still to come on fox45 good day baltimore... baltimore...((paris screamed out 'daddy!')) 'daddy!'))witnesses describe the scene in michael jackson's bedroom the day he died... as the trial for his doctor contin. continues. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((break 4)) 3 3 3 3 3 map fiber map 3 first on fox... a baltimore city police sergeant is at the center of a hit and run investi. investigation.it happened at this royal farms store in highlandtown.there's a police sub-station inside.the police report indicates an officer inside at the time witnessed sergeant carlos villa leave the scene... after hitting a delivery truck.sergeant vila has been placed on desk duty... pending an investigation. week one of conrad murray's involuntary manslaughter trial... wraps up today. todayymurray... who worked as michael jackson's personal physician... is accused of giving the star a lethal dose of the anesthetic... propofol. on thursday... alberto alvarez... the pop star's director of logistics... testified in los angeles court. he described the moments jackson's children, paris and pri

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time to get baltimore back to normal. let's go live to christian and a look at what's going on. >> reporter: most of the work to get the city back to normal will be done in the overnight and late tonight baltimore is saying that the streets that made up the race course, pratt, conway, they will all be open in the morning. now soon --. >> and the crowd goes wild. >> reporter: it was will power taking the flag. . >> a winner. the first race on the streets of baltimore. >> reporter: it was the huge crowd around the race course that officials were watching. they are working to determine the economic impact of the first ever baltimore grande prix. >> successful as it was this year we can do better. >> reporter: restaurants right on the course did huge business but there result was uneven for businesses further away. >> a lot of people stayed out of the city, regular shoppers and i -- had the impression most of the visitor was in theselfen closed area. very self-contained. respect that's something william cole said they need to

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some cool air is on the way to baltimore. baltimore. when is it really going to start to feel like fall? fall? chief meteorologist vytas reid is here with your skywatch forecast. 3 "is said what you're doing doesn't make sense any more" more"the punishment this teacher dishes out... for saying "bless you" in class... after the break is this a workplace or an art museum? the movement that is taking hold in cubicle farms and putting a big pinch on office supplies. a popular toy could kill k. kids. little tikes is recalling more than a million of these workbench style toys. the plastic toy nails in the sets could be swallowed by kids causing them to choke. the products have been sold for over 20 years. 3 if...// someone sneezes...// ááwhatáá do... you áusuallyá say? bless you... right...// ááwelláá... don't say that...// in... the state... of... california...// for... students.../ in... one california class.../ saying... "bless you".../ after ...someone sneezes.../ will... cost.../// them... their grade...//. áásteveáá cucko-

good day baltimore. ing foxx45 - ((break 3)) 3 3 3 still to come on fox45 good day baltimore... baltimmre...((it's really just spend on a lost dog)) prom motion sensors to robocallss... a maryland family goes to extremes to find their missing beagle... justthow much they've spent on the search or sassfras ccming . up.and the terps take to the football field... and leave fann talking about áánot the gaaeáá but their uniforms.more on what you had to say about the new jerseys coming up. yyu're waaching foxx45 good day baltimore. ((break 4)))- 3 3 lockerman bundy elementaay school innthe city is closed por students due to a power outage. staff eports to elementary in baatimore county is also closee due to a power outage. &pthousands are waking up withouu power this morning... here's a looo at the lateet nu. numbers...ááaalib numbersáá 3 &p3 maps-libeety-bel air hurricane irene pushed it parents rejoice.... the kids are back in sshool in baltimore county. county.candace dold joins us live from perry hall ellmentary.. where they're all ready to ggt started. started. 750- thous

future radar locked in on top of baltimore. we got the lock in of possible heavy rain, taking in through thursday morning. wet, the flood watch continues, and 68 degreess the best we are going to do this afternoon as we stall things and get down to 63, overnight checking out the extended outlook for the rest of the week in to the weekend coming up in the next half hour. >>> now, the major accident we have is 95 southbound. an accident with injuries in the left lane. not causing too much of a traffic problem. this is 695, baltimore national pike, very light traffic. as the wet lens has the camera stopped. light in conway downtown. it's open after the grand prix. pratt is also open but lots of cone, lots of equipment there trying to get the fencing down. be careful if you are traveling any of those newly opened streets. they should be open by 6:00. >>> hostage situation in australia kept police busy all morning. >> theyest and how it's making news -- the latest and how it's making news. >>> china may have helped supply weapons to

