from the johns hopkins center for a livable future. baltimore schools are being recognized for offering nutritional food items in cafeterias. and the system also has an organic farm and center in catonsville. >> the great kids farm is a network of school gardens with the ultimate goal of having a school garden at each of the more than 200 public schools in our city. >> we educate our kids early on about the benefits of that, they are going to develop the habits over time. they are going to reach for an apple instead of a bag of potato chips. >> students guest-toured the 33-acre kids farm and sampled fresh food from the city school meatless monday menu. >>> speaking of -- fighting childhood obesity. coming up, what the governor and ravens are doing to help children stay active. >>> answer jessica hawks of dundalk. question, who is the latest contestant of "jeopardy"? your chance to hear from her before the show airs, coming up. >>> yesterday we gave you the two-degree guarantee of 69. the official high at bwi marshall. 68 degrees. so we did hit t

the story at 10:00. for now, live in north baltimore. keith daniels, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> two cops were in the 200 block of or lean street around 7:30 this morning when they tried to arrest two men on drug charges. one of the suspects stabbed an officer in the back and the other cops started shooting. >> the officer was not hurt. the knife was lodged in the vest, did not penetrate. so lucky he had his vest on. >> the suspect who tried to stab the cop died at the hospital. the other suspect is in custody. >>> a teen arrested for a shooting in northeast baltimore. daryl lisbon was arrested and charged with murder, police say he shot and killed trenton marshall at the bus stop on a bicycle near friday. he shot marshall in the head. >>> baltimore is trying to reduce the $60 million deficit. to help cut cost, two high profile events have been canceled. john ridell joins us with more. >> the city is canceling the thanksgiving parade and columbus parade this year. the columbus parade is believed to be the oldest in the u.s. by canceling thos

. >> almost 2 inches of rain fell on the baltimore area and it's not over yet. how much is coming in the sky watch forecast. >> i walked out here this morning and thought i was in a pool. >>reporter: destruction one family will be cleaning up when the weather clears. >>> 8 september have come and gone. nearly 3000 days have passed. almost one for each of those taken from us. >>reporter: how the nation honored and remembered the eighth anniversary of september 11. >>>. >> the work week ends in baltimore with a day of soaking rain. >> downpours caused trees to fall and roads to close because of all that standing water. hello. >> heavy rain is causing other problems as well. >> being blamed for a roof collapse at an apartment complex in west baltimore. keith live at that scene with the very latest on the story tonight. keith, how are things out there tonight. >> we are live at the rosemont garden apartment in the 2400 block of winchester street here. people who live here say it was a mess waiting to happen and it did finally with this steady downpour today. now part

it is the baltimore book fair in mount vernon. we are told among featured authors this year, chris gardener who is the focus of the movie pursuit of happiness and apollo astronaut and maureen mccormick from the brady bunch will be making a performance. >>> a garage sale with a special meaning to tell you about this morning. how a couple plans to use it to expand their family. >>> it is not exactly pirates of the caribbean but it is a buried treasure that makes one man in everything yetier this wealthier this morning. if you're an nfl fan, now's the time to get fios because with nfl redzone and fios widgets, you can catch touchdowns and big plays sunday afternoons, live. nfl redzone? yup. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v (announcer) catch nfl redzone on fios tv. ohh... how many friends does a person need, sharon ? 'cause i'm thinking 90,000 is 90,000 too many. i can't imagine having too many friends, lewis. oh i can. i open the door to my apartment and 90,000 friends jump out from behind

we have the baltimore book festival to watch for some closures. we have the water main break blocking all lanes. there's a look at the drive times and the speeds for the top and the west side. slightly slower than about 10 minutes ago. close to the speed limit. there's the topside. looking good on the west side at liberty road and 95. the traffic report brought to you by toyota. >>> to the ronster. good morning, ron. >> reporter: good morning. i have my friday purple tie on. >> mine too. >> reporter: we thank everyone behind the purple flamingos. this is a tradition, eyewitness news tradition, it's the annual viva italian car and motorcycle show it happens sunday. how you doing? >> doing good. >> tell us, for folks who don't know about the children's guild, tell us about it. >> it was founded 53 years ago and provides services by foster homes, educational campuses, services 800 children. >> it's the car and motorcycle show. >> bigger than ever. we have entertainment, the cars of course, we have a children's tint. >> sun, sunday 10-4. >> we have fer

the executive director of baltimore's employee retirement system. we have learned she is spending, at least, two days in san diego at the four seasons resort. for an investment summit, where she was invited to speak. >> the city did not pay for it. >> we questioned city comptroller and pension board chairman joan pratt about spencer's travel but she refused to tell us who paid for the trip. >> from my understanding, the board did not pay for that. >> and an attorney for the pension system, refused to release board minutes, without a freedom of information request. those documents would reveal how spencer paid for the trip. >> the city is laying off people, and the fact that one of the employees is going on this great trip to san diego, for, you know, for a pension conference that has not proven to city baltimore city pensions in the past. is outrageous. >> these are fairly desperate times. so it requires extreme measures. >> joy lepola, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> we tried calling spencer for comment, messages left at her hotel room, were not returned.

