the people in green are union members from the city of baltimore. what they've been trying to do here in the past week or so is organize in support of the bottle tax. you've heard a lot of people, ads on the radio, against the bottle tax by the american beverage council and other groups lobbying against it. these people are union members from the city of baltimore who are trying to lobby for it because they feel that if the bottle tax fails they might end up losing their jobs through layoffs in the city. indeed that's what representatives from the mayor talked about throughout this debate. they are saying if the council passes its version of the budget without the bottle tax that the city could lose about 150 jobs and some of those jobs are things that residents deem important including street sweeping, bulk trash collection and possibly the people from the housing department who board up vacant houses in the city, those are the jobs that the city officials from the mayor's office are saying would be threatened but council members say they don't nec

coming august 2011 baltimore's first grandprix . in downtown baltimore abc 2 news. >> the city will use $8 million in state and federal grants to make road improvements along the course. indy racing league still needs to sign a sanctioning agreement. that still needs to happen. >>> voters have taken matters into their own hands. they decided to go with the mayor's decision to put in speed cameras. out of the 500 ballots. this came after 400 signatures were collected. >>> governor martin o'malley is in change receiving an award for bio technology for promoting the industry in state. the group noted the governor's tax credit as one of the reasons why they chose him. maryland is home to 50 bio center companies. the governor says he's made bio technology growth one of his top priorities. >>> now for a look at tonight's top stories. two people are dead in north baltimore after using a portable generator to power the lights inside the home. the landlord reported he had not seen the couple for days. when police arrived at their house they

you guys are from baltimore and johnny alonzo is from baltimore and putting baltimore on the map. >> thank you, yeah. this is a good story. it's basically the tale of what would happen if miley cyrus would come to somebody's high school and attend. >> pandemonium. >> for sure. >> we take you through what would happen and how the child star would feel. we follow the life of a child star after a major show has ended. >> it would be interesting to follow that. talk about filming it here in baltimore and having it debuting here in baltimore? >> yeah. this has been wonder. the baltimore film community is very vibrant. the community is really excited when films come through. we do this thing with all volunteer sponsors and you know, the cast was all volunteers. so the community of baltimore is really great at supporting independent films. i think it's really important and we want to thank fox for bringing us on. >> no problem. >> and you know, anything that we can do to keep films coming to maryland. >> absolutely. >> it's going to be very important. >> and it hasn't been seen here in balt

officially, 54 in baltimore. a little cooler north of the border. 48 to york, pa, and warmer to the south. averaging 55 to 60 across most of the region. the official sunrise and all the way through sunset, 14 hours later, we should have the sun. 2-degree guarantee of 83. 5:30, and here's kim brown with traffic. >> justin, we are quiet around the baltimore metro area. fortunately no problems as you make your way on 85 down towards the tunnels. 21 cameras this morning in baltimore city, russ and will lee streets, no problemss as yo you make your way inbound. heading up a structure fire with west bittal closed. unless pilesville, southbound lanes of 543 moving an oversized load and that will have delays in the area as well. also checking on the road closure at route 50 on the eastern shore in 10 minutes. megan and jamie, back to you. >> 45 minutes ago the pakistan army said they down the pakistan any-taliban were connected to the times square attempt. the family man from the suburbs turned terror camp trainee said h

a west baltimore teenager. the officers are all a part of the violent crime impact division as and all three have n on the force for less than 10 years. karen parks has more on the charges against them. >> today the justice system of the baltimore city stood up. >> reporter: naacp leaders gives the city's justice system a pat on the back after three police officers are indicted for kidnapping an a teen. 16-year-old michael johnson junior says last may detective tire on francis, smith, and gregory helen, picked him up in the 1600 block of gilmor street. threw him in the back of a police van, cursed him, assaulted him and dumped him in the rain at patapsco state park in howard county without socks, shoes or cell phone. >> taking an urban city youth who does not have a car that far against his will is akeen to taking a fish and putting him on the beach a few yards and asking him to get back in the water on his own. >> reporter: today all three officers were charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, second degre

a deadly shooting also in southwest baltimore. shots rang out late last night in the 2100 block of frederick ave. a 21-year-old man was hit multiplerÑ/[es. e died at the hospital e this morning. arlypolice have not said whether they have a suspect or a motive. >> if you use baltimore city water, you could soon see your bills soar. >> this fight will not only be felt bought -- this spike will be felt by those in other counties. >> water rates in the city have increased every year for the past five. the county set their own rates, so the amount of increase will vary depending on the county. as far as city residents are concerned, they could see their bill go up $80 a year for their water. water main breaks seem commonplace in the baltimore area, with more than 1300 in the last year. >> major water main breaks last year _ and the importance of funding infrastructure improvements. p!r5>> aging pipes under the cy are the main cause of those breaks. the bald receive public works department is hoping to raise water -- baltimore city pu

