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

this one is in baltimore city. baltimore city school leaders telling us baltimore international academy number 335 is closed today due to electrical problems. if you go to school there you have the day off. however, if you work there, staff should report to the walbrook building. >> i'm surprised none of the dundalk schools are closed. no word of them >> no. >>> we'll look at the news and then lead you up to "good morning america" at 7:00. justin berk? >> good morning. we take you to the parking lot and our view at the veterans elementary school. i want to show you this, because now that the lights are up we can show you. we've had thick fog in spots. looks like it's not really effecting them at this part of ellicott city, 51 degrees. definitely a cool one. 51 perry hall and monkton. we have low clouds and fog in those two locations. strefn up to cecil county and elkton. 56 on the eastern shore in rock hall. we've had low clouds and fog developing especially around baltimore north and east and we may have patchy fo

and killed a man in northeast baltimore. homicide detectives were called to belaire road and herd man avenue at 2:00 a.m. today. man shot several teams in the chest. he was rushed to the hospital where he died later. officers not releasing the victim's name. >>> city police are investigating a triple shooting in north baltimore. happened about 8:45 last night near york road and rabbit avenue. 3 people shot. one of them died. so far no arrests. >>> 8 years today these were the scene that is gripped the nation. country attacked by terrorists. today americans all across the country pause to reflect and remember the worst act of terrorism ever to occur on u.s. soil. >> andrew. anthony. vincent abathe. >> lawrence christopher bell. >>reporter: at ground zero in new york thousands stood in the cold rapey weather to pay their respects while family members read the names of the people who lost their lives when the 2 planes crashed into the twin towers n.all 2751 names read and the crowd paused for 2 moments of silence. mark exact mo

baltimore metro upper 50s already. 56 in westminster. you folks out here may get to like 49 or 50 overnight. some spots in the morning, and with clear skies, light winds, that's how you get the cool temperatures. 75/58 today. our average is now 82 and 61. the records, 102 and 49. some suburban areas tomorrow morning could get to 49 degrees. very light winds. light winds, moonlight, clear skies. any heat that accumulates, that is away from the water bodies, can really drop temperatures. at the low levels of the atmosphere it can get quite chilly. down to the south and east of us some showers and thundershowers continue along this stalled front, but it's slowly moving into the ocean to the east, but this front is going to kind of remain in this general area over next couple days, and it's possible by late thursday or friday some of these clouds can come back to the region as high pressure that's building to our north and northwest. this high is going to move off the east coast, eventually the winds go back to the southwest. we'll see a bit

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

live here in northwest baltimore. myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> myranda thank you so much. and thank donnie mose during this difficult and busy time for him as well. >> in other news. off duty baltimore county police officer is killed in a traffic accident that occurred earlier today. it happened in the 3500 block of black rock road in reisterstown, around 1:40 p.m. police say 32-year-old jason simons was on the way to work. when he suddenly lost control of his pickup. his truck hit a guardrail. trapping him. >> double loss in the sense that he is the stepson of lieutenant mike howl that died in the line of duty last year in august. >> officer howl died of a stroke after returning from murder-suicide. simons was a seven year police veteran on the force. >> we also have breaking news in baltimore county tonight. rescue crews pull a young man out of a query. near the intersection of greenspring avenue and query heights. the fire department said the boy was swimming there and got trapped. he has been t

sitting at 75 in baltimore. 74 in d.c. we will see the temperatures on the cool side of things tomorrow. so moms and dads out there dress the kids warm for the morning bus ride. temperatures around 68. cloudy skies w showers. in the afternoon. with temperatures only in the lower 70s. detailed look at how this cool air stick social security around coming up. >> thank you, vytas. >> things are heating up at a baltimore county middle school. literally. parents and teachers at ridgely are saying you they are stuck in classrooms that sometimes reach 100 degrees. the school was renovated in 2007. adding energy efficient windows with tight seals to go along with new air conditioning. but the new ac units were cut from the budget. now the kids are just sitting in those hot humid rooms. >> so just a matter of us getting back with the engineers, and just looking for a solution that will be viable and feasible for us in the near future. >> well parents have been brings the issue of air conditioning for almost two years. because state

