stephanie understanders -- nappeders bbc news. >> shares began to rise as they identified the componentt caused an engine to fail last week. the firm will work with customers that use its engines to replace the modul. royals royce will mitts tis finance the targets. >> there's a global safety warping about electrical faults in the a 320's. a plane failed to respond to pilot's commands for several minutes in august this year. the funeral of eight policeman have been held in pakistan. they were among 20 people killed by a truck bomb on thursday. many others injured. the blast almost completely destroyed a police compound in a city center. many schools and offices also remained closed today. do stay with us, if you can on bbc "world news." still to come, the foundation for the rule of haw around the world. now it is time to mark the magma carte's 800th birthday. >> asian games under way in southern china. this is the second largest sporting event after the summer olympics. there are competitions in 53 venues. 12 built from scratch. chris hoge reports. >> confidence created china's display

understand. >> mayor stephanie rawlings blake posted a message on youtube urging teachers to approve the new contract. voting continues until 6:00 this evening and tim tooten will have the latest on 11 news at 5:00 and 6:00. a new name for one of the state's oldest institutions could next year, the college of notre dame is changing its name to noted dame university. officials say that the new name honors the school's past but also reflects the changing environment is one of several in the state of maryland to switch from college to university status at the past few years. pack your patience if you are out ofown on holidays. >> we have big wind in the forecast for this afternoon. we will check the seven-day in just a few minutes. partly cloudy skies, at 59 >> we continue to follow late breaking details of the aftermath of last night's storm that left 100 people without homes. the red cross reports nearly 125 people checked in at the city's temporary shelter at the mount pleasant ice rink. jennifer franciotti joins us live from northeast baltimore city with the latest. >> we are near the command center

understand. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake in a taped message on youtube lobbied for a yes vote. >> i believe this is a huge step forward and an opportunity for baltimore to shine. >> the teacher proposal calls for a new evaluation system and more pay. even though some teachers say they are not impressed with either proposal. >> we do things every day. just to insult us and say, oh, here's some money, that is not working for us. >> the new proposal calls for a 4.5% pay raise. >> the vote will take place until 7:00 p.m. this evening. to see the terms of the vote, go to our website wbaltv.com and click on education alert. >> we have some breaking news concerning the serious accident in queen anne's county. we get to skyteam 11 and captain roy taylor. >> this is route 8 just south around 50, you know, that a bridge -- the bay bridge area. it looks like the road will be shut down for some time. at least two people are hurt, but other than that, the severities of the injuries we have not found out yet. >> a guilty plea today at the -- over the crash that severely injured charlie davies

understandable. joel, thank you. p>> governor o'malley took time out of his schedule to stop by some of the arras hardest hit by tte storms. he joined mayor stephaniewlings-blake to survey thee3 damage. >> i never thought i would ee this in northeast baltimore. >> baltimore county residents were seriously impacted by the weather system. many people found themselves without a place to stay and had to spend the night at an emergency center in towson. more than six homes in parkville ú%re deemed unsafe. high winds brought down 500 year ood trees. in some cases those trees ended up on top of homes. ú%nstruction crews removed as much the debris as possible, and that effort will continue oday. hear, -- the thing is i can't get the car out. >> i know it was a tornado. >> many of our fox 45 viewers sent in photos that helped to tell the store eve the storm.3 dusty send sent us this picture of a tree that fell on her gas sigazebo. >> we want to know how the storm affected your neighborhood. you can up load your photos and video to our website, foxbaltimore.com and click on the see it, shoot it, send itt3 icon. you can senn photos directlyú from your phone a

understand they're a business so it can't be personal for them, but for us it was personal, it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: howell hopes to complete her modification trial by year's end and keep her home. stephanie dhue, "nightly business report," pasadena, maryland. >> susie: the smart phone wars are heating up, and the battle ground is big. over 58 million americans own them. the newest entrant into the race? microsoft. it's windows 7 phone hits store shelves today. so, can it top the iphone? and can it out-do the droid? our tech guru scott gurvey takes the latest microsoft phone for a test drive. >> reporter: it is hard to believe microsoft released its first smart phone nearly 10 years ago. before the apple iphone. before the google android. and about the same time as rim's blackberry. hard to believe because microsoft has never been seen as a major player in phones. that may change with windows mobile 7. we've been testing a windows phone made by samsung and comparing it with an iphone and a droid. it has a slick feel, a beautiful bright touch screen and unique tiled interface. the tiles convey information, like how many messages are waiting. touch the "people" tile, and you'll find your co

stephanie, to get off that ship. >> yeah, they can't wait to escape this nightmare on the high seas, chris. here at the san diego harbor we understand the ship is about two and a half miles out but three hours from docking. the coast guard official explained the process to us. he said it will take about two hours for those tug boats, those escort ships to actually navigate and maneuver the 952-foot, 113,000 ton ship through the channel. once that's done, it will take probably another couple of hours for the docking process. so at least three hours at this point before those passengers will be setting foot on land. once they come here to the port of san diego, they'll take shuttle buses about two hours north to the port of long beach. that's where this cruise from hell, as you called it, originated. it was supposed to be a seven-day cruise to the mexican riviera and the ship lost power on monday when a fire broke out in the engine room. they have been without no hot food, or cell phone service. some were able to get service yesterday and they were able to call family and friends and so far many said they are keeping a positive attitu