i'm stan stovall. >> i'm mindy basara. >> 6:01. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. >> it was a gorgeous day yesterday. today we will throw in some cloud cover. i do not think there will be precipitation. the forecast is calling for dry conditions overall. 60 degrees at the airport. some of you may need a light jacket. low 70's this afternoon. the wind is going to shift to the southwest. there could be some rain in the mountains. we will talk about the possibility of rain in just a few minutes. time to check the roads. >> a nice start out there. not dealing with any incidents. 11 minutes on the north side over towards the 83's. so far so good as you travel towards harford. this is outer loop traffic over toward harford and the 83's. in the green on southbound 95 from the white marsh area to the 895 split. hour. the green at this let's take a look at 175. a quiet start to your morning commute. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> centiliters are hoping to hold votes later today on a bipartisan deal to reopen the government. >> they are cautiously optimistic a deal could be reached. >> hallie jackson is live. was in the house trying to set up its own deal? >> right. ultimately the house ended up spinning their wheels. if lawmakers to make it traction soon experts warn we could be , headed for a crash. top senate leaders are hoping to avoid that with an agreement that would raise the country's borrowing limit. at least temporarily. senators harry reid and mitch mcconnell spoke last night and could shake hands on a final agreement at some point today. they will be watched very closely by investors after the stock market fell yesterday. a credit rating agency put the u.s. on downgrade watch. the deal is expected to look like what was hashed out on monday. reopening the government immediately and having that last through mid-january and then raising the debt ceiling through early february. we could be back in this position in early 2014. incomere stricter verification requirements. >> is it true some furloughed workers are getting back on the job? isagencies figure out who essential and who was not and who can come back to work and not. the cdc allowed some workers to come back because of the salmonella outbreak. nasa recalling some workers because of a launch. most of the space agency workers are still on furlough. most workers are still off the job until the shutdown ends. >> you can track the latest developments of the government shutdown on our website, wbaltv.com. you can find latebreaking news on when or if the government comes to an agreement. >> a different type of battle is brewing right here in maryland. doug gansler calls the head of the police a henchman. jennifer franciotti is live in pikesville with the latest on the war of words. >> good morning. this has to do with how doug gansler allegedly used his security detail. the allegations are nothing more than dirty politics. arember of officials assigned driving detail from the state police. officers say doug gansler sometimes tried to take over on the road, putting himself and the officers at risk while using lights and sirens. but gensler is denying those claims. >> that was based on -- they are running a campaign with dirty politics. dirty tricks. >> the henchman he is allegedly referring to is the commander of the executive security in detail. they are standard behind statements that were made by at least seven troopers regarding concern about the attorney general. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> opening statements take place in the trial of a police officer accused of shooting a police recruit. william kerns faces charges of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. prosecutors say he used a handgun with live ammunition when he shot raymond gray during assignment. >> vi ripken is involved in another incident. someone armed with a gun intended to carjacker in a parking lot in aberdeen. fobhe was able to honor key hit the panic button that sounded the alarm and the gentleman walked off. an atm camera got a picture of the suspect and he was arrested about a mile from the bank. airport.rees at the >> a developing story from overnight at lax. connection to the airport. we willyou do carve -- explain how. >> some unique artwork will be auctioned off next friday and it is all created by young artists. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:10. >> natalie morales georges live from new york. good morning. >> a deal to end the shutdown hits a new snag. can lawmakers reach a compromise in time? also, and overnight arrests in connection with those dry ice bombs at lax. an unexpected apology from real hunter. what she is saying about her affair with john edwards. brad pitt opens up about his new movie and about turning 50 when we get started on a wednesday morning. back to you. >> 50 years old? >> hard to believe. >> thank you. >> now weather and traffic on the 1's. time to take a look at your morning commute. we're tracking and next and at telegraph road and old mill road in severn. nothing much in terms of delays elsewhere. looking good at baltimore national pike. we will let you know when those delays