it'll be back to work after the long holiday weekend. time to get baltimore back to normal. let's go live to christian and a look at what's going on. >> reporter: most of the work to get the city back to normal will be done in the overnight and late tonight baltimore is saying that the streets that made up the race course, pratt, conway, they will all be open in the morning. now soon --. >> and the crowd goes wild. >> reporter: it was will power taking the flag. . >> a winner. the first race on the streets of baltimore. >> reporter: it was the huge crowd around the race course that officials were watching. they are working to determine the economic impact of the first ever baltimore grande prix. >> successful as it was this year we can do better. >> reporter: restaurants right on the course did huge business but there result was uneven for businesses further away. >> a lot of people stayed out of the city, regular shoppers and i -- had the impression most of the visitor was in theselfen closed area. very self-contained. respect that's something william cole said they need to

the have firebombed homes across the city, most in northwest baltimore. our reporter is live with reactions from the victim's. >> i spoke to two women who say they are grateful to be alive. they are also confused. nobody knows what if someone would throw a firebomb at the house the roof -- why someone would throw a firebomb at the house they were sleeping in. we spoke to women who said they were grateful that nothing happened to the house the were in. someone tried to throw it molotov cocktails into a kitchen window. -- tried to throw molotov cocktails into a kitchen window. >> at 4:00 a.m., i heard a loud smash. i assumed it was a break-in, locked the door, and called 911. >> latoya does not want to show her face, out of fear of retaliation. she was shocked to hear from police the noise was not an intruder, but a molotov cocktail. >> i did not make the connection why the house was full of smoke. there was gasoline in a bottle. they lit it with the intention of a homemade bomb. >> she called me and i got up and saw the smoke upstairs. >> mavis also asked u

it may cause iowa and new hampshire to do the same. >>> a quick look at the baltimore sun. more on the information contained in this year's assessment data earlier today. checking with families from both maryland and grad school graduates, find out who they will cheer for. >>> and starting in a whole lot more, baltimore sun, updated forecast in your first warning weather team. >>> baltimore city firefighters fire with fire in order to sends an important message about safety to the public, mike shoe explains. >> suit up, it is going to get hot but if you are a firefighter for the city, this is what you signed up to do. running towards the fire whenever one else is running away. we are at the training academy where the city is it putting on a show. >> it is dangerous. so for a couple of hours, this city is inviting everyone to see what they do. >> this fire is so hot and if you can feel it, you will be about this close. >> we hope they walk away with a message. >> our message is to demonstrate to people exactly how you can stay safe in your home. >> and these demonstrations st

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his launching an investigation into the baltimore housing authority. senator grassley is a member of the judiciary committee that oversees housing authority. in a letter to hud secretary, senator grassley writes that his office has received numerous phone calls and the bills concerned about topics of interest with fraud and waste of taxpayer money. the baltimore sun first reported this inquiry, which comes on the heels of articles critical of the city's handling of cases. the city has a show about $4 million to outside attorneys to defend the cases. in his hot platter, senator grassley demands documentation showing how they used $67 million and stimulus dollars. how the housing authority became one entity. names in financial reports, and any conflict of interest statements submitted to hide it. the names of all law firms and contract since 2003. documents outlining steps federal officials took after an audit leached -- the audit found that 61 units least by the city had 570 violations. inspectors fell to report 380 violations. senator grassley to his ba

heading from the baltimore beltway to the capital beltway. this is north of 195 headheading out to bwi. your lanes are open. jfx at northern parkway is moving well. a couple cars moving southbound. very light trapt. traffic. no ish to us -- light traffic. no issues to report. still very light traffic building in both directions. >>> storm cleanup continues and we have learned the president will survey the damage in pat paterson, new jersey sunday. they are dealing with severe flooding. look at this. this is going on nearly underwater. people are dealing with several feet of murky waters and crews spent the day rescuing people trapped by the flood waters. >>> today the mayor of annapolis joins in on the cleanup. at 6:30 the mayor will be with dpw crews to help pick up debris e says he wants to get a hands on -- he says he wants to get a hands on understanding of city service and talk to people about the storm response. this could help with the response time if the future. he says he will head out -- out this morning and will be there until ten

the stomach... and sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman. 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 th

