this is also the first time 50% of likely voters has favored o'malley since february. >> o'malley's lead in the rasmussen poll was within the margin of error of 4%. >>> an east baltimore woman is charged with beating her occupant to death. and the weapon, the club, a security lock. >> reporter: baltimore city police tell eyewitness news, a 911 call led them to the suspect and the victim. >> reporter: no one answered the door at this home in the 1500 block of north bicker

thein o'malley taking on deed to stop the rate hikes. >> as mayor of baltimore, o'malley challenged the rate hike in court. he pushed bills to mitigate the increase. legislation included caps in allowing for in the mineral -- incremental increases. >> while the b.g.e. rate hike came to light encore paris what, the biggest part of the hike was finalized on o'malley. an order -- in order to entice steven larsen away from the private sector, the governor bumped his salary by $68,000. >> the fact of the matter is, our economy is doing much better now. that's really? nearly 7000 in maryland lost their jobs last month. >> the elecampane rounded off the number. the actual number, 6975. >> four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he is just making stuff up. >> this is all. -- this is false. a memo was replaced with a more upbeat assessment. the elecampane released o'malley administration e-mail's obtained -- the ehrlich campaign. the job numbers used in the internal report and its replacement were identical. >> bob ehrlich real record on energy, lobbyist helped write utility regulations.

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. that's it. that one...right there. exactly how much did the other airlines make off with? ♪ it was like $25. was that one-way? or roundtrip? roundtrip. $50? did you have a second bag? yes. mm! it was $35. that's $120 roundtrip. [ gasps ] oh! ah! ♪ [ ding ] >>> bob's updating the forecast. first, bernadette woods has a more detailed look at what we can expect. >> the rain starts to pick up this evening. it will continue on and off. so heavy rain tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening we'll start this wrap up this storm. it gets out of here. when it does, really cool air moves our way. >> like fall, tomorrow the rain and the wind will be and ending. much nicer friday, breezy, 72, 50. 66, 46. 63 on sunday, down to 42.

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] mcdonald's new chicken flatbreads. all out awesome combinations of juicy, grilled chicken topped with roasted garlic aioli and a natural four-cheese blend. mcdonald's chicken flatbreads. the simple joy of new discoveries. ♪ >>> it's time for the steelers to lose. yes, it is. >> reporter: they have won three in a row. let's see what the ravens can do about that. the ravens and steelers have two of the toughest defenses in the league. plus pittsburgh doesn't have roethlisberger. and if rice is unable to play, it is likely, meaning a busy day for mcgahee. he's heard all the talk about what a defensive struggle this game figures to be. mcgahee welcomes the challenge. >> no doubt about it. they are going to talk

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. >>> we continue to follow breaking news. children were some of the passengers onboard a charter bus that crashed in bethesda. there is a report of one fatality. captain mike perry above it. >> reporter: hello, mary. this is one of those small -- it looks like a small commuter style bus or small charter style bus. it's not a full size motor coach as one would think of it, maybe carrying perhaps as 30 or 40 passengers. at this point it's not clear how many people. initial report there is were 15 people onboard. the numbers aren't adding up as far as the medical issues. we know one person has died as a result of the accident. the chart are bus went off of the hov ramp, sky ramp from 270 northbound heading towards i- 70. at this point as it o

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now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. >>> let's take a lock at radar. only two places are not seeing rain, along the beaches, well to the east of us, along the ocean beaches and hancock, cumberland area. it's quiet right now. a batch of moderate to heavy rain south of the reason and another batch in the delaware maryland line and a skinny line to the west of us. we'll look for more rain tonight. they just extended that flash flood warning until after midnight tonight for all of central maryland. let's take a look at the watches and advisories. officially until 7:00 for the western side of the bay here from harford county to the calvert county area. a tornado watch until 7:00. we still have the flash flood warning and the coastal flood warnings until tomorrow morning. we're fi

martin o'malley and bob ehrlich. a new "the washington post" poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%. o'malley has 52%, with ehrlich having 41%. >> maryland governor martin o'malley says this is his favorite time of campaign appearances. he sweeps into a private home for a chat with his host and invited guests. there is a surprise. >> this man, the father, taught me spanish. >> as the governors settled in the home in montgomery village, he says throughout his career, he has always asked himself how decisions would be treated at the kitchen table. he said it was a place that was the center of his upbringing. >> it was a place where discipline was meted out and we're hopes and dreams were discussed. all of these things have been around the kitchen table. >> the subject today is education. the guests are all students, and their concern? how to pay for college. appearances like this one are no accident during the campaign. o'malley eagerly boasts how re- froze maryland in state college tuition for years, and the

