proud to say i got the law changed. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know that being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. >> coming up, the latest on the campaign trail. >> vandalism lands a 50-year-old man in jail. >> baltimore city police say good-bye to one of their own. a dispute over a parking space. >> and despite an overnight break-in, "11 news sunday morning" starts right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> welcome to "11 news sunday morning." i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm sarah caldwell. first a look outside with tony pann.

yesterday was fantastic. >> wasn't it nice? why yes. >> yesterday afternoon turned out to be great. today will be almost the same. it will be warmer, but there will be a little more cloud cover, too. i still think you call today a nice day when it is all said and done. let's look at the current conditions. it is about 20 degrees warmer this morning than it was yesterday at this time. 57 degrees at the top of the hour. a mixture of clouds and sunshine. pleasant with high temperatures between 70 and 75 this afternoon. the afternoon high is 64. when we come back we'll look at the seven-day forecast. for now, over to the news desk. >> our big story this morning shall the 2010 campaign season is heading into its final week with days to go until the mid term elections. >> the candidates for governor are trying to win your vote.

george lettis begins our "2010 commitment" coverage. >> down the stretch they come. >> so far this year we have had the best year we've had since 2000! [applause] >> they spent the day chris-crossing the state hitting political strongholds and reaching out to anyone that will listen. this as an eye-opening poll shows o'malley with a big lead. 798 voters were polled for the "baltimore sun." it shows the current governor is ahead 14 points. >> are you serious? two days ago, gonzalez had 5.

>> he downplayed this. >> there are many examples in history where polls say a candidate is up and then a week later, they do not succeed. i do not have a lot of confidence in what the polls say this year. >> in the last month and a half, the former governor has out-raised o'malley by about $1 million. >> out-funding a current governor is pretty amazing, considering with the distance we had. >> there is an awful lot of money that can come into our states. you see them dumping money from groups that don't need to reveal funding sources. >> however in the same reporting period o'malley has far out-paced ehrlich in television ad spending -- $6 million to $2 million. experts point to that advertising media dominance as a reason that o'malley continues

to lead in every published poll. george lettis, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a 50-year-old man was arrested after police say he was caught vandalizing campaign signs. this is not the first time campaign signs have been vandalized. there have been reports of using box cutters, chainsaws, and completely removing the smaller yard signs. >> it came to a head about a week ago when we noticed 300 or 400 in the course of two nights were taken, vandalized, destroyed. >> question a asks voters whether to approve a slots mall near ann arundel mall. >> with congress up for grabs, there is plenty of work and not much time left for democrats. both parties have their biggest guns up. from the trenches, brian mooar

in washington. >> sarah palin may not be running this time around, but she's fighting to get as many republicans elected as she can. >> how about we make november 2 freedom day and we take it back for the little guy! >> with washington's balance of power up for grabs, both parties have their heaviest hitters on the campaign trail this week. before a campaign group in san diego, john mccain stumped for his former presidential campaign advisor, carlie fiorina. >> she will hit the ground running. >> together they opened up on incumbent democratic senator barbara boxer. >> we must hold her accountable. >> president obama was in massachusetts. >> that's why you need to help guard the change that you helped deliver in -- deliver.

>> guilliani stood behind marco rubio. democrats and republicans alike all know how much can happen between now and election day. brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> are you ready for the upcoming election? we have provide aid wealth of information on our web site at www.wbaltv.com. from candidate profiles to ad fact checks and a voter guide at the poll. click on politics at the top of the home page. >> baltimore city police are searching for a man that shot and killed another man in west baltimore. he later died at a hospital. police are still investigating two shootings from friday night. so far police have no suspects or motives in any of these cases. >> members of the baltimore city police department gathered to say their final fair we will to one of their -- farewell to one of their own.

detective stevenson was killed after getting in a fight over a parking space. he has was hit in the head with a piece of concrete. he died a short time later at shock trauma. >> a city college high school staff member has been -- tyree miles was arrested october 15 when he tried to sell a gun to a school police officer. the school notified the police about the proposed gun deal, and the transack was arranged on a day when students were not in school. miles is due to appear in court november 15. >> homecoming festivities went on as planned at dundalk high school despite an overnight break-in. baltimore county police are investigating. officials say vandals did extensive damage, including using graffiti in the gym and

locker rooms. officials say it has been cleaned up. >> one person is dead and nearly two dozen families are without a home this morning after flames ripped through an apartment building. crews were forced to rescue people from their balance coneys -- balconies after fire blocked stairwells. the fire extended flu the upper floors and roof and an attached apartment building. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> the former espn zone employees suing disney company. they say they were blindsided when they decided to close the inner harbor sports zone in june. they say disney did not give them enough notice about plans to close the restaurant. officials say the proper amount of time and pay was not given to the employees and there was no economic necessity for disney to close the establishment without notice.

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>> welcome back. good morning, everyone. the time is 5:12. 57 degrees at the airport. big change. yesterday it was 37 degrees. obviously warmer than yesterday. you might want to take a light jacket with you today. 52 in parkton. 56 in rock hall over on the eastern shore. there is plenty of cloud cover out there, but this is mostly high, thin clouds. you'll be able to see sunshine sneaking through. all the precipitation is north and west of us. there is a lot of rain in the ohio valley. i think a lot of rain will catch up to us on monday. tomorrow we should get through dry because there is a big area of high pressure parked off the east coast.

that should keep the precipitation away. the winds have shifted to the southwest. you are going to notice that jump in the temperatures. this afternoon we'll make it into the 70's. the average high is 64. again early next week some of the precipitation out in the plains states will come -- catch up with us. let me give you an update on the tropics before we get to the seven-day forecast. this is tropical storm richard. it is off the coast of honduras right now. it got stronger. sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. it is almost a hurricane. it will travel across the yucatan peninsula and come out to the southern part of the gulf of mexico the middle or end of next week. if you have travel plans around the gulf of mexico next week you should pay attention. there could be a hurricane in the mexican gulf. high temperatures between 70 and 75. very nice. specifically if you are going to the game this afternoon, a 1:00

tip-off against the bills. again, a little cloud cover, but all and all, a nice day to watch football. mostly cloudy tonight. temperatures have dropped back into the 50's again. sunset at 6:15. seven-day, a chance for rain on monday. it is going to stay mild. there is a chance -- at least a chance for showers about every day through thursday with temperatures staying in the 70's until the end of the week, and then it will get back to the way it should be for this time of the year on friday and saturday with temperatures in the low 60's. we'll send it to the news desk. >> she's a wife and mother of four. with all that, suffice it to say that indicate yi o'malley -- kat ey o'malley is a busy woman. this morning's "commitment

2010." >> the honorable judge o'malley surviving. maryland's first lady admits she's more at ease on the bench than in the spotlight. >> do you like to be in the spotlight? >> no. no. that's why the judgeship is ai great job for me. i'm not out there like martin -- putting myself out there that often. people come to my courtroom. >> judge o'malley, a former prosecutor, was appointed to a 10-year term did i then governor glen deng. as a first-district judge, she considers herself a positive force in often troubled lives. >> i like it because i get to deal with people every day. i feel like i'm a problem solver. if i'm in a criminal case i can try to divide the sentence that will help them. >> what don't you like about your job? >> putting people in jail.

i don't like it. it's not a pleasant thing to do, to take someone's liberty away. >> katie o'malley, love of my life. >> they married in 1990 and have four children. 19, 13, 8 -- they join her for an appearance at johns hopkins. they grew up in a family steeped in public service. they are extremely close. the busy mother of four said she relies on family members daily. >> i am very fortunate i have great family support from my parents. my brother max and his wife. whenever i need -- can somebody grab this one or that one or whatever, i have great support. >> after raising a family in the political spotlight, katie said

overall marylanders have been kind and respectful to the o'malley children. and when faced with criticism about their father? >> the girls have been great campaigners. jack, i don't know, if i can trust him now on the campaign. i never know what's going to come out of his mouth. i just love having a job. i would never be one of those political wives that just runs around and follows her husband. i mean, he's great and i love him, but i would like to be that role model for my girls. if they want to have a career and they have the support that i have had, then they can have it. >> mindi bacera. >> and a new tool in the battle of infections in hospitals. that coming up. >> and now the f.d.a. has a

proved something new. we'll tell you about that next. >> now drugs -- a report when we

>> in "medical alert" tylenol has announced another recall. 8-ounce caplet bottles bc 155 lot are complaining from an ammonia smell coming from the bottle. so far no serious symptoms have been reported. if you have affected medication find refund information on www.wbaltv.com and click on "medical alert." the f.d.a. has approved using bow tocx for treatment in -- botox in migraine treatment.

