lauren, good morning to you. steve.the roads so far as we check in and take a look at the northwest portion ffthe bbltwaa, here at north oak road. if you are using the outer loop ride from 795 to 95 with an %-hourrhoor it will remain clear from 95 tt 83, that stretch s going to take you 11 minutes. there you're looking at an average speed of 54 miles per hour. nothing to repprt from whitemarsh boulevard to the baltimmre way. you're lookkng the a 4-minute trip from 55 miles er hour. that's the traffic edge report. patrice, back to you. >>> thank you, lauren. 5:29 on fox 45 early edition. believe it or not, one grouuú says the recession is over. in fact, the national bureaa of economic research says it's bben over forrmonths in. megan gilliland is live now with more on what any of you have to say about that news. good morning, megan. >> reporter: gooo morning, patrice. the nntional bureau of economic %-started in decembbr of 2007, d inned in ppst junn.ú that maaes it the longest ecoc

here is lauren cooke with a checc on the traffic. lauren. >> reporter: thank you, steve. while we do have delays to tte marc trainnservice. we want to be aware hat the train is runniig slow. 20 minutes late due to a disabled freight train. here is a shot at 395 and you will notice nothing to get in %-all will be clear if you are traveling through the tunnels from the fort mchenry toll plaza to beltway, you're looking if you're traveling from the toll tunnel, a high-speed of 52 miles per hour. no problems to report on the northeast corridor of 95, from whitemarsh to the bellway, you're looking at a 4-minute trip froo 65 miles per hour.

lauren cooke has the traffic edge.uren, we are already talking about fog, certaintyy >> reporter: we are dealing with a ton of fog this morning. do not expect rrducee visibility. it's going to be the worst in3 carroll county and in baltimore county. we doohave an accident at tannytown at the francis key highway. watch out for a road thaa is on the road at route 97 at 9 96 dem u.s. road. it's going to be extremely foggy if you're traveling in this vicinity, fortunately no dellys, just reddced speeds if you can, and be eetra careful as you head out this morningg live look at liberty road where everything issup to speed, but very foggy in his icinity.3 you're looking at an 11-minute ride from 795 to 95. ii will get worse as we make our way to parrville. here is our way to harford road, we are dealing with a lot of reduced visibility. you want to be careful as youú patrice, bbck to you. >>> 6:033on ox 45 morning neww. recent studies show it is as %-in he chesapeake bay coold be slushed flushed away. today he environmental

lauren cooke is here with the %-lauren, good morning.ge. >> reporter: good morning, steve.we do have problems in north baltimore, a two-alarm fire has you do want to stick with rooand avenue as an alternate route. %-the alternate route, there's volume but everyyhing is up to speed on the inner and outer loop. yoo're look ago the an 11-mmnute ride from 95, to 83, with an average speed of 55 miles per hour. all is clear from the mchenry -unnel toll to tte beltway, you're looking at an 11-minute ride from the harbor tunnel toll to 95, yoo'reelooking at a speed of 55 miles per hour. that's the traffic edge report. patrice, back to you. ,3 >>> we are following a developing story this morning.3 a two alarm fire rips hrough a home in north baltimore overnight injuring one person. ttere were 6 people inside the home on northern parkway when the fire broke outtaround 2:300thii morning. everyone escaped, incluuing one3 -umped out of a second storyhe window. >>> fire justtbroke out in one of the bedrooms upstairs. theemom of the house had toojum3 out of the attic window. ddd anddone o

lauren cooke. she has the traffic edge, too. lauren. >> reporter: thank you, steee.utility poll that we haae had been dealing has been cleared earlier an expected. it's now oppn at annapolis road. %-interstate 70 as you make your %-looking at high speeds atre libbrty road as we check in and take a live look. you will notice cars are moving along the inner and outer loop just fine. that will be the same ase if parkville. here is a live look at harford road. it will be an eass drive as you make your way toward towson. norrheast corridor of 95, a shot north of the beltway. you can see month prrblems to report. yyu're loo!! looking at a 4-mint ride. and nothing to get in your way here is a live look at warrenn3 it's wide open. you're looking at a 5-minute ride from shawan road to 695. back to yyu. >>> thank you, lauren. the ravens open the seaaon on the national stage. how they fared against the jets on monday night football. >> i initially enlisted when i was 19 years old. >> after years of servinn hiss3 coontry, he is asking to serve the public again. what this man and

i am here with lauren sevant. she is so hot the sun wears lauren sevant block. and a first time guest, john philips, the host of "the john philips show" after john philips in los angeles. he knows talking bike i know stalking. it is true, i am outside chet's window every night. and bill shultz, he stinks of sausage and pornography. and next to me, mike baker, former cia operative and the president of diligence. he is so tough leather jackets wear him to look cool. and his op-ed page is filled with rage. it is our new york times cory spawnent did. good to see you, pinch. >> check out the op-ed. shut up, let me finish. discussing how madonna is the ultimate feminist. personally i think she is a harlet with a side order of tramp. >> good job there, champ. mahmoud was rude and didn't even get booed. he was reportedly greeted with some applause when he entered the u.n general assembly on thursday, and applauded again even after claiming most people believe the u.s. government was behind the attack on 9/11. we weren't, right? president obama responded calling the crac

cookee lauren. make the push toward thh beltway. there's another accident at harford county on 95 that you wwnt to watch out for. it's right along the southbound lanes at oute 155 in the area. do expect slow speeds as you make your way to wheat whitemar. -s you checkkin and take a live look, it's going to be a slow ride, you're looking at a 12-minute trip from whitemarsh as we hop on to he beltway, here is a look at the parkville area. we are dealing with a bittof congestion along thh outer loop at harford road. it will remain slow as we make the push toward the providence road..3 here at liberty road, ou will notice not as much congession along the outer loops. but you're still looking at a 15-minute trip from 795 to 95..3 we are dealing with another accident that you want to watch out for aaong the westbound lanes of route 100 there at routt 299. that's your traffic edge report. megan, back to you. >>> thanks, lauren. coming up ggt great meea for half the price. how you can get your hands on a din

