the vote was supposed to be between 1:00 and 3:00 this afternoon in north baltimore. but eventually, brian shows us there were hundreds of teachers wanting to cast their vote before the polls opened. >> the vote was set for noon, but at 11:30 this morning, there was already a line stretching down the hall and around the corner. some voted yes, others no. >> i can understand why they want to improve teacher performance and things like that, but i think it leaves us open to subjectivity by the administrators, which gives them too much power. >> the contract is performance based with built in raises and tears teachers can reach, based on how their students do. no longer pay be based on experience and education levels. it is a contract receiving national attention as it changes the incentives for educators. a land mark shift in education many of these teachers voted for. >> it's either to advance quicker with this new contract and i think if you are going the extra mile, you should be rewarded for what you're doing. >> you think it helped young teachers in particular? >>

. >>> well, cultural institution in north baltimore is about to begin the second life. coming up, we will give you a look at what's in store for the senator's theater's grand reopening. >>> plus, just about all of us have a digital footprint but you may be surprised to learn how many of our youngest kids are already online. >>> i am meteorologist wyatt everhart a big kit kid myself. 74 at bwi today. nice day above average temperatures. cool nights but we have a great weekend coming up. details coming up. [ female announcer ] after months of martin o'malley telling us "maryland is moving forward"... ...and moving maryland forward. [ female announcer ] ...this jobs report tells the truth... maryland's economy stalled. [ male announcer ] "we face an uphill struggle in trying to regain the jobs lost." [ female announcer ] o'malley attempts a cover-up, falsifying the jobs report to help his campaign. [ male announcer ] "whatever we can do to make it disappear, we need to do it. that's coming straight from the top..." [ female announcer ] martin o'malley. first he makes stuff

i'm gigi barnett in north baltimore. details are coming up in tonight's health watch report. >>> turn off the heat. warmer weather coming back. how long will it stick around? your forecast is next. ,,,, ,,,, i need a home performance with energy star audit. this sensor will show why my living room gets too hot and too cold! get up to $2,450 dollars in rebates and keep saving with home performance with energy star. get started at bgesmartenergy.com. @ two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first. >>> a plan to put a wal-mart and a lowe's in the center of baltimore gets closer to

couple isolated showers north and east of baltimore into the jersey shore. high pressure sliding out of the north. storm brewing out to the west. it is a one-two punch. tomorrow more sunshine as high pressure settles in and pushes the warm air south of us. that storm pushes in out of the west. that ultimately is going to mean the chance for rain in here after tomorrow toward the day thursday. zooming in tighter. future forecast. clear through the day tomorrow. breezier and 20 degrees cooler. as we go into thursday. there is the storm system like hi to clip us with some showers as we work into the afternoon on thursday and thursday night into friday. temperatures will stay cool. tonight 49. few clouds. we'll be cooling down overnight. tomorrow two degree guarantee. 67. sunny and cooler. still a nice day. you'll feel the difference temperature-wise. tomorrow night 48 with clouds on the increase. looking ahead. bottom line we are talking dramatic cooloff wednesday into thursday. chance of rain comes in late thursday. at least scattered showers. could last into f

for now, live in north baltimore.r fox 45 news at 10:00. >> thank you michael. ú% army ranger is killed in sergeant first-class lance vogler killed friday in heavy fighting in helmand province. on the 12th deployment. he served four complete times in iraq. seven compleee times in afghanistan. he was over there a 12th time. he halee from frederick and survived by wife and two children. >> the u.s. supreme court began its sessson today. in onn of the most controversial cases, it will hear, is one from maryland. the court has to decide if the westboro baptist church wentttoo far by staging anti-gay protests, at a marine's funeral the father of the fallen marine the harsh slogans tte church is known for displaying at military funerals. he sued and won. but the church won on appeel. tte court will hear the case on wednesday. >> that is a clash of the most fundamental rights we have as americans. it is our first amendment right to speak out on issues, no matter how offensive and repulsiie the speech is. >> new justice eeana

. >> and we head to the theater as the reopening of the north baltimore landmark the senator becomesause for celebration when "11 news saturday morning" continues. bob ehrlich is desperate, and he'll say anything to get elected. negative attacks the media have repeatedly called "dishonest" and "total malarkey." and why can't we trust bob ehrlich? because he raised taxes and fees by $3 billion then denied it... because he says he's for us, but made $2.5 million at a special interest lobbying firm. and ehrlich says he'll cut education again if elected governor. bob ehrlich-- a career politician we really can't trust. >> welcome back to "11 news saturday morning." thanks for joining us. >> let's take another look outside with john. it looks like it will be great conditions for the runners this morning. >> nothing unusual, nothing extreme this morning for us. we are fine. we got that big storm out of the way. we will steel the effects with a breeze -- feel the effects with a breeze. here are the current conditions outside. at b.w.i.-marshall, here is the krunt temperature. -- current tem

