>>> you're looking at the arrival of tall ships at baltimore's ft. mchenry where the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812 is under way. welcome to "american history tv" on c-span 3. we'll be live until 2:00 p.m. eastern today taking your calls and talking with historians about this little-known war. we go live to ft. mchenry now, the home of "the star spangled banner" where we're joined by vince vaise of the national park service. he is the chief of interpretation at ft. mchenry. vince, thanks for joining us this morning. >> good morning! >> before we get into our conversation with you about ft. mchenry, we do want to invite our viewers to join us by phone. an easy way to do that if you're in the eastern or central time zone. 202-737-0001, for mountain and pacific, that number is 202-737-0002. make sure you mute your television when you call in, and we will get to your calls in just a moment. vince vaise, when visitors come to ft. mchenry, what is the reason that you give them that you tell them that the war of 1812 is significant in american history? >> this i

fanfare, the crowds, and the boost for baltimore's economy. >>> hello, everybody. i'm denise cope. >> and i'm v krirks carter. >> the nation's eyes are on baltimore. the -- vic carter. the nation's eyes are on baltimore. complete coverage begins with jessica at the inner harbor >> reporter: good evening. you couldn't ask for a better day to put baltimore city in the spotlight. >> reporter: ships from around the world make their way to baltimore, brazil followed by ecuador, each ship giving a 21 gun salute, then a welcome from fort mchenry. >> reporter: and we managed to got on board mexico's tall ship. >> reporter: the mexican naval ship visited baltimore in 2008. officers say they are o in order to be back. >> welcome to baltimore. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: what does it mean to be here representing mexico? >> it's very important for us, because baltimore is a very important harbor in an international way, so we are very grateful to have been invited. >> reporter: at the inner harbor, i'm jessica cartelia. >> complete coverage continues live now with megan mccorcal. >> re

story online at the c-span video library. you are looking at the arrival of tall ships at baltimore's fort mchenry. welcome to american history tv on c-span we'll be live today. we are joined by vince vase. before we get into our conversation with you we want to invite our viewers by phone. this made the flag the symbol of the american people that it is today. yes, the american flag had already been invented, but it was really during the war of 1812 in which the american flag won international respect through the words of francis scott key and the successful defense of this fort during the war of 1812 from the british and also some of the great naval battles of the war of 1812, like the american ships, like "old ironsides," the "constitution." >> you are dressed in full battle or full formal regalia at ft. mchenry. why don't you tell us a bit about the uniform you're wearing and where exactly in the fort you're standing. >> sure. this uniform is the uniform of an artillery major from the war of 1812, and i heard you say like battle, dress uniform, well, actually in 1812 that was your

been reported. >> a woman's body was discovered lying in a wooded area in baltimore county. her death has been ruled a homicide. a bicyclist spotted the victim. because of her death has not been released. anyone with information should call metro crimestoppers. a pitbull shot and killed during a drug investigation in southwest baltimore. we first broke the story last night on 11 news tonight. happened at the end of a foot pursuit of a drug suspect. police said the suspect ran into a home and the pitbull came barreling out to the officer, who reacted by opening fire on the animal. >> good news for the city of baltimore. it is no longer one of the top five when it comes to the of the largest national murder rate. fbi statistics show baltimore's 2011 rate at 31.3. that means 196 murders for the year 2011. it lands us at no. 6 on the list of cities with high homicide numbers per 100,000 people. the city saw a decline in murders of 12% last year, dropping below 200 for the first time since the 1970's. now we have breaking news from city hall tonight. a controversial baltimore bottle tax ha

police a call as quickly as possible. >>> baltimore county police are trying to figure out who stole a church van then used it to rob an elderly man. that van has been recovered and it was use today transport older parishioners and belongs to the mount pleasant church in owens mills. police say the suspect stole the key from a church member's home in the city and they took the van from a church parking lot. they then drove to a mcdonald's in pikesville and stole an 83- year-old man's wallet while he was in the bathroom stall. the suspect ran out and was able to get into the van and leave the area before police arrived. however, the vehicle was recovered this morning in the parking lot of the mall. >> mcdonald's says it has a surveillance video and they've given that to police. meanwhile, the church should get its van back by sunday just in time for services. we'll have more on this for you at abc 2 news and at abc2news.com. >>> a gifted screen writer has passed away at the age of 71. >> stay with us this morning. more on nora ephron who wrote fantastic movie scripts and she also dabble

bottle. >>> it's 6 o'clock. another big boat has just stemmed its way into baltimore's harbor. that's the enchantment of the seas. if it had come through yesterday when all the other big boats are coming in. it's the star spangled celebration in town town. it's christy in for sharon, marty is at first warning weather. >> it's beautiful. this time yesterday temperature and dew point for two apart. look at that 67 right now, dew point of 53. it's a pleasant morning and one degree cooler than this time yesterday. 77 at lufrng -- lunch going to a high of 80. >>> here is christy breslin at traffic control. >> good morning. definitely two accidents up there in hartford county. the first is route 24 at osbourne parkway. again in the jartsville area, shuster road at north furnace road. take northville road. in an ap napolis we have that -- annapolis we have that accident at oak avenue. in baltimore city, 6th street at malt avenue. as far as the beltway, that's still moving well in and all the way around. let's take a live look. everything is moving slowly there as well. also 95 south of mount