%-lauren cooke who here with the traffic edge. lauren. >> reeorter: thank you, -teve. traveling on the beltway, expect newwdelays due to a crash. from the beltway.sh has cleared you will notice quite a bit of congestion. this is going to be 97 attroute 100 looking prettyyrainy in this viciiity as well. you want to watch out for reeuced visibilitt and look at 12 miles per hour allng the outer loop in that area. it will be a very slow ride. problems in howard county where we're dealing with a crrsh where a milk truck overturned shutting down interstate 70 at columbia pike at the patapsco iver bridgg. traffic is being diverted to th3 southbound lanes f route 29. it's shutdown 1 souttbound lane at mountain road. we're ddaliig with quite a bit offflooding in baltimore county. two feet of water on the road on -oute 40 aatebenezer road and problems as we make our way to middle iier. eastern boulevard is shutdown due to flooding. you want to stick as an alternate. ppoblems persist as we make our way to dundalk. you o want to stick with north point boulevard as an alternate. me

lauren? traffic, right. lauren with the traffic. >>>you got it. >> thank you so much.3 well, if you are travel ago cross the key bridge it morning, you do want to expect slow speedssdue to an accident on th3 innerrloop. all lanes have re-opennd but3 it's going to be very slow. traffic will be jammed to the3 toll plaza. no delays to talk about from 95 tt 83, that stretch will take looking at an average speed of 54 miles per hour. all is ccear traveling through the tunnels from the toll mcmen henny tunnel toll to thee3 beltway. ú%om thh harbor tunnel toll to trip. that'ssthe traffii edge report. patrice, back to you. >>> unofficially, greg bernstein is tte new city state's %--ight now numberssshow him wih a narrow 2% leed over incumbent patricia jessamy. again, those results are still unofficial. the election's board has not yet declared bernstein the winner. megan gillilanddis live from the war memorial where jessamy is expected to meet with her staff this morning. if those numbers don't chang

let's check in with lauren cooke. lauren. steve.g with a seriiuss3 accident in howard county. %-tractor trailer ann it's blocking two westbound lanes of interstate 97. no delays traveling east, it will be an easy ride from columbia pike as you make yyur way to the beltway. at liberty road, as we check in we take a live look, a little bit of volume but everything is up o speed. it will be clear as we travel up %-an 11-minute ride along outer loop from 95 to 83. as you make your way toward we're dealing with an accident on 95 at harford county. it's going at aberdeen on tte southbound lanes at route 22. we are looking at a 50 miles per hour traveling souuh at whitemarsh boulevard. that's the traffic edge report, patrice, back to you. >>> thank you, lauree. >>> foxes all new comedy line up has hit the small screen. think you're as unny as fox. if you are, then you can laugh all the way to theebank. our website. you can win valuable prizes. we will pick thhee winners on friday. up for grabs, a ton of great stuff, including a slide hd ca

now let's see hat is appening on the roadways with lauren cooke. >> lauren,. >>> thank you steve, thehe beltway at oll court road. things will be moving back pretty slow..3 you want to expect congestion traveling on 95 as well. it's going to be backed up all way to the top.úú%if you're tray in parkville, ere is a live look at harford road. you can ee things are moving along okay. a little bit of congestion along the outer loop as you make the push toward providence road. %-been dealing all morninn hast cleared in mmddle river. the car that ccashed into someone's yard has been cleared no delays in the area. meganngilliland will bring you a live update from the scene in just a moment. >>> if you're traveling in west baltimore the row home that collaased in oak field avenue remainn shutdown at norfolkúú%a. for those of you traveling in howard county ww do have a fallen utility poll that continues to shutdown old frederick road at mmrrrotsville road. we dd have an accident on the easttound lanes of interstate 70 at woodbine road that you want to watch out for. that's the ttaffic edge.%pat

right now lauren ccoke as tte traffii edge. lauren. >> reporter: thhak you, steve.leer herr north of the chesapeake, youucan find it hasú been coofined to the shoulder.3 you want to sticc with route 44 as an alternate route.ú we are dealing with a bii of congestion on beltway moving through parkville. do exxect a that stretch is going to take you 20 minutes there. it will remain heavy as we head west from 775 to 95. you're looking at an 20 minute trip. %-you're traveling on thenue if nnrtheaat corridor of 95, fromú the whitemarshhto the beltway, you're lookinn at a 20-minute trip with an average speed of 20 miles per hour. thats th!!thaa's the ttaffic ed. paarice and megan, bbck to you. >>> here are the stories ww are following thissmorning. is found murdered in her room and police say anooher patieet susan sachs as found dead in her bed. authorities say she was illed by 46 years old taylor. both had been placed at the state hospital after being found not criminally responsible for a murder. >>> a tooson rugby layer is laid to rest, but questions still remain about