they are getting rainfall but not in the baltimore area. at least not right now. mperature at bwi marshall 76 degrees. 71% humidity. wind now from the east at 5, pressure steady 29.94. there are the tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. low tide at noontime. high tide 5:13 in the afternoon. winds tomorrow from the northeast at 6 and 12 miles per hour. sun coming up at 6:49. sets 7:13. low this morning 61 degrees. high 83, did hit our two-degree guarantee. temperature fell off to 76. 72 york. ocean city 80. 80 in easton. our satellite and radar picture, sunshine this morning, then by this afternoon some clouds started rolling into the region. even a few light scattered showers. what's going on, we have a cold front -- or cool front through this region there. we're also watching some areas of low pressure that are situated down here. what is going to be happening with the areas of low pressure, once the frontal system passes through bringing in cooler air it will become stationery through here. that area of low pressure, or areas of low pressure, will travel along that fro

latest on the shooting of an baltimore police officer. >>> caramel low anthony makes a huge donation. >>> you are lucky if you hit the lottery. if you never cash that ticket it is a whole other stor . we'll tell you about that coming up. in the meantime good friday morning. thank you for joining us this morning. we'll check in with jamie later in the show. in the meantime we appreciate you being here. i'll send it over to justin with a look at the weather. >>> moderate to heavy rain in carroll county. frontal boundary sliding through. getting injection of energy and moisture from the west of the system that will reach us over the weekend. heavy rain in westminster. moderate toward the east i-40 down through liberty reservoir and 795. hunt valley heavy rain. light rain around the city itself. looks like we'll have this band of rain slide through in the next hour or two. 65 glen burnie. some spots in the upper 50s. it's rained for a couple of hours then we'll try to break out sun back to only 72 starting to cool down this afternoon. here's kim with the wet roads. >> we have bu

according to "the baltimore sunnen" thursday. the state highway administration will be using two van-mounted cameras at work sites a pilot program. in the city, speeding will get you a $40 ticket. officials say it's about safety. >> it wasn't a profit-making adventure. it was to get people mindful of the fact they were going through red lights. same thing with speeding. i can go to a neighborhood association and it could be 1,000 issues. this one comes up every time. >> and this is where the first camera will go up. this is at walter and glenmore. for the first 30 days, only warnings will be issued for anyone going 12 miles over the speed limit. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> meanwhile, another concern for lawmakers is texting while driving. starting thursday anyone caught writing or sending text messages while driving in maryland will be fined $500. the law has gained some criticism over accuracy. lawmakers say police officers will have to make the call based on what they witness. texting while operating

this all stems from the serious issues with baltimore city's budget. mayor sheila dixon says as many as 400 employees could have been fired if not for the furlough plan. >> there are times i would rather do that than see something get laid off. if that's what it takes to, during these tough times, everybody's got to do their part. >> this gap that we have to face and decisions we have to make really impacts all of us. >> the city is still negotiating with the fire department on possible furloughs. police are exempt by their contract. city/state's attorney patricia jessamy sent a statement that reads in part "our office will honor the furlough days. i want to assure the public our operations will not be affected." >>> 6:03. slots coming to the eastern shore. a state slots panel voted unanimously to approve shots at ocean downs racetrack. now the track's owner can proceed with his plan for 800 machines and says if everything goes through and as planned slots could be operational on the shore by memorial day of next year. ? i think this came to light when

the weekend. today mostly cloudy, showers, 74 in baltimore. as we go through this afternoon, looks like scattered showers and temperature about 70 westminster. 72 parkton. as we pull on down towards the south, 73 degrees in annapolis. cooler weather and more rain expected for tomorrow. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> thank you. we don't have any problems to let you know about on the beltway as we check at liberty road. we have building volume down towards the baltimore national pike but traffic is moving well, out downtown east lombard street at president street, police are directing traffic there. and a couple of other incidents, pikesville, northbound reisterstown road at seven mile lane, that northbound lane is closed because of construction repairs. alternating traffic gets by southbound. northbound harbor tunnel is probably going to be reopened pretty soon. and in harford county, route 22 at route 136, gas main repair so give yourself a few extra minutes. jfx at northern parkway, traffic looks great in both directions. back to you.

the preliminary hearing is scheduled for october eighth. >>> a warning to the public this noon, baltimore county police say a burglar is on the loose armed with several guns and two handguns. police say someone robbed a home in northern baltimore county stealing several guns as well as two dark green world war ii hand grenades and the owner does not remember at this point whether those hand grenades are disabled or live. county police are looking for anyone with information, they say the robbery happened some time between september 23rd and the 24th and they're warning the public the hand grenades can cause injury or death. >>> a new homeland security grant will allow the dc metro system to install cameras throughout the system and it will use a $28 million federal grant to put cameras on buses at stations and inside trains. the primary purpose will be crowd control but the surveillance features could also be reviewed if necessary. >>> an afghan national is ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to a planned terrorists attack. prosecutors say the plot targeted new york cities

the state to do. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore. this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. more new developments tonight in the acorn scandal. >> and more calls for investigations, even from the non-profit group itself. now, fifth undercover video is released. >> latest apparent shows a acorn worker in san diego california helping a couple pose as a pimp and a prostitute planning to transport underage girls from el salvador into the country. >> where is the best place. like all of these answers he wants right away. >> why? >> because i have a lot of contacts. >> they may be able to assist in crossing the border? >> yeah. >> worker told the couple he wants all further communications about this plan on e-mail only. governor arnold schwarzenegger has called for a complete investigation. and after a series of undercover videos, including one right here in baltimore, acorn's own ceo said it will stop taking clients and bring in independent investigators. >> on capitol hill several lawmake

