that will be at west lexington at north calhoun street. west lexing iten is closed -- lexing iten is closed by streaker. a second accident at east joppa. watch for road work still blocking one westbound lane by falls road. topside inner loop slow between 3 and 95. the west side inner loop slow between baltimore national pike and security boulevard. the delays begin just after that. this traffic report is brought to you by the steak how the located at 2400 boston street. live adventurous, go outback. >>> if you got in line early enough, you came away with a year's worth of free meals. ron hats has more -- ron matz has more on this chick-fil-a give away and what it means for the economy. >> reporter: we showed you the early arrivals at the martin plaza shopping center. overnight in the rain, they pitched tents. the first 100 in line received certificates for 52 free meals. good morning, joe. you are first in line. towson's joe judge spent more than 30 hours in line. >> yeah, it's worth it just because of the fun and to have something to tell

now once the suspect reached lexington and calhoun it crashed into the victim's nissan sentra. flipping the car over. now we talked with the witness who did not want to be identified and here's what she had to say. >> had i been a few minute sooner, later that would have been me. because like i said by me making the u-turn and the truck speeding past me he would have hit me while i was making my u-turn. >>reporter: back here live at the corner of lexington and calhoun where an armed carjacking turned into a fatal accident, leaving one woman dead. i also wanted to mention the car that you are seeing over here to the left is being blocked by an unmarked police car but the front of the car is completely marked in. we are told that a tree limb went straight through the driver's side. we will have much more on this coming up on the news at 10:00. live in west baltimor baltimore. news at 5:30. >>> drug investigation leaves one man dead. police have launched an internal investigation after accusations made by family members. snipes was taken off life support last night while the famil

the days working at the starlight lexington market.t his wife who ran the sandwich. >> from that day forward we were friends. >> reporter: they came up with a motto to live by. >> good, cheap, and a whole lot of it. >> reporter: people come up to him all the time saying hey, you should raise your prices. >> i want to keep my hand in your pocket for many years. i don't want to empty your pocket in one swipe. that's my philosophy. and it works, because most of my customers, i see them three, four times a week. >> reporter: and he is still looking to the future. next year he wants to open up the moonlight lounge right next door. so you'll come in from the front thing, the first seat, going through a hallway. where there will be bathrooms, and come out, a bar there. and then the dining room will start here and go forward. >> reporter: he just took us inside the moonlight lounge. on the outside, i hope you this right. if you have ever gone to a sky roof, it retracts when the weather is nice. they're going to peel back the doors and windows

the car crashed at the intersection of lexington and calhoon street. karen parks 95 there with the latest tonight. karen, what can you tell us. >> well, jeff, we are here in west baltimore at the corner of west lexington and cool hoon. between two schools. scene is cleared. but they are -- there is still glass on the ground. and you can still smell the gas. this is where the suspect's car ended. right here. bending the fence and knocking the tree completely over. here is what happened. >> i was walking on stricker. on my way to see my girl. >> quarter to four in baltimore. >> all of a sudden i heard it. >> he was a few feet away from the corner of lexington and calhoon. the scene of this accident that left one woman dead. >> i saw the car flip overall over the place. and everything went everywhere. crash into the school building. that was crazy. >> investigators say late this afternoon along lexington avenue, police spotted an infinity stolen during a armed carjacking. >> based on the way the driver was driving, they were ordered to break it off immedi

checking downtown, paca street, you can see the lexington market to the right. and not really much going on downtown at this hour. as we check the mdot camera, howard county to the capitol beltway, a little building volume but you can see traffic is without incident right now. back to you. >>> before you walk down the aisle we thought we would walk down memory lane. ok with you? >> no. what are you talking about? >> we'll find out how this lady fell in love with the love of her life, right behind me. back there. >>> let's move along to the 6:00. why did the gator cross the road? well, did he have any idea he would cause such a mess when he did? we have this traffic gam with the gator, straight ahead. ♪ [ female announcer ] arthritis targets your body where it's weak. where it's vulnerable. ♪ tylenol arthritis works with your body to block the pain, without interfering with certain high blood pressure medicines like aleve sometimes can. ♪ so you don't just feel better, you feel better knowing doctors recommend tylenol more than any other brand of pain reliever. ♪

that deadly crash happened just before 4 this afternoon at the intersection of west lexington and north calhoun in north baltimore. delia goncalves is live with the latest. delia? >> reporter: it all started here at the intersection of lexington and mlk, about six blocks before you get over to calhoun. police were in the area conducting routine surveillance when they tell us a scan of the tag on the suspect vehicle revealed that it was stolen. the torn and twisted wreckage of what used to be a nissan sentra. a woman behind the wheel was killed. >> it's sad. >> and the driver of a stolen honda accord smashed into their vehicle. >> just stupid. >> reporter: we're told the stolen car was westbound on lexington. the victim's vehicle was southbound on calhoun. police aren't speculating how fast that stolen car was traveling when it blew through the four-way stop. but the force of the impact gives you some idea. a bumper and headlights literally ripped away from the suspect's vehicle. investigators say the speeding honda t-boned the speeding car on the driver's side as she was crossing on nor