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the stomach... and sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman. baltimorehis 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.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

as a matter of fact, we are here right in front of the baltimore city board of elections office. ally busy getting ready making sure there are no last-minute problems. a lot of candidates are hoping for a good turnout today for the primary election. and again, the polls open at 7:00 this morning. today candidates will compete for the top job of mayor and several city council seats. 2011 merrill candidates frank conway, opis rolley wilson wilson and stephanie rawlings- blake and alfred griffin and havingy ann harding. -- vikki ann harding. stephanie rawlings-blake is mounting her first campaign for this office. and we caught up with the baltimore city elects director earlier this morning and here's what he has to say about voter turnout. >> i would hope to see at least 30%, 40% of the citizens come out. seems as though citizens are not motivated to come out and vote. but, we want to encourage them to come out. we are ready for you. judges are in place and all staff is in place. if they have problems, they can call the board of elections at 410-396-5550. and we will be happy to answ

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according to the numbers, the baltimore grand prix gave it the highest rated event in the history of their broadcasting. indy races showing off baltimore exceeded any other race. they aired by 5 9% and raised the audience by a quarter. it was formally the outdoor life network. >>> the traffic is stirring things up. most roads are open this morning and running normally. some other side streets downtown won't open until 6:00 this morning just in time for rush hour. we will check this with tonya for the latest in a moment. >>> we are less than a week away from the 10th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. many are taking time to reflect, including a fellow fighter pilot, he watched the twin towers attacked. pilots were told to get to craft and the nation was under attack. the primary target was a 757 that turned around in ohio and started flying back for the capitol. dan and other pilots may have had to have killed thousands of americans. >> do i think we could have done anything? i'm careful to say i don't know. i don't know whether we would have been able to detect them or able t

unfortunately it will get caught in the jetstream, go back spin around for a couple of days, that means in baltimorenorth, particularly the mason dixon line, saturday afternoon, sunday afternoon, maybe even monday, definitely cooler temperatures, breezy as well and as i said, that low getting back towards allen p.a. by sunday, one or two may sneak in to our region. >>> you've gotten strong this afternoon but it will be weakening, there is bermuda by sunday a little rain and gusty winds, that is about it hopefully. now we have not talked much about felipe, a tropical storm heading to the west and it will be weakening and heading up to the northeast away from the united states and it will be downgraded over the next couple of days. 15 to 20 knots, bay temperatures around 73 still, cooler breezy conditions coming in late under partly cloudy skies. tomorrow sun clouds maybe a shower in the afternoon, upper 50s to 60s and we are talking 16 degrees colder than this afternoon. >>> still to come tonight, key testimony, paramedics tried to save michael jackson's life. >>> deadly but not reckless, find out ab

the baltimore grand prix gave it the highest rated event in history. showing off baltimore exceeded any oh race aired by 5 9%. but when weather happens like s, bei pnchts after a week added to summer vacation, 13 baltimore county public schools will be back in session today. the schools remained without power throughout friday but now ready to welcome students for a new year. the spokesperson says the schools are brought back on line with other customers. hospitals, 911 centers and water treatment facilities are priority. to navigate e. how students felt about the big delay going back to school, we know that students will have to make up two days, the body of education will determine if tomorrow, thursday and friday from last week will be waived for remaining schools. >>> also storms have caused school district in michigan to shutdown. dangling putter lines are snapped. -- power lines are snapped. parents are word it's unsafe for the kids to walk to school or walk to the sidewalk. officials will decide whether to start classes wednesday. >>> irene delay

in baltimore. >> ladies have to love that one. the detective hope itself could be a yearly event in baltimore and with all the interest the fights will be moved to first mariner arena next year. doors open tonight at six in canton there. will be about 18 bouts and if you are interested in attending you can contact detective ross at 443-857-0132 or log onto the website for more information. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. how much does -- i will focus and do my weather, wow. i will try. i will give it my all. they can it out -- we are looking at clouds and that will be the name of the game through the rest the evening and from those we could get a bit of rain. i will talk about that. we are dry, temperatures coming in around 69 degrees thank humidity at 55%, much dryer today, the winds out of the north northwest at five miles an hour, in baltimore today we started out with plenty of sun. it looked like it would be a good day but then the clouds start