. >> reporter: ehrlich and o'malley continue to be neck and neck. this was pretty much a foregone conclusion, governor martin o'malley would run but the cat and mouse game took months to make this fearchlt the same could be said on the republican side with former governor bob ehrlich who had been beaten by o'malley in 2006, testing the waters for another run. now it's both party primaries being recent history and both men securing their party follow mi again, the long talks about row match is on and pole teres are feeling it. the newest tally shows 5% of marylanders will likely vote for martin o'malley, a 3% increase from august and as many are prom messing to vote for ehrlich. so when you car a margin of error of 4% it appears to be a dead heat. >> when it's all said and done this clx will essentially be decided by people selecting a party. voters will decide whether the republicans or democrats. >> reporter: o'malley continue to ask voters to continue moving maryland forward while ehrlich has outleaned a road map for 2020. now 750 people were poll

o'malley has to go. he has taxed o us death. >> just go to foxbaltiiore.com and tell us what you think. sound off through facebook. send us a twwet@foxbaltimore. text your answer to 45023. >> your response could air later at 11:00 on the "late edition". >> new information tonight onú the possible cover up involving a state jobs report. maryland's republican caucus leaders calling for an investigation into why a gloomm assessment of jobs was pulled frrm the website as the department of labor and licensing.ú flurry of internal e-mails were ssnt before and after the report was pulled last month. labor secretary said that the document was never intended to be made public. >>>congress will do nothing about extending the bush tax cuts befooe tte elections. 39 democrats voted against going home today to work on extending the tax cuts. it was enoughhto force a tie that house speaker nancy pelosi had to break. she id n favor of goiig home. democrats blame the failure to vote on tax cuts on republican opposition

. >> with martin o'malley as governor -- christmas political tv ad cuts martin o'malley and his -- >> this political tv ad cuts martin o'malley and his track record to pieces. ehrlich 50% tog 47%, a statistical tie considering the margin of error. then the service gets interesting. 45% consider the economy the number one issue. out of that category of voters, o'malley has a 56% to 42% lead over ehrlich. 84% of republicans support burleith. -- support ehrlich. >> because montgomery county's voda solarte, a small percentage -- mcrae counties -- because vote is socounty's large, small percentage can be big. >> 75% of those surveyed know someone out of work. >> o'malley past of the largest tax increase in history. a 20% sales tax hike. >> the television ad plays into those economic concerns, portraying o'malley as a political leader responsible for these hardships. >> now o'malley says he is open for raising taxes again. martin o'malley, higher taxes, fewer jobs, moving maryland backwards. >> what each candidate needs to do is separate himself from the other in terms of policy. >> the rep

o'malley three times as much as ehrlich..3 on early advvrtising the wayey o'malley has beee able to do. buu secondly, i think,,also that going on throughout the summertime. i have never seen a incumbent governor attaak a challenger so vig lusly. iffyou landed from mars, you would think ehrlich is the en >>>they ignore the challenger and o'mmlleyy as waged a frontal assault on ehrlich, as if he is the governor. it shows, i think, a certain amounttof nervousness about the pools, and how close thiss3 election is. >> or the most part, watching tame. when do you expect him to come out of the corner and throw >> i think, ehrrich is going to aatack, not o'malley personalll, he is going to attack the o'malley record, in terms of the economy, and in terms of joos, and in terms of the tate deficit. and state spending. headed in the wrong ddrection.is we need to turn it around. we need to live ithii our means. and having multi-billion dollars deficit in this state. it is not sustainable. you will not see bob ehrlich return the ffre on o'malley personally the way o'malley has been attacking ehrlic