it is not for regular headaches but for adults with chronic headaches, more than 14 days a plo. treatment consists of injections around the head or neck every 12 weeks. >> the biggest difference with this f.d.a. approval for us is that a patient can get it covered from their patients. the price tag is outside of most people's means. >> interestingly, my grains are three times more common in women than men. >> people looking for help with hospital-related infections have a new tool. hospitals are tracking blood infection at maryland hospitals. the new reporting is part of a larger initiative aimed at saving lives. kai reed. >> consumers can now find data about central line associated blood stream infections or cla bsis.

it happens quh infection -- when infection enters the blood stream. it is deadly. >> people can die. people can stay in the hospital longer and experience a lot of morbidity associated with these infections. they are serious. >> it tracks infections at maryland hospitals, and not all of them score well. 8-37 maryland hospitals had infection rates worse than the national average. that list includes johns hopkins bay view medical center and brilliance george's hospital center. the reporting is one part of a ever bigger initiative. >> we have been working using a check list in our program to reduce infections. >> johns hopkins infections expert peter provost went around the country trying to stop infecks. >> we showed we can reduce these

infections with our program dramatically. >> that program has protocols to be followed during medical care. >> the third piece is changing the culture in hospitals so that nurses are able to speak up and question physicians that don't comply with the check list. >> the program has been launched in 30 states so far. he says they have reduced infections by 30%. >> under 40,000 people die of breast cancer. tragically. about that same amount die from central line associated blood infection. the difference is, we have the cure. >> in baltimore, kai reed, wbal-tv 11 news. >> and a programming note, fran fill yips from the department of health and mental hygiene will be our guest. she'll be here to talk about the flu season, shots, and more. if you have a question e-mail us at sundayquestions @ www.wbaltv.com.

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>> trained dogs have always helped the war on drugs. 4 now a new business is making that possible anywhere. >> this is zuco. if there are drugs around, he'll find them. it is a new drugs-finding dog company. it is a way for parents to find out if someone in their home or business is using drugs. >> we come in. start methodically. if a person says, for example, i want this room searched first or this part of my office, we'll search there, and then we can sweep everything around as well. in this room, zuko is searching. somewhere in this room is marijuana residue. if it is there, he sits down. >> we can come in when the children are not present, sbeep sweep cars. >> the cost is about $200 an

hour. while the drugs might be found, it is up to the property owners what to do next. >> what we recommend is that they destroy it and call law enforcement. we do not take possession of the drugs or call police or anything like that. >> for zuko, the reward is a chance to play with his ball. >> marijuana small means "my ball." it is coming to me soon, so i have to find it. >> zuko and his drug-sniffing buddies are trained to find marijuana, cocaine, and meth. >> he a lot of it is the game. he loves to search for narcotics. he loves the reward at the end. and he has an excellent nose. >> rob roblin, wbal-tv 11 news. >> it is 5:28. 54 degrees on tv hill. coming up, a look at our top stories. >> three people arrested after the discovery of a drug lab at

georgetown university. >> and gift cards for the needy. an i-team investigation when "11 news sunday morning" continues. public safety is a governor's most important job. that's why governor martin o'malley has instituted new dna and fingerprinting technology that's reducing violent crime... new, stronger domestic violence and abuse legislation... and o'malley passed new laws to better track and convict sexual predators, with even longer prison sentences. as a father of four, i know there's always more that we must do to protect our children and make maryland an even safer place to raise our families.

>> welcome back to "11 news sunday morning." thank you for joining us.

tony pann, i'm surprised it is warmer outside. >> it is about 20 degrees warmer. everyone will notice that. yesterday we were talking about frost. right now it is in the upper 50's. thanks to a southwest wind. you just have to shift the wind, and the the whole environment changes big time. 57 in westminster. the forecast today a mixture of clouds and sunshine. even though we will see cloud cover around, i believe we will stay dry and nice and mild this afternoon with a high temperature near 73 degrees. we come back in just a few minutes and check the forecast for the upcoming work week. for now, to the news desk. washington, d.c. have arrested -- 400 students were evacuated saturday afternoon after a report of a strange odor. inside one of the rooms police say they found a lab where a huh

loose generalic -- hallucinogenic drug could be created. >> it was a freshman dorm. it is definitely not something you would expect to find there. >> officials say no one was injured and the campus is back to normal operations. >> in new york a gunman opened fire killing one man. it happened at the good stuff diner on west 14th street before 5:00 saturday morning. police say the victim was shot in the head and chest. the shooter exchanged heated words with the victim before opening fire. no arrests have been made. >> parking in baltimore has been a bone of contention. now people are accused of just trying to make a buck. the bigger issue, the city

losing money. >> there is a new racket in town. it involves the needy, gift cards, and these e-z park meters. this business owner says for months he has watched people try to use tickets from e-z park meters to make a profit. >> they will try to sell it for $4 or whatever they can get for it. i've seen people get approached, get back in the car, and leave. >> he says the practice is causing him to lose customers. >> they are costing me customers. people don't want to be bothered. people feel threatened. what if i don't give him the money for the ticket? >> the i6789-team's cameras caught -- the i-team's cameras caught several people selling tickets. there were plenty of takers. although this man said no.

>> he wanted to sell me an expired ticket. >> for how much? >> for $2. >> but many of the tickets were not expired, like this $8 ticket this man sold me for $2. he said he bought it with a gift card. and this man who said he is homeless told the i-team he bought tickets, too. with this gift card he was given at a shelter. the i-team discovered people are buying these with expired credit cards or zero balance gift cards. with two zero balance gift cards we were able to purchase tickets around the city. machines veffed our cards in hamden, on south caroline street, calvert street, west university parkway, harford road, and west chase street. the city said it has known about this for sometime. for six months in fact. >> this is an issue we've

learned about and that we are taking actions to correct. we have already corrected it at a number of the e-z park meters in the city. >> parking director pete little says the system is now going to process credit cards in real time. >> we had been processing the credit cards through what's called through a "batch mode" where at the end of the day it would process the credit cards. >> little says the loss of money because of this is negligentible. he said up to 740 e-z park meters, half are up to date and processing credit cards in real time. when the city first introduced e-z park meters it did not go with credit card processing because it took 30 seconds to process the transaction, and they didn't think parkers would go for it. >> all right. >> wow. >> couldn't believe it. >> how well do you know mary cain? she's the state's former secretary of state who wants to

be the lieutenant governor. our "commitment 2010" profile when we come back. >> and a little rain in the forecast after

>> it may look like halloween around here, but in colorado it is beginning to look a lot like christmas. well, kind of. there is so much snow that ski lifts will open today. it's the second year in a row for it to open this early in the ski season. >> and as is typically the case, when one part of the country is very cold, the other side is very warm. it will be a lot warmer for us

today. yesterday we were in the 30's. at this point it is 57. 60 degrees downtown. you still might want a light jacket. there is no frost to talk about. low 50's up north. 53 in rising sun. 56 in rock hall. we are picking up cloud cover on the satellite. these are high, thin clouds. there is no precipitation in the cloud deck. you will probably see sunshine filtering through. most of the rain is off to our west across the ohio valley. eventually some of that will catch up to us on monday and tuesday. in the short term there is a big area of high pressure blocking all of that from coming in. that should keep us dry even though we have the cloud cover. surface winds have shifted to the west. we have mild air coming in. we'll be in the 70's for the next several days. i'll show you the seven-day forecast in just ate moment. i want to give you an update on the tropics. we introduced you to richard yesterday. the storm is a little stronger this morning.

sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. almost a hurricane. north of honduras. it will cross over the yucatan peninsula and into the southern part of mexico by the middle or end of next week. so there could be a tropical storm or a hurricane in the gulf of mexico as we head into next weekend. variable clouds. a mixture of clouds and sun. high temperatures between 70 and 75. average high is 64. not too bad. specifically if you are going to the game this afternoon, against the bills down at m&t stadium, a 1:00 kick-off. the temperatures should be around 70 or 71. you will see cloud cover, but it should stay dry. a good day to watch football. mostly cloudy tonight. temperatures drop back into the 50's again. sunset at 6:15. the seven-day forecast backs up like this. there could be rain showers around as everybody heads back to work and school on monday. high temperatures will stay in the 70's though. off-and-on showers are possible tuesday, wednesday, and thursday

as well. it will cool off at the end of the week. once twe get past thursday evening, a front should come through and knock temperatures back to where they should be as we head into the beginning of next weekend. send it over to the news desk. >> now face-to-face with the only woman in the gubetorle ticket in maryland. a former secretary of state is hoping to be maryland's next lieutenant governor. >> 11 news reporter deborah weiner has this morning's "commitment 2010" candidate profile. >> it has happened a lot on the campaign profile. people mistaking the blond candidate with the blond wife of bob ehrlich. >> when we're together, it is amazing how many people come up and say "love your radio show" and i say i will tell kendall the next time i see her how terrific she's doing. >> but mary cain is very much her own person, a woman that describes herself this way --

>> i am a mom, a wife, a lawyer, a former prosecutor. >> mary cain is all business about business. if elected, she says, she will be very involved in economic very well -- development issues. >> i am passionate about jobs. it is what keeps a family going. if you don't have a good job, you don't have a healthy family. >> cain is a montgomery county resident. >> we have more opportunities in the state in gomgm county and a great resource. and a lot of democrats that are open to our message. >> mary cain, the only woman on

maryland's gubetorle ticket. the daughter of irish immigrants. a mother of three grown children. and the wife of john cain. the -- >> i don't have anything in my refrigerator right now, and my husband isn't happy about that, but he's more than capable of going to the store. >> hoping soon to be called lieutenant governor c afmente n -- cain. wbal-tv 11 news. >> coming up, we will profile maryland's current lieutenant governor, brown. for more information go to www.wbaltv.com and click on "politics ." >> who wouldn't like fresh air inside their home? >> before you hire someone to clean your air ducts, there is something you should know.

