i am for getting this shot. 95 at the fort mchenry. a very nice ride there. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it is primary election day across the state. >> of poles will open this morning at 7:00 a.m. one of the most hotly contested races is for the democratic nomination for city state's attorney. kim dacey joins us live with more on that race. >> patricia jessamy will take on gregg bernstein at the polls today. the baptist ministers are backing jessamy. bernstein picked up the endorsements of a well-known attorney and former judge. pat jessamy and gregg bernstein both spend part of the last day before the primary campaigning. both picked up endorsements. billy murphy publicly declared his support for bernstein. >> considering the platforms both candidates, i think his platform is superior to hers. she had a failed tenure. >> representing more than 200 of the city's religious leaders, they are backing petraeus at jessamy. >> she understands we cannot arrest and convict our way out of our current predicament. this persistent violence that seems to p

we have to watch the high tides, fort mchenry, just before noon on thursday. just after midnight at 12:44 on friday. temperatures today, this is actually not 79, we had a glitch in our system here. we're expecting temperatures in the lower 70s. we'll bring in rain later in the day. here's kim brown with a look at traffic. >> traffic is off to a good start this morning, fortunately not having problems on any of the major highways, we have a utility issue in brooklyn park, one lane blocked. the right lane and shoulder will be closed on richie highway in the southbound side. as we look at the beltway, harford road, you see traffic flowing along very nicely. not a lot of people out there. heads up as well, southbound on the fort mchenry tunnel, no problems through the tube. as we look at our drive times this morning, looking good on the jfx. northern parkway to the st. paul street, looking good. between the beltway and fort mchenry toll plaza. back to you. >>> where are they? >> illinois said you're not allowed to do it. >> another excellent sent packing from "dan

take the harbor tunnel for the fort mchenry instead. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> clear skies out there this morning. no weather problems for the wednesday boarding commute. it is 48 in york, pennsylvania. 55 at the airport. it will be nice and mild this afternoon. mostly sunny with a high temperature near 80. we will update the topics in a few minutes. for now, over to the news desk. >> penelope cruz and half year husband are expecting a child. cruz is currently working with johnny depp. >> george michael has been sent to jail for driving while under the influence of drugs. he pleaded guilty after crashing his car last july. he was sentenced to eight weeks in prison. he was also banned from dving from five years. >> about time. 56 degrees on tv hill. much more to come in the next half-hour of 11 news today. >> it looks like patricia jessamy's run is coming to a close. >> i am live this morning hanging with the propellers for over the edge for addiction >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today in hd. >>

it is the second annual fort mchenry tunnel run. and as ron matz reports, it is all for a great cause. >> reporter: you've probably driven through the fort mchenry tunnel. after all, 115,000 vehicles pass through here every day. on sunday, members of the transportation authority police academy class take part. in the second annual fort mchenry tunnel rund. . >> we're definitely ready. we can't wait. we're excited about it. >> this benefits special olympics maryland. one will be reserved for the more than 1,000 runners. three tubes will remain open. >>> it's sunday morning. it won't cause any backup in traffic. so we'll be able to get our runners safely through. separated from traffic. so no worries about any problems with either runners or traffic. >> last year was the inaugural fort mchenry tunnel run. and it raised more than $40,000 for the maryland special olympics. >> it's absolutely amazing. we're so excited. i think that in the second year event, we couldn't be more pleased with the way that people would just really come out t

it's the second annual fort mchenry tunnel run. and it's for a good cause. >> reporter: you've probably driven through the fort mchenry tunnel. after all, 140 million vehicles pass through here. on sunday, the police academy class will be among the hundreds taking part in the secondam fort mchenry tunnel run. >> they always have us run. we're definitely ready. we are excited about it. >> this unique event benefits special olympics maryland. one tube will be reserved. three tubes will remain open. >> it's sunday morning. it won't cause any backup in traffic. we'll be able to get our runners safely through. no worries about any problems with either runners or traffic. >> last year was the inaugural fort mchenry tunnel run. and it raised more than $40,000 for the maryland special olympics. >> oh, it's absolutely amazing. we're so excited. i think that just the second year event. we couldn't be more pleased with the way that people really come out to support us. >> reporter: support coming from all over. including these recruits who wi

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that is coming up. >> the fort mchenry tunnel runs is taking place this sunday. the run right ♪ [ female announcer ] have you ever seen a glacier while sunbathing? why not? have you ever climbed a rock wall in the middle of the ocean? or tried something really wild? why not? it's all possible in the nation of why not. royal caribbean's floating nation where you're free to do anything you want. which may be nothing at all. royal caribbean international. visit royalcaribbean.com today. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today in hd. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back. i am stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. tony pann has a quick look at today's forecast. >> good morning. it is all good in the weather department. los 50's right now. a little bit on the cool side but no rain. we're starting out on the cool side, but it warm up nicely this afternoon. a mix of sunshine and clouds with a high temperature near 80. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> it is primary e

