that night, harris was visiting the haven lounge in northeast baltimore, when he walked in on a robbery. he tried to get away and was shot in the back. proosecutors -- prosecutors argue that gloves and dna masks implicate the suspects who were

major inconvenience in northeast baltimore. this is argon drive, east of the alameda. it has argone closed pretty much in its entirety between loch raven boulevard in this community in northeast baltimore. apparently a fairly large water main has broken and taken away a portion of the roadway, closed -- caused the roadway to undermine which has caused city public works officials to close argon drive in both directions. it looks like they're going to be working here for sometime. some excavation equipment showed up. and unsure how long it will take to repair this water main or how many houses may be affected. >> thank you, cpts mike perry, reporting live. >>> it could be the largest award ever in a lead poisoning case. a baltimore city jury has awarded $24 million to 24-year- old marie carter. the jury agreed she suffered lead poisoning while living in an apartment owned and operated by the housing authority in baltimore. the jury's verdict was announced wednesday. it will likely be reduced because of the state's cap on damages at $350,000. the poisoning considered -- o

body was discovered at edison highway northeast baltimore before 2:30 today. no word on the identity of the victim nor a cause of death. >> woman dies after falling down an elevator shaft happened last night near wests saratoga street. the no word on how it happened in the vacant building. >> howard county woman is killed near dupont circle in washington, d.c. 24-year-old miss ryan of columbia was hit by a car on connecticut avenue when the driver suddenly took off. someone spotted the license tag number however. the driver turned herself in and could be charged with vehicular manslaughter. >> the civil trial in the death of baltimore police officer is now under way. norman stamp shot by police near a strip club in northeast baltimore two years ago. police say he pulled out the weapon on police. the widow says police simply overreacted. >> if you travel by train this weekend be prepared to see heavily armed security. kathleen standing by live at penn station in baltimore to explain why. kathleen? >> operation safe rail is in full effect for columbus day weeken

an 18-year veteran would have turned 38 today. >>> a three alarm fire rips through a home in northeast baltimore happened just after 2:00 this morning in the 1200 block of east 33rd street. it took more than 45 firefighters to put the plames out. >>> and neighbors are speaking out in south baltimore after a man dies in a major house fire. this comes after fire unions say that the response time was slow because they closed a station to save money. the nearest firehouse was open and responded in exceptional time. and the second closest firehouse was closed and that had no impact on the rescue. >>> anne arundel county police are conducting and internal review when the police mistakenly pronounced a woman dead when she was actually alive. the officers told her family that she was dead without checking her pulse. three hours later she took a deep breath and moved her arm. medics rushed her to a hospital and she is now living in a hospice. >>> officials say that allen krueger, one of the president's top economic advisers is stepping down to return to princeton university as a professor, this as the de

you see the moment when gunmen rush into the haven lounge in northeast baltimore and flee through the back door one in a halloween mask. jurors found two of them 22 charles macganey and another man guilty of killing harris. >> this will not bring him back, so that's the pain that we'll have to live with for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: jurors found a third defendant gary collins not guilty of the murder but guilty of gun charges. >> i would have thought if they found him not guilty of the felony murder that they would have found him not guilty to the felonies attached to the murder. i guess not. >> reporter: prosecutors relied heavily on d number a evidence including that found on the discarded halloween mask. the case was a bitter sweet victory for pat jessamy. >> we are pleased that this tragic chapter has been closed. >> reporter: harris served on the city council eight years, after a failed run for council president. >> this is a message to the criminals of baltimore city that they can just not get away with murdering someone and think that they're going to walk away free.

you see the moment when gunmen rush into the haven lounge in northeast baltimore and flee through the back door, one in a halloween mask. jurors found two of them, 22- year-old charles mcgainey and 17-year-old jerome williams, guilty of killing harris, along with a slew of handgun charges. harris' widow. >> this is a message to the criminals of baltimore city that they can just not get away with murdering someone and think that they're going to walk away free. >> reporter: jurors found a third defendant, gary collins, not guilty of the murder, but guilty of gun charges, related to the robbery. >> i would have thought if they found them not guilty of the felony murder, then they would have found him not guilty of the felonies attached to the murder. i guess not. >> reporter: prosecutors relied heavily on dna evidence, including that found on the discarded halloween mask. and the case was a bittersweet victory for outgoing state attorney pat jessamy. >> we're pleased that this chapter of our tragic city history has been closed. >> reporter: harris served on the city council for eight ye

northeast baltimore city. crashes through the front doors of a 7-11. operator of the vehicle was hurt. we do not know the sarah varity -- we do not know the severity of the iinjuries. >> thank you. our commitment 2010 coverage. paul ehrlich picked up a big endorsement this weekend. -- bob erlich picked up a big endorsement this weekend. >> the to a self-described golf and buddies, rudy guiliani and bob erlich pick joined yesterday to take swings and at as governor o'malley. they said the need to put the former seven are back into office. >> your debt and your taxes and your expenses are going up and up. martin o'malley was and southern montgomery county sunday. he would ask why people would care what giuliani would have to say? >> i do not know. mayor bloomberg cayman endorse me. -- came and endorsed me. >> we have cut our state government spending by more than any governor in maryland history, and yet we still have a triple a by bond rating. both campaigns build a more questions about very recent poll showing margins. a recent poll has o'malley of 514