so lexington park, st. mary's city, you folks -- in and around the neighborhoods of southgate until 5:03, shortly after 5:00, the warning stays until 5:15. tornado warning in st. mary's county. so just some things to keep in mind. under tornado warning. you want to stay away from windows and doors. hopefully to the lowest part of your building or residence, if you can. tornado warning until 5:15 for southern st. mary's county. i will be keeping you updated. back to you in the studio. >>ver only cars thank you. >>> imagine paying for your next doctor's appointment, not with cash or check or insurance but with vegetables from your own garden. we will explain how some people are bteng for >>> bob ryan, storm center 4. want to keep you posted with snow weather. tornado warning remains in effect for st. mary's county. those are the areas under the gun right now. you can see southen parts of st. mary's county and especially this storm does have a history of rotation. right now around leonardtown and heading towar

all this is happening at the lexington market.arlene hudson is joining us with details at the home town hot spot. good morning. >> that sounds like a funny combo, get a shot and good food. >> there's wonderful food behind me. >> food that will make that shot feel a lot better, yes. >> yes. >> let's talk to the parents. what kind of immunizations are we talking about? >> the health department will be at the lex inc lex lexington mat tomorrow. they are giving children, back to school immunizations, lead testing and blood pressure screening and insurance information. >> does mom and dad, do they need to bring health records when they come? >> yes, absolutely. parents or guardians whoever is representative of the child needs to bring their record of immunization to lexington avenue market. >> very good. we got music in the background playing while you're eating, too. >> we have live music every friday and saturday all yearlong. >> not bad, darlene, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> oh, thank you. >>> baltimore city health depart

utah in fact is shutdown all way up to lexington. fayette street is blocked between howard street as well. pratt and lombard street are not affected. just keep in mind the cars are starting to file pretty quickly. this is the big story on the roadways. a lot of volume on the main lines. southbound 95 from mountain road to 695, we're in the red with a 14-minute commute. and on the top side of the beltway, pretty congested from route 70 all the way toward 70. as for now, we're clocking in at 30 minutes there. thats a look at the morning travels. megan, back to you. >>> candace, thank you. >>> the time is 7:03 at fox 45 morning news. senator ted kennedy has died after a year-long fight with brain cancer. he passed away late last night at his home at hyannis port, massachusetts. joel d smith is live with the successful and often controversial life of the man often known as lion of the senate. >> from the assassinations of his brothers, john and robert to the election of the african-american president, ted kennedy has seen it all. but mor

and so i had visited there, spent many christmases in lexington. and it was -- it was an accident that meant a lot to me and to the people who were in lexington and involved in it. >> coming up at 6:00, debbie hersman on travel dangers. on metro safety and the car that she drives. wendy, i will see you at 6:00. >> pat collins. thanks, pat. >>> service back to normal on the orange line after a man was hit and killed by a metro train this morning. this happened at the west falls church station. the six-car train was heading towards new carrollton on the orange line. investigators say the man was intentionally standing on the tracks when hit. trains were single tracked for part of the day. full service has resumed. >>> it has been 13 years since alexandria resident bell was murdered. today there was another search for her remains. bell's parents were digging in a wooded area on old fort road in prince george's county. herself-confessed killer claims to have buried bell's body there. crews with backhoes were digging deep in the area with mixed emotions

looking here downtown will be right around the lexington street market and people are out there getting breakfast looking good down there in baltimore at this time. jamie, back to you. >>> when you see these pictures, it will be hard to believe there were two cars there. it will be even harder to figure out why this had to happen. a driver after i stolen car slams into that car and the woman inside was killed. >> reporter: a mangled mess was all that was left when a woman was killed after a man driving a stolen car crashed into hers. the crash happened on the corner of north calhoun and west lexington streets yesterday afternoon before 4:00. police say the suspect was spotted driving a stolen car but sped up driving so erratically, police called off their pursuit. six blocks later, the driver ran into a four-way stop and smashed into the victim's car. although police did not chase the driver, some witnesses on the scene believe officers should have done more. >> they have helicopters, they can just follow them and set up road blocks. >> reporter: police say the suspect is in serious con

they gained control near lexington by tear gassing rioting prisoners. we're learning eight inmates and eight staffers were lurt in that riot. >>> no deal. in an exclusive interview with cnn former prime minister tony blair des the lockiby bomber was traded in a deal. that's what moammar gadhafi claimed yesterday. >>> and hurricane bill is back in the atlantic and churning northward picking up dangerous surever and rip currents all along the east coast. tropical storm warnings are in effect for the massachusetts shore. [ sirens ] he ran off with his secretary! she's 23 years old! - oh, come on. - enough! you get half and you get half. ( chirp ) team three, boathouse? ( chirp ) oh yeah-- his and hers. - ( crowd gasping ) - ( chirp ) van gogh? ( chirp ) even steven. - ( chirp ) mansion. - ( chirp ) good to go. ( grunts ) timber! ( chirp ) boss? what do we do with the shih-tzu? - ( crowd gasps ) - ( chirp ) joint custody. - phew! - announcer: get work done now. communicate in less than a second with nextel direct connect. only on the now network. deaf, hard

