this is just a huge water main break. it not only is the water rushing in, there is concern about the depth of the water coming so fast and so hard. it is dangerous and basement areas. >> we have seen some areas where kids have been walking away through it. at some of the water is actually up to the top portion of the doors of the cars. as you see, that looks like a little bit of swift water because it has funneled down from the shopping center down a major freeway. there are some kids out playing in it and adults trying to make sure that people are ok. the water is still rising in this location. it has not subsided at all. it is getting worse. the department of public works has pretty much responded. i have not been able to pick up on the scanner as to the size of the water main, how long it is going to take to shut it off. the baltimore county fire and police have pulled the plug and put everything at their disposal to come down here to deal with it. the have called for additional manpower. they have called for neighbor

up other mains underneath. by doing that it just caused a wall of water to just come straight across the street. i mean from what we are understanding from some of the folks, it is at least knee-deep in some spots. across the street from where the water flowing is the box and save. if you go to your left, there is a box and save. it is like the logan village shopping center that has been completely flooded out with water. all the water has come across the street into that shopping center. behind the shopping center is a neighborhood. water has gone into the neighborhood there. it is about a foot deep in some spots. as you can see a lot of people in the neighborhood are standing out what's going on. a lot had to leave their homes because the water was getting in their yards. in some cases we have been told by some people that the water is knee-deep. if you look at a pickup truck it has gone inside the trucks. once again the shopper center has just been completely flooded out. there are cars there. it looks like

this is a major water main break. again ndundalk, maryland. >> looking at the neighborhood it is difficult to see the flooding through the neighborhood there and up around the housing there. we will be following this story and bring you more information. >>> budget cuts are forcing the dc public library system to change its hours. starting october 5th, library hours will be changed at all locations. neighborhood branches will no longer be open on sundays and some days of the week certain libraries will open only at noon. they had to make $5 million in cut for the next fiscal year. >>> sundown tonight marks the start of rosh hashanah, the jewish new year. this is a time for many of the jewish faith to spend worshiping at temples and with their families. this is year 5770 on the jewish calendar. >>> the weekend is here. time to look at the forecast. meteorologist topper shutt enjoying the weather out there on the terrace. top? >> we started weak but finished strong. a very nice evening. here's the forecast first. for to

you're hooking at -- looking at the main source of this water main break. this large volume water main broke underneath a burning highway. and has run out, collapsed burning highway. and run out onto dundalk avenue, in front of the logan village shopping center. it quickly flooded dundalk avenue. flooded the logan village shopping center. and has moved into the nearby neighborhood. again we'll go through the roads. we have dun haven road. which is closed. the lower end. mcshane way is closed. the lower end of mcshane way. and logan view drive is closed. police are considering this a life-threatening situation. they are concerned about not only the rising water, but the possibility of electric accusation -- electrocution of the water running into these rinszs -- residences. they're concerned if the water continues to rise. they say the water along court way, which is the little road that runs out of the back of logan village shopping center is waist deep at this point. they have law enforcement officers down there. several police cars, we understand, have be

a huge water main break. a conservative estimate is already tens of thousands in damage likely to be in the end in the millions. we have, of course, complete coverage of the break. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. but first, we begin with weijia jiang, who is live on the ground. weijia? >> no. actually, first we're going to go straight to sky eye chopper 13. captain mike perry. >> reporter: you're looking at this major continue jawgz of a -- continuation of a water main break. this is basically the source. if bill pulls up just a little bit, you'll see, this is -- actually used to be burning highway. a may area that traffic moves in and out of the dundalk and seger terminals. just after 4:00, this major water main broke. water began flooding out onto dundalk avenue. quickly overtaking the storm drains and out into the shopping center. it was basically water running to its lowest point. and this community affected the main roads here being dunhaven road. mcshane way and logan view drive. i was counting it

you can see, that's where the water main break occurred. it was very little water coming out if any at all. dundalk as well as birning highway remains shut down as well as the whole neighborhood down here. for more on that massive clean-up, we will send it -- >> we are at the american legion hall in dundalk. crews are trying to assess the damage and determine the cause of the water main break. we want to show you some video from earlier today. about a half-hour ago we shot this video. it shows the damage and debris on dundalk avenue. it is a six-foot water main that broke that flooded a large portion of dundalk. there are 800 homes that lost power when the main broke and flooded cars and basements and trapped people in their homes. there were some recess he is cues, but no one was seriously injured. here is jim smith with baltimore county to talk about that. >> people used good sense by and large. they sheltered in their homes, they stayed in their homes. we have a couple rescues of people who went out in the water, which we asked people no

