others occurred in northeast and south baltimore. police are trying to determine if this is connected to the others. >> i hope they find them. we are living in a dangerous world. >> this is an issue that resonates with us seriously. we worked very hard to try to keep the city safe. a suspect was arrested in one incident. the suspects in the latest incident were seen driving a silver car. >> a body was found in a cecil county water way. this is an elkton. the body had been in the water for quite some time. a man is charged with driving under the influence after a car veered off the road and hit a man on this porch. victim struck did undergo surgery. his condition is unknown this morning. a midshipman is found guilty of assaulting a female midshipman. patrick edmund was found not guilty of sodomy. he raped his classmate in your dorm room in october. he testified the sex was consensual. he will be expelled. >> facebook meets capitol hill. they want the trade commission to investigate how if facebook tracks where you go on-line even afte

baltimore city police investigating a shooting in south baltimore. officers were called around 5:30 a.m. this morning. and and was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. no word on a suspected of the search continues for the gunman who shot 26-year-old antonio blackwell in front of an east baltimore carry out. it happened yesterday afternoon. police and witnesses can help solve the crime. here is the report. >> sounded like firecrackers. but this is october, not the fourth of july. >> she was just about to walk into the krispy king carryout in east baltimore when she heard gunshots. >> when i looked down, there was a body on the ground, blood everywhere. broad daylight. >> investigators rest -- rushed over to find a young man in his 20 shot in the head. the victim's friend tried to help as witnesses watched. >> i heard a couple or triple shots, like gunshots. >> everybody was running. when the police got here, they would not let you near. so it is nothing that we could basically do. it is like i just want to go and did them and protect them --

firebombs at nine homes in the city.....you can see from this map....the locations range from south baltimore to northwest baltimore.... baltimore.... karen parks is live in the northwest baltimore tonight....where a home was hit just a week ago....karen? karen? the homeowner says.....the molotov coctails thrown at their house woke her entire family up.......when she walked outside.....she saw flames......and is left with this reminder.....of what happened that morning..... morning..... 3 (57:19)it was three am thursday morning.....here along rogers avenue in northwest baltmore.....gloria spence......her husband......son and elderly parents were asleep inside this home.....(57:28)we heard like a bump and the the dog started barking and would not stop.....she smelled fumes.....and called bge.....then realized it wasn't a gas leak.......so her son went outside to the side of the house....(57:54)my son yelled ma there's an open fire.......a firebomb.....had been thrown at her window..... (58:45)it hit the 2nd floor window and it exploded that glass and then it fell down to the ground....((58:52)

baltimore.two homicides in still investigating authorities are still investigating two homicides in south east baltimore wednesday... is now dead. authorities say 26-year old antonio blackwell was shot in the head.he was rushed to the hospital where he died.no work on suspects or a motive. and in northeast baltimore... a man is dead after a shootout.that happened on hillen road between 31st and 32nd street... aaound 8 o clock, wednesday night.the identity of the victim hasn't been released. fox 45 has "spot crime".track criminal activity in your neighborhood.get emails when crime happens... at fox baltimore dot com.click on "spot crime" in "hot topics" on your screen. a midshipman at the naval academy is found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a female midshipman. prosecutors say 21-year-old patrick edmond... of mississippi... raped his classmate in her dorm room last october.edmond claims the sex was consensual.officials at the naval academy say he will be expelled. today, a pregnant mother and her two sons will be laid to rest.family and friends gathered to rememmer michelle manigo , 11 year ol

in south baltimore, police continue to search for three suspects in connection with a home invasion. this happened on towson avenue. a woman inside the home was sexually assaulted. another suffered a gunshot wound. authorities believe there were looking for valuables and drugs. >> there was a three-car crash in mount vernon on cathedral street. one officer injured his leg. no word on what led to the crash. >> no word on the identity of a man whose body was pulled out of the river in cecil county. authorities believe the victim had been in the water for quite some time. >> a man could spend the rest of this life in prison for producing child pornography. he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. he created three videos of himself molesting a girl. he pleaded guilty back in april. police have recalled an arrest warrant of the man suspected in a sexual assault. david randall was wanted for assaulting a woman in glen burnie. detectives interviewed him and police have decided not to serve the warrant. >> a teenager recovers after being struck by a car. as happened in woodlawn -- this happen

