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Transcripts For WBAL 11 News At 5 20130809

Including today. Temperatures have fallen into the low 70s. Ahead of that, we are approaching 90 degrees in places like leonardtown. We were close to 90 in baltimore. These storms have a lot of heat and humidity to work with, and that is why they are so potent right now. Live about to pour if you in betterton or centerville. This will all quickly moved east into delaware. On the backside of this, the sun is already breaking out in westminster. More thunderstorms could pop out throughout the afternoon and evening, and any of those could be heavy, possibly severe. More details in a moment. Right now we are keeping our eye on a couple of developing stories. This is video from sky team 11. We are told that several people have been taken to a hospital after a crash in northwest baltimore. Officials are responding to the 4200 block of liberty avenue. The accident happened in the last hour. We will keep an eye on this story for future developments. Howard county Police Confirmed they are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman as she jogged in columbia on a footpath near the ersection ofs tone cloud of stone cloud on wednesday. The suspect ran off after she started yelling. Last week in woodstock, another female jogger says she was attacked by a man who tried to knit redneck use a red cap to strangle her. Tonight, people are understandably on edge at Johns Hopkins. This is because of a recent spate of incidents targeting medical staff. Officials are now stepping up security. Officials with Johns Hopkins Medical Center acknowledge that there have been a number of robberies and an assault in the last couple of weeks in off campus areas. They tell us now they are going to do all they can to keep residents around here safe, and employees, by beefing up security and taking other measures. There is no doubt about it, the hopkins Medical Campus in east baltimore is expanding by leaps and bounds. Of that growth, there are now renewed concerns about safety. I had heard about incidents, but i have not seen or heard anything personally. Weeks,he past couple of three offcampus incidents have raised concern, including a cell phone theft, a robbery, and an assault. Were warneds through email. I have never had any problem and i see security around quite a bit. I have never had any problem. Despite the warning, she says she feels very safe. They have security out there, so for the most part, it is safe. 11 news also noticed hopkins security vehicles driving toward offcampus neighborhoods. In a statement, and officials our Security Department takes all concerns seriously. A good idea to beef up security. We have beefed up ours. We are taking an interest in the safeness of this area. It is a good idea to beef up security. The property manager of a nearby residential buildings as hopkins is making the right move, but she and her residence feel relatively safe. In east baltimore, lowell melser, wbal tv 11 news. Police are searching for the gunmen behind a latenight shooting. It happened in the 1400 block of. Ast pressman street the victim was shot in the arm. Meanwhile, a wouldbe thief is behind bars in Anne Arundel County tonight he cuts of a quick thinking witness. Police tell us a man was returning to his car when he saw someone inside the drivers seat. The suspect got out and ran off, sealing a nearby bicycle to try to make his mistake. It. Her man was not having he ran after the suspect and tackled him to the ground. 22yearold Gary Sullivan is in custody, charged with theft. He had been in trouble with the law in the past, a rested for previous burglaries in the area. Yours are hearing from experts who evaluated jurors are hearing testimony from an expert about the mental of the defendant. Called a forensic psychiatrist who claims that carla porter had to mental disorders. Called a rebuttal witness who disagreed with that finding. se jury in carla porter murder for hire trial was listening to her testimony on the witness stand, along with audio and video recordings made as part of the police investigation. Now they are listening to the testimony of experts. One identified carlas profile as consistent with one who suffered repeated abuse in the context of her marriage. Earlier, dr. Neil bloomberg, a psychiatrist, testified that, in his opinion, carla porter was physically and verbally abused from by her husband and that she suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder, classified by maryland law as battered wife syndrome. She is accused of involving family members and others in murder. Dr. Ng the testimony, bloomberg said that carla thought killing him would be her only method of escape. Syndromeked if the caused people to lie. He said no. He said she lied when she initially claimed a blackmailer killed her husband. Added, that does not change my current opinion. A doctor who performs court for the state of maryland testified that her stress was caused by the legal situation. Greg still ahead tonight, still ahead tonight, troopers have to figure out how to get the 650,000 pound transformer from maryland to pennsylvania. For now, it is staying put. We will tell you why. The president announces reforms to the governments controversial surveillance program. Details just ahead. Parents are being put on notice. Make sure your childs shot records are up t [ man ] she yours . Yeah. My first. Congratulations. Your applewood pulled pork with extra pickles sir. [ male announcer ] new subway applewood pulled pork. The sweet ansmoky flavor you love. Subway. Eat fresh. [ camera shutter snaps ] clicks we are following breaking news out of east baltimore, a series of crashes disrupting the highway. Lets send it up to captain roy taylor and the sky team who is over the scene. As you approach monument street, there is a crash with two vehicles involved. City police have had to shut down the highway at irvine avenue. Traffic is backing up rapidly and is extremely heavy on irvine avenue. There have been a couple of minor incidents that are causing issues as well. Thank you. Maryland state