they are accused of picking up two teens in west baltimore, leaving one in east baltimore and dumpinghe other in an isolated area with no shoes and a cell phone without a battery. >> fantastic day of weather across maryland. humidity staying relatively low and just blue skies. pretty good weather day it turned out. look at the satellite radar. if you look in the left corner you can see a little unsettled weather in northern ohio. a long way away. looks like it won't -- 69 -- 66 in frederick and 70 still in the dc area. it'll drop down to 68. not quite as cool. changes in the weather. big cooldown. when that happens coming up. >>> detour in a county community is angering neighbors and they want answers. barricades currently close off a part of the road to traffic forcing driver to use another boulevard. tonight they voiced their concerns but officials say they are trying to work through the problem. >> if we can get some good feelings and agreement on a way to go we can move forward. . >> now the state said the new traffic pattern was put into place to give drivers a way to go. forge r

. >> three baltimore city police officers now facing charges of assault and kidnapping a west baltimore teen. karen parks live at police headquarters with more on the evidence that led to the charges. karen? >> jennifer, the three officers are all a part of the violent crime impact division, which is a city wide 26 within the baltimore city police department. all three have been indicted. charges include kidnapping, and assault. now, this started last may, when then 16-year-old michael johnson was picked up in the 1600 block of north gilmore street in west baltimore by three city police officers. detective tyrone francis, detective milton smith and officer gregory hellen. johnson said for no reason the officers threw him in the pack of a police van, cursed at him. assaulted him. drove him around for an hour. before dumping him in a howard county state park, in the rain, without socks, shoes, or his cell phone. >> we're not going to doll rate behavior that undermines the integrity of the agency. we're not. officers on the street work too hard for that. people of baltimore deserve more. a

west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. overview. >> three baltimore city police officers have been indicted on numerous charges. >> this follows a yearlong investigation. jennifer franciotti is live outside police headquarters with the details. >> the veteran police officers turned themselves in. the officers were all members of the violent crimes investigation division. charges include kidnapping and assault. milton smith, tyrone francis, and gregory hellen are accused of picking up two teenagers in west baltimore back in 2009. one of the teenagers was released but the other, michael left without shoes or a cell phone. johnson filed a civil suit in march. his attorney is commending the state's attorney office. >> it is a good thing. we have not seen many cases were officers have been charged with excessive force or police misconduct in baltimore city. >> all three officers have been suspended without pay. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we are learning more about the murder of a university of virginia lacrosse player and former president of

state temperatures, 76 in baltimore. 74 in d.c. 69 in hagerstown. cooler back to the west.ver the mountains in oakland. sitting at 55 degrees. and on the eastern shore 65. and salisbury. so comfortable temperatures through the overnight. great night to open up the windows, let in the fresh air. mainly clear skies tonight. around 66. midnight 61. at your morning rush hour commute take the sunglasses with you, you will need them through the afternoon, with the temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. repeat of today. and closer look at what is coming our way for the weekend. chance of showers. but will it affect mother's day? that answer in the seven day. coming up. >> a philly fan on the field. later on fox 45 news at 10:00. the phone call that could have stopped it. >> both wages and benefits frankly are completely out of control. >> and we're not talking about corporate ceo's here. for once. promise me low prices. and stick to it. like seriously low prices. [ male announcer ] at safeway, we made a promise of low prices. and we're keeping it. [ female announcer ] take our

grand jury dieting three baltimore city police officers accused of kidnapping and assaulting two west baltimore teenagers back in may of last year. the teens say they were left without any shoes and one claims police ripped the battery out of his cell phone, and the officers have been ç identified now as milton smith, tyrone francis, and çgregory hillman. the naacp responded. >> the behavior like this if the charges prove to be true, under mines the integrity of the office and the hard work the police officers do every day. >> the indictment while it was long and coming has come and we believe accountability is now going to happen, and we are grateful to all the members of the justice department of baltimore city, prosecutors, grand jury and others who contributed to the results. >>> all three officers were assigned to the sigh vent crimes division have have all been suspended. >>> this morning police are searching for a suspect after a woman was shot inside a beauty salon it happened at the shotting center the bellair road. a man walked in, took money from the cash register and shot the woma

there was a shooting in west baltimore. shots were fired at 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. a man was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds dirt he later died. homicide detectives are working to determine if an adoption wednesday night is related to a shooting thursday morning. a man was found later on a shot multiple times shirt he died at a hospital. the abduction was not a random act. >> the woman arrested at the preakness this year has become a youtube hit. police officers are seen throwing punches while trying to arrest anna chyzhova. some are calling this excessive force. the police department disagrees. >> the officer tried to restrain her and did strike her back here. she was not able to use her may strike thedid individual. >> police say her companion, modis chandler, also struck a police officer. >> annapolis police are searching for a man who has been approaching young girls at a local school. two students were approached in separate incidents. the man is described as being 6 feet tall and around 30 years of age. he was last seen driving a dark blue sedan,

