. >>> a maryland industry on its knees has been thrown a lifeline by maryland's governor. oyster fisheries have disappeared from the chesapeake bay and there is a new plan to bring them back. tom fitzgerald is live with more on this. >> reporter: this gets to the heart of maryland's character. consider the number 30 years ago, there were 58 east ur houses along the banks of the chesapeake bay and today, there are only 8. unless something is done soon, this entire industry may disappear forever. the oyster company opened its doors in 1886 and those same doors closed in 1986 and when the oyster industry in maryland began to dry up. >> the situation is dismal and not dire. >> reporter: the environmentalist said it -- at one time 75 people were here shucking easters and that is the home over the annapolis maritime museum, a memorial to a maryland industry that is quickly disappearing. >> we're changing the way we do things. >> reporter: martin o'malley announcing new course to rebuild the state's evaporating oyster industry. >> we have a lot of work cut out for us. we know thi

it's against the law in the state of maryland. >> reporter: but is he right? can police stop you from recording their actions like this meeting at the -- this beating at the university of maryland college park. >> for the government to say it has the power to prevent citizens from doing that is profoundly shocking, troubling and in the case of maryland, simply flat out wrong. >> reporter: under maryland law conversation in private cannot be recorded without the consent of both people involved. but our cases, including this controversial one three years ago caught on tape, where a baltimore officer arrested a teenager at the inner harbor private. >> when you tell me to turn it off because it's against the law you've proven that i'm not secretly taping you. he doesn't have the right to say, look, if you don't stop recording me, i'm going to arrest you. >> reporter: the last official interpretation of maryland's law came from the previous attorney general saying it was legal for officers to record video on dash cams. delegate sandy rosenberg is pushing the curren

it's wj ask., maryland -- wjz maryland's news station. >>> welcome back to "eyewitness news" saturday am tim william. temperatures in the 60s area wide. cloud cover buted sun is peeking through. look at calm and quiet city. we will look at rain moving in and could bring thundershowers through the overnight hours and a chance on through monday. 74 degrees today. not quite as warm as yesterday's 87. a thunderstorm in spots during afternoon. overnight lows down around 61. mostly cloudy with showers through tomorrow. 72. and variable cloudiness with few showers scattered around. not a washout but not as pretty as the last few days. we will have the complete updated first warning forecast and talk about very warm temperatures coming up in just few moments. >> tim, but first here's what people are talking about this morning. a bizarre accident as an suv crashes landing partly on the roof of a house. it happened in myersville frederick county as kelly mcpherson explains, investigators are trying to figure out if a 10-year-old boy was behind the wheel. >> reporter: good morning. alicia and he

western maryland, some solid rain moving towards our region. cool, drizzly and occasional rain into tomorrow as well. >> thank you, let's check on the roads with sharon gibala. traffic control. >>> good afternoon, they are busy this afternoon, plenty of accidents, a few on major roadways. one on the jfx, blocking the center lane with the backup there. watch for a crash blocking the left lane of the ramp, no delays. an accident on 895 northbound in the clearing stages of lombard street. several crashes in the city. too many to mention. one more in columbia at martin road. as far as delays, still some delays between 212 and 32, you're looking at a 25-minute ride there with an average speed of 22 miles per hour. there's your drive times, 27 miles per hour up to 30 as we speak on the west side between 95 and 795 there on the inner loop, there's a live look at 395. no issues. this report brought to you by honest to goodness savings. >>> as maryland tries to creep out of a recession, the unemployed continues to look for jobs. a national company putti

new protection for maryland's children. among the hundreds of bills signed into law several targeting sex offenders including tougher sentencing and registration. >>> what was supposed to be a relaxing get away turns into a tragic turn. a 71-year-old woman died during a snorkeling excursion sponsored by the cruise line. the woman who tried to save her and believes it never should have happened. >> the water got tough after we've got in. >> reporter: living one county over, he never knew carroll olson in life but on the same crews, the same snorkeling excursion. she did her level best? i tried to talk to her through the negotiating el. i had ahold of her with my right arm so together we were doing this and i said "kick your feet from." >> she screamed for help toward the boat but no one could here. a man and his son eventually came to help but it was too late for olson, she already took in too much water and was later pronounced dead. dontrelle wasn't too far behind but was saved just in time. she said the current was too sw

that's the law in the state of maryland. >> reporter: but is he right? can police stop you from recording their actions like this beating at the university of maryland college park. the aclu says no way. >> for the government to be saying that it has the power to prevent citizens from doing that is profoundly shocking, troubling and in the case of maryland, simply flat out wrong. >> reporter: under maryland law conversations in private cannot be recorded without the con isn't of both people involves: but our cases, including this controversial one three years ago caught on tape where a baltimore officer arrested a teenager at the inner harbor private? law professor byron smith. >> when you tell me to turn it off, you have proven that i'm not secretly taping you. but he doesn't have the right to say if you don't stop recording me i'm going to arrest you. >> reporter: the last law came from the previous attorney general saying it was legal for officers to record on dash cams. sandy rosenberg is pushing the current attorney general on whether you can record

