news. >>> baltimore city , the same thing is happening, students are heading back to class. linda so is at leaf lock, students are in for a surprise. they sure are. if you live in the community, you know how spectacular this new building is. the old building needed renovations, this is a new billing, state of the art, joining joining us is the principal. you've been inside. give us a sneak peek. this building looks amazing. >> state of the art, from the top down to the ground floor. we have fantastic cafeteria, two cafeterias that have wok station in the middle, children can watch television, they can have their healthy meals and they can enjoy the beautiful view out of the large windows in the cafeteria. >> reporter: you were telling me that none of the students, none of the parents have got on the see what it looks like insides but today when doors open, they will get to tour the place? >> they will be excited. i have seen some of the students in the stores and they said i can't wait until monday, we have kept it secret just like you do at christmas time. today the doors w

anthony barksdale wakes up as the new baltimore city police commissioner, this morning. morning.fred bealefeld was officially retired as of midni. midnight.the mayor has appointed barksdale as the city's acting top cop. a national search began earlier this summer for a permanent replacement. a colorado man is facing charges today... for allegedly bringing a gun into a movie theater. police were called to the scene... after a movie-goer spotted the suspect... james mapes... walking into a theater with a gun strapped to his waist in plain view. police evacuated the theater as they searched for mapes... and arrested him. scientists now know the reason behind 162-seals washing ashore in new england. england.they appear to have an illness... that's being classified as a new strain of bird flu.there's evidence to suggest the virus jumped from birds to marine mammals.and scientists say... that virus could potentially pose a threat to humans. another sewing needle is found in an airplane meal.this time... it happened during an air canada flight.the airline says it's "working clo

. >> there's a push to reopen the bidding for the new baltimore city casino. the contract has already been awarded to caesars but two groups are pushing for the bidding to start all over. this comes after the legislature decided to add a referendum. >>> the sentencing for the man convicted of killing cockeysville native yeardley love will happen as scheduled. huguely's attorney argued there were errors made during the trial. the sentencing is scheduled for thursday. huguely faces 26 years in prison. christian schaffer will be at the sentencing. >>> yeardley love's high school, notre dame prep will donate a field in her name. it was funded by donations to the school. the field will be used for la crosse, field lack and south korea and have light -- soccer and have light blue colors. >>> by thursday bad news, all the roads along the race route will be closed. abc2's roosevelt leftwich has more. >> that is the problem a lot of folks had. pratt street was closed off, lombard. it was just not easy to get around, especially those who live in federal hill. this is th

baltimore city schools ceo and board of education. live a from northeast baltimore. >> good morning. in northeast baltimore, return the data to the brand new school addition you see behind me. of the governor, the mayor, they will all be here this morning. the ceo is sure to be facing some questions about a published report over the weekend that he, along with some key members of his administration, in some cases, members of the board of administration, charge hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past year and a half. the report was in the baltimore sun about how top school officials were spending money on expensive meals and travel. if this is the same system that back in the spring was trying to close a $35 million budget deficit. they also spent the last year lobbying the state in control over how they pay for big- ticket school construction projects like the one behind me. of course, we have reactions today from about 8:30. we go to baltimore county were students are also returning. >> high. thank you. here in baltimore county, returning to a brand-new building behind me here. right across the parking lot from the old one. the new

anthony barksdale wakes up as the new baltimore city police commissioner, this morning.orning.fred bealefeld was officially retired as of midnight.the mayor has appointed barksdale as the city's acting top cop. a national search began earlier this summer for a permanent replacement. a tech savvy farm wants to turn it's harvest into a smartphone app. app. joel d. smith is live at the farm now in white hall, to see why the farmers are asking their customers to foot the 30 thousand dollar bill. good morning joel d. 3 3 children and chalk drawings are often a regular summer sight.but for one mother in virginia... her daughter's creativity means a court conviction and sentence. sentence.susan mortensen has to complete áfiftyá hours of community service for letting her 4-year-old daughter use chalk to draw on rocks at belle isle park in richmond virginia.youtube video shows the incident back in march when officer stacy rogers gave mortensen a 3-hundred and 25- dollar ticket for the chalk drawings.here's what officer rogers said at the time. "the next time i catch you, i'm just

. >>> well, it's official first day on the job is next possibility but the new baltimore city police commissioner already getting up on the early work. ants knit bats will be in the southwestern district this morning. he's expected to address the officers just after 6:30 at roll call. his first official day on the job is september 27th. >>> get lady gaga to baltimore to visit daniel. he was a victim in the perry hall shooting on monday. a stranger asked if she could help by creating is facebook page called lady gaga please visit daniel and the whole school is now banding together to get the pop star to come to baltimore for the visit. right now the page has nearly 20,000 likes. >> he has a suitcase that he keeps packed to go to california because one day he wants to marry lady gaga. >> she's on tour right now overseas until december and we put a call into her management company and we'll let you know when we hear back if them. we al put -- from them. we also put a link at our site. abc2news.com, you can watch a youtube video to to lady gaga created by the students. >>> today you can