we are told a 72 inch main ruptured. water is currently gushing out of the hole with such force that it is so strong it washed away the roads near the water main. now we have a crew on the scene. miranda is live with the very latest on the developing story tonight. how are things down there. it has to be a major mess. >>reporter: yes, definitely a mess, jeff. i'm here on logan view drive off liberty parkway whereas you can see behind me it is completely flooded. street completely flooded because of this water main break here in dunn dog. the break happened around 4:00 o'clock this afternoon on dunn haven road near dunn dog avenue as you see the streets flooded throughout the entire area. police have blocked off self streets like this one on logan view drive trying to stop people from come into their house. slowing down the road. trying to keep people safe out of here and we heard a lot of folks complaining about not being able to get to their homes and joining me now is a resident here judy. you live just across the stre

baltimore county residents starting dealing with the aftermath of the massive water maine main break thatted. >> the streets. wjz stays on the story live. gigi barnett is live at communication center. >> reporter: good morning. i want to get into it because we have county executive jim smith with us. good morning county executive. >> good morning. >> reporter: thanks for joining us. let's talk about first off, where you are in terms of the cleanup? what's going on now? >> well, around 9:30 the governor and i flew over the site and to see what the conditions of the water was and most of the water receded and i walked through the most hardest hit areas mcshane way and logan village and at that time, we were involved in with baltimore city baltimore county pumping out basements and let me say this about it. this has been impress which have respect to the corporation of the city and county and state to address this and bge has been a great partner and what was happening last night was we were pumping out basements and bge was sending personnel to meet with to join with baltimore county c

we do have the main road closure, where this water main apparently is broken from is coming from underneatha burning highway, as completely collapsed, burning highway. maryland transportation authority police do have that closed at this point. but as i said, looks like burning highway closed. dun haven closed. mcshane close. and logan view drive, and of course dundalk avenue. we'll stay on top television this and give you more information. >>> and if you are watching us right now, and you living in that area, that's affected, we would like to hear from you. if you wouldn't mind. call us 410-578-1313. so we can find out what is going on in your particular street. thank you, mike. >>> we are just weeks away from a delivery. and anchor woman julie chan is surprised by a live baby shower. >> surprise. >> we're throwing you a baby shower. >> she firsted announced her pregnancy april 7th. she is due the 24th. this is the anchor woman's first pregnancy. >>> thousands of baltimoreans tuned in. television's longest-running drama. ron matz has more on the series. >>> after 72 years and 15,700 episode

a huge water main break, a 72- inch water main break in dundalk. we're going to go next to captain mike perry who has been over the scene for, i don't know, almost two hours now, mike. and doesn't look like the last we've heard from i it's getting any better. >> well, actually, if you look at it now, they have significantly cut back the water flow. this looked like a ridging torrent just a few moments ago. and they have throttled this way back. bill, throttle back a little bit. you can see all of the debris. so the water has been -- if it hasn't been shut off, it has been throttled way back. and it looks like starting to recede a little bit. if we look down dundalk avenue, places that looked like a river, are now looking just slightly better. the areas that have three or four feet of water in them are going to take a little while to drain off. but it looks like -- and i hate to say it, because i said things were looking like they were okay before, and we had water in turners station. but right now, this is a really good sign, having this major wate

others who tried to escape had to be recused. >> because of the size of a main, it's 72-inch main, this is one of the larger breaks we've had in recent history. >> reporter: they believe the concrete pipe that burst was installed back in the 1970s. some of the lines in this area have been replaced, but point to the ageing infrastructre as a possible cause for this represent tur. rupture. the governor joined state highway and transportation officials at the command officials offering whatever assist tans baltimore county needs to get the water back on and the roads repaired. >> the work that is going to have to be done after this will involve repairing the highway and all the damage associated in this area. first things first, we're hear to make sure whether it's national guard or whenever else that jim smith has whatever assets he needed to assist the hard working people of dundalk as we get through this. >> reporter: our live team coverage continues with my colleague roosevelt leftwich. you were right on top of that water as it was gush out of the highway, what was that like. >> report

a big water main break. this is all from a single water main break, folks. these rescue boats have been going up to cars. some had water come up to their roof tops. we haven't heard about anyone getting pulled fro a car or anyone injured. we saw some people a while ago walking around in front yards, also rescue crews going door-to-door seeing if anyone needs to come out there. that was another television helicopter, it looks like there. this is over a several block area. you can see the break still gushing out. >> we are following that and will continue to follow that flute the afternoon and evening. >>> coming up, a story that is tough to swallow. >> one man had stuck in his lungs for >>> this is one of the most frustrating things consumers complain about. plastic packaging you just can't hope. >> reporter: you just bought a fancy new electronic gadget. if it came wrapped in clam shell package, good luck getting it open. we asked danielle, an intern to open this wireless speak were a cell phone. even with scissors and a knife, it wasn't easy. >> it's connec