it's the fastest growing rain in maryland. each runner there has a story. >> reporter: at the starting line of the marathon, pace is important. time is too and each runner has a goal. to finish it. the half marathon supports the university of maryland. marlene and stewart cancer center. organizers say the money raised goes toward research which is key to keeping cancer at bay. >> and to help the recruiting of bringing in some of the most fabulous doctors around the country. we've built a tremendous staff at the cancer center now. >> reporter: from the sideline, there's encouragement from runners. >> there was very good signs at the hilly course, it was very hard. but some of the signs made you think. like there was one that said, this is so much easier than fighting cancer. taylor and sierra rebel are cancer survivors. >> it makes me feel great. like people care. >> reporter: last year, the half marathon raised more than $250,000 for the cancer research center. this year they hope to leave that number in the dust. at the maryl

mid-50s in maryland. 60 in hagerstown. one of those showing up and keeping us warm in some cases. 58-degree reading. there you go. we will see our specific maryland forecast from 7:00 we go. 9:00 in to the noon hour, in the 890s in many places to the east. if you go to the northern zones cooler and 70s. sunshine showing up. you might stay a little humid today. all chances of rain are holding off for everyone in maryland. maybe western maryland over to oakland you may see a shower late in the day. we will have to discuss a better chance of scattered storms in to the weekend with the full forecast in ten minutes. >>> thank you, devon. focus on maryland roads and take you outside live to 355 in germantown. everything is all clear few drivers out here. georgia and viersmill. that's next. drivers are doing fine here. very friday light so far. we want to wrap up with an anne arundel accident. this is 408. it is closed in both directions at route 4. the good thing using 259 to get around it. tgif, everybody. 9 news now will be ri

dew points in the 40s and 30s in western maryland. little more humid to the south where there's a tad more low- level moisture but a comfortable morning. the air temperature running 48 manassas to 58 on the bay. 50 in orange, 49 in martinsburg and 62 here in washington with a wind which is calm. dew point 50. that is creeping up a hair and we have partly cloudy skies out there. looking across the country, some snow. snow is falling across parts of montana up here. we are watching a front in the midwest. a dying front could produce shower and storms for florida. this is what we will watch for tomorrow. for us high pressure is building in and we sit in great shape here for today. storms could be here as we head through thursday. the seven-day forecast, temperatures around 80 this afternoon. doesn't come much better than that. in the 50s and 60s tonight with 84 tomorrow. a chance of a storm in the afternoon. friday looks good. we lowered temperatures and kept the rain off until friday in to saturday. better chance of showers and maybe a

western maryland is a little bit color. they have some cloud cover and shares have been trying to work in the western maryland mountains -- showers have been trying to work in to the western maryland mountains. with the exception of the coast, where a strong seabees receipt seabury's has dropped back to the 70's. mainly cloudy skies as we head past midnight and into early saturday morning. 56-63 and light winds out of the east or south week at 5 miles an hour or less. ploughs are better off to the east and thicker as you head into the mountains -- clouds are than off to the east. showers are likely during the day sunday and in this formal start drifting to the south, still close enough to generate some showers monday and maybe into tuesday of next week. it might be a little more humid tomorrow, 72-77 degrees. a thunderstorm is possible in the mountains. the air will be more stable east of the mountains toward the bay. 76 around st. michaels and cambridge. brown kokomo's city, about 75 degrees with shower activity increasing

western maryland, west virginia near 40 degrees under a clear sky. we have a half moon hanging in the southern sky this morning. and it is clear, no travel problems throughout the northeast corridor or in and out of the midwest or even heading down south a large area of high pressure in place for today giving us lots of sun and highs climbing into the low 80s with low humidity. a perfect spring day on the way. tomorrow, partly cloudy, we'll have a weak front coming through, highs reaching the low 80s and a slight chance of an isolated shower. then on friday partly cloudy, near 80, might get showers maybe thundershowers friday night, then they may linger saturday morning. how's traffic? >> tom, as we head out, looking pretty good all in all, a bunch of road work of course on the beltway around van dorn street. no worries the inner and outer loop appear to be moving. we'll stay with virginia and i'm sorry, up to maryland, college park, yesterday's tractor-trailer accident you may recall all gone. both directions off to a very uneventful beginning. >> t

people can come here 11 to 2, register for the ride across maryland. have hot dogs, hamburgers, enjoy, and we get a portion of the proceeds. everything we can do to raise money for this is important. >> people are registering now. >> go on line, ride across maryland.org. even if you don't rise people can go on line and donate, hit the button that says donate. also if you don't ride a bike, we get more and more cars joining us every year, because people want to come down and have a good time with some of the best folks there are. there's no better folks than bikers. >> how much money have you raced in nine years with the ride across maryland? >> listen to this everybody, we have given away 1.7 million, which is an amazing amount of money. >> with a little luck we will hit the $2 million mark this year. >> if we don't i'm taking it out of your paycheck, we have to do that. >> you will make up the difference. but we need the folks to do it. >> i want to bring don and tina over from the store here. you are going to host the event sunday at 11:00. >> got ev

