towson right now, westminster right now 59 degrees. it's 69 in hawrve degrace, 69 in kingsville and down annapolis at the naval academy, 71 degrees. nice, clear sky. few clouds on the eastern shore lots of sunshinement warmer temperatures. as you can see, the precipitation stays off the eastern seaboard. should not bother us at all. should see showers down in the cape hatteras region, but not here in baltimore. mostly cleen clear. overnight low of 60 degrees. during the day on frit, we end the week with partly cloudy skies a little warmer with a high of 80 degrees. the extended outlook for the next couple days, partly sunny saturday. lots of sun son sunday. monday, partly cloudy. 84. 83 on tuesday. wednesday and thursday looking pretty good temperatures in the low 80s. a chance for a shower late in the day on thursday, but that's a long way away. check in with meteorologist justin burk early tomorrow morning and i'll seal you tomorrow night 5:00, 6:00, 11:00. let's shoa throw it to. mr. football rob carlin. >> coming up, what's a perfe

since his days at towson high, he was partially paralyzed on one side of had iz body.incent says he will now be included in the ryder cup for one-arm guys as he puts it, and after today's ceremony, family and friends will celebrate at a cafe in towson. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >>> cue up the banjo. jamie is on the go. i've been alone all morning. he's out in wine country. good morning, jamie. we miss you in the studio. >> i'm not feeling it. here we go. we'll have a barrel of fun this friday. we'll let the wine flow. we're live at friday's creek in beautiful calvert county coming up at 9:00, we'll talk about vino. we'll start here in owings maryland. we'll then move down to running hair vineyard. then we'll go to sint leonard. we'll go to solomon's island and finish up at cove point. we are on the trail for good wine. we'll need to clear it. how are you doing, rick? >> good. >> he's an anne arundel county firefighter. everyone has a second job. how are you doing, frank? >> fine. >> they made all of these wines. it wasn't an overnight success. look at that. we'll ta

. >> take a look at the towson getting ready to face the patriots. towson is looking to go 4-0. we have a rivalry on tap tonight. south carolina at north carroll, more than 900 votes for that game -- south carroll at north carroll. ed reed is now on the injury list for the ravens. he had been not on the injury list for the first couple of games. jamal lewis is listed as doubtful to face the ravens on sunday. no touchdowns so far. but he as the best that the browns have going. i doubt he will play in that case. james davis and jerome harris, neither have a start before. >> i definitely have learned a lot. you can definitely see the speed. you have to learn how to adjust. >> maryland continuing a stretch. tomorrow, a fourth consecutive home game. an upset loss to middle tennessee state. maryland looks to get back on a winning track. a couple of fumbles for the talented guys. it has caused big problems. at the end of the game, the defense proved to be tired. it is also a young squad. >> what i like about this bunch is that they are eager. they want to do it. but sometimes they don'

andrews lutheran church on taylor avenue in towson. they ransacked the office, stole two laptops, one hard drive. in july eight churches in cockeysville, timonium and towson areas were all burglarized just like st. andrews. police say the culprits broke in through the back window. >> cabinets were left open. this is the only place i really see any damage. i've been with this church for 50 something years. this is the first time i've ever known it to be broken into like this. >> there are two unique aspects on this break-in. a blackout in the area and lice station just two doors down. the search for the suspect continues this morning. >>> "good morning maryland" news time now 6:50. money is being cut from the city budget. >> but a federal grant is pumping more money into the state. abc2 news linda so -- joins us to tell us where the money will be spent. >> the money will be for mass transit, fire stations and port of baltimore. the port is already undergoing changes to make it greener. last month it got $3.5 million to upgrady equipment

towson gets the shutout, 35-0. for more, check out extra points on our website, your home for high-school football. some injury concerns for the ravens heading into sunday. on offense, and note issues -- no issues. all of the pent-up angst waiting for his time to shine explodes in a colorful expression. we see many celebrations. the biggest showboat prove to be the quietest in the locker room. >> i like it. i like when he turned around and told everybody to wait. it was very smart of him. he is out there enjoying football, having fun, and he has found himself a niche on his team. >> it remains a horribly bleak setting. misery likes company in cleveland. picking it up and the top of the sixth inning. nick markakis finall breaks free, 3-2 game. felix at the plate. i am not kidding, he is coming up here. there he is. no good. grounds into the double play. with a quadriceps injury, he could be done for the season. the orioles extend their skid to 8. need a lift? hey buddy, i appreciate the ride, you know. no problem. ♪

and up to towson, rain coming down over to belvedere square. and continue to see the off-and-on showers over in reister -- randallstown right now. and looking at decent shower activity as we head through the next half hour or hour. and pop up showers across the central portion of the state. that's the next couple of hours and overnight. and shower activity we will have to deal with for the next couple of days. winds out of the east five to 10 to 12 miles an hour and causes a coastal flood advisory for the chesapeake. and minor flooding, foot above the flood stage -- or through the overnight, during the high tide. as we head through the overnight. so looking at the temperatures cooling off tonight. and we will see cool temperatures for tomorrow. only temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. as we get through the day for the next day planner. keep the umbrellas nearby. and get the coat ready. show you how long it will stick around coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. i-radar is available at

