bamako >> i chaotic scene, witnesses tell us there was a hail of bullets flying near 79 in the essex and when the gunfire stopped seven people had been shot, two of them died in the teenager is in critical condition. >> its 7 like a cannon. this happened around 645 tonight outside a liquor store on the 2500 block of 79 street in the last few hours friends and relatives of the victim had been coming to this crime scene overwhelmed with grief. here's what we know again, two people were killed one of the victims was found inside the store a 13 year-old was taken to the children's hospital in critical condition and four other teenagers were taken to hospitals where we are told their condition has stabilized friends of one of the victims who was killed say he was known to everyone in this neighborhood, they say he was in his fifties place at the wrong time. and i do not know what is going on or why but they need to stop. still a very active seen it out here police have not released a motive and we do not know who they are looking for but they tell us so far no r rests have been made and as

we're closed there because of wires down and an accident reported in the essex community. be prepared for slowdowns there. and if you make the drive on 95 into downtown, not a problem making your way to 395. this is a look north of belt way. and we continue to move well. if you're traveling on the west side of 695, here's a look at liberty road. the left side starting to pack in on the outer loop lanes and the top side sluggish traffic for you as you make your drive from harford road to providence. over to you. >>> new developments this morning in the case of a washington state man who killed himself and his two young sons in an explosion. john i don't know is here with more on the newly released 911 call. >> reporter: west first 911 calls before sunday's explosion why josh powell killed himself and two sons in washington state. the 911 calls include the caseworker who just dropped off powell's sons and he locks her out of the house and she called 911. you notice the sense of panic bullying by the social worker. she senses trouble but can't seem to convince the dispatcher o

i definitely believe there is a culture of silence at the essex , and at continuing partnership housing. when somebody tries to address it, they pass apologize the people making the claims, and they start playing word games -- they pathlolgize the people making the claims. i need someone to take seriously my complaints about habitability issues. i would like their name and address. it seems nobody is doing anything. president chiu: would any other members of the public wish to speak? seeing none, general public comment is closed. >> items 30 through 35 are considered for immediate adoption without committee reference, using a single roll call vote. if a member requests discussion, it will be called separately and considered. president chiu: i would like to sever item 30? supervisor mar: i can 31. president chiu: -- item 31. >> on items 32 through 35 -- supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. super

i definitely believe there is a culture of silence at the essex , and at continuing partnership housingy tries to address it, they pass apologize the people making the claims, and they start playing word games -- they pathlolgize the people making the claims. i

eastern boulevard at stemmers run in the essex area. benson avenue, at south caton. west rogers at park heights avenue. let's now take a live look. you can see, your drive seems to be pretty good there. and we'll take another look, as you can see, right after that accident, traffic is moving free and clear. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffered a personal injury, call 1-800 the firm. or visit them online at cochranfirm.com for your free consultation. >>> valentine's day is a day for surprises. >> i'm looking for christine brewer. are you christine? >> yeah. >> hi. your sweetheart -- >> they surprised christine at the salon where she works today. christine's boyfriend nominated her to win $700 worth of prizes. among other things, she won a hotel stay, dinner, jewelry and show tickets. christine is one of 12 winners. happy valentine's day, christine and to matt. >> wow. that's very nice. i wonder what she did. he must have written something really lovely about her. >> must have. >>> straight ahead on eyewitne

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you saw the essex house, park plaza next to that. headlines, windy in the northeast, windy in the northwest and both corners of the country will have snow to go along with those winds. but i will say up around the northeast, there's your snow. it's in the form of snow showers. that system getting out of here. you want to pay closer attention to the system pushing on shore around the pacific northwest. because i'm talking quite a bit of snow. again, up to a foot of snow for portions of washington, oregon, nevada, and idaho as well. winds 40, 60 miles per hour that will push it east tomorrow. so from international falls to glasgow tomorrow, you could see a foot of snow. that's a quick little look at one portion of the country. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >>> all righty. happy saturday, everybody. rebecca, over to you. >> thanks so much. >>> it is the moment nascar fans have been waiting for. the green flag will wave at the daytona 500 on sunday, and danica patrick, the most successful female racer in history,