>> reporter: the baltimore woman was there because of her story. at one time daniels with thousands in debt from hospital and doctor bills, now has free health care which helped take care of the bills but for a long time she thought she would be buried by the debt. daniels is hoping that congress can agree on some sort of health care that can help people out with no insurance so they get to go to the doctor without any worries. >> it was an important speech. i just hope whatever bill he tries to make passed, passes. it's important we have insurance. i got it now and most certainly going to use it and i was fortunate. i just want other people to be fortunate like me, to have insurance. it's very important. >> reporter: daniels was one of 15 people invited to hear the speech from around the country. she says she also got a chance to talk briefly to the prident one-on-one but just didn't talk to him about health care, also asked if she could get a picture with him. her official photo will come in a few weeks. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> now for

that is according to the "baltimore business journal." the closure will affect almost 100 workers will will be given a chance to work at other stores in the area. company officials say there are no plans to close any other plants this year. any other giants, rather. the grocery store chain will close october 29th. no word now if anything will go in its place. >>> and blockbuster making big covetbacks. covetbacks -- cutbacks. the rental chain plans to cut down as many as 960 stores by the end of the year. we have not seen the locations yet but the company has struggled with competition from netflix and redbox, less expensive and more convenient. >>> some good economic news. retailers are actually expecting a pretty good holiday shopping season. in fact toys "r" us is working on opening hundreds of holiday express shops. the company is planning on opening a free-standing shop in the mall in columbia. all the nation's babies "r" us stores including the ones in anne arundel county and baltimore county will feature holiday express stores as wel

nice clear scan around the baltimore region. temperaturewise right now from our storm center weathernet, live data only available here on abc2. monkton already down to 61. the same in downtown. westminster at 61. 59 in mount airy. glen burnie already at 64. 67 rock hall. aberdeen 64. northeast now at 64 degrees. here's how it all boils down -- we've got a few light clouds over the top of the region but really pretty nice. here's the cloudiness back to the west of us. we're going to be finding that it rotates through the region and tomorrow just a chance of brief shower, most of it will be to the west of us but then by wednesday evening and thursday things start to clear up very nicely, high pressure moves in. your forecast for the overnight period, partly cloudy, breezy, chilly, 49 for the low. north and west of the beltway temperatures in the mid-40s. tomorrow, during the day we recover to 67, partly cloudy with a possibility of a brief shower, again, a kind of a light sprinkle. the extended outlook, thursday mostly sunny, 67. l

he'll bring us a report when his signal is established. >>> the baltimore county police office is mourning the loss of one of its own. 32-year-old jason simons died in the 3500 block of rock road. that's in upperco. he was offduty driving in to work. a preliminary investigation shows officer simons was heading east in a chevy f 10 pickup when he lost control of the vehicle on the wet road. it slammed into a guardrail and flipped over trapping him inside. >> he was flown at that time to shock trauma, and unfortunately shortly after arriving at shock trauma after a lot of great tries to revive him he was pronounced deceased. >> reporter: he worked in the towson precinct. he leaves behind a 6-year-old child. in a cruel twist of fate. officer simons is the stepson of a county lieutenant who died last year in the line of duty. now, the other story we've been following, allegations of kickbacks, shakedowns, and the secret wiretap. sounds like a plot line right ow of the wire. but this involves a veteran baltimore city cop. tonight he's facing felony federal charges. julia goncalves is live with

we had a few pass through the baltimore and anne arundel county area, around 10:00 this morning. then more shower activity came through the dc area, now heading towards the eastern shore. if you live in the cambridge area you've already got an shower. heading down towards the salisbury region a few scattered showers are likely. the chance for some scattered showers is going to continue for the next couple of hours. but in the meantime, here in the anne arundel county, at hanover, 61 degrees. humidity 58%. no rainfall there, just a trace of precipitation south of the airport. wind currently from the west at 4 miles per hour. we'll have the complete forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. >> thank you. >>> from barbies to transformers, the holiday season is right around the corner. let the shopping begin, right? find out how many toys wal-mart will be selling for just $10 this year. >>> and the most magical place on earth just got more affordable. free, in fact. find out how you can get a free ticket into disney world. >>> but first, we'll head back outside, take to you howard co

we have the forec >> we have breaking news. baltimore city police said an off duty officer was shot in the 3000 block of highland drive in northwest baltimore. the shooting happened a few moments ago. the officer was trying to get into his home when he was shot in the stomach by two suspects. we have a crucial route and we will have more details as soon as they become available. -- we have a crew in route and we will have more details as soon as they become available. representatives such as barney frank announced a proposal requiring credit card users adhere to the recently passed credit-card accountability responsibility and disclosure act three months earlier. this would keep credit-card companies from changing their terms and boosting interest rates before the act takes effect. >> at the time it was passed, we would go along with that only if we did not see a pattern of abuse. >> if the new proposal passes, the reform act would take place in december instead of february 2010. some children and infant products from tylenol being recal