same opinion of martin o'malley for a long time. it's a tough job. it's not a flippant answer, it's just a tough job. not a lot of people can be governor. you have to make decisions, you have to make decisions, profound decisions and i think i can do it better than governor o'malley. >> reporter: we thank you very much for your time tonight. brian, we will send it back to you. >> tom fitzgerald reporting live from federal hill. i'm willing to bet rope walk bar and grill at federal hill which is a well known republican establishment in the neighborhood. thank you. >>> in maryland, the state has a familiar democratic nominee for the senate. barbara mikulski won the nomination for a fifth term, and they won 83% of the votes there. meantime, 11 republicans duked it out for the nomination. at this point, there is still no declared winner but as you can see right there, queen ann's county commissioner eric wargoats in the lead with 35%, followed closely by jim rutlig with 32%. of course we'll stay on top of this one and we'll bring you up

it will be a rematch of the 2006 battle between bob ehrlich and martin o'malley. o'malley won the democratic nomination with 83% of the vote if we could take a look at the numbers now. if not, you can keep an eye on the numbers at the bottom of the screen. ehrlich won the republican nomination winning nearly 80% of the votes. primaries were held in several other states with a huge post- election result coming out of delaware. ainsley earhart has more. >> reporter: a night of surprises after voters cast their primary vote. in delaware, christine o'donnell upset mike cassel in the senate primary. >> don't ever underestimate the power of we the people. >> reporter: the sarah palin- backed tea party candidate has no experience in elective office. she will face chris kunz in november. >> sadly all andrew offers us is status cuomo. >> reporter: new york's charlie rangel prevailed. >> if they take an example from us, country would be better off. that is make the judgment of the facts. >> reporter: 08-year-old rangel is all but guaranteed to keep his house seat. it would

as mayor, o'malley challenged the rate hike in court. he replaced members of the public service commission. he pushed bills to mitigate the increase. legislation included caps and allowed for incremental increases. well the b.g.e. rate hike came to light on iraq's what, the biggest part of a hike was actually finalized on -- came to light on eric's watch. >> the fact of the matter is, our economy is doing much better now. >> really? nearly 7000 in maryland lost their jobs last month. >> that is true, but the early campaign rounded off the number. -- the early campaign rounded off the number. >> four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he is just making stuff up. .> this is faultlse an internal document indicated maryland's economy continues to falter. the memo replaced with a more upbeat assessment. the job numbers used in the internal report and its replacement were identical. >> bob ehrlich some real record on energy. >> emailed made public back in 2006 revealed the former psc chair routinely consulted with lobbyists. >> what has

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. >>> in today's consumer watch, the government is warning people to stop using infant positioners. 12 infants have died in the past 13 years. most suffocated after rolling from a side to a stomach position. >>> seniors with high drug costs will have more options to help them cope with coverage gaps. the number of plans covering some plans in the donut whole gaps will triple next year. two plans covering the brand name drugs will be available in every region of the country. the plan offers a limited range of medications in the gap. >>> children's coaches are supposed to teach good sportsman ship. that's why this is attracting national attention and out rage. jeff glow has the story. >> reporter: a fan shooting home video captured the scene

o'malley hopes to @1v÷beat robe erhlich in november. a poll says 50% of those most likely to vote support o'malley 41% support erhlich. erhlich has the support of almost every republican vote almost ehe state as well as among many independents. >>> general motors has invested millions into its baltimore transmission plant for electric cars. the company will invest 23.5 million and vnicreate 11 new jo at the plant in white marsh. the money is in addition to the 246 million the company announced in january to quip the plants to so!build electric motors in the year 2013. the plan is to build the new facility next to the site where they build transmissions. >>> the pastor of that megachurch 7boñin atlanta he's the center of some sexual misconduct allegations. coming up new at 5:30 íi[one of eddie long's accusers is speaking up. >> reporter: police in westminster were on the lookout for a woman who used counterfeit money at three businesses. plus, it is think pink week. five ways tc7you can help a fri who's been diagnosed with breast cance

governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times were tough... governor o'malley kept his promise. there's never a doubt... there's never a doubt whose side he's on. martin o'malley... moving maryland forward. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. buried in his website - a promise to replace the tax code with a 23% sales tax and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. a bush tax panel said families would pay $6,000 more a year. a reagan tax advisor calls it a very dumb idea. but that's not his only bad idea. harris was the only senator to vote against expanding the child care tax credit and against the state's cancer treatment program. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training