. >> it will also be home to the new baltimore city orchestra her >> thank you very much.ng remembered this morning. he was killed when the bicycle he was riding collided with a bus. the circumstances surrounding the accident are still under investigation. >> he touched a lot of lives. i feel like to host a funeral for him, the would have to have it at a stadium. >> arrangements are set for wednesday morning. the time now, 5:37. a warning involving your child's backpack and school supplies that could be toxic. plus, the more you know. >> this morning's medical alert. >> our water cooler question of the day -- what is your favorite back to school memory? share your response on wbaltv.com or send us an e-mail. >> we are preparing you for that back-to-school commute this morning. a few the car on the left was filled up with low detergent gasoline. the car on the right was filled up with bp gasoline with invigorate. which helps clean and protect its engine so it can get a few more miles per tank than the car on the left. go a little farther with bp gasoline with invigorate. no

new baltimore commissioner tweaks and tinkers. in downtown baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> batts will have it go through the confirmation process with the cityouncil. if all goes well, his first day on the job will be september 27th. >>> officials said new orleans is better prepared to withstand a00 but residents are still getting anxious as isaac prepares to come ashore. we have more. >> reporter: isaac is now a category one hurricane. the hurricane is projected to make landfall tonight somewhere between tonight and the florida panhandle. this image captures isaac's size as he bears down on the duffel. today a stern warning from the white house. >> now is not the time to tempt face or to dismiss official warnings. you need it take it seriously. >> reporter: punishing rainfalls and storm surge. >> the greatest danger may be an accumulation of strong hurricane and tropical storm force winds as well as heavier than usual rainfall. >> reporter: the hurricane could dump as many as 20 inches of rain. >> isaac is not just going to be a ceftal event, inland flooding. >> reporter: evacuations are underway in areas along isaac's path. a spheefer of h

. >> some good news for baltimore city public works officials tonight, the water main that broke downtown last month has been fixed. it ruptured, creating a traffic nightmare for commuters. officials have replaced the entire main and a 12-inch main along redwood street. they will begin repaving this week. the temporary means have been disconnected. >> the 2012 summer olympic records -- olympics are in the record books. nearly 116,000 athletes will pass through heathrow airport. as they pass through, the athletes are being asked to write down their greatest moments from the london games to be placed on a memory tree. >> the olympics created a lot -- a number of awe inspiring moments for many raw the world. the u.s. remains beach volleyball -- for many are around the world. the u.s. women's beach volleyball team has created interest in this sport. many have said they have seen interest skyrocket. >> when i saw them and their big win, they influenced me and made me want to try it. it seemed like a lot of fun. >> absolutely. officials said that have seen a spike in the number of students try

. >> good news for baltimore city blic works officials. that terrible water main break at cause problems last month s been fixedit ruptured, creatic nightmare for commuters. officials say they replace the entire mane. the repaving begins next week. >> you may soon bee to see how your favorite restaurant shares when it comes to cleanliness and food safety. >> there is a pending bill that would require them to post their restaurant trade where cusmers can see it. kerrey has that story. >> the house the board regularly inspects all restaurants, but they only publicly who reveal those with a grade low enough to close. your favorite restaurant could be operating in a gray area, and you would not even know it. >> it creates transparency. >> the owner is ready to serve of something new. casey wants to display his inspection grade and believes customers deserve to know what is cooking behind the scenes. >> the devil is in the details. if you are changing your light bulbs, if you are cleaning your restrooms, using proper times and temperatures, it

. >> new tonight baltimore city police investigating what they say is a suspicious death. we first learned about this at 8:30 tonight. in the 3300 block of ravenwood. they aren't saying much more about the victim or the circumstances surrounding the death. we will tell you more when that information is available. >>> and city police are investigating a body found in a house in west baltimore. a neighbor went to check on the 65-year-old who lives in the 1700 block of north carry street. when nobody answered they called police. the man was found on the basement stairs. his name hasn't been released. no word on suspect or motive. >>> downtown tonight it was all about back to school. the mayor and school leaders gathered at headquarters for the back to school rally. it was planned to get them excited about the upcoming school year. food, music, the mayor giving out free supplies. why it's the perfect time to get your students back in shape. >> this was fun wasn't it tonight? most points the ravens have scored in a pre-season game. 48 points. joe had a great night. that drive i

news -- >> i saw people in the water. >> 911 calls were released from the night that stayed delegate donald dwyer was involved in a boating collision. >> baltimore city and new -- baltimore's new top cop is wasting no time. >> post season rates even higher. we will have highlights later in sports. ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone at southwest airlines works together for one goal: to get you where you're going. and with flights all over the country to choose from, it's a good thing we love our work. and now we're excited to take you to the beaches of northwest florida. fly nonstop from bwi airport to panama city beach, florida, for just 99 dollars one-way. book all of our destinations online only at southwest.com. a recently released 91 walkup -- 911 call is shedding new light on the boating accident that injured state delegate don dwyer and others. >> i saw people in the water. i am not sure. one boat collided with the other. i am 100 feet away from the boat. the whole front is torn up. >> dwyer admitted that his blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. he could face criminal charges. divers have called off the search for a missing boate

