i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm kate amara. we want to begin with sandra shaw who is in for john collins. >> there is patchy fog. it should burn off. the sun will be up about 6:20 today. a pretty dry weather pattern here. it looks like seasonable highs nt mid 80's. 66 in easton. 72 on the shores of ocean city. today's forecast, partly cloudy, 84 to 87. winds generally light and out of the east. sunset at 8:02 tonight. plenty of time to enjoy the day. i've got your seven-day forecast coming up in a little bit. back to you. >> our big story, we are learning new details about a car crash in which olympic gold medalist michael phelps was involved. >> baltimore police say michael phelps was not at fault, but they say he will still be cited. here's rod daniels with more. >> a sea of police were at the scene of bid bids -- police say he was driving his black cadillac escalade east on bids street when he was hit by a car on -- hid by a honda, amanda virkus. amanda virkus was taken to shock trauma where she was treated for minors injuri

i'm kate amara. >> and i'm lisa robinson.e'll get to top stories in just a moment, but first jim has a look at the forecast. >> good morning. great weather for us. not so much for other parts of the country. if you liked yesterday here, you will be a fan of today's weather. we are looking at lots of sunshine and temperatures returning back into the 08's. on the satellite, not much to be seen anywhere from virginia all the way up to northern maine. we are looking at mainly clear skies. temperatures at 66 degrees at b.w.i. 69 at ocean city and we're 66 degrees in frederick right now. for the rest of today, just a few clouds and pleasant. 86 to 92 degrees. a few people waking up with patchy morning fog but that will burn off when the sun rises. right now florida is getting set to be hit with a tropical storm. we'll talk about that plus your full seven-day forecast in just a little bit. >> baltimore city tops our news where police are investigating a double shooting at the inner harbor. this happened at 10:15 last night inside th

reporting live in the newsroom, lisa robinson. sbal tv news. -- wbal tv news. >> more than a thousand lines are on the recall list tonight. >> the problem that led the three deaths. >> a new study shows parents have to keep their children away from drinking and drugs. that story's coming up. >> of the coast guard releases its report on the belly boat accident that happened here in 2004. >> but first, senator ted kennedy dead at the age of 77. coming up, more coverage of >> there was a two word tonight of the new slot parlor. it was once the home of the candle company. some concerns have been raised at the site may be polluted. environmental impact study will reveal what pollutants may be there. the maryland lottery facility hosted the tour. >> into night's medical alert, more than half the 17 year olds have seen one of their parents and drunk. the center for addiction and substance abuse, researchers also found those youngsters are more likely to use alcohol, tobacco, or drugs. >> more than 1/3 of america's teenagers have seen one

. >> and i'm lisa robinson here for -- i'm jennifer franciotti here for lisa robinson. >> we're seeing more sun than we have seen for a day or stew. the presence of bill kept us murky yesterday. why and finally the humidity is going to go away. >> it is still there, but we will make progress by the end of the day, and it will take 24 hours to work through all these issues. we don't have as many issues as we had yesterday morning because most of the rain is off shore. a few showers out to the west. the actual rain falls more out over the atlantic at this time. the clouds are a bit more scattered. the front is still trying to move away. this stalled front-moving front which was here yesterday is still here this morning. so we'll talk about how quickly this thing will get out of our hair coming up with the insta-weather plus forecast. >> and remember, you can follow the storm on our web site. you can pin point wet weather down to your very own street. go to wbaltv.com. you'll find it on the home page. >> hurricane bill passed the u.s. yesterday. >> and even though it did not make landfall

reporting live, lisa robinson: wbal-tv 11 news. >> we would like your thoughts. will the violence stop you from visiting? >> tonight, we have learned of a developing story. a state legislator proposes to the fiancee. >> this is now under an internal investigation. no one has been suspended. the state delegate is a democrat from baltimore county. his marriage proposal was reported by the gazette. the story goes the wall proposing to his fiancee, aboard a boat, a police boat and a police helicopter arrived on the scene to make it look like a real police investigation was going on. apparently, police even boarded the boat while the proposal was under way. it was all a prank, but commanders were not amused. they have launched an investigation to see who approved the use. we have left a number of messages but so far there is no response. we are trying to track down the head of the state ethics commission. one man is dead and another hospitalized after an early- morning stabbing in college park. officers were called to check on to people in the 8900 block of rhode isla

