there's an accident on the outer loop lanes and one on the inner loop direction as well.nd kills bad breath germs. to help avoid dental problems, act daily. >>> welcome back, 7:43 on this friday morning, and yesterday showers are a thing of the past and any showers we did get yesterday frankly not even measurable in terms of totals. it was a couple of stray showers that pushed through on the sky watch hd composite image. now we have drier air in place. we are looking forward to a pretty day today with more sunshine. you see what is lurking. there's showers that are headed in our direction and it could turn into stormy weather by the weekend. here is why. we will be on the milder side of the jet stream. expect the temperatures to get into the upper 60s to near 70-degree mark. we will be close to 70 no matter where you are but downtown the better chance of seeing the 70, otherwise, the change is underway as the warm front approaches. behind the high pressure we will get the moisture moving from the south ahead gulf of mexico. it will trigger showers later in the day and int

no problems to report off the inner loop coming in from oxon hill. outer loop of the beltway still holding steady. university boulevard around to colesville road. southbound 270 here in germantown south of middle brook road, the lanes are open but the place peas will slow -- the pace will slow at 370. no problems reported inbound on route 50. we have delays from columbia park road headed down to

traffic building on the outer loop ton west side, but still moving pretty freely. also, 695, traffic building as well. your travel times, 695, one with minute ride, a little buildup, to 695 is a seven minute ride, to northern parkway, a five minute ride, also looking at the issue s, that vehicle is on the shoulder and a accident on rice teartowns road. back to you. >>> 6:32. cut out your coffee runs, going ocean city snow of hawaii and buying the store brand yogurt but what if the balance meant cutting firefighters or police officers, a preview of the budget proposal this morning. linda. >> reporter: we should learn how many jobs will be cut, also what kind of taxes and fees will go up. the city thus find a way to plug a $120 million deficit. under the proposed budget there were calls to lay off more than 100 -- 600 city employees including 120 police officers and 90 fair fighter, the police department would also lose the helicopter uni, the mayor hopes to reverse some of those with new taxes and fees, one thing proposing is a $0.04 tax on beverage containers, the

outer loop i-70, 95, six minute ride.ave the lanes at liberty road at oklahoma road, ridge road closed in both directions because of the crash in mown airy. you remember him from cotter. he grew up in brookland park. he is having a birthday day. >> what about leon russel. where is he from? >> darlington. are you having a birthday? we want to know about it. send us a short email. put a picture on it. give us a couple of days to get it all nice and dolled up for you. happy birthday everybody. >>> coming up next, oscar winner, american idol finalist. the new representation that's on her resume. >>> plus unruly 10 year old could not be subdued by two police officers. you will never believe how they got this child under control. first to new york with the latest business news. . >>> money scope report with the march jobs report. the economy probably added jobs last month for a second time since the recession began. economists predicting 190,000 jobs created in march, unemployment held steady 9.7%. could mean the worst is over

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left side the inner loop, right side the outer loop.spur all the way down to tyson's corner, to annandale, everything is moving nicely both directions. we'll see if it continues, loading up rapidly now at inbound 14th street bridge. i don't see flashing lights, but that's a little strange. we'll check out that and get right back to you. that's how we are right now. back to you. >>> 6:22 is your time. a new biography about oprah winfrey said the talk show host is said to have an affair with john tesh. >>> and police beating at the university of maryland caught on tape. the story behind it and while some officers are stil somewhere in america... the slightest breeze harbors immense power. the tallest buildings leave the lightest footprints. a fifty-ton train makes barely a mark on the environment. and a country facing climate change finds climate solutions. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >>> afte

on the inner loop of the beltway, there is a report of some debris. it is a deer carcass. you might want to pay attention. the topside of the beltway is moving just fine, over 55 miles per hour. an accident in howard county at washington boulevard involves a tractor trailer. watch out for that in howard county. in baltimore county, hunter mill road, the report of an accident there. we will give you a live look outside at the pretty road. the outer loop is moving well. 95, north and southbound, no problems getting in or out of the city. but the sun came up this morning at 6:18. it is in mix of sun and clouds right now. high pressure pushes to our north and it will stabilize things. a weak front moved in yesterday. things are clear this morning. 51 out at the airport. 40's at the state line. low 50's over on the eastern shore this morning. it will be quiet and calm from the mountains to the heart of central maryland, around baltimore. 72 degrees today. the wind will be light out of the northwest. over at the beach, but looks like we will be 70 degrees. a good beach day. no w