police also need help finding three men who broke into a home and shot a man in south baltimore around 5:00 this morning on townsend avenue. the victim was shot after they ransacked the home and sexually assaulted a woman. the victims are all being treated. >> the search is on for a man shot this afternoon near pimlico race course. the man was taken to an area hospital, but no word on his condition. a city police officer is recovering in shock trauma, treated for a leg injury after an accident at cathedral st. in mount vernon. two other people were also taken to the hospital, suffering from mountain biking injuries. because remains under investigation. >> a teenager was trying to cross the street in woodlawn when she was struck by an suv. investigators say the driver remained at the scene. there is no word tonight on the teenager condition or traffic citations. in anne arundel, a man threatened an off-duty police officer with a syringe. he ran from a drugstore on the highway after employees called the police for a fact. when he was confronted by an officer, he stabbed himself with a sy

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south of baltimore to southern maryland on the lower part of the day, it looks like a thunderstorm may try to pass over the open waters of the day. just on to the maryland delaware lyon moving over to seaford in delaware. we do see a couple of showers. temperatures are mild for this time of year. mostly in the 70's across eastern maryland. looks how it shows a much cooler weather coming our way over the weekend. more on that just a few minutes. >> at the trial of dr. conrad murray today,murray never told them he gave michael jackson the and that -- he seemed frantic when paramedics arrived. >> dramatic testimony from the paramedics who attended to michael jackson the day he died. >> he said paramedics arrived at the home at 12:20 6:00 p.m. and discovered him in full cardiac arrest. >> his school was built -- his skin was very cool to the touch. when i took a first glance at him, his eyes were open. they were dry and his pupils were violated. >> he ask dr. marie repeatedly if jackson had an underlying medical condition. >> he said nothing. he has nothing. simply that did not add up to m

baltimore city police are still searching for serial firebombers this mor. morning.someone threw molotov cocktails at nine homes in the city.you can see from this map... the locations range from southnorthwest baltimore says the molotov cocktail thrown at their house... woke her entire family up. she says... when she walked outside, she saw flames. this is just one of nine incidents in less than three weeks.because they are scattered across the city... police believe there are several suspects.but there are some similarities.police say it appears the firebombs are thrown in occupied homes... most are thrown through a window on the first floor. investigators also believe ttese incidents are random and very dangerous. (14:10)what people don't know.......heat fire and flames. flames.... (58:14) 3 it was frightening...it was three a.m we were all asleep... asleep... ffrtunately no one was hurt in any of the incidents and there was no major damage. if you see any suspicious activity you are asked to call police immediately. week one of conrad murray's involuntary manslaughter trial... wraps up today. today.murray... who worked as michael jackson's personal physician... is accused of giv

baltimore city police are still searching for serial firebombers this mor. morning. someone threw molotov cocktails at nine homes in the city.you can see from this map... the locations range from south balitmore to northwest baltimore. a homeowner... hit in northwest baltimore says the molotov cocktail thrown at their house... woke her entire family up. she says... when she walked outside, she saw flames. this is just one of nine incidents in less than three weeks.because they are scattered across the city... police believe there are several suspects. if you see any suspicious activity you are asked to call police immediately. intense video out of florida... as a police dash cam captures this scene.it's a young boy trapped under a car. car.the six year old was being dropped off at school... when he was run over by an oncoming car.police and a group of bystanders lift the car off of him... while another parent pulls the boy out from underneath. believe it or not, the boy wasn't hurt. put down that phone!maryland lawmakers are taking the state's text and drive ban a little further. further.starting tomorrow, you won't even be able to áreadá a text while driving.that includes sitting a

baltimore city police are still searching for serial firebombers. firebombers.someone threw molotov cocktails at nine homes in the city.you can see from this map... the locations range from southo northwest baltimore. at this house in northwest baltimore... a family woke to flames... from a molotov cocktail that hit their window. it's just one of nine incidents in less than three weeks.police believe several suspects are involved.... targeting occupied homes across the city.the attacks appear to be random... but dangerous. " iq: it was three a.m we were all asleep.. oq: so that was frightening.". frightening.". fortunately no one was hurt in any of the incidents and there was no major damage. if you see any suspicious activity you are asked to call police immediately. police.../ are... warning residents..../ after... a series... of home invasions.../ involving... police impersonators. impersonators. the... latest... happened.../ thursday morning..../ on... hilldale avenue... in... northwest baltimore...///. áátheáá victims,.../ including... 3... children,.../ were asleep.. / when... 3--men... broke in ../// saying....../ they.. were cops...// áátheáá... residents... were handc

