and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. any incumbent coming up for re-election in november has to be worried after seeing the results of yesterday s primary. that s right. in pennsylvania, kentucky and arkansas, the results seemed to show that many americans are not satisfied with the status quo in washington. led by the defeat of 80-year-old senator arlen specter, he left the republican party, you ll remember, and became a democrat last year to try to keep his political career alive. while president obama did support him, he never went to pennsylvania to campaign on his behalf, and this morning some in specter s camp are pointing fingers at the white house for not doing enough to help. more on that and the rest of tuesday s election results coming up in just a couple of minutes. also ahead, the victim of a horrible crime in texas was just 8 when she was snatched from her own bed in the middle of the sni night.
some of the different things out. a new bill would force them to find a new spot. it still allows the sale of sexually explicit material, just not as much of it and not within 1,000 feet of a neighborhood, church, etc.. or take the material out and have it at a different story. it also cuts the amount of stock that the store could have. community groups are also upset with a boutique because it features x-rated video booths. they say they lead to lewd acts. to limit them totally or to make sure that they have solid walls in three areas and a completely closed door in the back. this is the type of business i do not want to. he says he has followed all of the respectable rules to have a respectable business. who can pick and choose? are they going to let the people who actually shocked at these businesses decide what they want in their communities people who actually shop? it also applies to tattoo and massage parlors, and they will vote on it next week. rep
795 will take about four minutes as well. police lingering on the scene at bellaire and route 543. expect minor delays in the area as well. police can t believe what they saw in this video we re about to show you. three teenagers are under arrest and looking for two more. in two mob robberies in montgomery county, sherrie johnson tells us and shows us what happened. reporter: good morning, megan. it is a crime that shocked veteran police officers. we re talking about a mob beating and robbery caught on tape. police arrested three teenage expwers they re looking for two more in tokes two mob robberies in the aspen hill area t happened on may 5th. surveillance video shows five people beating and robbing a man in the stairwell of an apartment building. the group beat the victim so bad he had broken ribs, numerous cuts, and severe bruising. police say the attacker blocked the victim s path and demanded his cell phone. moments later the other five robbers jumped in and started
legislators are hoping to give businesses the boot. jennifer franciotti is live in towson with the details. the push to make a change is complaint driven by residents who do not want seedy shops in their neighborhood. the measure applies to sex shops parlors and the southwest video and boutique in arbutus. it limits the floor space of x- rated items from 20% to 5%. the capitol located near a church, or day care. they have one year to move their business. or move the adult material. the full council is expected to vote on this measure sometime next week. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. do you think baltimore county should band businesses like sex shops from setting up shops near residential areas? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. three members of an alleged coltult were sentenced yesterda. queen antoinette was charged yesterday. the judge ordered no psychiatric treatment for any of them, sa
good morning. it s wednesday, may 19th. i m patrice harris. it s time to get a check of our forecast as we are halfway through the week. meteorologist steve fertig is here with what we can expect this morning. good morning. good morning to you. we are expecting to see some improvement today but much more tomorrow. check out the radar, a little drizzle in spots and showers, we could see a couple of light showers this afternoon as well but generally drying out as high pressure moves to the north and east. 53 in hagerstown, and 52 in washington and 53 in salisbury. temperatures fairly uniform. again skipping ahead to tonight, 54 degrees to the overnight low the evening shower, you can t rule out a shower during the day either as the temperatures climb warmer instead of the mid-50s. 59 should do it for the high. let s see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. reporter: good morning, steve. we don t have too much to talk about out there. we do have a broken wa