when bill was in lexington market, a postal worker rushed in. >> i don't care what it costs, make it up. so i did and every time he came, he was getting it and people were looking at it saying wow, i want one of those. so i decided to give it a name and put it on the menu. so i called it the cadillac because it's fully loaded. >> reporter: it's still on the menu but we don't know the man who came up with it. so if it's you, bill would like to see you again. >> my dad was right. >> reporter: mont olympus is now mount marvelous. so come on out and put a fork in it. this cadillac, i couldn't tell you everything that was on it because i'd run out of time. he put feta cheese. it was stacked like this. this dine on a dime came to us through e-mail. if you have a great place and you want everyone to know about it, go to abc2news.com. >>> let's lack at weather now. here's john. >>> you have to have a good strawrnt, right? that would really be a letdown, right? no letdown this morning. it is beautiful out there. for those ever who you like the heat and humidity, just wait a day. our 60, 51 al

it happened on north calhoun and west lexington street just before 4:00. the suspect was spotted driving a stolen car but sped off driving so erratically, police called off their pursuit. six blocks later, the driver ran a four-way stop and smashed into the woman. although police did not chase the driver, some people near the scene said officers should have done more. >> they have helicopters, they could just follow him and set up a road block. >> reporter: police say the suspect is in serious condition at an area hospital. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >>> while with you are sleeping, baltimore city mees were out there looking for a female driver who they say hit one of their officers. sources tell abc 2 a female passenger was this that same car, tried to get out. that's when she was dragged down mcelderly street in northeast baltimore. police tell us both the officer and dragging victim should be okay. they are out there now looking for a gold honda. >>> here's more of what abc 2 news is working on for you. get ready to roll up your sleeves three times th

police began following the suspect at the corner of mlk and lexington. almost immediately investigators stopped their pursuit once the suspect began to drive erratically. nearly 10 blocks later at the corner of lexington and calhoon the suspect crashed into another car killing the female driver inside. >> seen the car flip over all the over the place. everything went everywhere. crash into the school building. that was crazy. >> the suspect suffered minor injuries. >> mount vernon residents tonight angry over a nightclub still open after the liquor license was revoked last november. the sweet ultra lounge at the bevel veer hotel lost his license last fall. but byob is allowed while the rule is challenged in court. residents say the club is trouble and they want it gone immediately. >> i really am concerned with the citizens of this neighborhood. who are having to deal with that you know, you figure in this neighborhood right here, on chase street, in between charles and st. paul, you are fairly safe walking around here. but when you hear about kids attac

of the lexington market. it's a fairly busy area downtown. now, there are no initial reports of injuries from this minor explosion that occurred underground. but as you can see, lots of firefighters remain here. dpw is here. we'll continue to stay on top of this situation as it continues to develop. but looks like right now, there is notice active fire underground, which is a good sign. >> certainly is. captain mike perry, thank you very much. >>> here we go again. another round of hard-to-follow budget cuts. and in addition to furloughs, some state workers will be losing their jobs. wjz has complete coverage of their plan. political reporter pat warren will have more on the plan announced today. >> reporter: governor o'malley said this morning in a briefing to reporters that he spent much of the early part of the morning, quote, swimming upstream. here's why. >> reporter: 205 straight workers are losing -- state workers are losing their jobs. >> we are currently in the process of notifying those state employ

east fayette at east lexington, a manhole cover explosion. utility crews on scene, that could impact transit communities this morning. and southbound 83 at timonium road, construction blocks the southbound lanes until 5:30 this morning. back to you. >>> jfk, bobby and now ted. the three brothers are now gone. >> senator ted kennedy died at midnight at his home in massachusetts. that is our top story this morning. t.j. begins our morning team coverage. >> reporter: to most americans ted kennedy was the staunch liberal with that famous last name. in reality, he was a legislative work horse. in 1962 while brother john kennedy was in the white house he was elected to the massachusetts senate seat, just 30 years old. most assumed ted would one day take his rightful place in the oval office but in the summer of 1969 that changed. kennedy drove his car off a narrow bridge off chappaquidick island in massachusetts resulting in the death of a campaign worker. though he would declare in 1979 -- >> i formally announce i'm candidate for president of the

it took two hours to get control of the center near lexington, kentucky. eight inmates and eight staffers were hurt. >>> iraq's foreign minister predicts bigger and more powerful attacks in baghdad's future. the iraqi government, listen to this, investigators security forces collaborated in wednesday's blast that killed 101 people. the foreign minister says anyone who helped the bombers must be held responsible. >>> another check of our top stories in just 20 minutes. >>> a threatening phone call, impersonating the plishgs the new york attorney general says a group of debt collectors used those tactics and worse. now he's trying to shut them down. mary snow has the report. >> reporter: michelle says she'll never forget the calls she got the same day her daughter was diagnosed with autism. a man posing as a lawyer claim shed owed $4,400 and said her arrest was imminent if she didn't pay up. >> getting very insirchlt and started -- i don't remember all the words, started talking about your kids being arrested. if nobody's there, your husband can't make it ho