. >> the full color guard came out at fort henry -- fort mchenry monday. the announced a coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812 will be minted in 2012. >> it is a competition. we are competing with other jurisdictions. by getting the house -- and votes in the house and senate, we were able to get the men. >> the bicentennial commission is asking students to draw and submit their ideas for the coin's design. the commission will use these drawings as inspiration when creating the official design. >> on the back of my calling, i have fort mchenry. on the front of my calling, francis scott key with a flat in the back on. and is asign is a flag cross with four stars. >> in the process of coming up with their designs, the students will learn more about marilyn's important role in the war of 18 to fall and the history of fort mchenry. >> -- 1812 and the history of fort mchenry. >> the money raised from the corn will come to maryland and bring national attention to baltimore. >> this will help our state and help us show what baltimore was abou

notice nothing to get in %-all will be clear if you are traveling through the tunnels from the fort mchenry toll plaza to beltway, you're looking if you're traveling from the toll tunnel, a high-speed of 52 miles per hour. no problems to report on the northeast corridor of 95, from whitemarsh to the bellway, you're looking at a 4-minute trip froo 65 miles per hour.

it's the ffrt mchenry tunnel run, second year if a row. this is all yoor idea. >> it's special olympics maryland, i stole the idea from the port authority that runs the lincoln tunnel run. it's a great idea to raise money for the disabilities. they have long been a supporter of sseeial olympics. this is our way of giving back a little bit. >> reporrer: youuran it last year. what is it like to run in a tunnel. >> we call it the greetest underwater event ever. we haveean exhaust fan in. we can bring fresh air and take exhaust out. there will be no traffic so there will be no exhaust. the tunnel is washed beforehand -nd it's a great way to see the inside of the fort mac mchenry outside of your car. it's sunday at 9:00 a.m. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. it looks like perfect weather to ú%n through the tunnel even though you will be inside. you will still be feeling the outdoor air. 72 degrees at 9:00 a.m. on sunddy mmrning. dry condittons, sunny skies, it's going to be an absolutely gorgeous day for a run, steve. to

smooth all the way down toward the fort mchenry. and traveling toward the harbor tunnel and looking good on the west side. no problems to report on i-70. here's a look at drive tiles, 11 minutes on the fort mchenry. here's a quick live look at traffic. 95 north of 195 so far, so good. if you're traveling in and out of cecil county, no delays at the perryville else to. -- tolls. looking good. latest on the buses and trains, we go to kurt kroncke. >> good morning, sarah. we've got a delay on the 51 bus, running 20 minutes late and the five bus diverting because of construction. and light rail on time service. metro subaway both east and westbound. on time service on the pen and cam done and brunswick lines. tony pann? >> we're off to a quiet start. but it is chilly this morning. temperatures have managed to dip back into the 40's. 42 in york, pennsylvania. 51 at the airport. if you're near the water or downtown, it's warmer. 61 at the maryland science center. skies are clear right now. beautiful sunrise. a lot of sunshine during the d

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high tide, fort mchenry, 11:57. thursday morning, just before midday. friday morning, this is actually just after midnight at 12:44. we'll be watching the potential for some flooding. 71 today, increasing clouds, showers south to north. then we're looking at rain tonight. could be heavy towards daybreak. flooding rains tomorrow. mid-70s, drop drier in the mid-60s over the weekend. here's kim with traffic. >> i have the best traffic report ever. there is no traffic this morning. we don't have any problems. no delays either. you'll see minor congestion as you approach the fort mchenry toll plaza. aside from that, we're looking good. no delays on the harbor tunnel thruway. looks good from the beltway to howard county. 6-minute ride between i-70 and 95. looking at our cameras, anne arundel county, 97 and route 100. traffic looks good in both directions. more good morning maryland will be right back after this. it's a beautiful day inside when you use lysol neutra air fabric mist. it kills 99.9% of bacteria on soft surfaces and eliminates odors at their sour

northbound looking good approaching the beltway past 395, up towards the fort mchenry tunnel. as we look at our drive times, all in the green so far. five-minute trip. 95 corridor as you make your way southbound from the beltway approaching the fort mchenry toll plaza. >>> 5:21 right now. we are counting down the days until maryland's race for the cure. so this year, komen is going to do it easier than years past. it's set for sunday, october 3rd in hunt valley. abc2 news is going to be live other air to broadcast the whole event. we want you to join us, if you can't join us, you can always watch us or "tivo" the whole event. it starts at 7:00, and the broadcast runs until 9:00 a.m. if you want to register for the race, we made it easy for you. go to abc2news.com. click on the lifestyle tab, when you get to that page, scroll down and click on think pink. >>> it is september 16th, if you're celebrating a birthday today, happy birthday. like this lovely lady. michelle thompson. happens to be the sister of our producer ingrid. celebrating a birthday today. >>> if you're having a

