summer. how much longer can it last? the insta-weather forecast as "11 news today" continues right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning, i'm mindy basara. >> i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for "11 news today." >> let's check the forecast with sandra shaw. it has been so nice. >> it really has. i think it will last at least until friday as far as the low humidity and cooler temperatures by tomorrow. we are talking upper 70's for forecast highs by thursday. today we will be up to 87 which is really where we should be for july 7. the issue that we are not having to contend with, which is typicalor july, is the high humidity. low dew points as high pressure is in firm control over the weather pattern. looks like it will hold up. the front will approach tonight to cool us down tomorrow through friday. meantime, typical start, 70 downtown, 65 at b.w.i.-marshall. 67 in ocean city. today partly cloudy, 84 to 88

and just a very slight chance of maybe seeing an isolated thunderstorm north of the city tonight as the front nears us. all in all a great forecast for us. i have the seven-day but first let's check out traffic and a new ramp opening. >> good morning, everybody. let's check that ramp, outer loop to southbound 95 the latest ramp to open in that area and it is exciting because you have watched them under construction for some time now. so it may alleviate some of the flow out of the white marsh. not picking up any delays on the speed sensors and drive times up to speed. 11 minutes west side and north side outer loop. southbound 95 from 95 split to fort mchenry good. at b. wchw. parkway problem fre there. we will switch to a live view of 95 out of harford county north of riverside parkway knowing

well. that is the latest. back to you. >> our big story this morning m.t.a. officials, police and families want answers to the same question. what happened along the lutherville light rail track that caused two teenage boys their lives. jennifer franciotti live in lutherville with more. >> some passengers are now starting to come forward with claims that they were on the train that may have hit the two teenagers. the discovery was made on sunday afternoon not far from the lutherville train station on the southbound tracks. a fare inspector made the discovery and we now know who the victims are. connor peterson and kyle wankmiller were on the tracks and officials say it is possible they were hit by a trane. passenger stephanie ayers believes she was on the train that hit the boys. >> it was like a thud, thud,

thud. hit what we thought was a large dogers a deer or somebody. i thought it was like my gosh, was that a person. >> ayers says the driver got out, looked around, made a call, got back in and continued to drive the train to the station. coming up at 6:30, what else ayers said she saw and the latest on the investigation. >> late yesterday another incident involving an m.t.a. light rail car disrupted service. authorities say a train car struck a pickup truck trying to cross an intersection at conway street. nobody was hurt. >> a baltimore city police officer is recovering at shock trauma after being involved in an accident in west baltimore. reports say that 11:45 a police officer tried to stop a vehicle which resulted in a chase and a crash at the corner of fulton and pressman streets. no word on the condition of the

officer. the man accused of stabbing his wife to death is scheduled to stand trial. cleveland williams is accused of killing his wife minutes after mrs. women's filed a protective order against him. police shot and wounded mr. williams but not before he stabbed his wife several times and she died from her injuries three days later. >> family, friends and community members gathered in prayer in southwest baltimore yesterday in support of a 5-year-old girl shot in the head after being caught in the crossfire last week in a gun battle. as raven white remains in critical but stable condition members of the community say more needs to be done to make the streets safer. >> we owe an apology not being in the community sooner. we have to look at what created this problem. we need to fix it. skrshgs we have to bring more pressure on the skrou additional system and stop the plea bargaining, stop the suspended

sentences. we have to stop letting people go. if they do the crime, they must do the time. >> there is encouraging news. family members say raven is showing signs of progress and they are hopeful she will be able to recover. the i-team is learning more about the long and violent history of the teen accused of shooting raven. will month davis's police record began at 10 when he was charged as a juvenile with second degree assault. in the five years that followed he was charged in 10 more crimes ranging from theft to drug dealing to armed carjacking. he had appeared in juvenile court on a robbery and assault charge one day before the gun battle left the girl wounded. sources tell us davis had been wearing an electronic monitoring anklet but cut it off shortly before the shooting. he has been denied bail. >> new details about the gun police say could be involved in the murder former ravens quarterback steve mcnair. investigators traced the gun on