today the governor toured baltimore's coca-cola bottling facility. the company uses -- the company recycles, uses water and energy conservation practices. coca-cola is one of the first companies to be part of the maryland green registry. it helps companies and organizations find the best ways to reduce waste, energy and water conservation and green building design. >>> speaking of the color of buildings, today baltimore teamed up with susan g. komen for the cure to raise awareness about breast cancer. tonight city hall will have a pink glow. maryland is rank fifth in the nation for breast cancer death rates this. year alone it's estimated 810 maryland women will die from breast cancer. in the fight fewer women are dying from breast cancer in the u.s. but the despairities in death rates still exist between whites and blacks. according to the merch cancer society breast cancer deaths dropped but african-american women still have a higher risk of death than white women. overall the american cancer society says the number of breast cancer deaths has dropp

the chesapeake bay. we have high tides up there for baltimore. i know there's a variation along the north and southern fringe along that bay shore but general 10:51 this morning, especially 11:50 tonight we could have the highest high tide and localized flooding. also small craft advisories, the pink shaded bay areas that you see out there. here's the reason why. it's 32 mile-per-hour wind gusts so far in ocean city. and you think that's bad? 30 mile-per-hour winds in sparrows point with temperatures in the lower 60s. we're going to stay in the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. about 68 degrees for a two-degree guarantee. and plan for more widespread showers this afternoon and heavier rain overnight. it's 6:00. let's check the roads with kim. >>> at southbound 95 through howard county towards the dc metro area, traffic appears to be moving at a good pace. i'm getting word of a crash southbound 175 that may involve a tractor-trailer. we're still working a crash on southbound 83 that is going to be at the belfast road exit. it remains off to the shou

the rain. a good run to remember here in baltimore. olice are searching for the gun who shot and killed a man in northeast baltimore. homicide detectives were called around 2:00 this morning. a man was shot several times in the chest. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. officers are not releasing the victim's name. >>> police are investigating a triple shooting in north baltimore. it happened around 8:45 last night, near the intersection of york road and ratner avenue. three people were shot, one of them died. so far no arrests have been made. >>> baltimore's fire union says it won't trim the department's budget. union leaders are rejecting $3 million in proposed cuts. any kind of furloughs, layoffs and cuts to vacation will hurt the department but also the people it serves. they are suggesting a sit down with the union department heads to go over the budget and hoping to find other areas where they can trim the fat. >> what we're not going to have is our members choosing which poison pill to swallow. that is not going to happe

the first-place baltimore ravens proved to be bad company for san diego. these stories and more coming up. how you feeling? >> what a game. >> we have to mention the school closing again. >> we have a school closing. this one is in baltimore city. baltimore city school leaders telling us baltimore international academy number 335 is closed today due to electrical problems. if you go to school there you have the day off. however, if you work there, staff should report to the walbrook building. >> i'm surprised none of the dundalk schools are closed. no word of them >> no. >>> we'll look at the news and then lead you up to "good morning america" at 7:00. justin berk? >> good morning. we take you to the parking lot and our view at the veterans elementary school. i want to show you this, because now that the lights are up we can show you. we've had thick fog in spots. looks like it's not really effecting them at this part of ellicott city, 51 degrees. definitely a cool one. 51 perry hall and monkton. we have low clouds and fog in those two locations. strefn up

the baltimore man walked to a fire station looking for help but found the building empty. tonight, he is dead and fire officials are investigating. he arrived on tuesday morning at the fire department by the staff members on to the left the fire house to have equipment repaired. someone called 911. the man was pronounced dead at the hospital. his cause of death is still unknown. >> maryland's unemployment rate is just above 10 -- 7%. some sectors are hotter than others. the largest employers just got the green light to hire more people. lowell melser has that story. >> we have been doing a lot of stories on the unemployment here in maryland. the current unemployment rate is 7.2%. state officials tell us that things are slowly getting better. johns hopkins university judge received $140 million in stimulus money which will mean more jobs coming into the university. >> we will be helping people and making the world a better place. at the same time, we can hire people and kickstart the economy. >> johns hopkins university officials react to receiving grants from the federal g

the chiefs before. c kc3-0 all-time in baltimore. chiefs will likely be a run first team, playing into the ravens strength. since 1999, the ravens had only 18 players to rush. the fewest in the nfl. lewis doesn't seem concerned about larry johnson of the chiefs. >> we understand as a bottom line, a defense you don't let nobody come run the ball on you. we've been good at that around here. hopefully we can continue that sunday. >> reporter: on the flip side, the ravens had the fourth best rushing offense last year but if the preseason is an indicator they plan on mixing it up more this season. joe flacco looked comfortable throwing downfield hitting on a number of deep balls. there's never been a doubt about flacco's arm strength. the ravens always played to their strength which of course is running the ball. flacco though is hoping they pick up where they left off web the regular season gets going. >> let's see what we can do. i think we did a good job proving to the coaching staff we can hold up in the passing game and do a good job