outer loop five minutes. starting to build a little on 95 southbound from whitemarsh boulevard to 695, four minutes. on the outer loop between the 83s only one minute so far, back to you. >>> it's a minute after 6:00. martin o'malley got his political science degree by working for senator barbara mukulski. he would lose to john for a state senate seat in 1990 but wouldn't lose again, winning a city council post, then mayor, then governor. linda so as the governor tries to keep his winning streak alive. >> this time it's about winning another four years as governor. o'malley will be here later this morning at 11:15 in fells point. he'll make his case to voters to keep him in office for another term. o'malley's re-election campaign will start with a three-day tour of the state which includes 11 different stops including columbia, catonsville and aberdeen. he's facing a rematch with former governor bob ehrlich and likely the same issues from the last race will return this time but republicans hope that will turn

the ener loop and outer loop, all lanes are open. the trip over on 95, 395, i-66, very quiet this morning. the good news is, right now we're dealing with the drive pavement. nothing out of the ordinary there. northeast corridors are doing fine for those of you headed toward new york avenue and kettleworth avenue. no hangups there. to southeast along the drive on pennsylvania avenue, south capital street, the southeast/southwest freeway, we're doing fine. up in frederick along 270 and i-70, looking good. eun? >> thank you. >>> two more men are in custody for last month's mass shooting in the district. they're also looking for another suspect in the drive-by shooting that killed four and injured five others. news 4 tracee wilkins is outside of police headquarters with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: on more arrests being made and now some releases being made as well. a 14-year-old who was originally considered a suspect in this case has been exonerated as these new warrants have been issued. d.c. attorney general peter nickles s

light volume on the outer loop headed out towards tice ondz. inner loop of the beltway at speed for those continuing to work their way from the toll road around towards 270. 395 still working at speed leaving duke street headed out to seminary road. no problems to report crossing the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, details after violent night in prince george's county. we start in riverdale where police were called to the 6600 block of 60th avenue just before 10:00 last night. when officers got inside the home there, they found a woman who had been attacked. she was dead. no word on a suspect this morning or who made that call to police. >>> investigators also looking into what happens to be a deadly shooting in capitol heights. police went to the 6800 block of central satisfy last night after people said they heard gunshots. two men were found injured on the scene and one later died at the hospital. >>> our big story as world leaders head back into the convention center, a lot of attentio

we've got problems still on the inner loop. taking away the right lane as you approach the 66 exit. you are still losing the exit and notice a lot of congestion. that delay starting right now at route 50. we move to you 66 to show you how things are slowing down, down there. 50 to 123, tacking on an extra five minutes for that commute. hello, maryland, 270. how's it going? that traffic is below speed from this area. 95 and the bw parkway, it's another story. out of baltimore, 198 past powder mill and beyond. we're watching as more traffic starts to build. that's a quick look at traffic. andrea, back to you. >>> it seems like an unlikely partnership but the smithsonian institution is teaming up with the home shopping network, qvc. the museum of natural history today announced a licensing agreement allowing qvc to sell jewelry collections inspired by its own priceless gems. the move will introduce smithsonian trinkets to 180 million households worldwide. >> reporter: the dazzling 45 1/2 karat hope diamond, earrings owned by marie

some activity on the shoulder. -- is outer loop traffic. some activity on the shoulder. >> water pumps are once again running this morning. >> that is good news for thousands of residents who lost water yesterday. officials need your help to bring everybody's pressure back up to speed. jennifer franciotti has the details. >> that means do not run all of the water at the same time. they needed to conserve. power is restored just before sundown last night at the compensation. they're able to start putting water back in the system. a fire began underground taking out a utility pole. the result, low water pressure or no water at all for about 200,000 customers. if you have water this morning, they are still urging conservation. >> that will take away from water that needs to go to further places away from this pumping station. >> bge crews spent all day taking out those burnt cable lines. it took longer than expected, but they got the job done. wbal-tv. >> a late night car crash in anne arundel county killed three people. it happened shortly be