. >> grand prix coming to baltimore. when the cars race through our city streets. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. tonight classmates at the university of virginia gather to remember yeardley love. young woman from cockeysville found dead in her off campus apartment early monday morning. >> candlelight vigil, more people showed up than could fit in the coliseum. 22-year-old was a star lacrosse at notre dame prep and went on to play for the cavaliers t has been a disturbing, confusing and sad few days. >> we are greatly distraught and unsettled to have lost yeardley in a tragic, violent and haunting manner. >> her teammates say while they are battling their grief they will play in the ncaa tournament. school the athletic director said the family encouraged. >> lone suspect, george huguely, love former boyfriend in police custody. today the charlottesville newspaper report police have obtained a red stai

live in north baltimore. keith daniels k fox 45 news at 10:00. >> thank you, keith. >> something else is already going up. gas prices. in some places prices have toped $3 a gallon. here in maryland. the cost of a gallon of gas is $2.89, up 4 cents from this time last week. and up 7 cents from last month. at this time last year, we were paying a little more than $2 a gallon of gas and analysts say the national average may top $3 a gallon this summer. but not by much. >> and the amount maryland hospitals charge you, may also go up soon. hospitals want to charge patients more than 3 percent more. they need the money to cover the cost of improvements. and insuranceers companies say they are trying to keep health care costs low and asking for an increase of about 1 and a half percent. the maryland health services cost review commission has not made a decision yet. >> well, all of this, may be confirming your fears about inflation. a poll taken by gallop last month shows 55 percent of americans are very concerned a

baltimore over by camden yards. over five years, the race is expected to bring in $11 million in tax revenue, $250 million in spending, and create more than 2000 jobs. hotels and restaurants will be packed. >> with an estimated 150,000 car racing spectators over the course of three days, it is safe to say that at some point during the race, that will probably be hungry. >> is estimated road construction will cost $7.75 million. the city will have six years to pay back state grants. >> what we have here is one of thewok best racetracks' i haver seen in my life. >> the professionalc> the first turn will be in front of the inner harbor. it will look so sexy on tv, and then we come back up the other side and we have the guards, which is history. this is an a-plus racetrack. >> the whole idea was really a pipe dream just a year ago. thanks to councilman bill cole, he was first contacted by baltimore raising development, and is now a reality. cole says

. >> illegal dirt bikes racing through baltimore neighborhoods. where we captured this video and what is keeping police from stopping this these riders. mild temperatures for weekend. but there is a chance for rain. part state of best seeing showers and when they will move in my sky watch forecast. unintended side effects of viagra the sense you could be ruins by using that little blue pill. live in high definition, from wbftv in baltimore this is fox 45 news in 5:30. capture cops on camera, city police argue they can arrest you for video taping them doing their job. >> crime and justice reporter investigates whether it is legal. joy. >> karen, youtube video of baltimore city police officers arresting a m woman preakness has many people wondering if person who record thad video broke the law. take a listen. >> taking a picture. >> officers concerned over cameras eyes witness tell me a lot of people were taking pictures and recorded has this scene. an officers did their best to make sure that evidence was erased. >> they were telepeople not to pak

this saturday action baltimore will see next summer. indy-style racing, right through well-known downtown streets. and the city approved the agreement today. >> this is an exciting day in baltimore and if this car doesn't make you excited, you need to get your heart checked. >> reporter: they say the city's inner harbor is the perfect location. >> when i looked at the photograph of baltimore, it was like i hit the lottery. because i got the harbor and camden yards yards and wide enough streets and the ability to run the race without impacting too many businesses or residences. >> reporter: for two years, the city negotiated with baltimore racing development, a group of investors for the event. now, over the next five years, baltimore's grand prix will attract more than 100,000 visitors. sweep a little more than $11 million into the city's tax coffers. and create nearly 2,000 jobs. it's a deal baltimore needs in a sluggish economy. >> we know what a huge impact this is going to have for our community every summer. it really is probably g

will it stay to the east side of baltimore? any shift of the storm could put this right on top of baltimore or push it farther away. plan for the better chance of rain occurring on sunday. and still don't see we'll have a complete washout here. it will be spotty showers and cooler temperatures. not today. we'll drop back to 59 to mid- 60s overnight. check out the weekend's forecast. 76 tomorrow, 71 on sunday. better chance of rain will be on sunday. we're back in the 80s with dry weather by the middle of next week. >>> i believe that's the university of baltimore having commencement ceremonies this morning at 8:30 at the first mariner arena. also with the national bike to workday, you can expect more traffic downtown as you approach for the morning commute. so keep that in mind. as we take a peek at our drive times, 95 northbound from route 100 up to 395, that will take you ten minutes. 29 southbound all clear with a nine-minute ride. on the southwest side of the i- 70 to 95. we take a peek at our cameras. no major problems on