the body of his girlfriend to one purchased in her name just days before the shooting. they have yet to say if she was the shooter or second victim. those left behind are trying to pick up the pieces and make sense of it all. >> i could not believe it. right now still in disbelief a little bit. but just the idea of knowing that he's gone. >> i will miss him as you all will miss him. and i ask you to honor what he did on the field and in the community and what he was is a tremendous teammate. that is his legacy. >> a public memorial for steve mcnair will be held in nashville thursday afternoon followed by a funeral in mississippi on saturday. downtown los angeles could be brought to a standstill this afternoon as tens of thousands of michael jackson depends descend for the memorial service

at staples center. perform e performers are expected to perform at the public tribute. meanwhile the legal drama voubding the estate continues. a judge shifrpted temporary custody from the mother to a long-time attorney listed in his will. >> it is our obligation, our duty, our responsibility and our desire to do everything we can to carry out michael jackson's wishes. >> his ex-wife debby rowe says she will not attend the service. hoping to avoid a mob scene, los angeles police are urging fans without tickets to stay away and watch it on tv. that brings us to the water cooler question of the day. do you plan to watch the michael jackson memorial service? e-mail us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. if you do plan to watch the

memorial service stay with wbal. live coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. but if you are not near a tv you can value it on our website at wbaltv.com. >> president obama spends a second day in russia today meeting with vladimir putin for the first time. and he will be laying out his foreign policy views at a school in moscow. >> president obama smiled, his body language with putin was relaxed and engaged. >> we may not end up agreeing on everything but i think that we can have a tone of mutual respect and consultation. >> prime minister putin, the former president is seen as russia's power center. the meeting was a chance for them to assess each other in person. >> with you sh, we link all of hopes for the furtherance of relations between our two countries. >> many of russia's hard line stands have putin's nail on them. opposition to georgia joining

nato. suspicion toward u.s. missile defense. crackdown on the media and political dissent. obama hopes new cooperation will set a new tone wi. he and medvedev agreed to seek to cut nuclear stob piles. final agreement wouldn't hinge on u.s. plans for missile defense. >> this is a point of deep concern and sensitivity to the russian government. >> the president's goal advisors say is to convince them they could benefit from a missile threat. >> wouldn't russia and the u.s. and everybody else want to have some kind of limited system in place? >> iran was not mentioned publicly, but advisors say it dominated the leaders' talks in private. president obama also planned to meet today with former russian president gorbachev. with medvedev and russian opposition leaders as well.

>> it is 6:10, 62 degrees. coming up the morning's financial news. >> and the hunt for a serial killer comes to a violent end. we will tell you how police managed to track down the suspect who had left south carolina residents in fear. >> the orioles once again make a mark in baseball history but this time for the wrong reasons. late night baseball action, or inaction in the birds' case. >> we don't like to hear that. more of a dry heat today feeling more like the west coast with lieu dew points. i have the seven-day coming up. >> if you are traveling on the outer loop we have good news on one of the new ramps opening on the northeast side. we will update that and check

>> welcome back to "11 news today." there is some sort of unknown object, looks like a stationary object on the camera lens.

but it is 71 degrees downtown. the sun is up and whatever that is, well, looks like it is making itself at home. hope you are doing well. as far as the forecast goes we are looking at a insist dry channel of air over baltimore. high pressure in control. we have bright white clouds to the north where there is a front that will approach us and a south where they have seen copious amounts of rainfall in wilmington, north carolina, almost 6 1/2 inches yesterday. for us we have been blessed with low humidity, comfortable temperatures, 71 downtown now. 64 at the airport. in the mountains mostly sunny, a high of 84. much like yesterday. zooming in to central maryland, in baltimore a high of 87 projected which is the benchmark, right where we should be. winds out of the west-southwest and basically low humidity today. 84 on the beaches of ocean city today. on the shores of the chesapeake bay and on the chesapeake bay

winds out of the southwest 10 knots. waves on the waters one foot or less. normal high 87. that is what we are forecasting for today. we hit 86 yesterday. the low yesterday was 58 so below where it should have been at 66. 99 the record set in 1993 and july 7, 1980, 53 the record low. slight chance of shower tonight. 58 to 66 the temperature. high pressure in control with the front approaching us tonight. what it will do as high pressure builds in to new england is change the outlook for the middle of the week. below normal. testifies as you can see in the seven-day only up to 80 tomorrow, 77 on thursday. slight chance of scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. 81 on friday but then just in time for saturday and sunday will feel more like july with heat and humidity back. >> we are enjoying a quiet ride this morning and we have the new ramp on the northeast side.

