baltimore, johns hopkins hospital. east side of baltimore. police are on the scene. the hospital has been evacuated. we understand from some local media reports in baltimore that a physician may have been the victim of the shooting here. the shooter, we understand, is hiding inside of a patient's room on the eighth floor of that hospital. but that's a big campus. my phone's going off, so that might be some additional information as well. we're going to continue to track that information. the hospital, i think i mentioned, has been evacuated. thanks to wbal for the ariel view of that big campus there. johns hopkins hospital, the east side of baltimore. back in a moment. announcer: naturals from delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. host: coulswinto geico did the little piggy cry wre on wee all the wahome? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeee weeeeeeee. mom: pix. ...maxwell! mom: you're home. piy:h,ol, anks mrs. a. anncr: geico. minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> we're tr

baltimore's first ever. >> yes we do. johns hopkins bayview medical center 21 of us are swimming mostly physicians but not entirely. three of our children swimming along with one of my grand sons and some colleagues and friends, physicians, scientists and other colleagues, so it's a great team. >> reporter: dr. burton i have to ask you as a swimmer and man who has treated so many people with cancer for decades what does it mean to have the swim in baltimore. >> it's very important. cancer research is so precious and these kind of fundraisers help the scientists create new knowledge where they couldn't go through a grant. it allows them to think out of the box. so for me swimming for my many colleagues and friends two of my very close friends and physician colleagues are struggling today with nonoperable noncurable cancer, and really dedicating it to them and the many patients that we've taken care of over these many years. so, we're in it with our hearts. >> reporter: dr. burton we'll all have our heart in the swim come s

baltimore county is not much better. the elections director katie brown tells us the original projections were 25% to 30% turnout. as of 3:00 this afternoon it was far less than 20% in the county. early voting is only counting for about 3% of the voters. she says this could be a record year in a bad way. >> we're averaging anywhere from 200 to 300 at a precinct. there are 23 precincts in baltimore county, some coming in just breaking 500 after 3:00 today. that's pretty low. >> is that surprising? >> it is. i was expecting at least 25% to 30% turnout. we had a 33% turnout back in 2006. for the gubernatorial primary. so i was hoping we would reach around that. >> both brown and jones say they do expect the numbers to pick up. some after people start getting off work and going to the polls but not by much. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> for months you've heard them talk about the changes they would bring to the community. gregg bernstein says he understands crime, patricia jessamy says you need her experience. tonight y

>>> bumpy roads in baltimore. more on that story, coming up. >>> first big wave of new rules under the healthcare law leaving many scrambling to get ahead of the changes. >>> $100,000 worth of jewelry, that is enough to scare store owners and shoppers don't you think? >> good morning, i'm jamie costello. >>> and friday is almost here and fall is here. meteorologist justin burke. good morning, justin. >> reporter: we had big boomers roll through last night. especially in the evening the overnight hours. we'll see if kim has any updates on the traffic delays as a result of some of those. yesterday we had 91. the 53rd day we hit surpassing the 90-degree mark. happy fall today. we have morning fog and more heat on the way. as we check it out. we are generally looking across the area, conditions are basically summer like. 67 degrees in baltimore. with fog in baltimore county. some of the valley locations held on to some of the cooler temperatures during the morning hours. big storms rolled through yesterday as well. go

rent the baltimore area as the 10th worst in the country. -- ranked the baltimore area. state officials say it is not entirely their fault. >> we certainly do not have to travel far in this area to find drugs that have pot holes, sinkholes, or some sort of rough patch. that is when a survey found that baltimore roads are among the worst in the country. the estimate the drivers here spend an extra $600 a year on gas and maintenance costs because of road conditions. officials say they are launching a constant battle to fix these deteriorating roads. >> a ride to the baltimore area can be beyond a bumpy. >> the bus ride is pretty bad. it is like a roller coaster. >> we adjusted camera to the front of retracted an up close view of the pot holes that often plague drivers in the greater baltimore area. rough ride like this aren't metro baltimore the ranking of 10th worst in the country when it comes to road conditions. according to the national transportation group. >> it is reflective of continually having to take care of older roads. >> md. spend at least $200 million resurf

in baltimore city just 13.6% of registered voters hit the polls today. that is way down from 25% in the 2006 primary. in baltimore county, voter turn out today was slightly lower at 12% compared to 33% of turn out in 2006. now those numbers reflect only today's votes not those from maryland's new early voting day. early voters represented 2% of eligible voters. >>> the democratic nomination for baltimore county executives is up for grabs tonight as we've been telling you. campaign 2010 continues now with mary bubala. >> you know what a great crowd here. you guys are really enthused. to be enthused this late at night is incredible after i made every one of you start at 7:00 in the morning. so more red bull for the crowd, okay. i wish we really had the opportunity to let everyone be recognized here and we do have some special guests behind me, but the real special guests are the ones out here. you all have been great, just really fantastic. folks i want to tell you, i feel great. you make me feel great, and the voters of baltimore county are making me feel