police are going to have to figure out how to get a 650 thousand pound transformer over several bridges, passed ,hrough seven in Carroll County and eventually into pennsylvania. Troopers tell us they have had to delay the trip because it is significantly over the typical weight. The transformer came from mexico, arriving by barge in baltimore. Police say they are working to obtain a number of permits for and will have to reinforce bridges as well as one major artery along the way. There is no word on exactly when the trip will take place. Political insiders say president obama will try to lay out some specifics about his for the country. He will also try to make citizens feel safer about the allowed by law. The president is calling on congress to reform the patriot act and to increase oversight of the secret court that approves government spying on targeted individuals. President obama announced a new effort aimed at restoring public trust in government surveillance programs. We can take steps to put in place greater oversight, greater transparency, and constraints on. He use of authority for the first time, the president explained his decision to cancel a summit next month with russian president vladimir putin, saying it was not solely about russia granting asylum to edwards odin. Edward snowden. It had to do with the fact that on a wide range of issues, they have not moved. On obamacare, the president effortsouse republican to repeal the law and ideological fixation. The idea that you would shut down the government unless you prevent 30 Million People from is a badealth care idea. And on the prospects for averting a Government Shutdown i have confidence that common sense in the end will prevail. Regarding surveillance reforms, a spokesperson for House Speaker john boehner says while transparency is important, the president needs to make sure those reforms dont compromise the operational integrity of the program. 11 insta weather plus forecast with meteorologist ava marie. Thunderstorm moved through the area. Heavy downpours, a lot of lightning. It is now pushing off toward the east. You can see what the changes did to the temperatures. We were approaching 90 degrees at the airport just half hour ago. Now we are at 81. Those temperatures are quickly bouncing back, but that rain cooldown,bit of a very briefly. There is still a lot of heat and humidity for the storms to work with. They are quickly pushing into the Eastern Shore. Heavy rain now entering kennedy bill. Sutter 10 still getting part of the downpour. Ville. Nedy part of0 still getting the downpour. We have isolated storms left over into southern prince georges county. Is pushing activity east of Baltimore City. This is all part of the development we are going to have to worry about during the afternoon, especially as you start to see the skies clear out in places like westminster. It means the atmosphere is priming up again, allowing for more thunderstorms to develop. This is something we will have to watch for, at least through sunset tonight. The cold front is just starting to push into western maryland. You can see more storms in garrett county, moving into Allegheny County as well. The entire area is vulnerable and the thunderstorm could pop up at any time. We are going to see much drier air move in for the weekend. It is going to be a gradual clearing. For tonight, storms through 9 p. M. For baltimore steering. In the Southern Area of the state, this will take a little longer to clear out. Drier air starts to move in saturday and sunday. Futurecast helping us timeout these showers. We should see mostly dry conditions throughout the late night hours into early tomorrow. There is still going to be a lot of cloud cover around even tomorrow as the second piece of the cold front tries to make its way through. For that reason, we cannot rule out a shower saturday morning, but we should see clearing skies by saturday afternoon. Basically, it will be a dividing line between Stormy Weather to the south and less humid, more comfortable air to the north. There is an indication you will have great weather for the weekend in northern baltimore. The storm earning the southern part of the state will still have to worry about thunderstorms. A look at our sevenday forecast shows how monday is still mostly dry. Something isolated could pop up late in the day. I wont worry too much about that at this point. Tuesday looks like the next chance for storms, but overall, it is a much drier pattern. Summer is usually the time for relaxation, and less you are looking to start the u. S. Naval academy. Up next, the class of 2017 takes a nice, deep breath. Who says there arent hard working teenagers out there it you go you are looking at them last sixave spent the weeks and during intense training and rigorous instruction, but tonight, the freshman class at the Naval Academy gets a little bit of a reprieve. It is the first time they have gotten a taste of freedom since june 27. A parade is set for tomorrow. It is open to the public. It starts at 9 30 a. M. In tonights medical alert, how do you reduce overdose death . It is a difficult question to answer but one that needs attention in maryland as Drug Overdose deaths are on the rise. They rose 15 from 201120 12. Today, governor omalley is attending a roundtable discussion to discuss the issue. Experts believe that the rise in deaths is attributable to a 54 jump in heroin deaths. Malaria is one of the most instructive diseases in the world, killing about 2 Million People per year. A child dies of malaria every 60 seconds in africa. Researchers say they have successfully tested an experimental vaccine for malaria. More than three dozen volunteers tested the vaccine. Although the results are exciting, researchers say the vaccine is a long way from broad use. This is certainly the time of if you are stepping outside, you are lucky if a mosquito does not find you immediately. But you might be a mosquito magnet, for real. Has a list ofn what mosquitoes find attractive. Drinking beer, exercise because of the lactic acid, pregnancy, and even your blood type. If you have type o lead, you are