. >> we are going to be introduced to the new head of baltimore city police. the mayor plans to introduce him as the new commissioner. he was formerly the chief of the city of oakland. he resign there's in 2011. that replaces the former commissioner who announced his retirement may. >> its been more than a month since a hole opened in the middle of east monument street. the storms caused the hole to stretch from curb to curb swayl. people on the north side had to be evacuated. it'll take crews a month to repair. they are working to get the sidewalk open on just two days. >> in addition to that shooting we had another student student is trying to recover after being hit by a car. he was crossing the street when he was hit on dog wood. anita taylor and her husband were just a few feet away. >> looked out and then i saw the young man in the street. i went back to get a blanket and keep him from going into shock. >> reporter: the student had to be flown to the hospital but there is no word on his condition. >> if you are nursing -- number 44 relief may soon be on t

was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.live outside city police headquarters, ms, fox45 news at ten. baltimore city police are fighting bacc...there are double shooting from thursday night......are related to the suspect in a triple shooting on wednessay......and police are trying to stop more violence from happening happeningfriends and family members gathered outside the - night...remembering the 3 victims shot there wednesday night.two men... and a woman... were hit by gunfire.. the two men... died. thursday night...a man...and woman...were shot and killed... outside this house....on hamilton avenue. detectives... say thetwo had just arrived... back home...from a vigil for the victims in the linnard street shooting...when they were ambushed.the shootings... comes...as a shock...to neighbors. 3 (steve) "it really is a nice neighborhood, you know, nothing like this has ever happened around here, you know, you might ear some gunshots but i've never heard &pthaa anyone actually getting you know shot or killed out her" here."police have made..."no" arrests...in any of the shootings.and that incl

. >> right now, we have some breaking news at a baltimore city. fire officials are on the scene of a tractor-trailer fire along northbound car-95 near the 395. fire officials have sent hazmat crews there as a result. no word on whether i-95 is closed at this time. traffic is definitely back up. >> orioles tried to pull off a feed they have not done since john kennedy sat in the white house. >> the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> tonight's jackpot is an estimated an annuity of $2,300,000. here are your winning numbers for tonight, thursday, august 16. 6, 29, 43, 41, 1, 19. if no one matches all six numbers, kamal i met jackpot climbs to $2,400,000. next drawing is monday night. >> the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> 52 years and waiting. the orioles had a chance to play a home sweep of the red sox for the first time since 1960. 52 years. and waiting. boston spoils the date with history. some good early run support. item jones with a double down the right-field line. -- adam jones with a double down the right field line. to-0, oriole

3 3 33 3 33 baltimore has a new police commissioner.the mayor appointed doctor anthony batts as the new top cop. cop.and some baltimore city council members are voicing their outrage.megan gilliland is here with more on why they're upset about this decision. good morning guys,commissioner batts has decades of experience in law enforcment... heading up departments in oakland and long beach. but some council members still aren't sure it was the right decisionn decision.in fact... they're publicly questioning the mayor and the direction she's decided to go... hiring an outsider for the job. councilman brandon scott... tells us he expected to hhar that cting police commissioner anthony barkssaae got the job. 23:03 right now were seeing historic crime lows in baltimore from the plannwe work being done by the commaadd team we have in place today so concerned about changing that because it has us heading in the right direction at this point, batts says he doesn't intend to make any changes in how the city approaches crime. but he ddd say he exppcts to have a well disciplined and focused police department.and that each commander w

news. >> baltimore city police joined forces with area businesses and churches to bring a day of hope to ups to provide help and support to those in need. volunteers distributed groceries, provided health and religious services, job information and kids got a chance to win prizes. >> we wanted to go back and get back to the days when we were one community, where the police department and the neighborhood and the fire department, we knew one another. the churches would participate. >> although this is the first day of hope for the west baltimore area, the event has been a success in other neighborhood. getting back to the rolls, rob didn't bring us back a one, not a single one of those delicious rolls. >> we will send mark out at 8:00 for those. >> good plan. >> maryland high school athletes are better protected this time around when they step on the field. new policy to prevent concussions. >> and in our education alert, who they're planning to catch. >> a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. what does fall smell like? head north, to someplace pristine like acadia national park.