a car has slammed into a house in northeast baltimore. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. and captain mike perry has details for us. mike? >> reporter: we're a little east here. ,northeast baltimore, where a vehicle has collided intro a house. there were no injuries to the driver or anyone inside the house. as you can see, city police remain on the scene. it appears the car will be to away. fortunately, most of the damage to the car ask none to the house. back to you. >> thank you, mike perry, in sky eye chopper 13. >>> intense deliberations in the trial of three young men. wjz is live at courthouse east downtown. derek valcourt with the late evaluate question -- latest questions from the jury. >> reporter: another third day of deliberations here. and the jury was not able to reach a verdict. and they have a lot of stuff that they're considering. a lot of evidence from this trial. one piece of evidence in particular. they wanted a closer look at today, the actual bullet that killed ken harris. >> reporter: defendants jerome williams, and charles gainey face a long list of

we hhve a water main break in northeast baltimore shut down argyle drive at hill road and alameda.pring rain as alternate úoute and anothhr accident down in south point on jim's street at fill pot street. wwtch out for that as well. now back to you. >> thanks so much. >> great weather today. even better weather for the weekend. >> vytas joins us next with thh temperatures that are going to feel like suumer. >> abouu twisters tear through >> and it is the return of movies at baltimore senator theater. i'm miranda. when the theater will reopen and what is in store for the future the theater will reopen and what is in store for the future coming up. sz jeans eaks to send jobs over seas. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids instead of through banks. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message. because it's not about the next election, it's about the next generation. right? yeah!!! >> it will start at 6:300 we -úof course wil

. >>> baltimore city police are investigating a shooting in northeast baltimore. detectives say it happened last night at the intersection of east madison and north chester street. medics rushed a man to a nearby hospital after someone shot him several times. no word on what sparked the violence and police are searching for suspects. >>> police bust an elaborate drug lab in the freshman dorms of georgetown university. detectives found chemicals to make dmt, a highly hallucinogenic drug, which is flammable. campus security evacuated four honest dens from the building and medics treated several of them for chemical exposure. two students and another man are now in police custody. >>> more fallout from what experts call one of the biggest leaks of classified information in u.s. history. two days ago nearly 400,000 classified documents were published online by the website wikileaks. british watch dog groups are criticizing the u.s. military for not releasing it's records on civilian deaths in the war in iraq. among the documents were reports of prisoners tortured by u

we were over the scene in northeast baltimore after a truck got caught under a bridge. it happened around 5:45 yesterday afternoon. the accident pealed part of the truck close the roof off and back up traffic for a while. there were no reports of injuries, and the bridge was not damaged. a restaurant in south pointe will remain closed today after it caught fire early yesterday morning. officials say the blaze started on the roof of the eatery but did not spread inside. crews did call the alarm to help with ventilating. because of the fire remains under investigation. former president and first lady jimmy and rosalynn carter stopped to lend a hand for habitat humanity. the couple joined volunteers in helping to make over the neighborhood and make the dream of owning a new home a reality for one baltimore resident. >> a foundation to be part of a community, a family, and stability for me and my family. >> these are people who've never in their lives have on a home. >> we appreciate a chance to do it. >> everything they are doing. the carters have been volunteering for 27

a water main break is causing problems in northeast baltimore again. repairs to the 16 inch brake on aragon drive should continue for at least another few days. traffic has been rerouted. an official tells us the break will be text sent, but the road will be shut down for several days while repairs are made. it that sounds familiar, it is because a few blocks away another break, the debt st. in december. >> in tonight's education alert, school districts across the country are trying to get a handle on cyber-bullying. tonight we're princeton's. -- tonight, we hear from students. students are learning how to speak the same language on topics such as cyber-bullying. >> nowadays everyone, even six- year olds, have accounts online. >> much of what is being shared at this conference may help shape school policy across the state. >> luxury vehicles had been bitten by the recall but. details are ahead. >> restrain security scare at a nearby airport. passengers and all of the luggage had to be we stand before takeoff. >> we all get annoyed when the grocery stor

palmer was found stabbed several times on friday night right-side his home on edison highway in northeast baltimored on suspects or a motive in this. >> a kidnapping suspect from georgia is behind bars this morning in our area. maryland state police arrested 30-year-old devin pol polanco in cecil county on saturday night. his estranged wife and her two young children were in the car. she called police telling them she was being taken against her will and according to authorities, he drove to new york to give her money for food and she says she got into the car thinking they were going to the store when they began driving back to georgia. >>> he had the heart of a champion but it was his heart that broke on the basketball floor. over the weekend, harford community college honored 18-year-old devonte bundley who collapsed back on october 1st. the medical examiner told his mom an irregular heart book took his life. team members and friends signed a ball at a memorial service for the athlete. >> the goal was to finish harford and he want tubed a nba player. >> he was a four-sport athlete at harford tec