it s going to be a slow go from parkville to t towson and from towson to 83. side of the beltway do expect congestion as we take a live look at the liberty road. you will see the inner and outer loop lanes are developing quite a crowd, but again, the cars are moving at a heavy but steady pace. that's a look at the morning travels. for customized traffic reports for 24-7. log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on traffic edge. >>> let's send it back to you, patrice. >>> thank you, lauren. still ahead, a john hopkins university student uses a samurai sword to kill an intruder. now investigators are trying to determine if the student should face criminal charges. we want to know what you think? should charges be filed against the student who used a samurai sword to kill an intrueder. that is the question of the day. give us a call at on fridays, i have hockey before school, so i take two eggo homestyle waffles and put peanut butter inside. i add a couple chocolate chips when dad's starting the car. there's only one way to eat an eggo -- your way. l'eggo my eggo. >>

a towson man born with cerebral palsy is wowing the world of golf. sherrie johnson tells us more about how our area will honor a man. >> reporter: vincent beyser is truly a story about determination. he didn't let the fact that he had one arm stop him from playing golf. he went on to win the association championship in palm beach gardens in florida. he he is partially paralyzed on one side of his body and has the use of only one arm, but golf gave him a reason to strive for more. but today, we are honoring this young man. he will be honored. the ceremony will be held in towson at 2:30 at the old courthouse. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >>> ravens star terrell suggs teamed up with singer t-bos, and they worked all week to fight the disease of sickle cell. it also featured local doctors and sickle cell survivors. this is all part of sickle cell awareness week, which began a week ago. >>> watching your wallet as well as your waistline can be challenging, but it doesn't have to be. >> ultimately, we're going to help you achieve body and diet. >> we have

very slow go from parkville to towson and from towson to the he 83.northeast corridor of 95, taking a live look here in whitemarsh, you can see a lot of volume along the southbound lanes. cars just stacked and packed this morning. bel air road not looking like a bad alternative route. that's a look at morning travels. patrice, let's send it back to you. >>> lauren, thank you. >>> still ahead, recovering from a massive watermain break. the scam dundalk residents trying to clean up to watch out for. >>> and slots finally making their way to maryland. the location where a casino could be approv it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america. i mean how do you people get anything done? you're in a meeting and you say, "the fourth quarter report is -- " "wow, what a nice day." and everyone agrees, and the meeting's over. i mean, how do you do anything? well, it is a nice day. yeah. it is a nice day. there! see?! i have no idea what we were talking about!! oh look, a crab... >>> the senate prepares to take action now th

it was in front of towson university. the driver of the car wasn't hurt but was arrested pretty much after that happened. >>> it turns out an unusually high concentration of ethanol mixed with gasoline is to blame for more than 70 baltimore city police cars breaking down. nearly 1/3 of the department's patrol cars, more than 200 had engine trouble over the weekend after filling up at the city's gas station. originally diesel was thought to be the blame but the lab results show it's high levels of ethanol. most of the vehicles can handle ethanol but not in blends higher than 10%. most of the vehicles have been repaired and returned to service. >>> the mayor of baltimore has an extra $10,000 in her bank account and state prosecutors are trying to figure out where it came from. an investigator says he interviewed sheila dixon's family including her nephew and former terps star juan dixon but they said they didn't give her the money. this comes as she is accused of lying of receiving money from her former boyfriend and develo

the third annual event took place at the saint joseph's medical center in towson. it's the only 5k that helps raise awareness for prostate cancer. free screenings were featured with other events. >>> break out the ozo. many made it to the timonium fair ground to celebrate everything greek. it's the 36th annual greek festival. there is greek inspired artwork and greek food including sweet treepts and gyros look good. the greek festival runs through tomorrow. a good place to stop if you're hungry. we'll be right b >>> thanks for watching, everybody. be sure to watch tim and jessica. i'm adam may. thank for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13, maryland's news station. csi new york is coming up next. stay dry everyone and we'll see you again tomorrow stay dry everyone and we'll see you again tomorrow night. police band: 1-7 sector george. be advised, report of a 10-30 at 695... police band 2: two-five henry, be advised of a 10-31

. >>> around 4:00 this morning in towson a man reportedly tried to steal a car. sources tell us the suspect got scared when he saw police and he ended up driving that car right on to the wall on york road. in the front of towson university he was not hurt and he was arrested. >>> a frightening ordeal for an anne arundel county mother. someone walked off with her 4-year-old yesterday afternoon on clark road in jessup. authorities say the woman was waiting in her car as her young son was playing outside nearby waiting for the school bus. that's when a woman grabbed the boy and walked off. not long after she let the boy go. authorities say 50-year-old leslie offit was arrested and charged with kidnapping and second degree assault. >>> we're in the first days of fall in maryland and starting to feel a lot more like summer around here. sounds strange but that's the reality. we were well in the mird 80s in many spots today. some parts of maryland, upper 80s. out west toward winchester and hagerstown things got really warm today. bwi marshall topped out about 83. that d

