you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((bump out)) ((break 1)) 3 they are encouraginn the entire family to have fun through song nd entertainment. family fun day is going on at tte mall in columbia. emily gracey is streaming now with this mornings hometown hotspot. - what are we in store for? - how long is family fun day?- can we get a sneak peak at what we might see? see? family fun day is every thursday at the mall in columbia from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for more information on performances log on to fox morning.e dot com slash - an olympic stunt... comes to a hilarious end. end.what happened along this zipline... that had everybody reaching for their cameras. cameras. 3 an awkward situation for the mayor of london... while doing a promotion for the olympics. olympics.after climbing into a harness... and starting to zipline... mayor boris johnson gets stuck... leaving him dangling in the air.the mayor was left hovering above the ground for about 5-minutes... as spectators snapped pictures. staff members eventually pulled hi

>> i love the baltimore ravens, i love the baltimore orioles. >> i love everything about baseball and everything about football. i'm a big sports fan. i'm excited about the orioles. they're playing well this year. it's rare we can talk about the orioles in august and talking about football. ravens played last night, we are excited. >> so much for baltimore sports fans to be excited about and at the end of august, excitement building. these t-shirts say it all. >> go ravens! >> i asked the dad where they got those t-shirts because so cute, baltimore birds. he doesn't know, his wife bought them so i have to find that out. >> apple versus samsung, two high-tech heavyweights duke it out in court. who did the judge rule in favor of? if you have a kid heading to college, health officials have advice for you up next in medical alert. >> annual summertime tradition is back in town. what to expect at this year's maryland state fair. mp >> in this morning's medical alert, the national institutes of health says it's been able to fight a deadly antibiotic r

that's now underway at the baltimore convention cen. center. joel d..smith is live there now to tell us the other sports stars who áwillá be there.... and when you can meet them. good morning joel d. 3 3 3 3 coming up... coming up... is bottled water... bad for your teeth? teeth?why a new study... may have you thinking twice about what you drink. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((bump out)) ((break 1)) they are singing and dancing while you shop. miss julie and friends will be having fun at the mall in columbia. emily gracey is streaming now with this mornings hometown hotspot. - what is family fun day? - how can people get involved ? - what's going on behind you? you? family fun day is every thursday at the mall in columbia from 10 a.m. to 11a.m. for more information on performances... log on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. 3 3 map bealirwilkens 195395map 3 coming up... a big decision could come today... in the drew peterson murder trial.the mistakes... that could lead to a mistrial. 2:12 "there is kind

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in baltimore city, it seems to be a done deal.. a baltimore casino s coming... voters approved the idea in 2008. and now, finally,, state officials have awarded a license to developers to go-ahead with construction. (man) "beautiful. bring more jobs to the city man. beautiful, that's what we need, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs." ceasers entertainment will build the two-story casino near the camden yards stadium complex... a casino with 3,750 slot machines. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake welcomes the license approval.. calling it "an important and positive step forward for baltimore." but not everyone, including del. jill carter......(del. carter) "i think it was premature and i think it was an ill-conceived notion...." .......shares the mayor's enthusiasm about the project. delagate carter's concern, the developer... one that she says has a history of violations, including selling alcohol to underage persons and underage gambling. (dell carter) "this is a foreign company coming into baltimore without having been properly vetted and held to a more relaxed standard than

the raider is clear from baltimore down to number 0 -- the radar is clear from baltimore down to norfolk. if we get anything today, it will be more of a pop up variety of the thunderstorms. we could use some rain but in looks like we'll not see it very much today. 73 at the airport. 73 in randallstown. a mild starts today. we have the humidity. looking at the dew point temperatures. we see 70 at the airport. 70 in westminster. it feels a little bit soupy out there. the actual high temperature expected to be in the made 9 90's. we could see an isolated thunderstorms later in the day. it could bring some gusty winds. basically anyone could see a thunderstorm this afternoon. 89 in ocean city with mostly sunny skies and a chance for thunderstorms this afternoon. there could be more thunderstorms over the mountains. that is the futurecast which shows some thunderstorms in garrett county and washington. maybe you'll be lucky enough to see a storm because we could use the rain. ot.is humid today and haun 30% chance for thunderstorms on sunday as a cold front approaches. we may get some much-nee