we know that 72-inch main water break. it is a tense situation. a spokesperson from the dpw said it is going to take a very long time to get this situation under control. main priority is getting folks safe and sound who live in that area. a lot of roads blocked off. a lot of folks offering assistance. stay tuned. try to be safe if you are out there. >> we know you are in the location where county executive jim smith will be arriving. we'll check back with you to get information on possible injuries or rescues. let's take a look at the aerial aerials. you can see a boat there. one of the shots of the the day was a gentlemen in his kayak kayaking through dundalk. there is a neighbor on her fence. police are reminding people to stay in their houses. go to highier ground. a lot of people want to get close to the water to see what they can see. cars are stuck. we continue to follow this massive watermain break. we'll be back with more in a moment. - buongiorno. - ( speaks italian ) announcer: honest ingredients, authentic recipes, careful preparation,

there is a water maine break. 72-inch main broken in dundalk in eastern baltimore county. the break is at dundalk and done haven. you are look at cell phone video from a manager working in the box and save. she describes it as looking so much worse now. to give you a sense of what it is like, this water is continuing to rush through that area and heading south toward the water's edge neighborhood and streets all around that area are absolutely flooded right now. there are cars under water. vans under water. you can barely see street signs. trees and houses. this is a major catastrophe for the area. >> as water flows it starts hitting things like cars and trees and houses so it starts backing up. that's the reason it is getting deep. it is flowing in the bay. it is not like it is a river running in one direction. it is making the water back up. it still continues to flow. 72 inches you are talking about a six foot in diameter pipe. >> this is across from the marine terminal. brown highway has buckled under the pressure of the water. this is going to be a major problem for a

it's a 60-inch water main break. i'm sorry, 72-inch water main break. they are just trying to figure out how they can, where they want to turn it off at. they have to be careful how they turn it off because if they turn it off too quickly, it may cause ruptures in other areas. >> do they know how it broke or why it broke? >> we haven't gotten that information yet. it's still in the preliminary stages. right now the focus is on the residents in the area and doing swift boat rescues. there's two-fold here. we are trying to get the water turned off and secondly make sure we look after the safety of the residents of the community. >> councilman, what are you hearing about that in terms of are people trapped? are they having to rescue anybody? what word are you getting about that? >> i haven't heard of anybody being trapped yet. i think it's more of a matter of getting their resources here. as you can tell, the more the water gushes out, the higher it will rise. there are instances of people walking in the water up to their waist and up to their chest. cars

those are some of the main streets in dundalk. this act and act dundalk and dunhaven -- this happened at dundalk and dunhaven

we begin with the major mess, where 872-inch water main came apart in dundalk, md. -- 72-inch water main break came apart in dundalk, md.. cynne simpson has the latest. >> the water pressure was affected all the way into anne arundel county. i just got word that has been -- that it has been fully restored, power restored to 840 homes. officials know what the cause of the break was. it is not the age, it is the type, prefabricated concrete pipe. that is the same type of pipe that was involved in the big water main break on river road in potomac. a geyser emerging from the water main break underneath broening highway in dundalk turned straight into rivers. with water chest high, some residents resorted to boats. emergency crews waded through, making sure everyone was safe. >> everything was under water. right now, it is starting to recede. >> washing through her backyard, she salvage what she could, thankful that yard accessories are all better lost. >> nobody got hurt. one lady went into labor. >> this woman has never seen anything like this. >> i have a crawlspace under my house. my furn

a 72-inch water main can apart friday evening. rescue boats were called to rescue people. >> a geyser emerged from a 72- inch water main break. it turned streets into rivers. water was chest-high and some residents resorted to boats emergency crews waded through the water, making sure everyone was safe. >> the water got all the way up to here. >> everything was under water. right now, it is starting to proceed. >> this woman salvage what she could. she is thankful that yard accessories ar all that was lost. this woman lived in dundalk for more than 35 years and has never seen anything like this. >> i have a crawl space under my house. i have a furnace under there so i know my furnace is probably gone. >> the county executive says water was quickly turned off to the water main was likely rupture because it was old. it was constructed in 1970. power has been restored to 840 homes. the focus is now on cleaning up. city dump trucks will make the rounds tomorrow, picking up debris. >> we caution people to take photos of their property

a main broke sending water into the streets. and be sure to tune into the eyewitness news morning edition with jessica cartalia and meteorologist tim williams, they'll have a full report from the scene, that's tomorrow morning beginning at 6:00 a.m. >>> and coming up next the late show with

