also jop i can't, some fire department -- joppa some fire department activity. not dealing with any delays. gets live you a live view. 895 at o'donnell, things are running smoothly north and out of bound through the harbor tunnel. problem-free, fort mchenry. let's give you a live view in the area of liberty. west side looks good so far of the beltway. back to you. good morning. >> good morning. >> our big story, we now know the identity of the woman found inside a sewer in north baltimore on friday. >> police say a former boyfriend is behind bars, charged in the case. jennifer franciotti live at police headquarters with the details. >> good morning. police identified the victim elda vasquez. she was reported missing in january of 2008. according to charging documents, her former boyfriend, victor hernandez cruz is facing murder and assault charges. cruz and vasquez were involved in a relationship at the time and reports show she was granted a protectedive order against cruz just a month before she disappeared. her body was found in a man hole in the 500 block of

if you're going to be heading out, east joppa, some fire department activity. the volume that you see on the west side, 17 minutes creating that delay there because of the earlier construction. that's gone so hopefully that will filter out soon. 11 minutes on the outer loop. five minutes from the 895 split to the fort mchenry. i-70 look better than last check. a live view at frederick, where things are moving better also with that late-clearing construction. mindy and stan, back to you. >> thank you. our big story, police have identified the body of a woman found inside a sewer in north baltimore on friday. >> this morning a former boyfriend is behind bars, charged in the case. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti joins us from baltimore city police headquarters with more details. >> according to charging documents this victim was reported missing in howard county in january of 2008. according to a website her ex-boyfriend or one-time boyfriend has confessed to the killing. the body was found in the 5 hundred block of benninghaus road. charging documents identi

joppa is 48. same across the bay in chestertown.have a look at the satellite imagery, again, a few clouds passing through early this morning but the skies should turn mostly sunny this afternoon, albeit still chilly, below normal with a two-degree guaranteed high of 67 degrees. >>> 5:40 now. let's see what's happening on the roads. >>> traffic is running smoothly on the major roads. southbound 95 headed to the capitol beltway traffic is moving about with no problems. same on the bw parkway and on route 29. but in baltimore city we have a broken watermain break, that is on west 29th street between sisson and huntington drive. that intersection is closed. if you would like to get your traffic tweets tweeted directly to you, go to twitter.com/marylandtraffic. back to you. >>> we're coming up on 5:41. they could smell the smoke. >> and their instincts probably saved a woman's life overnight. >> they are being hailed at heroes. how two teens jumped>>> action when they heard the cries for help. show and tell you weren't always my favorite

we're also watching some continued fire activity at east joppa. otherwise, everything looking got at 83 at the beltway. no issues on the west side on the national pike or on the west side at i-70. for traffic information any time you can always log on to wjz.com. >>> braen storming as the obama administration decides to how to proceed in afghanistan. that discussion expected to take center stage following a deadly weekend in that region. here's the latest with wjz. . >> reporter: president obama's top advisors will meet twice this week in hopes of settling on a new game plan in afghanistan. onnings include scaling back, staying put or sending in more troops. >> i think it would be unfortunate if we just talked about troop strength. >> reporter: the top commander in the region says he needs more forces to get the job done. he's asked the president for another 40,000 troops to focus on protecting afgan civilians and taking on the taliban. >> give the general what he needs. you see, you have to have security in afghanistan, governance in afghanistan

and east joppa, some fire department activity. in terms of your drive times, look good. 11 minutes on the west side outer loop, same thing on the northeast outer loop. here's a live view of traffic this morning. west side running smoothly. we have some delays earlier because of some late-clearing construction. that's out of there. we're look much better. not dealing with any delays anywhere else. 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 vasque