we hope stan does his new ramp dance if we're lucky. you are missing it. outer loop ramp to southbound 95 open so hopefully it will alleviate some flow of traffic in the white marsh area. again, that ramp is open, not dealing with any delays anywhere else. southbound on the harrisburg expressway 55 miles an hour, 71 on the outer loop. 59 miles an hour on southbound 795. that is good on this portion of 95 and the beltway. and on the north side at green spring fine. sun glare may be an issue toward the j.f.x. back to you. >> was that a ramp dance or moon walk? police in south carolina say their search for a suspected serial killer has come to a sudden and violent end.

investigators say patrick burris is responsible for the murders of five people over the last six days. purr resist was shot when he was cornered in a home in north carolina during a reported burglary. in addition to a vehicle match which led people to his home. buster tests confirm his gun was used in the killings. south carolina republicans reprimanding governor sanford for his secret trip to argentina to meet his mistress but have stopped short of calling for his resignation. they voted to censure him. the first in that state's history. sanford plans to serve out the remaining 18 months. after years of red tape and debate, plans it rebuild new york ground zero may come down to an arbitrator. while work has been going on at other projects there the world trade tower developer and port authority of new york an new jersey can't agree on plans to build new office towers. a two-week deadline has been set

before an arbitrator steps in. the port authority says it will cooperate with whatever decision and arbitrator makes. >> in our consumer alert your bank may be added fees as they at this point to try to stay profitable. one way they are charging more is by adding or raising checking account fees. other banks are raising fees for a.t.m.'s, overdraft, annual credit card memberships and even using human tellers for transactions. the controversy over michael jackson's estate may have some wondering whether it is better to leave their assets in a will or trust. wills spell out a one-time distribution of assets. it has to go to probate court. trusts however show how your assets can be distributed over time and are assigned to your appointed trustees. legal cost to draw up either varies so you should shop around with lawyers for the best rate.

investigators are watching as world leaders prepare to discuss the global recession. michelle steele has that story and minister in the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. the economy is in focus as leaders from the eight top industrial nations gather in central italy on the table mounting global debt. the i.m.f. warning basic bailouts will spread the debt of advanced economies by 2014. as a top advisor to the president says the government should mull a second stlu looks like it is getting for difficult to get a credit card. bank cladrastically rolled it b and if you do get one expect the limit to slip by 3%. the u.s. stocks mixed yesterday. dow and s&p rising enough to break an early slump on speculation global credit conditions are improving. that overshadowed a drop in commodity producers. the maryland index falling led

by united therapeutics and shore bank shares. home prices may continue to fall in more than half of the largest u.s. cities according to a new report which cites rising unemployment and foreclosures as the cause and predict it is will spread to all regions of the nation. baltimore shows a 90% chance of lower home prices. pretty high. that is business news this morning at the new york stock exchange. i'm michelle stooem, bloomberg news reporting for wbal tv 11 news. >> fatigue is a common complaint doctors hear but getting to the root of that problem is anything but easy. mercy medical center's doctor says he first has to figure out what someone means by fatigue. >> there's sleepiness which is not fatigue. that is someone who is tired but

they will take a nap and get up and are energized. but if somebody is fatigued may sleep and may have a regular pattern but just still feel low on energy. >> there can be many causes of fatigue. depression, anemia, thyroid problems, celiac disease. heart disease, lyme disease. diabetes or medication someone takes. if you are chronically tired the best first step is see a doctor. engineering students at a denmark university invent add g.p.s. system tos assist the blind using a mobile phone with the g.p.s. to tell them their exact location. the user can call in to get step-by-step instructions. instructions are issued in a manner that can be uflt. using blocks and steps rather than measurement. >> how cool is that. let's move on to sports now. the west coast has not been kind to the orioles.

last night was no exception as seattle held them to a single hit. here is the highlight you need. for the o's it was all over the first we russell brian hits this shot to give the mariners a 1-0 lead. with only a fourth inning nick markakis single for the o's office now in the find brian roberts grounded out to lose. wash been gets the one-hit shutout to give the o's a lose 5-0. they play again tonight. one hit. 6:21. 62 degrees. another check of weather and traffic straight ahead. >> which 1970's tv celebrity is being pulled over for d.u.i. now? jerks don't forget to e-mail your answer to the water cooler question of the day. do you plan to watch today's michael jackson memorial service? e-mail your response to e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com