for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. >>> in tonight's healthwatch report, the fda approved a new drug to treat multiple sclerosis. it's the first oral treatment for the debilitating disease. >>> john daggett walks with a cane. >> i now have a lot of numbness in my hand and feet. my balance is very bad. >> he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, almost 29 years ago. currently, he injects himself with the drug that delays the progression of m.s. until now, all treatment options involved shots. but wednesday, the fda approved a new drug that is ingested daily. gelenia is the first approved bill to treat the disorder. >> someone comes to me and says, i can't stand these injections, i just won't take these injections any longer, then they're perfectly suitable for the pill. >> multiple sclerosis causes the immune system to attack the bane and spinal cord, producing problems such as numbness and pain. >> side effects could include a lower heart

baltimore. enter fox 45 a for yes. fox 45 b for no. %-coming up on tte "late edition >> i hink a lack of voters coming out came as a surprise. and especially in this area, it was very low. >> we will find out ow important those numbers are. we're joining blair lee right our political analyst. blair how important was ttrnout in this primary? and what do you make of the ú%rlich murphy race? we know ehrlich has been declared the winner, but, at least, murphy has 23 perccnt of the vote and still counting. >> thh most pprn thing thing that happened ttday is what did not happen. basically bob ehrlich dodged a bullet, and what did not happen in maryland today is what didd3 happen next door in delaware. where the tea party express, the ssrah palin endorrement, knocked off a nine term congressman, former governor, running for u.s. senate, and he was upset by a no name, becaase the tea party -ndorsement, skyrocketed her into dominance. in maryland, the oppositeú%happ. brian murf pe was a very bob ehrlich from the right.ng at it was a perfect s

in fact, future scan shows the potential across baltimore county, including baltimore city, northern portion of the county. carroll. ú%is is a run showing three to 4 inches. pocket of five to six. possible. as all the heavy rain comes up. ann then the potential for severe weather to watch for. %-baltimore.m downtown cloudy skies right now. not rainiig at this moment. saw showers earlier. and we could see more rain building in through the next several hours. 67 degrees right now. wind out of the east-northeast at 10. most of tte rrin has been moree3 concentrated south. coming down hard. in fredericksberg it was3 .36 inches half an hour, and now .52, half an inch. so seeing it south of dc pretty good water working up 95.3 not a lot eee yet. measurable. but that will change in the next few hours. central maryland. baltimore through dc. northern virgiiia. we also have western edge of the chesapeake bay, looking at coastal flood advisories with the potential for flooding through the next 24 hours. we have flood warrings south. watches, to watch out for. that may extend up to our area. wi

>>reporter: several new campaign ads are now airing in baltimore. one that criticizes o'malley wass% produced byythe republican governor association. this is midterm election go to our web úite fox baltimore.com. vote 2010. >>> anothhr nice day aad last full day of summer. >> vytas is here to tell s whyysummer weather for the remainder of the week. >>reporter: we are going to see the temperatures heating up out there feeling like the middle of june really going to úe an interesting thing we aae feeeing out there and it is the next few days. goodbye to summerrbecause autumn equinox the offfcial word for that autumn begins wedneeday full day because it is just shy of, about an hour, looking at one more almost ffll day of summer like temperatures but definitely the trres are oing to start changing color. getting the cooler temperature late overnight and waking up with cool emperatures as well and take a lookout there on hd radar. see no activity in the sky going on. relatively quiet conditions. nice clear skies. tip to see that with the high pressure

september some of the finest weather of the year in baltimore. let's take a look at the inner harbor right now. hey, these folks know how to enjoy some good weather don't they kelly. they got the right idea. head out get on the boat and do a little, well whatever it is you like to do. lacks like they are chilling out having a good time. 83 degrees right now. winds west at 9 miles per hour, and all in all a pretty good looking day of weather out there. take a look at our weather net camera. early this morning downtown we see the blue skies break out actually quite a bit of boat traffic at the harbor. busy bees out there on the water. sapphire blue skies, very little wind and fantastic temperatures. high uv index even into september with that blazing sunshine. gusty winds were not quite as powerful though we gusted 13, 16 today. not too terribly windy though and a lot of the winds have already died off. 78 in the inner harbor 75 annapolis. some in the upper 40 pennsylvania line most of us warming up. again winds relaxs a little bit out there. light

