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mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is our q&a guest ahead. >> how do cell phone wars affect consumers? >> and game day is here. things looking good in philadelphia for the ravens and go and here, as well. the insta-weather plus forecast coming up. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with lowell melser. >> looking outside right now, a pair of 63's, how about that? b.w.i., 63, tv hill, 63. the barometer is rising as high pressure is moving in, humidity is knocked down and winds are light out of the northwest at 3 miles per hour. looking at temperatures around the region, things warming up. annapolis, 63, as well. easton, 63. chestertown 63. 63 is the lucky number today. out west, cooler temperatures, 56 in hagerstown, 57 in parkton. if you're heading out today, a delightful day like yesterday, mostly sunny, highs around 74 to 79 degrees. could see clouds moving in later in the day associated with a system to the south of us in virginia. the rest of the state looks pretty good, as well. out west, 75 degrees they'll top out at in southern pennsylvania, 74 down south in maryland and

she's baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake. she's in office since 2010. mbarked on a great fan immigration charm offensive. the goal is to attract 10,000 families mostly immigrants to her city and she wants these new residents to feel comfortable. in march she ordered police and social agencies to stop asking for a person's immigration status. stop asking for it. and just for good measure her baltimore orioles are in first place ahead of new york yankees. i would say -- i'm a tiger fan. coming to us tonight from baltimore is mayor stephanie rawlings blake. mayor, welcome inside "the war room." >> it is certainly my pleasure to be here, governor. i have to say thank you for mentioning the os. i'm bursting inside. they're doing -- we haven't been in this position since i think '97. >> jennifer: you're rubbing it in now. i gave you a minute. >> sorry. >> jennifer: click. >> can i have one more second? i just have to tell you one more thing because i don't know when the next time i have a chance to talk to you. the recent convention in charlotte was my fifth c

. >> tonight before their game, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will present orioles center fielder adam jones with a key to the city because this year the orioles have done baltimore proud. fans are excited of the possibility the orioles will be in the playoffs. the orioles challenged schools across the state to go orange and show their orioles pride. yesterday thee winner got their prize. the orioles bird and pitchers troy patton, tommy hunter and jason hammel visited the school. the kids got to ask the players questions and meet them in person. the students went wild, but the players had a great time, too,. >> i didn't even know that most of these kids would know who i was. they are so excited about every one of us. just very humbling, very exciting. >> a lot of energy. hopefully everybody brings that same energy out to the ball field the next couple of days and helps us win. >> we will have more on what the orioles are doing to thank the fans this weekend in the next half-hour. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. police are investigating two separate shootings. the most recent

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stephanie rawlings- blake were on hand at arlington elementary school in northwest baltimore to announce point 4 million dollar grant between johns hopkinn university nd the city school syssem.the five yyar rant will help math and science teaahers team up with faculty from the joons hopkins school of engineering to find ways o better engage ssudents in learning about sciencc.. 3:11"hoo proud you must be, to school...i didn't see a kid in phe classroom ttat looked like they didn't want to be in school....they weee excitee abouttschool"...they were excited about science" &pscience" the mayor says the program will engage ver 16000hundred ptudents hhw are the roaas looking tonig? report. e report..- pbelairwwlkensmaps395map - 3 one teenaaer ii the target f a cruul joke...how the last laugh. i'm candace doll in os annelesson thh see oo new girr. check it out this is the apartment hat you seeeevery season. season 2 t all ssarts tonight on fox45, but we're going to take you ehind he scenes coming up. --adblib weaaher tz-- a... bullied gets... the... last lauuh....//.. after... students... nomin

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aattndants. 3 earlier we told youuabout an inspector general's report about the wayymayyr stephanie rawlings blake's officc &pphones for ity government.an we're asking ii you think the mayor is pending taxpayers' money wisely. facebook page..."she is spending our moneyy but not wis" wiiely."and mike wwites..."about as wisely as &pthe previous mayor." almost everyone who has critical of spending in the mayor's offfce. go tt fox-baltiiore dot com and tell uu what you think. you can also sound off through facebook. send us a weet.. at foxbaatimore.. anddyou can ttxt your answer to 45203. enter fox45a ffr yes.. or fox45b for no. 3 "we tried to stop him and talk gallop, drinking and p, riding.... why a man led police on a five hour chase.... on his horse. 3 --adblib weather tzz- a bizarre police chase n florida as a ddunk man rides his horse thru town for five hours. here hh is on the left side of the screen... in a full gaalop rounding the orner and down &pthe street... charles ccwart and his horse, blow through a stop sign and keep oing... police say people wuld give him stuff along thh way. for instan