gornor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reity. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have beeable to afford college. even though times were tough... governor o'malley kept his promise. there's never a doubt... there's never a doubt whose side he's on. martin o'malley... moving maryland forward. >>> new mysteries, new cast a a new city. law and order. veteran movie stars molina and howard will play recurring rolls as d.a.s. it premiers tonight at 10:00 right here on nb 4. >>> new look. our time 6:41. time for traffic and weather on the ones. >> so pretty out there, tom. >> feels grement nice, cool, dry weather in place on this wednesday morning. and the temperatures are down into the 50s in most locations. near 60 washington by the way. later tday we'll have rain moving in by this afternoon. you don't need an umbrella now. you'll probably need it when you come home from work or school this afternoon. likely causing floodg by this time tomorrow mo

o'malley has widened his lead over his republican challenger. the poll conducted earlier this month shows 52% of likely voters support governor o'malley. the poll has a margin of error of four points. we expect to hear details about what is being called a landmark contract proposal between the public school system and its 6000 teachers this evening. specifics have been kept under wraps so far, but city teachers are expecting pay raises for the first time in more than a year. it is not certain if this pay hikes will be tied to a teacher's performance. tim tooten will have the latest tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. two suspects are now in police custody in connection with a murder. 22-year-old manuel gutierrez and 23-year-old jamie calderon face murder charges in the death of jose ramirez. the body was found in the apartment that the three men shared. police believe the two men murdered ramirez after an argument in their apartment. the baltimore city police officer is dead after an accident on a pennsylvania road. investigators say the 26-year- old was

1400 adults surveyed by the "washington post" favored o'malley over ehrlich 2-41%. this is a big change from several recent polls that showed the two in a dead heat. but when it comes to the state's budget more people think hrlich is beeter qqalified. 43% of likely voters support bbb ehrlich with the budggt compared to 40% more martin o'malley. new poll numbers todaa. >> i do think the public after the primaryyhas been taking stock of the fact that maryland is weathering this downturn better than other states and we're starting to see some job creation for the first tiie in many years in our state. >> that poll is so far out of whack period. >> reporter: and that brings us to our question of the day, who will you vote for in the race %-go to foxbaltimore.com and let us now what you think. you can also sound off on3 facebook. you can send us a tweet at fox baltimore. you can text us, enter fox 45 a for o'malley, fox 45 b for3 earller or fox 45 c for somebody else. your response might air tonight. >>> more on tropical storm nicole and the heavy rains the %-meteorologi

likes governoo mmrtin o'malley. >> i think martin o'malley is more for the people. >>reporter: this criticczes his record on tax. >> he's not really on my side. reeorter: his response to the ad? >> it doesn't matter what he says. he lacks ccedibility. debates simillr to 2006 and so is his challenger. a response. l waiting to hear >>reporter: does that mean we can expect a similar race this time around? >> the voters know these two guys. >>reporter: political analysts officially dead. five months after it erupted, killing 11 men on board a drilling rig, billions to camp sst spill 3 c1 victims, money can't fix everything, creating economic uncertainty. >> if it's mixed in the water, wheee is ii going to kill? what is it going to do? >> i think we realized it was going to be that big. >>repprter: residents in louisiana say they'll be left get any phone free only at verizon when you buy the hot new samsung fascinate with its super amoled screen. get a free samsung intensity, a free blackberry bold or any other phone in our lineup. don't miss out. offer ends soon. buy a

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. >>> i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >> bass marty bass. >> we'll keep you updated. >> looking live at rosedale, ,,,

a poll shows a 52% of likely voters preferred o'malley. tomorrow, new york mayor michael bloomberg will officially announce he is endorsing governor o'malley. bloomberg has supported both republican and democratic candidates in this election cycle. president barack obama will be campaigning for martin o'malley here in maryland and next tuesday. the location has not been announced. >> on the road today, campaigning for democrats, president obama got a political back step for more than three dozen house democrats, many of whom are in tough reelection races this fall. they joined the gop to make clear their opposition of the president's plan to raise taxes on the well-off americans. >> president obama got the embarrassing news in iowa where his rocket ride to the white house began in 2008. to help balance the budget, he promised then and bows now to end the bush era tax cuts on the richest americans. >> we have a $700 billion tax but that affects -- tax cut that affects only 2% of the population. >> just a one-vote win, 39 democrats joined re