it is happening here in baltimore city. many of those problems can be controlled or eliminated with healthy habits, like a good diet and exercise stephanie rawlings blank led the way, saying it is time for people and the city to get healthy. >> it is called help the city days, a five-day citywide program to make baltimore city resident health care. -- healthier. >> at city hall today, they started with aerobics. followed by the western high school dance team. ♪ all to support healthy city of days. >> people -- we live in the cities with the bath help decisions in the world. -- with the healthiest cities in the world. >> after the speeches were over, though scudder little exercise, taking a walk from city hall down to the science center at the and harbor. donna hamilton and her daughter were here for the wall. >> i think the rate of the obesity and diabetes in the city are just disgraceful. we have to do something about its as individuals. i think it is time for baltimore to take that one step. >> overrun pratt street, the

we'll look for rain to build into baltimore by mid-afternoon. really what's happening across the deep south. large upper level system across the west. pool of cool air will help to speed the developing tropical system. it could get named nicole before the day is done. it'll spill up through florida and will head in our direction with a lot of heavy rain though the carolinas. forecast model indicating heavy rain by daybreak tomorrow. watch the red shading build between d.c., baltimore and back into the mountains and across the chesapeake bay. potential flooding will continue through the del marva through tomorrow evening and try to push east of baltimore tomorrow night. we do have potential flooding situation here, not only from the heavy rainfall through thursday evening, but also with that surge pushing up the bay. watch high tides at fort mchenry, 11:57 a.m. just after midnight on friday morning, 12:44. the rain today may try to move in as we head into the afternoon. that comes from south to north. reach about 71 with thickening clouds. shower

baltimore shopping center. baltimore shopping center. those stories and more tonight my commute home to the eastern shore every night only takes an hour but that's more time than congress spends reading massive spending bills, it's crazy. that's why i wrote a law that requires 72 hours to read every bill. i read the big bills and i said no. no to the $3 trillion budget, no to the bank bailout, and no to the health care bill. at home you would never pay a bill without reading it neither should congress. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message because i'm proud to be ranked one of the most independent members of congress. everyone knows a fee is a tax. you raised some taxes during that period, particularly the property tax as well as a lot of fee increases. as you know, there's a big difference between fees and taxes. but...they're the same. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. there's a big difference between fees and taxes. fees and taxes are one in the same. if it comes out of my pocket, it's

live in east baltimore fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> thank you kathleen. we are learning more about the shooter including his real name karen parks joins us live with more on the confusion and not the shooter identification. karen. >> well we have a crewwat arlington, variety now in davis neighborhood. we are told that neighbors are visibly upset. they say davis's mom lived with him and that the 2 were very close. now nitially we were told by pplice that the suspect's name was warren davis. but later learned that that was an alias. investigators now have tentatively identified the shooter as 50-year-old paul warren pardon and waiting for a fingerppint analysis from the fbi to confirm this information. his mother's name is still believed about to be jean davis. >> we have a couple addresses one in virginia that we are working to confirm and in reming oo, virginia we are working to confirm and couple local addresses associatedd% with mr. davis that we are% working on now l many. >>reporter: it is also believed that the shooter has parks, fox 45 news at 5:30.

baltimore county executive jim smith live with us on the phone. all morning long you've been sending us pictures. we continue. >> reporter: as you can expect a very busy day. we have been getting a good look at flooding all over the baltimore area thanks to the pictures you have been second us. firstup, this is from marty. as we go up north you can sew a flooded street from southbound, that's bayside in pasadena. let'sed had down to maryland's eastern shore. julia on kent island sent us this picture of a flooded yard. this will be glen arm road a flooded road out in baltimore county. if you have a weather picture you'd like to send us, our address is wjz web alert at cbs.com. d would' lick this get your pictures back here in the web center. >> we aren't the only ones dealing with the storm as you've sewn on the radar. it's going up and down the east coast causing rain. first warning weather continues with randall pinkston reporting from new york. >> reporter: pounding rain and wind are turning streets into rivers. >> this sen credible. i've never

baltimore today a lot of blue sky. i mean, that was the theme all day long, baltimore and all around the state and really all around the east coast from boston all the way down into georgia didn't matter where you were today. beautiful weather and a lot of boat traffic on the harbor. nice looking day blue skies nice green grass. leaves still on the trees we're getting to see them blow around a little bit. let's take a look at some of the temperatures right now. 84 out west in frederick, 79 to the east in cambridge, and 79 up in wilmington. culpepper virginia sitting at 80. dew point numbers are low. this is great stuff. take you out a little wider blue skies, sunshine, all across the region. pennsylvania right down through virginia, north carolina. one thing about the very low humidity and breezy conditions of course there is still that slightly enhanced fire risk across the state. that will hold up for another 24 hours. high pressure control. we are watching the developing storm well out to the west showers and storms

police step up patrols to crack down on drunk drivers in baltimore. find out when and where on abc 2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. . >>> earl