some cool air is on the way to baltimore. baltimore. when is it really going to start to feel like fall? fall? chief meteorologist vytas reid is here with your skywatch forecast. 3 "is said what you're doing doesn't make sense any more" more"the punishment this teacher dishes out... for saying "bless you" in class... after the break is this a workplace or an art museum? the movement that is taking hold in cubicle farms and putting a big pinch a popular toy could kill k. kids. little tikes is recalling more than a million of these workbench style toys. the plastic toy nails in the sets could be swallowed by kids causing them to choke. the products have been sold for over 20 years. 3 if...// someone sneezes...// ááwhatáá do... you áusuallyá say? bless you... right...// ááwelláá... don't say that...// in... the state... of... california...// for... students.../ in... one california class.../ saying... "bless you".../ after ...someone sneezes.../ will... cost.../// them... their grade...//. áásteveáá cucko--vich... /// a ...hi

are still searching city police are baltimore baltimore city police are still searching for serial firebombers this mor. morning.someone has thrown molotov cocktails at nine homes in the ciiy.you can see from this map... the locations range from south balitmore to northwest baltimore. a homeowner... hit in northwest baltimore says the molotov cocktail thrown at their house... woke her entire family up. she says... when she walked outside, she saw flames. this is just one of nine incidents in less than three weekk.because they are scattered across the city... policeebelieve there are several suspects.but there are some similarities.police say it appears the firebombs are thrown in occupied homes... most are thrown through a window on the first floor. investigators also believe these incidents are random and very dangerous. (14:10)what people don't know.......heat fire and flames. flames....(58:14)it was frightening...it was (58:14)flames.... 3 flames....know.......heat fire and flames.... flames....(58:14)it was frightening...it was three a.m we were all asleep... asleep... fortunately no one w

statewide, the graduation rate is 85%. 71% in baltimore city, and 83.1% in baltimore county. in other parts of the state, the graduation rate is 95% in carroll county, 85.7% in hartford county, and 85.9% in howard county. the good news is even if it takes five years, students understand the goal. they are staying in school. our teachers are doing a better job of delivering instruction. i think you see that reflected in what we feel are positive steps. >> there were more signs of progress on the new hampshire as a high-school assessments. last year students met the requirements in english and government. the state reports that 85% have students passed. 8.8% met the requirements by using an alternative plan for academics. >> after having only three years of the high school assessment requirement, i think the kids are making -- are kidding babar. they are making that progress. it is not as much of an issue as it was four or five years ago. what's a good number of the students to attend schools have the medical arts academy have already passed the assessments. >> i brought it hom

. >>> baltimore will be getting back to normal. official says they are ready for the commute and all the oh streets served as the race course. huge crowds turned out and officials say it's what they wanted, restaurants on the course, some say they did huge business. >> a lot of people stayed out of the city, regular shoppers, i had the impression most visitors were in the self enclosed area. it was a self contained event. >> the city can measure three things as successes, taxes k the admission and parking, and hotel taxes, the numbers could be ready by thursday. this used to be the outdoor life network. the baltimore grand prix gave it the highest rated event in history. showing off baltimore exceeded any oh race aired by 5 9%. but when weather happens like s, bei pnchts after a week added to summer vacation, 13 baltimore county public schools will be back in session today. the schools remained without power throughout friday but now ready to welcome students for a new year. the spokesperson says the schools are brought back on lin

we're live in downtown baltimore. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> in honor of breast cancer awareness, ride to work to fight breast cancer with a nationwide event. they will be stopping in baltimore today through tomorrow at the hyatt regency downtown and brides have a chance to find dream gowns at incredible prices, and some more than 50% off. and designers donated gowns starting at $199. >>> an event this weekend, people are taking a shot at find agriculture for breast cancer. it is happening at the loch raven skeet and trap center. and they will give you one on one instructions and that's going to be off the range. for more information, go to our web site and that is abc 2 news .com. all moneys raised will go towards home in maryland. >>> several of these recently. this morning, another food recall to tell you about. this time bags of chopped romaine lettuce from a farm in california. the farm says it is possible some of the lettuce is contaminated with listeria. experts say it may take several weeks to realize that yo

in baltimore. >> ladies have to love that one. the detective hope itself could be a yearly event in baltimore and with all the interest the fights will be moved to first mariner arena next year. doors open tonight at six in canton there. will be about 18 bouts and if you are interested in attending you can contact detective ross at 443-857-0132 or log onto the website for more information. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. how much does -- i will focus and do my weather, wow. i will try. i will give it my all. they can it out -- we are looking at clouds and that will be the name of the game through the rest the evening and from those we could get a bit of rain. i will talk about that. we are dry, temperatures coming in around 69 degrees thank humidity at 55%, much dryer today, the winds out of the north northwest at five miles an hour, in baltimore today we started out with plenty of sun. it looked like it would be a good day but then the clouds s