live downtown, lisa robinson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we have a special consumer alert tonight. howard county police are investigating what they're calling a large-scale identity theft scheme. it spanned maryland and three other states. police found hundreds of personal and financial documents inside a room at the best western hotel in elkridge. some of the items included driver's licenses, credit cards, tchecks, social security cards and bank statements. they also found $12,000 in cash and several wigs in a vehicle belonging to suspects. >> investigators are contacting witnesses and we continue to identify witnesses. it will take some time to process all of the evidence. >> police arrested three women and a man, all from florida. they were charged with a number of crimes including credit card theft. police say they plan to file additional charges as the investigation continues. >> tonight, businesses in the united states are being asked to make a plan for managing the flu this fall. both seasonal and h1n1 flu. businesses should encourage vulnerable employees who are at risk to

lisa robinson is live with more. >> top lockner ask for a $5,000 bail and this afternoon, -- calvin lockner asked for a $5,000 bill this afternoon and the judge denied that this afternoon. shocking new details about what happened. documents say that 3 to four white males approached the 76- year-old around 3:30 in the morning at fort armistead park. one of the men kicked into the ground and started punching him in the face saying "you black n, i will get you." they begin to the bat while he was on the ground one suspect took his wallet from his truck. the suspect in custody, calvin lockner, police in a taped statement, "this would not have happened if he was a white man at." he was a member -- he is a two -- a member of two white power groups and has "hitler -- he lives." can -- to -- tattooed. >> we are getting more information with anonymous citizen tips to help us identify the other two individuals involved. >> police said that if anyone has information about what happened, they want you to give him a call. this morning, the victim is reported to be in fair and stable condition at the uni

i'm kate amara. >> and i'm lisa robinson.st our top stories. residents have a lot of clean-up ahead of them after powerful storms hit parts of maryland. the national weather service corn firms a tornado -- confirms a tornado did touchdown. parts of baltimore, anne arundel, and carroll county were hit hard by the storm. >> a shooting in the 5,000 block of green mountain circle. a nearby day care and elementary school were placed on lockdown for a short while. the victim is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. the suspect is still on the loose. >> the city council will consider a bill authorizing speed cameras. baltimore county police say they plan to place 12 to 15 cameras throughout the county if the bill is passed. exact locations have not been decided. >> now let's go to the 11 weather center for a check on the forecast with john collins. >> it was a crazy afternoon with all that storm activity. authorities are going to the finksburg area to see if there was a tornado there. but you can see the clouds off the mi

the victim remains in stable condition at shock trauma. 11 news reporter lisa robinson is live with more on what we're learning about one of the suspects in the case. >> first let me tell you a little bit about the victim, james privett. he is here at shock thralm with severe head injuries. we're told this evening he's in fair and stable condition. the mayor says she was able to speak to him and his family last night. she says mr. privett told her he was simply out doing what he loved to do in his retirement. he had simply gone fishing. >> all of us really need to be enraged about what has happened and what continues to happen in so many incidents throughout our city. racism, pure and simple, is a sin. it's a sin. >> racial violence like this, we have no place for this in our society, in baltimore or anywhere. >> the mayor, civic and religious leaders and police commissioner fred bealefeld denounced the hate crime committed against 76-year-old james privett. he and his wife were fishing at fort armistead park when he was attacked. >> at around 3:30 in the morning, tuesday, and in fort ar

lisa robinson was the person whom i met with with "vanity fair." i said i don't want sound bites.o do anything -- and i had not done any articles because i did not want to do them because i don't want anything but the truth of what it was. so knowing that they were very good we they're research, good or bad. because you said, what can we tell you? what can we talk about? what don't you want to talk about? >> i said i will talk about anything you want to talk about. the toughest questions you want to talk about as long as you will promise me that you will research it. you're known for that. but it's easy to research something or it's easy to come out with things that are exportative. the mafia, this and that. because no one would believe a black kid from detroit could create motown. tavis: now you're getting to what i want to get to. what is it that kept angering berry gordy the way the story was told? one thing they connected you with the mafia. >> everything was wrong. they never had motown -- the fact is that when we came out with our records, they were so strong, they were deal

