all this heavy rain, knot across east sections of harford county towards cecil county. around the shoreline of anne arundel county, the bay bridge, just along the periphery, within about 10 miles of the chesapeake on the eastern shore, missing it, salisbury to the beaches. look at the rainfall amounts already, aberdeen almost two inches, almost three inches in edgemere. 2.79 in annapolis now. 2.40. it's all part of this system broken into a few pieces. remnants of nicole wrapping around a cold pool of air in the jetstream. pushing this stuff our way. with the storm surge from the south, strong winds and heavy rainfall, we have possibility of flooding up the chesapeake bay. high tides, fort mchenry. just before noon this morning. just after midnight tonight. tides running two to three feet above normal. rainfall today, the possibility now, i'm expecting 3 to 6 inches. we have the possibility of tornados, winds gusting to 45 miles per hour. any time through this evening. let's check on the roads right now, here's kim brown. >> justin, traffic is going to be jammed pretty

tragedy on a harford county road. >> a 14-year-old harford county teenager is laid to rest. i'm we weijia jiang in jop a. how nearly 2,000 friends and family came together to remember. >>> m&t bank stadium isn't just for the ravens anymore. coming up next on wjz, i'll tell you which major sporting event will be held here in 2014. you won't want to miss it. that's straight ahead on wjz. >>> i'm ron matz in east baltimore. and it's time for moveable feast diving out for life. how you can enjoy a good meal and help others. the story coming up, right here on wjz. bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for a lobbying firm. $2.5 million? he's not really on my side. with this tough economy, we really need a governor on our side. es tax on everything you buy? that's in andy harris'

extra slick in a that area and watch for closures in harford county. in terms of other problems, we are not seeing a whole lot. speeds are down. 32 miles per hour around the harrisburg expressway. on the west side, developing some delays as well. keep your speed down this morning. no other incidents to report. this is 70 west of the beltway. this looks pretty good. this is 8095 north charles street. everything is flowing smoothly at the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> our big story, a casino will open its doors in just a few hours. >> the hollywood casino got the ok last night to open earlier than planned. kim dacey joins us live with more. >> hollywood casino got the official green light after a trial run went well saturday night. it will be maryland's first slots casino opened. voters approved a slots on referendum in 2008. the perryville casino is opening three days earlier than scheduled because construction finished more quickly than expected. no table games. 350 new jobs have been created. 80% of the new employees are fro

greater leaders in harford county, the hottest event in harford. >> this is the third year we've done this. pays a lot of money, right? >> yes, yes. center for the arts in harford county. people need to call us and get their tickets. >> you can buy the tickets, show up and also you can go online, right? >> absolutely. they go online at www.centerfortheartsharford.org. 1 equals one vote. . >> first time out, first winner was: >> claudia hullman. >> last year? >> patty dresher. >> you're going to have a reunion kind of show, right? >> absolutely, some are coming back for the first time for an encore presentation at the end of the evening. >> i want to give you a sample. these celebrities are working with good dancers, right? >> absolutely. >> they're going through the training. >> here's debbie and tom. tom is a buddy of mine. dancing with friends. i want to show you some of the routines to see coming up on saturday night. bully rock, right? >> beautiful residents club. >> tom, debbie, you ready to dance? >> here's a number, we'll talk to them next. coming up. >> bully rock, dancing wit

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 right here in maryland. that's bob ehrlich-- a 72% increase for us and $2.5 mill

harford. east of us a lot less. salisbury less than an inch. ocean city had almost nothing to this point, but probably see that change tonight. bernadette joins me with a look at the updated numbers and also dealing with the winds. bernadette? >>> over nine incheses of rain. annapolis. these have leveled off. with the new round coming in, these are going to come up. this has jumped over two inches in hagerstown and all of them will be rising. we have flash flood warnings in effect for the green counties and a tornado watch that's been pulled back, just these counties in this section. that's until 7:00 tonight and coast -- coastal flood warnings. we've seen winds sustained generally 15 to 20 miles an hour. that will continue through the evening hours. the water will pile up for the next high tide. we'll see changes but not until tomorrow. we'll have a full forecast coming up shortly. right now, back to you. >> thank you. first warning weather coverage continues with captain mike perry. captain,