. >>> trafficwise, a little iffy, no accidents, however the northbound fort mchenry tunnel, the right tube blocked because of emergency roadwork. route 94 woodbine road closed in both directions at annapolis road because of downed poles and wires. no problems southbound on the 95 corridor between the toll plaza. as we look at the cameras, beltway, northwest corner at old court road. traffic moving at a nice pace. back to you. >>> democracy 2010 -- we start with the race for the city state's attorney. a fierce fight. challenger greg bernstein looking to unset seat patricia jessamy. linda so with more. >> reporter: bernstein will be meeting and greeting voters at 7:00 as polls open up at cross country elementary school. jessamy will do the same throughout the day. it's their final push in what turned out to be the city's hottest race. jessamy is fighting to hold on to her 15 years as baltimore's top prosecutor. on monday she was endorsed from a group of baptist ministers. also, billy murphy, a well known attorney and former judge in the city. the race isphoused a lot on -- is focused a

time. 95 southbound, it's going to be about 12 minutes between the beltway as you approach the fort mchenry toll plaza. no problems on the outer loop approaching 97. that's a nine-minute ride. one accident to let you know about in crownville, 97 southbound at the exit to route 178, we have a single car crash, vehicle off into the woods. no word of any lane blockages at this time but you can expect to see police on the scene there. >>> when it comes to improving women's sex lives -- sound like an expert? can a sugar pill do that trick? >> not exactly, but a new study did find that women with sexual dysfunction showed significant improvement when they were given this placebo. they'll explain it in detail throughout good morning america here at 7:00. >> sure you got some people's attention. >>> also ahead on good morning america: the royal meeting is about to get underway in scotland this morning between the pope and the queen. pope benedict is the first ever to make a visit to the u.k. the visit not all pomp and circumstances. a lot of controversy surrounding that protest. we'll tell you all

things are flowing smoothly into the fort mchenry coming toward us. we'll switch over to a live view of traffic on 795. going away from us is southbound traffic, building in volume, but still no delays at this time. and that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> our big story this morning -- president barack obama will take his economic message right into your living room. >> hoping americans will tune in to his televised town hall meeting today, the focus, jobs. 11 news reporter kate amara joins us live with more on that story. good morning, kate. >> good morning, mindy. good morning, stan. just six weeks to go now until the election, and so the president is hitting the campaign trail. today, that includes cable tv. >> a black tie determine at the height of campaign season. president barack obama continues to spread his economic message. >> this was about a plan to rescue our economy. and rebuild it on a new foundation. >> the campaigner-in-chief hits the trail in earnest this week, rallying voters, raising money for democratic candidates, and talking

mchenry tunnel. as far as everall travel teams from the inner loop, 54 miles an hour. you can see ballet -- the beltway, congestion. this traffic report is brought to you by toyota and your local toyota dealer where you can choose from 16 fuel efficient models. toyota is moving forward. back over to you. >> this morning's coffee is with jerome bettis, the bus. let's welcome back the bus, jerome bettis. how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. >> hold up your right hand for just a second. there you g respect to the super bowl ring. you've been out of the game now, what three or four years? >> four years going on five years. this will be the fifth season. >> you're a year or two of going into the hall of fame. my point is you'll have to retire the super bowl rng and wear the hall of fame ring. >> i wouldn't have a problem doing that if they were this give me a hall of fame ring, that would be a tremendous honor. >> no question. i talked to a couple of guys from the baltimore orioles who's in the hall of fame, jim palmer designed the ring. it's a beautiful ring. he said one

there is an 11 minute ride from the beltway to the fort mchenry toll plaza. >>> as you are looking at your cameras, you are going to see the traffic building slightly here. we have one crash to let you know about in glen burnie. >> jamie, back to you. >> 6:00. >> i cannot imagine how tough it will be this morning and the rest of the weekend. a freshman was hit and killed by a car while trying to cross a road in bel air. >> joey was hit when trying to cross the street with two friends. the 14 year old high school football player, joey did ent tremont. the lights prohibited him from walking in the crosswalk, and the 19 year old driver had no time to stop when he hit and killed joey. >> he was a sweet and funny kid. he played piano and was in -- band, and was an amazing singer. >> it's 6:02 right now, we have two more murders to tell you about. police are looking for suspects in both cases. at quarter till 5:00 yesterday morning, a a man was shot in the head and taken to the hospital where he dater died. >>> izael white was shot in the back and chest, and he was taken to the hospital and

between the beltway, as you are coming to the fort mchenry toll plaza. >>> there is a little bit of a minor delay on the capital beltway. >> keep an eye out on the credit card fees. and you will want to look at your statements now. >>> 101 year old postal work speaks about the secret to his long life. >> 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. es tax on ez that's in andy harris' unfair tax plan. 23% sales tax. a 23% sales tax will cut my business in half. would be devastating. andy harris' 23% sales tax absolutely makes no sense. 23% sales tax would really make things unaffordable. that's too high for the average american out here. i don't know how we would m

