more breaking news in northwest baltimore where crews are on the scene of a building collapse.t happened about 3:30 this afternoon. the home is vacant, but crews are sifting the rubble just to make sure there was no one injured. no word tonight on what caused the collapse. >> here is a look at some of our other top stories. baltimore county police are investigating a stabbing inside security square mall. detectives say a student at a trade mall located inside the mall was stabbed in the back. he was taken to shock trauma and there is no word on his condition. a 27 -- a 27-year-old is recovering after she was shot during a domestic dispute. police have arrested and charged stephen joseph brown for attempted first-degree murder. the victim is expected to survive her injuries. four people were thrown from their vehicles after a serious accident in and around the county. we were over the scene about 1:00 this afternoon. three of the victims were taken to shock trauma in serious condition. the fourth was taken two baltic -- baltimore washington -- medical center. >> be careful what

>> north east baltimore is a high crime area. -- northwest baltimore. the spokesman says the department's violent crime impact inspection will take over drug enforcement in the area. >> it does not mean all the drug dealer should move to northwest. they are there now, they should probably leave. >> another officer has also been suspended because of a separate incident. that officer was targeted during an internal sting operation. >> we have an update for you. baltimore county police have arrested two men in connection with the death of a hispanic man in cockeysville. they are charged with murder. jose luis ramirez was found dead on stone gate court yesterday. all three men lived in the same apartment building. police do not yet know what led to the murder. >> 11 news was the first report concerns over internal documents that appeared on a website last month. today maryland's republican caucus leaders are requesting an investigation into why the document, which gave a gloomy assessment of the state's employment figures, was pulled and then replaced by a

live tonight, in northwest baltimore. fox 45 news at 10:00.ú >> thank you melinda. >> a wommn is reeovering afterr3 brooe into hee home and opened fire. it happened shortly after 11:00 last night. the four suspects forced a mann3 inside of his ome, once innide they attacked another man. and shot a woman. if you have any information on metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-loccup. >> and arundel county police are surveillance photos. about lunch tiie today, he robbed the sander spring baak in millerrville. white man. 30 years oldd brown hair and a mustache.3 >> three vehicle accident involving school bus ends with a serious injjry. bus heading to meadowvale middle school in havre de grace, it tipped on its side. six children hurt.3 none seriously. the driver of an suv was hospitalized with serious injuuies. and tonight the driver of the audi involved in the crash, could be facing some charges. >> a viewer sent in the photoo from the scene. yyu can see some of the children were put on to stretchers and taken to the hospital. the

. >> a building tumbles to the ground in northwest baltimore triggered a frantic search for survivors. officials confirmed nobody was trapped inside the rubble, which was once a vacant home on druid hill avenue. another vacant building has collapsed and baltimore city. this was early this morning in norfolk avenue in northwest. we're still trying to get information on that. four people are dead after being thrown from their vehicle. this happened along route 50. police say that crash involved a couple of box trucks. it is not certain if weather played a role in the crash. >> a white supremacist will spend years behind bars. he was sentenced for the beating of james privett. attack would not have happened if the man was white. >> authorities want to keep an eye on social media outlets in their fight against terrorism. this could lead to a change in wiretap laws. that possibility is getting a mixed reception. >> it is not hard to find a connected college student. is asomputer screen close as say laptop or a cell phone. >> i honestly cannot doing anything wrong. i think is fine. >> this

nothing we could measure here in the northwest baltimore. nothing significant here in baltimore, but it was a hot day. 15 degrees warmer than normal. we had 91 degrees at the airport. 92 in charleston, west virginia. 99 degrees in louisville, ky. a lot of that heat will hang around. we had this front trying to move through. all this warm, muggy air that is still in place will remain here for the next couple of days. fall started a couple of minutes ago. it will continue to feel like summer. partly cloudy. there is the front. md., began to dissipate, and yank its post-to the north. -- and gets pushed back to the north. maybe an isolated storm popping up tomorrow afternoon. most spots will stay dry and humid. things will cool off as another weak front makes its way across our region over the weekend break able take until sunday before temperatures drop back to normal levels. 85-90 tomorrow, a good deal of sunshine. waves are running about 1 foot. 80 in the mountains with some sunshine tomorrow. ocean city, just kind of a summary date. lisa is e

in northwest baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. >>> the other big race, baltimore county, where democrats kevin caminetz and joseph bartenfelder are vying to win the nation for baltimore county executive. bothates were trying to -- both candidates were out yesterday trying to encourage voters to head to the polls. they are looking to take over for county executive jim smith whose term ends this year. >>> a crowded field of republicans competing for the chance to take on barbara mikulski, who is seeking her fifth term in office. 11 republican candidates are running with queen anne's county commissioner ewick wargotz. he appears to be the front runner after spending $575,000 of his own money in this election. >>> three republicans are vying to take on comptroller peter franchot. the youngest is 18-year-old brendan madigan. and 63-year-old bill campbell, the former cfo of the department of veteran affairs. armand girard, 72-year-old, former high school math teacher. that is right now who is running for the comptroller's office. >>> and former governor bob ehrlich got a big endorlt. arizona s

police were called to edgewood street in northwest baltimore around 4:30 a.m. were 26-year- old isaiah white was shot in the back. he died at the hospital. investigators believe this was a result of a fight he was involved in the night before. they have several leads. 15 minutes later, a man was found with a gunshot wound to the head on bonaparte avenue in northeast baltimore. no word on a possible motive and no arrests made in either shooting. officials say the doctor would in last thursday's shooting at johns hopkins is improving. dr. cohen has been upgraded to good condition. he was shot in the abdomen by a 54 -- a 50-year-old man after briefing him about his mother's condition. an american woman freed from my iranian prison is now calling for the release of her fiance and friend. shourd spoke in new york city since her release on tuesday. she spent more than 13 months in the notorious prison along with her fiancee and a friend. the three were arrested while hiking in 2009 and were accused of spying. >> this is not the time to celebrate. my disappointment in