. >> fbi searches the home of baltimore police officer. what he is accused of doing at crime scenes. >>> we have canine flu. swine flu. is there anything else out there that i don't know about. >> trouble for the dog world. find out how close dog flu is to baltimore. >>> we were distraught. to said least. >> woman expecting a baby finds out it is not hers. what went wrong? >> another warm autumn day but change is on the way. cooler day ahead in my sky watch forecast. >>> good evening. >> baltimore police officer is arrested on federal charges. he's accused of stealing reward money and property seized during searches. >> we are live outside the federal courthouse tonight with the story. melinda? >>reporter: well, detective mark lunsford is a baltimore city police officer who was assigned with a special drug task force. so he often worked with federal agents to try and catch suspected drug dealers. but few months ago he became a suspect himself after the feds got a tip regarding corruption. lunsford was accused of stealing expensive jewelry

if baltimore, we'll take you up to carroll and northern baltimore county. mid-60s under mostly cloudy skies, temperatures about the same as where we were yesterday. in fact almost a repeat of yesterday. eastern shore trying to get to about 70 in easton. for tonight, again, as we try to clear out, 44 around the beltway, could find upper 30s far north and west and for tomorrow a recovery, not much, at least we'll get more sunshine but still in the upper 60s. kim? >>> so far so good on the roads. 95 southbound, no problems to let you know about as we head to the capitol beltway. bw parkway is checking in clean as well, so is route 29 down to montgomery county. no issues around the baltimore beltway so far. both loops are checking in without incident and the tunnels are clean as well. we have a crash in harford county that remains on the scene at route 136 in scarboro road. a disabled tractor-trailer in the northbound lanes of the jfx approaching ruxton road. again, that is not really having too much impact so far. mrlg and fayette -- mlk and fayette streets, t

two more new high schools are also planned for baltimore county. >>> angry parents in baltimore county want some answers. they say their kids at ridgeleigh middle school have been learning in hot conditions. what's being done to fix the hot air issues? >>> and as you may have heard patrick swayze lost his bat well cancer. more tonight on his two loves, movies and his wife. >>> and taylor swift tells her side of the story. what kanye west did after she talked to the ladies of the "the view." >>> and let's go to hereford middle school in monkton, we're getting a little rain now. norm coming up with the full forecast. seem smooth and strong to irreversible damage. no different. irreversible loss of enamel. enamel shield enamel loss by forming against acid attack. toothpastes dentists check most. save your enamel. be gone for good. enamel shield. with the rinse. >>> fans, friends and family are remembering patrick swayze tonight. both for his screen career and his battle against the cancer that killed him. the 57-year-old actor died last night in los angeles, diagnosed with pancreatic canc

baltimore ravens fans call it amazing. they are still undefeated after beating the winless cleveland browns. it was never even close. they were up 27-3 in the fourth quarter when joe flacco found derek mason down the sideline for the day's final touchdown. mason also caught the 800th pass of his career. the ravens once 24-3 and take a road trip to new england next sunday. >>> now on a morcellement jews around the world are observing their most holy day of the year. the day of atonement. it ends a 10-day period of soul- searching where use ask for for giveness for their since of the past year. they abstain from food and water to focus on their prayers. >>> we had rain this afternoon and into the evening. it's 695 on liberty road. 95 near the white marsh area still crowded but moving slowly. wyatt is joining us with his first forecast. >> you really have to watch some of those exits and on- ramps. we have had showers across the baltimore area over the last couple of hours, a couple of views here on maryland's most powerful r

and 253 more students in baltimore received diplomas. sheila dixon issued this statement late this afternoon -- we are excited about seeing positive results from a changing culture at all our schools and givings us all hope that students can realize their full potential. >>> and baltimore county schools, new data released by the maryland state department of education shows 23 of the 24 high schools met all yearly progress benchmarks of adequate. the graduation rate for 2009 is just over 83%, the highest since 2005. and the dropout rate for baltimore county schools is 3.47 % this year. >>> we had a nice wrap-up to summer 2009. of course the the -- fall begins tomorrow. summer kind of coming to an end. on a nice note though. on our satellite and radar pictures, really no precipitation anywhere in maryland. even on the far western edge like -- that, nothing that way but we see more cloud cover blowing in this evening out of the south and southwest. temperatures have been in the 70s this afternoon. we're still 74 in towson. 75 baltimore, ann