. >> we have breaking news out of towson tonight.ice are investigating a shooting in the 1400 block of went worth avenue. reports indicate a man was shot several times. he was taken to sinai hospital, no word on his condition. >> police in massachusetts are investigating a murder involving two people with ties to maryland. 23-year-old gisele rodriguez found dead this morning in her apartment in clinton massachusetts. she is originally from pasadena. the main suspect in the death, is 22-year-old alexander skowran, ex-boyfriend and police are looking for him. he is from pasadena and has other family in maryland. anyone with information on him is asked to call police. >> baltimore city police are shuffling patrol crews, bad gas knocked dozens of cruisers off the streets. >> they want to know what and who contaminated these cars. we have the latest tonight. >> live in the city's mid town pumping station. city's only 24 hour gas station, for city vehicles. look at this. yellow tape, around the unleaded pump and there is a sign that reads

the ceremony will be held this afternoon in towson at 2:30 at the old courthouse.rrie johnson, abc 2 news. >> thanks, sherrie. >>> we'll send it over to justin to see how weather's looking today. >> we're fairly close to where we should be. only a couple of days left before the official start of autumn. here's the cloud band. this is the influence of winds in the upper level of the atmosphere. we're starting to shake and bake the pattern as we're pushing all of this moisture farther to the south. the moisture locked at the corner of the screen and should stay there for the weekend. as that does slide across our region, it should give us a chance to dry out. although, we may deal with some cloud as cross the sky today. you will definitely see more sunshine. check out the forecast model hear indicating the fact that we do dry things out. clearing skies as we head through tomorrow. this time frame here, 7:00 on sunday morning. although it's clear, we squeeze all of that moisture on the ohio valley it will be mighty chilly. the forecast for today, 2 degree guarantee ge

we are not used to that yet. 58 in towson. and we are looking at mainly clear skies. we will be seeing clouds move in as we head into the next couple hours. this afternoon we will look at partly sunny skies, and then maybe a couple of widely scattered showers or even thunderstorms. the big deal is going to -- (no audio) >>> quiet at this hour, i anticipate we will have a lighter than normal rush hour, a lot of area schools are closed bus of the yom kippur holiday. traffic is moving along at a nice place on 695, however if you're traveling southbound on the harrisburg expressway there is a crash at schwan road, that blocks the right lane. the j -- downtown fayette and mlk, traffic is quiet downtown this morning. >>> thank you, kim. it's 5:30 new overnight pope benedict is visiting a basilica that honors a martyred saint. the country's saint was murdered at the gate of the church in 935ad. pope benedict plans to hold mass in front of 50,000 faithful. he will lunch in prague before returning to rome later today. >>> 5:31 it has happened today, for the third time it doesn

also on the top side of the beltway, near towson and heading through glenarm. perry hall already had hefty rains and rolling up 95 from killings -- kingsville and up through periman. we have slow stuff even through cecil county as well. areas of wet weather to deal with. we have a cloudy start. mid-60s and cool day ahead. more to come. stay with us. >>> trying to get drugs off the streets of baltimore. two plainclothes cops find themselves forced into a deadly situation. >>> another reason to hang out at hunt valley ray lewis is moving in. see what he's done to the place. >>> and there's a delay in tom delay's dance. former congressman gets hurt on the dance floor but says he'll recover before show time. >>> 6:44. thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. >> let's look at the forecast now with justin berk. >> good morning. 6:45. we've already had rain roll through, some roads wet and frontal boundary draped across the area. 74 ocean city but 64 easton. 62 york but right here in baltimore back into the upper 60s. boundary draped across the area, respon

last night around 10:00, 11:00, moved across the towson/timonium, up toward the pennsylvania line.t was obviously a done deal but it doused the ground a little last night. no rain today so far. we could see a passing shower overnight tonight. not expecting much though. and you stay out here in the midwest, thick storm beginning to brew across indianapolis and on into ohio. i think we'll see some of this precipitation as we get into the middle part of the weekend. but dry tomorrow in a big way. we'll see nice clearing during the day tomorrow. just a mixture of sun and clouds. the forecast model -- i don't know why i'm so choked up this afternoon -- basically clearing weather here. sunshine breaks out. no precipitation but as we go into the day on saturday, watch what happens here. large area of precipitation begins to develop. this will likely move in, i think late saturday into sunday. the weekend will be a mixed bag of weather, i think, as we go into saturday and sunday. so high tide, low tide, not the main focus on the bay. small craft advisory advisory for friday on the chesapea

. >>> watch for the temperatures this morning, even patchy fog and low clouds. 51 in towson.heck out this view, pretty sunrise about to greet us in sparrows point, 58. live view from harbor cam, a little haze, temperatures in the mid-50s. we'll talk about a warm-up coming up. stay with us. we'll be right back. ♪ take me home ♪ take me home ♪ to my family ♪ ♪ i need to be surrounded by ♪ the ones who care for me [ female announcer ] clean you can see. softness you can feel. tide with a touch of downy. ♪ take me home >> i told my sister you're in good hands with allstate. you're in the devil's hands with allstate. >> ooh, dundalk yells help. linda so continues her life reports on this monday morning as we clean it up. >>> if you have a scratchy throat, eyes hurt, can't stop sneezing. what is going around? we'll find out. >>> and there's ray anthony lewis-itis. this was caught in the san diego backfield around 7:00 last night. that play -- >> amazing. >> that play may be one of the greatest defensive plays we've seen in this town. >> he's incredible. >> that was a walkoff tackle