in northeast baltimore. two years ago. police say stamp pulled his weapon on police.tamp's widow said police simply overreacted. weather wise perfect weather out there. better as the weekend progresses. meteorologist emily gracey joins us now with the latest. this is good news. you are wearing your purple. and everybody is psyched up for the game sunday. it will be great weather. >> that's a positive outlook on the weekend. i agree. gorgeous weather in store. and great game in store for us as well. temperatures reaching more summer like highs by tomorrow afternoon. not feeling it this evening. we are down to the mid 50s in baltimore. 56 degrees. 67 in hagerstown. 59 in dover. and 57 in salisbury. very dry out there with dew points in the 40s. that means no rain in our forecast. very dry conditions. all weekend long. and it all starts this evening. 50 degrees for the overnight low. we will be warming into the upper 70s by tomorrow. so above average temperatures. and we will hold onto those warm temperatures as we head through the end of the weekend as well. more on whe

say 78-year-old sterling palmer was found friday night inside his home on edison highway in northeast baltimore still no word of a suspect or a motive in this one. >>> and baltimore city police identified a woman who fell down an elevator shaft of a vacant building. she was 43-year-old tracy baird. baird and two others have been walking inside the building around 8:30 when she fell. an autopsy finished around friday found that baird's death was accidental and it was consist went fall. >>> this week at the harford county community honored devonte bundley. his team remembered him. the 18-year-old ran drills with the team before collapsing on the court. medical examiner told his mom an irregular heartbeat took his life. teammates remembered him as dedicated player. >> every time he was playing he was going hard and give his b bestest for everything. >> he was four-sport athlete at harford tech and he wanted to transfer to alabama state after getting his degree at h-cc and the team will head back to practice on wednesday and the team will honor devonte bundley by placing his 21 jersey on the chair

year-old sterling palmer was stabbed to death friday night inside his home on edison highway in northeast baltimore. they are their's no word on suspects or a motive. megan. >>> one minute after five. he had the heart of a champion but it was his heart that broke on the basketball floor. over the weekend, harford community college honored 18-year-old devonte bundley. the medical examiner told his mom an irregular heartbeat took his life. team members and friend signed a ball at a me moral service for the athlete. >> his goal was to earn 64 credit and transfer to alabama state and he wanted to be a nba player. >> bundley was four sport athlete in high school and wrestled and ran track and field and played football and basketball. >>> it's 5:0 # 2. it was comfortable october afternoon where we didn't have to entete it -- sweat out the fourth quarter except for two split second the game was not in doubt. ravens 31 denver 17. the second home game of the year and fans got there plenty early as ravens salute the ladies during breast cancer awareness month. and the owner said let's get them. offense took

city councilman two years ago weasms shot to death in his car outside the new haven lounge in northeast baltimore. >>> one man who hopes to baled casino next to arundel mills mall says ads put out by opennant are dishonest. opponents have always said that the mall is no place for a casino. the new ad claims that if arundel county voters reject ballot question a then slots parlors would be built at laurel park racetrack but that's not true says the developer david cordish. because the penn national company owns 51% of laurel park and opted first casino in perryville we have been telling you about. the state slots law precents a -- prevents one company from holding two licenses. >> they are misrepresenting to the voters that they can if they turn down the malls, immediately go over to laurel. it is illegal you can't have two lies means will it require creative thinking maybe, but it is an alternate location among others throughout the county. >> if voters approve the zoning change on november 2nd cordish would begin construction soon after that many if they reject it cordish will still hold the lic

. >>> now to northeast baltimore. it lost control and slammed into a 7-eleven. no injuries were reported. there's still no word on why the driver lost control of that car. >>> weather was certainly interesting today. we saw the clouds roll in. things got a little breezy at times, the skies threatened rain but we didn't see much at least not yet. that likely to change later this week. maryland's most powerful doppler radar right now, you can see we picked up just a couple of light showers, mainly off to the west earlier today. now things are relatively quiet but the clouds have rolled in, they are hanging tough and temperatures have been warm again today. i mean flirting with old record levels in the low to mid-70s. the old records are in the upper 70s. not far off. this evening we'll eventually fall into the upper 60s. mostly cloudy, breezy, mild. the chance for rain coming back late tonight and again as we go toward the middle par of the week. more details in a few. >>> today opening statements began in the murder case of chandra levy. ingmar, an illegal immigr

. >>> water service is back on parts of northeast baltimore near aragon drive. the break occurred in the main yesterday afternoon. the water is running again but the roadway will remain closed between alameda and lock raven until next week. they may notice cloudiness in their water anyone who that is questions or concerns should call 311. >>> terrific day of weather across baltimore, across the entire mid atlantic region all of maryland just as good as it gets for early october. lots of sunday temperatures in the 70s. let's take a look at some of the numbers these are awfully nice. at 6:00 on this friday evening we're talking about 73 out at the airport. little closer to 75 downtown. we got 75 in frederick. 72 over in easton. zooming out a little bit here. there's just nothing going on out there that's a good thing going into a weekend. >> means more of the same next several days right through our columbus day holiday and early look at your forecast on your saturday hour by hour 73 by midday we're into the mid to upper 70s tomorrow afternoon. we'll hit 78 or so

