They increased patrols with 25 police cars this past saturdays. The teens threw bricks through police car windows. Two juveniles were arrested. Businesses had no comment about the closingtime activities. Police have met with skateland owners. Area Business Owners say it needs to stop. As soon as they come out of there, they play around and horseplay and jump on cars. You should be aware. Spitting in the sinks. Police plan to continue those increased patrols in the area. Some of the businesses say they will close their doors when the rink closes. Kim dacey, wbaltv 11 news. Thank you. A woman charged with hiring hitman to kill her husband will take the stand in her own offense defense. Rescues played karla porters Police Interview for the jury. Prosecutors say porter hired a man to kill her husband in the house and gas station to make it look like a robbery. Porter gradually confessed to the plan. It has been years and years of buildup, buildup, buildup. I do not know what maybe crossed the line. The woman involved her sister, brother, nephew, and others in the plot. Disputeattorneys do not her conduct but say her husband was verbally and physically abusive. A judge is inspected to sentence Robert Gerrit junior. He was found guilty of murdering his wife in 1991 and burying her body in their backyard. He faces up to 30 years in prison. Police have arrested a man on child pornography charges. Brian bielanski faces two counts of possessing child porn. A task force determined he was sharing the explicit material over a filesharing network from his home. Of asic examination computer from the psalm found several disturbing pictures of children. He faces up to 90 years in prison if convicted. President obama is back at the white house this morning. He address the global Terror Threat in california. Nikole killion is live with the very latest. Can you tell us more about the meeting that the president has later today . That is right. The president will meet with the Prime Minister of greece. It is unclear if they are going to discuss the current thread. Although, counterterrorism is o of many issues on their agenda. Saluting troops at camp pendleton, president obama responded to the ongoing security threats, telling marines the u. S. Is taking it seriously. The United States is never going to retreat from the world. We do not get terrorized. Were going to keep standing up for our interests. More drone strikes were reported in yemen this morning, where u. S. Embassy staff were evacuated earlier this week. Yemeni officials revealed they thwarted an alleged threat by al qaeda. U. S. Officials seemed skeptical of the claim. We work closely with the yemeni government. Im not going to get into any specifics from here. They will continue to keep 19 embassies and consulates closed throughout the rest of the week. But some wonder if the administration is overreacting. We close embassies because of Terror Threats, and the terrorists have won. The white house has not made any changes in terms of the precautions they are taking as a whatt of the threat. Else do we know about the threat . Ifofficials one not say there is a connection between that spoil plot in yemen and a Terror Threat. This threat was triggered by some type of intercepted communication involving the head of al qaeda. We are learning from other reporting that that specific communication may have been some kind of Conference Call with the al qaeda leader and various representatives of the organization. To rebuild the relationship between the u. S. And russia hit a bigtime roadblock. What happened . President obama says he does not plan to meet facetoface with flat amerco in with vladimir putin. They have been at odds over and rushesil war civil rights crackdown. And russia granted temporary asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. U. S. Secretaries of state and defense will be meeting with their counterparts tomorrow. How are lawmakers in the u. S. Reacting . They seem to be backing the president s decision on both sides of the aisle. The president s decision makes it clear that russias decision to grant asylum to snowden was acceptable. Chuck schumer claims that putin has been acting like a schoolyard bully and does not deserve the summit. Other lawmakers have been calling for a protest of the upcoming olympics next year. We will see if more action is taken. Thank you so much, nikole killion, reporting live in washington. Like it wasly feels a few sundays away when the ravens took new orleans by storm. Tonight the long and challenging road back to the top begins for the ravens. The super bowl champs will take on the buccaneers tonight at 7 30. You can see our live pregame show beginning at 7 00 with Gerry Sandusky and pete gilbert. Keith mills will have a preview of the game coming up this morning. Ravens football is back. 6 11. Someone vandalized a statue of jackie robinson. How a new york newspaper is helping to search for a suspect. How would you like to get your news and weather when youre picking out a candy bar . We do have dry conditions right now. We expect some thunderstorms this afternoon. The j. F. X. Is shut down in the northbound direction. The northbound direction. We caramel mocha. Caramel almond. Caramel turtle. [ sighs ] that wouldve been awkward. With dunkins caramel iced coffee flavors, there are more ways than ever to love caramel. Try the new caramel coconut today. America runs on dunkin. Pretzels [loudly] no, thanks pretzel roll from dunkin. Try the new pretzel roll sandwiches from dunkin get any bakery sandwich on a soft, warm pretzel roll today. America runs on dunkin. Welcome back. 75 degrees downtown. There are a few breaks in the overcast. Some possible fog and cloud cover. If we get a lot of sunshine, that will help to create those thunderstorms in the atmosphere. Here is the setup. We have High Pressure off the coast. That front yesterday was on the other side of chicago. It will take until saturday to clear the weather for us. Things are not going to change much for the next three or four days in baltimore. 