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>> this morning the 11 news i-team has a story that could save you time and money. >> it is about air duct cleaning and before you hire someone to do the job, i-team reporter mindy basara explains. >> howard greenberg got an enticing coupon in the mail advertising air duct cleaning for $44.99. >> the mailer was convincing, saying they would clean x amount

of vents in the house, plus the vent drier was free. so we decided to give them a try. >> when the technician arrived, greenberg says, he wasn't in a truck like the one depicted on the coupon, and he immediately said it was going to cost more than $44.99. >> then he started rambling on about this is going to cost you so much, so much, so much. greenberg asked him to get a manager on the phone. the manager said, "the price we have quoted it is for us to come into your house." >> i said it doesn't say that. it says "no hidden extras." that's it, $44.the 99. >> he asked the technician to leave. >> their price is unbelievably low. >> he said what greenberg experienced is the classic bait and switch. >> our concern is the advertising at the better business bureau. they truly, in this example, low ball it.

>> burnett says the company greenberg called goes by healthy air incorporated and healthy air duct cleaning incorporated and advertises in mailers all over the united states, but the address is the same, a p.o. box in reisterstown, maryland. she said due to the number of complaints they have been on their radar for years and durantly have an "f -- and currently have an f rating. >> frequently their vents are left in worse condition because their dust is stirred up. >> air vent cleaning refers to cleaning ducts. >> we wondered, do people need their air ducts cleaned? >> nothing conclusive says cleaning air ducts will produce a healthier house. >> or keep you from getting sick. >> the e.p.a. said in many cases people don't need their air ducts cleaned and simply

cleaning the filters is enough. you should consider air duct cleaning if you have substantial mold, if the ducts are infested with row dents or insects. but first find a reputable professional. >> if it is not done properly, it can create environmental damage inside your home. >> we watched a proper air-duct cleaning. it is a highly technical job. they advertise in the air duct cleaners association of america or a d.c. a. they say they should be cleaned, especially if there are health concerns. they warn you get what you pay for. a proper cleaning like this should run between $400 and $600. >> it takes three or four hours to clean an entire heating and cooling system, and if you think about the equipment they buy, you have to pay for labor,

gasoline to get there, the time, when you add it all up, there is no way you can do that amount of work and charge only $50. >> in fact, he said the items advertised as part of the $44.99 deal that greenberg saw would equate to a partial job which could make things worse than doing nothing at all. we called the company on the coupon several times, left messages, but no one ever called us back. as for greenberg, he isn't out any cash. >> fortunately we did not give him the money. >> he says the whole ordeal just cost him a lot of aggravation. for the 11 news i-team, i'm mindy basara. >> as for whether you need air duct cleaning or not, we provided links to the air duct cleaners association and the e.p.a. on our web site. click on consumer. >> coming up, our "commitment 2010" report continues with bob

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>> good morning. the ravens getting ready to face the game-day field. gaithe goes to injured reserve and they waive edgar jones. a trip down memory lane. you get the 10th anniversary of the ravens super bowl xxxv championship. they celebrate again, that championship. they will also then have a tribute planned for later today during half time in the game. you know what, if you can't see

it, because they are not going to show much on tv, and if you are not at the game, make sure you stay tuned to ravens wrap-up. and ray lewis is pretty fired up about it. >> hey, man, just seeing those guys come back is a reward and for that to be this week, i think that's going to be huge not just for us but for our fans as well in baltimore. >> maybe the greatest defense ever in deed. if you can't see the tribute at halftime today against the bills, stay tuned to ravens wrap-up here on tv 11. as far as the bills and ravens, we'll have a breakdown for you from the field with gerry sandusky. that's coming up at 6:00. >> 5:55. 54 degrees on tv hill. here's a look ahead to our next hour. >> a grieving baltimore city police department says a final good-bye to an officer killed while out celebrating his birthday. >> a busy weekend in the

governor's racism a new poll is released that has bob ehrlich laughing hysterically. we'll explain coming up. >> and final temperatures. also a little rain in the seven-day forecast. we'll show you that after this short break. stay with us. >> john murphy was a walking,

talking advertisement for the "african-american newspaper." he has fond memories of doing every job at the paper before becoming president and board chairman. mr. murphy had newspaper ink in his blood. he joined the newspaper business after graduation and started his professional career as office manager at the washington paper. he was constantly working with everyone from the delivery boys to the editors and was recognized for his interest and commitment to its community and his readers. he took great pride in producing a newspaper that kept his readers abreast of local and national news with the intent of both informing and entertaining. even in retirement he was a fixture in local events with a camera around his neck and a smile on his face. his legacy as a consummate journalist, photographer, and father will live on. [ ehrlich ] four years ago unemployment in maryland was under four percent.

today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction. we need strong leadership. say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will.

mawomen are charged 40%o it. more for the same health insurance as men. domestic violence is treated as a pre-existing condition in eight states. women are abused by their husbands and then by their insurance companies. and last year they tried to end our coverage for mammograms and other preventive services. well i'm proud to say i got the law changed. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know that being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition.

>> welcome to "11 news sunday morning." i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm sarah caldwell. let's go first to tony pann and check on the weather. >> yesterday we were in the 30's at this time, and now we are in the 50's. it will be in the 70's today. if you are going to the ravens game today, you picked a good one. the southwest wind is the key to the warmth. a mixture of clouds and sunshine, but we should stay dry. high temperatures between 70 and 75. when we come back, we'll look at the forecast in the upcoming work week. for now, back to the news desk. >> our big story today, the 2010

campaign is heading into its final days. >> hundreds of miles across maryland trying to win your vote. george lettis begins our commitment 2010 coverage. >> we're going to work our tails off, right? >> right! >> so far this year we have had the best jobs creation we have had since the year 2000! [applause] >> the election just over a week away, o'malley and ehrlich hit political strongholds and reaching out to anyone who will listen. >> we will listen to voters. >> o'malley shown to have a lead. annapolis-based opinion poll shows the current governor is ahead 14 points.

[laughing] >> are you serious? two days ago, gonzalez had 5. >> o'malley downplayed this parent marge -- apparent margin. >> there are many examples in history of polls saying one candidate is up and then they don't succeed. i don't have a lot of confidence in anything the polls say this year. >> another set of numbers has the ehrlich camp happy. in the last month and a half the former governor has out-raised the governor. >> out-raising the incumbent is a big deal, particularly by the distance we did it with. >> once again, he downplayed the numbers. >> sthr is a lot of -- there is an awful lot of money that can come in to our state at any moment. you see a lot dumped from secret funding groups that don't have to reveal their sources. >> however o'malley has out-ed -- out-paced ehrlich.

experts point to media advertising dominance as the reno mali continues to lead in every published poll. in the news room, george lettis, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a 50-year-old man areverted after caught -- arrested after he was caught vandalizing campaign signs. they found volt for a signs in the back of corrigan's truck. there have been reports of using box cutters and chainsaws on large signs in other cases and completely removing yard signs. >> it came to a head a week ago when we noticed that 300 or 400 in the course of two nights were taken, vandalized, destroyed. >> question a asks voters whether to approve a slots par lower near arund he will hills mall. >> -- a slots parlor near

arundel hills mall. >> both parties had their biggest guns out in the trenches for the final week. brian mooar has that story from washington. >> sarah palin may not be running for washington this time around, but she's fighting to get as many republicans elected as she can. >> how about we make november 2nd freedom day and we take it back for the little guys. >> with washington's balance of power up for grabs in just over two weeks, both parties have their heaviest hitters on the campaign trails this weekend. before a veterans group in san diego, john mccain stumped for his former presidential campaign advisor, california senate hopeful carlie fiorina. >> she will be an instant impact and star in the united states senate. >> together they opened fire on incumbent barbara boxer. >> we must hold her accountable november 2. >> president obama was in massachusetts to help out