two people discovered dead in their north baltimore home. kathleen tells us a silent killer could be to blame. >> the bodies were discovered monday after the landlord for the building contacted police. investigators are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong inside the house. hundreds of people passed this home last week not realizing what was inside. the two had not been seen for seven days. friends say the electricity had been turned off so they were using a generator. police say the generator ran out of gas and suspect the couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning. now the friends are urging others to get c.o. detectors. >> please do so. it can take our life. please do so. if i lose my friend, she was supposed to be alive. please do so. >> friends say one victim was from el salvador and the other from puerto rico. >> thank you. a man is shot and killed in front of a bar in southwest baltimore. it happened late last night in the 2,100 block of frederick avenue. the victim has been identified as 29-year-old jonathan byrd. he went

northeast baltimore down the stretch she comes. amber baker of forestville high. the opponent is not so much a competitor, but she's her own competitor. amber does it at the class 1a south regional meet. we'll have more tonight at 11:00. >>> those hurdles don't look as high unless you're actually rung toward them. >> hang in there, jump high. cross the finish line. >> tonight at 11:00 on wjz, outrage in detroit over a little girl killed in a police raid. more on that emotional service tonight. also, healthwatch, childhood diabetes, no fun, but coming up tonight, how a video game is helping kids manage that disease. be sure to watch cbs's hit drama 48 hours mystery at 10, immediately followed by wjz's news at 11:00. >>> finally tonight, a four- year-old boy in china is quickly becoming the new prince of pop. take a look here. [ music ] >> that kid is pretty good. i think his name is chow boy. so far he is the youngest of one of the bestest pint-size performers. does the moon walk to some of those popular songs. he has even taken his act to,,,,

for these stories and more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun. and remember, you can look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. >>> a big honor for governor martin o'malley. mary has more. >> he's being named in chicago, biogovernor of the year, for his support of the biotech industry in our state, including $75 million in funding for the state's universities and colleges. >> reporter: maryland's biotech industry is being cultivated in front of our eyes, inside labs like this, at the life sciences institute. student curtisha charles is positioning herself for the future. >> i'm currently interested in the forensics department. as well as testing. we do a lot of testing. >> reporter: these students are enrolled in the applied science degree program. >> we have to use our brain and decide. and actually, do hands on. and i like hands on. >> reporter: many will go on to become lab techs. and director kathleen norris says their skills are in demand, even in this economy. >> right now, some of the industries have pulled back.

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live in northeast baltimore. keith daniels, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> thank you, keith. >> the bottle tax is back. the plan to charge 4 cents per beverage container in baltimore city fizzled last week and now city council is taking a second look. melinda roeder was at tonight's city council meeting ann live with more on the coca-cola controversy. melinda? >>well, distributors for coke, showed up for tonight's moment along with those that push pepsi products and even bottled water. they are all being targeted by this tax. taste forr >> i am not aware of council people that would vote for it. >> city council is not keen on the idea of a beverage tax and neither are bottlers that showed up to oppose the 4-cent fee. >> pennies add up. particulaaly for the working families in baltimore city. these products are made here in baltimore city as well. >> while supermarkets and carry outs are hoping the proposal will fizzle oot. some city workers are all for it. >> we support it. the bottle tax. because we believe 4 cents ma

all three men are assaulting two baltimore city teenagers last wind. the officers had been assigned to the violent crimes investigation division and have been suspended. the court date for the officers has not been announced. >>> tonight student at the university of virginia will hold a candle light vigil for murders lacrosse player. friends had their private tributes to the 22-year-old. love was found dead inside of her offcampus apartment monday morning. police say her former boyfriend kicked down her bedroom door, shook her and hit her head against a wall several tim . hest charged with first degree murder. love's family will receive friends in towsen on friday 2:00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00. her funeral services are saturday at 10:00 a.m. >>> charges are not expected against a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian last night. it happened on eastern avenue around 9:30. police say the victim stepped out into the road and was struck by a toyota matrix being driven by a 71-year-old. it is believed the pedestrian was intoxicated at the time of the accident. >

live in northwest baltimore. myranda stephens, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> thank you, myranda. >> watermain break closes part of coldspring lane and north baltimore. detours between hillen and harford county. officials say that stretch of road will be closed until saturday afternoon. crews are working to repair heavy damage, to the road. >> dozens of people want justice for a friend and colleague killed by a hit-and-run driver. rally today at howard and john streets where gonzales was killed. it happened may 14. his boss spoke at the rally urging anyone with any information whatsoever in this case to help out. >> do the right thing. and, please, turn yourself in. whoever you are. because we will catch you. cameras all around here. sooner or later we will catch you. and you will pay the price. >> friends say gonzales was a hard worker with a he great sense of humor. >> 16-year-old is hospitalized after being hit by a car. it happened about 5:00 today at owen's mills and red run boulevard. he was rushed to the johns h