in towson 76. 77 downtown. 77 annapolis. kingsville 75. havre de grace 78. way out to the west, damascus now at 80. our forecast for the overnight period, cloudy skies, a few scattered showers occurring the -- during the day tomorrow. heaviest stuff to the southwest of us. for overnight, mostly cloudy skies, a few scattered showers, 67 for the low. during the day tomorrow, cloudy, cooler, scattered showers, 73 degrees. not a torrential washout. heavier rainfall thursday, friday showers let up a little but look at the cool temperatures. saturday and sunday the sunshine wins out with the cool temperature remaining all the way down through the beginning of next week. back at 6:00 with more on the weather. >>> in "2 your health" -- according to the centers for disease control more than a third of mothers start feeding their child baby formula in the first week, and less than half breastfeed after six weeks. that means the baby formula that mimics the essential nutrients of breast milk is vital for and i infant's physical and mental development. >>> research has

the towson fitness center, formerly gold's gym in towson decided not to renew their lease. the memberships have been transferred to gold's gym in parkville. the gold's in timonium is also closing those members will be heading to parkville. >>> jamie is taking us out to dinner tonight. how about a cold beer, a refreshing salad? andd a side of charity. >>> and after dodging space junk the shuttle and its crew are heading home. but will they land tonight? >>> i'm jamie costello. we continue to work together in these tough economic times. want to invite you to abc2news.com. on our "financial survival guide" page, today you'll find out how you can get debt collectors off your back. you know the law is actually on your side? we'll show you how to take advantage. plus, babies can be expensive but you can be wasting your money if you buy these eight things. all waiting for you now on the "financial survival guide" at abc2news.com. come join us. i'm jamie costello. explain. oh yea, well for 6 months, customers get all three: fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month. oh, a

an unusual episoding to a baltimore county carjacking at towson town center. the towson times center is reporting niche a jones was arrested 10 hours have a the she allegedly stole a car from a woman in a car parking lot. jones spoke with the victim briefly, used a cell phone. as the victim got into the car jones pushed her into the person seat and began to drive away. the woman was able to get out and call 911. a few hours later someone got a tip that someone tried to use the credit card. jones showed up at the police station and asked "who towed her car," she was arrested. >>> in your health, more specifically your child's health, more specifically college park, the h1n1 virus has hit hard with thousands of students now infected. while the vaccine is still in the works the university is now taking a number of steps to keep the swine flu from taking over the campus. >> reporter: catherine mcdonald came to the health center with an injured foot but she fears leaving here with something much much worse. >> there's swine flu everywhere or flew everywhere. when y

. >>> to an abc2 news exclusive from towson. sources tell us the suspect stole a car and became nervous when he saw police a little after 4:00 this morning on york road. this is right in front of towson university. that's when the suspect floored it, hit the wall and crashed. the driver was not hurt and boy, he was arrested. >>> an elderly woman is in the hospital after a fire in baltimore county. the fire started just before 10:00 this morning on osbourne avenue in catonsville. the building houses multiple apartments. the woman was taken to shock trauma and is expected to be ok. authorities say the fire started in the kitchen but they don't yet know what caused it. >>> a pennsylvania state panel has found probable cause of racial discrimination by suburban philadelphia swim club. the ruling by the pennsylvania human rights commission follows an incident in june when the valley club told a day camp of mostly african-american children they could not swim. the club says safety and crowding, not race, prompted them to cancel the co

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from towson to the 83.ake our way to the west side of the beltway, taking a live look at liberty road, there's going to be volume developing on the outer loop lanes, but no real problems as of yet. we do have another accident to tell you about. this is going to be on the jessup area on route 1 at capitol drive. route 1 not looking like a bad alternative this morning. patrice, let's send it back to you. >>> horn lauren, thanlauren, it. >>> if you have something happening in your community you can share it with baltimore. go to foxbaltimore.com/your takes. you can up load videos direct >>> new this morning, an essex man is indicted on child pornography charges. he went online and pretended to be an 18-year-old lesbian suffering from cancer. he allegedly used the claim to convince teen girls to send him sexually explicit photos. patrick is being held on related charges. >> he he shouldn't have been there, but still it didn't mean for him to be killed. >> the family of the man killed by a john hopkins student i

towson linebacker goes the other way. can't get into the end zone. moment ri setback. francis with great blocking. not touched on his way to the end zone. 12 yards. 7-0. gets back on track for the patriots. gorgeous pass to robert flynn. could not find the end zone. towson moves to four round. 45-0 your final. check out "extra points" at wbaltv.com. your home for the baltimore area high school football. that's a look at sports. i'm pete gilbert. had have a great day. >> the time is 5:55. it's 54 degrees on tv hill. here's a look at our next hour. >> a horrific discovery in frederick county. the bodies of four people were found inside a house. >> county leaders are setting up shop today in the dundalk area in an effort to help residents affected by last week's massive water main break. details coming up. >> an approaching storm brings clouds and a chance for rain. details in just a moment. >> last week's water main break in dundalk is another reminder of the aging infrastructure facing most american cities. the 72-inch water main break came without wa