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street in bel aire. maryland is ranked fourth among states with people who have aids and baltimore is fifth, the fifth highest city in the nation with hiv infections. >>> 4:57. the taxi campaign is coming back for the 4th of july holiday. the maryland mba and aaa mid- atlantic are announcing the details of the campaign later this morning. they've teamed up again this year with yellow cab to offer free cab rides to those who have been drinking at baltimore bars or restaurants. >>> a general motors baltimore plant is now celebrating its fifth year of being landfill free today. the facility recycles 100% of its waste. it also uses solar panels on the roof of the plant for energy use. gm baltimore is planning media tours today to show exactly how they're going green. >>> today we're officially going to find out which six communities in maryland are receiving grant money to create green jobs. mayor stephanie rawlings blake and several of the state environmental workers are going to be at that event which is being held at the john eager howard elementary school. 30 underemployed people will

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concelebration festivities. good afternoon, everyone. first, our big story -- baltimore's mayor and city council are at odds of the city budget last night. they discussed key measures, like the bottle tax and rolling billboards on fire trucks. but not everyone is on the same page. the council proved their point with a big statement. >> baltimore city council took a rare stand against the mayor last night, signaling its intention to go against a proposed budget. the mayor and council to agree on the city don't tax -- on the city bottle tax. city council also unanimously approved a bill to sell ad space on the side of fire trucks and medic units. sponsor pete wilson believes that will bring in enough money to prevent three fire trucks -- three fire companies from closing. >> it will keep this thing appeared >> the group, including firefighters, will decide how the rowling billboards will look. but the mayor is not confident that the program will bring in nine enough cash. >> -- bring in enough cash. >> but the mayor's priorities to not match up with the six councils. on monday, council mem

girl. eyewitness news at 4:00 starts now. >>> this is wjz tv, wjzhd on wjz.com baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now is complete coverage. wjz, maryland's news station. >> good afternoon. here is what people are talking about. severe weather moving across our state. right now there is a tornado warning for baltimore county. there are flash flood warnings in many areas across the state. what you are seeing is a live look at montgomery county, clark's bug road. remember woods told you how quickly this water can accumulate. look at this, more than an inch. it only takes as mentioned an inch to move your car. that's more than an inch. you want to be very careful of these types of situations that develop. let's go to bob now for a look at live doppler radar telling us where the storms are now. >>> that was a smart motorist. turn around, don't drown. we have a couple strong cells. they have weakened, dropped warning for carroll county but is still officially in effect for north western sections of baltimore county for 15 minutes. that particular cell, we'

to that breaking news. a baltimore county police officer makes his first court appearance, after he's indicted on manslaughter charges in the death of christopher brown. wjz is live with complete coverage. alex demetrick has reaction from down's family -- brown's faly. t, though, we go to mike hellgren, who has the latest from court. >> good evening, kai. he had his head down, wore a t- shirt and khaki pants. he asked to be released. the judge did order the officer released on his own personal recognizance. no sorts of conditions there. the judge said he believed the officer was not a danger. a number of fellow officers also came to testify on hithat, the police chief and state's attorney held a press conference about the charges, right here. >> reporter: after increasing pressure from the family of 17- year-old chris brown, officer labord will face charges in connection with death. they include manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter, both are felonies. and they d in jail for 10 years. >> the job of police officer, as we all know, is one of the most difficult there is. every day, w

baltimore. this comes courtesy of the sister situation. this driver is doing the smart and waiting it out. the safest thing to do in these situations as flooding may become more of a concern is to stay out of the roadway. even though it's easy, just drive through it because it doesn't look like a big deal. unfortunately, in the news business, we cover a lot of scenarios happen when people decide to make that choice. the water is rushing through this roadway in the d.c. area in montgomery county and i suspect many areas in carroll county probably look very similar to this, dealing with the aftermath of all of this water rushing through in the storms that come through in the last hour or so. we're continuing to stay on top of that and watching severe thunderstorms and flash flooding warnings coming in as well. you can find all of this, if you get access to our apps, on mobile, smartphone, wherever you are with you, text wmar to 46988. you'll get all the apps and have access to all the information. not just for this storm because it's important right now that you have the information,

area. moving 20 miles per hour and moving towards this southwest. baltimore region. we just looked at it and let's look inside of it to see if there is a lot of rotation. let's go down to the lower area and we are looking inside of it. there is some rotation there, not as much as you saw earlier but there is some rotation right through there. you see the different colors, there's some neutral colors but we have darker greens and lighter greens in opposition. we don't see a lot of reds, sometimes not even seeing the indications can still mean you can still see some funnel clouds or tornadoes developing in that particular cell, from laural to maryland city, moving up towards the beltway up towards 95 and 32 right now. around the rest of the area, still plenty of activity as you can see just a lot of storms going on around the region across the area and particularly north and east of baltimore area and moving to lancaster city and south of dc, another strong line developing and concerned about that. and portions of west virginia and allegany and approaching western washington county,