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

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

samurai swords are not illegal in baltimore city. like going to the garage with a baseball bat. >> people are allowed to use deadly force in defense of their home. if there's a felony being committed or about to be committed or if they themselves reasonably believe that they or a family member are at risk. >> our legal experts say the fact that the burglar had no weapon shouldn't really matter. if he lunged, prompting him to defend himself. police are still matching witness statements with evidence found at the scene to make sure there are no discrepancies. again, you want to know what your neighbors are saying about this? go to abc2news.com. should the student who killed the robber be charged with anything? right now the response is overwhelming with 95% of you saying no. log on to abc2news.com, tell us what you think. >>> 6:51. president barack obama is pushing his economic and health care plans. he spoke to auto workers at a gm plant in youngstown, ohio, yesterday. he told them the economy is on its way back from the brink due to

and wave making the way through northern baltimore city, into baltimore county right now. and look downtown. and actually delayed the o's game as they had to pull on out the tarps it was raining at the stadium. look like we will continue to see the showers taper off a bit as the heaviest rain is moving north. pikesville heavy rain. 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.

first the ravens never beaten the chiefs here in baltimore. and the second, last running back to gain 100 or more yards against the ravens is the chiefs larry johnson that topped the mark on december 102006 in a game the ravens won. their only victory in four games against the chiefs. and memory of johnson's performance that day is stuck in the collective craw. >> we don't ever want anybody to run the football against us, and, you know, it so happens that this running back was the last one to do it. we have always said our defense is based on number one stop. we don't ever want anybody to feel like they can run the football on us. >> it is very important. running back has 100 yards more than likely they are winning. they are handing them the ball. so we are looking forward to the challenge. larry johnson is top 2 or 3 in the league, no question. >> last running back to run over 100 yards on us. so stop the run. against those guys. and stop them. >> he plays the game the way the game is played. and we understand that. they like the run the ball

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

downtown baltimore. that is set to kickoff in just a few minutes. we're going to take you down there live to see what is happening. good morning, i'm patrice harris. we need to check in with meteorologist steve fertig to see what is happening with all of this rain. steve, a messy morning. >> it's a messy morning. we will hear from candace with regard to the roadways, that is something you will have to deal this morning that is wet and messy all morning. the radar indicating where the rain is heaviest. we have been watching it to the south and east of the city. to the west, it's been heavy and raining there on the morning all morning long and i-83 seeing downpours as well. the heaviest rain, though, has been along the eastern most part of the north eastern shore and also into delaware. delaware under a tornado watch this morning and into the early afternoon until about 12:00 noontime for the folks there, and also now extending into southern part of new jersey. we have a thunderstorm watch for the extreme

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

that's the latest from here, we're in northeast baltimore, i'm joel d smith, forth east baltimore. >>> officials want to protect you from the swine flu. shipping of the h1n1 vaccine will begin in october. healthy adults will need one shot. children 9 and younger will need two doses. as of now schools suspected with cases will stay open but school officials are being encouraged to monitor and isolate sick students. and baltimore officials are asking everyone to do their part to staa healthy. >>> you can find out what the state is doing to keep you safe from swine flu by logging on to foxbaltimore.com/flu links. you can call the state line,ú 177mdflu fork you. >>> mayor sheila dixon's lawyers will be back in court this morning. a judge will hear the motions to have the two perjury counts against the mayor dismissed. the judge threw out similar perjury charges in may saying they improperly used dixon's legislative acts against her. prosecutorring attorneys are arguing they are making the same mistakes with these charges. dixon is scheduled to go to trial in november. >>> a man is accuse