. >> late breaking details into that building collapse we have been covering in northwest baltimore. how opening day at the state's first slot parlor went. >> a flash flood watch tonight. it should taper off tomorrow morning. more on the way wednesday. >> thank you for joining us. old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. old gibbs canning company. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. es tax on everything you buy? that's in andy harris' unfair tax plan. 23% sales tax. a 23% sales tax will cut my business in half. would be devastating. andy harris' 23% sales tax absolutely makes no sense. 23% sales tax would really make things unaffordable. that's too high for the average american out here.

the plain clothes officers spot crime in northwest baltimore. right now police are not saying much about the suspension citing an internal investigation. >>> family members are honoring the university of virginia student killed this spring. has set up the one love foundation. love's boyfriend was charged with killing the student. to build a turf lacrosse field at her high school. the school will also create a scholarship in her name. >>> legend cal ripken, jr. is getting into the jerky business, beef jerky, that is. the iron man is working with a new jersey company to sell a line of beef jerky called ripken power shred. it will be in stores next spring. you can find a link to that website. just click on this story. >>> say what you want, but i like beef jerky. >> reporter: must be good for you. >>> it's live tv, anything can happen, even a not so tough mistake. >> i don't know what to say, this is a complete accident, i'm so sorry. >>> just minutes away, the host of a top model competition is feeling sick after a big mistake. what she did and ho

in northwest baltimore. >> of the collapse land -- led to a frantic search of the rubble today. besides telling neighbors, at the collapse triggered a lot of questions about how the city is dealing with the glut of vacant houses. >> 8911 caller reported that a woman was walking down gorham street is behind me around 4:00 this afternoon when the house that used to sit at the end of a group of homes collapsed. >> a team of firefighters picked to the ruins of the collapsed a row house, of brick by brick, hoping they would not find anyone trapped in the rubble. >> we had to manually pulled a lumber and bricks to make sure that there was no one there. >> several hours of searching revealed that no one was trapped inside the remains of the vacant home. people live and work nearby said the structure had been deteriorating for years. >> they should take these buildings down. once the water gets into them, it is just a matter of time before they fall down. >> windy weather may have played a role in the collapse. neighbors fear that it is only a matter of time before other abandoned wareh

tonight the suspect still on the loose as in northwest baltimore over the weekend.victim 38-year-old don barton shot saturday at home along chelsea terrace. no arrest have been made. -ú>>> 24 years to the day after a woman disappears her family is still searching for answers. melinda is live in essex where etter than death and she was last seen walking -úto her car in the parking lot behind me.. she had told co-workers that she was heading out to meet with her hussand whom she was in the process of divorcing. ever since then her family has been searching tirelessly for clue as to her whereabouts and what happened to her. her sister believes bernadette was murdered but her boyd has neverrbeen found and nn one úas been charged with the crime. her loss has prompted theesister to take action working as advocate ffr all missing people. shh helpee co-found special task force that traffic casee across maryland hoping to ind some closure. >> you never forget your lovedd one. it's the clooure that we% whether it is alive or deceased. need to know. >>reporter: her family is n

the victim was hot on the chest in chelsea terracc and northwest baltimore. police have no leads, suspects, or po mont motives mo. >>> a white supremacist will be sentenced ttday.ú calvin lockner will spend 30 years in jail undee the terms of he and two teenagers attacked john privot while he was fishing. lockner tolddpolice it wouldn't havv haapened in privot was white. privot will be in court for the sentessing. -e will deliver a ictim impact statement. >>> they are on the look for a %-restauuants across our state n our rea.ú most the robberies occur at the popular restauraat chaii. the latest wassat this applebee. other targets include a wo bobú evens, red robin and severaa friendly's restaurants across the area. in all cases the man shows a handgun and should be considere3 armed and dangerous. >>> hat is what makes it even more frightening is the factt3 that eeknowsswhat he is doing. he has his target, and it's frighteniig. >>> take aaotter look aa the surveillance photo. the suspect is dessribed asú 6 feet tall with a large build,3 green eyes. now police

they say clark killed dawson in the 2500 block of chelsea terrace in northwest baltimore and has beenthe run ever since. dawson is 5-foot 9" tall and weighs about 145 pounds, he has been known to frequent is liberty and fairen son parts of the city. anyone with any information is asked to call city police at (410)396-2100, you can see more of our reports by heading over to abc 2news.com/crime checker. brian keep letter, abc 2 news. >>> a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over a deadly crash on a bay bridge in the summer of 2008. 57-year-old john short died after he swerved his tractor- trailer to avoid hitting candy baldwin's on coming car. the truck crashed through a jersey barrier and plummeted into the bay. baldwin's attorney says his family has agreed to a $100,000 settlement. baldwin had a blood alcohol level of .03 which prosecutors said was too low to press criminal charges, she was charged with traffic offenses. >>> starting today, the changes from president barack obama's health care bill go into effect. young people will be able to stay on their parents' plan until th

