I am stan stovall. Thanks for joining us for 11 news today. How is the weather shaping up . We will be in the 50s and 60s for the next couple of days. 37 right now at the airport. There is a little bit of fog. A mixture of sun and clouds. A slight chance for a rain shower. 60s tomorrow. Good morning. One problem spot to talk about on the citycounty line where route 40 remains closed. You can get by that accident scene. Looking good on 95 near 100. In the green on the north and southbound side. This is the fort mchenry and tunnel and were looking good. No delay on the northbound traffic. We have a disabled bus off to the shoulder. Looks like the travel lanes are open. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. The ravens are waking up in new orleans this morning as the pressure of super bowl wheat begins. 5000 reporters and photographers converge for interviews. We begin with jennifer franciotti. Good morning to you. We will try to make our way over to the superdome. It is going to be a media frenzy. The 49ers will take the field first for media day. Ere in the team hotel looking in stores to see ravens gear. That is a nice feeling. They are happy to have ravens fans. A potential record crowd for this super bowl. Mardi gras is going on as well. There are a foot patrols and mounted patrols mainly for crowd control. They want to make sure that visitors feel welcome. If you are coming into new orleans, you can expect Police Officers on every corner. Theyre easy to see. Did not do anything that hurts themselves or others. Just remember that common sense and common courtesy equals common safety. There is a lot going on. Make sure you pay attention. It is easy to be all eyes. More on security for the superdome. Now back to you. Thank you. Ravens fans are getting excited for sundays big game. Sarah sampson has more on how the fans are getting geared upper. Many will be heading down to new orleans. Fans are giddy. So many are feeling the energy sweeping over the city. It is hard not to get caught up it. Iin one thing fans cannot get enough of is ravens gear. Here is one you probably have not heard. A bride is getting fitted for a purple wedding dress. Her name is daisy. Refers told about her last week. We first told you about her last week. She and her fiancee were waiting to get married until the ravens were going back to the super bowl. When she said she wanted to wear a purple gown, i said, i have to get involved. I didnt know if she had one already. I wanted to reach out to her. You can find lots of great pictures of fans around baltimore. Just go to wbaltv. Com and click on ravens. Reporting live at m t bank stadium, sarah sampson, wbaltv 11 news. Our coverage of super bowl xlvii continues on our website. You can watch our slide show. A Police Officer opened fire on a suspect he says try to run him over. The incident happened on monday evening when the officer found somebody that he believed to be carried a weapon. He tried to escape by driving straight toward the officer. Multiple rounds were fired inside the vehicle. The driver continued for half a mile before surrendering. Police continued to look for the weapon. Closing arguments in the misconduct trial of john leopold. The defense rested their case without calling leopold to the stand. It will be up to the judge to decide if leopold misused his security detail. The older sister of Phylicia Barnes testified about sexual behavior between deena and michael johnson. Michael johnson is accused of murdering the teenager. Testimony resumes this morning. 6 07. Which businesses see a big boost in their bottom line from the big game . One institution about to change their stance on gays . Ava marie live in gu dundalk. Dundalk. Now weather and traffic together on the 1s. Good morning. Kim dacey checking on your morning commute. We have a problem spot on route line. The cow newlincounty 55 on the topside of the beltway. Things are looking good on the inner and outer loops. Yet. Elays just sa picking up in volume at the tunnel. Looking good on the northbound side as well. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. What is that on your head . It is ravens of course. Lets talk about the temperatures right now. 37 at the airport. 39 degrees downtown. It is a little chilly. Were live in dundalk this warning. Wereere with tracy live in dundalk this morning. This is a visual biography. This is his life story inside of there. This little diagram. This was a gentle man dying of cancer. He spent a lot of time with the gentleman. He still calls his widow. It is a great shirt. There are so many great stories. You can see the finished product. You have some shirts you have on sale. This is the official championships churc shirts. They are 25 off. You guys will be open when we win . My wife decided we will be open all night. This will be the place to be after the super bowl win. It will be nice and warm in new orleans. Seven the and warm 70 and warm. Watching out for some thunderstorms tomorrow. Other than that, things are looking good. I think i could stay warm in this. You would blend right in. What is that shirt . Oh, it is a scarf. I get it. Either way. Thank you. Ava is having too much fun. We have some sprinkles and a touch of fog. Maybe take your umbrella with you. 38 in randallstown. Theres some warm air south of us. Temperatures in the 50s in West Virginia. We will make it into the 50s today and the 60s tomorrow. We will track the cold air coming back. Watch what happens by the end of the week. High temperatures in the 20s and 30s by the time we get to the weekend. A mixture of sun and clouds. A slight chance for a shower. 