this is at baltimore fort mchenry and we have another one tomorrow. and they vary differently. they're the two high tide times and the forecast the like this today. the rain's starting and the rain will be heavy at times and it will be heavy into tomorrow. the winds are picking up and wind gusts up to 30 to 40 miles per hour. it's going to get in here and get out quickly and we'll have the five day. >>> still to come on wjz wal- mart, cell phone study and why some cell phones could have an effect on your ability to hear a certain sound. and remember, wjz-13 is always on for you. and for updates of all this day's news and that first warning weather forecast, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> people who talk on their cell phone more than an hour a car were likely to have inner ear damage. a loss of high frequency hearing can make it difficult to hear words. >>> a new study found that carbon dioxide in fizzy drinks set us off the same pain in the nose as mustard in horseradish. >>> you'll want to check back in today at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. >> so, the winner, and australia's

afternoon showers in the 50's around mchenry. a range of 56 in the mchenry to 81 degrees in cambridge is a wide range of temperatures. we will stay relatively mild through the night tonight. a little bit of cloud cover and maybe some patchy fog. 55 degrees in the outlying suburbs, said this evening is at 6:54 p.m. all this is tracking of to the north and east. you can still see some really active weather around florida and the tail end of this fraud. it looks like another area of low pressure will be forming on the front and moving north through our region beginning thursday night and to friday. we will get hit by one more soaking rain coming through here, mainly tomorrow night into the first half of thursday. if we are going to get some tomorrow, it will be early on. by tomorrow, the rabb -- because of the -- clouds will be increasing. the rain could get heavy at times but some isolated strong thunderstorms late wednesday night into thursday morning. there is a lot of orange and red there. there is potential for a lot of rain to

everything in great shape on 95 down towards the fort mchenry. harbor tunnel traffic looks good. equally smooth at liberty. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. good morning. >> we have a delay on the three bus running 15 minutes late. we also have a few diversions. look for the five bus with a diversion because of the construction. metro subway is on time. no delays on penn, camden, and brunswick lines so far. now back to tony pann. good morning. >> after some scattered thunderstorms last night, things are pretty quiet right now. it did rain mostly north of baltimore. temperatures vary summer-like. 71 in annapolis. 74 degrees downtown at the maryland science center. skies are basically cleared except for a few patchy clouds. there is a big bright full mon outside. we should stay dry into the early afternoon hours. a system will give us another chance for rain this friday night and into saturday morning. the same front that came through yesterday stalled just to our north across the pennsylvania line. i think the atmosphere

mchenry has been -- brignac henry has been in college park this afternoon. >> there is a buzz around college football today as the two prepared to face virginia. after a blowout against morgan state last week, this team's confidence is riding high. >> we cannot wait. we have a phrase called "to note that rock" and we just yell it at each other. >> they've gone from everybody criticizing them and second- guessing them to everybody patting them on the back. it is human nature that you want to relax and enjoy that. >> the mountaineers racked up 468 yards in total offense against marshall, especially thanks to quarterback gino smith. but maryland said it can more than handle the challenge. >> he's got to be focused a lot then. >> and finally, regy bush has returned his heisman trophy. the u.s.c. has already returned its copy. he is the first player ever to vacate the heisman trophy. there you have it. no more in the locker room. >> no more males or females. the media goes into the media room and you go back to the penalty room. >> what do you know? >> a democratic defeat this november mi

we go, basically, a look at the possibility of flooding on the chesapeake bay with high tide at fort mchenry just before noon and just after midnight. those are the two major issues. 75 or temperature, but as the  heavy rain, three to six inches or more possible tornadoes mixed in. essentially, we'll have to deal with this threw the evening and overnight hours. we'll show you our time line forecast model in the next half hour. we expect to have some clearing by later on tomorrow with a high of 73 and a much chillier weekend. stay with us throughout the hour, back to you. >> thanks, justin. >> the rain is one thing, flooding is another. we are dealing with a soaker. that could mean wet basements and power out ans. >> live in middle river -- >> reporter: the rain is really coming down out here, megan. it has picked up in the last 30 minutes. we are here on eastern boulevard in middle river. take a look at the roads. it is really coming down. you can see puddles and high standing water along here. this is what drivers are having to deal with. take a look at this. you might want to slow it dow

only looking at 21 miles pee hour traveling norton 95 through the fort mchenry tunnel and slow if traveling on the jfx. lead to earlier crash on the northbounddlanes at cold spring lann. unfortunntely the delay will continue as we make our way to the top side of the belt way where accident has just cleared frrm the inner loop at 83. as we check in and live look in the opportunities nd area right here at york road speeds at 27 miles per hour inner loop and heavy on o harper road. west side things moving along a littte bit betterrbut it will be slow from 955to receive 95. tt you. >> thanks so muuh. >>>ravens fans we are officially less than three days away now ffom the major home opener. >> oh, and the gang from the bank stadium were out at harbor police today. they ad food. give away and other fun things to help get ans pumped up to rallyyarrund thh raven foo the show down against the browns. >> 1 and 1 cominn home. we aae going to be tw and 1 after beating the browns. that's a guarantee by me. >> well, l i hopeewe make it to suuer bowl aad take it úll, that's all. >>reporter: there you o.