baltimore city reported $19 million they have brought in from speeding and red light cameras, stephanie rawlings blake is starting a task force to look into the system. >> lowell melser joins us live from northwest baltimore with details on the story. >> according to the mayor's office, the new task force that the mayor's farming has more to do with the effectiveness of the cameras and public outcry. the mayor says she wants to make sure that the cameras are doing their job in promoting public safety after some startling figures concerning pedestrian deaths. it was two weeks ago when the city discovered the money from the seven dozen speed and red light cameras have brought in $19.20 million. it had only budgeted for $15 million. the numbers may have raised questions about the cameras prompting khmer rawlings blake to establish a task force to take a closer look at the cameras to make sure they are being used to match the promote traffic safety. >> we have kids who need to be safe going to and from school. we want to make sure that we're using our speed cameras program to get the best result that we c

stephanie rawlings blake declared today orange friday. it's friday in the fall and those are normally reserved for the ravens in the purple. the caravan hit the road today. mothers down in federal hill. it's to get the city pumped up for the big monday night football game. >> it going to be crazy. the fans are up on their feet the entire time and cheering as loud as they can throughout the whole game. i can't wait for the experience and i'm looking forward to monday night. >> the party goes until 11:00, monday night's kickoff is at 7:00 at mt bank stadium the vens will have a tribute. today david model spoke for the first time since his father died. >> we had a moment with my father at the hospital with now players, the head coach, the owner, that i think easily rifles my father receiving the super bowl trophy in 2000. it was one of the most special moments of my life that i will never forget. >> art and pat were involved in the community. they donated millions of dollars to charities including hopkins hospital, krieger and reseed school.

. >>> there are red light cameras around the city, stephanie rawlings blake wants to make sure they are being used as effectively as possible. establishing a special committee to review the traffic enforce. centers, according to a study, people living in baltimore found disobeying traffic laws is a more serious problem than property crime. mayor wants the committee to find better ways to better protect pedestrians and kids in school zones, there will be 8 people from various departments. >>> he is a pint sized pooch, smuggled out of the animal resource foundation. for two days, workers at the shelter prayed for mango's return and last night the prayers were answered. don harrison explains how they got the pup back. >> reporter: that's all allison wanted when she found wut one of the puppies were stolen. sometimes wishes come true. mango, the one stolen, returned, is reunite ed with his family. >> he ran over to his mom and wanted to nurse. >> reporter: somebody called and said, they had mango and wanted to bring him back. it wasn't the person who stole him, even though the reward was a

home game of the season, baltimore is a 2-team city, instead of a typical purple friday, stephanie rawlings blake declared today orange orange friday. for everything orioles, about how it feels to be a fan and the great pictures, showing orioles pride, head to abc2news.com/sports and click on the orioles tab. >>> i want purple and orange. here is what is going on this afternoon. we were mild. look at temperatures across town. 88 in the city. most spots in to the 80s this afternoon. dew point in to the 70 mark. 96 feels like in the inner harbor. it feels hot, not for september standards. maryland's most popular doppler, a spot shower and storm, north of baltimore county. towards the wests another strong storm moving north of washington county, it's about the complex of storms over ohio. you see severe thunderstorm watches and warnings this is a cold front that's going to be pushing in our direction. >>> a day after his death, former ravens owner's son is speaking out for the first time. david and his brother john were by their father's side for his final moments at johns hopkins hospital. >>e had

at baltimore's convention center this morning for the official kick-off of the race.mayor stephanie rawlings-blake greeted supportersand drivers...in the paddock area. she says the city is hoping to capitalize on the national publicity generated from last year's race.. (mayor) "people saw a whole new side of baltimore with cars running along our inner harbor and our skyline in the background, it was beautiiul." beautiful."the mayor says last year's race generatedtens of millions of dollars for baltimore. that brings us to our question of the day.do you think the grand prix will be more successful than last year. year. juut go to our facebook page to join in on the debate. good weather to start the holiday eekend. weekend. here's emily gracey with her first look at the skywatch forecass. 3 bad day at harvard.... the university is investigating claims ... of widespread cheating.it's estimated that nearly half the students in an undergraduate class last spring... may have plagiarized or collaaorated on their take-homeeexam.the school says ttose found guilty offacademic dishonesty could be forced to w