towson at morgan, they play saturday afternoon at 4:00. >>> also ahead, next hour. woods and the rest of the best in golf. opening day of play at the tour championship. highlights from round 1 in atlanta. that's ahead on eyewitness news at 6:00. i gather the rain spared the golf course from all of the flooding they had down there. they were able to play. >> let's hope it spares the ravens, too. >> you got it. >>> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. >> i'm jessica kartalija. coming up, this letter sent home to parents of students here at montebello. after a teen becomes sick with the h1n1 virus. that story coming up in a live report. >>> coming up right now on eyewitness news at 6:00. collapsed. a young baltimore girl suddenly gets sick with the swine flu. what doctors are saying tonight. >>> city officials will not take a furlough. what will they do to help get the city to meet its budget cuts. >>> ready for the worst. less than a week after a massive water main break. an exercise to help others prepare. >>> and calm and quiet thursday evening. don't miss the up

a new one in towson. a new one also on 50 eastbound at the toll plaza, blocking toll lane 8. a crash involving a pedestrian. eastern bull regard is shut down there. 795, southbound slow now. there's a look at your drive times and your speeds on the top and the west sides as well as 95. there's a live look at 295, jammed there from the beltway. there's a welcome at that delay on the west side at liberty road. this traffic report is brought to you by toyota. choose from 16 different fuel efficient models. click on buy a toyota.com. back over to you guys. >> emmett smith, the all time leading rusher. wow. a heck of a website going here. there it is. >> emmett smith. if i didn't do this interview, you did, take it away. >> we talked to emmett and his wife, pat, about his dancing number one. ravens defense, of course, it was bound to come up. there are a lot of references to the other white meat, because the satellite tour was provided by the national board. >> and please welcome emmett and pat smith to the eyewitness news morning edition. you guys look fantastic. >> oh, thank you

. >> there have then at least two cases of the h1n1 virus at towson university and there have been a growing number of colleges reporting suspected cases of the swine flu. there are now 256 probable cases knowledge park. tonight, the johns hopkins could have nine suspected cases. tim tooten has the story. >> it appears the h1n1 virus has made its way to the homewood campus. >> we had some students who show of the signs of the flu and we presume that at least some of them have h1n1. >> health officials conducted what is called a rapid test, which confirms in part if the student has type a influenza. that means there is a good chance that they could also have the swine flu. >> we want to let them know that they made -- that they need to take it seriously. >> i am watching my hands a lot now. i am starting to prepare myself for the swine flu. >> i am going to follow all of the instructions. i am going to wash my hands. i am not worried about it. i am going to follow the rules. >> that is what school officials are counting on. even so, they say this latest swine flu e-mail alert is not i

hospitals in towson are preparing for the worst. >> what happens when a person walks through the door with a sore throat, fever and cough? >> we treat each one of those as if they have h1n1. and you have to be geaf like that -- aggressive like that. >> reporter: ron lawless was in the hospital for about a week. h1n1 hit him hard because of other health official issues. -- health issues. >> your doctors were surprised you survived. >> one of them said, you made it. like it was not a done deal. >> reporter: what's your advice? >> it was so devastating. i would stay away from clouds crowds. i would try to elim nat -- eliminate the possibilities as best i could. they say wash your hands, of course. >> reporter: now you're a survivor of swine flu. >> now i am. and perhaps i'll never get it again. >> reporter: while the rest of us are waiting for the swine flu to hit. mary bubala, wjz eyewitness news. >> the federal government has issued a warning to small businesses to prepare to operate with fewer employees this fall because of the inevitable spread of h1n1. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00

towson, a crash at towson town center and charles street.r road and silver spring road. in parole, a crash at reed road near route 665. jfx at north avenue, traffic still heavy making your way downtown. that is starting at about the beltway through the st. paul street exit. so, again, give yourself plenty of extra time. we'll have a morning news update next. >>> good morning. i'm megan pringle. doors at the comcast center will open in 30 minutes as president barack obama takes his health care overhaul plan to college park. the white house says he's targeting voters under 30 years old. mr. obama says this will help sell his reform plan to a more skeptical general public. right now the university is setting up for a rally at the comcast center where governor martin o'malley will join the president. in case you're wondering there are some things you need to know if you you plan on attending. the rally starts at 11:00 this morning, open to the public. there will be no tickets and seating is on first come/first serve. though it's raining secret s

up toward towson, seeing heavy rain and out on 70 if you're traveling that way., you see rain there. we are seeing most of this activity heavier toward the east. and seeing some the orange as well. but again, this area, certainly bears watching. look at all of the lightning strikes we have seen in the last hour, as much as 4 and 500 lightning strikes there. it's moved north and east. that is the general trend which is good news for us. we still have to keep an eye because it's real close in terms of feeling relaxed in terms of what is going on there a tornado watch and up to the north and east. we have this, this flash-flood watch there that will continue until 4:00 p.m. significant weather conditions there, for us no watch warnings here, but that doesn't mean we don't want to be diligent and keep can eye on that area. the low pressure center has moved north and west. you're seeing the winds moving toward delaware. 21-mile-an-hour winds and 21 in dover ton. this is what we're watching the low pressure center which has moved inland, seeing shower chances today and