carjacked someone earlier, and members of the regional auto theft task force spotted the car on lexington street, but were ordered not to speed after it. but members of the victim's family are left with an agonizing question. why, if police were instructed not to give chase, was the suspect traveling so fast in that vehicle? >> no i don't believe believe the chase because they couldn't have arrived at the scene that fast, and if they were to chase and have the suspect going as fast as they claimed he was going, he should have been able to bail out of the car at an earlier time, maybe ten blocks away. >> reporter: the family is prepared to wait for an investigation into the incident to take its course. and members are balancing their grief with their frustration over how the case has been handled thus far. they say the family didn't learn of her death until five hours after the accident. and they are angered that they have not been permanented to identify her body. >> you don't know for a fact that it's her even now? >> no, other than the fact they gave us her license and it was her vehicl

she was born in mary todd into a very aristocratic family in lexington -- lexington, kentucky in 1818. what is impressive about her early childhood is, first of all, her interest in education. this was a time in american history when the very few girls went beyond what we would call the sixth grade. in fact, mary lincoln was still in school when she was 18 years old and once the watchman in lexington saw her running up the hill and he thought she must be eloping because she was running so fast. what she was doing was actually trying to get to school. for other great talent was to some extent also an ladylike. and that was her lifetime interest in politics which was fostered by her father, robert scott taussaud, who was an aspiring wigan states senator. in 1837h19 mary paul of her older sister to the new burgeoning capital of illinois. springfield. she left because her mother had died and been replaced by a stepmother whom all the talk to sister is despised. stet mothering is never easy for family business, but roberts was especially bad at it. in springfield living in her sister's

a medium security facility south of lexington. surprisingly, there weren't many injuries. >> right now, we're happy to report to you that the facility is secure. the inmates are accounted for. we have minimal injuries, which are still being assessed to the inmates. and, as far as we know right now, minimal, if any injuries at all to any staff or department of corrections personnel. >> apparently the riots started shortly after the warden announced he would ease restrictions on a lockdown. the lockdown had been in place since tuesday when a group of inmates there assaulted two others in a fight over stolen property. >>> the church voted last night to allow non-celibate gays to serve in clergy positions and as lay leaders. the previous policy of the church allowed gays to serve as members of professional rosters only if they were celibate. the church is the third largest protestants denomination and represents about two percent of the u.s. population. >>> you are looking at pictures of a deadly plane crash that happened in ohio last

and like jason said a lot of people living in louisville and a lot of people in lexington don't even know where their electricity comes from. they don't know that when they build bigger homes in louisville and lexington they are leveling the mountains of eastern kentucky. and this is what we have to pass to close, this gap, this gap between our consumption of energy here in this city and the production of energy in the mountains of eastern kentucky. so i urge you to do what you can, to really begin to take responsibility, to take responsibility for the way that we all can some energy. do that in whatever way you can. nobody has to do everything. we can all do something. you can do something in your church. you can do something in your school. you can do something where you work. you can do something in your community. think about your sources of energy and think about what you can do to begin working in no way that will stop the destruction of the mountains. i think we are at a crisis now where we have begun to realize that this american dream of accumulation and status and debt to a

lexington park, .62 of an inch. temperatures for the south, near 70 degrees. locally, we're in the mid 60's. partly cloudy once these showers, to amend it in southern maryland. we will: 86 for a high today -- we will ll it 86 today for a high. tomorrow, scattered clouds. we will start the day in the mid 60's. bill little warmer tomorrow afternoon. not too humid. low humidity on eric tuesday. back up near 80 degrees. that will be the warmest for the foreseeable future. back down towards 80 for a high near friday. >> thank you. >>> wall street is looking for a winning week. >> a new movie by quentin tarantino dominates the weekend box office. >> topping your "money scope" report, stocks a soaring overseas this morning. wall street starts at its highest level of the year. the dow jumped 184 points on friday. this week, investors look to reports on consumer confidence and hat -- to back up the words of ben bernanke. cash for clunkers ends at 8:00 p.m. today. many dealers have stopped taking orders. they are racing against the clock to get their paperwork in on tim

i live in lexington now. we have the larger per capita carbon foot print in the >> and i want to talk about how we can begin to work on that. i know you have a really big one, too. i want to start by talking about this false dichotomy between jobs and the environment. in 2006, two miners died in an underground mine because of a conveyor belt that caught on fire, and they ended up dying of smoke inhalation. a few weeks before they died, don blankenship, the president of massey energy, sent a memo to all employees saying, if you have been asked by your group president to do anything other than run coal, you need to ignore them and run coal. and that's what they did. they ran coal 24-7. they didn't clean the conveyor belts. they caught on fire and the miners died. the coal industry does that care about miners and their jobs. it has never done anything to help the miners of eastern kentucky. what we need to do is we need to move to a real, justice and sustainable economy in eastern kentucky that really will put p