. >>> city police are looking for whoever shot and killed a man in west baltimore yesterday. the unidentified victim was found shot multiple times in the 3000 block of north ave. he was taken to shock trauma, where he died three hours later. >>> a baltimore city mother cannot understand why police have not charged a man that she says infected her 19-month-old daughter with gonorrhea. the mother identified him as being alone with the child and a carrier of the disease, conclusive evidence to file charges -- but police say they do not have enough conclusive evidence to file charges. >> he has the same exact disease, and it is circumstantial? it cannot be circumstantial. i want to pay for what he did. >> police say it is possible to contract gonorrhea through non- sexual contact. >>> coming out, lance armstrong fires back after he is accused of using performance enhancing drugs. >> as the gulf coast i continues to see where the oil will go next, it is >> clean up efforts in the gulf continue as crew's attempt to cap the well. bp says it may not be until monday when they tried ag

baltimore grand prix will be an indycar style race that will look around the inner harbor and west baltimore over by camden yards. over five years, the race is expected to bring in $11 million in tax revenue, $250 million in spending, and create more than 2000 jobs. hotels and restaurants will be packed. >> with an estimated 150,000 car racing spectators over the course of three days, it is safe to say that at some point during the race, that will probably be hungry. >> is estimated road construction will cost $7.75 million. the city will have six years to pay back state grants. >> what we have here is one of thewok best racetracks' i haver seen in my life. >> the professionalc> the first turn will be in front of the inner harbor. it will look so sexy on tv, and then we come back up the other side and we have the guards, which is history. this is an a-plus racetrack. >> the whole idea was really a pipe dream just a year ago. thanks to councilman bill cole, he was first contacted by baltimore raising development, and is now a

. >>> three baltimore city police officers accused of kidnapping and assaulting two west baltimore teenagersve been indicted. the teens were left without shoes and one claims the police ripped the battery from his cell phone. milton smith, tyrone francis, and gregory helen. all three were assigned to the violent crimes division and have all been suspended. >>> now we know no other child will have to endure what she had to endure. >> the hope of jennifer foxwell. her 11-year-old daughter was murdered allegedly by a known sex offender but a new protection for maryland's new children. among the hundreds of bills signed into law, several targeting sex offends including tougher sentences and registrations. >>> montgomery county police arrest a fourth suspect in the death of a high school principal. 18-year-old deanta gray facing first-degree murder charges. gray was at betts home at the time of the murder. gray was scene in the sure -- seen in the surveillance videos using the victim's credit cards. >>> two police say two recently escape from the department of youth services. lancaster's mother i

> of baltimore grand prix is and in the style race that will look around the inner harbor and west baltimoreer by camden yards. over five years, the race is expected to begin a $11 million in tax revenue, $250 million in spending and create more than 2000 jobs. hotels and restaurants are expected to see business like that have never seen before. >> with anúu4Ñ estimated 150,00r racing spectators over the course of three days, it is safe to say that at some point during race, they were probably be hungry. >> it is estimated road construction will cost $7.75 million, with $5 million paid for in federal funds and the rest in state grants which the city will last six years to pay back. the professional track designer says the track layout is the best he has ever seen in his career. >> the first turn will be in front of the inner harbor. he is going to look so sexy on tv. then we come up the other side which is the arts, which is history. this is an a-plus racetrack. >> if everything goes as planned, the first race is already set for august 2011. more than 1 million water bottles are being recall

officers >>> three baltimore city police officers are indicted for kidnapping and assaulting a west baltimore the officers are all a part of the violent crime impact division as and all three have n on the force for less than 10 years. karen parks has more on the charges against them. >> today the justice system of the baltimore city stood up. >> reporter: naacp leaders gives the city's justice system a pat on the back after three police officers are indicted for kidnapping an a teen. 16-year-old michael johnson junior says last may detective tire on francis, smith, and gregory helen, picked him up in the 1600 block of gilmor street. threw him in the back of a police van, cursed him, assaulted him and dumped him in the rain at patapsco state park in howard county without socks, shoes or cell phone. >> taking an urban city youth who does not have a car that far against his will is akeen to taking a fish and putting him on the beach a few yards and asking him to get back in the water on his own. >> reporter: today all three officers were charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, second degre

afternoon against three baltimore city police officers accused of kidnapping and assaulting two west baltimore teenagers, taking them to a excluded road in howard county back in may of last year. the teens say they were left without any shoes and one even claims police ripped the battery from his cell phone. the officers have been identified as milton smith, tyrone francis and gregory hilllen. tonight police and the naacp responded to the indictments. >> behavior like this, again if these charges prove to be true, undermines the integrity of this agency and the hard work they do every day. >> that indictment, while it was long in coming, has come an we believe accountability is now going to happen. and we're grateful to all of the members of the justice department of baltimore city, prosecutors, grand jury, others, who helped contribute to this result. . >> all three officers were assigned to the violent crimes investigation division and they have been suspended. >>> a woman staggers into a neighborhood try cleaners after being shot. it happened at 11:00 this morning at bel air road. the 32-ye

