to a close.how it measured up to last year s race. and what to expect for your morning commute. hello, i m jennifer gilbert. jeff barnd is off tonight. promoters of the baltimore grand prix. are calling it a success.. despite the drop in turnout from last year. meliida roeder is liie downtown. 3 wwere some of the course is still being dismantled.. melinda? they say it ll take another two weeks to completely dismantle the track. including all the fencing and the grandstands.but they say all the access roads in and out of downtown will be cleer byytomorrowwmorning. in fact. crews got started last night on the cleanup. and they ve been hauling away bits of the course everrsince. piece by piece. restoring baltimore to normal.overall, with how the race went off ed - this year. and they hope to bring it back to baltimore again in 2003. this. despite am obvious drop in ticket sales from last year,. promoters are quick to add that all the vendors and the city s tax bill have been pa
it, or you can choose my plan. can either choose to stay on the path we are on, a path of debt, a path of doubt and decline, a path of joblessness, or we can get things turned around. stands to be thousands of people disappointed in that in the democratic party. the time warner arena only holds 20,000 people, 54,000 less than the bank of america stadium for coral panther nfl game. dnc organizers said today, brian they are expecting to fill that stadium. the republicans have made this question, are you better off than four years ago central to their campaign? maryland governor martin malley seemed to create a little bit of a friendly fire situation this afternoon. what s the deal with the fallout? brian it was remarkable that the contracts were ready for this one, the age-old speech from ronald reagan. are you better off than four years ago. over the weekend governor malley was on face the nation, was asked by bob shaffer is the country better off than it was four year
bay bridge. light street is closed in advance of the grand prix. we have closed at hanover. monument street is closed near patterson park. that is for the sinkhole that is being repaired. the b-w parkway, 60 miles per hour. moving well on 97. problem free on 95 in howard county. 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. 10 minutes to go south of 95 from the beltway down towards 32. here s a quick, live look at traffic. very light volume so far this morning. it is early. the j.f.x. checking out fine at ruxton road from the beltway into town. no problems on the harrisburg expressway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. hurricane isaac is causing problems for new orleans this morning. we have the latest on how the storm is affecting local areas in louisiana. the wind is howling right now. we are still in the extreme eastern portion. we re just off of old spanish trail. this is the entrance to treasure island subdivision in this area. we cannot get back there right n
field single to right. jayson werth scores followed by danny espinosa. the nats lead 2-0. four batters later bases loaded two out for adam laroche who also delivers in the clutch with a base hit to center. that brings home strasburg and steve lombardozzi. laroche has 71 r.b.i.s. 4-0. strasburg allowed six earned runs in his last outing. today the strasburg and we know and love, six innings, three hits, six strikeouts. nats win 4-1 and afterwards the skipper on strasburg, the pitcher and .343 hitter. with any pitcher, especially a young pitcher, it s the early innings and he got through the first two or three innings and then he was comfortable with what he was going to do. i don t know if it was drilling to some extent. when we shut him down, can we keep his bat, use him as a pinch hitter? highly unlikely. moor good news for the nats. last year s closer drew storen activated july 19th after undergoing elbow surgery entered today in the 9th. storen earns his first save sin
a vehicle fire eastbound on 32. police and fire are responding to the scene. northbound 136 is shut down because of debris. on the outer loop northeast side, about 11 minutes to travel. eight minutes to travel south on 895 down to the harbor tunnel tolls. this is 70 at 29. prior to this shot, eastbound 70, watch for possible delays and lane closures. 95 in harford county, so far so good. things start to build as you get closer to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. thank you. state lawmakers go back to annapolis this week for their second special session of the year. kim dacey has details on the latest session. good morning. governor martin o malley called the special session to talk about expanded gambling in the state. state lawmakers will also talk about a recent court ruling about the liability of pit bull owners. but the main issue is gambling. right now maryland only allows slot machines. lawmakers will consider expanding it to include table games