it's a very big night for voters in baltimore county as well. in towson they're watching the race for baltimore county executive, two democrats from two very different backgrounds battling it out, let's start with kevin kamenetz. it's the most expensive rate and he's out early shaking hands trying to get last-minute votes reminding people heading to the polls of his experience. >> getting a nice reception from voters, they have done their research and we're just enenforcing that. . he touted his record and discussed plans to deal with growth and development in baltimore county >> we want to keep our neighborhood safe and the schools strong and have a modern government that allows us to do more in difficult times. they're responsing to the message, i'm all smiles today and upbeat. somewhat happy it's over but i need to keep campaigning. >> he got up this morning and headed to the polls and worked them all day long. we learned from the commercials that the challenger is used to getting up early, let's go to adam may where he's live where the 2010

the focus here is on baltimore is -- on baltimore's high crime rate and who will make the city safer. in baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. >>> bartonfelder against kaminetz. sherrie johnson with more on this hot race. >> reporter: we have a big political battle for the democratic nod for baltimore county executive. they will square off during primary voting. both are fourth-term councilman. kaminetz has been accused of an ugly mud-slinging campaign while bartonfelder chose a positive campaign. he says he chooses to focus ops his 28 -- on his 28-year accomplishment. >> we have a great county. it's fiscally well managed but we have challenging times. i think when times are going well we tend to keep doing things the same way. now that we're facing difficult times i'm looking forward to the opportunity of rethinking how do we do things? and, can we start to do more with less? >> the only reason i'm running is because i want to work for the people in baltimore county to do a good job for them, to keep our government moving forward in a positive way. >> reporter: the state elections administ

west baltimore at north kerry. east baltimore at lloyd. and orleans at north wolf. pasadena, there's a crash there at fort small wood. and a car fire on wal ther boulevard. 83 northbound is slow from fayette street to 28th street. you will also find delays outside on 70. let's take a live look at 70 right now. 70 at 29. that jam runs from 29, pretty much all the way to the beltway. you're looking at a jam. we had an earlier accident approaching the beltway that did not help things. meantime, there is a live look at the top side of the beltway. between 83 and 95. and there's a look at the west side. 20-minute ride. this traffic report is brought to you by the national aquarium. kids and parents make a slash at the national aquarium. music and story time at 10:00 a.m. visit aqua.org. back over to you. >> thanks, sharon. >>> bigger and bolder entertainment. that's what the hippa drome plans. andrea fujii shows us what is new. >> reporter: the blue man group is just one of the many acts coming to the hippodrome this fall. but that's not all. ♪ [ music ] ♪ sheri, she

west baltimore. it happened at 9 p.m. monday at west saratoga and north sproous streett man shot and woman grazed by a bullet apparently after an argument. man was taken to theehospital wwth gunshot wounns in the chest and arm. no word on the sues pest in the hooting. >> baltimore police officer is arrested after bar fight in south west baltimore. happened in the pprking lot of club reality around 1:30 monday morning. investigators say officer refuse receipt walker got into a fight after a woman punched him in the face. walker was arrested and charged with assault and behavior that upped minds the integrity of ttis agency, men and women of the pd work too hard. this type of behavior is unacceptable. >>reporrer: walker is alreaay suspended for an inciddnt last year. he was not wearing his badge or his weapon at the -útime oo this incident. >>> primary day in the state of mary land and baltimore city all eyes on the race for city state attorney. >> we have live team coveragg tonight. jeff liie in cant

but this morning, we are relatively quiet around baltimore. we want to show you maryland's most powerful doppler radar. we have ourselves a little cluster of storms. this will be the town of hancock and it looks like right along the 68 and 70 interchange, some storms. at least one cluster of rain firing up here. otherwise areas of fog for us. it looks lake actually a band of clouds coming with this system as it works its way off toward the east. it is hard to determine whether this thing is going to hold tight across the mountain. temperatures right now 67 degrees in baltimore toward richmond. coming off yesterday's high in the 90s. energy well back to our north and west. that is why we'll have a diminished chance of having storms fire up again this afternoon. we tap into some of the mid 90s down to our south. we did make it up to 91 degrees, 95 in richmond, and back toward memphis. really on the edge of this real steamy air mass. it does continue to contain 60s and 70s. still feels like midsummer out there. a line of showers and storms back t

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baltimore city teachers arey paid. they will be paid according to how successful your chiidren are in the classroom. karen parks is stand understanding by live to explain these changes tonight. >>well, jeff, right ow teachers like this one attpoly, receive automatic pay increases known as step. ú%ce the board approves the contract, eachers will be paid based on what they do in and out of he classroom. >> a quuet storm, of education right here in baltimore. >> it is a quiet storm, that promises to rock the boat. >> the laadmark teachers contract advances transformation of city schools. by compensating teachers based on instructional effectiveness. teacher evaluations and evidence >>the new contracttprovides new opportunities to enhance the teaching profession, to impact student learning and most imporrantlyy this will allow teachers to have real input in tte voice in how they advanne in their careers. >> and in years past teachersú were paid based on years of %-they obtained.the degrees that and receiveddautomatic pay