starting to make the way over to baltimore county. northern baltimore county. and they are seeing lightning and thunder associated with it as well. zoom in closer. westminster getting rainfall. steady. through carroll county. moving into baltimore county. so reisterstown and owings mills will start to get rain and north of cockeysville, probably next half hour to 40 minutes. not a fast-moving line of showers. but definitely there is some lightning associated with it as well. as we have instability out there. in the last hour, looking at the lightning count, 385 strikes. so nice aggressive line. but nothing severe. just average garden variety thunderstorm making watt through the area. timing this, we can look at the composite view here. showing the motion of the storm as it continues to move along the frontal boundary that will continue to push through. stretching anywhere from harrisburg on down. up toward allentown pennsylvania still looking at that rain that will continue to push across pennsylvania. and through maryland. back to the west still remaining show

baltimore county, not the whole county. as we said, the northern baltimore and northern harford and portions of cecil and frederick county. winds are beginning to shift more away from that region. we've had a horribly wet day. tim has a look at updated rainfall numbers. >> the flood warnings are in place for a reason. bob, we're still tallying these numbers as the rain continues to fall. 2.35 inches of rain, just over two and a quarter inches. but just below that, northern baltimore county, the hereford zone, seeing 3 inches of rain. just about an inch and a half at bwi marshall. and look over toward the eastern shore. the lower right of your screen. over 5 inches of rain in ocean city. up about six inches just below that. and salisbury, we're seeing 2 inches of rain, not too much to the west in hagerstown. and each toward d.c. not quite an inch. but the rain tallies are still going up north of the city and we'll continue to keep you posted in your complete updated forecast. back inside. >> thank you. stay with wjz eyewitne

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

. >> baltimore's budget deficit. how city workers will pay the price. >> the skate board confrontation what the mother of the boy plans to do next. >> the autumn heat is around how high the temperatures will go and how long before we get wetter weather. >> niejel's predictions for season 6 of, so you think you can dance. >> what does it mean? means we have to tighten up. baltimore's budgets bust. what jobs will be cuts. whol be furloughs how it will effect residents. >> one of those obvious things that you cut. when you are trying to save money. >> also tonight questions surrounding city worker travel expenses. >> hello i'm jeff barns i'm jennifer gillbert another round of budget cuts including furloughs and layoffs. we have the latest with john. >> reporter: this call fors the layoff of 27 people including a top fire commander and others furloughed between now and spring it is an effort to reduce the deficit of 60 million dollars. >> furloughs a tool for reducing cost during difficult budget times joochl booklet mor

>> yes, matt from the baltimore ravens, the baltimore ravens, the baltimore ravens, but still joe flacco is really playing well. >> we're doing well. >> quite well. >> you're in the band wagon with a lot of people saying we're going to go all the way? >> i don't know about all the way. >> time for a break, commercial. >> so many things have to happen in the league. they one of those handful of teams that have the super bowl caliber and mantra and ray lewis, one of my favorite players in the team. they are definitely in the mix. >> hopefully the kids will see some of those athletes and want to be more active. but you know what, they don't have to be sports driven, they just have to be active. >> absolutely. it's not about sports, even though we love everybody to love the nfl. it's because like you say -- it's like you say, staying active, whether twirling a baton, going out jogging, it's not about activity so you can live a prosperous life. >> you didn't say we are going all the way. >> yes, just yet. >> thank you for coming in. >>> coming up texting while driving. >> this is going to be

in downtown baltimore, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> deanna's father, bubba green, is a former baltimore colt and among the many friends who showed up to support the family in court today, hall of famer lenny moore. >>> a legal setback for an accused killer facing the death penalty. a federal judge ruled prosecutors will be able to use fingerprint evidence in connection with a murder that happened in january of 2006 at security square mall. 25-year-old brian rose accused of willing warren fleming, a mall merchant while trying to steal his car. a judge had thrown out the fingerprint evidence calling it too unreliable for use in a capital case. >>> tonight baltimore city police are investigating a possible fire bombing. the incident happened around 1:00 this afternoon in the 800 block of clintwood court, in the curtis bay area, when crews arrived on the scene they found heavy smoke coming from the first floor of the two-story brick home. >> we understand that this fire preliminarily began due to a domestic incident, involving an adult man and two women. it's reported that a woman threw som