governor duvall patrick. >> that's why you need to help guard the change you helped deliver in 2000, by giving patrick four more years. >> guilliani stood behind candidate rubio. democrats and republicans know a lot can happen between now and election day. brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> are you ready for the upcoming election? we have provided a wealth of information on our web site to help you. go to www.wbaltv.com for candidate profiles, ad fact checks, and a voters guide. just click on politics at the top of the home page. >> police searching for the gunman that shot and killed a man in west baltimore. we're told a 25-year-old man was shot in the head around the 2100 block of west fay et street. -- fayett street. he later died at the hospital. 0 far police have no suspects or

motives in any cases. >> members of the baltimore city police department gathered to say final farewells to one of their own. detective stevenson was arrested while out celebrating what would have been his 30th birthday. police say dblingts got into a fight over a parking space. they say sean james hit stevenson in the head with a piece of concrete. stevenson died a short time later at shock trauma. >> a staff member has been charged with selling a gun on a school campus. tyree miles was arrested when he tried to sell a gun to a school police officer. the school notified police about the proposed gun deal and a transaction was arranged on a day when students were not in school. miles was arraigned friday and due to appear in court november 15th. >> dundalk high school. police say a janitor spotted

what appear to be juveniles wearing ski masks leaving dundalk high school. not before the damage was already done. baltimore county police are investigating. officials say vandals did extensive damage including graffiti in the gym. >> one person is dead and nearly two dozen families are without a home this morning after flames ripped through an apartment building. crews were forced to rescue people from their balconies after fire blocked stairwells. the fire extended through the upper floors and the roofs as well as the attached apartment building. two poom on one side. fire fight erds suffered minor injuries. the cause of that fire is under investigation. >> employees at baltimore's espn zone are suing walt disney company. they say they were blind sided when disney decided to close the

inner harbor sports bar in june. they say disney did not give them enough notice. they say proper amount of time and pay was not given and there was no economic necessity for disney to close without notice. >> all right. it is 6:08. 54 on tv hill. coming up, a consumer alert parents won't want to miss. >> former first lady wants to -- up close and personal with kendall ehrlich next. >> tony pann has your insta-weather plus forecast

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these are high, thin clouds. there is no precipitation in this cloud deck. there is rain across the ohio valley into western pennsylvania right now. all of that will stay on the other side of the plouns today and we'll wind up -- mountained today, and we'll wind up with a dry day. it should stay dry as we head into the afternoon, and that's because high pressure is close enough to keep that on the other side of the mountains. the surface winds have shifted to the southwest, and we are grabbing air out to the west. we will be in the 70's through the end of the week almost. i'll show you the seven-day forecast in a moment. first i'll give you an update on richard. we introduced you to this storm yesterday. seven mile per hour sustained winds. the center is just off shore the northern coast of honduras, and it will travel across the yucatan peninsula and come into the southern part of the gulf of mexico by the middle or end of the week. if you have travel plans to the gulf coast next weekend, there

could be a hurricane there at that time. so keep that in mind. >> here at home, a mixture of clouds and sunshine. pleasant with high temperatures between 70 and 75. average high is 64. if you are going to the game this afternoon against the bills, the temperature should be right around 70 or 71 degrees. a little breeze coming out of the southwest. all and all, a nice day for football. mostly cloudy tonight. temperatures will drop back into the 60's. sunset at 6:15. the rain showers, i think, will catch up to it tomorrow. off and on light rain showers with a high temperature near 2. we will stay in the 70's through thursday with off and on hit and miss showers, but it should clear up by the end of the week. it will turn cooler and feel more like october as we head into halloween weekend with a high temperature of 60 on friday. send it to the news desk. >> her resume includes prosecutor, public defender, first lady of maryland, and

currently saturday morning radio talk show host. >> but the job kendall ehrlich says is athe -- at the top of that list is mom. mindy basara spent some time with her in this morning's "commitment 2010" profile. >> right here on wbal, the kendall ehrlich show. >> it is no wonder that she was voted most outgoing. not afraid of the spotlight, she relishes engaging callers in her wbal radio show. >> it is an extension of my prior life being in the courtroom. and it is real interest action with people, and that's what i love about it. >> kendall is a first-generation attorney both as both a prosecutor and public defender. she said it was her work as a public defender that made the once registered democrat a conservative. >> understanding much of the folks i worked for, until they

decided to help themselves, the behavior generally didn't change. >> she is competitive, likes a good fight. a personality well suited for the campaign trail. she emphasizes her primary job is that of mom. her primary job is the children, 11-year-old drew and 6-year-old josh waw. >> in this busy time i have tried to keep their lives going normally, their lives, their baseball things, their birthday parties, their play dates, their sports things have been kept in tact. i feel proud about that, quite frankly. >> the routine at the ehrlich house looks like anyone else's. a rush to get out the door, a constant frenzy of activity. >> like many moms, i'm in my car all the time. i'm on some field, court, or whatever it may be. i think that that is really what drives the fact that i'm not

sitting still. if i had my druthers, i would probably sit still loaninger, but i don't. there i am in my car like everybody else. >> but their lives are far from ordinary. the ehrliches have lived in the governor's mansion and under the microscope before. maryland's first family from 2003 to 2007. >> the first time around they were young. and then joshua was born when he was governor, only the third baby to be born to a sitting governor. so he's in the history books. i think it was easier then because they were young. >> it helped keep them shielded from the history. she credits friends and family with making it possible to have it all, run a family, a career, and a campaign. >> i feel very lucky in all stages of life. i have two beautiful healthy children and i feel very fortunate about that. obviously my husband and his very public career has been just

joyous, fun, interesting, ups and downs. but i just think that it has been a great ride all the way around. >> mindy basara, wbal-tv 11 news . >> she is one busy lady. when asked if she would ever run for office, she said not when her children are young but she didn't rule it out for the future. as for whether she would want her children to go into politics, she said she would encourage it. commitment 2010 coverage continues on our web site where we posted last hour's profile of current first lady katie o'malley. it is wuven several profiles. it is all on www.wbaltv.com and click on "politics." >> starbucks is looking to expand its reach. we'll tell you what's brewing next. >> a programming note.

our guest this morning from the department of health and mental hygiene. if you have a question, send that question in to sundayquestions @ www.wbaltv.com.

>> in "consumer alert" a new scam targeting senior citizens. they said they received a phone call from an unknown person claiming annual property taxes are unpaid and delinquent. the caller then demands immediate payment. you are reminded not to give out your personal banking information over the phone. try to get a call back number. never mail money to an unknown person. >> two million strollers

recalled after deaths linked to them. sales on metro strollers stopped years ago, but they believe many may still be in use. >> if -- it can slide to the neck and the baby's head gets trapped near the tray and it poses a strangulation as ard. -- hazard. log on to our web site www.wbaltv.com and click on "consumer" for more information. >> frozen peas recalled at wal-mart because they may contain pieces of glass. they may be sold at walmart or kroger. steamable mixed vegetables. we have listed the kroger brands

being recalled. for more go to our web site at www.wbaltv.com and click on "consumer" which provides deal details what you can do if you have those peas in your fwreezer. -- freezer. >> you think of starbucks a coffee comes to mind, but a corona? luring customers in for a beer or glass of wine may go on as well. it is just an experiment for now. if it goes well, starbucks hopes to expand to other areas across the united states in the new year. >> some of the most favorite facebook aps could be doing more than providing entertainment. they may give away your personal information. a wall street journal found that even with the strictest privacy settings many are passing on personal information with internet tracking companies. the companies include texas holding and -- facebook said it is trying to contain a breach

and is uncertain how long it has been happening. >> a fime for a look back and a look ahead at the week on wall street. this is the "weekend bloomberg business report." >> a quick tally of the numbers. the dow up 69 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also gaining. the nasdaq 4-5 winning sessions this week. encouraging profit reports from companies like google, c.b. technologies, and advanced microdevices. verson will pick up a lot of -- verizon will start selling ipad on thursday. the company also will begin offering a $15 data plan. over at amazon.com consumers bamboozeled by bamboo. falsely advertising bamboo products when they are not. regulators are considering

firing charges. the company maintains they did not violate laws. >> u.p.s. hopes to handle 430 million packages globally between tiffing and christmas. u.p.s. won't know until the final week. so the company, taking pre cautious wait-and-see positions. >> finally, let the games begin. under armour is advancing a company. the company is hoping to take on industry giant nike in the $2.5 billion basketball shoe market. that's business. this is the "bloomberg on the weekend business report." >> and more news coming up. first a look at events going on around town this weekend.

bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for a lobbying firm. $2.5 million? he's not really on my side. with this tough economy, we really need a governor on our side.