right now lauren cooke is here lauren. >> reporter: thank you, steve.'re looking at hhgh speeds on many of our main lines. if you're traveling n 83, %-per hour raveling south atús warrrn road. we will remain clear all the way down to the beltway. as we check in and take a live look at 695, you ill nntice no -ibertyyroad.eport here at ú-it will remain clear if you're traveling from 95 to 83. thht stretch is gging to taking you 11 minutes, there you'reú looking at an average speed off3 55 miles per hour. nooproblems to reporr on the northeass corridor of 99, from whitemarsh to the beltway, you're looking at a 4-minute 55 miles per hour. that's a look at the traffic edge. -ack to you. >>> 6:02 on fox 45 morning news. bed bugs are nvading homes all across our region. they have become so widesprrad in baltimooe that the city health department is holding a meeting today. good morning, megan. ú%mentsswe're liv!!.we're live l where latee these steps will be infesteddby residenns ho are concerned about bed bugs. they are holding the first f the series of ublic m

lauren cooke is here with the traffic edge.ou, steve. ú% yoo're traveling in harford county, do you what no want to t for an disabled tractor traiier. a tow truck has arrived. it shoold clear pretty soon. if you're using 95 in the area, we're looking at high speeds traveling southbound on oppa road. no problems to report whatsoever, the southbound lanes will remain clear as youumake the push toward the beltway. if you're traveling 695, all is ú%ear in the parkville area. here is a look at harford road, where you can see cars moving just fine. you make an easy ride. as for the beltway, a look at liberty road. you're looking at an 11-minute ride to 95. froo 695 all the way downtown to tunnels you're looking at an 8-minute ride through the fort mchenry tu introducing the samsung fascinate powered by verizon. super amoled screen. six-axis 3d gaming and access to thousands of free apps. all in one ultra-thin package. you want it, we got it. the samsung fascinate. only at verizon. >>> a city bar owner takes the stand in the trial whe

here is lauren cooke with the trafffc edge, lauren. >> reporter: hankkyou, steve.lanes at northern parkway. take falls oad to get back on the northern parkway to the jfx. if youuare traveling the west sidd of the beltway, do expect -low speeds. here is a live look at liberty road where speeds are clocking in at 23 miles per hour along outer loop. it will be slow from 795 to 95. as for theebeltway in parkville, here is a look and unfortunately tte congestion will cootinue as you make the push toward providence road. we are dealing with an accident watch out for at bossily avenueo at york road and trouble in %-dealing wiih a truck fire at route 91 at bloom road. an accident invvlving an road at halter right at brown ú% >>> it is friday and that means %-to sound off on anything thats you want. we have been asking au all morninggto let us know what is on yourrmind for our facebook feedback segment. we heard a lot from you. anthony wrote and said i'm still at shock of thh chaos that happened at john hopkins to put ooher people at riskk the circumstances about the suspec

(sfx: coach's whistle) "the car coach" - lauren fix. >> in case your car repair shop hasn't noticed -r repair decision sf shifting. auto service plus is one auto repair shop that has geared their business to earn women's respect. sfx: shifting. 'cause when it comes to car repair, it's women who are in the driver's seat. announcer >> auto service plus. service you can trust. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is a wbal-tv 11 news update. >> it looks like the brain will be with us off and on through the evening. it will come in waves. otherwise, cloudy and cool. a little bit warmer on tuesday. the-to-upper-70's. still a chance for >>> yeah, what's your favorite subject? >> math. >> that's my worse subject. i was horrible in math. >> that's al going back to elementary school. it's part of "today's" week long look at education in america. tomorrow on "today," we'll see what al learned when he hit the books with the pint-sizeded set. so how was it? it's great to go back, suspect? >> yes, but in a sense, you realize how much smarter they are "today." . >> and even what they're learning, it

here is lauren cooke with the foggy looking traffic edge. lauren?are dealing with a llt of fog this morning. you want to be aware of reeuced visibility as you head ut this morninn. yyu are traveling on 95 at whitemarsh. watch out for aacar fire as you3 apppoach on route 43.3 as you take a look at the beltway, no problems to report, causing the northbound and southbound lanes just fineet usiig the beltwwy, here issa live look at harford road. where you will see it's goinggto be very, very foggy..3 ú% extra careful as you headdout this morningg no roblems to report on the west sidee where you are look at an 11--inute ride. and if you're traveling on thhú harrisburg expressway, nothing to get in your way on warren -oad. nothing here, it's going to be very, very foggy. be very carefuu aa yoo heaa out thhs morning. no problems to report on 83 otthr than all of that fog. that's the raffic edge report,3 patrice, back to you. >>> thank you, lauren.ú -p>>> still ahead, more people filing for unemployment. the surprise jump in jobless claims. >>> i was -- whe

lauren cookeehas the traffic ú%ge.3 >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we're ddaling with a hectic commute. the rain is taking its toll. if youuare traveling in baltimore county, watch out for flooding admiile river and in south baltimore things only get west..3 west pataasco avenue will bbe3 ssutdown at 895. emily gracie is live at fells point where we are dealing with a significant amount of flooding adds well. she will give you n update in a few minutes. we are dealiig with a crash at %-avenue, as we take a live loo, it'ss locking thrre lanes, do expect delays if youuareful %-way to the top, we are dealinn with another crash that is with if you're traveling in hoowrd county, we're dealing with a crash that has shutdown the eastbound lanes of interstate 70 and the patapsco river bridge. as an alternate. and trouble in harford county, where we are dealing with a crash at havre de grace. >>> the lawrence say good buy to onguide!oodbye toone >>when money ii tight, many people are forced to cut back. perhaps to cancel y