jetblue will run four non-stop flights daily from boston to baltimore and baltimore to boston for $39 each way. all part of its inaugural flight. jet blue also arrange to give out free crab hats and gifts. compliments of visit baltimore. >>> nine new families will soon call a vacant east baltimore block their home. habitat for humanity of the chesapeake will kick off construction of their new homes tonight. they will be building in the 2400 block of fayette street. a few blocks from the biotech center being built across the way from johns hopkins hospital. these are not typical homes, they are module homes and will be put up with the foundation, that costs less, takes less time to build other homes. they are also more energy efficient. the nine families could move in by mid-october. >> nearly all our homeowners are first-time home buyers. nearly any of them would say they never thought this could be possible for them. they don't qualify for a traditional mortgage but have a stable income. they are in the gap where there's not a lot of opportunity for them. >> the families moving into

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

. >> reporter: baltimore's acting chief medical officer dr. ann bailo wits says the virus is still rampant even though we don't hear much about it anymore. >> we have reports of 6,532 individuals reported with the disease. 59% male. 88% of them are african-american. we're extremely active in efforts to educate regarding prevention. >> reporter: two successful vaccines together and doctors in thailand produced an experimental vaccine that cuts the risk of infection by more than 30% in a study with 16,000 participants. it's not known if it will work elsewhere or when it could become available but providing hope after 25 years of futility and trying to develop such a vaccine. >> having this new information around the possibility of having an effective hiv vaccine that would prevent transmission and/or extend peoples lives who are living with hiv is extremely exciting, and a step in the right direction in terms of the research. >> reporter: as much as we may forget about those living with aids researchers here with the university of maryland medic

baltimore, washington area should stay dry tomorrow. saturday, that's when we expect to see the rain moving in. we'll have to keep watching for that. some of the models may be an irv of rain. northeast winds. and eventually, busting as high as 20 knots. tonight, let's call it partly cloudy. pretty comfortable. in the mid- to upper 60s. tomorrow, partly sunny. less humid. and 75 on friday. and that's normal for friday. >> okay. thank you, bob. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 5:00. medical breakthrough. a trial vaccine could be the answer in the fight against a.i.d.s. >>> i'm suzanne collins in anne arundel county. over 20 dogs were found neglected in a home here about three weeks ago. now, seven of them are ready for adoption. i'll have that story coming up next. >>> i'm ron matz at the first mariner arena. the folks behind me will wait in line for days to buy concert tickets. to see bruce springsteen. their story when eyewitness news continues. >>> it is 5:29. 80 degrees and sunny. hello, everyone. thanks for staying with eyewitne

jetblow started flights out of baltimore this week. and derek valcourt hopes the new service takes off. >> reporter: it's four flights a day from baltimore to boston. but airport executives here at bwi say in the long run, this could mean better barringins for flyers like you and me. the cost to fly floored some passengers. >> it's ridiculous. >> very high especially the baggage charge is outrageous. >> sometimes that makes or breaks whether or not i fly somewhere instead of driving. >> reporter: but if you want to fly to boston from bwi good deals may be ripe for the picking because low costs carrier jetblue joins a slew of airlines including air trance and southwest flying beantown. first flight out of bwi left today. >> there's a competitive impact and what we have seen with air tran and with southwest they too are lowering the fares in the largest market out of bwi boston. to compete to keep market share to attract new passengers. >> reporter: those low cost carriers are helping keep prices down. that's part of the reason why the a