the city. we are accident-free in baltimore county. 's take a look at our live traffic cameras on this friday. 95 southbound, at 32. traffic is running smoothly. no problems to report between the beltways. we're doing okay on 32 itself. 95 at the fort mchenry tunnel. traffic is flowing freely, southbound traffic into the tum, in the left of the screen. 95 northbound before eastern, an accident reported in the right lane, and on the right shoulder. drivers should expect delays on the bay bridge this weekend due to the nascar races in dover. two-way traffic will be allowed on the westbound span to alleviate delays. the drivers should travel between offpeak hours, before 11:00 a.m. and after 10:00 p.m. sunday. charley? >> firefighters and police officers always had a brotherhood type of rivalry but tonight in canton battling it out in the rain for a great cause. the city homicide detective robert ross put the whole thing together. amateur mixed martial arts match. 18 muchs total. all happening at the arena in canton. all proceeds from the

the head is here in baltimore. the fbi is moving to change the federal definition of rape which critics blasted as archaic. rape has been defined as forcible male penile penetration of a female. a member of the law enforcement vivary panel baltimore police commissioner spoke about a revision in washington this week. >> it's one of the most under reported crimes here and nationally. because women are often ashamed and afraid to confront their attackers, we must do everything to do everything to make sure they feel safe. >> reporter: following an investigation by our media partner , the baltimore sun, the city was number one in the nation none founded rape reports, the incident did not occur, that's the meaning. over a 19 year period there was a 8 oh% drop in rates. investigators reclassified the cases from unfounded to founded and beefed up a specialized sex defense unit. since those changes increased 70%. experts expect that kind of increase in reported cases of sexual assault all around the country if rape is redef

the baltimore sun reports that the commissioner supports the change. according to statistics, there were thousands of assault across the country last year. 47-year-old michael freeman was arrested. if you taxed on your cell phone, listen up. several hundred the state laws will take effect tomorrow including one that bans reading a text message for a while driving, even if you are stopped at a traffic light. maryland state police say the offense is punishable by fines of $70.10. against your license. if it contributes to an accident, it goes to $110.30. . clarksburg somebody is analyzing their soccer fields. for the second time in what month, somebody for wheeling on the grass has done so much damage that soccer matches had to be canceled. the fields are used by 300 children in the area. the volunteers say they are shocked at the senseless vandal and elizabeth. with -- and vandalism. >> into night's education alert, a growing number of maryland schools. we are joined by tim tooten. sounds like good news. >> overall, maryland record some of its best grad

in the whitehall area of northern baltimore county. sheldon dutes joins us from police headquarters. >> the crash is under investigation and they believe it may be alcohol-related. it happened in the whitehall area of baltimore county. four men and one woman were riding on a utility atv when it veered off into the field and then went over the edge of a ravine crashing into a stream. two were pronounced dead at the scene in the other three were rushed to a hospital in northern pennsylvania and are expected to survive. >> in baltimore county, we ask citizens if they operate atv's to do it responsibly in an area where you can see or there is good visibility so that accidents like this do not happen. >> again, the crash is under investigation but it is too early to determine whether or not charges will be filed. live outside police headquarters, sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> baltimore police are working to solve a double murder from overnight. two men were gunned down just before 4:00 a.m. they believe they were walking when their atta

the rams. kevin: so a lot of questions may have been answered today by baltimore. ey came in after last week's loss to tennessee, the quarterback played well. the offensive line, with gurode playing at the left guard, may have answered some questions there with grubbs still injured and john harbaugh in the wake of a loss has come up with his 13th win in 17 games as a head coach of the ravens. on the other side, steve spagnuolo has lost his sixth game in the last seven going back to last year and they looked bad today to be quite honest. he's got a lot on his mind. the quarterback took the beating, and they have got a lot of issues here in st. louis. solomon: yeah, you never really saw him get going in the no-huddle offense. this baltimore ravens defense was just simply dominant today. kevin: so we saw three long touchdown passes by flacco, all to rookie torrey smith, who caught touchdown passes of 74, 41, and 18 yards. field goals by cundiff, and two very dear friends, spagnuolo of the amounts and harbaugh of the ravens, will give a quick goodbye amid field. you jus