swim across america is an event coming to the baltimore area. they are raising money for cancer research and sunday's swim is already setting records. >> one of the people swimming is going to be our own meteorologist wyatt everhart he's been training for the swim. >> reporter: it's interesting christian i was actually out here doing my last training swim today and just did about a half to two-thirds of a mile. hey, beautiful day finally and why not come out to the pool. you know, meadowbrook has played a huge part in the swim that's going to be at gibson island and meadowbrook. i'm joined by john you're the general manager at meadowbrook. you got your son here. talk about what it's meant to you. >> it's an honor for us to be part of this inaugural event. i've heard about the swim across america event from relatives and folks who swam here. now we're having one here in baltimore it's great going to be so well attended we're exciting to be a part of it. >> reporter: for people who haven't been here this is an enormous facility. this is a full len

because of an early-morning fire in north baltimore, -- the cause of an early-morning fire in north baltimore is still under investigation tonight. six family members were inside at the time. all of them survived. but the 67-year-old grandmother is in a hospital. she heard her leg jumping and of a two-story window -- hurt her leg jumping out of a two-story window. that fire left six family pets dead. the cause is under investigation. >> the maryland spca is appalled to learn a man charged with animal abuse had been court appointed to volunteer at the shelter. he is accused of beating a job with a pipe in early august. the dog was severely beaten and eventually euthanize. the court told him they would drop its case if he stayed out of trouble and perform 50 hours of community service at the spca. the application was immediately denied. >> that this application -- with recommendation would not have been made if this person had been working with children. >> the spca was never consulted about the recommendation. there is no word tonight on how his case will move forward. >> city cops are -- are

they have fowbd more and more -- found more and more homes in baltimore city. in frederick county, all communications of libraries were fumigated. >>> nike near 5th avenue closed down due to the insects. >> we have found that bed bugs are hitching rides back and forth, in to offices, in to stores, and as to the situation in frederick's county, they will be treating all 8 counties, the book mobiles, and delivery van. also, the individual who carried the bugs in to the library has been notified. >> it's 5:47 a harvard county student killed while crossing the road is going to be laid to rest. joey entremont was kill while crossing the road and students and family members will be laying him to rest this afternoon. >> 30 year old natasha pedig pedigrue's vehicle carry -- >> a federal judge sentenced eureka shipping from concealing solutions from a ship here in baltimore. the crew members will get $125,000 each for notifying the officials about this case. and this includes 150,000s for the rest -- $150,000 for the restoration candidates. >> an auction that is a busin

and at 9:00 tonight in west baltimore. a man and woman were shot at west saratoga and bruce streets. no word on their conditions at this time. >> and police are currently searching for a man charged with attempted murdtheory escaped four days ago. palmer transported to central booking frrday when he managed to lip from handcuffs and took off. police say he fled the citt. and might be in washington or maybe west virginia. police say he is traveling with his pregnant girlfriend. if you see either of them you immediately. >> and the woman that witnessed the shooting of former city council memberken harris told jurors what happened that night. as crime and justice reporter joy lepola tells us now, her testimony kicked ff the state's case. >> after nearly two years only eyewitness to former councilmanken harris' murder broke her silence. monica robinsonninside of the car when a man wearing a halloween mask fired the shot that hit harris. she told jurors, i was terrified. i could not believe what was happpning. i was screaming a

in the district representing sections of baltimore, parts of anne arundel county, baltimore and howard counties. it features four candidates led in fundraising by technology consultant jim waltham of annapolis. he says he stands for term relief and tougher enforcement of federal immigration laws. >>> one of the other areas is in baltimore county. the race for county executive, puts kevin kamenetz against joseph bartenfelder. both have been longtime councilmen and have taken shots at each other in political ads. we begin with jeff hager at the bartenfelder camp in parkville tonight. >> reporter: if you're looking for honest joe don't look here. he's out there at the precincts, he's been working them all day. to that end we understand he's continuing this same line of campaign, door-knocking, putting shoe leather to concrete, old school traditional campaigning if you like that we've seen for the past few months. earlier today the candidate stopped off to cast his own ballot, that was at the fullerton firehouse and since that time he's been hitting polling places, we understand, across th

leaving baltimore city. expect it to be slow there. an earlier accident in howard county, 95 southbound on the ramp to eastbound route 32. in the process of being cleared. out in western howard county, marriottsville, old frederick road closed in both directions between cove wood lane and marriottsville road because of down power lines. expect delays as you head out the door. back to you. >>> southwest is about to get bigger. a lot bigger. the discount carrier will buy another discount carrier so what does this mean for you? will it be cheaper when you fly? sherrie johnson is live at bwi marshall with more. >> reporter: good morning. a merger between two major airline carriers known for deep discounts has some passengers a little worried about increased fares. southwest airlines plans to buy airtran for a reported $1.4 billion. bwi marshall is the airline's largest east coast hub and the two carriers serve 70% of the passengers flying in and out of bwi marshall. the deal will move southwest into 37 new cities. and with the competition