but around the baltimore metro area, just drizzle and low clouds. the further west, the clouds lighten up. some persistent showers in western maryland, more so up in pennsylvania and parts of ohio. that's a little secondary impulse. that will sweep through this afternoon and could reinforce a little cloudiness. that west wind battling that impulse and there's a possibility a passing cloud or so might produce a sprinkle but we'll see a big improvement this afternoon. let's look outside. still drizzly out there and you see the wet pavement. at b.w.i. marshall and at the inner harbor, 65. 97%, the humidity. the barometerer continuing to show a falling tendency but the winds are swinging around. we started out this morning eeferly so that more southwest winds show that the weather system is beginning to move around and the winds are swinging around in response to it. it's 66 now the same reading at college park. 62 up at hagerstown. the latest satellite image shows the most significant rain are generally from the southern portion of the bay than on the d

the road. be aware of that. downtown baltimore today through monday at 4:00 p.m., expect east mount vernon placality st. paul street -- at st. paul street closed because of the book fair. and a fire at west 41st street and jfx, 41st is blocked. back to you. >>> 5:31. it's going to get interesting, acorn hit with criticism after hidden camera videos caught staff members giving advice about tax evasion, human smuggling and child prostitution. now the organization is suing the makers of that videotape. sherrie johnson is working on this story this morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, acorn is firing back trying to defend its tainted reputation. the organization filed a lawsuit in maryland against a conservative activist behind the undercover videos that led to many problems. this lawsuit comes after the irs recently ended its relationship with acorn. the census bureau also cut ties with the group and the house and senate cut off federal funds. acorn faced criticism after videos from hidden cameras caught staff members giving advi

>> in just three days, the baltimore ravens are back in regular season action. taking on the kansas city chiefs. and fans can barely contain their excitement. here's a live look right now at power plant live. at sky eye chopper 13. as ravens fans are getting ready for tonight's ravens' kickoff party. jessica kartalija is live at tonight's power plant. i'm excited, too, jess. can you tell? >> let's get to the point, right? >> that's right. >> we had an important mission today. photographer eric kettering and i went out. because you have to have the best food if you're going to have a winning football team. and we all know that football season starts with pregaming. we did a lot of research for you to make sure that we all don't go into kickoff on sunday, on an empty stomach. >> reporter: football is tailgating. and tailgating is sausage. but before you get here, pregame starts on eastern avenue. >> hot dog. there's no taste to it. you eat it on a roller by itself. that's all you need. >> reporter: the guy that -- guys are working overtime to prepare for kickoff su

the man -- with a man possibly named jay. if you have any information you're asked to call baltimore county police, the number 410-307-2020. >>> a fire in north baltimore caused problems early this morning. it broke out just after 5:00 this morning on 41st street in hamden. everyone got out ok but police and firefighters did have to close 41st street at falls road for a while. no word yet what caused that fire. >>> we now know the cause of the fire earlier this month at a children's day care center in harford county. investigators say a faulty ceiling fan light fixture caused the fire at the learning center in bel air back on september 3rd. the fire started in a bathroom at the day care center. 15 staff members and 55 kids were inside at the time. they all made it out safely. >>> you can say it runs in the family. two college students from catonsville with law enforcement officers as parents did what their mothers told them to do when help is needed. it was this morning. abc2 news sherrie johnson says it all started with a crash in catonsville. >> reporter: it was just after 2:00 in the morning near wilkens avenue and rolling

the county is helping. speed cameras are a reality in baltimore city. where the first officer's helper is popping up. >>> and are we stuck with a wet weekend to come? tim williams has the answer in his first warning weather forecast. eyewitness news saturday morning starts now. >>> this is wjztv. wjzdt and wjz.com. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now complete coverage on wjz13. maryland's news station. >>> good morning and welcome to eyewitness news this saturday. i'm tim williams and the temperatures are mild. not a bad morning starting off. things are pretty comfortable outside. humidity levels are moderate and the skies are thickening as we speak. take a look outside, things are quiet right now. we have no rain around the area right now, but it's knocking on the doorstep. we will be looking at temperatures reflecting a warm up. at least for now. we will cool down with this rain moving through. while the vain in west virginia and virginia, it's going to be moving in this direction, bringing with us the potential for heavy rain an

that is true with the situation in dundalk. baltimore county officials are shooting down claims made by scam artists who say they've been ordered to come in and handle the clean-up. the county says that is not the case. the better business bureau warns similar scams will likely circulate so you've got to arm yourself with information before starting your repairs. otherwise you could pay the price. >> could be shoddy work, work that doesn't last, work that doesn't add dollar value to your home improvements could actually exacerbate the situation so it's all about the money. >> the better business bureau advises that before you pick a contractor and sign a contract find out what your insurance will cover, get multiple quotes in writing and make sure the company you choose is licensed with the maryland home improvement commission. >>> governor martin o'malley has granted authority to the maryland attorney general's office to investigate the activist group acorn. this comes after the release of undercover videos including one shot in baltimo