reporting live in north baltimore, kelly mcpherson. >> thank you, kelly. the baltimore city school district says in a statement tonight that it will work with the no voters to answer questions about the contracts so it can pass. >>> it's back, flu season is here and someone in maryland has already come down with a potentially deadly h1n1 virus. the first case was an adult who is hospitalized but is recovering. the h1n1 flu killed hundreds and sickened thousands. >>> going at it again, you watched the first of eight right here on wjz13. now for the second time, governor o' malley and former governor ehrlich went face to face. >> reporter: the running debate against rising state revenue is a taxing state of mind to voters and their pocketbooks. >> the last thing the american taxpayer wants to hear today was about taxes. >> is that a no? >> that's a no. that's a blanket no. and i'm the only candidate giving a blanket no. >> may i respond quickly. >> yes, very quickly. >> we he got in he erased the budget tax. >> the governor does not understand the fundamental

baltimore city police want your holding up severrl convenience ssores in north baltimore. this an robbing three royalht farms stores in north baltimoree he is described as white or hispanic man, 5'2, 140 pounds with several tattoos. >> and each robbery is now getting more and more violent. >> walked behind the camera and got an employee, ggrbbed im by the arm and took him over to the register and made him up it at gunpoint. >> anyone with information is asked to call the police department robbery unit at (410)662-1456. >> we ant to hear about how you're fighting back against crime. tell us what yoo are doing in your communitt to try to clean up the streets. call this number (410)662-1456. >> scientists say woman that maintain three healthy abbts, -ower the risk of breast cancer3 regardless of family history. these are the habits. ressarchers say women should exercise regularly. maintain a healthy weight. and only drink in moderation. message of a mortgage scam alert campaign in the city residents. homeownership coalition offers %-don't pay fees up be front. do not stop you

likeliad a small number of jobs last month. >>> and the senator theater is going to reopen in north baltimore but it's one of the few movie houses left there. used to be the boulevard and apollo and reasonableent but the reopening of the senator will come with all sorts of new additions from a new restaurant to new seating. >> myself, do not care for the big cineplexs with the huge parking lots i like to be able to walk to the theater. >> the senator will hold the grand reopening on october 15th. >>> well everyone knows that annapolis is one of the more historic locations here in maryland but learning about its history doesn't always mean getting a history lesson. abc2 news meteorologist lynette charles is on the go in annapolis to explain how spirits and candles are being used. lynette, that sound spooky. >> reporter: i know it is pretty spooky. i will talk about that a little later. but in historic annapolis and this is a site for sore eyes and there's a lot of sights for today. but let's start out with the museum where i am. the first stop is over here a this is of old annapolis. and this

we are live in north baltimore, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> thank you miranda. >> 2 tornadoesstouched downeen arizona tearing up& everything inntheir path. the ssene from high above shows devastation in the town of belmont justtwest of flagstaff. that's where the first twister hit. about 30 rv and rv dealership were just thrownn& destroyee as you can see there. the second tornado went through another small town near belmont. amazingly no serious injuries or deaths were reported. >>> temperatures warmmng up and they will get even warmerrby the wwekeed. vytas joins us with the very pleasant sky watch forecast. ytas..& >> es. looks like a beaatiful day out there today. and looks like the temperatures will continue to increaae and we'll -úget more sunshine as we get you go anddsse a littleebit of falllcolors out there. and trees starting to change. looking right now currently across the state. pretty good. 73 degrees in baltimore. 69 in hagerstown. as you get into western maryland that's the cool spot at 57 degrees. then -úit looks like to the south of uss e even had 80's popppng up frrdericks

in anyway to the recent terror threats in europe. >>> this senator getting ready to reopen a north baltimoreut it's one of the few movie house that is is left. there used to be the boulevard and apollo and regent but now the reopening of the senator will come with all sorts of additions from the new restaurant and new seating. >> myself do not care for the big cineplexes with the huge park lots. i like to walk to the theater. >> the senator will hold its grand reopening on october 15th. >>> and if you are looking to wet your whistle after work, baltimore beer week is officially in session. there will be beer breakfasts, lunchs and classes and chilly bruise and the same brewers art and flying dog and duclaw brewing company are a mong the few bars participating in beer week. this is the second week for the e-- second year for the event. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >>> good morning at 5:48. we are looking outside as we have temperatures down to 48 in baltimore. it's 40s widespread west and back down into richmond. norf

live in north baltimore, fox 45 news at 5:30. >> him if reaking news in south west baltimore at this ur. police say stolen car went ouu of control along west north avenue this afternoon and ended up in a fiery accident with 3 vehicles. no one was hurt but flames were so inteese they damaged the siding on a nearby house. the suspect was arrested after he aboaad an mta bus. and jumped ú> high school tudents charged with serious crimes allowed to stay in school. happened in andarundle county this school yeaa and parent are upset. 2 letters were sent out today from principal parents. last week a fight broke out at south river igh school. 15-yearrold ended up at shook trauma. just as troubling violence 2 other andarundle county schools. cases of troy reed and james downey were arrested again last week. reed for attempted rape. downey for assault. and oth had prior records. >> i wouldn't say that we have had more instances of violence this yeaa. i don't believe that's the case. what e have had is 3 high profile incidents happen n a very short period of time. and certainly parents are worrie