letts see where lauren cooke is3 now.e traffic edgee lauren. >> steve, you crack me up every single morning. for many of you in baltimore county yoo are waking up to storm damage. we are dealing with several fallee trees in mon ii monkton. you want to stick withhharford road as an alternate route. anothee fallen tree is going to hicks road instead. another own industry at wesley chapel road. so sttck with route 138. if you're traveling the harrisburg expressway, we're looking at 61 miles per hour along the southbound lanes at york road. no problems to report on the %-where roads are movinn justoa. fine. sheehere is a look at liberty r, we're dealinn with several acccdents in addition toothat storm daaage. watch out for a crash at the howard baltiiore county line at tte patapsco river bridge and another accident along the southbound lanes of route 295 just as you approach inte ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] the best way to tell how great you look is in your jeans. drop a jean size in two weeks with the special k challenge™ and e

lauren cooke has the answer with the trafffc edde. lauren.ny of you in baltimore county are wakinn up to storm damage. we dealing with many fallen trees in monkkon. fortunnteelee one hallyone has m and another on wesley chapel road at girding road so you want to stick with route 138 insttad. expressway, nothing to get in it's wide open. this will be the same case if you are travvling the northeast corridor of 95, from the whitemarsh to the beltway, you're lookinggat a 4-minute trip, all is clear traveling through the tunnels rom the toll mchenry tunnel toll to the beltway. and from the hhrbor tunnel toll 295 that, will take you 9 minutes,,there's n average speed of 25 miles per hour. that's the traffii eege..3 >> reporter: . patrice, back tpatrice, back toú %--aw brings new consumerth care protections, help that kicks in today. %-fedeeal hill with ore on what this eann tooyou and why some are opposed to it. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. ttis affects everyone all across baltimore and across the americans set to get r

let's see what is happennng on the roadways with lauren cooke is here with the track edge. lauren?n route 136. at route 175. you do want to stick with dully3 road as alternt oute. at many of our main lines. ú%'re looking at 3 miles per hour moving through the -hitemarsh area. %-the southbound lanes are going to be slow. you are looking at a 10-minnte trip frrm whitemarsh to the beltway. those of you using the beltway here is a look at the hhrford road. the outer loop will be ccowded and it will remain as we make the ppsh tooard providence oad. as for west side. things only get worse, we're looking the a 20-minute ride to the outer loop. it's going to be slow in that no problems, though to report on 83 and if you are traveling the jfx this morning, it wwll be %-to eaat fayette street.3wntown all is clear through the tunnels, you're looking at an 8-minuteeride through the fort mchenry tunnell and aa 8-minute ride through the harbor tunnel. that's the track edge report. patrice,,back to you. >>> it's mobi deal monday, every monday we will bring you a deal of the week from mobi deal wh

here is lauren cooke with the lauren. >> reporter: thank yyu, steve.treet. if you're ttaveling on the eastern part of the beltway, watch out for a ddsabled car. cleared on southbound 95 at caton avenuee we have deallng with delays up in the whitemarsh area. here is a live look and you will notice the southbound lanes arr going to be slow. you're looking at a 7-minute ride from whitemarsh to the get way. unfortunately we're dealing with quite a bit of congestion on 795 to 83. you're ooking at a 23-minute ride with an average speed off3 23 miles per hour. %-average spreed of 53 miles per hour. patrice and megan, aak to you. >>> it is one of the most talked aboottraces this primaryú election. the city state attorney race is %-jessaay against gregggbernsten and it's heating up to be a heated race until the very end. gregg bernstein is the underddg in this race, facing jessamy a 15 year incumbent of that position. he has come on strong winning big enforcements, ike tte baltimore sun, the city pollic union and billy murphy. jessamy was appointed back 921995

lauren. >> reporter: thank you, steve..3 we do have trouble in anne arundel county.th tte motorcycle accident in glen burnie that is going to be along matter drive, fortunately we look at high sppeds on many of our main lines, 53 miles per hoor at white match. you will notice month problems to report, whatsoever. thhs is the shottnorth of 695,3 %-ride from whhtemarsh to the beltway. if yyu are traveling on 95, here area, no problemm to report at quick 11-minute ride, from 95 to 83. the west side will remain clear as well. if you areetraveling 833 no problems to report whatsoever. no problems to report traveling through the tunnels. if you are looking througg >>> the war on crime is being ffught on many crimes.ú one ballimore orranization decided to do its part with a party. we are told how thee are attempting to take back the streets one night at a time. >> reeorter: the music wws so powerful on east chase street, it brought residents out of -heir home.. ♪. >> reporter: and quite -rankly that is the point. >> if youuchange the people, you change the city. >> reporte

let's see what is happening on the roadways with lauren cooke.urenn good morning. >> reporter: thank yoo, steve and good morningg so far so good on the road as we ú%ke a liie look in the whitemarsh. no problems to report northbound or southbound. an average speed of 55 miles per hour. all is clear traveling throogh the tunnels from the fort looking at an average speed of 55 miles per hour. that is going to take you 9 minutes an average speed of 54 miles per hour. that's the traffic edge report. patrice, back to you. >>> thank yyu, lauren. 5:02 on fox 45 earry edition. a man accused of beeting a dog to ddath is ordered to work with animals. this morning people re outraged. megan gilllland is live at the spca where he is suppossd to serve his time. gooddmorning, megan. >> eporter: good morning, patrice. that dog abuser was ordered to spendd50 hours here at the spca working. director here says he is not welcome. his name is derrick nd he was arressed and charred with the death of a miniature pincher. he could have had four years in prison, but inste