the officers are accused of picking up some teenagers in west baltimore back on may 4, 2009 while looking for a suspect. one of the teenagers was released, and the other michael johnson was taken all the way to a remote part of howard county. >> it is crazy. i was shocked. >> he told us that he had to walk a long distance to a gas station with no shoes, socks, or a cell phone, because people -- because he says police took them. he made this 911 call to howard county police. >> they dropped me off out here, and i do not know where i am at. >> did they beat you up? >> yes. >> i am at a gas station. i do not know where i am at. they took my shoes and socks. >> the baltimore chapter of the naacp called for the immediate arrest of the officers. >> today the justice system of baltimore city stood up. for that, we are proud and grateful. >> johnson also filed a civil suit against the three officers in march. his attorney asa commending the state's attorney's office. >> it is a good thing, because we have not seen that many cases where officers had been charged with excessive force or police misc

. >>> a 2 years old is struck by a vehicle at west baltimore. it happened after 7:15 at north carry street. the little boy was taken to shock trauma. no word on his injuries or how the incident occurred. >>> anne arundel police are on high alert after two teenage girls are almost kidnapped near their school. the first girl was approached for a ride. the second grabbed as a man walked by. when she pulled away from him, the suspect left in a dark blue honda. >> here is what we're doing. we doing more patrols around the schools. we're doing more patrols in the areas where the kids walk back and forth to the schools in those neighborhoods and at the school bus stops. >>> investigators are looking for a man in his 30s of hispanic origin about 6 feet tall. >>> police believe that a man abducted on wednesday night has been murdered. officers found a body inside of a minivan near el dorado avenue yesterday morning. the victim has been shot and killed. the van matches that description of the minivan involved in wednesday's abduction. the victim has not b

west. we do not always see that. no. baltimore county, just north of the city, we have some light, scattered showers, and around the district, the heavier rain brings. we see some spotty showers. that is about it. it has been scattered today around baltimore and chesapeake bay. when you go west of us to western howard county and western carroll county and beyond, they have had an inch to almost two inches of rain. much more to the west and south of us. let's see what we had today. 75 was the high at the airport and the inner harbor. a couple of spots of blue sky. the clouds predominated. mid-60's for the low. not quite -- the clouds will be dominated. mid-60's for the low. at least around the baltimore area, we are a little bit on the short side. to the west of us, there was much more rain. annapolis is 70. 64 in ocean city. the breeze is coming off of the ocean. it is keeping the temperatures down. hagerstown is in the 60's. we're stuck in the 50's all day yesterday. here is the satellite image showing the spotty cloud over us. t

an isolated shower as possible tomorrow morning north and west of baltimore. afternoon, it might kick up a couple of isolated storms, but we are running less than 20% chance that any one spot gets hit by rain tomorrow. by friday evening it is cutting through ohio but will stay dry year through the day friday. in iran would probably happen early saturday morning. -- any rain would probably happen early saturday morning. loss of sunshine for most areas, and less than a 20% chance of an isolated shower. /oabout 68 around the bay. the lower eastern shore, the front is approaching you in the afternoon. you have a slightly better chance for us thundershower. it will be 84 away from the water but 77 on the beach. west winds gusting to 20 knots, so a small craft advisory is in effect. the temperature changes after two more days with highs in the '80s. it will drop into the low 70's saturday and upper 50's sunday. it may get as cold as 36 by monday morning of next week. >> why is so important for women to focus more on their finances, and details on a recall involving

one on bell air at singer road and in the city at west baltimore. there is a look at drive times and speeds. west side the slowest because of the accident in the clearing stages appealing providence road 2-rbgs the 2 22 minute drive there. this traffic report is brought to you by american signature and value city furniture. >>> no drugs and no alcohol for actress lindsey lohan, a judge given her stricter rules to live by after she missed a mandatory court appearance. >> reporter: lindsey lohan arrived at the beverly hills courthouse to a crush of cameras and a few minutes late. the 23-year-old looked concern as the judge laid down new stricter terms for her probation. >> drink no alcohol, (inaudible.) >> a scram device is a monitoring ankle bracelet and she must attend alcohol treatment classes. the judge ordered lohan to have drug testing every week in the los angeles area. her defense attorney told the judge that will interfere with the movie she is trying to make in texas. the defense attorney pressed the judge to loosen restrictions on the actres