live now in north baltimore, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> thank you keith.the maryland enters flu season. coofirmed and health officials say now is the time to get the flu shot. karen. ú>reporter: nd to prove that point staae local officials are the first in line to get that flu vaccine. public health officials say there is plenty of vaccine to go around unlike last year when the h1n1 flu pandemic triggered a ssramble for vaccine. the h1n1 strain is included withhtwo other vaccine so adults only need one dose. cdc now recommending that everyone 6 months and older get a seasonal flu vaccinee >>> getting a flu shot every year is the west way to protect yourself and your loved ones. from serious disease. >>> lasttyear maryland reported 45 lab confirmed death including 5 children. >>> karen, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>. >> 2 88,000 foreclosure nationwide. that is the totaa for the third quarter this year alone. highest number for a housing bubble burst back in 2006. attorneys general from all 50 states are calling for a fooeclosure freeze after several banks extende

senator theater man to announce future plans for the local landmark their plans to reinvent the north baltimore theater will be unveiled tomorrow. they have already uncovered and restored the original wood paneling in the theater's signature rotunda entrance. >>> well, she is did queen of hip-hop soul and tonight mary judgment blige wants you to come pay letter a visit. s she is appearing in nordstrom's until 7:00. tonight. it's to launch her new mellow disby n. j. d. eyewear collection. according to the nordstrom's web site the classes range from 155 to $225. customers who purchase a pair of glasses tonight get a chance to meet the singer and get a picture with her. >>> well, after putting high school proffers say tests to the test students start to he see return on their investment. baltimore city schools try to keep up the good work while city officials are singing with praisees. >>> would you know a binge drinker if you saw one? you'd be surprised to learn most americans don't. we have the large new study in tonight's health report. >>> i'm meteorologist wyatt e got a new report out of bdi6

around the beltway and good on interstate travel, south into richmond and north into baltimore. quiet on 66. no issues on 270. beltway moving fine. travel times in our favor. looks good on the greenway and 270. >>> was this imagined poulter gilbert arenas injured again. is it real or imagined? today on "oprah," wamerican war hero's becoming homeless. jaguar platinum coverage is not just a warranty. it's a belief in everything we do. it's a 5 year, 50,000 mile promise. with complimentary scheduled maintenance no-cost replacement of wear and tear items and 24/7 roadside assistance. because when you create the most beautiful, fast cars on earth, you create an ownership experience to match. >> a lot of places to play and a great tradition. it's gone to be a challenge. >> peyton manning talking about the difficulties that he feels he will face on sunday night. he's not planning to phase albert haynesworth of the redskins. >> now the rest of the morning sports. >> we turn the page of another fascinating story line in the story of gilbert arenas and the wizards. after admitting he lied

baltimore to find out why this refuge creates -o much hope. their journey is tonight's cover story, where the sidewalk ends. >> we're put on the map as like one of the murder capitals. >> on norther we know when one goes home. >> where the sidewalk ends. >> soon, very soon, we willlbe together, but not yet. >> hope, begins. >> ttis is baltimore cemetery. right in the heart of the city. the harsh realities f drugs, and crime. this serves as a reminder..3 >> worrs cannot explain how i feel about my brother. miss him like crazy. >> hendeeson. closer to this end down ere. >> we're at peace because you are at peace. >> one has. >> one life, one chance to llve it well. >> a lot of them aae here becauseeof crime. dying too young. >> much too young. >> you know, buu we have hope. >> rich or poor. >> henry. >> good or bad. >> member of the plug uglys, shot a police constable. >> inevitable ending that breaks -ll barriers. >> just want to say thank you, you know. we had some wonderful times. >> there must be way that we can fight crime, that we can fight drugs. and live a wholesome life.3 >> built in 18 visit. >> this is the peoppe that 410-307-2020ians remember as silver makeers. >> his

. >> reporter: every day at a facility in north baltimore the 4-year-old eli makes his rounds.they believe he knows which patients need him the most. >> he seems to have a sense. >> nurses adopted him from a shelter for abused cats nearly two years ago. he is for patients with memory loss like alzheimer's. it took a while to adjustment but the memory care director said there was a turn around. >> he was very attached and friendly to people, particularly people in their rooms. >> he eat and sheep with them until they died. that happened several times. >> we five people who have passed on the floor and eli was stayed with the individuals and would cry if we did not let him in the room that's correct sparks memory. >> anna calls it her kitty. she does not remember his name but that's her cat. she will say where is my cat. we had several residents that consider eli their cat. >> he has his own room but hardly there. >> he sleeps with them. they don't have to be dying to do it. he is the only pet here for now. now they would like a dog for some of the residents. >> they. yet to come

construction is set to beggn early next year.3 live in north baltimore.s,,fox 45 news at 10:00. >> thanks myranda. the house offruth unveilssthe new webssie attsinai hospital to ccunselors with the house of ruth meet with many teenagers at schools during the school year and designed a website baaed on their particular needs. -eens can take a survey and rat3 their relationship, or look for ú%rniig signs of dating abuse..3 >> teens commmnncate in a different level, foo adults,,if they re called 100 times in a day, that's usually harassment. for teens, thht ccold be normal behavior. so put eephasis on the content. >> new website is called, you loveeme, you love me not.com. meantime in baltimore county, senators mikulski and cardin announced $10 million n ssaae funding to help domestic violence victimssand familiee. money will be distributed among 143 prevention and treatmeet programs throughoot the sttte oú maryland. >> who is the smarttst one here? not all at once. your dinner? coming uu on fox 45 news at 10:00. a new restaarant downtown. it is our cover st