majority of those outages are in baltimore county. there are about 32,000 people still in the dark this morning. anne arundel county has about 20,000 people and so,000 people- - 10,000 people have no power in the city. coming up at six, we will talk to bge spokeswoman linda foy about how they are fixing the problem and what's taking so long. bge said the power would be restored by friday night. >>> if you are running out of water, several sites across baltimore are giving out freshwater. in the cityit it's the same site for the code red days. some are run by the senior centers and in baltimore county it's being handed out at fire stations. we have a list where to get the water at abc2news.com. if you know someone without power, look it up and let them know where they can go. again, abc2news.com. >>> two minutes after five. get ready because the baltimore grand prix is just a day away. and if you haven't noticed, major roads downtown baltimore are going to be closed. abc2 news linda so is live with what you need to know especially for

and baltimore is ready to get back to normal. "yea i was happy to see it come, now i'm happy to ee it go" the rooass ad been closed since last monday.. so it's been more thhn a week since you could get around downtown withhut any delays. they have done a great jobb.. aggii, the roads are open..ut you will find race walls like this along the streets...it impacting traffic at this time. 3 a new ommercial....played during the baltimore grand prix... is under scrutiny. scrutiny. the 33-second spot played repeatedly on jumbo-tronn for spectators at tte race. it celebrates baltimore's history, culturee and diiersity... as a world-class city.the ad briefly feetures the mayor... and that has critics calling it a free campaign ad....less than two weeks before the primary. is vowing to find his nephewws . &pcummings was shoo and killed ... anddhis roommate wounded pn their apartment in norfolk. christopher was student at old dominionnuniveesity. cummings ook to the e - streetss.. aaking the public's help.he thanked norfolk olice for trrcki

the storm knocked out power to 65 schools in baltimore. bge brought in 2300 extra workers from 18 states, it's the largest effort since isabelle in 2003. with that, some parents question bge's efforts. >> they did their best, but i think they could hire for contractors. >> reporter: see little welcome signs along the front of the school. all schools will have to make up two days. the state board of education will determine if last wednesday, thursday, and friday will be waived for the remaining schools. that tour kicks off at 85:00 this morning with dr. -- 8:55 this morning with dr. harrisston. >>> new for the flu season this year , the first flu shot that workings with a tiny needleless scary of a skin prick and hitting this market this fall. but it's for adults and limited in availability. wider distribution is set for next year. doctors say there is plenty of more vaccines to go around. >>> campaign chief and manager for michele bachmann, leaving in a campaign shake you have. bachmann manager says he doesn't have the stamina for 12- 14

it may cause iowa and new hampshire to do the same. >>> a quick look at the baltimore sun. more on the information contained in this year's assessment data earlier today. checking with families from both maryland and grad school graduates, find out who they will cheer for. >>> and starting in a whole lot more, baltimore sun, updated forecast in your first warning weather team. >>> baltimore city firefighters fire with fire in order to sends an important message about safety to the public, mike shoe explains. >> suit up, it is going to get hot but if you are a firefighter for the city, this is what you signed up to do. running towards the fire whenever one else is running away. we are at the training academy where the city is it putting on a show. >> it is dangerous. so for a couple of hours, this city is inviting everyone to see what they do. >> this fire is so hot and if you can feel it, you will be about this close. >> we hope they walk away with a message. >> our message is to demonstrate to people exactly how you can stay safe in your home. >> and these demonstrations s

reporting live in downtown baltimore, sharee johnson, abc 2 news. >>> animal lovers in baltimore are on a mission to better protect man's best friend. leading the pack at city hall, adams jones. and a series of animal cruelty cases city officials wanted to do something to raise awareness. jones hopes the effort will start something big. >> in every other city in the country, it is going on every day, and nationwide. and i'm glad we are starting in baltimore and be a part of it here and hopefully the thing can turn national. >> and you can see the posters on buses and billboards and in schools. >>> coming up on good morning maryland, baby boomers are stepping up in physical activity. a new study reveals they have to. we will explain why in just a bit. you're watching good morning maryland. where there is news now and next for you on this friday morning. it is 5:05. the mac 'n cheese big daddy patty melt. and you thought just the name was a mouthful. the new "let's get cheesy" menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. [ female announcer ] having grands! biscis easy.the morning just pop