the ncaa women are better for maryland. the top seed knocks off penn 15-10 and advanced to the final four and they get the winner at syracuse friday. and this marks the 18th time that the maryland win have reached the final four and they earned a good program. it is a great program. and virginia women in their first road game since the death of yardley love lose to north carolina. that ends the cavaliers season one i'm sure they hope to forget. and orioles and nationals in the a booming rivalry but for dave trembley you can't overstate the importance of the series. a poor showing with an off day monday and sounds like a formula for a firing. a good start friday for the birds and they took it 35-3. and game two in progress and a wield one. and four score and 20 minutes ago, he knocks george washington in the seats. and top one, ty wigginton continuing to kill the ball. and pair of runs score off of craig stammen. he had a two-run homer later in the game. bottom three, josh willingham, wow, just crushed off of bergersen. two-

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a storm makes its way across maryland, when will it clear out tim williams has the answer in our weather forecast >>> the maryland half marathon is underway details straight ahead eyewitness news is seconds away this is wjz and wjz.com baltimore >> from the city, to the counties to your neighborhood, now it's complete coverage, it's wjz, maryland's news station >>> good morning, welcome to eyewitness news this sunday i'm gigi barnett >> i'm tim williams, it's in the 60-degree range around the area and a damp start to a rainy day not a washout temperatures have been mild looking at cloud cover and fog this morning looking at 695, pretty clear going on the roadways, you don't see the sheen on the road that means it's not actively wet from the rain we have had rain move across the region and now we get a break and another batch coming in from hagerstown to d.c. another stretch from elkton to easton temperatures starting off around 60 degrees the high into the 70s on and off showers throughout the day >>> here's what people will be talking about this morning, a murder investigation in baltim

a great start to what we expect to be a great day. >> maryland is in danger of >> maryland is in danger

just a few thin clouds over maryland and ease to the mountains. that year cost the western producing rainshowers. -- the heavier clouds to the west are producing rainshowers. is breaking up a little bit. we have if this area of high pressure protecting us so far. tomorrow and sunday is a different story. elements of the storm come in. we will detail at all coming up. >> a single car crash in harford county has claimed the life of a candidate for county executive. stephen wright was killed around 7:00 last night when his suv veered off the road in bel air and struck a utility pole. he had been challenging the incumbent county executive david craig for the nomination this september. he is on the way to it like -- he was on the right to -- he was on the way to a right-to-life meeting. police say he was not wearing his seat belt. >>> police say that this vehicle caught fire not long after the crash. police are withholding the victims in until next of kin have been notified. >>> city police are looking for whoever shot and killed a man in west baltimor

here in maryland we have a cloudy sky and to the west few more clouds. these showers will take a while to get into our neck of the woods, and pretty big time storms flaring up into michigan scattered light to moderate rain showers and hit and miss stuff through the weekend and you can see widely scattered clouds will you the weekend and last into most of our sunday. in the meantime, a warm and balmy evenings and dry throughout friday night, and you have no headaches as you head to the friday night, and it will drop us into the 70s for tomorrow and sunday. our forecast model, we cloud up as we go into the day tomorrow, but chance for showers generally holding off until the afternoon, and any time after 4 or 5:00 look for scattered shower action to come in and hit and misrain showers, too. not a steady rain and if i told you what day of the weekend to see showers, sunday. i think saturday won't be too bad at least until the afternoon. overnight, 57 mostly cloudy and some mild conditions overnight, and then tomorrow not too bad. 76, variably cloudy, and it

as you can see, two medical units, pairmdzs and maryland state police are -- paramedics and maryland state police are block the right lanes. this is going to be on the outer loop of 695 at route 2, richie highway. expect delays as you come from baltimore county toward the key bridge. no word on the cause of this accident. back to you on tv hill. >> all right, captain mike. thank you. we'll continue to follow it. >>> and still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 5:00. moving closer to land. growing concern over that massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. tonight, the latest on the effort to contain it. >>> i'm suzanne collins in sykesville. the residents of this town speak loud and clear about the decision to install speed cameras. they overturn that ordinance. i'll have that coming up next. >>> on the fast track, why these students are in the right place at the right time to land jobs. >>> and perfect weather in maryland. the updated weather forecast coming up with bob coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> imagine oil leaking over the gulf of mexico. it is arriving manuel gallegus repo

. >>> here in maryland, nothing the prettiest sunday weather wise. let's take a live look outside and we have more rain on the way. bernadette woods has the updated conditions. >> reporter: we have more clouds than there were showers. let me show you live doppler radar, there's not a whole lot going on right now. there's a few spotty showers. you're seeing a lot right around here. there's that radar site. we are going to see fog form tonight. notice when i put it into motion, those are the showers left. and there's one little one making it way from dc. so things are calming down a little bit. we are eventually going to get rid of this storm but we will soon get rid of it. >>> the rain did not stop the maryland half marathon. it is the halfest growing race in baltimore county and part of wjz's continuing community commitment. each runner there had a story, gigi barnette reports. >> reporter: at the starting line of the baltimore half marathon, pace is important, time is too and each runner has a goal. to finish it. the half marathon supports the unive