. go make a difference. go captains! god bless you. [ cheers and applause ] >>> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake addressed the class of 2012 at st. mary's college of maryland in mid-may. she's the -- a look now at live coverage on the c-span's networks. the u.s. house gavels in at 2:00 eastern to include spending on energy and water projects. that's on c-span again starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. the u.s. senate is live on c-span2 at 29:15 when they wrap up debate on a general pay discrimination bill before voting at 2:30 on moving forward wir the maesher. live tonight at 8:50 with a discussion between warren buffett head of berkshire hathaway and david rubenstein, a major investment company, with the current state of the economy. tomorrow the senate banking committee looks into financial regulations. members focusing on the rules written by the securities and exchange commission to implement the dodd-frank law. that hearing will also examine the $2 billion trading loss at jpmorgan chase. see live coverage tomorrow morning right here on c-span3. coming up thursday, live c

is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com. baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> good morning. welcome to eyewitness news this sunday. i'm gigi barnett. >> and i'm burned out what's in for tim williams. sometimes you are not functioning and that happens. i wear pink all little butter. it's a beautiful morning for the run. just a gorgeous day in today. sunshine and comfortable conditions printed take a look at some of the temperatures. it's still warm at 68 degrees but we have really lost that humidity. way down into the 50s. they drop again this afternoon. 79 degrees. i really want start of the day. most of us in the baltimore metro area a little bit warmer. as far as today's forecast, we won like yesterday. not the high humidity like a couple days ago but close to 90 degrees this afternoon. tonight a cold front comes our way. that changes of our forecast a little bit more. that's coming up. >> here's what people are talking about this morning. a community searches for closure following the convict

one report of a tornadoes one in demaskus and one in virginia. right across the baltimore region we have a sell across the baltimore city. pretty much covering the beltway north and west of downtown and over northwest part of the baltimore. southeast it's pretty quiet. there are other areas that are pretty heavy. pg county area that tornado warning also in effect for the next 15 minutes for the area east of college park and crofton area. that's another very, very strong cell. other activity around the fredrick area very well. they've already had flooding reported out there. this particularly a batch of storms creating heavy rain as well. no warning expect for the flooding that's going on in that region. but it's moving up to fredrick, northern sections of fredrick county will be affected over the next 20 to 40 minutes. southeast of baltimore, lighter rain. really not much is another cell just popped up around the aberdine and grays area. pretty light heading toward cecil county. looks like the thought not a severe system. the one in the city now does have a potential to create very,

baltimore county teen is dead after a off duty police officer kills him. >> and a 24 hour lacrosse event to help wounded soldiers. a live report coming up. >> charley is out live at the inner harbor for the star- spangled sailabration. we want to find out not only about what the situation is on the roads because lauren has been tracking a lot of accidents but the situation with the weather. >> and the weather has good news out there. so that's good because we have lots going on this weekend. it's going to be fabulous. let's start you out with headlines this morning. a funtastic friday is on tap. we are mostly clear and dry. seasonable temperatures and the winds are light out of the northeast. so get out and do your thing. as we look at what's going on right now, temperatures coming in the upper 50s in northville and walkersville. we are looking at 62 in annapolis and those winds again light out of the north and east for today. it's not going to be as breezyas we have seen. and let's see it in annapolis where we are doing a beautiful sunrise this morning. not a whole lot of clouds to be s

, from north carolina uppers' other new england is one of the hottest areas in the nation. baltimore at 98 degrees bwi marshall. 95 in syracuse, new york. it is not kaline of very fast. still 91 degrees in downtown baltimore -- not cooling-off very fast. the good news is there is some heat relief. we will talk about that with the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> cooling centers throughout the city will remain open to marc for those seeking air- conditioning relief. the centers will also provide free water to anyone who needs a cold drink. you can follow the forecast on our new apps. they are like a woman with a special session held on mcganey expansion issue in maryland, at least for now. governor o'malley and -- appointed workers to agree. >> the work request trying to come up with a consensus on whether or not to expand gambling in the state of maryland. governor o'malley says he is frustrated but indicated the session may not be over yet. >> it was proposed as a world- class casino, not just a casino but a destination, a 13-acre facility with four thousand slots and 250 tab