police spotted the stolen car at the corner of mlk and lexington. he began following but stopped almost immediately when the driver started driving erratically. ten blocks later the suspect crashed into another car killing the female driver inside i see the car flipped all over the place. everything went everywhere and crashed into the school building. that was crazy. the suspect suffered just minor injuries. >> and instead of sending it to the junk yard, the senate has decided to put the cash for clunkers program back on the road. congress passed another 2 billion dloofers in funding. so now owners of older cars have more time to get up to $4500 off the coast of a more fuel efficient mold w. have more on that this morning. good morning joel. good morning patrice. it has got me out here looking at these cars and wonder if that could be trade in or not. other numbers to tell you w. the senate approved this yesterday. 60 to 37 a proving it million billion more collars tort cash for clunkers program. and gas prices are going up. it makes getting the ca

. >> that happened at mlk and lexington he sped up the street towards calhoun. that's where he hit the nissan. >> police have marked up the scene. this is what it looks like. the markings extend across lexington and next to the school where the post is damaged. investigators say they're not sure whether the taskforce activated lights and sirens. wjz news learned they were in unmarked trucks. >> they didn't follow it before it took off at a high rate of speed. the survivor of the honda survived. right now friends and family of the victim are struggling to cope with the loss. >> just cherish your kids and family, cherish your loved ones, that's what it is ultimately about. >> back here live at the scene, someone placed flowers in honor of the victim where she died. as for the driver of the stolen honda, he was in serious condition at last check and police have not identified him. denise. >> thank you. the accident happened behind franklin square school. >>> a woman faces sentencing in the death of her 3-year-old daughter now she has been ruled criminally responsib

it is a medium security prison facility south of lexington housing 1,200 inmates. guards had to use tear gas. most of the prisoners are being moved elsewhere. eight inmates and eight staff workers were injured. no one had to be admitted to the hospital. >>> right now we are happy to report to you that the facility is secure. the inmates are accounted for. we have minimal injuries which are still being assessed to the inmates. as far as we know right now, minimal, if any, injuries at all to any staff or department of corrections personnel. >> state police haven't said why the inmates rioted. the prison had been on lockdown since tuesday when a group of inmates assaulted two others in a fight over stolen property. prison officials announced plans to relax that shortly before the rioting started. >>> as long as they're in life-long and monogamous same-sex relationships, lesbians and gay men can serve in the clergy. last night they allowed noncelibate gays to serve as officials and lay leaders. they used to be allowed to serve in professional rosters only if they are c

the crash left her car in a twisted mess near north calhoun and west lexington street. >> that's the first time i ever saw anything like that before. i hope i never have to see it again. >> reporter: investigators say 23-year-old kiera mckay was driving her car southbound on west lexington street when the driver of the gray car struck her. police say that car was stolen and the alleged thief was trying to get away from officers, from their regional auto tax board. but police say they were not chasing the suspected car thief, who they say was driving out of control. >> he took off at a high rate of speed before the officers task force could follow, based on the way the driver was driving. they were ordered to break it off immediately. >> reporter: rescue workers rushed the car thief and mckay to shock trauma. it was too late for her. meanwhile, witnesses say they saw the deadly accident unfold in front of them. >> the police car was coming behind him. not speeding. when i looked up again, the car was flipping and hit the wall. >> reporter: police have not released the name of the susp

university of maryland said the lexington and sar a towinga buildings will not have water tomorrow. an a runned al county police are investigating a hit and run that left a 59-year-old woman dead. she was heading to church. police say they have the driver responsible. >> pieces of a broken car light mark the spot where the 59 old was struck and killed saturday evening. police say they received a call of a hit and run involving a pedestrian just after 7:00 p.m. between oak lane and collins boulevard. she was thrown over this bush. >> it was horrible. it was a tragedy to see her laying there helpless. collins was walking to 7:00 mass here. for some unknown reason, the car drove up the curb, struck her and drove off. it's a great tragedy for someone coming to join us for worship and celebrate their spiritual life. it's a later thing. police found nor wood and his vehicle here later. he was detained for questioning. vehicles move quite fast. many know as they come and go, they need to bre very careful. accidents happen very frequency. police do not think speed was a factor in the crash.

here's lexington park. unloaded a lot of rain there in a short amount of time, quite a bit of lightning as well. now it's rolling across the bay. here's cambridge up here. it will be moving toward cambridge in about the next 20 minutes or so. another shower here that's right over the eastern part of the northern neck. that's near reedville, now heading off to the north and east. elsewhere getting rain in southern charles county, as well as the western part of the northern neck. farther to the north we don't have any rain here falling in washington. temperatures around the region are near 70 in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties and washington. mid-70s in southern and north dakota across the bay. less humid farther north where temperatures are in the 60s on this monday morning. over the last six hours, we've seen this stalled front here that stretches from new england and right down through our area. the eastern side of that, it's very steamy and humid but the western northern part of i