. >>> a 2 years old was struck by a vehicle in west baltimore. the little boy was taken to hopkins trauma. no word on his injuries or exactly how the incident occurred. >>> anne arundel county police are on high alert after two teen girls were almost kidnapped near their middle school. both incidents happened near the bates middle school in annapolis. the first girl was approached for a ride. the second girl was grabbed as the suspect moved by. >> we are doing more patrols around the school. we're doing more patrols in the areas where the kids walk back is forth in those neighborhoods and at the school bus stops. >> investigators are looking for a man in his 30s. say they is of hispanic origin and about 6 feet tall. >>> police believe that a man abducted from northwest baltimore has been murdered. police found a body near el dore dorado avenue. the minivan matches the description of the wednesday's abduction. the victim has not been identified. >>> a man is convicted of first-degree murder in march of 2009 bar fight that turned deadly. 42 years o

were reported abused last year in baltimore city, their average age eight years old. >>> the west baltimore man abducted at gun point from his home has been found shot to death in a van yesterday. it is likely the same van witnesses saw him forced into when he was and dunthd. police are still looking for those responsible. >>> parents and children are urged to be on the lookout for a suspicious man seen approaching students yesterday. police say a man tried to lure a girl from baits middle school, another girl told police a man grabbed her arm, but she managed to get away. >>> hundreds of jobs at j.p. morgan chase appear to be heading for the chopping block. they are closing their credit card center in frederick at the end of the year. they are said to be apart of a larger plan to increase efficiency with the company. >>> during a tour of an elementary school the other day first lady michelle obama found herself talking immigration reform with a second grader here in maryland. the girl more or less admitted her mother was in the country illegally. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama inte

. >> consider last year's deadly fire on presstman street in west baltimore.dible). >> that broken up cell phone call resulted in fire crews being dispatched to the wrong address. tip number three. keep the land line. and if a fire does break out in your home. make sure you are prepared. tip number four. have smoke detectors. make sure they are working. and have a plan. >> all the kids know how to do a fire drill in the school. you have to have a fire drill in your home. >> gallon baltimore city fire inspector kevin williams shows us how quickly a room with fill with smoke. >> you become disoriented quickly. and then suddenly you need to know what to do. >> tip number five. have an escape plan. and a designated meeting place. so you know your family is safe. >> five simple things to save your life, or someone else's, in five minutes or less. >> incredible. because if someone you love is in trouble. and you don't know any of these five things, you feel totally helpless. >> that's right. something like the heimlich maneuver is so easy to learn to do. what we sho

. >> simon: hardly anyplace needs that change more than west baltimore, where poverty, drugs, and shootingsarrying musical instruments to school has been a common sight. about 150 pre-k to third graders at lockerman bundy elementary school belong to a new, privately funded music program started by marin alsop, the conductor of the baltimore symphony orchestra. called orchestra kids, or "orchkids" for short, it's another example of the system taking root in america. >> marin alsop: it's all about exposure at a very, very young age. there's so many skill sets that you need-- coordination, you have to develop your ear, you have to develop your brain. and just like learning a foreign language, the younger you start, the more fluent you become. >> simon: and that's what you're trying to do with orchkids? >> alsop: you know, it's sort of a work in progress. >> simon: work really kicked off last october, when a truck pulled up at the school carrying $50,000 worth of musical instruments, enough for an orchestra, and enough to make these kids think it was christmas. >> i got a big one. ( warming up

and also in baltimore west bittal closed due to a structure fire.e will check on the road closure but megan and jamie back it you. >>> we want help you get back to work. >> and we want to help you find eligible candidates. >>> and who hung up their dancing shoes? >>> a daring rescue as three fight can -- fight against the current to hang on for their lives. >>> all right, we are back with you at 6:11. we are trying to help you get back to work on good morning maryland, and we have a new way to market yourself. >> send us your resumes if you're trying to find a job. >> we have selected a few of you to sell yourself. here's this week's choices. >> greetings, my name is craig davis. i have a desire to join an effective corporate team with room for advancement. i have a degree in marketing management. i have experience ranging from insurance claims to call centers and recall. i have experience in forecasting, store development, and sales. i recently added ups technical skills to my skills. >>> good morning i'm kerry tameres, a results oriented professio

. >>> a man is found dead at outside of a west baltimore bar. a good samaritan picked up the man who was at the 2400 block of frederick avenue. he took him to an er, but manetn died at shock trauma early this morning. >>> a hair salon owner died from a shot in the head. the woman had just opened the salon when the robber walked in and shot her. he stole her money and ran. she managed to stumble on into a nearby business for help. >> i said, what happened and i look at her face and blood all over. i just called 911. >> she didn't claim to know the suspect so we don't know if she was a target or if he wa she wae victim of opportunity. >> all of this happened at a busy shopping center of bel air road. police are looking through videos of a surveillance camera. they do have leads but this morning the suspect is still on the loose. the victim is expected it survive. >>> piles of bodies stacked in a garage forbe forces the closurea funeral home. they suspended the license of a funeral home on monday. they found a pile of 40 body bags containing human

i felt the ground shake and i live in west baltimore. i talked to someone else also who previously had felt the same thing. i'm wondering if we felt like little tremors, real slight. is there a probability there could be something large in that area? columbia is like halfway between baltimore and washington. i mean, if i could feel it sitting in my basement, i'm wondering in the probability is high or it's just a small shake. guest: well, a couple of comments. one is it's possible to feel small earthquakes even down to magnitude 2, though typically 2.5 or 3 is where they start to be felt by many people. if you think you felt shaking you can go to our website, earthquake.usgs.gov. or just go to usgs.gov and go from there. and within a few minutes of an earth quake of some size it will be on a map. you can see information about it, its time and size. we even have a feature called, did you feel it? and if you felt an eeredsquake you can fill out a map and contribute to the distribution of shaking. now, your second question was does a small