north. it clipped parts of carroll baltimore and in through harford county pushing off towards the east and may slide to the south with thunderstorms this afternoon. watching hurricane paula, the 9th hurricane, 16th named storm of the season. we will show you more coming up and clear 60s for the rest of the week. let's show you the radar. maryland's most powerful doppler radar highlighting showers. south baltimore and glen burnie getting a sprinkle remnants of an old line of storms and we are watching some of the storms that produced boomers earlier on. heavier rain ban so manchester west minimumter and harford zone could get clipped with more wet road. the roads are wet this morning. so let's see what's happening to your commute right now. let's get the latest from kim brown. >> reporter: luckily, the wet roads is are the-- are not affecting traffic in the harford zone. we have some fire activity reported in rosedale on roscoe near the campus of essex community college. that could impact you in terms of delays. looking at the major roadways, route 50 look good at sandy point. no issues acr

. >> the senator theater in north baltimore has had its share of financial ups and downs. >> many thought senator was gone for good. now, with new owners, the theater has reopened, and rob roblin was there. >> the senator has been here since 1939. it is a one-of-a-kind theater. the line started an hour before today's reopening. there is something about this place people love. >> it is a really special place. i'm excited to see it reopen. >> i have loved it since i was 14. and i am very old. so to me, it is history, you know? i've been coming here forever. >> it is something about back in the days what my parents were used to. it is just a hometown feel. i really love it. >> inside, they were popping up the popcorn, and outside they were putting up posters for this week's first-run movie. for employees, this is a great day. >> it is a great place. i am so happy it turned out so well. >> for many coming here is like stepping back in time. >> this reminds me of memorial stadium. it is a piece of baltimore. it is a very, very unique and a great -- to see a movie on a huge screen anymore, it i

north of baltimore the situation was even worse. this was seen in roseville as the flooding forced to police to shut down a notice roads. several drivers will pulled to safety. >> the storms brought down the cobbled streets in northwest washington. this trees landed lacan at 38th street near lynn brol road. a few blocks away, another tree is now to open sealed of a car in the 2100 block of the board place, no one was hurt. the storms knocked out' or do thousands of people in the region. the crews are trying to restore electricity. vdot the latest numbers. most of the colleges are in maryland, but there are a few hundred customers without vowel or in the district and virginia. people along the potomac are still keeping an eye on the rising water. >> coastal flood advisory remains in effect. pamela brown is in alexandria with the latest. >> good morning. we have light rain, but things have calmed down this morning considering what we went through yesterday. it is incredible to see how quickly the rain came and went. the waters are sta

. >>> in the last two days, janitors at cross country elementary and north baltimore shrubbed classrooms, wiped halls and desks. they ordered the immediate cleanup. >>> making sure they understand that is not a deadly dead. >>> so far, only one has the decide. but school leaders fear it could could spread. >> we say no touching. if you want to stay high or give somebody a hug, use the finger hug or the marshmallow hug. we're teaching other methods on how to protect themselves. >> reporter: health leaders sent home a letter explaining the difference between viral meteorologist and the more deadly bacterial meningitis. symptoms are like flu, including high fever, stiff neck, rash. >> my daughter has a friend. i'll be vigilant with them. and i'll let their parents know. >>> health workers fear there was a second case of viral meningitis at the schools. turns out that student has pneumonia. denise, back to you. >> school leaders are not revealing the name, age, or grade of the student with meningitis. >>> could be the largest ever in a paint case. >>> a baltimore city jury has awarded $24 mi

most of the rain is pass off to the east and north of baltimore, still damp around 83 up between york pa and slipping looks like we have one shower right along 95 between bel air and perryman and there's wet weather out there. some of the rain band are coming down intense. this one is going up towards aberdeen and you will get wet in the next 10 to 15 minutes. this is what it looked like in towson. no. yes. >> wow towson disappeared like that and we brought it back. what gloomy day. low clouds giving way to an occasional sprinkle. day will look like that. maybe a peek of sun but the threat of showers and we go for two degree guaranteed high of 61. talking about the warming trend coming up but here's kim with weather. >> reporter: -- traffic. >> reporter: traffic again still looks good. no problems major problems anyway around the area. no accidents to let you know about at this time. you will see minor congestion some of the usual place 95 southbound approaching the fort mchenry toll plaza and a little congestion at the 695, 895 spli. on the west side traffic looks good. starting to b