we're not talking about the giants game either, where cars go flying at the baltimore grand prix. a wreck you don't want to miss. and the d-backs lose their cool at at&t. but did they lose the game? sports is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, standings... wars day at at&t, >>> the giants game against the diamondbacks was a virtual must- win to avoid dropping 7 games back in the division standings. star wars day at at&t. cody ross got the day started right. a little hopper, it's on. a solo shot, 1-0 giants, ross' 12th home orer of the season. ryan vogelsong was strong for the 7 innings. didn't agree with the call by brian knight. he ejects upton from the game. he had to be held back. seems like san francisco had all the momentum. ryan roberts takes vogelsong deep and it tied the game at 1 vogelsong came out and the flood gates opened. they tripled to right, a 3-1 lead, daniel hudson allows just the 1 home run and picks up his 15th run of the season, arizona takes 2 of 3 from the giants. >> we left ours no, sir margin for error now, you know. hay, take your hat off to them, they played well.

cars go flying at the baltimore grand prix. a wreck you don't want to miss. and the d-backs lose their cool at at&t. but did they lose the game? sports is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, virtual must-win to avoid dropping 7 games back in the division standings... >>> the giants game against the diamondbacks was a virtual must- win to avoid dropping 7 games back in the division standings. star wars day, at at&t. but chubaka wasn't feeling the pressure. the little hop means it's gone. the solo shot off daniel hudson, 1-0 giants. his 12th homer of the season. ryan vogelsong was strong through 7 innings. and justin upton didn't agree with the call by brian knight. when he was ejected he had to be held back. with one out in the 8th, ryan roberts takes some gel song deep and it tied the game at 1. vogelsong came out and the floodgates opened. two runs scored to give arizona a 3-1 lead, they win 4-1, daniel hudson around just the one home run and picks up his 15th win of the season, arizona takes two of three from the giants. >> we left ourselves no margin for error now, yo

it all happens at the annual "thrill show" run by the baltimore city firefighters. joel d. smith is at the fire training academy now to experience some of the highlights the public can check out tomorrow. good morning joel d. 3 6720 pulaski hwy 3 3 when there's smoke... there's fire.that's the thought that went through drivers' minds... when they saw smoke billowing from a highway billboard in georgia.so... they did what most people would do... and called 9-1-1... áfloodingá the emergency center with calls. turns out... it was all part of a unique advertising plan... for outback steakhouse. outback says it alerted fire crews to its unusual billboard two hours before it was activated... but that crews didn't get the message in time. coming up on the early edition... will these showers clear up by the weekend?meteorologist steve fertig explains.. in your skywatch weather forecast. forecast. 3 ((break 1)) ((bump in)) ((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 ((traffic reporter ad libs))map old court map fiber map map old court map fiber map 3 3 3 3 coming up... is it all in the m? mind?03:58

temperatures in the mid-70's around baltimore. in the 50's out west. 70's on the lower eastern shore. a comfortable pattern, essentially dry weather for another 24 hours. then there is a chill and more wet weather in the weekend. all of that in a few minutes. >> city housing officials are trying to figure out what caused a baltimore home to collapse overnight. the home near west north avenue collapsed just after 2:00 this morning. investigators say it does not appear anybody was inside. there have been no reports of injuries. >> slamming the social security administration and federal reserve, rick perry tried to revive his slumping campaign. there are positive signs about the u.s. economy that kerrey and his rivals -- perry and his rivals are focused on. >> our economy expanded. not much, but better than expected. fewer americans filed for unemployment last week. the german government okayed a plan for europe's debt crisis. the u.s. house okayed a stopgap to avoid a government shut down. but u.s. home sales were down in august, and

lee roy selmon was 56 years old. >>> wild scene at the baltimore grand prix. on board with helio castroneves during morning warm-ups. all is going well when the car comes flying over castroneves, hits the ground and crashes into the tire barriers. his brakes went out and he had no other option but to hit castroneves. thankfully the two brazilian drivers were okay but it could have been much worse. >>> finally rafael nadal cruising through his third round match at the u.s. open and then collapsed. it didn't happen on the court. he was overcome by pain during his press conference. he couldn't overcome the agony. at one point rafa had to duck under the table and laid on the floor. it took about ten minutes for him to work out the pain. but the second ranked player in the world says that won't cramp his style. he'll be ready to play tomorrow. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> a report of a new front-runner to host this year's oscars. yo