. >>> in northeast baltimore, this 7-eleven store got a bit of a remodeling job but -- officials say luckily no one was hurt when a car crashed into the storefront on harford road. it's unclear if the driver will face charges but they did remain on the scene. >>> a change in weather across maryland, we brought in the clouds today but temperatures staying very warm, near record levels as we pushed well up into the mid to upper 70s and the winds coming up a little too, today. let's look at the satellite and radar combination. maryland's most powerful doppler radar finding a little rain well west of us. right now a line of showers developing out towards the hagerstown area. and that will continue to drift slowly east. we'll see if it holds together. other than that, not a lot of rain around the area now. skies cloudy, temperature still in the low 70s. 78 at the inner harbor. 68 annapolis, winds gusting 18 to 24. tomorrow, early look at the day part forecast, 68 or so by lunchtime. it will be windy through the day. much more on your extendedout look. we'll talk about the wind, rain and w

sterling palmer was found inside his home on edison highway northeast baltimore, still no word on a suspect or a motive. >>> this weekend, the harford county community honored one of their own, an 18-year-old devonte bundley who collapsed at the first practice of the season. his team signed a bass basketball in his honar and remembered him e ran drills with the team earlier this month before he collapsed on the court. medical examiner told his mom an irregular heartbeat or cardiac arrhythmia took his life. teammates remember him as dedicated player. >> everyone time he was a player he was giving his best effort for everything. >> he was four-sport athlete at harford technical high school and wanted to transfer to alabama state after getting his degree at hcc. the team will head back to practice on wednesday and the team will continue to honor devonte by placing his number 21 jersey on the chair at every game this season. >>> it's 6:04. what a comfortable october afternoon it was. we didn't have to sweat it out in the fourth quarter except for two split second this game was never in doubt ye

. >> aatruck gets stuck today in northeast baltimore. railer was stuck trying to drive under a csx railroad bridge@near lake clifton high school. happened here. the top of the truck was sheered off during the accident..3 no damagg to the bridge though.3 nobody was hurt. >> the father of a baltimore city council member is found safe tonight after disappearing over the weekendd 89-year-old ed risinger found at 6:00, no word where he wws. vice-president risinger the third.ú until tonight he was not seen since october 1st. raising awareness of breast cancer in a major way. >> 100 construction workers with pink heart hats formed a ribbon at johns hopkins hospital today. the reason is simple to spread the word to all women that you cancer. every day, there is new drugs being developee. new treatments planned. and there is always something working oo the johns hopkinson clinical building redevelopment project since 2007. this is the second year for the -ink ribbon event. >> we will promise that thee were going to go down. now the white house is

including this school in northeast baltimore. it is part of the nfl play 60 initiative.ages kids to get 60 minutes of exercise every day. >> lots of schools across the country are cutting out pe. so trying to push the inittative to get the kids to be active 60 minutes a day to live longer and be healthy. participating school will wii a %-game on november 28.caneer >> well, if you were a parent of a young child and they watch chances are they know the baad big time rush. >> oh, yeah. btr mania took over saint margaret school in belair today. a dream come true for the students at saint margaret school in belair. big time rush. the band thht caters to the young, tweens, teens, staged a concert at the school today. and only becauseeof a connest dominated. a conttst onll 10 schools in the united states won. >> in rder to win this contest, students nationwide hhd to send ú% many text meesages s they could declaring school spirit. saint margaret's was the first up. another nnne schools were from los angeles, chicago, and new york city. the fact that the students here marylanddw

he called 911 from the home in northeast baltimore wednesday night saying he found the baby any the crib not breathing. -- baby in the crib not breathing. the medical examiner say the old wounds do not contribute to her death. lewis is charged with first- degree murder. >> thank you. we will have more from police and neighbors coming up at 5:00 in a live report. >>> no new contracts. city school teachers turned out in record numbers to vote on a new proposal to change the way they are paid. they rejected it. in the school watch record, we explain what happens now. >> reporter: the baltimore teachers union negotiated for eight months on the contract. now it is back to the negotiating table. after a two day vote school teachers say nothing will change in the contracts. thousands of the teachers voted. >> i'm voting against it because i feel i did not receive enough information about the new contract. >> it is a great way to show respect for the teachers. it is a smart way to do it. it is not blindly throwing money away. >> reporter: it will do away with the way the teachers receive current

that night, harris was visiting the haven lounge in northeast baltimore, when he walked in on a robbery. he tried to get away and was shot in the back. proosecutors -- prosecutors argue that gloves and dna masks implicate the suspects who were also spotted in surveillance video nearby. but the defense tried to punch holes in the evidence, arguing there is no solid proof that these three men were the robbers responsible for harris's death. >> so it can happen where the jury keeps on deliberating, even after they've said that they are not able to reach an agreement. the judge tells them to go back in. and it is possible for them to reach a unanimous decision. it does not happen often. right now, it's up to the judge's discretion to make that decision on how long he'll allow that jury to continue their deliberations, even if they're not able to reach a unanimous decision. i spoke with someone from the state's attorney's office a while ago. and they said that if there is a mistrial in this case, particularly on the most important charge, the felony murder charge, they say they will go ahead