. ♪ so s-o g-double-o-d good >> some breaking news in northwest baltimore. >> liberty-and edgewood. baltimore city fire department is working on an occupied dwelling. they have shut down the eastbound lane. we do not know the cause or have not heard of any energy -- heard of any injuries. if we hear anything tunnel will update you. >> thank you. >> horning that more blood could be shed, president obama urged world leaders at the united nations to stop tearing down israel and push for a peace deal. >> he suggested it could mean a new nation at the un -- palestine. we have the latest from new york. >> barack obama is still a star at the un. the assembly was packed and the applause were loud when the president offered a startling possibility. >> we could have an agreement could lead to a new member of the united nations, an independent, sovereign state of palestine, living in peace with israel. >> but can happen? the palestinian president said he would walk out of talks if the israeli prime minister does not extend a settlement freeze. the secretary of state has been pushing, but no dea

unit was made up of six patrol officers that looked for drugs in northwest baltimore. the suspended personnel are accused of using a stolen private citizen's license plate on an unmarked car while doing official business. >> there are a lot of questions as to what a citizen's license plate was used and how they got ahold of the license plate. was the vehicle towed? what were they using the plate for? >> drug enforcement will continue in the northwest district with a different unit. >> weeks to go until the midterm election. lawmakers wrapped their session early. kate amara has more on the story. >> with control of congress on the line, the president meets with top democrats for one last strategy session. lawmakers are preparing to head home. >> the bill is passed. >> house lawmakers also passed a to 9/11 first responders and survivors. >> help is on the way. we passed your bill in the house of representatives. >> but lawmakers are leaving d.c. without addressing the bush-era tax cuts. dozens of house democrats, many in tight races, broke ranks and sided with the republ

it happened in northwest baltimore. all the victims are expected to survive. >> it has been a week of testimony in the trial of three men accused of the murder of city councilman ken harris. --t of today's questioning >> one witness said she no longer feel safe. she suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome. she dropped out of morgan state university because of depression. >> she said, "i thought i was going to die." she described the terror she felt when r. roberts came in and stole her back. -- when armed robbers came in and stole her bag. she said gloves, a bullet cartridge casings, and bandanas did not belong to her. >> in one statement, she said that mr. harris called the bar before he came, and mr. cummings testimony was that mr. harris did not call the bar. also, in one of her statement she said that mr. harris went out of the bar first, and three or four seconds later, mr. covington went out of the bar. that was a discrepancy with what mr. covington said. >> covington said that as he and harris walked out of t

a man who police accused of fleeing the scene and are robbery in northwest baltimore is also in custodyonight. authorities say two men held up a pharmacy at a shopping center yesterday. investigators said police arrived on the scene after a security guard reportedly fired multiple shots at the armed suspects. >> the two suspects fled the location. one of them was caught by baltimore city police officer who was in the area and saw the commotion. he was taken into custody. >> police said they have recovered one weapon. the names of the suspects have not been released. >> here is a look at some of our other top stories. the search is over for four men who escaped police custody with his pregnant girlfriend. they were arrested by u.s. marshals without incident yesterday about 40 miles south of seattle. police said palmer, who was charged with an august stabbing, made up of medical injury to break free. he now faces additional charges. the men behind bars, accused of stealing $3.5 million worth of metal. police arrested james robinson and thomas jefferson, connected with the commercial burgl

we're live now in the northwest baltimore. lisa, is that the case? good numbers of the polls today? >> statewide, no major problems at the polls. according to the state board of election, turnout across the state has been light. >> yes, it is light. very light so far. >> that was the story around baltimore city. by 9:00 a.m., fewer than 6000 people had turned out to vote in the first two hours the polls were open. >> there were a lot of people that i think will be interested in the general election. >> it will be later on, probably in the afternoon and evening. >> that was the hope. by 11:00 a.m., things had improved but only slightly. a little more than 50,000 voters. baltimore city election director jones called this disappointing considering the number of hot the contested races. >> i would think more people would be out voting. that is what makes this unbelievable to me. this gives me the impression that there is a "no care" attitude. >> is a slow but steady. what's everyone comes out in november. >> i did not even know. i just found out. why some people just did not realize. so

. >>> we're following breaking news in northwest baltimore.ky eye chopper 13 is over the scene of a house fire. >> third floor end of group row home here. this is in liberty avenue. you can see the fire addressing it at the moment. they are venting the structure. there was a lot of smoke here. no injuries here at this point or on what caused the fire. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, mike. we're impressed with the firefighter on the roof there. doing his job. but it's risky. >>> starbucks says its prices are going up. but not for every drink. the reason behind the increase. >>> after sustaining a debilitating head injury, a maryland teen testifies on capitol hill. >> why if this law passes, it could interest you and your children. >>> three years and $370 million million. when is the big day. and how will patients get there. i'm andrea fujii. that story is just ahead on eyewitit,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is 5:29. sunny and 85 degrees out there. good evening, everybody. thanks for staying with wjz's eyewitness news. here are some of the stori