loh 80's in mchenry and frostburg. satellite picture shows clouds overhead and here is this weather disturbance in canada, all tied to this front in the west. it is not very active, though. clouds are just not generating. with all of this humidity would think that something was going on, but it is just not happening at all. when this front comes through in less than 24 hours it will have little or no rain with it at all. but the air will cool. today, mostly sunny. unseasonably hot and humid, southwest wind that 5 to 15. the dewpoint is right near 70 and that means very humid. 1995, the afternoon temperature range. -- 90-95 the afternoon temperature range. 7:00 p.m. is sense that now. -- is sunset now. down in the tropics is where we have all of our storm activity. it looks like tropical storm matthew is going to take a turn to the north. something tells me it developed and there -- something else may develop down there. tropical storm ely's is way down indialantic. here is what -- is way down in the atlantic. here is w

around da lanie valley, over to a live view coming toward us southbound traffic in through the fort mchenry and moving well despite the facts a little heavier on the inbound side. now the latest for the buses and trains with kurt kroncke. >> good morning sarah. looking good on the mark trains. no delays on the pen camden or brunswick lines. light rail and metro subway on schedule. the 27 bus diverting at falls and northern parkway. the 10 and 30 buses delaying. light rail or metro subway fair, called the charm card. more information is located at mta.charm card.com. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this tuesday morning. but it is chilly. the temperatures in the upper 40's and lower 50's in the suburbs. 49 in park on the. you get -- in parkton. 61 downtown. 62 in annapolis. take a light jacket to start the day, but this afternoon you won't need it. clear skies on the satellite right now. it will help to warm things up quickly. showers and thunderstorms coming across the upper midwest. there's a cold front that will approach us during the day tomorrow. we

frederick is at 72. 58, mchenry. here are the clouds. the really humid air is off to the west. some little waves moving along the front will stir things up and dragged the moisture from the south. it will take a couple of days. we will be wet. a couple of showers overnight. northeast winds @ 5. the overnight low was in the 60's. is in the 60's to 70's. there could be some persistent and heavy rain tomorrow. how much rain are we talking about? monday, tuesday, quite a bit. in the baltimore area, anywhere from 1.5 to 2 inches. this will make up for the shortfall we are running right now. southeast winds will be 5-10. forecasters are watching a lot of activity in the tropics. there is this assist -- suspicious-looking formation that might affect parts of the eastern seabord later next week. we will see how that develops. here is the moisture coming up. futurecast -- monday, 8:00 a.m., a couple of bands of rain moving through. the second band comes through tuesday morning. it may include thunderstorms. a condition should improve during the day tuesday. we might try out for a day or

everything is flowing smoothly at the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> our big story, a casino will open its doors in just a few hours. >> the hollywood casino got the ok last night to open earlier than planned. kim dacey joins us live with more. >> hollywood casino got the official green light after a trial run went well saturday night. it will be maryland's first slots casino opened. voters approved a slots on referendum in 2008. the perryville casino is opening three days earlier than scheduled because construction finished more quickly than expected. no table games. 350 new jobs have been created. 80% of the new employees are from cecil and harford counties. they are proud to be starting a new era in maryland deeming. >> all our cast members are smiling from ear to ear. >> the casino will open its doors at 8:00 a.m. this morning. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal- tv 11 news. >> police are charging a patient in howard county with the murder of a fellow patient. a hospital nurse found susan sachs dead yesterday

you might want to consider the fort mchenry or the carper as an alternate to the key bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. >> good morning. we're moving along nicely on the light rail in glen bernie. metro subway is on time. we have a diversion on the buses affecting the tan and 30 buses at light street and pratt street. now back to tony pann. good morning. >> good morning. thank you. we will get in to the seven-day forecast in a moment. but first we say good morning to sandra shaw who is down for an interesting charity event. >> you have to have a lot of courage to be involved. it is a good thing we have a nice weather data. they will be repellent from the top at silo point. one of the people who will be repelling for addiction recovery melila.llio we have with us the president from that organization. what is it you guys do it? >> we provide residential services, outpatient services, support services, and we provide services behind the wire behind the walls in the state penitentiary's in maryland. >> it is impor

troubling southbound on 95, 05 minutes to get down to the fort mchenry from the 895 split. outer loop on the west side, about an 11-minute ride. is pretty smoothes out there. this is harford road and it is moving well. this is the west side. so far, a very nice ride down towards 95 on the south side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the race for city state's attorney is still underway. >> waiting for absentee ballots to be counted. gregg bernstein leads 30s and jessamy by about 1300 votes. jennifer franciotti joins us live with more. we thought this was all over. >> we sure did. this is a prime example of how every vote counts. neither camp is willing to can see until all of the absentee ballots have been counted. it still took the board of elections nearly a full day to release complete returns. the race between bernstein and jessamy is too close to call. 3% has been lost in limbo. they forgot to turn and memory cards from 82 voting machines. those cards have been tracked down. there is nothing suspicious or unusual about the slope accounting. >> when you have an