the officer was with the baltimore city police department for 20 years. tonight he's suspended without pay. much more from police and more from the u.s. attorney later tonight at 11:00. for now, live outside of baltimore city police headquarters, delia goncalves, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> we are following yet another developing story tonight. baltimore city fire officials now investigating the death of a man who was trying to get medical attention at a local fire station. abc2 news christian schaffer joins us live from engine 52 at woodbrook and liberty heights avenue. >> reporter: it's not clear what was wrong with the man or what he died from. we do know he came here tuesday morning looking for help with -- but engine 52 and its crew weren't here. they were out having maintenance done on their oxygen mafntion. the city's fire houses are not emergency rooms. crews leave, they have fire calls, rescue calls, training and maintenance all the time but a lot of people who live in the neighborhood near mondawmin mall and baltimore zoo have come to see engine

south of the baltimore, annapolis area. down around shady side, approaching the chesapeake bay area right there. further south across portions of calvert county. and extreme southern maryland around leonardtown, that's all headed off across the bay. around the baltimore region, basically, partly sunny skies. all of the shower activity well to our south. it will be clearing out tonight. chilly. in fact, we do have frost advisories in effect for far western maryland. allegheny and garrett county. and some of the neighboring counties may get down into the low to mid-30s tonight. sally? >> whoa. okay, bob. thanks. >>> let's check on the roads now with sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >>> fortunately, not too much bad news to report. just two accidents working. in fact, both of them in the city. east mount royal at st. paul street. and the other on the alameda. you do want to watch for traffic lights in abingdon. watch for delays there. there's a look at your drive times and your speeds. on the top and the west sides of the

it's the largest nonprofit inpatient drug rehab in baltimore. after 19 tries, it helped latanya carol to be free from crack. >> at a point, you thought it would be easier to kill yourself than to be free from the drug. >> right. >> silent point is 23 stories tall. 220 feet at the drop zone. so who is going over? >> why, me. >> i'm not going to kid you. i was terrified. the knocking knee hindered the first step. >> that's the human body telling you that this might not be the best thing to do. that is the chimp part of your brain, saying are you sure about this? >> are you sure? >> well, no, i'm not sure at all. but come on. let's do it. come on. >> reporter: right here, trusting the rope. the wind is howling. i'm 270 feet above the earth. if you could hear fear, this is what it would sound like. [ [ breathing ] >> once over, you -- well, i just stared straight ahead. watch this. my cameraman friend is yelling, hey, spiderman. that, my friends, is a long, long way down. >> this is the most frightening thing i have ever done in my life. bar none. my

some of the stars of the wire returned to baltimore. they were in town to celebrate a new nonprofit aimed at helping troubled kids. terry jones us with more. >> reporter: the wire was much see tv, the gritty series taking you inside the city's crime scene in a way that few television shows had before. that program is now the basis of a new nonprofit called "required for change." . when the hit television series the wire, sonia som played a detective. she's using the show as a learning tool for young people. >> we're proud of the first group. we started out with 16. 11 stayed, and we took steps toward personal transformation. >> we re-evaluated our life knowing that's not the path i wanted to take. >> reporter: it's called required for change, som is ceo of the organization. several of her former cast members are backing the effort. tonight's event was a celebration of the first graduating class. >> i think it's popular so when they see something that reflects their own issues in their lives, they really connect and so we use that as an o

the north and west. hagerstown, about 11/100ths. northern sections of baltimore, carroll, and harford county, had about 10 to 13/100ths of an inch of rain. >>> winds coming out of the east, as you can see, off the atlantic ocean, keeping us cool, keeping us actually, with clouds around the region. they will be on the increase tomorrow afternoon and will lower and thicken. that's when we expect the rain break. the storm and the rain we had this morning now has moved off to the south and southeast. high pressure over eastern portions of canada, pushed it down to the south. see the sun clearing skies to the north. that's why we have nice weather right now. look out to the west. already gathering a lot of moisture. from let's say central ohio to southwest virginia, some rain. this will become one big lump or area of rain tomorrow, as it heads across the mountains. it's moving to the east and northeast at around 17 to 20 miles an hour. if you time it out sometime tomorrow afternoon, we'll show you a change of rain coming in. it will be over, hopefully by sunday, early

the case against a baltimore police officer. >> and waiting for the boss. who is camping out tonight for bruce springsteen tickets. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. we are currently on the scene of some breaking news happening in northwest baltimore tonight. where an off-duty police officer has been shot. myranda stephens joins us now from the scene live. with the latest details on this breaking and developing story tonight. myranda, what can you tell us at this hour? >> well, jennifer and jeff, baltimore city police spokesperson has confirmed to us, that an off duty officer has been shot, in the stomach. the shooting happened just about an hour ago. here in the 6000 block of high gate drive in northwest baltimore. we don't have a lot of information at this time. but we do know that officer was taken to sinai hospital, for his injuries. but we are not sure about the extent of his injuries. also no word tonight on the circumstances surroundi

the warmth tomorrow. we have a chance for showers as a frontal boundary come baltimore. n glasses, looks like a decent forecast. 20 percent chance for a shower. looking at dropping our temperatures 72 for friday. sun looking at a cool 68 with a mix of sun and clouds. 30 percent chance of sun and showers. a 40 percent chance if you go to a raven's game you may run into rain. 71 with a 40 percent chance of rain out there if you go to the raven's game. [real-time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company]