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trust no one" one"frightening attacks by armed men in two different baltimore neighborhoods. neighborhoods. why the way one of them was carried out has residents wondering who they can trust. trust. hello i'm jennifer gilbert. and i'm jeff barnd. home invasions in baltimore city.a number of them happened over the summer summer tonight, new attacks with men posing as police in one incident... that one happened at a house on hilldale avenue in northwest baltimore. family members say the victims, including three small children, were upstairs asleep.. when three men broke into the home at about 3-30 this morning.. yelling, police. once inside the home.. the suspects handcuffed the residents.. and shot a man in the face when he broke free. this woman, who's concealing her identity, says the violent attack happened at her daughter's house. house. (victim's mom) "you have one guy in the hospital that got shot in the face. and you have my daughter who's been thrown on the ground, scratched up and her whole body is sore.." sore.." another home invasion happened at about 5 o'clock this morning at a home on t

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the storm knocked out power to 65 schools in baltimore. bge brought in 2300 extra workers from 18 states, it's the largest effort since isabelle in 2003. with that, some parents question bge's efforts. >> they did their best, but i think they could hire for contractors. >> reporter: see little welcome signs along the front of the school. all schools will have to make up two days. the state board of education will determine if last wednesday, thursday, and friday will be waived for the remaining schools. that tour kicks off at 85:00 this morning with dr. -- 8:55 this morning with dr. harrisston. >>> new for the flu season this year , the first flu shot that workings with a tiny needleless scary of a skin prick and hitting this market this fall. but it's for adults and limited in availability. wider distribution is set for next year. doctors say there is plenty of more vaccines to go around. >>> campaign chief and manager for michele bachmann, leaving in a campaign shake you have. bachmann manager says he doesn't have the stamina for 12- 14 h

the program....// want... to share your opinion? head.../ to... facebook dot com.../ slash fox baltimore. out from high up on the monument. it's billed as the best view in d.c. as long as you can take the height. looking east down the national mall is the capitol and hundreds of feet below, a crowd of people looking up at the work. the climbers found loose grout and some areas that need repairs but so far, no serious damage from the east coast earthquake back in august. 3 here in baltimore, one man is dealing with his own damage from the east coast quake.and he's getting alot of help from his highlandtown neighbors. neighbors.91 year old henry reif's home was condemed after the earthquake put cracks in his roof and left debris everywhere. businesses have been accepting donations in the hope of repairing reif's house. they estimate it will take at least 70 thousand dollars. 3 3 "if this gets done in time i want to have an open house for the whole neighborhood, and thank them for what they did for me" me" a golf tournamnet scheduled for next month will raise more money to help repair reif's

the buildings on calvert street. looking north in downtown baltimore today. around the area sunshine aplenty and, boy, finally you could just sense that change in the weather pattern, getting rid of that ugly murky condition that we have been dealing with for weeks on end. finally coming to an end. beautiful finish to the day in the state capital. how about the beaches tonight. people out on the boardwalk, why wouldn't you be. temperatures up in the 7230s in ocean city today. maryland's most powerful radar all clear, we think it stays so at least through maybe midday saturday we could see a few showers, but it looks like most of the weekend dry and much cooler, cooler air already marching in tonight, you'll feel the difference in tomorrow, we pushed up close to 80, some humidity. mid-70s at most with no humidity. okay. so it will be a cooler feeling day with that bone-dry air and the really chilly stuff begins to push into tomorrow evening, we'll hit the highs on the day 1, 2:00 tomorrow. here is the first of several cool fronts pushing in. they are lining up

the unheralded nolan reimold and robert andino delivering stunning back-to-back hits for the last place baltimore orioles, a comeback that left sox fans and everyone else speechless. >> i think wednesday night, september 28, 2011, goes down as one of the greatest nights in the history of major league baseball, bar none. >> reporter: dan shaughnessy writes for the "boston globe" and has chronicle's sox collapses before. from bill buckner's error in 1986 to buckie dent's homer that dashed boston's home in 1978. as he points out, last night's loss was only the beginning of the misery. >> there was a three minute separation between this horrible loss in baltimore and the great victory for the rays in tampa. three minutes later. >> reporter: the rays comeback so soon after even more incredible. they were down seven runs in the eighth inning. teams do not come back from those deficits. the rays did. >> a line shot down the left field shrine.