the baltimore 500 is on. explain that, but tell us who you have here who's so cute. >> this is gerry who's squirmy and up for adoption. >> oh, she's a lot of fun. >> and very, very pretty. we are doing the baltimore 500 done in conjunction with maryland spca and baltimore b.a.r.k.s. society. we set a goal to adopt 500 cats and kittens in the month of may. so, so far through wednesday, we've done 298. >> you're getting there. >> we're getting there. so we need to keep up the pace. we want to encourage people to come out and get a kitty. there's no adoption fee. >> it is a huge incentive. >> and they are already spayed and neutered. they've got their shots and doctors get a free health exam from cat hospital in towson, so it is a good deal. >> if you are sitting at home and you saw this face, you can get her for free. go to one of the participating shelters in baltimore. look at that face. >> she's hiding. >> tell us about the meeting that you are having. >> i believe the public does know that there is a mayor'

parents in northwest baltimore are outraged. they say a school bus drivers stranded their preschool age children. officials say happened wednesday after a minor accident on the way home from school. there 32 kids on board. one mother said she found her child wandering with children eight blocks from her home. tension on the korean peninsula continues to mount after south korean investigation blamed the communist north for sinking a south korean naval vessel with a torpedo back in march, killing 46 sailors. south korea's president has called an emergency meeting of his national security council today. >> some good news on maryland of the economy. the labor department estimates the state added 8200 jobs last month. the unemployment rate for the state stands at 7.7%. more than 22,000 marylanders are still looking for work. the unemployment rate improved in 33 other state beating states and the district of columbia. >> we are learning how brazen the have got away with several priceless works of art from the paris museum. >> the hist

live in northeast baltimore. keith daniels, fox 45 news "latt edition". >> thank you, keith. >> baltimore city may get a bottle tax after all. plan to enact 4-cent fee onnmost beverage containers of water, soda, and beer. the plan would generate more than $10 million. mayor's office said without it, hundreds of city workers would be laid off. but soft drink companies as expected oppose the tax. council voted tonight to hold the bill for a few more weeks to try to figure out the revenues. >> and student said she was3 shoved down steps and bullying >> kathleen cairns has more on the story you are seeing first on fox. >> it is a $600,000 lawsuit against the county board of education, and 2 school administratorss and it alleges the school system failed to mmintain a safe environment for the 13-year-old girl. the th grader at franklin middle school in reisterstown said she was bullied every day. and it escalated when she was pushed down a flight of stairs and broke her foot. her mother said school administrators ignor

the city says baltimore is a sports town. it has the preakness, the orioles and the ravens. and now, indy-style racing. which would bring more fans and money to maryland. >> reporter: grand prix racing through the streets of baltimore is a done deal. today, the city approved a five- year agreement with the baltimore racing development to bring the indy-style racing to charm city in august 2011. the nearly 2 1/2-mile track waves through russell, pratt and light street. >> the first turn is going to be through the inner harbor. it's going to be so sexy on tv. then we come back on the other side. >> reporter: over the next five years, the deal will attract more than 100,000 visitors. inject $1 million into the city's tax coffers. and create nearly 2,000 jobs. just what baltimore needs in a down economy. >> we know what a huge impact this is going to have for our community. it ral is probably going to be the most powerful tourism of the summer. >> reporter: baltimore's roads aren't quite ready for high-end racing. the city will p

grand prix. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake calling the baltimore grand prix of game changer for the city. what was really back from shattered just a year ago has become reality, thanks to bill cole, who was first contacted by baltimore racing development. he says he did not move forward until he had full support from all the neighborhoods affected in this district. >> we are wrong to include the neighborhoods every step of the way, and make certain they benefit from this race in a very significant way. >> the baltimore grand prix is an indycar style race that will look around the inner harbor and west baltimore overwrite camden yards. over five years, the race is expected to bring in $11 million in tax revenue, $250 million in spending, and create more than 2000 jobs. hotels and restaurants are expected to see business like they have never seen before. >> with an estimated 150,000 car racing spectators over the course of three days, it is safe to say that at some point during the race, that will probably be hungry. >> road construction is estimated to cost $7.75 million. pro