. >> only folks coming in from maryland across the woodrow wilson bridge into virginia and the maryland state highway group has signs, the mobile signs all the way up in the beltway and on to 95 to warn travellers. >> the lane closures were supposed to last until monday but transportation officials say that the concrete damage was not as significant as they thought. >>> a jet carrying 166 people crashed in southern end kwa today. killing nearly -- india. killing everybody on board and the pilot overshot a hill and plunged over a cliff. only eight people survived. some were able to jump from the plane moments before it burst into flames. the airport is on a platemr pla they say it's a tricky spot. >>> the main military base in afghanistan has several international service members wounded. no one claimed responsibility but the kandahar base is in an area known to be a taliban strong hold and also the launching pad for thousands of u.s. forces pouring in for a surge in that country. today's attack was the third on nato an afghanistan this week alone. you might remember wednesday an america

here in entral maryland mostly cloudy skiee and 65 degrees.tern maryland the cool spot, of course is usual, 72 degrees, mostly cloudy skies. winds out of the east at 5. here is your seven-day forecast, we will say in the inner haabor 75 for the daytime high wiih the cloud cover, tuesday and wednesday, a good deal of sunshine, partly cloudy by wednesday. look at this pushing 900by wednesday ask then depending on if the storm system develops, we mmy have to change ome of this to include showers tuesday into well, what do you say, you know, you can be your own meteorologist with foo 45 sky watch weather it's available at yourrfinger tips. i-aid raaher is available at foxbaltimore..om. you can use fox 45 powerful doppper radar to track the incoming storrs. interactive tools will let you know when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and clicc on iradar. we have had a pretty much busy monday morning on the traffic.3 here is the traffic edge report with lauren cooke. >> reporter: thank you, tony. we're still dealing with prob

in fact the whole family should go home. >> reporter: as a maryland taxpayer he doesn't want to pick up the tab for that little girl's education. in the end both sides seem to think it comes down to a difference of opinion about what america should be. >> maryland's attorney general is being criticized for commenting on a controversial immigration law in arizona. the law allows police to question suspects about their immigration status. doug gensler was asked what he thinks about that law. he says it's unconstitutional that he didn't read the bill. pat mcdonough plans to introduce similar measures here in maryland and says that gensler's comments are irresponsible. >> here we have an attorney issuing an off the top of his head opinion which impacts the credibility of my proposal because he is the attorney general. some people will start to go around and say, well the, attorney general already said that bill is unconstitutional, why take it seriously. >> gensler says he was simply expressing his opinion. >>> bullying can scar a child for life. now a new hampshire teen has a memory of

all this week the state of maryland and officials here want to bring bullying to the forefront. linda so is live in pikesville with how maryland's first lady will get the word out in a few hours. linda? >> reporter: first lady katie o'malley will be here first thing this morning at pikesville middle at 8:00 to talk about how dangerous bullying can be. the first lady will talk about the effects of bullying and how to prevent it. the principal here says they talk to students everyday about bullying, each morning they spend time in homeroom teaching kids it's never ok to bully or be bullied. >> it's based on our character education program where we expect students to be respectful, responsible, cooperative and accountable. >> reporter: and teachers are also a big part of this, knowing and looking for signs of potential bullying and knowing when to report it. again, first lady o'malley will be at pikesville middle at 8:00 to drive home that message. linda so, abc2 news. >>> friends and neighbors want to know who had it out for a bar owner in dundalk. flowers are on the fence where t

the maryland jockey club, of course, has been very much against this. theyywant the slots in the location at the laurel park lotion. park could go under, patrice. >> this isn'' the only place where slots have been approved, why is this theelocation that is being fought so hard. >> reporter: part of is it's close to neighborhoods arrund here, some the other locations are not that close to neighborhoods. and secondly, this is the jewel location. it's right between red d.c. and baltimore. so on the side of the casino developers where at other locaatons they say there's opposition, we don't want it. there's so much money to be had at this location if they get going here that it's worth fighting at theelevel they already are. >>> joel d smith reporting from arundel mills. stty tuned for a continuing coverage. of this subject. we will be joined by a member of stop slots at arundel mills. he is going to join us later this hour. >>> an attempt to sell a september 11 memorial sculpture has failed. the sculpture was up for sale on ebay with a starting bid of a ha

so why didn't maryland pass ignition interlock for first time offenders. no one could agree on how drunk someone should be to get one. the beverage industry argues that if they are effective they shouldn't be forced on all drunk drivers. >> there's no reason maryland can't eliminate drunk driving. we're not ones to give up, so we will be back. >> reporter: judy says she's living proof first offenders must be stopped. >> if i had had the interlock maybe i wouldn't be like this. >> reporter: says between 6 and 800 fatal accidents would be prevented if interlock devices were required for first time offenders. >>> the jfk bridge is shut down as police investigate a possible abandoned vehicle that smelled of gas. this is a live picture of the scene right now. we'll have more on the wjz morning addition. >>> the baltimore ravens announced a new playing field today. it's considered safer for players and the new fibers are supposed to hold their color and look even more brilliant on television. the first eventually be the lacrosse championships over labor day week