. >> and moving to towson next. >>> a water main break. cars under water. trees, houses, this is major. >> and some people are trapped in their homes. >> they need to be rescued. >> we probability you coming. ñó >>> now, the latest on the terrorism alert spread across the country. there are no threats to mare land. officials are warning people to be vigilant after threats were uncovered. homeland security secretary was in baltimore announcing a grant for the state. >> these go to security and fire station construction. at the same time, they will create jobs through new projects and stimulate economies such as the one here. >> the funding will momster security measures in place. >>> the president challenged the un today to help shoulder the critical murders of the world. but he was not the only leader to address the un. and the president of iran spoke, he said his country is ready to shake all hands, quote, that are extended. >>> the feds held interest rates steady. and the dow gave up 81 points and the enact lost 15 and s&p 11. another mixed day. mccormick

the third annual 5k run and 1 mile fun walk took place in towson and they got free screenings at the event. >>> the ravens cruise to 3-0 record delivering a beatdown to the browns yesterday. and mike schuh joins us from wjz.com with reaction from the football faithful in the wjz fan cam. good afternoon. >> reporter: that's a good way to put it. about a a beat-down. offense and defense is click on all cylinders. ravens harassed the browns quarterback all day long making four interceptions. offense exploded for 34 points including a long touchdown pass to wide receiver derek mason. rain fans are stoked as they tell wjztv fan cam. >> he's young quarterback and has ways to go but i think he can do it with the team work if they keep the team work going and click like they have been doing and the rest keep it going, the team work they can go all the way. >> last time my husband predicted that they won the superbowl. >> i did in and we are going all the way so put your upony on the ravens. >> reporter: now -- >> now i am look forward to new england. i think they are struggling right now. go

near towson.officials say a two-alarm fire ripped through a home before firefighters were able to get it under control. no injuries were reported and no word yet on what sparked the blaze. >>> since a huge water main break flooded large portion of dundock area and even though crews are working overtime to fix it, the county says there's a lot of work left. workers are pumping water out of broken pipes. the pipe burst last friday, flooding more than 100 homes. >> and people in south wrest area are also trying to recover after floods reeked havoc. joe biden got to see the damage firsthand as he toured flooded areas. torrential rain sparked floods across georgia, tennessee, and alabama. at least 11 people have died. >> that area went from one extreme to the other. they had drought conditions and we are seeing pictures where roller coasters are going in and out of water. it was pretty fascinating. they are getting more rain, unfortunately. we are getting -- >> we will, too. >> yeah, and unfortunately,

the towson fitness center has decided no the to renew its lease. the memberships have been transferred to the gold's gym in parkville. the gold's in timonium will also be closing. >>> lots of babies will be celebrating being born on a date full of nines but alexander orient has a little extra distinction. >> he was clirve erd by cesarean on 9/09 at 9:09. she didn't realize the date until she saw it 0 on her hospital bracelet. obviously she was distracted. a few minutes after alexander was born two and a half weeks premature in the hospital, workers told her and her husband patrick the exact time of birth. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist susan shrack. we're looking at lots of rain around the region this morning. maryland's most powerful radar shows it coming on shore. as far as rain amounts, they have been heavy east of baltimore and catching up to the west as well. here's what you are looking at today. 57 degrees and showers this morning. showers this afternoon and a high of only right around 68 degrees. let's check out the roads. here's kim. >

. >> reporter: towson university professor of political communications dr. richard vats says what happened last night has never, ever happened before. >> you rarely have speeches in front of a joint session of congress. there have been 50 such speeches in the last 100 years. you get them once every two years. >> reporter: now in the house of commons it's a different story. >> mr. speaker - >> reporter: descent, heckling and interruptions are part of the routine weekly. but not here. >> i thought it was very ignorant and disrespectful. i feel like even if you don't agree with what the president is saying you shouldn't act out in a way that -- in that sort of manner. >> reporter: a few weren't terribly surprised. >> what did they expect? to act like a congressman? >> yeah. >> you would. >> i mean, all the debate that goes on behind closed doors, it's bound to come out in public. >> you lie! >> reporter: last night it did. and it won't soon be forgotten. kelly swoope, abc2 news. >> see nancy pelosi's face? wilson says his remarks were spontaneous. shortly after

the car and became nervous when he saw police a little after 4:00 this morning on york road near towson university. that's when he floored it, hit this wall and crashed over it. the man crawled out of the car and that's when officers arrested him. >>> today baltimore city spending board is expected to approve a massive budget cut that will include layoffs, furloughs for just about every single city employee. sherrie johnson is live outside of city hall with more. >> reporter: good morning. yes. the city faces more than a $60 million budget shortfall and last night the fire chief met with his personnel to try to explain the situation. he says basically cuts are coming. now what we have to do is figure out how to make the cuts without sacrificing public safety. the head of the firefighters union said he talked to a number his longtime colleagues who say morale has never been lower. he says all the city's firefighters could be furloughed for several days and more than 90 could be laid off. this could close up to 10 fire companies permanently. >> the citizens are at really grave risk but we

towson now 66. 64 westminster. damascus now at 65. 65 havre de grace. elkton currently reports in with 63 degrees. your forecast for tonight -- a few scattered showers across the region. then during the day tomorrow, again, more scattered showers on and off but the heaviest rain remains wack to the west in the ohio valley. all things considered though, weekend right now looking pretty good. forecast for tonight, mostly cloudy, scattered showers, 673 for the low. during the day tomorrow, daytime high of 67 with cloudy skies and scattered showers. your extended outlook for the next seven days -- things are looking pretty good on friday. not a great day but gradual clearing, should become partly cloudy. then saturday and sunday looking good, 72 degrees with quite a bit of sunshine. sunshine continues into monday. then cloudy skies and scattered showers, 77 degrees. >>> did you get out today? >> i was out a little today but, we get to the community a tiny bit here at abc. this morning we had a chance to meet a special teacher and some students who are learn

