all lanes are closed at that intersection. we re looking good elsewhere. 51 on southbound 95 coming out of the northeast. a little sluggish at the harrisburg expressway. no problems on 795. 11 minutes on southbound 95 from the ball like down to 32. let s give you a quick live look outside. on southbound on fire from the beltway down to 32. this is old court wrote on the beltway and it is moving without delay this is old court road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. another violent weekend in baltimore, the second in a row. police are planning to beef up patrols for the upcoming july 4 weekend. kim dacey joins us live with more. there were two murders and six shootings this weekend. their work tend shootings last weekend. police say a man was shot in his hand near the world trade center at the inner harbor. investigators plan to charge keiron holly with attempted work with attempted murder. dominick holly and kesmond lewis are expected to face conspiracy char
and tumble on the polo field. we talk to him about it all in an exclusive one-on-one interview. we hope you had a good weekend. robin is off this morning. but it s great to have elizabeth vargas here. nice to be here. and we do have breaking news. a lot. senator robert byrd, the longest serving legislator in the history of the united states has died. he had been in the middle of so many historic debates. also has been in a washington-area hospital suffering dehydration. and senator byrd with his election to the house in 1952, he became a senator six years later, last no, he broke the record for the longest-serving member of congress. he held every major leadership position in the united states senate. he was also the senate s unfacial historian. he actually studied ancient history and latin. he has been in ill-health for some time now. still made it to vote for the health care reform bill in march. and in more than 50 years, made his mark on history. overcame contro
we re working one incident in ellicot city. vehicle fire, route 50 westbound, continuing to block the right lane. an hour ago, we received this breaking news, the longest serving member of congress has died. 92-year-old senator robert byrd of west virginia was admitted to a hospital last week, initially thought to be suffering from heat exhaustion and severe dehydration. good morning america, of course, will have much more on his life coming up in just half hour at 7:00 this morning. ice, lemonade, cool drinking water, this isn t a game of scattergories sherrie johnson is here to tell us about a hot time today. reporter: it feels pretty good outside right now, but later on today, it ll be a different story. for some people, this type of weather could be down right dangerous. baltimore city has issued a code red heat alert because of the predicted high temperatures. baltimore city will open emergency cooling centers. each center will have cool air, water and ice availabl
weekend, when 10 people were killed. they prepare for another holiday weekend. sounds of the caribbean in downtown baltimore, some inner harbor visitors swaying to the maryland islanders steelband, but police are concerned after another wave of violence saturday. a 19-year-old man was shot in the hand. it happened between the walk way. the shooter made a chilling statement. the most disturbing part of this case is he said, essentially, i feel like killing someone, at which time he drew out a were ballpark. they want to charge keiron holly, and dominich holly and kesmond lewis face other charges. it is not as bad as it used to be, you know? we have got a lot more police presence down here. it is safer. i have my middle newborn out. i feel safer. police are gearing up to keep the holiday crowd safe. a heavy presence for police, including baltimore officers, maryland transit authority, and state police will cover the harbor and downtown. that will bring the total num
rape investigations. good evening, thanks for joining us, i m adam may. a startling investigation, baltimore police label more rapes as false and baseless than any other state in the country. dereck valcourt has the report. reporter: the report reveals an unusual high number of rape complaints in baltimore city end up getting thrown out by the detectives investigating. front page news for our media partner the baltimore sun, their investigation finds in baltimore, more rape cases are labeled unfounded than any other city in the country. alarming to victims advocates. is there a better way to categorize these cases and these crimes and rather than just list them as unfounded. maybe there s another reason that a victim may want to go forward at a later time. reporter: statistics show that in the last recent years there s been a number of drop in rape cases reported. 684 rapes reported to the fbi in 1995, but last year s 158 reported rapes means an 84% decline. jack young