now we have flash flood warnings for hartford, howard, baltimore and baltimore city. we are going to have much more on these coming up in just a couple minutes but i think for the most we can head back to the news desk. >> that's good. now we are hearing most of west townsend is out without power. they -- what did you say? >> 14,000. >> why don't you use your mobile device text wmar at 46988. if you do we will keep you posted throughout the night about the weather and what is going on. we are worried about the swift water rescues that have been going on. the waters over flowing the banks, coming out and picking us up anding us. baltimore county fire out there rescuing people as we speakw. have cheryl in the field and stay off northern parkway and mcclane because of high water. >> we will take a break and be right back. . >>> weather pounding maryland including flash flooding dangerous lightning. we have the latest on the storms. >> why can't they come and cut the tree? >> as the new storm passes people told bge how they felt r&$;9á6storm that went over. >> two major

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allison schmidt of the north baltimore aquatic club. a relay member. she now has two golds, one silver and one bronze. more on the ravens coming up tonight at 11:00. we'll have that for you. see ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, >>> don't miss the sweebs prime -- cbs primetime lineup tonight at 10:00. >>> and finally this evening, summer is getting a lot hotter in california, thank to a new burger. it's a 50-alarm burger. and it's so hot, patrons have to sign a waiver before they can dig in. the burger is topped with jalapeno and happen nero peppers. and -- what bannero peppers. they say it is already a big hit. >> i'd have to wear gloves. i think it looks good. >>> that's it for us tonight. we'll be back at 11:00. >> thanks for watchi,, >> pelley: tonight, the tight battle for the white house. in key swing states that will decide the election, our new poll shows who's ahead, who's behind, and why. nancy cordes on the state of the race. syria's rebels may be outgunned, but their ranks are growing, including this man from america who talked to holly williams. how

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he totally wind. >> i love the baltimore ravens and the baltimore orioles. i love everything about baseball and football. i am excited about the orioles. it is rare that we can talk about the orioles in august. we are excited. >> so much for baltimore sports fans to be excited about. as a reporter, wardrobe choice is going to be interesting. with a black, purple, orange, so many callers to choose from. -- callers to choose from. >> the second annual baltimore grand prix is a week away. officials want to a large downtown commuters to some street closures. beginning tomorrow night, pratt street will close to traffic. it will remain open for pedestrian traffic, but that is the beginning of the street closures. >> thursday, at traffic closures will have an impact on their travel. if they're coming in from the south, they have to take alternate routes. >> officials are urging citizens to take public transportation during the event. for the best way to get around downtown, go to our website. still ahead, a shooting inside a georgia high school. " for the police --

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day baltimore.. baltimore..pcaught on camera and caught by surprise....how a 65-year old woman scared the daylights out of these guys... . next. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((break 4)) gj 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 map395 fiberbealirwilkens in just a half hour from now... cal ripken junior will talk about his mother's kidnapping during a press conference at camden yards. yards.we told you at the top of the hour that he spoke with c-n-n just over an hour ago. here's what he said when asked about how mrs. ripken is doing. doing.:05 ((shes doing okay its been traumatic one i think we don tknow how to handle thankful she's home)) home)):23 ((i think she's doing as well as we can expect)) expect))again that press conference just a half hour from now. you can get updates from us ... on our website at fox-baltimore-dot-com or our facebook page.we will also bring you a full report today on fox45 news at five. a man is waking up in jail this morning... after police say he caused a major scare at an annapo