the problems really coming in near harford county and baltimore city. as we peak at the maps, a pair of crashes, 95 southbound, one at keith avenue, that is blocking the left shoulder. another crash reported 95 south at caton avenue blocking the left lane and shoulder. around the beltway, especially on the northwest side, we have a crash on the inner loop at the jfx. left lane and shoulder blocked there. earlier accident on outer loop at reisterstown road has that blocking the right shoulder. 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 h

we're in harford county on route 155. where after 8:00 this morning a three vehicle collision all collided on route 155 causing a very, very severe damage to the bus, the bus rolled over and the suv is demolished. we know that at least all three drivers were transforted to local area hospitals. they were six children on the bus, they were transported to the hospitals and there's no word at this point on their condition. you can see, this is a very, very significant accident. four hours now, through route 155, it's been closed on route 155. we're watching the tow trucks righting the school bus and they'll move the cars out of the way. we have harford county sheriff's office on the scene. they'll be here for another half hour to 45 minutes. >>> thank you, and the damage to the suv a amazing. you can't even tell what brand it was. we'll have more on tonight. >>> more on the crash tonight. >>> the police are looking for the suspect in a home shooting. homeowners say that four masked men forced their way into the house and tri

right near the maryland harford area. they had pretty good winds. and severe thunderstorm wathat moved across this area. about 40 minutes ago. old trees down across roadways. they waiting sure. this is affecting route 136. west of white ford. harford county. >>> time now to check in with bob. >> we tracked that storm and wind gusts. >>> take a look at radar. and up to the north of us now. a couple of small cells across northern baltimore, northern carroll county. that also just popped up. thunderstorms moving in your direction. and that one cell. just in fact, around pretty boy dan area. just moved through the manchester region. because northern baltimore county, and portions of carroll county, off to the east of millersville now. and also little batch has moved into northern delaware. one shower to the east of portions of washington, d.c. just noticed that thing right down there. we'll keep tracking this. still a chance of activity tonight. until maybe about 10:00. take a look at the watches. the entire state actually under severe thunderstorm watc

we started harford county just passed aberdeen. there is an overturned vehicle that is blocking one lane. watch for delays. meantime, another overturn vehicle, and overturned tractor trailer in the westbound direction approaching woodbine road. watch for delays at the scene. just past frederick road, there is a police activity that could tie you up. there is a problem on westbound 50 at the bay bridge. there is debris blocking a lane. this is a live view of traffic. this is in the aberdeen area. no sign of the accident there, but we'll monitor that shot. there is a buildup of volume in frederick. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. good morning. >> we have a delay on the brunswick line, at 10 minutes late. light rail and metro subway are both on time. the 24 and 64 bus are a few minutes late. look for the five bus diverting at central because of construction. now back to tony pann. good morning. >> we have a touch of summer in the seven-day forecast. first we say good mornin

here, no problems from harford county to baltimore city. as you proceed through baltimore county, howard county and to 495 traffic looks well. we're in the green on the outer loop from 795 to i-70. only five minutes. 95 looks good from whitemarsh boulevard to 695. that will take you about three minutes. on the harbor tunnel thruway, six minutes between the split and 295. though, we are still working one crash in middle river, kingston road closed between eastern boulevard and hawthorne road. back to you. >>> 5:21. legendary actress gloria stuart passed away. she broke into films in the 1930s and made a major comeback in the 1997 james cameron film "titanic." she played the older version of kate winslet's character. she died in her l.a. home sunday. she was 100 years old. she was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago. >>> wyclef jean is in the hospital after being treated for exhaustion. the 37-year-old hip hop star checked in over the weekend. his rep says the stress and fatigue from his failed bid for haiti's presidency was to blame. t

indiana glen arm at harford road, we have an accident there. we have accidents on the outer loop at the inner loop of the j.f.x. we're delays on southbound 795 approaching owings mills down to the beltway. we have a vehicle that spun out and is facing the wrong direction. outer loop at 95 on the southwest side, another accident. you will need some extra time. this is the delay at white marsh. here is what it looks like once you get closer. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now tony has a check on your forecast. >> but first a look at hd radar. let's look at the doppler. note? yes? no? we have hd doppler. we can see some rain around the beltway and back into baltimore county. it doesn't break up to our south and portions of the eastern counties. that will be the case as we make it through the day. the seven-day forecast looks like this. 76 tomorrow with a chance of thunderstorms. nice weather on wednesday. another chance for showers on thursday. highs in the 60's on saturday and sunday. >> we have a guest on the set. >> save him for breakf