67 in parkton. We should make it into the low to mid 80s. There is some fog and some cloud cover. There could be a little sunshine at times. If we have a lot of sunshine, there will be more thunderstorms. A couple of sprinkles in southern maryland. Mostly cloudy skies to start. A chance for showers and thunderstorms. The best chance will be in the afternoon. High temperature between 81 and 86. Nothing is going to change until that front goes through. Showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. The front will go by on saturday. Conditions will improve on sunday and monday. 6 16. Good morning. Still tracking an accident on the j. F. X. In the northbound direction. It is right it 41st. But the closures arent falls road. This is what it looks like but the closures are at falls road. We will let you know once they reopened the northbound side. Some closures in effect at taylor avenue and perring parkway because of a disabled vehicle. Watch for a downed tree on route 97 in sykesville. We have defective traffic lights at ruth 32 and 70. This is southbound traffic and it is building as you get closer to 32. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. Thank you. 6 17. Four people are dead after a series of shootings in dallas. Please respond to a home where they found four of the shooting victims. The suspect fled to a nearby shot four morehot four mohere e people. A growing wildfire in Southern California. It has quickly spread to some 6000 acres. One person suffered burns and was flown to a hospital. Also sufferedrs injuries. People are being forced out of their homes. Officials are trying to figure out who vandalized a statue outside the brooklyn cyclones minorleague baseball stadium. With blackwritten marker on the statue. the New York Daily News is offering a reward. Jackie robinson was the first africanamerican player in major league baseball. It turns out that baltimore is the most expensive one of the most expensive cities to raise a newborn. One group says withking joins us live this mornings Bloomberg Business report. Good morning, jane. There is a group that just filed a complaint with the ftc. Developersat two app are trying to do parents that y are making their infants and toddlers smarter. Tois an ineffective way teach a baby language. Fisherprice had no comment. They agreed that electronics are not a substitute for human interaction. It is no secret that having a baby can be expensive. Cities 40 most expensive to be a new parent. Baltimore ranks as the 19th most expensive. They spend about 27,000 on hours to raise a baby during the first year. It averages in cost for health care and baby care. The most expensive city are san jose and santa cruz, california. New york city is the third most expensive. A quick check on the markets. And looks like modest gains at the start. Back to you. You know it is expensive. You just do not want to hear the actual dollar amount. What you do not know cannot hurt you. Thank you, jane. Machines onnding nearly every corner. A new type of machine has the latest news and weather updates and can provide disaster updates. No word if these hightech vending machines will make it to the United States. That brings us to our water cooler question of the day. Besides snacks and drinks, what other items would you like to see in vending machines . You can share your response on our facebook page, on twitter, or send us an email to watercooler wbaltv. Com. Now weather and traffic on the 1s. Now we have to compete with snickers bars. Your snickers bar says it is not going to rain and tony says it is. Who are you going to believe . I would go with the snickers bar. It is dry but muggy. We expect some scattered thunderstorms later on. A High Temperature near 84 degrees. Watch for lightning in the afternoon if you take the boat out today. High tide at fort mchenry at 8 031. Chocolate can be very influential. It is busy north on the j. F. X. It is closed down because of an accident. Southbound lanes are not affected. Everything getting by fine from the beltway into town. Watch for delays because of that closure. Southbound 95, we have an accident at a ramp. A downed tree clearing and 97 in sykesville. Malfunctioning traffic lights at 32 and 70. Some delays forming at Baltimore National pike that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. Back to you. 6 22. The ravens back on the field tonight. Keith mills has more coming up and sports. Here is a look at last nights winning maryland lottery numbers. 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When you get clutch hits like this, good things happen. 