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again it just continues to be the case on the outer loop lanes and even the inner loop., though moving through the pikesville region from reisterstown road all the way up toward 83. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice and megan, back over to you. >>> tonight idol gives back. so last night the top 7 contestants got in the giving mood by singing songs that have inspired them. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> people get ready ♪ ♪ there's a train ♪ coming ♪ you don't need no baggage ♪ no ♪ ♪, just get on board ♪ all you need is faith ♪ it's coming ♪ you don't need no ticket ♪ no ♪ you just thank the lord ♪ thank the lord ♪ now there ain't no room ♪ for the hopeless sinner ♪ who hurt on mankind ♪ just to save his own ♪ there ain't no hiding place ♪ from the pain ♪ oh, get ready ♪ you don't need no ticket ♪ no just get on board ♪ all you need is faith ♪ to see coming ♪ you don't need ticket, no ♪ if it's based on love ♪ you don't need no ticket, no, no ♪ ♪ you just thank the lord ♪ >>> crystal bowersox people get ready from the dramatic a cappella start to the orchestra and the cry

and 695 on the outer loop 70 to 95 an 8-minute ride. >> good morning from the mta. out there you'll find on the mark train system camden train 841 with a delay. the other trains and lines look good for travel. light rail northbound ten minutes late. metro on time and the buses showing a diversion on the 36 at kirk due to a water main break. for the mta transit team i'm mark jones. >>> all right. let's run down some of the top stories. police are still trying to determine a motive outside the hospital. a woman and a gunman are dead. two other women are injured. police say there doesn't appear to be any connection between the women and the gunman. >> i'm sorry. do you want to come up here? you know, the -- all right. because can i just say once again, barbara and i are supportive of -- >> the president spoke at a fund raiser in los angeles on monday where he urged california democrats to work hard to re-elect senator barbara boxer. though the democrat friendly droud were not without criticism. they shouted at the president regarding the don't ask don't tell policy. >>

and inner loop as well. as far as the beltway, farther up near liberty road and let's check in on that area, and pretty much the same deal. nothing to annoy you outer or inner loop. as for 795, it's a pleasant ride on the southbound lanes from owings mills all the way down toward the beltway. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice, back over to you. >>> thank you, candace. >>> still ahead his season is over but the honors keep coming for one terps player. at ward greivis vasquez has received. >>> and the detective said he was sad because whoever ran out of bullets. >> and the murder of a rising >>> ltimore city police say violent crime is down and so is the homicide rate, but that is little comfort fo comfort for ao is waiting to see who killed her son. it happened more than 20 years, we report on the cold case when the music stopped. >> reporter: in the neighborhood, he was known as hollywood. terrance thompson was the aspiring young music producer. jesse. >> happy. >> reporter: says her son was des

going to maryland, checking out the outer loop.mpshire to georgia an extra five to ten minutes for drivers right now. you can see with are backed up here at colesville and 95, bw parkway out of baltimore past 198, everything is all clear andrea. >> thank you. >>> today congress will look in to safety issues at metro. the hearing comes as local leaders vow to make your next trip a safer one. kristin fisher is live at the king street station with a preview. >> reporter: the hearing starts at 10:00 this morning on captiol hill. the committee will be addressing three key issues that are currently facing metro. i'm talking about safety, budget and finding new leadership. now, those are the same issues that were discussed yesterday among three of the top leaders in maryland, virginia and the district. as governor o'malley, governor mcdonnell and mayor fenty. the three held a press conference to say they will be calling for more accountability at today's congressional hearing. >> to be quite frank, i think we all agree we need more accoun

inner loop lanes towards 95. no problems there as well. checking our drive times quickly, we have it all in, not quite in the green. starting to pick up on the outer loop from 795 down to 70. southbound 95 from white marsh down to the beltway. about a four minute ride. harbor tunnel through from the split, down to 295, going to take you seven minutes this morning. one incident, downed trees in ellicot city. residential area at blackberry lane and garrett court that has that intersection closed. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> opening day 2003 we paid to see larry bigby, davy cruise and louis matos. >> there are bright stars shining on utah street. wieters, to jones, you name it, they've got them. linda sow has a preview of what's going on today. >> good morning, well lots is shining here at camden yards. >> this place is coming back to life. they have the lights on in the stadium. putting up the final touches on the board. they're painting that last strip. i gotta tell you, fans, of course, you'll get the classic opening day festivities,

inner loop and outer loop. not going anywhere. looking at the capital beltway. elsewhere we have significant delays. georgetown road, you are not moving very fast there. the inner loop is still going to be heavy as you con past connecticut avenue for silver spring. this is the case, little bit better as you approach university boulevard. along 270, have you company in the northbound direction. passing by tuckerman lane, con further north, have you more delays to speak of. here is the pies the other side of the beltway, approach branch avenue, outer loop will be slow there. there's no major accidents to report. plain heavy this afternoon. if you are traveling out of springfield, does not look too bad out of this camera which is very misleading. just north of the camera shot, very heavy towards newington and then pretty much jam jammed solid. heading towards dumfries and quantico. back to you guys. >> thanks, ash. >>> and you can expect traffic to be heavier than normal this weekend on the outer loop beltway. there will be rampant lane closures between eisenhower

