stephen blank, he is the strategic study institute's expert on soviet bloc and post-soviet world since 1989. he is the editor of imperial decline: russia's changing position in asia and co-editor of "the soviet military in the future." and he will -- the last speaker is dr. ariel cohen, my colleague here at heritage, who is the senior research fellow for russian and eurasian studies. ariel has often been called upon to testify on russian and former soviet politics, economics and law before the u.s. congress and regularly provides commentary on these issues through numerous media outlets both domestically and across the globe. so i believe we have the right people here to discuss the topic which i d

he was, served with the gat during the uruguay round, he's taught at harvard university's kennedy school and johns hopkinschool for international studies. he holds a doctorate in philosophy from oxford. melanie hart's a policy adviser for chinese energy and climate policy at the center for american progress. she's also worked on qualcomm's asia pacific business development team, she was a project consultant for the aspen institute. she's worked on chinese domestic and foreign policies for the scowcroft group. let's see, and also for the university of california institute on global conflict and cooperation, and she's also worked as a chinese english translator. melanie has a ph.d. in political science from the university of california san diego. and finally, derek scissors is senior research fellow for economics and heritage foundation's asian studies center. he's an adjunct professor at george washington university where he teaches a course on the chinese economy. before joining heritage in 2008, derek was at intelligence research, a global consulting firm. he has a master's degree from the university of

executive director of undergraduate admissions at the university of michigan, ellen kim, the director of undergraduate admissions at johns hopkinsrning to all of you. bottom line, a very distinguished panel here this morning. >> good morning, savannah. >> great questions that our viewers sent in, but let's start with the basic question to you, ellen what. has changed in the last oh, i guess 20 years or so when a lot of parents were applying to college and now? >> i guess the biggest difference is the amount of information that's accessible to students. i think a lot of universities have put a lot of information online on their websites and hold a lot of events across the country so information can be very successful now without even having to make the visit to campus. >> there's so many students, and i think what most kids want to know, and i'll put this to you, doug, what to do to really make the application stand out. >> i think the best information i would give is to be authentic and describe who you are and let us understand what you want. don't write to us and tell us who you are because we're building a community, not fill

from johns hopkins, but i can get employment in my field, african history, because most universities silently prefer either a woman or an african- american candidate to teach my expertise. so affirmative action is not going to be the justice we seek. it is time to stop it because people like myself can never benefit from that system. it is always going to be a matter of black and white, and i basically agree with the previous caller, chad, that it should be in come-based. if you already have these subsidies, do not keep milking the cash cow. you have to keep talking about past injustices. this country is the first on the planet earth. it is time to quit subsidizing people who are just too smart to milk the system. host: what is your background? caller: i am asian. i'm a historian but cannot get full time employment in my field, especially because it is african history. host: karen in houston, texas. good morning. democratic column. caller: my daughters went to the university of texas in austin, before the 10% rule. the school district is very diverse, across pretty much the state dem

university, and has written articles in our journal and his articles been his articles principles popular that we've ever published. then it's like to go to jocelyn, who is senior visiting professor at johns hopkins, where she co-directs global policy initiatives also the director of the initial research program called islam in the west at harvard university where she splits her time. she's a political scientist from the french national center for scientific research, she has written several books about islam, globalization and democratization. and secularism. and arthur speaker will be nathaniel kern, also a friend of the middle east policy council. president of foreign reports, provide incisive reports about middle eastern political and economic issues, particularly oil, particularly in the gulf. you can find some of his reports on our website, almost weekly? >> monthly. >> monthly. and i believe was the first foreign student to attend the university in saudi arabia. university of riyadh. spent a year there. and then the fourth speaker is paul pillar, who spent 28 years in the u.s. intelligence community and had many high ranking positions in it, including executive director, director for the c