start to develop. north side side continuing to build that harford road. in the white marsh area, so far so good down toward the 895 split. six minutes from that point down to the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. we check in live again with ava marie with a look at the forecast. >> we are seeing some cloud cover and maybe some fog. otherwise temperatures are falling through the 50's. we will see gorges conditions into the afternoon --we will see gorges conditions into the afternoon. a big fundraiser coming up on friday. i am here with the ceo and you --someme a majoring amazing artwork. we are going to feature -- [no audio] >> we lost ava's live shot. it is a wonderful program. temperatures in the upper 50's and the low 60's. there is a little bit of cloud cover to start today. we will not see as much sunshine as yesterday. you can see some rain in the mountains. a cold front will come through tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. that front tomorrow will be the signal for a big change as we head into next week. right now, you can see the weather pattern very clearly. it is chilly in the western part of the country. temperatures are mild on the east and part of the country. next week that pattern is going to flip. a series of friends are going to come through. in the short term, it will stay nice and mild. we will not see as much sunshine. it will be a mild day today. some of you could run into a sprinkle. high temperature between 69 and 74 degrees. the clouds will thicken up tomorrow. there will be a chance for rain showers starting in the afternoon and especially thursday night as the front comes through. a little bit cooler on friday and saturday. another front will come through on sunday. we will be in the low 60's on monday and tuesday with overnight temperatures in the upper 30's and the low 40's. >> thank you. 6:14. police make an arrest in connection with two dry ice incidents at los angeles international airport. police found three devices on monday, one near an airplane. girls arrest two young after a victim committed suicide. a 12-year-old girl and a 14- year-old girl were arrested and charged with felony stalking. a girl admitted that she bullied another girl and did not care that she committed suicide. the 14-year-old denies making those statements. a special election will take place in new jersey today. it is a race between cory booker and a republican, the former mayor in new jersey. they are racing for the seed for frank lautenberg, who died in june. a measure requires anyone who applies for a handgun permit to demonstrate a substantial reason for carrying the weapon outside the home. current requirements filing the second amendment. this law is different from the new gun control laws which recently went into effect. should parents use technology to keep track on their parents. --on their kids? 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[siren] it is a loud noise for a problem that is getting our attention. be safe lets parents track their kids. think of it as high-tech piece of mind. >> they can ask mom and dad and they can check in and let the parents know where they are. >> a growing startup is getting a lot of attention from the security business, which in this era is getting more important by the day. >> if a new person enters into your child's network, you know this and you can see what apps are downloaded. >> there are some concerns about trust with your kids but on the other hand there are safety issues as well. >> more and more parents are looking for ways to keep track of their kids' online activities. >> i think a lot of parents are becoming more savvy but they need to keep in touch. >> make sure their children are safe and using their phone appropriately. >> it takes more than an app to keep a child safe. >> use it as a tool but do not rely upon it. for pumpkin carvers. to get the wrong way can hurt the wallet -- doing it wrong way can hurt your wallet. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. a facebook executive is having a meeting. they are probing whether facebook is violating a settlement over privacy practices. this has to do with changes for commercials without their consent. lockheed martin takes privacy very. seriously they met with more than 200 tech-savvy teens to talk about cybersecurity. they're hoping to influence students to choose careers in that field. futures looking higher. investors holding out hope that senate the gauche nations will result in a last-minute deal to end the partial shutdown. we did have a tumble yesterday. halloween is right around the corner. companyd drain cleaning roto-rooter has issued a warning that every year people dump all the leftover pump down the toilet. h rise up and hardens in the pipes and wreaks all kind of havoc. wrap up all the mess and throw it in the garbage or throw it in the compost. i just carved a pumpkin last weekend. >> i made the mistake once of putting it down the garbage disposal. >> there you go. first-hand experience. >> thanks and have a good day. some important housing numbers will be released today. the index measures building confidence in the housing market and it went up four straight months before leveling off in the month of september. the editors say it usually pays to wait until the first two weeks of december 2 score the best price on toys. hot toys do sell out fast and stores could raise their prices as it gets closer to the holidays. >> now weather and traffic on the 1's. >> a nice, quiet start today. there could be a few sprinkles in some neighborhoods. 