baltimore city police investigating a shooting in south baltimore. officers were called around 5:30 a.m. this morning. and and was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. no word on a suspected of the search continues for the gunman who shot 26-year-old antonio blackwell in front of an east baltimore carry out. it happened yesterday afternoon. police and witnesses can help solve the crime. here is the report. >> sounded like firecrackers. but this is october, not the fourth of july. >> she was just about to walk into the krispy king carryout in east baltimore when she heard gunshots. >> when i looked down, there was a body on the ground, blood everywhere. broad daylight. >> investigators rest -- rushed over to find a young man in his 20 shot in the head. the victim's friend tried to help as witnesses watched. >> i heard a couple or triple shots, like gunshots. >> everybody was running. when the police got here, they would not let you near. so it is nothing that we could basically do. it is like i just want to go and did them and protect them --

the locations range from south balitmore to northwest baltimore. at this house in northwest baltimore... a family woke to flames... from a molotov cocktail that hit their window. it's just one of nine incidents in less than three weeks.police believe several suspects are involved.... targeting occupied homes across the city.the attacks appear to be random... but dangerous. " iq: it was three a.m we were all asleep.. oq: so that was frightening.". frightening.". fortunately no one was hurt in any of the incidents and there was no major damage. if you see any suspicious activity you are asked to call police immediately. police.../ are... warning residents..../ after... a series... of home invasions.../ involving... police impersonators. impersonators. the... latest... happened.../ thursday morning..../ on... hilldale avenue... in... northwest baltimore...///. áátheáá victims,.../ including... 3... children,.../ were asleep.. / when... 3--men... broke in ../// saying....../ they.. were cops...// áátheáá... residents... were handcuffed...// áÃ

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we are live in northwest baltimore. wbal-tv 11 news. >> police are searching for three men who ransacked the home and assaulted the people inside. the break-in happened around 5:00 this morning on townsend avenue. a woman was sexually assaulted and one man was shot. another man was pistol whipped. authorities believe the vandals were looking for valuables and drugs. the victim who was shot is expected to survive. police imposters have struck again. it is the fourth time since june of that man impersonating police officers to gain entry into a home. we have more on the latest attack. >> in all of these cases, the suspects are dressed as police officers. they tie up the victims and tell them they are there to raid their home. the latest incident happened in northwest baltimore at 3:30 in the morning. according to police, three men pretending to be police officers kicked in the door, announced a raid, and put the victims in handcuffs. all three were dressed in uniform, one carrying a badge. >> one victim broke free and att

she is a junior at baltimore's medical arts academy high school. top administrators picked the school to highlight process. last year 87% of maryland seniors receive high-school diplomas. baltimore city, the numbers climbed to 79%, 6 percentage point higher than 2010. >> we had to do an extraordinary job of putting our kids in a position where they are in a position to aspire to be there. that has been the most important priority of my administration. >> the graduation numbers were even more impressed -- impressive for african-american students. four years ago, there were almost as many dropping out of school as graduating. >> the drop in rough neighborhoods where people are getting shot, stabbed, raped, kidnapped, being here in this school where there are people that will tell, at a really inspires them. >> i feel like i have grown as a person because of the interaction with all of the staff members here and teachers. >> there is a growing number of students taking into passing a high school assessment. even though individual scores were down from

reporter: since then they overhauled the way they view sex crimes following an investigation by the baltimore sun, he even testified at capitol hill. >> women are often a shamed to confront their attackers. we need to make sure victims feel safe reporting incidents to police. >> reporter: police did not recognize an incident as rape and over a 19 year period there was a staggering drop in rapes in baltimore and they reclassified them from unfounded to founded and beefed up a is unit for rape. experts say it will raise across the country if rape is redesigned. right here a meeting will be started and any changes they come up with will be given to the fbi for final approval. wjz eyewitness news. >> and there were nearly 8 5,000 cases of sexual assault last year which a decrease from 2009. >>> a man's body is discovered, police say it had been in the water for some time. officials had no reports of missing boaters or swimmers and they are now working to identify the body. >>> they have learned exclusively, a man who died from a contaminated cantaloupe is going to sue the farm. the listeria outbr

looking north in downtown baltimore today. all around the area sunshine aplenty and, boy, finally you could just sense that change in the weather pattern, getting rid of that ugly murky condition that we have been dealing with for weeks on end. finally coming to an end. beautiful finish to the day in the state capital. how about the beaches tonight. people out on the boardwalk, why wouldn't you be. temperatures up in the 7230s in ocean city today. maryland's most powerful radar all clear, we think it stays so at least through maybe midday saturday we could see a few showers, but it looks like most of the weekend dry and much cooler, cooler air already marching in tonight, you'll feel the difference in tomorrow, we pushed up close to 80, some humidity. mid-70s at most with no humidity. okay. so it will be a cooler feeling day with that bone-dry air and the really chilly stuff begins to push into tomorrow evening, we'll hit the highs on the day 1, 2:00 tomorrow. here is the first of several cool fronts pushing in. they are linin