murder of baltimore city councilman ken harris and the armed robbery of the haven lounge in northeast baltimore. harris stopped at the nightclub to borrow a cork screw and to use the bathroom when he walked inie robbery by three masked men. he try tode run and was shot in the back. prosecutors say dna evidence collected from a glove and halloween mask used during the robbery and found near the scene implicates the defendants. but the defense attorney argues that evidence against their clients is circumstantial and since no one could positively identify the men as the ones who committed the robbery. >> reporter: defense attorneys hope all of this waiting means some may have made their decisions. i'm not sure if they were deadlocked on all of the counts or some of the counts. obviously they're talking about. >> i can tell you yesterday after their question, where they detin tively said they were deadlocked, and no questions today, i'm more hopeful they will come to a verdict. i would have thought if they were still deadlocked, they would send another note out today. but since we didn't receive an

this is just-released video of the night of the robbery and killing at the haven lounge in northeast baltimore. two of the three men charged were found guilty of the murder of former city councilman ken harris. charles mcgainey and jerome williams were found guilty on all charges. the third man, collins, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of handgun charges. we'll have much more on the story coming up on eyewitness news at 5:00. >>> friends and loved ones are preparing to say goodbye to a harford county community college student who suddenly collapsed and died on last week. the funeral will be tomorrow at noon at the new psalmist baptist church in baltimore. at 4:00, a gathering am be held at the globe cafe. at 4:00 p.m. in davonty's memory. >>> a warning for everyone who plays high school football. it's not just concussions you have to worry about. in today's healthwatch, kendis gibson reports for wjz, new studies show even less serious blows to the head could cause brain damage. >>> high school corner back collin is testing his brain. >> we have this test where we go through all of th

. >>> good news for dozens of people in northeast baltimore. water is back on after a water main break knocked service out for nearly 24 hours. while the water is back on, repairs in the 1100 block of argonne drive. but water is now fully restored. argonne drive will remain closed through alameda in loch raven through next week. >>> thousands of jobs lost. and with the midterm elections just weeks ai a -- away, the economy is one thing voters are thinking about. >> the last job report before the election is bad news for president obama. >> the only piece of economic news that folks still looking for work wanting to hear is, "you're hired." >> reporter: 95,000 people lost their jobs last month. the president visited a small family business in maryland to make his case that he is working hard to fix the economy. >> and everything we do is dedicated to make that happen. >> reporter: but time is running out. republicans have a shot at taking control of congress in the midterm elections next month. and the latest cbs news poll shows just 38% approve

. >> reporter: councilman ken harris was visiting the haven lounge in northeast baltimore, when he walkedn on a robbery. he tried to get away and was shot in the back. prosecutors argued that dna evidence on gloves and a halloween mask found near the scene implicate the suspect who were also spotted in surveillance video taken in video nearby. but the defense tried to punch holes in the evidence, arguing there is no solid proof that these three men were the robbers responsible for harris's death. >> the jurors released for the day, just after 4:00. that's slightly earlier than they have been released earlier this week. they were ordered to come back here tomorrow morning to resume their deliberations. live in the courthouse. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. >>> if they are found guilty, all three suspects face the possibility of life in prison. >>> dozens of people in howard county, without power tonight. and bge says a gas main fire is to blame. vic is in the newsroom with details of the outage. >>> right now now, they say until the gas leak is repaired, gas will

right now interstate 95, northeast of baltimore, they're getting showers. that's going to be extending to new england later today. for us, we'll have a partly cloudy day. another warmer than average da average high is 70. we'll be 80 or so by midafternoon. there is a small chance of an isolated shower or thunder shower perhaps early this evening. tomorrow, partly cloudy and cooler. upper highs 60s. much cooler thursday and friday. rain likely thursday. a smaller chance of a shower on friday. highs only around 60 or so both of those days. morning lows in the 40s. quite a cool pattern by the end of the week along with much needed rain. jerry, how is it looking? >> good morning to you. good morning, everyone. follow-up to the story we just brought you on news 4 about the accident. 270 southbound coming dn from middlebrook out of germantown toward montgomery village. good nushgs the accident, which we just mentioned, cleared at route 24. all lanes reopened. once again, the investigation had been going on four hours. all lanes open. let's look how we're doing el

it's spending millions upgrading the northeast corridor. >>> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blaked a visit to the white how and joined president obama and others city and state leaders from across the land to discuss improving the nation's aging infrastructure and the president said the crumb scrum crumbling infrastructure caused crumbling lives to shock us into action. about the obama administration is now pushing for a $50 billion investment to pep people go back to work. >>> well transformers movies are supposed to be action packed. but crews filming the third installment of the series got more than they bargained for. police suv was reportedly t boned by the character bumble bee and it happened while fans were watching the taping in washington, d.c. yesterday. both drivers are expected to be okay. >>> it's now 6:51 and a program meant to save lives. mercy medical center here in baltimore. it's now the first in maryland to create public umbilical cord blood bank program a mother who gives birth at mercy will have the option to donate the umbilical cord at no cost which doctors