. >> justin, we still have a road closure in willard, maryland.t's way on the eastern shore but if you travel from that area, expect delays. police are providing the detour. the drive times around the baltimore metro, in the green southbound from the belt bay to the 895 split. it's five minutes for the split to the fort mchenry toll plaza. headed to i-97t will be 9 minutes this morning. the southbound lanes of riverside parkway closed at route 75 as a tractor trailer is moving an oversized load there. they hope to have it open fairly soon but now over to ç sherrie johnson. she has the update on one of the top stories this morning. good çmorning, sherrie. >> reporter: that's right. baltimore grand prix. they will prepare to take the vote today. i'm sherrie johnson, and i will have the vote coming up. >>> she was a beloved college athlete who graduated from notre dame prep. why some college relationships can end so badly. ya know, i'm really glad we finally decided to see whererai. yeah, this trip is way overdue. i just can't wait to see all those

the karma model is on display in maryland. they claim it overcomes the perceived hybrid shortcomings of less performance and comfort. >>> astronauts are suiting up for the final sidewalk as members of the "atlantis" shuttle crew. details coming up. >>> an international manhunt is underway for a chief thief that made off with priceless works of art. >>> crossing the key bridge in to georgetown. no issues on to m street. more news is next. stay with us. >>> authorities believe they will contain a wildfire in corona, california sometime this morning. it started along a dry creek bed. flames torched several hundred acres. firefighters put out the section which started to threaten homes. >>> art collectors are on alert for a thief that stole five masterpieces from a paris art museum including a picasso and matisse worth $120 million. the museum was waiting for spare parts to fix the alarm system which broke two months ago. >>> the third and final scheduled space walk will start an hour from now. the crew woke up to the song traveli

southern parts of maryland, all of this will continue moving to the eastern shore, and it's going to stick around into tomorrow. that forecast in a bit. >> bern, thank you so much. >>> no buy hear come forward for the 40-foot september 11th memorial in western maryland. that monument sits in emmitts berg at the national firefighters memorial. it went up for sale on ebay after the company who commissioned it was busted in a ponzi scheme. that auction ended today with no bids. >>> still to come on wjz tonight, a mother murdered and her twin daughters stand accused. the bizarre story is just ahead. we have an important warning about dangerous substance lurking right in your kitchen, and it's never too early to learn the moon walk, apparently. where this four-year-old got his moves, that's coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a stunning story tonight out of georgia where two twin teenagers have been charged with killing their own mother. police in georgia say they arrested the 16-year-olds for killing 64-year-old nikki whitehead. she was found stabbed in her atlanta home in january. investiga

he makes account for maryland, but there was no come back today. -- he makes it count, for maryland, back today. notre dame advances. >>> the maryland women's lacrosse team advances. they won their game 15-10 over pennsylvania. >>> the university of virginia, another moment of silence for yeardley love. carolina was too tough today, finishing the year for the cavs. >>> the future of the nba on display in chicago, the draft combine, with the wizards holding the top pick. all of the brass looking at who will likely be their top pick, kentucky player john wall. ted leonsis says the team has not made a firm decision about who they will take with their top pick, but you can bet that one of these guys will be wearing a washington uniform. >> it depends on what they're trying to do with gilbert arenas and everything like that and what they need or don't need. all that matters is what we're doing in three years. >>> eastern conference finals, philadelphia-montreal. the past, he hits the back of the net. the flyers and eventually it went and take a commanding 3-1 series lead. >>> the dallas m

question are tracking the drive in maryland on 20. looks like southbound we are dragging below speed from 118 germantown road to montross road. to the maps we go, 95 and the bw parkway, all nice, green and clean here at speed from 32 past powder mill n. to dc, we head, eastern avenue and kenilworth, everything is in the clear out here. back to you. >>> our time is 6:17. >>> maryland's governor might need a new pen this morning. he signed 300 bills if to law on tuesday. those convicted of the most severe sex crimes will need lifetime supervision and those with crimes against children will receive a minimum of 15 years in prison. they will reform the sexual advisory board. >> these tough new reforms will require lifetime supervision for the most violent repeat offenders, allow law enforcement to better track sex offenders in our community. >> reporter: the sex offender law was designed following the death of an 11-year-old sara foxwell. she was killed on the eastern shore. her parents attended the bill signing yesterday. >>> the distric