. >> and i'm jennifer franciotti here for lisa robinson. we'll get to our top stories in just a moment. first we want to look outside with john collins. it was certainly active outside. >> yes, we had an interesting past week here. really warm or some could say hot or humid. then we had a hurricane buzzing along off shore and stirring up the ocean. and a lot of rain. it still feels like that this morning. the rain will be less of an issue today than it has been. not gone necessarily, but less of an issue. so let's take a look at our live h.d. doppler radar. it is more of an issue for those on the peninsula than it is for those of us west of the bay. we have partly cloudy skiesment our temperatures are -- cloudy skies. our temperatures are a little cooler now. the activity is pulling away from us. there are also isolated and scattered showers in the mountains of virginia and west virginia at this time. at least there are some breaks in the clouds, and some less humid air is beginning to filter into the area. i'll bring all the details coming

i'm lisa robinson. >> i'm rob roblin.first let's take a look outside with john collins. >> take advantage of being outside today, because the threat of rain will be there. we have had one band of showers move through the area. a little rumble of thunder with it. now on our live h.d. doppler radar, you can see the shower activity that remains up there. it is up in cecil county just north of northeast. also a little shower activity up in the northern part of the county, and if i slide this west ward, brunswick, and winchester, you do see another storm. it is an indication of where we will be headed today. it will be humid and warm. the insta-weather plus forecast ahead. >> a big story this morning. police say an officer shot an attempted burglary suspect caught in the act. >> but it then takes a strange twist. >> police say it was after 4:30 a.m. when officers in the 4700 block noticed an alarm at shon's food market. a spokesperson investigated and -- a spokesperson says the officers investigated and found a person with a k

i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm kate amara. first a look at the weather news with meteorologist jim nichols. >> the weather forecast isn't very popular today. so far everyone that has come in has talked about some sort of barbecue or something they had planned for later this afternoon, and no one seems to be very happy with the weather forecast. >> i had hoped -- >> the thing is -- >> should you postpone it? do you bring it in doors? set up a tent? >> a tent would be good. it will be a lot of hit-or-miss thorls. the humidity we have for the last several days has to go somewhere. you saw it yesterday, and today is pretty much going to be a repeat. we're going to get a few hours of dry weather, and then the rain showers and thomples roll through, and then we may get another 20 or 30 minutes of dry weather. then thunderstorms roll through. that is the pattern setting up for today. right now, we're in one of the dry patterns. we are dry after waking up with early morning rain showers and thunderstorms. temperatures holding steady i

. >> i'm lisa robinson. our top stories in just a moment. first a look outside with jim nichols who is in for john collins. good stuff, huh? >> great stuff. if you liked yesterday's weather, you will be a fan of today's forecast. there aren't any clouds anywhere in maryland. we'll see more clouds, though, later this afternoon. it is still going to be a mostly sunny day, though. temperatures already 76 degrees. 76 in ocean city starting off what will be a nice beach day. a nice day in the mountains, as well. it will be pleasant. the humidity will be there, but it won't be unbearable. we'll talk about how long this pattern will last. plus we'll look at some of the new tropical systems that are brewing out in the atlantic and whether they will have an impact . >> our big story comes out of baltimore city where police are investigating a double shooting at the inner harbor. >> it happened last night around 10:15. shortly before the shooting, officers on patrol in the area were alerted about a man carrying a gun. as police searched for that man,

. >> and i'm lisa robinson. first let's go to jim nichols. >> it is going to be a wet one today. i know both of you said you had plans outside today. very heavy rain. a lot of moisture in the air. it has to come out sooner or later, and we're going to see some of that today. still scattered hane rain showers and thunderstorms outside of annapolis. pushing its way through delaware. pushing its way to the east. we can look at the wider radar picture. you can see this trend over the next several hours. heavy storms last night and new storms beginning to head our way. you notice this trend, how they move from the northwest to the southeast? that is what leads to the heavy rain and the potential for isolated flooding. soming we need to watch very, -- something we need to watch very, very closely for today. bill is somewhat of a reason of why we're seeing all this wet weather. we'll explain more about that. plus we'll look at what kind of impacts we expect down at the shore, and finally when the wet weather will leave. there is good news in the seven-day forecast. i'll have all that co