. >> the search is on for the man police shot a man yesterday morning in northwest baltimore.hots rang out just before 5:00 a.m. in the 3400 block of hayward avenue appeared the 32 year-old was struck several times in the chest. there is no word on a possible motive. annapolis police investigate another shooting this sent a 34 year-old man to shock trauma. a man is charged with first- degree assault and a handgun violation. it happened and just after 5:30 yesterday morning at harbor house. the victim was rushed to shock trauma and is expected to survive. a 5k run is scheduled later today in honor of yardely love. love is a graduate of the school that will raise money for a new field in her name. on friday, a charlottesville judge will set a preliminary hearing date for george hinckley, love's ex- boyfriend charged with murder. in a few hours, the first ravens home game will begin. a study estimates that ravens home games in 2006 and helped generate roughly $216 million in business sales statewide. they hope that the same effects will be felt this year. >> it brings energy down

the search is on this porning for the man wanted in a shooting in northwest baltimore. and yet another shooting this time in anapsliss has put a man behind bars. >> the ubva lacrosse player remembered. sunday morning starts right now. >> welcome to 11 news sunday morning. >> we'll get to our top stories, but first we'll take a look outside. >> good morning. did you enjoy the summer heat, the sunshine and all that? >> mostly. >> it was a little warm. it was in the mid 90s, very unusual for this time of year. now we'll get set back to more normal conditions. well throw some showers as well. if you're going to the ravens game, keep that in mind. there certainly can be a little rain. let's take a look. we can see some rain off to our south in virginia southwest of d.c. moving to the north. so it will take a couple hours to get here. so early in the day i think it will be fine, then the close tore this afternoon, the better the chance for the rain showers. mostly cloudy. you might even get a peak at the sun. then a chance for rain showers later today. the high between 71 and

basically the radar highlighting heavier rain just northwest of baltimore.eling in the hereford zone you're dealing with fog and spray, that is including to taneytown, northwestern carroll county. there's the flood watch until 8:00 a.m. then the showers try to break with a partly sunny sky, still a threat of an isolated storm from lunchtime through the afternoon, 2-degree guaranteed high of 79. there's a chance of a tropical storm forming. i'm looking at new information that could roll up the east coast and affect us by the end of the week. more on that in a moment. right now i got kim brown's attention, so let's get your attention with a look at traffic. >>> traffic not looking so hot. we have problems on the outer loop of the beltway and bw parkway. let's look, this is going to be the outer loop at old court road, a crash is blocking the two right lanes. traffic is jammed pretty much from the 83s as you approach the scene. now, it tends to ease up past old court road and gets slow again headed towards liberty road. southbound on the bw parkway watching wat

the first batch of showers tracking to the northwest of baltimore now, with more moderate rains out along-68 and 70 moving back toward cumberland. the eastern shore right now is the drier location, but they may end up getting most of the rain during the day tomorrow as the storm comes up along the coast. it is not technically a tropical storm nicole, is what is left of that. it is like a fall nor'easter with a bunch of moisture in it. just a trace of rain so far at the inner harbor in downtown baltimore. the normal high of 74, but with the clouds and showers around, we ended the day cooler than normal, a high of only 68 officially at bwi marshall. the record was set in 1963. 65 at hagerstown with some rain moving through. 71 down at ocean city at this hour. is supposed county to fill in because you are under a flood watch. for some reason the computer has lost the identity of queen anne's county, but you are under a flood watch. there is a coastal flood watch for the western shore of the bay where tides are expected to run 2 feet above normal tonight and tomorrow as the storm is approachi

just before 5:00 this morning a vacant home collapsed in northwest baltimore. no one was injured. rch for a woman wholly had witnesses say was walking nearbú at the time. that one happened at 3:30 on monday afternoon at druid hill avenue, speccal crews searchee the area using thermal imaging but they didn't find anyone trapped ii the rubble. >> we find no remains or no at this poont. we used the thermal imaging whether or not that was casene which gave us no reading. >> the building that collapsed vacant. investigators re still trying to determine what cause it had to fall. >>> a patient at the clifton t perkiis hospital in jessup told3 police he strangled a fellow patient after kissing her. 45 years old susan sachs was found dead in her room aa the maximum security hospitallon monday morning. taylor has been carged in her murder. afterrsissin kissing sachs, he a string around her neck. ú% at this point, we believe he is the individual that committeú the crime. >> both taylor sachs had been placed at the ssate hossital %pp>> the hopkins doctor shot b3 one of his patient's son is re

sunshine in mid to upper-70's in baltimore. in northwest breeze at 6 miles>e arrested two people in a deadly stabbing. they found jerimiah at demario in hampstead last night. he had been stabbed into the chest and was taken to the hospital where he later died. they arrested 22-year-old lederer and glover. the test -- more testimony today in the trial of city councilman ken harris. they watched the surveillance of the robbery and heard from the new haven lounge where harris was killed. covington said he heard a single shot as he was forced back inside. he told the jurors he did not know harris had been shot and killed until police arrived on the scene. >> this man walked into the bank of america on the 600 block in the pikesville. he handed the teller a note demanding money. the suspect fled on foot. if you know who this man is coming you are urged to call baltimore county police or match or a crackat stop urs866-7-lock- up. dramatic pictures. this is a car on fire near interstate 95. this was sure the before 2:00 p.m. the fight -- the drive