democracy 2011 it's primary election for baltimore city. many people will head to the polls to vote for the mayoral candidate and city council elections. sherrie johnson is live outside election headquarters with the latest. i guess polls will open in 10 minutes. >> reporter: that's exactly right. not long now. as a matter of fact, we are here right in front of the baltimore city board of elections office. and yes, they are frantically busy getting ready making sure there are no last-minute problems. a lot of candidates are hoping for a good turnout today for the primary election. and again, the polls open at 7:00 this morning. today candidates will compete for the top job of mayor and several city council seats. 2011 merrill candidates frank conway, opis rolley wilson wilson and stephanie rawlings- blake and alfred griffin and havingy ann harding. -- vikki ann harding. stephanie rawlings-blake is mounting her first campaign for this office. and we caught up with the baltimore city elects director earlier this morning and here's what he has

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baltimore.... baltimore.... karen parks is live in the northwest baltimore tonight....where a home was hit just a week ago....karen? karen? the homeowner says.....the molotov coctails thrown at their house woke her entire family up.......when she walked outside.....she saw flames......and is left with this reminder.....of what happened that morning..... morning..... 3 (57:19)it was three am thursday morning.....here along rogers avenue in northwest baltmore.....gloria spence......her husband......son and elderly parents were asleep inside this home.....(57:28)we heard like a bump and the the dog started barking and would not stop.....she smelled fumes.....and called bge.....then realized it wasn't a gas leak.......so her son went outside to the side of the house....(57:54)my son yelled ma there's an open fire.......a firebomb.....had been thrown at her window..... (58:45)it hit the 2nd floor window and it exploded that glass and then it fell down to the ground....((58:52)it burned the window out...

ppayed during the baltimore grann &pscrutiny. the utiny..- 300second spot....ppayed repeatedly on juubo-trons peeore spectators at thh race... celebrates baltimore'ss history, culture and diversity... as a world-class city.the ad briefly features the mayor.critics call it a free campaign ad... less than two weeks before the primary. (mossburg) "if this was about showcasinn baltimore, showcasing the indy race, then reeponsible for making thaa happen. the mayor was not that person." person."(dr. vatz) "i don't really have a tremendous problee with this ad. this is one of the advantages of incumbency . there'ss nothing ugly in this ad." ad." the baltimore- based media company that made the spot... donated its creative and roduction team 3t produce it.. 3 thanks to hurricane irene.. many kids got an extended summer vaaation, but.. .it's &pover.pooer is restored to the thousands of people who lost it during irene.. anddthat includes schools. after a 3i. the hite house estimates hurricane irene's damaae to be one poiit five ábillioná

and in northeast baltimore... a man is dead after a shootout.that happened on hillen road between 31st and 32nd street... aaound 8 o clock, wednesday night.the identity of the victim hasn't been released. fox 45 has "spot crime".track criminal activity in your neighborhood.get emails when crime happens... at fox baltimore dot com.click on "spot crime" in "hot topics" on your screen. a midshipman at the naval academy is found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a female midshipman. prosecutors say 21-year-old patrick edmond... of mississippi... raped his classmate in her dorm room last october.edmond claims the sex was consensual.officials at the naval academy say he will be expelled. today, a pregnant mother and her two sons will be laid to rest.family and friends gathered to rememmer michelle manigo , 11 year old tyquis and 7 year old jaquis... at a viewing thursday.all three died last week , when their home was ravaged by a fire... on south pulaski street.the funeral is at the philadelphia christian ministr

south and east of baltimore, clouds but a diminished chance of rain showers. yes, there may be some showers left around on sunday. and today, a push of 75. and partly cloudy. windy. chance of a storm. mainly east of the bay this afternoon and tonight, we will be back down in the 40s. some showers toward day break. and plan for clouds. cool weather. but showers, saturday, 58, 56 sunday. and lows in the 40s which includes the ravens game. we're back by 70 by tuesday next week. >> tonya? >> 795 southbound by owings mills, right before owings mills, a car fire in the cleanup stages there. be careful. good news is the accident on route 1 near the beltway, in our landsdowne area is now clear. an the beltway is slow on the outer loop. on the northwest side. it will be slow around through edmonton. be aware of that. and slow topside of the beltway. take a look at the jfx at northern parkway. doing pretty well as you make your way to cold spring lane. not as bad as it could be as you travel the jfx traveling downtown. >> we want to advise you to join us for good mornin