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>> good morning. sarah caldwell checking the morning commute. a nice one still out there as you head out. early morning and on the northeast side that ramp that takes you to southbound 95 we have a new ramp that opened this morning. this is a big deal and we are hoping that it alleviates some of the traffic flow out of the white marsh area. we are not seeing those southbound 95 delays yet but we're monitoring the cameras in that area. nothing major as far as the north side delays. nothing happening on southbound 95 down toward the fort mchenry. and i was going to show you drive times. they are up to speed at this

time. but we will give you a live view in the white marsh area and there we go, building in volume but no official delay. we are getting close. when that develops we will let you know. green spring vicinity and inner loop traffic away from us toward j.f.x. moving well despite the fact that the sun is bright. >> it is nice to see the sun which rose officially 5:47. a few more clouds by this afternoon so partly cloudy. temperature range pretty wide in the outlying areas like york, 55 right now so a cool start. but 71 downtown with all of the aiding of the heat with the buildings. 64 at the airport. 68 in easton. dew points are the story. they are very low. we are talking about 50 this time of year, a lack of moisture in the atmosphere. that means low humidity today. so we will be up to 87 but it is a dry heat. so, pretty comfortable.

cooler temperatures on the way. more coming up. >> jenna fischer, who plays pam is set to marry lee kirk. she is seen here with her co-star. that is not it. jo john. they started dating january of 2008 and were engaged june 30. this is the second marriage for fischer but the first for kirk. >> maybe you will recognize this woman. maybe you won't. joist dewitt one of the stars of the show ""three's company."" she faces d.u.i. charges. she was arrested saturday after she reportedly drove past a barricade. the officer who spoke with her said it appeared that she had been drinking. she was arrested after taking part in a series of tests. not a flattering picture.

>> i do recognize her now. 6:27, 63 degrees. there is much more to come in the next half hour of "11 news today." >> the m.t.a. says two teens may have been hit by a literal train. i'm jennifer franciotti with details straight ahead. >> we are looking at another nice daytime forecast. hi highs mid 80's. low humidity but a change on the way. i will explain what that is coming up. >> an old college prank gets super soaked. the story behind it giant water battalion fight. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. good luck.

>> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "11 news today." i'm stan stovall. >> i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us. sandra shaw has a quick lack at the forecast. >> good morning. hope you are doing well. we are looking at comfortable temperatures out there this morning. the range from 63 in westminster around carroll county to 71 in baltimore downtown area.

to 64 in the county at the airport. today's forecast giving us a typical daytime high up to about 8 # 86 or 87. slight chance of evening thunderstorm. >> the investigation continues into exactly what happened along a set of light rail tracks in lutherville that led to the death of two teens. >> jennifer franciotti has the story from lutherville. >> the two were found lying on the southbound tracks not far from this train station and now the m.t.a. says it is a possibility that they were hit by a light rail train. >> it remains a mystery ou 17-year-old connor peterson and his 17-year-old stepbrother kyle wankmiller ended up on the tracks. wankmiller's mother tells 11 news she has no answers. >> the detectives are trying to figure it out. we are trying to figure it out.

we just don't know. >> a fare inspector spotted the bodies sunday. >> we have determined one train appears to have made contact with someone. so we are still trying to determine it and piece it together as to what happened. >> the m.t.a. is likely hearing from passengers like stephanie ayers who said she left b.w.i.-marshall airport around 1:15 sunday afternoon and about an hour later several hnd feet from the station something hit the train. >> it was like a thud, thud, thud. i mean, what we thought was a large dog, a deer or somebody. i thought it was like oh my gosh was that a person. >> the driver got out, looked, got back in, made a call and drove the train to the station. she said there was a huge piece of metal hanging from the front of train. as far as the two boys,