60s tomorrow with a good chance for thunderstorms. Then it gets cold. Overnight lows in the teens. The could be some flurries on friday and superbowl sunday. Thank you. The boy scouts of america is considering lifting the ban on gays. Theyre deciding to leave the decision up to the sponsoring of local troops. A decision could be announced as early as next week. The confirmation of john kerry is expected to sail to the senate. Hillary clinton will take questions. Barack obama will visit a high. Chool in las vegas to make i Hallie Jackson joins us live with more on the story. Good morning. Good morning. Any change to the immigration system could affect the 11 Million Immigrants living here illegally. One woman is shared her story with us. This woman is an illegal immigrant who moved here a decade ago. She is working to keep her son in this country. She has a vested interest in what is happening in washington. We have elected president obama, and we will wait to see what he is going to do. The president will unveil his plan for comprehensive Immigration Reform. He made it clear on this. His plan is expected to mirror the Broad Strokes of a group of senators. It will probably be more progressive. This is a big, fat amnesty bill. It is all about manipulating voters. A path to citizenship. Lawmakers struck an optimistic note. We believe this will be the Year Congress finally gets it done. We need to make a definite decision about helping the millions of people who are undocumented in this country. The debate could heat up as early as this spring. Charles schumer hopes to have a legislative draft by march. It sounds like lawmakers are optimistic that this will be the year for change. So why now . 7 of latinos voted for president obama in november. You are seeing some republicans considering backing Immigration Reform could help them politically with the group. Hallie jackson, thank you. The super bowl means super spending when it comes to parties. Americans will spend nearly 12. 3 billion on the super bowl. That is an average of about 68 per person. More than 7. 5 million households are expected to buy a new tv before the big game. That brings us to our water cooler question of the day. What is the one thing you have to have at your Super Bowl Party . You can share your response on wbaltv. Com, on our facebook page, or send us an email to watercooler wbaltv. Com. Some of the biggest auto insurers are looking to set rates. Jane king has the Bloomberg Business report. What is going on here . A receptionist could pay more than an executive with a masters degree. Very interesting stuff. The largest u. S. Auto insurers. They weighed occupation levels more than driving records. It would cost the receptionist 3,300 to ensure her car compared to an executive. Spokesperson had no immediate comment. There could be new life into hostess brands. More than 27 million will be paid for the drakes brand. A hearing to consider approval will be held feb. 11. Stocks did take a breather. There was a drop in pending home sales. Stock futures the sporting are pretty quiet. The super bowl is coming up. Diet detective said the super bowl is second to thanksgiving for eating food. At the new york stock exchange, im jane king, bloomberg news, for wbaltv 11 news. Now weather and traffic together on the 1s. Im going to have a fruit cocktail while watching the game of course. Stan is having quiche. [laughter] lets take a look at the temperatures. 37 at the airport. There is a little bit of fog this morning. 30 chance for a rain shower. Temperatures in the 50s this afternoon. Good morning. We have a crash on 40 at the citycounty line. Edmondson avenue is a good alternate to take instead. This is 95 along the fort mchenry tunnel. Things are moving fine. Were all in the green. Traffic a little heavier southbound. This is the harbor tunnel. We have a bus pulled over to the side. The travel lanes are open. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. Ofi will have a blocke lard. 6 22. 38 degrees at the airport. Now the madness kicks into high gear. Keith mills has a preview of media day. Here is a look at last nights winning maryland lottery numbers. Good luck. Good morning. Welcome to new orleans on the banks of the mississippi river. Were not far from the french quarter. Today is media day, the circus within a circus. The ravens arrived yesterday from baltimore. It was a spectacular sendoff in baltimore despite the weather. The players were blown away by the fan support. Ray lewis and ed reed spoke to the crowd. Terrell suggs talked about the sendoff at the inner harbor. What a really here for . Were here to win a game. There are only two teams left. That is one thing when we came beer in 2000. There were so many guys that were focused. That is what i want to spread to this team. That was ray lewis. Welcome to orleans. A train going by. Wave to the train. Colin kaepernick is the quarterback of the 49ers. He says he is not a oneman team. I think people have put too much focus on me. We have other weapons on this team and a great offensive line. There are a lot of other parts that make it easy