north charles and harford at montebello. east belvedere at loch raven. debris at hempstead at route 482. a downed tree at bone that part and another downed tree at pleasantville road blocking all lanes. another one on bel air road blocking the right lane. there is a look at some of the spots affected as far as flooding goes. that is, again, a handful. north point road, several locations there. several locations on pulaski highway. dorsey is closed between central and 648. meantime, a look at the speeds on the beltway. actually, not so bad this afternoon. looks lake a lot of people are avoiding going outside and as they should. it's nasty out there. there is a live look outside at the northwest side of the beltway at green spring avenue. wet roads, the traffic seems to be moving there. this traffic report's brought to you by the cochran firm. visit cochranfirm.com for a free consultation. back over to you. >>> first warning weather coverage continues rate now. all day long you've been sending us pictures and some of them for us now vic? >> reporter: as yo

. >>> 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 teammate. >> i think the whole entire community is behind this fallston team and this fallston family right now. >> he was laid to rest last week. >>> 5:36 now. a prominent preacher at an atlanta megachurch is vowing to fight allegations of sexual abuse that thrust him into the national spotlight. as abc's tj winick reports, bishop eddie long delivered a sermon sunday nobody expected a few days ago. >> reporter: the leader of one of the largest african-american churches in the world, he faced his congregation. >> i have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. but i am not the man that's being portrayed -- on the television. [cheers] that is not me. that is not me. >> reporter: in a fourth lawsuit filed friday against the pastor, 22-year-old spencer legrande says he was 17 when

statewide until 10:00 and severe thunderstorm warnings for northern baltimore county and also thorn harford county. take you to maryland's most powerful radar and show you what's going on. these are lightning strikes. north of the belt way, we could get a little bit of a glancing blow but as we take you further north, you can see most of this is north of jarrettsville and moving a pretty good clip due east right now. so this storm as we put out sort of our cone tracker here and go into storm tracker mode, you can see places like delta and # in -- delta in 26 minutes. you can see if it holds together rising sun in about 50 minutes or so you'll feel the effects. mainly gusty winds and there will be some dangerous lightning with this as well. sky getting a little hazier, a little more ominous but most of the action is north of the city. temperature close to 90, you're feeling that. downtown is warmer, that's down at the airport 9. muggy conditions, too. our weather net camera in mount airy, you can see as we look toe west, clear blue skies and there comes that stormy west from the west. that i

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

harford road is running smoothly at the beltway. both loops are checking out fine. 95 just south of the beltway is in great shape at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. [sirens] >> maryland will soon join several other states by banning talking on cell phones. >> the new law goes into effect on friday. kim dacey is live on federal hill with our 3d project report. >> this law makes it a secondary offense to you say hand-held cell phone while driving. the best buy in glen bernie was packed yesterday. the big seller -- hands-free headsets for your cell phone. most of the people we spoke to think the law is a good idea. >> i often get angry at other drivers because they are not paying attention. >> i have been on phones and texting. >> state officials have a press conference to make sure maryland drivers know about the lot. >> drivers will have to put down the phone and just drive. we want to make sure our cars and trucks are no phone zones. >> police officers were also on hand to support the new law. >> i have a family m

harford road, equally bad. people coming into the station talking about how terrible the traffic is. prepare for that as well. we will take a quick break and regroup and be back in just a moment and more on >> welcome back to our special coverage. this is the beltway at liberty road. you can see how slowly the cars are going. a terrible morning out there. john collins has more on a tornado warning in some parts of our viewing area. what can you tell us? >> the thunderstorm activity we are seeing is actually not producing any lightning and thunder, just as intense rain, but so much going on in the clouds that are circulation's being picked up by doppler radar. the circulations are things that could -- have not been detected yet on the ground or verified -- but could produce a tornado or waterspout if it is over water. our latest warning is for central anne arundel county and north-central carol -- calvert county, just south. it goes until 10:15 a.m. this morning. lined up right along the bay. this heavy thunders