they rallied on the 1200 block of north howard street in west baltimore. a hit and run. up next, we have answers to your pet questions. >> the push is on to restore the chesapeake bay oyster habitat before it is too late. >> plus, we are a lot -- we are live at can-struction. >> the temperatures jumped up to 69 d your new energy star qualified kenmore elite is ready to go. so, you're just gonna dump the old one into the ocean somewhere. dillion. actually, dillion... sears joined forces with the epa to make sure it's recycled the right way. that's rad. it is rad. it's called responsible appliance disposal. so it's rad...literally. literally. [ male announcer ] get 15% off all appliances plus up to an additional $250 instantly with our appliance trade-in program. sears. life. well spent. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking -- this is wbal-11 "news." >> i am lisa robinson. >> i am kerry cavanaugh. we will get to our top stories to the moment. bu

. >> from his west baltimore home this week. van in forest park yesterday. they say it is likely that the same one witnesses saw him abducted in on wednesday night. anyone with information, is asked to call the police. >> g after a small plan crashes, it happened in a small airstrip, the aircraft crashed off of the runway and landed into nearby woods. the pilot, the plane's only occupant is now hospitalized with a broken back. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> breaking new grown at the baltimore sun, mary has been tapped to oversee the print and digital content, the sun's first female editor and chief. and grew up in baltimore county. she replaces cook who left in march. >>> and a baltimore county business is celebrating a big accomplishment this week. lenny's deli is commemorating the 25th anniversary. they opened the land mark on may 23rd, 1985. the deli will hold a big celebration this coming sunday. they will give away prizing including a 42-inch tv. stay with wjz, updates available all morning long at

police are looking for whoever shot and killed a man at a west baltimore sky team 11 was over the sceneusive evidence to file charges. back in a minute with a check on >> now let's take a look at the forecast with john collins. >> big area of high pressure will hold a storm off to the west. it is not expected to get in. it may throw clouds our way. other than that, fairweather's situation. mostly sunny skies, unseasonably warm. 81 to 86 for the high. south, southeast winds at 10 ♪ ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile ♪ don't know why i love you [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can truly be yourself. [ cheering ] and at holiday inn, you always can. holiday inn. stay you. thanks to this quick home energy check-up from bge.house feels like i'm at a day spa. [ announcer] learn to speak the language of energy efficiency at bgesmartenergy.com. [sigh] ah... the efficient life is the good life.

32-year-old milton smith, a 29- drop, and another are accused of picking up two teenagers in west baltimorehe city and the other was allegedly taken to howard county -- was released in the city and the other was allegedly taken to howard county. the officer's face numerous charges including >> good morning, everyone. we are off to a quiet start this wednesday. this is about as nice as it gets this time of year. humidity is down significantly from the last couple of days. high temperatures in the upper 70's and low 80s. 30% chance of thunderstorms on a thursday and friday. best chance for rain on saturday. mother's day is going to be dry, just breezy and corporate high of only 64. -- greasy and cool. a high of 64. >> another update at 9:25.

baltimore county at the carroll county line. apparently an accident involving a motorcycle at the carroll county line. and we're looking at three accidents still in the city west northern parkway. south broadway at fleet. two more on baltimore county, one in owings mills. painters mill at red run. another in sykesville at circle drive. and one more in glen burnie. watch for that one on crane avenue. traffic lights still out in the city. west northern parkway. use caution at that intersection. and the delays, 95 northbound, approaching the beltway, have gotten much better. the average speed now, 47 miles an hour. we were down in the 20s. so watch for a two-minute setback there. there is a look at a delay on 70 eastbound. and delays on the beltway, evident in the 30s and 40s. 32 miles an hour, your slowest spot between 795 and 83. there's a look at the northwest side at green spring avenue. that delay, definitely evident there. there's a look at 95 northbound lanes, slowing, approaching the beltway to the right. this is brought to you by h.h. greg. h.h. greg is one of the leading retailers. h.r. greg is opening near you on may 6th, at 3:00 p.m. back to you. >>>

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still picking up moderate rain from baltimore on west.e eastern shore counties there is not a lot happening. i think this will dissipate as we head through the morning. but at least for the next couple hours, if it is raining at your house, it will continue to do so. a chance for showers or thundershowers this morning and maybe sun will breakthrough this afternoon. the high temperature around 75. when we come back we'll look at the seven-day forecast and see what's on at that point for the rest of the work week. >> it has been more than a month since the oil rig exploded causing a massive oil leak. 11 news reporter jay gray has the late -- latest. >> later this morning the lead administrator from the e.p.a. will be back with a closer look with the clean-up effort a day after the agency look forward a request to fine a less toxic replacement. it will continue to use the chemical disbursement. on the surface crews are trying to get some of the crew out of the marsh and wetlands. >> each habitat, dch different types of marshes, each is treat