. >> justin we have a road closure in willards, maryland. aen accident involving a couple of vehicles. police are on the scene. we look at the city cameras, and we are quiet on president street although a structure fire has it closed closed from bittal to maryland avenue. as you make your way out from providence, 5 minute ride. on the way way topside from the 83s, only one minute so far. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> coming up on 6:01. the virginia mens and womens lacrosse teams decided to honor yeardley love's life by continuing their seasons. at this historic institution founded by thomas jefferson apparently the crime comes down to history. a history of past runins in with law and then violence. yesterday we were saying the team mvp, the lacrosse team dedicated their final game yesterday to love, and they won the game her death has caught the attention of students here and across the country. it highlights the staggering number of violence, domestic violence number cases in college. surveys show one in five students reported some kind

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washington back in to maryland. things are fine there too. lower to mid-80s as we head to the delmarva. let's put it together. a warm, humid day. no chance of rain at all. better chance of a widely scattered isolated storm on sunday. monday the last slim chance of a storm but after in the transition to the forecast takes shape to a very dry and hot weather pattern. we could be pushing upper 80s to 90 degrees next weekend. these small slim chances are the only ones we will see in he next seven to ten days after we build in the warm temperatures after the rain chances. i hope the roadways will play along. >> you enjoy your breakfast. i just walked by the weather center and he is eating popcorn for breakfast. when you wake up this early, right. >>> we will begin construction on the inner loop at the mixing bowl. you will be forced to follow the detour in place the next 12 to 15 minutes and construction at gallows road an 66. if you are traveling the outer loop a set up around little river. keeping you moving and taking you to 395 no delays to re

more sunshine as you head out to western maryland. angie, good morning to you. >> same to you, howard and everyone out there joining u.s. right now. maryland, look at what we are finding. lanes are wide open at 355 and rollins avenue. bradley an connecticut a good amount of volume blue no major delays to report this way. finally we are flying southbound on the gw parkway. article after early-morning accidents that have cleared it is pretty much smooth sailing from baltimore to inside the beltway. happy monday, everybody. you are waking up with 9 news now. we'll be right back. >>> now and then you will hear a moment that changed someone's life. >> i found myself in an apartment where they what nothing. >> he was out delivering food to the needy when it hit them. they need a lot more. >> they had no food, beds, couches, tables or chairs. >> reporter: after the seeing the same situation four or five times that day. >> i pulled over on the side of georgia after and said that is it i'm going to stop everything else and create a solution. >

the maryland spca at 11:00. in just a second. 10rst off, you cting.e to talk cenout something important. in have been a lot of cases of animal crument won, and you hoe ideas to help curb the trend. >> one of the thing dop i actuay therove yain a picture lots and lots and lots of cats. one thing you can do is make sure your pet is neutered and encourage others to do that as well. a lot of these pets end up on street because of laner-py at the maryland spca we have a high-volume clinic. sart month we did 10,000 -hen we did 10,000 surmingrizz. these are something i kcom.p iny e tar. because strays are at risk, you want to help thf, if you scom. ö ne. >> so you have a leash and some streets to take thf, to a shment se ar? Ã8> yeah. even just check around your ril 'ghborhood to see if mhe ia . smebody's lost pet squ -- pet. >> and the pen and paper? Ã8> you can docoseent if you sc some drule cruelty or neglect. >> everyone hidse the cting.era pou canes no li >> and one lavet -- last thing? >> teaching your kids to le

>> i can show you what will be the maryland state flag. this is only part of it. one of the teams is building as it now. we have a team from morgan state do women logo. -- doing the logo. >> the idea is people come up with a plan, but it is getting the cans to you guys for local -- for donations? >> yes. each team built a sculpture. we have a competition, then we'd tear it down, and all the canned goods go to the maryland food bank. >> what do you used to hold it together? >> they can use tape or thin cardboard or plywood. we cannot use good -- we can not use blue. -- glue. >> when can people see this? >> we will be done today at 3:00. our judges will come in at 3:30. it will be off for memorial day weekend. >> i guess there is no touching. it looks precarious. >> they are pretty good, and they work it out. >> thank you for being with us. >> coming up next, we will tell you which maryland lottery games have the best odds of when did. green ogre is a back. >> we're taking your pet questions. you can e-mail >> welcome back. it is time for the lottery's hot fries. yo

for 24 states, including maryland, employment rose. the unemployment rate is at 7.7%, and despite the drop in unemployment, there are still more than 220,000 marylanders out of work. >> a few electronics recalls to tell you about tonight. that is ahead. an alarming trend among seniors living in residential care centers. >> international soccer returns to charm city. white could have huge implications for the future. >> 100 years of oyster mismanagement will be turned around today. >> find out how the state plans to bring new life into the struggling oyster business. >> there are showers on hd dollar moving in this direction and changes coming in for the upcoming weekend. the seven-day forecast is straight ahead. it is unseasonably mild with tempera >> there were a lot of people out there to the bench and celebrated bike to work day. contestants got a chance to win prizes and network with other riders. >> a new study out of canada reveals widespread depression among seniors living in residential care facilities. according to the canadia