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just to the northeast around baltimore around i-95. maybe a couple of showers.aybe asprinkle here as well. don't expect any more in the way of real significant rain. 54, the current temperature. 54 wn toward manassas. salisbury at 53. this is all due to an upper level area of low pressure. just look at the spin hear. you can see that big spin bringing in some rain. mostly to the north and east. that's the way thing will remain over the next 24 hours. most of the rain will be to the north and east. we can't rule out a shower but most of us will be on the dry side. as far as what we're going to be seeing, this is why we're sing this big cool-down. all because of the jet stream pattern dipping way down. a huge trough of low pressure across the eastern third of the nation we're seeing very cool conditions. we're going to continue to see very cool conditions right through the day tomorrow. into the day on went. before this trough finally begins to lift out. look at the temperature. 55 in cincinnati and only 54. the average temperature, close to 80. a very cool day ou

a couple northeast of baltimore and one or two this hagerstown. as we look to washington, d.c.light showers push to the south and east. some drizzle, as well. much of it in prince georges county in to northwestern areas of charles county. you can see it on the beltway there. really just outside of the district from han ham and forestville over to andrews and route 5, clinton clinton to the west. now coming in as i said in to northwestern charles county. waldorf, la plata, white plains. in the northern part of the county as the area is drifting to the south southeast. let's go to the weather computer and show you the bigger picture on the rain. thankfully pulling away. one thing that will keep the clouds and spotty showers an this morning. see this guy in south central virginia. this will come 0 and follow. until this clears us showers here and there. the flood watch is gone but we have still have flood warnings for some road closures in stafford, st. mary's a lot of high water as well as anne arundel county and points north and east. river flooding is somewhat of a problem beca

. >>> a police officer shoots a robbery suspect in northeast baltimore. robbed. when the officer intertd building, he saw three masked men and ordered them to stop. one of the suspects turned thrrateningly toward the officeú who then fired his gun. that is suspeet had was hit nd3 taken to hoopital. another two got away. police arr still looking for them. -p>>> a baltimore city police officer who died in pennsylvania last week will be laid o rest.ú ú%neral services or james fouler are being held at saintú mark's church in kay tons vii catonsville. investiiators believe that weather may haveepllyed a role in the crash. fouler was a 31 years old veteran of the police force. >>> a maryland man killed in a helicopter crash n afganistan will be buried today. lieutenant brandon looney was one of 9 people killed in last month's incident. alma marter remembered looney during a speeial service oon3 -unday. >> they described him as !! a mn among men. hhre he touched the lives of frt many. >>> that frieed haddbeen burred in pennsylvania but aater lone looney's death,

you can see it here out of anne arundel county on the southeast side of baltimore and northeastern carroll here, northeastminster moving to northern baltimore county. that's all that we have on the radar this morning. so for the rest of us it is nice and quiet. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, an isolated shower otherwise partly cloudy, mild, back in the 50s and 60s. sunrise 18 here in washington -- 7:14 here in washington. partly sunny mid-70s at noon and for the drive home can't rule out an isolated shower or two. we will be near the 80-degree mark once again today. tonight it will get cooler. a few isolated showers, upper 40s to mid 580s. north winds at five. 6:34 on the sunset. tomorrow, a seasonably cool day with highs between 65 and 70. skies at least will feature a good deal of sunshine. we have 63 in easton this morning. 66 in southern maryland. 50s to the west. 52 luray. cumberland 585. winchester is 58 and culpeper 55 degrees. so 65 at national as we said. the winds are north northeast at six and the humidity is 73%. what we are looking a nationally besides this swirl in the middle of the c

baltimore. %-the winds out of the northeast today.rings %-aad then low, towards mississippi valley will starttto head in ourrdirection. bring us someerain for tomorrow into the evening as well. and then on the backside, we ges earlier in the day. in total, looking at about an %-bit more, in spots.y a little maybe a 10th of an inch, and, expect about anninch. two. does not appear to be a threat. %-you can see, it passing overnd cuba by thh end of the week. today, pretty day, high, and central pprt of the state about the same. >> the western part of maryland should be also in the same ballparr. lots of sun, beginning with the 49 for the overniiht low, clouds increase overnight. 61 degrres or the high tomorrow, and rain does become heavy, and it does get windy, rain tapers off. 62 for the high. aad mostly cleaa, pretty weekend. 66 and sunny, and then, 69 on monday with lott of sunshine. so it should e a pleasant finish. >> thank you. so far, not a bad ride on part of the beltway. looking good. moving through the pikes, and 62-miles-per-h