and baltimore city school ceo dr. andrea salonzo plans to have his separate news conference at 11:00 a.m. to talk specifically about baltimore city schools an their progress. reporting live in downtown baltimore, charee johnson, abc 2 news. >>> a new campaign is in the works to better protect man's best friend. it is called show your soft side. taking part in the effort adams jones along with mixed martial arts fighter, and the organizers realize there was a need for this, after a series of animal cruelty cases. >> it happens in any other city in the country. it was going on every day and it needs to stop nationwide. i'm glad it is starting in baltimore and i can be a part of it and hopefully this thing can turn national. >> you will see the posters on buses an billboards and in schools. >>> 6:09. coming up, it is enough to make you lose your appetite. recent food recalls are causing many of you to wonder. what is really safe in my refrigerator, and what the experts are saying about that this morning. >>> and hot flas

at this northwest baltimore church on dolfield avenue. pastor terry thornton can hardly believe what happened here... just hours before church services. 12:07:02 "it's disheartening that this kind of crime could happen anywhere, but when it happens in front of a church... no respect for life." life."so far, police have no suspects in the case. two teenagers are charged in a hit and run and attempted car jacking... near arundel mills . mall.police say this man... 19-year-old gregory lassiter and his 15 year-old passenger smashed a stolen vehicle into another car yesterday .... and then took off. the pair then hopped into another vehicle and ordered the driver to speed away, but were arrested before they got away. lassiter was under the influence of drugs.the driver of the other car is recovering from minor injuries. the trial continues today... for the man accused of killing an elderly security guard at a chinese carry-out last year.michael hunter faces first-degree murder charges... in the killing of 72-year-old charles bowman.the trial w

in the whitehall area of northern baltimore county. sheldon dutes joins us from police headquarters. >> the crash is under investigation and they believe it may be alcohol-related. it happened in the whitehall area of baltimore county. four men and one woman were riding on a utility atv when it veered off into the field and then went over the edge of a ravine crashing into a stream. two were pronounced dead at the scene in the other three were rushed to a hospital in northern pennsylvania and are expected to survive. >> in baltimore county, we ask citizens if they operate atv's to do it responsibly in an area where you can see or there is good visibility so that accidents like this do not happen. >> again, the crash is under investigation but it is too early to determine whether or not charges will be filed. live outside police headquarters, sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> baltimore police are working to solve a double murder from overnight. two men were gunned down just before 4:00 a.m. they believe they were walking when their att

temperatures in the mid-70's around baltimore. in the 50's out west. 70's on the lower eastern shore. a comfortable pattern, essentially dry weather for another 24 hours. then there is a chill and more wet weather in the weekend. all of that in a few minutes. >> city housing officials are trying to figure out what caused a baltimore home to collapse overnight. the home near west north avenue collapsed just after 2:00 this morning. investigators say it does not appear anybody was inside. there have been no reports of injuries. >> slamming the social security administration and federal reserve, rick perry tried to revive his slumping campaign. there are positive signs about the u.s. economy that kerrey and his rivals -- perry and his rivals are focused on. >> our economy expanded. not much, but better than expected. fewer americans filed for unemployment last week. the german government okayed a plan for europe's debt crisis. the u.s. house okayed a stopgap to avoid a government shut down. but u.s. home sales were down in august, an

unheralded nolan reimold and robert andino delivering stunning back-to-back hits for the last place baltimore orioles, a comeback that left sox fans and everyone else speechless. >> i think wednesday night, september 28, 2011, goes down as one of the greatest nights in the history of major league baseball, bar none. >> reporter: dan shaughnessy writes for the "boston globe" and has chronicle's sox collapses before. from bill buckner's error in 1986 to buckie dent's homer that dashed boston's home in 1978. as he points out, last night's loss was only the beginning of the misery. >> there was a three minute separation between this horrible loss in baltimore and the great victory for the rays in tampa. three minutes later. >> reporter: the rays comeback so soon after even more incredible. they were down seven runs in the eighth inning. teams do not come back from those deficits. the rays did. >> a line shot down the left field shrine.