now the case will play out in baltimore. she is charged with assault, endangerment and abuse of an adult. the case moves onto the state attorney in baltimore. a police spokesman said prosecutors have seen the video and are committed to prosecuting the case. >> thank you. a 17-year-old honor student is murdered in her room. police have no idea why. amber stanley had her head phones on in her bedroom when a man kicked in the door to the home, came upstairs and shot her multiple times. family was smart, well liked and going places according to the principal. police don't know if she was the target or if the suspects were looking for someone else. >> we have a follow up on the breaking news from last night at 11. we know the name of the man shot and killed after he ambushed police. he last lived in baltimore. he was serving a sentence fora soughing -- assaulting an officer. he broke into a home and stole a gun. then when police arrived they told him to drop the gun and give up. he wouldn't, he went for something on his waist so

grand prix preps are well underway in downtown baltimore. baltimore.fences are popping up all along the two- mile course trough downtown. grandstands were just put up today on russell street by camden yards.organizers are promising it won't affect your commute much at all.crews are working overnight up until labor day weekend to set up the course. tim mayer, andretti sports marketing: 3.47.30 "you'll see these 10,000-pound concrete blocks being placed, but it doesn't happen during the day. all the streets are open. all the sidewalks are open, and everyone can get around." around."the show car for the 20-12 grand prix was at fort mchenry today.the flag- draped porsche 9-11 was the 2003 winner of the 24 hours of daytona race.the race on baltimore is set for labor day weekend. starting todayy.. five new cameras are ready to click pictures of speeders in baltimore county. the speed cameras are set up near schools and will target drivers going more than 11 miles over the speed limit. it's not something mann drivers are happy about.one camera in a

just sprinkles around baltimore. temperatures in the low 70's and will make it up to the upper 80's today appeared we could see some thunderstorms today. >> progress to report at powder mill road. all northbound lanes were closed. the accident is off to the side. there is a northbound problem at caton avenue on 95. an accident at 295 and the inner loop of the beltway. light street is closed between baltimore and lombard. also monument street because of the sinkhole repair. moving well on southbound 95 down towards the fort mchenry. york road is building in of volume. we switched to the accident scene on the inner loop of the beltway at the b-w parkway. a lot of activity. all of the right shoulder is squeezing by an it is causing a backup. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. -- only the right shoulder is squeezing by. >> michael phelps now has the most medals in olympic history. >> he won his 19th medal, anchoring team usa to gold. michael phelps got emotional on the podium, understandably. >> michael phelps has o

things are pretty quiet around baltimore. we have some heavy rain passing south of baltimore city. cambridge, easton, heading towards ocean city, there will be some heavy rain to start the day. around baltimore, we might have some sprinkles. temperatures generally in the low 70's. we could see a few more scattered thunderstorms develop later today. take an umbrella just in case. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes >> it appears the united states postal service will have to default on their loan payment for workers' retirement. this is not expected to cause disruptions in service. it is a setback for the agency struggling to stay afloat. more on this in a live report from washington coming up in our 6:00 a.m. hour. mr. obama plans to talk about his vision for the middle-class when he travels to ohio. mitt romney is taking the day off today. both campaigns are set to heat up. >> a high school senior pleads guilty after police say he played a part in a $3 million marijuana ring. police say he sold marijuana for three-year and dealt about $20,000 of pot

this is what it looks like at baltimore national pike. everything up to speed on the inner loop and outer loop. over to you. >>> when you see an officer on the side of the road you tap the brakes and you move over. well, there's another reason to slow down in parts of baltimore county. we'll explain. >>> and getting ready for the grand prix. this is a show car. we've got a preview. what you can expect in just three weeks. >>> thanks for joining us on this wednesday morning. if you're driving neefr a school in baltimore county watch your speed. because today five new speed cameras are going to be active and you'll get a new ticket if you ignore the speed limit. the first 30 days those cameras are active. you'll just get a warning. after that they'll cost $40 and you will get no points on your license. those speed traffic counties going up at five different schools so again, keep that in mind. if you're wondering what those speed cameras are, what we need you to do is go to our website and we've got them all posted for you. >>> if you are t