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a giant water main breaks. water was so high, swift water resce crews had to make rescues. >>> i'm shawn yancy. >>> i'm brian bolter. the badge is extensive but so far no reports of injuries. the water main broke in the baltimore suburb of dundalk. roz plater begins our team coverage tonight live from the scene. >> reporter: brian, at one point there was an all hands on deck call for police and fortunates. when you see the pictures you'll begin to see why. the water went from knee deep to chest deep in no time. the wall of water rushed the neighborhood about 4:30 in the afternoon. that's when a six-foot concrete water main broke sending water gushing into three donedal -- dundalk neighborhoods. swift currents like the river quickly submerged cars and trapped some people in their homes. and for a while the only way around was by boat. so bad the police and fire activated the swift water rescue teams. this man told us he ran home from work to get his elderly mother out good i had to wade up to my chest to get to

it appears to be a 72 inch water main. what we are dealing with is a number of valves that have to be shut down before we can get the water all the way turned off. we're talking at least a couple of hours, maybe longer. >> do we know the flow of the water? do we know how much? >> speak up? >> do we know how much water is coming out permanent? >> i can't give you an estimate on that right now. baltimore county fire and rescue is on the scene. the city and county police are here. what we're trying to do is get the water shutdown and address the needs of the people whose homes and streets are flooded. the most important word that we want to get out, if you do not happen to be in this neighborhood, leave this neighborhood. what you will be doing is blocking up the emergency vehicles from getting into the area. a lot of people are gettin in our way. -- getting in our way. everybody who does not belong here, go back to your homes and watched this on television. the people that live in this area coming home from work, right this

, 72-inch water main broke flooding blocks upon blocks.ard to get a sense, and i'm sure you're figuring this out by now, how large this is. we know it's blocks and blocks. you can see people standing on the road so there is sense perhaps that the worst is over. they're staying on higher ground but watching their property and homes flooded, their basements and cars waiting for somebody to come by and give them a sense of what is going on. the electricity we're sure is off in the area. so it's an enormous situation that the baltimore county authority have on their hands up there. and this is just dundalk neighborhood. and if you were with us you heard bill richards saying that box and save was flooded, and turn station is flooded. that wraps into the back end of dundalk. and this is an enormous scene and we're staying on top of it and we are live streaming on myfoxdc.com. we'll take a break and be right back. >>> did you see it? the boat that got annapolis buzzing. johnny depps yacht spotted around the chesapeake bay this weekend. the 156-fo

a six-foot wide concrete water main collapsed. suddenly people in the baltimore suburb of dundalk, maryland, found themselves up in their knees and armpits of muddy water. >> mud flying in the air of five feet. looked like ocean city. i felt sorry for the people that lived at the station. people lost a lot of things who are barricaded in their houses. >> evacuating everyone. >> reporter: the water main ruptured under burney highway which provides access from the harbor tunnel to the key bridge. a low-lying area. quite a few houses do not have basements. witnesses described water rolling into the first floor of holmes. returning home from work, robert knight could not get to his hoe in the turner station neighborhood. >> you can't walk, can't drive. this is about the closest we can get. and they make you turn back around. >> reporter: at a press conference officials promised help with the cleanup and what are likely to be thousands of insurance claims. >> we do have a shelter already established at the senior center. anybody who is

the cleanup continues after friday's massive water-main break. why residents say they aren't getting any help from their insurance companies. >>> baltimore's major deficit called for major action. how a furlough plan could affect your safety. >>> more sunshine and comfortable temperatures today. i'll tell you when the next chance for rain will arrive in my skywatch forecast. >>> we're going to take it all the way. >> ravens' fans fired up. (cheering). >>> live in high-definition from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >>> two days ago it looked like a raging river. now it is all dried up. the problem from the massive water-main break are far from over. from getting the power back on and homes repaired -- >> it could be months. it could be months. >>reporter: -- to the fear this could happen again. >> we have a failing infrastructure nationwide. >>> i'm jennifer gilbert. >>> some woke up to another morning without power. myranda stephens has the latest on that tonight. >>reporter: she would normally be at church on a sunday mornin

again, major water main break, 72 inches, a huge main, broken in dundalk, southeast of baltimore. we are watching the story unfold right before our eyes. remember, if you have to go to that part of world try to stay away. they don't want your car flooded blocking off the streets. >> huge undertaking there. as you mentioned the swift boat rescue team did a great job years ago plucking people out of there from hurricane isabel and ironically on this anniversary they are back on the job all of these years later and they know what to do to get people to safety. this is logan village of dundalk. there is a shopping commune there. so a lot of work going on to try to get to people, to try to get that water shut off. that main shut off which could take them some time. as derek mentioned with that much water coming out, you can only imagine what the basements and not just the basements of some homes but what the rest of those homes look like when that water is continuing to come out and you saw that area where the water was gushing out. that's broening highway. and the water is still gushi

we are dealing with the effects of the massive water main break in dun dock. highway close indeed both directions at avon avenue. jeff and jennifer, back to you. >> thank you, lauren. maryland gets the go ahead for slots. where will they are placed and how many will be placed there? that is next. >> don't you think you can dance heats up the kind of dancer nigel thinks will be in the top 20. >> i'm jeff, you seen the damage here are the realities all these water main breaks are becoming a reel drain. breaking news out of dun dock a massive water main break. >> live on the scene. >> as see behind me it is got a wet pet in your house? febreze air effects eliminates odors in the air and leaves a fresh scent. febreze, official air freshener of the nfl. >> last week water main break is drewing new concern about the state baltimore's infrastructure there is a call for help in washington. jeff is here with the story. >> there have been 5,000 water main break necessary the past 4 years and the city's infrastructure is more than a century old. today as crews repaired t