now, a harford county teen is dead. i'm andrea fujii and a lye report is just ahead. >> and i'm tara mergener in washington, the president of iran is in new york and the mother of two hikers being held in his country want a meeting there. >> the oil well that spewed millions of gallons of oil is now sealed. >>> and we have the first delay of the morning coming up. we'll look at the speed sense source and the live pictures. after the break. >> good morning, everyone, it's a warm start to the week, we have some ups and downs coming our way. we'll have the rest shortly. >>> take a look at her, you would never know she's 43. she's joining us on coffee with to talk about her gold medal tips. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> sharon will have the traffic after bernadette woods in first warning weather. >>> it's a pretty nice start to the week weatherwise. you can see the sunshine out there and clouds to the east. as we head into the afternoon, partly cloudy skies and temperatures, it's a warm start to the day. we have 66 in baltimore an

we'll switch over to a live view at harford. still moving pretty well, but getting close to slullish spots there. and that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. now we want to check in live with sandra shaw at clementine in northeast baltimore. &promoting a great cause dining out. >> yeah, dining out for life is this thursday. you can go to 50 participating restaurants all around the city and the county and take part. 20% of the proceeds from the checks that night actually go to movable feast. and they serve those who are home bound, and they deliver meals to them who are critically ill. so more on that in a moment. first of all, i am holding pork cheeks. entree here at clementine. it tastes pretty cool, huh? what are you going to put in it? >> start with shallots and pork cheeks and some hard cider au jus, and we're going to gently poach oysters in that. >> sounds awesome. we're going to watch you cook as we talk to tom. you are with movable feast. what area do you serve around here? it's a big program. >> we serve about 1,100 peop

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

machines but no table games. 350 new jobs have been created. 80% of the new employees are from cecil and harford counties. this is a new era in maryland. >> we are excited. all of our cast members were smiling from ear to ear yesterday. >> the casino will open its doors at 8:00 a.m. this morning. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news.

in havre de grace, harford county, i'm gigi barnett. back to you on tv hill. >>> the children and bus driver were treated at an area hospital and released. >>> another day in the 90s. and we've tied another record. high temperature outside right now. summer is drag on intoalate -- into late september. bob is tracking these seasonal temperatures. >> hard to believe that the average temperatures this time of year is only in the mid-70s. and today, in the mid-90s. take a look at the temperatures right now. just a tad, with 92. ocean city, a lot more comfortable. 81. 91, still in cumberland. and the cooler spots out in the montgomery county area. 79 in oakland. how warm did it get today? 95. we tied the record, set back in 1970. officially coming in at 95 degrees. looks like tomorrow, we'll struggle to get the low. perhaps maybe a few places in the mid-80s. and a lot cooler on sunday. maybe only near 70s, denise. >> thank you, bob. >>> an unprecedented conviction involving a howard county educator, who sexually abused a young child in a uni

we do haveean accident at harford county. it's going to be at harford. it has shutdown route 126. you do twant t want to stick ie alternate route. here is a llve look north of the you can see the southbound lanes are really moving allng slow..3 you're looking at an 8-minute ride ffom whitemarsh bbulevard to thh beltway with an average speed of only 23 miles perrhour3 we will remain heavyyon the beltwwy from 95 to 83, that stretch will take yoo 19 minutes. you're llo looking an average sd of 52 miles per hour. the congestion will hit ou as you move west. ú%u're looking at a 22-minute ride with an average speed of 29 miltz pe29 miles per hour. that's the traffic edge. >>> we are followiig breaking news out of anne arundel county this morning. county fire officials say a 43 years old man drowned early this mornnng in edgewater after falling off of a pier near a bar on south river road. they tried o help the man but could not get him out of the an hour and a half later, dive teams found the manns body under the pier. the victim'' dentity has not been released. >>> baltimore's police

the latest on the unfolding harford county investigation. >>> a day of dialogues. the murder of a baltimore county woman, sparks action to prevent another tragedy. >>> baltimore city residents are getting a firsthand look at exactly what police officers do in the city. i'm weijia jiang, income on wjz eyewitness news. -- next on wjz eyewitness news. how police say it helps them solve a crime. >>> another record high in baltimore. what's in store for the weekend? don't miss the updated first warning forecast. >>> check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> wjz at 6:00 starts now. >>> sudden impact, a violent collision, involving a school bus. how does happen! inspect >>> headlighto, everyone. i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. >> an suv slams into a school bus in harford county, knocking the bus on its side. it happened as the children were on their way to school in havre de grace. gigi barnett has more on what happened and the exfend -- extent of