andrea fujii has that story from north baltimore. >> reporter: this bus driver just left barkley elementaryen he collided with a minivan. >> it's speculated that the school bus went through the traffic signal at the time of the impact. >> the bus driver had the red light. he just sped through the red light and hit this lady in this van. >> reporter: the driver of the van was taken to the hospital. her daughter, sitting in the back seat, was not hurt. onika and andrew were driving behind them. >> her head was all bloody. she had glass like coming out of her mouth. i don't think she knew what happened. she was asking us what happened. >> her daughter was shook. she hit her chin on the door, but she had a seat belt on. >> witnesses say a man helped pull them out of the vehicle. >> witnesses say the car then went on to uproot a tree. >> it was very, very scary. i never saw anything like that before in my life. >> reporter: the bus was on its way to pick up more children. since the bus was empty at the time, the crash could have been a lot worse. >> you have small children, grade school kids on

in north baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> quarter after 9. we want to go back to your two cents. 34ed cal study that says new mothers should get checked for depression. we want to know what you think. do you feel new moms should receive routine screenings for desuppression? terry says yes, you can absolutely screen for depression and the screener should be a trained and or licensed therapist social worker psychiatrist. and everyone has a great week. now if you want to share your two cents, tell us what you think. head to the wmar facebook fan page and we will share the comments thought the show. >>> here he is our expert scottie d with breaking news on the volt. >> disturbing report out this week on the volt. several of the writers motor trend and car and driver, those things tested the volt's mileage. general motors touted the volt at over 200 miles per gallon. well, there cements to be a small discreptancey. the best the writers could do is 38 miles per gallon. >> that's. >> now this is the first report. i like to caution that. he they may

. >> now, let's go north of there north of baltimore. the situation is even worse. here is the scene in rosedale. rescue crews pulled several drivers of their cars to safeties. they get about five-7 inches of rain. >> further south here, the storm turned deadly on the north carolina coast. four members of a family were killed when an suv hydroplaned off the road. among the passengers and the car, a two year old and a three- year old, one of whom has died. >> the storm also caused big problems in harrisburg. this is coming from our news room there were our driver in his car has been stranded on top of her suv. the driver was safely rescued. at least one county commissioner in south-central pennsylvania called the flooding the worst he has seen in the decade. abc 7 will remain on storm watch tonight. join us tomorrow for good morning washington beginning at 4:30 a.m. and lisa baden will track a messy commute tomorrow morning. now, we are tracking every development in the storm. do not go anywhere. bob ryan will be back in a few moments with the complete forecast. >>>

from frederick along 70 and north to baltimore seven that park a few showers there. ng quickly. and to the south in eastern charles county, watch out. north beach maybe a sprinkle and also in saint mary's county. upper 40s to low 50s. we had upper 30s yesterday and today looking at 50s to low 60s with a couple of showers from time to time. better weather coming up. >>> yesterday's weather caused us to break out the big winter coat in the newspaper newsroom and gloves. >> it was freezing. >> for a few minutes. we are wusses. >>> 95 northbound construction at 32 and powder mill. southbound watch for it at 198. on the outer loop, we have more roadwork as as well as at the new hampshire exit. 56 eastbound you are all clear. back to you. >>> breast cancer awareness has a new controversial campaign. back in january, women posted red, blue or polka dot on their facebook pages representing their bra colors. now supporters are getting racier with another campaign. as brittany morehouse reports not everyone thinks it is appropriate. >> what would you do if your mother posted on

just north of baltimore tonight with this last little system. most of our showers are pretty light.e'll show you live doppler 9000 very quickly. you can access this on our website at wusa9.com. and if you have an iphone, you should jot down our weather app. pretty cool stuff. a few more showers to the south and east of town. nothing heavy. everything is pushing off to the south and east. these storms -- these showers rather through north beach, plum point will push across the bay. let's go back to the computer, we'll talk about average peak times west of the divide out towards oakland maryland, the peek color is going to be the 10th of october. that works out well because autumn festival is this weekend. by the way, it's the same peak time as northern may. pretty cool stuff. sky line drive the third week in october, late october for the burbs and not until early november for downtown. next seven days, 72 tomorrow. 76 on friday. h again. 80 on saturday. 78 on sunday. fantastic for the game. 1:00 kickoff. temperatures are going to be in the upper 70s. >> it's not for haber. >> no, it'

baltimore. and the wind at 8 miles per hour. we are showing rain from extreme eastern cecil county to northern delaware and philly, we have drizzle on the north side of baltimore and that may maybe for wet roads and travel. baltimore southbound is dry. we are mostly cloudy this morning. and will remain mostly cloudy with few bright spots today. the two degree guaranteed high of 62 and a shower. here kim with traffic. >> reporter: traffic looks pretty good this morning. we don't have any problems on any of the big roadways looking here at 83 at warren road, a nice steady stream of volume southbound approaching the beltway. no problems around 695. looking at the maps, we have some downed trees around the area in baltimore city. cold spring lane closed at harford road. the earlier accident in west balledmore at wakefield and bonner is cleared. and we still do have downed trees block the intersection at balona and west seminary avenue. they are trying to get that cleared as soon as possible. back to you. >> all right, it's 6:01. >>> we want to keep you safe and here's the latest information about law enforcement and what they are planning. a big