mayor stephanie rawlings blake called the voters and urge them to support the same-sex marriage measure. she joined with volunteers at campaign headquarters. at long debated issue will appear as question no. 6 on the november ballot. >> more than 12,000 maryland jobs could be a dent in jeopardy at congressional leaders remain at an impasse over federal cuts. the new memo by state budget officials show the federal budget sequester could reduce maryland post a wage and salary by about $2.5 billion. it could also cut more than 12,600 jobs largely because maryland has more than double the number of federal jobs than the national average. the measure also cites a report from george mason suggesting that direct, indirect, and reduced job losses could approach 100,000. >> a helping hand from a local food bank today. nearly 1000 former workers from a steel mill lined up to receive fresh food in canned goods from the maryland food bank. over the next two days, they planted about 60,000 pounds of food to members of the steel workers union. both sides say they are grateful for the help of one anot

as you can see, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake accepted he challenne... the book festival features more than 200 authors and runs september 28th through the 30th. a nevada man dies... leaving behind a small fortune.but it took ppople a long time... to realize he was gone. gone.after about a month... neighbors called authooities... after noticing walter samaszko was missing. police found him dead inside his home of a heaat attack. when his home was put up foo sale... the realtor was looking through the man's belonging's aad found more than 7- million dollars in gold coins. "we thought it was ammunition, opened it up and it was rolls seen that much gold in my life 3 or coins that old." despite all his assets the city clerk was able to l. - locate a living relative and will give the mmney to her. what... do you get... when... you have... an... enthused reporter.. / and... a terrified kid? someevery funny ideo... take a look lookreporter: toss it back. we gotta go to drew the farm kid. how ya doin' there palie. righh ow, he can't say anything right now, but y

. >> continue the theme, before the game, my ears stephanie rawlings-blake will present center fielder adam jones with the key to the city -- we want to send a congratulation out to capture mat weeder. he and his wife welcome their first child into the world. he was born early this morning. >> yesterday at this time we were talking about how the chance of rain would affect the football game. tonight we are talking about a chance of maybe rain during the baseball game, right? here is what is happening right now on the radar. one batch that we had overnight is on its way out. west virginia, kentucky, a new area is coming its way. the trajectory is going to be a little southerly. we are not a prime target. we will probably be on the north edge. for the game tonight, the forecast, as the game starts a little after 7:00, it will be in the low 70's and there will be a lot of clouds and maybe a brief shower. it is a big navy. by the time we finish the game, 10:00 or 11:00, we think the rain shower chance will probably be a little higher toward the end of the game but still not a guarantee and

before the game tonight, mayor stephanie rawlings blake will present jones with the key to the city for his average to kids through out the season. a huge beginning to a big finish. the game is not sold out yet, but they expect a big a whopper of crown for tonight's game. george lettis, wbal-tv 11 news. >> fans all over the byrd land sporting orange this weekend. we can put the you cheer them on. look at saudi other top stories. baltimore is on a sports high following last night's ravens win against the cleveland browns. this is the first time since last season that the regular referees were on call. the ravens came in as a 13. favorite but it and of being a close game. they get the ninth straight win over cleveland and the third of the season. a task force will be reviewing the speed and a red light cameras two weeks after the city reported they brought in $19.20 million. the purpose is to ensure the effectiveness of the cameras and the impact on public safety corporate -- on public safety. there will be safety experts, school board representatives, and a.a.a. on the board. two more de

baltimore city mayor stephanie rawlings-blake urging people and businesses to show their support for the teamby bathing in orange. like the sit -- light the city you will up. they plan to light the washington monument orange next week. that will be fun to see. >> and football fans gearing up for monday night's home opener against the bengals. of the of course we are talking about the ravens. get your purple on. festivity underway. yeah. linda so is live down in hanover this morning. it's ten minutes until 7 and you guys are at a party. >> reporter: listen wear the purple and shake it this morning. we are at cancun cantina in hanover. you think it's 6 p.m. 6 in the evening here. they are starting this party early and joining us this morning we have got some fabulous ravens cheerleaders thanks for being here. an exciting day. >> reporter: yes, it's very exciting. we have been waiting for this moment since the end of last season and we are so happy to be here and so happy to greet our fans today. >> reporter: so what's the plan? >> the plan is we are starting here at cancun cantina and