the heaviest areas were northwest of baltimore city and central baltimore county. >> any thunderstorm is capable of turning severe, given the right conditions. >> despite the severity of the storms, meteorologist agree it is nothing out of the ordinary for maryland summer weather. >> it was hailing. you could not see 20 feet in this neighborhood. >> in one of the worst-hit areas, it was dÉjÀ vu all over again for those who lost power for about a week in the last storm, and again tuesday night. >> our trees behind our house came down and took out the power. the transformer literally blew up. a huge flash, pop, explosion. >> and within a month. what are the odds? >> residents were trying to do nothing -- to take things in stride, but were assured by barker's that their power would be restored by the end of the day -- by power crews that their power would be restored by the end of the day. >> it is aggravating. it is mother nature, so what can you do? but at least we got the power crews are here first. -- out here first. >> i was told by residents that a number of the neighborhoods hav

baltimore city detective.../ says... not enough. janice? stephen tabeling is an expert at deciphering scenes like this one...he says each homicide tells a story...but when it comes to how many have been solved this year...he says the figure is too low. tabeling spent 25 years with the city police department...5 years at a homicide supervisor. in early 2000...he was tapped by the governor to evaluate the city's homicide department. he says even though the murder rate is slightly lower than last year...the number of murders that were solved in 2012...31 %...is not enough. "a very low figure...how many convicted these cases havent' been tried yet" 3 coming up on fox45 news at ten...you'll hear from angela holland on what she thinks about the city's clearance rate...this is video from where her son was killed back in february in north baltimore. janice park fox45 news at 5. 3 city... police... identify... johnathan blankenship... as... the man... they shot and killed... at... his home... in... north baltimore.../. it... happened... around... 4-

we have a front that stalled across baltimore city. south of the boundary, the dew points are in the 70's and it feels very sticky. 62 in parkton. i have to put a 20% chance for a thunderstorm today. there is a cell in southern maryland. we'll say a 20% chance for a thunderstorm. the best chance south of town. high temperatures between 85 and 90 with a mixture of sun and clouds. same thing tomorrow. .pper 80's to around 90 good chance for thunderstorms on friday and some could be strong or severe. it should settle down over the weekend with high temperatures in the mid 80's. it should be smooth sailing today. >> thank you. here is savannah guthrie with a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> good morning. coming up, will seem to team usa's latest medal winners. most decorated olympian -- is he going to do now? michael phelps will be with us live. the most affordable places to stay here in london. inside the olympic village when we get started on a tuesday morning. >> 6:52. coming up, we'll look at your answers to our w

after a shooting in west baltimore overnight. it happened just before midnight here at mcculloh and bloom street..two men were rushed to shock trauma... the teen was taken to johns hopkins pediatric.none of the injuries are thought to be life-threatening.. 3 baltimore city police continue to warn against scams targeting the elderly...it's a story we told you about... first on fox. fox.2 more were reported over weekend... including one in locust point.94-year-old mary hudson got a phone call claiming she didn't pay her property taxes.even though hudson doesn't owe any money, the scammer sent a man to her home... pretending to be a deputy.the suspect... seen in this sketch... attacked hudson.. robbed her.... and got away. 37-48 "when all of a sudden he jumped in here, slapped me in the face, i scream help, murder police!" police!"police think he may be linked to other crimes. baltimore city police say the most importtnt thing to know is: they will never comeeto a home and ask for money. filmmaker tony scott is dead from an aapaaent

baltimore county e-m-s.../, e-m-s.../, baltimore county... and... maryland state police... who quickly... ransported daniel.... to... the... ár... adams cowley... shock trauma... center.../ the shooting is raising a lot of questions whether administrators should monitor social media for signs of trouble. trouble. moments before the accused gunman opened fire, there was a posting on his facebooo page which read....."first day of school....last day of my life.." llfee..."some schools now regularly monitor social &pmedia to keep track of troubled students..... the principal at perry hall high school says the growing number of social media sites makes it virtually impossible to track. (22:52:24) "i think in terms of looking at it closer i don't know if any more or less of what we have cause there's so much out there and so much volume of information. we certainly take action if somethings sent to us we follow if something needs to be investigated, it is investigated." investigated." some schools are hiring outssde firms to monitor what their students are saying online.... but