the forecast, just a slight risk of a thunderstorm and that is north of d.c. baltimorend east has a best chance and we're seeing a few in the culpeper area. on the warm side tomorrow and we could have a hit-or-miss afternoon thunderstorm or shower, 81 degrees and a quick look at the planner, billboarding a warm day and a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms and 64 in the morning and by noon, 76 and 4:00, 77 degrees and a couple of showers here and there and into the week, check this out. all systems are go for us to get a descent soaking on thursday from a coastal area on thursday and right now, looks like we're going to have a fall type weekend. i call it a sting bug strangler on thursday. takes a lot to get them out of here. >> yes. >> and that is during the week and weekend. >>> "american idol"'s brides maid is now a bride. crystal bowersox who finished second on the idol show this season, got married send in chicago and she wore a environmentally-friendly gown. she woke up hours before her final performance on the show and has known her new husband for years and

trouble in north baltimore wwere news stead lane and another accident in baltimore county right in rosedaled. %-traveling on whitemarsh takina live look at route 43. you wwll notice a considerablee3 amount of congestion. you are looking at a 10-minute trii from rrute 43 to the beltway. expect congeetion at the %-23 with an averagg speed off3 23 miles per hour. in relieffas we head west from that stretch is going to take you 20 minutes. ww're looking at an averagee3 speed of 23 miles per hour. thaa's a look at the traffii edge. patrice, baak tt you. >>> the race for maryland'' next governor heats up with a series of campaign stops acrosssthe state.ú recently we have seen both candidates sttp up the attacks today the o'malley campaign is meeting up with president obama at eau!!at bowii state universh an endorsement that could do more harm than good. while somm democrats are asking him not to campaign for them this fall, democratic incumbent, governor o'mmlley ii teaming up with him anyway. you may have heard his new raaio spot. moving forward with the leadership nd vision off3 %-slip backward

the violence started saturday in baltimore city are deadly shootings on grantley road, shamrock avenue, and northt. in baltimore county, there was a stabbing at the fairgrounds in timonium during the oktoberfest celebration. a witness called police apprehending a suspect with a bloody shirt on his cell phone. he spoke to 11 news about what happened at the cow palace. >> kind of crazy. there was kids around. we went across the building, and somebody's on the floor bleeding, another guy is being held down. and, you know, we found out somebody got stabbed. >> police say two victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. back in the city, police say an unidentified man was shot and killed in the 3000 block of presbury street sunday. police say the victim was involved in an argument before the shooting. shortly before 2:00 sunday morning, officers responded to warwick avenue, where they fond a 28-year-old shot in the arm and a 33-year-old shot several times. we're told the 33-year-old later died. city police tell us homicide detectives worked through the night saturday, but so

north into baltimore, everything is clear.et's show you the beltway traffic near i-495 at new hampshire. that is moving nicely. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 59 degrees on this monday morning. >> delahunt, a new way to use the amazon kindle. its current chernin tool library. turn into ad library. >> a drug bust at a dormitory at georgetown. >> a drug bust at a dormitory at georgetown. >> and >>> coming up on 5:15, top stories. hours away from opening statements in the sandra levy murder trial. ingmar guandique is accused of killing the federal intern in 2001. if investigators had focused on former california congressman gary condit who allegedly had an affair with the woman at one time. he may be called as a witness. >>> so far at least 250 people have been killed in an outbreak of cholera in haiti. thousands more are sick. there are camps set up to house the survivors. >>> virginia theological seminary will be billed a chapel that broke out on friday -- where a fire broke out on friday. investigators are working to find the

and toward the north a flare-up of a big storm overnight clipping baltimore, harford and cecil county. we will continue to watch that zone and shift its way to the south i want to shift to the south. tropics here. now hurricane paul this got named at five yesterday evening. and quickly jumping the hurricane status. but it's small storm and it's going to be close to cancun. and somewhere across the western tip of cuba over the next five days. no immediate impact to the united states. let's take it back home. we have our safes mostly cloudy day. 77, the two degree guaranteed high. morning showers and afternoon thunderstorm possible and we bring in the cooler air. tonight shifting back to 49 degrees with some clearing. and as we cool it down, we will stay cool tomorrow with a high of 65. a partly sunny day but there's the beginning of the below normal trends. let's see what's happening on the road and the trend with traffic. here kim brown. >> reporter: well, not much happening so far this morning which is always good. we don't have any accidents. hardly in delays to let you know about.

a 33% relative humidity from 8 miles per hour and if you look to the north of baltimore, we have showers across pennsylvania and we can't rule out that some of those may roll on through maryland. we have a slight chance for showers and a chance tomorrow. and we'll talk about that and how it plays into the rest of the week ahead. a bit of a temperature change coming up. >>> and that's too bad. >> well, here's kristy breslin with the roads. >> hi, mary, hi, everyone. not the typical start to a monday afternoon. you're looking at a 30 minute delay. that's on the northside from bel air to the jones falls expressway. and moving to the westside, that's heavy traffic on security boulevard and average speed, 32 miles per hour and as far as 95, delays in both directions and northbound, and then, the normal delay from the beltway on the north eastside. and slow, southbound from timonium. and beltway and slater and washington at clark and a bus fire reported at baltimore and annapolis and 97. now, you can see the congestion over at greenspring. this is brought to you by dsw. designer shoes at wareh