. >> tonight before the game, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will present orioles center fielder adam jones with a key to this city because of this year the orioles have done baltimore proud. fans are excited the orioles will be in the playoffs. fans are encouraged to show their orioles pride. yesterday they had their pride. tommy hunter and jason hammel visited a school. the kids got to ask the players questions. the students went wild but the players had a great time, too,. >> i didn't know most of these kids would know who why was. it is very exciting. >> a lot of energy. hopefully everybody brings that same energy out to the ball field and helps us win. >> we will have more on what the orioles are doing to thank the fans in the next half-hour. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. police are investigating a separate shootings or both of the victims were women. the first happened last night around 7:00 p.m. in cherry hill. a woman was found shot in the torso and the arm. investigators say a woman was shot in the head while she sat inside a car in southwest baltimore. the victim

a federal judge struck down a major blow to mayor stephanie rawlings blake's plan to overhaul the pension system. the method for determining pension increases is unconstitutional. city officials project the overhaul would save the city $64 million a year. it is likely they will appeal the decision. it looks like the trial of a man accused of hunting down a bill bondswoman will go forward. attorneys for dominic mcdonald withdrew the challenge that their client was not competent to stand trial. the trial dates are set for november. >> in the education alert, a court case involving baltimore city's special education program has finally been settled. the case began back in 1984 with a lawsuit filed against the district on behalf of parents of special education students. it forced the school system to spend millions of dollars for a special ad service improvements. they filed the suit -- it considered to be one of the longest education center lawsuits. school officials put the extra security measures in place after two gun incidents on county school grounds including a shooting on the first da

governor martin olav v, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake -- governor martin o'malley help celebrate. >> you guys have supported me throughout my whole career. >> after attending that celebration, he ran out the tunnel at m&t bank stadium to help cheer on the ravens. >> american express is suing an american man who was once accused of killing his travel partner. the lawsuit seeks to avoid a lawsuit that gary giordano took out on robyn gardner before their trip. they were not married or not this is related. gary giordano sued to collect on the policy. >> allegations of voter fraud are forcing one candidate to drop out of the race. wendy rosen is accused of voting twice, once in florida and once in maryland. she was running in the first district congressional race which includes the eastern shore and parts of baltimore and cecil county. the executive director is calling for her to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. governor o'malley will be heading to israel this fall. he is expected to speak at a renewable energy conference and meet with benjamin netanyahu. he led a similar t

arnold jolivet doess't mince wordd when talking about mayor stephanie rawlings- blake's administration.arnoldy: "the mayor doesn't get it."jolivet is contractors association, incorporated one, the plantiff's in a 40- million against the mayor and other city officials.mayor stepanie rawlings-blake: "ii's baseless. and, i'm looking say that as well."that was the mayor last month.the lawsuit alleges 44 contracts were awarded wwth no regard to low bidders, which happened to be minorities.arnold jooivet, suing city: "to me, it's unacceptaale. unacceptable. we pon't mind bbing excluded if we're not the low bidderr"kyle poone, foomer business owner: "when they purchased a blanket purchase order, that just choked us off. it choked the life out of our company."kyle boone used to own a chemical cleaning company.he doesn't anymore.it went out of business last year.rev. c.d. witherspoon, baltimore chapter president, southern christian leadership council: "when we hear about an affican-american business presenting a lower bid, and the city deeiding to go with the higher bid, we begin to wonder and questio

goveenor martin o'malley, county executive kevin kamenetz and mayor stephanie rawlings-blake are celebratinglps... plus other paralympians... at the inner harbor amphitheater . the event will began at 4 p-m and everyone is invited to attend. after the event... phelp's will be named an honorary captain of the ravens... at thh team's season opener. 3 an emotional weekend for ravens fans culminates tonight with the prime-time game created by their beloved former owner. art modellwas the force behind starting monday night football, so it's more than fitting that the first monday night game after his death, is baltimore. joel d. smith is live at the stadium with a preview, and how fans and players are honoring modell in a ery public way. good morning joel d. good morning patricee.. ((ad lib)) game is tonight at 7:00. vs. thh bengals... honoring art modell modelllook at this line........ look at this line........ streeching all the way across the field, up the stairs and ut of the estimaaed....... showed up to pay their respects with sinatrr music playing throughouttthe stadium to honor the life o