lauren cook now has our traffic edge report. hello lauren. >> hello jeff.several accidents tonight in baltimore city. trouble on the west side where we deal with a crash on north fulton avenue and pennsylvania avenue street at bonnii part avenue and jfx nice and clear from -úeast fay street to 695. we do however have delay on the belt way. it will be a slow ride and lloking at 40 miles per hour along the inner loop her at route 40. as we make our way up to the townsend area the speeds reducee even more. live look at delaney valley road only looking at 17 miies per hour aloog the inner loop to expect quite a bit of úongestion on the outer loop as well. fortunately mmch different story as you make clear in this vicinity as well. speeds will pick up aa traveling the belt way and parkville area and looking at high 577miles per hour along the inner loop at harper road. county right at miidle rivere on middle river road at route 40 and we are ooking at high speeds on the northeast corridor of 95. 59 miles ppr hour raveling north in the white marsh area. that's th

lauren? >>> thank you, steve.elinggin northeen baltimore, we are dealing with a two-alarm fire that shhtdown falls road between northern pprkway and harvest road. you want to stick with roland avenue as the alttern route. %-the beltway, here is a live l3 -t liberty road, here everything issmoving along just fine an 11-minutt ride from 7953 to 95, it will remain clear if you are traveling in the beltway in the parkville area. here is a look at the hartford road. it will be an eass drive as you make the push toward providence roadd as for the nnrtheast orriior of 95, no problems to rrport in3 this vicinity. beltway. you can see o problems to reportt a quick 4-minute ride from whitemarsh boulevard to the rideeas you make your wwy into the city. iffyou're traveling through the tunnels, all is clear through the fort mac mchenry and he harbor tunnel. %-patrice, back to you..3eport. >>> thank you, lauren. >>> vehicle crashes are the ú%mber one kiiler of teenagers and a new study gives an insight into why. a recent survey

, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, steve.hile we start the day on trouble att 95, where we are dealing with a crash at you approach interstate 95. fortunately the northeast corridor of 95 is ice and clear nothing to get in your way on mountain road. you'rr looking at a 5-minute ride with an average speed of 55 miles per hour. the beltway in problems to report there, thaa is goiig to speed of 54 miles per hourrasge well. 795 to 95, therr you're look the an 11 -- excuse me a 12-minnte e ride with an average speed of 55 miles per hour. >>> two dogs are dead after being shot by city policcú officers trying to serve a warrant. it happened just before 5:00 at a home near west veil street near myrtle avenue. two pitbulls came when an officer tried to serve a search and seizure warrant. they found a laage amount of heroii. >>> police say there have been 8 robberies at the mall since the beginning of the year. the most reseptember happened oú hundrrd. the suspect managed to get away with hundred hundred thousand $f >> there's a group

lauren? >>> well, thank you, steve. we do have a building that has -ollapsed in west baltimore. it's a vacant row hooe and no one has been injured but it's affecting traafic in northfield3 avenue and norfolk avenue. you can stick with park or ellicott aaenue, and we have an accident thatthas shutdown %-corridor of 95, no probllms to report innthe whitemaash area. here ii a live look north of the 83, thh cars are mooing alongg3 the northbound and southbound lanes just fine. you're lloking at a 4-minute ride witt an average speed of 55 miles per hour. from 95 to 88, that stretch is goinn to take you 11 minutes. there you're looking at an average speed of 54 miles per hour. ww will remain clear from 795 with an 11-minutt trip with an avvrage speed of 55 mills per houu. ttat's the traffic edge report, ppatrice, back to you. >>> he videotaped hisstraffic -top and was charged with violating maayland's wiretapping laa. now a judge rules that the motorcyclist did not commit a crime. city police head

lauren, gooddmorning.3 >> reporter: good morningg steve. so far so good n the roads.3 we are loooing at liveespeeds s we take a live look at the northeast cooridor of 95. just south offtheebeltway you will see cars on the roads. if you're traveling on southbound, yyu're ooking at a speed of 54 miles per hour.geú through the unnels, you're looking attan average speed of 55 milee ppr hoou. no problems traveling from the speed of 54 miles per hour. that's the traffic edge. patrice, back to youu >>> thank you, lauren. >>> 5:02 fox 45 early edition. >>> bed bugs have become so widespreed in baltimore that the city health depaatment iss3 holding a puulic meeting. city ressdents are xpected to gather and talkin talk about whs bugging them. >> reporter: good morning, megaa. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. later this morning the stairs -wll be infested with the about the bed bugs. they are holding the first of the eries of public meetings as a responseeof the city'ss3 regarding bed bugs. calls to 311 bout the reepy critters are up. the bed bugs

right now let's check in with lauren cooke.we have a check on the traffic edge. >> reeorter: thank you, we are dealing with heavy rainsú this morning, so you do want be careful. we are dealing with slick roadsú across the region. do reduce hh speed if at all we have trouble in howard countyy a fuel spill and it has shutdown the ramp to rrvee parkway as well as the traffic circle to the ramm and the interstate along 70 at columbia pike. fortunately thh we have side of the beltway will be clear. here is a live look at old coort road. you're looking at a 12-minuue ride ffomm795 to 955 nothinn to report from 7, to 83. that is going to ttke you 11 minutes. fortunately the northeast corridor of 95 is clear from the ú%itemarss to the beltwaa. yyu are ooking at a 4-minute trip. that's the traffic edge report. back tooyyu. >>> 5:32 on fox 45 early edition. the first casino in maryllnd is about to open its dooos. hollywood casino in perryville has 1500 slot machines ready to go at 8:00 a.m. this morningg the opening is happening three da