go to facebook.com/baltimore. i am judy kurtz and that's tonight's "word on the web". >> the orioles se >> all right. here is the final look at the seven-day forecast. it looks like we will see another great day tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. 81 degrees. kind of a repeat of what we saw today. 84 on thursday. a chance for a passing shower. about 20 percent chance. 82 on friday. nice conditions. kicking off the weekend. and saturday could be the day to get showers and thunderstorms. probably beginning late friday to saturday. but i think it should be out of here by sunday. mother's day, high of 69. sunshine. cooler. and next week, we start off with temperatures in the lower 70s. so relatively decent forecast. few spring showers here and there. back to you. >> lots of moms depending on this guy over there. >> that's right. thank you. >> pitching match up in the bronx tonight. >> bruce cunningham joins us with highlights in "sports unlimited". bruce? >> jeffrey, coming up tonight on "sports unlimited". orioles sent lef

we are outside of baltimore city police headquarters. wbal tv 11 news. >> new details about the murder of the university of virginia student from baltimore county allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend. >> we start our team coverage with jayne miller who says the new details, from what was released yesterday and a statement that the suspect made to police. >> after a brief court hearing today, his parents declined any comment. while the suns lawyer tried to paint the death as an accident. he was found dead yesterday morning in the bedroom of a apartment he shared on the compass -- campus of university of virginia with roommates. >> we hope that no conclusions will be drawn our judgments made about him or this case. however, we are confident that it was an accident with a tragic outcome. >> the door that leads to his bedroom was forced open by what appeared to be something lurking through the door. her right eye was swollen shut. she had facial injuries consistent with a blunt force trauma. he admits he kicked down the door and an alt

maybe just a faw light showers in baltimore county. perry hall, edgewood with a few showers out there. across the south, we have a new round making its way along that line. ing see see few showers around cambridge. salisbury, heavier showers just off to the west. now let's switch it over and show you how this is all scattered around. clouds thicken up during the day. here's the second round making its way through. the winds have been out of the song east and that's feeding more moisture into the system. the dew point's in the low 60s. that's why if was muggy out there today. temperature-wise, i feel warm with the clouds in place. it's 69 degrees in baltimore. 68 in easton. we did manage a high of 79 degrees earlier today. it's above the averagep 76. we started out today at 66. we're still above that. tonight we're off a little bit and will not go up all that much. that's because it's going to be on top of us. you can see really dry air out to our west. this is the storm that's disconnecting itself from the jet stream. nothing really to

we have the details. >> baltimore city now has the most unique. daisy jackson sees this be all too often. >> is a school right there. it doesn't make sense. >> principal bill murphy -- maybe if you hit people in the pocketbook, they will realize that driving 40 and a 25 is not a good idea, especially when there are a lot of kids around. >> they chose those spots. 4 cameras will monitor for different predetermined spots. >> what the germans were they move? >> we have conducted a comprehensive study to determine where those portable units should be placed. will looked at that number of accidents, how many drivers speed, and they're going to be placed in school zones. >> offenders will get a $40 to get caught going 12 miles an hour or more over the speed limit. most of which actually look like cameras. the new ones have a unique shape and are already catching people off guard. >> i thought it was some device. i thought was meter reading or some type of monitoring. >> i have never seen that before. they might have come a speeding coming down there. >>

knows. >> it started at home, baby, in baltimore. reporter: she invited wjz to the set of her new talk show. >> i love baltimore, baby. baltimore was the place that would tell me what was funny and what wasn't funny. reporter: it's a long way to here. how did it happen >> seems like yesterday i was walking on stage on a dare to do open-mic night. 20 years later, we're on the set of the show. reporter: from the spot light in baltimore, she rocked apollo theater. play on the parkers and lit up the stage with the queens of comedy, now it's a dream come true. reporter: i met oprah, and i say when i grow up i want to be just like you. this elementary school is where she hung out with friends. >> you've come a long way, what do you want young women to know about mo'nique. >> i never had a plan b, i only had a plan a, i was going to swim or sink, that's it. reporter: she's made it, the disturbing performance on precious. >> the reward was people's lives were change. the reward is people going to get heal, the victim and the molester . an aw

i think we stay generally rain-free at least in baltimore. we'll talk much more about the week ahead and look at a big storm off to our south, coming up. >>> tonight's top stories -- an autopsy is being performed to determine what killed a 6 week old infant in laurel. anne arundel county police say that joel was found unresponsive with no signs of trauma on saturday morning. a neighbor called police after a woman knocked on the door crying for help. >>> a blair family wants answers in the -- bel air family wants answers in the mysterious disappearance of their son. police found the remains of michael hogan three years after he went missing from a recovery and therapeutic facility in shrewsbury, vermont. authorities ruled out foul play but michael's father reached tout a forensic -- out to a forensic specialist at towson university to see if she could help. she hopes to find some answers about his death. >>> is the bottle tax back? a city council vote is expected on the beverage tax tonight. last week city council members said support for the