hall with more on this story. >> baltimore city council took a rare stand against the mayor today, signaling that they intend to go against her proposed budget. a recently passed major that would put paid ads on the side of city guard trucks is being considered by some as a funding godsend. bar engines are designed to command attention and baltimore city it is capitalizing on that, by selling ad space on the side of firetrucks and medic units. the sponsor believes it will bring in up to $6 million figure, enough money to prevent three fire companies from closing. >> i hope it is a big magic bullet that keeps this thing open. >> several high-profile companies have -- have inquired about buying ad space. >> the mission that will be set up will have the unions as part of that and they will decide how it is affixed to the actual engine. >> the mayor is not quite as confident that the ads will bring in enough tax to say the fire company. >> i don't think it will be enough, but i understand and respect their desire to look at creative ways to fund our priorities. >> the mayor's prioriti

moving system capable of producing a tornado. let's go back down closer to baltimore where we've been watching this other tornado, potential tornado. this is over the southern city limits, glen burnie. elk ridge you're under the gun for a potential tornado, moving toward the northeast going right through the city limit. elk ridge 5:04. catonsville at 5:11. if you have a basement, certainly want to get downstairs, download the app. be prepared to lose power. lightning is a big concern. a slow moving storm will produce massive flash flooding. baltimore under a tornado warning until 5:00. we'll keep the carroll county warning until 35bg -- 5:00. pg county and moving toward the southern city limits. i think that pg county warning will be up until 5:00 because these are such slow moving storms. >> there are tornado warnings until 5:00 for baltimore county and carroll county. the most active is the northwest corner of baltimore county. we're interested in hearing from you. we want to see your pictures if you're able to get them safely. >> this is from jennifer in catonsville. you can see th

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of baltimore today. >> the statue is right over there. and he would be so proud, because you remember that tall ships many, many years ago that came here, really, the beginning of the inner harbor. this is what started it all along time ago. and of course, that was the great idea of william donald schaefer. a beautiful day today. tylar fantastic folks out you're enjoying the weather. -- a lot of fantastic folks out here enjoying the weather. these vessels are fantastic. >> the ship from brazil pulled into the inner harbor. the excited crowd was waiting to greet them. >> i think it is the coolest thing ever. it is really neat. i came down from my lunch hour to take pictures. gartz absolutely beautiful. i did not know they were that big. >> it is 81 or 49 ft. -- it is a 349 ft sailing vessel. it is used for good will. >> it is a great opportunity to be close to the people. it is a big opportunity to be here again. >> this is just one of 41 ships that will be here for the celebration. starting tomorrow, all of them will be open to the public for tours. >> they will be open to the public

off-duty baltimore county police officer. i am linda so. why the toon's mother says the officer got it all wrong. >> reporter: will sallabration is underway but we have new information regarding the festival going on at fort mchenry. >> all right. thank you charley. we will check in with him live at the inner harbor. look at this. lynette and lauren here with traffic and weather. you are busy and ready to go. >> we are. >> we are ready to goch the weather is awesome -- go. the weather is awesome. >> were you outside. >> i was. it's so awesome. make sure to enjoy it for today. but it's going to stick around going through the weekend. let's show you what's going on. we are nice and dry. we will stay that way going throughout the day. maryland's most powerful radar has all five sweeps on and we are liking what we are seeing. but we are looking at the forecast for today. and temperatures at 8:00 around 68 degrees. lunchtime today, 77 so it would be a fabulous day to eat the lunch outdoors and say this too because the past couple days we have been on the breezy side but not so much for t

rise. we're starting out at 76 in baltimore, 76 in dc. forecastings a high of 99 -- forecasting a high of 99, very close to the record of 100. when you factor in the high humidity, it will feel like it will top 100. we start to back off the heat tomorrow with an increased chance for showers an thunderstorms. >>> now over to sharon gibala with traffic control. >> good morning. so far one accident to get if your way. this -- in your way. this one could be involving a pedestrian it's at baltimore street at west lafayette. we have that construction project that has began on 895 at steel bridge. there's also one more issue, a chemical spill route 1, past 32. there's a look at your latest speeds on the beltway. 61 and 59, not so bad. not bad on the jfx either. that's a look at 83. if you're headed out on any of your other major road ways, looking good. it's looking to be a beautiful sunrise. remember wjz 13 is always on so for traffic information any time log onto wjz.com. >>> here is what people will be talking about today. that heat bernadette just mentioned once again near record tem

get pretty decent rain. right now, around baltimore, pretty quiet. another few cells in southern maryland. not too far from prince frederic, moving over the bay there, east of calvert county. we'll have to wait a little longer for some of this activity to the move to the north of the area, getting to us in the next hour or two. these could be strong, gusty winds and heavy downpours for a few minutes. take a look at the advisory. still have a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight, really east of the mountains. now, as far as temperatures are concerned around the area, we're still at last report at 96. i think we'll be coming down. the dewpoint is down, gotten much drier. ocean city, 76. mid-90s where we haven't seen any rain around the region. but 96 degrees at the airport with a dewpoint of only 59. feels like 96 degrees. essentially, no heat index going on this afternoon, because of the drier air. we'll continue to track the storms for you. anything popping up, we'll let you know. >> bob, thank you. >>> the first warning weather continues right now live at the inner harbo

beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a double shooting overnight in west baltimore has police looking for some answers. shots were fired before 1:00 this boating. a man and woman were both struck by gunfire. investigators were called to east lafayette avenue with a found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. no word as to a suspect or a possible motive. state leaders have now come out with a call to make the inner harbor safer. jim brochin has now voiced his concern following statements made by pat mcdonough. kim dacey is live at city police headquarters with more on the story. good morning. >> just a couple of weeks ago, it was republican state delegate pat mcdonough who raised a red flag about safety at the inner harbor after a number of attacks by groups of young people. he does not agree with the racial overtones delegate mcdonough put forth, democratic state senator jim brochin from baltimore county agrees there is a problem downtown. he also agrees that state police should be brought in to help with security. the mayor's office refused to comment on the senator's c

mike hellgren in west baltimore, look at the damage. the latest on the cleanup effort. >> the rain is gone, but the heat is a major concern for us this weekend. meteorologist tim williams explains in the first warning weather forecast. >> plus, justice for chris, one baltimore county family is asking for a federal investigation into their son's death. >> a growing concern about city firehouses. why a move to safe money has many neighbors fearing the worst. >> eyewitness news saturday morning starts now. >>> good morning. welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning. i'm gigi barnett. emergency crews have been working all night and this morning clearing away hundreds of downed trees, damaged vehicles and snapped power lines. this is what penn people are now waking up to this morning. these pictures were sent into the eyewitness news saturday morning newsroom. from baltimore city. where fierce winds caused trees to fall on cars. causing major damage there. eyewitness news is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams is following the storm and what is ah

>>> this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage. it's wjz. maryland's news stays. >> bracing for heat, dangerous temperatures headed our way, and it could be days before there's relief. just how hot it could get and how long it will last. hi, i'm kai jackson. a heat wave is about to boil maryland. baltimore city has already issued a code red alert. let's go to bob who's tracking the rising temperatures. >> today was warm, but it was dry. that will change. look at temperatures right now. still in the upper 70s to low to mid 80s. the cool spot is ocean city. for the day tomorrow, we in fact have a heat advisory from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. that pretty much all day long, because of the combination of high temperatures and high humidity compared to what we had today, which will make you feel over 100 degrees most of the afternoon and all weekend long. most areas, upper 90s to neighbor 100 degrees. will this heat let up for the holiday week? i'll have a look at the forecast coming up. >> bob, thank you

cavanaugh, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the public war over baltimore's own system is heating up at city hall. last week, city comptroller john pratt accused mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, spending money on new bonds and equipment without going through the cities bidding process. the mayor's office says no bidding was needed because the purchases were made under an existing contract. >> i did know that the mayor was trying to take over the duties and responsibilities of the municipal telephone exchange. the mayor offered me real-estate positions in exchange for the department of communications, and i told her it was an insult. >> we are not convinced that the comptroller's office has the technical capacity to implement voice over ip to all city agencies. we are convinced that the mayor's office of information technology can do it better, faster, and cheaper. >> pratt said she and the mayor were scheduled to meet about the issue this afternoon but that the mayor's office cancel the meeting. >> lisa robinson joins us in the studio with details. dexia official said the zoning law governing liquor lic

southbound 295. baltimore street is shutdown in the city between stockton and carrollton because of fire department activity. west lexington is a better bet. another problem, a closure in harford county. 136 is shut down at the broad creek bridge. 11 minutes on the outer loop side. five minutes to travel south and 95 from the 895 split down to the fort mchenry. here's a quick live look at traffic. we switch over to some building volume on the west side. those delays will be falling into place very soon. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a domestic violence suspect is in critical condition this morning. >> investigators say police had no choice but to get physical when the man resisted arrest. jennifer franciotti is live in towson with more on that. >> the girlfriend is telling a different story. she said police went too far. investigators said they did was necessary to take the suspect into custody. the mother of this children says police came to apartment on sunday after a neighbor called 911. she said she just renewed a peace order against him. police say he took off before he

downtown baltimore. barry simms joins us live with where people are trying to deal with the heat, but we will stay in the epoxy tonight and that has to be a concern for people in the city. >> they have the cooling centers open and the pool hours have been extended. we have plenty of other people just trying to do whatever they can to stay cool. >> we walked up and down the street and ask people. >> he has two jobs, figuring out to stay cool. and helping people stay refreshed. >> it's all part of a family-run business in northwest baltimore. >> get your water bottles. take a drink. get your water. let's go. >> they make sure they drink water every 50 minutes. this is camp. there has to be some playtime, even in the sweltering heat. games of the water include drip, drip, drop. a variation of duck, duck, goose. >> we're doing extra rotation to inside and staying in the shade as much as possible. outside, we are doing water games. we're just trying to keep them cool. >> as the sun bakes the outdoor stage at the ruins of the pasco -- but sapsago institute, when this calls for a heated exchang