harford county traffic officers try to make sense of the mangled mess. >> right now, harford county sheriff's office traffic unit deputies are reconstructing the scene of the accident. too early in the investigation. >> reporter: their early reports show the driver of the gray car lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the double line and hit the school bus. it was carrying six students to meadowville elementary. but the bus driver lost control, slammed into the suv and flipped over on its side. medics rushed the suv driver to shock trauma. minutes after 8:00, alex heard the sirens rushing to his neighborhood. he believes the foggy weather conditions may have played a part. >> you get a morning like this you never know. >> you see the bus toppled over and smoke out of the suv. >> reporter: a neighbor sent michelle pictures of the wreck on her cell phone. her oldest daughter was on a county bus headed to a different school. >> my first thought was whose fault was it. it's scary to think you put your child on the bus and its something the bus driver could have done to make it happen. >> repo

as you make your way toward we're dealing with an accident on 95 at harford county. it's going at aberdeen on tte southbound lanes at route 22. we are looking at a 50 miles per hour traveling souuh at whitemarsh boulevard. that's the traffic edge report, patrice, back to you. >>> thank you, lauree. >>> foxes all new comedy line up has hit the small screen. think you're as unny as fox. if you are, then you can laugh all the way to theebank. our website. you can win valuable prizes. we will pick thhee winners on friday. up for grabs, a ton of great stuff, including a slide hd camera, a wii camping and you can wwtch all of tte shows here3 on fox 45, catch great episodes of glee, and raising hope at 9:00 anddrunning wilde at 9:30. >>> till ahead, they''e the hottest tickets in town. a chance to win tickets coming up later this hour. %-precedence over any otherkes problem that we have. >> next a little bug causing big damage. ♪ [ monkey cheeps ] [ male announcer ] a bath becomes even more pleasurable when you know that your water is being heated in an environmentally- c

things are flowing smoothly at harford road. a problem-free writing so far on the west side at liberty. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> with nearly six weeks to go until americans head to the poll, leaders are preparing to roll out their agenda. >> kate amara is in our washington bureau with more. >> the pledge to america it is like a sequel to the contract with america, a campaign platform designed to show voters the gop is listening and ready to govern. >> a pledge to america. >> leaders rolled out their pledge to america today. it is designed to win control of congress. >> it is important that a party stand for something besides the other guy is no good. >> cut spending, repeal of replace the health care law. >> the american people understand that is the economy, stupid. >> the pledge will come in handy on the campaign trail back home. >> every time they are asked what do you stand for, they will have the talking points. >> some think this doesn't go far enough. some democrats say it goes back o far.r >> republican

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

this is harford road. so far so good of the outer and inner lips. so far looking at a bpretty easy ride on the west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> out west plans to buy airtran airways, merging the two largest discounts carriers. kim dacey joins us live from federal help with the details. >> this deal would be a billion-dollar deal. baltimore could expect to see some defects with 140 flights already out of bwi. the merger between southwest and airtran will mean more flights for carriers. there will spend more time on parking and foods. that translates into more revenue. there are some unanswered questions. no decisions have been made about eliminating employees. there will likely be job cuts at the corporate levels. more jobs could be coming to baltimore. >> southwest gets bigger at bwi. there are more flights and more people needed to service those flights, including screening them through security. >> there are positives about the merger. there could be a decrease in local ad revenue an

here is a look at harford road, where you can see cars moving just fine. you make an easy ride. as for the beltway, a look at liberty road. you're looking at an 11-minute ride to 95. froo 695 all the way downtown to tunnels you're looking at an 8-minute ride through the fort mchenry tu introducing the samsung fascinate powered by verizon. super amoled screen. six-axis 3d gaming and access to thousands of free apps. all in one ultra-thin package. you want it, we got it. the samsung fascinate. only at verizon. >>> a city bar owner takes the stand in the trial where three men are accused of killing former city councilman ken harrrs. as kathleen cairns reeorts, video tape was shownn but the most compplling testimony comes frommthe businessman who also had a gun put tt his head. >> reporter:: ken harriss widow leaves the courthouse after hearing testimony in the triaa. >> this isn't an issue of a -obbbry took. %-just an issue that no one can idea fee thhse people. >> reporter: charles are charged with shooting en harris outside of the lounge. the owner testified at court ú%lling the