>> it is that time of year when things go bump in the night. to learn about the haupting legends here in town, kim dacey has more. >> hundreds of bodies were buried beneath what is now fells point square. members of the family are sometimes seen working on their tombs to check on their part of town. these are just some of the haunting lenleds and ghosts said

to be lurking in this pire port. -- haunting legends and ghosts said to be lurking in the pirate port. you can here all the details on a ghost tour. a costumed guide will lead you through the streets giving you history of the area and telling stories of ghost sightings from the 1700 to the present day. the creators of the tour went door to door seeing if people have a story to tell. >> people love to talk about the hauntings of their establishments. they talked about them, recorded them, and checked the history. >> most stories have a seed of truth stemming from an actual event or person so you can enjoy the history even if you don't believe in ghosts. by the end of the tour, the guides say you will be a believer. >> we can't guarantee you will see a ghost on the tour. if i have could guarantee that, i would make a million dollars.

but i will guarantee you that when you come on the tour, you will have a lot of fun. >> to find your nearest ghost tour, go to our web site at www.wbaltv.com. in fells point, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> they are a lot more popular around halloween and usually sell out. so reserve your tickets soon and share your photos at www.wbaltv.com and click on "u local." >> but you won't see the two of us there because we're scared of ghosts. >> haunted houses scare me, so no. >> coming up a look at our top stories. >> and pay cards and pay-to-park meters. the i-team investigation coming up. >> and a gunman in new york city opens fire. that story and more when "11 news sunday morning" continues.

>> welcome back to "11 news sunday morning." thank you for joining us. >> let's go first to tony pann with the weather. >> a 20-degree temperature

difference from sat morning to sunday morning. the southwest wind warms us up nicely. a mixture of clouds and sunshine. even though you see cloud cover out there, i don't think we'll see precipitation. when we come back in a few minutes, we'll look at the forecast for the work week. we have rain to talk about there. for now, to the news desk. >> washington, d.c. police have arrested three people in connection with a drug lab found in a georgetown university freshman dorm. 400 students were evacuated from harmon hall saturday afternoon after reports of a strange odor. police say they found a lab where students were creating a hallucinogenic drugs. >> it was a freshman dorm building.

it is not something you would expect to find there. >> fortunately no one was injured, and the campus is back to normal operations. >> in new york a gunman opened fire in a crowded manhattan restaurant killing bun man. it happened at the good step diner on west 74th street saturday morning. police say the victim was shot in the head and chest. the shooter exchanged heated words with the victim before opening fire. no arrests have been made. >> a point of contention for residents. people say they are just trying to make a buck. merchants worried about losing customers. perhaps the bigger issue is the city losing money. >> there is a new racket in town. it involves the needy, gift cards, and e-z park meters.

this man says he has seen people try to make money with the e-z park meters every day. >> i have seen people pull up to them, be approached, get back in the cars and just leave. >> and business owner patrick russell says the practice is causing him to lose customers. >> they are costing me customers. people don't want to be bothered. people feel threatened. what if i don't give him the money for the ticket? >> the i-team's cameras caught several people selling these tickets on broadway and fells point. here it cost $2 to park and there were plenty of takers. although, mr. dasilva said know. >> he wanted to sell me an expired ticket. >> for hoump? >> for $2. >> many tickets were not exsired, like this -- expired

like this $8 ticket. he said he bought it with a gift card. and this homeless man said he bought this gift card with a card given to him at a shelter. the i-team discovered people are buying tickets with zero-balance gift cards. with two zero-balance gift cards we were able to purchase tickets around the city for nothing. machines veffed our cards on hamilton, west university parkway, harford road, west chase street, and others. the city said it has known about this for sometime. for six months in fact. >> this is an issue we have known about and we are taking actions to correct. we have already corrected it at a number of e-z park meters here in the city. >> parking director pete little said the system is now going to

process credit cards in real time. >> we had been processing the credit cards through what's called a batch load where at the end of the day it would process the doctor cards. >> little says the loss of money because of this is negligentible. he said up to 40 e-z park meters half are up to date and processing credit cards in real time. >> when we first introduced e-z park meters it did not go with the real-time credit card processing because he says it took 30 seconds to process the transaction and he didn't think parkers would go for it. >> a very revealing story, lisa. >> baltimore city officials report an increase in graduation rates. which students are at the head of the class? still ahead. >> plus our latest commitment 2010 profile report next. >> dry and mild conditions out there. we have rain in the forecast. we'll show you that aftwe

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>> welcome back. the time is 6:39. it is 20 degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this time. you will see sunshine breaking through the cloud deck as we head through the morning. the temperatures, low 50's up north. 51 in tawneytown. 56 in rock hall on the eastern shore. these are high, thin clouds. there is no precipitation around us at the present time. we can see rain on the other side of the mountains. a lot of it going across the ohio valley to the great lakes and into western pennsylvania

right now. i think all of that will stay west of us because there is an area of high pressure that will be close enough to keep the precipitation out. the winds have shifted to the southwest and that's the key to the temperature forecast. we will jump into the 70's and be in the 70's for a good portion of next week. i'll show you the seven-day in just a moment. we have a strong tropical storm on the map. this is richard. sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. it is almost a hurricane now. north of honturs. it is expected to travel across the yucatan peninsula and into the gulf of mexico sometime during the middle or end of next week. you want to pay attention to what hands with richard. there could be a possibility of a tropical storm or a hurricane in the gulf of mexico at that time. here at home, a mixture of clouds and sunshine. pleasant temperatures. the highs in the low to mid 70's. sunrise this morning at 7:26.

specifically, if you are going to the game this afternoon against the bills, 1:00 kickoff at m&t stadium. expect a little cloud cover around. no rain. temperatures near 70 or 7 is at kick-off. southwest winds at 10 to 15 miles per hour. good day to watch football. mostly cloudy tonight. temperatures drop back into the 50's. sunset at 6:15. the seven-day forecast looks like some of that rain will catch up to us monday or tuesday. showers possible as we head back to work and school tomorrow. the high temperature near 72. we'll stay in the 70's near 70 with off and on rain showers. a front will go through thursday night. that will knock the temperatures back to where they should be for this time of year as we head into holiday weekend. the high of 60 on friday. send it over to the news desk. >> he's an army reserve colonel and former member of the maryland house of delegates and currently the state's lieutenant governor. >> anthony brown took a leave

from the house of delegates in 2004 to go to iraq as part of operation iraqi freedom. >> he says he's prepared for another four years of political deployment. deborah weiner has the "commitment 2010" profile. >> anthony brown is in a constant state of motion in his bid for the house of delegates and the state's lieutenant governor. >> most people are campaigning 20 hours a day. you in many ways become the campaign and the campaign becomes who you are for better or for worse. >> a harvard educated attorney and former majority whip who says the job as lieutenant governor requires more consensus and compromise than he anticipated. >> i have learned that you do not achieve results simply by saying that results should occur

. we have done a lot together. >> so the job as lieutenant governor in maryland is often viewed as a ceremonial role, broup said he's been given the bullhorn or issues for health care, higher education. but one issue followed the tragic murder of his relative kathy who was gunned down by an ex-boyfriend. he rallied for a law it take guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. >> i remember turning to the governor and saying we need to do something in the area of domestic violence. there is much to do, but let's sit down with the advocates, let's figure out the top priorities and let's get it done. >> getting it done seems to drive anthony brown, perhaps part of his military fabric. with the same resolve, he is campaigning hard for the owe --

o'malley-brown ticket. brown said he agrees with the governor. he said the two have become good friends. yet he says this candidly. >> i don't know if i would have chosen him as a fan. he's a ravens fan, i'm a redskins. but it's not a surprise to me that we have developed a friendship. having come together in pursuit of the same sort of professional political goals. >> and what about brown's personal goals? >> what is on the horizon for me, i have found in my experience, is that if you do your job well, it opens up more opportunities. >> which means -- >> so boiling it all down, governor brown may sound pretty cool. >> yeah, that's right. >> in two years anthony brown faces manned industry retirement in the -- mandatory retirement in the military. but clearly this is a man with

no plans at all to retire from public life. >> currently the nation's highest ranking official to have served a tour of duty in iraq. you can watch all of our candidate profiles on bam balance and -- on www.wbaltv.com and click on "politics." >> a new high school set to open in baltimore county. we'll tell you where next. >> and graduation rates are on the ride in baltimore city. the progress that's been made and the work that still needs to be done. that next. >> first a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. good luck.