. >> that main burst. >> the six-foot wide water main quickly sent water. we have live team coverage tonight. john sherman is live with the details. david collins has stories of the residents forced out of their neighborhoods. >> we begin with john sherman. it was just after 5:00 when the water was flooding cars and homes. the real work is just beginning. from the air, it was clearly a massive water main break moving west to east across dundalk avenue. by nightfall, the leak was stopped. >> people used good sense by and large. they stayed in their homes. we did have a few rescues of people who went out into the water. >> the specific cause is an undetermined but age is clearly a factor. >> we have had some issues with failing infrastructure around the city in some areas so until we are able to get its shutdown, we won't be able to determine what caused the break. >> now it is on to the damage. >> air is enough water in the basement, we have the fire department here on hand to actually pump out basements. >> the state is already offering insurance assistance

that water main burst in dundalk. we have a picture of what it looked like from the sky. part of the road completely washed away. damaged by the deluge. >> well, this morning, much of the water has receded and people are preparing for the clean-up. we will begin with 11 news reporter john sherman. >> it was a massive water main leak moving west to east across dundalk avenue. only two minor injuries reported. >> people used good sense. by and large they sheltered in their homes, they stayed in their homes. we had a few rescues of people who actually went out in the water. which we asked people not to do. >> the specific cause of the break is undetermined, but age is it clearly a factor. >> we have had issues with failing infrastructure around the city in some areas. until we are able to get a shutdown on that pipe we won't be able to determine what caused the break at this time. >> with the flow of water stopped, now it is onto the damage. >> if there is enough water in the basement to require it, we have the fire department here on hand to actually pump out the basements.

in other areas, it is spread out to the main roads. there are people standing there on the front lawns, watching. certainly a scary situation. and that any word on when the flood might be under control? >> they are trying to find where the break is and plug it. that is difficult work while it is still spilling out. >>> this sunday, expect to see a lot of president obama. >> he is taking over the airwaves in a media blitz. scott thuman has the details. >> he is the most covered, most televised president in history. this weekend, another heavy dose of presidential appearances. when it is ever is it too much? turn onhe tv this weekend, odds are you will see him, five interviews, five networks for the president as he pushes health care. >> this sunday, the president faces the tough questions. >> is there obama overkill? >> the more, the better. >> it is always the same message. i just want to know who will pay for it. >> the latest poll shows the more americans hear about the plan, the less they like it. but the white house insists getting

by 6:15 the main had been shut off and waters began to recede. by saturday around nun noon, most basements had been pumped out. >> i tell you what, it has been a nightmare. because i pumped water out of mine. i pumped until 5:30 that morning. >> residents we called up one week later still feel like it was yesterday, most still having problems with insurance. y haven't gotten any money yet from my since company. it's supposed to be in the mail a week ago. we're just helping each other and trying to do the best with what we have to do with. >> baltimore county officials say 275 residents required pumping, and the lul lucky ones, an additional 163, had no damage at all. con county executive smith said county support will continue until everyone's life is back to normal. >> nobody has left the scene. the public works dump centers and personnel are in the neighborhood getting rid of the -- as people satisfy insurance claim prirments, et cetera. >> lowell melser, wbal-tv news. >> residents affected by the break will get much-needed help from a service

the water main turned off in the area and pressure is down. apparently, people out at a view and general city have problems. -- people out at bay view. >> this was called a partial shutdown. it looks like the water is off. the bottom line is that what you are looking at was the area where thousands upon thousands of gallons of water were spewing. we are coming out of the ground, flooding an entire neighborhood. we will go live right now for the very latest. >> this is down to a trickle. there is still an award coming out. . mud coming out. there is a lot of mud and debris in the parking lot. look at that, there's nothing but mud. it is everywhere. right now, everyone will clean up. no injuries to report. >> very good news. that is a good situation. >> that might be the least of the problems. if i'm a homeowner, i am worried about mold. >> a lot of levels to the problem. >> what is the very latest? >> well, the water is almost shut off. it is not completely but almost. they have to do some mitigation in order to get it completely turned off. we

the water main was shut down at 6:00 and an emergency shelter was opened. by noon on saturday, most basements were clear of water. 275 residences were flooded, 75 required pumping, and there were some lucky ones. 163 residences had no damage. because of mounting questions concerning insurance, contractors, and cleanup effort, he will be opening a service center to help those in need. >> it will help us clean up supplies, labor, and it will help answer insurance questions that people have. >> residents say they will definitely go but wonder how much it will help. >> may be in the long run it will help a little bit but i don't think i will get any cash in my hand tomorrow to help replace some of the things i have lost. maybe they can headed in the right direction. >> just to give you an update, work crews continued to repair the 72-inch water main. if you would like more information on the recovery center, we have provided information on our website. >> than iit has been a messy coe on the beltway this afternoon. damage was minor but nine people were transpor