it's visiting baltimore art the end of its cruise. if you want a closer look it's going to be open tomorrow and sunday from ten to seven. as you can see it's impressive. the eagle is the only active square rigger in the united states government and it's the largest tall ship. >> we started out an i nice note. we were nice and dry earlier we were nice and sunny. now the clouds and starting to see rain as well. let's go head and zoom in on some of the moderate rain. up into aberdeen, even into perry man at this time. we are also looking, farther to the south we should see wet weather, annapolis, mayo, sliding across the bay, over to the eastern shore and we have a nasty storm now firing up, heading over toward church creek and we can see about 27 lightning strikes, this will be the situation through the rest of the evening. as you head out and about take the rain gear. we can see the temperatures in the 60's. mostly cloudy and by tomorrow it'll be much cooler, temperature around 58 degrees. i will elaborate on that coming up. >> thank y

anyone with information is asked to call baltimore city police. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> people posing as police officers have forced themselves into somebody's home. the latest incident happened yesterday morning when three men dressed in uniform burst through the door of a home. one of the people inside were shot in the face and is now listed in stable condition. most residents should be skeptical that any intrusion is a police raid. police have not confirmed if this attack is related to three others. in south baltimore, police continue to search for three suspects in connection with a home invasion. this happened on towson avenue. a woman inside the home was sexually assaulted. another suffered a gunshot wound. authorities believe there were looking for valuables and drugs. >> there was a three-car crash in mount vernon on cathedral street. one officer injured his leg. no word on what led to the crash. >> no word on the identity of a man whose body was pulled out of the river in cecil county. authorities believe the victim had b

students at 13 baltimore county public schools had an an extra week off. the storm, hurricane irene, knocked out power to 65 schools in baltimore county, some parents are not happy with the delays. students say they are ready to return to class. >> it's kind of boring. >> it's kind of like, summer is gray but it's like it's good to go back and see your friends. >> reporter: back out here live, balloons welcoming everyone back. all schools will have to make up two days. the board of education will have to determine if wednesday, thursday and friday will be waived for the remaining schools. the tours kick off at 8:55 this morning here at perry hall elementary school. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >> if you lost trees the state wants to help you replace them. there is a program encouraging you to plant native trees and extended. it dpifs you a $25 coupon to use towards buying a new tree. under the program the trees must cost at least $50 must be on the list of approved trees. find a link to what the trees are, head to our website, abc2news.com. >>> the $25 wil

the head is here in baltimore. the fbi is moving to change the federal definition of rape which critics blasted as archaic. rape has been defined as forcible male penile penetration of a female. a member of the law enforcement vivary panel baltimore police commissioner spoke about a revision in washington this week. >> it's one of the most under reported crimes here and nationally. because women are often ashamed and afraid to confront their attackers, we must do everything to do everything to make sure they feel safe. >> reporter: following an investigation by our media partner , the baltimore sun, the city was number one in the nation none founded rape reports, the incident did not occur, that's the meaning. over a 19 year period there was a 8 oh% drop in rates. investigators reclassified the cases from unfounded to founded and beefed up a specialized sex defense unit. since those changes increased 70%. experts expect that kind of increase in reported cases of sexual assault all around the country if rape is rede

baltimore county is in better shape than most school systems. i think baltimore will be in good shape as long as our winter stayed mild. that's our hope. >> reporter: thank you so much for joining us. dr. harrisston will visit 7 elementary schools at perry hall at 8:55 this morning, also representatives from county executive's office will be here as well. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 51 now, republicans chasing gop's nomination are pitching themselvess that strongest candidate to roll back four years of president barack obama's tenure. rent choices that your doctor gave for you and compare five republicans appeared during a forum with senator jim dement in south carolina. >>> health officials are keeping a close eye, watch a case of west nile confirmed in arundel county. this virus affects theer in views system, -- the nervous system. try to avoid mosquito bites, get rid of standing water, there were three cases of west nile last year in arundel county. >>> maryland hispanic business conference will get underway in bethesda. the congressman i

this happened in northwest baltimore. three men pretending to be police officers kicked in the gun and put the victims in handcuffs. all three were dressed in uniform. one of the victims attempted to engage the suspect but was shot in the face. this is the fourth case since june. others occurred in northeast and south baltimore. police are trying to determine if this is connected to the others. >> i hope they find them. we are living in a dangerous world. >> this is an issue that resonates with us seriously. we worked very hard to try to keep the city safe. a suspect was arrested in one incident. the suspects in the latest incident were seen driving a silver car. >> a body was found in a cecil county water way. this is an elkton. the body had been in the water for quite some time. a man is charged with driving under the influence after a car veered off the road and hit a man on this porch. victim struck did undergo surgery. his condition is unknown this morning. a midshipman is found guilty of assaulting a female midshipm

