it is the top of the hour and the susquehanna continues to flow. the rain has really picked up in the last several hours after a brief break yesterday and overnight and some of the beltway is getting poured on right now. sharon will have more on the roads and marty has the weather. i was mentioning yesterday, there was a lull in that rain, didn t mean jack, that we would have more heavy rain and flooding problems. let s take a look at first warning doppler radar. another heavy plume is moving through the area. we re looking at heavy rain on the east side that is moving toward the top side of the beltway. i ll show you why that is really kind of good news, that movement from southeast to northwest. but having said that, the top side of the beltway is getting ready to get very problematic. in the past hour we had a flash flood warning. take a look at the watch, warning and advisory graphic. we have essentially rolling warnings anywhere there s heavy rain, a watch extending
taxes our mind, more than 40 people were shot over the holiday weekend. what s being done to stop the violence. first, we take a look at our traffic cameras, looking at 695 and bel air road, not looking too bad even though it has been raining all day long. temperatures have dropped quite a bit. how long will the rain last? let s check in with wyatt everhart. it does look like it s going to depend on where you re watching from. you re going to get quite a bit more rain in the next hour or two from the eastern shoarks eastern cecil county through kent, queen anne s and tolbert. the heaviest and steadiest in from kent island, route 50 towards easton. rain totals have been around one to three inches, two inches in centerville. 60s, scattered downpours. we talk about that. it s a few more minutes away. the 10th anniversary of the terrorist september 11th terrorist attacks is coming up this weekend. hard to believe it s been 10 years. yes, it has. the twin the twin towe
father and son were walking down pratt street. he was shot in the leg. despite the police and the crowds, police have little to go on. both the commission are and the mayor addressed the media about last night s violence. these people who engage in these terrible and senseless acts of violence are cowards. we re not going to tolerate their cowardly behavior. the mayor is also referring to a deadly stabbing at pier 5. a 25-year-old from alabama stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle. the man has been identified as someone they want to speak with about the incident last night. violence on independence day wasn t limited to the inner harbor. in are roll county a man abducted an 8-year-old boy after assaulting his mother. looked out the front window there and he was outside trying to grab the baby away from her. reporter: he had just returned when he heard a different kind of fireworks outside his sykesville home. he heard the screams of his neighbor. she proceeded
exxon was penalized $500 million dollar. even if you multiply that by one, that become as billion dollar damage award. if the multiplier is three or four, maybe a total damage award of $2 to $2 1/2 billion. we re trying to figure out what that means it has just happened. reporting live from towson, mike schuh. we see some activity on the quote house steps, so we ll let you go and finish up that. absolutely. wjz is following the story. we ll bring you reaction as soon as they come out of court. more breaking news, skyeye chopper 13 is over the scene of a fire. reporter: a smoky mess in the 1000 block. we saw smock from southwest baltimore to towson. it appears to be a one to one and a half story garage in the 1000 block of west lombard caught fire. as you can see, firefighters just now getting a pretty good hold on it. they knocked down most of the thick black smoke and most of the fire. at this point there s no word on injuries or on the cause of the fire. as you ca
ones. reporter: with local budgets stretched thin, it s tough to have the money and resources to do the investigations. annapolis police now have help. annapolis city police have receive and grant of over $220,000 to deal strictly with cold cases. this expanded their capabilities greatly. good police work requires resources, funding and time. this grant has enabled us to provide that. reporter: they chan submit cases for can submit cases for dna analysis. we re looking at obviously rapes, sex offenses and robber ris. dna is a large component, a large piece of evidence that s reliable but it does take time oar detective tim hall is able to help. it adds to the work load. not tasked with the incoming cases. 100% of my focus is on the cold cases that are currently open. reporter: in the last 10 years, annapolis has solved 75% of their homicide, well over the national average. with the federal grant money, they hope to improve that more. overall crime is down 40%