mary's county -- whether anne arundel county out of st. mary's and calvert into anne arundel over the next 15 minutes. elsewhere on the radar we have some very heavy rain that is falling, as well, continuing to fall, now in eastern howard county. that's heading off to the north. another pocket of someoderate to very heavy rain is falling into northern montgomery county. southern loudoun unty. western fairfax county. another pocket of very heavy rain is falling in southern unty. all of this is traveling due north at a raid rate. all this associated, again, with this huge storm system that continues to circulate just off the atlantic sea board, and over the last three hours we've had this rain really pick up in intensity. we had light rain earlier in the eveng but just in the last couple of hours we've had a couple of waves of very heavy rain. likely many the small creeks and screams are going to become very full with water and maybe even overflow their banks in the next hour or two. right now we don't have any flood warnings but certainly t

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 to the beltway from eastbound i-70. all the traffic diverted onto southbound route 29. 40 westbound as well. expect major delays, a crash just reported 95 southbound at 195. >> it's a mess out there, please be careful. remember to check on abc2news.com. >> weather and traffic all morning. two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich did not make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but martin o'malley, even in the toughest of times, has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley fro

parlor at anne arundel mills mall. the creation of 4000 new jobs. those who oppose slots have teamed up with the maryland jockey club. voters will decide this issue. if they vote no, slots zoning will start from scratch. cordish says that will be taking a giant step backwards. >> thank you. that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- what's your position on building a slots palace at arundel mills? >> >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> here is meredith vieira for a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> good morning. will a new pledge to america it help or hurt the gop's chances in november? also, the latest on the efforts of those 33 workers who have been trapped in a mine. we will have a live report. the pregnant woman that needed to be cut in half when doctors found a tumor. she and the baby are now doing fine. we will hear from that woman. a new video that has some parents out raids as we get started on a t

this morning -- ann arundel county. severe thunderstorm capable of producing a trade of 12 miles south near south river north of 25. it is moving rapidly to the north. locations in the path of this section of the sto that might produce a tornado. have not had any reports of anything yet. gibson island, pine hearst, ultimately fort smallwood state park. it is moving north toward baltimore. right along the chesapeake bay or inland on the western shore of the bay. this is annapolis on the map in case you are having a hard time reading the information. here is gibson island's right here. you can see the storm activity. the strongest is highlighted in red. moving north toward rather rapidly. to the south, the intensity is not very strong right now. there is a lot of rain across the. at this stage. interesting to note, we had the lightning detection system on but there is no lightning detected from any of the activity right now. but once again, the reason we are on the air with some extended coverage is a tornado coverage in

mary's, calvert and anne arundel counties. that has now expired. that is the area that is getting some very heavy rain. you can see those pockets of orange and yellow. that is the ve heavy rain that continues to fall in the northern neck of virginia, then across the tidal potomac and st. mary's county, advancing north. training along. you get pockets of this heavy rain and another one comes, and another one. one right after another. so likely ponds and creeks there are getting full of water and watch out for high water on roads, especially in anne arundel, calvert and st. mary's counties this morning. otherpockets of some heavy rain to the uth, as well near fredericksburg and the western part of the northern neck and north of washington, this is going to continue off and on throughout the rest of the afternoon, and into early this evening. details on the forecast coming up. jerry, how's the traffic? >> we're going to head onout, the capital beltway abe the american legion bridge. left side the outer loop, right side the inner loop, doing relatively

that's for east central anne arundel county. severe thunderstorm there where it is possible that that storm could produce a tornado. now in the southern portion of your screen, tornado warning for southeastern calvert county. that is going to to expire in a moment. in fact, it has just expired. so that one is out. and the tornado warning that was in effect for east central st. mary's county. that has been canceled. so that is good news. but we still have a tornado warning in effect for central anne arundel county until 10:15. let's look at the flood warnings. while we're looking at that, i want to mention this special marine warning. it keeps shifting as the storm system moves to the north. now special marine warning in effect for the chesapeake bay from poole's island and from the pat afghanistana river and there is a and there is a waterspout. a special marine warning in effect until 10:15. this is an area of flood warnings in effect. including a flash flood warning in effect until late this morning and a flash flood watch in

the casino at arundel mills goes back to voters in november. operators at perryville say they are happy to be the first to open and provide hundreds of local jobs in a state of the art facility. the 35,000 square foot slots parlor in cecil county has 1,500 slot machines, two restaurants, all set with a hollywood movie back drop. the casino will officially open in about two hours, 8:00 this morning. grand opening ceremonies set for thursday. >>> 5:34. police say a patient at a state mental hospital has been charged with killing another patient. authorities say that 46-year-old known as salim taylor has been charged in the death of a 45-year-old woman susan sachs. found dead at the clifton perkins state hospital in jessup. police say she was strangled. >>> over the weekend the action on the field took a back seat as harford county, a high school team there remembered their fallen teammate. >> number 30, number 30! >> fallston high school honored the memory of joey d' entremont. it was the first game on the field since the loss of their friend and