be mixed fortunes for russia's olympic champions at the russian when trust essex meeting here in moscow and listen off the show but walker although can escape felt unwell and pulled out of the race which just makes us to go for the first time in her career phone call sort of has will. though the russian winter tournaments carries no one in the qualification points it still manages to attract the world's top let it talent year after year and let's jump straight to our selected winners where olympic champion and race you know recorded the best sleep in the world this season in the high jump clearing two meters and thirty six centimeters while european champion alexander sure stopped finished in second place after failing to overcome the two metre thirty two centimeter mark. if i had not set the bar if i had stopped to thirty six of me then naturally i would not have anyone to vacation to keep trying to remember to thirty four would have been enough for me that would have stopped there from what i went on i will keep trying to jump a bit to forty one one. olympic champion hugely boards lik

we have light showers all the way down into washington and around the immediate baltimore area, just some light drizzle, essex, dundalk. take a look at the conditions at the harbor. it's tough to see, a little bit of reduced visibility with drizzle. 45 the current air temperature. take a look at some of the weather through the day. you can see the rain showers on and off through the day. tough top find much sunshine. that's for sure. as we take a look at annapolis, not much different, a wet scenario down on the severn river for everyone out on their boat, et cetera, tough to find much sun at the naval academy. wet roads, that's what we're all dealing with. but things clearing out, temperatures comfortable. our seasonable normal 45. 46 in easton, 46 in ocean city. highs today not much warmer than that, upper 40s with the cloud deck and rain cooling there. again, the heaviest of the rain is done for all the viewing area with the exception of easton and parts of the shore. those areas you will be clearing out quickly, probably the next 60 to 90 minutes. what comes next is the key concern as we go into the weeken

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the world to see. >> a big cooldown going into super bowl weekend. >> that rain may be impacting your morning rush. there is an accident in essex. will also check on fire activity. >> the governor gives his state of the state address. >> a big victory for mitt romney means a big blow to the newt gingrich campaign. >> when you go to the vending machine, do you care about the nutritional content of what you're buying? >> if you liked yesterday's warm >> if you liked yesterday's warm

. >> reporter: we took the plans out to orange in essex county, which has one of the state's highesthe jetsons. >> it's hard to imagine that we can solve all the problems of orange. the biggest problem we have to deal with is this constant sprawl and expansion. >> reporter: orange mayor eldridge hawkins had not yet seen the plan. >> could it help solve the crisis? >> i think it's a novel idea, something futuristic down the road, but the theme is not far from what we're trying to come up with. >> our strategy as it relates to foreclosures and vacant properties is a block by block approach. >> where we're standing now, we used to have housing projects. we have nowie erected two and three-story townhomes. >> so will building in the streets be next? >> maybe in the future, but to directly answer your question, the entire city of orange will not be a carless community. >> i'm sure a lot of people wouldn't be laughing, poppy harlow, because of all the gas prices. they kind of like that idea. >> right. >> is this something that could actually be implemented in, say, orange, new jersey, or i

delays. >>> also an accident on 100 westbound at oakwood road and another accident in essex, hyde park at marlin avenue, on the beltway everything at full speed, 59 miles per hour is your average on the top and the west sides of the beltway. there is a live look outside of the beltway at exit 17. no major delays just yet. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. >>> back over to you. >> thank you. at the top of the news this half-hour a change of heart could legalize same sex marriage. wjz and andrea have more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the same sex marriage bill may now just come down to a few voters and supporters have an unexpected ally. debate begins today on house bill 438, same sex marriage but which way the vote will go remains in question. >> the situation is very volatile and a change of one or two votes could determine the outcome of the -- of those passage or failure. >> thursday night the house recessed after just 15 minutes. the only order of business was passing an amendment to push back the effective date of same sex marriage to january 2013 instead of

