seven-day forecast in a few minutes but first to sarah and see what is happening on the roads. >> some improvement to report for motorists on southbound 95 just past 195. we had an accident with an overturned vehicle and several other vehicles. that is off to the shoulder. you see a bit of delay from the beltway to the accident scene but all lanes are getting by. now to another problem northbound 95 ramp to the outer loop an accident and another with respect at 216 and 29 in howard county. reisterstown route 30 at mount gilead a vehicle fire reported. rest of the roads looking pretty good. 12 minutes through the stretch to the accident scene southbound 95 from the beltway southwest to 32. 11 minutes north side. 12 on the west side. things are lacking good on the -- looking good around delaney valley and easting on the north side. much improved from 5:00. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11". >> our big story as early voting continues in maryland the gubernatorial race is heating up. bob ehrlich got a big endorsement from rudy giuliani. kim dacey is live in federal hill with the story. >> rudy jerusalem and bob ehrlich -- giuliani and bob ehrlich came together yesterday. he told a modest crowd of ehrlich supporters they need to put the former governor back in office. he took swings at democrat governor martin o'malley calling him the most anti-business governor in america. o'malley was in southern montgomery county yesterday and defended himself against giuliani's claims. >> your debt and your taxes and your expenses are going up and up and up. >> we have cut our state government spefrpding by more than -- spending by more than any governor of maryland and we have a triple a bond rating and have improved other schools. >> both fielded questions about polls showing different margins between the candidates. a "baltimore sun" poll has o'malley up by 14 but ehrlich aides say that poll is nowhere close to his campaign's internal numbers. live in federal hill, kim dacey, wbal tv 11 news. >> turning to congress both parties claim momentum is on their side. we have a live report from our washington bureau. >> good morning, stan. no one is arguing that this is a race right down to the finish. the question now is, who has the advantage in the homestretch. eight days until election day and both republicans and democrats are confident voters will be on their side. >> america is on fire to fire pelosi. >> fresh from a rally this weekend in florida republican party chair michael steele takes his fire pelosi bus tour to rhode island today. he is predicting a wave of anti-democratic voting november 2. >> i have seen a consistent ground swell of excitement and energy toward the election. the voters are tired of the fact that the federal government hasn't listened to them. >> republicans need to pick up 39 seats to take control of the house, 10 to win the senate. a recent associated press poll shows the g.o.p. may have a good shot at the house with half of those surveyed saying they will back a republican while 43% say they will support the democrat. in the senate democrats are seen as having the edge. democratic party chairman tim kane says his party's efforts will be critical. >> what democrats mspecialize i is the ground game. we are seeing strong trends at the rallies and early voting. >> president obama is starting the week in rhode island talking about the economy and raising more money for fellow democrats. back to you. >> if these trends hold and republicans gain the house without taking control of the senate how unusual is that and defended >> very. it would be an historic anomaly because not since the 1930's has the house changed hands without the senate following suit and some analysts say that is exactly what is going to happen next week. >> very interesting. thank you, tara. >> seven are recovering after being exposed to dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide in a howard county home. officials were called to this elkridge home on main street just after mid knight saturday morning -- midnight. four adults and three children were treated. we are told five of them had high levels of carbon monoxide in their system. firefighters say this case proves the importance of having a working c.o. detector. >> to those individuals who have goes heat in their homes it is to ensure their carbon monoxide detectors are working, check the batteries to ensure they are working so you get the early detection. >> everyone inside the home is listed in stable condition. it is still a misery as to what -- mystery to what caused a fire in baltimore. joanne julian was in the basement of her home on yorkway around 6:30 sunday morning. they believe that is where the fire started. three others inside the home were rescued from the second floor. >> instead of celebrating his birthday friends and family of a detective will lay him to rest. funeral services will be held for brian stevenson. he was killed two weekends ago after a dispute over a parking pace in canton. sean james is being held without bond on murder charges. funeral arrangements are in place for another fallen city police officer. a public viewing will be held for tommy ports tuesday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the ruck funeral home in towson. he was killed last week when mihis car slammed into a fire truck. shots fired have sent a man to the hospital. a 20-year-old victim was wounded saturday night in the 2100 block of east monument. no word on a suspect or motive. a similar mystery hyped another shooting that wounded three people last night. they rang out just before 7:00 sun night long east 20th and kennedy avenue. one was hit in the stomach, a second in the leg and a third in both the leg and stomach. no word on their conditions this morning. >> a new york congressman wants youtube to pull the plug on an accused terrorist video message anthony weiner calls on the company to take down hundreds of videos featuring anwar al awlaki who is linked to other acts of terrorism. the congressman says he doesn't think his request impedes freedom of speech. >> there are clear free speech issues at play on the internet. that is not what this is about. there is about a corporate citizen saying we are going to do the right thinking to protect our other customers who are not terrorists. this is somebody who is using the service to spread hate and doing it effectively. he has follow eers, 3.5 million views, 700 videos. it is about time it end. >> google, which owns youtube says it has met with the congressman and will consider his request. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think youtube should take down video members posted by an accused terrorist and defended e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> they say a win is a win but tell that to the ravens fans against buffalo. on paper it should have been a romp for the ravens but that is why you have to play the game. after overcoming a 14-point deficit the ravens went on to score 24 points and seemed to have the game in hand but the bills battled back sending it into overtime. in the final second of the fourth quarter. then thanks to a timely fumble, or forced fumble by ray lewis the ravens won 37-34. keith mills will have more later in sports. he is a sports guy, not me. >> close but no cigar. 6:09. coming up the morning financial news in the bloomberg business report. >> dramatic video of a texas twister's rampage through a town and what kind of damage was done. >> you may remember this girl from "the today show" the one with the months-long case of the hiccups. she has gone from hiccups to handcuffs. wait until you hear what charged with. >> for a scottish act to spinach quiche. >> we are tracking a couple of problems for the commute including closures that just went into effect in the city and fire >> a very good monday morning to you. hoping you are doing well. 56 degrees downtown and pretty mild. no sprinkles yet. may need umbrella later but for more on what we are talking about, it is charm city food tours. you want to stop by here at the metropolitan. they are open seven days a week for basically coffee, wine bar and also breakfast. we have the breakfast items here. we had the scottish example which is wrapped in sausage, hard boiled and deep fried. and spinach quiche. >> fresh made speurb quiche with a big side of fruit. >> it is a unique atmosphere in metropolitan. we have many other areas of restaurants and that is the inspiration behind the tours. >> we start off on the south side of charles street in front of the market and will go through to big jim's deli. i won't tell what you foods we will have but i will tell you the stops. we will go to be ay burger bistro and scarborough bed and breakfast and federal hill park and stop with dangerous ly delicious. >> you can go to baltimored if tours.com and get your tickets. it was successful in fells point. h.d. doppler nothing really over maryland right now but there is a system emerging from the ohio valley that will give us showers later on. high of 72. feels good inside here at metropolitan. tony, as we sip our coffee and so far we have not really eaten any of this but i'm sure it will be consumed shortly. skrao >> this is a great idea. all kinds of history tours in maryland and why not a food tour of baltimore and defended >> absolutely and pretty cool. it started in d.c. and migrated to baltimore and baltimore has its own unique food. >> there you go. we will talk to you again next hatch hour. appreciate that. unique idea. weatherwise it is quiet. there could be a few sprinkle because it will be smooth sailing until the late morning and afternoon. 50 at the airport. 52 in rising sun. the clouds have been thickening and i think that will continue as we head through the morning. some of the rain will eventually catch up to us. showers and thunderstorms coming out of kentucky and tennessee. that is all heading toward baltimore. further in the morning and afternoon the better the chance that some of that rain will catch up to us. you will likely deal with a little bit of it on the way home from work this afternoon. high pressure off the coast is producing a southwest wind so while we expect some of this rain to move in the temperatures will be mild. the average high this time of year is 64. we will be in the low 70's this afternoon. so it is a pretty decent forecast. thicken i thickening clouds, a best chance of rain this afternoon and evening. the highs between 69 and 74. overnight rain showers likely. there could be a few thunderstorms this evening. upper 50's, seven-day forecast just a 20% chance of a shower on tuesday with a high near 75. better chance of showers on wednesday and thursday. then it will cool off going into the weekend. we expect a high of 59 on friday and at this point it looks like halloween on sunday will be dry with a high of 68. that is not bad for halloween. that is the seven-day. now let's see what is happening on the roads at 6:17 with sarah. >> kind of busy now that we have an accident southbound on the j.f.c. just past the beltway. we had an accident on thursday if you remember and that was really a major headache for motorists. we are starting this week with a new accident. just past the beltway. we will let you know when we find out more. park heights at shade avenue in pikesville an accident there. >> and fire activity blocking conkling street at pulaski. fayette also closed there. southbound 95 past 195 an accident still clearing from the shoulder and delays in that area but for the most part getting by. 216 at 29 an accident. delaney valley delays forming perhaps leading up to j.f.x. 95 things are moderating there. looking better there southbound. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." >> looking at some of the top stories, several people are injured after a tornado cut across a highway in north texas. it tears through it highway in rice which is near dallas. the same system spawned several other tornadoes which damaged several homes and a school. they are calling for clear skies now. in ohio a national guard sole died four days after being injured in a parachute accident during a training exercise. he was one of four hospitalized after a jump at a base wednesday. officials say a wind gust caught their chutes causing them to hit the ground hard. one of them crashed on to the airport tarmac. a few years ago you may railroad remember -- a remember a girl with the case of the hiccups that wouldn't go away. she is now 19 and is in the spotlight again but this time on charges of first degree murder. police in st. petersburg say she led a woman into an ambush who was shot and killed. all three suspects in the case are charged with murder. >> higher gas prices bring more pain to the pump. they jumped more than five cents in the last two weeks and are up 13 cents the last month according to the lundberg survey. the nickel increase is tied to higher crude prices. mcdonald's dollar menu may look smaller because the chain is planning to raise menu prices for the first time in more than a