baltimore is headed to court. acorn is fighting back to the film makers who secretly recorded some of its employees. the two film makers posed as a pimp and a prostitute trying to get a loan to open a brothel. it's against maryland law to secretly record audio. >> it's obviously political and obviously as a result of this there's been a loss of financing and so forth. so i think all litigation has a degree of importance, but i think here, we're not just looking at a local issue but a national issue which might have some interesting in terms of survivable and the continuation of the time of services that acorn has offered. >> acorn and the two workers fired are seeking more than $5 million in damages. stay tuned to fox 45 morning news for continuing coverage of had story. we will talk with attorney julie rubin about the lawsuit's merit coming up later this hour. >>> baltimore school officials confirm their first case of swine flu. a female student at montebello elementary junior academy has h1n1. she is at critical

is baltimore. county executive thanks so much for your hard work and thanks for joining us this morning. as he mentioned, broening highway they are work on that and the cleanup and there will be a press conference this morning. don't forget about the roads. because dunn hill road and dundalk avenue is closed off and, of course, br-- broening highway and as the sun comes up we are getting a better picture of what it looks like out here. the cleanup continues now. back to you on tv hill. >> very good. thanks gigi barnett live in dundalk. remember wjz is on for instant updates and complete coverage. log onto wjz.com. >>> i guess if there's any fortunate weather portion of this is they have nice conditions to get this all done. it's nothing to hamper them from progressing. so we will have the five-day first warning forecast in a few moments. >>> taking a look at what's turning out to be a pretty nice day it gets up to shy of 80 tee frees today. tomorrow, -- degrees today. tomorrow 75. 78 and 82 and 80

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

good boy. >> in downtown baltimore. kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> that is a cool looking dog on. so far area veterinarians and shelters have not reported major problems. >> they are monitoring the spread of the illness. >> definitely is a lot. my son's shoes are normally covered in it. >> one unique way of getting rid of the problem, our cover story later on fox 45 news at 10:00. >> no full-time jobs they are taken. >> also ahead. how some people are retraining into what could be reception proof jobs. . >> but next, why s . >> breaking news to report out of northwest baltimore. off-duty police officer has been shot. it happened in the 6000 block of high gate drive. there are reports at this hour that the officer has been shot in the stomach. we have a crew on the way to the scene. and we will bring you more information as it becomes available. >> in other news tonight. ntsb wants baltimore subway system checked for a similar problem that may have caused a metro crash in d.c. mta engineers will inspect the su

he was spotted later in baltimore county, where he tried to ram his car into a cop. the cop started shooting. williams was hit, but able to get away again. the cops finally caught up with him when he showed up at the hospital. >>> the baltimore police officer shot on thursday night remains in serious, but stable condition tonight. police say the officer was shot in front of his northwest baltimore home as 216-years old were trying to rob him. the teens, according to police, are being charged as adults in the shooting. officer harris was off duty when he was shot. >>> flood victims get help this weekend with insurance claims. many residents have gotten the run around from insurance companies. to help, volunteers and workers set up a recovery-service center. they helped homeowners through all the paperwork and hassle. >> i'll know one day next week what the insurance is going to do. i don't know how much they're doing and how much they're not doing. >> 38 homeowners have contacted the maryland insurance administration so far with concerns about their policies. so far o

should baltimore city an baltimore couldn't both help pay for damage from friday's massive water main break. just two to our web seat and tell us what you think. response may air tonight on fox 45 news at 10:00. >>> many residents woke up this morning still without power. many of the remaining homes are on shane way where families powerless going on 4 days now. bge can't restore the power until electricians give them the okay. homeowner say they are beyond frustrated. >> it's crazy. pretty much unlivable. no electric trek. no gas. can't get anything turned back on until we get electrician down there to isolate all the electric in the basement. >>reporter: some 33 homes are still without electricity. >> as family weighed through the aftermath of all the flood damage, police chasing away predators hoping to take advantage of this situation. officials say private contractors have been turning up claiming to be sent by the county. apparently convincing resident to sign contracts to repair their homes. >> baltimore couldn't has not sent any private contractors in telling that can tell you