bus friday afternoon near reisterstown road and liberty heights in northwest baltimore near the ball.roke out -- a fight broke out which left three people with stab wounds. >> there were officers here scheduled for their regular after-scooth school duty. the officers were able to board the bus and get the individuals off. >> all three victims were taken to area hospitals and are expected to survive. >> state senator ulysses curry, prince george's county democrat, is accused of using his influence to buy a grocery store chain. the 73-year-old is running unopposed in november's general election. >> stay >> welcome back. good morning, everyone. i'm tony pann. we're off to a cool start, but it will warm up nicely p typically we get big swings in the morning to the afternoon because the air is dry. that will be the case again today. mostly sunny. that's our forecast as we head into the afternoon. high temperatures in the 70's to upper 80 degrees. our sunset at 7:10. tonight mostly cool, but nothing unusual this time of year with temperatures dropping back into the mid 50's in most location

live in northwest baltimore this morning, i'm megan gilliland,3 >>> the two men vying for baltimore countyutive take3 to tte streets monday in a final campaign push. the two deeocrrts met with voters from randallstown to kevin kaaenetzzand his road waiving to drivers there, and joe bartenfeeder met with center. >> i think i have the experience, knowledgeeand vision, i'm not running n a past record. i'm running on what i want to do for this county. >> run ur effectively and still deliver the services that the people expect bit taxes that he pay. to be at the polls today greeting voters. >>> now the key to ssme of the races could be voter turn out. %-that doesn't just mean turn ot today. joel d smith is live in albutris to explain how the statees earll good morning, joel. results. >> reporter: good morningg patrice, a lot of people starting to show up, starting tú put a few more signs at the polling location. only time will tell if this day will be the only one thatthas an impact if the days before voting will impact the voter turn out. one thing we knoo is that govern bob ehrlich will be he

foolish air but there will be clouds around in the morning and wide range from 55 up northwest and 65 around baltimore at the inner harbor and points on the to eastern shore and a mix of clouds and sun to start the day. this storm brought us lightest batch of rain. much needed rain, and the front is trying move off the coast but down to the south you see the front is stalling out and there's a tropical system south of cuba that will ride up that funnel and bring perhaps rain now here in the mid-atlantic region. a lot of showers up to key west and almost to miami. good activity across the florida coast. think this is all associated with the tropical storm. there's a bunch of tropical moisture and see circulation up in here where low pressure is trying to form. hurricane center thinks this depression with wind office 35 miles an hour will get stronger if the sustained winds reach 40 which looks to happen, it'll become tropical storm nicole and looks to come up the coast and make land foul in north carolina and get to the virginia border by thursday evening. weak tropical storm and a bunch of moisture an

current conditions winds are still a little breezy out of the west northwest right now. and in baltimore temperatures will be cooling through the 70s this evening. let's show you the high temperature today across the state. not bad. low 80s. some spots only into the upper 70s. zoom you out here i want to show you the overall weather pattern and the bottom line is this is good. this is a great set up for the last weekend of summer 2010. can you believe it. it's here. and the weather looks fantastic as that front pushes south high pressure rolls in for saturday and sunday. going to mean sunshine for the swim sunday morning. let's take you back down show you the models. you can see things are definitely looking nice and clear overnight tonight. these clouds kind of break up get out of here. we should see more sun tomorrow and a lot of sunshine as we go forward into sunday. we have to bring it back out to the tropics real quick here. such an unusual situation. category 3 hurricane igor as of this afternoon pushing up into bermuda this weekend it's going to be a rough time out there. we've al

northwest actually. heading right to the baltimore region. and decent rain coming up. >> the baltimore ravens are now undefeated at home after a hard fought win this afternoon in the home opener of cleveland. >>> the ravens home opener was expected to be a blow out of the cleveland browns, but again we are reminded that nothing comes easily in the nfl. >> the first home game brings the feeling of a holiday, more than 70,000 fans flock to see the ravens and the browns. >> come on raiders. >> numb one. >> the ravens were heavily favored but that turned into heavy concerns. when payton hillis proved unstoppable rumbling over the ravens for a stunning one # 4 yards and cleveland had a surprising fourth quarter lead. for 27-yard toss gives baltimore the lead and they hold on for a 24/7 team come back victory. >> it was awesome. if you're whole offense to go down there and be able to put points on the board. we spread a touchdown. >> i felt great. the energy from the crowd was unbelievable. you know i played here only once in my career about two ye

northwest. it's a much drier wind for us, going to be gusting at times this afternoonment calm down tonight. temperature wise 74 in baltimore. 28 ocean city. closer you can see 73 bel air. 75 in annapolis. on your way to close to 80 this afternoon. tonight dropping as the air comes in from the northwest. overall here is the situation the front gets out of here, here is another one behind it. comes together like this. this one leaving us. high pressure coming in tonight through tomorrow. calms down the wind and provides sunshine. sunday this next front comes our way. look how strung out it is east to west. sunday in to monday, not a whole lot of moisture. when it gets to your area. mixed clouds and sunshine. winds picking up, if showers, a really small chance. the other thing it's going to do is keep the hurricanes away from the east coast. here is karl. we are starting with this one. overnight this became a major hurricane. catgoer 3 or high ser considered major. this three is coming on shore as we speak. winds 121 miles per hour. moving slowly to the west. high mountains in here. this is going to rain itself out and create

