[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon in hd. >> a commercial helicopter crashes on i-70 late thursday night, killing all four people on board. good afternoon. i am mindy basara. her melissa carlson during this with more. >> a press conference just wrapped up a couple of minutes ago. what we do know at this hour is about the victims. all four are from maryland. a 48-year-old from new market, the 24-year-old from columbia, a 43-year-old from new market, and a 39-year-old from westminster. at this point in time, all three

of these people that passed away were employees of the advanced helicopter conference out of frederick. one of the individuals was a passenger, a friend of those three. we were told information about the pilot, who was flying about four hours trying to raise money for a local charity he stopped for two hours at 8:00 and was waiting for weather. he picked up the flight from frederick and was headed to hagerstown. he is up on all of its syndications. he has 600-plus flight time. there is no flight plan issued for this trip. the tower here at the papers out airport was closed for the evening. we do not know what kind of role that played in this crash. officials are looking at all of the issues. they say that they are looking at a number of factors into the cause, and are pre interviewing witnesses that were driving along i-70 last night when that

happened. the witnesses are telling ntsb and police that they saw all this happen before their eyes. >> based on a witness reports given to the maryland state police, the helicopter was flying east over interstate 70, impacted power lines that i understand were about 70 feet above the ground, before hitting the ground. witnesses reported that the aircraft was flying very low, that they saw sparks, before the aircraft hit the ground, and then there was a post-crash fire that substantially damaged the aircraft, consumed the cockpit. >> the big question is what caused the accident in the first place. ntsb said it would start their investigation. we did ask about a flight meter, and reported that this helicopter does not have one. >> fios guy! where ya headed?

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>> the search continues for a maryland teenager at a south carolina beach. a large group of volunteers at myrtle beach by the short looking for the missing teenager. the boy when swimming and never return to the surface. he was in town for a baseball tournament. check out these pictures from a dallas highway yesterday afternoon. that is a police car after fire engulfed the vehicle. but passengers ended up directing traffic around the blazing corporat > -- blazing a car. frankly, there were no injuries. see how a simple trip to the market left one woman with the charge on her credit card to dozen times the national debt. and a look at the countries first grandmother. >> we are getting used to the

humidity. no showers and storms right now. that could change later on this afternoon. here's a look at the current statistics. it is 81 at the airport, 82 downtown. winds are basically calm.

>> on like her son-in-law, mary robinson prefers to stay out of the limelight. but america's first grandmother opens up about her family and what it is like to live in the most sought after house in the country. >> you know, that is an overwhelming feeling. >> america's first grandmother for the first time talked about the honor of living in the white house. >> especially when you come from

the south side of chicago, she ended up marrying a person who does the same kind of life she did. >> her son-in-law campaigned on change, but to her, he is the same man. >> i remember president obama being a very hardworking individual, and believe me, he is still is the hardest working person i know. >> she was reading a book to elementary school students. >> on that bed, there is a granny. >> when she was asked about the president's daughters. >> date cannot watch tv. i think they can only watch an hour a day. but they are at the age when they would rather read books or play games with themselves. rabbi is beginning to feel less out. -- grandma is beginning to feel left out. [laughter]

>> family members say she did not really want to move in the white house. now she says it is great and she has a busy social schedule. she was fun and center this week as the white house celebrated country music. but it was the first lady who turned heads with her new hairdo, which officials said was just up in a version of her usual style. the first lady and her mother are looking forward to more quality time with the girls, taking much of the month of august off. >> my life is wonderful. >> in the consumer alert, microsoft may need to be a good marketing strategy after computer sales continue to fall. -- reboot the marketing strategy after computer sales continue to fall. it is the first time since 1986

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we are looking at hd doppler showing a whole lot of nothing over baltimore and the mid- atlantic. still turning up in new england, a pretty potent system, the said that helped bring to a parental reins to us yesterday. -- said that helped bring branch writes to us yesterday. this could be a trigger mechanism for showers and storms later on in the afternoon. we are looking at the low eighties to at seventies across the board. dew points in the upper 60s. still a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. that is typically what we see in july. it said we will stay in july pattern for the next several days. near 90 starting tomorrow. as we look at the forecast for today, the higher elevations of the mountains, 76, chance of showers and storms.

in baltimore, topping out at about 84 or 85 today a mix of clouds and sunshine. white, patchy fog this morning. the sunshine is a variable out there. slight chance of pop thunderstorms. as far as the day forecast, only five to 10 knots. water temperatures in the 70's. even though it is seen it out there -- even though it is humid out there, we are in the green category for maryland and eastern shore. 0.34 -- > zero. -- 0.43 inches of rainfall. less than half an inch of rain of accumulation, making up the deficit in july. we will be in a similar range today. nowhere near the 88. we will surge well above that starting tomorrow.

97 in 1987 as the record high for this date. 62 to 66 as the overnight temperature range. still a little bit unsettled. humid conditions. only issue with this front is that it is pretty weak. it will not trigger as many stars as last night. the torrential downpours should be less of a factor. it is going to be hazy, hot, at an humid. good day to go to the beach. partly cloudy, my speech weekend. we will stay in the upper 80s to near 90's. >> now that we have hit the midpoint of summer, many people looking for ways to combined more time outside with a solid workout. how water aerobics classes are free form of exercise for any age. >> after the birth of her second child, she was looking for a way

to shape up without getting bored. >> i needed to get the baby weight off, and it was around the time that water aerobics was starting. i have fallen in love. >> she tried traditional work routines on and off for years, but this the first activity she had stuck to. >> you worked out, you are not on a treadmill sweating. having fun, laughing with everybody in the class. >> she has been teaching water aerobics for two decades now. she says that anyone from teenagers to seniors can benefit from these low impact but highly effective exercises. >> you know that the impact on the joints can be very cumbersome. water aerobics almost takes that out. >> in the water, you will be due to support 10% of your body weight. you all -- the need to support 10% of your body weight.

>> they don't sweat as much. you do not get the muscle soreness that you do, and you burn more calories in the water. >> because of the water resistance, the calorie-burning kicks into high gear. >> anywhere from 300 calories to 700 calories. >> she lost 10 pounds. >> once i started seeing results, it was very motivating. >> there are simple exercises you could do on your own. >> jumping jacks, crisscrosses, snow skiing. many many different types of exercise. >> julie says she can always add water gear like a kick board to add extra challenge to your work out.

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