there is not much space in the polls between bob ehrlich and martin o'malley. it sets up a close match between the republican and democrat. brian kuebler reports both have a lot at stake. >> reporter: now the primary is passed the focus is on the governor race and the gloves are coming off. >> with martin o'malley as governor maryland has moved back toward. >> reporter: while former governor released positive ads the gop is doing the dirty work. this ad blasts o'malley for the unemployment rate and raising taxes during his term on negative ad bought and paid for by the republican party. who is higher up sees an opening in a traditionally blue state. >> it has to be in play. new jersey was won by chris christy. so if scott brown can do it if chris christy can do it bob can do it. >> this tough economy we need a governor on our side. >> reporter: o'malley is fighting back. the current governor has been running negative ads since the primary season but focusing in on ehrlich's old record insisting he raised taxes himself but called them fees. o'malley also continu

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. >>> we covered the watches, warnings and advisories. i can't stress to you enough how much rain will fall. as a matter of fact, let's take a look at a graphic. we basically have a floor easter hitting us. no long area tropical depression. the national hurricane center has said good-bye to the storm. no other advisories from that locale to be issued. we're looking at a big nor'easter. the strongest side is to the east and northeast of the center of the low. that's bringing the vortex right over western maryland. go back to first warning doppler radar. i want you to know there's not a lot happening down the lower 50 quarter over in delaware. right now it's a bit calm. the low is actually out here. here's the vortex of that energy. let's go

will endorse governor martin o'malley. according to the camp his endorsement will be announced in bethesda at an organics beverage company office. >>> when it comes to who's leading the race for the next gover' o'malley is leading over former governor bob erhlich according registered voters support o'malley while 41% said they will support erhlich. erhlich has the support of almost every republican voter in the state as well as support among independents. the margin of error is >$cslus minus 3.5 percentage points among registered voters. >>> millionaires of maryland are growing faster than the stock market according to a study by phoenix marketing. number of million dollar household inched higher representing almost 7% of the population. 144,686 households are worth more ón last year maryland had 133,299 millionaires. >>> well, it was an old- fashioned town nearly destroyed 5añby an early morning fire. but now the town is back on track. hear from the people who refused to let mt. airy burn to the ground and stay there.

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. 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,

but democrats energized behind martin o'malley. meantime, republican and former governor ehrlich has most of the state's independent voters but not enough of them to make a difference. no montgomery county, he only attrac attracts 27% of the while. the state's economy, followed by taxine taxes,. back to you. >> elaine, thank you. >>> and governor o'malley is hoping an endorsement from the white house will boost his appeal. >>> i've seen martin work. i know he made tough decisions to put safety and job creation first. stand with me, barack obama, in moving maryland forward with my friend martin o'lley. >> the ad began run anything baltimore yesterday and will start airing in the d.c. area next week. >>> president obama will wrap up his four-stain four-state campaign tour. he will hold a backyard discussion with voters in des moines, iowa this morning before going to richmond, virginia. democrats are in danger of losing control of the house and senate. >> we cannot sit this one out. we can't let this country fall backwards because th

one that criticizes o'malley wass% produced byythe republican governor association. this is midterm election go to our web úite fox baltimore.com. vote 2010. >>> anothhr nice day aad last full day of summer. >> vytas is here to tell s whyysummer weather for the remainder of the week. >>reporter: we are going to see the temperatures heating up out there feeling like the middle of june really going to úe an interesting thing we aae feeeing out there and it is the next few days. goodbye to summerrbecause autumn equinox the offfcial word for that autumn begins wedneeday full day because it is just shy of, about an hour, looking at one more almost ffll day of summer like temperatures but definitely the trres are oing to start changing color. getting the cooler temperature late overnight and waking up with cool emperatures as well and take a lookout there on hd radar. see no activity in the sky going on. relatively quiet conditions. nice clear skies. tip to see that with the high pressure that is in place. keeping us on the dry side of things. look at the tempeeatures ri