elsewhere, we'll take a live look at the capital beltway, both the inner loop and outer loop betweencentral avenue and the woodrow wilson bridge moving nicely. keeping in mind the roads are still going to be a little on the wet side from last night's storms. watch out for any tree branches and whatnot in the roadway. joe, back to you. >> jerry, thanks very much. >>> the secret to a good marriage may be in the housework. a pew research center on marriage and parenting said 62% said chore sharing was very important to a good marriage. only 41% marked having children as very important. a messy house could cause problems in the marriage when a spouse does not live up to expectations. dr. sheila jamieson says couples first need to define clean and comfortable and should steer clear of comparing spouses from someone else. >> stay away from "this is what my mother did, and so it's fine." stay away from "mary's husband," "tom's wife." stay focused on our relationship. >> she says to look at each partner's strengths and then plan chores for a month and then evaluate. >>> dare i say it's usual

watch for those closures. 60 minutes on the outer loop west side. a quick live look at traffic shows the fog. >> a final look at the forecast with tony pancakes. >> the sun is up. we are working on the fog. there is a slight chance for rain shower. maybe a nice middle of the afternoon with a high near 70. >> i was referring to something we showed our viewers earlier this morning. 8 viewer knows all our names but thought it would be funny to come up with different names. stan snowball for me. >> tony pancakes. >> sandra spaghetti. >> french toast. >>, about sierra ravioli? >> thank you for joining us. >> be sure to tune in to wbal radio around-the-clock. >> pancakes on the five. things are getting downright twisted at dunkin' donuts. hurry in for our new freshly baked bagel twists, available in delicious cheddar cheese or cinnamon raisin. here for a limited time. america runs on dunkin'. get swept up with the big chocolate taste of mocha iced coffee from dunkin' donuts. it's just another one of our delicious,

outer loop of the beltway, all lane are open. the accident active off to the road to the shoulder but still quite a bit of a back upnow early this morning as you work your way around from college park headed in towards silver spring. randolph road still a viable option for you north of the beltway. also south of the beltway, 410 to east-west highway. a good alternate route if you are traveling onto 495. expect a brief delay coming off the room -- off the ramp from new hampshire avenue. 13 at the beltway. you will find you are now denied access to 123 to lead you in towards tysons corner because of this huge water main break. so the ramp from the beltway to head unbound towards tysons corner on 1 remains closed. that will force everybody over to route 7 so that will get heavy early this morning. callers are telling us if you are heading outbound leaving tyson's for the beltway, can you go no further than international drive. if you are traveling from the beltway and you want to head inbound towards the city, towards mclean if you

the loop. trying to clean up a fuel spill in that area. expect delays prior to park heights avenue. crash in dundalk, german hill at 48th street and another accident in wood lawn, just cleared right there off security boulevard. as we take a peek at the jfx, crash at the overpass. traffic is actually flowing at a pretty decent pass towards downtown. stay with us. megan has your morning news update after this. >>> an investigation into a police-involved shooting in glen burnie. happened around 10:30 last night. an anne arundel county police officer was patrolling elevation road when he says he saw a 20-year-old man jumping up and down on a minivan. a woman got out of the van and a man started to attack her. the police officer tried to use his taser on the man, but it didn't work. he fired his gun and hit the suspect. the man was taken to shock trauma. he's expected to be okay. the officer who wasn't injured has been placed on administrative leave. >>> as police continue to investigate the death

inner loops, some suggestions also as you approach delaney valley. west side outer loop, delays from security boulevard, not too much trouble. only a couple of minutes to get through. 70 eastbound as you make your approach to the beltway. as far as city accidents go, we have four to report. harford road at east monument at hamlet road. and walter at overland avenue. and now, let's take a look at overside. 95 south at 895, not too much volume in that direction as well. this traffic report is brought to you by audi as well. honest to goodness savings. >>> and still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news today at 4:00. critical errors in the state. an air traffic controller that contributed to the deadly air collision over the hudson river. >>> melt away your fat, without liposuction or surgery. does it really work? >>> wait until you hear the results of a new pet poll that might make you want to stay there. >>> it's cool and mostly cloudy. get your first warning updated forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ do, do, do it together ♪ do, do it together ♪ ♪ it's all right, it's all ri