but you will have to take that umbreela along. 67 degrees in baltimore, 70 in salisbury, but only 59 in baltimooe. cooling from the northwest shoold top out at 72 degrees at 2 or 3 enclose this afternoon. let's see what isshappening on ú%e roadways. we have a little hint with the roadway, but hereeis lauren cooke with the details. >> reporter: we do have trouble in howard couuty where a fuel spilllis workinn along the westbound lanes of route 100 and the ramp tt know river parkway will be shutdown as well as the trafffc circle before the ramp. no problems to report on the here is a live look atú interstate 70. it be wide open. you are look at an 11-minute ride on tte outer loop, at 695, with a speed of 355 milesser hour. all is clear traveling through the tunnels. you're lookkng at an 8--inute drive t 53 miles per hour. looking at a 9-minute trip t 55 mmles per hourr back to you.3 >>> the first casino in maryland issabout to open itt doors. hollywood casino in perryville hass1500 clot machines ready to go at 8:00 a.m. this morning. the openinggis happening three days ahead of schedulee ththe opening turned raiser on monday

northwest and south florida. >> 89 in miami, 93 in atlanta, 70s from baltimore to boston. detroit, minneapolis and fargo hover near the 70-degree mark. kansas city will climb near 90. 63 in seattle. 73 in boise. and 83 in sacramento. >>> your money news is next, including reports of a facebook phone. >>> then a mysterious weekend disappearance of a religious group and their children, members explain why they went missing. >>> and it's the talk of the nfl. a helmet lands in the stands. did a player aim at fans what was going the station down at 5:00. the >>> the federal reserve gathers tomorrow for its final meeting before the midterm elections. its members are expected to debate various steps they can take to stimulate the economy. there's also speculation that to decide to buy more treasury securities. the idea there would be to keep interest rates low so businesses trying to expand would have easy access to money. >>> toyota has settled with the relatives of a family killed an acceleration accident. the california patrolman and three others died in the crash last we're.

. >> there is a developing story out of baltimore city, and the %-drug unit in the northwest districten isbanded. clothes unii sent back to paaroll there are allegations of misconduct against, at least, three of the officers. one officer and he unit supervisor has been suspended. accused of using a stone license plate. >> bedbugs are beeooing such a the city is takinn action. melinda roeder expllins how they are trying to exterminate them %->> they really could effectt3 anyone. so we would like people to be as well informed sas possible. >> bedbugs are becoming a big nuisanceefor health offiiials n baltimore. worse for those living witt them. >> it is really stressful. honestly, it is a sttessful >> valerie and stephanie moved out of her ome months agooand still trying to get the bugs out. >> we are not living theee. we have not lived there. and there are still bugs. >> difficult to deal with. require multiple extermination treatments. but for some that may be impossible. >> not everyone has the resources for an exterminator. >> why health officials are holding public forums now getti

baltimore home.e northwest firefighters were called to garrison boulevard near alpha road around 11:00side was hurt bbt investigators say a fir firefig3 was injured. his conditioo is unknown at this time. the cause of the blaaeeremains undee investigation. >>> the store at the cenner of the bribeey and extortion case %-currcurrie is helping thees proseeution. currie is accused of using his supermmrket. now they have allowee the supermarkettto pay aú $2.5 million fine and cooperateú in thh prosecution of senntor currie and two grocery executives. >>> 7 states plus the district ballots n tuesday's primmry..3ú o'donald made the biggest chaage ú% the night beating thh seat for of delaware.ú another tea party candidate beat out rrck asio, for the republican primary. %-all of the results. wrap up good morning, sandra. >> reporter: good morning, morning is are you having coffee or tea? because a lot of voters it seems may be preferring tea maybe. ttey certainly made their voices heard at the balloo box yesteeday. primaries before eading intoth. %-teaaparty candidates came you. the on top. in

in baltimore city, the search continues tonight for the gunman who shot a man on the city's northwest side. police a shot refer shortly before 5:00 this morning in the 3500 block of hebert ave. we are told a 32-year-old man was shot multiple times in the chest. at last check he was in critical condition and there is no word on a possible motive. 40-year-old charles wallace jr. has been arrested for an early morning shooting that sent a man to shock trauma. he is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and handgun violations. the man was rushed to shock trauma and is expected to survive. a 5 k run will be held tomorrow in honor of yeardley love, this do you was murdered last may. a graduate of notre dame prep, the school will hold a fund- raiser tomorrow to raise money for a new field in love's name. a judge in charlottesville's said a preliminary -- said a preliminary date for our board friend who is charged with her murder. it is not unusual to see a police officer at a doughnut shop, but what about one hanging out on the roof of a doughnut shop? lawmakers are taking

the recent disappearance of other airlines like northwest, twa all victims of mergers, the average nation air fare has risen up 10% since 1995. baltimore with two strong low cost carriers bucked the trend. fares dropped here 2%. >> to rely on that as a draw for the customers? >> it's an important factor for drawing customers. >> the airport is continuously working to boost airline presence at the airports. >> reporter: hoping to keep fares from soaring as another airline flies off the radar. >> reporter: on top of the likely fare increases many airlines also predict air losses here at vwi when over lapping positions are consolidated. adam may. >>> an anne arundel sheriff is being called a hero after saving a little girl's life. corporate luke ringler was just around the corner, he rushed to the house, performed cpr and got the girl breathing again until paramedics arrived. a father himself, corporate ringler says this call hit close to home. >> kind of difficult as a father myself with a daughter this age to distense himself from the call, you just rely on your training and try to react appropriately and do what you would hope that any

