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. >> reporter: neighbors awoke to the sound of a woman screaming on north rosedale street. one woman had made it out, another, her mother, was trapped on the second floor. lonnie grabbed his 33-foot, tension lad are. the woman was begging for help at a back window. heavy smoke and flames soon drove her away. >> we were all standing around crying because we didn't want to see a body die like that. i can lar the screams in my -- hear the screams in my mind. it's pretty tough, pretty tough. >> reporter: when firefighters arrived, they searched the home and discovered the victim just inside the window. paramedics transported the daughter to the bay view facility for treatment. >>> the man prosecutors say killed phylicia barnes told loved ones he was thinking about leaving the country months before he was arrested. that was one of the text messages read in court. brian kuebler is here with some of the other things jurors listened to. >> reporter: michael johnson's cell phone was tapped. the conversations they recorded on text and phone supporter that theory this he killed phylic

. >> reporter: well, yes we are here live in southwest baltimore on rosedale avenue.ake a look behind me here so i can set the scene for you of the fire. crews are still actually on the scene working on this fire. you know we just arrived not too long ago but we've already learned that one person was killed in this fire. another person was injured. and taken to bay view medical center for severe burns. now the call came out just before 5:00 this morning for this one alarm fire at this townhome. now we understand that the townhome is in the middle of the group and when crews arrived here at the 1,000 block of rosedale street, they found the home fully engulfed in flames. so once again, one person dead, another person injured. and taken to the hospital. and of course we'll continue to stay on the scene and talk to firefighters and learn more about what happened and we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. reporting live here in southwest baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> tying the knot appears to do wonders for your heart. a study looked at mor

. >> a deadly blaze on rosedale street.on is on the scene. >> two people were inside the house when the fire broke out. it happened about a block away from here. it was a row home on rosedale. one person was found dead inside the building. firefighters first arrived at the fire was fully involved on the first floor. it did not take too long to put it out, about 20 minutes. there is no word on the cause. one person was found dead inside. another person is injured. no word on her condition. sarah sampson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the governor says maryland needs to make better choices. he was outlining his agenda for the next year. the governor urged the general assembly to find a new source to find transportation projects. he did manage to find one element of common ground. >> there is more that unites us than divides us. this year one of those things is the mighty, mighty baltimore ravens. [cheers] >> everybody agrees on that one . five ambassadors of the obama administration attended the speech. >> 6:35. time to check the weath

just before 5:00 this morning, fire erupted in the 1,000 block of north rosedale street. units were dispatched and they arrived here on the scene to find the occupied dwelling with very, very heavy fire conditions on the first floor extending to the second floor. our firefighters gained entry and performed a rapid attack to suppress the fire. at the same time, other firefighters were performing search and rescue operations where they found one adult woman who suffered serious burns and smoke inhalation. she was treated here at the scene and transported to bay view burn center for further evaluation of those injuries. while firefighters located the lifeless body of an adult woman as well. we do believe this is a mother and a daughter. however, i still have yet to determine which one expired and which one was treated and transported. the fire was contained to the structure of origin. and when i -- [ no audio ] and we're having trouble there with sherrie johnson and we'll get back to here before the end of the show today. >>> in other news the countdown is on. we are just th

that fire broke out just before 5:00 this morning on north rosedale street. that's in southwest baltimore. we have a reporter heading to the scene right now. and we'll have more for you as she gets there. >>> another big story is of course and ravens and you don't have to look hard in the baltimore area to see purple haze. many people are crazy for the ravens as they prepare for sunday's super bowl. for example the natty bow store in fell's point. they are helping spread the purple fever with every kind of ravens' merchandise you could possibly need. and others are stringing lights if their homes, businesses -- from their homes, businesses are showing their pride too. there's no doubt the love for the team has brought the community together. >> we love football around here. we didn't have it for a while. and everybody loves the ravens. >> go ravens! we're going to win sunday! >> now the purple fever continues tomorrow. baltimore county departments are actually going to compete for the most enthusiastic fans to see who is the loudest. so get ready where are yo

it is tough commute from rosedale to elk ridge some heavy pockets of rain. 70 through mt. airy, through damascus. this is really round one before another round will charge up and move in our direction. roanoke. this is sliding in our direction. that's what we're concerned with going into tonight and tomorrow morning. flash flood watch. we have the jet scream. while the ground winds are 30 to 40 miles an hour, go up and up to the would the miles an hour. we'll talk more about the forecast and break into some of these alerts coming up. kelly? >>> while the worst of it hasn't hit us, this severe storm has ripped through the south claiming the life of one person. we have the latest video of the damage. >> reporter: a dangerous combination of heavier rains and strong winds are winding their way through the country's south and mid-section. >> we can see circulation. >> reporter: this possible tornado seen in the sky over georgia has claimed one life. a large tree fell on the shed killing the man inside. the strong winds demolished homes, and overturned cars. further north, parts