wankmiller was a junior at delaney high and peterson had recently gotten his ged and was an artist. funeral arrangements are being made. >> reports out of baltimore county say a man who was rescued from a creek has died. it occurred yesterday. crews were called to chink creek. divers were able to pull the man out of the water but reports say it was too late. a report due out today is expected to take federal regulators to task for a rise in the chesapeake bay of bacteria yafrment increased numbers of infections in maryland and virginia from the saltwater bacteria, some varieties can cause life threatening skin and blood infections and intestinal illnesses. they fault the e.p.a. for failing to clean up the bay. >> state police arrested a

westminster man and mother after they led them on a chase in carroll county. police say while trying to serve a warrant for 28-year-old randy brown jr. of westminster his mother created a distraction allowing brown to flee. he only got a few blocks before he crashed the car. brown is charged with numerous offenses this morning including fleeing and eluding, assault, reckless endangerment. the mother charged with obstruction and other offenses. it is back to business for more than 200 workers at the allison transmission plant in white marsh after being out of work almost eight weeks as part of a slowdown. it will be back up to full production this morning. the white marsh plant makes pontiac six-speed transmissions. >> you know the business flyers found on cars, doors, rails, often in gutters? they could be a thing of the past in baltimore county. rob roblin has more on the county's push to eliminate the ads. >> business fliers, we have all gotten them on our cars and at

homes but in baltimore county there may be a way to say no to all of them. as you can see lots of times many of them end up on the grass, or in the street. and the folks i talked with in it neighborhood say they get floirs almost every day. >> every month you get the same thing. 30 days you get 30 of them. >> quite a few, yeah. sometimes two or three a day. >> because of so many complaints baltimore county has introduced a bill to allow residents in baltimore county to say no to fliers. >> we are not actually saying i can't do it. we are saying put a phone number on there. if you have people that are delivering and are not responsible and just throwing it all over the place, the homeowner can call that number and say don't send those to my house any more. >> tom showed as you handful of fliers he got in the past couple of days. he said enough is enough. >> it is a mess. you can see one there right now. up against the lady's fence and

they blow around and every day i come up here and pick them out of the sewer to try to not block up the sewer hole and try to keep the area clean and it is like you wake up the next day and there they are again. >> agnes had a flier on her fence when she talked with us. >> i normally pull them off and put them in the trash can. do open them up. >> you get a lot >> quite a few. >> the law will be voted on tonight. >> people know where they are getting the peaches. they go to the shop, get the carryout and they have the phone number already. and some of these people that are distributing these flyers are coming in once, twice and throwing them all over the place. >> sarah caldwell checking the xhorng commute. we are off to a good start. according to the speed sensors we are off to a good start. outer loop ramp on southbound 95

now open so you can use it. drive times good. 12 minutes outer loop west side, 11 on the northeast side. five minutes from 95 southbound from the 895 split to fort mchenry. nothing happening as far as delays. rather light. and we will switch to a live view of traffic on the west side where we are flowing smoothly. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." back to you. >> another great july day with lower than normal humidity. temperature where it should be, mid to upper 80's. partly cloudy skies, can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm north of the city. wind today lit. seven-day forecast shows a cooldown. a front will approaches later so tomorrow 80 for the high. only 77 with a few more clouds on thursday. 81 on friday. slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms and chance of scattered showers and storms saturday with partly cloudy and humid conditions. remains humid sunday but loojs like by next week another front cools us down again. >> the time is 6:37.

63 degrees on tv hill. unlike the mother goose rhyme there are more than three men in these tubs and each hopes to take home a prize in a bizarre race. >> another busy day for the president in russia. the latest on his overseas trip coming up. >> we are taking answers to your water cooler question of the day. do you plan on watching the michael jackson memorial service? e-mail your response to e-mail your response to wa whee! happy days are here again. whee! ooh. celebrate summer with giant and enjoy mouthwatering fruits and vegetables at prices you can handle. like sweet cherries, just $1.57 a pound. only at giant. steak, chicken, ribs, and burgers on the grill. people: oh! at giant, you'll find fresh, delicious, quality meats at prices that sizzle. like super g split chicken breast, just 99 cents a pound. only at giant.