baltimore topped toronto 4-3. >>> 65 degrees here in northwest washington.g in the lowal primary begins in nine minutes. xc@3w÷) >>> it is 6:54. here's what is in this news now. primary voting begins at the top the hour in our region in the democratic race for mayor, polls show vincent gray leading mayor fenty. the polls close at 8:00 p.m. tonight. >>> opening statements in the trial of a man accused in the death of nick adenhart an two of his friends. major league pitcher died in the drunk driving crash last year. he grew up in washington county, maryland. >>> an armored car guard is hospitalized this morning. she was shot on the job yesterday in southeast washington. the man ran off without taking any money and is at large. >>> a pretty morning out there. 50s and 80s. 77 at noon and 81 breezy degrees at 5:00. angie will have another look at traffic an i will show you the seven-day forecast when 9 news now >>> there's a shot of the american flag atop of the u.s. capitol. it was on this date in 1884 our national anthem was born. francis scott key wrote "the

northwest and it's a big one. what it's doing for us, it's pumping up the heat. taking a look at the temperatures. 81-degrees in baltimore and 79 in easton and 85 in d.c.. now, as we head into the afternoon, we're going closer to 90 degrees and tomorrow, take a look at that. potential record breaking heat in parts of the area. we'll have the forecast coming up in a little bit here >>> bern, thank you. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake is on charles street to announce the kick off of the book festival. it's one of the top literary events. it attracts top publishers and writers. and the festival is tomorrow through sunday. in 2009, it generated 4 1/2 million dollars for the city >>> and not only is the book festival this weekend, but it's also the raven's home opener and ha baa is bash -- harbaugh is confident in flacco. the ravens are still 1-1 on said season. and everyone will be bringing their a game out this weekend as the browns come to town. you can watch the home opener here on wjz-13, sunday afternoon at 1:00. >>> hope we can do it. >> still to come on wjz-13 at noon. why a fleeing suspect ends up asking police fo

could add to the nuuberssas moissure moves in from the northwest.3 -ith a cool front pushing down out of the great lakes. 69 in downtown baltimore shore.ú in the mid 60s. and continue to see the temperatures fluctuate a bit. get a boost in he temperatures but then short lived as the froot moves through. we will he have a chance for rain. on the modee data. %-but how much will it really gt -ver the mouutains and come into the central porrion of maryland. right now it is not showing anything. but there is a chance of unooganized showers and rumbles night, overnight, and then head out of here friday morning. but we will see hhw thaa plays out as it gets closer. mainly clear conditions across the mid-atlantic, to the new england statess few clouds working in. you can see the pop-up showerss starting to happen around laugh create indiana, south of gary and south bend. moisture will ride along the frontal boundary as it movvs closer. now, high pressure has een dragging in the warmer temperatures from the south we have seennthe clockwise rotation. bringing up the southwest flow as the cold front approaches ahead of t there is the poten

northwest and northern new england. >> cooling down in the northeast. with highs in the 70s from boston to baltimore. 90s across the gulf coast. and mostly 60s from detroit to fargo. it's just 62 in seattle. 72 in salt lake city. and 79 out in sacramento. >>> still to come on this thursday morning, the man behind the controversy. a new york imam defends the plan to build a mosque near ground zero. >>> and food for thought this morning. we're ranking the nation's best burgers. at purina one, we want your dog to be as healthy as possible. so, we set out to discover the science in some of nature's best ingredients. we created purina one with smartblend. new, delicious shredded morsels and crunchy bites, with real meat, wholesome grains and antioxidants, for strong muscles, vital energy, a healthy immune system, and a real difference in your dog. purina one improved with smartblend. discover what one can do. [ female announcer ] your precious eyes. when allergies make them itch don't wait for your pills to kick in. choose alaway from the eye health experts at bausch & lomb. it works in minutes and up to

there is a live look outside at the northwest side at green spring avenue. and a look at the west side at baltimore national pike, looking slightly better. and that's that jam that i mentioned at 70, running again in the eastbound lanes from the patapsco river bridge to the beltway. this traffic report is brought to you by bill's. bill's has got it all for you. call 1-877-75-bills. back to you. >>> if you commute to work in the baltimore metro area, this next story may not surprise you. baltimore's roads are ranked the tenth worst in the country, according to a transportation research group. the road information research group says 46% of baltimore roads are in poor condition. the survey shows the potholes and rugged roadways cost drivers about $600 a year for repairs on our cars. >>> still ahead at 4:00. tables turning. a new e-mail exchange sheds a very different light on the relationship between mel gibson and his ex-girlfriend. >>> multimillion-dollar misunderstanding. police seize money in a vatican bank account. we'll tell you why. >>> activists attached themselves to the anchor of an oil dri