burt mchenry has been at the ballpark all day long. he actually broke the news to some of the players. >> stan kasten today, he took things pretty personally. at one. he covered his face with sunglasses to hide his emotions. -- at one point he covered his face with sunglasses to write his emotions. -- hide his emotions. >> we came to a successful conclusion on both players and the energy and time and strategy that we put together in ways that people had no idea and will never understand. >> he refused to go on camera today, saying he did not want to distract from the game going on right now, but he promised to divulged his future plans at the end of this season, to which he said, "i think you will not lose track of me." >> surprising and by the way, 3-2, nats against the saints. st. louis has evolved is stephen jackson and running back. he is 6 ft. 3 and 240 gallons. >> he is powerful -- 240 pounds. >> he is powerful and everything you want in a player. he is a great football player. >> in high school sports, is time to meet another fu

mchenry tunnel and it varies up and down the bay. the forecast looks like this, a very stormy day. we've got the severe weather, the flooding, the winds picking up. by tomorrow things will be quieter. we have a lot to get through before that happens. >> stay with us. the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back. again, first warning doppler radar showing a lot of moisture south and moving our way. it as out until 4:30 this afternoon. got to be some good news. sure is. clear skies by tomorrow afternoon, 72. the weekend looking sunny saturday. sunday 67. chance of showers, sunday, [ female announcer ] remember this promise? [ man ] martin o'malley -- taking on bg&e to stop the rate hikes. [ female announcer ] never happened -- your bill went up 72%. and o'malley gave the bureaucrat who approved the rate hike a huge raise. now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up

switching over to a live view at the fort mchenry toll plaza. very light volume for this time of the morning. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back over to you. >> thank you. emergency responders and the nation still baffled this morning after tragedy strikes one of the most unlikely of places. >> police say a man opened fire at johns hopkins hospital in injury to a doctor and killing his mother and then himself. jennifer franciotti is live outside johns hopkins hospital with more details. >> it will be business as usual at the hospital. a gunman opened fire inside what is considered one of the best hospitals in the world. police swarmed johns hopkins following reports that someone had shot a doctor and then barricaded himself inside a hospital room. the suspect was originally identified as warren davis. >> the doctor collapsed outside the doorway of the room. mr. davis was last seen running into the room brandishing a handgun in the direction of his mother who is confined to the bad. >> police said davis' real name is paul pardus. parts

beyond the beltway, no delays showing at the 895 split or at the fort mchenry. north and west side checking out good. we do have a bit of a slow spot on southbound 83 around shawan road. the other major roadways are all clear as you moved in towards the beltway. 70 is equally smooth at this time. 95 at 395 and we are problem free into town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. good morning. >> looking pretty good on the buses right now. there is a diversion on the p enn. metro subway on time in east and westbound direction. the marc trains are on time on all three lines, penn, camden, and brunswick lines. now back to tony pann. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. things are pretty quiet for us. it is chilly out there. you may want to take a light jacket. 53 and parkton. 54 in taneytown. 48 in fort meade. we have that heat island effect in the city. clear skies so no precipitation for us on our way to work or school today. we are watching a storm coming out of the plains states. this will give a some r

ride on the outer loop all remains clear if you are traveling through the tunnels, through the fort mchenry tunnel rom the toll plaza to the beltway. and from the harbor tunnel toll -ile55 miles per hour. that's the traffic edge rrport. patrice, back to you.ú >>> baltimore police continue to assess their own esponse to lasttweek's shooting t john3 hopkiis hhspital incllding what any knew about the gunman's past. joel d smith is live at the hospital now with more on the investigation incluuing some 911 calls that came from that deadly morning that police could use. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. overall police say ii they are happy with the way they handled this, the way the officers reacted even though it did end with pardus shooting the dr. and killing is mother. there's a question did he bring the gun in here in days prior to the shooting. there's a lot of things tt look at.ú police are trying to see -indsight to see if there was signs and if there were red fllgs, and things that ttey are looking at now, things that could have looked for that maybe the surreon c

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frorfor the mchenry toll, you ae and you are looking at a 9-minute rideewith an average speed of 455mills per hour. that's a look at traffic edge. back to you. >>> recent studies show it is as dirty as the toilet, but all of that pollution in chesapeake bay could soon be fluuhed away. todayythe federal envvronmental protection agency is set to release a restoration plan for megan gilliland is live with the latest on what that means for you. good morning, megan. p>> good morning, patrice, if this plan works, it means you can breathe easy for a while without holding your noss. it means cleaner water for the organisms that live in the bay and all of us that eat out of it. last month a few dozen people oysters and other shell fish that came from the bay. studies even showed it to be as ddrty as a toilet. a lot of ppople, even students havv tried their best to ccean it up.3 sediment pollution.d with our bay is in trouble. >> reporter: those concerns could be washed away. less than a month ago, six water plan under a strategy ordered by president obaaa. now the epa will submit its plan. by the