injury crash on the outer loop past wilkins avenue. update on earlier crash on the bw parkway, good hope road. people like to get an early start on the bw parkway. cleared off to the right shoulder. as we check our drive times around the area. not looking too bad. picking up a little bit because people are reducing their speeds. traveling the outer loop down to i-70, that's going to take you about 7 minutes. 5-minute ride from white marsh boulevard to the beltway. as you make your way on 895, a fog warning in effect for the entire stretch of the harbor tunnel thruway. checking around our cameras really quickly, you'll see traffic is moving at a decent pace. we do have moderate volume starting to build. keeping those speeds down a little bit. stay with us, we have more of your news, weather and traffic when good morning maryland returns after this. >>> we've got five minutes to go to get you out the door at 6:00. a look at today's top stories. the coast guard is searching for workers still missing after an oil rig exploded in the gulf o

and 695 on the outer loop key bridge to 97, a 9-minute ride. look out for a water main break near bone part avenue. >> april 20th if you're celebrating a birthday today, happy birthday. actor george from star trek, 73 and jessica lange is 61 years old. >>> and if you're having a birthday today we want to know about it. send us an e-mail with an attached photo. try to give us a couple of days' advanced notice on this. >>> entertainment news this morning, another celebrity gets the boot tonight on dancing with the stars. kate gosselin has the lowest score from the judges last night. find out tonight who's going to be heading home. >>> well, in is a big deal. vice president joe biden is going to be on the view today. he's going to be working the buzzer. and executive producer barbara walters says biden's appearance will be part of the show's red, white and view series of political discussions. he appeared back on 2007. the view airs at 11:00 this morning right here on abc 2. >>> the space shuttle discovery is heading towards cape canaveral right n

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no problems to report off the inner loop. -- headed towards tyson's, outer loop at speed.r fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> our big story this morning for the next two days, world leaders are in town for a nuclear summit which means several traffic advisories because of tight security. >> a lot of that happening right in the area around the convention center. sarah simmons live in northwest with more details. good morning. >> good morning. district transportation officials, they have been planning for this and doing some things just over the last couple of days. this morning, if you take a look behind me, you can see the increased security presence you are talking about outside the convention center. there is metal fencing that has been put up as well as barricades. will see a military presence around this area as well. let's take a look at that map again so we can show you the areas that are going to be kind of a problem if you are heading into the district today. parking restriction are already in place until noon wednesday as well as street closings that are in effect until t

right side the outer loop left side the inner loop.en beelt to silver spring to the american legion bridge both directions moving along nicely. traveling on the beltway in virginia coming up braddock road headed on to points north moving along well. any overnight road work should be wrapped up. outer loop coming down from 66 towards the interchange in springfield moving along nicely. of course we have many road closures downtown for the summit that's understand way. we'll keep you updated throughout the day. >>> 5:13 is your time. still ahead be prepared for a nightmare commute. we'll help you get to work or school despite all the closures for the nuclear summit. as possible land mourns the loss ever its leader we'll have the latest on the investigation into what >>> 5:15. if you work downtown get ready for gridlock. president obama is hosting more than 40 world leaders at the washington convention center this morning and because of that roads are closed, parking is limited and security has been tightened all the way around. news 4 meg

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inner loop and outer loop stretch. that's the deal up toward security boulevard.her up moving at liberty road. here it is on the outer loop lanes, we have the fair share of volume but the loop is >>> the 2010 legislative session is over. some the key pieces of legislation were debeated down to -- debated down to the wire. here to look at what was and wasn't a accomplished is baltimore city's state attorney, patricia jessamy. >>> let's talk about the state offender legislation because that was going on for so long. there were several pieces of it. one it got rid of the good time credits and it lengthened the years that some sex offenders stay behind bars from 5 to 15. did these go far enough. >> when it comes to sex offenders, yes this legislation takes us in the right direction. there's a lot about treatment about sex offenders we don't know, but we do know that they continuously reoffend. >> right. >> we need to try everything we can to protect especially our children from these individuals. >> let's move on to other legislation. gang legislation, that was a very

right now the outer loop lanes from 95 up toward 83, just looking at an 11 minute clip, 54 miles per hour. note the volume is increasing from 83 up toward 795, but so far no complaints, 8 minutes, 54 miles per hour there. at 55 miles per hour with an 11-minute drive 795 all the way down toward 95. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice, over to you. >>> 5:32 now on fox 45 early edition. a suspect is recovering this morning after being shot by a police officer in anne arundel county. it happened last night in glen burnie and it was a dramatic scene from start to finish. megan gilliland joins us live with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we're live at the intersection of alviton road and starwood drive. and this is the area that the officer was patrolling, the residential area last night when he noticed a man jumping up and down on top of a van. now when the suspect saw the officer, he then jumped off and a female inside that fan got out. that is -- van got out, that is when the suspect began assaulting her. the officer asked him to stop, whe