clear skies across maryland from the eastern shore back across baltimore. going west until you get out into the high country. there are a few clouds in the panhandle area. look at rain showers and storms firing up toward the great lakes. it is the only active weather anywhere in the eastern united states up across the lake and cleveland. we are not going to see much from that. high pressure keeps us nice and dry tonight and into the early part of the day tomorrow. we could see a slight chance of a passing shower each afternoon. forecast model keeps the disturbance primarily north of us. tomorrow afternoon a slight chance of a passing shower. then we'll talk you in tighter -- take you in tighter thursday and friday. there will be a slight chance of a passing shower friday evening. i'm not looking for rain until saturday. tonight dropping down to 60 or some not as cool as last night. we should hang on to 60 overnight. mostly clear. still mild. tomorrow early sunshine. then we'll see more clouds build in the afternoon. we'll call it variably sunny. two degree guarantee 8

we are still almost an inch short here in the baltimore metro area. just west of us, over the last 24 hours, there has been a lot of rain. 1.5 inches west of howard county and a couple of places in frederick and washington county got in excess of 2 inches of rain just recently. some folks are catching up on the rainfall, but around baltimore and ease, rains have been a little on this body side. annapolis is at 67, cambridge 64, ocean city 61. downtown is still 70. just beginning to drop into the 50's out in far western maryland. here is the satellite image, showing the circulation of this storm around us. at the moment we have these easterly winds which are bringing in all that moisture. some of that is in the form of rain. a couple of little weather disturbances with that easterly flow, but high pressure is beginning to push in from the west and will eventually show some of this away. as we pull back, we notice of to the southeast a little weather disturbance. let's look at the tropical satellite image. forecasters at the hurricane center are watching this wea

baltimore. smoking flames in the middle block of west middle street went out this morning. the firefighters put out the 1 alarm blaze. the person who was burned was taken to the bay view burn center. so far there's no word on a cause. >>> baltimore police are investigating after a pedestrian is hit and by a vehicle in essex. it happened at the 400 block of eastern boulevard. police have not said whether the driver stayed at the scene. >>> police release more details about the death of yeardley love, a notre dame prep graduate who was attending the university of virginia. love's ex-boyfriend, george huguely is charged with her murder, but he says it was an accident. love was found by her roommate. she was in a pool of blood on her bed. she had bruises and scrapes on her face. huguely admitted that his and love relationship ended. he shook her causing her head to repeatedly hit the wall. >> no matter how many times you see that, it's an undescribable feeling of sadness. >> we're confident that miss love's death was not intended, but an accident with a tragic outcome. >> a bail

west southwest. fairfax is quiet at the moment but southern montgomery over to howard county we have showers there. up and down route 29 here. 95, as well. jessup, clarksville, out of the baltimore area, this is moving west-southwest. beltsville a little sprinkle your way and one more stop across southern maryland this to charles county. generally east of 301. in and around waldorf especially north and east sides of town. light sprinkles as this is drifting to the west southwest. so la plata, white plains you will see that in the next few minutes but these are fairly light. much lighter than over the weekend. let's talk about the forecast for the next three days. temperatures today will hold in the mid-70s. a humid and muggy day. will be a shower or two. nice tomorrow. 81 and then on wednesday we will get warm quickly as highs jump back in to the upper 80s. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast this morning, cloudy an isolated shower, definitely muggy with temperatures in the 60s this morning. our sunrise 5:49. this afternoon, still mostly cloudy, a couple of peeks of sun but a few showers can't be ruled out and highs in the mid- 70s and a northeast wind five to ten. tonight most

baltimore. it's been in place for most of the day out west. at this point it's on the western sides of the city, columbia, butler, and in cockeysville starting to pick up. we open it up a little more. you can see a few warnings of thunder. that popped out ahead of the main line. around frederick, always few rumbles of thunder. and a little bit more, down to the south, all of this making it is way in from virginia. you see rumbles of thunder, and it will make its way to the eastern shore. we've seen this on and off. there's another round now coming in. so we'll switch it over and show you clouds, breaking up at tiles during the day today for hazy sunshine out there but here comes the rain, making its way into the state. now, this is not a very big symptoms, and it is weakening as it moves in, but it's also not moving very fast. so we're still going to see this rain into tonight and into tomorrow. the winds are out of the southeast ahead of the main front with it, and that's making it very muggy out there. the dew points have been in the low sic

west side. a pretty nice ride despite the rain. the baltimore-washington parkway looking good so far. 95 checking out fine at the job, road overpass. -- at the joppa rd. overpass. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thousands walked across the stage and into the next chapter of their lives. >> missing were four students who lost their lives, including yeardley love. >> yeardley love received her degree posthumously. she was one of four students remembered yesterday that the university of virginia. yeardley love was killed just three weeks ago in her apartment. hurt exports friend is charged in that murder. the murder is drawing national attention. her picture is on the cover of magazine.ose" >> getting people to talk about it so it is not in the dark. >> her accused killer was supposed to graduate yesterday. he remains behind bars. >> a late night shooting 1 cents man to the hospital. it happened around 10:00 p.m. last night. police found an adult male with shot wounds to the arm and shoulder. >> pay man shop -- lee martin was found to cl