the vatican is a world away from baltimore. some 4,000 miles. but technology creates an instant link to this ancient city, for students at mount carmel catholic school in essex. >> they asked him questions, including how is the weather in italy. >> it gets up to like 50s during the day. and very sunny. so it's very nice, even though it's the middle of winter here. >> reporter: all of these students are usually in uniform. but today, they were allowed to wear red in honor of the color of the cardinal. >> it was really excite being -- exciting because this was the first time that i have been able to witness something like this. >> and if you would like to learn more about the elevation, go to wjz.com for a link to the catholic review. >> support and baltimore is certainly represented in rome. no question about that. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 5:00. lost in our nation's capital. a field trip goes wrong for several toddlers. how they wound up alone in the streets of washington, d.c. >>> and wjz is in annapolis. waiting for the house of delegates to vote on a same-sex marriage bill. we will bring you updates as soon as they become vaifnlt. >>> i'm alex

the weekend. first we say good morning to sarah. >> good morning. we have an accident on dundalk avenue and eastern avenue. some of fire activity in essex on eastern avenue. you may find some closures and delays. getting better through the construction zone on the inner loop at the curtis creek drawbridge. outer loop is where you have the two-way traffic pattern so you're able to get by with a delay on the inner loop. moving well down from 795. the rest of the roadways are shaping up pretty well despite the drizzle. 11 minutes to travel on 95 south down towards 32. this is the harrisburg expressway at padonia road and checking out just fine all the way down to the beltway. this is greenspring. no problems to report on the j.f.x. into town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a federal grand jury has indicted a man on charges of stalking his ex-wife for the past five years. prosecutors say david richards began threatening to kill his ex-wife 15 years after they divorced. he could be sentenced to five years in prison. a man will spend the next 30 years in prison. davon brown pleaded guilty to a murder back in 2010. then and his cou

we had the winds and we have showers now moving in around perry hall overly and essex and kingsville e down and things will trickle in more as we go into the afternoon. maybe a thunderstorm out there. the weather pattern in between the warm sector and the cold front and once that cold front passes boy are we going to get blustery and colder conditions. you can see snow behind that but the snow will stay away from us for today, i am forecasting a high around 70. and then by tonight, that temperature will drop 38 degrees turning colder and blustery. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. getting ready for the friday morning drive. a couple accidents to watch for boston and south clinton police are on the scene at hillan rose south of northern parkway. around the major routes delays on the beltway north and west side. and heading into the city dealing with rain drops now on northern parkway. we are stop and go as you make the drive southbound on the jones falls expressway into the city you are tapping on the brakes there. slow traffic on the west si

the police investigation. porter has a preliminary hearing set for march 20. >> thank you. tonight, baltimore county emergency crews are trying to identify a body found floating in essex. a man called 911 this afternoon after discovering the body in a creek near wilson point park. police have not released any details. also the speeches today of fire fighters attacking a three-alarm blaze in cecil county. the fire started around 1:00 this afternoon in a home in the 500 block of biddle street in chesapeake city. no one was hurt and no word yet on what started the fire. m flags will be flown at half staff of baltimore city fire department buildings to honor the maryland soldier killed last week. he was killed friday night in afghanistan leaving behind a wife and four children, including a son who is a boulder city firefighter. to argue -- to honor his sacrifice, the baltimore fire fighters union has ordered all firefight buildings to fly flags at half staff for 30 days, the same on additional for firefighters who died in the line of duty. lawmakers on capitol hill are asking whether the war in afghanistan is worth the high price. senators quizzed secretary of state hillary

essex. another one as you make your way through the glen burnie area. 43.s is 95 at 5 under 4 all traffic is being diverted over to pulaski highway. look how thick the fog is at sandy point. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> four people are recovering from injuries following a collision on 95 in cecil county. police say this happened shortly before midnight in the southbound lanes along mile- marker 93 in perryville. a passing car struck a vehicle and then kept going. police were able to track down the suspect vehicle. the other driver was also injured but none of the injuries are considered life- threatening. a judge has set a trial date for an abortion doctor. this'll be a test of the new laws that criminalize abortions in cases where the fetus is considered a viable outside the womb. they are charged in the 2010 case of a botched abortion of a new jersey teenager that was 21 weeks pregnant. the driver of a tractor-trailer that overturned on wednesday faces dwi charges. he is from new jersey and the craft his rig in the southbound lane of 95. the accident shut down 895 and 95 for