birch -- arch bishop william lori headed out of town today and baltimore's mayor responding to some serious questions about the city's rec centers that are slated to close today. >> sharree has been following the stories and has all new information as we start this wednesday. what can you tell us? >>reporter: here's a look at what's happening today, the conference of catholic bishops begins and they have a lot of work to do. three bishops will be there. you're going to look at a live picture. actually that conference is being held in atlanta. the u.s. bishops will devote a large part of their concerns about infringements on religious liberties by governments and the courts. the bishops will also receive a 10-year progress report by the national review board on the charter for the protection of children and young people. now, they'll hear recommendations from a review board. that conference starts today and runs through friday. and taking a look at other news today. today some of the city's recreation centers will close to build newer models. rallies have been held in protest of thos

watch in effect so that's around baltimore county this morning. let's go to maryland's most powerful radar and you can see the thunderstorms bearing down across the area around harford county. we will talk about this coming and also the extreme heat. right now let's check the abc2timesaver traffic. >> reporter: in addition to the severe weather, we are dealing with a two alarm house fire in southwest baltimore. it continues to shut down sponson street and sherie scone -- sherrie johnson will bring you an update. live look at 395, you will notice absolutely nothing to get in your way if you are traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel the it will take 8 minutes traveling northbound from the beltway to the toll plaza and as we check in and look at some other drive times, no delays on the beltway. it will be nice and clear. 12 minutes traveling the outer loop from 795 towards 95. and the jfx also clear. megan. >> thanks so much. >>> we have breaking news to tell you about this morning out of southwest baltimore where crews are on the scene fighting a fire at a row home. this i

baltimore. four people reported hurt after an mta bus accident just after 8:00 this evening in cherry hill. we are told that a child riding a bike came out of a nearby alley and hit the bus. the mta tells us to talk was not hurt. we are told for people on the bus were injured. no word yet on the severity of their injuries. >> late breaking details involving a triple shooting. two of the victims are girls. investigators say the juvenile and adult male were found shot just before 6:00 tonight near annapolis road on russell street. we are told that all the victims suffered non life-threatening injuries. police at not released a motive. encouraging news about baltimore's murder rate. fbi statistics show that the 2011 baltimore murder rate was 31.3 per 100,000 residents, taking the city out of the top five in the country. it drops baltimore to #six. a 12% drop, and the first time there have been fewer than 200 homicides in one year inner city since 1970. >> state corrections officials say conrad bain was working on a road crew in prince george's county when he took off. he was last

attorney general. >> one by one, dozens of glorious tall ships pull into the baltimore inner harbor. the star spangled sailabration, full steam ahead. sky eye chopper 13 is live over the inner harbor now, where we see some skydivers, jumping from an airplane, as part of the sailabration. there's one now, creating smoke, a trail of excitement. for all of those waiting on the ground to see him. wjz is live with complete coverage of this major cell -- sailabration. sky eye chopper 13 with a view of the ships. but first, here's jessica kartalija. >> reporter: you could not ask for a more picture-perfect day out here, vic. thousands of people expected to show up around the harsh hor and -- harbor and around the baltimore city. to take part in the bicentennial sailabration of the war of 1812. >> the ships are coming in. the ships are coming in! >> one by one, tall ships, from around the world, make their way to baltimore. brazil, followed by ecuador. each ship giving a 21-gun salute. then, a welcome from fort mchenry. >> and we were fortunate to get on board mexico's tall ships. the gautima, v

>>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >> no secret baltimore has a lot of abandoned buildings. but with the het help ofrehabilitation programs they are hoping to -- help of the rehabilitation program they are trying to turn that around. >> reporter: joseph grew up in baltimore. but later moved to the suburbs. now he is back. >> baltimore is has been a great city for me. >> reporter: lured by an affordable home not far from johns hopkins a neighborhood in transition. >> we have pride coming back into the neighborhood. you have assets returning. people are paying taxes. >> reporter: this street was once lined with abandoned homes. several have been rehabilitated through baltimore's say cans to value program -- say cants to values program -- vacants to values program. >> we have neighborhoods that need to know there's hope and there are people, you know small developers and large developers that see value in them and that's what we are seeing here. >> reporter: vacant homes are a problem nationwide. the number of properties jumped 51% to 10 million from 2000 to 2010 and ten state

history of the war of 1812 and everything about it. >> reporter: an international spotlight on baltimore's inner harbor, as the sailabration officially gets under way. a ceremony with maryland's top brass. >> we are officially kicking off baltimore's star spangled sailabration. >> from indonesia. captains from all 40 ships around the world, are presented with gifts. ♪ [ music ] as the naval ceremonial band plays... ♪ [ music ] visitors from around the world commemorate the war of 1812. >> it's wonderful receiving in baltimore. i want to see everybody. >> we have something to celebrate and give to people that are probably not even aware a lot of what is going on. >> reporter: taking a live look now from sky eye chopper 13. possibly one of the best views of sailabration from high above it. and i have to say, yesterday, we floated in on the mexican ship, quatimas. and today, we hopped on board the brazilian naval fleet. i'll have much more on that coming up tonight at 5:30. denise, back to you. >> you have the best assignments, jessica. there is no doubt about it. next time, i'm getting t