keith daniels, fox 45 news at ten. baltimore city police are still looking for the person... who shot a man just west of downtown bbltimore this afternoon afternoonits breaking news we first brought to you on fox45 onnstoocton street... near west pratt... as police were still gathering evidence.about 3-30 today...a man was shot in the shoulder... and ranninto the social services building on west pratt.the man is a maryland man is accused of two separate abductions involving two very young girls.... karen parks sayy the father of one of thh girls says its a lesson for all paren. parents. 25 year old charles amofa of chhllum in prince georges county is being held without bond charged with kidnapping ans sexually abusing both girls.... although he has confessed to both of the assaults...police say they don't have evidence that he is a serial predator.... preddtor.... 3 the first incident happened july 9 when an 8 year old girl was abducted from the valley village thrift store in hyattsville and then luued into a vacant property nearby.....she managed to get away.... the second in

up on fox45 news at ten...you'll hear from angela holland on what she thinks about the city's clearance rate...this is video from where her son was killed back in february in north baltimorece park fox45 news at 5. 3 city... police... identify... johnathan blankenship... as... the man... they shot and killed... at... his home... in... north baltimore.../. it... happened... around... 4-30... tuesday afternoon... in... north weldon place...// polcie... were... called there... for what átheyá... say... was... a... "family dispute"...// .inside... one officer... called for help.../ another ... fired... after seeing a knife... near the suspect. (guglielmi) "the officer who was being attacked did summons the other officer to assist him. that other officer fired at least one round to the suspect and he died as a result of those injuries."(mr. spearman) "i think that there could have been worked out or talked about. i don't think that you have to in, being a police and because you sitting there with a gun and whatever, that your first alternative is to kill somebody. i just don't think that's right." right."the officers... were... not hurt....// records ... show... blankenship...

news at noon. our big story this man -- dr. dallas dance has arrived as a baltimore city schools new superintendent. we go live from loch raven high school. makes his first major speech as school superintendent and makes it in a high-school auditorium with principals and other top administrative staff. the speech is entitled"moving forward." he took time to lay out his strategy to the people who helped him carry it out and the speech was about -- was less about making promises and more about improving what is in place. >> we all know that a culture cannot be changed overnight. in fact, one prominent onto power once said that altering any organizational culture could take anywhere from three-five years. the great thing about us is that we don't need to change our culture. we need to highlight and eliminate our culture. our culture of equity end up standing with one voice is critical to achieving our goal of providing the best educational experience for each child because all means all. >> dr. dallas dence - we have more of his speech tonight along with reaction at 5:00 and

. >> duncan says half of the nation's new teachers quit within five years. nearly 1000 baltimore citytudents will get new school uniforms this year thanks to john hopkins. university held its second annual adopt a school uniform drive today. in addition to their uniforms, the students received a treat. a gesture greatly appreciate it by the parents. >> we were able to invite 450 students pick up their uniforms. there was an ice cream social. >> a lot of people cannot afford to get uniforms. this is a good thing that people decided to do. hopkins are doing a lot of the things for the city and the community. >> last year, they supplied uniforms to 120 students. they hope to give uniforms to 800 students this year. an interesting concept that is on a roll. a roll of toilet paper. brian and jordan are creators of toilet tissues with ads. jordan came up with the idea in 2010 after being bored sitting in the stall. the company supplies the toilet paper and advertisers pay for the privilege to be on a roll. >> an average advertisement is seen between 2- 5seconds. our advertisements are seen

after that, expect significant travel delays from baltimore to new york city. details in a few minutes. >> thanks so much. maryland's special session could come to a close as soon as tonight for. is if the house of f on a planigns of would add a gambling expansion to the november ballot. brianne carter joins us from annapolis where lawmakers are from a encouragement powerful group. latest?the >> that's right. on the day that could end up decision day, support from prince george's county will say that the should let it be up to the voters. a priority for us. >> dozens of prince george's county business owners and workers called on lawmakers to push for passage of the gaming bill. man owns a security company at national harbor. he says the casino would not jobs andg opportunities for small like this but it would be economically for the county. gambling is here. as well get in front of mecca.d make this a >> whether or not to add a sixth just one issue house s will debate this afternoon. the billommittee gave r making some afte including deeper tax for casino oper

baltimore has a new police commissioner.yesterdaa, the anthony batts as the new top co. cop.and some baltimore cityncil members are voicing their outrage.megan gilliland is here with more oo why they're upset about this deeision. good morning guysscommissioner batts has decades of &pexperience in law departments in oakland and long beach. but some council members still aren't sure it decision.in fact... they're publicly questioning the mayor and the direction she's decided to go... hirrng an outsider for the job. councilman brandonnscott... tells us he expected to hear that acting pplice commissioner anthony barksdale got the job. 23:03 right now were seeing historic crime lows in baltimore from the plan we purrently have in place the work being onn by he command team we have in place today so of course were going to be &pconcerned about changing that because it has us heading in the riggt direction at this point, batts says he changes in how the city ny approaches crime. but he didd say he expects to have a well disciplined and focused police department.and that each commander would need to compet

