first let s check outside with ava marie, and it is foggy. it is. i was hoping the skies would clear out a little bit sooner. athletes a storm system down to our south producing fog. clouds this morning and maybe sprinkling now so i just changed the forecast to include a couple of sprinkles early today. you can see the shades of green beginning to develop across virginia and maryland. so we re going to deal with this sticky, steamy weather then the entire storm system will shift off to our east. the current temperature is 40 degrees. the good news with that fog and clouds, well, it keeps the temperatures a little milder. so as long as we can get some clearing this afternoon, we should see temperatures near 50 degrees earlier today. but raindrops are possible. your seven-day forecast when we come back. all right. our big story this morning comes from florida where at least 30 people are recovering from the crash at the daytona speedway. it comes on the eve of the daytona
$26 million. good morning. i m mindy basara. and i m stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. wednesday, february 20 i. 5:01. it is kind of chilly. temperatures in the low 30 s. 32 degrees at the airport with a northwest wind at 7 gusting up to 15. there could be some snow flurries in carroll county. it will be a breezy with a high of 38. we will come back and talk about the weekend. quiet describes the morning commute. 55 on the entire beltway. 795 at mcdonough, no delays to report with light volume from franklin boulevard down to the beltway. 60 on southbound 83. a smooth start on the j.f.x. street.wards 28th towar york road looking good from parkton. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. police are looking into two separate early-morning shootings. the latest happened on dallas court. a man was shot in the leg. another man was shot in the knee. there was a murder-suicide in baltimore tuesday night. a man and woman were found dead . a child was fou
live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. good morning. i am mindy basara. stan was trying to steal my script. i am stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. 6:01. that is what my favorite characters. we don t expect any rain or snow. but it is caold. 32 at the airport. when chills in the upper teens and 20 s wind chills in the upper teens and 20 s. mostly sunny with a high near 38. we ll do the weekend forecast when we come back. first we will check the roads. we re not dealing with any incidents at this hour. this is 95 and route 24. delay-free it down towards the fort mchenry. 65 coming down to the beltway northeast. seven minutes from the 895 split to the tunnel. 65 eastbound on 70. moving well on 95 southbound. this is southbound traffic at 100. off to a pretty nice start in that area. 12 minutes on the west side. we will keep you posted if any problems develop. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. there is a new million
jennifer franciotti explains. michael johnson faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of killing phylicia barnes. his defense team is asking for a new trial. lawyers argue misconduct on the part of the prosecution, much of the argument centering on main witness james mccray. during the trial, he testified that johnson called him and admitted to raping and tobarnes and told him that he needed help wbaltv.com raping raping and killing barnes and that he needed help getting rid of the body. johnson s attorneys say that the jury was influenced to believe his testimony. baltimore city state attorney gregg bernstein says that the motion was not unexpected. after the verdict, filing motions for a new trial, that is pretty standard, and we will respond in due course. police commissioner anagony that anthony batts says that a review is underway about the department s use of guns and tasers. an officer accidently a training exercise, an