the head lines, the school police officer who sprung into action during an armed robbery in north east baltimore, the officer shot one of the masked men in the upper body. he's expected to survive. it's not clear if they stole anything. >> and the city councilwoman, holton is ready for her finance violation trial that starts today. holton could enter a guilty plea. she's accused of asking john paterakis to contribute $12,000 to fund the campaign poll. stay withth just drive, we'll get there! adventure runs on dunkin', with our maple cheddar breakfast sandwich. breakfast just got a whole lot sweeter. my dad is the supervisor of a train station and my mom's a teacher. my dad's an auto technician. my mom's a receptionist. i'm not sure i would have been able to afford college without the tuition freeze. while tuition in other states is rising out of reach... governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times were to

and you get up on the north side of the beltway and up 83 through the harford zone 795 and 140 and western baltimore and carroll county there's drizzle. roads with wet on the north side. mostly cloudy skies. we get to 62 with our two degree guarantee and there could be another shower popping up in the afternoon. here a kim with the traffic. >> reporter: a pair of accidents around the outer loop causing delays on both sides. here we are at harford road a. crash at delanny valley road off to the right. you see traffic starting to slow and jam. same at liberty road outer loop crashed but traffic begins to back up from about reisterstown road affecting traffic on southbound 795 which is delayed from owens mills and we are work trains in the area baltimore city and baltimore county i will let you know where in few moments. megan and jamie, back to you. >> 6:46 right now. if you are traveling, would you want to be on the alert. things are different on the trains this week. abc2 news linda so is live at penn station to explain why. linda. >> reporter: uniformed officers on the trains this week amtrak is ge

. >> reporter: this afternoon, baltimore county police gave us a look at what was seized from inside the 7645 canton center drive in north point. >> every culvert at this location, 478 individual marijuana plants. in addition, another 640 pounds of processed marijuana ready for distribution throughout the baltimore, metropolitan area. >> and in fact, this is the largest baltimore county single investigation sees your to date . there was so much marijuana growing inside the house, people living a half mile away could smell it. >> we have arrested adults and a juvenile in this case. . the two adults are joseph vlagnoli, 39 years of age, megan vitch, 28 years of age and again a juvenile. >> reporter: police showed video inside the warehouse. >> this is a trailer where the suspects were living. they were actually living inside of this. >> reporter: they were also living in a warehouse full of containers. also at the bottom of these containers were coffee grounds to mask the odor of the marijuana. the marijuana in this case is estimated to have a value of over $3.5 million. >> looking forward to taking this case into the cour

north. coming over baltimore. belaire, even up to delta. if you are heading in to pennsylvania you will be seeing more of that in through the evening time frame. right now temperatures are chilly. check out the inner harbor at 56 degrees. more of the same to fredricks. annapolis 55 and cambridge at 57 degrees. through the overnight we are looking at a temperature around 50 degreest. will be rainy, breezy and chilly. you need to bundle up if you are heading out and about and don't forget the rain gear. ly have the forecast in the next several days and when you can put it away. >> all right. congressman calling on the governor to put a 60 day freeze on foreclosures saying many families may have been wrongly evicted. he sites reports that lenders may have fraudulently acted to start foreclosure proceedings. >>> former white house chief of staff is now gearing up to run for mayor of chicago. he made the official announcement today just days after resigning. president's staff. one of the challenges will be reconnecting chicago voters after his t

don't count on sunshine from baltimore north up through new england.obably get lucky today. 65 degrees. not the warmest. everyone from philly northward, it will be cloudy and we will see on and off drizzle, especially this morning been we'll get a break from the rain later this afternoon. it's damp and cool. temperatures in the 50s. and in pittsburgh, you may only see 51 for your high. as we go into wednesday, not a lot changes. we start to move the storm system further to the north so the heavy her rains will be up here, southern, central new england. for new york city southward, much of the day on wednesday will be dry. finally, thursday, we return to nice fall weather. it's going to take a little bit to get there. in ohio, we snuck in rain for you today. toledo, cleveland, the ground is wet. some of that may shift down here towards columbus. this is a really nice day. it's a columbus cold, crisp day, it should be nice in st. louis, kansas city and chicago. we have a lot of good, just some bad. >>> well, can lady gaga beat out justin by-eber for a mo

few gusts -- north and west -- around baltimore -- wind's have died off, we expected to pick up again tomorrow but not power house winds, breezy, temperatures in the low 50s. flirting with the 40s. we go in to the 40s. a few spots -- hit the 30s. might have seen the oakland out to deep creak lakes. highs today in the low to mid60's. didn't feel that warm because of that persistent north wind. tomorrow we are back in the 06's. lot of sun on tap. breezy weather across the state. elegant city, mid to upper 60s. breezy and along the bay, a good south breeze, lake shore -- little more warmth there. satellite trend clearing tonight. we have nothing on the powerful radar -- it's a different story north and east again. the last of our storm system blowing off to the north and east. high pressure will continue to settle in as it does we will still have breezy weather into the early part of the day tomorrow. after that things get nice and quiet. future forecast, just a few clouds and and then sun. a crystal clear night and then sunday we start off a lot of sun and the nice partly cloudy day. go