. >> i'm lisa robinson. this morning, the national weather service has confirmed that a tornado with winds up to 100 miles an hour did touchdown in frederick county. >> that wasn't the only area with damage. parts of baltimore, anne arundel, and carroll county were also hit hard by the storm. here's kim dacey with more. >> some homes are without roofs. others knocked off their foundations. three homes are condemned after hey severe sform rolled through before 3 -- storm rolled through just about 3:00 friday morning. >> when we looked out the window, the clouds were dark, and we saw stuff flying in the air. >> all of a sudden, we heard a huge bang. my mom fell down, she was yelling. >> kever -- kevin's home is one of those condemned. his mother suffered a minor wrist injury when she fell. they su the roof coming off and -- saw the roof coming off and there was damage throughout the house. >> holes in the roof. windows blown out. it was a mess. water was coming down everywhere. >> all, 15 homes were damaged in

i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm kate amara. a tornado did touchdown in frederick county. >> parts of baltimore, anne arundel, and carroll counties were also hit hard by the storm. here's 11 news reporter kim dacey. >> downed trees, branches down, some covering roads. no rage roads here. that's not the case in the entire area. it was not the only place hit hard by the storm. some homes are without roofs. others knocked off their foundations. three homes on constellation wing are condemned after a storm rolled through before friday afternoon. >> it was heavy rains, high winds, and when we looked out the window, like, the clouds were really dark and we saw some stuff flying in the air. >> all of a sudden, there was a huge bang, my mom fell down, we were yelling. >> one of those condemned, his mother was the only one injured in a storm. she suffered a minor injury when she fell. kevin said they found the roof coming off the garage wall and damage throughout the house. >> holes in the roof, installation everywhere. windows blown out

. >> i'm lisa robinson. our top stories in a moment. first, let's look outside with jim nichols. he's in for john collins. >> you are trying too force that -- to force that smile. you wear your opinion of the forecast on your sleeve. it is right there. she is not too happy. more showers and thunderstorms are going to be on the way. unfortunately. we've had lots of good weekends the last few months. unfortunately the timing isn't working out when most people want to do something outside. h.d. doppler, rain showers now further south of there. the special marine warnings are out through the chesapeake. but from centreville down there chesapeake beach and more on the way. all that humidity that we dealt with the last few days, it is going to squeeze itself out of the atmosphere, and it is going to be doing that today with lots of heavy rain showers and thunderstorms. over on the radar we can see this line. meanwhile, going right along i-95 through new jersey and it is providing heavy rain showers. it is going to provide more heavy rain showers this afternoon. there it is. today's for

and i'm jennifer franciotti here for lisa robinson. first, let's go outside. is it starting to warm up out there? >> it sure it. a lot of people are wondering where summer went as far as temperatures are concerned. we're not going to be breaking any records with this heat, but we haven't really felt this kind of heat or humidity at all this summer, so your body is not quite acclimated to it. we will see some of the warmest temperatures we have seen all year move in today, tomorrow, and tuesday. seeing a few rain showers to the north of us still adding some humidity. downtown baltimore 74. 82 in ocean city and 76 out toward salisbury. partly cloudy. whenever we have this much heat and humidity, we run the risk of a late afternoon thunderstorm. 91 and 96. that's the thermometer. more of this is on the way, and we'll talk about your full seven-day forecast coming up. >> now on to our big story this morning. we're learning more about the victims of a carroll county plane crash. >> that plane went down yesterday morning at 7:30 near the keymar airport. we get the l

i'm lisa robinson. at a look at one of our top stories. recent violence at the inner harbor have many worried business will be affected. police stepped up presents an mayor sheila dixon says when he to crack down on -- some say tougher gun laws will help put a stop to the violence. the search is still continues for the person and shot two people near the light street pavilion. >> good morning, everyone. an accident at liberty road and washington avenue in windsor mill, and the city, highland and fayette, reported disabled vehicle southbound 83, harrisburg expressway, approaching 2 million exit and 95 northbound blocking right now lane. delays southbound, white marsh to the 95 harbor tunnel. and look outside at one of the other delays. hartford wrote, " vermeil is jammed. pretty slow from harvard. watch out for that. over to you. >> dealing with lots of sunshine to start, and it will be another muggy day. temperatures mainly in the 70's. 75 downtown, 71 at bwi and 74 at ocean city. increasing clouds toda

