more baltimore city schools are accused of cheating on tests. what happened and are other schools being investigated. hello. here s what people are talk bsmght city school leaders have found clear cheating at abbottston and worth and mike has details. reporter: the news conference will be at 1:30. it involves the city schools ceo. this involves the maryland state assessment test and tam prg of tampering of records. reporter: investigators found widespread cheating at two schools, including e ray clur patterns, a high number of erased items. this includes tests at fort worthington in 2010 and 2009. and at abbottston. almost a year ago george washington was edge tbloild a similar cleating scandal. that school had a high profile visit from former first lady laura bush. at george washington university, teachers have refused to let their students become statistics. it is unacceptable and a good lesson for the entire city and system. zoo even think about it. no teac
it is 6:00. it s sunrise in your eyes if are a driving under the key bridge on president south end. traffic is moving well. marty is over in first warning weather. clear skies this morning, sunshine through the day. lunchtime at 72 on its way to a high of 75. we have a coastal flood advisory for a lot of counties that border the bay at high tides this afternoon. don, take it away. here s sharon gibala with wjz traffic control. actually, clear roads right now. the two accidents we had this morning, don, are clear, leaving us with no problem. there s a look at your average speeds. 54 and 55 miles an hour. we ll take it on both. there s a live look at the west side at liberty road, looking good there at liberty and looking very nice on 95 south of the beltway. remember, wjz is always on. for traffic information anytime, log on to wjz.com. here is what people will be talking about today a gun and drugs at a baltimore county community campus. we are learning what people
near the set up train tracks at middle river. capt. roy taylor and sky team 11 is over the scene with the latest. we are at middle river road in baltimore county, where the amtrak train goes by. this is a section of track that is not really fenced off. in a lot of people use it as a crossover to go from one side to the other. a body was discovered, apparently it was struck by a train at the location. baltimore, police are on the scene and they have notified amtrak. they are waiting for the medical examiner to respond to move the body. now to our big story, the budget battle, still brewing in the nation s capital as the federal government is set to hit its self-imposed borrowing limit. unless the debt ceiling is raised, the government could default on its obligations for the best time ever. kate mris and washington for the first time ever. kate amara it is in washington. president obama meets with senate democrats today and follows up with senate republicans tomorrow.
it s the end of an era. he really was a remarkable a remarkable icon, if you will. we re remembering a legends this morning. we re taking a look back at the life of william donald schaefer, the man who spent his life working for the city of baltimore and the state of maryland. he helped avenue the way for m&t bank stadium, not to mention orioles park, inner harbor and a long list of other things. our complete coverage will rebegin in a moment. first, we have to get your day started. basically what we re talking about is going to be an afternoon of cloudy skies, a few peeks of sun and a chance of a pop-up thunderstorm or two with a high temperature about 71, maybe 72 after a lunchtime of 69. mild this morning. upper 50s, low 60s around the region. don, take it away. how s traffic doing? here s sharon at wjz traffic control. we have one accident. that is going to be in s se. watch for it if you re traveling on back river road. otherwise, the speeds on the west side, t
chance for some rain to catch up with us. the morning commute will not be a problem. you could run into some rain under way home. in the 40 s in the northern suburbs. variable clouds. there could be some sunshine at times. the best chance for rain will be this afternoon after lunch. ofn we come back, we ll look the seven-day forecast. first we say good morning to sarah. good morning. a quick heads up if you take the penn line. running with a 25-minute delays. one accident of note at back river neck in essex. thing good on the major roadways. 95 running smoothly coming out of the northeast. running good on the north side and the west side of the beltway. 50 miles per hour just south of 795. five minutes on southbound 95 from the 895 split towards the fort mchenry. moving without any significant delays out there. this is the beltway at the b-w parkway. problem-free on 295 heading down towards west nursery road. the east side of the beltway looks great. that is the latest on t