and on the east side of baltimore, a chance for a shower and the eastern sections of baltimore county. the further west you go, the drier the weather pattern. the showers will linger through the evening hours. you'll see what is going on as far as the storm off of the south atlantic coast. we will surely the storm system, it shows that storms spending over the atlantic. the hurricane center is watching this to see if it might take on tropical storm characteristics. there is an area of low pressure sitting here, and it drives a cool, east wind that keeps the temperature down and the pollen count down producing a couple of scattered showers. the tree and grass pollen are down and the low and moderate range today. columbia and -- to their old checking and ran out. if you get in land and far enough away from the ocean, it is a much warmer 78. >> a couple of scattered evening showers east of town with the wind coming in of 5 miles an hour. it is with a combination of high pressure over new england and the storm of the south atlantic coast that follows that east wind. the pattern is the old tomorrow morning

baltimore region, not a lot going on. most to the north and the south and to the west. looking at the city, just very light to the east. we're talking light rain to the west and south of the city. nothing going on. but down to the south of the area, solid rain down to southern maryland and that will be crossing the region, eastern shores some solid rain and heavier pockets there as well. western maryland, some solid rain moving towards our region. cool, drizzly and occasional rain into tomorrow as well. >> thank you, let's check on the roads with sharon gibala. traffic control. >>> good afternoon, they are busy this afternoon, plenty of accidents, a few on major roadways. one on the jfx, blocking the center lane with the backup there. watch for a crash blocking the left lane of the ramp, no delays. an accident on 895 northbound in the clearing stages of lombard street. several crashes in the city. too many to mention. one more in columbia at martin road. as far as delays, still some delays between 212 and 32, you're looking at a 25-minute ride there with an average speed of 22 miles per hour. there's your drive times,

look temperatures across the northeast. 86 in baltimore. 83 harris berg. back off towards our west 76 in cleveland. that's because they are dealing with rain showers right now and this is the same system that is going to be pressing in our direction. an area of low pressure is going to bring in the chance for some rain showers late in the afternoon for tomorrow for officially pushes through some thunderstorms here on sunday. so let's just time this out for you on your future scan model waking up tomorrow morning mostty cloudy skies maybe a few peaks of sunshine this low pressure system will be inching closer and we could start to see a chance for maybe isolated rain showers by 4 o'clock and then more or less widespread rain showers late saturday night into early sunday morning 9:00 a.m. probably more or less or best chance and then an i say thunderstorm later in day as low pressure just sits right on top of us giving us that chance for rain showers into monday. so here's the next 7 days. 75 for tomorrow. so seasonable. most of the day will be dry for tomorrow but again later in the

. >> reporter: electronic signs warn drivers coming south from baltimore to take the beltway west over the american legion bridge, but even if 47% of traffic is diverted backups could stretch 10 to 15 miles. >> i can tell you what it's going to look like at midnight or 1:00 in the morning, it will look like rush hour. >> reporter: many who live near the beltway already avoid it. >> i work in falls church and i do not get on the beltway. i go service roads all the way. >> it's also going to be a tough weekend for anybody that uses the chain bridge. the entire span will be shut down all weekend long. the closures started at 8:00 last night. crews have been working to restore the bridge for the past year now and this weekend they will finally remove the concrete barriers and repave the bridge's deck and restripe the lanes, and once the bridge opens on monday morning, all three lanes will finally be back open again. >>> the southeast washington man is charged with the murder of his mother. police say he shared an apartment with his mother. shortly before the officers went in the home, his

west of the city. maybe the city, baltimore area, d.c. annapolis, maybe after 6:00 or 7:00 a better chance of a shower. and on sunday with the system getting closer, a better chance of showers on sunday. but not a washout all weekend. and it will get cooler on saturday and sunday. and then it warms up again by early next week. temperatures back up into the 80s again. southeast winds that will cool us down tomorrow. and bay temp in the mid-60s. so right now it is clear. 58 tomorrow, clouds and sunshine. and then maybe a pop-up shower in some spots late in the afternoon. and cooler, 74. not bad. a little cooler than it was today. 86 today, 74 tomorrow. still nice though. >> thanks, bob. >>> still ahead at 5:00, tackling a growing concern tonight in health watch. howard county schools going to new lengths to protect students from concussions. >>> i'm suzanne collins, a man dies in a one-car accident here on this hartford county road. i'll tell you how he was a ,,,,, >>> it is just after 5:30. 86-degrees with a few clouds outside. happy frida