baltimore city police are still searching for serial firebombers this mor. morning.someone has thrown molotov cocktails at nine homes in the city.you can see from this map... the locations range from south balitmore to northwest baltimore. a homeowner... hit in northwest baltimore says the molotov cocktail thrown at their house... woke her entire family up. she says... when she walked outside, she saw flames. this is just one of nine incidents in less than three weeks.because they are scattered across the city... police believe there are several suspects.but there are some similarities.police say it appears the firebombs are thrown in occupied homes... most are thrown through a window on the first floor. investigators also believe these incidents are random and very dangerous. (14:10)what people don't know.......heat fire and 3 3flame. flames....(58:14)it was frightening...it was three a.m we were all asleep... asleep... fortunately no one was hurt in any of the incidents and there was no major damage. if you see any suspicious activity you are asked to call police immediately. a suspected serial arsonist is behind bars this morning.his name is jason fauble... a registered sex offender.

north and west of baltimore and that may include some small hail, just because of the air aloft, because it is so cold and the fells point festival, you may have to dodge raindrops. southand east of baltimore, clouds but a diminished chance of rain showers. yes, there may be some showers left around on sunday. and today, a push of 75. and partly cloudy. windy. chance of a storm. mainly east of the bay this afternoon and tonight, we will be back down in the 40s. some showers toward day break. and plan for clouds. cool weather. but showers, saturday, 58, 56 sunday. and lows in the 40s which includes the ravens game. we're back by 70 by tuesday next week. >> tonya? >> 795 southbound by owings mills, right before owings mills, a car fire in the cleanup stages there. be careful. good news is the accident on route 1 near the beltway, in our landsdowne area is now clear. an the beltway is slow on the outer loop. on the northwest side. it will be slow around through edmonton. be aware of that. and slow topside of the beltway. take a look at the jfx at northern parkway. doing pretty well as you make your way to cold spring lane. not as bad as it could be as you travel the jfx t

here we go. 59 in baltimore. 60s to the north and south.. eastern shore, you may be locked in nor for -- for a good shot of some showers. the moisture may re-develop crossing the bay this afternoon. the cold air coming in tomorrow morning. it will mean some business. and 75 for us today. a small chance of a storm in the afternoon. mainly east of the bay bridge. and to the lower eastern shore. tonight, 48. we're looking for showers towards day break. stuck in the 50s through the weekend. >> an accident, 95 northbound, before washington boulevard, it is over on the shoulder now. slow spots in areas but a lot of the delays are dissipating. let's take a live look at the beltway at old court road. this is actually an improvement. the outer loop to the right of the screen is moving much better now. it could be stop and go off and on toward edmonton. and outer loop at harford road, as you can see on the right of the screen. that is moving now. that had been stop and go to providence road. there is some slowdowns, 95. >>> this morning, police are s

>> so back in baltimore, two down, bottom of the ninth, two strikes, boston's jonathan giving up three straights hit. boston loses 4-3, and literally, 60 seconds later, southimore in tampa, in the bottom of the 7th, evan longoria steps to the plate. >> a line shot down the left field line, that ball, it's gone! and the rays win it! >> that was the end of boston's season, ladies and gentlemen. joy in tampa, silence in boston, silence in atlanta, and tomorrow the baseball playoffs begin, which will be enough of dylan as your sports reporter. now a little bit of, well, myself as your analyst. for all the fireworks last night, it is the boston red sox who have already made history for one of the longest dry spells as a team without a world series, who achieved truly the greatest comeback in baseball playoff history in 2004. well, last night the red sox made history again, as the only team in baseball history to be nine games ahead on september 1st, only to lose so many games so fast that they didn't even make the playoffs. boston loves to go big or go home. well, last night, they went big and they went home. we're back after this. (announcer) everything you ne