we continue to crawl long as you make your approach to harford road. delays continue. that's on the outer loop from 795 to 70. it will take you about 15 minutes to get through. an accident reported 97 at general highway involving two vehicles. harrisburg expressway has been good. we have a delay from middle town road to mt. carmel. taking a look at overall travel times from 95 to 83, 48 miles an hour average and 12 minutes to get through. let's take a live look. you can see congestion, the beltway at old court road. and at 95 north of the beltway. try any new breakfast sandwich. only at subway. eat fresh, back over to you. >> the winner of the baltimore city state's attorney race should be determined today. it will determine if gregg bernstein can maintain his lead over patricia jessamy. right now bernstein is ahead with 1300 votes. patricia jessamy said she may not concede without a legal challenge. >>> an accident in prince george's county claims the life of three people. all were in an suv which swerved over a double line. two paramedics suffered minor injuries and

taking a look at the map and sluggish there at harford road. moving to the harrisburg expressway and moving well northbound and southbound. smooth ride in both directions and moving back to 95, slow there. now, let's go back and take another live look back on the south westside and the delays are building up heavily there. this is brought to you by toyota and your local toyota dealer and you can choose from 16 fuel efficient models to find the ride of your life. >>> at the top of the news this half hour, some are calling it the race to make baltimore city safe. two democratic candidates say they're the ones to do the job. wjz and andrea fujii stay live on this story. >>> good morning don and good morning once again to everyone. pat jessamy fought off challenges before but never as tough as bernstein. today, voters will decide if she'll get another term. >> reporter: it was hours left in his campaign, he spent yesterday meeting voters while jessamy picked up another endorsement. >> we urge everyone to look at the records and write the records an

this is the topside of the beltway at harford road. traffic is backing down from providence down to harford. you'll see some delays that are probably fog-related. food for everyone at the greek festival. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, and stay connected with us on facebook and twitter. >> with the implementation of early voting, casting a ballot has never been easier. less and less citizens are exercising their right to vote. we hear please, exercise that right by november 2. for a complete voter's guide log onto wbaltv.com and click on commitment 2010. commitment 2010. 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 lo

haa is despite a ruling on monday by a hard for harford coy -olice. >> reporter: baatimore police at preakness capttred electrii nice an!!electrically, and illee >> we are focusing on going after iolent offenders. ú%pturr n preakness to anh officer bar aiding a skateboarder at the inner har recording a poliie placed on the spotlight. >> sit down. >> it's whethhr or not you haae a reasonable expectttion of privacy. >> reportee: monday charges are thrrwn out against bikkr who videotaped his raffic stop tte judge ruled that police in public have no reasonable expectation of privacy. >> get off the motorcycle, state >> reporter: while a harforr county judge may say it's well within your right to record police out in public, a diiferent story here in the city where police say they can still arrest you. >> the law is still the law. >>>rrporter: joe castle way %-problemaaic for police.sion aa he now believes that the iretap law needssto beechanged and he is not the only one. >> his s new ground for the state legislature aad for theú -egal commuuity to look at. as the information is evoove

. >> reporter: in harford county, jeff hager, abc 2 news. >> joey's football team returned to practice yesterday and its football game scheduled for tomorrow night has been pushed back to saturday at belair. >>> well, the family of a soldier from kay tonsville say he died while waiting results from a test for a respiratory illness. john burner died yesterday three days after visiting a medical facility in kuwait. his father told the "baltimore sun" his son was told he couldn't have a blood test because laboratory equipment had been shipped out as part of the planned redeployment. he said his son was confined to quarters with antibottics and inhaler. it may take up to six months before he gets the autopsy report on his son's death. >>> the man accused of killing an offduty maryland state trooper this year was in court today for preliminary hearing. cyril williams faces murder charges. brown was gunned down outside a restaurant in june, another man, anthony milton the second also faces murder charges in the case. police have said the trooper was working as an a-security officer. >>> a co