baltimore county. that wiil expire. warning for the northeastesapeake bay and the northern part of the eassern board. we will have to eal with a %-ddscontinue, flood watch, thhe it was just discontinued. expected to be ddscontinued %-coastal flood advisory, thatt3 will continue through the33 afttrnoon hours along the coastal bay with the winds that will be somewhat strong, a little bit of concern theee as well. -therwise the future scan model indicaaes weere going to seeú some improvement. any light showers that we see moving out of here.issipatee and we look forward to drier air moving in. it will be cooler as we get to the weekend a little bit more.3 meanwhile the winds ill be picking up a little bit more out of the north. we do have gusts out there, up to 20-25 miles per hour, gusts higger eeen 30 miles per hour bbfore it's all said and done with. that is moving off to thh nnrth and east slowly. pressure enter hich was remnants of nicole, whhch was feeding this one. %-bit.ill movv offshore a little it's not quite determined yet whether or not

northeast dc neighborhood. over the next week, a thousand habitat for humanity volunteers will be building or renovating 86 homes in dc, baltimorenapolis and three other cities across the country. 12 of those homes are located here in northeast washington. and construction will be taking place all day, every day this week and it all starts this morning at 8:00. now, the big headline event is going to be taking place at 10:00 this morning, and the headliner is of course, former president carter. this project is his baby. this is the 27th year for the carter work project in washington. and, you know, keep in mind this is going to be president carter's first public appearance since he was admitted to the hospital last week for that nasty stomach virus. so, he's going to be here at 10:00. he has said he would not miss this for anything. this is a project that is near and dear to his heart and he is set to be here at 10:00. now, president carter will be speaking alongside some of the executives with habitat for humanity. specifically habitat for humanity's local rep and the ceo and we will speak with the ceo coming up in a half hour

northeast texas captured yesterday. we have got relatively calm conditions in baltimore. 52 degrees this morning. 52 is that fitting? 52. it's 52 this morning ray-ray. 61 on the eastern shore. we are looking at a mild morning, the cloud will start to rollback in, and we will be watching some storms back to the south and west that could creep in here anywhere from lunchtime through the afternoon and this evening. the breeze will kick up and there will be scattered thunderstorms that could be strong but on and off showers not a washout, and again, some of you may dodge the rain drops but keep that umbrella or rain jacket handy on this warm day near 72. back to alexis davies for the latest on traffic. >> reporter: still look really good on the beltway. however, 95 southbound is not looking good. we have a very serious accident going to the maps. 59 southbound after i-195 in the southwest corner near arbutus a overturned vehicle. left slain blocked and medivac is on the scene. you will see delays there for a while. disabled vehicle northbound at beltway blocking the left lane. taking a look at the camera, this is the ac

northeast. according to police the ramp from the southbound baltimore washington parkway to inbound new york avenue is blocked because of construction. there is a construction zone on kenilworth southbound at the district line where two of three lines are blocked. otherwise we are in pretty good. 95 good from fredericksburg to the beltway both ways. no accidents here. no accidents on the beltway north of town which looks good from college park to silver spring. back to you. >> our top story, a horrifying discovery in a fairfax station home. family members found a relative murdered in his home. it was thursday afternoon. courtney robinson has the story. >> a 61-year-old man found dead and police officers are investigating. >> we received a call, a family member found the 61-year-old man deceased and called the police. >> a family member made the discovery. the home is on the border of fairfax and fairfax station just feet from the fairfax county parkway. investigators say the victim'ss 2002 gold l.x. 470 s.u.v. missing. its license plate xyw 8197. >> don't approach the vehicle. be cautious but call

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watches and a warnnngs, a flash-flood warning in place for baltimore county as well as harforddcounty. we have a flood warning for the northeastat will continue between 695 aad 9:45. and thh southhast pprt of the chesapeake bay. that will until 3:30 this afternoon. run off is going to be theú concern now even though the rape rain is going to dis-- the rain is going to dissipate and run off. this weekknd we will haveú improving weather as we dry out, ú% will have to deal ith winds however, first toddy..3 right now out f the northwest at 10-15 miles per hhur. we have gusts up to 10-20 miles per hour, a few spots, salisbury 22-mile-an-hour gusts. that low pressure center is the reason it will depart as it moves north aad east taking the rain with it. the remnants of nicole will continue to move to the north. -s it does, it's going to stay offfhore. therees one model showing moving it into tte carolinas. it's not going to bbing 8 lot of energy with it, because most oo the energy was stolen behind the nortt coastal loo. for today and bring cooler ir by the weekend. and that means more sunshine for 66 in salisbbry, 58 in 70 degrees

northeast. we're along for the ride here on the southern edge of it in baltimore.uture weather into the day tomorrow, cloudy but just a hit or miss shower. probably in the afternoon and evening. then thursday we dry out. we clear out the clouds. your future weather looking better thursday on into friday. tonight, dry but man, mostly cloudy and cool. mid-40s by daybreak. that's going to be cool. tomorrow, 2-degree guarantee 63. or so. but still cool. then tomorrow night down to 48 or so, clearing overnight. let's check out your 7-day forecast. again, as we look ahead here, temperature making a nice rebound into the 70s. thursday, friday, saturday. sunday. good stuff but it will take a little longer to get in here. >>> the competition has gotten stiffer on "dancing with the stars" with a new leader this week. one couple showing they are consistently good. but margaret cho's dancing days could be numbered. she was the low scorer last night. dpoarm -- george has the highlights. >> reporter: audrina and her partner waltzed to first place and with a score of 26 they also