here in baltimore. nadia ramdass has the latest. >> four people are recovering after two incidents that happens over the weekend. three males were shot in central baltimore late sunday night. a juvenile was rushed to hopkins juvenile. police are investigating another shooting. this one in west baltimore. somebody shot a 35-year-old man. this happened around 11:30 on saturday night. the victim was rushed to the hospital for treatment after being shot multiple times in his upper body. anybody with information should call police this morning. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. police are investigating a deadly shooting after a teenager was shot and killed. this happened early sunday morning at the ramada hotel on baltimore national pike. a fight broke out involving several teenagers. kelvin glasgow was found dead at the scene. >> we're asking anybody with additional information that they do come forward. they can give us a call. >> police have no suspects at this hour. oldre's a missing 12-year-

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baltimore gas station. station. we'll tell you where to go to get it... in just 10 minutes. 3 3 3 3 just under two hours from rrght now... governor martin his expanded gambling bill at the stae house.this comes after the maryland generaa assembly passed the measure earry this morning. morninn.but it's still not a done deal yet. yet.tom rodgers has more on what happens from here. good morning guys,here's how it broke doon...the house of delegates passed the bill 71-58 last ightt..after that it went to the senate.they voted early this morning... passing it b a vote of 32-14. once governor o'malley iins it today... it's up to us... the voters... to decide in november if gambliig should be expanded.again... this adds table games and a sixth casino in the state while aaso giving new tax breaks to casino owners.the governor believes it will raise tax revenue and create jobb.but not everyone agrees. 22:34:35 the legislature raised taxes on a lot of marylanders anddall of sudden if youumake 100 thoussnd dollars a y

baltimore is known for neighborhoods with character and over the years some of the old baltimore neighborhoods have changed, some testify good and some for the not so good. >> if you haven't been down in the pennsylvania neighborhood in a while, it's looking like the of old.hood rob roblin reports. >> in its day, pennsylvania avenue was the place to be. now, pennsylvania avenue is making a comeback. ♪ ♪ >> they were playing jazz again on pennsylvania avenue this morning. pennsylvania avenue sounded like it did in its heyday. ♪ ♪ >> jim hamlin grew up here. he remembered when pennsylvania avenue was the place to be. >> i grew up in this community, i came from this community. i know the history of pennsylvania avenue. i know what it was, what it can be. >> a year ago, jim opened the avenue bakery. i they all kinds of homemade baked goods. these are sweet potato pies but what they're known for are poppy rolls. >> this is a family special recipe. >> secret recipe, light as a feather, smooth. best way to do it, right? these are dinner rolls. people eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner. you

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in northern baltimore county. one of the scattered showers there and some activity going down around the dc bill way. a third batch of activity down closer to ocean city on the lower eastern shore. well most areas will stay dry, the potential for an isolated public storm to about sunset. a better chance for thunderstorms later this week. we will talk about that with the 74 cast. what police say an annapolis man made a trip to virginia with the intention of hiring someone to murder his wife. he is now behind bars after investigators say he solicited a man posey held in finding a contract killer. police were alerted and began an undercover operation using an officer posing as a hit man. police had the man who lay out what he wanted to have happened. once he brought his payments, the gun, and other valuables, police arrested him. he was charged with attempted capital murder and murder for hire among other offenses. >> skyteam 11 was over the scene and crossing along shaker's lane. he had been traveling from jackson t