let's see what is happening on the roadd with lauren cooke who lauren. >>> thank you, steve. are looking at high speeds on the beltway as we look at the northhest side. ww are looking at 57 miles per hour at old north court road and as you can see things are moving along okay. you're looking at an 11-minute ride from 795 to 95, with a igh average speed of 55 miles per hour. it will remain clear from 95 to %-average speed of 54 miles per no prrblems to report on the northeast corridor of 95, you're looking at an average speed of 54 iles per hour. that'ssthh traffic edge reportt 5:31 on fox 45 early ediiion. there's outrage this morning over an animal abuse case..3 a man accuseddof beating a dog to death is now sennenced to work with animals. megan gilliland is liveewith the ssca where directors there say they ddn't want him. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, that dog abuser was ordered by the court to spend 50 hours here at the spca working but directs orr say h!! directot welcomed here. his name is derrickkchambers.ú he was charged witththe deeth of a m

is at least trying to direct lauren lister r.t.e. new york. well lauren is joining me live from our studio in new york to give us even more details on this story now morning i was clear to see that new yorkers are frustrated because there's traffic the streets are all blocked off but was really fascinating is that they also seem to have absolutely no idea what was actually going on at the u.n. i mean how do you how do you figure how does that work. well really the mainstream media. headlines have not been dominated by anything substantial going on on the un agenda this week at all and not something that even new yorkers pointed out the gentleman who could only say that the president of iran was coming to town said that that's what was because that was all the press was covering now aside from this afternoon there starting to be some headlines because president obama spoke i mean really there has not been any substantial coverage and it certainly isn't front page news and the millennium development goals conference has been going on for days re

lauren thanks so much for filling us in there. well we're taking a break but there's still much more to come in tonight's show the media is buzzing about the execution of a woman with a low i.q. . yet for some reason there is no media attention when a black male is executed with the exact same mental capacity so we'll look into that double standard and can freedom of speech so far people in the u.k. were arrested on suspicion of burning the koran yet people burning the book here in the us haven't seen any kind of that punishment so will discuss the case when we come back. sure however. we've got an update tonight on a story we've been following here on the show last night the state of virginia executed forty one year old teresa lewis now this was the first execution of a female in the u.s. in almost five years and the first execution of a woman in virginia and nearly a century lewis was convicted in two thousand and two of the contract killing of her husband and stepson i was put to death by lethal injection now there was a lot of

and al hearst and lauren worked on it. we worked closely with the h.t.a. on these projects. i see amy here from the office of economic development. a lot of different folks worked together to -- to make these projects happen i want to make sure to acknowledge them. one that i haven't yet mentioned, though it has been referenced, has to do with public art. public works is -- is you know, typically a profession of civil engineers and hard tough stuff, pipes and asphalt and concrete. we realize that in order to -- to really make the -- these projects attractive and inviting, that public art can really be an important element to do that, to compliment the great work our architects do. i want to ask joe maddon from

iranian leader mahmoud ahmadinejad so what do you guys have to say well aren't you correspondent lauren lyster reports . in a developing world becoming ever more complex a superpower post nine eleven and post global recession took its fears to the world stage the world which has grown more interconnected somehow slipped beyond our control yet still while speaking at the general assembly u.s. president barack obama laid out a twenty first century vision for american leadership in global peace democracy and human rights calling for help from the united nations before him the world that america seeks is not one we can build on. for human rights to reach those who suffer the boot of oppression we need your voices to speak up and speak up delegates did but against some of the very policies the u.s. has pursued in the world when president lula forced the spoken news haul in two

lauren cook has traffic edge report. lauren? >>reporter: thank you jennifer.g with congession on many of our main lines. only looking at 21 miles pee hour traveling norton 95 through the fort mchenry tunnel and slow if traveling on the jfx. lead to earlier crash on the northbounddlanes at cold spring lann. unfortunntely the delay will continue as we make our way to the top side of the belt way where accident has just cleared frrm the inner loop at 83. as we check in and live look in the opportunities nd area right here at york road speeds at 27 miles per hour inner loop and heavy on o harper road. west side things moving along a littte bit betterrbut it will be slow from 955to receive 95. tt you. >> thanks so muuh. >>>ravens fans we are officially less than three days away now ffom the major home opener. >> oh, and the gang from the bank stadium were out at harbor police today. they ad food. give away and other fun things to help get ans pumped up to rallyyarrund thh raven foo the show down against the browns. >> 1 and 1 cominn home. we aae going to be tw and

world among leaders speaking where presidents obama and mahmoud ahmadinejad are two correspondent lauren lyster will join me for the details on their fiery speeches and with in new york for the u.n. to revive talks of the potential threat that iran poses to the world as american politicians harp about the inevitability of an attack on the country from the u.s. or israel we have to ask what the consequences of that move could be and whether iran really poses a threat to the world at all next we'll introduce you to lady despite the nickname this woman has never been responsible for a terror attack yet she's now serving eighty six years in prison or to correspond to marina born i will tell us about the injustice surrounding a case that nobody seems to talk about then we'll take a look at the agenda and veiled by the g.o.p. today they're calling this their pledge to america it's filled with vague ideas by conservative lawmakers on how to shrink government and take health care and high take on health care and high taxes but what was the point of it all while hopefully my guess j.p. frere is g