because the more we do in baltimore, >>> mark is here with our sports report. the eve of purple friday. >> we're getting there. it's going to be football family feud coming up on sunday or some version of it. now if the steelers are the ravens fiercest rival, then the jets are the next thing. there's four assistants in new york that used to work for the ravens and three prominent players were ravens including derrick mason who makes his return this sunday. steelers, jets compare the rival. >> very different. it's different than the steeler's rivalry. same kind of atmosphere but different. you know because the steelers are the steelers. but these guys were ravens at one point. so you know sort of like, like you said fighting your brother. >>> at practice today the return of two starters on the offensive line center mark burke and ben brook, both participated after sitting out yesterday. >>> peter angelo huddled with manager showalter to discuss the future of the team. no official word from the meeting it is expected that mcfail will walk with his contract set to

a no-nonsense baltimore police chief cracks down on violent crime, but here's the twist. he wants fewer arrests. >>> driving while blind. at a university in the virginia hills, researchers say a miracle in the making. >>> and simon says he can do it. what? that you'll have to see to believe. >>> stories that make the headlines matter, all on "stories: reporter." welcome, i'm tom foreman. here in washington, where it sometimes seems like everyone is running for president, congressman paul ryan made headlines for saying he will not. ryan is the 41-year-old chairman of the house budget committee. but he's better known as the man with the plan to cut the deficit and fix the economy. it is, as gloria borger says, the holy grail for some republicans, and the devil's work for many democrats. >> the ryan road map is the way to the cliff, and then over the cliff. >> the ryan proposal, obviously, would destroy our government. >> i gave fear up for lent this year. >> you're not joking. >> no, i gave up fear for lent this year. >> you're not kidding me, right? >> no. >> how do you do

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baltimore beat them tonight. baltimore had to pray the yankees would beat tampa bay. evanevan longoria. their season is over. the yankees were giving everybody a crack here. they used 11 pitches. tampa bay tied it up with two outs and win it in the 12. 8-7 tampa bay. they move on to the american league championship series. the oakland a's open next season against -- in japan, versus seattle. and then the a's finish this season with a 2-0 win over seattle. miller hit a two run homer and gonzalez, worked eight innings, two hits. 11 strikeouts. bobbobbob wynns the final game. moving high school is ready to go sunday. he had a broken right hand early reports but it's just a deep bruise but he will start sunday. i know you were busy, jackie, that thing was great tonight? >> the game? >> yeah. yeah. >> my brother is screaming watching the game. [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] >> i will get you a tape. it was great. it was great. >>> good night everybody. jcpenney rewards credit card your reveal savings worth 15...20... or 30% extra off all apparel, shoes and acces

athena jones has the story. >> baltimore is about to get noisy. this labor day weekend, the place affectionately known as charm city is hosting a fast paced race through the streets with hair pin turns and 90 degree angles reaching speeds of up to 160 miles per hour. >> they run exactly the place your car is running on everyday from 9:00 to 5:00, you're going downtown to work but you're going 35 to 40 mile-an-hour. we're going the same place 160 mile-an-hour. that's why it's so cool. >> it's the baltimore grand prix, the inaugural event in a five-year indy car series the mayor expects to bring more than $5 million into city coffers. >> we're talking about hotels, restaurants, any estimate how much money is brought in in a larger way? >> we're hoping it will be well over $100 million. >> organizers expect more than 100,000 people to descend on the two-mile downtown loop this weekend. >> the city of baltimore is hoping this event will put it on the map for racing fans worldwide, attracting tourists and giving the economy a much needed boost. unemplo

however, their dreams collide with baltimore's tough realities. filmmaker ramona diaz is filipino-american and lives in baltimore. she began this project in 2006. this excerpt focuses on the experience that year of one teacher, dorotea godinez. >> one of the things we're finding in the united states is that we don't have an abundant supply of math and science teachers and special ed teachers. and we've been contemplating coming to the philippines for about three or four years, and then, finally, last year is the first time we came. and now we're back again. >> ♪ good-bye, my teacher, good- bye. ♪ good-bye, my teacher. >> ♪ good-bye, my friend. ♪ ♪ ♪ we'll see each other again. >> why the united states? >> i would appear hypocrite if i did not tell you this. it's for greener pasture because, as you know, philippines is financially ill, and employees are receiving salaries below the poverty line. >> so how much money are you going to make in the united states-- twice as much? >> maybe, twice as much. >> twice as much? is that enough? >>