baltimore's mayor... has the hook up.but her office is receiving criticcsm now for those freebies and how they hand them out.it all started a few months ago... when we found out the mayor was giving ravens and orioles tickets to friends and family. in this stack of papers... released by the city... we found lists of tickets to first mariner events... going to friends and family.and we're not talking about the cheap seats.somtimes... she gives them to her top aides... other times to charity or even schools.political analyst john dedie says it's a tricky perk and without a clear policy for giveaways... she sets herself up for scrutiny. dedie: 14:18:32 "it also peminds people of the days of sheila dixon. when srb came into office, she implied this would be a new day - more ethical... we've seen this rerun before." before."giving tickees away is legal.the mayor told us she thinks it's a trivial issue. it's our duty to hold elected officials accountable.you can do that by joining our fox45 waste watch.if you h

the state signed off on a harrah's baltimore. it will be onerousel street and expect to open in 2014. >>> president obama somebody first lady michelle obam -- and first lazy o-- lady michelle obama are on the campaign trail. michelle obama will be in greensboro. >>> in louisiana a new law for sex offenders and child predators goes into effect. they have to state their criminal status on their facebook pages and any other social media sites they use. >>> michael phelps became the most decorated olympian of all time winning a gold anchoring the 4 by 200 meter free style and now the proud owner of 19 medals including 15 gold medals and 4 olympic games. >>> it's 4:47. the drought taking its toll onfarmers but for fishermen, it's a blessing in disguise. >> stay with us, we will tell you how the drought is pick aing it easier for hand fishers, what's a hand fisher? in certain parts of the country. >> yes, we are talking drought so we need some rain. we have a chance for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast as you look at the hour

we are dealing with a crash in west baltimore. it's going to be right on frederick avenue at hilton street. something you want to watch out for. heading out to the beltway this is what the west side looks like at liberty road. inner loop find and outer loop sluggish make the drive towards route 40. overlea at bel air no problems on inner loop towards 59 but outer loon is the -- outer loop is the main problem with the congestion continuing through providence road. repairs are underway to fick fix a water -- fix a water main break. around 10 last night we captured this. frederick sative shut down. that's going to be -- does remain shut down. we did speak with dispatchers who say the break is 10 inches and there's no word when it will be fixed. something you want to watch out for again traveling in west baltimore. megan and charley. over to you. >>> the storms hit last night caught a number of people bysurprise. water rising quickly in some places and drivers were rescued from the cars. >> linda so is live this morning at rodgers for

prix of baltimore. baltimore.aad tat brings us to our question of thh day.do you think the grand prix will be more successful than last ye? year?lynette writes on facebook...."more successful in making traffic a complete me" mess." and doug writes..." it has no where to go but up." up."mmst of you who responded aren'ttvery optimistic about the grand prix. go to fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what you think. yoo can also sound off through facebook. send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimore. and you can text your answee to 45203. enter fox45a for yes.. or 3 a woman gets a 260-dollar ticket for having a áteddy beará in her car. what police mistook this bear for. 3 --adblib weather tz-- anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in maryland. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's s

baltimore city police track down the suspect in columbia. >> the officers arrived here, baltimore city and howard county police. they were confronted by the suspect outside. they asked him to show them his hands. ultimately the suspect was shot. >> that suspect was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. police to determine that the child was not in the residence at the time of the shooting and has been located later with family members and savfe. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> all the lanes in harford county were shut down yesterday because of a fatal accident. a female pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. police are still trying to determine what caused the accident. >> a harassment case against john leopold. a former employee filed a lawsuit, accusing him of harassment. in a deposition, one of the officers said leopold talked about the size of her breasts. was hired back in 2008. she was transferred to the police department. one of the officers said leopold discussed her complaint and tilden to: the police chief and that there were coming to the police departmen

team baltimore racing is revealing its newest addition. expected to be driven by mark bunting during the grand prix weekend. >> this is spec class so i will be racing against similar cars and their limited things we can change. it is a driver's class. the advantage is with the drivers. >> bunting retired in 2008 but came out of retirement after fighting at the baltimore grand prix would be held here. he hopes this would put baltimore in the last -- national spotlight. a traveler due to the construction of the grand prix track. the goal is to finish pratt street in this latest phase. officials are looking to close pratt street from light to south street from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. >> beach volleyball has created a lot of buzz at the games in london. the women's competition will wrap up with what promises to be a spirited finale. night at the a beach for the united states. the scene of an all-american showdown for beach volleyball gold. the two defending champions against april ross. >> we have not been on the podium at all with them so it