west to east, but this weather pattern reversed a little bit. it will keep temperatures in check and dragons and shower whether -- showery weather. trying to get into parts of baltimore county before the fall apart, the better chance you get a little bit of a shower this evening. it will taper off overnight. the further west you go, the drier the weather pattern is. iran has not been that substantial today. light shower activity. 77 at the airport today be the normal high by one degree. spawning to the east wins is favorable to us. it tends to lower the pollen counts temporarily. >the airport at 75, just a touch cooler up in the mountains. on the coast at ocean city, they have a sea breeze and a down to 64. a few of the showers to the northeast of baltimore, 57-64 for the overnight low. when is coming out of the east. low pressure over the atlantic, just kind of fun of that era to the mid-atlantic. the hurricane center might become tropical in nature. it might start to take on tropical storm characteristics. you can't tell the atmosphere that. the first name on the list is alex. it will see if it becomes alex all over the next few days. hot and humid summer weather b

baltimore right now. nothing happening, maybe a couple of sprinkles out of the clouds. another band of showers is approaching from the west. so here's howard county. it is west of how -- howard county. there's lightning in some of this, west of the district of columbia down here. this band is coming in, and the previous one gave us anywhere from -- from 100th to 600th of an inch of rain around the area. let's look at numbers that we collected during the day today. that rainfall, 1-100th at the airport. and there wasn't much at all, a lot of sprinkles and height assures. took a while to get the pavement wet. 7 was the high at the airport and inhear harbour high. and there was enough sun to drive the temperature up. 76 is typical for this time of year. kehl see more clouds, probably toughtory warm up during the day tomorrow. and especially with the activity. and 69 right now, annapolis and it is 6 at cambridge and 63 at ocean a they have been in the 60's all day long and rather cool there with a breeze coming off the water. 66 at westminster and out at pred rick and 64 and at oakhand, it is the 50's all day long because of

. >> reporter: electronic signs warn drivers coming south from baltimore to take the beltway west over the american legion bridge. but even if 40% of traffic is diverted, back-ups could stretch 10 to 15 miles. that's why this maryland man who travels the inner loop to get to alexandria has a new plan for this weekend. >> i won't go across the wilson bridge, that's for sure. >> reporter: travelers trying to pass through might face the biggest problem, many who live near the beltway already avoid it. >> i used to travel it every day going to work and once i retired, i said, that will be the last of that road. so i'm out of there. >> reporter: so again, 9:00 tonight the lanes start to constrict possibly until 5:00 a.m. monday morning. this is still all part of the telegraph road interchange that's been reconstructed after the wilson bridge reopened. that's supposed to be done sometime by 2013. back to you now. >> julie carey, thank you. >>> there's news tonight about that emergency landing at dulles airport on sunday night. united airlines flight 27 was bound from new york to los angeles

. >> reporter: electronic signs warn drivers coming south from baltimore to take the beltway west over american legion bridge. but even if 40% of traffic is diverted, back-ups could stretch 10 to 15 miles. this cab driver who works night cans see it now. >> wow. it's going to look like midnight or 2:00 in the morning, going to look like rush hour. >> reporter: travelers trying to pass through might face the biggest problem. many who live near the beltway already avoid it. >> i work in falls church and i do not get on the beltway. i go service roads all the way. >> reporter: you need a score card to keep track of all these northern virginia construction projects. what's going on behind me is the last phase of the woodrow wilson bridge project. that should all be completed by 2013. back to you, wendy. >> thanks, julie carey. >>> it's going to be a tough weekend for anyone who uses the chain bridge. the entire span is going to be shut down all weekend starting at 9:00 tonight. crews have been working to restore the bridge for the past year and this weekend, they'll finally remove the conc

baltimore. temperatures do range quite a bit up to the north and west. it's 53 york and holding at 61 in hagerstown. clouds look like they are trying to move in and thicken up in the next few hours. it should be some sun that gets through. we'll average a partly cloudy day with a high this afternoon. our two-degree guarantee is 86, running ten degrees above normal. >>> here's kim with the easy ride we hope. >> reporter: mostly an easy ride. mountain road is closed at mansion house crossing between catherine avenue and edwin rainer boulevard. drive times are mostly in the green this morning as you make your way around southbound in hack. on the topside of the outer loop, looking pretty good between 83 and the jfx. down the northern parkway, that is a four-minute ride. traffic is moving well on the southwest corner here at frederick road on the beltway. as you look around some more, no real problems here at the i- 70 interchange on the beltway, either. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> news that may make you think you are having an uh-oh before taking a sp

the shift to the wind. 59 right now, beautiful start to the day here in baltimore. 62 up towards new york and mid- 50s back to the westairly uniform numbers near the mid-atlantic. while this looks so impressive on the satellite imagery, these are mostly in the form of high, thin clouds that the sun is trying to get through. we call it a partly cloudy sky with a little bit of a warm front ahead of the storm system to the west. it will pump up warmer air through the day. yes this storm system cranking through the nation's heartland and into the ohio valley. it will spawn more showers and thunderstorms but losing its grip from the devastating tornadoes and flooding we had seen just a couple of days ago towards kansas and oklahoma. we diminished the tornadoes to just a couple in missouri and widespread hail outbreaks. it will definitely be in a much diminished form. over this weekend, we do expect more clouds and maybe showers to dot up around the mid- portion of the day in the mid- morning and afternoon. not a heck of a lot of green in central maryland which means we're not going to get widespread rain tomorrow. it will