baltimore has a new top cop.who he is... his experience on the jjb... and &pwhy some city council memeber are already upset with the decision. "very disgusted. i think that they are frivolousll pllying with eople's llves." lives."and... fired... fifty yeaas later.the prank one man pulled in the 60's that just cost him his job now. 3 3 today is wednesday, august 29. 3 3 3 the mayor brings in an outsider to head up the police department.the newly appointed commissioner... doctor anthony batts... held his first news co. conference.meggn gilliland is here wiih morr on his plans for our city and why some top commanders are now feeling uncertain about the future. gooo morning guys,we've learned commissioner batts has already met with commanders. they were told to coopete for positions by submitting resumes. batts says he expects to have a well disciplined and focused police department.he has decades of experience in law enforcment... heading up departments in oakland and long beach. most receetly he was the c-e-o of a police consulting firm and served as a researcher for harvard

they said this is needed and baltimore city's new casino when it opens will hurt business more. >> we're just trying to right size the property. perhaps save some money and a man's face and said the state some money in some of those fees as well. >> and the restaurant will open up at the hollywood casino later this month featuring live performances and a video wall for sports and other entertainment. operators hope that will draw more croats to the facility. >> once again, the olympic athletes have been living as feeling guilty about our food choices and exercising our routine. >> there were once again on full display. it is a little after 5:00 a.m. the best gymnasts foot across the floor. lolo johnson books for redemption on the track. maryland olympians continued to star in gains in london. he is attempting to become the first american to win a medal in the 1,500 meters since 1968. he races in the final leader and tuesday. and we asked which medal is within reach. 60% say gold, 20% say silber, 20% see bronze. and she joins team usa as the team faces the finals. she competed in windsurf

baltimore. find out what happened to hii when someone actually came to his home... coming up next half hour.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. also first on fox... a baltimore city sheriff's deputy wounded in the line of duty, then fired for speaking out about the investigation... may get his job back. back.back in 2008, deputy james lane was serving a search warrant on a murder suspeet, when things turned violent.another deputy fired at the suspect and one of the bullets struck lane in his face and neck.lane always believed the bullet was from an officer's gun, but his superiors accused him of lying. when they tried firing him... he shared his story with fox45. the sheriff did fire him.since then... he's been fighting to get his job back...now a city judge says the sheriff must re-hire him... with full benefits. <"i thiik what's come out at the end of the day is the officer had no fault in wwat happened to him... in through asking for answers, he ended up on the wrong side... beginning to right that injustice at this point."> point.">the sheriff can appeal the judge's new ruling within 30 days.but deputt lane is hoping they'll just put him back in uniform. one

one city police believe maybe connected to a triple shooting in southwest baltimore earlier this week where two people were killed. four bodies and the fear of more that has city police using a new task force just created by the acting commissioner. >> what the deputy commissioner has done is taken our best detectives in the homicide unit with the highest clearance rate. when there are cases that fall outside of the typical pattern we will put the detectives on those cases to quell the violence swiftly. >> reporter: also including two residents last week, alex, was kill that night, peterson struggling to survive at an area hospital. the two, a seemingly random target and now the third such unusual murder case falling under this new special homicide unit. a distinction giving friends and loved ones hope they will one day be able to answer the question why. >> the police seem to be doing their best and conducting a good investigation. we have high hopes for them at least being able to get this bit of lightning out of the sky. >> now so far there is few leads in the mount vernon shooting. police are following one that led them to ask dc metro for help. as far as the other two multi

nearly two years after signing a landmark labor contract, we get to meet some of baltimore city's new part of the agreement helped pave the way for teachers to learn and earn more. some of the model educators spent the past few day was how to review the work. baltimore city has identified more than 500 model educators. >> it has helped improve my practice. i have gotten to work with other teachers that are also on the pure review committee. and she how they are doing things at their schools and learning from that and taking that back with me. >> the current baltimore city teacher contract expires in 2013. >> washington lawmakers have left for the five-week summer recess. leaving behind a load of unfinished business. democrats rattled off a long list of legislation that needs to be addressed. on that list is a looming tax hike when the bush era tax cuts expire in january. each party blames the other. president obama blasted both sides for leaving town without getting the job done. >> there's no reason to wait. there's no reason to make families and small businesses anxious just so one