northwest. because we have more moisture. it is exceptional for this time of the year, unstable and is likely to produce showers and thunderstorms. yesterday's high reached 91 in baltimore richmond. and we stay very much on the edge of the air mass. we expect temperatures going from 67 this morning close to 90 this afternoon. we tap into some of that energy. we'll be watching the mountains here, firing up showers and storms again, the possibility some do carry into the western suburbs. depending on some heat the actual wind direction will determine when these storms carry their way into baltimore. we could do it again on friday as we tap into more heat, finally pushing through close to normal over the weekend. an isolated thunderstorm or two, chance about 30%. after any storms we diminish overnight with patchy fog back to 65. tomorrow recovering to '92. a little more humid. a chance of isolated thunderstorms. we'll pull it back into the 80s on saturday and knock to lower into the 70s on sunday. returning the chance of steady rain. staying closer to normal. now let's see what is happening on the traffic scene. here's kim brown. >> reporter: we have two accidents on the e

baltimore. imagine that mark in easton. mid- to upper 60s in southern maryland, cooler 50s to our northwest. as for the moisture, rain reaching southern maryland. perhaps a few sprinkles in caroline county. rain towards richmond and norfolk and further south. we'll be right along this boundary here. and the focal point of tapping into all this tropical moisture which extends through the carolinas, through florida. we've been watching the potential for tropical development here through southern florida today which would be nicole on the list. this is the pool of cool air that will spill in over the weekend. it helps to increase the flow. that'll take that storm and bring it here on top of us by tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. our forecast model really highlights this heavy rain in orange and red. you'll see that building in, not so much today with showers, but tomorrow morning by daybreak, we'll have heavy rain. there'll be spots of heavier rain embedded in the widespread rain shield across the chesapeake bay, central maryland and back towards the mountains. this will push itself towar

us live from howard university hospital in northwest dc and delia, have the security procedures changed there since what happened there yesterday in baltimore necessarily a change, but they are at increased emphasis on what they have been doing. they are evaluating and analyzing the situation that happened yesterday. security officers tell us while it rarely escalates to the level we all

baltimore from our harbor cam. temperature-wise not bad, i'm telling you, 77 degrees. breezy at times. humidity bone dry, 24 pearls, winds west northwest at 6 right now. let's take you into some of our weather net cameras across the state. parkville, beautiful sunrise here, some sunshine, a little bit of high, thin haze, but on the whole just a information gorgeous day, this south africa fire blue skies, also the rule downtown today. so again just fantastic weather on tap and i think we're gonna keep this going for several more days. we did get a little more dusty at times this afternoon but you know these winds have died off some now and also there's temperatures neighborhood by neighbor, we're talking about mid-to upper 70s, so really pleasant and pretty darn seasonable. even state-wide right now everywhere from 75 in easton to 80 out in winchester, ocean city 76, 72 north of us up into yorkton right now, winds steady 7 to 10, they have died off some. comfortable humidity state- wide. this will creep up on the south wind. it is as clear as it really ever gets. we're talking about high and dry all across the mid-atlantic but around th

baltimore. 79 in cambridge. it will cool off a little tonight, but that might lead to some patchy fog because the ground is moist again. 65 in the northwest suburbs. the sun is going down in a few minutes at 6:54 p.m. this front will trigger some storms. this will head to the north. it looks like in a normal weather pattern we would see clearing skies with high pressure from the west. this time, look to the south. the southern end of this fund may be quite active. there is a tropical storm trying to begin down near cuba. this could become tropical storm a cold. winds are 35 miles per hour. you can see some circulation if you watch the cloud cover. the hurricane center is keeping an eye on this area of low pressure. it has a lot of low pressure with it. if it gets more organized, that will become a cold. whether this is a full blown tropical system or not, it will be moving in this direction. it looks like this will track towards miami and become a tropical storm then make its way toward wilmington north carolina by wednesday afternoon. and will likely continue to push more north which means the potential is there for some stronger thunder

baltimore. and back towards easton, eastern shore, you cross the del marva, back it up to the northwest, starting the day low 50s, 61 degrees. virtually a clear sky, pretty brisk breeze coming out of the northeast this morning. many places 5 to 15 miles per hour. a push up to about 20. few weather stations. that breeze, actually in part, response to this storm, which is passing about 600 miles to the east of ocean city, now to the north of bermuda. uh, it was battering the island of bermuda for over 12 hours. large storm, big impact here. working its way off towards the north atlantic. as that gets out of here we have high pressure in control. light winds and chilly temperatures tonight. nice recovery tomorrow. heat building back in with moisture. cloud cover beginning to move in on wednesday, thursday and friday. that could help spark an afternoon or evening thundershower. otherwise, we have ourselves summer-like heat to return just in time for autumn. for today, seasonable, high temperatures up to about 78 degrees. the stronger winds this morning should ease up a little bit towards this afterno

baltimore national pike. why can take southbound 29. another one at 795, a car spun out. the second one on the northwest side outer loop. that one approaching the jfx. 83 northbound just past belfast, there's an accident and another one at liberty, one in the city at loch raven. watch for a truck fire 95 southbound at mountain road. in the meantime, flooding reported in the whitemarsh area. we're told there's two feet of water in the road. do not attempt to drive through it. flooding at middle river, water in the underpass. there is a look at your speeds and drive times for the beltway. only 20 miles an hour. that's partially due to an earlier accident that we had. there's a lock at 70 and 29, still no eastbound traffic getting by. there's a look at 95 at mountain road where we have a truck fire. if you take the rails we are hearing delays on the brunswick and camden leans. this traffic report is brought to you by toyota. toyota, buy right the first time. toyota moving forward. back over to you. >>> the weather is at the top of the news. there's a tornado warning in southern maryland. the tornado watch is almost statewi