the majority of those without power ariane anne arundel and baltimore county. parents claimed their son, was a sixth grader was slammed into lockers and stamped with pencils by other students. they say he suffers from post traumatic stress syndrome. they say the bases as a deprivation of constitutional rights and gross negligence the boy now attends a private school. the millionaire developer looking to build a slot palace there are no hills mall is pounding the pavement. david collins has that story. new -- near iran no hills mall is pounding the pavement. >> david cordish is a man on a mission. here's one of the most well- known and developers in baltimore. >> i do not know how much you know about revenue involved. >> he is soliciting support for a slot casino near anne arundel mills mall. >> taxes will go to the right places. >> this comes from a man with the means to hire someone to brush his own teeth. he says the first year will generate $400 million for education, 35,000,004 anne arundel county, and create jobs. >> 4000 new jobs, with a preference for th

anne arundel county, northbound 295 earlier crash at arundel mills circle now blocking the left lane and shoulder. traffic only gets by to the right lane. another accident reported southbound 97 at benfield boulevard. on the west side of the outer loop it will take you 13 minutes from 795 to 70. traffic is pretty much at a crawl there. 95 southbound, six minutes from whitemarsh boulevard to the beltway. 895 looking a little better, only eight minutes from the split as you approach 295. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:33. this is the big day today. the day that people get to play the one-armed bandits in cecil county, on 95 by the big water tower in perryville. our first casino. linda so says we can start playing today. >> reporter: get ready. in about two and a half hours maryland's first slots casino will be open for business. the casino in perryville is actually opening a little earlier than expected. it was originally supposed to open its doors this thursday. but the casino got its license over the weekend after a successful trial run on saturday. that paves the way for maryland'

. >> and he wants to put in a slots parlor near anne arundel mall. he said $40 million will be generated for education in the first year. >> locate next to the number one tourist destination, 14 million people. that is what people want. they want to be able to do other things. >> those opposed have teamed up with the maryland jockey club. cordish believes eds are being funded by a club that has a gaming license in cecil county. he has filed a complaint with the maryland lottery commission. >> you can only have one license. >> it is up to voters to decide. if they say no, zoning starts from scratch. lawyers have said it would be five years until slots could get rolling again. jennifer franciotti reporting live. >> thank you. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what's your position on building a slots palace at arundel mills? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. again, that is watercooler@wbaltv.com. two pitbulls work shot and killed. police were serving a a warrants. there is no word on why the shots were served. police

coming up -- >> one man wants slots in anne arundel county. he is going door-to-door to garner support. >> president obama is back at the un for his second address. that story is just ahead. >> it will be another summer- like day as we head into the begin of bautumn. begin of bautumn. there are several accidents out 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. >> 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. us get a check on weather and traffic on this thursday. >> there was some g

that is the latest from anne arundel county. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> double-team insta-weather- plus with tony pann and sandra shaw. >> well, they got have that right. i am john collins. we's look at the situation have right now. the yellow and red areas are the areas of most intense rain. we are seeing less of this than we had earlier. believe me, there's still a lot more out there. the map is so busy that it is hard to find baltimore i kind of put this yellow circle right about where the baltimore beltway is. the heaviest rain at the moment is in western harford county, the southern half of the city, down into northern anne arundel county, and a little slug or rain here as well. i want to take the radar of the picture and -- off the picture and add satellite imagery. we are all cloudy. let me pull the view out of it. surprisingly, down are not ocean city, they had a few breaks and the clouds -- down around ocean city, they had a few bricks and the clouds with the sun came through. baltimore is in the middle of this.

one on 295 at arundel mills boulevard. another one on the westside. and one on the outer lupe at 795. that's blocking the right lane and 50 westbound, there's an accident blocking two right lanes. 's the drive times and the speeds. definitely slow and earlier than usual. 29 miles per hour on the westside between 795 and 95. there's a look at the delay on white marsh down to keith avenue. and this is brought to you boy your toyota dealer. >> >> thank you. >> all right, do you want to go ahead and take this one. marty introduced two guys in good shape. they went to africa and took on mount kilimanjaro. the important thing is, they had two goals, make it to the top and make some money for a charity. they got both. please welcome back, dr. matthew weir and his son. they're back from mount kilimanjaro. >> welcome home and i'm glad you made it. to bring you up to speed. ryan saw a notice about a climb to kilimanjaro and talked to his dad about doing it and picking up the tab -- >> not hardly -- >> and then, you worked it out and you raised money for the juv