people really love the baltimore symphony. just really exciting. >> when you get the word out and they come to see it, now i get it. >> the great thing is they come back. >> what is it like playing in the meyerhoff? >> beautiful hall, gorgeous, very rich sound. i think the audience, too, likes the experience. >> we want to talk about the budget cuts. everybody's been feeling it. a number of members have taken pay cuts. has that brought you closer together? or is it -- what's the morale of the bso now? >> in spite of this i think the morale is as upbeat as it's been in years. the musicians kicked off a campaign called music matters. they gave back a million dollars in salary and benefits and they've asked us to try to match it from our listeners and our followers and our community members. i gave a big part of my salary back for that. and everybody's come forward. it's really brought us together, talking to our audience members and everybody's still participating in this. it's wonderful. >> that's why the gala is so important.

the ground. it happened on wilkens avenue in southwest baltimore. the woman then took the kitten from the boys and another woman brought it straight to barks. >> if you have children that are doing this kind of cruelty and violence they go on to do violence towards people also. it's a known fact. so, children like this need to have help. they need to be caught, they need to be helped in some way. with their violent behavior. >> the kitten has been named miracle. and miracle has a broken jaw and will need surgery. police are investigating. meanwhile, the city's recently formed anti-animal abuse task force will hold a public meeting next week to discuss this growing problem here in our city. it will be held next wednesday at 6:30 at poly. >>> 5:33 now. here's a look at what is happening today. september 10th. lieutenant governor anthony brown set to host a week of service activity and breakfast for homeless seniors. >>> also today, the susquehanna river commission will vote on whether to relax regulations governing water use for gas development as well

the baltimore book festival opens tomorrow. we'll tell you what you need to know and meet one of the authors, it's all coming up when we eyewitness news morning edition rolls on. >>> welcome back. >> we're half hour from the rockette coffee with, with on your suggestion and a second from julia dreyfus, the rockettes do the eliane dance. calm winds, localized fog not out of the question. the story is how warm and humid it is. 51 in oak land two mornings ago. oakland, 70 elkton. down to 77 ocean city. ocean city was 78. 72 annapolis. 73 in d.c. this temperature display comes from, we're not getting readings from bel-air, but it's almost 70 there and in kent island. we had a couple of light showers moving through. we're left with broken clouds this morning. the next event is the front dropping from the north. it's going to bust us into some cooler, less humid air, 85, just a mention of a shower in a couple of spots. a thunderstorm as the front dives out of the north. behind it tomorrow, beautiful 75 degrees, much lower humidity on

fox 45 has learned one of the 2 teenagers accused in the shooting of a baltimore city police officer was arrested just a week before the shooting. and then was back out on the streets. crime justice reporter is here with the story. joy? >>reporter: a lot of new information coming out surrounding the 2 suspects arrested and officer harris attempted murder case. the most alarming is where the 16-year-old wilson was actually behind bars a week before the shooting. police brought him in on retake warrant. that sort of warrant is issued when juvenile delinquent violates the terms of his release. the department of juvenile services won't say what wilson did. we do know wilson has a prior robbery on his record that dates back to 2006. drug possession charges from earlier this year. last week mayor dixon expressed frustration over the fact that young offenders are ending up back on the street time and time again. >> too many times our system has released young people back no the communities. compromise the safety and welfare of many citizens in this community. >>reporter: both wilson and 16-y

the eastern shore. but, again, most of baltimore sitting clear right now. tonight down to 50 degrees, early showers, have all pushed east except for the counties on the eastern shores still being impacted. we'll look for 50 overnight. as we go in the next few days the big difference is behind that line of showers,en hind that front. temperatures cooling off sharply. we'll talk about that more in just a few. >>> a scare today at the parkway crossing shopping center in parksville. the bomb squad blew up a suspicious suitcase. apparently someone placed a cowl to authorities saying there was a shopping card with a piece of luggage inside it across from the home depot parking lot. the bomb squad arrived on the scene and detonated the suitcase. no bomb was found. >>> police in anne arundel county say a pasadena man has been charged with second degree assault. his alleged weapon was a syringe. thomas skipper tried to steal several items from the walmart on george cause boulevard and receive region. when a security officer tried to detain skipper he nearly stabbed t

the first day of school for many maryland children. here in baltimore the leaders in education were on hand and in the classrooms to welcome students back. mike hellgren was up bright and early when the first bell rang. >> 3, 2, 1! >> reporter: dunbar high underwent the biggest transformation, a $28 million renovation that made it a show place for those interested in a medical career. >> you have greatness inside of you. [ music ] >> reporter: it was cause for celebration. >> that progress will be even greater the sooner we come out of this downturn. >> reporter: the head of the department said baltimore is benefiting from the renovations. >> doing reform with us, not to us, as opposed to what we see around the country. >> reporter: the school's ceo says his goals are getting students into the classroom and getting their test scores up. >> we want to engage, make sure that parents participate in decisions in schools even more than in the past. >> reporter: the focus is on students, more than 80,000. >> this is your first day? >> this is my uniform. >> a