baltimore police this if you have any information, give them a call. >> breaking news in baltimore city. >> a restaurant fired just south of franklin ave. we have videos show you what it looks like shortly after 4:00. the kitchen fire at the restaurant here in northeast baltimore city, there is a fire in the kitchen and up in the roof. they worked extensively to extinguish the fire, trying to keep damage to a minimum. north and southbound bellaire road are south -- shutdown. >> baltimore county detectives are working to solve the deadly shooting, it happened friday night just before midnight. police say an unidentified man was found shot on mcdowell lane and was taken to the hospital, but died from his injuries. police have identified the 6- week-old baby boy found a dead in an apartment. they were found unresponsive on saturday morning. police say the apartment was in significant disarray. it is unclear as the condition of the bomb was connected to the child's death. dodge the suspect shot by a baltimore city officer is in shock trauma tonight. he found the suspect in said of his car.

people of baltimore deserve more. and the commissioner made it clear, we will hold officers accountable and civilians and anybody affiliated with this agency. case closed. >> i spoke with michael johnson senior earlier today, that told me that a year later this case is still mind boggling. meantime, dwight pettitte that represents the family filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the officers involved, and he said, that a lawsuit against the baltimore city police department is quite possible. reporting live here at baltimore city police headquarters. karen parks, fox 45 news "late edition". >> we have breaking news in baltimore county tonight. police say a person was struck and killed by a vehicle in essex. in the 400 block of eastern boulevard. we will have more information as soon as it becomes available. >> first on fox tonight. thousands of dollars spent on makeup for ousted mayor sheila dixon. fox 45 news has obtained $11,000 in bills during her three-year-term as mayor of baltimore. includeing the cost of

. >>> now to the developing story in northeast baltimore. a water main break is also causing major headaches along a major baltimore artery and those are likely to continue throughout the night. kelly mcpherson has the latest on the impact. >> reporter: the crews are still here working to replace the 12-inch main that broke just after 12:30 this afternoon. from sky eye chopper you can see it is quite a mess and it is an issue because it is right on coldspring lane which is already acting as a detour for another major inner fare. >> we have lost two of the major thoroughfares in baltimore. so traffic is being detoured from the detour to echo dale avenue until this is completed. >> reporter: so while crews are still here, it is a mess. they will repair this road throughout the night and then tomorrow a company will come in to work on paving the road back over. so until then it will be shut down. the good news in all of this is that water has been restored to everyone around this area. they rerouted the main to make sure that morgan state unive

he said i am not from baltimore. my fathers and brother did not attend cardinal gibbons or any other catholic high school in this area but this does not prevent me from understanding your loss and great sadness. and all of the students here are hoping find a replacement within 3-5 miles of this school. most of the students say they have been placed at orange schools so far. back to you. >> gigi, thank you. >>> tonight is gibbons prom. the last one ever at that school. >>> some new details about a deadly crash in anne arundel county. it happened around 10:00 last night at route 100. charles drew, jr., was the passenger in a car when the driver pulled over. the 30-year-old then tried to cross 97 when he was hit by an oncoming car. he was talken to shock trauma where he believed. police believe he was drinking prior to the accident. >>> anger in the gulf states tonight as thick black crude hits beaches. joel brown reports for wjz. video of the spill is fueling outrage. >> reporter: live pictures of the massive under wat

it has been scattered today around baltimore and chesapeake bay. when you go west of us to western howard county and western carroll county and beyond, they have had an inch to almost two inches of rain. much more to the west and south of us. let's see what we had today. 75 was the high at the airport and the inner harbor. a couple of spots of blue sky. the clouds predominated. mid-60's for the low. not quite -- the clouds will be dominated. mid-60's for the low. at least around the baltimore area, we are a little bit on the short side. to the west of us, there was much more rain. annapolis is 70. 64 in ocean city. the breeze is coming off of the ocean. it is keeping the temperatures down. hagerstown is in the 60's. we're stuck in the 50's all day yesterday. here is the satellite image showing the spotty cloud over us. there are stars formed off to the south and southeast. -- there are stronger storms off to the south and southeast. the high pressure is sitting underneath an area of surface low, spinning down here. will eventually worked its way of

a baltimore county bar owner shot to death. tonight police look for a motive and the killer. >>> the big gamable. i'm mike hellgren, a big battle is on over slots. >>> and tens of thousands of gallons of oil flowing into the coast as outrage grows. >>> check in for these stories and much more on wjz eyewitness news. >> the news starts right now. >>> fatal ambush, a baltimore county business owner shot nine times. >> tonight his friends and family mourn as police search for killer. >>> good evening everyone, i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter, this is what we have coming up tonight. >> adam may has the story. >> reporter: finding a motive is the big question for investigators. they figure if they find that out, it will lead to a motive. patrons are dropping off water for lee martin. >> all we know, when he walked