new edition. here is more on the renovation projects for baltimore city public school. >> charlie, students they're going to be in for quite a treat when they head back to school on monday. they'll eel step into a new edition, the new edition is phase one. phase 2 includes renovating the old school building. once the entire $20 million project is complete, they'll house about 1200 students making it one of the largest elementary schools in the city as the new edition offers students wi-fi, air condition voice over internet phones state of the art security system and loss of natural light. the public can help students with the tag and gambling revenue all going towards education. >> all of that money will go into new construction. we would like to either donor renovations, major renovations and build completely new schools for every school that's in the district, so we want to increase the educational capacity of our system and the ultimate in technology in all of our schools. >> baltimore city public schools had a study completed by jacob son international firm. they found it will take $2.4 billion

it's safe for travel, after a series of inspeaks meet baltimore city's first new police commissioner. anthony batts ask a former less chief in california and replaces fred bealefeld who retired this summer. >>> hurricane isaac was upgraded to a hurricane and is headed toward new orleans. meteorologist wyatt everhart is tracking the latest of isaac. it comes seven years after the anniversary of katrina but a different storm. >> we'll get official landfall. hurricane isaac, isaac today being upgraded. it will pack winds of 80 miles an hour. contrast that with katrina which was a category five power house. of course, there have been a lot of reinforcements to the levees. isaac will produce rains. mobile, alabama, will get nailed with high winds and also a storm surge along the immediate coast, but the rainfall totals could produce 18 inches of rain in spots. oi sack will continue to move ashore, flooding most of the gulf coast and a look at your complete outlook into labor day weekend. it's minutes away. >>> we're learning more about the big sinkhole in east baltimore. now we're learning

. >>> and today we will meet the new head of the baltimore city police department.mayor. >> steve: any rawlings-blake will introduce anthony batts as police commissioner. he was formerly the police chief in oakland california. he worked in law enforcement and has been involved for 30 years. he replaces outgoing commissioner frederick bealefeld who announced his retirement in may. the official first day for batts is september 27th. >>> let's talk about what's going on right now in maryland's most powerful radar. we have rain from pennsylvania. heavy to moderate rain aroundyork and lancaster moving into virginia right now pushing off to the north and east. but we are also very humid outside this morning. so as you step out the door being prepared for that. temperatures coming in at 70 with the dew point at 66. pressure 29.92 and it will be coming up as we go throughout the day as high pressure will move in. what we have for today in terms of waking up, that temperature coming in at 75 degrees. 82 as we go into about 10, 11 and 58 degrees at partly cloudy -- 85 degrees

new details, and we now that the victim is a male in his 20s. in baltimore, at least four people are recovering after a pair shootings. baltimore city police tells 11 news that three males were shot there sunday night, one of the victims of juvenile. he was rushed to hopkins johns hospital, while the other two men were taken to shock trauma. authorities are investigating a saturday night shooting in west baltimore. in that incident, at a 35-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body. investigators are combing the crime scene at the 600 block of ashburton street. baltimore county police have identified the victim of a weekend shooting at a hotel. investigators tell 11 news that an 18-rolled was shot and killed in the parking lot of the ramada hotel. the incident happened early sunday morning when officers responded. >> we continue to investigate to determine what happened. what we are able to determine is that the victim did suffer from a single gunshot wound. this was the result of some type of fight that happened in the back of a parking lot. >> investigators are asking anyone with additional information to contact invest

thousands and thousands of houses is hard but a detroit program could be showing a new source of funding for baltimore city. nice brick front row home, breezy and full of sun, an inside garden. even a real estate ad couldn't make it look better, or the house next to it, or the one next to that it, the tree in it. there are tens of thousands of abandoned houses in baltimore. some are just boarded up and some do have a tree growing inside. an abandoned house can cause a lot of problems for people who live next door. a water main break on kirk let water flood this house. the city couldn't pump it out. water has gone this to the basement of an occupied house, a new break has made it worse. now everything is worse. >> the roof has new collapsed. when it rains, it's going straight through the base comment my housement of my house. . >> reporter: in detroit the city got money to tear down about 5,000 empty homes around schools, they hope to create green space and safe areas for children. they have the initiative -- the city has the plan in place but dealing with empty homes and the mortgage fraud settlement could

baltimore city's meeting is tonight... at the war memorial seven.a hearing for baltimmre county will be on august 16th at the baltimore county office building at 7 p-m. imagine flying from new about an hour.that'ssthe kind of speed the u-s air force will be testing today.it will be the third test of the hypersonic x-51-a "wave-rider"... you're seeing here.the 25-foot-long unmanned vehicle will be dropped off he wing of a converted b-52 bomber off the coast of california.engineers are hoping it will able to travel at six tiies the speed of sound... for five minutes. if the test is successful... generrtion of missiles and military aircraft. 3 a family in arizona manages to pull off a mega wedding that's so big... it's making national . headlines.that's because it wasn'ttjust one daughter getting married... it was á3 daughters and 2 brothersá. brothersá.the waldde family held their joinn receptton in an airport hanger museum. dependiig on which wedding party you viiited... there were signs pointing you to the right part of the room.in the end... the 10 newlyweds say it was the perfect wedding.and the dad? he saved quite a bit of money too. coming up... call it the "walk of sha