baltimore. the threat of showers is diminishing. a risk of a shower will continue south and east of town to the early evening. temperatures were warned today. 81 degrees downtown baltimore. for the last day of september, we are only supposed to see highs in the low 70's. we argue the 80 degree mark. it was higher than normal. that has been the theme of the month, warm and wet. the month will end with over 13 inches of rain, shattering the old record set in 1934 of just over 12 inches of rain. this month will check in as the third with -- what this month of any month in baltimore. we ended up with just about half of an inch behind that for the third place all time. it changes of the way, not as far as raincoats. more than in the weekend forecast. temperatures will get cooler. it is moving south and east into the mid-atlantic. already invading western maryland. oakland is down to 45 degrees right now. contrast that to 75 degrees. we have a 30 degree swing of temperatures across the state. cool air is moving in their direction. a couple of showers on the eastern shore for t

east park avenue south hanover at jeffery street in baltimore city, let's go and take a live look and as you see a lot of congestion add if he had rick road. -- frederic road, not a bad drive at all. this is brought to you by lamb and in -- laments and we have it all for you 775 bills, back over to you. >>> the up they are harbor is home to an eagle, here is a live look at the ship right now. it is open to the public from 10:00 to 7:00 tomorrow and sunday. 9295-foot -- the 295-foot ship is the largest tall ship. majestic looking isn't it? >> it is. maybe the sales will go up. it looks like they have one but it is pretty. on eyewitness news at 4:00, nobody likes needles but getting a flu shot will help. >>> will you be fined for wearing baggy pants. >>> tense moments a child pinned under need the car, how it happened and who came to the rescue. >>> getting you updated on the first warning forecast, stay tuned. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, . >>> incredible video to show you, a young boy is trapped under the car, a man pulls the boy to safety, the six-year-old fell in front of the approaching ve

school for hundreds of children, we are live this morning at baltimore county elementary in a minute. >>> first a major flooding in the south, take a look at this video, chattanooga, tennessee. tropical depression lee dumping rain from across tennessee up to maryland. bad rain and the video is crazy. of course a lot of people heading back to school. over to meteorologist, justin berk. >>> good morning. the big question, how do we dress the kids? tennessee, right there, a lot of rain, still in thick of it and considering to pump the moisture. see a distinctive back edge. we are pumping in heavy rain out of virginia. maryland's most powerful doppler, an inch and a half yesterday, some of you got caught in the downpours, we got a chance to sample the rain and this morning, half an inch in spots. we got it around tallson, westminster, we got a dry patch in annapolis, shower from shady side could clip you. arnold 62, 6 be 3 edgewood and edgewater. temperatures not moving much. dress the kids in pants, long sleeve shirts, it will be wet and chilly throughout the afternoon. e islands. ll town >>> we have an accident reported 95 so

here on the eastern shore but heavier from cecil, hartford back through baltimore and down in to the city. this rain reaches well south and west. moisture back into west virginia. it's a solid 50-mile across from west to east and is moving limited movement from west to east. it's training precipitation with more moderate showers out in the western part of the state. rain totals have been up to two inches, 1.3 -- lighter totals. getting an inch or more. that rain moving in as which came l aps e. the wet weather. it'll stay wet out there. flash flood watch up tomorrow. could be extended or shifted east. it's the western shore extending out to garret. with that flood watch and there are several warnings in the baltimore area for the next hour to hour and a half. tomorrow 60s, upper 60s, with all that rain cooling, it's going to be a soaker. as we zoom out wider there is some dryer weather over the upper midwest but this front is basically stalled out. you have the leftovers of what was once lee, centered over the temperature ten area, mississippi, all that mouse sent north and we are in the squeeze play area to continue

south maryland avenue in the essex area, dog wood road and back to baltimore city to pennsylvania city and east bell dare. that is 895 at the baltimore harbor, we had a disabled vehicle in the tunnel which has now been cleared and take a look, very heavy on the belt way at frederic road. . >>> more baltimore students are graduating from high school, drop outs are a problem nationwide. we found baltimore may be the key to turning things around. >> reporter: all of the students at vivian t- thomas west baltimore where lab coats, it allows them to see themselves as future scientists or doctors and it is a vision to help them stay in school, that means more graduates. >> it will redefine successes for themselves. >> reporter: there is a reason why they are seeing record shattering drop out rates. new figures released show over the last four years, the graduation rate is nearly 72% that is a 22% increase and as the graduation rate goes up drop outs go down, that means 5 5% more are staying in class. >> i went from a freshman from taking government as a sophomore graduating with an "a." >> r

