. >>> i'm ron matz, with fells point. and they're ready to sail. it's time for the great chesapeake schooner race. the story coming up here on wjz. >>> first warning weather. wet thursday coming our way. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> first, here's today's report from wall street. ,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] martin o'malley sworn in. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled. if re-elected, o'malley will raise taxes again. whether he does, is up to you. >>> sky eye chopper 13. 43 beautiful boats, getting ready for the great chesapeake bay schooner race. ron matz reports, the schooners will sail tomorrow. it will raise money for bay area education. and include something new this year. >> reporter: from sky eye chopper 13. you can see the pride

the complete weather coverage continues with ron matz. and mike schuh is in fells point and many of the streets were cleared of traffic because of high water. >>> good morning, don and everyone. we're just dealing with a stiff, cold breeze and this time yesterday, we were pelted by torrential downpours. that added up to flood this neighborhood. >> the rain and floods came in waves. >> we don't know when we'll be out of harm's way. >> reporter: the police weren't allowing anyone near the water. >> we're trying to get to an event at that building and i parked eight blocks that way. >> we've done this twice since 2002. we had the vehicles relocated. >> reporter: many gauged this to the flooding of isabelle in 2003. >> there's more roads blocked off. >> nine businesses in the city were evacuated and nearby western flood street floods. and the inner harbor walkway was blocked off in spots including by the aquarium. we've had the swimming pool effect, but nothing like this. >> reporter: for those towed, the city is directing you to two differen

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ron matz has an update. >> reporter: the police arrested a 21-year-old and charged him with attempted murder. he stabbed three outside of the thirsty turtle. the chief of police has requested an emergency hearing and they have the bar padlocked. all victims are treated and released from the hospital. >>> don, back to you. >> and also, they'll face first degree assault charges. >>> the controversial head of the public school system washington, d.c. announced her resignation. she's been the target of criticism after she fired teachers who didn't perform up to standards. she'll be replaced on an interim basis. >>> an announcement as city hall announces they'll release funding to fight against gun violence. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced the grant. and the grant is one of only six awarded in the nation. >>> and the candidates for executive faced off in a debate. they met last night and clashed over education and how to close budget gaps. push and they agree that voter turnout is critical. stay with wjz-13 for complete coverage of campaign 2010. we'll have the information right u

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yeah, baby. [ laughter ] >>> ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you for baltimore's own kevin clashor bringing us elmo. >>> we're following breaking news right now. near the csx track. sky eye chopper 13 over the scene of a truck stuck. capt mike perry above it. >> this is near lake clifton high school in lake clifton. downtown baltimore. apparently a truck driving northbound got stuck underneath the csx railroad. and you can see, pretty much destroyed the top of the truck. there are no injuries at this point. but they'll have to let the air out of the tires and get this vehicle rolled out of here at this point. plep is police have not arrived on the scene. they are clearly going around here. >> i covered a similar situation like that last year. thanks, captain mike. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. buried alive. the effort to rescue trapped miners takes a twist. the new estimate on when the back men will be back above ground. >>> bus stop. parents outraged when a driver won't let their kids off a bus. >>> bob turk. in the first warning weather center. mild air and sunshine heade

ron matz reports, all of the proceeds will benefit our friend, dick gelfman and his ride across maryland>>> motorcycles are revved up and ready for the breast weekend ever. a fundraiser for dick gelfman's ride across maryland. it's happening at the harley harley-davidson store in rosedale. >> we've always done the wheels ride, and i thought, why does it have to be one day. >> she came up with the idea. the first will be a bra contest. >> some of the bras are gorgeous. >> and people can -- >> they can bid on those. and all of the proceeds, again, also go to dick gelfman and the ride across maryland. >> dick gelfman's 11th ride is set for june. in 10 years, the ride to ocean city has raised more money than anyonehad -- anyone had ever imagined. >> this is a ride where we thought, maybe we could give away $5,000 or $10,000. and i look back and we've given away $10 million. >> reporter: on saturday, it's the annual heels to wheels, a women's-only motorcycle ride. >> men wanted to be part of it. so we brought the men in. and they are bosom buddies. so they can participate in the ride and take

. >> i'm ron matz with the university of maryland medical center with a pasadena woman will soon give the gift of life to someone she had never met. their story coming up right their story coming up right here ,,,,,,,,,,,, bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. >>> today we're looking at 70 degrees for your daytime high, tomorrow 72. we will see a chance of showers monday and tuesday and really lingering into wednesday as well, but with those showers come warm temperatures, 74 monday, 77 and 77 tuesday and wednesday tapering a little by thursday, cooler by the weekend. overnight lows as mild as 62 on tuesday night. >>> a month ago two baltimore area women were strangers