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. >>> people in harford county will soon from a new place to shop. the new kohl's opens today in forest hills. you're looking at a live picture in the front of the store. there are dozens of people outside rating to be the first to take advantage of all those good deals when the store officially opens its door. which will happen in about nine minutes. the store is bringing 150 jobs to the area, it's the 21st kohl's store in the state of maryland. the new store is located at 50 osborne parkway. >>> more than 400 inns are letting active and retired members of the military stay for free, on november 10th, the night before veteran's day. you can log onto our website, we have a whole list for you, go to abc2news.com. click on the national news section on our homepage. . >>> much better tampa, instead of 12,000, you got 17,000 last night. saw the rays clinch a playoff spot. rays pitcher david price shutting out the orioles for eight innings. he struck out julio lugo. home plate umpire, joe west, promptly tossed lugo to the east. the final score was 5-0. co

shifted over towards perhaps harford county, we'll pick off half inch to an inch in an hour's timeframe. we have ourselves a wave of low pressure. the pump up of tropical moisture. you heard the report earlier, wilmington, north carolina, 18 inches of rainfall, south carolina, extending down through the bahamas right now. all this rainfall continues to push its way, with a few waves of low pressure wrapping around this jetstream. core of cold air will wrap around the storm. until then, we have to deal with the storm through central maryland. what it means for us, periods of heavy rain, on average, two to five inches. some spots underneath heavy rain bands. one area of low pressure pushing south from midday. we enhance the rainfall. another wave of low pressure around this evening to our south. that partial for tornados and spin-ups will be with us as well. we watch the heavy rain try to push to the eastern shore. cutting off our rainfall eventually. cooler dry air spills in for the weekend. we have to watch ourselves, this flood watch and possibility of high tidal surging around portion

harford county. heavy amounts of thunderstorm activity and that pushed east as we have gone through l the evening hours. state temperatures. 98 in winchesser. almost 100. and 95 in hagerstown. ú% in d.c. 91 in baltimore. and it looks like we will not get that hot. it will be in thh upper 80s, lower 90s. but hot temperatures. 75 in baltimore. 79 in d.c. 73 in hagerssown. continue to see cooling tonight. acrrss the region. now that the frontal boundary rain cooled aii. but meandering back north. because we will see it retract ú%at and back north. temperatures to build in. and hot air in from the midwest and takes our temperatures into the lower 90s agaan. %-tomorrow.at the clear out for plenty of sunshine. for thursday. and then you see to friday. more sunshine. warm front pushes through the great lakes. and then the next front starts to approach us. as we get to saturday. sunday that. takes our temperatures back down to where the rain should be for this time of yearr 89 tomorrow. plenty of sunshine.

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

in's switch over to 95 harford county. you can see traffic at a standstill in the southbound direction approaching a mountain road. there is a truck fire. you can take pulaski highway. it is expected to be closed until 8:00 a.m. this morning. other accidents include the outer loop approach in the j.f.x. called sprint at loch raven. flooding is an issue on westbound pulaski highway. two feet of water. eastern and patapsco avenue near 895. flooding has that shut down. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we have breaking weather and news. a tornado warning has been issued for calvert and st. mary's counties and will expire at 7:00 a.m. this morning. we also have mass of heavy rain encompassing the entire state. see this area of purple? that is problematic and it is moving to the north. we're expecting major flooding or some kind of flooding with this system. we have the area of low pressure. it is combining with an area of low pressure along a stalled front. this is a conveyor belt coming in from the tropics. t is like

. >> harford county state attorney cassilly sees the judge's decision as problematic for police. cassilly now believes the wire tapplaw needd changed, and he is not the only one. >> this is new ground for the state legislature nd for tte legal commuuity, to look at. as information evolves, and as our aacess to real time information evolves we need to -ake suue theelaw corresponds to what is happening in society. >> criminologists ross said it is an issue hat could have wider implications. >> once you are out in the minimal expectation of privacy. >> it is an argument that most likely won't end here. joy lepola, foxx45 news at 10:00. >> delegate mike smigiel plans the wire tap law. >> on friday aryland will be the 8th state to require drivers to be hands free while talking on a cell phone. as kathleen cairns reports, som3 restrictions. >> a truck driver was exting when heather heard was killed. young woman had been planning her wedding hen her parents had to plan er funeral. >> killed instantly. >> at a news conference neer -nterstate 95 in howard county. >> national safety counci