lauren has the traffic eege report. hi lauren. >> hi jeff.n is making the road very slipperyyacross the renal and we are dealing with extremmly slow speeds on most of our main line. at johns hopkins hospital traffic back to normal following he shooting of a doctor. that certainly was fought the case earlier thii morning. we have several accidents in the city 1 on north charles street and west 23rd street and anothee in west baltimore on west baltimore street at north catherine street and top side of the belt way. slow speeds due to crash on the outer loop at york road and a leif look here you will nottce both the inner loop and outer loop are going to be jam packed. that will be the same case if traveling tte west side of the belt way. frederick road where you can see a little bit better but the inner loop will be pretty crowded. traveling on 95 you do want to watch out for an accident along the northbound lane there at the harbor tunnel through way. %--úfrom the northbound lanes at russell street. thaa's the traffic edge repprt now back to y

where you share your very character lauren lyster r. t. patterson new jersey. so there you have it forty three million americans are now living in poverty but at least those who have money they should be seizing the opportunity to invest and know that things will get better right well i think oh by the words of one of the world world's richest and most influential and best years and philanthropists doesn't look so good at a conference on wednesday when asked to describe the current state of the us economy george soros only had one word to sum it all up blah that's right blah one single incredibly boring word so when even george soros doesn't see any light or to go there or hear discuss it from our new york studio is a gray. why from the business insider now gregory block like i said not very good have citing descriptive word if you had one word to sum up the state of the u.s. economy right now what would it be. it would have to be met. not much different than george soros is. the ok i have got already to start hearing these days i mean you know we just we've be

lauren. >> repprter: thank you, steve.3 we are dealing with several accidents thhs morning.del county where a person has been hit by a car at ritchie highway. fortunately no problems to report on the harbor tunnel. we do have problems at the highway. here is a live look at the key bridge where you will notice that one lane is blocked. that's along the inner loop. it's going to be slow traveling across theebridge this morning.3 no ppoblems to report at 695. here is a look at harford road where yyu can see that the caas are moving along fine, it should be an easy ride as you make your as for the est side, here is a look at liierty road, along the outer loop from 795 to 95, those of you using thh jjf to get into the city, no proollms to reporr from 695 all the way downtown t3 east fayette 3 a fox 45 iivestigation haslleges uncovered suuprisingly low graduatiin ates at several public universities. universities that receive tens ú% milliins in ssate dollars every year. jennifer gilbert explains in commencements concerns. >> i think the graduation rate that it's in.ause of the are

lauren..% >>reporter: thank you jennifer.e dealinn with quite a bit of congestion on the west side of the belt way. fortunately disabled tractor-trailer cleared from route 40 but left with slow speeds as we maae our way up to liberty road. livv look right now and you will night outer lupus going to be jammed and speeds clocking in att21 úiles per hour right now and the conggstion wwll continue as we make our way to towns he said. here's delaney valley road and it will bb slow along the inner outer oop here and see relief as you make yourr% way to parkville and the volume will continue for those traveling on the 83 south bound lanes are really going to impact if down to the belt way and dealing with several accidents in the city and overturned carton winds mill road and 2 on belaire road at mary avenue and white avenue.. fortunately the northeest corridor of 95 and 60 miles per houu traveling orth through the white marsh area. thattis the traffic edge report,,now back to you. >> thank you lauren. fall starts tomorrowwbut it is

lauren cook here now with the report. >> thank you jenniier.dealing withhseveral accidents in baltimore city. one on liberty heights avenue att% drrid arr drive and another on east middle street at saint paul street and the third right on orleans street and north broadway. expect heavyy% congestion traveling on the jfx p to falls road. traveling n tte west said of the belt way we look at pretty high speeds at liberty road. checking in and taking a live look you notice everything is moving along just pretty good. we are lacking at 433miles ppr hour along theeouter loop lanes. as we make the push to york road thereeis quite a bit úf congestion along the inner loop. see some relieffas you make the push to parkville. we have 2 accidents in howard county watch out for. both are going to be in columbia. one sorry. one on twin rivers road at overnor parkway and another on route 108 attlark brrwn road. now back to you. >> thank you lauren. >> mmjor redevelopmmnt project gets nderrway in alttmore old ouch neighborhood this morning. if. >>. [applause]. >

lauren now has our traffic edge report. hello lauure. >> hello jeff.re deaaing with a ton of congestionnonn% the south west side due to on inner loop at wilkins avenue -úas we check in and leif ook at frederick road notice it is going to be pretty slow. the congestion ill ccntinue s we make our way tt the top side of the belt way dealing with an accident on the outer loop at york road and check in and take a live look ann notice it its jaa packed. do expect delay on the inner loop as well and speeds clocking in at 17 miles per hour. see relief makk your ay to parkville but we have an accident right in parkkille at puty hill avenue and another crash not far froo us here aa the station right down the street on west 41st street at buena vista avenue and heading to the oriole game wash-out darns watch out for a crash on martin luther kiig jr. and boyd street that's the traffic evenly report. >> thanks lauren. >> even niier weekend is on the way. >> when do we see much-needed rain howeeer? emily has the full forecast. >> he at least 5 officers caught on tap

we checkkin with the lauren cooke for the answer? she hassthe traffic edge. lauren. steve.report just yet3 -n tte roads. we're looking at highhspeeds on3 many of the our main lines. %-nothing to get in your wayyat waarennroad where we're looking at a high 55 miles per hour -lonngthe southbound lanes. as you take a look traffic is moving along just fine. %-travel along the west sideeare from 795 to 95, it will remain clear as w as you make your way toward the parkville area. yyu're looking at an 11-minute -ide as well from 95 to 83. if you're using the northeast corriddr of 95, no problem here. here is a live llok south of 695 where you can see everything is up to speed. -hisswill remain the cass if you're traveling ttrough the you're looking at an 8-minute ride from the phot mack henry tolmchenry tunnelto the bellway. patrice, back to you. >>> still ahead, the ravens turn their aatention to the arch3 rivals, the piitsburgh steelers. hear frommboth coaches on sunda3 night's gamee >>> iifell bbckwards with like dizziness and it got all black. >>> and onds! more bold flavor! m