as ou can see, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake accepted the challenge...tival features more than 200 authors and runs septeeber 28th through the 30th. 3 3 3 3 3 :13i think my chances are pretty good today. fingers cros. crossed. and jeopardy comes to fox45.a maryland man shows us what it takes to get on stage. a rise in fraud complaints ... the technology criminals and the ways to spot a scam. (((pkg)))i'm candace dolddwith your traffic edge report. road crews will be busy on 83 tomorrow.eepect to find lane closures on the jfx near old pimlico road for areawide patching.you will find the activity from 9am to 3pmmyou could use falls road to avoid the activity.crews will also be doing maintenance work on 9am-3pmyou could use york road as the alternate route. i will have up to the mmnute traffic conditions for you tomorrow on fox45 morning news starting at 5am.candace dold fox45 news at ten. now sink your teeth into that big n' toasted if you're ready to soar. good. exits are here, here, and here. a big day calls for the big n' toasted breakfast sandwich. gra

mares stephanie rawlings-blake has a simple response to critics. >> i think it is a minor inconvenience people who break the law. the people who are annoyed are people who speed. >> the city board of estimate approved of the use of the extra $4 million on the traffic projects. the list of the deadliest crosswalks -- liberty heights avenue near the city line, east 33rd street near st. paul, and belair road near urban ave. six people have died, 218 injured trying to cross the intersection. pedestrians are reminded to state and crosswalks and pay attention to their surroundings. >> good morning once again. sarah caldwell with a look at the morning commute. looking at problems and a few spots and we have delays as well. 33 miles an hour west side outer loop. it continues to baltimore national pipe. rockton road near the j.f. facts -- ruxton road at the jfx and old frederick and morely street. preston mcafee joke closed for the gala. we are building volume in the west, delays falling into place from security to edmonson. a live view at 795 that owings mills -- once you get closer to the belt

mayor stephanie rawlings blake and governor o'malley will be in attendance as well as a lot of everyday marylanders who could not pass up the chance to see the first ladies begin person. >> it is huge. it is huge. they are feeling the love on behalf of all of the hard work the president has done. >> what are you hoping to hear her talk about? >> education, health care, all inclusiveness. i know that she cares about 100% of america, and that is what i stand for. >> the reception was scheduled to start right around now. print media is the only media allowed inside, so we're not sure if they are on time or what is going on inside. from here, the first lady will go to a concert and reception at a private home in baltimore county. reporting live at morgan state university, wbal-tv 11 news. >> late breaking details on the road to november elections. mitt romney has revealed more of his tax returns. he earned more than $13 million last year. our coverage of commitment 2012 continues with nicole live in washington. >> campaign officials say that romney got an extension and just filed with the i

baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will be our q&a guest later on 11 news.yor, send it in to sunday questions@ >> now, 11 sports with pete gilbert. >> we will check out a saturday of college football action starting in college park. maryland looking to go 3-0, significant in that last year, the terps only won two game total for the entire season. the inaugural campaign of randy edsall and edsall facing the team he left, connecticut. the huskies out early on this one. nick williams on the punt return looked penned in but races 57 yards for the touchdown, 7-0. fourth quarter, now 17-7, connecticut. freshman quarterback perry hillis, under pressure, heaves it up, throws wildly, tipped drill perfect into the hands of stefon diggs, just like they drew it up. hills keeps it simple, 10-year touchdown, no more points to be found and the terps fall 24-21. ken miamontlolo said his program would have difficulty beating a high school team, much less penn state. allen robinson, 45 yards, 14-0, nittany lions on top. fourth, put out a reach thanks to this, fumble by nate c

. >> up next on 11 news, baltimore city mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is here for this morning's q&acombination. dangerous associated with kids and too much caffeine. >> another great day if store but things are going to change during the beginning of the week. the insta-weather plus forecast the insta-weather plus forecast up.ng