the clouds going toward maryland. before that storm would possibly head inland we just got a warm humid air flow. you feel it even as you step outside. things are muggy. holds that storm off to the south right now looks like it'll not come in and the roads are against big storm development off shore. as we go no wednesday a boundary will slide off from the north. i think tomorrow generally dry, cloudy. a better chance for a late day shower or storm on wednesday, thursday, looking relatively dry. overnight down to 62. light light showers on the radar. maybe a little early fog. almost climbed to 80 degrees. tomorrow night we are talking about maybe 60 or so with clearing. here is the seven day forecast. consequence into thursday looking for a surge of warm air. could push up to near 90. then the lacrosse championships kick off for the weekend. looking good. temperatures around 80. slight chance for a few showers. medical ralph day weekend looking dry. >> good job. thank you. popular raven wants more playing time. how he

that has had a ripple effect on maryland's economy.says he's selling 10% of the demand he sees. >> it is difficult. sometimes i feel like cysiphus -- i push the rock up to the top of the mountain, and it rolls back down. under -- >> under the new regulations the governor would expand the opportunity for watermen or businesses to cage and grow oysters. >> none of this is easy. if we are informed, if we are guided by science and we stick to what we know will work, then we actually can make a bepter day for the oyster as we have already brought about a better day for the crab. >> growing oysters and tupts officials say for more farming jobs and a cleaner bay. oysters naturally filter water. >> it is an exciting day. thank you 100 -- thank you. 100 years of oyster mismanagement are going to be turned around today. >> officials say this strategy could generate economic impact over the next several years. those same officials make no promse promises this plan will go exactly as planned. >> i learned over the years when you are dealing with m

there's a lot of sunshine across virginia and maryland. just a few high clouds in maryland.udiness is in the mountains, coming into the shenandoah valley. that will be drifting over us later this afternoon. over the last 24 hours, storm system in the midwest has been rotating and building a little bit of strength. could be strong storms developing here down in georgia, alabama and mississippi. that will stay to our south here today and the latest satellite image is showing -- this radar shows leading edge of any of that rain is now coming into the ohio valley. that will eventually drift toward us for the weekend. going forward over the next 48 hours, here's the futurecast hd showing the areas of potential rain where you see the color, could be showers into saturday morning in the mountains of west virginia, perhaps up into western pennsylvania and western maryland. by saturday afternoon we get moisture coming in off the atlantic that will feed into the frontal system and eventually perhaps trigger passing showers, tomorrow afternoon, off and on tomorrow night and into sunday

other than work which is cooled off to 65 as western maryland. there is up creasing cloud cover from the west and a couple showers beginning to make their way into extreme western maryland. you can see a couple showers and storms flairing up big time for michigan down through ohio. this is the next weather maker. this storm is a shadow of what it once was as it game through the upper midwestt. will bring scattered showers. very warm. it'll moderate the air. here is the timing on the showers. you can see through the day. tomorrow afternoon. then into sunday its hit and miss. not like a huge blob of rain on the model but on and off showers, probably a few more on sunday. just keep the umbrella handy. a good day tomorrow early on especially but scattered late day showers a good bet. 76 for the high. maybe we get most of the rain out overnight. i think shower around for sunday. be prepared for that. showers left on monday. dryer warm america to the middle of next week. >> thank you. we will be right back. i do the cooking, the shopping, shuttling the

today a university of maryland researcher, however, said barring a hurricane or strong storm, maryland, delaware, and virginia beaches should be safe from the oil. atlantic currents are expected to keep most of it out at sea. it's predicted that the worst thing mid-atlantic beachgoers will likely encounter would be a few sandy tar balls. the eruption activity in ice land's volcano is slowing today. as of yesterday, the volcano has only been producing steam. no more magma, no more ash like the massive cloud tham shut down air traffic in europe for six days back in april. meteorologists say it's too soon to say whether the volcanic eruption is over, but for now they say it's quiet. >> this afternoon, police say road rage led to a shooting on the baltimore-washington parkway. this happened last night just south of route 198 in laurel. the parkway was shut down for several hours. investigators say it all appeared to stem from a fender bender. >> the 911 call came in just before 11:30 last night. reports of gun fire on the baltimore washington parkway. inside a car were two men. one had bee

that is according to a university of maryland researcher. jim carton says the gleam heads away -- the gulf stream heads away from the continental shelf. it should be carried away from the coast of virginia, maryland and delaware. he says it could be off the maryland coasts, however, in about three weeks. >>> for continuing coverage on the story, log on to our web site at abc2news.com. you can find our special gulf oil spill section at abc2news.com/oilspill. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in china today but her visit is overshadowed by events elsewhere in asia. after south korea accused north korea of sinking one of its warships they cut trade with the north and promised more consequences. seoul is northerly korea's number two -- north korea's number two trading partner. clinton says the u.s. and china must coordinate a response though china remains officially neutral on the investigation so far. >> this is a highly precarious situation that north koreans have caused in the region. >> the white house issued a statement saying presi