that's measured at for the mchenry. it will ramp up but we have a lot of tides coming up and a lot more also. there is a little bit of a lull in the action as bob was talking about at the beginning of the show. it is not finished. take a look down to our south. this is the beginning of the intense rain. there are mass amounts of rain almost like a funnel all the way from the caribbean straight up the entire east coast. now this heavy rain on the eastern shore a batch of heavy rain right now in the city. somewhat of a level. we have a lot of warnings to get to. flash flood warnings through 6:15. there's a lot going on in that map so we'll take you through this one. coastal flood warnings in effect until 5:00 a.m. on friday morning. in addition to that, and it doesn't show up on this map because of the flooding going on, but a tornado watch is in effect until 7:00 p.m. today. that is from about here all the way eastward. you can see it's in our legend in this part, too. when you have something that's already happening tha

he traveled to fort mchenry in september of 1814 to negotiate the release of dr. william bayne held captive by the british. he succeeded in getting him released but was unable to leave due to the british bombardment of fort mchenry so key was taken a prison aboard a british ship where he wrote the star spangled banner which is of course now we know our national anthem. >>> in honor of kelly ripken -- on this day your husband cal ended his consecutive inning streak today in history. ron washington came in for him. ron is now the coast of the texas rangers. >>> here's a great story coming up. >> a great story. last week it was announced that the nation's highest military award, the medal of honor will be given to a living serviceman for the first time since the vietnam war. >> it's for an extraordinary act of heroism in a region of afghanistan known as the valley of death. here's abc2 news martha ready -- raddatz who talked to the soldier about what happened. >> reporter: staff sergeant salvador junta was waiting at his army post in italy with his wife jennifer when

the 95 corridor looks good through the beltway as you approach the for the mchenry toll plaza. on the beltway, we are experiencing wet roads but really no issues here at harford road. we'll take a break and be right back. [ male announcer ] it's sunday afternoon. time for football on verizon fios. the nfl in 100% fiber-optic hd quality. that's a good start. but what's this? i can check my fantasy stats without changing the channel. and get an alert any time my team enters the red zone. and then watch every red zone play on nfl redzone. watch out couch, you've got competition as daddy's favorite. it's time for fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v visit verizon.com/getfios. >>> it's 5:51. let's take a look at news happening around the nation. remember the woman who gave an emotional interview after an attack of someone threw acid in her face and don't know who. police in washington state now say bethany store row admitted to dousing herself with acid. no word on why she did it but the story began to unravel and she then came clean du

no problems to report traveling through tunnels from the fort mchenry tunnel to he beltway, you're lookth a looking at an 1e ride, an average sseed of 53 miles per our. that's theetraffic edge report. patrice, back to you. >>> thank ou, lauren. >>> 5:32 now on fox 45 early editiin. a provision of the new healthcare law takes effect today offering some healt help r americans, but still many are %keptical. >> reporter: this affects everyone of us..3 thousands offamericans are hoping to get relief when it comes to healthcare. some worry rear we are going toy forrthis other ways. theepatienttprooection and aafordable care act goes into effect today. here is what it means to yyu, starting right now insurance3 compaaies ill no longer be permitted to exclude children because of preexisting health conditions. insurers won't be allowed to impose llfetime limits on benefits. and children up to 26 years old will be allowed coverage on their pareets coverage. included in he new benefits, col no, sicolon scopies, and ma. >>> the costs are going up and i don't think it's any surprise that democrats re

watch high tides at fort mchenry, 11:57 a.m. just after midnight on friday morning, 12:44. the rain today may try to move in as we head into the afternoon. that comes from south to north. reach about 71 with thickening clouds. showers as we head through tonight. could be heavy at times. tomorrow the read flooding rains build in. out of here by thursday night. friday, 73 and sunny and 60ed with lows in the 40s over the weekend. kim? >> justin, traffic is moving pretty well between uh, i-70 as you make your way from columbia pike approaching the beltway. we have speeds on the outer loop, starting at harford road. little slow down. on the west side, liberty road, 95, both directions 195, traffic moves pretty well. no real problems on the 95 corridor right now. as we look at our drive times and our maps, we have minor delays on the top side, seven minutes from bel air to providence. five minutes from white marsh boulevard towards the beltway, one accident on the outer loop, loch raven boulevard off to the left shoulder. traffic seems to clear up once you make it past the scene

all is clear traveling through mchenry tunnel tollway, an 8-minute trip with a ntia speed miles per hour. -ou're looking at a 9-minute trip ith 54 miles per hour. that's the traffic edge report. back tooyou, megan. >>> challenging gregg bernstein is ahead, but two days after the polls closed the baltimore's state attorney's race is still too close to call. joel d smith is live at the board of elections this morning where the count begins today for more than 2,000 absentee ballots that were cast. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, megan. a big day here. incumbent for 15 years, pat jessamy is behind by 1300 votes. but as you said there's 2,000 close to call so no winner has been declared yet. they say about 3600 applications for absentee ballots were done by the democrats, 2100 have been returned so far. a lost counting to do and it starts later this morning. bernstein says in a statement that he is not claiming victory yet and the jessamy camp s far from conceding as well. for most of yesterday, only 97% of the precincts had been counted so far. there could beemany reasons for