probably more likely to get bit then if you have type than if you have type a. Another good tip, plugin an ifating fan if used it you sit outside. Weak fliers. E i just wear camouflage so they cannot find me. Talk of times, coworkers about entering a big pool to win the lottery. For a group in new jersey, it worked. Coming up, what latebreaking, you are watching wbal tv 11 news at 5 p. M. [captioning made possible by Constellation Energy group] captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org at 5 30 p. M. , one more thing to add twoyear back to school list, but it is important, having your children immunized. Are going children back to class on august 26, just a couple of weeks away. Administrators want to make sure students show up with proof that they have been immunized. I know this is hard for parents to sometimes get a grip on, but it is really important. It is critical because so many students are spending so much time together all day. Health officials across the state say they are taking no chances. All students educated in maryland schools must show they have received two measles, mumps, and rubella shots. It is the law. It was really important for me to get this done sooner than later. They do get their shots done, but usually at the last minute. I decided to do it ahead of time so they can be ready. Schools must have up to date immunization records by late september or be forced to turn students away. It is really important that students get their immunizations so they do not put the small number of children who cannot get immunizations at increased risk, students with cancer and things like that. Should go tod their pediatrician or family practitioner on a regular schedule from the time they are an infant, and at each of those scheduled visits, the pediatrician or practitioner would administer the required vaccinations. Me and my son get checkups every six months. Make sure everything is upto date and ready to go for school. True forme holds college students. Health officials will tell you their biggest concern is making sure students have been immunized to prevent meningitis. A number of Health Departments across the state will be offering some free shots over the next couple of weeks. We have information about what is required this year. It is all on our website, wbaltv. Com. Gregs here is a look at some of the other big stories we are following here is a look at some of the other big stories we are following right now. Hundreds of people gathered to artgood by to colts great, donovan. The football legend was remembered not only for his performance on the gridiron as the first cold in the nfl hall in the nfl hall of fame, but also for his life after football. He died on sunday at the age of 89. Students at Johns Hopkins medical school are on high alert tonight after a series of robberies and assaults on the east baltimore campus. Staff members reminded students to remain vigilant when walking to and from classes. They have beefed up security as a result of the uptick in crime. The defense presented its case today in the murder for hire trial of karla porter. Doctors took the stand, one thatfying that court of ptsd. Suffered from the case could go to the jury on monday. We will have more details on what happened tonight at 6 00. 16 workers in new jersey learned they won a share of the 425 million jackpot tuesday saturday night, and they all still reported to work on monday. We are learning a lot more tonight about who will cash in on this weeks powerball jackpot. Eckstein maintenance workers from a county garage in new jersey 16 maintenance workers from a county garage in new jersey, in an area ravaged by hurricane sandy, hold one of the winning tickets. Have asked to remain anonymous, but their boss talked about their newfound wealth. Give them a little time. The newest millionaire in minnesota i welcome paul white and present a check for 149 million. My siblings have been giving me grief for years because i talk about how i am going to win the lottery someday. I am happy for him, but i was hoping it was going to be me. By many ing shared new jersey, where the third ticket was sold. I woke up to a screaming wife telling me to check the ticket. When i told her we did not buy it here, there was more screaming. They look so happy. That much money would make you kind of giddy. For those of us who use facebook not everyone uses facebook but everyone knows somebody who knows too much information. Muchw is this for too information . A florida man confesses to murder. How he did it, and why. In commitment 2014, another republican has announced he is entering marylands governors race. Two other candidates have already entered the race for the gop nomination. Marylands primary will be held next june 24. There is a plain sitting in a womans bedroom with deadly results. O homes were damaged. , a oneyearold and 13yearold are all missing and feared dead. It is not known if the plane was heading to the airport or leaving it. New details tonight about the Miami Florida man who confessed on facebook to killing his wife. According to police, derek medina killed his wife then posted a picture of her body on facebook. He then turned himself in. s 10rs say the couple yearold daughter was home and unharmed. Anthony weiner told a onrnalist to get a hobby thursday. He seemed somewhat surprised that reporters followed him into the building while he canvassed for votes. [indiscernible] do you have plumbing and stuff like that . Indoor plumbing . Flush toilets . No, that is why i am here. Residents pledged their support to wean her. Actually confronted him over the lewd online messages. Times poll has Anthony Weiner slipping to fourth place among Democratic Candidates for mayor. A deadly storm system continues to grip much of the country. Still ahead, how rescue crews were able to save a sleeping infant with just a tethered rope. Plus, is your most personal information, your bank account, your doctors records. Mugged online. Are learning how cyber crime is on the rise. Thunderstorms continue along. E Eastern Shore o

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