aleen gabey is here from the maryland spca. the baltimore 500 is on. explain that, but tell us who you have here who's so cute. >> this is gerry who's squirmy and up for adoption. >> oh, she's a lot of fun. >> and very, very pretty. we are doing the baltimore 500 done in conjunction with maryland spca and baltimore b.a.r.k.s. society. we set a goal to adopt 500 cats and kittens in the month of may. so, so far through wednesday, we've done 298. >> you're getting there. >> we're getting there. so we need to keep up the pace. we want to encourage people to come out and get a kitty. there's no adoption fee. >> it is a huge incentive. >> and they are already spayed and neutered. they've got their shots and doctors get a free health exam from cat hospital in towson, so it is a good deal. >> if you are sitting at home and you saw this face, you can get her for free. go to one of the participating shelters in baltimore. look at that face. >> she's hiding. >> tell us about the meeting that you are having. >> i believe the public does know that there is a mayor'

>>> and diplomacy on the mound right here in maryland. >> here in maryland 81 degrees out at pwi.he average and the records. 92 degrees. line of showers and storms out of the west. what does it mean for the weather. . >>> modern moms like their mothersa. new moms up creasingly older  better educated than two decades ago. 14% were at least 35. this study also finds 41% were to unmarried women. >>> good morning american tomorrow their cries may be cute but for moms those sleepless nights aren't fun. the baby dear sir sometimes take the joy out of your day when you keep the mommies up all night. a new mom who has a lot to juggle. >> every single thing. the days fly by. always something you are eating or need to change. it took a few weeks to really believe it. this is now our life. >> tomorrow on good morning maryland the adjustments need to make and how hospitals can provide that much needed relief. >> do you ever notice after a couple hours of sitting at the computer your neck starts to hurt? you aren't alone. more on the condition some are calling computer vision. >> >> i look a

something could be fatal >> welcome back. 65 degrees downtown at the maryland science center. we have some fog and drizzle on this monday morning. take an umbrella you. let's take a look at the temperatures. 65 at the airport. 67 in hagerstown. fog and drizzle, light rain this morning. you might get a peak of the sun later today. a high temperature around 75 degrees. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. but for now, back to the news desk. >> some alarming statistics show a sharp rise in the number of children swallowing batteries. it is related to those batteries used in many products. sevenfoldbeen an increase. damage is caused when current from the battery reacts with tissue fluids. >> that is scary. 64 degrees. record-breaking lawn mower ride in wales. >> this is a live picture. we will update weather and traffic. stay with us. how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better for where

the battle for slots at a maryland mall is heating up. a trial is set to start today over the proposed arundel mills mall casino. baltimore city-based cordish company is suing the anne arundel county elections board for claiming it overlooked fraud in the petition drive to put the issue before voters. a citizens group and the maryland jockey club which operates the laurel and pimlico racetracks are fighting the proposal. >>> 5:34. a bel air man disappeared five years ago in vermont. >> authorities say they located his remains and ruled out foul play but his parents say otherwise. who is now getting involved in the death? >> and if there ever was a water cooler this morning, it's about the "lost" finale. what exactly did happen? we'll find out. try to figure it out. here's justin with weather. >> 5:34. we've got plenty of water from the sky. it's wet on our camera lens. it will be wet on your windshield. 65, east/northeasterly wind and yeah, it feels like the tropics. keep that word tropics in mind because something could be brewing off th

sometimes they're beinn abused. >> there were more than 1600 incidences in maryland schools.ooecutors dropped charges against a transit administration officer accused of rape. officer don't brown kidnapped a 15-year-old girl, brown was suspected of taking the girl to his apartment and raping her but prosecutors dropped all charges saying there wasn't enough evidence to move forward. >> police are wait forth thh autopsy results of 6 week old baby boy found dead in an apartment. it happened saturday morning at the afternoon stone resident apartments on edge rock way. a man who lives in the complex said the mother came down stairs scceammng, banging on his door. he immediately called 911 and told to start performing cpr. >> told 911 people, emergency people,,i said cpr isn't go to help. this baby is cold. >> the baby is identified at joel. no charges have been filed. off duty police officer shoots a suspected car thieve over the weekend. it happened friday night on chase street near the belvedere. the officer heard his car alarm sounding, then found a guy sitting in the frrot se

the bloomberg maryland index lost over 4.25%. that crisis in greece is leaving to profits for legg mason. they invested heavily in greek debt. when the emergency fund was announced, they are emerging with a profit. t. rowe price was losing money on their euro thaturo bets. the regulation overhaul could cut bank profits by 20%. the average american may be rejoicing because of the consumer protections. the bill still needs to be married to a similar version from the house. did not expect any big sales from victoria's secret. they intend to do fewer promotions this year. i am courtney donohoe reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. back over to you. >> another check on weather and traffic just ahead. >> lance armstrong is facing serious allegations from cheating. his reaction when we come back. >> that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. do you think a pennsylvania high school should accept a light- sensitive student's personal photo for submission in their yearbook? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> here is a