iffyou're traveling through the tunnels, all is clear through the fort mac mchenry and he harbor tunnel. %-patrice, back to you..3eport. >>> thank you, lauren. >>> vehicle crashes are the ú%mber one kiiler of teenagers and a new study gives an insight into why. a recent survey bay harris interactive questioned nearlyú stephen hundred teenagers.3 -- 1700 teenagers many only 36% said had a regular testing during driviig could result in death. while 55% the same about drinking and driving. but they''e bothhequallyy3 dangerous. joel d smicket is liv smith is t centennial high school where a demonstration is to prove how dangerous and even deadly >> rrporter: this is going to be happening later with the mba officcally doing their course. it's bben studied and everything. we have made our own course for demonstration purposes. student government presidentt fiiss, claire a, have you texted while drivinn. ú%done it.se, i everybody has >> reporter: have you done it lately. >> no. >> reporrer: ow stuff is it when you stop at the stoplight. >> it's tough. because you ccn see the light in your p

high tides, fort mchenry. just before noon this morning. just after midnight tonight. tides running two to three feet above normal. rainfall today, the possibility now, i'm expecting 3 to 6 inches. we have the possibility of tornados, winds gusting to 45 miles per hour. any time through this evening. let's check on the roads right now, here's kim brown. >> justin, traffic is going to be jammed pretty much anywhere you can expect around 695 this morning. just because of heavy volume and residual delays from earlier accidents that have since been cleared. here we are on the west side of the outer loop, pretty much at a crawl as you approach liberty road. about an 11-minute delay between 795 towards edmundson avenue. several things we have working, anne arundel county, gambrles. flooding blocking two lanes on 50 westbound at bay dale drive. the big crash so far this morning, i-70 corridor, has the eastbound lanes closed at route 29 because of an earlier overturned tractor-trailer. they hope to have that reopened by 8:00 a.m. in the meantime, that means there is no access

. -- at fort mchenry. rain in the mountains tomorrow and 63, showers around the bay with gusting winds and 73. winds will be even stronger on the lower eastern shore, gusting to 35-40 miles an hour with some heavy thunderstorms. a wet and windy thursday, clearing out friday, and i start to the weekend, and then that pennsylvania coal comes into our area on sunday. a high of only 59 with a chance for more showers into the middle of next week. >> so we know we will see chilly weather sunday in pittsburgh, but we don't know if we will see ray rice in the ravens backfield on sunday against the steelers. heading for the first showdown with pittsburg, and rice, who was back on the practice field today, is still a question mark for sunday's game. he bruised his right knee in last sunday's win over the browns. he is a much bigger threat in the passing game than mcgahee. he ran for 141 yards at pittsburg, the only running back to run for the 900 guards in the steelers in the last 37 games. -- to run for more than 1

fort mchenry toll plaza. look around the area, really traffic is fantastic. no issues as you make your way on uh, 95 down towards howard county, i-70 corridor looks good. so does 795. >> it's wednesday, getting you financially fit. here we go with dale horn. wednesday, he's on tv. here's our certified financial planner. this is a great question from winnie in catonsville. when you create a financial plan, how do you incorporate the possibility of unemployment? i think this is a great question. >> you know, for this period of time, especially what we've been through over the course of the last two years, we certainly take this question much more seriously than maybe three or four years ago. as we're creating the financial plan there, are many things we traditionally plan for, retirement, education, but what we also put into place is a safety valve for the possibility of a layoff or unemployment. this is the basics of how it'd work. i'll give you three steps that are probably most important. number one, we've said this before, creating an emergency fund. let's

look outside and show thaw things are looking good coming toward us on southbound 95 toward the fort mchenry. no delays to report at the harbor tunnel. key bridge traffic looks smooth at this time. and we can switch over to a live view of 795 at cook ease mill, going away from us is southbound traffic. no delays yet to report approaching the beltway. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's gets the latest on the buses and trains. for that we go to kurt kroncke of the m.t.a. >> good morning, sarah. it's a smooth commute this morning on the marc trains. no delails on the penn, camden and brunswick lines. both light rail, metro subway operating on schedule. a few bus delays. 5, 8, 10, 14, 19, 23, 51, 64 bus all running about 10 to 20 minutes late. and diversions, the 5 bus diverting at igor and central. look for the 10 and 30 buses with a diverse at light and pratt. with the m.t.a. transit team, now kurt kroncke. now back to tony pann. >> good morning, everyone. we'll show you the seven-day forecast. we do have a little bit of rain to talk about, but not today. first, good morning to s