31 home run. The red sox find a way to win it. The birds are three and half games out of second place. A lot of interesting storylines going into the ravens first pregame tonight in tampa. N o ray lewis at middle linebacker. He will do whatever he can to help the ravens win. Fulfillain goal is to my role as an inside linebacker. This is something my coach has preached about throughout training camp. Establishing that in doing well with that. Gametime tonight at 7 30. Football is back. It will be exciting. Youre watching wbaltv 11. Live, local, latebreaking. This is 11 news today at 6 00 a. M. Good morning. Welcome back to 11 news today. Im stan stovall. I am jennifer franciotti. The baltimore finance Committee Approves the financing plan to give the controversial Harbour Pointe development a tax break. Sky team 11 captured protests outside city hall last night. They say the money could be better used elsewhere. Cargotimore is set a new export record. They handled more than 9. 5 million tons of general cargo in the last fiscal year. Here are the numbers from last nights huge Powerball Jackpot and the 30, 58, 59 powerball number, 32. One of the three Winning Tickets was not sold in maryland. One person from maryland did million. 40 million for saturdays drawing. 6 31. Time for traffic and weather together on the 1s. How is it looking . On 40cannot get by million. We had some heavy rain in some neighborhoods last night. There is a little bit of thought and maybe some drizzle in some spots. The morning commute will be ok. Scattered thunderstorms will redevelop this afternoon. It will be humid with a high near 84. The front goes through saturday night. That will get rid of the humidity. Very comfortable into the beginning of next week. Time to check on the roads. We are waiting for this accident on the northbound j. F. X. To be completely cleared. Lets take a live look. They are making progress. The flatbed is now on the scene. All northbound lanes are closed at falls road. Southbound traffic is up to speed. In theures to report southbound direction. Southbound 95 at the offramp, still tracking an accident. Watch for a downed tree in sykesville en route 97. Defective traffic lights at route 32 and 70. The west side continues to build at Baltimore National pike. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. Thank you. Teenagersdestructive causing problem in the fulton community. Kim dacey is live in towson with the details. Good morning. Good morning. It is being called a dangerous situation. Hundreds of teenagers pour out of scale land and into the surrounding area. Skateland may be a popular choice for goodnatured fun on saturday nights. According to police, it turns into something much different at closing time. Hundreds of teenagers spill out into the parking lot. As soon as they come out of there, they play around and horseplay and jump on cars. They should be aware. They spit in the sinks. Police say complaints about large groups of rowdy teenagers and being loud and distractinve increased in early july. Complaints about destruction of property. Businesses have had to lock their doors because of the large crowds. Police had 25 police cars this past saturday. Teenagers threw bricks through police car windows. Two juveniles were arrested for disorderly conduct. A worker says the teenagers attacked him from the back on saturday and damaged his car by jumping on top of it. [indiscernible] a manager told us the business had no comment about the closingtime activity. Police said they met with the owners to discuss Solutions Moving forward. In the meantime, please will increase those increased patrols on saturday night. Some of the Business Owners said they will close their doors at rink closing time if necessary. Kim dacey, wbaltv 11 news. The fbi is leading the investigation into a suspicious substance found at the office of elijah cummings. They found 10 blobs of a putty like material connected with wire. One of the workers was very concerned. The action of a young lady on my staff, having been familiar with these kinds of things, and tennis went out. She did a very responsible thing and alerted the appropriate authorities so we can figure out what was going on. Police ran tests on the substance. Officials told him the substance was not hazardous or explosive. There were a number of injuries in state facilities over the last month during a mets moreked inmates two Corrections Officers at the citys Detention Center around noon on wednesday. The dtt is in there on drug charges and was being transferred to a sale when he refused to enter that sell. Two officers suffered minor injuries and were taken to mercy hospital. There was a fire in west baltimore. You will see firefighters rescuing two victims from a row home on west north avenue. One, a child being held down a letter from the second floor. That was followed by the rescue of an adult. There were no reports of any injuries. Crews battled a fire at a towing company in middle river. 15 in thed around 8 morning on eastern avenue. Possible hazmat concern for screws to fight the blaze from outside the building. Nobody was hurt. 6 37. We can say this but youll have to see the video to believe it. An intergalactic dance party. In the water, no less. Some surfers shared the waves hales. Family of w besides snacks and drinks, what other items would you like to see in vending machines . You can share your response on our facebook page, on twitter, or send us an email to watercooler wbaltv. Com. Imagine being out catching some ways and you see some whales swim by. They were swimming sidebyside off the coast of chile. The surfers said they were just about to get out of the water when the whales