as arundel mills mall. david jones is the hair of no slots at the mall. he joins us this morniig with why he and so mmny otters are >> good morning. >> we hearr from joe weinberg why they want to move forwarrúw. why are you so opposed this at the mall? >> we oppose it at the mall because the mall doesnnt have certain convinces built ii to prooect the ommunity. mr. einberg likes tt say theee's not that many residents3 around the mall. that is not true. that area haa been built up over the last 0 years since the mall haa been thhre and theee's thousands of homes there now. built in and thhre aren't proper traffic mittgations that are in -here nd the amount of visitorú to that would generate through that area. the area simply cannot handle it. %-suggested place and that is where penn national gaming who helping to finanne the push is planning it. therees no proof that if it goes ú% anne aruudel mills mall it will go to laurel park. >> we have never advocated a location or it. find a more appropriate locatio

one at loch raven and one in anne arundel route 4 at talbot road. flooding at eastern boulevard and martin boulevard. a live look at your drive times and your speeds, down to 21 miles an hour on the west side outer loop, big delay there is. in the because of the weather but because of the accident. there's a live look at 70. no eastbound lanes get beg because of the accident at 29. there's a look at the west side at old port road. remember, wjz 13 is always on. so for traffic information anytime, log on to wjz.com. >>> the rain is obviously what people are talking b right now the majority of the state is under a tornado and flood watch. website -- wjz's coverage continues. >> reporter: when it's this wet out, the city and utilities have plans in place. five crews have been working to clean storm drains considering there's more than 50,000 of them. >> the biggest weapon you have in the fight against flooding is really a broom. go out there. sweep that material up. put it in the trash can. >> reporter: workers monitor the areas for problems. >> wool -

. >>> the battle heats up in anne arundel county as both sides take their thoughts to voters. >>> and the birds are home. thesy is showing the purple tied as the ravens prepare for the home opener and what they hit the field, will the sun be out? >> reporter: the great prostate challenge is happening right now at johnny you'll nighted stadium. wjz is a proud sponsor. we'll have complete information on this event in a few. eyewitness news is seconds away . >>> good morning. welcome to "wjz eyewitness news" this sunday. >> changes occurring whether wise. it was another hot one yesterday. we got up to 91 degrees. but we're not going there today. there is some rain out there the southwest and it is moving in our direction. what we've seen already is over the areas of dc and an accomplice. but not much has made to the ground yet. but a couple showers are possible this morning. and look at the temperatures this morning. it is still very warm around the entire region. but compared to today as yesterday is that these are not going up all that much. 66 in baltimore right now. 67 in dc. you see

heaviest are in eastern ann arundel county. we'll have more rain from time to time throughout the rest of the day, perhaps a small tornado popping up as well up until around 1:00. the rain will taper off and end tonight. >>> a new crash just moments ago. we are going to check traffic next. >>> good morning, everyone. police arriving on thecene of a reported ♪ ♪ >>> 7:30 now on a thursday morning. the: 30eth day of september, 2010. wedding day. we he a beautiful tent set up for our guests of loving nature this morning. right now, those guests or some of them are being treated by our singer. we will have more on this inside studio 1a. i'm matt lauer along with meredith vieira. you should be a welding singer. >> i have the voice for it. want to hear me now? >> no. >> later? >> no. >> okay. >> meanwhile, our bride and groom, melissa and jeremy are racing to get ready. jeremy has been in iraq and have been separated during their courtship and get ready. >> they have had hard time. >> may have. >>> a nude study about mammograms s

anne arundel county fire was over run with calls from homeowners with flooded basements from one end of the county to the other end. the calls were the same. >> the water in his basement was probably at least 2 1/2 feet. it took the fire department about two hours, or about 45 minutes to an hour to just suck the water out. >> i came down to this end of the creek in 403, i have been here on a permanent basis for almost 50 years now, and all the hurricanes have never flooded us. >> captain james ross particular has a list of dos and don'ts if you find flieding in your basement. >> the first thing they can do is take a preventative approach and that is to make sure some pups are functional, any storm drains outside of the house are not clogged as well as the roof gut erring system is clear so the water can flow away from the house. cardinal rule, if the water is approaching the level of where the electrical system is, outlets or plugged into electrical appliances, you cannot or should not enter the space t water may have become energized. if the water approaches the level of some gas ap

it is in southern maryland across anne arundel, calvert and st. mary's counties until 4:30 this morning. hollywood, chesapeake beach, shady side, prince frederick. watch out. you can see the line of storms from west of annapolis. actually around bowie south to right along route 4 to saint leonard. anywhere on this line. we have several areas that steam to be showing signs of a rotation right now. you can see one west of north beach to benedict and saint leonard also. the possibility in this sort of a situation as these storms move north at 25 miles an hour that you can get a little rotation to develop. upper-level winds are pretty strong, and we have heavy, heavy showers. so that can transport the wind gusts to the surface or get a little spin right hoar. we have got widespread heavy rain. a little bit lighter as you head to west virginia and the shenandoah valley. but this is impressive stuff moving from south to almost north, west maybe slightly west of due north at this hour and there's a lot of rain going on here. you can see all of it here mo