workers in baltimore were accused of giving tax evasion tips. now we have learned baltimore acorn housing organization forfeited the charter in november 2006. when the group failed to file property tax information which means they are essentially operating illegally. >> well they are not meeting the requirements of the law which says you are supposed to wind down operation after you are forfeited. the problem becomes is that often non-profit organizations they think that they are immune from doing annual filings. they think because they are non-profit they don't have to do an annual filing the way a for profit business does. >>reporter: acorn is not alon tonight. state officials say quite a few non-profit are forfeited every year. mean time there's no comment from acorn on these latest allegations. we are live now in lawrence, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> maryland high scores will hear new argument in lawsuit over a former baltimore city police commissioner. court of appeals agreed to review a lower court ruling that threw out the wrongful terminati

baltimore 77 in dc. 76 in hagerstown. temperatures only in the 50's off to the west and will continue to see the westerly flow of wednesday and winds pecking up a little bit in the overnight tomorrow. blustery as the winds are strong out of the west. looking at tonight temperatures down to 63 degrees with winds out of the west at about 10 to 15. we'll see some more sunshine to talk about but cooler temperatures in the forecast in just a bit. >>> the art of lying. fox drama lie to me is in the second season with the star of the show says about his own lie detector skills. >>> >> do you know how to tell if people are telling you the truth. test your skills when lie to me enters the captivating second season. the show east based on scientific discovery of the psychologist who can read clue embedded in the face, body and voice. the star of the show actor tim ross plays a doctor who is world leading deception expert. but he says in real life he's not exactly a human lie detector. >> i'm terrible at it. i'm the worst. of all of

in northwest baltimore. kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> detective harris remains at sinai hospital in serious but stable condition. the suspect weapon has not been recovered by police. >> three robbery was apparently the motive according to police, 25-year-old george found dead in the essex apartment last week. strangled. police cannot rule out he was targeted because he was disable. >> a fight at see melt wright hospital leaves a 16-year-old hospitalized. this "youtube" video between two sophomores, shows a 15-year-old severely beating another student unconscious. victim flown to shock trauma. condition is unknown tonight. >> police are investigating after a deadly stabbing this morning in north baltimore. sinclair and chester after 1:15 a.m. police arrived to find a woman, stabbed several times. she was taken to hopkins hospital and died a short time later. >> city fire officials have ruled last week's fatal fire on north small wood road a homicide. the fire was contained to just one, two story b

new at 5:00 a baltimore judge threw out a civil lawsuit against a baltimore city police officer. the lawsuit based on that youtube video that shows the officer screaming at a skateboarder at the inner harbor and then putting him in a headlock and pushing him to the ground. that civil lawsuit was filed by the teen's family. according to a police spokesman 17 -- 17-year veteran salvatore rivieri was put back on patrol back in november. there will be a determination if he will be disciplined. to word if the teen's family will appeal. >>> a baltimore county workshop -- woman killed in a crash on 795. police say amy brooking was approaching the owings mills metro station when she crossed the median. brookings struck a truck causing it to veer off the road and she died at sinai hospital. the driver was taken to northwest hospital center. still no word on his condition tonight. we don't know why brooking crossed the median. >>> a tractor-trailer driver was hurt after his big rig overturned on 695. its video you'll only see on abc2 news. we're told the tractor-trailer somehow flipped nea

but sharon from baltimore writes. i have read president obama's speech to american grade school students, several times and i did not see a hidden political agenda. we will have more of your responses on the "late edition", at 11:00. >> if you want to read president obama's speech before tomorrow night, when he presents it. you can find a link on our website. foxbaltimore.com. just click on "news links". . >> an epidemic of rape in the congo. washington times is working on a series that begins tomorrow, on a human rights atrocity. >> as many as 4500 women a month are raped as part of a ongoing reign of terror in that country. a war that does not need bullets. but uses demeaning of women as its chief weapon. >> also in the times. questions raised about the lobbying done by one of the president's nominees at the department of homeland security. and why china's economic stimulus program seems to be working berts than ours. for more on these stories, go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the washington times icon. . >> a st