the outer loop, inner loop checking out okay.oop volume around the area near the little river turnpike area. a slow down on this is 395 from duke, overall building not so bad yet. we are delayed on 95 from 123. >>> now to another commuter alert for virginia drivers. later this morning learning more about the biggest transportation projects in northern virginia. hot lanes construction, on both 95 and 395 in the beltway and wilson bridge and metro. d-dot crews fixed the lines on the chain bridge. workers put down lane lines after closing the bridge. the temporary lines got moved all over the place. the spokesman says it happened because of the weather. >> for one, there was a lot of rain. second of all, it requires a certain temperature, i believe above 45 degrees for the adhesive that's on the back of the temporary line to actually adhere to the roadway. for >> crews replaced the lines wednesday and used a roller with heavy weights to make sure the lines stay straight this time. >>> lady gaga would gaga could be headed to the big

it is about a nine-minute ride on the inner loop, 60 minutes on the outer loop.hat is calling on. you sitting in traffic southbound towards the beltway northeast. we're back off of those rigs from 795. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning, everyone. things are pretty quiet concerning the weather. it is a little cooler out there, in the 40's. it is 36 in frederick. it is 40 at the airport, and 45 in edgewood. by this afternoon you have mostly sunny skies, pushing temperatures into the low 60s. the average height is 66. it is warmer than over the weekend. the seven-day forecast, a quiet day tomorrow, taking it up to 65. the chance for a few rain showers on wednesday. >> thank you. be sure to check the bottom of your screen for updates throughout the morning. we will be back with another live update. >>> it is 7:30 now on a monday morning. it's the 19th of april, 2010. a little chillier than we've been used to. out on the plaza this morning, we have a big crowd there. we'll take a second to let them get their faces on tv. there's lenny and other f

only 12 to gain from top to bottom on the outer loop west side. thus giving a quick look live outside. building in volume. not enough to amount to a delay. this is the harrisburg expressway. we are problem-free. looking good down toward the beltway. over to you. >> a 2-year-old girl been to death. her father is behind bars. >> tyrone hamber faces murder charges. we have more details. >> police say tyrone hamber is charged with first and second degree murder in the beating death of his daughter melonie. there are no signs of a toddler lived here and no clue a little girl would suffer injuries so severe she would later died. on saturday, police responded for an unresponsive to-year old. the victim, melonie hamber, was beaten with a belt by her father. the 2-year-old was beaten so severely she blacked out. autopsy results reveal the gruesome results. she suffered other wounds. >> i cannot explain anything. >> the suspect, tyrone hamber, admitted to beating his daughter. melonie had been living with her father for the last two weeks. >> he was a membe

inner loop slow. there's a look at that west side delay. that one running 16 minutes between 95 and security. this traffic report is brought to you by friendlies. fresh from friendlies. seven new salads that you expected. all grilled fresh. that looks good. back over to you. >>> more teams are texting than ever before. a just released study shows 75% of all children between the ages of 12 and 17 have cell phones. and it is changing the way they communicate. >> would you say they are addicted to texting. >> jennifer rodriguez garcia may say she can go without texting. but she, like one third of all teens sends out 100 text messages a day. >> you can almost type-text faster than you can speak? >> a new study found 88% of teen cell phone users text. and 77% say it's not always appropriate. >> the studies show teens text more than they e-mail. talk on websites like facebook. talk on the cell phone. they text even more than they talk face to face. >> it's one thing if they're just texting to make plans. it's another if that's their entire relati

inner loop slow from green spring to falls. outer loop also heavy from york to providence. 70 eastbound is bumper to bumper there, as you make your approach to the beltway. and as far as accidents go, bel air road, at roth co boulevard. and two in baltimore city. north paterson park. now, here's a live look. you can see the congestion at liberty road and over there, the volume building there, the beltway at 70. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. many continue to be $5 each. like the magna licious meatball marinara. subway, eat fresh. >>> still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00. to the rescue. see the drama unfold, as two firefighters risk their own lives to save a victim in a car crash. >>> the safety of facebook. revamping its internal site. hear about the new tool for parents and police. >>> a milestone at patterson park, where this branch of the enoch pratt free library turns 100 today. that story coming up on eyewitness news. >>> and it is a chilly, wet afternoon. meteorologist bernadette woods has our up