. >> and baltimore city -- mckusker. >> and baltimore has a new top cop. we will tell you what he has to say after walking through baltimore. those stories ahead wednesday the 29th thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. lynette and mike has a check of weather and track. >> reporter: we have a mess 695 from 795, 695 split, all the way down. so we have a couple miles of backup. we will talk about where it is. >> dramatic. >> and you can't blame it on the weather today. >> no. can't blame you. >> can't blame me because we are looking stellar. that cold front moved through and we are dealing with dry skies and high pressure builds in and do the thing for today. let's start out with maryland's most powerful radar where we are looking good and nice and dry as of now. and as you head throughout the day, we will stay that way so there's no need to take the rain gear with you. you need the sun shades instead. and you can see what i am talking about in bel air right now. this morning, we are seeing nothing but sunshine. we will have wall

you're right to the grand prix of baltimore. to plan ahead, visit mtama ryland.gov. >> unfortunately, we are still saying rain out there. looking at this, we can see the majority of them are across the eastern shore. we have some heavy rain starting to push on in. now this is pushing up into pennsylvania. some of this moving over into delaware. westbound, not as much right now. maybe some light drizzle out there. the majority of the states will see most of their rain chances as they get into the afternoon. let's take a look what happened yesterday. starting at 11:00 a.m. yesterday morning. we had a lot of thunderstorms pushed in. you should see those shades. that is rainfall of three, even 4 inches per hour. many regions got all of these storms. currently, temperatures are 74. 69 degrees white marsh checking in at 72 right now. within a band of clouds across the entire state. that storm system that affected us yesterday is starting to move off shore. that is what is causing those showers are now across the bay. a cold front whic

baltimore baltimore the middle of frederick avenue is buckled ffom astnight's break.neighbors describe the break lastnight as a big boom. they said it sounded like someone's tire blew.crews have repaired the 10- inch main..- city was working on seven - active breaks.they average main frederick and brunnwick was fixed llte this afternoon. it wiil be patched up tomorrow. the buckled road will take a little longer to settle the soilland evel the road. neighbors say the bbeaks are happening all too frequently. kelly maaone, baltimore: "they're putting bbnd aids on it. that's all they're doing is just putting band aids on it. and, then when they put one bbnd aid, then another one'' gonna open up a mile down the street. patth work." back heee at frederiik avenue, reporting from southwest baltimore, paul gessler, fox45 news at five. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?brandi proctor has our traffii edge reeort. report. mapbelair fibeewilkens395map a... pennsylvanii judge... refuses ...to block... the... state's... new... voter identification law... fr

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baltimore county... high shooting...///the last one happened at randallstown high school in may of 004.as people were leaving a charity basketball game ... a car pulled into the school parking lot. several people got out... and startee shooting4 people were hurt... including william tipper thomas....who was left paralyzed.matthew mcculllugh was sentenced to 100 years in prison for his role in the shooting anytime... we ...hear of... school shootings.../ it's... chilling news.... because children... are involve. involved. but statistics show school violence is on the deccine. the national center for educational statistics shows that in the 1992-1993 school year... there were 34 primary or secondary students killed. by the 2009- 2010 school year..... there wwre 17. nonfatal violence.. like assault... has declined aa well. however... new data shows teen violence is more liklely to hapen on school grounds... and here's... our question offthe day....//do... you... feel safee.. sending... your kids... to school? school? here's