>> people could be spending nights in san francisco's

infamous alcatraz prison by choice. they are considering converting the old prison into a dormitory. officials say it would be more of a place for volunteers working on restoration projects. it would take work since the building dates back to the 1860's. if approved the dorms would be years away. >> isn't it supposed to be haunted? >> that's what they say. >> huge crowds of people flocked to grand rapids on the 4th of july for this water battalion battle. thousands of bronze flew through the sky saturday afternoon. this was organized by grand rapi rapids student rob bliss the same guy behind downtown group events. he uses facebook and intends them to liven up the downtown area. speaking of crazy events and water, how about this race featuring 200 people, 200 laundry tubs and a swift moving

river? this is the 54th annual tub boat race in japan. they say half the fun depends on outpedaling fellowing racers, the other half keeping the tub afloat. an american participant says falling in the water is the big part of the fun. >> some people fell in but that is what happens styles. you do your best and it is all about participation. it was a lot of fun. >> while the race itself seems fairly straightforward, what in the world is up with all of the groucho marx glasses and must attaches? >> i wonder if there is sake involved in that. >> wouldn't explain that. crouch chose was big in japan i guess. >> 6:42. 63 degrees. we will look at the morning headlines coming up. >> you can have a race like that here. that would be good. commute looking good. we will update the major roads.

>> it might be a little chilly because we have been cool are than normal as far as the start of july. i will let you know what the seven-day is coming up. right now 64 at the airport. 71 downtown and humidity at 87%.

>> in the headlines, a baltimore city police officer is recovering at shock trauma after being involved in an accident in west baltimore. the details are pretty much sketchy but at about 11:45 a police officer tried to stop a vehicle which resulted in a chase and a crash at the corner of fulton and pressman. no word on the condition of the officer. new details about the gun police say could be involved in the

murder of former ravens quarterback steve mcnair. investigators say they have traced the gun found under the body of his girlfriend to one purchased in her name just days before the shooting. but they have yet to say if she was the shooter or second victim. a public member rely will be held thursday for mcnair followed by a funeral in mississippi saturday. in downtown los angeles it could be brought to a standstill as tens of thousands of michael jackson fans descend on the staples center. performers including stevie wonder, lionel richie, and jennifer hudson are expected to perform. hoping to avoid a mob scene the los angeles police urge fans who don't have tickets to stay away and watch it on tv. >> that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. we asked do you plan to watch the memorial service on tv. tim says no i will not watch the

big show. i don't believe that mr. jackson is worthy of this degree of admiration. i'm sure he made many folks feel excited and happy with his talents and that is valuable but i thibl is another example of our society's misguided hero worship. >> james writes i will watch it as long as it remains a ceremony to honor michael jackson and not a side show. at first i was skeptical but once i heard so many entertainers credit their careers to him i changed my mind. >> jeff writes yes, i plan to watch his memorial service. his humanitarian and professional achievements outweigh the problems he may or may not have had. we will post more answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. it is day two for the u.s.-russia summit. president obama met with dimitry medvedev after they renewed an agreement to reduce arms. he delivered a commencement speech it local students and met

with other leaders. nikole killion has a roundup. >> in addition to reaching out to russian leaders he is using the speech to engage the russian people especially toes that might be skeptical of the u.s. president barack obama started with the man many claim is in charge of russia, prime minister and former president vladimir putin. >> we are glad you are here. >> i appreciate you taking the time to meet with me. >> it was a polite meeting following a less cordial change a few days ago. mr. obama sucked putin still had a foot in the old cold war way of doing things. putin scoffed at the idea. instead he graciously showed president obama the balcony where they would meet. today the sit-down is a chance to size each other up. >> we may not end up agreeing on everything. >> the message president obama echoed today at a russian university in another major speech abroud. >> this must be more than a

fresh start between the kremlin and white house though that is important and i have had excellent discussions with both of your president and prime minister. it must be sustained effort among the american and russian people to identify mutual interests and expand dialogue and cooperation that can pave the way to progress. >> the president touched on several themes throughout the speech calling for reversing the spread of nuclear weapons, combatting extremist he is and addressing the global economy. >> good morning, let's get you ready for the morning commute. not a not prepare for because there are no significant delays. we have the outer loop ramp to southbound 95 open and in addition to the other new ramps so use caution. otherwise you should be ok. no problems on the entire beltway but we have a delay on

northbound 295 from 197 up to 198. a live view of traffic in the white marsh area not seeing the normal that i we see. a lot lighter tan normal. we will quickly switch to a live view of the b.w. parkway at 175 looking pretty good toward us. that is the latest. >> nice sunshine out there, not a lot of thwarting from that from clouds. all the clouds remaining to the south where they have seen intense rain over the carolinas. we have this nice dry channel over maryland thanks to high pressure. there is a little circulation associated with the front. a weak cold front moving toward our area which will change the weather pattern for the middle of the week, tomorrow through friday but meantime another day where we will be in the mid 80's. it is 71 right now in the metropolitan area.