about 7 miles of reduced visible. zero in culpepper and 7 in baltimore now and 6 in york and 6 in salisbury and 6 in wilmington. so we are having that visibility a little bit less now. so be prepared for that as you head out and about this morning. and once again we look at this recap and will be dealing with muggy mornings and las warm start. we will have dry conditions with clouds and areas of patchy fog. all right let's check the abc2timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning and you've been busy with accidents. >> reporter: we are starting to see some relief on roads. 95 no delays to talk about from harford to baltimore county and getting into the white marsh area a 15 minute ride from the beltway all the way into the city. so that's good news. no problems to report out on 95. and heading out on 695, no delays to talk about. just 11 minutes to travel that out aer loof from parkville -- outer loop from parkville to 83. north of shawan road in hunt valley, nice and clear for an easy ride towards the beltway and that will remain clear on the jfx. and as you travel that south

here. >> the police did their job today, taking six pilot individuals off the streets of baltimore. that is what we strive to do every day -- taking 6 violent individuals off the streets of baltimore. >> late breaking details in the death of a teenager allegedly at the hands of an off-duty baltimore county police officer. but this afternoon the state medical examiner to -- rule the teen-ager's death a homicide. what does that mean now for the officer? kim dacey continues our coverage from towson tonight. >> the officer is a nine-year veteran of the baltimore county police force. he is on paid administrative leave tonight. the medical examiner ruled the teen-ager's death was caused by asphyxiation. his family wants some answers. >> here is a good kid. his last memory should be that he was extremely great personality. >> the family of 17-year-old christopher brown is mourning his sudden and unexpected death. arising junior at randallstown high school, he was a member of rotc and the wrestling team. he -- she got news that he was dead after an altercation with an off-duty baltimore po

moving along pretty quickly. one in northern baltimore county should be expiring as we speak. but there is a warning for severe weather up in parts of york and lancaster county's for those cells that cut right across carroll county about an hour or so ago. to the south, severe storms in eastern washington area, coming up out of the d.c. beltway. when the warning in effect, and the storm system would have a tendency to move toward baltimore in the next hour or two as it makes its way up the 95 corridor. rough weather in our area, damaging winds, flooding rains, large hail and possibly 20 damage associated with some of these storms. one of the biggest cutting right across the central and northwestern parts of baltimore city. captain roy has been getting a bird's-eye view at some of these nasty storms appear first and foremost, stay safe for sure, and keep sending back these amazing pictures. >> yes, right now, we are aware that had the line of storms ended up going through. this is just a taste of some of the damage in this area. we are hearing that a lot of trees have fallen on hol

without a warrant. hispanic leaders in baltimore say since the law was first proposed, they have seen an influx of people moving here from arizona. >> a lot of people from arizona. >> reporter: nicholas ramos is the chairman of the baltimore hispanic commission and owner of arco's restaurant. he heard the stories of hispanics constantly stopped by police in arizona. >> we don't feel good in arizona because we get stopped all the time. we show the driver's license and the green card all the time. >> reporter: he says that he believes the supreme court striking down much of the law is a step in the right direction. the supreme court says part of the law is okay and they welcome challenges once it goes into effect. some of the critics say it will lead to racial profiling and extended detention. mike schuh reporting live downtown. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in a statement, the president says he is happy the supreme court struck down most of arizona's immigration law. >>> >>> anne arundel police are needing your help finding an arsonist. a fire was set in the anne arundel medical

this case ... he died of lung cancer in january.i'm andrew spencer for good day baltimore the trial is expected to last about three weeks. 3 people are deadd.. following a shooting near auburn university... and police say... it may have all started overra giil. girl.police in allbama are searching this man.. ddsmontt leonnrd.he isssuspected of shooting three people to death killedd....including two former auburn uuiversity football players.three others wounded. witnesses say ann argumeet ver a girl broke out just before shots were fired. the pastor oo an atlanta mega- church is facing domestic violence charges... after police say he harmed his teenage daughter. daughter.police say creffo dollar... got in a fight with whether she could go to a party. a witness told police he grabbed the girl by the throat... and choked her. but dollar says his daughter hit him... and told police she became quote - "veryy disrespectful." on sunday... he addressed is 30-thousand member coogregation... and was met with a standing ovation. the truth is, she was not choked. she was not punchhd. there were

raid in north baltimore. baltimore. it happened puspect was shot by officcrs.. when they ssy he tried to un recovereddsix firearms... they ssy were used in an armmd men were under investigation for about a monthh.. following several armed robberiee. 1:38811 these were very violent individuals who intended to do some serious harm today :15 :151:23:35 i just heard booms :37 i thought it was actually neighbor wasstalking about the sailabratiin then you peak phrough he woods up there and you could just see the swats :44 :44 the susppct who was shot is expected to recover but faces several felony charges. a ffght with a baltimore after - county police officer.the medical examiner is now calling it a homicide. homicideethe officer says he heard a loud bang outside his homm and found his ffont door damaggd.he then saw... three to four young men... run away. so... he took off after them. caught up with 17-year old chhistopher brown... hiding in some bushes along starbrook road. (armacost))"at that point, the yyung man.... engaged in aa physical fight with our officer ann in the course o