i'm lisa robinson. >> and ione rgo rgo lis a teeti stories in just a moment. first of all, we'll look outside withy. john, some messy weather outside, right? >> right, and this is our third round of severe weather in about a week's time. it is really interesting. the severe storms from friday produced a couple weurn tornants out west of tows a now, this morning, we have had severe thunderstog an activity. we hcounty.e not had tornadoes. northwest of baltimore, in parts of carroll, frederick, and now up in adams moving into lancaster county in peyeasylvane Ãjl severe t 2nderstorm warning. a band of thunderstorm activity moved thromer h carroll county d daow is up in adams -- i should say york and lancaster count:00 mong tng to the northeasnde we also have a cluster of showers and thunderstog ans out west of us. howard county as well. and i just want the high -- i >st want to highlightcuery quickly that this thunderstorm warningric- for nearby aÃway jo untils onin the 80 this morning in effect north of us. ? aore is likely today. we detail that with the forecast

i'm lisa robinson. it's 8:25. here's some of our top stories. baltimore city police are investigating a double shooting at the inner harbor. it happened last night inside the light street pavvilion. someone approached officers and said there was a man carrying a gun. while looking for the suspect, shots rang out from in front of one of the restaurants. >> when the officers spoppeded, they located two victims. having said that, members of our central district detective units are investigating this matter. 410-396-2411 if you have information. the investigation is in its very early-on stages, so any information would be helpful. >> both victims are said to be two men in their 20's, one shot in the leg, the other in the arm. either injury is sid to be life-threatening. some by-standers also suffered minor injuries running from the scene. >> four people recovering after an accident involving an accident in southwest baltimore. city medic 12 collided with an s.u.v. at dennison street. two paramedicics taken to mercy medical center. two people in the

i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm kate amara.ctually, i think we'll go to a check on the forecast first. >> that's right because weather is a top story today. we started off with a little bit of early morning rain now. it is just a cloudy sky outside now. most rain showers continued to push their way into delaware and down into the delmarva peninsula. dry now, but more on the way. over on the machine we see the line of rain showers and thunderstorms, some of that heavy stuff now pushing its way off to sea. we have a break in maryland and virginia, but once we get in the afternoon hours, we will run the risk of more scattered thunderstorms. some of those rain showers could be heavy at times, and we have a slight risk for severe weather later this afternoon. temperatures 83 to 78 degrees. there is good news coming up in the seven-day forecast. if you have outdoor plans coming up, stick around for the forecast. we'll have that coming up in your seven-day forecast. >> there is controversy surrounding the state's top public defender.

lisa robinson has the day off. >> a real band, sometimes intense rain. under an inch in some cases.s diving through it. it came down. not much thunder and lightning with it. no wind or damaging situations, but that last area of rain is now pulling away. we take a look at live h.d. doppler radar. we still have this front to come through and that front, behind it, is a much drier less humid air. the process isn't finished yet. the bulk of the rain is done for the baltimore area. the front that's coming through is going to stall to our south and may provide a focal point for rains south of baltimore over the next couple days, but here a gradual imimprovement during the day and tomorrow. details coming up. ♪ ave marie gentleman >> he used his gift to touch as many lives and right as many brongs as the years awould allow. >> while as mo ma posed a challenge to my physical health, it propped up my emotional and mental health, because it kept my father by my bedside. >> i love you, dad. i always will, and i miss you already. ♪ for beautiful for spashese skies ♪ >> thank you for sharing the

lisa robinson is off. and that's why anaheim here. i'm jennifer franciotti. first we want to take a look outside with weather reporter jim nichols. >> temperatures may be slightly cooler than we are expecting, but it will still be in the mid-90's. it is absolutely going to feel summer-like, and we will see humidity move through the region, and that is going to make it feel even worse outside. a quick look at our radar picture shows most of the rain is to our north. a few light rain showers are trying to pu push their way through -- push their way through northern maryland. 80 degrees out toward ocean city. 73 and 72 seem to be the popular numbers. lots of people waking up to early morning fog. temperatures in the mid 80's for breakfast time. by lunch time, 89 degrees. whenever we see this much heat and humidity, we have to talk about the risk of a pop-up thundershower. 93 threes. -- degrees. we'll talk about the seven-day forecast. >> our big story out of carroll county where we are learning more about the victims killed in a plane crash. >> that plane went d