. >> reporter: we're live at the corner of lexington and gay, and this is what it's all about, meter box like this one pumping more money into them and those with more standing meters. a right increase has been proposed that would effect most of downtown including the inner harbor. metered parking would go from $1 an hour to $2 an hour initially with approval to go up to $3 an hour. earlier this week peter littles said the rate hikes is not about creating a new revenue source. it's about eliminating so-called cheap street parking to create more short-term parking spaces. but at the board of estimates meeting today, the proposed plan is in fact all about making more money for the city. >> we're always looking for ways that we can increase revenues. this idea was feted with the parking authority board and they made a recommendation based on what they say is projected revenue enhancements. >> reporter: we're back live. no one from the parking authority returned our phone calls today. meantime the rate hike is not a done deal yet. the board of estimates has to approve it. he was ready to

the accident has the intersection of calhoun at west lexington blocked. it's blocked between calhoun and streaker. qerry or saratoga will be your best alternates. expect that to be there for the rest of the afternoon commute. there's a look at an accident on 95 in the northbound lanes at the russell street exit blocking the left lane. you are also looking at a wreck on 97. 9 southbound just past 32. two more on south exeter in mount airy. there's one blocking all westbound lane as the route 144 at village oaks drive. there's a look at your speeds and drive times on the top of the west side of the beltway. no delays but on the topside, your speed is only 37 miles per hour. 17 minutes between 83 and 95. there's a look at the west side. it is all clear at baltimore national pike. this prask report brought about you by subway. subway, eat fresh. back over to you. >>> very impressive night on tap for everyone. open the windows because it's beautiful. take a look at temps right now. we're only at 76. southeast winds at 5, humidity at 55%. we'll come back and lo

a woman was killed around 3:15 this afternoon after an accident near north calhoun and lexington street in west baltimore. john sherman is following the story. he is live from the scene with the late breaking details. >> this is the intersection where the accident took place, and off to the left is where the suspect vehicle ended up, almost 50 or 60 yards away from the accident. police said that car had just been involved in a carjacking and was spotted by members of the regional of a task force. the pursuit was called off because the car was behaving to radically. >> officers were not pursuing the car at the time of the crash. they got the alert that there was an armed carjacking, but based on the way the driver reacted when he saw the police, he drove erratically and out of control. they broke it off, but he continued on, and it ended in a fatal collision. >> this is what was left behind when that in affinity that was being pursued by the police smashed into of car being driven by a woman. they estimate it was going 80- 130 miles an hour just before the impact. the woman's car flipped

over the basin there are showers and thunderstorms down there towards lexington park. all this activity will move south. it looks like we'll see relatively quiet conditions. there was an impulse here, a line firing up. that's losing his strength back towardsi-81 into pennsylvania. as it crosses into maryland it looks like that athtivity is losing its luster. you're probably going to get a brief shower and things are going to break up around baltimore county. we'll continue to see breaks in the clouds. around baltimore city, not much activity. a few showers to the northwest at the time. here's what's going on downtown. clear conscience, as far as precipitation. a few high, thin clouds. 74 degrees. winds out of the west at 3. humidity levels 91 percent. very humid conditions. we will see a front push through that is making its way through overnight tonight and is going to lessen the humidity levels a tad bit. it's not a very strong cold front, that will drop our temperatures much. we're going to see our temperatures close to 90 degrees. 76 in richmond. we could see how t

checking on temperatures,79 degrees, cooler, on the other side of the mountains, lexington, cincinnati, being affected. rain cooled by what they have had out in that region. in our area, baltimore, 74, dulles, 76, frederick, 72, the naval air station, 76. today, a rare code orange, unhealthy for sensitive groups and especially children and seniors. we're not forecasting that tomorrow, but there could be more in our future. of course if there is a code orange day, limit your outside activity, refuel after dusk. and the air quality tomorrow is expected to be moderate. that would be code yellow, but that is only the fourth one we have had because there was a lot of weather systems come coming through to help. and partly cloudy skies, tomorrow, 72, if there is clouds. not a lot of help, but maybe a little bit. warm, rather humid with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. a pretty good bet in fact. starting at 1:00 tomorrow, not seeing the storms show up on the future cast. but by the time we get to 8:00, rain pushing in, with andy roddick, watching it for the tournament closely. and maybe t

utah will be closed between baltimore and lexington street. >>> new at 11, three men are charged with gang raping three women at a local high school. it happened in july. two women accepted a ride from the men walking downtown on fayette street. holding them they drove them to the school where police say they raped the women. the other attack happened two weeks later. the victim in that incident took down a partial license plate number which led them to the suspects. >>> a murder in baltimore county as a man is found shot to death. we investigate. >> reporter: police are looking for theperson who murdered -- for theperson who murdered a man. his wife made the gruesome discovery. >> he was dead in a pool of blood on the floor. he had been shot several times. >> it does not seem like that kind of neighborhood. >> they are looking into his past for clues. they ran a well-known camp in west virginia. former campers remember him being fun and loving. >> he owned and operated this shop. according to the charging documents it was the scene of a disturbing incident last year involving a teen.