reporting live from anne arundel. t.v. 121 news>> alleged gang bang ler spend life behind bars without parole ordered by a judge that says he hopes he never takes a free air of breath again. according to prosecutors. rollings believed parrish was a homosexual and did not approve of that orientation in the gang thinking it would make them look weak today the victims mother spoke out in court. >> i had to speak from him. justice for him. that's what concern. he can can't speak for himself. he's gone and i have to make sure that they were held accountable. >> roll ins is serving five years in prison for armed robbery sentence. that will begin after. the prosecution rests in the murder trial of former baltimore city council man. ken harris. prosecutors dropped a pre meditated murder charge but they say will still push murder charges to the jury. closing arguments could begin as early as thursday. >> a century old building has been auctioned off after fouling on hard times the congress hotel reportedly fetched 2.3 million

still down in anne arundel county, northbound on the bw parkway, a crash at arundel mills circle, off to the left shoulder. another accident just reported northbound 295 at baltimore annapolis boulevard. back to you. >>> 6:19. when you've been diagnosed with breast cancer getting the right care is essential. abc2 news linda so has five ways to ensure that you're getting the best care to beat the disease. take a look. >> i knew immediately i had breast cancer. >> reporter: stacey knows how frighting it is to be diagnosed with breast cancer. she was in her 40s when her routine mammogram detected a cancerous tumor. >> it gives a new intensity to your life because you realize that your days are precious. >> reporter: as a radiologist, stacey was used to helping women find good medical care, now as a patient she had to learn how to do that for herself. >> one big piece of advice is don't be afraid to get a second opinion. you're not going to hurt your doctor's feelings, any good doctor is fine with that. and you want to find somebody you're comfortable with. you don't want to feel intimida

in anne arundel county, police are looking for a man wearing a bright orange vests. they say he robbed at the sandy spring bank and reportedly passed the teller a note, got the cash, and took off. anyone with information is the urge to call the police. >> city resident of a chance to ride along with the cops. more than 500 people are taking part in the community partnership event. every police are patrolling the city tonight will be paired up with a member of the community. earlier in the day there was a huge challenge obstacle event that the police academy, and residents were invited to tour. an update on the multi vehicle accident involving a school bus in harford county. a half-dozen students are now recovering at home tonight after their bus was hit by a car this morning. officials say six students and the bus driver taken to the hospital. the driver remains at shock trauma. exactly what caused the crash remains under investigation. >> a pretty good wages in the week on wall street. the dow jones gained nearly 200 points on the day to close at 10,860. the nasdaq

she was campaigning near anne arundel mall on friday. organizers told her candidates could not be in each parade, only elected officials. >> i do not have the financial resources. that is why i am here on a friday evening. >> she thinks they are playing politics. >> it seems they are trying to keep republicans out. there are all sitting delegates as democrats. >> they say the no-canada will has been in place for 20 years. >> it has nothing to do with politics. >> a former delegate told us "my recollection is that i participated in the parade." another republican candidate -- today, the parade had the upper to the to present the growth rules, and they have been consistent. >> they may have -- that might have been the case, but i was able to participate last year. >> the parade is not a political forum. >> all i am asking for is a fair treatment. all or nothing. >> the incumbents expected to participate are lorne parker and nancy phelps. >> the time is not a close sixth. it is 73 degrees. still ahead, dr. kim hammond answers your pet quest

mary's, anne arundel counties, rain advisories. then wind advisories in effect until this afternoon. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour then the flash flood warning that remains in effect for the entire metro area as we are looking at localized flooding. areas shadeed in yellow is the heaviest rain. to the south, shaded in green, so letting up over the next couple of hours, but we have another band of storps and showers that will move towards north for the mid-morning hours, a lot of rain will fall. take a look at these rainal totals so far on our weatherbug network. since midnight. huntington, 6.9, milford, virginia 6.2. over two inches of rain. the district holding consistent. howard university. head over to children's hospital. just around an inch of rain. we will see anywhere between 2-5 inches of rain by the time this system moves on out of here. localized areas may see more than that. especially off towards the east towards the delmarva peninsula. in the most of the metro area, farings, arlington, points to the east until 1:0

the national weather service just issued that warning t covers parts of anne arundel county, calvert county and st. mary's county. we are also under a floodwatch this morning as this massive storm system soaks most of the east coast. it stretches from the southern tip of florida up to new york state. good morning. i'm gurvir dhindsa. let's get straight over to tucker to find out about the weather situation. >> yes, very danny gonzalez russ conditions out there. we have this tornado warning. let's get right to it. hd radar will show you all the activity across the area. tornado warning for just a few more minutes here for south central anne arundel county, calvert county and eastern st. mary's county. that is east of the district. owings, dunkirk, long beach, calvert beach, st. leonard and tracy's landing all in the path of this line of thunderstorm activity. i will focus in and show new area. other than if you are not seeing tornadoes, along this line, we are seeing extremely intense thunderstorm activity, wind gusts over 40 miles per hour and heavy rain as well. the rain rates have