>> in this morning's "education alert" two schools are set to open in baltimore county. the $80 million project will be big enough to house many students. >> instead of one school it will be two schools. >> we'll set an example of what people should do when they fwrad wait school. >> the two schools involved are dundalk high and technical high school. they will be within walking distance of each other. >> encouraging young african-american men to graduate

high school. the number is on the increase. what's behind the growth? tim tooten has insights. >> the graduation numbers for the district's african-american males were showcased at city hall. >> tood today in baltimore african-american males are the driving force in the entire school district. [applause] >> and here's the proof -- in 2007, 1,537 avenue canch american males steefed high school diplomas. that number has since gone up to 1,724. an increase of 187 students. the progress, though slight, is being called a success by groups like the baltimore urban league. >> by graduating from high school we can ensure a lot of these men will enter college because we have a low rate of african-american men in colleges these days. >> they are hoping to boost

graduation rates even more. he talked to ause a little more than a year ago. >> i go to day and night school to get all my credits so i can graduate in 20011. >> school officials say they have had the most success by going door to door and convincing people to go to class. >> the act of going to people's homes and letting kids know that they could come back to school was, i think revolutionary. >> african-american males already on track to graduate expect the numbers will rise. >> i think there is a lot of pressure on us, but i think we can handle it. we're going to increase the numbers drastically. >> what do you make of it? >> i think it is a great achievement for the interests tution. and our goal is to make the numbers higher. >> the drop-out rates, a lot of students weren't doing what they need to do. now it is increasing.

guys feel happy about this. it >> tim tooten, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a new report finds that while colleges are more diverse, minority students, especially hispanics, lag behind when it comes to educational achievement. reports greater gains in other racial groups. they also found today's young adults are not better educated than baby boomers. >> stay with us, there is more news coming up on "11 news sunday morning." >> i'm pete gilbert. coming up, we'll check in on navy. plus maryland a good effort. that straight ahead.as a nationy

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bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for a lobbying firm. $2.5 million? he's not really on my side. with this tough economy, we really need a governor on our side.

>> you will recall there was a run against the midshipmen but navy put together a streak of their own. 3-4. no longer are the midshipmen getting pushed around physically. notre dame had fourth and goal. didn't get it. navy was backed up. didn't matter at all. alexander. started with the -- 215 yards on

the day. that a record for navy full backs. a couple receiving two. the one-handed catch and the helicopter arrival into the end zone. beautiful play. 7-0 navy. and ricky dobbs, he was good, too. pretty physical. rushing touchdown. navy dominating notre dame winning it. 35-17. terps trying for the first road a.c.c. win at boston college. first quarter. jusmp ball to smith. he gets it. 7-0 maryland. second quarter. game tied at 7. o'brien. throw it to the pocket. he hangs on. terps build a 24-7 lead and watch it nearly disappear. thanks to the unlucky bounce of

the ball. into the waiting hands of bobby swagger. it is ridiculous. fourth and 1, though. 1:15 to play. eagles get stuffed. harris. acc's leading rusher could not get the first down. maryland gets the win. now 252 it -- now 25-2 on the season. he didn't see the truck coming. slugs -- shrugs off the pass rush. sure does work. 34-24 is your final for the big

game today. that would be the ravens and the bills. gerry sandusky and i have a complete wrap-up of that tonight at 6:00 at m&t stadium. see you then. >> it is 6:55. here's a look ahead to our next hour of "11 news sunday morning." >> how to get your medicine cabinet in order. what to keep and what to toss in our "medical alert." >> your one-stop police for fun and goulish ideas. >> maryland's gubenitorial race enters the home stretch. >> and more weather on "11 news sunday morning." sflue

>> from the weather and the 10th anniversary, this year's baltimore running festival was a showpiece for baltimore city that was as good as it gets. the city played host showing a dose of what our city and region have to offer. the ravens honor the teams of 2000, the champions of super bowl xxxv. as the leaves turn we are reminded what a good time of

year it is. enjoy the holiday shows. enjoy the cultural arts and the traditions uniquely baltimore. there are many reasons to celebrate our region every month of the year. take time to enjoy all of the charms our city has to offer. for a look at some of the upcoming events, wlog on to www.wbaltv.com -- log on to www.wbaltv.com and click on "entertainment." bob ehrlich is desperate, and he'll say anything to get elected. negative attacks the media have repeatedly called "dishonest" and "total malarkey." and why can't we trust bob ehrlich? because he raised taxes and fees by $3 billion then denied it... because he says he's for us, but made $2.5 million at a special interest lobbying firm. and ehrlich says he'll cut education again if elected governor. bob ehrlich-- a career politician we really can't trust.

>> welcome to "11 news sunday morning." i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm sarah caldwell. >> first let's go to tony pann. >> you were talking about frost yesterday morning with temperatures in the 30's, and now we're in the 50's. so that's a great start for us. at the airport, 54 degrees. a southwest wind. that's the key to the forecast here. with a southwest wind going, temperatures will jump into the 70's this morning. a mixture of clouds and sunshine. we don't expect completely blue skies but we also do not expect rain. when we come back in a few minutes, we will check the seven-day forecast. for now, over to the news desk. >> our big story this morning, the 2010 campaign heading into its final weekend with days to go before the election. >> the candidates for governor are logging hundreds of miles trying to win your vote.

george lettis begins our 2010 coverage. >> we are going to work our tails off for the next 10 days. >> down the stretch they have come. >> so far we have had the best job creation we have had since the year 2000. >> with early voting underway and the election just over a week away, republican bob ehrlich and democrat martin o'malley spent saturday chris-crossing the state hitting their political strongholds and reaching out to anyone who will listen. >> we want to clear out those anti-business. >> annapolis-based opinion poll works polled people from the "baltimore sun." it shows the current governor ahead 14 points. [laughing] >> are you serious? two days ago gonzalez had 5. >> o'malley downplayed this

parent -- apparent amargin. >> there are many examples of polls saying one candidate is up and then they do not succeed. i do not have a lot of confidence in what the polls say. >> another number has the ehrlich camp happen. the former governor has out-raised o'malley by about $1 million. >> out-raising him is a big deal particularly by the distance we did it with. >> there is a lot of out-of-state money that can come into our state at any second. you see them dumping tons of money from secret groups that don't have to reveal their funding sources. >> however in the same reporting period, o'malley has outs-paced ehrlich. experts point to that media advertising dominance as a big reno mali continues to lead in every published poll.

in the news room, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a 50-year-old man caught vandalizing campaign signs. they found hundreds of vote for a in his track. this is not the first time signs have been vandalized. >> and so it really came to a head a week ago when we noticed that about 300 or 400 in the course of two nights were taken, vandalized, destroyed. f -- >> question a asks voters whether to approve a slots par lower here at arundel hills mall. >> not much time left for republicans and democrats. this weekend both parties have their biggest guns out there in the trenches. brian mooar that is the story from washington. >> sap sap may not be -- sarah

palin may not be running for office this time around, but she's fighting to get as many republicans elected as possible. with washington's balance of power up for grabs in just over two weeks, both parties have their heaviest hitters on the campaign trail this weekend. >> before a veterans group in san diego, john mccain stumped for his former presidential campaign advisor. california senate hopeful carlie fiorina. >> she will hit the ground running and she will be an instant impact and star in the united states senate. >> together they opened fire on incumbent democrat barbara boxer. >> we must hold her accountable on november 2. >> president obama was in massachusetts helping duvall patrick. >> that's why you need to help continue the change. >> guilliani stood behind marco

rubio. democrats and republicans alike know a lot can happen between now and election day. >> brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> are you ready for the upcoming election? we provided a wealth of information on our web site that comes from candidate profiles to ad fact checks and a voters' guide at the polls. baltimore city police searching for the gunman that shot and killed a man in west baltimore. we're told a 25-year-old man was shot around 3:00 saturday afternoon in the 2100 block of west fay et street. he later died at a hospital. police are still investigating two shootings from friday night. >> baltimore police gathered to remember one of their own. detective stevenson was killed

on his birthday a week ago. he was in a fight over a parking spates. >> a city college high school member has been charged with attempting to sell a gun on the school campus in baltimore. 33-year-old ty refment e miles was arrested october 15 when he tried to sell the gun to a school police officer. the school notified police about the proposed gun deal and the transaction was arranged on a day when the students were not in school. miles is due to appear in court november 16. >> the homecoming fest activities -- festi vism ties went on -- fesstivities went on as scheduled even though there was a break in at dundalk high school the night before. officials say the vappedals did extensive damage including graffiti in the gym and locker rooms. officials say it has been cleaned up. >> one person dead and nearly

two dozen families are without a home after flames ripped through an apartment building. crews were forced to rescue people from their balconies. it happened thursday morning at prince george's county. a fire extended through the upper floor as well as an attached apartment building. two people and one firefighter suffered minor injuries. the cause of that fire is under investigation. >> employees of the inner harbor's former espn zone are suing. they claim they are blind-sided after disney unexpectedly closed the -- closed in june. they say disney did not give them enough notice about plans to close the restaurant. they say the proper amount of time and pay was not given to employees, and there was no economic necessity for disney to close the accomplishment without notice. >> coming up, when is a medication no longer safe to take?

answers from america's most trusted pharmacist. >> and from costco -- we have what you need for a halloween celebration. >> tony pann up next with

[ ehrlich ] four years ago unemployment in maryland was under four percent. today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction. we need strong leadership. say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will.