we've been looking at this heavy band of rain that's in the central harford zone skirting the shore, about the heaviest rain over such a large area we've seen during the evernight. trust me, overnight we have had soaking rains between 4 and 4:30 a tornado warning in effect for portions of calvert and anne arundel county. it points out we're dealing with quite an unstable air massments i want to go right to the watch, warning graphic. there's a tornado watch, not a warning, but a watch in effect. because of this unstable air mass until 1 and they makes tend it longer for all counties. it's easier to say where it's not except garrett, allegany, washington and frederick county. we have a flood watch or coastal flood watch in effect for am -- almost all counties except garrett and allegany. a high wind except garrett and allegany. right now we va a flash flood warning for anne arundel, calvert, charles, pg county and st. mary's county. let's take a look at the day part. i think it's important to know we're going to get a break in the action through the midday but this is not an all clear

monday a harford county judde thhoughout charggs against a bikers that videotaped his judge ruled police in publicper. have no reasonable expectation of privacy. baltimore police disagree. >> but as it stands today, if a baltimore city police officer that he feels is in violation of the law, we ncourage him to work closely with the baltimore statees attorney oofice and review the law to see if there is enough evidence for arrest. if there is, he has a ight to enforce the law. >> harford countyystate's attorney said this ruling creates several problems for police. >> a baltimore city police3 officer is killed in a car crash. 61-year-old james fooler of catonsville died after crashing his truck in the state of pennsylvania last night. 31 year police veteraa. today police commissioner bealefield talked about the dedication to his job. >> a charles county worker is rescued after falling into a 30 feet well. this rescue operation was set uu in waldorf this morning. well was at a sewage pumping station. worker alert during the rescue. and expected to be okay. >> the iivasion of bedbugs has got

the first in harford county. aberdeen police said the man in this picture robbed a bank around noon today and they say he handed the teller a note and then got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. 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 d

and harford road, oo can ee no tax on everything you buy? that's in andy harris' unfair tax plan. 23% sales tax. a 23% sales tax will cut my business in half. would be devastating. andy harris' 23% sales tax absolutely makes no sense. 23% sales tax would really make things unaffordable. that's too high for the average american out here. i don't know how we would manage it really. don't like that idea. we can't afford andy harris' idea. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. >>> when breast canccr is caugh3 eerly a lumpectomy and radiation is consideeed just as effective as a masteccomy. a newwtherapy could allow women to combine surgery and radiation in a single visst.ú from the inside out. >> reporter: targeted intra operativv radiootherapy. -octors refer to it by its a >> breast cancer surgeon dennis reported at the american society the finding a single high dose of radiition given during a ú%mpectomy surgery for breast cancer was ust as effective as a 6 week course of radiation. >> the surgery is gone and thh patient goes home.

if you are traveling from the beltway all is clear along the harford road. as for the west side, everything is up to speeddhere. you're looking at an 11-minute if you're using the harrisburg expressway, noohing to get in your way aaong warren rrod. the jfx will remain clear from 695 all the way >>> many marylann farmers are this year. sun flowers are used for their seeds anddtheer oil.. they are native to the americans and are found to be domesticated. but unnike other crops we drive by, sun flowers make a stop. >> an area sunflooer field that seemssto go on forever. >> like malike nature's yellow g rose, the sunflower. >> reporter: if you're looking to clean cleans he soum the streeses of dailyylife. harford county providing a vvbrant gglden tonic for the spirit. >> we thought we would get up early and get great pictures. %-photographers rush to beat the sunrise t the farm. >> you can see how it's warming and swooping over the whole fieldd >> it's a tourist event. look at addy. >> cute. thank you, thank you. -p>> it won't be 5 months ever again and a great

he's live in harford county, we'll check with him in just a bit. to give you a sneak peek of what's ahead, we always have food on the brain. today, listen up, it's good. the great steakhouse escape. we'll look at all the sizzling steakhouses in the baltimore area. what kind of cuts are the best? since we're talking about food in "studio b", our studio next door, we have chefs from bic cooking up an asian treat for us. we'll learn about that cuisine and how to make something simple at home. >>> another thing that's kind of exciting, something we never do enough is looking to the skies and star gaze a little bit. we'll do that later on in the show with the folks from ccbc. >>> of course, it's friday, we always have a pet of the week. we want you to check out ronnie. he's an 8-week-old puppy, pitbull, extremely friendly, not a biter, from the maryland spca. katie flokay ry is here. now we want to move on to today's to hot topic. we're talking about a warning about lasik eye surgery. what's the danger? a lot of people want to know. is there a danger? a