with baltimore's future on the line. >> we're in a jam. we need to raise at least 41, 42 million dollars just for basic public safety, recreation and solid waste. >> reporter: the mayor left open the possibility of resurrecting that bev ranch tax because they haven't found enough money to replace it, so it's not a hundred percent dead yet. >>> the city's share of the fire and police pension system is also being negotiated at this point. right now it appears they are on the hook for $64 million. >>> overnight we learned a candidate for county executive died. steven wright was killed last night when his car went off the road in bellaire, then hit the utility pole. the sheriff's office says it does not appear he was wearing his seat belt. it appears speed was not a factor in the crash. >>> a call for help this morning from cecil county where three children were killed in a town house fire over the weekend. the family is asking for the pup's help in paying for their funerals. the doctor is in a medically induced coma for treatment for burns an

a friendly event for them but for baltimore another critical event. m & t might play host in the future for games that mean so much. >> we hope whether the u.s. gets the world cup awarded to it baltimore will be a city that has matches. >> we keep selling these games out, we will keep bringing the international games back here, and maybe if we fill the bases, we could hit a grand slam. the world cup in baltimore would be a grand slam. >> the 2010 world cup begins next month in south africa. the groundwork must be laid n some eight to 12 months in advance to ensure inclusion. with with millions of dollars on the line it is work well received. >> hopefully that -- soccer comes to m&t stadium on july 31. >> the wizards. which player to take? wizards will get to narrow down their choices, and it is a straight-forward choice. take either kentucky star ajohn wall or -- the two players have the high profile of this week's nba rookie combination but even there it doesn't seem like much of a match. not as easy going as this one -on-one match. he has a washingt

a baltimore says it is a sports town. we are less than two weeks away from the -- now independent eye style racing that will bring more fans and dollars to baltimore. >> reporter: racing through the streets of baltimore is a done deal. today the city approved a five- year agreement. to bring the indy style racing to charm city. the gearly two and a half mile track. >> the first turn is going to be in front of. it's going to look so sexy on tv then we come back on the other side of the race track. >> reporter: over the next five years the deal will attract more than 100,000 visit ors. and create nearly 2,000 jobs. just what baltimore needs in a down economy. >> we know what a huge impact this is going to have for our community every summer. it really going to be probably the most powerful tourism weekend of the summer. >> reporter: but they amount quite ready for hi performance racing. the city will plug pot holes and fix roads. the contract student up under tough scrutiny. >> all the hard work and the heavy lifting has be

he was a flight officer with baltimore city. in 1998, the helicopter barry wood was piloting crashed as he was pursuing a stolen vehicle. martha wood knows how important it is to honor our local heroes. i'm sorry for your loss but i appreciate you coming in to talk about this. >> thank you. >> tell us about your husband. >> well, barry had started with baltimore city police department in 1971, and he started with a fox trot as they call it which is a helicopter unit. he loved to fly. that was his profession. he loved it. and he was with baltimore city police department for 27 years. and at that time he said, you know, why do i bother to retire because i've got the greatest job, i've got great pay, i'm going to have a great pension and i want to continue. he loved what he did. he loved flying, he loved helping people, whether they were on the ground or in pursuit of something or looking for a lost child. so he really loved his job. and, personally, i didn't think i would ever get that phone call. >> i imagine you know there are r

baltimore. >> from the city, to the counties, to your neighborhood, now, it's complete coverage it's wjz maryland's news station. >> good morning and welcome to "eyewitness news" this saturday i am gigit barnett. >> i am tim william. it's just about 60 degrees. good morning. >> good morning. >> we are looking at a pretty muggy kind of a morning. humidity levels are a little high. cloud cover is out there. so kind of locked in some of the warmer air that we had yesterday. won't get up to the temperatures we had on friday. we have got into the upper 80s around most of the area. cloud will see to it we don't get that high. we will see sun filtering through the cloud but the temperatures stay down pretty low in the 70s today with a chance of rain in the afternoon. your forecast looks like this for the day. starting off with temperatures in the 60s. we will see some sun. not a ton of it before the cloud start to increase. we will get up into highs in the mid-70s down into the 60s again tonight with a