>> it is 7:11. we have a beautiful sunrise. a lot warmer than it was yesterday at this time. 20 degrees warmer. we were talking about frost saturday morning. in that respect, it is a good start for us. a little cooler up north, as is typically the case. upper 40's to around 50. 55 in prock hall. we had high, thin cloud cover. there is no precipitation in this cloud deck. we expect to stay dry today. we see rain showers on the other side of the mountains from the ohio valley to the great lakes even into western pennsylvania. some of that rain will catch up to us during the work week on monday and tuesday. in the short term, this area of high pressure is close enough to keep that away. the winds have shifted to the west and that will pull in some of the mild air from the plains

states in the last few days. we expect the temperatures to get into the 70's through thursday of next week. i will show you the seven-day in just a moment. let me give you an update on tropical storm richard. we show youed you that yesterday -- we showed you that yesterday. north of honduras. it is expected to cross over the yucatan peninsula and move into the southern part of the gulf of mexico during the middle or end of next week. if you have travel plans to anywhere in the gulf coast next week you should pay attention to this storm. there could be a tropical storm or hurricane late in the week. here a mixture of sun and clouds, but no rain. nice and mild with a high temperature in the low to mid 70's. a good 10 degrees above average. sunrise at 7:26. if you are going to the game against the bills, a kick-off at m&t stadium. the temperature should be around 70 or 71. a little cloud cover but no rain.

overnight tonight, mostly cloudy. temperatures have dropped back into the 50's again. sunset at 6:15. the seven-day forecast. rain showers possible on monday. i don't think it will rain all day, but all day off and on showers. off and on showers possible tuesday and wednesday as well. temperatures drop back into the upper 60's friday going into halloween weekend. we send it over to the news desk. >> thank you, doney. >> up next in "medical alert" the safe way to dispose of medication. >> and snacks your family will enjoy making together. >> and a political analyst with what to expect in the final days of the maryland gubenatorial

>> in today's "medical alert" suzie cohen is here to tell us what medicine to keep, what to throw out. why is it so important? i know people hang on to this stuff for years. >> i know. it is the "just in case" protocol. i'm going to keep this and that just in case. before you know it, your medication shelf becomes a monster. >> what is the shelf life on most of this stuff? >> it is just a few years. i have an a pharmacist it 22 years. one statistic is that half of americans do not have their expiration date on their medication before taking them. they just take them or give them to their families. this can be dangerous. i partner with apple to raise awareness for americans to start looking at their medicine cabinet.

>> you figure if it is expired it will not work anymore. >> sometimes that's true, but sometimes medicine can degrade to something not safe for your body. medications sometimes have been recalled by the f.d.a. or they are no longer given out. this is those items we need to get out. especially botics. -- >> especially antibiotics. >> exactly. once you get them out, disposing of them is very, very important. i recommend people go to the f.d.a. web site to learn how to dispose of your medications. >> it just spends. they have a local take-back where they take things back, you can also call your waste

management disposal center as well as the f.d.a. >> don't put it in the trash? >> no. because we also have to be mindful of the environment and pets and children, too. now, once you've cleaped it out and disposed of it properly, you want to make sure you have the essentials on board. >> what do you recommend? >> a pain reliever. all sorts of minor eaks and pains from head to toe like advil. that's the brand i carry in my purse. advil is a brand i carry in my purse. so obviously you want a good pain reliever, is help with pain as well. you also want items for wound care, in case you cut yourself. i would recommend the antibiotic ointment, things like that. i live in colorado so we keep tweezers. as well as eye products to help

clean out your eye in case you splash cleanser in it. i would sort all that together. even the basics. cotton walls balls -- cotton balls, alcohol. >> the final thing is, make sure the things you have in there are stored correctly. so if it is supposed to be something stored at a certain temperature, yes. >> and also, i recommend for people to go to medicinecabinetsafety.com. you can get a coupon for $2 off on advil as well as the esengs when you give your medicine cabinet the once over. >> there are all sorts of things we can use to help our families. >> thank you for having me. >> and we're making treats and decorations for halloween when we come back. first a look at events going on around town.

women are charged 40% more for the same health insurance as men. domestic violence is treated as a pre-existing condition in eight states. women are abused by their husbands and then by their insurance companies. and last year they tried to end our coverage for mammograms and other preventive services. well i'm proud to say i got the law changed. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know that being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. >> welcome back. halloween is just a week away. how do you make your own costume and make the most out of halloween? how are you? >> i'm good. >> you have some wonderful

ideas? >> exactly. we have costumes you can make with t-shirts and very inexpensive crft materials, easy, fun, under $10. the pumpkin is ad heesyiffer, backs up. you cut out the shapes, and if you want to fill it, you put in elastic, and you are ready to go. then we have a lady bug. over here the lady bug is a larger piece of felt. it is felt ad heesive that you made. >> you glue that on. >> you glue that on. and of course -- these are sha kneel stems with pom -- chanile stems with pom-poms on it. the pumpkins, i have a stem. every time you saw duct tape for costume making. so we made a b by putting strips onto the yellow t-shirt and then we made these great wings with

just taking cheeze cloth and stiffen it and then glitter glue. >> how much average do these cost? >> less than $10. which is great. we also have, you take two t-shirts and do cuts on the side and the bottom, and you can have peter pan, robin hood, the jolly green giant or even an elf. >> and you have the hat alorning with -- along with it. >> exactly. and the last one we have is like a pocohontas. it is making fringe and knotting on beads. this is used with a spray. >> can we tell people what's in this box? >> these are beads. they absorb very small. this is great to do for kids. i really surprised you on that one. it is just water.

>> what if you want creative cooking with your child? >> these are the candy melts. you can melt them in the microwave, or you can use a melter which we have here or display them like this. we have pops that we made. these are also inexpensive, too. >> these are just rice crispy treats. >> they are hay bails. >> exactly. some of these, with a bag of candy wafers, which is under $2, and a melt. look, you can make 22 melts. we have our little frankenmellos. >> you can make these a half-hour in advance? >> you can make them two to three weeks ahead of time, the important thing is to keep them in a bag sealed well. we have melted some chocolate candy wafers. and you love smors -- smores.

you have an instant smore. you are ready for halloween. >> great ideas for halloween. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> the fime is 7:26. 54 degrees on tv hill. we have much more news coming up. you are watching "11 news sunday morning".

>> welcome back to "11 news sunday morning." thank you for joining us. >> you consider this a nice start to the sunday. let's look at the current conditions. 54 degrees. downtown 55 in westminster. a mixture of clouds and sunshine. unseasonnably mild. the high of 64. shooting for a high of 74. not bad. could be rain in the mountains. we'll be back in a few minutes and look at the seven-day forecast and see what's on tap for the next few weeks. for now to the news desk. washington, d.c. have arrested students involved with a drug lab. a report of a strange odor

inside one of the rooms. police say they found a lab. police say two of the suspects were students and a third was a visitor. >> it was the freshmen dorm building. it is not what you would expect to find there. >> university officials say no one was injured, and the campus is back to normal operations. >> in new york a gunman opened fire in a crowded manhattan restaurant killing one man. it happened at the good stuff diner. police say the victim was shot in the head and chef. workers told the "new york post" the victim and shooter exchanged heated words before he opened fire. >> coming up, a look at "meet the press." david gregory joins us with a preview. david with just a week to go until the mid-term electrics, the fime push is underway. your guests -- guest this morning republican chairman

steele. in your estimation what are people doing right and what are they doing wrong? >> i think you have seen tightening in the race in pennsylvania today, which is the same television market as tomas delininkaitis, so some of the -- same television market as delaware. so some of the uninformed statements she has made, i think, have hurt. by and large, all the anti-institutional sentiment is on the washington side. the president's policies. i think they are tapping into all of that. the teaparty in that way has done an exleapt job galvanzing voters, and i think that's why he have they have a strong chance to re-take the house. i think you will hear that the senate is still an area that will be tougher for republicans. they have to run the table. i think there is some deminchishing optimism about doing that. >> you mentioned christine

o'donnell. in contrast, sarah palin is doing quite a job drumming up support for the tea party movement. in the past few moments, garnering the women's vote has become a priority. why is this vote so important in this election in particular? >> well, because i think women are not only a key part of the democratic constituency in the democratic base, but they can be late deciders and independent voters who are a part of the group of voters who will either, you know, stay at home and not decide or decide late in the race in the final two weeks. that's why you have seen the president, prince, going out to california or washington state and the first lady being deployed to try to make sure that women get out to vote. it could be a big factor down the stretch in the california senate race. in deed in the governor's race in california, so it is very important. >> thank you, david. don't forget you can watch "meet the press" later this morning at 10:00 following 11 news at 9:00 a.m. >> still ahead, the spca joins

us with a pet looking for a home. >> o'malley and ehrlich enter the home stretch. >> a dry start to the week. we'll have more after the break.