. >> we have had almost five inches in arundell county. that's not a little rain. some tornado warnings in southern maryland and the eastern shore many those seem to be the big targets. >> take me into your office. what's going on? >> right now a dozen or so state agency and the red cross. we are ready to help any local emergency man anments office that may have needs or systems. we are ready to help with that as soon as possible. help with transportation issues. >> reporter: is there anything we can do? >> people need to be prepared. if you see standing water, don't drive-thruent we about a swift river rescue. you put first responders at risk as well as yourself. >> what can we do at home? >> make sure you have a battery operated radio, listen to shows like this. take cover. >> what if we are trapped in a car. you don't want to go through two or feet of water. you want to stop and turn around. >> thanks for coming in. we'll be in touch, keep safe. megan, again, we are going to concentrate on the weather and traffic. >> thanks, jaime. >> we are working to keep you

mary es, anne arundel and no prince george's. fairfax, fauquier, you're under a flood waing as well. many reports of water over roads in all of these counties in red, including the district of columbia. rock creek running very high. e've already closed beach drive in many locations. up to seven inches of rain possible all across the entire region. in addition we have a tornado watch that is in effect for eastern virginia the district of columbia, as well as our nearby suburbs and much of maland, the eastern shore. this tornado watch is in effect until 1:00. now a tornado watch means that there's the potential for a storm to produce a funnel cloud, other than the ones we've had showing up on radar, circulation in southern ryland. we don't have any other warnings out right now. for the rest of the day, waves of heavy rain from time to time with temperatures climbs to the mid70s with more flooding likely and perhaps some strong storms. stay tuned. we'll be hereith frequent updates. and then dry out la tonight, storms will be passing

we will talk to tte representativv of the cordish company that is trying to bring slots with arundel malls. that will be followed with a reprrsentative group against bringing thh slots machines to the mall. for all of november's news for november's midterm elections, go tt our website at foxbaltimore.com and cllck on the vote 2010 in the news features section. operaahouse will be officialll renamed for the former baltimore raven's owner and his wife. mayor stephaaie rawlings blake will speak at the ceremony for the patricia and art center at the lyrii..3 the building campaign.on for to >>>>three people charged in a murder or high plot. -illed.3 ú%%-person accused went to tria. %-sight today but a reaa pretty day once again as th droiiiid. what this droid does will change how you do web connections. this creates a mobile 3g hotspot, powerful enough to fuel multiple devices at will. putting you at the center of your own world wide web. introducing the new droid x. the next generation of does. >>> sids are back in schoolland you know what that meanss wwather kid wednesday is back in se

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smith is repon anne arundel county. offthe weather we have a school delay to tell you about this morning. caroliie county schools ooening two hours late due to the og and now we want to get right %-the sky watcc weather centtr r a closer llok at the storm. >>> all of this activity is coming up the ccesapeake bay ú%ea. the tornndo warning have expired in talbot county and st. mary's county but that is where the activity hassbeen the strongest as ww get closer intt the area south of bath more, you are seeing some of the heaviest rain ú%dicaaed from annapolis down moving up toward the north. you will continue to see that moving in the northerly direction and ssme of the stronnest and heavvest rain is going to be moving toward the west of the area. seeing rain ii severna park as well as pasadena. we will continue to watch the moving south north in geeeral. additional rainfall amounts coming your way. up. a lot oo moissure coming up from the south tropical storm niiole. it's a coastal lowwthat is even though it's not a tro

anne arundel county police headquarters. tonight, police need your help tracking down three suspects involved in a sexual assault. i'll have all the details straight ahead. on wjz. >>> and it was the crime that made headlines. a woman that attacked with acid. why authorities now say it didn't exactly happen that way. >>> hello, everybody. tgif friday. stan saunders here in the sports palace. ravens getting ready for a big bout versus the bengals on the road. we have a preview. and the orioles, looking to spoil the yankees ride. that and more coming your way as eyewitness news continues. ,, >>> it is just before 6:30. 76 degrees with a few clouds. good evening. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. >> her story shocked the nation. now, a woman in vancouver, washington, could face criminal charges for making up a horrific acid attack. manuel galeg us has the story for wjz. >> bethany storro got national attention and sympathy when she first spoke from the hospital three wee