57 in randallstown right now. 60 degrees at the airport. maybe a light jacket this morning for the kids. it will be nice and mild this afternoon. temperatures into the low 70's. a mix of clouds and sun. i do not expect any rain. >> good morning. just tracking one accident in severance along telegraph road -- in severn. that is where we have that crash. 295 looking pretty good, southbound traffic coming toward us in building down towards 32. delay free on the north side. a little bit of a slowdown at baltimore national pike. 0 is in great shape towards the else way. traffic building over towards the providence road exit. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> 61 degrees at the airport. >> ravens head coach john harbaugh no longer getting much of a kick out of this punting game. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. hope you have them. >> the ravens travel to pittsburgh to face the steelers. they do so with some clear goals. more production on first downs. avoid as many fourth downs as possible. when fourth downs do show up, be more productive. last week there was one blocked. that used to be a thing unheard of. this year the ravens had two punts blocked. united the back three seasons to find the last time sam cooke had a punt blocked. they picked up a first down and i do not think that will happen again. that was a fluke. a blocked punt turned the season upside down. john harbaugh knows his team has to do better with first and fourth downs. >> it is definitely a concern. our punt protection has been a problem. now we have two punts blocked. they moved the number two man out there off the slot and we changed the protection. >> power outage in detroit. second inning. they used the same electric company that they use in new orleans. a pitchers duel when the lights came back on. justin verlander with the strikeout. 23 strikeouts combined in this game. scoreless until the seventh inning. mike napoli gets all of this one, to the bullpen. the only run the red sox would need. 1-0 boston. bottom of the ninth. two outs. that ends it. boston wins it 1-0. the red sox now lead the series two games to one. st. louis beats the dodgers last night. the cardinals are one win away from the world series. they lead the dodgers three games to one in that series. i am gerry sandusky. >> 61 degrees at the airport. >> abuse of power or dirty politics? that is next. >> we are keeping tabs on the area roads. we will let you know what to expect on the rest of the roads. >> ava marie live in catonsville. we are looking at amazing artwork. we will talk about how you can join the auction on these items and check the seven- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm mindy basara. >> i'm stan stovall. >> police are investigating a shooting in northwest baltimore. officers found and then suffering from a gunshot won't on russia's down the road. homicide detectives are now investigating -- from a gunshot on reisterstown road. >> william kerns is accused of firing a handgun with live ammunition hitting a police recruit. david collins will be in the courtroom today i will have the latest at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m.. >> an inmate took off from work duty in annapolis. if you see him, call 911. >> 6:31. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. pattern is weather going to continue today. it will not be as sunny as yesterday. most of you will have a try morning commute. most of you will have a dry morning commute. high temperature in the low to mid 70's. it is going to get colder going into the weekend. >> good morning. we do have one problem in severn along telegraph road right near old mill road. 295 in pretty good shape at 175. 11 minutes on the north side. going to see a delay on the west side that stretches back to liberty road in the outer loop. 795 looking good out of owings mills. this is what it looks like at harford road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. a war of words between a gubernatorial candidate and state police. >> doug gansler said an opponent is using dirty tricks to make him look like a bully. >> jennifer franciotti has more. >> good morning. the attorney general is saying this is nothing more than dirty politics. state police are standing behind statements made by troopers. >> that was based on the henchmen. they are running a campaign with dirty politics. pulling out some memo that some henchmen wrote two or three years ago. >> that henchman is the state trooper assigned to protect him. he gets security and driving services from the state police. but according to state police memos, officers say he sometimes tried to take over on the road, putting himself and the officers assigned to him at risk by using excessive speed to beat traffic. >> it has nothing to do with politics. those comments were upsetting to the state police. me personally and to the state police. we stand behind the troopers. they are not making anything up. >> there were concerns about the attorney general's behavior. he said the complaints were motivated by duty and not politics. >> the comment that he is a henchman was totally inappropriate. >> gensler questions the timing of the relations -- of the revelations. the story broke as he was prepared to announce his running mate. reports say he misused his security detail to get him to events are "100% completely untrue." this morning state police say they are standing behind statements made by seven troopers regarding concern about the attorney general. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. henson is saying he is running for state senate in seeking the seat held by the family fed and. --nathaniel mcfadden. he believes voters will be able to look beyond his past. he plans to officially announce his campaign on monday. the bottle tax help baltimore to close a massive budget deficit and keep our city on sound financial footing without cuts to city services. we were able to fully fund our obligation to public schools, maintain police officers and firefighters, and keep all of our libraries open. >> even with the bottle tax, five new grocery stores have opened in baltimore city and three more on the way. 6:35. >> ava marie joins us live from catonsville this morning. >> i am live at the children's home. this is a place in catonsville and they have a big fundraiser coming up in about a week. you have some amazing artwork created by the young residents. they are so impressive. >> our kids are very talented. we are having a 150th celebration. we have some artwork that will go on silent auction. we have jazz. people can join us. we will have a really good time. >> i want to focus on this our work and talk to one of the residents. we have patrick here. how did you come up with the design? my role model and plays football. i took a picture of him and freehand drew it and used watercolors to paint it. >> what has your experience been like? >> it is changed a lot for me. i am becoming a better person in the long run on how to continue doing that in the future. >> i am so glad we got to talk to you. this will be auctioned off at the fundraiser next week in. i want to get a check of the seven-day forecast. today looks mostly dry. a chance for rain tomorrow as a cold front passes by. generally dry friday and saturday. a much cooler trend begins on sunday. >> thank you very much. 61 degrees at the airport. typically the only animals you see traveling with their owners are dogs and cats. >> with you find yourself i to i -- eye to eye with a >> you can probably relate to this next video for first time parents. b major milestone for a cu who can now walk by herself. she will start to get the hang of it around four months. >> judas factor way up there -- upeness factor way there. >> wildlife officer said the animal was wounded. there are reports a car might have struck the kangaroo. they took him out of the shop into a vet for treatment and we are told he is expected to be ok. >> now weather and traffic on the 1's. >> even i have trouble with the electric doors. weather-wise, things are pretty quiet to start the day. some of you might run into some sprinkles. the clouds will stick around for most of the day. just as warm as yesterday with high temperatures near 72 degrees. right now it is 60 at the airport. pretty quiet on the water if you oating today. >> good morning. just got busier in the past few minutes along telegraph road. it is shut down at old mill road over toward midway road. you'll want to consider burns crossing as your alternate. scene.cks are on the a new accident along oliver and kenwood avenue in the city. this is 29 through ellicott city. 12 minutes your drive time on the north side. running slow from liberty down toward baltimore national pike on the west side. heavy traffic forming in the outer loop at harford over towards providence. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> 61 degrees at the airport. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we have telegraph road shut down near old mill and midway. consider burns crossing as your alternate. we have a next and on the east side of the city at oliver street. we have delays that stretch back to liberty road. outer loop traffic is where you start to improve. very heavy traffic on the northeast corner of the beltway. those delays stretch back to dulaney valley. southbound 83, problem free down to the beltway. the j.f.x. looking good at the moment. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. a little bit of cloud cover to start the day. we have seen reports of sprinkles. 60 at the airport. 