the billboard is downtown in baltimore, on the east side of interstate 83 south. changes in the pension system were put into place last month, the union's have now filed suit in federal court to challenge the legality. the police union and fire union, they previously had a billboard up called welcome to baltimore, city council turns its back on police and firefighters. >>> yeardley love played lacrosse, tickets must be purchased in advance to benefit the yeardley love benefit field. >>> adam jones gets a home run here and brad ferguson pitched a complete game, one-run jam to secure the sweep over the blue jays. the orioles win 3-1. they have now one nine. how did they last 11 games? the yankees come in for a weekend series. >>> timothy dean is being forced to sell his restaurant in foreclosure. it'll go up for auction today. prime steakhouse on eastern avenue was opened by top chef contestant back in february. $1.3 million in the judgment against dean and his real estate company back in may, setting the stage for today's auction. >>> we have a consumer alert to te

. >> would that merger mean for baltimore? kim dacey is live with that story. >> this merger would be a billion dollar deal, and baltimore should expect to see some effects, with southwest already running 140 flights each day. the merger between southwest and airtran will mean more flights and more passengers for the airport. this translates into revenue for the airport, the city, and the state. a spokesperson said no decisions have been made about eliminating employees. there likely will be positions cut on the corporate level, more jobs could be coming to baltimore. >> southwest's gets bigger at bwi. there are more flights, not fewer flights. that means more people needed to service those flights, generally and through screening them through security. >> there are positives about the merger, there is one possible negative, a decrease in local ad revenue. this would likely mean less money spent on advertising here. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. a home collapsed and calling attention the housing problem. firefighte

now 70 in downtown baltimore. it's measured from the bwi marshall airport. 68% humidity and that wind averaging out of the west at 10 miles per hour. stay tuned. we've got more of the extended outlook and more of "good morning maryland" after this. >>> on this date in 1999, hurricane floyd. we had to evacuate a lot -- i was in cecil county in northeast, they were flooded out. the hurricane did significant damage to cecil county and parts of the bay. it made landfall in north carolina as a category 2. walt disney world had to shut its doors in preparation for the first time in its history and nasa operations at the cape were shut down to get ready for the coming storm. in all approximately three million people evacuated their homes, in all 68 people died from hurricane floyd. >>> let's look at some of the featured events today. how would you like to play around the gulf in florida with greg norman? >> i would like that. >> or how about backstage to see the boss or bon jovi? >> i would really like that. >> let's go

sky eye chopper 1 rerains over baltimore -- remains over baltimore county. captain mike? >> reporter: more tidal flooding in dundalk, baltimore county off of bear creek. this historically floods even during very significant high tide. you can see some swimming pull damage here. we see county officials out at the water's edge park, which is just up a little farther as billy pans up. you can see the actual playground and park itself is on the end of the peninsula. it's completely flooded. obviously no one needing to use it other than the birds you see there. at this point, they are just continuing to monitor the tidal flooding here in baltimore county and issued no warnings for tonight that we know of. we do expect a higher than normal tide. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, captain mike perry porting live. >>> the countdown to sunday is in full swing. the ravens come face-to-face with the steelers in three days. fans are buzzing about the matchup. wjz has the latest. jess? >> reporter: hello. bars and restaurants throughout maryland are preparing for sunday's away game

new reaction to improvements in investigating rape cases in baltimore city. our media partner the baltimore sun are investigating the police department not following through when women report a rape. the number of rapes that the police department has not investigated has climbed by 20% compared to this time last year. >> my goal is to reduce the number of rapes. my goal is also to make sure that if someone is attacked, and is a victim of sexual assault that they know that their story will be heard. >> reporter: this year so far, 112 rapes have been investigated in baltimore city that's compared to 94 last year. the progress reported just as a u.s. senate hearing looks into underreported rapes across the nation. >> unless there is a consistent interpretation of these reports as to whether they should be investigated and recommended for prosecution. then we really don't have a good grip of what's happening nationwide. >> reporter: the executive director of the woman's law project in philadelphia who called for the hearing says it is a long overdue step toward j

you can send us a tweet at fox baltimore. you can text us, enter fox 45 a for o'malley, fox 45 b for3 earller or fox 45 c for somebody else. your response might air tonight. >>> more on tropical storm nicole and the heavy rains the %-meteorologist vytas reid.ith >> that rain wiil start pickinn up in pace overnight. that rain like i ssid is really going to start coming down as we good through the next several hours. looking at a flood watch watch out of virginia, all across north viiginia, parts of the eastern shore and then also central maryland including %-d.c., down towards annapolis l incluued in this as we have the potential of heavy rainfall right along the central portion -f the mid portion of theestate so we'reevery concerned as the potential is there to get some heavy amounts of raan. the potential is there with the prediction here. %-theetrack of the storm.wing we could see anywhere from three to four inches, sooe areas maybe five, six inches in some that coulddcause this localized flooding because the ground is alre