a gusty breeze, we're going to hold ourselves to 71 in dundalk. 73 towson and ellicott city and glennie, closer to the water because of the breeze, about 72 degrees as we head in through tonight and tomorrow the winds pick up. tomorrow a wet day, tomorrow could be a soaker for some. 66 degrees, 74 the showers end on friday and low 80s as we dry out over the weekend. >>> 5:25. back to you. >> let's go to new york and get "tech bytes" with vinita nair. there's a lot of news. >> reporter: in today's "tech bytes," a big day for apple. the company is set to unveil new products at an invitation only event in san francisco today. new i-pods are expected to be one of the highlights. it's widely rumored that the i-pod touch and nano will be getting built-in cameras. apple fans wills anxious to see if steve jobs will be back to introduce the new products. he recently returned from a six-month medical leave. >>> one of the most popular on-line photo services finally has an iphone ap. flickr launched an application that makes it easier to upload, share and tag photos on the video web site. membe

also another crash at the topside of the beltway in towson where the jfx meets. southbound on the jfx at north avenue, that earlier crash has been cleared over to the right shoulder. traffic is moving on the jfx okay. we're getting word of standing water near northern parkway so use caution. jamie, megan, back to you. >>> your alarm goes off at 6:02 and then it hits, it's 9:11. >> it's now the eighth anniversary of one of the worst days in history. sherrie? >> reporter: good morning, megan and jamie. dozens will participate in ceremonies today. more than 100 volunteers who worked it he world trade center site will read names of the victims of the ceremony near ground zero in new york. vice president joe biden is expected to attend. in washington, president barack obama will meet with family members of the dozens killed at the pentagon. former secretary of state colin powell will speak at a ceremony in western pennsylvania where one of the four hijacked jetliners crashed. the victims were honored by placing a congressional plaque in the east front lobbyist capitol

right now in towson, 66 degrees. 68 in hanover. eldersburg 68. 64 westminster. havre de grace now moved down to 67. still 70 annapolis. 71 in the chestertown area. you can see the cooler temperatures back in the front making their way through the maryland area. tonight, as a frontal system comes through, got a chance for scattered showers across the region. and during the day tomorrow also a chance for scattered showers on and off. no torrential downpours. that is all going to be kind of -- held out to the west of us in portions of the ohio valley but across our region things looking pretty good. the weekend right now looking ok. overnight, mostly cloudy, a few scattered showers, we'll see an overnight low of 63. tomorrow there's going to be a cloudy day with scattered showers, not going to rain everywhere all the time but will be around, a high of 67 degrees. the extended outlook, things start to clear up friday with a high of 76. 72 and sunshine saturday. 72 and partly cloudy on sunday. monday looking pretty good. chance of showers tuesday and wednesday. back

. >> 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 reaction on this and how this could affect local and federal drug cases. >> reporter: mark lunsford was a 20-year veteran and worked for the drug task force. federal prosecutors tell us that dozens of d.e.a. cases and city drug arrests could be in jeopardy because of his alleged corruption. allegations of dirty cops rock the baltimore city police department once again. >> there's always a bad apple in the bunch and i think what's important is our commitment to holding people accountable. >> reporter: first it was officers murray and king who are serving 450 years in federal prison for robbing drug dea

. >>> an nearby ending to a baltimore county carjacking at towson town center. times reports that nisha jones was arrested just 10 hours after allegedly stealing a car from a woman in the mall parking lot. police say jones spoke to the victim briefly, used her cell phone. as the victim got into her car investigators say jones pushed her on to the passenger seat and began to drive away. the woman was able to get out and call 911. a few hours later police got a tip someone tried to use the victim's credit card in easton. p the car was then towed. that's when jones showed up at the police station and asked who towed her car. that's when she was arrested. >>> get ready to enjoy fermented grapes in maryland. >>> and some of our favorite events are being axed. >>> let's get the weather with justin. >> 5:35. we have a little patchy drizzle and showers beginning to move in. at the bus stop looking at low 60s. for most of us, drizzle, showers, and steadier light rain as the morning and afternoon wear on. >>> here's the commute. >> the commute looks good if your ride is o

we're still 74 in towson. 75 baltimore, annapolis, still checking in at 74. still 80 degrees in chestertown. tonight dropping down to 62 or so at bwi marshall. in the city maybe only 63, 64 degrees. so it will be a milder evening out there. we'll talk about a warming trend, into the first days of fall, a little counterintuitive, in a few. >>> making cities greener. congressman elijah cummings says it's a top priority of the obama administration. and today he hosted a summit at morgan state university. speakers talked of constructing environmentally-friendly buildings and homes. that's not all. >> we'll also be talking about how these business folks can become more involved and take advantage of some of the stimulus money that is available and take advantage of future efforts on the part of the obama administration to address the issue of redouse deucing our against on foreign oil. >> cummings says balm baltimore received $15 million from the package or winterization. >>> coughing, sneezing, sniffing. the flu or something else? we tell you what is going around