>>reporter: we are live at the city main garage on east fiddle street. officials say as many as 400 vehicle could be affected. half of them police patrol cars and mechanic like bill are busy trying to get them up and running again. so far nearly 70 police cars have been disabled. tow truck are delivering them here and to other city garages for repair repairs. city officials say the crew that fueled up at the mid town pumping station over the weekend. several officers then reported trouble with the cars. some of them simply going dead. they discovered problems they say not long after a vendor delivered a shipment of gas. >> what we believe happen that truck might have had residue of diesel existing from a previous tlevr ri and when they delivered the gasoline, leaded gas to us, the contamination occurre occurred. >>reporter: now we are back here live. police spokesman says undercover vehicle and other cars have been reassigned to patrol. please say operation have not been affected. mean time mechanics already repaired about 25 of the disabled cars. they a

the 72-inch main burst near logan view shopping center. hundreds of thousands of gallon of water washed that away near neighborhood cars and homes and water. >> much of the water has receded. residents are getting ready for the next step. that is the cleanup. >> we have live team coverage with captain roy taylor, sky team 11 and barry simms. captain roy, what does it look like right now. >> i can tell you they're still pumping out basements. this is another house that crews are working to get the basement pumped out. there has been so much water. a lot of the houses, this is one, just to the east of logan village shopping center. they're going door-to-door, checking, making sure everything is good. one thing we found out, the water in the neighborhood, they made an announcement that the water is drinkable. the suggestion is if you see it in a brownish color is to airiate it. other than, that the water coming through the sinks is soif to drink, bathe in and use. we will take you up to the logan shopping center. we have noticed bge is on sta

the main subject is health care. david gregory asked if he thinks, the president, that is, thinks race is a factor in the debate. >> this week, you had former president jimmy carter say, most, not a little, but most, is related to racism. do you agree with that? >> no. i said during the campaign there are some people who think through the prism of race when it comes to evaluating me and my candidacy absolutely. sometimes they vote for me for that reason and agairns me for that reason. i'm sure it was true during the c campaign and now. >> "meet the press" begins at 10:30 here on nbc 4. >>> the first lady is making a public push for health care reform. she's finding it of issue to women. today she said women play a unique and important role to family members. she made the comments on an event sponsored by the white house for women and girls. >>> the first swine flu vaccine may be the nasal spray. it should be available in early october. >>> experts in london say giving condoms to countries may help. the world's popula

that water main on river road was only 66 inches. the one that that burst into done talk was 72 inches. >>> new information about a deadly fire in prince george's county. firefighters tell us they believe it was arson. they responded to a home on yak avenue in capitol heights this morning around 2:30. they found one person dead. exact cause is under investigation but the fire is being called suspicious. right now we don't know how the victim died, how old the victim was or whether the victim was a man or a woman. >>> the fbi and several local police departments are participating in an exercise today. that's the first for the d.c. area. they were staging a mock trial abduction designed to test the skills of first responders and analysts and investigators. it is taking place in alexandria and that's where our derrick ward joins us now live this morning. derek, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, eun. we are in the parking lot of the plaza 500 shopping center off edsall road in alexandria. if you look around you see t

schools closed in some areas due to flooding and the fact the water main is busted.blems in northeast georgia after fairly dry the last several years. there's the flow of moisture to the west. high pressure is close enough it will keep most of that to the west. however, western maryland, i think cumberland out to garrett county you have a chance of showers, same story in parts of the west virginia panhandle has well. the rest of us should have a dry nice day. but not as nice as the weekend. there goes the seven-day forecast. we will get it back for you but the seven-day seven-day forecast shows temperatures will be going up but also an increase in showers. here we go. showers toward tomorrow and wednesday. thursday a lingering shower. friday and saturday, temperatures upper 70s to 80 with more showers on sunday. it is 5:48. good morning, patranya bhoolsuwan. >>> good morning, everybody. it is monday. we have problems to report this morning. eastbound stram avenue in maryland. we have some video to show you this morning of an accident that happened earlier. an investi