as we look at the mountains it looks like a high in the mid 80's. mostly sunny, absolutely beautiful. low humidity out there. low humidity in baltimore so more of a dry heat. even though we're surging to 87 with plenty of sun looks like the dew points will remain low. winds variable. 84 at ocean city. great day to be at the beach. on the chesapeake championships today winds out of the southwest at 10 notsz. waves a foot or less and water temperatures are where they should be this time of year in the mid 70's. 99 record high set in 1993 on july 7. july 7 of 1980, 53 the record low. the low tonight should be 66 but we will be a little lower in the o outlying areas. 58 to 66. partly cloudy. can't resume out to the north of the city maybe an isolated thunderstorm but the chances of that only about 10% because even though the front will colonel us

down, the high pressure build into new england and not going to generate a lot of precipitation, too dry for this. high pressure circulating over us. there is the front over the great lakes. it will pass through and the high will set up over new england. that will keep us cooler in the mid part of the week. high for tomorrow only of 80, slight chance of isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. only 77 for thursday. we hit 77 a few days ago over the weekend. 30% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. friday 30% chance but cooler than normal at 81. into the weekend saturday and sunday it will feel more like july because the humidity will make a comeback. a 40% chance of afternoon pop-up showers and storms. other than that partly cloudy and 87 and humid. sunday 85. another system sunday night and looks like we are pleasant again for the start of the next workweek. >> time for a last look at the big story. the investigation deepens into

what happened along a set of light rail tracks in laufrt victim as a mysterious incidents claims a second victim. jennifer franciotti joins us live with more on the story. >> that second victim died yesterday at shock trauma and now passengers are starting to come forward saying they think they were on the train that may have hit the two teenagers. that discovery was made on sunday afternoon about 100 yards south of the lutherville light rail station. it remains a misery how connor peterson and his stepbrother kyle wankmiller were on the tracks. a fare inspector spotted the bodies and m.t.a. officials say it is possible they were hit by a train. a passenger says she believes she was on the train that hit the boys. she observed the driver get out, look around, make a phone call, get back in and drive to the station. this investigation does continue. funeral arrangements are being made.

>> today on oprah it is one of the stories that everyone is talking about, the octuplet controversy. the grandfather the world has been waiting to hear from who breaks his silence. then dr. oz weighs in on the controversy. first with a look at what is on today here is matt lauer. >> coming up on a special tuesday morning here on today meredith will be live at the staples center where us thats will attend the public memorial for michael jackson and millions more will watch on television. we have the latest on the event, the security and tars set to take part. this morning there are reports that michael jackson's body will be brought to that arena. we will ask the man helping the jackson family organize the member rely about that. then alaska's governor sarah palin takes nbc's andrea mitchell fishing and opens up about her decision to resign. also what lies ahead. it is all when we start on a

tuesday morning from new york and los angeles right here on "today." >> 6:54, 64 degrees on tv hill. just ahead another look at weather and traffic before you head out to start your day. pa

>> good morning for motorists. >> been a clear morning. starting to develop some of the delays but really doing well. if we look at the speed sensors on like the west side that is normally we see big delay. 59 miles an hour there. a new accident near john pa and

oakley and outer loop ramp to southbound 95 northeast side the new ramp is now open so you can use it. just use extra caution. as far as what is going on in the cameras, live view of traffic in the white marsh area not as heavy as normal. no official delay yet but it is picking up so we may see it once we get into the 7:00 hour. b.w. parkway we are seeing a delay southbound 295 from anne arundel mills to 31. and 295 up to 198. >> after several days of moderate temperatures that is about to change? >> by the weekend but we have more. today 87 and 80 on wednesday, 77 thursday, 81 friday and just a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms each afternoon. by the weekend is when it changes. humidity makes a comeback. >> thanks for joining us for "11

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