. >>> governor o'malley rolls out a new riddi radio ad. in it comes support from someon3 many are diittncing themselves >> maryland you have a choice in the election this fall, a choice whether you keep mmving orward with the hard working leadership and vision of governor martin3 o'malley orrdo you slip backwards.3 >> the president recorded the ad foo o'malley. it's release comms one day after govern orgovernor mallly! o'mala bill signing ceremony with the president at wash. analyst about whether theal president's support will hurt or help o'malley. >>> kathleen sevilleia hits the trail.ú with november's idterm election just a few weeks away. she says that public focus should be on moving america forwaar. sheesays thaa voters face thh choice of supporting democratic leaders who can make rogres in n -he country or fall backwards. >> we are goiig through selectivv amnesia in the us to have selective amnesia. it's important not for easy of you in this room necessarily but when you reach out to folks, to remind them of where we were. we have

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. . >>> there is a live look outside, well the sun came out. >> the sun dried things out from three quarters of an inch to about an inch and a quarter regionally. to the west of us, at least we had some decent rain. we will make up for it big time on thursday. we'll see a month's worth of rain in one day. conditions right now with clouds around down to 50 in oakland, pretty chilly out there, 79 in washington, 77 and 64 out in ocean city at 4. the dew point comes down, it actually dried out, yesterday it was 72 degrees and it has dried out a lot. we have a southwest wind that brought the dry air in. brought us sunshine today. the funnel system dumped showers and thunderstorms as laid up around the coast and it will stay there over the next c

o'malley leads ehrlich 50%-47%. a statistical tie considering the margin of error. 45% consider the economy the main issue. out of that category o'malley holds a 56%-42% lead over ehrlich and 84% of republicans back ehrlich as do 27% of independent voters. political science professor says montgomery has the largest number of independent voters in the state. >> it adds up to a lot of votes. if he can get those votes for himself and take them away from o'malley, it could change the election. i don't think that's likely to be the case in montgomery coun. because it's one of the deep blue, bluest couns in maryland. >> 79% of those surveys knows someone out of work or who are looking for work. many believe maryland's job market is getting worse. >> o'malley passed a 20% sales tax hike. >> a tved a pore trays o'malley as the political leader responsible for these hardships. >> martin o'malley. higher taxes, fewer jobs. moving maryland backwards. >> what each candidate needs to do is separate himself from the other in term

governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times were tough... governor o'malley kept his promise. there's never a doubt... there's never a doubt whose side he's on. martin o'malley... moving maryland forward. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. buried in his website - a promise to replace the tax code with a 23% sales tax and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. a bush tax panel said families would pay $6,000 more a year. a reagan tax advisor calls it a very dumb idea. but that's not his only bad idea. harris was the only senator to vote against expanding the child care tax credit and against the state's cancer treatment program. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. >> a very good wednesday morning to you. we'll have a nice dry day today. 56 degrees at the airport this morning. 64 downtown at the harbor. we're loo

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. now he's j♪ t making stuff up. ♪ [ female announcer ] mcdonald's new chicken flatbreads. all out awesome combinations of juicy, grilled chicken topped with roasted garlic aioli and a natural four-cheese blend. mcdonald's chicken flatbreads. the simple joy of new discoveries. >>> coming up next. when wyll we see the relief? wjz's got live tracking radar. >>> i'm kelly mcferson in fell's point where the water is already starting to flood some parking lots and streets. coming up on "eyewitness news," we'll hear from the mayor and show you the storm's impacts in the city of baltimore. >>> heavy rain and strong winds continue to pound through harford county causing a lot of challenges for people who live here. i'm weijia jiang with that pa

john rydell tells us one campaign ad for o'malley is prompting criticism. not justtfrom the ehrlich campaign, but also from a tv station. >> the ad is produced by the o'malley campaign. >> the property tax, as well as a lot of fee increases. difference between fees nd taxes. >> it ncludes a news anchor from maryland public tv. >> raising taxes during that period. >> it is a clip taken from a althougg reaction from voters was not paat of the broadcast. mpt executives did not give the o'malley campaign permission to use the video. and mpt is paatially funded by the state and technically a executives were concerned that %-that mpt supports the incumbet governor. but officials say they are non-partisan. >> ludicrous, over the top,3 goofy. ads. >>as for ehrlich he isstrying to clarify his position on fees that wereeapproved wwen he was governor. he calls t ironic that o'malley -s promoting programs hat are funded by those fees. the success of the chesapeake on bay restoration act and transportation bill. taking credit for cover crops and fixing sewer treatment p