cordish company that wantt o put slots in arundel county claims penn national has violated the terms of the licensing agreement ot to interfere with the operations of another casino. >> the chairmmn of the slots location committee said he is hopeful that the liigering dispute over political ads for ú%e sloos referendum at arundel mills will in any way impact the scheduled opening of this casino. >> we would certainly not like to see a delay in this one. and we are commission elt %-decision with respect to arunl mills. >> decisions soon to e deciddd by arunnel couuty voters. but here at hollywood casino in perryville opening day now set for nexx thursday. in cecil county, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> and maryland'' attorney general's office is expect to issue a opinion on whether penn3 national should be fined in the active rrle in appointt slots at arundel ills. >> how this very high speed continues. >> and action. >> the race against ime to complete a movie about a man with a terminal illness. >> ww aae looking at thunderstorms that pushhd through the area. dropping heavy

harford, baltimore, carol, howard, anne arundel, up towards cecil, eastern shore, through delaware, anything could spin up as we have a lot of instability, a lot of spin in the atmosphere. look at the deep red shading down the throat of the chesapeake bay. anybody crossing the bay bridge isn't having an easy time. look at edgemere, already over two inches of rainfall since midnight. some spots may see five inches or more today. flood ing a big problem in addition to wind and weather. >> we're keeping an eye on the incident on the beltway. couple crashes reported. wilkins avenue, an accident, appearing to involve two vehicles blocking the two right lanes and both shoulders. police have arrived on the scene, so it's going to cause significant delays as you make your way towards the southwest corner, approaching i-95. this is again, the outer loop at wilkins. as we look at our maps, dealing with several incidents around

rain extends through baltimore and heavier rain from route 50 and anne arundel county. it will swing through and we have a flood watch until 8:00 a.m. the potential of heavy rain will start to taper off probably after the morning commute and then we'll look for some sun but an isolated thunderstorm and our 2-degree guaranteed high of 79. the roads are wet yet again. >>> let's check the roads with kim brown. >> yes, the roads are wet so drivers definitely should be advised to keep your suppose down a little bit as you you make your way around the area. reports of a second crash in middle river, old eastern avenue near hair rison. and middle river, kingston continues to be closed between eastern boulevard and hawthorne road. northbound northbound 95, no problems or delays between route 100 and 195. heads up, in western howard county, wires down in marriottsville at old frederick road and marriottsville road. the beltway looking good, no delays between i-70 and i-95 on the outer loop. that is six minutes. here we are at route 50, coming across the bay bridge, a nice steady

most are in anne arundel county. about 2900 customers don't have power at this moment. in baltimore county, 2800. in harford county, 2,000 people don't have power. live radar and the updated first warning forecast. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight, at 5:00, disaster avoided. the fbi reveals what could have happened in this times square bombing attempt. >>> i'm suzanne collins. the parents of a 16-year-old found dead on a baltimore street say police flubbed the investigation. i'll tell you what they money to do about that coming up next. >>> screen legend gone. hollywood remembers actor tony curtis. >>> serious storms. when will maryland see relief. the updated first warning forecast with bob is coming up. , bob ehrlich's real record on energy. lobbyists helped write utility regulations. we got stuck with a 72% rate hike. but martin o'malley got tough on bge, forcing them to pay back $2 billion to consumers. and what's bob ehrlich been doing the past four years? he got paid $2.5 million at a lobbying firm, a firm representing special interests and casinos rig

zoomed in to howard and montgomery counties and northern anne arundel an you see the rain lifting to the north northwest. in extreme montgomery county as well and some of this is really coming down. as we go to the weather computer you will see breaks in the rain pattern to the south. off

at arundel elementary school in cherry hill also, 8%. low turnout, they say usually favors an incumbent. we'll have to see if it plays out like this here. we'll watch the numbers as they come in. christian schaffer, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> jessamy's opponent is gregg bernstein, a former federal prosecutor. he's attacked jessamy on everything from her running of the witness protection program to her prosecution of one witness cases. brian kuebler has more. >> reporter: we are at the jd smokehouse where bernstein plans his election watch party tonight. the polls don't close for another few hours so it's empty now. earlier today gregg bernstein was casting his vote. he's vying for the city state's attorney in what is one of if not the most hotly contested race today. jessamy and bernstein have been battling this out for months now. it's believed he's run a good race and he's optimistic. >> we're feeling very good. the same energy and enthusiasm we've seen from the citizens of baltimore throughout the campaign. we're seeing as they walk

the casino at arundel mills is going back to the voters in november. operators at perryville say they are happy to be the first to open and boost the local economy. >> we have 350 employees, 80% of which are from harford and cecil counties. so, to be the first, i think it's just an exciting thing for everybody. >> reporter: again, the hollywood casino in perryville will officially open its doors in about three hours, 8:00 this morning. grand opening ceremonies are set for thursday. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> elderly black man beaten while fishing in a south baltimore park will be in court today to describe the attacks. 77-year-old james privet will speak at the sentencing hearing on calvin locknear. a white supremacist. he pleaded guilty to several charges including armed carjacking and first degree assault. he agreed to a 31-year prison term. >>> 5:02. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will join other officials in kicking off health city days. they'll walk from city hall to the inner harbor for a ceremony at the amphitheatre. the goal is to