north into baltimore and out to the aerpt and good in the district. metrorail is taking advantage of the holiday and doing track maintenance so you cannot take farragut west or mcpherson stations. they have a shuttle service established. what you can do is take this. we go to the geico cameras to show you the pace of traffic, light and in our favor. you can see that some of us have to head to work this morning, but h.o.v. is lifted, great across the potomac river. no worries in maryland along the beltway, in and out of baltimore, good to the wilson bridge and quiet along 270. >> it is 6:20, 52 degrees. >> up next, racing for the cure and raising millions of dollars along the way. >> later on, oprah goes one on one with mark furman. all about the o.j. trial, his shocking revelations today here on abc 7. >> welcome home for th than 2,000 walkers. >> the susan g. komen three-day walk is being called a big success raising more than $5.3 million walking 60 miles from d.c. to germantown and back. >> ladies that have to go through mastectomy, lumpectomy, che

some storms that fire up this afternoon to the northwest and could reach us at least on the north side of baltimoreunderstorm especially north of baltimore and bottoming out at 64 and we transition back to near normal tomorrow but warm at 76. the rest of the forecast at 9 on good morning, america. now kim. >> thanks. >>> we have lighter than normal volume around area because of the holiday today and for the most part traffic is running very well around all the major roadways as we check the beltway for the last time on the west side at liberty road. hardly any delays no problems around 69583 and the 95 core doming coming in without issues. one accident but aside from that traffic is look good. stay with us, because we have good morning, maryland coming back at 9 a.m.

a little wrap around as the low moves north and joon us maybe a little bit wednesday morning and afternoon giving us remain possible shower. 55 degrees in baltimore. 52 in hagerstown. only 43 degrees in oakland. western maryland even cooler and cool air coming out offthe north and that is direction of the winds right now. northwest winds anywhere from about to 10 to maybe about 15 miles an hour gust but looks like for the main part at northwest wind keeps it on the cool track for the day today and then for tomorrow. bundle up try to stay warm. tonight is a cool night mostly cloudy skies. i don't think the showers will bother us and it will be mostly cloudy with temperatures at 49 degreessand north wind at about 5 to 15 and looks like we could get another shower back in the picture by wednesday morning, wedneeday afternoon. so it looks like temperatures will start to warm aalittle bii towards the weekend. show you how arm it gets and when the sun returns. >> thanks so much. >> 30,000 peoole come together to honor loved ones touched by breast cancer.. [applause]. >> 18th annual susanng komein maryland race ffr the cure was held yesterday in hunt va

they were growing a huge amount of marijuana in a warehouse in an industrial area off north point boulevard in baltimore county. inside the warehouse, police found hundreds of plans of marijuana and used them for heighting and heat and irrigation. power bull $1700 a month. they also found 648 pounds of processed marijuana. 3.5 million dollars worth. it was hidden in crates lined with coffee grounds to mask the odor baw. tip from neighbor with a keen sense of smell tipped off police and brought the entire operation down. >> the smell would emanate from the place and you could smell it up to like a quarter of a mile across the field. >> his family is -- there's family and elderly in here. you know, and and as rule week don't see anything like this happening around here. >> reporter: the two adults in the case face ten years in prison on doug distribution charges and the state attorney is trying to increase the penalties given the amount of drugs they found. in the studio sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> all new deect nighs harford county are look tore two men who forced their way into a home. police say th

the north baltimore facility is one example. >> thank you, governor. mr.> i was privileged to receive the endorsement of "the cleveland plain dealer" and they said we need to move things and what we have is not working. and they are concerned about the state of our cities and they know what it gets down to is to create economic growth. we have a lot of great assets in our state. if you look at cleveland, university hospital. we have the cleveland clinic right here and university of toledo. the anderson, owens, corning. but haven't been leveraged or talk to one another or open up our laboratories and university systems to create 21st century jobs. entrepreneurship is the key. look, the reason why they said we want john kasich is because they have a sense we will get off the dime and get moving. the ohio chamber of commerce endorsed my candidacy for cover and first time they have endorsed in 117 years and the small business community came out early, why? everyone is saying the same thing. four more years of tax and spend and regulate will not work. and we ne

baltimore running fascism. it will be a -- running festival. most of the activity right now is to the north. ndra showed you the close-in radar, most of it around baltimore in cecil county. the heaviest rain is through new jersey and new york city. here we have a few breaks in the overcast developing which should make for a beautiful sunrise. with that sunshine it should warm up. however, the tail end of the system is yet to come through it afternoon and evening. we will have a 30% to 40% chance of shower or thunderstorm through early tonight. it won't steady or anything but we have to keep the chance in there. currently upper 50's and low 60's. but it will warm up nicely this afternoon. i think we will make it into the upper 70's in most places, 10 above average. the average is 69 for the high. variable clouds, chance of shower or thunderstorm. winds shifting from the west to northwest letter. partly cloudy, chance of a few showers this evening and clearing up. temperatures will drop in the low 50's. the seven-day forecast, we have expect a nice day tomorrow, cool but nice with a high near 6

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