. yyu can also get emails when criies happee.sign up by going po our website... fox- baltimore dot com...and click on "spotcrime" in the "hot topics" section at the top of the screen a ictim left partially blinded by a baseball bat cannibalism suspect in another case may have been planning to eat is organs, oo. too.police arrested alexander kin-yy last week and chargee him withhthe murder of a admittee to chopping up tte victims body... eating his heart and art of his brain. nnw, another man has come forward saying kin-ya attacked he claims, back on may 19th... he was knocked unconscious with a bat and awoke to kin-ya kin-ya ran away when the pttack was interrupted by two residents. campus police charged him with assault ann reckless endangerment... he was freed on baii six days before thh mmrder. a bankruptcy hearing scheduled for tuesdayyfor former ravens running back jamal lewis is rescheduled.the delay is related to lewis subbitting required financial records and meetinn with court officials. lewiss.. who retired from the n-ffl in 2009 after ten bankruptcy in april... claiming 14-p

people will be talking about this morning. a baltimore county police officer has now been indicted on manslaughter charges weeks after a teenager died after the two of them fought. mike schuh is live outside county police head quarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you may remember our recent coverage about how the victim's family wanted the officer indicted. they got an indictment but not the one they wanted. >> 10 years is how long officer james laboard could spend behind bars, now charged with manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter in the death of 17-year-old christopher brown. brown's family wanted a murder charge. >> this was definitely what i thought they were going to do, to rush something along to quite up everybody and say let's give him something. >> police say officer laboard chased brawn d -- brown after he thought the teen threw a rock at hiss door. brown was asphyxiated and died. >> you pull him out of the bushes and strangle him and that's the charges you're going to bring. >> county law enforcement said this case was treated like any other. >> the fact t

, fox455morning news. 3 first on fox... an edgewood baltimore city police officer assaulted him...beeause the officer thought a drug deal down.it happened tuesday night in harford county.21-year-old carson hutton says he was in the officer approached him... believing he was witnessing a drug deal.hutton says in a rage... the officer ppinted a ggn toohis head... got him out of the car....and threw him to the groond.he says the offfcer never identified hhmself as police. "he was pointee it like any other gun, holding it right at the window right at my face &preally..it was scary he had his fiiger on the trigger he could ave sneezed and shht me" me"hutton has no crimnal record.the harford county sheriff's office has applied to charge the officer with second degree assault.we contacted the baltimore city police epartment... but as of this morning we haven't innident. a baltimore county church van been foond. the van was found - wednesday morning in the parking lot of ámondawmin mallááin west baltimore. it belongs to the mount pleasant pollce say the suspect ssole tte keys during the burglarr o

late last night in north baltimore. it merges the crews responded after reports of a person being struck by a vehicle. that person's condition is not known at this hour. there was a shooting in northwest baltimore near clifton avenue. a man was found suffering a gunshot wound to the head. he was taken to shock trauma and his condition is listed at critical. >> the u.s. supreme court ruling on health care was not the only thing happening in washington yesterday. >> president obama is heading out of washington to see the devastation from the colorado wildfires. >> this is the beltway at bel air road. more on weather and traffic when we come right back om >> welcome back. nine minutes after 5:00 a.m. we do have some big thunderstorms north of the city. kind of unusual to have severe weather this early. severe thunderstorms in baltimore, harford, and cecil counties. the strong storms is a long the harford and baltimore county line. it is getting ready to cross over 95. around fallston, you guys will get hit pretty hard over the next 10 or 50 minutes. wind gusts over 60 miles per hour

it's here at the knowledge and success academy in baltimore where police arrested 17 year old tiarra brown she waasaccused of stabbing a woman 6 times in the stomach in early may outside a baltimore nightcllb. brown's mother says her daughter was at home in bed.... thht night preparing 11:25:54it was neelegence on disgraceful that they can just pick a person out and just charge them witt something without investigating she's a juvenile she's 17 year and they took her out of er school :06 a couut commissioner issued the warrant after a family member of he victtm reported the crime. a spokesman for the baltimore city state's attorney office says... prosecutors worked ass uickly as possible to drrp charges against the teen at his hour.... he teen still remains ocked up here. joy police ...are investigating... a murder... at... ásully's seaffod... and subsá.../ on... near... hamilttn - avenue... in.. northeast baltim. baltimore.police say... the victim... is... the store owner...// but.. won't identify him... by name.../.a.. customer found thh body... just before eleven... this