this is anne arundel county. closed are chesapeake high school, chesapeake bay middle school and folger mckinsey elementary school. >>> the republican candidate for senate from delaware is under fire for comments she made about witchcraft when she was a teenager. christine o'donnell, who was the tea party candidate during the primary, is even getting criticized by republican strategist karl rove but o'donnell is lymphing it off saying she made the comment when she was in high school. >> that witchcraft comment on bill maher? i was in high school. how many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school? but no, there has been no witchcraft since f there was, karl rove would be a supporter now. >> president obama by wait also took his family to church at st. john's episcopal on sunday. the church is located on the other side of lafayette square from the white house. this is the fourth time the obamas have attended st. john's. every sitting president since james madison has visited. >>> saying good-by

that is in anne arundel county. the schools that are closed are chesapeake high school, chesapeake bay middle school and folger mckinsey elementary school. all other anne arundel county schools will open on time today. >>> our big story this morning, hurricane igor lashes bermuda with flooding, rains and high winds. the eye stayed to the east of bermuda by about 40 miles. the category one storm is veering way from the u.s. but will continue to cause high surf and strong rip currents along the eastern seaboard. >>> out to the west ache powerful typhoon has made landfall in eastern china after dumping four feet of rain in parts of taiwan. officials say up to 44 inches of rain have fallen on the certain part of the island with more to come. that is unbelievable to think about that much rain. >> the problem is it is a very slow-moving storm. most storms move through, they do the damage they'll do. it is taking its time moving through so rain is hitting the same areas. >> we wish we could see some rain. nothing like that

at the moment is in western harford county, the southern half of the city, down into northern anne arundel county, and a little slug or rain here as well. i want to take the radar of the

this area, portions of anne arundel county, calvert county, st. mary's county have just been getting this heavy rain coming through during the overnight hours and now during the early-morning hours, just training across this area from the south up to the north. that is why we are seeing flooding occurring in those areas first. they've been bearing the brunt of it. and they continue to see heavy rain. meanwhile, from d.c. to points west, more heavy rainfall. not so much in the district itself right now but in western portions of the beltway out towards mclean, the tysons corner area, right here, vienna out towards reston up to gaithersburg, down to our south, dale city, anywhere where you see the little boxes with the you're owes pointing, that indicates likely some strong, very heavy rain, maybe some thunderstorm activity and it shows you the direction that those storms are going in. all of this from the south up to the north. it bears watching throughout the course of the morning as these stormy conditions continue to shift around. down near fred

anne arundel county paramedics were called to the pool. a man in his mid-30s had suffered some medical emergency and went to the bottom of the pool. life guards on duty responded quickly. >> at that time lifeguards did enter the pool, able to extricate the person from the pool. >> reporter: quick response from lifeguards helped save the life of a 2-year-old who almost drown. according to the drowning prevention association 19% of public pool drownings occur when lifeguards are present. in this case, first aid was well on its way when they arrived. >> when our cruz arrived at the scene the lifeguards had already removed the patients from the pool, were performing cpr on the patient, had the patient hooked up to an automated external defibrillator. >> obviously the first incident caused us to step it up a bit. >> reporter: he is the director of recreation and sports and is happy with the work of his pool staff. >> we're satisfied with the lifeguards and pleased with their response that they were there and responded so quickly. >> reporter: t

how it's been stolen from two anne arundel county gas stations. include -- good evening, i'm roosevelt leftwich. it's more than just a few gallons stolen. police say the thieves took more than 1,500 gallons of diesel from two locations, one on park west drive in glen burnie and the other on old mill bottom road near annapolis. joseph bartenfelder is here to explain -- joce is here to explain how they did it >> reporter: police say they stole them from underground storage tanks. they don't know how they got access to the tanks but got away with enough diesel to fill the tanks of more than a dozen tractor-trailers. for courier driver chris newman every mile means more money out of his wallet. he drives 250 miles a day and spends 180 bucks a week on diesel. >> i pay for this myself. this is out of my pocket. >> reporter: so it makes him angry to find out thieves took the same fuel he works hard to buy for free. >> how do you get away with something like that and nobody noticing? >> reporter: good question considering a set of recent thefts in anne ar