homicide in west baltimore. it happened around 1:30 in the 3,000 block. the police say male victim was found lying on the ground suffering multiple gunshot woun these and the body. he was taken to cyanide hospital where we later die. anticipate one with information is asked to call the city police. >> an11 day update now. baltimore city police are investigating the july stabbing as homicide. police say 27-year-old ezra bunch was talking to three suspects in the 5100 block ofrisertown road. investigators say one of the suspect stabbed bunch in the chest. that is when he took off into the road and collapsed as was hit by a car. police say bunch died on wednesday at the hospital effectively turning the case over to homicide detectives. >> meantime, it was all about girl power today in northeast baltimore as more than two dozen women broke ground on a housing project. the all-women volunteer team paired with habitat for humanity to build a home for a single mother of three. it is part of a nationwide program to help

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inclduing another baltimore legend.. michael #rip to a true restaurant visionary from my home town... he is and will be deeply missed #mamasonthesquare several restaurants n the square in canton are honoring scunny with a funnraiser today... by carrying on his legacy of charrty.the restaurants on yourrscreen... will donate 30 percent of all daily sales to onee f scunny's favorite causes.... "believe in tomorrow children's foundation." (((on cam))) we are also talking about another tragedy.. the shooting on the first day of school at perry halllhigh school.(((vo))) 15 year old robert gladden faces a long list of charges iicluding attempted murder. policeesay he came to school with a --dismantled---doubled barreled shotgun... 21 rrunds of ammo... and a bottle of vodka in his baakpack .. police say he hid in a bathroom near the cafeteria.. and at third period, gladden headed to lunch wherr he pulled oou the weapon and -randomly- fired, striking, striking aa17 year old named daniel in the lower back. he's in critical but sta

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how he lived to beat the odds. >> the start of baltimore >> the start of baltimore homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief, i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major city. if you want to make a difference, you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig, i am committed to making a difference, and i am a phoenix. enroll in the program that's right for you at phoenix.edu/maryland >> the latest from afghanistan where two americans have been killed and another inside attack part of what is known as a green or blue attack when they turn on the coalition counterparts. officials say two members of the u.s. special forces were killed when they came to help train local recruits. one members of the police picked up a weapon and fire on the americans. members of afghan forces have turned their guns on international trainers twice in one day. >> has recovered the nation, reports are surfacing about a nationwide bomb threat at a chain of nationwid

start off with a lock at baltimore. a very clear looking and pleasant looking afternoon and a good looking summer day. average temperature. 51% the humidity. dew point at 51. show you some of the weather as it has unfolded. boy, it was gorgeous. you can see passing cloud cover. just fair weather cumulus clouds. towson, a blue sky with some of the clouds bubbling up later in the afternoon and a mighty fine day down on the severn river. you have to love it when you see that type of scenario. temperatures low 80s and upper 70s north and west. we'll keep an eye on that as temperatures should cool slowly this evening. it's dry air in pennsylvania but most of maryland of what i call moderate humidity with a dew point of 60, muggy, nonetheless, muggy. the wind speed direction is out of the east at 5 to 10. there's bay wart and -- water and ocean water temperature. any breeze off the water not exactly a cooling one at least not on a day like this with temps in the low 80s. you can see this stalled front just offshore continuing

temperatures are still miles from baltimore south and east. look what is coming in to the north and west. mid-50's out in garrett county. this cold front is bringing in some fall-like air. that high pressure system should put -- should push the front through. the farther east you go, eastern shore, will have to do with the shares for a few couple of hours tomorrow. scattered storms ending tomorrow. tomorrow, the skies turn partly cloudy in the afternoon. highs will only be 78-83. out on the day, when to be picking up on of the north and north east. in the mountains, feeling like fall, a 55 right now. showers are possible, but it is only 20% chance. on the eastern shore, the rain tonight mailing garbage into the morning hours tomorrow. -- the rain tonight may linger into the morning hours tomorrow. the same thing at ocean city, scattered showers tomorrow, and mix of clouds and sunshine on sunday. tropical storm gordon is heading toward portugal. it has got all the way across the atlantic as a tropical storm. very discernible, but the hurricane

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