it's going to be a slow go from parkville to towson and from towson to the 83.a look at morning travels. 24-7, log to our website at foxbaltimore.com and click on traffic edge. let's send it back to you, patrice. >>> lauren, thank you. it's been a year since the murder of a former baltimore city councilman. this morning questions still remain. we will take a closer look at the investigation with the investigative voice. >>> a little later, purple and black are the colors of perfection. we will show you how the ravens stayed perfect in dramatic >>new this morning, clean up will take weeks after a massive watermain break in dundalk. the 72-inch break fractured on friday afternoon sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into surrounding neighbors. roaneing highway remains closed. >>> a man is shot and it happened in the 2400 block of maple road. police say the man was shot in the head and back, no word on suspects or a motive. >>> a vigil to remember former city council ken harris. it's been over a year since harris was gunned down outside of a baltimore

. >> baltimore county jim myth's honoring him at 2:30 today at the old towson courthouse. >>> there is a new fantastic piece of art work in baltimore thanks to kids in area hospitals and some of baltimore's most creative people. >>> and a little culture just a road trip away. when we come back, we'll take you to the opening of a new center. you can go there for free. >>> 5:35. we'll be taking a look at the bus stop. cloudy skies and a little patchy drizzle. otherwise, we're expecting a dry and warmer day. i'll have the complete forecast coming up. >>> let's check in with mark jones at the mta. >> reporter: good morning prosecute you'll find the number 15 bus diverted at saratoga and green. the 17 bus is divert add the corporate and international. the m.a.r.c. train system look goods for travel. no delays on camden, penn, or brunessz wick line sfses. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. with some areas in your home, what you're walking into, can e until now! nice! with new air wick compact imotion, you get concentrated freshness continuously and it has a motion sensor so it lets ou

towson. zooming out over west of westminster into frederick county. looking at some showers as well. and continue to see that push on through. now, it will continue to be a northeast wind at 10. so breezy out there. and with that easterly wind on the western edge of the chesapeake we have a coastal flood advisory, during high tide overnight through the midnight. (inaudible). >> temperatures dropping into the 60s and only highs in the mid to upper 60s tomorrow. so it will be a cool, wet kind of cloudy day. it looks like we will see better weather heading our way for the weekend. details coming up. . >> every american can find quality affordable coverage that can not be taken away. >> the much awaited senate version of the health care reform bill revealed. how the $856 billion plan would be paid for. >> autopsy results are released on the death of a yale grad student. how she died when we come back. . >> col . >> after president obama laid out his health care reform wish list last week, key player in the senate negotiations unveils his plan. but this pr

it will be interesting especially on the north side, perry hall to towson and up through hunt valley. monkton now 51 degrees. back to 53 ellicott city. overall low 50s. some 40s. patchy low clouds and fog. otherwise we're looking for a partly sunny day and our two-degree guarantee gets us back to 76 degrees. last day of summer so make the most of it. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> good morning. we don't have too many problems to let you know about on the major roads at this time. as we look at 95 southbound as you approach the whitemarsh boulevard area. traffic is moving at a good pace as you make your way to the 695/895 split. no problems to let you know about at the fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza either, but we have a watermain break that has broening highway and dundalk and avon avenue closed in both directions. s another crash, eastern avenue and north point road in dundalk. and a car into a traffic light pole at west baltimore street and north schroeder. middle river, dark head cove road, closed because of an ongoing sewer problem. two-way traffic in the eastbound lanes g

which means it's heading to baltimore county so it will get wet in the next half-hour on 83 and maybe towson getting clipped with showers. overall the wide view highlights the fact there's a storm off the coast. we have spotty showers, no widespread steady and heavy rain but take that umbrella because it's going to be wet today. and the chance of showers will actually go up as the day wears on. our two-degree guarantee officially 73. i think just because of the date, 9-9-09 we'll stay with the additional seven plus two, 72. i don't want to wake you up too much this morning. >>> 6:31. let's check the roads with kim, hopefully an easy ride before the rain hits. >> hopefully. 95 southbound in howard county, route 32, there's an accident just north of this shot on southbound 95 approaching 32 where only the left lanes are getting by. traffic slows around route 100 so give yourself a little extra time as you make your way out headed towards the washington, dc area. we're also working a crash on the outer loop, between liberty road and security boulevard. that crash continues to take away the left

it's a little brisk, 56 in towson, 59 in westminster right now, mainly clear skies, we'll be seeing clouds move in throughout the course of the late morning, early afternoon hours. then we'll be seeing partly cloudy, breezy conditions at the bus stop and just be aware that you may need a light jacket as you head out to the bus stop this morning. let's check out the roads here is kim. >>> thank you, susan. we don't have any problems to let you know about around the beltway. traffic is moving smoothly at route 50 and 97. i'll have a complete update for you when we come back next. >>> good morning maryland, time now is 6:13. we know the name, but do we really know how bernie madoff pulled off one of the biggest heists in modern times. >>> the final points of a ponzi scheme so you can protect yourself. >> he is the poster child for ponzi schemes, bernie madoff, the man behind an investment scandal that lost billions. he is now high profile, but scam artists are running smaller scams like that under the radar and we don't want you to fall for them. >> people are desperately looking for other so