70 degrees. we will come back and check the seven-day forecast. >> good morning. we have a few new problems. liberty road at the beltway, we have an accident. watch for delays. popper growth in this city, we have a crash. -- po;plargrowth grove in the city, with a crash. this is a live picture. problem free all the way down to the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. police say a girl has died after she was struck by a vehicle wednesday night in mill river. the girl died at hopkins pediatrics. police say the driver did remain at the scene. a pedestrian is in serious condition following an accident in west baltimore on wednesday night. police say an officer following two cars speeding, want loss control. so far no charges have been charged against either driver. >> there was a fire in north baltimore that burned through the night. jennifer franciotti is live with the latest details. good morning. >> it is hard to believe. things are so quiet last night. the re broke out here on sisson street. this is close to the jones falls expressway. the fire consumed a building that contains several atuo repair shops. there was a partial collapse of the building. firefighters had to attack the fire from above. dozens of people were also evacuated including rosemary fitzsimmons. could only wonder if her place would be the next to go up in flames. >> when we oned the door to our apartment, it was solid smoke. the whole garage was full of smoke. >> what was that like? >> my dog ran back into the apartment because he was scared. it was pretty scary. we got out as fast as you can. >> this is a pretty solid brick building. combustiblesne the that caused the fire to burn for so many hours. nobody was seriously hurt. the cause of the fire still remains under investigation. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police arrested a corrections officer they say pointed a gun that he met online for sex. william hawkins went to a man's house on sunday, who agreed to perform a sex act in exchange for money. pay.ns refuse to the teenager said hawkins pulled a handgun. leave. is now on unpaid >> a press conference to fire aynard. three top administrators have completed polygraph tests. suspected gang5 leaders were moved to other facilities before the federal indictments were issued in the case. a woman says corruption in the baltimore city jail system is something new. somebody shot and killed marge shipley's son, carl lackl. an inmate allegedly ordered a hit on carl lackl because carl lackl was a witness in another case involving the inmate. >> they were heading out and calling patrick byers to say the hit was done. programials say a pilot that uses new technology has been in place since january at the former state penitentiary but not at the city jail. the governor is going to sign more loss into effect today. it is not clear when the medical marijuana program will begin. state gas taxude increase. deliver herman will first state of the county address. she vetoed the state mandated storm water fee. the county council voted to override the veto. $34 a year will be paid as a fee. councilmembers' said the measure is important to the committee. neuman xecutive presented her school district spending plan to the council on wednesday. the school system will receive a $17 million increase from last year. million set aside $125 to support building projects. the final document will be approved next month. >> 6:08. three new suspects under arrest this morning in connection with the boston marathon case. >> and a public apology. jcpenney is asking customers to forgive and forget. the annualready for kinetic sculpture race. kinetic sculpture race. stay tune i'm over the hill. my body doesn't work the way it used to. past my prime? i'm a victim of a slowing metabolism? i don't think so. new great grains protein blend. protein from natural ingredients like seeds and nuts. it helps support a healthy metabolism. new great grains protein blend. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. getting busy southeast down towards the 895 split on 95. getting word of an accident. you can find some delays approaching the 895 split on 95 south. grove, an accident in the city. 95 in the white marsh area. so far no delays down towards that accident scene. so far so good here at the bay bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. we checked in live again with ava marie. she has a look at the forecast. >> i think this is a first. thee getting ready for american visionary kinetic sculpture race. we're starting out in the 40's. a beautiful day with clear skies. .e're here with tony this is very artistic. i don't know if we can get a wide view. angry birds meets engineering. how did you come up with this? >> people making little machines. there are 38 machines to look at this year. >> they will travel all throughout baltimore, federal hill, canton, patterson park. it is a free event. i guess i'm controlling the wings. >> and day paddle wheel control. >> this is no joke. this is going in the water. >> there will be 35 going out on the water. people will see if something falls off. the water is a popular place to be. >> it starts at 10:00 a.m. on saturday. you can find the information on the website. we'll give this a try. riding ught i was cool my big wheel through the neighborhood. wow. >> everybody needs to have one of these. >> are you paddling as well? >> we have shelter from the elements. >> something to do with your sweetheart. thank you. fun.s having lots of weather-wise, it is the tale of two different parts of the country. it feels like spring on the