on me to go out there. One of his favorite weapons is vernon davis. Fans are already gathering in the streets of new orleans as they appear ready for the ravens and 49ers. A lot of football fans like to play these madden nfl games. Apparently john madden is picking the ravens. A lot of people are picking the ravens. They are playing some good football, their best football of the year. Thank you so much. 6 28. Ravens fans are keeping the home fires burning with purple pride. Super bowl excitement is building in baltimore. Volume is building on the volume is building on the major roadways. Im halfway to your heart you have to let me know so i dont make my worst mistake turn around and let you go [ female announcer ] when sweet and salty come together, the taste is irresistible. Made with sweet, smooth Peanut Butter and salted, roasted peanuts. Sweet and salty nut bars by nature valley. Nature at its most delicious. 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. I am sarah caldwell. I am stan stovall. Thanks for joining us for 11 news today. 6 31. Time for traffic and weather. Temperatures in the 30s to start the day. 30 chance for a rain shower. A mixture of sun and clouds. High temperatures today in the 50s. Good morning. We have a closure on route 40 at the citycounty line. You can take edmondson as your alternate. There is an accident at harford road. 60 on 795 near owings mills boulevard. 60 on the harrisburg expressway. This is ruxton road and things are moving fine. 795, the same story. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. More than 1 Million People are descending on new orleans for super bowl xlvii and martic gras. Jennifer franciotti has more of what is being done to keep people safe. You can see that train continues to roll on. So is the new Orleans Police department. Over 1300 federal agents are here tasked to patrol the superdome. Super bowl sunday is coming up in just a matter of days. A lot needs to come in and out of the stadium. We are talking about deliveries and supplies. Each vehicle is being exarate. Everybody is being fingerprinted. Just anything that is a hazard. Fans will not be able to get within 300 feet of the superdome without a valid ticket on game day. Youll want to leave everything in your car. This is our flacco face that we plunged with on saturday. We saw on the street a huge ray lewis face on a stick. That was to get us into the nfl store. So we did some shopping. We have the school martic drop masked mardi gras mask. Of course it is purple. Ennantgoing to get a pani but im holding out for the championship pennant. Im thinking about you. Send me your requests. Youll get a long list. Fans continue to show their excitement leading up to sundays big game. Sarah sampson has more. Fans are just giddy over this team. Is hard not to get swept up in it. We have friends that go to the games. The ultimate prize is incredible. Just about everywhere you look whoo fans are talking about the ravens and buying up ravens gear. You have to back the team and back the city. You have to back the stores that hough all this merchandise that have all this merchandise. It is important to back the city. The whole city is going crazy. People were so excited. They were buying everything. I cannot keep enough of this stuff. It just flies off the shells every day it is flies off the shelves every day. Wedding dresses . That is a great look. She waited to marry her fiance until the ravens made it back to the super bowl. She is eloping in new orleans before the big game. She was offered the perfect dress. It was one of the first ones that betsy showed me. It actually fit. It was amazing. I just love the whole story. I think it is great. They can honeymoon at the super bowl. It is a fairy tale life together. A fairy tale ravens style. It doesnt get much better. And of course you can find lots of pictures of yesterdays rally and fans across the city. There is more on our website, wbaltv. Com. Sarah sampson, wbaltv 11 news. Thank you. It is understandable to get caught up in the ravens but so is the today show. 11 news today early on friday. Ava will teach natalie what it takes to be a true ravens fan. We want you to join us friday morning to show was your team pride. That is going to be a good time. Ava marie joins us live from poor boys in dundalk. What are you wearing now . I am looking for more gear. I have some stuff that will help it get through the forecast. You have to have your beads. I found some glasses to help you with the fog. You need your spirit glove. We have a chance for rain tomorrow. This will get you through any bad hair day. Lets get a check of the seven day forecast. Temperatures in the 50s this afternoon. Temperatures into the 60s tomorrow. A big dropoff in temperatures by the end of the week. A slight chance for snow on friday. Also i have these rain boots. I think they will come in handy. Thank you. You look fabulous. 6 38. More Health Problems now weather and traffic together on the 1s. Good morning. Kim dacey checking on your morning commute. Were still dealing with a closure on route 40 at the city county line. We have a crash at harford involving some injuries. That could take a while to cleanup. Things are moving just fine on the inner and outer loops at greenspring. The j. F. X. At ruxton road is looking good. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. Good morning. Were doing better than yesterday. 