[ ehrlich ] four years ago unemployment in maryland was under four percent. today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan

that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction. we need strong leadership. say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will. >> welcome back. good morning everyone. beautiful sunrise. 54 degrees at the top of the hour at b.w.i., so significantly warmer start for us today. yesterday we were talking about frost. we will likely jump into the 70's today. cooper up north. just about everybody is starting out in the 50's so far this

morning. you can pick out a little cloud cover on the satellite. these are high, thin clouds. you will get sunshine to break through the cloud deck. there is rain coming out of the ohio valley, and even moving into western pennsylvania and west virginia. i believe all of that will stay on the other side of the mountains during the day today. some of that rain will catch up to us tomorrow and tuesday. in the short term, high pressure is close enough to block it all from coming in. we will pull in mind air the folks in the plains states have been enjoying. we should be in the 70's through thursday of next week. i'll show you the seven-day forecast next week. first an update on tropical storm richard. sustained winds up to 70 miles per hour. it is almost a hurricane. just north of honduras. it will move across the yucatan peninsula into the southern part of the gulf of mexico sometime during the middle or end of this upcoming week. so if you have travel plans along the gulf coast, you should

probably pay attention to what happens with richard next week. there could be a tropical storm or hurricane into the end of next week. >> here at home, a mixture of clouds and sunshine with high temperatures between 71 and 76. the average high is 64. specifically if you are going to the game this against the bills at 1:00, the temperature will be around 70 or 71. a couple clouds will be hanging around, but still we expect a nice day. no rain. sunset at 6:15. the seven-day forecast, i think the rain will catch up to us early next week. scattered showers possible on monday as we all head back to work and school. off and on showers possible tuesday, wednesday, and thursday as well. it will stay mild. a front will come through and knock the front back to near 60's on friday. it will be cooler as we head into halloween weekend. we send it to the news desk.

>> in this morning's "commitment 2010" report, local juries dicks are already -- jurisdictions are already preparing for next week's election. expect the ads to begin in your neighborhood. >> if a voter or constituent would like to vote villa absentee ballot must call and request an absentee ballot. >> balance yots are ready. in baltimore county, people are dropping in to vote absentee. >> everybody should be out here to vote. a lot of people, you know, worked to have this program in various places around the world and don't always have that right. >> we have a mailing of 9,000 or

so. >> the last day to request an absentee ballot is october 26. after that, you must do so in person and also cast your ballot at the same time. early voting starts friday, october 22nd. you will be able to do that at a number of election offices around the state. early voting balance yots will actually be counted on election day, and absentee ballots are counted on election day. there was record-low turnout during the primary statewide. in this governor's race, turn-out is everything. >> in this election it is particularly crucial if o'malley gets a good turnout, i think he wins hands down. if he doesn't get a good turnout, i think -- well, it is a hotly contested race and ehrlich could win. >> well, with a look at how the

governor's race is shaping up, the political analyst and a professor of election law at the university of maryland school of law. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk a little bit about polls. there was a poll earlier this week that had o'malley at 37% of the vote, ehrlich with 42. then the sun -- poll comes out giving o'malley a lead. >> there are four polling companies and they all have the same pattern. they all in the last two polls have had o'malley ahead, and the second poll has the margin growing. now, they use different technology in sampling, but they are all saying the same thing, that o'malley is ahead, and that his lead is growing. >> he didn't want to give much compreedence to it when -- creedence when he was asked yesterday, but what do you think? are these polls accurate? >> well, the trend is the thing that's important.

he's ahead and the margin is growing. there are some other internal numbers that are significant. for example, obviously o'malley's campaign ads are working because they both started as positive name recognitions, over 50%, and ehrlich is now at a 43, 43, positive and negative. but the most significant number in the papers polled this morning, i still haven't quite figured it out. first i thraut it was a type graphic cal error, it was the african-american vote, the black vote, 88-4. that's 2-1. i don't know that i have seen that much of a slant. i have been thinking about it since i first heard the number last night, and it has to do, i suspect, with far more than ehrlich and o'malley. >> having said that, the

african-american voters have to turn out. turnout is everything we're hearing. >> well all voters have to turn out in order to count. nothing is unique about african-americans in that regard. all of these polls are trying to sample likely voters. and that phenomena, i suspect, has something to do with national events. i don't think the black community is that anti-ehrlich. i think it is more anti-republican party. they think the party is unreasonable with obama. they are breaking even. it is not a significant number. the margins for o'malley are such that it won't be decisive. >> i have to ask you, for lieutenant governor, mary king

-- >> disappearing lieutenant governor candidate. no one has seen her, except for perhaps family and friends, and that's been an interesting phenomena. you would think it wouldn't have occurred. the gender gap is pretty wide. under this poll, o'malley gets the female vote by a 21% margin. i don't know what that's about. >> all right. we had the former president come, we had obama for o'malley, jewel yaiany -- guilliani for ehrlich. are they helping? >> something is helping o'malley. i don't know what it is, but his margin on all the polls continues to grow. >> and michael fields is making an appearance on meet the press. >> another disappearer.

earlier he was quite visible, some of it embarrassing, and then they kept him under wraps. in the last few days, they have let him out a little bit. that was another disappearing act. >> thank you for coming. our commitment 2010 coverage continues at any time on line at wbal-tv.com. our online voters guide connection to the candidates. political ad fact checks at www.wbaltv.com and click on "politics." stay with us. the spca joins us with a pet looking for a good home. first a look at last night's winning lottery numbers.

woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. bob ehrlich is desperate, and he'll say anything to get elected. negative attacks the media have repeatedly called "dishonest" and "total malarkey." and why can't we trust bob ehrlich? because he raised taxes and fees by $3 billion then denied it... because he says he's for us, but made $2.5 million at a special interest lobbying firm. and ehrlich says he'll cut education again if elected governor. bob ehrlich-- a career politician we really can't trust.

>> welcome back. it is time for our pet segment. with us today is katie flores. >> he is a 3-year-old chinese crested mix. he might also have some chiwawwaw or -- chiuaua or -- in him. >> and if someone is interested adopting him? >> they can come to the spca at 10:00 a.m. >> and describe his personality. >> he is a lap dog. >> he likes to snuggle?

>> yes. let's talk about the toys you brought here. this year if you want to buy a toy, you might thinking of something a little more -- >> we have to try new things. >> this is called a "tuffy." they can chew it, bite it, or do anything to it, and they can't destroy it. >> so they can't rip the stuffing out. >> no. this is a toy called a canine genius. it is great because you can buy different ones to put inside of them that really make their dog use their mind to get the treats out. >> they are not so tough you can't figure it out. >> exactly. for cats we have a peek and play. the cat has to back them around and find a way to get them out.

we have the kong. >> what is that? >> a great toy you can put in treats. they can bat it around and try to figure out how to get the treats or ki blfment ble out of it. -- kibble out of it. >> katie, thank you. let's put up the information for the maryland aspca. there's the web site. go to our web site as well, www.wbaltv.com and prince is up for adoption. someone call and take this beautiful dog home. love the do, prips. we'll be back in just a few minutes. thank you katie. thank you katie. stay with us.

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>> welcome back. it is time for "sunday brunch."

bill cooper is here. >> obviously this is a perfect time of year for rock fishing. we're going to talk about taking that bounty and cooking them. we have tomatos and olives. >> there are many that haven't tasted rock fish. describe the flavor of it. >> it is probably one of the cleanest most balanced flavors you can get out of a white fish. it is one when you put it in your mouth, it is like a steakhouse fish. >> so what are you doing? >> we will take a little olive oil here. we will saute the garlic. you don't want to burn the garlic. you just want to get it nice and brown. go ahead and head in olives and tomatos. >> and this process doesn't take that long. >> no. a little salt. let that slide on in there.

we will saute that out to the magic of tv. you want to just cut a little heart. i know it is not february yet. but in the month of february, try to make a heart. >> look how well he cut that. >> that doesn't look like a heart. now, do you know why we put salt and pepper on our fish? >> i can imagine, but why? >> do you know why we put it on both sides?

>> i have no idea. >> well, you sprinkle a little on your paper. lay your fish down. what we're going to do is we're going to take the olive mixture and put that right on top. >> wow, that looks delicious. >> we take a little bit of -- >> that's beautiful. >> i'm still trying to figure out what the parchment is for. >> let's take this like this. >> nice. >> a little bit -- force -- a little bit -- >> and that's going to go into the oven? >> yes. >> we want a really tight feel. we tighten that up. >> while you are doing that, tell us about baltimore county. >> that's right. >> tell us what the benefit is. what the proceeds are going to

for this. >> basically what's going on, we are catering an event for court-appointed social advocates. they basically take care of kids in foster care. they are the liasons between the parents and the kids. it started in 1977. it started in 2000. 6:30 to 10. you can get more information if you go to baltco.org. thank you. see you again at 9:00. >> one more thing, go ravens. >> and if you want a copy, go to our web site. that's next.

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[ ehrlich ] four years ago unemployment in maryland was under four percent. today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction. we need strong leadership. say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will.