scattered showers across the area and basically really to the south of baltimore right now crossing the chest chesapeake into the northeast corner of the state. there is some near the state line as well so it will be an enter in the thing with the showers. tony, this is not something that you would actually eat on an empty stomach or when you are not running or after only five miles because it is really, really sweet. but it does do the trick? >> i think they could have come up with a better name, go. sound like something on the bottom of your shoe. >> it looks gooey. the favorite player of the hammer power gel is vanilla. >> i like that. now you have run marathons. i know tom tasselmyer has. >> i'm a fast kind of girl. i'm more of a miler and 10-k. i have only done a half. i did it really fast and i paid for it like three weeks afterwards. never done a whole marathon. >> i will look forward to seeing you saturday. for everybody else, thank you. the weather will be active at the end of the week but i think it will clear up by the weekend. we have a little bit of activity. most of it is missing us to the north. there are a

baltimore, mid-70s, a beautiful day. a quick look at the tropics. otto now a tropical storm. heading off to the east, northeast but it is another tropical storm. bermuda is up here. a little tiny spot, really hard to find. there it is right there, and it's moving away so it won't be affecting any lands at all. on the day tomorrow, west to southwest wind, maybe gusting to 20 knots. tomorrow, 66 the bay temp. a few showers ending and probably a lot of clouds overnight. 46 tomorrow, sunshine back out. warmer, up to 72. even warmer and sunshine on friday. 78, 75 on raven sunday and 80 with a few clouds on monday. denise. >>> thank you, bob. check in tomorrow starting at 4:55 a.m. for the updated forecast. >>> mark has details next in >>> mark has details next in sports on the ,,,,,,,,,,,, man: let me see the map. just drive, we'll get there! adventure runs on dunkin', with our maple cheddar breakfast sandwich. breakfast just got a whole lot sweeter. "maryland is moving forward"... ...and moving maryland forward. [ female announcer ] ...this jobs report tells the truth... maryland's economy stalled. [ male announce

northeast washington. overall the group looks to repair or construct 86 homes in d.c., baltimore, annapolis, st. minnesota, and birmingham, alabama. >>> well, it was the game everyone's been talking about and looking forward to. new skins' quarterback donovan mcnabb returning to philadehia for the first time since he was trade ed d t ed td to washingto. and it was a success has the redskins beat the eagles 17-12. lindsay czarniak filed this repo from lincoln financial field in iladelphia. >> reporter: chris cooley told me tonight that all week long he just wanted donovan mcnabb to admit that he was upset that philly had traded him. but donovan wouldn't even hint that to his new teammates until tonight after the redskins beat the eagles. donovan was presented with the game ball inthe team locker room after the game. his teammates were screaming at him to give a speech, and that's when he admitted philly had made a mistake. tonight this may have bonded this redins team more than we may ever know. >> we had a little extra motivation. 30 teammates, number 5, felt good to come here and help him get a

some degree and it covers the baltimore metro area from baltimore county, city and anne arundel county eastward on to the eastern shore and northeast corner of the state. that diminishes the threat as the water goes down because we are not adding any more tapgs water. right now b.w.i. 61 the temperature. still some drizzle and overcast skies. 82% the humidity, 29.63 barometer low but it will rise bringing better weather this afternoon and tonight. it will be windy, northwest 16 with gusts to 30. that trend will continue through the rest of the day today as well. but at least it is a northwest wind without any more rain in it. i will have more in a few minutes. >> thanks, john. >> we want to check out the traffic with sarah caldwell to see what the aftereffects are. >> we are dealing with the effects. flooding related closures with sinkholes a big problem and downed trees. the accident is route 32 at frederick road in west friendship. sinkhole in middle river at byrd river road and middle river road. north point and kane closures in effect because of flooding in that area. perry hall bel air road reopened between necker and route 43

you see that line of rain just passing through the baltimore washington area, just about east of the bay now continuing to rain heavily across northeastyland. much of southeastern maryland getting good rain. that will be slowly moving off to the east and northeast. we look for an improving weather picture but a windy, windy overnight and very windy friday, which could cause problems. we'll talk about that in just a few minutes. denise? >> let's check the roads now with sharon gibala with traffic control. >> reporter: despite the rain, it is an incredibly quiet commute right now. just a few problems out there. disabled vehicle on the outer loop at pairing parkway. watch for fire activity at owings mills, toll gate road and delays on 95 northbound slow from 32 to 175. four minutes there at 29 miles per hour. there is a look at the drive times and speeds on the beltway. it is slow on the beltway 32 miles per hour between 795 and 95 and between 83 and 95 on the inner loop. 22 miles per hour as the average with a 27-minute drive time. 50 eastbound at the bay bridge is backed up because of the weather. they are not doing two-way traffic. th