let'sssee what is happennng on the roadways.ú here is lauren cooke with the traffic edge.> rrporter: thank you, steve. if you are traveling in anna run deal counttywe are dealing with a motorcycle accident at ggen burnie along the southbound lanes of oak mannerrdrive. we're looking at high speeds at many of our other ain lines. as we take a look at llberty road, we are clocking in at 61úr loop. and ccecking and taking a live llok here, you we can see no the inner or outer loop lanes. nothing o get in shape here, and we're looking at a quiik 5-minute ride from shawan to the -the jfx there remain clear from 695 ddwntown to east fayette street. if you're traveling through the tunnels 8-minute ride through the harbor tunnel. that's the traffic edgg report. patrice, back to you.3 >>> thank you, auren, and i foo's all new comedy premiers tomorrow. %-for, if you are, then can you, %-our website at foxbbltimore.cm and you can win valuable prices. we will take three winnnrs next tuesday. %-gaming console and a campingii prize pack. you can watch all new comedies -n fall here on fox

lauren cook has the traffic edge report. hello lauren. >> hello jeff. continue to follow breaking news out offwest baltimore where a row home has collapsed route. we haveeseveral other accidentt in balttmore county. -úútrouble in dundawg aa6 3 3 -úbbcyclist hit by a car at north point road. we haae another is accident in lutherville along the south bond llnes at falls road and west jaffa road and top side of the belt way exxect some delays. we have a crash along the inner loop at green spring the inner lupus very crowded. wwy to parkville it willyour dissipate checking in and taking a live look at harper road you see no problems to report whatsoever. smooth ride as we make your way to 95. we have an accident up in the carson right on middletown road at 83. and 2 more in howard county in coluubia. one along the westbound lanes of route 32 and columbia pike and another on columbia pike traveling north at route 100. that's the traffic edge. back to you. >>> hree days ahead of schedule the first casino in the state of maryland now open for businees. fichlt

lauren. >> reporter: thank you, steve. on the roads.3 we're loooing at high speeds on many of our main lines. whitemarsh as we check n and take a live look, will you notice no problems to report northbound or southbound. you are looking atta 4-minute drive from the whitemarsh to he beltwwy. if you are traveling from the beltway all is clear along the harford road. as for the west side, everything is up to speeddhere. you're looking at an 11-minute if you're using the harrisburg expressway, noohing to get in your way aaong warren rrod. the jfx will remain clear from 695 all the way >>> many marylann farmers are this year. sun flowers are used for their seeds anddtheer oil.. they are native to the americans and are found to be domesticated. but unnike other crops we drive by, sun flowers make a stop. >> an area sunflooer field that seemssto go on forever. >> like malike nature's yellow g rose, the sunflower. >> reporter: if you're looking to clean cleans he soum the streeses of dailyylife. harford county providing a vvbrant

president kim: thank you. >> lauren? >> good afternoon, i'm the national sales manager. i've had the pleasure of working with brian and his team for about a year and a half now. we are in favor of this program. not only do we feel that it's an economic cal and clean way of seeing san francisco, it's a safe and quiet way of seeing the park, which is a very large piece of property. speaking on a personal level, i have a lot of people in my family who have mobility issues, who can't walk for great distances, and this is a really actually ingenious way for people to be able to get around the park and enjoy it, as anybody else would have the opportunity to. he

a foggy one out there, lauren. >> reporter: it sure is, steve.we are dealing with a tonf fog.ced visibility as you head out this morning. it's going to be worsttin carroll county and we have an you want to watch ouu for.3 and as we make our way to 83, just a ton of fog in this ú%%-can't even see the roadway t now, so do be extra careful if you watch out headed in that vicinity.3 after the west side of the beltway, looking better. everything is up o speed. you're looking at an 11-minute ride on the outer loop from 795 to 95. it will remain clear as you head to parkville. it's much foggiee in this area but you're lookkng at an 11-minute ride on the outer loop %-the southbound lanessready ton approach southbound boulevard. as we the check and take a look, it's not leading to any delays. you're looking at whitemarshú ú%ulevard from the beltwwy. for those of you travel ago cross the tidings memorial bridge this morning.ú so again, we're dealing with tons of fog. you want to be extra careful. visibility this morning.uced's that's the traffic edge moreethan just words on thh web. the

. >> 22-year-old nurse lauren kerry in miami found success in an in-demand career. >> within 24 hours of graduation, i had my first offer. >> lauren is in the age group of women earning more, 8% more than young single men in most of america's big cities. >> women are earning more because they're better educated so they can get better occupations with higher wages. they're taking less time off during child bearing years and there has been a decline in overt gender discrimination. >> reporter: look at the last three decades. wages for white women have risen 32%. 25% for black women, 18% for hispanic. but for men, they've only risen 3% for whites, not at all for black men and have fallen 6% for hispanics. in chicago, 33-year-old corporate lawyer deidre norris is climbing the ladder steadily but looking back at her male counterparts. >> i encountered in my profession more african-american female attorneys than i have african-american male attorneys. >> reporter: part of this is working women have weathered the economy better. but manufacturing, construction, dominated by men has been amon