was just placed here by a minister who says she ran for her life when she saw that car charging up lexington street. we also want to tell you the police are unsure if the s.w.a.t. team members had their lights and sirens on at the time but they say they were in unmarked trucks. >> denise? >> thank you, mike. >> the suspect was in serious condition at last check. police say he faces several felony charges once released from the hospital. >>> tonight, about 60 homes in north baltimore are without water after a major main burst. here you can see crews working tonight to fix the 16-inch break. they've been out there all day in the 2800 block of kirk eve. the department of public works says the water seeped into the homes. we're told the age of the pipes contributed. >>> a light rail train hits two teenaged boys killing both of them. police are releasing the findings of their investigation. pat warren explains why police are not filing any charges in the case. pat? >> reporter: that's right. no criminal charges will be filed in this case by the state's attorney. that according to the baltimore co

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tomorrow morning, drivers should be where said utah will be closed at baltimore and lexington streets, and fayette will be closed at howard street. baltimore police are hoping city watch cameras will give clues to a deadly shooting in northwest baltimore. just after 2:00 this afternoon, a man was shot multiple times in the street. authorities say they have very few details, and that is why they are now relying on those cameras. >> we're learning new details about the deadly shooting involving police authorities. they say the officer was forced to shoot when the suspect tried to run him over. brian was shot and killed around 6:30 last night. authorities say 20 minutes before the incident, a man fitting his description robbed ave. while searching for the suspect, police saw doukas, who they say matches the robbers description. >> the officer actually ran in the opposite direction of where the truck had acted too, and when he did, the suspects slammed on the gas and went toward the officer. >> the officer shot and killed doukas. police say doukas was suspected in three of the robbers. ba

when a women was kill -- a woman was killed yesterday just before 4:00 in the afternoon on west lexingtonreet. the suspect was spotted driving a stolen car but sped off driving so erratically police called or the pursuit. six blocks later, the driver blew through a four-way stop sign and hit the victim's car on the driver's side. >> the car flipped over, hit the tree. his car hit the industry. they said the woman died. >> reporter: that woman was taken to shock trauma where she later died. the suspect is in serious condition at an area hospital. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >>> while you with are sleeping, baltimore city mees were busy. our overnight photograph are pete on the street o'neal on the scene. a city police officer was hit by a car. a female passenger was in the same car, tried to get out and that's when she was dragged down mcelder i had street in northeast baltimore. police tell us both the officer and the passenger should be okay but are now looking for a female driver in a gold honda. >>> an anne arundel county man is dead. 23-year-old brandon weill slipped off a rocky ledc

the suspect driving a stolen vehicle slammed into her nissan sentra at west lexington street. investigators say the suspect was running from officers but deny they were pursuing him. tonight the victim relatives are raising questions. >> no i don't believe it. they couldn't have robbed the scene that fast and if it was a chase, and the sues pest going as fast as they claim he was going, he should have been able to bailout the car earlier time. 10 blocks away. without the cops even knowing who was in the car. >>reporter: victim leaves behind a 6-year-old daughter. the unidentified suspect remains hospitalized tonight. police draw up a string of charges against him. this is news at 5:30. >>> okay jeff. 1,000 dollar reward is being offered tonight after a kitten is set on fire twice according to police by children. kathleen joins us from the baltimore animal rescue and care shelter with the latest on this story tonight. kathleen. >> well, jeff, sadly there are hundreds of cats here right now waiting to be adopted. take a look at some of the cats that are here. these were just bor

a short time ago police entered the medium security men's prison southwest of lexington, kentucky. a prison spokeswoman says no injuries are reported and no hostages have been taken. the north point training center has been on lockdown since tuesday when a group of inmates started attacking other inmates. >>> a $25,000 reward is being offered in the manhunt for a reality tv contestant, ryan jenkins. he is charged with the brutal murder of his ex-wife jasmine fiore. police say that the couple stayed at san diego resort last week. two days later her mutilated body was discovered in a trash bin. >> ryan jenkins is an animal what he has done to jasmine is you know speakable. >> jenkins stated on the reality show that he is worth between $1 and 3 million. authorities believe he fled his home country to canada. >>> pressure from the white house to raise the terror level before the 2004 election that is the claim from former homeland security secretary tom ridge. ridge says former defense secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft urged raising the level. ridge objected and the claim was

this is at the lexington market at paca street. the city is starting to wake up some. this traffic report brought to you by the better business bureau. looking for a business you know you can trust? let the better business bureau do the work for you. choose an a-rated business today by logging on to abc2news.com/bbb. >>> 6:30. we remain on this story, outside of pittsburgh a man carrying a duffel bag walks into an all-woman's salsa class, turns out the lights and starts shooting. cheryl conner with what she's learned. >> reporter: the victims were dancing before finding themselves in the middle of a dark room where at least 50 gunshots were fired. by the time the gunman was finished four people were dead including himself, at least 10 others injured. the state police superintendent in allegheny county held a news conference this morning. he said the gunman used a gym bag to carry in two handguns. he swiped his membership card before walking into a latin dance class. sources telling local reporters one of the victims was the gunman's ex-girlfriend. she was shot in the t