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because the more we do in baltimore, >>> mark is here with our sports report. the eve of purple friday. >> we're getting there. it's going to be football family feud coming up on sunday or some version of it. now if the steelers are the ravens fiercest rival, then the jets are the next thing. there's four assistants in new york that used to work for the ravens and three prominent players were ravens including derrick mason who makes his return this sunday. steelers, jets compare the rival. >> very different. it's different than the steeler's rivalry. same kind of atmosphere but different. you know because the steelers are the steelers. but these guys were ravens at one point. so you know sort of like, like you said fighting your brother. >>> at practice today the return of two starters on the offensive line center mark burke and ben brook, both participated after sitting out yesterday. >>> peter angelo huddled with manager showalter to discuss the future of the team. no official word from the meeting it is expected that mcfail will walk with his contract set to

using the old theory going with the home teams, k.c., cleveland, arizona, and baltimore. >> would yourate on that? jack. >> jack joins us on set. i don't think football is the first thing on your mind today. >> good to be up here. thank you for having me. wearing my yankees jersey. we are ready for the playoffs here. and the highlight of the week, can we roll the highlight of the week. did you see this the other night? this has got to be the greatest event of the week right there. he is going to score. and the red sox are out of the playoffs. >> what would you look to say to the red sox? >> i just wanted to say good luck on the golf course. and i don't know. spring training is a couple months away. enjoy it. >> yankees. >> i'm sorry. >> we apologize to boston. we are in new york makes it tough. >> jack has been dying to get to this. >> you angered the whole city of boston. >> bring it. bring it on. >> we'll see what week four has in store. we'll be right back. city of boston. >> bring it. bring it on. >> we'll see what week four has in store. we'll be right back. medicare supplement n

heavy showers into the baltimore area. re getting clearing for the moment for all the tailgaters for the terrapins game tonight. a chance for rain tonight still. >>> everybody who goes back to school tomorrow, we'll see you right after castle for abc2 news. return shipping. but please keep the steam mop as my gift to you. all i ask is if you do love the navigator lift away, mmm... if i were cheese... i wouldn't want to let go of myself either. come try the cheese inspired dishes on our $2, $4, $6, $8 value menu. only at denny's.

and a baltimore county police officer was behind the gun. what the suspect did... for the officer to open fire. torrey smith touchdown touchdowna record setting game for a ravens rookie!the plays that put the purple and black on top. whatever it takes i'm going to do it to get a job. job.and.. her job search is up.. up.. and away.the unique approach this woman is taking.. to getting hired. 3 3 today is monday, september 26th. 3 fiber map 3 a baltimore county police officer fatally shoots a man in north point.it happened late last night.police say 40-year old nathan mccormick charged at the officer with a knife.it happened at the 7300 block of berkshire.around 9:30 last night... police responded here to a call of a man threatening to harm himself and his girlfriend. girlfriend.according to police, nathan mccormick and his girlfriend had been arguing on and off for the past couple of weeks.when police responded to his house... mccormick answered the door... armed with two knifes.officers asked him to drop the weapons... and that's when they say... mccormick charged t

. >>> police are on the lookout for three suspects who impersonated cops while terrorizing a baltimore city hope at the 2800 block of hillsdale avenue in park heights. we're told the men restrained two people who were in the home and ransacked the place. one of the victims broke free and tried to stop he was shot in the face. the fake officers got away. >>> city police are looking for suspects in the string of random fire bombings all over baltimore. someone is throwing molotov cocktails into the windows of city homes. eight attacks so far. still, no suspects. police believe the same person or group of people is behind the attacks. so far, no one has been hurt. police warn molotov cocktails have the potential to be very dangerous. if you have any information on the string of wildfire bombings, give police a car. >>> 5:03. a convicted carroll county pedophile is behind bars again. 56-year-old william longingveld is serving four years in prison for raping a girl in 2002 and now accused of molesting a girl in westminster. police say the abuse happened on two separate occasions in the last