martin o'malley... moving maryland forward. >>> coming up, heavy rains and it's not over yet. >>> heavy rains and strong winds continue to pound through harford county. i'm weijia jiang. i'll have that part of the team coverage next on wjz eyewitness news. >>> a plus plunges off a maryland highway. new information about what caused the crash. wjz at 6 starts now. >>> torrential rains wash out maryland. >> flooding causes evacuations and rescues. is there more to come? >> i'm vic carter. >> i'm mary bubala. denise is off today. here's what people are talking about. >> rains and high winds. a look from sky eye chopper 13 where the bay is overflooding. in rosedale the rains flooded pulaski highway, forcing firefighters to save a driver. a live look at the inner loop where the waters are still

now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last month. four years ago, martin o'malley misled us. now he's just making stuff up. bob ehrlich. we can do better. >>> we'll still enjoy baseball for a couple of months. >> it's been a while since they've been winners, but they know now what it's like again. o's manager shorewalter says he wanted his guys to witness what it was like when a team does win. the young lefty did what mathis did to tampa the night before. the o's never threatened in fact, they would have to watch helplessly while the rays would wrap it up. rafael soriano got adam jones for the final out. the rays do celebrate. they are headed to the play offs for the second time in three years. it's a team the o's have said offer the blueprint of how baltimore needs to become a winner. the o's have lost five of their last six games. >>> a dramatic play off clenching moment for the cincinnat

governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times were tough... governor o'malley kept his promise. there's never a doubt... there's never a doubt whose side he's on. martin o'malley... moving maryland forward. old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >> 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. let's get a check of weather and traffic. there is so much

joining s now, is governor martin o'malley himself. thank you so much for tank with us.3 now so far this race has been called, you have a comfortable victory over the democratic primary. >> i am looking forward to the fall and forward to this campaign. i believe that the people of our state have a choice, and he choice is whether we move forward or slip back. state understand that better days are ahead. and people want to move forward. >> governor there is a earlyy3 indication offpoor voter -urnout, how could that lack of interest impact the november election and what is your plan ú% improvv that interest, if you will?3 >> the real contest in terms of the governor'' race will come in the fall. and in november. and i am confident that with so much attstake, and with so many families yearning for better days and wanting to move forward, there wwll be a higher turnout, in the november election.ú and in the meantime, you know, i think it is still early in the night. and there are exciting race isaround the state. and prince george's coun

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martin o'malley has an 11 point advantage right now. the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3%. the top issue is the economy. urlich has the support of gop voters but not trying to cross back in 2002. -- but not drawing the cross party appeal that helped him win back in 2002. join us for a closer look at their race tonight at 7:00 and abc 7. >>> house democrats face accusations of abuse of power and the senate moves ahead to a senate bill. >> the gop report comes out+ today. there are really going for the jugular, wrong direction, the wrong bill, they're wrong time. >> basically saying the democrats have done they have not got things done, and there in the rules they imposed, and do not give the minority a consideration. talk about today, thank goodness the government will keep running. >> not surprisingly congress will have a catch-calall spendig bill. it assignq" congress's giving up, they want to get out of town, go home and campaign and get ready for the midterm elections and deal with this later after the elections. -- it

governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times were tough... governor o'malley kept his promise. there's never a doubt... there's never a doubt whose side he's on. martin o'malley... moving maryland forward. old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >> if the car bomb planted at times square last year actually went off, that is what the explosion would look like. faisal shahzad was arrested trying to board a plane to dubai. prosecutors say they will use this video for next week's sentencing. they

the "washington post" poll gives democrat o'malley 52% to ehrlich's 41%. the poll is a huge jump for o'malley from the dead heat both candidates were in just a month ago. >>> president obama is getting volunteer in maryland politics with more backing for governor o'malley. >> the governor has made the tough decisions to put education, safety and job creation first. so stand with me, barack obama, in moving maryland forward with my friend, martin o'malley. >> that radio ad started airing in baltimore yesterday. it will hit d.c. air waves next week. o'malley is hoping to once again get that to help him beat former republican governor ehrlich. race is a rematch of the 2006 election. >>> president obama is working his way across the country. the four-state stump has the president talking jobs, the economy and education. during a backyard chat with voters in albuquerque, president obama criticized republicans saying the republican values extending tax cuts to the wealthy at the cost of education. the president made a stop in wisconsin. today, he will hold two m