it's not just the water main in dundalk. maryland's infrastructure is crumbling beneath our feet. >>> well, a cooler than normal, but pleasant september evening. a live look outside right now. the question in store for friday. what's in store for the weekend. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk are updating the forecast. >>> we had a the love -- a lot of rain. now, clouds kind of hanging around a little bit. we're at 70 degrees. out to the west and southwest of us, there is a batch of rain. and it is heading generally toward our region. and it should be here probably by this time tomorrow afternoon. maybe a little earlier. maybe 4:00, 5:00 saturday. and a much cooler, cloudy, damp afternoon expected. and that would continue into sunday morning. how does that play into the ravens game here on sunday? tim williams has a look at that forecast. tim? >> reporter: well, you know, the ravens game likely will start off with a little bit of rain. and hopefully by halftime and beyond, things start to improve. what we're looking at

firefighters were responding to a water main break in this neighborhood. the street was flooded when they arrived. >> the captain noticed we had a buildup of water here. they moved the rig down to further investigate through the water and they realized that they were in an area that possibly was compromised. at that point they put it in reverse and started to back out and the street gave way underneath them. >> reporter: this was quite a sight to see for the people who live here. unbelievable, some said. what caused the break in the six inch pipe is still under investigation. but one thing ruled out with

the water main broke at 4:30 this afternoon. ron re williams watched -- ronnie williams watched it from his front step. >> the water was shooting up out of the ground i would say three feet shooting up on to the highway. it actually looked like we were at ocean waves and it was just pouring over here. just pouring and pouring and pouring. >> reporter: the water spread quickly flooding the parking lot of the center across the streech but not reaching the store front. it moved into the neighborhoods of water edge, turner's station and logan village. >> this is one of the large er breaks that we have -- larger breaks that we have had in recent history. >> reporter: residents waded through their knees. >> there has been no injuries, no loss of life. people used good sense. >> reporter: the streets and highways will clearly need repair. 843 homes lost power, gas lines were checked carefully. >> at this point we don't have any problem with the gas lines. however, there is still settling of earth which could affect that. but we're moni

watch for possible closures due to water main break repair on fowler avenue. southbound 95, 11 minutes. a live view of traffic this morning in harford county. volume is building. the same in the white marsh area. some police activity in the left lane. traffic is getting by in the left lane. we will keep you posted on developments there. let's get the latest on the buses and trains. >> >> we are looking at a few diversions on the buses. the 53 diverting at northern parkway and the 15 best diverging at saratoga and green due to water main break repairs. the light rail has a 20 minute delay northbound and southbound. no delays on the bart train. back to sandra shaw. >> we are going to see another gorgeous day today. pleasant conditions. this nice trend is continuing. nothing happening on hd doppler. a stalled out front. 564 at the airport. beautiful clear skies last night. really nice out there. 68 degrees and mostly sunny skies in the mountains. middle of the state, 77 degrees. enjoy the day. those temperatures will increase as we head into the next several days

even though the water main has been shut down. we several crews heading to the scene and they will have the latest at 11:00. but earlier today we spoke to bill with the baltimore police. he's on the phone and this is what he had to say. >> i'm with the baltimore county fire department and police. they have their rescue squads out now. i think the most important message is we want to make sure that people, maybe coming from the washington area and this direction to stay away from this particular neighborhood here. >> all right. you are looking live once again at the flood in dunn dak, maryland. it wasn't caused by the elements but a water main break. a six foot main shattered and you can see the results there. cars are under water and houses flooded and people wondering how long it will take to clear this away. as we said before the water main has been shut off and now looking at a massive cleanup. we will have more details later this evening. reporters are on the scene as we speak. >>> now we get to montgomery county, maryland. po

we have the water main break blocking all lanes. there's a look at the drive times and the speeds for the top and the west side. slightly slower than about 10 minutes ago. close to the speed limit. there's the topside. looking good on the west side at liberty road and 95. the traffic report brought to you by toyota. >>> to the ronster. good morning, ron. >> reporter: good morning. i have my friday purple tie on. >> mine too. >> reporter: we thank everyone behind the purple flamingos. this is a tradition, eyewitness news tradition, it's the annual viva italian car and motorcycle show it happens sunday. how you doing? >> doing good. >> tell us, for folks who don't know about the children's guild, tell us about it. >> it was founded 53 years ago and provides services by foster homes, educational campuses, services 800 children. >> it's the car and motorcycle show. >> bigger than ever. we have entertainment, the cars of course, we have a children's tint. >> sun, sunday 10-4. >> we have ferarris in the house. hi joe. tell us about your f

the waters have receded,esidents face the huge task of cleaning up after yesterday's massive water main break. the water is gone but the town of dundalk, maryland, has a long road ahead. let's look at these pictures a. six-foot water main broke yesterday afternoon and a deluge of water left many neighbooods completely under water. today, mud and a great deal of water left behind for the residents. >> reporter: friday there was too much water. today for some residents just enough to go around. what else is going around, stories of high water and high anxiety. >> it was terrible. >> i got everything pumped out. my furnace is destroyed. i just put hardwood floor in my house last november and it is destroyed. >> reporter: the gaping hole when a six-foot water main erupt erupted. mose residents had no inkling until the water ruz rushing toward their doorste others weren't so lucky. >> there's a lot of elderly people out here, a lot of disabled people besides myself. i'm calling for people to come out. >> reporter: red cross workers and others converged. items that were precious were water la