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. >> to work out a fire investigators are searching for the cause of the three alarm fire in rosedaleis is the scene over the 8400 block of philadelphia boulevard. the fires started in jackie chen's chinese restaurant and spread to neighboring stores. >> it is down like five stores from our store so we did not think it was that bad. then all of a sudden, it kept moving from one to the next. we get out of there. i got the customers out there cracks more than 150 personnel were on the scene to control the fire. there are no reported injuries. one of the greatest soldiers in the civil-rights movement has died. vernon dobson. in the early 1960's, he led protest to integrate parts and committed his life to social justice. as the pastor of baltimore's union baptist church was a major figure for four decades. we had a chance to speak with 96-year-old and miller who worked with the reverend for the food bank. >> the fact that he did something. he did not just ring his hands and say, is not this terrible? he said something can be done about this. >> in a state meant, mayor stephanie rawlings-b

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>> next at 11 news, a fire breaks out at a rosedale strip mall where investigators believe the fire started. >> and the battle over guns. thousands rally in washington over gun control laws. >> and thousands endured the icy waters of the chesapeake bay for a worthy cause. 11 news sunday morning starts right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> welcome to 11 news sunday morning. i'm lisa. >> and i'm kai reed. our top stories in a moment. first a check on our weather with tony pann. >> if we just didn't go through that stretch of weather with the arctic arabs you wouldn't say gosh, it's cold. but in the 20's. compared to the mid teens, it's better. current conditions, 26 at the errant. a little bit of cloud cover hanging around. but we don't expect any precipitation this morning. a mixture of sun and clouds but dry and the high temperature maybe getting above freezing at 33. a nice seven-day forecast when i come back in a few minutes. >> super bowl xliii is now a week from today where our ravens will take on the 49ers and as you can see baltimore ravens fever isn't

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. >> in baltimore county fire units were out filing a three-alarm fire at a strip mall in rosedale. on philadelphia road investigators say the fire appears to have started inside of a jackie chan's chinese restaurant. the fire was upgraded to a three-alarm after the fire spread to five other stores. >> with all the contents, particularly in a restaurant where they are using cooking oils and other combustibles. so it was a pretty rapid spread which had us escalate the alarm quickly. >> the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> one of the great foot soldiers in the civil rights movement has died. reverend dobson led the protests and committed his life to social justice and equality. he was a major figure in a faith community for four decades. we had a chance to speak with 96-year-old anne miller who worked with dobson to start the maryland food bank and asked what she remembers about him. >> the fact that he did something. he didn't just wring his hands and say, isn't it terrible? he said something can be done about this, and he went ahead and did it. >> in a statement baltimor

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that fire broke out shortly after 5:00 on north rosedale avenue near the park.ng to the fire spokesperson kevin cartwright one person died and another was hurt. the injured person was taken to bay view burn center. >>> yesterday an acquaintance of a man accused of killing phylicia barnes testified he saw the girl's body in the suspect's room. james lee serving time for theft says that michael johnson called and asked him for help to get rid of the body. >>> time now for a check of the forecast. let's say hello once again to meteorologist lynette charles. >> you can see for yourself look at the all the clouds around mount airy this morning. but high pressure is going to build in and does its thing for today. we have the winds that's going to be the big story out of the west right now at about 19 more than. the temperatures -- miles an hour. the temperatures will be falling and the rain is out of here. the winds the big story and then we'll have the snow working its way in here overnight into tomorrow. abc2's most accurate future trend picking up on some snow movi

hospital anddis in serious condition. 3 investigators are robing a huge fiie hat aced through a rosedale they're at jackii chen's chinese irr restaurant yeeterday may have ptarttddthh incident. the fire hit three alarms nd quickly spread to neighboring bussnesses..... more than ann county were called to battle the flames. the &pddaage is still being totalle buu, ortunately, no one was hurt. 3 p parkville water main break leaves 80 homes without wattr. viewer sent us this photo oo wattr shhoting nnerly fifty eet into he airrat the site of the breek at 8300 tapu coort. the geyyer orced ii'ss way through theeasphall to preate a very unwelcomed fountainn the deparrment of off and got the geyser under &pcontroo. theyyre working on restoring service to those 80 homes. thousands of demoostratoos rally in washington to support president obama's ggn controo initiatives.jon henrehan has more ffom the nation's caaital. capital. they marched onn constitution venue from the grounds of the u.s. capitol to &pthh grounnd oo the washington monument, carrying signs decrying the power of the nationallrifle

