million dollar mistake, a federal judge comes down hard on the man behind the robo calls. hello everybody i m denise koch and here s what people are talking about. the ehrlich campaign consultant say it is million dollars judgment against him is just plain unfair. he. reporter: a federal judge ordered political consultant julius henson to pay $1 million for writing and sending election night robocalls that suggest voters need not vote because o malley was winning. what kind of message does this send? i think the message is clear that this type of behavior will not be allowed in maryland. reporter: the telephone calls violated the consumer act because they did not contain the legally required disclosure that the calls were coming from republican erlich. in addition to the penalties against henson, $1 million was placed. what do you make of that? that is unprecedented in this country. reporter: henson maintains the law he s charged with violates free speech. n
at the top of the hour the sun is up. the clouds are just there for punksuation. there s some fog close to the ground. apparently especially so on the eastern shore. sharon will show you her traffic cameras after marty s weather. we re in the mid 6 ohs í mid 60s right now. on a way to a high of 83. beautiful dinner time, 79. don, take it away. it should be a beautiful morning to take a drive. here is sharon gibala at wjz traffic are control. good morning. over all not so bad especially locally. if you are headed out in hartford county we have an accident that actually is clear but there s some downed wires that are caused an issue. main street closed. take castle ton instead. in frederick county some debris blocking route 80 at flint hill road. speeds fantastic, lots of 6 ohs 60s can be scene. 61 on the top and west side outer loop. there s a live look outside at 83. still very quite out there, very light volume. there s a look at 70 at 29. same situation there. re
following hours. that line came right through washington, right into southern maryland, across the bay. after it crossed the bay, it did break up a lot. now this morning, just a few lingering showers. you see speckles of green, some lingering light showers in northern virginia, much of maryland. but some heavier showers now south and east of richmond. these are the first effects of tropical depression beryl. that s going to be moving off of hatteras later today. but some areas in the lower part of the eastern shore and at the beaches may get some onshore flow with the winds there, as well as some rain from beryl. here off it our west now out in the mountains, the cloud cover beginning to break up. we ll get a gradual clearing as we get into the afternoon. right now, it s mild, near 70 in washington. all these areas in green, in the 60s. that includes much of the region. here s your day planner for this wednesday. and maybe a few lingering showers mid morning and showers south
about but no accidents happening yet, right? reporter: no accidents just yet, but you do want to reduce your speed, be extra careful as you do head out. if you are using the jfx to get into the city, 11-minute ride from the beltway downtown to east fayette street. everything will remain up to speed traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel and the harvard tunnel. if you are headed out to the northeast corridor of 95, here s a look at white marsh. only a four-minute ride to the beltway. no delays to talk about in this vicinity. a live look at the beltway and parkville and hartford road. a nine-minute ride from 95 towards 83. no concerns on the west side of the beltway, an lech-minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95 that. is a look at your abc 2 news time saver traffic. over to you. some say it s going to save lives by keeping fire stations open. we re talking about putting advertisements on the sides of fire trucks. the issue is now going before city leaders
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