east. winter will not go away at the west. there is some snow out there from i walked into omaha and into the southern plains -- from iowa into omaha and into the southern plains. there's one thing to talk about. you can see a marine layer coming in from east to west, especially south and east of baltimore. if you have some clouds, it to take a couple of hours to burn those off. we are starting in the 40's. a little bit of a complication in the forecast. it will be a nice day. maybe some early clouds to start. sunshine for everyone this afternoon. high temperatures between 67 and 72 degrees. very little change in our forecast friday, saturday, and sunday. los 70's and sunshine. >> thank you. 6:16. we begin with the three college friends who are under arrest. they are accused of covering up dzhokhar tsarnaev's part of the attack. there was a text message exchange. hallie jackson joins us live with the latest. what can you tell us this morning? >> the fbi said dzhokhar tsarnaev sent texts back and forth with a friend from college. here's the story. that information is coming from affidavits after the rest of azamat tazhayakov and dias kadyrbayev. a third man was also arrested. the fbi said the three decided to take it back back from tsarnaev's door room. it was filled with fireworks. investigators say one of the friends through the back og outt police were able to recover at a landfill. >> let's move onto north korea. water experts sent about sentencing an american to 15 years of hard labor? be usedsentencing may as a bargaining chip to try to get north korea into discussions with the u.s. a man is described as a tour operator from washington state. his sentencing for hostile acts against the state comes in the middle of rising tension in the region. north korea has issued multiple warnings of nuclear war. he was based in china near the border. would travel into north korea to deliver food. >> hallie jackson, thank you. it was a long night for police in seattle. police had to use tear gas after protesters were throwing rocks at them. 18 people were arrested. a bank officers were hurt during officersest -- eight were hurt during the protests. sorryenney says they are and made mistakes. valuable lesson and is getting rid of those changes. if you're heading to the beach, it might want to change your plans. 42% of americans are going to the beach for their summer getaway. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what are your summer vacation plans? you can share your response on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. means airport furloughs fewer delays for travelers. workers at the white house are the latest to bear the brunt of the furlough cuts. ellen braitman has more. good morning. >> president obama began experiencing firsthand the across-the-board cuts. non commission will miss one day of work during may's first pay period. the spending cuts affect each and everyone working in the white house. say it takes about to launch a $50 million away from funding for airport construction project. the federalased by reserve. unemployment fraud cost the government $3.3 billion in 2011. fraudulent share of funds went to people who are not out of work. news on jobs. stocks were trading on a dissipating report from adp. as for this morning, we're waiting for weekly jobless claims. we're waiting for big monthly jobs report that comes out tomorrow from the labor department. that is business news. i'm ellen braitman reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. good morning. it should turn out to be a nice day today. we're starting with chilly temperatures in the 40's. 48 at the airport. some of you may have some cloud cover to start out. if you have some clouds, it will take a couple of hours to burn out. i think everybody will get sunshine today. it should be nice this afternoon with temperatures around 70 degrees. >> good morning. still tracking an accident on southbound 95 just prior to the 895 split. we do anticipate that to be the case. this is 95 at the beltway. southbound traffic is not too bad down to the accident scene. liberty road at the beltway, we have an accident. so far so good on the north and west sides of the beltway. building volume at baltimore national pike. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> thank you. 6:22. the orioles go for a series win in seattle. >> keith mills will have highlights coming up. here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> good morning. the orioles a moving down the pacific coast to anaheim this morning. sloppy and disappointing end to their series in seattle. they lose to the mariners. wei-yin chen pitched last night. adam jones misplay a fly ball and it is 1-1 seattle. in the second, adam jones should have caught this ball. saunders one michael singles. flaherty.eats up ryan 3, the orioles lose. they lose a game to the red sox. the red sox won. it was a big night in boston all the way around. thebruins beat toronto and celtics beat the knicks. the celtics come back. garnett.ce to kevin boston wins. game 6 is friday night in boston. bryant mckinnie was a big reason the ravens beat new-line glint in foxborough. diego.in miami and san miami did not talk contract. san diego is reportedly talking a contract. the ravens would like to have bryant mckinnie back. roberto alomar has been named to the orioles hall of fame. >> 6:27. >> 6:27. back turkey sausage. turkey what? amazing. dunkin's new turkey sausage breakfast sandwich. surprisingly great sausage taste with under 400 calories. try one today. america runs on dunkin'. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. there's the morning. some of this morning's top stories -- a thursday morning. dominique mcdonald has been found guilty in the shooting of nichole mcnair. he will be sentenced in september. >> i trial will begin today. -- a trial will begin today. this stems from road rage. >> crews will begin repair on a bridge. the repairs will start july 8 and a detour will be in place when the project begins. >> time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. yesterday.y >> it is a little chilly. 36 in frederick. 48 at the airport. south and east of baltimore could start out with some clouds. i expect sunshine for everybody today. a high near 70. >> good morning. an accident on southbound 95 has been cleared. some good news to report. quarterfield road, there is a new accident. and live look at 95 from the northeast is looking pretty good. .o delays down to the 895 split a crash that liberty road at the airport. 13 minutes on the west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> fire officials will be back on the scene to figure one wrong and a fire. >>-- to figure out what went wrong. >> jennifer franciotti has more. bad. may not look that the structure is still standing. .t is a brick structure plenty of fuel for the fire. forcould see the smoke miles as if a hazy cloud was stuck over the j.f.x. for hours on wednesday night. at ground level on sisson street, all that smoke was coming from flames that had been burning since 6:30 p.m. on wednesday. oil and gasoline inside were not helping the situation. >> these types of businesses have a material that will help fuel the fire. it is making it difficult for us. >> at one point there was a partial collapse of the building. firefighters were ordered out and had to attack the flames from above. meanwhile, dozens of people were also affected. evacuated. rosemary could only watch and wonder if her place would be the next to go up in flames. >> when we opened the door to our apartment, it was solid smoke. the whole garage was full of smoke. we just got out. >> what was that like? >> my dog ran back into the apartment because he was scared. it was pretty scary. get out as fast as you can. firefighter suffered minor injuries. the cause of this fire remains under investigation. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. sailors now face .harges in two drownings of ohio and ryan harris drowned in february. the navy said the victims and the sailors are from the same unit. requesting a rate increase. they're expected to submit a proposal later this summer. it is not clear how much more ratepayers will be charged. >> that is what this is all about, modernizing the infrastructure. we have said there will be more regularity of these kinds of requests going forward. >>. kite was poorly approved after last year's derecho storm. or less will be spending more time outside. >> i'm hearing from a lot of people locally. a small spot formed under my left eye. i ignored it for a while. my doctor said that is not unusual. >> for a lot of people, the fear is it is a cancer diagnosis. alertpecial medical focusing on skin cancer. what exactly that spot was on my cheek. >> i have to watch at 5:00 p.m.? i will be here. >> 6:36. >> hi, ava. >> well, hello. i'm doing the forecast on top of a mechanical elephant. visionary art museum kinetic sculpture race. it will be a fun event. even the trunk moves. he can squirt water. somethingarvel at -- to marvel at in terms of engineering. bright sunshine this afternoon. in thisbe a stuck pattern for the next several days. at 10:00 a.m. on saturday. great weather ahead. more details when we come back. charge. >> i do not think ava is coming back. >> 6:37. a passenger has a hard time choosing between sleeping and eating. >> martha stewart puts herself back on the market. the new way she is looking for love. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. what are your summer vacation plans? you can share your response on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. the spring of up to date. an accident at route 40 in upperco. another one involving an overturned vehicle in severn along quarterfield road. a live look at 95 of the beltway northeast. those speeds in the southbound direction is the case down to the fort mchenry and howard county. watch for a crash at liberty road and the beltway. side.utes on the west 11 minutes on the north side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. it will turn out to be a nice day today. we are starting out with some cloud cover. 40's. 48 at the airport. those clouds should burn off. we will have sunshine this afternoon with high temperatures around 70. on theights 1-2 feet bay. >> i'm fascinating by the story. martha stewart now has a profile on match.com. she says she is looking for mr. right. the longle name is good life, which is also the name of her latest book. >> some parents choose to put some moments on youtube. this is 3-year-old zach. sleepstruggling between and hunger. he is trying to eat a chicken nugget. the video has been posted onto youtube. i can see sitting on a couch. >> having too much fun to cancun. precious moments with kids. 6:43. >> still >> good morning. we are keeping tabs on a few accidents. there is an overturned vehicle in severn. another spot where you could find some delays in upperco at route 30. liberty road at the beltway, we have an accident wrapping up. intoart to see volume come play around baltimore national pike. things remain heavy on the west side. a nice start down to the beltway on 83. not tracking any delays on the j.f.x. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it will turn out to be a nice day today. there is some clout on some of someameras -- there are clouds on some of the cameras. it still feels like winter out west. montana. this is the first week of may. have snow into the southern plains. we're on the other side of the country with high pressure in control. we will have some nice weather going into the weekend. there is some low cloud cover on the satellite. mostly from baltimore on south and east. it should break up over the next few hours. chilly right now. temperatures in the 40's. we will make it up close to 70 this afternoon. high temperature will range between 67 and 72 degrees. we will keep this fantastic weather going through the weekend. mostly sunny with temperatures in the upper 60's and the low 70's. we say good morning to ava marie. she has been having fun r iding elephants and giant chickens. >> that is my new name, ava "too marie.n" big kinetic sculpture race happening this weekend. let's show part of this contraption. this is a mouse on the cheese wheel. this is amazing. >> this is a giant mousetrap. goingwill be balls through different contraptions. >> you have your whole team here. >> this is not the whole team. we have about 20 people helping. you need four people on the vehicle. it is like a big snowball of fun. we are looking for to having a fun time. >> tell me about the mediocre award. before.ve won that it is the most coveted award. that is what everybody is hoping for. is good to bet mediocre. this is a free event that begins on saturday at 10:00 a.m. >> thank you so much. 6:48. there was a fire in north baltimore that began wednesday inning on sisson street remington. residents.splaced 20 the governor will hold another bill-signing ceremony. the cover is expected to sign into law an increase to the state gas tax. >> a lucky marylander will be featured on the "today" show. this is part of the wake up with al contest. for a look at what else you can matt.ere are savannah and informationave new on those three suspect that were arrested in connection with the boston marathon bombing situation. >> fans are remembering a member of kris kross this morning. >> a man will jonas and reveal his newest clue about treasure -- a man will join us and reveal the news clue about a hidden treasure. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. good morning. let's check your morning commute. we start here in severna. there is an overturned vehicle at quarterfield road. police are on the scene in upperco. delays on the beltway at liberty. quickly falling into place and they stretch back to 795. a live look at baltimore national pike. slow spots in the owings mills area on the west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. it will turn out to be a nice day today. some of you has some cloud cover and fog to start the day. that will burn off pretty quickly. forever bysunshine this afternoon. a quick look at the travel forecast. the east coast should be fine. rain along the gulf coast. a hot day in los angeles with temperatures in the 80's. stay with >> here are some stories you'll find at 7:00 a.m. on wbal plus. is a hot topic right now after the vote extends time off for its employees. by a beach is interrupted by an uninvited guest. also, the latest on the weather and traffic. water cooler. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. this morning we asked, what are your summer vacation plans? >> sounds like a good one. [laughter] >> thank you for sending us those responses. >> we haven't overturned vehicle in severna at quarterfield road. -- we have and overturned vehicle in severn. we're seeing delays on the west side at baltimore national pike. justs on 795 southbound prior to the beltway. >> we're in a good run of weather. >> you can see cloud cover this morning. that will burn off fast. sunshine for everybody this afternoon. it should be a nice weekend. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. one.ve a good >> this is a wbal-tv 11 editorial with president and general manager dan joerres. >> he was known to fans as "zillbilly" for 17 years as he entertained baltimore orioles fans and was a fixture at oriole park. charlie zill passed away, but left great memories for millions of fans who sang along with him during his seventh- inning-stretch performance. he took john denver's "thank god i'm a country boy" to a whole new level, wearing his straw hat and overalls as he danced while twirling his orange fiddle. he even bought an orange fiddle for the oriole bird and they created a duet that delighted camden yards crowds. charlie was a big orioles fan and always wanted to work for the team. he got a chance in 1996 as an usher, and quickly became a fan favorite. he did magic tricks between innings, pitching changes, and during rain delays. even after his cancer diagnosis, charlie was determined to work as long as he could and use his positive attitude to inspire others. but orioles fans can remember him every time good morning. breaking news. a dangerous wildfire threatening homes in southern california this morning. the flames fueled by strong winds that forecasters fear will intensify today. we're live at the scene. in custody, three friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev in connection with to the boston marathon bombing. new details on what they took from his dorm room after the attack and why they say they did it. and kris kross mystery. a member of one of the most popular rap duos of the '90s dead at the age of 34 as police search for a cause, fans are remembering his music today, thursday, may 2nd, 2013.