south carolina. it really wasn't a fair contest. in 1829 he built a washington monument. he did it in baltimore. collins, news 4, washington. >>> you may be surprised to hear how much it cost to build the washington monument. 1 million 187,000. what a bargain. >> it's how much a condo costs now near the washington monument. >>> coming up, first it was the cantaloupe, now a contamination scare of another >>> hello, i'm doug kammerer. right here in storm center 4, no storms out there now. to the west, look at this, a nice sunset shaping up. this will put an end to the last day of september. tomorrow, the first day of october. mother nature bringing in october on a cool note. temperature is 71 degrees. anything but cool. wind out of the north-northwest. doppler radar showing showers in southern maryland. we are talking st. mary's county near king george county. on to the eastern shore. we zoom in around the honeytown area. a few showers along route 4 and route 2. we will see them as they move to the east. overnight, clearing out. temperatures will be falling. 54 degrees in washington and annapolis.

baltimore raven orlando brown. he was found dead in his condo a week ago. i funeral will be held next friday in clinton maryland. he will be buried in south carolina. >>> now to new developments in the killing of an american born radical cleric in yemin. he was killed in an air strike by a cia drone. he was considered the most dangerous terrorist and -- perhaps a more immediate threat to the united states than bin laden was. >> reporter: he is perhaps the most high profile al-qaeda figure to be killed since the death of plan plan back in may. he was never charged with any crime so there is controversy. today the white house is under fire to explain the legal reason for the assassination without any trial. united states officials considered him to be the world's most dangerous man. now he is the latest high profile terrorist target taken out by the cia and the united states military. the american citizen was the head of al-qaeda in yemin. he was killed in a drone strike. >> the death marks another significant milestone in the broader effort to defeat al- qaeda. >> reporter: officials say he will been pushing for al-qaeda to do attacks aime

south down to new orleans. rain in and around southern colorado, but sunny and pretty pleasant otherwise out west. >> 83 in boise, 351 in fargo. 71 in kansas city. and 75 in detroit. baltimoreuquerque is 81. sacramento, 94. l.a., 77. and in honolulu, it will be a lovely 89 degrees. >> let's go to honolulu, man. get out of here. fall now. kind of cold. i'm ready. >> i'm with you. >> we were a little rusty the last few days. >> nice. >> favorite story of the day. this is a very cool story. we grew up with him. his "sick" poem, i could not go to school today was a rallying cry around the world. now shell silverstein will be entertaining kids for years to come. >> this book has been published posthumously. >> i remember in elementary school my teacher reading these poems. >> classics, classics. this has everything on it -- i asked for a hot dog with everything on it, and that was my big mistake. cuz it came with a parrot, a bee in a bonnet, a wristwatch, a wrench and a rake. it came with a goldfish, a fiddle, a frog, a front porch swing, and a mouth and a mask. that's the last time i ask for a hot dog with everything. >> i would still eat it. and the great drawings that come al

across the deep south, across the mid-atlantic and up through the northeast, and this will be filling in across the northeast. right now, not a lot of rain. some moving into d.c. and into baltimore and this will create some flooding issues, i think, as we go through the weekend. so heavier rain is expected from d.c., philly, baltimore, up in new york, flash flood watches. not the best of weekends for the northeast. better weather is on the way. >> all right. there you go. thanks, rob. >> all right. >> thank you, rob. >>> coming up on "american morning," a struggling computer company hope as new boss can help turn things around. there she is there. she ran for governor of california, and also ran ebay. we're "minding your business." >>> and taking the plunge. diana nyad, swimmer 62 years old, taking on the current, and attempting the sharks. she's going to try it one more time. >>> it's 21 minutes after the hour. i habe a cohd. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank

the great migration from south to north ticket vintage of this great sort of escalator that the other industry in detroit provided and that other industries in chicago or baltimorer wherever provided. welcome an example is michele obama's family. the way -- her father is sort of the person i think of when i think of this striving achieving group of african americans. and where those jobs. row, there are and -- they are in china, lot of them were in china. there will be moving offshore from china at some points and to places where you could be even lower wages. but there are not here. they're not going to be here. so i huge graphic and americans that to my mind has become abandon to practically. that is what i call that group. the abandoned. and then i saw something is new. a group of african-americans to have a chief to were attained wealth, power to more influence on the skill far beyond anything we had seen before, not just go to to other african-americans, but anybody in the world the number one example would be president obama, president of the united states. also oprah winfrey the founder of black entertainment television the first black billionaire. richar