year. company officials say it is due to projections the price of meat, wheat and other commodities will rise between 2% and 3% next year. they recently reported a 10% increase in third quarter earnings. as of october sales, they appear to be strong. it may get harder to find a prime cut of meat at the local grocer. delaware's wilmington trust may be up for sale. jane king has that and more in the bloomberg business report. wilmington trust is said to be seeking a buyer. sources say it has been contacting bigger lenders to gauge interests. sources say bank of montreal is one that has been approach. wilmington which is 107 years old has reported five straight quarterly losses driven in part by soured real estate loans. as for stocks, friday we had a mixed close, dow dragged down by losses of verizon and american express. the maryland index was higher with gains for t. rowe price. shares soared more than $2. it boosted third quarter earnings 27%. it has not money since going public in 1986. it may get harder to get a prime cut of meat. that is because the market for cattle continues to shrink. thousands have been going out of business and may put pressure on others to sell thicker, weaker cows with less favor fful meat. that is business from the new york stock exchange. >> thicker, weaker meat. >> it is 52 degrees on tv hill. another check of weather and traffic straight ahead. ravens fans were put through the emotional wringer for several hours. keith mills has a recap. >> look at yesterday's winning maryland lottery numbers. bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for a lobbying firm. $2.5 million? he's not really on my side. with this tough economy, we really need a governor on our side. >> good news on the accident reported on southbound on the j.f.x. past the beltway. it is not there so it is flowing fine. park heights at shade avenue we have an accident confirmed and in are on the scene. conkling street shut down at pulaski due to fire department activity on the east side of the city. southbound 95 past 195 a couple of vehicles off to the shoulder due don't know earlier accident. 216 and 29 at howard county another accident location. let's give you a live view of traffic. green spring away from us is inner loop traffic moving well to the j.f.x. now 95 south of 195 toward us southbound traffic looking god. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." >> so far so good. we should get through the drive time dry. by the time we get to lunch and this afternoon that will probably change. 50 at the airport. 46 in frederick. 55 in westminster. thickening clouds this morning. rain showers will catch up this afternoon. 50% chance by the time you drive home from work. it will be mild with a high near 72. we will check the seven-day forecast but here is the man with the good news this morning. keith mills. >> appreciate that. ravens locker room a combination of relief and satisfaction. satisfaction they have hit the bye week at 5-2 and relief because they found a way to beat the bills 37-34 in overtime to avoid a monumental upset bid by the bills. they welcomed become ed reed and watched ryan fitzpatrick look like peyton manning. 370 yards. this t.d. made it 17-3 bills. 24-to at the half. first play of the third quarter. ray liewis deflect it is into te arms of ed reed. then the next play, handoff to willis mcgehee, pitch to flacco and anquan boldin gets behind there for the score. in overtime ray lewis strips sean nelson to give the ball back to the ravens. billy cundiff wins it with a 38-yard field goal. ray lewis talked about the win. >> there are things that you are going to go through in seasons that nobody else can explain but the inside of your family and the way our team is fighting right now i mean my heart is overwhelmed just with the way we fight as a team and what we put on in front of them today every day i take that all day. >> ray fired up before the game as well. the ravens honored the 2000 super bowl championship team. 35 players and coaches returned to baltimore including tony siragusa. >> it is something that you never forget. i think that going and sacrificing for each other and camaraderie and like brothers. it is like a band of brothers. i don't have to look at you and i don't see you 10 years and you know what we went through and only the guys on the field right now went through it. it is special. >> ravens are off this week. miami in two weeks. >> it is 6:27 and 52 degrees on tv hill. much more to come in the next half hour. >> a big republican endorsement a week before the election. i have more on how maryland's governor race is heating up. >> tracking a couple of accidents for the morning commute and fire activity. we will update that >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "11 news today." i'm stan stovall. >> i'm lisa robinson in for mindy basara. tony pann has a look at the forecast. >> temperatures are in the 50's right now and we should stay dry through the commute. by this afternoon i think rain showers had catch up to us. best chance is late in the day. it will be mild, high near 72. not a bad idea to take the umbrella. seven-day in five minutes. >> our big story, republican gubernatorial candidate bob ehrlich picked up a big endorsement over the weekend. former new york city mayor around presidential hopeful rudy giuliani was there encouraging voters to put the former governor back in office. kim dacey has more on the story. >> early voting is going on now and the election is next week and both candidates are trying to garner last-minute votes. the two self-described golfing buddies rudy giuliani and bob ehrlich joined forces at a northern montgomery county farm to take swings at governor o'malley. >> o'malley has been a failure. probably the most anti-business governor in america. >> giuliani told a modest crowd that they need to put the former governor back into office. >> your debt and your taxes and your expenses are going up and up and up. >> martin o'malley was in southern montgomery county. he was asked why people would care what giuliani has to say. >> i don't know. we had mike bloomberg who came to bethesda and endorsed me so i guess the former governor felt he had to counter with his own mayor of new york. >> o'malley is focused on early turnout and getting his record on the record. we have cut our state government spending more than any governor in maryland history and we have a triple a bond rating and we have improved the schools. >> both campaigns 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