as for the beltway let's take a look at harford road on the outer loop lanes. can see the fog that is blanketing the region and the volume ta continues to build on the inner loop lanes down toward 95 and of course on the outer loop direction all the way up toward 83. it does ease up a bit moving through the pikesville region, but again, pretty much the same deal. we have a lot of cars that are congregating on the outer loop direction down toward 795. once you go around the 795 area and liberty road let's check out that area. again the same deal. you can see whatever corridor you're traveling on, whatever part of the county you're going to find it this morning. that's the same deal for baltimore city and the surrounding counties as well. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. >>> it was a night of giving on the 3rd annual idol gives back. even president barack obama and first lady michelle obama who are noted idol fans got involved. >> american idol has always been about changing lives on the stage and around the world. that is why mich

outer loop moving pretty good. inner loop slow up towards i-70.loburt avenue and vesper avenue. you will see emergency crews on scene there as well. owings mills police still trying to clean up an accident at lakeside boulevard in owings mills boulevard. we have reports of another accident, in phoenix, jarrettsville pike southbound at south side avenue. jfx, traffic looking better, moving good at speed as you head towards downtown. stay with us. "good morning maryland" is next.

traffic is moving ok at the inner loop, that is away from us on the right side. headlights on the outer loop side are behaving. in maryland, there was a crash on south 270. this is near 109, moved on to the media right now. lanes are open. delays are before 80. on the baltimore parkway there was a crash on 202, but traffic is getting by to the right. pretty busy. >> 5:42 is the time, 49 degrees on this thursday. >> do you really need -- there's a play at the plate you need to see to believe. >>> and there's >> we have more on the breaking news from pebble hills. a fight outside a club ended up in gunfire. it happened at a parking lot of club elite on brinkley road in temple hill. one man got out of his car and hit a deputy. suspect and deputy were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. two other men were arrested. >> checking our other top story. funeral services today for murder d.c. middle school principal brian betts. last night to hundreds of students and colleagues gathered at manassas funeral home to say goodbye to a person there is a motivat

no problems to report off the inner loop coming in from oxon hill.ll holding steady. university boulevard around to colesville road. southbound 270 here in germantown south of middle brook road, the lanes are open but the place peas will slow -- the pace will slow at 370. no problems reported inbound on route 50. we have delays from columbia park road headed down to kenilworth avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we are on call this morning a comment clean problem could increase your rick of a deadly disease. a new study found men with obstructive sleep apnea had twice the risk of stroke. >>> researchs are say they've create a vac eastbound that stops type one diabetes in mice. >> first lady michelle obama continues her fight against childhood obesity. the white house hosting a meeting on the issue later today. first lady heading up a program called let's move to encourage kids to get outside and play more and show them that eating healthy can be fun. >>> coming up next hour, be your own boss, set your own hours but to make it wo

outer loop slowing 95 to another. northbound new hampshire as you approach north 29 and we have accident activity at tenly and blocked off in each direction. slowing at 236, caring up toward 66. outer loop at 66, authorities checking for a crash at that location. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> arizona's new immigration law has ignited accusations of racism, causing a backlash across the united states. now civil rights leaders are calling on the president to stop this law before it ever takes effect. the executive director of tenants and workers united john list joins us with community reaction from our area on this law coming out of arizona. john, good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk about that. what has been the reaction after hearing what the governor in arizona said. >> people are both terrorized and outrage. people are fearing this will roll east and our governor is having conversations about how to do something like this in virginia. >> the law that takes full effect in aug would mean

two cork zones on the inner loop of the beltway on either side of the wilson bridge and inner loop at van doren street. in the other direction on the outer loop, also have roadwork there. let's switch you over to montgomery county. there's a work zone here. this is river road near bradley boulevard where you're alternating traffic one lane at a time. springfield not too bad. southbound 95 building back into that work zone. back to you. >> thank you, steve. >>> toyota agreed to pay a record $16.4 million for failing to properly notify the government about those sticking gad pedals. the government says toyota knew about the defect last september but didn't issue a recall until january. a recall that involves some 2.3 million vehicles. the law requires any defect to be reported in five days. transportation secretary ray lahood said "toyota put consumers at rick by failing to report the safety problems." this fine is the largest ever required of an automaker by the u.s. government. authorities are investigating other toyota disclosure practices that may have violated federal law as well w