i am falling the baltimore county executive race. it is a contentious matchup much like the sit ti state's attorney -- city state's attorney. >> it has been a contentious praise for the city state's attorney race here in baltimore. in fact, both sides in this campaign are running on patricia jessamy's record. it's a choice for voters, 15- year incumbent patricia jessamy running on her record or challenger gregg bernstein who calls jessamy ineffective. both were at polling places to ask for votes. the campaign has been anything but friendly with bernstein tapping into some voter discontentment. >> miss jessamy is the highest paid prosecutor in the state and her office has the lowest conviction rate. >> i'm getting violent criminals off the state. >> reporter: she's had the backing of the political establishment and he has the support of the police union and the personal support of the police commissioner who placed a bernstein sign in his yard, infuriating jessamy. >> having a prosecutor, who is a rubber stamp for the police, should b

he is being treated at baltimore, washington medical >>> 15 baltimore city ú%rrectiin's fficers are administrative leave this morning as authorities investigate an inciddnt of alleged excessive force. ostledd with the departmen offi3 public safety have not given ú%ecifics but ii happened late last month. no one was seriously hurt. officials say that ome of the people on leave were not directly involved but may have seennwhat appened. >>> one person is dead and four others are rushed to the after county.llide ii anne arrndel emergency crewsswere called to route 295 at the hanover road over pass around 8:15 last night. when they arrived there, they found two vehiclesshad crashed into each other. a woman was pronounced dead at the scene. four others weet to ssock trauma to be treated for serious injuries. a few hoors later, there was another fatal crash. this one in prince george's county..3 police say around midnight an ambulance and an suv crashed on marlboro piie in forestville. the tww people in the suv were pronounced dead at the scene. the only peeple in the ambulance were two mmmbers of the p

baltimore. lisa, is that the case? good numbers of the polls today? >> statewide, no major problems at the polls. according to the state board of election, turnout across the state has been light. >> yes, it is light. very light so far. >> that was the story around baltimore city. by 9:00 a.m., fewer than 6000 people had turned out to vote in the first two hours the polls were open. >> there were a lot of people that i think will be interested in the general election. >> it will be later on, probably in the afternoon and evening. >> that was the hope. by 11:00 a.m., things had improved but only slightly. a little more than 50,000 voters. baltimore city election director jones called this disappointing considering the number of hot the contested races. >> i would think more people would be out voting. that is what makes this unbelievable to me. this gives me the impression that there is a "no care" attitude. >> is a slow but steady. what's everyone comes out in november. >> i did not even know. i

city officials are especially encouraging baltimore students to weigh in. >> thousands of baltimore city students take public transportation to get to school, but they say it is not always a smooth ride. >> it has been really hard as far as getting people to and from school because it has been really crowded. some buses had been out of service. >> the bus is late, and people do not get to school on time. >> wednesday, the central marilyn transportation alliance announced a new program called rate you are right. students are encouraged to text the word "ride"and they will be given a short survey about their experience, good or bad. >> if you are on the bus and you have a very pleasant experience, you can text that information immediately. >> the text messages will be sent to the central maryland transportation alliance. they will compile those messages and give them to the mta once a week. >> the war in permission we get, the better we can do in adding service where we needed and taking away from where we do not need so we can provide the level of service required. >> the city is especial

it is bringing a boost to baltimore's economy. add in a raven the way game, and you have some very happy businesses. >> in the past few days have been the busiest we have had all season. we rang and over $10,000 in sales as of yesterday. >> i really appreciate the yankee fans coming down. they're helping out the city, absolutely. i think we had almost a sellout crowd last night and the night before. what i do not appreciate is the actual fans themselves. >> speaking of those fans, you're looking at yankee fans coming out of the orioles game. they seem a bit lost, maybe. but they provide a lot of good business for downtown baltimore. guess who's playing tonight? the new york giants. maybe some of these yankees fans will stick around in baltimore to watch the giants game tonight. >> we are always happy to take the new yorkers. the offensive was felt something like the pre-ravens /pre-and john harbaugh era. they faced a desperate opponent. a career high and, down 6-0 at the half. baltimore led 7-6, but then someone hit the snooze. wh