. >>> a 7-year-old girl was in the hospital after being hit by a car in rosedale. sky team 11 was over the scene at philadelphia road in rossville boulevard before 5:00 saturday nig friday night. we are told the vehicle remained ofrnt scene. investigators are working to figure out who was at fault. baltimore city police are investigating a shooting in northeast baltimore. officers responded to a call in the 2800 block of hartford road around 9:00 friday night. a man with several gun shot wounds to the upper body he was taken to the area hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. detectives are looking for a black older model acura with a taillight out seen leaving the area. we are back in a moment with a look at [ telephone rings ] good evening, this is flo. [laughs] yes, i'm that flo. aren't you sweet! licensed phone-ups available 24/7. call 1-800-progressive. >> good morning. the sun is out this morning. clouds to tof us. a couple clirps. one producing snow showers in new england another mix of rain and snow in the midwest running toward lake michigan right now.

baltimore county fire crews were out in the cold fighting a three alarm fire at a strip mall in rosedalestigators stay fire appears to have started inside of the jackie chan's chinese restaurant and the fire was upgraded to a third alarm when it spread to five other stores. >> so the fire spread fairly rapidly. with all the contents particularly in a restaurant where they are using cooking oils and over combustibles. so it was a pretty rapid spread which caused us to escalate the incident quickly. >> the cause of the fire is under investigation. sandy point state park was the place to be saturday as 13,000 people braved the icy waters of the chesapeake bay for the 17th annual polar bear plunge. the annual event raises money for special olympics maryland. our very own rob roblin, a plunge fan favorite spoke to some of the super plungers as they came out of the water. >> how are you doing, angel? >> cold but having a blast. this just brings joy to my heart every year. the these people want to be a part of our lives and community and that's all i could ask for. >> early numbers show more th

being, as an african-american man in chicago when he got there and work on the southside in the rosedale neighborhood as a community organizer, in this chaotic, loving embrace of middle-aged black women who for the first time thought he was in a community is 98% african-american and he embraced a sort of washed over him in a way he relies chicago is home. it was also there is a community organizer dealing with realities of power and study in power, watching corporations take shots at the southside, watching electro- politicians work the charisma of politics on the people he was trying to organize. obama came to the conclusion that the only way for him to do what he wanted to do, to change the world was to elected politics. he reached those realization in the first three years in chicago from 1985 to 1988. once he realized that, he went to kenya for the first time and follow the roots of this grant other, the first of the obama's to be westernized and of his own father, barack obama senior who had gone back to kenya and lived a very frustrating early career, dying young at age 42, were al

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. >>> a 7-year-old girl is in the hospital after being hit by a car in rosedale.d at philadelphia road before 5:00 friday evening. the girl was taken to johns hopkins center with injuries and the vehicle remained on scene. investigators are working to figure out who was at fault. city police are investigating a shooting in northeast baltimore. officers responded to the 2800 block of harvard road around 9:00 where they found a man suffering several gun shots wounds to the body. evidences taken to the hospit-- taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >>> a baltimore police officer has been indicted on federal gun and drug charges. prosecutors say officer kendall rich burg conspired to buy drugs while assigned to the police district. we have more on what a federal indictment reveals. >> according to the indictment the fbi and baltimore police began indicting officer kendall rich burg in 2011. he was an officer in the northwest police district. investigators say for a 21 month period from january 2011 until october 2012 he was part of a conspiracy to d

the flames broke out at north rosedale street. one woman was found dead inside the home.son was taken to bayview burn center for treatment. officials tell us that they believed the victims were mother and daughter, but no word on what sparked the blaze. there are problems out there and. here is kim dacey and traffic pulse 11. >> areas of localized flooding. york road is closed at cockeysville. downed tree at harford and not mr. to watch for there. in howard county, more flooding is shut down. we also have the right lane of southbound route 1 blocked with debris. in areas where we are recordings with water rescues, a couple of incidents with swift water rescues as well. st. paul between eager and reid, and these are all going to be closed in those areas as they continue with the cleanup. west side, out of the of the beltway, you can see on our camera north of security boulevard, down to 33 mi. per hour on outer loop. >> obviously, it was a rough night last night. temperatures are in the upper 30's and low 40's for the most part. we will hold steady and drop into the aftern