if that's the case in this poll, it's even better for o'malley. >> reporter: the o'malley campaign is reaching out to their supporters, trying to raise $200,000 in the last nine days of september, in order to combat what they expect to be more attack ads from the republican governors association in the weeks come to come. -- weeks to come. >> i'm sure we can count on that. >> for the latest polls and updated information, go to wjz.com. >>> unemployment is expected to be a major concern to voters this november. maryland's unemployment rate rose slightly last month. it now stands at 7.3%. it's up slightly from july. but still well below the national average of 9.6. earlier today, governor o'malley announced an expansion of the work exchange. >>> we want to update the breaking news. captain mike perry with more. of course, the big news is all of the explosions out there. >>> it's causing some problems here, vic. we're in the joppatowne area. this is along route 7. where about 45 minutes ago, a truck, utility truck, crashed into a utility pole. and into the front of the house. apparently

carrie has o tonight's 2010 report. >> the ad urges people to support governor o'malley. maryland voters like to make-up their own behinds. >> i've seen martin work and i know this governor has made the tough decisions to put education, safety and job creation first so stand with me. barack obama with moving my friend maryland o'malley forward. >> radioed a released on tuesday. how much weight does his approval carry when an economy is sagging his popularity. professor at john hopkins believes the add is claimed to reach out to block voters that he believes is receptive to the president. >> it's dangerous to assume that he tells them to vote they will. they're seeing unemployment and the material circumstances are not as good as they were four or five years ago. >> that's point republican challenge is hammering in t.v. adds. new he promises to deliver more jobs and lower taxes and fix the butt honestly. he says turn-out will be crucial especially for o'malley. >> the con stitch juan sis are the hardest hit by the economy and their probably the most likely to just sit this

o'malley had -- and now has a little known competition. republican bob ehrlich has a better known challenger banks to -- thanks to sarah palin. she endorsed brian murphy. it may reveal the strength of the tea party in maryland. keep an eye on the state senate races such as the 46 the district which includes federal health and canton. bill ferguson has mounted a stiff challenge to a longtime incumbent. the 43rd district of the northeast side of town, joan carter car -- joan carter, which is trying to hold off. back to the issue of turnout. primary generally do not have a lot of voters. you are live? >> i have to tell you that this turnout picture is not a pretty one. turnout is a light across the state. in baltimore city cut 10.5%. and the baltimore county, 10%. polls opened at 7:00 a.m. in baltimore city, turnout was light. by 9:00 a.m., 6000 people had voted. election judges were disappointed. >> this is a lot less. normally by now we would have at least somewhere in the area of 160 voters. right now we only have 100. speaks to what the d

find out who's supporting martin o'malley next. a right now, president obama just took the stage at a rally out at the university of wisconsin. this is one of several stops planned for this week as he tries to get voters excited for the november mid-term elections. the president says a stronger education system is a key part of his plan for long-term economic recovery. he's scheduled to be in richmond tomorrow. >>> president obama is lending his support to martin o'malley. that democrat is in a tough reelection bid. the president recorded a 60- second radio ad supporting o'malley. that started running in baltimore today and will run in dc closer to next week. >> urlich is accusing o'malley of deceiving residents. he said the administration tried to coverup a report on the recovery. saying it faultered but only for five hours last month, only to be replaced by a more upbeat summary. back then the agency said that memo was supposed to be internal, not public. >> i'm angry at the members of the general assembly and the finance committ

he accuses of martin o'malley of using it for his own political advantage. the agency posted its memo last month. the document stayed on the state website for five hours and then disappeared. it was replaced by a more upbeat summary. at the time, secretary explained that the report was completely internal and not meant for the public. republicans called it a cover- up, not an accident. >> i am angry at the members of the general assembly. i am mad at the maryland citizens that my government is hiding things from me to promote public political campaigns. >> martin o'malley administration e-mails. one of them reads, some of the material on the of date was diametrically opposed to the disgust and eventually approve of messaging. were very upset to see this on our website. i instructed michelle to take it down. on the same day, the governor issued a statement proclaiming for the fifth straight month, maryland had experienced job growth. marking the best performing the january-july since 1999. >> when one level of that government makes stuff up, and you can no lo

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