. >> and baltimore city -- mckusker. >> and baltimore has a new top cop. we will tell you what he has to say after walking through baltimore. those stories ahead wednesday the 29th thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. lynette and mike has a check of weather and track. >> reporter: we have a mess 695 from 795, 695 split, all the way down. so we have a couple miles of backup. we will talk about where it is. >> dramatic. >> and you can't blame it on the weather today. >> no. can't blame you. >> can't blame me because we are looking stellar. that cold front moved through and we are dealing with dry skies and high pressure builds in and do the thing for today. let's start out with maryland's most powerful radar where we are looking good and nice and dry as of now. and as you head throughout the day, we will stay that way so there's no need to take the rain gear with you. you need the sun shades instead. and you can see what i am talking about in bel air right now. this morning, we are seeing nothing but sunshine. we will have wall

this week is national health center week and to kick off the celebration a new dental suite in baltimore city. congressman john sarbanes took part in the ribbbn cutting ceremony for the renovation of the ápeople's community health center clinicá onnwashington boulevard. physicians say the new heelth suite has more services that'll allow for them to help more people in their community. "it really expands the notion of what primary care and what going to the doctors is really about. that really here you can get head to toe care and address emotional and physical issues as well." it took over 700- thousand dollars to fund the health centers renooations. a pair of twin sisters are celebrating their 10th birthday this year... but they were born more than 50-days apart! myranda stephens has more on their remarkable, and rare story. 3 nats @ 5642 "i still, i remember that!" they're twin sisters with different personalities... kellie 37:32 i like art and she doesn't. she likes music 35 and ... different birth dates!charlise 26:38 i'm nine going on 10. my birthday's on sunday 42 10-year-old kellie wil

baltimore city's new poliie commissioner, anthony batts, is walking with the neighborhood's citizen onrol group. mayor stephanie rawlings blake is there to introduce batts.. he replaces former commissioner fred bealefeld who announced his retirement n may. t's batts' third community neighborhood walk this month. (batts) "the community needs to be abll to touch me, be able to talk to me and tell me what they're imperatives are. the ccomunity. so, these are puge for me.."(ms. hawks/neighbor) "we loved bealefeld and we have great hope for the new one, because baltimore needs some attention." battsshas decades of experience in law enforcement.. heading up departments in oakland and long beach. most recently he was the c-e-o of a police connulting firm and served as a researcher foo harvard university. he takes over a police department that saw its lowest homicide numbers in decades. on the walk, batts tells resiients he plans to build on the success of his predecesser.....(batts) "well, you just continue, i don't think, i don'ttthink the think the machine's broken and there's no reasonnfor

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baltimore city has a new police commissioner. anthony w. batts. he is the former chief of the oakland, calif. police and the long beach police. barry sims has more from downtown baltimore. >> the incoming police commissioner said he was humbled by the opportunity to serve and he has witnessed a crime already. >> dr. anthony w. batts. >> the mayor introduced baltimore's new police commissioner, dr. anthony w. batts, saying he is dedicated to reducing crime. >> this was a rigorous selection process that included excellent local and national applicants. >> cmd /c nets he saysh fir is allew cryan inbaltimore. >> c p mw it reminded me of when i worked in narcotics. when they're doing that in broad daylight that is something that we will have to address. >> he served as police chief in long beach and oakland, california. he replaces fred bealfeld who retired. the mayor has drawn criticism for choosing fm outside the police department. >> he brings with him experience and two police departments, overseeing a significant reductions in violent crime. he als

for the east coast, it's not till late today for the big cities from new york to baltimore to d.c. and philadelphia, probably during the evening houring is when you'll see your best chance of storms. over the weekend be prepared iffer saturday morning iffer the clouds and showers to linger. probably the jersey shore. by the afternoon it will get better. the front stalls out in the deep south. that's where you're going to deal with afternoon showers and storm. i'll tell yo whau. enjoy the great lakes and mid-ohio valley. it will be a perfect wecht. >>> support children's literacy by checking out an exhibit featuring the works of 27 children's illustrators. that's the giving tree project at the danforth museum of art. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a group of aging action heroes, i'm sure they're glad we're calling them that, they're going for numbe one at the box office. it's "the expendables 2." it's supposed to finish number one. sylvester wrote the sequel