so he runs down lexington. there is a postal inspector.there is a gunbattle on lexington avenue and he is shot and two ambulances rushed to bellevue hospital. the rabbi dies. he lives. that night, they are rested in his house at cliffside park, new jersey. they are the getaway driver's. the fbi brings 47 boxes of evidence out of that house, including pictures of the world trade center, arabic writing the talk about we have to take to the high world buildings, the pillar of their strength. there is a receipt for 1400 rounds of ammunition. if they had a red flashing neon light pointing at the world trade center, it couldn't have been more obvious. and also they find top secret memos from the joint chiefs of staff. take a look at this memo. this memo shows the location of every single navy seals and green beret unit worldwide on the summer fifth 1988. latitude and longitude. ali mohammed stole it and brought it up and gave it to his al qaeda brothers. that is his arabic writing on it. this is a memo to the joint chiefs of staff. ali mohamed w

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near the lexington market, no problems to let you know about there. back to you. >>> the debate over how to reform the nation's health care system comes to baltimore tonight. maryland's junior senator ben cardin will host a town hall meeting to hear what you have to say about the plan, it will be a hot one. roosevelt leftwich is live at towson university with a look ahead to tonight's forum. >> reporter: those meetings have been hot across the country as angry groups that are against it along with groups that are for it have been squaring off at these meetings, as each side tries to get its side across. it should be a hot one. here's why. president obama's plan to change around the health care system has been meeting with applause in some circles, even more so the anger toward what many are calling the biggest mistake ever is also mounting. protesters have been showing up in meetings outraged by what they are calling the administration's attempt to "socialize medicine." already many people say the format of the meeting is barring opponents. and they s

the university of maryland lexington and saratoga buildings will be closed, only essential employees should report to work. >>> a man from linthicum is expected to be charged in the deadly hit-and-run crash. investigators say 26-year-old matthew norwood hit 59-year-old mary collins of glen burnie. she was standing on the sidewalk at the intersection of baltimore-washington boulevard and oak lane when she was struck by a mini van. she was on her way to church. norwood, we're told didn't stop after the crash but was caught later by police in a parking lot of a convenience store later on that day. >>> the three men charged with the murder of former baltimore city councilman ken harris are expected to stand trial. harris was killed in september of last year during a robbery at the new haven lounge in northeast baltimore. gary collins, charles mcgainey and jerome williams all indicted with first degree murder charges. baltimore city police investigators say they have dna evidence that connects the three men to the crime. if convicted the suspects could face the death penalty. >>> hurrican

cincinnati right there and lexington 66. some of these oppressive temperatures taking a break for the next several days. overnight lows will range from the upper 50s to low and mid- 60s. in the district i think we'll probably bottom out at about 68 degrees. max hd futurecast can give us a temperature prediction. at 11:00 tonight, 74 degrees. not too far off. by 9:00 in the morning abo 75 degrees. notice that pittsburgh will only be 63. new york 74. boston 73 degrees. and as we run through the rest of the day, we're definitely going to see low and mid-80s by the 1:00 hour. we'll top out at about 88 degrees. bunotice nothing is terribly oppressive. it looks to me like we're definitely starting to head into more of a september-like pattern. in materials of rain and showers -- in terms of rain and showers, starting at 10:00 tonight, we're just going to see mostly clear skies. there will be a frontal system coming later in the week. we'll watch for it to approach out of the west. but i really think for the most part high pressure

carjacked someone earlier, and members of the regional auto theft task force spotted the car on lexington street, but were ordered not to speed after it. but members of the victim's family are left with an agonizing question: why if police were instructed not give chase, was the suspect traveling so fast in that vehicle? >> no, i don't believe the chase because they couldn't have arrived at the scene that fast, and if they would have chased and had the suspect going as fast as they claim he was going, he should have been able to bail out of the car at an earlier time. it was ten blocks away. >> reporter: the family is prepared to wait for an investigation into the incident to take its course, and members are balancing their grief with their frustration over how the case has been handled thus far. they say the family didn't learn of her death until five hours of the accident. and they are angered that they have not been permitted to identify her body. >> you don't know for a fact that it's her even now? >> no, i don't know other than the fact they gave us her license and it was her vehicle

we do have utah street that is completely shut down between baltimore and lexington streets. and also fay yet street is blocked between liberty and howard street. for the best alternate route, not on green. if you are traveling along lombard, they are better as well. but of course keep in mind, they are a headache as usual for the evening rush. it is just a lot of heavy volume for that region and just bring your patience with you this evening as you are traveling in the air y. getting out of the downtown region, much better. in problem from downtown, avoid 695. that will just take 11 minutes. on the top end of the beltway it is packed on inner loop down towards park row but it is the usual rush hour delays we have to deal w. on 95, much better news. cars are cruising along up to speed. but northbound and southbound lanes, that is not the case a little bit further up. in aberdeen, there is an overturned car on the southbound side of 95. right at churchville road. that leaves with us route 40 as best bet for alternate. that's a look at your evening showers, seth and jennifer ba