acorn fired two baltimore employees. then today a similar video led to the firing of two acorn employees at washington, d.c.'s office. now rosco bartlett is calling for an investigation. the people who shot the video could be in trouble. the state's attorney's office is now investigating whether that law was violated. >>> can you feel it, baltimore? excitement is building as we are just now less than 24 hours from the ravens first game. >> reporter: let me tell you these fans are definitely pepped up. day, to night. ravens fans are rallying. >> baltimore is a football town. >> reporter: and just like it goes all season long, they'll brave anything to do it. >> we have to support the team rain or shine. >> reporter: it doesn't help when cheer leaders spend hours go to several rallies. >> it's really, really exciting. everybody has their children out here j. here. >> reporter: we all know who the favorite team is, but who's the favorite mascot? >> po. >> everything about the ravens and this weekend gets us pumped up. >> re

visiting baltimore again. in the meantime, as you may know, weddings can cost you a fortune. >> but on 9-9-09, an unusual story. >>> and a fashion designer shows off dresses that are not only inexpensive but useful for the emotional bride. >>> now tracking winds in ocean city, 33 to 34 miles per hour. that storm off the coast now makes its way back on to the coast. more winds, more rain, some flooding expected. our full forecast coming up. >>> right now let's peak at the roads with kim. >> heavy volume and a lot of slowdowns on the west side at liberty road. however, on the outer loop, east side at providence road, a crash with possible lane closures. details coming up. >>> lets check the buses and trains. >> good morning. for your commute you'll find the number 15 bus with a diversion at saratoga and greene. the 17 diverted at corporate and international. construction on the scene. numbers 20, 23 and 40 diverted at fayette and linwood due to police activity. and on the marc, brunswick 872, 10 to 15 minutes la

>>> and baltimore city hall is in the pink. a symbol of our local fight for a cure. >>> yesterday, i gave you a two-degree guarantee of 67 degrees today. the high today officially at bwi marshall? got to, 66. which means we did hit that two-degree guarantee. we've now hit it six days in a row. do you live on bank street in baltimore? don, you scored an abc2 umbrella. we'll be right back. >>> the state health department is making new remitses for schools and the flu vaccine. urging officials to postpone the seasonal flu vaccine and administer the h1n1 vaccine as soon as it becomes available. delia goncalves is here to explain why. >> reporter: it can be confusing because information about h1n1 is constantly changing but here's the latest -- since h1n1 is the predominant strain of the flu virus some of your children will be getting that vaccine first since they are most at risk. harford county students already brought letters home to parents informing them of the change. health officials there say instead of shots school children

but, again, most of baltimore sitting clear right now. tonight down to 50 degrees, early showers, have all pushed east except for the counties on the eastern shores still being impacted. we'll look for 50 overnight. as we go in the next few days the big difference is behind that line of showers,en hind that front. temperatures cooling off sharply. we'll talk about that more in just a few. >>> a scare today at the parkway crossing shopping center in parksville. the bomb squad blew up a suspicious suitcase. apparently someone placed a cowl to authorities saying there was a shopping card with a piece of luggage inside it across from the home depot parking lot. the bomb squad arrived on the scene and detonated the suitcase. no bomb was found. >>> police in anne arundel county say a pasadena man has been charged with second degree assault. his alleged weapon was a syringe. thomas skipper tried to steal several items from the walmart on george cause boulevard and receive region. when a security officer tried to detain skipper he nearly stabbed

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

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

in north baltimore. they are giving the med field rec center a major face lift with new books, educational tools and fresh coat of paint. at the end of the day each room will be judged to see which team achieves the best makeover. >>> the ravens and governor are joining the local push to keep gym in school as they participate in a county pe class today. the governor are at cochran middle school to help launch a new program which will use a $50,000 grant to refurbish gym facilities and encourage student fitness in many maryland schools. >> it's good to get a gym break. >> yeah. >>> still to come on wjz's eye witness news at noon. an a pauling case of child abuse, what an oklahoma teenager says happened behind closed doors. >>> roland polansky is still in the hands of swiss courts. >>> take another live look outside this afternoon. marty will be back with our first weather forecast. >>> an oklahoma woman is under arrest this noon after her 14 year old son turns up malnourished claiming he had been kept in