so pushing through anne arundel county and southern maryland. wet this morning, temperatures near 70. we go to 79 this afternoon. with partly sunny skies and a chance of a scattered thunderstorm redeveloping. >>> let's go back to the roads with kim. >> we're actually still looking good on the roadways, no major incidents on any of the major highways so far this morning. checking our drive times on 95, it will be three minutes on 95 southbound from the beltway approaching the 895 split. five minutes from there as you head to the fort mchenry toll plaza. key bridge looking good in the outer loop lanes. nine minutes towards i-97. still working be a -- an accident in middle river, kingston road, closed between eastern boulevard and hawthorne road as police continue their investigation. we also have reports of a vehicle fire in baltimore at mount royal terrace and druid park lake drive. in western howard county, marriottsville road, reports of a broken utility pole with wires hanging down. that is old frederick road and marriottsville road. expect po

also a wind advisory that's just gone in effect for anne arundel, st. mary eisen and calvert counties until 6:00 this evening with wind gusts up to 40-45 miles per hour. the upcoming weekend looks cooler and dry. let's head over to lisa baden for an update on traffic. >> we have a jackknifed tractor trailer on the inner loop 270 before old georgetown road. a picture of traffic. leaving the american legion bridge, that's traffic the stuff heading away. so we know the impact isn't quite this far. >> lisa, we're going to stick with the rain. because low-lying parts of the region are bracing for flooding as rain continues to fall. the rain isn't going to let up anytime soon, and people are trying to hold back the rising waters. live in alexandria with the check on the conditions there. they always seem to get flooding there. courtney. >> yes. they are well used to it. especially out at the waterfront. it's something we all expect to see in alexandria, the do not enter sign right next to the potomac. while we have not seen the potomac crest over the banks ye

mary's in calvert and anne arundel. that's crossing the bay and is just about to move into the eastern shores of the bay from queen ann's to talbott and dorchester cupty. that rain of very heavy rain is about to move your way. elsewhere anotherocket of some very heavy rain in southern montgomery county in bethesda. raining very hard as well as right near where 270 meets the beltway. and then just to the east of there, up towards aspen hill, and near gaithersburg, and just to t south of laytonsville. that band of very avy rain is moving off to the north. another pocket of some very heav rain here inside the beltway. in arlington. andn reston and mclean, getting some heavy rain. this is another band right along the beltway where it meets route 50 and route 66. that stretches back in western fairfax county. so these bands of very heavy rain continuing to come through. if you have a basement that is prone to flooding you definitely want to get items off thefloor, and get them into a dry location. not raining quite as hard t

they are in anne arundel county. they are chesapeake high school, chesapeake bay middle school and folger mackenzie middle school. let's get to talker with the forecast. >> it will be a beautiful day. let's get to the redskins. no, it will be another fine day here. a beautiful day, a little cooler than yesterday. might be a bit of a breeze out of the north to start the day and just a few clouds. can you see those coming in. no rain associated with the frontal system as it will come through dry. out to the east, see the cloud cover. that is the western side of hurricane igor. you can see it passing not too far off to our east. around here, nice conditions. temperatures haven't fallen a whole lot. 70 in washington. 6 # in ocean city. # 7 in winchester. we'll be cooler later tonight. becoming mostly sunny. beautiful afternoon. 80-degree your afternoon high. today, about five degrees cooler. more details on the forecast there in just a moment. >>> time now for a look at our top stories. hurricane igor barely missed bermu

checking out the one-hour storm totals and the bands to the east, anne arundel, calvert county one to two inches in the last hour. >> wow. >> that tells you there will be some ponding and some streams and creeks coming up as well and we will see widespread flooding throughout the morning as heavy rains con to move in from the south. potentially a tornado watch will go to east and southeast. those areas east of 95 in southern maryland across the bay have a better chance of being a tornado watch. we have had some tornado warnings, doppler indicated this morning, off to the east. the counties west of the bay and in north carolina, up to southeastern virginia watches and tornado warnings down to the chesapeake right now. in virginia beach they have tornado warnings going on. no tornado warnings currently we are checking it. devon will join me in just a moment. but here we go with live doppler 9000 hd. and you can see the heavy rains that are falling across the metro and especially east and southeast. west of town, we have got moderate to occasionally heavy rain from hagerstown through sou

intermittent showers in bowie , a stretching into parts of anne arundel county. there are areas of rain locally, but especially to the south. all the rain is moving south to north. showers are lined up. there will not be consistent rain all day. it will be off and on. we cannot allow a severe thunderstorms later this afternoon and evening especially a long and east of 95. early rain showers tomorrow morning. late-day storms unexpected, less humid. upper 70's today. mid to upper 70's tomorrow. we need some rain. >>> you will need to watch out because it has been awhile since you've driven in the rain. it will take you a little longer to get there. this is a live picture of traffic on the beltway at connecticut avenue. weisel lights on the way to a crest before rockville pike. if no troubles in virginia. there's activity on the baltimore washington parkway, two separate tracks, for one of the northbound and the other one southbound near 202. >>>4:42. an emergency landing caught on tape. we will listen to the frantic moments, minutes before the flight hit the runway