. >>> look for a temperature of 64 degrees starting out in baltimore. it's definitely a good-looking start to the day. 61 degrees for hagerstown, and 53 in salisbury. and we're looking for -- hey, you know what, i lost a mic. >> we will get it for you. >> i don't know where it is. oh, there it is. i don't know where it is. thank you. okay. you know what, let's do it this way. >> there. >> 64 degrees in baltimore. wild start to the weekend. 53 in salisbury and we will be looking at temperatures that will be climbing today more so than yesterday into the mid-80s. in baltimore a little bit of a cloud cover. 80s for today and low pressure is going to move in, bring us a chance of some showers with maybe even some thunderstorms for the weekend. today 85, and just warm. here is candace dold with the traffic edge and i will try to figure out my mic. >> reporter: all right, i think my mic is on. if you are heading out and hitting the roadways we want to show you what it's like out there. here is 97, and there's light activity. that's the case on the beltway. th

in north baltimore. at the cathedral mary our queen. >>> the land lord called to report the [ inaudible ] and neither she norher boyfriend would answer their door. when police arrived at their house they made a grizzly discovery. >> once we made our way inside we found two people deceased in the early stages of decomposition. after we checked around upon further investigation we located a generator that had been inside. obviously it was in the on-position or should have been on. however, the generator had run out of gas. >> police are still awaiting tests but the suspects died from carbon monoxide poisoning. coming up at 6:00 we'll take a look at why friends say the couple's power had been turned offsetting the stage for their deaths. >>> prince george's county funeral home has lost its license after investigators found about 40 bodies in a garage. last month a investigator with the board of morticians and funeral directors conducted a surprise inspection in river dale. authorities say 40 body bags were

and baltimore is in the hunt. the world cup is a $300 million monster. >> so that's like having three superbowls. it's enormous. >> reporter: this year the battle lines are drawn between manchester city and inter millan. >> european teams are coming over here and could they see the economic boom? >> reporter: if these seats get filled it is a boom baltimore is creating. >> the only thing we have on our resume is that game last year and this game this year. and we need to sell out the game. >> reporter: tickets will run between 25 and $115. they go on sale next wednesday at 10:00 a.m. mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news news. >>> and many of the same players coming here to baltimore will play a key role in next month's world cup in south africa. >> i may have to try to see some of that. >> it will be exciting. >>> coming up, bono hospitalized. "u 2 singer had to be hospitalized. >>> and will we see sun or showers or both this weekend. we'll have that ahead in the five-day forecast. >>> wjz is always on. hear the top ,,

of baltimore. that is the first mariner arena. they do start in just about 10 minutes right now. you are going to find extra congestion downtown. just allow yourself a few extra minutes if you need to head out the door. as far as main line are concerned, the jfx, we're in the green, no mishaps to talk about making the trek all the way up toward cold spring lane and eventually toward the beltway. on 83 traveling through baltimore county, just above the beltway let's check it out there and look at this, a picture perfect friday morning ride, northbound, and southbound lanes down toward pearl street. let's check in on the beltway because the inner loop lanes have been delayed at greenspring avenue and the inner loop stretch continues to be the case. outer loop, though looking better at 795. megan, back over to you. >>> thank you, candace. >>> we want to show you a live look from an underwater camera in the gulf of mexico. what is you're seeing right now is the bp oil spill. that's the oil gushing out.

we never really developed the afternoon showers, nice breeze, and 81-degrees in baltimore. more than 10 degrees above normal, and we will do it again today. slipping back 5-degree in the past hour. 54 in easten. showing the area location near 60 this morning. dropping back north of the border çin pa. we have moderate air quality. the map through the spring and summer çseasons, and high pressure in control allowing the fairly typical conditioning here the sunshine is doing its thing. easy winds and waves as they continue the cleanup effort in the north and north eastern section of the gulf. the north easterly wind helps to push it away from the panhandle of florida. otherwise, mild conditions. that frontal boundary back across the northern plains. until tomorrow, clear skies today and tonight. tomorrow, frontal boundary showing a hint of showers developing by 1:00. philly up to new york a bitter shot. see how it breaks up outside of baltimore? that means a chasmal chance of showers pushing through. we will have midday clouds tomorrow, and then a nice weather pattern thro

lost 5-degrees in baltimore. winds light out of the west. humidity at 93%, a factor of morning conditions. it's actually relatively low. once we start to turn the temperatures up into the 70s and low 80s, you will feel that. nice, beautiful crisp to the feel this afternoon. much like yesterday. the winds not as strong. more on the forecast with the outlook for mother's day coming up. let's see what we have on the grand prix we call the beltway. >> reporter: no problems on the beltway. most of the major roadways checking checking in clear. a road closure on piles avenue. route 165, they are trying to move an oversized tractor trailer carrying a big load. and also in baltimore west bittal closed due to a structure fire. we will check on the road closure but megan and jamie back it you. >>> we want help you get back to work. >> and we want to help you find eligible candidates. >>> and who hung up their dancing shoes? >>> a daring rescue as three fight can -- fight against the current to hang on for their lives. >>> all right, we are back with y