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the city there. we have accidents on essex road. typical spot from the beltway down to 28th street. there is a live look outside at 95, just shout south of the beltway and the north side also problem free in that shot. this is brought to you by the international auto show, the 2012 baltimore motor trend international auto show. marty, and don, back over to you guys. >> thank you, marty is now feeling empowered. >> as a matter of fact, it is amazing what a little battery in your wireless? increasing clouds, 48 your high, 34 is the low, 43 is the high tomorrow, no watches, warnings or advisories in effect, cold sunday. gets mild again by midweek next week, don. >> a show down between the white house manned and the catholic church is heating up. andrea fujii has details. >> reporter: the mandate violates the first amendment. baltimore cardinal designate edwin o'brien has threatened to drop health coverage for 3500 employees if the plan goes through. churches would be exempt but religious schools, charities and hospitals would not. supp

think he -- there's a little bit of truth to the fact that we pay more attention sometimes to those things than to other aspects of his platform, but essex ub rantly and willingly wading into these waters. we're not labeling him a cull kurl wattor from nowhere. he's putting on the armor and grab the lance. he believes this stuff, he wants to talk about it, but when it become the entire foreground of the conversation, he gets upset. i think he's not being entirely honest. >> but his campaign tells me that the media are minimizing his other positions on manufacturing jobs and so forth. let's face, it birth control, abortion, gay marriage, these are hot button issues that make good copy. >> two things. first of all, it's not fair game for him to say don't play gotcha with froster frees because he himself haas made outrageous outlandish statements and that's what -- >> he's saying i shouldn't be held responsible 230r for a bad joke said by somebody else. >> yes, but it's very fair game to talk about his own statements and his own positions which are really far outside even the mainstream of the republican party. >> what about the double stan

the latest in new jersey, thank you. >>> campaign 2012 rick santorum enjoying a three-point lead over mitt romney in a new cbs poll just out. now essexxploring secret service protection -- now he is exploring secret service protection after "occupy" protestors crashed a rally on monday. two demonstrators were dragged out by the cops. mitt romney is the only candidate with protection thus far. >>> let's check in with lawrence now to see what's going on weather-wise. >> look good today around the bay area. storm clouds moving through overnight some showers too but things have moved on by. it looks like a pretty nice day outside. hi-def doppler showing you some of that rain heading on by and well, even some snowflakes across some of the south peaks here locally and more snow up in the sierra nevada, good news. looks like today going to be nice, breezy though so sunny and cool toward the afternoon. and then a brief warming period before he would start to see things cool down and maybe a little unsettled toward the weekend. low pressure that brought the rain overnight now sagging to the south continuing to take those showers out of town a

the response... it's getting. 3 &p3 3 3tuesday, february 28th tuesday, febbuary 3 3 -popsiile plunge-essex 3 3 -essex-popsscle3 breaking news just into our newsroom... we are now learning that a second student has died from injuries... following yesterday's school shooting in ohio.that victim is identified as 17-year-old russell king cannelled across chardon, ohioo.. after a student opened fiie in a high school cafeteria.students who witnessed the terrifyyng &pordeall.. say they never expected something like this. "we got there. everyone's thinning it's a normal mondayy and there'' a guy with a gun. i mean monday's don't get any worse than this." this."the suspect in that shooting... t-j laae... will appear in court oday. yet on a motive. the trial continues today... in the case of the former rutgers university student... accused of spying on his roomma. roommate. prosecutoos say 19-year old dharun ravi used a web cam... to spy on his roommate's encounter with another man. the victim....tyler clementi... killed himself after the incident back in 2010. the case brought the issue of bullyiig to the national spo