we've got trinity lutheran school in joppa, 48 degrees. by the water, havre de grace, 50s. we have a seven-degree spread in harford county alone. most of us in the 40s to low 50s by the city and bay. we'll get up to 67 this afternoon for a two-degree guarantee with a lot more sunshine. >>> 6:00. 6:01 right now. always bringing you sunshine out there. here's kim brown. thank you. no accidents and no delays. that makes your thursday commute off to a fantastic start. as we look at 50 and 97 you see traffic starting to build a little in both directions as you make your way on 50 westbound headed to the capitol beltway. no problems there. same on northbound 97 headed to 695, that earlier construction project at new cut road has been picked up. traffic is moving along nicely but we have a watermain break in baltimore city, west 29th between sisson and huntington. it's a watermain break so avoid that area if possible. >>> two teens are getting hugs, pats on the back for what they did an hour into this new day. abc2 news linda so is here with the fire rescue story. >> when the teen

just about everywhere outside the city. 48 joppa. 45 monkton and westminster. 43 ellicott city.e clouds try to roll through over the last couple of hours but looks like a partly cloudy morning. range from 43 to 53 by the bay. we'll turn mostly sunny with a high of about 67 this afternoon. >>> lets check the roads with kim. >> no problems so far on the beltway and tunnels are looking good so far. but we have a broken watermain in baltimore city, west 29th street between sisson and

one in carney, joppa road at perring parkway.ded to the dc area just keep in mind there's still a crash working southbound on the bw parkway as you approach the beltway. that has things slow from route 198 on both bw parkway and 95. and we have another crash in rossville. middle river road at route 7. continues with a family secret. mackenzie phillips has told her story about her father. now, her sister, chynna, tells us what she really thinks. >>> plus, she shopped until she dropped, into the financial abyss, filing for bankruptcy twice. now, this insatiable shopaholic, says she's stopping the insanity. and you can, too. >>> and stop being so hard on yourself. funny lady, sherri shepherd, is here, giving yourself permission funny lady, sherri shepherd, is here, giving yourself permission to give yourself a break. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> all right. all right. this is the way thursday should always be. good morning, everybody. >> it is thursday, october 1st. rabbit, rabbit. thanks for being with us. along with the boys,

back to joppa at 47. and 45 degrees right now in monkton. overall though, we're looking at a few clouds trying to pass through the region. even some patchy fog in some of the locales near the reservoirs, if you're traveling over 140, reisterstown road heading into carroll county and liberty reservoir, maybe even by loch raven you have fog to deal with. otherwise, a setup with more sunshine expected. today's two-degree guarantee still below normal though at 67. we will warm up a little by the weekend. let's check the roads with kim. >> 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 infor

at philadelphia road and joppa farm road, a few delays, an accident clearing there..f.x. just out of the beltway, starting to slow up. this is backing of traffic on southbound 795. at general site, an accident there. biggest ally on the west side outer loop. liberty road, that is your west side delay. we will switch over to a live view of the northeast side at harford road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the weather is nice and quiet on this monday morning. temperatures in the upper 40's and the were 50's. mostly sunny skies. pleasant conditions. high temperature range from 67 to 72 degrees. low 50s in the city. we will see a few chance for showers tuesday and into wednesday morning high temperatures in the low 70's. >> our next live update >>> 8:00 now on this monday morning, october 5th, 2009. a cool fall morning here in midtown manhattan. we have stepped out on to rockefeller plaza to say hi to all the fine folks starting their week with us. i'm meredith vieira, along with ann curry who's in for matt this morning. and mr. roker, of course. we started a

we do have a crash also on joppa road at perring parkway. you're heading back to the parkway on that area heading toward the south, you will find a lot of cars outer loop lanes. it finally eases up a little bit moving up toward pikeville. that is where you're going to find a glimmer of hope. heading on the west side at liberty road. it goes back down again. from liberty reading toward 70, the outer loop lanes, those cars are creeping long there and it's the same case heading down toward catonsville. that's a look at the morning commute, patrice and megan, let's turn it over to you on. >>> still to come, it's a lifelong commitment. >> i will get the gun. >> we have a gun? >> no, of course not. >>> we go behind the scenes of till death. >>> 1, 2, 3, now 4, 5, 6. >> this is dance class not math class. >>> and next, it's time to step it up. see if i'm up to >>> it started in chicago and made its way up to baltimore. for this year's up to the challenge i got an e-mail about trying the latest craze. i thought, what the heck, if i don't get it, my