plaza on. 95, all the southbound lanes toward 795, 5 minutes and nothing to complain on the outer loop lanes, in the green, 11 minutes, 54 miles per hour, and the same speed with only an 8 minute clip from 83, all the way up toward 795. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. >>> think you're paying too much for car insurance now? well, if the new bill passes, you you could be paying even more. megan gilliland joins us from the jones falls expressway with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we have been cruising on the same rate without an increase for beck day decades. a right that some drivers say is already too high, now there's a chance it could go up even higher. lawmakers want to inease contract the liability minute mum coverage to $60,000 per injured person and $60,000 per crash. that means an incident crease of $60 on the vehicles on the eastern shore to $50 at baltimore city. it would be the first hike since 1972 and some lawmakers say it's long overdue. >> when you go into the shock trauma it's about $7,500 now to visi

they were having a dispute whether to do and open loop or a closed loop system. can you explain the difference in that? guest: i do not know that answer. in terms of importing natural gas, a few years ago, we have much more natural gas than in the united states makes its -- both developments not as likely for as much as they were a few years ago. i am not familiar with opening close links. host: florida, independent. caller: i worked on the texaco account in my 22 years of advertising. i have some statements to make for you. where are they going to be refined? you have to modify various coastal seaports with the same result you had in new orleans, with the destruction for hurricanes. your eastern portion on the map , you got those grants without paying any royalties. you got that for free. host: do you think that is a mistake? caller: i think it was a contrived mistake. these people have so much power. they have this little mistake written into contracts so they pay no royalties on that. guest: i have to correct your statement about the royalties. all of the cont

if two lanes are blocked their on the outer loop. on the beltway at new hampshire avenue there were two crashes, but everything is moved to the side. at the greenbelt they have had a wreck. on the right lane is getting by. let's see if i can get it on the camera. goodyear, dulles airport, looks fine. nothing on dulles toll road or on the greenway. >> the nuclear summit is our top story. the downtown lockdown is still in effect. all of this comes as police investigated the accident near one of the road blocks yesterday. kathy park is live in a request with more details. >> good morning. transportation officials say that things went more smoothly than expected yesterday. they believe that is because many people decided to stay at home and work from home. that is what they're telling folks again today. even metro ridership was lower. 10,000 below the previous few monday is. we also noticed there were few backups. the first day it did have problems. a bicyclist collided with a five-ton military truck that was being used while a motorcade

rocky on the outer loop of the beltway in virginia.an accident on the outer loop near the interchange of route 1 just west of the wilson bridge. things tied up for a while. the accident is gone. from van dorn to eisenhower avenue, toward the wilson bridge area, be forewarned. headed over to maryland on the interloop. this is no picnic. that's the interloop coming off the american legion bridge. construction takes away the left lane up toward river road today. as a result delays begin well before the american legion bridge back near the georgetown pike. outer loop of the beltway looks pretty good. keep an eye on it and keep you updated. barbara? >> talk to you again shortly. >>> new today, a park dedicated in memory of a murdered teen. diamond teague was a 19-year-old when he was murdered back in 2003. teague was a member of the earth conservation corps, a group whose members worked to restore and clean the river and surrounding areas. in his memory, the mayor and conservation corps just a short time ago dedicated the diamond teague par

elsewhere, we're looking at late volumes here on the outer loop and the inner loop, coming from the dulles toll road. we're looking at a 20 to 25- minute delay. and a trip up north, breaking up a bit. but still some minor delays here. and again from 117 to the weigh station. back to you. >>> an update on breaking news you saw first last night. the 68-year-old was a veteran journalist. they tell 9news now that there are four sets for every military vehicle before they move into an intersection. the current restrictions in most of the country are at the 22 to 24-week mark. because that is when they were thought to survive outside of the mother's womb. if that nebraska measure has been held by the courts, they could have an impact on the abortion laws nationwide. >>> two prominent churches in northern virginia are fighting to hold onto their property before the supreme court. arguments beganned today with the nine churches that broke away from the diocese before they ordained an openly bishop. and as peggy fox reports, they could have a powerful impact on churches everywhere. driving away fro

harford road looking good on the outer loop. little building volume on the inner loop lanes.real problems so far. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> whitney houston has pushed back the european leg of her first tour in years on the advice of doctors encouraging her to take time to recover from a respiratory illness. houston was on hiatus from music as she battled drug addiction and ended a tumultuous marriage. she's deemed herself healthy. she'll continue her tour through june. >>> she's the strength on the tennis court, now she needs strength to continue as she battles breast cancer. the championship revealed the diagnosis on good morning america yesterday. she said a routine mammogram in january found a lump, followed by a biopsy and determined, through non-invasive cancer research, she has a lumpectomy in march and will start chemotherapy next month. >>> 6:26 right now. coming up next: no more excuses for all the dishes piling up in the sink. >> we'll tell you about the water situation in towson. >> reporter: it's slowly trickling back on. you might still be asked to use th