. >>> a massive water main break, an entire neighborhood under water. can anything be done before it happens again? next, wjz investigates. epepeqgpgpepepepepb÷b÷ >>> it is 73 degrees and cloudy in central maryland today. first the 16-year-old was arrested near this fire in new caba california. he is under investigation for setting that fire and dozens of others in the area. none of them involve serious injuries or deaths. officials say the current fire is 60% contained at this point. >>> a government issued failer did not hurt the family's health, it was found. >>> tonight, anna may looking at baltimore's crumbling problem. a growing problem that's putting us all in danger. >> reporter: nearly kitting drivers and costing homeowners millions, water main breaks are happening at an alarming rates. more than 5,000 in the baltimore area since 2000. a line in york road has snapped several times. in april, a pipe ruptured flooding downtown baltimore. another break shut down amtrak service. and now, the worse break in recent history. when a pipe with a known d

flames consumed the main cabin of the boat. no injuries reported. investigators are trying to determine the cause. >>> annapolis is known for its businesses. kelly? >> vic, a couple of shots have closed week. one owner says it boils down to one thing -- shoppers are not buying as much as they used too. downtown annapolis, filled with visitors year-round, has not escaped the economy. >> at lot of businesses are struggling. there is going to be a transition downtown. >> reporter: bill green field owns six buildings. >> foot traffic is not buying as much as they were with the economy. >> reporter: he's not alone. the trading company had its last day on sunday here in main street, although there is another tenant coming in. >> perhaps concern is not the right word. we have a challenge ahead of us. and we need to work the challenge. >> reporter: the annapolis downtown downturn mimics baltimore, where restaurants and stores have shut their doors. >> some of the small businesses with marginally capitalized. with the downturn, some of the businesses aren't

and work to repair that main is expected to take four weeks. but some residents say their personal cleanups will take a lot longer than that. >> they said nothing was covered. it's like how can we rebuild our house and save for a wedding. it's just so overwhelming right now. >> reporter: in fact, that sort of water main break could come near any house any time. find out what kind of coverage would keep you protected at wusa9.com. just click on living smart. >>> maryland senator wants the nation to put more in the water main break. friday's break was a dramatic reminder of our infra truck structure -- infrastructure being in dire straits. he introduced the fitnessing act. that -- financing act. that will fund clean, safer water and improve the nation's infrastructure. >>> we could find out as soon as thursday who will temporarily fill the senate seat of the late ted kennedy. lawmakers in massachusetts plan a final vote tomorrow on a bill that gives the governor the power to appoint an interim senator. that person would take kennedy's seat until

. >>> the cleanup is just starting after the rupture of a massive six foot wide water main. the second time in a month, firefighters douse flames at a local embassy. good morning. i'm angie goff in for andrea. today is monday, september 21st. patranya bhoolsuwan will have a look at traffic but first kim martucci has a look at the monday forecast. >> good morning. it is gorgeous outside. no rain. a few clouds and a comfortable feel. we don't mind those 50s. we can break out the suede when they come in, right. here's how it unfolds on the satellite-radar loop. don't worry about the rain. we will be dealing with that tomorrow. as for today, middle 70s for high and partly cloudy at 5:00. patranya bhoolsuwan has a look at your drive in. >>> good morning. several incidents to tell you about in the district with an accident at the third street tunnel. look live there at the tunnel. blocking the center lane. a disabled bus at third street and new york avenue. watch for that. 50 eastbound an accident in virginia at pleasant valley road. right now crews are on the road. westbound all

the water main break is part of a larger issue with failing infrastructure in many u.s. cities. >>> golfers are happy to see birdies. but foxes? they're a different matter. in colorado, tom howe caught a unique problem with the back yard putting green. check it out here. a hairless fox has taken to stealing the golf balls from his putting green and he has the video to prove it. look at him. cute little guy. he's not sure why the fox has turned to a life of crime. >> we'll give him a little time. >> this little fox has an obsession with golf -- with golf balls. >> he estimates that the fox has stolen about 100 of his golf balls. >>> it is the middle of september. you know what that means. it's nearly the holiday season here when many of us overspend our budget. clark howard has a few holiday strategies that will help you give more but spend less. >>> okay. you may think that i don't have a calendar in my head. but i know that it's not christmastime. why would i talk to you about christmas already? well, because you got to plan for christmas. most people don't think about