56 in rising sun. it is a few degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this time and that is because of the clouds. you can see this is mostly a high, thin cloud deck and the wind is about to shift from the east to the south. the clouds will stick around for most of the day. we can see some rain on the other side of the mountains. a front will come through tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. signal al sick no -- big change in the atmosphere. it has been mild on the east coast. everything is about to turn around. the chilly weather will come east. we might get our first frost of the season. variable clouds today. temperatures will make it back into the low 70's. i still think it is going to be a mild day. a mix of clouds and sun. a chance for some showers thursday afternoon and thursday night. it is still going to be a mild day tomorrow, 73. another front comes through on sunday. r monday andlie tuesday. 30's for overnight lows by the middle of next week. ava marie is in catonsville today. what is going on? >> we are live at the children's home and talking about their big fundraiser. the highlight of the event is that they feature are by the local residents here. young children and young adults who have created this artwork. there is a cool design and it is created by using shaving cream. we will talk to you in just a little bit. i want to talk to one of the young residents. you are teaching us how to create this art that uses shaving cream. we start off with shaving cream. >> put the paint in. >> she is sprinkling different colors of paint. >> you just use any color. then you take something, started around -- stir it around. >> so you're stirring it around. ok. >> then you take a shape or a letter. >> what do i do here? ok. then take it out. wipe it off for me here. wow. look at that. that is cool. i will let you keep working on that and talk with andre. this will be auctioned off at the event. >> people can go on our website to get tickets thec hildrenshome.net. we still have tickets left. we have a jazz. we have some vip special treats for the evening. onhaven't 1863 theme going because it is our hundred 50th anniversary. >> i will grab this finished product so you can see how we did this artwork. that fun work is coming up next friday and you can see all this artwork. ava marie, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. we are months away from the maryland gubernatorial race but we are seeing some political fireworks. jennifer franciotti is live in pikesville with a war of words involving doug gansler. >> it involves the amount administration. this surrounds around alleged driving tactics. a number of officials are assigned driving detail from the state police. doug gansler is one of them. officers say doug gansler sometimes tried to take over on the road, putting himself and the officers at risk while using lights and sirens. but gensler is denying those claims. in fact he says the story is based on the henchman and they are running a campaign of dirty politics and dirty tricks. he is talking about the commander of that executive protection detail. these date police are standing kind claims made by seven troopers regarding concerns about the attorney general. the attorney general is denying these legation's. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> cal ripken junior's mother has another run in with a criminal. tryipken says an armed man to carjacker yesterday afternoon in a parking lot in aberdeen. carsaid she sounded the alarm and the man simply walked away. police arrested that man several hours later. the 16th day of a partial government shutdown, senate leaders hope to hold a vote to allow the u.s. to pay its bills on time. harry reid and mitch mcconnell could reach a final agreement at some point today. the house tried to set up its own deal but it did not get sent on to the senate. >> now weather and traffic on the 1's. you.od morning to sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we have a new accident near the airport along telegraph road at dorsey road. another one on telegraph has a completely closed between old mill road and midway road because of an accident. if you want to take burns crossing road, that might be a better bet. checking the north side delays near belair road over to the providence region. 795 down the west side toward baltimore national pike, things are really heavy. 795.oblems on that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. it will be another mild day today. mostly cloudy to start. it will be dry for most of the day with a mix of clouds and sun. we are going to make it up to 72. most of the big cities in the northeast will be fine. 57 in chicago. low 50's in denver. it will feel like summer in los angeles with a high near 86. > there is a problem along telegraph road at dorsey road. the other one has telegraph road close between old mill road and midway road. take burns crossing as your alternate. oliver street at kenwood avenue, we have a crash in the city. southbound traffic is starting to build down to the 895 split. delays in place on the north and west sides of the beltway. those delays stretch back to 795 and down towards edmondson. >> it will be a mild day today with a high of 72. it will not be as sunny as yesterday. i do not expect any precipitation. a chance for some rain showers tomorrow night. it will cool off going into the beginning of the weekend. the big show will be arriving in maryland to the middle of next week. things are going to change next week. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25.