maryland. >> this is the scene of coldon square in baltimore. this gathered to pray for the nation. and we all have unique remembrances of that day. log on to welcome back web and share your story with us. look under the top stories and you'll find a place at the end of the article to leave your comments. >>> governor martin o'malley took part in the national day of service to honor those killed in the attacks. he joined volunteers with habitat for humanity in east baltimore today. crews are translating a block into nine modular homes. they will feature environmental friendly elements? and mayor dixon and members of her cabinet took part in the awareness of energy efficiency. >> we're here today with housing building and partnerships to really work on helping people of park heights lower the bg and e and heating bills. >> the mayor and others went door to door to help spread the word about upcoming workshops and upcoming information. >>> the excitement is building. the ravens kick off the season sunday. in case you haven't heard, a preview of the

the west side. your delay is a three-minute delay, between baltimore national pike. there's a look at the top side. inner loop is five minutes between green spring and falls. this traffic report is brought to you by maryland mountain side. and maryland mountain side.com. online, home of maryland mountains. just two hours west of i-68. back over to you. >> thank you, sharon. >>> we're following breaking news right now. sky eye chopper 13 is live over a fire in dundalk. captain mike perry with more. >> reporter: we are on van buren road, which is off of sawers point road, near the old dundalk community college, baltimore community college, with a two-story single-family home. heavy fire involved. now we're just seeing a lot of smoke. but there is smoke and flame still coming from the second story of this occupied single- family home. no reports of injuries at this time. >> captain mike perry in sky eye chopper 13. >> and we're back to fall-type conditions. a lot of sunshine. beautifully cool. 65. west winds will calm down. come back and take a look at the end. week fore

the clouds rolled in. now we have rainshowers arriving through much of baltimore. the heavier rain, northern virginia, making its way through. not expecting any thunderstorms out of this, but we are expecting a little bit of heavy rain in some locations. it will be a sober the rest of this evening. the forecast, temperatures, 64 degrees baltimore, a little bit on the cool side. 61 at the airport, ocean city 71 degrees. tonight's forecast, it will be rainy, heavy at times, upper 50's, low 60's. how much longer the rain will last for the rest of the weekend forecast, coming up. >>> now we go to a horrible scene on i-95 this morning. a tractor-trailer and car collided at 2:30. the accident -- right exit 4395. and man and woman dialed and child suffered second and third degree burns. the adults were taken to shock trauma. the driver of the truck was taken to an emergency medical center. officials have not given out an update on the conditions. >> an ultimatum for the officials in iran, you have three months to open up your nuclear facility or face sanctions. today, tehr

the repairs are made. we're live in west baltimore. keith daniels, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> thank you, keith. >> steady rain all day. now, just a few drizzles. >> and i understand more is on the way. meteorologist jessica starr, i tried to paint it well. but i couldn't. you cannot dodge the truth. >> no. dealing the heavy rain showers today. and the good news is that the rain is tapering off. and like karen said drizzle out there. but still light rain showers in the vicinity over toward the eastern shore. you can see most of baltimore, harford, carroll counties dry. but zooming over to kent county can north of chestertown. dealing with light to moderate rain showers. thanks to the system that moved inland today. that fired up some strong winds today . and, well, heavy rain showers and periods of rain showers throughout the day. and there is the bigger picture of the system. in our area. so there is the next day planner. dealing with the breezy conditions overnight tonight. 61 at midnight. 59 at 6 a.m.. and most of the day is cloudy with

the telethon airs on our sister station, the cw baltimore. jennifer, kristen berset and i were all honored to join bruce cunningham who did a great job again in hosting the telethon. >> we don't need our government doing anything for us. thank you very much. win the wars. print the money. stay out of our face. >> later on fox 45 news at 10:00. a look back at the summer of discontent. and what it may mean for health care reform. >> i am like, what the heck is going on? did i see that? >> also ahead. why these people in philadelphia of all places, chose to bike in the buff. >> questions tonight about a city contract. the loophole that allowed it to be given out without bids. see our crime and justice report. >> wow, i feel that they had helped us. they do not get much. they are getting paid. >> find out why other teachers do care about how much they are getting paid and why they were forced to - i won! - we won a trip! - ( screams ) - we're going to the show! - i won! i won! - ( shouting ) ( shouting continues ) play the game millions have won -

the complete forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> a baltimore county judge has upheld an award to 89 homeowners who sued exxonmobil. they live around jacksonville. back in 2006 the equivalent of four tanker loads of gasoline seeped into ground water for more than a month before the leak was discovered. >>> another high profile case in baltimore is grabbing headlines again. the state's highest court has agreed to hear new arguments in the lawsuit claiming commissioner kevin clark was illegally fired. he was fired back in 2004 by then mayor o mally who claimed clark was dismissed because of a domestic dispute between he and his girlfriend. that's a claim clark has refute since his firing. >>> also lawyers for helen holton produced evidence they say show he she is being singled out. documents show lips come also exceeded campaign limits. lips come has been at the center of a city hall corruption probe which has led to indictments against holton and dixon. >>> in dc tonight the u.s. house of representatives has voted to admonish joe wilson over his you lie outburst directed at preside