new market down toward front royal. most of the action the heavier rain has stayed up on the i-95 corridor a little north of baltimore and headed tophiladelphia and new york cityus in the metro region, mainly cloudy skies. very, very muggy on satellite radar. this loop shows you how steady some of these rain bands were as they came through earlier on this evening. as of right now, we're in a bit of a lull. overnight tonight though, several bands are going to be moving on through. we'll have an opportunity into the early morning hours, even your morning commute could be a little bit wet as the moisture will still be around. the problem is we're tracking that cold front and it's moving very, very slowly. so conditions outside right now, a little bit on the muggy side. sticky and steamy with very high humidity and dew point numbers. winds out of the southwest have calmed down a little bit overnight. >> but our temperatures are still sitting at very warm 80 degrees for reagan national and in the upper 70s for college park and even looking at warm temperatures off to the north and toward the west. over all, mostly cloudy and muggy. scattered showers and storms over

baltimore city mayor stopped by 11 news this morning to introduce his choice for the new commissioner of the city police department. after a nationwide search, dr. anthony batts it won the bid to replace fred bealefeld, who retired earlier this month. the mayor told us that it was his prior experience that attracted her to dr. batts as a candidate. >> i was looking for someone with experience leading a major department i was looking for someone who has experience implementing community policing in a way that as driven down violent crime. we have a like mind about where to put resources. >> commissioner-designate batts has worked in law enforcement for 30 years and previously served as police chief in long beach, california. the commissioner-designate has already had a chance to meet the people he will be serving. he says he did some undercover work when he came for his interview and witnessed a drug deal taking place in the open. >> i don't think that is unique to the city, but i think it is something that i keep in the back of my head that we need to address and deal with. >> the 52-

. >> in a little over a month, baltimore city's police department will have a new man in charge. imore after having a police department in oakland and long beach, california. both of those cities are known as being fairly violent. but not being a native has drawn some criticism. it turns out he grew up only 45 minutes from here and is very familiar with issues of today, especially gun violence. i joined the conversation with him and stephanie rawlings- blake and i asked him what was one of the first things he was going to tackle when on the job. >> the crime rate in the city has been pretty flat in the last several years. but it has all been tied to the drug issue. we have a heroin problem and a pharmaceutical drug problem. >> he plans to work with the drug enforcement agency to flatten the city's drug supply and crack down on people under the influence of drugs. he plans to be out there quite a bit, he says. do you call him commissioner bat? dr. commissioner bat? he said it was ok to just call him tony. he does still have to be confirmed by the city council. correct and i hear he

heads up new york city, philadelphia down into the washington, d.c. baltimorea you could be seeing severe weather as we head into the afternoon hours. otherwise texas more triple digits 103 the high in dallas, 101 in san antonio. low 80s for chicago and minneapolis. meanwhile across northeast new york city expecting a high at 83. >> maria molina, thanks. >>> it is time to entertain this. after rob pat tin son making his first public pier rance sin-- a since ex-girlfriend's shocking cheating. he was there for the new movie. after less than 5 minutes on the red carpet he was whisked away with no further comment. he was so smitten with connor kennedy she spent 4.9 million in cash. patti ann just fob close to him. she purchased it and it is right next door to the kennedy compound in massachusetts. >>> meet the new miley cyrus the 19-year-old supporting a very short drastic haircut. she tweeted quote i never felt more me in my whole life. what do you think patti ann. >> what do you think? >> on you? >> no. >> and now for your starting lineup a roundup of all of the

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news at ten. tonight, baltimore city police continue to investigate a shooting involving one of their own. own.officers responded to a call for a burglary at a vacant home on lexington avenue in west baltimore.there they found rudolph bell... a known around the neighborhood as "mister rudy"... police say he attacked the officers... cutting one of them on the face with a sharp ooject.a second officer then shot bell... killing him.it brings the nuuber of police-involved shootings in tte cityythis year, to 10... eight of them fatal. a man found dead in the inner harbor...it's a story reported firrt on fox ...and its raising questions about the team. baltimore county divers had to be called into to lead the rescue effort this weekend because the city's dive team is suspended. and that's because of a near fatal accident last year. but the city insists that a dive team based closer to the incident wooldn't have mattered this weekend. 14:41:50"when someon is found not breathing they literally have about 4 to 6 minutes before any type of recessitation efforts are implemented before they are consid

. >> reporter: we have a new accident to tell you about in baltimore city. it's going to be right on lombard street at green street. watch out for that. now, if you are using the jfx, there's nothing to get in your way from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street. 895 that's not going to be the case. that construction is going to be in full swing approaching the harbor tunnel. expect heavy delays 95 will be the best bet and here's a live uke at that right now. just north of 395 traffic picking up but steady. no delays getting through the fort mchenry tunnel. megan and charley over to you. >>> the results from a crash test are released today. and if you think you and your family are safe in the expensive suv, think again. >>> and it happens every year. new wordsaed to the dictionary. we will tell you what's new for the english language and see if you are familiar with any of them. when good morning maryland continues. we need to look for a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every ma