lowell melser is in anne arundel county with the conditions there. how was looking? >> it is really not that bad. officials have received more calls from the media then they have distress calls, so that is good news. this is the only closed road we can find in the county, every year the at i-97 overpass -- the very near the i-97 overpass. traffic is being diverted and they have to take an alternate route. there were areas in the county that earlier were flooded but now are clear to what may. -- but are now clear over in annapolis at 450, they had problems there. and you're here in linthicum and wight avenue, also closed. the rain has loosened up a little bit in this area. i did research at one of the weather stations at b.w.i., an overnight they got 3.9 and his of rain, quite a bit. the rain has pulled back so a lot of the flooding we saw earlier has receded as well. you kind of have to watch some of the rivers and streams that flow through the area like the cabin branch creek behind me. that is the latest from anne arundel county. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >>

lowell melser joins us live from the city health department. >> the story has been in and out of the news and is making headlines again as baltimore health officials say they are receiving an alarming number of phone calls concerning bedbugs. this afternoon's forum offered citizens guidance they may need to prevent them from happening in the first place or ways of dealing with them. it even had some success stories. >> it was late one night when i went into my room and click on the light, and there was a bedbug just crawling across my white bedspread. >> lauren is all too familiar with bedbugs. two years ago her city home became infested, and she found out there were actually coming from her neighbor's home. >> i did discover an infestation, and it turned out our jason never set had them for several years. >> ironically, she works for the health department. she got involved with our neighbor and a battle of the bugs with steam cleaning, washing of close with natural pesticides. >> it is really stressful, especially if you are staying with other relatives and you have kids. >> of the

lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the police are investigating a murder in baltimore. an unidentified female was found stabbed just after 7:00 a.m. this morning. she was pronounced dead on the scene. police say they do not know who attacked the woman or why. >> the johns hopkins doctor is now out of the hospital. the hospital spokesman says he went home last night. of september 16th, police say a 50-year-old man shot back -- sharp the doctor. he shot and killed his mother after killing -- before killing himself. prosecutors are trying free man for the murder of former city councilman ken harris. they dropped one of the murder charges. barry simms is live outside court sided with the courthouse east with the details. >> prosecutors are still trying to get second-degree murder. the charges will be shown to the jury. they have rested their case after dna testimony. the defense continues trying to cast doubt on the validity of a forensic testing. crime lab analyst testified that a jacket and this masked contained the dna of jerome williams. the thing williams is the person

lowell melser is live at police headquarters with more. they are investigating this as a hate crime. >> police are really not saying much about this case, just that they found an unidentified hispanic male dead. they're calling his death "suspicious." the neighbors feel the man may have been targeted by gangs. >> i heard the sirens. all of a sudden, they came racing through here. i thought this was wrong. >> for these neighbors, the news is a complete shock. he was found dead at around 11:30 p.m. monday night. >> it is really scary. we get a lot of transient traffic walking through here. it really has me thinking. what can we do to stop this? >> we noticed police detectives still canvassing the neighborhood. police and releasing much as far as motives or suspects. >> we do not know of the man lives in the area or one of the residences there. we are trying to ascertain that. >> 11 news went door to door and found one witness who said they found -- they called 911. the victim was attacked by a group of men with that and could be heard laughi

lowell melser has the story. >> it is stressful, especially if you are staying with other relatives and you have kids. >> this woman is one of 150 people who showed up wednesday afternoon to get as much advice as possible about the pests. >> i do not know what to do. i do not want to go back into my home. >> baltimore has found itself in the middle of a bedbug battle. health officials are taking serious approaches to the issue, pointing out that no one is immune. >> you can be someone who travels for work and come back with bedbugs. they can affect anyone. >> officials offered concerned citizens various advice on how to determine if they have bedbugs and what options they have, and preventative measures to keep them away. for people who live in town homes, it is important to get involved with your neighbors if you do notice bedbugs. you have to work together. this woman got rid of bedbugs by working with her neighbors picked it did turn out our neighbors had them for several years. >> the health department plans to hold eight or nine meetings throughout the city. 68 degrees here on tv h

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lowell melser is at that meeting and he joins us with more. >> like many major cities around the nation, baltimore has found itself right in the middle of the bed of battle. the health department here is taking a proactive approach and will be hitting a number of different neighborhoods, telling folks how to prevent the problem from happening in the first place. if folks do have a bed of problem, how to stop it. -- a bed bug problem. >> verlan smith has not lived in her town home since the middle of july because of bedbugs. she was one of 150 people that showed up to get as much advice as possible about the pests. >> i was hoping that it would help, because i honestly really don't know what to do. i don't want to go back into my home. >> like many major cities, baltimore has found itself in the middle of a bedbug battle, and things have gotten so bad now that health officials are taking serious approaches to the issue, pointing out that no one is immune. >> it can be someone who travels for work and come back with bedbugs. there really could affect anyone. we would like people to be as