37 at the airport. 37 in chestertown. We will make it into the 50s today with a mixture of sun and clouds. 30 chance for rain shower. Thank you. Sunday was a busy night for taye diggs. The star taught himself confronted with a burglar in his home. Suspect was going through his garage and fled. Diggs chased him and tackled him. First she was hospitalized after a fall. Now Brian Walters has come down with chicken pox. She heard her head on inauguration weekend barbara walters. She was transferred to a hospital in new york city where she is now resting. We wish her the best and a speedy recovery. A look at the top stories is ahead. Good morning. Kim dacey checking on your morning commute. We still have a closure at route 40. Take edmondson as your alternate. With a crash at harford we have a crash at harford. The major roads are checking out ok. 55 at the top of the j. F. X. Down from the beltway to the city. This is the camera at ruxton road. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. Thank you. Good morning. A little bit of fog. About a 20 chance you might run into a sprinkle. You can probably leave your umbrella at home today. 35 in parkton. We will make it into the 50s this afternoon. Temperatures in the 50s in parts of West Virginia and ohio. Well make it into the 60s tomorrow. You can see the warm air on the east coast. Watch what happens. High temperatures in the upper upper 30s by the end of the week. 30 chance for a rain shower. It is going to get warmer tomorrow. The chance for rain will go up. A good chance for thunderstorms. Then it will get cold again. There could be some snow flurries on friday and perhaps on super bowl sunday. Nice and mild hearing home. Ava has more fun trying not ravens gear. I am live in dundalk this morning at poor boys. Look at bubba. What do you think about that ravens . He is so funny. He is wearing a new tshirt. That is a great shirt. Thanks a lot, bubba. My wife can talk better about this. It is a great foundation. The maryland screen printers are trying to raise 50,000. That is a great cause. This just commend this morning. It is a great cause. We will be getting in Living Strong bracelets. They will be exclusive at poor boys. Leave your mark to indendure fr ever. Those are bracelets that go around your wrist. It is good to know he is helping you give back. The forecast in new orleans is going to be nice. Temperatures in the 70s today and tomorrow. 60s by thursday. It will be much colder here. Ava marie live in dundalk, wbal tv 11 news. Thank you. A Police Officer opens up on a suspect he says tries to run and over. The incident happened last night on edmondson avenue. The suspect tried to escape by driving straight towards the officer. The wounded driver eventually surrendered. Closing arguments in the misconduct trial of john leopold. The defense rested its case on monday without calling leopold to the witness stand. It will be up to the judge to decide if he misused his security detail. Three suspects charged with a murder. Eric banks, erica banks and Tremain Calhoun are accused of killing darren bell in glen burnie. Police believe the victim was involved with some kind of dispute with eric banks. Ravens fans getting ready for sundays big game in new orleans. Sarah sampson has more. Ravens fans are so excited about this team. They are picking up plenty of ravens gear. People looking for anything ravens. When the bride is getting fitted for a purple wedding dress. We first told you about daisy and fiancee last week. Their story caught the attention of a local dress shop and they are offering daisy a free dress. Said the dress fit her. That is pretty cool. Sarah sampson reporting live from m t bank stadium, wbaltv 11 news. Now weather and traffic together on the 1s. Good morning. Kim dacey checking on your morning commute. Route 40 is closed at the city county line. They crashed at harford and glen arm a crash at harford. Looking good with light volume for this time of the morning. Same story at greenspring avenue. Both lubes a moving just fine both loops are moving just fine. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. We will make it into the 50s this afternoon with a slight chance for a rain shower. Cut dough, thunderstorms, 58 chicago, thunderstorms. Will check the sevenday forecast one more time. Thank you. Time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. This morning we asked, what is the one thing you have to have at your Super Bowl Party . I love this one. A little superstitious there. [laughter] that sounds like a formula for success. We will post more answers on our website, wbaltv. Com. Barbeque anything will work. 6 53. 6 53. There are over 200 varieties of Gourmet Coffee that have earned the keurig brewed seal of approval. The keurig brewed seal is our commitment that the coffee inside will deliver a delicious cup of coffee every time. Keurig brewed look for the only mark of genuine keurig quality. Coming up, a special guest will be on hand to witness ray lewis last ride to the super bowl. That story and the latest traffic and weather updates. Look at that. Kim is talking about a on route 40. R 4 harford, we have a crash. 90 minutes on the west side outer loop 19 minutes on the west side outer loop. Tomorrow. Day, 60s thanks for joining us for 11 news today. We will be back with a live update at 7 25