and.ú >> and now baltimore countyú of the precincts reporting. kevin kamenetz in the lead with 56 percent of the vote. with bartenfelder's 41 percent. now we just went to melinda roeder at bartenfelder headquarters and they had him3 winning, and hopefully we can get to blair lee and ask him a can you hear uss >> no. not yet. >> i can hear you now. but i cannot see you. >> i have to tell you something blair. you type like me. i appreciate you joining u, with juss a few mmnutes left in the 10:00 show. first oo all regarding the baltimooe county executive race. we have said that kevin ameeetz is in the lead. bartenfelder headquarters said he is in the lead. what does this race come down to, as far as the various areas in baltimore county voting? >> this is east side versus westside, classic baatimore county election. you have a farmer versus a lawyer. you have aablue collar guy versus a more upscale westside ú%y. it depends where he votes were seen right now are coming from. if those are east side votes,3 then bartennelder is in trouble. if those v

one baltimore city principal will be part of that discussion. tim tooten is live in our newsroom with more in the story -- on the story. >> they're turning rockefeller plaza it into a place where the nation can hear about successful schools like westport academy and from its principal. >> let's review what we know so far. >> westport academy will be in the national spotlight for its dramatic turnaround. test scores are up and the school is no longer on the state watch list. >> it is a great difference. >> felicia irick has been invited to new york to tell her story. she is quick to give credit where she says it is due. >> i would have to say that i have the best staff -- a group of people who are truly committed to students and their families. >> if your card. whose turn is it? >> it all starts in the classroom where teachers have been given the freedom to change. >> the administration has encouraged the teachers to work as a community and to really take ownership of what is going on in the classroom. we're to do the things we need to do that ne

this time in baltimore county. it happened around 9:30 this morning on real princess line in woodlawn. officials say the fire caused a propane tank to explode. the six people inside were able to safely escaped. the red cross is assisting that family. this fire comes after a family is left without a home yesterday in north baltimore. the i-team sets out to find the money. >> plus, and accused animal -- accused animal abuser ordered to volunteer in a most unusual places. >> the ravens are concerned going into the game on sunday. here which cleveland browns player has the on full alert. >> strong the thunderstorm is living through the area. we will track those and see how long the hot weather sticks around. you did to the warm sunshine in baltimore. 88 degrees at the airport. >> the maryland spca says it was appalled to learn a man charged with animal abuse was ordered to volunteer the shelter. the man was accused of beating a miniature pinscher with a pipe in early august. the dog was severely injured and had to be t

inch around baltimore. a little over 2 and quarter inches and 3 quarters nch innhagersttwn depending on where you are. some folk heavv amount than other areas. projected model on the future scan. the rain from last night into today anywhere from 2 and 3 quurters inch potentially around the baltimore area so there's a real problem especially along the urban areas downnown around the centtal portton of the city as we haae that heavy rainfall with the ground being saturaaed water kind of sits on top of that rain and has aa% ground when it becomest the saturated. that is going to be a problem we have to definitely be concerned witt% as the rain continues to move look and show you where thesee rain is right now and how long it sticks around coming up. >> when storms hht get your own personal weather forecast. go tooour eb site and use interactiveetools to traak coming storms down to your street and go to fox baltimore.com and click on i radar. >> storm moves through your neighbor see it shooo it send it up load

live in downtown baltimore. keith daniels, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> intense search at the site of a buiidinggcollapse in west baltimore. >> crews called in after witnesses saw a woman walking near the building just before the collapse. there was concern she may be trapppd in the ruble. but crews found nothing. >> we find nn remains, or no evidence of someoneebeing there at tis point. ú%ilized our thermal imaging camera to assess and deteemine whether or not that was the case. which that gave us no readings. >>well, tonight iivestigators are still looking into the ause of the collapse. at the correr of druid hill avenue and awns streets. >> when it comes to news in your neighborhood. see it, shooo it, send it. website foxbaltimore.com and click on the see it, shoot it, send it icon. you can send pictures directly from your cell phone to pics@foxbalttmore.com. >> well todaa's gray skies brought tornado warnings to the aree. >> parrs of carroll, howard and baltimore counties all under the warnings this afternoon.

in baltimore city cut 10.5%. and the baltimore county, 10%. polls opened at 7:00 a.m. in baltimore city, turnout was light. by 9:00 a.m., 6000 people had voted. election judges were disappointed. >> this is a lot less.

it's show time in baltimore. i love that. bring it on, number 27. >> we try to come up with catchy slogans. we like play like afterchampion. >> that's out and he's giving them to the players. we've been getting good responses on that one. let's talk about the stores where you can get this gear. of course, maryland screen printers, that's a major supplier here. let's go over the stores where you can get this stuff. >> we have a lot of grocery stores. the shoppers and the giants. we have the sports page and we have three or four locations and poor boys. >> and sports shops. every location that's carried our stuff, they're ready to go. >> and our friends at d.j.'s and poor boys. we have so much stuff going on. busy time for you. >> yeah, a busy time. >> and we have a win. we have to take care of business in cincinnati. >> we'll be home the 26th. any pref view on a brown's related shirt? >> we're working on it right now. >> he wants to get through cincinnati first. for the unefficiented. >> what's the silly band. >> oh, silly ban