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)it burned the window out....... there have been nine attempted arsons scattered across the city in less than 3 weeks.......police believe there a

just talking about the temperatures. here is baltimore, 75. you can see the temperature difference behind the cold front. low 50's all the way behind it and unfortunately it is coming our way for the weekend. future cast will show the cloud cover right now. best chance of rain probably around 8:00 or 9:00 whether france starts moving through and we see the majority of the wet weather starts to form. it clears up a little bit tomorrow but again, some spotty showers. this is what i am talking about way out west. you can see the tip, the southwest tip of maryland, it kind of get in here are around mchenry and oakland and deep creek. it is not going to be and accumulating snow, probably in excess of sleet and snow and freezing rain. news of what we see in december or january. but this is something they need to be watching. but i did not think any danger as far as accumulations. but it might be neat to see some snow flakes -- not even october. we have one more day. but for those of you like snow, head out west. partly as the clout it is evening. cha

the kids are back in sshool in baltimore county. old joins us live from perry hall ellmentary.. where they're all ready to ggt started. started. 750- thousand people were without power during the peak of the storm.. and it tookka week for everyooe to get back online.no power.. means no school.schools in several &pcounties were closed most of ast weekk. aad baltimore st of county still had seven schools closed last friday.those schools are now all open today for the first time this school . year. 3 we wanna try o get back to our routine... outcue: principals &pare juss incredible people 3 incredible peopleare just 3ncredible people pat- what impact will the delayed startthave on the school year. the universitt of maryland is stepping up patrrls... after a student was beaten and robbed near cammus. week... outside "the barking dog bar" in college pprk. police ssy a 21-year old man was leaving when he was attacked on baltimore avenue. so far... no arrests have been made in this case. lawmakers are meetiig today to discuss the future of

>> reporter: there will definitely be some headaches traveling on the bent way right over to baltimore, it will take at least 15 minutes to get by and on the inner loop to route 40 in that direction. stop and go from delane any valley road to providence road and several accidents to report main street on bond avenue. 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 chil

athena jones has the story. >> baltimore is about to get noisy. , the place affectionately known as charm city is hosting a fast paced race through the streets with hair pin turns and 90 degree angles reaching speeds of up to 160 miles per hour. >> they run exactly the place your car is running on everyday from 9:00 to 5:00, you're going downtown to work but you're going 35 to 40 mile-an-hour. we're going the same place 160 mile-an-hour. that's why it's so cool. >> it's the baltimore grand prix, the inaugural event in a five-year indy car series the mayor expects to bring more than $5 million into city coffers. >> we're talking about hotels, restaurants, any estimate how much money is brought in in a larger way? >> we're hoping it will be well over $100 million. >> organizers expect more than 100,000 people to descend on the two-mile downtown loop this weekend. >> the city of baltimore is hoping this event will put it on the map for racing fans worldwide, attracting tourists and giving the economy a much needed boost. unemployment in baltimore is a

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the north and east. westbound, a couple more showers developing. those will be moving towards baltimore. right now, mostly cloudy. 74 degrees at the airport. the humidity has dropped down to 62%. throughout the afternoon and evening, a better chance for scattered storms through about 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., but then we start to clear off for the evening. it turns much less humid tonight as the the temperature will drop down. we will see this trend in the weekend. we will talk about how cool it will get coming up. >> thank you. new this noon, a girl was rushed to shock trauma after being hit by a car in woodlawn. it happened shortly after 8:00 a.m. this morning. baltimore county police said the driver remained at the scene. we're told the girl had life- threatening injuries. no word of any charges will be filed. 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 f

make sure to look for the white check. >>> baltimore is like so many u.s. ing economy and rising unemployment, but tomorrow the city hopes to get a boost from an auto race and the money spent by fans who come to watch it. athena jones has the story. >> reporter: baltimore is about to become noisy. this labor day weekend the place known as charm city is hosting a fast-paced race through the streets with hairpin turns and 90-degree angles reaching speeds of up to 160 miles per hour. >> the place where car is running everyday 9:00 to 5:00 and downtown to work and you are going 35 miles an hour and we are going through the same place at 160 miles per hour, and that is why it is so cool. >> reporter: it is the baltimore grand prix and the inaugural event into the nascar series, and the mayor is hoping to bring $90 million into the coffers, and what about the estimate of the money it has brought in, in a larger way? >> well, we don't have the figures but we hope over $100 million. >> reporter: organizers are hoping for more than 1 million people to descend into do